gate for the other Verasco perceiving this caused all the servants of the house to come into that alley whose feet hee measuring with the prints which were made in the sand there was none found any way agreeing but onely Clarinda's whose shooe did perfectly fit the lesser print which served as a great proofe at the least for a violent suspicion against her who otherwise accused and convinced by her owne conscience did not deny the fact But alas it had beene much better that she had disavowed this truth than to have added so execrable and notorious a lye For it is very true shee said it was I who opened the gate notwithstanding it was by my Mistresses command Verasco not willing to proceed further in examination of a cause so criminall made Clarinda fast and sent for the Justice strictly forbidding every body to speake of it unto Calista who was so plunged in sorrow and drowned in griefe that her sickenesse moved no lesse pity than Cleanders death The Judges who for the most part are like Surgeons seeking for nothing more than for wounds and swellings quickly came unto the place visited the body and examined Clarinda who persevering in what shee had formerly said added that Lisander was the man who had killed her Master as might easily bee seene by the sword which hee had left that she had let him into the house by Calista's command as formerly shee had done although to her extreme sorrow which she no longer able to beare had discovered to Berontus whom she called to witnesse these words Calista being upon this accusation heard for the fulnesse of her misfortune saw her selfe accused of her husbands death by her who was the cause thereof and for her last calamitie that shee might the more lightly passe this troublesome passage was carried unto prison in the little Castle in this proud City of Paris where in former times shee had beene often seene in so much pomp and glory The End of the sixth Booke A TRAGI-COMICALL HISTORY OF these Times THE SEVENTH BOOKE CALISTA being thus in prison the very centre of misery and a sepulchre unto those who live therein must not be forgotten nor suffered to lye long there yet her comming forth cannot bee so soone for innocency doth not easily appeare in darke dungeons neither is the getting out of prison so easie as the entrance thereinto Clarinda was also placed in another chamber and in her stead there was a strange woman appointed to waite upon Calista whom she had never before seene in appearance to serve her but in truth to observe her words and espy her actions As for Verascus hee remained at Beauplaine unto which place having sent for Berontus and there celebrated Cleanders funerall and setled his houshold he afterward went unto Paris to become Calista's adversary who being brought into this pitifull estate began first to teare her haire and to doe mischiefe against her selfe after having remained in silence a long time without speaking one word as one whose griefe tooke away her sense at the length her present mischiefe bringing unto her minde her former fortune brought teares into her eies and these words into her mouth stirring pity in that place where it never had beene O Calista where art thou what are become of all thy pleasant dayes unto what is all thy glory and vanity reduced O Cleander my onely joy and comfort was it not affliction enough to lose thee without being accused for thy losse Ah Lisander the services which you have done mee heretofore are now dearly sold unto me and I pay those honest acknowledgements of your love with a high price O Lisander why doest not thou know of my imprisonment And you my Judges why doe you not know mine innocency And thou Clarinda why dost thou accuse mee In the middest of these complaints much more grievous than I can expresse nothing comforted her but the hope of death which was preparing for her which shee would have much more desired than her liberty if she could have received it without incurring infamy for the crime whereof she was accused But not to be long upon so grievous a subject I will briefly say that Berontus being come from Burgundy and being no lesse astonished than sorry for those accidents since his departure was heard by the Provost and confronted with Clarinda unto whose former speeches his being conformable it seemed that Calista was sufficiently attainted and convicted of her husbands death so that her processe was in the worlds opinion judged both to the losse of her life and honour I must not forget the griefe which this misfortune brought unto Olinda Alcidon Argire who were then at Paris the sorrow which Ambrisia had who was in Burgundy and that which was suffered by Lidian and his Parents in Normandy when they knew of it Argire and Olinda imployed all their friends to speake with Calista but were not able to obtaine it All the world wondred that Lisander had so fouled the glory of so many brave deeds by so dishonourable an act There was none but Cloridons friends who beleeving that hee was cowardly murdered rejoiced that hee had committed this last base act as a proofe of the former Lisander was then at Brusels farre from thinking upon such an act where a faithfull Poste whom Alcidon had sent let him understand the newes of this deplorable disaster When he heard of Cleanders death he uttered great sorrow as for a person whom next unto Calista he truely loved above all creatures but when he knew that the common beliefe was that he had killed him with his wifes privity who was for that cause a prisoner and upon the point of her punishment he was strooke with silence