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A44659	The history of the seven wise mistrisses of Rome ... wherein, the treachery of evil counsel is discovered, the innocency of harmless virgins cleared, and the wisdom of seven wise women displayed, to the wonder of their own nation, and the administration of all the world.; Seven wise mistresses of Rome	Howard, Thomas, 17th/18th cent.	1663 (1663)	Wing H3008; ESTC R4376	68,088	179

chanced by the way to fall sick of a Feaver and lying in such a desperate condition without hopes of recovery he considered more the education of his young Daughter then the state and condition of his whole Empire in reference to the innocency and weakness of her age and therefore it induced him to write unto his Empress this following Letter Dear Lady my Journey hath proved very illsuccessful to me for by the way I am taken sick with a most sad and grievous Feaver therefore pray make haste unto me that we may provide for the education of our young Daughter Sabrina and the State and settlement of our Empire for I am without hopes of recovery and if you make not great speed you are never like to see me alive The messenger posted away to the Empress and finding her walking in the Garden expecting every hour news from her beloved husband he did reverence unto her and delivered the Letter the Empress broke it up and reading what condition her Lord was in fell in a swound to the astonishment of all her Ladies but as soon as she had recovered life she caused her Chariot and Horses to be made ready incontinent and halted both night and day till she came to her Lord the King who she found almost dead and she fell upon his breast and kissed his clay cold lips he rising half up in his bed with snowres of fears betwixt each face he to her spake thus O my dear Lady it joyes me that you are come where with you I may impart all my troubled minde I am possest withall since I may not escape this infirmity the natural love and care I bear unto you and your young Daughter Sabrina makes me sue unto you thus First that you cause her to be brought up with the best experienced and wisest Matron in all the Realm whereby she might be tutored and well educated in all Arts and Sciences befitting a Princess so nobly descended and after that she hath attained unto all those Vertues I will that you take her home to your Royal Palace and to have recourse to your honourable Councel whereby she may perfect her self in all State and Temporal Affairs And thirdly that after your decease she may enjoy the Empire and wear the Royal Diadem And you my dear Lady considering you are old add well stricken in years I will that you chuse by the advise of your Honourable Councel a wise and grave Senator to assist your Royal person in all things appertaining to the affairs of the Empire and Guardian to your young Daughter Sabrina till she come to Maturity The grieved Empress answered My dear Lord all these things shall be performed and done according to your will and request then kissing each other the King turned himself upon his Pillow and gave up the ghost afterwards conveighed into his own Countrey and his doleful Funeral solemnized he was honourably interred in his own Chappel Chap. 1. How the Empress and her Councel committed the charge of her Daughter Sabrina to seven Wise Mistrisses for her Education in all Arts and Sciences IT happened upon a time as the Empress was solitary walking in her Garden she bethought her sol● of the death of her late Husband and musing in her heart of the words he spake unto her at his last breath concerning the State of his Empire and especially his young Daughter Sabrina whose onely delight in all the world she was muttered in her heart and said Now my dear Lord and Husband is dead and gone there is but one in the world whom I take pleasure in and that is my onely Daughter Sabrina the dory stower and glory of all other Virgins and but she alive to inherit my Realm after me it is good whiles she is yong that she be set unto some wise experienced Matron who is a b●ly and devout Virgin to learn understanding and to resolve Reasons when time might require her upon the Iudgement Seat Thereupon the Empress assembled all the Lords of her Councel before her and demanded every one his advice concerning her young daughter Sabrina and some of them gave their advice that the Empress should build a Tower within her own C●stle and cause to be put in there the young Lady with fide devout and wise Virgins to attend her and two Philosopers which then lived in Rome to instruct her in natural Philosophy and other arts and scices but the other Lords of the Councel would not agrée thereto and flood up and said to the Empress thus Most Sovereign Lady this is not expedient that she should be in such a tower nor in such a way instructed for thrée things First if she be in such a tower your Nobles and Ladies that frequent your Palace by too often visiting her will make her minde more the pleasures of the Court then