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A10803	A defiance to Fortune Proclaimed by Andrugio, noble Duke of Saxony, declaring his miseries, and continually crossed with vnconstant Fortune, the banishment of himselfe, his wife and children. Whereunto is adioyned the honorable warres of Galastino, Duke of Millaine in reuenge of his wrongs vpon the trayterous Saxons. Wherin is noted a myrrour of noble patitience [sic], a most rare example of modest chastity, and the perfect patterne of true friendship. Verie delectable and ful of varietie. Written by H.R.	H. R. (Henry Roberts), fl. 1585-1616.	1590 (1590)	STC 21078; ESTC S101593	77,123	116

shall you rest with me where your cates shall not be dainty homelic cleanly and welcome your principal dish Thankes good my Lord quoth Elanicus but thinke you that I may obtaine that fauour at your commaund which intreating for the same so lately was so hardly expersed Susania intercepting Andrugio his wordes answered sir blame not a fearfull maiden to doubt the worst hauing too great a cause of late to bee warned and to excuse my boldnesse let my submission in the humblest wise make satisfaction for my fault and vouchsafe to accompanie your noble countriman vnto whom both the Gods and Fortune in my opinion haue done great wrong and my selfe a rude maiden with my aged parentes haue highly offended in not giuing him the dutie to his estate belonging But I trust he will pardon the fault committed sith he himselfe is the principall cause thereof which would not make himselfe knowen but onely in this tytle a Gentleman of Saxonie yet to such prouision as wee coulde make in this wildernes he was welcome so is your selfe if you accept it A million of thankes curteous maiden I render thee for thy kindnes to this noble man which he hath found vnknowen what he was and therefore the more to be considered VVhat cause he hath to honour so good an attendant as you haue showed to be for auoyding of flattery I omit Thus passing the night in ioy recountring their olde friendship the next morning early as Andrugio gaue directions Elanicus leauing behinde him horse and money he hasteneth with al speed to signifie vnto the Duke what had happened Andrugio feeling now the extremities of his woundes to be passed imagining the duke would not suffer him farther to aduenture himselfe when tidings should be brought him of his perils escaped and plight he remained in not forgetting his affection towards Susania whose desires the more he sought to suppresse y e more his hart was inflamed in loue towards her wherefore hee resolutely determining what to do he waiteth opportunitie to disclose his loue vnto her which luckily was presently offered For lo● Susania in the midst of these determinations according to her ancient custome came to see her patient wherefore setting al drea● apart taking his fit time knowing wel that secret forrowes doo confound the sences and that lingring in perill is the cause of many insiting miseries thus boldlie he began to batter the bulwarke Blush not Susania that for thy graces I tell thee I loue For Susania Loue is in men and therefore in me Since therefore to stop the streame dooth make the flood more fierce and to suppresse the flame dooth make the fire encrease Cammomill the more it is ●rodden the more it springeth Wherefore Susania fearing the flame of my affection shall corosiue my heart know this thy manifold vertues haue made such an impression in my heart and the sweetnesse of thy feature so wounded me that the blaze of the one and the bountie of the other hath broken the bulwarke of my heart where Loue aduanceth her Ensigne as conquero● and keepeth my hart prisoner neither will she deliuer but onely with this ransome Susania her loue Looke therefore my drare Susania vpon thy captiue and as thou hast cured the outward woundes of my bodie minister that sweet portion to my hurt which my heart desireth that being healed by the phisicke of thy affections I may ioy in thee Lookes men say are the messengers of loue and outward motions the be ●ra●ers of inward malladies then cast thine eies vpon the countenance which doth manifest my care and let thy thoughtes penetrate the heart that doth endure calamitie Deeme sweet Susania of my loue as of the Salamandar stone which being once set on fire will neuer be quenched or the Emerald which graceth all other stones but neuer looseth his collour so likewise neuer determinable shall be the loue of Andrugio to his beloued Susania Then Susania in right consider of my cause according to my care nothing besides thy bountie can procure my blisse thy only