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cause_n	woman_n	young_a	youth_n	49	3	8.2213	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16256	A pleasaunt disport of diuers noble personages: written in Italian by M. Iohn Bocace Florentine and poet laureat: in his boke vvhich is entituled Philocopo. And nowe Englished by H. G.; Filocolo. English	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Gifford, Humphrey.; Grantham, Henry, fl. 1571-1587.	1567 (1567)	STC 3180; ESTC S110498	68,810	118

to discerne whether of them hir beautie had most inflamed And as she in like sorte had a good space beheld them not making greater semblāce to the one than to the other they betwene themselues began to reason of hir and among the other wordes that I vnderstoode of their talke was that eche one sayde that hée was hir best beloued and for proofe thereof either of them alleaged in the furtherance of himself diuers gestures then before done by the yong woman And they thus remaining in this contention a long time being now thorowe many words at daggers drawing they acknowledged y● herein they did very euill bicause in thus doing they wrought hurt and shame to them selues and displeasure to the woman Wherfore moued of an equall agréement both two went to the mother of the maide who was also at the same Feast and thus sayd vnto hir That forsomuch as aboue all other women of the worlde either of them best liked hir daughter and that they were at contention whether of them was best liked of hir it would therefore please hir to graunt them this fauour ▪ to the end no greater inconueniēce might spring therof as to will hir daughter that she either by worde or déede would shewe whether of them shes best loued The intreated Gentlewomā s●●ling thus aunswered Willingly And so calling hir daughter to hir sayd ▪ My 〈…〉 daughter eche one of these preferreth the loue of thée aboue the loue of himselfe in this contention they are whether of them is best beloued of thée and they séeke of me this fauour that thou either by signes or words resolue them herein Wher as loue is ther peace ought to be And therefore to the end that Loue from whome all peace and goodnesse ought alwayes to spring bréede not now the contrary content them in this and with semblable curtesie shew towardes which of them thy mynde is most bent The yong damsell sayd It liketh mée right well And so beholding them both a while she saw the one of them to haue vpon his head The Loued giueth cause of argument to hir louers a faire garlande of fresh floures and y● other to stand without any garlande at all Then she that had likewise vpon hir head a garlande of gréene leaues first tooke the same from hir head and set it vpon his that stode before hir without a garland And after she toke that which y● other yong man had vpon his head and set the same vpon hirs and so leauing them shée returned to the Feast saying that she had both performed the commaundement of hir mother as eke their d●sire The yong men being thus left returned also to their former contention ech one affirming that she loued him best And he whose garlande shée tooke and set vpon hir head sayde Assuredly she loueth me best bicause she hath taken my garland to none other ende but for that what myne is pleaseth hir and to giue occasion to bée beholding vnto me But to thée she hath giuen hirs as it were in place of hir last fare well ▪ vnwilling that like a countrey girle the loue which thou bea 〈…〉 hir be without requital and therfore lastly she giueth thee that garlande thou haddest ●●eri●●d The ●● her replying with the contrary thus answered Truly sheloweth that ●hine is better than thée and that may be sene in taking therof And me she loueth better than what myne is in as muche as she hath gyuen me of hirs ▪ And therefore it is no to 〈…〉 of hir last deserued gift as thou affirmest ▪ but rather a beginning of amitie ●●d loue ▪ A gifte maketh the receiuer a subiecte to the giuer and bicause shée p●●aduenture vncertaine of me to the ende she might be more certaine to haue me hir subiect wil binde me i● perhap●● were not bounde vnto hir before to bée hirs by gift But how mayst thou thinke if ●he at the first ●ake away from th●● that ●uer she may vouchesafe to giue thée and thus they abode a long time cōtending and in the end departed without any definition at all Now say I most puissant Quéene if you shoulde bée demaunded of the laste sentence of such a contention what woulde ye iudge The faire Lady somewhat smiling turned towardes Philocopo hir eyes spark●ing with an amorous light and after a soft sigh thus made answere Most noble youth The Queenes iudgement vpon the question proper is your question And truely as very wisely the yong woman behaued hir selfe so eche one of the yong men right well defended his cause ▪ But bicause ye require what we lastly will iudge therof thus we make you answere It séemeth vnto vs so it ought to séeme to eche one that taketh good héede that the woman had in hate neither y● one nor the other but to kéepe hir intent couert dyd two contrary actes as apeareth and not without occasion And to y● end she might get more assured the loue of him whom she loued as not to lose the loue of the other whom she hated not it was but wisely done But to come to our Question which is to whether of the two greatest loue was shewed We saye that she loued him best and he chiefest in hir fauour to whome shée gaue hir garlande and this séemeth to be the reason What so euer man or woman that loueth any person ▪ eche one thorowe force of the loue they heare is so strongly bound to the person loued that aboue al other things they desire to please the same neither to bynde him or hir more strōgly that thus loueth néedeth either gifts or seruices and this is manifest And yet we sée that who so loueth though he endeuour him selfe sundry wayes is not able to make the person loued in any sorte benigne and subiect vnto hym whereby he may bryng it to his pleasure and so with a more hold face demaunde his desire And that this is in suche sorte as we say the inflamed Dido with hir doings doth Dido very well manifest the same vnto vs who burning in the loue of Aeneas so long as it séemed hir neither Aeneas with honours nor with gifts able to winne him had not the courage to attempt the doubtfull waye of asking the question So that then the yong woman sought to make him most beholding vnto hir whom she best loued And thus we say that he that re●●yned the gift of the Garlande was hir best beloued As the Quéene become silent Philocopo answered Discrete Lady greatly is your answere to be cōmended Philocopo replieth to the Quene● but for all that you doe bring me into a greate admiration of that ye haue defined touching the propounded question bycause I woulde haue iudged rather the contrary For so much as generally among louers this was the wont●d custome that is to desire to 〈…〉 vppon them 〈…〉 Iewell or some other thing of the persons loued to th ende that most times they