to practice in her learning Secondly Men tutors are not méet for such a Princess so incomparable in beauty as she is for through too much familiarity and weakness of her tender years great injuries may ensue and her Princely Vertues stained Thirdly for her Attendants being but five weak Ladies and consequently not over skilful might for hopes of future advancement to please the young Lady give her too much liberty in yielding to her fancies and thereby destroy the best time of her studience But gracious Lady there is living not far from this City in a fair and stately Cloister seven Wise Mistrisses most cunning and expert in wisdom answering all Reasons and Questions and for their famous skill and learning excelleth all women in the world the Empress hearing this accorded to their advice and sent her Letter of Summons unto them upon great penalties to appear before her Majesty They anon came and the Empress demanded the cause of their coming they answered we shall resolve you the cause for we have seen it in a dream which was this We saw a high and mighty trée whose branches covered all the Realm under whose leaves the beasts of the earth did shelter without number and in an instant we sawit fall dissolve that nothing but the roots remained obvious The Empress said shew me the meaning thereof they said the trée which we saw was our Sovereign Lord the King the sproading branches signified his power extending over all his Empire when the trée falling it signified our Lord died out of whose roots is sprung up a young Cien who shall rule the Empire with equity and honour whose learning and education you will commit to our charge You have said right answered the Empress for my Lord is dead and I have but one onely Daughter in all the world who I commit unto you to instruct and conform in all good wayes and vertues learning so that by your skill and wisdom she may attain to all good things appertaining to so great and noble a Patronage c. The first Mistris named Halicuja said great Lady commit the education of your

him all that happened and how the Lion had saved her life and was the greatest comfort she had in the Wilderness It chanced afterwards that as the Knight was going into his Wood to view his young Horses he met with a wilde Boar with whom he fell in combat with The Lion loved the old Knight and by accident walking under the pale side he sented the Boar and as the Lion ran towards the place where the Boar was the Steward espied him and he ran into the Palace and cryed out the Lion is running after my Master to destroy him Then the Lady sent after him ten of her servants who met the Lion with his mouth all bloody and they ran back and told the Lady the Lion had destroyad her aged Father Then said the Lady O woe is me that ever I was born that have brought a Lion from far to destroy my own Father therefore she commanded her servants to slay the Lion which no sooner was done but her Father come in and said O I have met with a wilde Boar with whom I sought and there came in the Lion to my aid and slew the Boar so saved my life else I had dyed by the Boar. When the Lady heard this O how she wept and wrung her hands saying For the words of a wicked Steward I have slain my good Lion who have saved both my life and my Fathers cursed be the time I was advised by him Then said the Mistriss understand you what I have said yes right well said the Empress you have shewed me a good example of a bad advise which caused the Lady to slay so good a Lion surely I 'le beware such bad advice my Daughter shall not dye this day The Mistris said if you do so you will do well therefore I commit you to God and stand obliged to your grace for saving your-Daughter this day for my sake The third Complaint of Radamentus WHen Radamentus perceived the young Princess was not dead he kept his Chamber and tore his hair grieving very much and saying the State of the Empire lies groaning under the scandal of all Nations and reputed as the very froth and scum of baseness and as he was thus complaining his attendants hearing him went and imparted it to the Empress and she went to him and asked the cause of his lamentation who answered O great Lady how can I other wise chuse knowing so great a crime that lyes upon the Empire through the deboist and lascivious actions of your graceless Daughter and yet cannot have Iustice executed upon her whereby we may wash away the stain that rests upon your honour my reputation the world knowing I am your assistant in the Government seeing there is no more respect and observing of the Laws then there is I have just cause to leave your Realm and suffer you to plunge your self in this deluge of ignorance but that the love I bear to you and your good Subjects doth prohibit me from it and you know great Lady if I should depart and leave you to your self through your weakness in believing old fabulous stories it would fend to your utter ruine and destruction Then said the Empress Most grave Lord and Councellour pass