the newes taking from him both his feeling and all his senses like a great stroake which is not felt at the instant but some time after it is received When he had gathered his spirits unto him which were wandred away with the violence of the first motion and that griefe had given place unto his words O God what did he not say his griefe cannot be represented but by that of Calista for never two soules were so equally wounded with one stroak and their wounds unlike unto all others had nothing to paralell either the others but themselves yet being a man and having his liberty he did resolve to lose it together with his life or else to assure Calista's Now if hee durst appeare he had done his Lady a great service for his flight was one maine argument against her and his presence would have much served for their justification But Cloridons murder being fresh and his blood almost warme representing it selfe every day to the Kings memory who would never grant him his pardon he thought that his presence in stead of satisfying things would exasperate them and that unprofitably he should carry his head to bee lost at Paris without saving Calista's but what cannot love doe in a gentle heart hee
the which the most impossible things are easie unto mee I will not relate the torment which I suffer the evils are contagious and that which I could say may peradventure cause griefe in you suffer onely that I entreat you to save my life in preserving your honour which you cannot well refuse to your very enemy and which you may yeeld unto me in giving me the meanes to see you without scandalizing or injuring of any man I doe also intreat you to beleeve that my life is not so deare unto mee that I would preserve it with the least prejudice unto you and if I should sorrow for the losse thereof it would bee rather in respect of you than my selfe and out of the griefe I should have to see my end before I had testified the beginning of my service To conclude Madam all these words are too weake to witnesse so strong an affection as mine and doe rather lessen than expresse it therefore I intreat you not to judge it by their weake eloquence but by your owne perfections who are the faire cause and beleeve that there is not any kinde of service which I could not easilier yeeld than offer I shall expect the sentence of my life or death in your answer and will remaine so perfectly yours that I cannot say any thing neare to it when I say I am your most faithfull most obedient and most affectionate servant Calista having read this Letter and being no lesse combated with the obligation which shee had unto Lisanders love than with the duty unto her owne honour and Cleanders love discoursed long in her selfe whether shee ought to answer her honour representing that an honest wise vertuous woman as she would bee accounted and as shee was ought not to doe any thing in secret ftom her husband much lesse give him any answer and already did her heart reproach her with the audience which shee had given him and made her alone in her Closet blush with shame for receiving it But Love pleading Lisanders cause and representing his admirable qualities his incomparable affection testified with such signall and late services accused her for suffering with no lesse cruelty than ingratitude a life to bee lost which ought to bee so deare unto her if not for the love which shee bare him at least in that hee had saved both her fathers and her brothers and the rather because shee might preserve it by a word or by a looke which would oblige Lisander without any way offending Cleander Following then this last opinion and knowing that Dorilas was resolved to take Cleander Berontus and Lidian along with him the next day she concluded not alone to write backe againe unto Lisander but to take this occasion to see him in their absence without any bodies privity yet with this resolution not to yeeld him any favour but only sight and speech wherfore she answered thus CALISTA's Answer I Have received your letter against my will and answere now against my duty which is to advertise you of yours and to have you forbeare any further suit in a matter which cannot chuse but be dangerous unto you and not to promise to your selfe from mee any more than such good will as my honour and your vertue may make you hope You are not now to begin to doe me services which you offer me for you have already performed them and so binding in the persons most neere unto me that I cannot chuse but bee sorry at the griefe which you suffer by my meanes and by your absence but I doe beleeve you love me with so much honour and are so perfect a friend unto him whom I onely can love that you would not that I should remedy it to his prejudice neither if you would were it availeable seeing it is impossible yet forasmuch as you onely demand to see me and that those obstacles which you your selfe have raised doe hinder mee from permitting it openly I had rather run a fortune in giving way unto your desire than refuse you so small a mattter as my fight To the end then that you may know if I do not yeeld all that which I owe unto your merit it proceedeth not from ingratitude but from a former obligation which hindereth mee from satisfying that which I am indebted unto you I doe advertise you that if this letter may come to your hands this day I hope to bee here alone to morrow you shall find the little gate of the Garden open and Clarinda not farre from thence who shall attend you Be there about eleven of the clocke and see if I doe not hazzard more in this assignement