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Rosalynde. Euphues golden legacie found after his death in his cell at Silexedra. Bequeathed to Philautus sonnes, noursed vp with their father in England. Fetcht from the Canaries by T.L. Gent.
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Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.
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his fathers and the vertues of himselfe then doo I say that fortune and the fates are most iniurious to censure so hard extreames against a youth of so great hope Oh Rosader thou art in the flower of thine age and in the pride of thy yeares buxsome and full of May. Nature hath prodigally inricht thee with her fauours and vertue made thee the myrror of her excellence and now through the decree of the vniust starres to haue all these good partes nipped in the blade and blemisht by the inconstancie of fortune Ah Rosader could I helpe thee my griefe were the lesse and happie should my death be if it might bee the beginning of thy reliefe but seeing we perish both in one extreame it is a double sorrow What shall I doo preuent the sight of his further misfortune with a present dispatch of mine owne life Ah despaire is a mercilesse sinne As he was readie to go forward in his passion he looked earnestly on Rosader and seeing him chaunge colour hee rose vp and went to him and holding his temples said What cheere maister though all faile let not the heart faint the courage of a man is shewed in the resolution of his death At these wordes Rosader Iifted vp his eye and looking on Adam Spencer began to weep Ah Adam quoth he I sorrow not to dye but I grieue at the maner of my death Might I with my Launce encounter the enemy and so die in the field it were honour and content might I Adam combate with some wilde beast and perish as his praie I were satisfied but to die with hunger O Adam it is the extreamest of all extreames Maister quoth hee you see me are both in one predicament and long I cannot liue without meate seeing therefore we can finde no foode let the death of the one preserue the life of the other I am old and ouerworne with age you are yoong and are the hope of many honours let me then dye I will presently cut my veynes and maister with the warme blood relieue your fainting spirites sucke on that till I ende and you be comforted With that Adam Spencer was ready to pull out his knife when Rosader full of courage though verie faint rose vp and wisht A. Spencer to sit there til his returne for my mind giues me quoth he I shall bring thee meate With that like a mad man he rose vp and raunged vp and downe the woods seeking to encounter some wilde beast with his Rapier that either he might carry his friend Adam food or els pledge his life in pawn of his loyaltie It chaunced that day that Gerismond the lawfull King of France banished by Torismond who with a lustie crue of Outlawes liued in that Forrest that day in honour of his birth made a feast to all his bolde yeomen and frolicke it with store of wine and venison sitting all at a long table vnder the shadow of Lymon trees To that place by chance Fortune conducted Rosader who seeing such a crue of braue men hauing store of that for want of which hee and Adam perished hee stept boldly to the boords end and saluted the company thus Whatsoeuer thou be that art maister of these lustie squiers I salute thee as graciously as a man in extreame distresse may know that I and a fellow friend of mine are here famished in the Forrest for want of food perish wee must vnlesse relieued by thy fauours Therefore if thou be a Gentleman giue meate to men and to suche as are euerie way woorthie of life let the proudest squire that sits at thy table rise and incounter with mee in any honorable point of actiuitie whatsoeuer and if hee and thou prooue me not a man send me away comfortlesse If thou refuse this as a niggard of thy cates I will haue amongst you with my sword for rather wil I dye valiantly then perish with so cowardly an extreame Gerismond looking him earnestly in the face and seeing so proper a Gentleman in so bitter a passion was mooued with so great pitie that rising from the table he tooke him by the hand and badde him welcome willing him to sit dowae in his place and in his roome not onely to eat his fill but the Lord of the feast Gramerry sir quoth Rosader but I haue a feeble friend that lyes hereby famished almost for food aged and therefore lesse able to abide the extremitie of hunger then my selfe and dishonour it were for me to taste one crumme before I made him partner of my fortunes therefore I will runne and fetch him and then I wil gratefully accept of your proffer Away hies Rosader to Adam Spencer and tels him the newes who was glad of so happie fortune but so feeble he was that he could not go whereupon Rosader got him vp on his backe brought him to the place Which when Gerismond his men saw they greatly applauded their league of friendship and Rosader hauing Gerismonds place assigned him would not sit there himselfe but set downe Adam Spencer Well to be short those hungry squires fell to their victuals and feasted themselues with good delicates great store of wine Assoone as they had taken their repast Gerismond desirous to heare what hard fortune draue them into those bitter extreames requested Rosader to discourse as it were not any way preiudicall vnto him the cause of his trauell Rosader vesirous any way to satisfie the curtesie of his fauourable host first beginning his exordium with a volley of sighes and a fewe luke warme teares prosecuted his discourse told him from point to point all his fortunes how hee was the yongest sonne of sir Iohn of Bourdeaux his name Rosader how his brother sundry times had wronged him and lastly how for beating the Sheriffe and hurting his men hee fled and this old man quoth he whom I so much loue and honour is surnamed Adam Spencer an old seruant of my fathers and one that for his loue neuer fayled me in all my misfortunes When Gerismond heard this he fell on the neck of Rosader and next discoursing vnto him how he was Gerismond their lawfull King exiled by Torismond what familiaritie had euer been betwixt his father sir Iohn of Bourdeaux and him how faithfull a subiect hee liued and how honourably he dyed promising for his sake to giue both him his friend such curteous entertainment as his present estate could minister and vpon this made him one of his forresters Rosadar seeing it was the King craude pardon for his boldnesse in that hee did not doo him due reuerence and humbly gaue him thankes for his fauourable curtesie Gerismond not satisfied yet with newes beganne to enquire if he had been lately in the Court of Torismond and whether he had seene his daughter Rosalynd or no At this Rosader fetcht a deep sigh and shedding many teares could not answere yet at last gathering his spirits togither he reuealed vnto the Kyng how Rosalynde was banished
