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A19042	A certayn treatye moste wyttely deuysed orygynally wrytten in the spaynysshe, lately traducted in to frenche entytled, Lamant mal traicte de samye. And nowe out of frenche in to Englysshe, dedicat to the ryght honorable lorde henry Erle of Surrey, one of the knyghtes of the moste honorable ordre of the garter, son[n]e and heyre apparaunt to the ryght hygh and myghete prynce Thomas duke of Norfolke, hygh treasorour, and erle mershall of Englande.; Tractado de amores de Arnalte y Lucenda. English	San Pedro, Diego de, fl. 1500.; Clerk, John, d. 1552.; Herberay, Nicolas de, sieur des Essars, 16th cent.	1543 (1543)	STC 546; ESTC S108933	39,984	135

loue than to moche tobeye to hym so that with a meane thou oughtest to moderate thy selfe by apparences to deceaue hym sythen he hymselfe in effecte is a deceyuour and that his lawe is suche as he that least louyth hath moste recompence and proffyte Me thynketh thou woldest hym good and y ● thou sayest the to be his beynge not so dismesuredly despered But beware the to trust all in hym Consyder that the cōdicyon of the trust in thynges more easy shewith lesse y ● way And for this cause thou oughtest not to despayre sythen that thou knowyst his maner of doyng and the goodnes that commyth therof Regarde that fortune geuyth ende to thynges variable So yf she haue ben cause of thy dolor she may in tyme be greued of thyne yll reioyse thy lyfe And yf thou wilt take my consayle thou shalt se that thou shalt obtayn y ● whiche thou art nowe assured to lose in comyng to my lodgyng which at all tymes that it shal please the thou mayste dyspose as of any thing of thyne owne Thou haste dōne me great wronge that so longe tyme thou haste dyfferred it seynge that I am so muche thyne y ● I wolde obey the as my master and cōpanyon And bycause that from hēsforth I wyll more payne me to remedy the than to molest the with longe matter I wyll hold my pease To th entent in the rest temploy me in that whiche thou shalt cōmaunde And fromhensforth let vs god wether it shall please the. ¶ Arnalte to the Pylgryme Thou haste lytell vnderstande maister my frende thanswere that yerso made me But whā he playned hym selfe of Lucenda I assure the that suspycyon and Ja●ousye gaue me a new torment neuer theles I made no semblaunt therof for I thought it was the abundance of loue y ● nory●shed me in suche fātasy And in dede somtyme I had dystruste in hym And a lytell after I consydered with myselfe aswell that whiche he promysed me as also remembred our olde amyte that neuer had wylled to do me sh●ewde turne and thervppon seynge that he had offered me so ly●●rally his lodgyng I went thether wh●● I made no long demoure before that I found myselfe dece●uyd of myne enterpryse For notwithstondynge all the watche or payne that I toke du●●nge the tyme y ● I was there I could not se her for whome I was there lodgyd so augmentd my torment and in so many dyuerse sortes shewyd it selfe that many people had knowledge of the same and ymagyned therof in dyuers sortes by meane wherof my suster Belisa of whome I haue tolde the alredy consyderynge my payne to cōme and seyng my daū ger present imployed all her industry to knowe the cause of my sorowe and so muche dyd that by her importunytyes she might fele that Lucēda was only thoccasyon of my great anguysshes Therfore without to cause me any thynge tunderstonde therof she chaūged her accustomed fa●●ō to lyue and peyned herselfe to frequent Lucēda more oftener than she had done albeit they had before great socialitie togyther nowe hapened it y ● in one after dyner as they to were retyred to take repose my suster ope ned to her suche a matter ¶ Belysa to Lucenda I Pray the Lucenda that in vsyng thyne accostomyd wysdome wyll not to blame me for that whiche I wyll tell y e. For yf thou cōpr●hende wel myne entention I trust to be rather praysed thā for my wordes worthy of reprehensyon for that the doloure of another y t causyth my boldnes shall honoure my shame ¶ Nowe than Lucenda vnderstonde my saynge thou shalt knowe that there is a long tyme that Arnalt my brother cressyd in doloure decressed in helth of suche sorte as all remedies to hym ar cōtrary whiche knowing and also seing his lyfe to be short for this yll so extreme many tymes in wepyngꝭ and teares I haue desyred hym to dyscouer me his passiōs that caused hym the death But alwayes he wylled to kepe them secret wherof I haue had reason greatly to lament me So by subtyll meanes with the coniecture the suspycyon and tokyn y t I could knowe therin I haue ben certayn that thou only were thoccasyon of his yll and art the remedye of his lyfe Wherby I haue determyned to lose me in telling y e that whiche I do to remedy hym And to gyue fayth to my ma●ier demaunde not any other proofe than the playnte that I make to the of hym For yf I had not seen