than you do in keeping it Farewell It is true Calista you hazzard more in this than he for hee could but lose his life and you both life and honour neither doe I thinke it will be long before you repent it although you are not guilty of any offence either in effect or will But not to digresse this letter closed and given unto Clarinda that she might as from her give it unto the woman of the Village to send unto Lisander Calista went into the Hall where dinner was ready and the company onely staying for her which she excused as well as she could After dinner Cleander would needs give Dorilas and Lidian the sport of hunting of a Stagge whereupon they went all together a hunting neere unto the Village where this woman dwelt who was Lisanders messenger It fortuned whilest they were going to their sport a most violent storm of raine fell so vehemently upon them that they were constrained to seeke shelter and finding none neerer than this womans house who as I said was ordinarily at Beauplain they ran thither so fast as their horses would go all together and so suddenly that Lisanders Lacquey who was within waiting for his dispatch could not hide himselfe from being found and knowne by Cleander Berontus and Lidian who asked newes of his Master The footman who was not prepared for this surprize remained so astonished that he wished himselfe dead neverthelesse making a vertue of necessity and not being able to hide his amazement hee disguised the subject telling them that hee was not now with his Master who had put him away for a slight occasion when after so many faithfull services which he had done him hee ought to have expected a recompence so that not knowing what to doe and not having the heart to serve any other man he resolved to come to Beauplaine to entreat their favour to write in his behalfe unto Lisander to take him againe seeing the cause for which he had put him away was onely for giving a boxe on the eare unto a fellow of his who had not served him above three dayes whereas he had served him sixe yeeres But seeing this storme falling hee had come thither as well for shelter as also to entreat the woman of the house who had well knowne him at Beauplaine and had beene well acquainted
I have cast my selfe to oblige you Well bee gone presently if you would not that I should shew Cleander the true Dragon which hee saw but in his dreame Thereupon Clarinda rising up of one side and Lisander forbearing of the other Calista's voice was a little quieted but not her heart what words or submissions soever Lisander said or did who was constrained to goe away with this biting sorrow that hee had lost the favour of his Mistresse with too much importunity Was not this well rid well waited well suffered and well frighted to buy with the price of so many feares so bleeding a griefe I doe wonder that hee did not presently kill himselfe before her at least to worke horrour and feare in her seeing he could not stirre pity but he did better in doing nothing but going away fuller of sorrow than of life lighted onely by Clarinda unto the doore who durst goe no further fearing lest hee might bee discovered so that hee being in the dark grabling his way with one hand upon the raile of the staires and a Pistoll ready bent in the other as hee was against Cleanders chamber doore which was somewhat lower than Calista's his feet slipt from him so that hee fell down the staires even to the bottome and besides the noise which hee made in falling the Pistoll which hee had in his hand went off and gave such a report that it awaked all the house Cleander Berontus and as many as were in the house rose in a fright and began to cry out all together asking one of another what was the matter others calling for light Calista who was not asleepe nor any way disposed thereunto hearing her husband and brother-in-law cry and not knowing whether Lisander had shot his Pistoll against them or whether they had taken him was in more than a deadly agonie Clarinda fearing to be discovered and punished desparately cryed out All was in disorder and confusion Lisander being at the foot of the staires more amazed than hurt and more hurt than seene his Pistoll being fallen out of his hand and his hat from his head and fearing to bee discovered if hee should leave them behinde him vvas a good vvhile before hee found them in the middest of the darkenesse and cryes which vvhen he had done hee runnes tovvards the Garden gate through which hee entred but as hee passed by the Kitchin doore vvhere there vvere seven or eight servants and tvvo or three dozen of dogs hee was follovved and barkt after untill he found his man vvho had his horse and getting speedily upon his backe he escaped avvay over the fields without being knovvne by any that follovved him The End of the second Booke A TRAGI-COMICALL HISTORY OF these Times THE THIRD BOOKE I Shall now want apt words to expresse the griefes wherewith in the third part of this Story wee begin to bee travelled Hitherto they have beene but feared now they are to bee felt But not to raise more sorrow in you than the relation of the truth will bring with it I will returne to our amorous Lisander disgraced not alone by fortune but which was most insupportable to him by his Mistresse gallopping towards Paris whilst Cleander and Berontus having gotten lights visited all the house to finde what it might be that had so unexpectedly troubled their deepe but quiet sleep but although they searched both high and low within and without the quest ended with no more knowledge than it began and not being