perfection hath increased my pame then let thy pitie set free my person from p●rill The Porcupike that hurteth with his quilles makes a salue with his blood and Aclytes speare trieth an earnest effect of both natures so likewise it lieth in thee to apply the plaister that inferreth my paine to minister such phisick as may cure my malladie Sith then my life dependeth on thy loue and my danger attendeth your speedie redresse let your courtesie finish my care and repay my loue with his like Susania poore soule neuer vsed to those louing speeches and sweet wordes vttered by Andrugio was mute to heare so suddaine a motion yet the thought of which tickl●d a sweete conceit in her as a portion shee coulde well brooke yet determining to shewe in full the nature of the female sexe began to spurne at that with her foo●e which willingly she could haue imbraced in her heart resembling the byrde Orpyes that hatcheth the Nightingale yet will feed on her egges so dooth her heart secretlye reioise to thinke her selfe beloued of Andrugio yet meaning to giue him a bitter pill she ministreth to him this portion My good Lord Andrugio I humblie beseech you of pardon for my harsh behauiour toward your Lordship passed but gratious Lord wherein hath Susania shewed her selfe at any time light of behauiour that thus you goe about to intrap me to the lure of your will if my dutie to my vtmost shewed in your weaknesse breed lust in your recouering health I will prouide a new nurse for you and arme my selfe against the subtill piping of so cunning a Fouler Yf your friendship be with your faining glozes to that end to bewich such ignorant creatures as my self I must needs get the hearbe Glozia a preseruatiue against that malady and intreat your Lordship to bee content with an other attendant for wisedome it is to beware in time and warned prouide to escape dangers Yf your Lordship had bene before put in mind of the murderers waiting to kill you I doubt whether you would haue aduentured the place wher they awaited you therefore blame mee not to bee hereafter aduised how I come too neere you and so farewell Thus as it were in a litle chafe she would haue departed but Andrugio staieng her replied thus Sweete Susania and louing if thou tender his life whome with paine thou hast nourished so long doo pitie me which vnfainedly cra●e it at thy bandes Though Fowlers meane falshood Andrugio is faithfull what if many men haue pleaded for obtainig of lust the affections of Loue yet blame not Andrugio till triall if I bee false then let the Gods poure vengeance vpon me or when ANDRVGIO shall seeme to chaunge his amorous thoughtes of sweete Susania the obiect of any life let fire consume me from the heauen Enough of this my Lord quoth Susania except it were to better purpose for your talke is to no end but to bring a foole

shall wish or desire Lorenzo sleeped litle time but hauing made his prouision departed the citie and iornied day and night vntill hee came to the deserts of Gusqueno where the beloued of his Lord made her abode to whome Andrugio his messenger came not before he was looked for nor so soone by many yeares for that she neuer heard of him since his going first to Siena by reason of his troubles Lorenzo hauing recouered y e Millers house enquired after the maiden to whose presence being come in reuerēt maner more then she would or wished doing his duetie he recounteth vnto her Andrugio his message declaring that it was his pleasure that presently she come vnto him for that the time was nowe come that all thinges to her content and his desire should be perfourmed Susania when her hope was all past euer to see or heare of him againe hauing bene absent so long and neuer coulde heare any tydings of him neither in his owne countrie nor at Siena whether he iornied from her fathers house thought verily he had bene dead wherefore on the suddaine could not tell what to say yet viewing the peece of ring which she did well know she imagined that he was liuing wherfore after diuers questions demanded of Andrugio his successe in his absence both abroad and at home answered what you are I know not wherefore I beseech you of pardon if vnreuerently I vse you or not as beseemeth your calling my bringing vp is rustick as you see in this poore cottage and your self a meere stranger vnto me Touching my Lords demand I know not what to say being not at myne owne disposing but to be gouerned by them of whom I receiued my being as I haue euer by them bene ruled so wil I of them be aduised yet my Lords loue is deere vnto me yea dearer then mine owne soule Rest you I beseeche you sir this night