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A06166	The famous, true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandy, surnamed for his monstrous birth and behauiour, Robin the Diuell VVherein is contained his dissolute life in his youth, his deuout reconcilement and vertues in his age: interlaced with many straunge and miraculous aduentures. VVherein are both causes of profite, and manie conceits of pleasure. By T.L. G.	Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.	1591 (1591)	STC 16657; ESTC S109566	59,414	92

THE Famous true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandy surnamed for his monstrous birth and behauiour Robin the Diuell VVherein is contained his dissolute life in his youth his deuout reconcilement and vertues in his age Interlaced with many straunge and miraculous aduentures Wherein are both causes of profite and manie conceits of pleasure By T. L. G. Imprinted at London for N. L. and Iohn Bushie and are to be sold at the West dore of Paules 1591. To the worshipfull and true Moecenas of learning M. Thomas Smith T. L. G. wisheth all aboundance of worldly fortunes in this life and the benefites of heauenly felicitie in the life to come SEeing in these our days men rather seeke the increase of transitorie wealth than the knowledge of deuine wisedome preferring stuffed baggs before studious bookes their pounds before precepts loosing the true ritches of the minde to leuell at the transitorie allurements of this world feeding fooles with siggs and philosophers with floutes I haue among the multitudes of these men made choice of your Worship for my Patron and Moecenas who of a farre more happy nature with Theodosius honour Appian and seeing learning almost suppressed with contempt or discountenanced with neglect haue in this famous Citie like a vertuous member of the same begun to exile ignorance to reuiue artes knowing Ladislaus reasons to be of force that Citizens who are vnlettered are lesse than men or rather as Frederick the Emperour was wont to say manlike beastes Which vertuous indeuor of yours worthie both your name and fortune shall in time to come more aduance you than they who tooth and nayle labour to purchase lands which ordinarily perish through their heires lauishnes It is true fame which is gotten by vertue perfect vertue to maintaine learning which is so kinde to those that seeke after it that in all changes of fortune in all miseries of this life and casualties whatsoeuer it prepareth the mind preuenteth mishaps And least I among the poore Tirones of learning who desire the increase therof with the most though deserue therein with the least should seeme to forget this especially and ingrafted vertue so admirably bestowed vpoÌ„ your worship I haue thought good to present you with a rude and homely written history which if with like regard you shall accept as Alphonsus did the silly Satires of Philelphus I doubt not but in short time to publish that vnder your name which shall not only merit and deserue your acceptance but also mightely profit all such as are studious in all sorts of learning Till when I most humbly commend me desiring your Worship most earnestly to prosecute your vertuous enterprises beseeching God to prosper you in them and all other to the aduancement of Letters From my Chamber 2. Maij. 1591. Your Worships to commaund T. L. G. To the curteous Reader whatsoeuer GEntlemen I haue vppon the earnest request of some my good friends drawne out of the old and ancient antiquaries the true liâ—e of Râ—bert second Duke of Normandie surnamed for his youthfull imperfections Robin the Diuell wherein I stand not so much on the termes as the trueth publishing as much as I haue read and not so much as they haue written The Loadstarres that directed me in my course if they haue colours and no counterfeit doo me right to say they set down coulors without counterfeit yet many things haue happened in times past incredible in our age and in our age such things haue falne out as had our fathers knowne they had meruailed It onely behoueth vs to applie all things that tend to good to their end which is vertue and esteeme them to intend all things that are bad to their end which is vice and eschue them So shall we in reading reape that fruit that impossible things shall be referred to God and possible ordered to our amends Farewell T. L. G. The famous true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandie IN the populous and plentifull Dukedome of Normandie in times past called Neustria at such time as Pepin the Father of the great King Charlemaigne gouerned the flourishing Kingdome of Fraunce Aubert the first Duke of that Countrey by some supposed to be Ron of Denmarke began to signorize in the same about the yeare of our Lord 750. a Prince by nature affable in nurture fortunate as glorious for his Conquests as gratious in his curtesies enterprising his attempts with Metellus constancie and finishing the same with Alexanders fortune who being in yeares youthfull in person comlie in discourse pleasant in ritches mightie was sought vnto by diuers Princâ—s who intended by inserting him into their linage the better to assure themselues in their liuelyhoodes Among the rest the worthie Duke of Burgundie wrought so earnestly and perswaded so effectually that Aubert at last accepted his faire