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A09533 The tryumphes of Fraunces Petrarcke, translated out of Italian into English by Henrye Parker knyght, Lorde Morley. The tryumphe of loue. Of chastitie. Of death. Of fame. Of tyme. Of diuinitie; Trionfi. English Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.; Morley, Henry Parker, Lord, 1476-1556. 1555 (1555) STC 19811; ESTC S110435 47,644 104

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of Creta And inlyke maner in the Realme of Spayne Three vallyaunt famouse Knyghtes for certayne And I sawe also euen at that tyde The good Uaspacian and by his famouse syde His eldest sonne but not his cruell brother He was not worthy to be amonge the other And so folowed after in good ordre than Narua the auncient and gentle Traian Helio and Adrian and the mercifull Antonius With fayre succession vnto Macronius That were no more couetouse of croune imperial Then desirous for to lyue in vertuous naturall And whiles that I thus loked all aboute I sawe fyue Kynges amonges that rowte The syxte an euyll happe dyd hym take As one that foloweth vice vertue doth forsake ¶ The seconde Chapiter of Fame FUll of greate and infynyte maruayle I stode beholding these noble Ro maynes well Whiche of al other badde neuer no peere And as I reuolued their famous actes cleere Whiche I haue sene in bookes wrytten and tolde More was there of them dyuers and manyfolde Then I haue here in this place set in by name Therfore I nowe for this tyme passe the same To loke vpon straungers vertuous and excellēt The fyrst was Hannybal that in ordre went The next was he that syngyng made his men To haue the vyctory and there folowed then Achylles the Greke that in his hauynge dayes Gate by his prowes a great laude and prayse Twayne noble worthy Troyans were there also And twayne hardy Persiens in ordre ther did go Philip of Macedon and his sonne Alexander That dyd bryng downe y e Persiens great power Unto subiection as in olde bookes we fynde And conquered thervnto al the regyon of Inde After noble fame they passed in that place And another named Alexander folowed a pace Not farre from the tother that went before But O fortune howe doest thou euermore Dynyde those that in the put theyr truste From true honoure thou arte so vniuste There ensued in ordre there by and by The gloryouse captayne valyaunt and worthy Of Thebes that ryall Citie of hygh renowne There was also he that had the famous crowne And twayne Achilles and the wyse Ulixes And the hardy valiaunt greke Dyomedes Nestor the sage that lyued so many yeares There was the olde kynge amonge his peeres Agamenon the great and the kynge Menelaus That both his two wyues to to vngracious Muche hurt vnto the hole worlde dyd they Folowed hardy Leonydes that purposed I saye To his men a harde dyner but hardyest of all Was the supper whereto he dyd them call With a fewe men he dyd a meruelouse dede Amonge the other there this captayne yede There was also the fayre knyght Alcibiades That dyd straunge great wonders in Athenes With his fayre eloquent speche and fayre face Amonge the rest he was there in that place Melciedes was next that made all Grece free His sonne folowed the example ofpytye That alyue and dead his father dyd ensue And among the other in preace there I knewe The nustoctes and the valyaunt Theseus Arystides and the good faythfull Fabricius Whiche theyr vnkynde countrey I do saye Woulde not suffre theyr bodyes to lye in claye Alas this was a foule and an vnkynde dede So to reward them for theyr well doynge mede The good Phocion folowed whom I did regard For his good dedes they gaue hym lyke rewarde And as I turned here and there my syght I sawe Pyrrus that noble warlyke knyght And the good gentle kynge Masinises That semed angry because that doubtles Amonge the Romaynes that he was not set With hym I knewe Iero of Syracuse the greate And cruell Amylcar deuyded from these twayne It was he that yssued from the fyre and rayne A manyfest token that nether helme nor shielde Agaynst false fortune can neuer wynne the fyelde There was Sciphas much after that rate sorte and Brennius for all his great pryde and porte That was cast downe by Apollos temple syde after the other in ordre there he hyde In dyuers straunge garmentes and araye Went this tryumphe onwarde on theyr waye And I that chaunced to cast my loke asyde I sawe a great huge number go and ryde amonge them one that would Gods temple make and he fyrst began it for his loue and sake This was the fyrst I saye in all that rowte But he that fynyshed that worke out of doubte That holy buyldyng of whiche that I do meane Was not inwarde so vertuouse nor so cleane as the fyrst good kynge wheron I do saye Nowe he that folowed him in that greate arraye Was he that spake to God face to face There was few or none that euer had such grace And after hym in lyke order by and by Came he that stayde the Sonne so wonderly Tyll he his enemies had taken and slayne O gentle trust most sure and certayne In seruynge God as dyd this noble knyght With symple worde to stay the heauenly lyght I sawe after hymwhere that there went Our olde father whiche for good entent God badde he shoulde his lande forsake And he for that shoulde possesse and take The place that was helthfull to all mankynde Electe of God there dyd he that countre fynde Folowed after this father his sonne moost dere And his welbeloued neuew also he was there Whiche had the yoke in hauynge wyues two There was with hym the chast Ioseph also That from his father went full many a daye Thus here and there castynge myne eyes alwaye I sawe the iuste and good kynge Ezethias And Sampson that so stronge and myghtye was And not farre distaunt from hym there went he That made the great wonderfull shyppe of Noe And he also that the great hygh towre began Charged with synne and with errour than The good valyaunt Iudas that noble knyght He there folowed after in ordre ryght That would not his holy godly lawe forsake Alas he for Iustice the death dyd take My desyre with seyng all these noble men Was well nere fully satisfyed there and then When that sodenly I dyd there espye Of worthy ladyes a more gorgeous company That pleased my syght as much or more As all the syght that I had sene before There sawe I goyng together in a bande Antiope and Arithia well armyd stand And fayre swete Ipolita sory and sadde Because that no comforth of her sonne she had And Manylipe that vanquished Hercules And her Suster alsowas there in prese The tone Hercules toke vnto hys wyfe The tother with Theseus led her lyfe There folowed the hardy wydowe that dyd se Hyr dere sone slayne most constantly And reuenged hys death vpon kyng Cyrus It was a noble hardy acte and valerouse She abatyd therby so his gloriouse fame That wel nere it blotted his dedes eke his name There was also she her selfe that lost her ioye By great mysfortune comming vnto Troye And among other that bolde Lady of Italye That domagid bi armes the Troiās maruelously And euen by her went that hardy Lady