by your sorrow and lamentation at this time and I shall never fail you of your request hereafter but be advised by you Then said Radamentus pray God you may else I fear it will happen to you as it did to the Lady and her Cat in the Kingdome of Utergo who tendered her Cat as she did her own life till at last the Cat cut her Ladies throat I pray 〈◊〉 said the Empress shew me that Example that I shall gladly do said Radamentus for the furtherance of your knowledge and it is this as followeth The third Example of Radamentus IN the Kingdome of Utergo there lived a Lady who had but one onely Daughter whom she loved above her own eyes and hearing there was a very learned woman and one of great repute lived not far from her own Court to whom she put her Daughter to be brought up and instructed in all Arts and learning and it proved that this learned woman was very skilful indèed for she was the greatest Magician in all that Land though unknown to the Lady so that instead of teaching the childe natural Philosophy she taught her all the whole art of Necromancy and at the end of seven years she learnt her how to transform her self into the likeness of a Cat and upon a time the Lady sent for this learned woman to come to her and bring her Daughter with her for to see how she had improved her self in learning and being come the Lady asked her Daughter three questions First what was most prone to nature when it was satizfied she answered ease for when the belly is full the bones destreth rest Secondly how far it was to the bottom of the Sea she answered a stones throw Thirdly she ●sked her how long the Sun and Moon were going round the world she answered sower and twenty hours then said the Lady you have answered me well doubtless thou wilt prove a cunning woman then she walked in her Parlour and shewed the Mistriss what a delicate and fine Cat she had and the Mistriss said of a truth it is a brave Cat but after I return home I will present you with the finest Cat that ever was seen for she will wait at the Table and can interpret Riddles resolving Answers and Questions so that there is not the like of her in all the world Then said the Lady pray ye let me have that Cat that I shall not do said she except you suffer your Daughter to be with me one seven years more then shall I present you with the Cat the Lady very willingly gave consent thereto rendring great thanks so the learned woman took leave and away departed with her young Disciple and when she came home she told her that if she would act her part she would teach her how she might enjoy all the pleasure the world did afford and none was more ready to learn then she was Then said the Magician you must transform your self to the likeness of a Cat and I will present you to your Mother to which they both accorded then the Magician took her and hasted away to the Lady and presented her the Cat being of four distinct colours black red green and yellow Then said the Lady this is the finest Cat that ever I saw and took it into her lap feeding it with white bread and milk and would never sit down to meat but her Cat must be at her elbow so the Magician took her leave again and the Lady gave her great thanks so departed soon after this the Cat began to play her pranks for there was a maid living in the house whose carriage was civil and conversation honest and a faithful servant all dayes of her life this Cat had power to

to wait on him cloathed in mans apparel to satisfie his own lascivious lust and filthy appetite and charged me an innocent Virgin with all those abominable vices and wicked sins that he himself daily committed in his secret chamber he caused me seven dayes one after another to be led to the Iudgement Hall where there he sate himself and gave sentence upon me and caused me to be led to the Gallows shamefully to be burnt at a stake for crimes laid against me that I was innocent of Therefore most gracious Mother as you are the Empress of all the Eastern part of the world forasmuch as I will not own the general name till after your Decease and all you my Lords and Barons of the Prity Counsel and you also my grave and rederend Iudges whose power and authority requireth you to do justice according to the due administration of the Statutes of this Realm I do therefore demand justice upon the shameless Accuser at the Bar Radamentus and his Concubine through whose means I was in peril of my life and led seven times to the Gallows to he executed The Councels and Iudges hearing the words of the Empress were all astonisht to hear such wisdom from a woman then all the Iudges and Counsellours stood up and call'd Radamentus Radamentus your evil life and conversation is very apparent to the Court and your hellish conspiracies and notorious actions which here this day you are accus'd of are publick Evidences against you at the Bar and therefore according to Law we do all here with a general Vote pronounce Sentence against you and your Concubine that you shall be taken away from