sister Yâ—da or Editha for his wife a Princesse in whome nature planted as much excellence as amiablenesse tempering the gifts of fortune and y â— mind with such equabilitie that her goods seemed great in respect of her goodnes and her goodnes more great in that she had goods for as the mightie inundatioÌ„ns of Nilus make the riuer more famous so abilitie vnited with bountie and a liberall hand with a mercifull hart do greatly assist in causes of honor These two princely cooples ordained by desteny to high desasters though their affluence of riches promised them felicitie yet the influence of the heauens intimated their aduersitie for hauing great signories to bequeath they had no heires to enioy accompting this for their only crosse that they were without children many were their vowes but to no auayle many their prayers but to little purpose if phisick might haue made fruitfull Editha had been a Mother if great summs could haue purchast yong sonnes Aubert had been a Father Seuen yeares and more liued they in this sort the one carelesse of loues delight the other comfortlesse in that she was barraine till on a prefixed Saterday when Nature had powred all her treasures on the earth Flora powdered all the medowes with flowres when the louesick Zephirus softly breathed and the tender leaues sweetly bowed when the sunne played with the waue the waue dallyed with the sunne both enioying an equal simpathy of solace Duke Aubert who from his youth vpwarde was meruailously delighted in y e chase accompanyed with his faire Duchesse departed out of his Capitall Citie of Roan to take his pastance in the Forrest Editha by deuine ordinance was that day attired as if she intended to wooe Lucina to graunt a Sonne and winne the Norman Duke to get a Sonne Her hayre in stead of gould to grace it was goulden exceeding gould more finer than the thrid wherewith Arachne wrought her loombe more softer than the bed of Roses wherein y e Morning playd with Cephalus bound it was after a carelesse manner as if disdayning that so rare beauties should be imprisoned but pleyted in

on to morrowe day being the feast of the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist for armes I will furnish thee for attendants I will send them thee onely prepare thy selfe presently to watch in the Abbey of S. Peters at this day called S. Owens in Roan and bethinke thÃ©e so re behaue thy selfe that thy father may haue comfort and I content Robert by some naturall instinct being attainted by these feminine complaints and friendly perswasions seemed in some sort to relent and suffered his mother to arme him and with some attendants departed to the Abbey to performe his vigill But when all were departed and he left alone and Lucina clÃ©erelie smiling on the candles of the night gan beautifie with her sparkling brightnesse the diffused darkenesse of the Center Robert more vigilant in vilanie than valiant in vertue sodainly issued out of the Church and secretly stealing into the Suburbes trauailed a whole league into the fields sÃ©eking some subiect whereon to execute his preteÌ„ded iniurie at last he arriued at a Nunnerie distant one league from Roan at this day called Le salle de damoiselles where he entered and calling the Lady Abbesse before him he commanded and coniured her in such sort by threatnings that she brought all her yong Nunnes before him and those that were bed ridden hÃ©e made them bee brought then immodestly stripping them naked he made choyce of the fairest a virgin of mightie constancie who being wholy addicted to Chastitie and seeing his naturall churlishnesse by all meanes possible sought to diuert that by humble suite which he had contriued to effect in horrible secrecie But hÃ©e whose heart was rather hardened than mollified by perswasions in steade of tendering her complayntes toare off her attyre and dragged her by the heare of the head into a shady Wood nÃ©ere adioyning It would haue made a flintie hart to flow with teares to see the miserable mayden hee comely locks shadowing her naked limmes how lifting vp her delicate hands to the heauens and powring foorth delicious teares on her beating bosome she implored helpe she complayned her harmes how she resisted euen in conquest sÃ©emed loth to suffer that she must nÃ©edly suffer But the cruell caitiffe carelesse of God forgetfull of goodnes giuen ouer to sinne made subiect to shame neyther moued by intreaties nor allured to truce wretchedly deflowred her and hearing how incessantly she called for mercie at his hands and expostulated for reuenge with the heauens he cut off both her papps through the agonie whereof the gentle religious Lady gaue vp the ghost The bloudsucking wretch hauing in this sort satisfied his lewd luâ—t embrued in the purple drops of the murthered Lady hastely returned to the Citie imploying all his labours and studie how to inuent new lamentable stratagems no sooner did the mornings roseate coatch beawtifie the East with vermelion rednesse and the faire breathing Steeds of the Sunne mount aboue the bosome of Oceanus but each noble peere apparrailed in ritch attire his horsse trapped with costly caparisons attended before the Pallace gate till the Duke shuld issue to seruice great was the solemnitie that day throughout the Citie The Ladyes were glorious in their attires the louers gorgeous in their