with such homely viandes as this wildernesse affoordeth welcome I assure you shall be your best cheare and at my Fathers home-comming you shall know more Lorenzo wearied with trauaile accepteth her offer yeelding thanks for that fauour Susania descanning on Lorenzo his message imagineth whether her heart was ioyful or no hauing so good a cause and her hope so great to come from a Millers cottage to a princes liue in court honoured of Nobles This happy tydings could Susania with much paine indure to conceale any time wherefore shee dispatcheth a messenger in all hast to seek her father and mother vnto whom being come shee recounteth at large Andrugio his message deliuered by Lorenzo with his happie successe and attayning vnto hys dukedome with all beseeching her father and mother as they loued and tendered the preferment of their childe not to gainsay the will of the noble Andrugio for that their loues had bene equall fortune had done them both wrong to separat them so long seeing it stood with the pleasure of God after many daies of trouble to her louing Lord and no little sorrow to her selfe that they might inioy ech other his francke consent with her mothers might be granted Thus with ioy the toonge faltering in hir mouth shee could not vtter a word more which the father perceiuing beganne to censure the cause proceeded of great ioye and entering into iudgement of all causes which might be preiudiciall to his childe as also the desire he had to see her well bestowed the old beldam his wife casting their heads togither in priuie counsell betwixt them it was agreed that she should goe although nature would hardly brooke to forgoe her especially so farre that all thinges considered and that their faith was plighted one to another they woulde not be denied wherefore at supper Lorenzo being placed at such homely viandes as could be sodainly prepared the aged father said Gentleman of Saxonie if my Andrugio your Duke were present he could be but welcome and so he hath bene to this simple cottage so assure your selfe you be and thankes I yeeld you with my heart for this paynes taken for the benefite of my poore childe for whome without b●ast I may with teares report I haue and euer had a fathers care Many a good yeomanly sonne yea and sonnes of gentle race hath shee forsaken proffering their loue with large dowries vnto her But since the time of your Dukes lodging in my house she neuer had anie minde of mariage taking lesse pleasure in hearing of any such offer then in ought else might be spoken my selfe coulde neuer tell the cause but that my wife her mother did partly vnderstand somewhat of her mind being heauy sad diuers times sickely when other youth spent their times in pleasure and sporting to recreate themselues she would wayle and lament in such sorte as it hath not a little greeued me to behold But my Lord what was concealed then I partly gesse at now it was loue I see the loue of my Lord Andrugio who by what meanes I know not hath obtayned her heart and faithfull liking and since I heare by the report of my daughter howe constant hee remaineth in hys choyse not respecting her base birth and that I holde it the wil of God after manie perils they should inioy ech others companie I am content she shalbe at his graces obedience and my selfe with what I haue at his commaundement praying God to make them in loue so happie as the fortunatest that euer liued And this by the way my good Lord since it hath pleased him amongest manie others to make you the man should take charge of my childe and to bring her to his presence I doe herewithall beseeche thee as thou art noble and bound to defend virgins to the vttermost of thy power to be ayding vnto her not suffering her to be iniuried in what thou mayest remedie I knowe her aduancement shall haue manie enemies who spiting that she from so base birth shuld be so exalted wil enuy her happinesse and be a meane to set discord betwixt the duke and her by which meanes she may be scorned cast from hys presence and so constrained to seeke her fortune in miserie wherefore to preuent insuing euils as thou tenderest the loue of thy princely Lord that sent thee sweare vnto me by that order of nobilitie which thou professest in all extremeties to be ayding vnto her and in Gods name at your pleasure she shall accompanie you Lorenzo listening to the large discourse of this kinde father noting the care he had for his childe whome he t●nderly loued presuming on his Lordes constancie vowed with solemne othes vnto him that so long as euer it pleased the deuine deities to preserue him with life hee would stand and abide a father and firme friend vnto her and in al honest causes maintaine her iust quarrell against all men yea if it were against the duke himselfe Time now is come when they must depart wherefore these aged parentes might not forbeare the shedding of teares in

