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A05203	The most pleasaunt and delectable historie of Lazarillo de Tormes, a Spanyard and of his maruellous fortunes and aduersities. The second part. Translated out of Spanish and into English, by W.P.; Lazarillo de Tormes. Part 2. English.	Phiston, William, attributed name.; W. P., fl. 1596.	1596 (1596)	STC 15340; ESTC S109360	55,784	74

die for it and that they and their heires shoulde bee alwaies holden and accounted for Traytors and that their goods should bee confiscated vnto the Kings vse for if the saide straunger Tonny did them any damage or hurt it was because they were Rebelles and had broken the Commission of their Captaine and by their negligent ouersight had put him in great daunger of death With whiche Proclamation euerie one séemed to bee content and agreed that those which died in the Caue by that meanes had well deserued the same and that the liuing should from thencefoorth put vp the quarrell and liue in peace This done the Generall caused all the other Captaines maisters of the fielde and vnder Officers whiche had anie charge of the Armie to bee called togither willing as many of them as had not beene within the Caue to goe in and to diuide the spoyle they shoulde finde among them which was soone done for there were so many that they had scarce euerie one a morsell of a Tonny They comming foorth because they though it good that euerie one should haue his part of the spoyle proclaimed openly that eache one might enter who woulde whiche the common sorte did soone performe for anie thing that was to bee founde there vnlesse it were certaine droppes of blood and Lazarus cloathes Héere I haue set downe for a perpetuall memorie the crueltie of these Fishes and howe farre differente the state of man is from this of theirs For put the case that here vppon earth there be diuerse men to be founde dwelling which séeke after some cunning sort and in some couetous maner to deuoure their neighbours goods which I doubt are more to be founde at this present then hath bene heretofore by reason that mens consciences are now far larger than they haue bene in times past yet there are none such to be found that are so void of reason or humanitie that they doo or would eate their neighbors flesh Wherefore such men as daily do complaine of certaine wrongs and iniuries done vnto them vpon earth let them say I come vnto the seas and they shall soone perceiue those things to be bread and hony which they complaine of in respect of that which is to be found among the fishes CHAP. IIII. Lazarus sheweth what an euill rewarde the Generall of the Tonnies gaue him for his seruice and of the friendship he entered into with Captaine Licius BVut returning vnto the matter the next day after the Generall being in his Chamber tooke me aside and said vnto me Valiant and stout straunger Tonny I haue determined with my selfe that thy good seruices and counsels shall be well rewarded for if suche as thou art seruing as thou haste done should not be rewarded there would none be found in great armies that would venture their persons in any daungerous seruice wherefore in respect thereof thou shalt from henceforth be assured of our fauour and good wil and withall thou shalt be fréely pardoned of all the murthers and massacres by thée committed vppon our souldiers and companions within the Caue and in memorie of the good seruice thou didst in my behalfe deliuering me from the perill of death thou shalt possesse and enioy as thine owne proper good this sword wherewith thou hast done vs so much damage because I sée thou canst manage it so well but yet with this prouiso that if with the same thou shalt hereafter commit any violence or do any wrong vnto our subiects and the naturall Tonnies of our soueraigne Lord the King thou shalt die for it and herewith it séemeth vnto me thou art well rewarded and from henceforth thou maist returne vnto the place from whence thou didst come And so showing me no great good countenance he left me and went vnto the rest of his companie Wherwith hearing him vtter such speaches vnto mee I was so astonished that I stood almost without either sense or féeling because I looked at the least hee should haue made me some great man I should haue said a Tonny for my good seruice giuing me a charge during my life of some great Signiory in the sea as he before had offered vnto me O Alexander said I vnto my selfe thou didst distribute and spred among thy souldiers such spoyles and riches as thou wonst from thine enemies I haue likewise heard of Caius Fabritius a Romane Captaine in what manner hee rewarded and crowned those which first did aduenture themselues to enter into the Listes and thou Gonzago Hernandes General of the Spaniards didst giue other manner of rewards vnto such as séeking to resemble the braue souldier in the seruice of their King and to augment thine honour did put themselues into all hazards of the field for that all such as did serue and follow thée to how many of them didst thou giue great rewards that of poore and néedy souldiers thou madest them both valiant and rich not as this vnworthie Tonny doth rewarding me with that which in Cocodouer had cost mee but thrée royalls and a halfe Let those therefore that complaine of great Lords vppon earth comfort themselues herein séeing that in the déepe seas there are such small rewards bestowed by great Lords I standing in this sort thus pensiue and sad Captaine Licio perceiuing it came vnto me and said Sir to such as trust in great Lords Captaines it hapneth oftentimes as it doth vnto thée for they standing in néed of other mens aid doo make manie great promises but being deliuered out of danger they doo not once so much as remember their promise made I my selfe am witnes of thy great and good seruice and of all thou hast so valiantly done as he that hath béen present by thée and I sée likewise the euill reward that thy valour and prowesse hath receiued besides the great perill wherein thou art wherefore I am desirous thou shouldst vnderstand that manie of these which are heere present before thée doo among themselues conspire thy death Therefore I will not that thou depart out of my companie for that I am bound to doo for thée as for mine owne childe and to fauour and aid thée not onely with mine owne but also with the aid of my frends to the vttermost of our powers for it should be a most great damage to loose so valiant and hardie a fish as thou art For the which his great curtesie I rendred him most hartie thankes withall accepting of his gentle and courteous offer made vnto me in lieu whereof I presented my small abilitie vnto him offring to be readie at all times to doo him what seruice I could and wherewith hee séemed to be so well content that presently he called vnto him fiftéene hundred Tonnyes of his Regiment willing them from that time forward to take charge to guard me and to beare mee companie in such manner as vnto himselfe so that neither night nor day they did once depart from me that they did verie willingly for there were

