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A03432	Certaine tragicall discourses written out of Frenche and Latin, by Geffraie Fenton, no lesse profitable then pleasaunt, and of like necessitye to al degrees that take pleasure in antiquityes or forreine reapportes; Novelle. English. Selections	Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561.; Fenton, Geoffrey, Sir, 1539?-1608.	1567 (1567)	STC 1356.1; ESTC S101952	453,531	632

made her body and other members the mynisters of her wil which God doth oftentymes suffer as wel for the due correction of heynous faults as also for an example and terror to all offenders in the like affayres I am lothe good Ladyes to passe any further in the pursute of this dolorous tragedye because your eyes alredy wearyed with wepinge methinke I see also your eares offer to close themselues against y e report of this PANDORA whose only offence had bene enough to staine your whole secte with per petual i●amie if y e pure chastitie of so many of you offred not to confute the slaunder by your vertue only neither cā y e impudente and wicked liffe of suche double curtalls as shee was impayre thestimacion of them that wyth thintente of pure integritie do rather giue suck to their honor w t y e milke of simplicytie then being Italyonated with all subteltyes trustinge onlye in the humor of their owne braine do fall at laste into the common slaunder of all the worlde for a famylyar profe wherof I leaue you to skanne the order and doinges of this PANDORA who waringe nowe somewhat colde in her former passions of frensye and rage began to be pinched with the panges Incydente comenlye to all women in the paynfull trauell of childe bearinge wherfor goinge to bed she caused certeyn baynes to be prouided wherin washinge her selfe the next daye beinge hallowed and a feaste of great solempnytye she was caryed in a rych coche to vysitt the companie of other Ladyes amongeste whome she was not worthye to kepe place being the shamefull bother of her own blood and wicked ennemy to the life of mā Herein is to be noted the destructiun of a woman banished the pallays of reason together with the due mede of their merytt who for the respect of a lyttell pleasure of no more contynuance then a moment do put their honour vpon tearmes of Infamye and there soules in hazard of euerlastinge tormente here the adulterers maye see howe iustelye God ponysheth their infydelytie breach of othes towardes their husbands let also the yong ladyes and lyttel girls learne to direct the cours of their youth by y e contrary of this example and beinge once registred in the boke of maryage let theim stād vpō their guard for falling into y e like folies for ther is nothīg cōmitted in secret but in y e end it bursts out to a cōmō brute which our sauior Christ affyrmeth by the mouthe of y e prophet sainge y t what so euer is done in the darkest corner of the house shal be published in y e end in open audience And he who sekes most to conceile his faulte is not onlye by the permission of God the first opner of the same but also beares the badge of shame afore the face of y e world and standes in daunger of grace in the presence of him from whom no secret canne bee hydde FINIS The argument IT may seame to some that delighte in the reporte of other mens faltes with respectt rather to take occasion of synister exclamaciō then be warned by their euils to eschewe the like harmes in thē selues that I haue bene to prodigall in notinge the doinges and liues of diuerle ladies and gentlewomen declininge by misfortune from the path of vertue and honour only to sturre vp cause of reproche and leaue argument to confirme their fonde opinion Albeit as their errour appereth sufficiently in the integretye of my meaninge so I hope thindifferent sort will geue an other iudgement of my entente the rather for that I haue preferred these discourses both for the proffit of the present glorye of them that bee paste and instruction of suche as bee to come seing w c al they discouer more cause of rebuke and vices more heynous in men then any we finde committed by women and albeit the historye last recyted hath set fourthe in lyuely collours the furye and madd dispocition of a woman forced by disloyaltie yet if a man maye any waie excuse synne it maye in some sorte be dispensed with all or at leaste with more reason then the tyranous execution followinge committed by a man without occacion where a certaine Ielousye sprong of an vniuste myslyke as she thought is readie to couer the falte of Pandora for what is he so ignorante in the passions of loue that will not confesse that