Saxony diligently searching Andrugio whom he found as you haue heard by chance is nowe ariued in the court of the Duke his mayster vnto whome hee relateth the vnhappie aduentures of Andrugio with the deathe of his companie This heauie newes bre● great discontent in the heartes of all courtiers yea there was not one that shed not teares for their dead companions bitterly bewayling them whome they are sure neuer to see againe liuing The heauinesse of the aged duke somewhat ouerpassed carefull for his towardly sonne aduising what is best for his welfare hath determined for auoyding of succeeding dangers to post Elanicus again to the place from whence he came and with straight charge not to suffer him to proceede farther in his iourney which had bene so vnfortunate vnto him With this commandement Elanicus is againe departed taking small ease vntill hee came to the millers house where he thought to haue found Andrugio but for all his hast the bird was flowne ere he could returne Andrugio hauing thorowly debated of his loue with Susania is nowe concluded of the matche so that there is a mutuall loue entered both their heartes in somuch that one of them may not sorrowe without great griefe to the other that with much adoe he craueth leaue for a time to goe to Siena thus hauing obtained his desire recompensing his host for the charge bestowed taking leaue of Susania his deare beloued he is departed towards Siena leauing the poore maiden grceuously lamenting his absence whome neyther the gentle perswasions of the father nor care of the mother may mittigat so effectually was loue in the hart of this sillie mayden that neither distance of place nor the threates of the pareutes whiche were many coulde any whit preuayle no there was not one day houre nor minute wherein she did not with great aboundance of teares bewayle the absence of her Andrugio in this sort Ah Andrugio sweete Andrugio let these droppes of lukewarme teares shed from the spring of myne ouerburdened heart be messengers of my loue and let my woefull playninges shew the sorrow of thy poore Susania Ah Andrugio thy loue hath pearced the fort of my true loue and by pitying thee am I my selfe caught in that snare which I feare hath so f●ttered me as nought but deathe can lose me Andrugio sweete obiects of my thoughtes are the onely cause of my mourning rest therefore in peace my dearest friend and let thy faith remaine firme play not the part of Thesus now thou art departed least worse betide me then Ariadne Medea her wretched miserie procured through false Iason may cause all of our sexe distrust men But peace Susania the prating byrdes may declare thy hard opinion vnto thy Lord Andrugio whiche beeing knowne may giue him cause to abuse thee cease therefore thy prating miserable wretche and inioy thy ●are in court let thy sighes be messengers of thy good wil vnto him studie to be pleasant with thy parents to recouer their health impayred for griefe of thee yea learne to be content in sorrow though thy hart be wounded hope is a medicine most precious then applie it and dispayre not Andrugio is honourable faithfull and kinde whose teares spent in the bitternesse of his sorrowes and many othes protested to cause me graunt him fauour I am sure shall neuer be violated wherefore wretched Susania test thee content in this hope for a time when thou shalt heare more of thy best beloued Andrugio with this falling into a sweete s●●mber ease to her grieued heart we leaue her Time hath brought Elanicus vnto the place where hee supposed to haue found the Lord Andrugio who doubting that which insued loth to be detained from his desire is now gone to Siena whose departure Elanicus bewayleth accusing him of vngratefulnesse to his friend disobedience to his father whose fauour he no more extenued but to adde more forrowe vnto his aged hart through this l●wd departure against all promises at their last taking leaue eche of other Elanicus hote on the spurre to see Andrugio and to bring him to the duke maketh short stale but departeth neuer resting vntill he had found him in the beautifull City of Siena vnto whome hauing deliuered the pleasure of his father Andrugio returneth this answere It is not vnknowne vnto thee my swe●te Elanicus what earnest suite I made before I obtained grant of my father for this iournie and how long before he would consent to the