his lyfe in daunger thou haddest not knowyn my boldnes and ●emerytye neuertheles I haue so muche desyre to sau●●e hym y t somuche as myne yll doth dystour●e me from this request somuche his yll conductyth and constraynith me to it Bycause that the amyte which I bere hym is so great as for this occasyon I haue made my selfs e an enemye to myne honour and by a strōger reason to put my lyfe for his it should be lytle in respect of this And so I ought to do as well for my solyc●tude as for his For thou know est that by the pestelence passyd oure father and mother haue lefte vs sole and yf thou wylt nowe dystroye the reast of our linage thou shalt be more worthy of r●prehension than of great prayse S●ynge that I can assure the that yf thou deny hym y ● remedye●●● only death shall put pease in his lyfe and thou shal be by this meane ex●pt from the trouble that he geuyth the and he exempt to be more tormentyd regarde in what oblygacyon thou arte dound to hym that y e more thou desdaynest hym Somuche y ● more he louyth and seketh the. And somuche the more as thou causest his perditiō somuche the more he estemith this be 〈◊〉 lo●●e to be by the desyred suche Than sythen that so straūge tormēt semeth to hym repose that y ● knowledge of thy crewell condycion is takyn away from euery one thou arte ●wyse bound to hym because that fea rynge y t thyne honour be not troubled for his occasyō be fayneth his dolour in pleasure whiche to hym is a moste peasant burden for that suche pleasures a● enemyes to his desyres that ●hich more ●oroweth hym is to shew by necessytey ●ysaige contrarye to his wyll Therfore cōsent not that suche fydely●e peryshe for so lytell occasyon and by so great ingratytude yf thou do verely I can assure the that thyne oblyuyon his cōstancye shall make an ende of hym yf thou haue power to breake the bataylle of his passions by only to wryte to hym I praye the deny hym not this benyfyte and doo hym suche grace for my sake yf thou wylt not do it for hym Thus doynge in the place of a frende as thou haste of Belysa from ●●sforth thou shalt haue of he● an esclaue Suffyce the that there is two yeres that I haue leuyd in dy●nge Take away than from me this passyon sp●h● that thou only mayst●

occasion to haue peyne than thou hast beaultye to gyue it me Sy then than that I am sure that thou knowest y e loue wherof I loue y ● thou shalte do iniustyre to reason to my fayth yf in the thou establysshe not other facyons of doynge restorynge by thy good dedes them whome by desperation thou hast destayned and to th ende that thou begyn to exercise workes of repentaunce consent for y ● meryte that is dew to me that I kys thy handes desyring the humbly net to denye me this benyfyte wout euer to requyre any other thynge of the And yf thou se that I do the contrary yelde me in payment by my payne and thyne obly●ion ¶ The answer of Lucenda to Arnalt Arnalt yf I had the word so muche at cōmaūdemēt as y ● I wolde answere the so well as thou caust lamente thy selfe and y ● shuldest not be lesie cased of y ● which I should tell the thā thou remaynest sorowfull for that I do Thy presence and my shame haue so strayetely assyeged me as I knowe not what to say neyther wyshe seynge that alredy by y t I haue done I haue so hurt myne honoure as it is harde to hele the same for a thynge that I can tell the for albeit that myne ●gnoraunce doth absoyle me the reason neuertheles doth condempne my reputaciō which I haue put in daunger for not to offende the ▪ Thou sayest that I as repentaunt of myne ylles passed should conuert thy harde payne in to grace present But by a greater occasion ought I rather to wepe the faulte that I haue done than to lament y e ylles that thou hast sythen that by honour they are to the tollerable and that y e ercour whiche I haue nowe cōmytted doth tourne it selfe agaynst me to my exceadynge great reproche and y ● more is thou as a man canst endure that which to me a yonge dainosell is not parmitted to suffer So the daunger y ● threteneth me in speakynge to the may● tourne the more to dysaduauntage than to any recompence for that I fere thou canst not cōmyt this victorye to sylence in so muche that the possessiō of semblable fauour cōstray neth comtyme the tongue to forget that whiche the herte and reason endeuour to kepe secret But yf thou so do it that shal be at my charge Alas howe moche more hathe thyne importunitie had power than my defēce what should she be that to beleue the shoulde not be vnfaythful to her selfe Alas howe daungerous is the parsuasyon of men towardes vs others symple wemen The beginning wher of yf we were wyse we ought aboue all other thynges te●chewe And bycause I fynd my selfe deceaued other ought to take example by me ¶ Haa sorowfull Lncenda thou arte nowe abond woman thou Atnalte tryumphant in this vyctory Neuertheles beware that thexceding great glorye of the same