masters the fishes pronounced against mee beeing a Tonny as well as they In this manner being chaunged I rested and refreshed my selfe in the Water taking my breath and finding my selfe as cléerely without paine or gréefe as if I neuer had anie washing my body both within and without with that water which then and from that time forward I found to be verie swéete and sauerie viewing and beholding my selfe if I could perceiue anie part of my bodie that was not changed into a Tonnie and so remaining in the caue in great ease and pleasure I thought with my selfe that it would be good for me as soone as day came to get mee out from thence but then I feared they would know me and so my conuersion should be manifest vnto them On the other side I feared my issuing forth distrusting in my selfe that they could not vnderstand me and that I could not bee able to aunswere them vnto that which they should aske mee by which meanes my secrete might be discouered For although I vnderstood them verie well and that I perceiued my selfe to be of their forme and shape yet I greatly feared to be among them In the end I determined the best way for mee was that they should not finde me within the caue for they finding mee not to be of their companie and Lazarus de Tormes not being found they will straight iudge me to haue saued him and so will demaund an accompt of him at my hands For the which cause it séemed best vnto me that I going out of the caue before it were day and thrusting my selfe among them being so great a number peraduenture they would not sée me neither yet once finde me to bee a stranger and as I determined with my selfe so I put it in effect CHAP. II. How Lazarus de Tormes called a Tonny fish went out of the caue and how the Centinells of the Tonny fishes tooke him and lead him before the Generall of the Armie IN skipping out of the caue and leauing the rocke I was presently desirous to proue my new language and began with a loud voyce to say I dye I dye Those words scarce vttered by mee the Centinell which held the watch ouer the poore sinner Lazaro de Tormes came vnto me standing about me asked me whom I serued Sirs said I I serue the Fishes and those which are called the valiaunt Tonnyes Then said they for what cause didst thou crye out so lowd what is it that thou hast séene or felt in our aduersarie whereby thou art so altered and perplexed that thou knowest not vnder what Captaine thou seruest I said they should bring me before the Generall of the Armie and there they should know that which they demaunded Presently thereupon one of the Tonnyes willed ten of the rest to bring me vnto the Generall meane while hee stayed behinde kéeping the watch with the number of ten thousand Tonnyes at the least I was excéeding glad to perceiue that they did vnderstand mee and sayd vnto my selfe He that shewed me this great grace maketh no man lame Thus we marched and at last as daye began to appeare wee approached néere vnto the place where the great Armie lay whereas I perceiued such an innumerable number of Tonnyes that I was abashed at the sight As soone as they knew those which led me they suffered vs to passe forward and beeing entered into the Generalls lodging one of my guard making humble reuerence declared vnto him where and in what manner they had found me that I being asked by Captaine Licio what I was I answered him that they should bring me before the Generall and for that cause they said they had brought me vnto his Honour The Captaine generall was an excellent Tonnie fiercer and greater in body than the rest he asked me who I was what was my name vnder what captaine I serued what I would haue séeing I desired to be brought before him Whereat I stood in a manner confused not knowing what name to saye I had although I had beene rightly baptized vnles I should say my name was Lazaro de Tormes neither could I better tell frō whence I was nor vnder what Captaine I serued by reason I was but newly transformed nor knew not the seas neither yet the large territories and the perticular names of the same in such sort that letting passe some of the questions by the General propounded vnto me I answered him thus My Lord your honour being so valiant as it is well knowen throughout the seas it seemeth a great disgrace vnto your Honour and vs all that one miserable weake man should defend himselfe so long gainst so puissant and mightie an Armie and the more considering his weake estate and abilitie and the great power of the Tonnies Saying further séeing that I am one of your Honors subiects and at your commaundement and of your Armie I here present my selfe with promise to get and deliuer vnto you his Armes and other things that he hath which if I doo not I desire for my reward that you commaund me presently to be cruely executed as a traitor Yet whatsoeuer I said I was sure I made him no promise to deliuer Lazaro de Tormes vnto him left I should bring a foole to bed This point proceeded not of mine owne mother wit but I learned it of my master at schoole Whereat the Generall tooke great pleasure to sée mee offer my selfe vnto such a péece of seruice by which meanes he desired not anie farther matter of me but presently making me answere said It is verie true that to auoyde the death of my souldiers I determined to holde a siege about that traitor and to take the man but if as thou saist thou dost aduenture thy selfe to enter the caue thou shalt be well rewarded for thy labour although it would gréeue me much that venturing thy person in the Kings seruice and mine thou shouldst loose thy life as others haue done before thée because I estéeme much and make great accompt of my valiant and stout Tonnyes and such as are more hardie than the rest I desire to preserue them before others as all good Captaines ought to doo My Lord sayd I let not your excellencie stand in feare of any danger that may happen vnto me for I hope to bring the matter to effect without the losse of one drop of my bloud Séeing it is so said hee it is surely a great péece of seruice for the which I meane to recompence thée well and for that it is day already I am desirous to sée how thou wilt accomplish that which thou hast promised Thereupon hee presently sent vnto all the Officers of the Field that they should march forwards vnto the place where the enemie lay It was a wonderfull thing to sée so great and mightie a campe to remoue and I suppose that whosoeuer had séene them would haue béen abashed The Generall caused me to go on the one side by