Ielosye is an euill excedinge all the tormentes of the worlde supplantinge oftentymes bothe wytt and reason in the moste wise that be specially when appeareth the lyke treason that Pandora perswaded her selfe to receiuely him that forsoke her but for thother how eā he be acquited frō an humor of a frantike mā who without any cause of effence in the world committes cruel excution vpon his innocente wife no lesse fayre and fournished in al perfections then chast and verteous with oute comparison neyther is Ioylowsye the cause of morder considringe that the opynion is no sooner conceyued then there followeth as it were a distrust of the partye that thinkes to receiue the wronge with an indifferent desyer to theim both to stande vpon their gard in sort lyke ii enemyes workinge the mutuall destruction the one of the other wherof leauing the iudgement to theim that be of good stomake to disgest all kindes of meates or can carye a braine to ●●kle with the fumes of euerye brothe that is offred theim I haue here to expose vnto you a myserable accident happening in our tyme whiche shall serue as a bloddye skaffolde or theaterye wherin are presented such as play no partes but in mortal and furious tragideies ❧ AN ALBANOYSE Capteine beinge at the poynte to dye kylled his wyfe because no man should enioye her beavvtie after his deathe ❧ ˙ ˙ DUringe the sege and miserable sacke of MODONA a Cytye of the mores confyning vpō y e sea PELOPONESE not farr frō y e straite of YSTHMYON by y e whiche the venetians conueighe theire great traffique and trade of marchandise Baiazeth themperour of the turkes and great grandfather to SVLTAN SOLYMAN who this daye gouerneth the state of thoriente vsed so many sortes of inordinat cruelties in the persecution of those wretches whom fate with extreme forme of his warr had not onlye habandoned from the soyle of their ancient and naturall bode but also as people ful of desolation and voide of succour euery waye forced them to craue harbor of the lymytrophall townes adioyning their countrey to shroude ther weary bodyes bledinge still with the woundes of their late warre and ouercome besides wyth the violence of hungar and cold ii common enemies that neuer faile to followe the campe of miserie And as in a generall calamitie euerie man hath his fortune So amongest the vnhappie crewe of these fugitiues creatures full of care there was one gentleman no les noble by discente then worthelye reuowmed by the glorye of his own actes who accompting it a

loyall seruant and frend that euer bare name to do honor or seruice to any of that noble sect Your desperat resolucion saith DELYO excedinge all thexperience I haue harde or redd of any that haue bene possessed with the like infection argueth the vnbridled humor of loue to be a kynde of rage a thousand times more straunge and lesse reasonable then eyther the burning feuer or frantike maladie of suche as are infected with the fury of frenzye for what greater follye or rather desperacion can be noted in the madman then to Ronne headlong in to the middest of the fyer or cōmit himselfe vnarmed to the mercie of the glaues and sharp swords of his enemie How may a mā tearme this same amarous rage and effect of smal reason and lesse discrecion which accompanie suche as make themselues a praie to their proper sensualitie if not some spirite or lymme of Sathan sent to torment vs in making vs thabhomynable workemen of such miracles of mischiefe and he that sayth that loue procedeth other wayes then of our selues seameth rather to mocke the truth then hable to iustefy his argument by approued authorities seing the mischief is deriued of our selues and norished of the corruption of our nature whose wicked force preuaileth so much ouer the gifte of our vnderstanding and darkeneth the vertue of the spirit that wée are denied to se and muche lesse to treade the pathe of our dutie honestie or conscience But thamarous Crew of f●yuolus louers now a dayes eyther to support their dampnable enterprises with a boulster or showe of a newfounde vertue or to set a more brauerie of their doinges then eyther reason or conscience will allow or rather to make their secte fauored with a fame or name of perpetuitie haue deuised to christen their follie by the name of sincere and true loyaltie whiche they also forget not to confirme by the title of constancie as thoughe without the hazarde of the soule and absolute destruction of the bodie suche execrable villenies and abuses of men colde beare the name or be registred in y e boke of vertue wherin albeit I cold bée assisted with infynities of examples both familiar and