make the not to lose by extreme ioye y t whiche thou haste gayned with so great doloure Remembre the that y e secret healeth that whiche the opener doth wounde Thou prayest me y t thou mayste kys my handes I am content therwith prouyded that thou thynke not that I take it for presumpsion and vppon suche maner and condycyon y e frome hensforth thou shalt abstayne the to be so importunate towardesme And of this be thy suster witnes that hath alredy done so moche for the as she hath gyuen occasyon that I haue so forgotten my selfe as to do y t whiche I do ☞ ❧ ☞ ❧ ¶ Arnalte to the Pylgryme LUcēda had not scarse ended her matter but y e houre forced vs to departe bycause there cam so many people into the churche that the were constrayned hastely to retyre from thens Neuertheles it was not without receuinge the benefyte y t she had promysed me to kys her fayre hā●es After my suster and I toke licens and departed eyther into his house O god yf I were put to chose the domynation of all the worlde to lose y ● benyfite that I had I call to wytnes them that parfytly do loue that my ioye was worth moche more than y ● So I departed thens content by the meane wherof my suster seynge me releued of so great a fall contynewed by all meanes to entertayne me in pleasure And in dede prayed me that I wolde go to solace me in a place of hers that nere was to the Cytye of Che●es wherunto I agreed wyllingly wher●y at the same houre the enterpryse was executed and bycause y e situation of y ● place was accōmodate to the pleasure of y ● chayse I caused some sortes of hawkes to be brought with me tastaye with this pastyine and the ●enyfyte that I had lately receyued of Lucenda to retorne to my fyrst helth ❧ ☞ ❧ ¶ Now ●eyng there arryued I was by my suster so well fested and with so good ●her ▪ receyued y t a lytell after the coulour and the force that I had lost retourned in me But it happened that one day as I wold go a huntyng as I thoughte to leape to my horse many south sayers came to me to declare my fall to come for sodaynly the weather y ● was fayre and clere shewed it selfe cloudy and full of tempest and a spaynell that moche I loued ran bytwene my legges and quakynge y ● one wold meruayle hē began to baye and cry ferefully And I y t than lytell cared for the southsayers neyther of cases semblable for all thes causes fered not myne enterpryse So puttyng a faulcon vppon my fyste I went to the feldes howbeit scarse had I cōmenced that which I sought But I began to remembre y t ther was now a longe tyme syth I sawe the gentylman of whome hertofore I tolde the. And that neuer syth I had declared the affeccyon that I had to Lucenda he shewed me so good coūtenaūce as he was wont for lytell lytell he absented hym selfe from me w tout more to vyset me neyther tenquyre what I dyd and bycause y ● the more parte of men at variable in amity I thought that the same had ben the cause of his absēce on thother part I thought that it shoulde be impossyble to hym to se me to suffer yll where he coulde gyue me remedye But as I was in this thought the faulcon that I bare vppon my fyst fell styffe deed vppon y ● grounde whiche augment●d all togy ther the presumptyon y ● was sodenly come to me vppon my compaguyon Yerso For my hert muche panted im mediatly And I began to thynke of my dog that so cryeo in y ● morninge by the meane wherof I wylled to departe to my lodgynge than I came by chaunce by an hylles syde from the whiche easely I myght decerne the lodginge of Lucēda where I harde a brute of taberdes and shalmes that sownded in the mountaynes whiche I founde straunge bycause the seasō was not cōuenient for suche

caste me in my bed but euyn as I thought to take repose aboute the houre that the cockes by theyr crow ynge wytnessed the mydnight I hade them of the house synge in petiou● mus●●que complayntes wepynges lamētacions mortall Than not you● cause more than before I mer uayled by thoccasyon wherof I was all togither depryued from slepe But as afterwarde I was aduertysed euery nyght at that houre y ● sorowfull knyght very eruellye tourmente● hymselfe renewynge his doloure an● accustomed passyon Wherfore ●● seruauntes seyng hym in this marty rie loue and pytie obliged them to be by sorowfull wepynges cōforme vn to hym that made doubt who heryn ge suche thynges as no more sodeynly taken with trouble and vexacyon than depryued of slepe and repose So passed the moste parte of the nyght and the daye made all to be put to sylence The sonne rose euyn whan I harde that in a churche nere vnto me it range to a masse that the sorowfull knyght came in to my chambre who as he had done the day before to ke me by the hande to go to here the deuyne seruyce Than beyng aryued in his chapel I sawe a monument coueryd with blacke whiche as I perceyued afterwardes was the last lodgynge that he lokyd for hymselfe where aboutes were grauen suche