this place to the place from whence you came and from thence to be drawn at two horses tails throughout the City to the place of Execution which shall be under the common Gallows and there to be burnt to ashes The Empress having now out-lived her mortal Enemy old Radamentus she began a most happy and glorious Reign her own Mother estéem'd her as her onely joy the Nobles of the Land did honour her greatly for her excellent Learning and Wisdom the Subjects did almost adore her for the rarefy of her Iustice and the moderation of her Language her Crown then began to flourish upon her head and her Name began to spread over all the face of the earth and the longer she did reign the more her glory did shine her Mother the old Empress lived till she saw that what for her Beauty and what for her Learning the bordering Nations round about did almost give divine reverence unto her and in the heighth of this flourishing Peace the old Empress dyed and bequeathed her own Crown and Royal Scopter for to be put upon Sabrina's head in this world and a Crown of Glory in the world to come Sabrina after this did Celebrate her Funeral in the greatest Triumph which can be imaginable she also erected a most sumptuous Monument wherein she interred the body of her Mother with this Inscription written on it Within this Monument interr'd here lies The onely Mother of Sabrina the wise Who counsell'd was by Radamentus sway To take Sabrina's precious life away But time and fortune favour'd her at last Whose Life was sav'd and Radamentus lost Sabrina the young Empress having buried the old Empress in such state was commended above all her predecessors for never was such a Monument erected before Now Sabrina being Empress of all the Eauerne part of the World began to grow very potent and great for all people gave her reverence and did homage unto her Kings and Princes sent her rich presents and came from sarre Counteys to visit and complement her but more especially to hear her grave wisdom and to sée the excellency of her Arts and Sciences which bad so much spread over the whole world she was accounted the greatest Philosopher that was in those dayes in the world she continually keeping all sorts of Professours and Artificers that so she might thereby know the nature of all V●gitables as Plants Hearb● Roots Leaves and Trées she kept four thousand Stables of Horses which were on purpose for her own Attendance there was no Nation at war and variance with her but onely one and they were the Tarters so that now to prevent their Incroachment upon her most rich and plentiful Dominions she chose a fifth man out of all her Empire to build a brazen Wall betwéen her and her Enemies about fiftéen hundred miles long and at every ten miles end she caused to be built a strong and famous Castle wherein she plac't ten thousand men for to keep guard against the said Tartars which were People inhabiting in a poor and barren Countrey for they fought not to revenge any quarrel or injury done to them but méerly for some of the Gold and Riches this glorious Sabrina had and to sée if they could get into any of her plentifull Countreys to inhabit for all her Countreys were golden Valleys both for profit and pleasure and though this brazen Wall was built and strongly made yet the fury of the Tartars was so iuraged that they broke over according to the old Proverb Hunger will break through stone walls and for thrée hours time there was a mortal Battle but the young Empress Sabrina had a Champion in her Army called Gorgon a Gyant you must conceive he was for he was seven Cabits high the Club that he bore was like the mast of a Ship his Helmet was made of Brass weighing an hundred shekels of Iron this Gyant fought most courageously and made lanes through the Army of the Lartars that all dreaded and feared the place where he came And on on a time it happening that this Gyant was in the heat of the Battle and being extream hot he went to the main Ocean to drink and to refresh himself and in the vehemency of his draught he swallowed a Souldiers Knapsack full of Linnen which made it swim and he spate at it as if it had béen but a mote in his glass but finding himself not very well he sent for the Empress Physician who hearing the great Champion was not well made what expedition he could to disit him and seeing him in such a sad distemper he caused a Ladder for to be put down his Threat into his Belly which was a usual thing or custome in that Countrey especially to such men of such vaste and great stature and commanded his Man to go down the Ladder into his belly and there for to sée if he could finds and know by his skill and good discretion what was the cause of his grief and heaviness but his man would not venture to go down except he had a Link in his hand and thereupon he lighted a good blazing Torch and down he goes But he had not descended downe above two steps but the breath of the Gyant arising from his smoaking Gorge did very much dimnifle the light of his Link and to