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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04887	Loues load-starre Liuely deciphered in a historie no lesse commendable than comfortable, for all those that in their louely affections, haue by the enmitie of their friends, bene molested with the menacing meteors of crossing misfortunes. Leading also all kinde and true louers, that in their choyces are frownd at by froward parents, vnto the portfull paradise of pleasurde patience, and patient pleasures. By Robert Kittowe, student.	Kittowe, Robert.	1600 (1600)	STC 15026; ESTC S119664	47,205	78

full of fairenesse as the purple-coloured Topace But by these art thou driuen to behold thine owne ruth looke on the Starres and contemplate with the Moone-shine both which shut forth their raies against the Glasse-windowes and in their glory sée thine owne griefe in their feature thy deformitie in their speculation the respect of thy estimation which not long sithence séemed as glorious as their radiant graces Better had it bene thou hadst with the setting Sunne bene drenched in the Ocean déepe● than followe this course to thy confusion Worthier of renowne mightest than haue bene reckoned by the mercilesse blades of the butcherly Pyrates to haue lost thy life than thus to lose the libertie of thy chast li●ing Better to haue endured the outragious rebukes of thine angry Parents at Palermo then here to be banqueted in a straunge land with infecting and sinne-saluing blandishments O times O dayes O intemperable manners O times of vicious liuing O dayes of vertuous abolishing O intemperate manners of abhominations engendring The first to be hated the other to bée reiected and the third to be annihilated Ah wretched Katherina distressed Katherina molested and amazed Katherina Thou escapest all the Monsters on Seas and yet wert made a spoile vnto men and by them art made a pray for a cursed humane monster as mightie as the Dragon that was to deuoure Andromeda whom stout Theseus rescued but there is no Theseus to rescue thée from expected scath Couldest thou frame such a webbe for resistance as did the constant Dame of Ithica the good Penelope or inuent such a clewe to bring thée out of this Laborinth as did Ariadne then ah then couldest thou hope to auoyd this daunger and be requited of all dammage And yet dispaire not Katherina in these extreames Daienera found a shert to wreake her wrongs on Hercules Medea a Garland of poysoning flowers to reuenge her quietly on faithlesse Iason and the Gods may grace thée with the gift of some drift inuented to stoppe the lustfull pretence of this leacherous Tunisian Doo no endure O sacred Iuno a modest maiden that hath vowed vnto her Phéere the obseruance of nuptiall rights to be defilde rather giue her courage to cut her breast like the Carthaginian Dido and end her life with chaste desire than liue to be polluted by the embracings of beastly lust Which hauing said she fell flat on the floore with her face towards the ground and with heartie compunction of a passionate soule prayed and called on all the blessed and deified powers of the Olympicke Regions to be propitious vnto her plaints and by on● good meane or other in some good time to end her woes With these disquiet motions oh that any modest maiden should haue such cause of disquiet spent she the long and weari● winters night till Aurora opened her purple doores in the East strewing the places there about her dwelling with faire coloured Roses and swéete Uiolets About which time her eyes dulled with heauinesse began to inclose as if then they would not séeme to behold the glorious artsing of Phoebus raies nor sée his horses breathe from their nosthrills flakes and fierce flames on the hugie mountaines for the Chamber windowes lay directly by South-East on which climate the Sunne in winter season appeareth commonly twelue minutes after the eight houre in the fore noone And then it seemed she fell into a slumber and in her sléepe beheld a Uision which I shall plainely versitie in this manner Katherina's Vision Iuno with Phoebe who no great whiles gone Had kist the cheekes of slowe Endimion Walkt hand in hand them followed Morpheus Playing on golden Lute like Orpheus After him Aboron and his Faierie Dame With troupes of iocond Faieries dauncing came Then did appeare the crew of Phoebes traine All clad in white aray like flower Dumaine And in their feitures faire as Sommers Queene At girdle bare quiuers of arrowes keene Following them off a pretie measurd space A troupe of Satyres entred into place Leading Dame Fortune fettred fast in chaines So Fates decreed for breeding Louers paines All these lookt pleasant none were seene to lowre Saue Fortune that in thraldome had small powre They neare the place where Katherina lay Thus then gan Iuno to faire Phoebe say