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A57801	The royal wanton containing the Gallick intriegues [sic], with Lycogenes (late King of Albion) his expedition for Hibernia: being the second volume of the Amours of Messalina, with Polydorus, K. of the Goths. Compleating the whole history. By a woman of quality, a late confidant of Queen Messalina.; Amours of Messalina late Queen of Albion. Part 5.	Woman of quality, fl. 1689-1690.; Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701, attributed name.	1690 (1690)	Wing R2158A; ESTC R220866	52,428	91

Return to my Kingdoms on the Necks of my Defeated Heretick Enemies my Establishment of the Pagan Religion will carry its own Justification so clearly that even Malice and Murmur it self shall be husht and the most repining Tongue want Matter to reproach or revile me For then if I demolish the Heretick Church of Albion 't is their own Crimes not I have pulled it down their Revolt and Rebellion has deserved it from me and 't is my Royal condescending Mercy that I shall exact no more Then as I once told the Heretick Academicks they should feel the weight of an angry Prince they shall thank me that I fall no heavier when so easy a Vengeance against their Treason and Apostacy shall be all their punishment 'T is true indeed continued Lycogenes I am under some private Covenants and Stipulations with Polydorus nor do I murmur at the utmost Concessions and Condescensions I have made him for that and more he merits from me For since that Heroick Champion Embarked in the Recovery of my Crowns fights the Battles of our Gods too what can I pay too much Gothland indeed of old was a long Tributary to Albion Nor let mistaken History Record it the Effieminacy of Lycogenes that not only in his present misfortune but also through the whole study of his Life he has so indefatigably laboured to efface that Jewel in the Albion Diadem For in this Heavenly Cause 't is Lycogenes 's greater Pride and Glory to hold the Feodatory Crown of Albion a Dependant upon Gothland a Reward too little for so great a Service when thou knowest my Messalina I had rather admit Great Polydorus a Sharer in my Diadem and sit even on the Left Hand of a Throne with that Great Monarch by my side whilst by his Sword I build the Altars of our Pagan Gods up than Reign with all the Grandure Conquests Glories of all my Royal Ancestors once the Arbiters of Europe heaped and massed together with that one only Trophy wanting Since the Extirpation of Heresy is so eminently the never dying Renown of Polydorus my humblest submissions even to Vassalage it self under so Illustrious a Leader were not a little Meritorious when they bring me the Honour of lying a Pupil at the Feet of that Great Gamaliel The Queen who 't is true felt an inward Delight at so Enthusiastick and Religious a Transport of her Lycogenes in the Pagan Cause returned him all the due Acknowledgments to so resolved a Champion But as her own quite contrary prospect of Success from an Attempt of that kind how well soev●r Designed and Endeavoured led her to wandring Thoughts of a far different Nature the Hazard of the Enterprize renewed the pleasing Contemplation of the late Great Foundation of Glory laid her by the Amorous Polydorus and her own Greater one of Love and Felicity in the Arms of her Sanctifiore Lycogenes now hastening to a Farewell tells his Messalina that all preparations were already made the Gallick Navy was ready for setting Sail the Forces being all Embarked and himself and some of his Officers only wanting to go aboard that accordingly his and their immediate dispatch was called for and this very day his Departure was Assigned in order to his speediest setting forward for the Fleet. He desires her therefore to look upon his necessitated absence as no other than the ordinance of his Governing Stars in which not only his own Vindication but that of Heaven too was Engaged That that consideration would not only expedite his Zeal and make his Toyl and Labour light but also he hoped would interess aiding Providence it self to facilitate his Atcheivements as its own peculiar Care to Consummate so Pious and Holy an undertaking The Queen receiving this Farewell Summons with a shock befitting the Character she bore attended the King to the Palace where retiring with him alone into her Closet for a Recess of Privacy to unbosome those mournful Plaints at so sad a Divorce a Scene of sorrow which admitted no hearer nor spectators she entertain'd him with so many tender and wailing Accents which seconded with an additional Eloquence of the most melting shower of Tears wanted no Appearances of the most cordial Concern With the most endearing Embraces she recommended