wordes ●●holde w●ll he●● the memorye Of one that lyueth in payne smarte For want of seynge presently● Eyther hym or her to ease his harte ANd albeit the masse were a celebratyng I lefte not for all that durynge the same to note what the letters ment and the sorow that they shewed what soeuer it was the thyngꝭ that I sawe there put me in great trouble bycause I could not therin establysshe a Just iudgement In goynge out of y e churche we went to dyner after the whiche the sorowfull knyght enforsynge hymselfe to gyue me recreacion moued me in dyuerse matyers and demaunded me of many thynges amonge others he sayde that the Kynge and Quene he knewe ryght well prayenge me to tell hym whether they were so tryūphāt lye accompanygned as heretofore he bad sene them and as to theyr great excellency dyd appertayne Wherin I coulde very well satysfye hym But than knewe I ryghte well that this matyer was more to enterteyne me thaune for any dey●●e that he had to knowe any thynge bycause he was so sorowfull that without ceasynge ha uynge his doloure present dyd none other thynge but sygh And somtyme bytwene gyuyng eare to my purpose sinyled Than at th ende thankynge me for y t good y t I had done hym he began to say vnto me ¶ Know thou my frende that not withoute cause I haue induced the in thyse ꝓposes the occasyon wherof I wyll cause the to vnderstande prouyded y t before thon wylte gyue me gayge of thy fayth y t all that I shall tell the thou shalte do it to vnderstande and put it in the puyssance of Ladyes nolesse scauant thā dyscrete to th entent that they perceyuynge the same may knowe the yll y ● a woman hathe caused me to suffre without reason and agaynste theyr cōmon condycyon whiche is estemyd more pytefull than that of the men to th ende that they beyng aduertysed therof may blame her and lamēt her crueltie Nowe my dames hauynge at lengh conceaued his entencyon condescendyd ●accomphlysshe it I haue determyned for the perfection of y ● condycions by hym requyred to addresse vnto you the worke folowynge whiche of ryghte apperteyneth more vnto you than to others And bycause his matter was longe I thoughte good not onely to redacte it in wrytynge but also to sende it you in this paper Than after that the sorowfull knyght had receyued of me the suretie that he demaunded in this so●te he began his mat●er ❧ ⚜ ❧ ¶ The Knyght to the Pylgryme ME thynketh syr I shuld do the great wronge yf I shulde not declare vnto y ● the cause of the demaunde that ● made the. ¶ Understande thou that it is not lately that I knowe the Kynge and the Quene theyr estate and magnyfycence For theyr hyghe renowme and vertuous bountie is in all places abundauntlye publysshed Neuertheles I thanke y ● for the payne that thou hast taken intellyng me that which thou dyddest know therin But for another entent I haue induced the in to thyse seuerall matiers I truste to make ▪ y ● treasorer of my sorowfull passyones beynge assured thou wylte haue pytie and receyue doloure of my troble empressyng in thy memorie that whiche I wyl tell y ● to publysshe it hereafter THou shalte vnderstande I was borne and norysshed at Thebes whiche heretofore Cadmus the sone of Kynge Agenor dyd augment with people with whome I was longe nory●shed My father longe sythe is pas ▪ sed this transytorie lyfe who was named as my selfe Arnalte I leaue to tell the more what he was bycause y ● prayse of hym whose sone I am wolde yll sounde in my mouthe ¶ At that tyme y ● courte of this Kyng Cadmus ordynarylye remayned at Thebes ▪ wherfore also I my self was there contynually abydynge one day amonge others whenne my lybertie was more fre from the passyons of loue dyed one of the hed persones of the towne at whose obsequies and funerels all the courtisans and Citadins were present as the deed body was ●et in the myddes of y ● churche durynge the tyme of thaccustomed cerymonies there was made by his ner● ky●●esfolkes a great wepynge and extreme doloure specyallie by the doughter of hym that was deed who shew●d her selfe so sorowfull that without ●epose she had suche a mortell warre bytwene her handes and her heer as the most parte of the same were plu●lred vpon her shulders cseuered in suche sorte as the people that sawe such crueltie meruayled no lesse of the beaultie of the same than pytied of ther so straunge entraytement None was there than that saw her that had not pyteouse compassyon of the doloure that this sorowfull mayden suffred Helas she of whom I speke is named Lucenda For her becam I sorowfull abasshed and ferefull abasshed of her so great beaultie and fereful doubtynge her desperacyon ¶ Nowe after that y e deed body was cōmytted to his laste lodgynge that Lucēda retorned to her house I toke y ● way to myne sekynge y e solytarynes to accompanye my newe thoughtes thynkyng by that meane to fynde ease comforte to myne yll But it was in vayne For I knewe incontynent I was no lesse solytarye and habādoned of hope than of people pleasure ¶ It happenyd y t many dayes so passed wherin albeit I endeuered to forget my delyveryd purpose knowynge well yf at the begynnynge I founde a thorney way y t moch more sharp shulde be thyssue therof Yet neuerthelesse the more y e tyme passed the more myne yll vnder dissymulacion approched and like as my dolour dyd augmēt so my remedy decreassed I was ī a straūge necessytie

