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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10798	Here beginneth the lyf of the moste myscheuoust Robert the deuyll whiche was afterwarde called ye seruaunt of god; Robert the Devil.		1500 (1500)	STC 21070; ESTC S106792	29,368	60

worshyp ROberte his lady rode so ferre tyll they came in to Normandye in to the noble Cyte of rowane with grete myrth solace / where they were receyued with greate tryumphe for the comyntees of the countre were sorye and in grete heuynes that theyr duke Robertes fader was dyscesed forbycause that he was a wyse and a renomed prynce A lytell besyde Rowane dwelled a cursed knyghte whiche had done the duchesse grete wronge and suppressed many knyghtes after her husbondes dyscease But whan Roberte was comen euery man drad hym dyde hym grete reuerence and worshyp / than some sayd we wende he had ben deed and all the lordes and burgeys of Rowane gadred them togyder and with greate honoure and reuerence they receyued Roberte and helde hym as theyr lorde and souerayne And whan they had receyued hym honourably they shewed hym of this before sayd knyghte / he had many tymes suppresse done wronge to his moder sythen the deth of his fader / than whan roberte herde vnderstode this he sente lyghtly men of armes to take the sayd knyght / the whiche dyden so moche that they toke hym / and brought hȳ to Roberte whiche made hym to be hanged wherfore the duches was ryght gladde / but she was moche more gladder that Roberte her sone was come home for she wende he had ben deed / whan roberte and his moder were thus togyder / he recounted vnto her howe the Emperoure hadde gyuen hym his doughter in maryage / and how he hadde done his penaunce / the duchesse herynge her sones wordes she began to wepe very sore / for bycause he had suffred so grete pouerte and penaunce / thoroughe his defaute ¶ How the Emperour sente a messanger vnto the duke Roberte that he sholde come and rescue hym ayenst the Seneshall IN the meane season whyles Robert was thus at Rowane with his moder and his ladye in grete Ioye and solace / there came a messanger fro the Emperour vnto Roberte / whiche dyde hym reuerence and saynge thus vnto hym / my lorde duke the Emperour hath sente me hyther to you and he prayeth you for to come and rescue hym ayenst the false traytoure the Seneshall with the sarasyns whiche haue layde syege to Rome / whan Roberte herde these wordes he was sorye in his mynde for themperour / and shortly assembled as many men of armes as he coude gete in his londe of Normandy / forth withall rode with them towarde Rome to helpe and socoure the Emperoure / but before he coude come thyder the false traytour the Seneshal had slayne the Emperour / whiche was grete pyte / but Roberte wente streyght in to Rome / lyghtly with all his power and myght wente ayenst the Seneshall And whan Roberte aspyed the false traytour he descryed hȳ saynge thus / abyde thou false traytoure / now thou shalte neuer escape my hondes yf thou abyde me in the felde / for thou arte now nygh thy lyues ende / thou dydest put ones a spere heed in thy thyghe for to haue deceyued the Romayns / defende now thy lyfe ayenst me for thou shalte neuer escape myn hondes / and thou hast also slayne my lorde the Emperour / wherfore thou shalte be well rewarded after that thou haste deserued And with these wordes Roberte with a greate desyre / and myghty courage rode in contynent vnto the Seneshall and gaue hym suche a stroke on the helmette that he cloue helmet and heed vnto the teeth / and in contynent the traytour fell downe deed vnto the erth / and Roberte made hym to be brought in to Rome to the entente that he sholde there be slayne to reuenge the romaynes / the whiche was done in the presence of all the people that were in Rome / and in this wyse fynysshed that traytoure the Seneshall his lyfe and had a shamfull deth / wherby men maye make and take hede that it is greate folye to coueyte or desyre thynges passynge theyr degre / for the Seneshall had not desyred the Emperours doughter the whiche passed and exceded ferre aboue his degre / he had not dyed this shamful deth / but myght haue lyued and the Emperour also / haue dyed good frendes ¶ How that the duke Roberte tourned agayne to Rowane after he had made the Seneshal to be slayne ROberte the duke defended the cyte of Rome from theyr enemyes And than he tourned agayne with all his companye vnto Rowane to his wyfe whiche was passynge sorowfull and pensyfe But whan she herde that the traytoure the Seneshall hadde slayne her fader / she was almoost out of her mynde But Robertes moder comforted her in the best maner that she coude or myght And for to make shortly an ende of our matre so to fynysshe this booke we wyll lette passe to wryte of the grete dole and sorowe of the yonge duchesse / and speke of the duke Roberte whiche in his youth was abte to all myschefe and vyce and all vngracyousnes without ony measure or reason for he was a more deuourer and a more vengeable than ony lyon nothynge sparynge / nor on no man hauȳge mercy nor pyte And after this he lyued .vii. yere in grete penaunce lyke a wylde man without ony speche and lyke a dumbe beest etynge and drynkynge with dogges and there after was he exalted and honoured of them whiche before dyde holde hȳ for a fole or an innocente and mocked with hym This Roberte lyued longe in vertue and honoure with that noble lady his wyfe / and he was beloued and dradde of hygh and lowe degre / for he dyde ryght and Iustyce / as well ouer the ryche as ouer the poore kepynge his londe in reste and in peace / and he begotte a chylde with her / the whiche he called Rycharde / whiche dyde afterwarde many noble actes and dedes of armes with grete Charlemayne kynge of fraunce / for he dyde helpe hym for to gete and fortefye the crysten fayth and he made alwayes grete warre vpon the Sarasyns And he lyued in his londe in reste peace / and was beloued of poore and ryche / and all his comente loued hym / in lyke wyse as Roberte his fader was beloued / for they lyued both deuoutly and in vertue / wherfore I praye god that we may so lyue in this lyfe / that after this lyfe we may optayne and come to euerlastynge lyfe To the whiche brynge vs he / that bought vs and all mankynde / with his precyous blode bytter passyon Amen Thus endeth the lyfe of Robert the deuyll That was the seruaunt of our lorde And of his condycyons that was full euyll Enprynted in London by Wynkyn the worde ¶ Here endeth the lyfe of the moost ferefullest / and vnmercyfullest / and myscheuous Roberte the deuyll whiche was afterwarde called the seruaunte of our lorde Ihesu cryst Enprynted in fletestrete in the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de worde Wynkyn de Worde