able to imagine the true cause of this Alarum they judged that some theeves would have robbed them For confirmation of which some of the servants who with eyes hardly awake had seene a glance of Lisanders running by for one whom they had not well seene they said that they had seene sixe and there was one who to seeme more valiantly fortunate assured them that the Pistoll was shot at him and that the bullet came whistling so neere his eares that it blew and shaked his haire Thus Lisanders escape passed for an attempt of robbers in Cleanders opinion who failed not to goe presently to Calista's chamber to tell her that the noise was made by theeves that were fledde wherefore hee wished her to take her rest this morning for the day did begin to break and recompence her nights unquiet rest Truly he had reason for shee had but small yet this last comming was much more welcome unto her than the first Thus was appeased this trouble greater in Calista's minde than in all the house beside Dorilas being with Lidian arrived at Fountaine Bleau and willing in some measure to shew himselfe thankfull unto Lisander obtained his pardon and Lidians of the King for their combat as also Clarangeus and Alcidons who was now healed of his wound But as they went to Paris hee received letters from Normandy by which understanding that Otranta was sicke he riddâ— directly to Bellaire where the joy of his returne and the good newes which he brought her of her children helpt much to the recovering of her former health Lidian and Alcidon meeting with Lisander and Clarangeus they went to Fortlevesque to have their pardon entred with the great Provost from thence all together they went to Beauplaine Cleander Calista and Berontus bid them most exceedingly welcome and after accustomed embracings and complements were over the first discourse wherewith Cleander entertained them was how he was likely to be robbed telling it particularly unto Lisander in the presence of Calista who could not tell almost what countenance to hold He shewed them the Kitchin door where he thought the Pistoll was shot at his man hee shewed also the Garden gate where as hee said they came in and went out leaving all the company either in deed or in shew wondering at the accident finally after so tedious a discourse to the two Lovers they altered the subject of their speech of which though there were divers opinions yet none thought the truth For three or foure dayes while they stayed at Beauplaine Lisander used all his endevour to speake with Calista and shee all that she could to avoid him unlesse it were in company Lisander seeing himselfe barred of that meanes had recourse unto Clarinda and unto the woman who had delivered his first letter both of them excused themselves upon Calista's expresse forbidding not alone to speake for him but also to deliver any letter for him When hee saw all his instruments faile him he resolved againe to banish himselfe from the presence of his Mistresse and to goe into some place where hee might at least ease himselfe by complaint Holland which was then the seat of the warre and is at this day the Schoole thereof by the valour and capacity of that brave Earle who hath better understood it and better made it than can be said furnished him with a brave occasion The Archduke threatned to attach Reyne Berk with a siege and the States prepared themselves to defend it Of the one
windowes just opposite unto a window of a house and so neere unto it that there was nothing but the breadth of a narrow street which did separate them although the grillis was a little higher Lisander comming unto this house found the Mistresse thereof at the doore not yet ready who wondred to see a man of that appearance in this street so earely With her he stayed and intreating her to hearken â—nto one word which he would say for her profit for a Preface unto his discourse gave her a Purse with some â—ore of Grownes in it which did more captivate her good will and raised more attention than all the eloquence in the world could have done Afterwards he said Madam there is in this Prison a Lady who is my Kinswoman whose affaires are solicited by no man but my selfe and whereof I can neither give nor receive from her any instruction That which I desire of you is nothing which can either hurt you or prejudice any person for I doe not desire any other thing but that you would for a day or two lend me the chamber in your house which is over against the prison window thereby onely to see if I can convey her a letter and it is for this favour that I do entreat you to take the hundred crowns which are in the purse assuring you if it please God I justifie her innocency which I hope to doe shee and I will give you more She who was a woman and more of Paris and beyond of that common sort which will give themselves unto the Devill for money hearing him speake of a hundred crownes in ready money and a promise to have more for lending her chamber two dayes in receiving the crownes said unto him Jesus Sir this cost need not the house is at your command and I hope also you have not much failed for this barred window which you see a little higher than ours is one of the best chambers in the Castle and where they are accustomed to lodge their prisoners of the best quality so that I am much deceived if this Lady whereof you spake doth not lodge there and with this gracious speech she brought him into the chamber which was a beastly one The husband who saw a Courtier as hee thought goe so early into his house with his wife being not used to such