Thou oughtest to haue permitted hym to do his messayge Thā by the same thou haddest knowen in how many passiōs I haue lyued syth I sawe the. Perseuer not I pray the in suche an oultrageous purpose for it shuld to moch endoma ge thy renoume destroye my helth Wher woldest thou serche an excuse ●ayllable to serue the in this straūge fation of doyng Thou vnderstandest the paynes with the whiche my tong demaūdeth the remedy And knowest howe moche the vertue and rigor are dyfferent in condicyon And that thou canst not be ●ert●ouse vnles thou be gentle and gratiouse Sythen than that thou w t so lyttle as with thyne onely worde canst satysfye and recōpence my seruises deny me it not For I desier no great benifite of y ● than y ● thy consent may call me thy seruaunt Seynge that with the glorye to be thyne The yll y t I haue receyued by the shal be satysfyed ☞ ✚ ❧ ¶ But thou causest me moche to mar uayle sythen that for so lyttle a thyng thou consentest so longe to be importuned Se that my syghes make the knowe alredy that my lyttle resystēce seynge the rude assaulte and batayll that thou gy●est is so yll edyfyed as the same is more redy sone to fall th● to kepe the fortresse of my lyfe ¶ And yf thou thyncke that to speke with me fearynge to dystayne or fyle thy honour it were to the to moche enterprysed Beware thou be not deceaued therin For thou shuldest receyue more blame to cause me to dye Than faythfully to remedye me ¶ Wyll not than Lucenda to purchayse the name of an homicide Ne wyll not I pray the for so lyttle pryce to lose a seruaūt seruyces so affectioned I can not tel what more to saye to make the certayn of myn yl For I am borne not to a certayne but to be acertayned hauynge more lernyd to lament me thā to fynde remedy And bycause that my wyll and thyne excellencye haue no measure I wyll not w t longe mater molest the. Let it suffyce the to se with thyne eye that yf thou dyffer me of hope short shal be my lyfe And hauing not as endyd my purpos with a trembely●ge voyce she began to answere me ☞ ❧ ❧ ❧ THou thynkeste well Arnalle by thyne affected proposes to vanquesshe the force of my vertue But yf it so be thou abusest thy selfe For thou oughtest to knowe that I haue no lesse trust to my awne defence than thou haste in thy great persuasyons Therfore I counsell the to surcease from suche thy demaūde sythen that thou mayst wel knew that thou shalt do ryght wysely in y ● same And to th ende that thou be more assured lyke as thou oughtes to byleue that there is no force in the worlde that can breke the porte of my determined purpos So thou mayste see y ● thou shalt put the out of great laboure cessynge from suche requeste And where I haue at this tyme wylled tāswere the That hath only ben to thintente that hauynge of my selfe none assuraunce thou trust not any recōpence For in suche case the truste by her condycyon prolongeth more than she satysfieth So thou seest that in this behalfe the dyspayre cōforteth and the cōtrarye by a certayne meane weryeth and strayneth ❧ ⚜ ❧ ¶ And where in my wordes I shewe not the the rygor that I shulde that is sōwhat to satysfy thy fayth which I knowe I wyll not deny y ● but thou louest me sythen y ● thou sercheste me more than I wolde So of theys trauayles thou shalt be yl rewarded For I tell the that so large shal be y ● trust as thy demaūd is to me importuned And bycause it maye be thou shalte thynke that for asmoche as my wordes are pleasaūt my workes shal not be rygorouse by cause I wyll not deceaue the I tell the that oneles thou altogythers tourne thyne oultragyouse affectyon and peruerte thordr● therof I wyll put it in thand of suche one as shall well complayne and reuenge hym selfe of the Therfore it is my desyre that without delaye thou go out of this stryfe For thou seest it is better quyckely to heale than by a longe season gyue meane to deathe Wherof I haue wylled taduertyse y ● bicause that for the I haue more daūger than remedy Therfore approue my counsayle and to thentente thou saye not that by wordes I haue abused the I tell the what great yll shall turne to the therof whiche I lyttle regarde Than from hensforthe thou oughteste to put thy desyres in repos and lyue in pease whiche I beleue thou wylt do seynge that accordynge to that thy teares and affection shew me it shal be more agreable to the to gyue me pleasure than the contrary For yf thou do otherwyse I wyl haue that fayth doubtfull which thou