intertaine fancie with as great delight as the proudest Courtier doth affection Opportunity that is the sweetest friend to Venus harboureth in our cottages and loyaltie the chiefest fealty that Cupid requireth is found more among shepheardes than higher degrees Then aske not if suche silly swains can loue what is the cause then quoth Ganimede that Loue being so sweet to thee thou lookest so sorrowfull Because quoth Montanus the party beloued is froward and hauing curtesie in her lookes holdeth disdaine in her tongues ende What hath she then quoth Aliena in heart Desire I hope Madame quoth he or else my hope lost despaire in Loue were death As thus they chatted the Sunne beeing ready to set and they not hauing folded their sheepe Coridon requested she would sit there with her Page till Montanus and hee lodged theyr sheepe for that night You shall goe quoth Aliena but first I will intreate Montanus to sing some amorous Sonnet that hee made when he hath beene deeply passionate That I will quoth Montanus and with that he began thus Montanus Sonnet Phoebe sate Sweet she sate Sweet sate Phoebe when I saw her White her brow Coy her eye Brow end eye how much you please me Words I spent Sighes I senâ— Sight and words could neuer draw hir Oh my loue Thou art lost Since no sight could euer ease thee Phoebe sat By a fount Sitting by a fount I spide her Sweet her touch Rare hir voyce Touch voice what may distain you As she sung I did sigh And by sighs whilst that I tride her Oh mine eyes You did loose Hir first sight whose want did pain you Phoebes flockes White as wooll Yet were Phoebes locks more whiter Phoebes eyes Douelike mild Douelike eyes both mild and cruell Montan sweares In your lampes He will die for to delight her Phoebe yeeld Or I die Shall true hearts be fancies fuell Montanus had no sooner ended his sonnet but Coridon with alowe curtesie rose vp went with his fellow and shut their sheepe in the folds and after returning to Aliena Ganimede conducted them home weary to his poore cottage By the waye there was much good chat with Montanus about his loues hee resoluing Aliena that Phoebe was the fairest Shepherdice in al France that in his eye her beautie was equal with y e Nimphs But quoth he as of all stones the Diamond is most cleerest yet most hard for the Lapidorie to cut as of all flowres the Rose is the fairest and yet guarded with the sharpest prickles so of al our country lasses Phoebe is the brightest but the most coy of all to stoope vnto desire But let her take heed quoth he I haue heard of Narcissus who for his high disdain against Loue perished in the folly of his owne loue With this they were at Coridons Cottage where Montanus parted from them and they went in to rest Alinda and Ganimede glad of so contented a shelter made merry with the poore swaine and though they had but countrey fare and course loâ—ging yet their welcome was so greate and their cares so little that they counted their diet delicate and slept as soundly as if they had beene in the court of Torismond The next morne they lay long in bed as wearyed with the toyle of vnaccustomed trauaile but assoone as they got vp Aliena resolued there to set vp her rest and by the helpe of Coridon swapt a bargaine with his Landslord and so became mistres of the farme and the flocke her selfe putting on the attyre of the shepherdesse and Ganimide of a yong swaine euerye day leading foorth her flockes with such delight that she held her exile happy thoght no content to the blisse of a Countrey cottage Leauing her thus famous amongst the shepheards of Arden againe to Saladyne When Saladyne had a long while concealed a secrete resolution of reuenge could no longer hide fire in the flax nor oyle in the flame for enuy is like lightning that will appeare in the darkest fog It chaunced on a morning very early he cald vp certain of his seruants and went with them to the chamber of Rosader which being open hee entred with his crue and surprized his brother when he was a sleepe and bound him in fetters in the midst of his hall chained him to a post Rosader amazed at this strange chaunce began to reason with his brother about the cause of this sodaine extremity wherein he had wrongd and what fault he had committed worthy so sharpe a penance Saladyne answered him onely with a look of disdain and went his way leauing poore Rosader in a deepe perplexity Who thus abused fell into sundry passions but no means of releefe could be had wherupon for anger he grew into a discontented melancholy In which humour he continued two or three daies without meat insomuch that seeing his brother would giue him no food he fel into despaire of his life Which Adam Spencer the old seruant of sir Iohn of Bourdeaux seeing touched with the dutie loue hee ought to his olde maister felt a remorse in his conscience of his sonnes mishap and therefore although Saladine had giuen a generall charge to his seruants that none of them vpon pain of death should giue either meat or drinke to Rosader yet Adam Spencer in the night rose secretly brought him such victuals as he could prouide and vnlockt him and set him at liberty After Rosader had well feasted himselfe and felt he was loose straight his thoughts aymed at reuenge and now all being a sleepe hee would haue quit Saladyne with the methode of his own mischiefe But Adam Spencer did perswade him to the contrary with these reasons Sir quoth hee he content for this night go againe into your olde fetters so shall you trie the faith of friends and saue the life of an old seruant Tomorrow hath your brother inuited al your kinred allyes to a solempne breake fast onely to see you telling them all that you are mad faine to be tied to a poast Assoone as they come complain to them of the abuse proffered you by Saladyne If they redresse you why so but if they passe ouer your playntes sicco pede and hâ—ld with the violence of your brother before your innocence then thus I will leaue you vnlocke that you may breake out at your pleasure and at the ende of the hall shall you see stand a couple of good pollaxes one for you and another for mee When I giue you a wincke shake off your chaines and let vs plaie the men and make hauocke amongst them driue them out of the house and maintaine possession by force of armes till the King hath made a redresse of your abuses These wordes of Adam Spencer so perswaded Rosader that he went to the place of his punishment and stood there while the next morning About the time appointed came all the guestes bidden by Saladyne whom hee intreated with curteous and curious entertainment