visits rudely asked of him what hee came for into his house Man said his wife he is an honest Monsieur who hath entreated me to stay here onely one day How stay here said hee how long have you accustomed to lodge guests Sir sir you may get you into some other place it is time enough for here is no lodging To this Lisander answered nothing letting the wife alone whom hee had payed so well that hee doubted not of her speaking for him she drawing her husband aside and shewing him the hundred crownes which shee had received in earnest for so short a hyring out of her chamber made him more gentle than a glove so that changing both his countenance and voice hee said unto Lisander that he should dispose not alone of his chamber but of all the house and of himselfe who was at his service excusing his rudenesse upon two Gentlemen who having taken their meate and lodging with him upon credite had gone away without paying which had put him into this humour but God forbid said he that I should take you for such a kind of man for upon the sight of your countenance I would lend you all my wealth Although Lisander was vexed yet could he not forbeare laughing at this Butchers speech who was a true Parisian so thanking him for his honest courtesie he intreated him to lend him an inkehorne and paper which was presently brought him and having written a short letter he tyed it with pen and inkehorne of the least size he could get to cast it into the window thorow the barres thereof which being double made the entrance very difficult But because the letter should not fall into the street and that he might pull it unto him untill it went in hee tyed it with a thread of the length the street was broad and somewhat more and so flinging it and drawing it againe he continued it so long till hee flung it in Calista was then upon her knees at her prayers before this window and was not then risen but when she saw this letter fall she thought it fell from heaven whose help she then emploâ—ed at the first shee could not imagine what the inkehorn and pen meant untill opening the letter she found this which followeth Lisanders Letter unto Calista MAdam I have felt your misfortune not as mine but as mine and yours together the first and chiefest is to get out of prison to which I am resolved Madam easier than to dye and rather to dye than suffer either your life or honour to runne any hard fortune have onely patience and courage and beleeve that God will never forsake our innocency I have tyed this Pen and this Inkehorne unto the letter that you might wâ— back and command him who in obeying you can finde nothing impossible you need but cast the letter through the window without caring for the taking it up or for any other thing but for your selfe Farewell Calista knowing the letter both by the writing and by the stile felt strange motions in her soule for although shee rejoiced to see that Lisander took her cause into his hands therby hoping for a happy successe according to that great fortune which did accompany him in all his actions yet remembring the common opinion which was had of his killing Cleander shee had as willingly dye as preserve her life by his meanes who was accused of her husbands death although hee were innocent for she thought as it was true that the succours which she should receive from him would bee a proofe of his love and consequently confirme the opinion that he had murdered him so that if shee had seene any other doore of safety open she would never have passed that way but necessity which is a hard and intolerable mistress constrained her to take that part which she could not refuse without a most unevitable ruine and thereby hazzard her reputation in appearance to assure it together with her life in effect wherfore after she had consulted some time with her selfe having told the woman who waited upon her whose good will and love shee had already gained for Calista had such admirable graces that she did easily take the most churlish hearts that it was a kinsman of hers who moved with pitty and compassion of her miserable fortune endevoured to comfort her She wrote backe Calista's Answer SIR I doubt not you doe lively feele a misfortune whereof in part you are the occasion although I thinke you as innocent as I know my selfe to be The chiefest as you say is to get out but withall it is the most difficult the enterprize is
if hee be not hee hath witnessed so little affection unto Calista that she ought not to thinke that ever there was any such in the world But is it possible said Lisander that a Knight who hath saved Dorilas his life and Lidians many times and unto Calista both her life and honour should now be forgotten for Lucidan who not onely was never their servant but hath alwaies beene their capitall enemy As for Lidian answered the other he holds for Lisander and as well he as Alcidon and Berontus will leave the kingdome rather than be present at Calista's marriage with Lucidan and she for her part hath not yet made any demonstrations that shee doth incline either unto one part or other but Dorilas Adrastus and Otranta doe stir heaven and earth for Lucidan and which is greatest the King himselfe favours the match and he can doe more than all All these words were like daggers at Lisanders heart who being able to endure them no longer bid all the company good night and retiring into his chamber went to bed While he rests there if a man tormented with so many furies can enjoy any rest we will returne unto Hippolita who being recovered from her swound and awake from a short sleepe