trayne there wanted nothing that might delight the eye or content the eare Among the rest Robert by his Mothers appointmeÌ„t was armed ritchly apparrayled anew after his Father with the rest of his Nobilitie had heard Masse in the Minster by generall appointment he was sent for by the best Nobles of the land who certifying him of his Fathers pleasure and how he attended his comming he answered that he was a hungry and wanted his breakfast that he would not loose the same for tenne of the best Knightwoods in all Normandy Long trauaile and much perswasion vsed these princely Nobles to perswade him thence till at last bringing him into the presence of his Father he had with all solemnitie the accolade and was commanded to knÃ©ele downe to receiue the order of Knighthoode at such time as his Father lifted vp the sword to performe the rest of the Ceremonie he ioyfully rose vp and drew his weapons and had not some more aduised stayed his hand he had assuredly flayne his Father I certaine noble man offering the Spurre he answered him ridiculously in this sort Non sum tâ—ntus cessator vt calcaribus indigeam In these vndecent and disorderly deâ—â—tanors this vnhappy yong man spent the florishing time of his yeares hauing neyther regard of person nor respect of place At the Triumph his desire was rather to driue his horse into the throng whereby he might tread men downe than breake his launce against his aduersarie in the open liftes such is y â— corruption of mans nature without the especiall assistance of the almighty But least through tediousnesse I detayne you in reporting his Fathers perswasions his Mothers precepts the Nobles counsayles the Ladyes curtesies I will heare leaue off to speake of the Triumphs returning to speake of his manner of life after he had receiued the honor of Knighthoode How Robert the Deuil tooke the strong Castel of Turnigue which his Father had builded in defence of his estate and of certayne of his riots he made against some of the inhabitants of the Countrey THe strong Castell of Tornidâ— that very Turnigue that flourisheth at this day not only for the serenitie of the aire and the amenitie of the countrey among all the especiall houlds of Normandy as held in most accompt but also is best defenced This strong Castell and Fort was first builded by Aubert against the inuasions of the Brittons where he reposed his greatest warlike prouitions and the most part of his Treasurie and was afterward ceased vpon by this vnhappy Robert his sonne who gathering together the most part of all the dissolute persons of the countrey kept this strong place for many yeares spoyling the inhabitants round about burning their houses rauishing their wiues and committing such murthers as it was imagined that Nature had ordayned him and his wicked crew for the only monsters of his time and as a little brooke assisted by land waters and low grounded extendeth it selfe at last to a huge Riuer so this riotous company at the first excÃ©eding not the number of 30. grew at last to a multitude of murtherers theeues patricides fratricides so that he who had committed any capitall offence in the countrey inserted himselfe into the number of Roberts followers who becomming about 4000. strong made all the neighbours round about them amazed at their mischiefes neither had they regard of age or religion or respect of nation or alliaunce but what so best pleased their appetite or most appeased their auarice all that was sacred in their censure and lawfull in their lewdnesse Many were the cries of haplesse Mothers whose babes were murthered in their bosomes many the teares of tender Damsailes inforced in their floure of youth many the poore whose small possessions

art euen now entering the gates of glory Oh blessed Soule if deuine eyes may brooke impieties stay and behold my stayednesse whose tormentes were they farre more then my Beamonds can be nothing so I preserue my selfe inuiolate Robert like an inraged Lion giuen ouer to rage and murther hauing shortned the dayes of the husband began now to attempt the wife and whilst his cursed crew animated and egged him on seeing no meanes possible to accomplish his loose and vnbridled lust he sheathed his sword in her entralls who mildly giuing vp the ghost suffered her death with more then manly courage How Aubert vnderstanding of the rebellious outrages of his sonne after some messages caused free pardon to be proclaimed for those who should depriue him of his life The noyse of these notorious cruelties were no sooner bruited in the eares of Aubert but he picked out certaine of his chosen Counsayle and sent them vnto Turingue commaunding them by kinde perswasions or pollicies to bring him to his presence who so far foorth indeuored themselues on the way thinking to accomplish their Princes commaund that they arriued at the Castell where after certaine counsailes debated on both parts Robert vtterly denied obeisance saying that his Father was but the shadow of gouernance himselfe the substance the one more fitter for his heades than a battaile himselfe as nimble at a lasse as in the listes he shewed them his treasuries stored with wealth his vaults full of wynes his â—alles full of cutthroates his chambers full of concubines and in stead of rewards which are bestowed on the messengers of Princes he gaue each of them a halter