publysshest certayne shalt cause to the dāmage and to me displeasure Now to th entent that from hensforth thy purposes be so moche dyseret as thy syghes wytnes y ● amourous I wyll no more teache thethe waye that thou oughtest to kepe to do the pleasure SO frende suche answere of Lucenda was all a greable to my torment and in suche sorte absent from my remedye that by so moche as the trust fayled me my desyre augmented For seynge the grace of her speche ēriched with suche knowledge I felt me not to haue in me any part alyue out of my memory which was intētife to se yf afterwarde any good wolde dyscouer it selfe notynge all y ● she tolde me But in puttyng an ende to her thretenings she endyd her speche leuynge my recompence behynde to put before the daunger wherfore the cause y t least I feared was y ● death whiche wyllinge to make her tunderstande alytell after I sang one nyght before her lodgynge this songe ¶ yf myne yll shall neuer achyeue And my great payne shall neuer lye Howe myght one better knowe my gryeue Than by my lyef without to dye ¶ yf to losse is turned my gayne And my torment so dis●●●●●ed Ought I not of death to be fayne Syn● that lyef therby is opened ¶ yf thou refuse me to relyeue And wylt that styll to the I crye Howe myght one better knowe my grye●e Than by my lyef without to dye THe singyng of this heuy Song myght per●ase empeache the slepe of Lucenda But my playntꝭ and anguysshes coulde not atall awake her spyryte wherfore seynge me altogether destytute of recōpence lyke as than my do●our more augmented so my pa●●ō more af●ebled it self And as y ● hope was than molested it was necessarye also that the eyes by thoccasion of teares blynded them selfe in suche sorte as by contumelyes wepyngꝭ and tormentes I becam pale and dysfygured and that more is so desperate that against my selfe I began to saye ❧ ☞ ❧ O Euer Infortunate the Edyfyce of trauayll what may now become of the in what place art thou arryued halt thou yet any trust

to the all my affections trustyng that he wold haue petye and wold besaythful also that whiche harded me to do it was for that he was next neyghboure to Lucē●a whom I myght se yf I were loged in the howse of my frende ¶ Therfore I sente to praye hym to cōme to see me whiche he dyd at his aryuall I told hym the cawse wherfore I sent for hym And y ● truste that I had in hym wherfore he thankyd me affectuouslye And so muche as at the fyrste he assayed to dystracte me frome this loue so muche he shewyd me vysage to fynd it good to soccor me by thoccasiō wherof The more to moue hym to take compassyon of me I sayde to hym ❧ ☞ ⚜ My faythfull frende yerso yf nowe I shewe y e and present before the y t whiche hetherto I haue dylygenly kepte in sylence The cause therof is the trust that I haue of thy great vertue And thou oughtest not to fynde yll y ● longe delay that I haue made therin For thou knowist right well how muche in amoreus affectiō the splen●● is estemed the dysclosure worthy great reproche by y ● mean wherof I was in great confusyon neuertheles thy bo●tye hath put an end to all this doubtes So that therby I haue felt my payne wekyned than sythen it is so where sholde I knowe better to lodge my secret thā betwen thy hādes seynge that thy vertue and the loue that thou bearest me shal be confome to kepe it well Nowe Brother and ●r●nde I aduertyse the that agaynst the death and the lyfe I haue susteyned by a longe tyme. ❧ ❧ ¶ The assault of a breche much dimynysshed with the death for y e she wyll not haue me and with y e lyfe for that the greuyth me Whiche assaulte so crewell I began whan the father of Lucenda dyed whiche was the daye that fyrste I sawe her and vnto this present hath contynewyd w tout knowynge any meane to peace me tr●uce in the same For loue seynge me so submytted to his cōmaūdementes hath woūded me with all his power by his pāges enpoysonid in suhe sorte as he beynge his fyght rude and my force weke hath brought me euen to amortall ende So contynewell haue ben his assaultes my defence of so lytle effecte That by this occasion y ● folkes of whome I was woont to ayde me haue betrayed me leauynge me sole retyrenge them selfes into other places And that wors is the trust doth leaue me the remedye flyeth me The reason hydeth it selfe and the socoure hurteth me so that by necessety forced I must yelde me into y ● hādes of crewell death And yf thou thinke y ● in tellynge y ● this I am alyenat of spyryte ¶ Beleue yerso that it shoulde be to me a great benyfyte not to haue any iudgement For hauynge not knowledge of my great losses I sholde not ●e●ey●● for them any sorowe for that beyng of vnderstāding iudgemēt de pryued 〈…〉 should neither trust to haue 〈…〉 ●● 〈…〉 ●e ●et haue feare of yll ●● So 〈…〉 not trusting for any thyng ● sh●●o● not despere of my soccor of 〈…〉 as I doo at this tyme presēt Therfore de●e frende seyng me suche as thou