same wherfore my good friend let it not seeme any thing discontent vnto thee that I refuse to heare thy message and obey it I trust my father knowing before this my minde will be the better satisfied and pardon my presumption for this offence in breaking his commandement for doubtlesse resolued I am not yet to returne vntill I haue seene the maners of this honourable place so much commend in ●ll princes courtes Elanicus when he heard Andrugio his minde and saw-that is was as easie to carie backe the whole citie as disswade him being there was sorrowfull at the heart yet hoping to perswade him replieth Gratious Lord how tender your welfare is vnto me my soule beare witnesse neither will Elanicus euer offer to speake but for thy benefite mooued therevnto by zeale and dutie both to the Duke and you Stand not therefore Andrugio vpon these tearmes of disobedience to your fathers command for the hearing of your contrarie answ●●e how kinde soeuer will cost his life yea the very remembrance of your disobedience whom hee so carefully loueth will bring his white head with sorrow to his last home Againe my gratious Andrugio if nature and the Gods cal him to the heauens where all our hopes be to rest you beeing absent in what estate shall your country stand Soue●anitie is a vild worme and such a bait as wil make many aspyring minds in the absence of their Soueraigne to reuolt especially they being of power when once for feare of tumultes planted in thy countrie they be not easily displaced so maist thou be cosoned of thy gouernment and by treason vnhappily done to death Againe thy father hardly digesting thy harsh demeanour may disinherit thee and so leaue thee to thy fortune Many other casualties there be more then the sorrowes of my heart will permit me to vtter let it therefore suffice that my words spoken of the tender ʒeale of my heart may remooue thy fond determination so maist thou keepe the good will of thy father preserue his life and enioy thy countrie and friendes Teares would not suffer him to speake what he had to say wherefore constramed he ceaseth his parlie All the speeches Elanicus could vse was bootlesse neither was his counsell regarded more then of a childe which hath no vnderstanding So bent was this colt to take his race for a time and therefore besought Elanicus to persist from perswading him farther for he was resolued not to returne suddainely if all the kingdomes of the earth lay thereon Elanicus faithfull to his

moste aboundant wise the sight whereof moued Lorenzo to great pitie yet passing ouer the extremitie thereof with a heauie heart and countenance wanne for her departure he saith my louing daughter how I haue nourished thee euer from thy birth thou canst partly conceaue by my fauours shewed since thou hadst reason to knowe good from euill in hope to finde thee a comfort to thy mother and me nowe in the enclining of our dayes in the earth which how neere they drawe he that gaue vs breath best knoweth But contrarie to my expectation thou art now parting from vs into a better place where thou hast few friendes and lesse acquaintance wherefore it behoueth thee to haue the more regard to thy behauiour for I tell thee my Susania promotions haue manie enemies fewe friendes the mightiest are hated when the poore liue securely wherefore as it is the pleasure of the highest to make thee the best of thy kinne haue these preceptes in minde and doubtlesse thou shalt inioy thy estate in the lesse perill Let not thy calling make thee proud nor disdainfull but remember alwaies from whence thou camest if thou be humble thy nobles in better sort will loue thee but being ambitious wil disdaine thee seeke thy destruction Emperours and mightie potentates thorowe ambition haue bene foyled and thrust from their ●eates of dignitie Then let not this estate make thee proud least it fare worse with thee Be duetifull to thy Lord and husband if hee loue thee be thou kind to him if he be froward do not with crosse speeches moue him for odious speeches will make thy honest behauiour lothsome vnto him if he be impatient with anie let thy industrie be to pacifie him and for thine owne part let not his speeches spoken neuer so greatly in thy disgrace moue thee to choller so shalt thou shew thy selfe wise If he haue any imperfection do not as common gossips do vpon their quaffing reueale it for that is a moste odious fault and it shal make thee a laughing stocke to others and cause thy honestie to be attempted by ruffians and such as would gladly see thy dishonour for all honest women will feare that which is commōly spoken of dishonest women Briefly