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A21085	The historie of Ariodanto and Ieneura, daughter to the King of Scottes, in English verse, by Peter Beuerley	Beverley, Peter, of Staple Inn.; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando Furioso. Book 5. English. Selections.	1575 (1575)	STC 745.5; ESTC S104573	64,300	183

And taught he was from infancie a walking tongue to spare Therfore vnto him selfe he kéepes that lodgeth in his mynde And stayes his mouth from breathing out his thoughts vnto the wynde Wherwith the Duke not well content but moued much with ire Considring that it fell not out as he did earst desire With angry cheere Unkind quoth he is this the curtesie That you vnkind Italians requite for amitie How can thy greedy eares kéepe● in such store of secrets tould Without imparting lyke for lyke and not for to vnfould Such iestes as hidden lye in brest which may content my mynd And ease perhappes a troubled head as therby friendes oft finde This said hard with blushing face the straunger as dismayde With fired looke and sober chere vnto the Duke thus sayd I trust my Lord y●ur honour will not to accompt quoth he Of him that doth remayne as yours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from falshood free For we that ●e of Italie and bor●e in foren lande Doo b●nk it mearest vanitie and fond to ●ake in hand To ●reat of that that profit smal redoundes to them that heare The same and most of all in vay●e that goulden tyme do●h weare To hould your honor with such acts as I my youth did spend In Italie my natiue soyle to small effect would tende Sith both the land to you vnknown the deedes of such purporte As heard iudgd your self would say doo not discerue report And since my wandring féete did leu● the bounds of Italie No acte hath past from me that hath deserued memorie Therfore w pardon cravd my Lord I trust you will estéeme But well of this my silent tongue and rightly therof deeme Quoth he and then began the Duke no no Ariodant Thy deedes are not so secret done ●e yet my wittes so scant But well I can behould the thing that thou doest shunne to saie Both how thou hast and louest now the Prince Ieneuora Thy oft resort vnto hir court discloseth thy intent Thy plesant lookes to her doo show thy wyll therto is bent But if thy reckles head had w●yde my good wyll borne to thee Thou wuldst not once haue stickt to tell those secrets vnto mee Whose sage aduise perhaps mought moue thy mynde from that intent Which yelds in fine nought els but sighes and cares for tyme so spent Yet sith at first my fansie had in thee so good thinking I will inforce my tounge to speake against my lustes lyking Know thou therfore Ariodant the Princesse hates th● tour And scornes that thou should so presume● therto her grace to moue For though with smyling ●here ●he doth reward thy curtesie Yet is her mynde most fardest from the l●ste● of Uenorie● Beleue well Ariodant thy loue is euill imploy●e For I it is whom she doth loue whose hart I haue in ioyde Long time of whom I may commaund what listeth me to craue And eke obteyne what so I aske as proued oft I haue And least thy doughtfull head mought dem vntroth in this my tale I wyll to put thee out of dought this enterpryse assaile That is to bring the morow next from my Ieneuora Thy Dyamond thy gift to her the rynge that men doo say In clearnes shames our Scottishe gemmes wherby thou mayst perce●ue How well of thee and of thy loue thy Lady doth conceyue This tale no soner enterd had into the straungers eare But therwithal a heape of thoughts within his minde appeare Yet least his chaunged countnance mou be wray his secrete care And least his stayed speach mought show●● how he ny chokt doth fare with strain●d voyce moued minde he firmly doth denie Eche point of his accusing tale and profers for to die If euer so his mynd was bent or if he sought to moue At any tyme she Princes grace with his v●egall loue And as vnto his oft repayre vnto her graces Court Shows nought quoth he but youthful mynd with Ladies ●or to sport As courtiers vse of lustie age to weare the time away In daunce in talke in melodie and other chamber play But all for nought Ariodant his tounge speach doth spend His vowes are vowed all in vayne the Duke hates to attende Unto his long excusing tale and how he doth denie The gift of that rich Diamond which he did late discrie Wherfore the Duke in hast depart● and doth commaund beside His st●ede for to be● sadled straight for he post h●st wyll ryde Thus