seest me I haue not knowyn more wherof to fortyfie me than by the force of thy amyte and the armes of thy consayll and to helpe me therin I ha●e thought that sethen thy lodgyng is so ●ere to y ● same of Lucēda and that other good I can not haue therof tha● to see her that at y ● leaste I may be ●f so lytell athing satysfied whiche is the cause y ● I haue sende to seke the ▪ To th ende that after y ● thou hast know in my tormēt thou soccour me as muche as thou canst and as I truste of the and as the amyte which knowith it selfe in y ● necessite wyl and entēdeth seinge y t now thou art come in tyme to do it And for bycause I beleue y ● thou woldest haue more desyre therof than I haue to demaund it I wyll nomore imporune y ● of the same ¶ The answere of yerso to Arnalte FRende Arnalte I playne me to the and of the for the doubt end dystruste that thou hast had of me and with greater reason that the● oughtest not by so longe tyme to dyssymule thyne yll towardꝭ me though it were so that by the lawes of trewe loue it was otherwyse ordeynyd ¶ But they that be so secret lose com mōly by holding theyr peace y ● which they shoulde obteyne without doubt declarynge it ❧ ❧ ❧ ¶ Nowe Arnalte suffice y ● that more shall oure in me the yll that I haue to see y ● yll to suff●e Thā the discours of my complaynt to lament the for y ● which greuyth the dysplesith me so y ● I can not comprehende it in my memorye aduertysyng thy surely that yf thy tormēt myght part it self in two I woolde take wyllyngly the greatest part thereof But to the wyll I remit that whiche with y ● worke I can not execute ❧ ☞ ❧ ☞ ¶ Thou sayest that the beaultye of Lucenda destroyeth thy lyfe of one only occasyon thy care myne ꝓcede for yf sh● cause the to haue passyō she falleth myne helth Neuertheles to th entent that dyuersyte knowe not it selfe in thy wyll and myne I wyl frōhensforth forget to thynke so geuyng the sewerty to doo the pleasure to put peas in my warres Albeit greuouse payne it is to me whiche thou beyng in the state y ● thou art haste no mean to knowe and the lesse thanke shalt thou can me to do this yet neuertheles aswel to render me fre as to leaue the in the seruytude y ● thou desirest I wyll do it to assewre so muche my lybertye as I haue of dystrust of her recompence And so by my w torawynge I shal be free and thou shalt rest in y ● puysāce of her Thou prayest me also to gyue the consaylt and receyue thy playntes yf my consayle could pro●●et the so muche as thyne yll hath power to cause me to lament thou shouldest tarry without any payne But to tell the that whiche I thynke therof I maruaylle howe thou hast wylled to consent that the force of thy vertue is vanquysshed by a thynge of so lytell pryse And that thou y ● was vāquer or of thynges more daungerous nowe art by a woman vanquysshed Remēber the how muche is dyspraysed the renowme whiche rēdrith it selfe infamyd by suche infamye And as far as I can parceyue thyne espyryte vnbyndeth thy fayth and thy reason leauyth y e in suche sorte as thou thyselfe to thy power doste endomage thyne owne lyberty Auoyde thou suche abuses and resyst manly suche extremyte of loue not that I wolde consayle the that thou altogyther absent thyselfe But that thou esteme it feare serche and refuse it for there is no lesse danger to moche to auoyde

doloure whiche toucheth me in y ● spryte doth blemishe and stayne the other y ● onely doth empyre my bodye so muche the more as the same shall receaue healynge the more that of the spryte engreueth augmentith it selfe I am contynually dremynge a thousande thynges in some I fynde cōfort thynkynge thy lyfe in repose in others all the cōtrary And one onely thyng gyueth me some trust whiche I wyll de clare to y e ▪ To th ende y ● of my loyalty great faythe thou be more assured But before I do it haue remēbraūce that whiche the death destroyeth is irrecuperable what so euer vowes an gre or wepynges be made therfore trust not to call agayn thy husbād by thabundaunce of teares neyther by great mournynge But for the better renewe in me the fayth that thou had dest in hym and sythen I haue taken hym away from the I wyll gyue my selfe to the yf it be agreable to y ● Neuertheles ▪ ●f the loue of hym do blynd the so that thou thynkest that I am not worthy for the gyue not fayth al togyther to thy iudgement but take thaduyse of another for this new accydent peraduenture hath all redy vanquysshed thyne Than thou shalt se whether thyne aduyse shal be conforme to it y t thy frendes wolde gyue the It is expedient I tell the that by reason he that coulde vāquyshe thyne busbande may well meryte the place of hym of my linage I wyl not speke to the bycause thou knoweste it better than I coulde nowe wryte it to the. But wether thou oughtest to be my wyfe for the merite of my trauayle I make the iudge therof knowing that thou knoweste well howe moche to loue the I