please thy Lord and husband in all thinges but especially in such as draw neerest his inclination loue him intirely aboue all others be patient and learne to winke at manie thinges he doth the prudent in thy houshold affaires careful to bring vp thy children fayre spoken kinde and courteous to his nobles and all others plentiful in honourable works a friend to the honest and a verie enemie to light youthes as thy leysure from thy Lord shall permit spend thy tyme in reading learned sayinges of the wise for by suche honest occupations women are withdrawn from other vnworthy exercises Thus as a father haue I in my blunt maner prescribed thee to gaine the loue of all men and continue the good opinion of thy Lord. Time draweth on and thy protectour Lord Lorenzo attendeth thee wherefore I will detaine thee no longer but with my blessing commend you to the protection of him that best knoweth how to preserue thee and so sweet daughter farewell Thus after kind teares spen● on either side for their departure Lorenzo contenting bountifullie his host for his entertainment they betake thēselues to their desired iorney Duke Andrugio which had long expected to heare of his best beloued is now certified by a messenger that she with Lorenzo are within two daies iourny of the court vppon which newes he sommoneth his nobles and estates commanding them to be ready to accompanie him the next day in the most sumtuous sort they migh to giue entertainment vnto a stranger comming from far to see him y t which was accordingly performed in such wise as Andrugio by their diligence in fulfilling so sodainly his desire thought himself most highly honoured by them Thus all thinges perfourmed as his heart could wish the next morning Andrugio with his train set forward to meete Susania at the house of Signior Anthony a knight of his court where hee had appointed to meete her vpon which iourney as hee traueyled hee acquainted diuers of his chiefest Lordes with the pretence of his comming from the Court with what zeale he had honoured and loued that mayden which they went to meete beseeching them of that loue they did beare vnto him and his deceased father● to make account of his loue and to do her that reuerence which belonged vnto the Lady and wife of their Duke for that she was the obiect of his heart and the onely one that should participate with him in loue The Nobles which harkened to his protestation so vnsuspected began diuers waies to coniecture of the same his friendes and trustie followers conceiuing the best others whose loue was not so firme as it pleased them yet all alike to content him gaue their willing consentes that if hee had planted his liking it were against reason their othes of dutie and obedience to gainsay what liked him Therfore wishing vnto him much ioy of what his heart desired they bad God prosper them both to their owne content Passing the way in parlie they arriue at the house of Signiour Anthony who glad to see his Lord and maister within his mansion had prouided the cheare hee could come by bidding him and his traine most friendly welcome To tell you the exceeding ioy of those two Louers at their meeting were needlesse but suppose how welcome the sight of any long desired thing is vnto you so shall you easily gesse in what happie estate those louers thought themselues After some conference had betwixt the Duke and his beloued with the consent of their nobles their mariage was determined and presentlie in the house of Anthony was it constituted to both their contentes and the liking of all such as loued him who with a generall consent made outward apparance of their good consents This mariage performed and some time spent in pleasure as tilting masking and other pastimes in honor of the wedding the Duke with his new adopted Princesse thanking their friendly Host for their entertainment bad him farewell departing towards their owne pallace wher they were of the citizens wher he kept his court most royallye receiued each one crieng with a generall voice God saue their Duke and Duchesse The tearme of two yeares and sometime more was passed in exceeding ioyes betwene those kind Louers in which time God sent thē two saire goodly children to wit one some and one daughter to their great ioy and reioycing of all the commons But as the vertuous bee alwaies most subiect to the enuie of the worlde so in time the fire of hatred which had bene long smochering in the bosomes of Gonsalo and Flodericus two Nobles of Saxony began to breake foorth into hot burning flames in such sort that raysing their tenants kin and followers perswading them their intents were