swearing vnto them that whosoeuer hereafter durst come and trouble him from the doâ—ard his father should die the death With this vngodly answere and grosse intertainment the messengers returned to Aubert who hauing the gates of his pallace pestered with the troopes of such as were iniured cast off the wonted semblance of a deare father and presented himselfe like a seuere Iudge causing it to be proclaimed thorowout his Dominions that whosoeuer could bring him the head of Robert his sonne should haue pardon for the dÃ©ede and a rewarde for his labour But see the constant hearts of faithfull subiects they rather endured domage than sought his death rather supplied his lackes than sought his life It was lamentable to behold how the Princes Court was exchanged to the Pallace of care how in stead of recreation he sought desolation loathing his life longing for death Editha like the picture of dispaire closed her selfe in her Chamber nought was heard but moane in stead of melodie sorrowe in lieu of sollace complaint in place of pompe but with haples Robert it fared farre otherwise for no sooner heard he of his fathers decrÃ©e but he animated his ministers to more malice in stead of quailing he fell to quaffing of dread he followed delight leauing no meanes vnattempted whereby he might glorie in his vngodlines there was no free passage to any citie the Merchants were beaten and their goods taken from them the Market wiues spoyled and their victualls bereft them so that this flourishing Dukedome seemed almost decayed Among the rest a braue Courtier sonne to the Duke of Constances hauing a merucilous delight in the Chace was ordinarily accustomed to sport himselfe in the Woods nÃ©ere adioyning the Castle of Turingue and one vnfortunate day it was wherein it befell y â— he was busily following his game at such time as Robin y â— Diuell with his crew of cutthrotes disported himselfe in that Forrest likewise the cries of y â— hounds were heard on both sides y â— games were interchangably folowed by vnluckie misfortune it so fell out y â— the HuntsmeÌ„ on both parts fell at debate and so long time fought it out till both the Princes incountered one another in the hottest of the furie Prince Robert being naturally harebraind and careles of equitie seeing how some of his men were wounded drewe his sword whilest the yong toward Gentleman on the other side rated his seruants and humbly offered satisfaction for iniuries but Robin in steade of requiting him with the like courtesie cut his head from his shoulders and mangling the same hung it about the necke of the chiefest Huntsman and sent it as a present to his father so returning with his followers from out the Forrest he entered his Castle smiling pleasantly at his sinfull practise The yong Princes seruants gathering vp the mangled members of their dead Master layed them vppon his horse and with many pitifull lamentations brought the same to their Duke and Master who lay not farre thence at the Castle of Constances who beholding that dreadfull spectacle in stead of fatherly cries and fruitlesse complaints hee hammered vppon reuenge and arming himselfe at assaye hee gathered together sower thousand men at armes the most approued and valiant of all his signiorie and assembling them together before they were readie to march he with stearne visage presented before their eyes the murthered bodie of his onely sonne and with a grauitie accompanied with remorse he burst out into this vehement exhortation Behold here a spectacle my friends and fellowe Souldiers a ruthfull spectacle for the father a remorsefull despight of you my subiects not enterprised by a stranger who was prouoked by iniurie but attempted by our nÃ©ere neighbour who was rather honoured than harmed and before GOD what greater wickednesse what more impietie If murther bÃ©e vnpunished among our selues if those who should defend vs shall offend vs if the priuiledge of a father shall outcountenance all faith why mistrust wee not one another why murther wee not one another why rob we not one another If selfe same securitie awaight the disobedient as the obedient let vs cast off this communitie despise soueraigntie where neither a man may be Lord of his owne goods nor the father assured of his owne sonne nor the subiect in safetie of his own life Among the Persians robberie was repayed with death oh my vnhappie Countrie here murther is wincked at with remission In Lacedemon the Prince might be impleaded by lawe but in Normandy we are spoiled by our Prince beyond lawe But why stand I ripping vp the ruthfull discourse of many mischiefes where this one iniurie sufficeth to incense vs behold this haples yong maÌ„â—laine in y â— prime of his yeres murthered in the hart of his Countrie flaine by the hand of Robert heire of Normandy see how his blÃ©eding wounds stirre vp reuenge me thinkes I heare his groaning ghost exclayming on me his father for reuenge trying out vnto you my subiects for reuenge whom I besÃ©ech as a father commaund as a Gouernour to take pitie of these old yeares your owne Lord liues to partake this common iniurie with me Me thinkes I see in your eyes some teares of remorse but drie them vp my subiects it is bloud that must requite bloud and reuenge that must repay iniurie If you leaue me in

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