haue hated my propre lyfe Therfore yf thou haue desyre to gyue place to my request I pray the aduer tyse me therof incontynent ¶ The Auctoure foldweth his matter WHan my Letter was ended I caused my Suster to come who was no lesse sorowful for y e woū des that I had than glad for the vyctorye gayned Albeit that in some sort the death of hym that was vanquysshed greued her moche at her aryuall I declared to her myne enterpryse praying her to tel me her aduise Thā she answered me that she found this delyberacyon very straunge and yet that sythen my dolour myght slake it selfe by this meane she coūsayled me to do it by somoche was her opynion conforme to myne as she toke my letter And than went to Lucenda who so soone as she parceyued my Suster prayed her that she wolde come to the maryage wherof I had gyuen her y ● occasyon my suster knewe not what she ment But after she myght well kuowe it by theffecte for at the same houre all her kynsfolkes were assembled togythers to conduct her in to a Relygyon where she had choysen to lyue the rest of her lyfe And bycause y ● my suster was arryued at that houre she wolde se what sholde be th ende of this enterpryse whiche was suche y ● Lucēda was made a Nonne vyolate and entred into the monastery where my suster conducted her and bycause that rather she had not oprtunitie she than declared to her myne entencion fyndynge her conuenyently howbeit so sone as she vnderstode to name me onely she retired from my suster and with a maruelous dysplesure left her sole sayenge to the Abbesse y ● she was not entred in to her house to consente that the suster of her mortall enemye sholde come thether to importune her whiche my suster vnderstandynge departed out of the monastery and retorned towardes me wyllyng subtylly to dysguyse frome me suche sorowfull newes howbeit by my suspecyon the dyssymulatyon was at the last dyscouered so that she was constrayned to cause me to vnderstande all the hole trouthe helas what is that louer y ● hauynge had lyke dysfauoure wolde not demaunde streyght the deathe whiche incontynent were gyuen me yf the force of the presentes had not preserued me there from Helas the same had ben well agreable to me for that it had supplyed y t faulte of myne infortuni● So remayned I without more to truste any remedy for all meanes of comfort habādoned me wherfore knoweng not to whome to haue recours I retyred me towardes god desyeryng hym most humbly to haue petye of me But for my desertꝭ I was not herde and fyndyng not comforte of myne ylles towardes god neyther in the worlde I determyned to go in to a place so solytarye that none shold euer se me albeit whā my suster was aduertised therof she was so a frayde that she thought to dye and she came towardes me wepynge so bytterly y ● I had great pite therof afterwardes she caste her to my fete thinkyng to breake myne enterpryse she tolde me ¶ Belysa to her Brother HAa my Brother I haue knowen y t for texecute thy wyll in absentynge thy selfe from reason thou haste enterprysed a very straūge voyage wherin streyght thou wylte trauayle Helas I praye y e for goddes sake y t thou wylt forget this fantazye and be not occasyon to cause folkes to speake of the to thy dysaduauntage ▪ Cōsyder that they y t shall se y e departe wyll say it is more for the feare of the kynsfolkes of yerso then for y ● payne of y ● loue forse incōueuiencꝭ to th ende of the same before that thou come to repent the whiche doth accustome to presente it selfe after y ● remedy is absent seke not by thyne absēce to make thy renowme to perysshe And yf that constrayne the not remember y ● that thou leauest me sole y ● knowest well y ● myne honoure by thyne is cōserued and that yf thou go I shal be estemed hereafter rather an estraunger than a damoysell of Thebes hast thou for gotten that by the laste pestelence we were depryued from our father mother and of the most parte of our kyns folkes and yet beynge with y e I haue alwayes thought to be no lesse fathered and mothered otherwyse frended than whan they all lyued consyderest thou not what thou losest in losinge thy frēdes Regard y t the kynge hath nourysshed the y ● countrey that thou leauest the great benefytes y ● thou refusest to folow away so croked Beleue me my brother beware to do that thynge wherof afterwardes thou be reprehended and yll estemed The moūtaynes knewe not any pray se the bestes cruell make no dyfferēce betwene y ● vertuouse the yll neyther the byrdes haue no iudgement to cōforte the. So who shall in this place prase suche feares of armes as thou hast done or playne y ● tyme that thou shalt lose here in respect to contynew to get here praise and hygh renowme in battailes hast thou forgotten that in thynges moste sharpe and dyfficyll the gentyll hertes efforce them and augment theyr force yf in this thou hast not regarde thynke at the leaste that thy workes thy renowme