leaues he poore Ariodant and he to court doth hie And as he rydes he studies how this King he might come by At last he doth record how that there serues the princes grace A Ladie that Dalinda hight a mayde of Scottish race Who earst was proferd to the Duke in l●wfull mariage A ●●em●l● wyght Lady fayre of noble parentage B●t he nought forsed then the mayd his hautie hart was bent With hier match greater sums his wil for to content To this forsaken Dame this Duke concludeth forto goe To craue by proferd mariage the Dyamond also And as he ended had the thoughtes of this subtill minde He is ariued at the court where he doth séeke to finde In secret wyse this wayting mayde whome he at last hath founde Disporting her with Lute alone low set vpon the ground Her he salutes as tyme did serue and she requites againe His court●●ie that done the Duke still mindfull of his payne Doth craue a word in secreat with the Lady for to haue And she that least suspects disceite doth graunt that he doth craue And then the Duke with sober chere vnlodes his charged mynde Thus to the li●●ning maid that longs to heare of newes by kynde To hould thee long mine own qd he with painted tedious talk Or els in glosing eloquence to strayne my tounge to walke I séeke n●t n●w but simply I the secretes of my hart As playne as of a perfect truth to thee I wyll impart Thou knowst qd he not long or this thy faithfull friendes did moue By reason good and great aduise me greatly to thy loue Thou knowst I think also the cause that forst me not consent I meane thy welth and parentage could not my mynde content For I as thou doest know right wel without bost be it spoke For noble lyne and lyuing great mought match with Royall stocke But leauyng thus these lofty lettes inforst through hautie mynde And speakying to affections force that conquers all by kynde Know thou since then recording oft those vertuous giftes of thyne And eke thy beutie great which doth excell before myne eyne Forgettinge eke the causes all of that my former staye And callyng now vnto my mynde thy woorthy shape I saye I am as ready now to yelde vnto the friendes desire As they to gayne my graunt or this were wi●●yng to require And sith it is vnknown to me which way thy wyll is bent And eke for proufe how willingly thou doest therto consent If thou wilt not deny me that which I of thee

late our ●ecret loue oh speake thou flying ●prite And ease me of this one conceit as thou art faithfull knight To late to late a lasse I crie in vayne I wast my breath But out to soone to soone a lasse I wayle thy cruell death And shall I liue bereud of fri●nd shall mourning let in age And i st enough with heauy mones my passio●s to asswage No no myne owne Ariodant my first approued frend And eke ●he last with whom I mynd my dayes in loue to spend Euen as thy liuely feature inforst me to thy loue So shall thy death let in my death as time right well sh●ll proue And as she did begin at fi●st nie chockt with mortall sound Euen so she endes her heauy plaint with falling down to ground Amidst ●●ele stormes of deadly grief and p●ssi●ns ●●oarde with payne Rep●rt w●th treble sounding voyce his yelling ●●rdaie d●th strayne And puttes into eche open eare how that by sel● consent Amidst the streame Ariodant his latest dayes hath spent And now into Lurcanios eares this heauy newes he blowes And how ● when he drownd him self to him he plainly show●s wherwith y carefull brother caught with sting of pearsing death Resines his warlike force and falles ther●with downe to the earth Wher after many griping grones inforst by grief of mynd His noble hart hath wonne by force his banisht breathing wynd But festred lies in hart the care that troubles euery vayne And déep in thought is lodgd y cause of this newe proued payne The force wherof so calmed hath his flerce coragious hart That see from eyes lōg time dryd vp a floud of teares depart Which mixed are with heauy sobbes from manlike broyling brest And compast in with smoking sighes and flames of great vnrest All these in dungeon deepe below Alecto fiers espies Whose nature is in vexed ha●t pale hatred to deuise Wherfore hir snaky heares wound vp she leaues hir lothsome denne And flies vnto the Scottish court wheras ●urcanio then Was heaue●y bewayling of his wretched brothers death To whome like aged matron dight she ●pends this diuelish breath When shall thy childish plaints haue ende when shal thy cares be spent when shal thy latest sighes be brethed that tende to smal intent Oh false