his Cause but more particularly the preservation of his Person to the tendrest charge of his best Guardian Angels She conjured him to believe her Life was wholly wound up in his and that every wound that should hurt her Lycogenes must strike through the Heart of Messalina for all his personal Dangers could have no other passage She desired him likewise to reflect on the few short broken slumbers her sad Pillow must now give her whilest he left behind him the most melancholly of Widows for as Pleasure and Delight from any other Object but her Lycogenes had ever been strangers to her Soul he must believe his absence could have no less Effect than to banish all joy from her Life and all smiles from her Cheeks till his return whilest the continued business of her whole Days and Nights till that blest hour should wholly be spent in Prayers for his Prosperity and that with every Bead to Heaven she would drop a Tear for her Lycogenes In short the cooing murmurs of our fair Turtle may well be believed to be very passionate when 't is always observed that Art when the Imitatour of Nature paints with the boldest stroaks even beyond the Life Her commanded Sighs and Tears therefore were not a little extravagant on this occasion But to leave our mourning Royal Mates to their parting Scene our History calls us to some few Affairs of Aspasia The Reader may remember in the first Treatise that Father Sebastian had been a long favour'd Inamorat of Aspasias who being one of those Albion Fugitives who escaping the Universal Pagan Wrack in that revolted Kingdom was Landed safe on the Gothick shore and at present a shelterer in the Gallick Court you may imagine was not wanting with all Assiduity and Address after so long a separation as his dear Aspasias late absence in Ibernia ever since her Arrival in Gothland to renew his amorous Visits in hopes of gathering his old Golden Fruit from so fair a Tree But as ill Fortune the malice of Cupid or some other if possible blinder Deity was his Enemy or rather the ill Humour of Aspasia or some other Feminine Devil about her envied him his old Felicities he could never yet get one private minute alone with her Whether the multiplicity of her Visitants as so new a Guest in that Court might be some interposing Debarment to a private Access or no however his good opinion both of her and himself made him for some time impute his misfortune to no other Cause But that flattering Excuse at long run being not altogether satisfactory he discovered at last that by her Artful shunning of all opportunities 't was her palpable slight of him if not her down-right Aversion that excluded him

his Success and Conduct however were no little allay to her Favour and Graces towards him insomuch that Doubt and Suspicion might easily be Entertained against him and a little Breath would go to the lighting that Coal Besides her absolute Resignation to the Pleasure of Polydorus silenced all Questions and Disputes 'T was enough he Believed and 't was not her Qu to Doubt Accordingly with an immediate Concurrence to Polydorus she her self advised the seizing not only of his Papers but his Person too and doing himself open Justice No Madam replied Polydorus Your Sacred Roof is a Sanctuary against all such Violence for since he has the Honour of Sleeping under that Protection the publick Apprehension either of himself or his Papers though on the most Criminal Account would be too Profane an Intrusion in a Place so Sacred The King therefore humbly besought her permission that himself might give Pedro a Visit in his own Lodgings at his first uprising next Morning and in respect to the Place as the Palace of Messalina make that privater Scrutiny and those less noisy Demands of him that might give as full tho' not so publick a satisfaction into the Truth of the Matter alledged against him The Queen instantly complying with the Kings Desire and likewise humbly thanking him for the Great Respect he was pleased to shew to her self in this manner of Process against so treacherous a wretch told him that his Pleasure therein or what else should not only be punctually observed but also she her self would Accompany him thither as proud to confront so impious an Infidelity as durst in the least conspire against the Glory or Peace of her dear Polydorus In pursuit of this Resolve early next Morning Polydorus and Messalina enter Pedro's Chamber who receives them with a profound Reverence not a little pleased if not astonisht at so unusual a Favour But the Queen to undeceive him in that point desired him not to mistake the occasion of this Honour they did him commanding the Keys of his Closet and Cabinets Pedro Thunder-struck at such a sound and