Long time too long this wight endu'd with graces Through Fortunes spite that thwarteth with disgraces All vertuous creatures that on earth remaine Extolling Vices crew in Court to raigne Hauing endurde great grieuances and crosses Is robd of friends that should redresse her losses Now time requires she haue some comfort giuen For wounding woes her soule haue ouergrieuen No Nimph of all my traine then Phoebe said Hath liu'd more chaste and vertuous than this maid And for that cause Ioues Queene none more than I With helping hand would guard her chastitie Thus then spake Aboron with haughtie voice The Faierie King dread Beauties doth reioyce That Morpheus summond hath this Parliament T'enact a fit concluding consequent When waggish Cupid chauncst to wound her hart At first vnwares with golden pointed Dart. As Fortune now liues liu'd then seruilely To please his mother in my custody Wherefore my minde is willing forward prest To haue her woes and miseries redrest My nimble Faieries shall direct her make That neare these walles he shall his passage take And stirr'd by loyall Loue shall giue consent That night to lie with her through due euent And from their breasts I le driue all feare and care Morpheus replide whil'st they together are And she quoth Phoebe meane while shall not lacke My helpe to bring her enuious foes to wracke Then Iuno said whilste Fortune to her selfe Auowde to thwart them and the Faierie Elfe After t is knowne they both are man and wife I le graunt them happinesse all dayes of life Happie happie happie then did they call Shall these true Louers liue And vanisht all By that time that the Sunne was mounted neare by ●he cariage of his swift flying horses vnto the Meridian had Katherina cact off slumbring and with receiued comfort began to consider on her foresaid Dreame and to contemplate on the Uision And may it be said shée that the iust Deities will deigne a wretch such fauour as propitiously to rescue her in midst of hard extreames Then poore soule prostrate thy selfe and powre forth gratefull prayers to their diuine powers Then she vttered a thankfull Hymne of praises and gratefull thankes ledde with good hope that her ioyes should againe be replenished which fell out indifferently as I will specifie by these accidents and first concerning our Load-starre Our Load-starre continuing vncessantly his course will appeare this euening in Vespers place at his appearance somewhat beautifull till Aquarius séeme to dash him out of countenance with inclosures of mystie cloudes and watrie showres which for a time shall raigne in multitudes Iacomin had not long soiournied at the Inne hauing kept his bed a day or two more to get ease in minde than for trouble

as they are haue mantled my vnbridled lust And so long as that my behauiour hath beene more brutish than the vnreasonable beasts I now sée the vanitie thereof for hereby was I ledde to worke this vnmercifull mischiefe on the liues of these two constant Louers whose setled mindes may bée made subiect to no exchaunge My amendment shall be my best repentance for now I remember that which long since I read Optima paenitentia vita noua and yet doo I repent my franticke follies with hoartie griefe and by the propitious helpes of the Gods my modest liuing hereafter shall wipe cleane away the blemishes of my former life so viciously and vily ledde By this time were the two Louers to the admirable applause of all the beholders redéemed from fierie death walking Magna comitante caterua with great iollitie towards the Court. Newes was brought to the woful King that they were aliue by some of the Guard that posted apace before the res● for that purpose And hauing heard that they were neare arriued the Admirall went forth and fairely saluted them at the Gates conducting them vnto the King who kindly receiued them they both imparting 〈…〉 vnto his grace with these conforming spéeches Faire Princes said he I doubt not but the Deities haue determined the long lengthening of your dated dayes and well may your liues endure with happinesse For by the lusters of your wel-willing and wel-liuing doo I behold the leaudnesse of mine ill led life by your vertues my vices by your loue my lust by your constancies my incontinencies And ioy I doo with incredible gladnesse that by the bright beames of now praised be Gods your liuely lookes I am put to wit of both your royall Parents And therefore Princes now fréely be frolicke for we will feast away all perils forepast And what pleasures I can wish or your selues will do but in token that you forgiue my intended iniuries vnwittingly minded against you deigne to require or request and commaund rather than demaund and I will performe it to the vttermost Ace Then replied Iacomin saying Dread Prince our verie soules abhorre the sparkes of vnhumaine reuenge and our