vnto thy brothers ghost doo womēns mones suffise To answer that which for reueng● to thee eche houre cries Shal murder thus be suffored shall bloudie hands enioye A longer life is this the loue thou sekst for to imploye On him that whilst he liued on erth held thée then lyfe more deare Is this a brothers iust rewarde dost thou such friendship beare Unto thy most abused friend and canst thou liue to see Thy brother dead his foe alyue● hym sterud and she styll free hath nature formd thee void of witte oh cruell to thy kinde Hath pitie so asso●ed this thy worthy warlike minde That neither brothers amitie ne lynke of iustice lore Can moue thee for this foule offence iust iudgement to implore Leaue thou these lamentations long drie vp these childish teares And spedely sée that thou put into thy souereignes cares How that the Prince Ieneuora dishonored hath her state In feeding her dishonest lust with one thou sawest of late And that of body she is false see thou defend with force So shalt thou yelde a iust rewarde by burning of her corse This spightfull spight thus vomited from vgly lothsome pate A snake she pulles which for to moue Lurcanio more to hate She throwes into his bosome right wher stinging it remaynes And poysneth so eche ioynt limme and swelles so all his vaynes That raging like a f●an●ike beast vnto the king he hies To whome his dutie finished this tale he doth deu●se That fayth oh king which subiectes bare vnto their soncraigne That io●● that to their Princely st●te within their harts remayne That care which to their high renowne and honor eke they haue And last that great regard they vse their vertue still to saue Hath forst my trembling tongue to speake against the l●●t of mynde and charged my closed lippes to tell that duties force doth binde Which newes though some vnrest do bringe vnto your horie heares Yet yelding iustice for the same gaynes life that neuer weares Oh worthy king and my liege Lord though but alyde by vowe The noble intertainment which I haue receiued of you Commaundes me not to hide a fact so hemous from your grace ●hough déede be done by such anon● as comes of r●yall rare Whordom oh king committed by the Prince Ieneuora It is that so hath moued my tongue and lippes from l●nger staie which th●se my eyes to soone haue séene at place and time vnfit In proufe wherof ●oo here my gage I will my lyfe commit Into his hands that giues the palme vnto the faithful wight and yeldes the gayne of victorie to him that fights in right I néede not now declare what thoughte ● oppresse the pensiue king Ne what ill rest to aged head these careful newes doo bring Sith prone it is to testie age to take in fretting wise A small offence and euery fault is great before their eies wherfore his present panges I passe I leaue his heauy hart Wrapt in with web of carefulnes and gript in graue of smart And to this kings reply I will direct my penne againe Who pausing long from carefull thought● at last he doth refraine and thus he sayes LUrcanio thy seruice good and faithfull vnto me Doth arg●e in my doughtfull head thy minde from falshood free But if my age be not disceiud if fame doo not beguile My hoping hart such shameful actes are fardest in exile from hir whom thou hast now accusd whose parents goodly age Was neuer iustly tay●ted with a deede of such outrage Wherfore sith doughtfull yet it lies within our princely minde And sith none but Lurcanio this foule abuse doth finde We will before our sentence geuen examine this accusd That hath by whordom as thou saist our state so much abusd And least thou deeme mée partiall I do accept thy gage Condicionly that thou thy self this proferd fight shalt wage Against who listeth to mainteine her truth against thy might Like to our auncient laws ordeind by force of combat fight And it thou gaine the victory then she to flames of fire If vanquist thou she frée shall liue thou death shalt haue for hire Which fight we wil shal be performd vpon the fiftéenth day Ensuing next when God I trust the right with right will pay So sayd Lurcanio leaues the King and to his chamber hies Wher for his brothers death he doth renewe his wonted cries But careful king whē straūger was departed from his sight In minde to trie his truth herein doth send a faithfull knight For carefull Ieneuora whom messenger doth finde Amidst her maydes lamenting still with head to brest inclind● To whome his dutie finished his message he doth show Thef●e● wherof Ieneuora when perf●●tly doth knowe ●he wiping cleane