finding by her Looks that the want of his Keys was not to search for Bracelets or Love-Letters but more important matters fell instantly upon his Knees and with a long repetition of his Zeal and Services and a thousand Protestations of his Truth and Fidelity humbly remonstrated his whole Innocence and Loyalty and the meaness of her Suspicion against so known and tried Integrity Well Sir says the Queen who as an endearment to Polydorus resolved to be the forwardest in Pedro's Prosecution If you are that Honest and Loyal Man the Innocence of your Papers which we come hither to see will be your Confirmation and as so many Records in your behalf stand the Monuments of your Glory Pedro now almost dead was going to use the little feeble Breath he had left to diswade her from her purpose but as she would hear no more but be obeyed he was forced at last to give her the Keys where whilest the King and She entred the Closet himself stood rooted like a Stature in his Chamber without both dumb and motionless attending his approaching Fate No sooner had the Queen unlockt the first Drawer of his Cabinet but a dazling appearance of Jewels glared in her Eyes which she no sooner saw but she instantly cried out Oh Polydorus my own Albion Jewels O Villain Pedro Villain Villain How Madam answered Polydorus amazed Your Jewels Yes Sir replied the Queen the very same I lost at my Landing in Gothland and for which you publisht so many Thousand Crowns Reward for the Discovery of This very Monster advised me to trust them with an Italian Priest of his own Recommendation since run away and be-like by the quantity I here find of them has conspired in the Robbery and went shares and snacks with the very Thief that stole ' em Oh Execrable Miscreant Was 't not enough that thy Villany has ravisht my Glory rifled my Crown from me and lost me three Kingdoms but thy low-born wretched Soul could stoop to so petty a Larceny as to steal my very Jewels from me The Queen had went on with a great many more bitter Expressions on so pregnant a Subject had not her farther Curiosity sound her other Employment The first Papers they lighted of proved to be Accounts of Monies laid out and a Journal of Domestick Expences not worthy of their Inspection only unfortunately the first Paper of them that fell into the Queens Hand and the first Line she cast her Eye upon was the Account of what Monies he had paid to his Landlord an Inn-keeper at the Waters of Bajae in Albion when the Queen was last there for the Maintenance of a Child gotten by him upon the Body of the said Landlord's Daughter This innocent Discovery occasioned a comical smile or two and some few jocose Remarks between Polydorus and Messalina The next Papers they came to being a very large Bundle were an Account of Summs of Money received part seperately to himself and others in Paternship with Polyorchetes the Chancellour for Pardons Sold to the Western Rebels in Perkins Insurrection Ah Sir says the Queen to Polydorus what wicked Papers are here You may see how Kings are abused when the Mercy of my poor Eycogenes to those Western Wretches tho' God knows that Mercy was but Little yet even that Little was Bought and Sold. The following Papers they met were a List and Computation of the Number of the Officers and private Souldiers of the Pagan Religion in Lycogenes Albion Army taken at the last Campagne by the King 's Special Order and Command Ah Sir says Messalina that very Paper undid my poor Lycogenes For as you know the Design of keeping up that Army so poor zealous good Man being desirous to learn the Strength of what Pagan Hands he had to trust to in order for the good of his Cause he sent his Command to every Captain to bring him in the Number of the Pagans in their each respective Company or Troop and would you think it those false insinuating Villains to humour as they call'd it the Kings weak side and thereby ingratiate themselves into his Favour made the Computation of the Pagans amount to the full Moiety of the whole Army within 600 when God knows not a Seventh of 'em were of that Faith as sad Experience has since convinced him whilst by these and several other false and flattering Reports of the Pagan Strength was my poor Lycogenes drawn into that Confidence and consequently those Snares that lost him his Kingdoms Polydorus had not searched much farther till he discovered the Mine he desired viz. A Correspondence between Father Pedro both with the Imperial and the Arragonian Court the present sworn Enemies of Polydorus A great many Letters fill'd with promises of large Golden Rewards were the first that occurred and tho' part of them were Written in Characters and others of less dangerous Import were more