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A37095	The English lovers, or, A girle worth gold both parts, so often acted with general applause, now newly formed into a romance / by the accurate pen of I.D., Gent.	Dauncey, John, fl. 1663.; Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. Fair maid of the west.	1662 (1662)	Wing D289A; ESTC R9663	128,678	272

many presenting perils I immediately called a Counsel of War where it was with one voice advised and assented to that I should with all speed draw out my whole forces and give my then Enemy Battel Thus were the plains of Merandola the second time to be made the stage whereon we were to act a bloody Scene for we had advice that the enemy not much above four leagues off was entring upon them nor was that large Champayne above half a League distant from our Camp The Sun had about two houres declined towards the Western Horizon when our whole Army consisting of about five thousand horse and twelve thousand foot advanced and somewhat before sunset faced the Duke of Ferrara's Camp who with about the same number of horse and foot had seated himself with their backs directly opposing the morning sun 'T was strange that two so great Armies should lie so close together with so little noise neither being guilty of the least excursion during the whole night though I must confess I was advised by some and that not without reason to have immediately fallen upon Ferrara's Forces whilst I had the advantage of the setting sun which darted i'ts rayes just into the faces of my Enemies besides it was urged that the Feraresses having had many long tedious marches without intermission must needs be very weary and so easily be overcome by a fresh Army but all those arguments were opposed by the generous Goodlake bravely encouraging me to scorn to take the least advantage of a foe whose numbers exceeded not mine The next day before the sun had displayed it's Golden Rayes upon the Parched earth the Drums and Trumpets Alarum'd both Armies to their bloody work my right wing of Horse I committed to the charge of the thrice Noble Spinola and the gallant Goodlake the left wing was committed to the charge of that worthy Souldier your Highness Subject Signior Alonzo Tristamara my self in person Commanded the main body of the Army and as if it were by joynt consent the Duke of Ferrara had ordered his Forces in the same manner as I had done mine the English stranger Commanding the ●ight wing of Horse Signior Piemontese●hat ●hat approved veteran the left wing and the Duke himsself having charge of the maine ●attel The Peales of Ordnance like so many fune●al Knells having rung out a fierce Alarum to both parties and the Drums and Trumpets ●ounded an encouraging charge our armies joy●ed just about the time when the sun shewed ●is dewy locks above the Caerulian Sea and ●here as 't were stood still to behold the gallant ●ctions of these two noble strangers who most ●esolvedly charging in the heads of their troops ●n few hours time with an infinite slaughter in●erchangeably put to flight their opposites whilst the main Battalias faught with equal suc●ess or indeed scarce at all but amazedly beheld ●he incredible actions of the two English men Gods How like flaming Comets did their ●rightned swords peirce through the Helmets of ●heir enemies the left wing of the Duke of Ferrara's Army was forced to yield to the unconquerable Arme of Goodlake nor did ours find a milder fate in endeavouring to resist against that of the other invincible but yet unknown stranger when at last Goodlake leaving Spinola still to pursue the routed Ferraresse in the left wing came to the assistance of ours with a ful resolution to meet that gallant stranger who had wrought such wonders against us But it hapned that at the same time that Goodlake with a gallant party came in to the assistance of our left wing his other magnanimous Countryman though then unknown of him to be so was gon with a select Brigade of Horse to repair the ruines on the Duke of Ferrara's part Heavens how soon did their presence alter the Scene of affairs those who before were persuers were now persued the gallant Spinola charging in the head of his troops became a sacrifice to the sword of Ferrara's Champion on the other side those troops which his presence had before made victorious now fled as fast as they before pursued before my valient Commander In this variety of fortune did the battel continue on both sides for the whole day those two noble strangers seeming as it were the soules of the two Armies which moved those great bodies at their pleasure till after Sun-set the approaching darkness of the night rather then any other cause made us both willingly sound a retreat as well to rest our wearied bodies as to compute● our losses 'T is almost incredible worthy Prince what infinite slaughter this day made those vast and wide-stretching plains seemed covered with the bodies of the dead nor could either Army boast above half the number which they had that morning seen alive and well Strange fury of men worse then that of wild beasts for these are never ravenous upon those of their own brood but we ambitiously strive to destroy one another The next mornings light called up the two Armies again to put a final pe●iod to this bloody Tragedy the Trumpets and Drums had sounded the alarum and now onely attended to change their note to that of another fell and dreadful charge when a Herald from the Duke of Ferrara's Army brought me the ensuing Letter To the Puissant Duke of Mantova THough we have no reason at all to doubt the strength or courage of our Army or to think our cause so bad as not to venture our Subjects bloods once more in a fatal conflict yet when we consider that the blood which has been shed in this unhappy contrast would not only have watered but overflowed those lands we contend for we cannot but with tears lament that vast effusion of humane gore and with that some happy remedy might be found out to give a Period to these unhappy discords rather then by further hazarding our Subjects lives increase both the score and the enmity Think not hereby that we mean to forgoe the left of our right but this we promise upon the word of a Prince that if for preventing further Tradegies your Highness will make choice of a Champion to combate ours we will willingly hazard the loss of that which we think we may justly call our own upon his single person being content that the conquest of either shall end all differences between us D. Ferrara This Challenge which I may in some regard call pious as I understood afterwards from the Duke of Ferrara proceeds wholly from the generous intreaties of that worthy stranger who moved out of a noble pitty to see too neighbour Princes in that cruel manner sacrifice their Subjects lives to either their disdain or ambition for a thing scarce worth the contention freely offered his blood to end the difference which Ferrara confident of his valour as readily accepted Nor can I tell you mighty Prince with what joy I received his offer though I was doubtful when I least had need who to make choice of