which a generall numming of all her spirits had brought upon her not seeing her mortall enemy who had so cruelly wounded her whom neverthelesse shee loved more than she loved her selfe shee demanded of her maid where he was Shee told her his going away and his excuses together How said shee is hee gone without speaking to mee and hath hee thus left mee in this pitifull estate whereunto I am brought by his cruelty O Tiger although I were unknowne unto him I thinke meere humanity should oblige him to stay with one afflicted set apart that I am for his sake and by himselfe thus wounded and that deceived by his faigned affections I am come into this countrey moved by my true affection unto him have preserved his honour with the losse of my blood and the hazzard of my life and if wee onely speake of common good will which is amongst the most barbarous men were not that bond enough upon him to make him see the successe of the wounds which he hath given me Madam said Erifila hee was so afflicted that it would rather have encreased your evill than lessened it and therefore he went away fearing that his sight should cause some alteration in your wounds Afflicted said Hippolita what proofe of affliction hast thou seene him shed one teare or only fetch one sigh for me yet Erifila I must love him and if thou also lovest me and wilt binde mee to love thee more thou must ride speedily after this ungratefull Knight and conjure him not to flie from Hippolita who seeketh and would runne after him if the wounds which hee hath given mee did not hinder me Tell him I pretend nothing in all that affection which hee hath vowed unto mee but common good will that I quit him of his promises and that not only I will not constrain him in the love which hee beareth unto Calista but that I will mediate his peace with the King and his marriage with her and will take upon mee to solicite her against my selfe let him vouchsafe onely to see mee and suffer me but to accompany him I am none of those who have accused him for killing of Cleander but cleane contrariwise I am she who have defended his innocency and for his sake his Ladies But dispatch Erifila and reply not if thou lovest me or if thou desirest I should live Erifila who knew with what spirit shee had to doe said onely shee would not stay but would make such haste that she would finde him and shee would lose her life or bring him backe But Madam said shee againe who shall have care of your wounds in my absence Care not you for my wounds said Hippolita they are neither mortall nor dangerous onely goe thy waies and take heed thou doest not try Lisander in armes for therein hee is no lesse invincible than in grace and comlinesse incomparable Erifila departeth although it were night and upon a speedy gallop followes after Lisander where leaving her there is a necessity now we should relate what is done at Paris Besides the instant pursuits of Lucidan to marry with Calista Verascus who was advertised of the propositions which Hippolita and Adrastus had made unto the King about Cleanders murder and also what the King had ordained as well upon their offers as upon Berontus his declaration in favour of the accused came Poste to Paris and addressing himselfe unto the Court of Parliament obtained a sentence against Calista containing that most humble remonstrances should be made to his Majesty to be pleased that justice might freely bee executed upon the persons of those who were accused of Cleanders death which sentence being gravely pronounced yet vainely because the King had already given his word although they did not hide that this crime scaping humane justice could not scape divine neither could this innocent blood unjustly shed upon earth crying vengeance in heaven fall in any other place but upon his Majesties head or his childrens Verascus addresseth himselfe unto the King and intreateth him to grant unto him the like combate against those who had offered to defend Lisander and Calista as he had granted unto Lucidan a request not onely just but also favourable for besides that the combate granted to Lucidan served him as a prejudged case there was no reason to deny or refuse Verascus upon a cause already judged and against persons condemned having suffered it unto Lucidan against a man who was not in apparance furthermore hee required nothing but what the friends of the adverse part had already demanded and besides the cause of his kinsman for whose justice he sued hee was injured in his honour by Hippolita's words The King granted that which in justice hee could not deny Thus was Adrastus his life and Calista's honour once againe in tryall and all the joy of the dayes passed turned into griefe and desolation Lidian Alcidon and Berontus were all mad to dispute this difference with Verascus who in all their opinions was like discord let loose by envie out of hell to trouble all their quiet But God forbid said Adrastus that any other but my selfe being in health and present should undertake the defence of my sonne and of my owne offer I have demanded this combate against Verascus and if it please God I wil be the first that shall maintain the innocency which hee would oppresse Who is able to utter Dorilas his anger Otranta's complaints Ambrisia's griefe Olinda's teares Argires sorrow and the deadly confusion of unfortunate Calista who can declare Lidians fury to see his sisters cause and his friends hazzarded under the defence of a feeble old man whose age might justly bee dispensed from Armes finally who can speake the universall discomfort of all