aunciente yet because such discourse wold rather seame tedious thē thankful to the guiltie mynds of a nomber of our contreymen I am content to dismisse al antiquities and pursewe my allegacion with thauthorytie of this CORNELIO who rather enchaunted then rauished with the remembrance of his Ladye and suggestion of his own follie tolde DELIO for ende that if all the waies betwen MANTVA and MYLLAN were strewed or pitched with rasors and euerye gate and windowe decked with the doble cannon readie charged to salute hym at his cominge yet making litle or none accompte of these mortal perils in respect of the dutie he seamed to owe to his deare PLAVDINA he failed not to begyn to perform y e sōmonce of her letter the next morning when with ij seruants no lesse strange to him then vnknowen to al men and himself attyred in the wede of a marchāt trauellor he departed Mantua at the opening of the gates marching no lesse spedelie then by secrete vnknowē pathes he measured his time according to thim portāce dāger of his enterprise in such sort as he gat w tin y e walls of Myllan at the verie last glymmer and cloasing of the euening wher refusing y e house of his mother because y e prospect opening vpon the pallais of hys chiefeste enemye seamed more apt to discouer then hable to hyde hys being ther he addressed hym to a deare frende of his called Mes●ieur Ambrosio where beyng let in in the darkest of the euenyng he was lodged in a lowe chamber ioyned as a pendle to thuttermost corner of the house moste conuenient to worke his secret misterye His first indeuor after his saffe arryual at MILLAN was to send for an appoticarye whose fidelitie he had earst proued in the enterchaunge and conueighe of diuerse letters betwene his Ladie and hym who not so much amazed to see hym there whom he loked not for as glad of his comminge for the contentement of Plaudina assured hym of the departure of her husbande his second diligence appeared in therpedicion he vsed to aduertise his mistrys of his commynge whom he requested by a letter vnder the conduit of this colcarior to appoint a conueniēt leasure that he might speake to her in secret for saith he the conference I haue to impart with you is of other importance then to be debated in the hearyng of witnesses and much lesse recorded by anye then the only presence of our selues The Lady althoughe she desired nothyng so muche as the presence of her seruant whose only comyng seamed almoste to make her excede the bondes of reason for ioye yet was she semblablie traunced in a passion of dreedefull conceites and doutefull feare the one for that she feared tho malice of the frenchemen the rather because they extended weekely a priuye searche vppon all the houses and places whyche they iudged frendes to CORNELIO the other chief cause of her dollor was for that by the wronge datyng of her letter she failed of the daye of the departure of her husbande whereby she had not only procured to hym a more daunger thē neded but also abused his aduenture in beyng not hable to giue so longe a time to their pleasures as he iustelye deserued and they bothe desired notwithstandyng she retorned the messenger with a gentle aunswere● wherein aboue all other thinges she gaue singler comendacion to his firme loyaltie andno lesse falte toher owne follie and rashenes whyche because she woulde not onelye excuse but also counteruaile or rather excede wyth a recompence to his contentation she willed hym by y e messenger to passe by the gate in the attire of a masquer where the woulde attende his commynge about x. or xj of the clocke the same euenynge resoluynge vppon a certeine watche worde or other secret instructions whereby she might discerne hym from the reste of his felowshipp Yt is to bée thoughte CORNELIO did neyther mislike the message and muche lesse forgett the hower of appointmente nor yet seame a cowarde in this chiefeste exployte of his aduenture I am rather of opinion that his foolishe rashenes dyd so much excede the vertue of the minde that yf the whole garrison of the frenchemen had bene encamped in the stréete and redie to receyue hym vppon the pointe of their pickes he woulde rather haue accepted the offer of present death then lost so good an occasion to encounter a simple glaunce or glée of his greate frende who no lesse mindefull of her promisse then readie to performe it wyth a double diligence in hope to enioye an interest of suche pleasure as loue yeldes to suche as fortune makes happie and hable to receiue attended hys commynge at the place and hower of accorde And as she was one of the best Courtiars passinge the rest of the traine