those wars nor must I now forget that I have often heard him mention you as a Person who of all the English Captaines behaved your selfe with most courage and noblenesse I confesse continued Goodlake I was in a small time of being there more by the partiall favour of the English Generall then any desert of mine commissioned Captain of a Foot Comp●ny and such a Company as had they had a Captaine equall either in Courage or experience to the meanest of them might have performed wonders But to return to my said story my deare Mariana sadly lamented my losse and absence and would her selfe had she not been so narrowly watched by her Uncle have adventured to have found me but yet was she not by reason of my absence so closely restrained from her liberty as formerly so that we found wayes by meanes of my dear friend Spencer to keep a correspondence for the generous Spencer still continued his noblenesse to me in that high degree that he not only seveveral times sent me supplyes of money but had expended great sums and spent his whole stock of Interest at Court in endeavouring to procure me a pardon from the Queen but it could not be blamed nor would such was the power of my adversaries friends ever have been granted had not my fortune and the resolution and courage of my Company rather then any personal valour of mine allotted me to be the first that upon storming the Brill entered the Cittadell I have said Spinola interrupting him heard many gallant Persons descant upon that action and they have generally concluded it an act rather of desperation then prudence there being little to be said in justification of it but only that it prospered I speak not this continued Spinola of your particular assault for that being pursuant to command demonstrated you truly valiant but to the action in general 'T is very true said Goodlake it was so esteemed by many understanding Souldiers but however it might be in it selfe sure I am it proved fortunate to me for by it I got that pardon which for so many years before I had sued for in vaine You may easily imagine my deare friend that I had after seven or eight yeares banishment a great desire to see again my native Country but a far greater to see my beloved Mariana who still for my sake continued a Virgin and my deare friend Spencer I therefore having with very small intreaty obtained leave of the Generall to passe over to England imbarqued my selfe at Rotterdam and Favente Neptuno arrived in two dayes at Dover where my earnest desire to see my friends made me stay no longer then I could provide my selfe with Horses to post towards them which diligent care soon found and unwearied speed made me the next day in the evening to arrive at the House of my generous and noble friend Spencer where without further Ceremonies I entred and surprized him in a sad and serious discourse with his Sister and some other Ladies but little did I think that that griefe which I saw had overshadowed their visages did so much concern me my deare Spencer immediately came running towards me and imbracing and kissing me ten thousand times congratulated my safe arrival at length to my Native soile and friends but yet me thought that his countenance was somewhat clouded and not so serene and complacent as I had formerly known it besides I observed that there were whilst I was renewing as it were my friendship with Spencer strange whisprings among the Ladies and that their former bemoanings were turned into a dumb silence me thought this boaded something extraordinary but what to think I could not tell nor did I at all imagine that it had so neerly concerned me till having saluted the Ladies I desired them to make me partaker of their sorrows by knowing the cause of them alas Sir said one of them our sorrow if there be any here whose lookes or other jesture may make you deem them sorrowful is no other then what is caused either by the dulnesse of the weather or some unknown reason which we cannot be sensible of Alas Madam said I your goodnesse must pardon me if I doe yet believe that so great a dejection of spirit as I perceive in this whole company must necessarily proceed from some greater occasion then the dulnesse of the weather which to me seemes pleasant unlesse said I I be that unknown reason from whence it doth proceed and turning thereupon to Mr. Spencer whose visage testified more discontent then any other I told him that he had not formerly used to receive me with such a show of griefe and sadnesse and therefore desired him to let me know the occasion for otherwise I should be inforced to believe that some malicious Person had scandalized me to him and possessed him with such things as might make him think I had justly forfeited his former friendship which if so I desired to know my crime and accusers that I might confesse and crave pardon or right my selfe Hereupon with many vows he protested there was no such thing that I was as high in his good opinion and that he esteemed my friendship as much if not more as ever that his present melancholy aud dejectednesse proceeded from he knew not what inward cause which had likewise poured its influence upon the whole Company This though it little satisfied me yet I was forced to conform my humour to theirs for I could not perswade them from you and indeed I who had the most reason to be sad knew no cause for it till Bed-time being come my deare Spencer accompanying me to my Chamber I began more seriously to examine why he who was alwayes wont to be of a joviall temper had now so utterly banisht mirth from his soule especially at my arrivall Oh my deare friend said he fetching withall a deep sigh since I must tell you the cause which I would not doe did I not know you a Person who could absolutely command your passions know that the very sight of you encreased my sorrow for your sake did I first conceive it and you are the only Person in the World it most concernes I was somewhat startled to heare him say so and what is it said I in some passion can make me so miserable that you should thus have cause to grieve for me is Mariana turn'd inconstant and hath she now I am come home fraught with full hopes to enjoy her plighted her faith unto another It cannot sure be oh no replyed he she continued constant to you even to her last to her last said I and is she then dead oh Heavens what cursed stars was I born under thus to conspire to make me miserable for ever Well Mariana since after so many delayes I can●●ot enjoy thee living I will follow thee to ●●eath and therewith drew my sword intending to have peirced my bosome but was hindred by my too pittifull friend and what says he