minds alway debonaire towarde our friendes indure not to thinke on intended or inacted iniuries All the recompence that we would haue is the hope that our agréements shall amend all amisses and our loue exile all loosenesse as you haue plighted by promise for euer heereafter from your royall person which will not only lift your honor loft vnto the highest altitude but driue all into an admiration by so luckie a chaunge Which being saide the King taking his seate willing also the rest so to take their ease holding Iacomin by the hande who then was placed nexte to his person thus replied as followeth Uertuous Scicilian mine owne motion for my amendment was much but thy Princely words haue incensed me tenne times more For proofe therefore that I am perfectly mooued with penitent compunction behold what my minde wi●ls me in your presence and before all these my honourable Lordes to haue performed though it portray mine highly deserued shame Then calling foorthe the Kéeper of his Castle hée commaunded him to bring before him all these impudent dames whose dishonesties had so mightily disgraced his honours and dignities And whilest the Kéeper went to accomplish his highnesse pleasure he thus progressed in his spéech My Castle where you most chaste and modest Katherina said he turning toward the place where she sate were inclosed containes in holde a hundred lauish and licentious Dames whose wanton dispositions haue like pitch defiled the glory of my youth These will I bannish farre from my Court willing them to recall themselues for they say commonly take away the cause and the effect will die I haue heard that Israels King who before in the name of Iehoua his God slew with a stone which he sent from a sling the huge Giant Goliath consenting afterward to wanton sinne that assaulted him whilest in a Gallerie he subiected him to idle sloath wrought the murther of one of his dearest Lords therby inkindling against him both the wrath of his God and incurring dishonor vnto his name The like had I vile wretch offensiuely against you almost committed but that some good Angell guided our Admirall to withstand such a mischiefe Sith therefore so viciously to followe wantonnesse is vily to be a bond slaue to all villainies to shun the deadly seruitude of the one I will vndoo the diuellish instigation of the other And with that entred the virgins into place wherefore hée commaunded his Treasuror to bestowe on them seuerally an hundred markes and so to conuey them from the Court to leade the remnant of their liues in their natiue homes Whose liberalitie bestowed towards them for their mainteinance was by all there present much commended And then the King to driue away melancholy from all that séemed to maruell at the lookes of his halfe-discontent darlings and choise minions caused Tables and dice to be brought forth to bréed disporte and Cardes in packs to be throwne on boord to passe away the time till the Cooke and Cator were prouided to serue in dinner Himselfe at the Chesse-boord stood as a Chalenger and younge Iacomin to shewe himselfe a champion vndertooke the combat at that wittie weapon alway with caution after he had to trie entred the lists kéeping him free from annoying checke And when their gaming was ended they feasted and were frolicke After this maner past these nobles the time together for the space of some thrée or foure dayes in which time the king had prouided a gallant Fléete to guide these Scicilians safely home to Palermo And the Admirall made him ready to beare them company in that conduct Now hath our Load-starre Gentlemen past Aquarius and paceth like Athlantas Coursers towards the exaltation of Pisces whose scales shewing and shining bright and cleare gaue him libertie now at last fréely to prognosticate happy successe And therfore with the prosperous running of this wandring Starres race am I in briefe to shut vp the Catostrophe of all the Scenes Our yoong Scicilians giuing the Tunisian King abundant thankes for their gracious entertainments with the Lord Admirall departed from Tunise and manned with a faire Fléete shipt themselues and crost the Seas cutting through the Ocean till peaceably they attained the Port of Palermo Fame resounding through common eares report of their safe arriuall moued the dissentious Péeres Pierro and Battolo with seueral ioies and yet could they not mittigate their rancord enuies nor asswage their minds from séeking mutual reuenge in so much that they scarce deigned to bid welcome their owne children Which being noised in the eares of Don Andrea Alizandra then dwelling in the countrey in regard of his countreys weale and Scicilians well-fare with all conuenient spéed repaired to Palermo and informing the Tunisian Admirall how disorderly euery thing stood in hap-hazard caused him by sound of Trumpet to summon