this doing if he find the woman faithfull he thinketh that she espieth that which he doth and is therfore hedefull therin If he findeth that he séeketh for and that he would not finde who is more dolorous than he If peraduenture ye thinke that the imbracing hir in his armes be so great a delight vnto him as should mitigate these pangs your iudgemēt is then false bicause such maner of colling bringeth him in choller in thinking y● others as well as he hath imbraced hir in y● like sort if the womā peraduenture do louingly entertaine him he demeth that she doeth it to the ende to remoue him from such his imaginations and not for the true loue she beareth him If he finde hir maliciously disposed he thinketh that she then loueth an other and is not content with him And thus we can shew you an infinite nūbre of other suspitions and cares that are harbored in a iealous person What shal we then say of his lyfe but y● it is farre more greuous than that of any other liuing creature He liueth beleuing not beleuing The miserie of a iealous life and still alluring the woman and most times it hapneth that these iealous persons doe ende their liues thorowe the selfe same malice wherof they liue fearfull and not without cause for that with their reprehensions they shewe the way to their owne harmes Considering then the aforesayde reasons more cause hath your friende that is iealous to sorrow thā haue The conclusion of the Queene vpon the fift question you bicause you may hope to get he liueth in feare to lose that which he scarsly holdeth for his owne And therfore if he haue more cause of griefe than you and yet comfortes him selfe the best he can muche more ought you to comfort your selfe and to set aside bewailings that are more méete for faint heartes and hope that the assured loue which you beare towards your Lady shal not lose his due desert For though she shew hir selfe sharpe towards you at this present it can not be but that shée loueth you bicause that loue neuer pardoned any loued to loue and ye shal know that with the fierce vehement windes are sooner broken the stubbourne okes than the consenting réedes ¶ The sixt Question proposed by a yong Gentlewoman NExt vnto Clonico sate a faire Gentlewomā apparelled in blacke vesture vnder an honest veile who as she perceyued the Quene to haue made an end of hir words thus began to saye Most gracious quene I remembre that being a litle girle how one day I with my brother who was a propre yong man and of ripe yeares abode all alone in a garden without other company and in tarying there together it happened that two Two dāsels amorous of a Gentlemā he not knowing thereof and that which happened yong damsels of noble bloud abounding in riches borne in this our Citie who loued this my brother very well and perceiuing him to be in the sayde garden came thyther and began a farre off to beholde him that was altogether ignoraunt of their purpose And after a while seyng him all alone sauing for me of whom they reckned not bicause I was but a little one thus the one began to say to the other We loue this yong Gentleman aboue all others neyther doe knowe whether he loueth vs or no yet is it méete that he loue vs both so that now it is léeful for vs to satisfie our desire and to knowe whether he loue eyther of vs or whether of vs he best loueth to the ende that she whome he shall best like of may after remain his without being hindred of y● other wherfore since he is all alone that we haue a méete time offred let vs runne vnto him eche one imbrace and kisse him that done he shall take whether of vs beste pleaseth him These two yong Gentlewomen being thus determined vpon this resolution began to runne their race towardes my sayde brother Wherat he maruelled greatly espying them and seeing in what sort they came but the one of them or euer she came at vs by a good waye stayed all bashfull and almost wéeping ripe the other runne thorowe and came vnto hym whom she imbraced and kissed and so sate hir downe by him recommending hir selfe vnto him And he after the admiration conceyued of hir boldenesse was somewhat ceassed prayed hir as euer she loued hym to tell him truly what moued them thus to doe She concealed nothing from him the which hée hearyng and examining well in his mynde that which the one and other had done knewe not how to persuade hym selfe whether of them best loued him neyther yet whether of them he might best loue And so hapnyng at that time to depart from them he after prayed coūsel of many of his friendes touching this matter neither hath any one euer satisfied his desire touching y● demaunde For the which cause I praye you from whome I assuredly beleue to haue a true definition of this my question that ye will tel me whether of these two damsels ought soonest to be loued of the yong mā To this Gentlewoman the Quéene thus made aunswer The aunswer of the Queene Truly of the two yong women she as it semeth loued your brother best and soonest ought to be loued of him againe y● doubting bashfully abode without imbracing him and why I thus thynke this ●● the reason Loue as we knowe maketh those alwayes Loue is accompanied with feare fearfull in whome he d●eth abide and where he is of greatest force there is likewise the greatest feare and this hapneth bicause the intent or consent of the person loued can not be fully knowen And if it could be knowen many things should be done that in fearing to offende are lefte vndone bicause the one knoweth that in displeasing is taken awaye euery occasion to be loued And with this feare and loue shamfastnesse is always accompanied and not without reason Rereturning then to our question Wée say that it was an act of one vnfainedly enamoured that of the Gentlewomans whereby she shewed hir selfe both fearefull and bashfull And that of the other was rather the part of one both leude and licencious And therefore he being of hir best beloued ought the rather according to our iudgement to loue hir best Then answered the Gentlewoman Most curteous Quéene The Gentlewoman replieth to the Queene it is true that where loue abideth with moderation there fear and bashfulnesse doth altogether frequent but where he doeth abounde in such quantitie as he taketh away the sight from the most wise as is alredy said I say that feare hath there no place but that the motiōs of him that féeleth the same are according to him that vrgeth them forwards and therfore that Gentlewomā seing hir desire before hir eyes was so hotly kindled as al shamfastnesse abādoned she rāne straight to him by whom she was so vehemētly pricked