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A11488	The castell of loue, translated out of Spanishe into Englyshe, by Johan Bowrchier knyght, lorde Bernis, at the instance of lady Elizabeth Carew, late wyfe to Syr Nicholas Carew knyght. The which boke treateth of the loue betwene Leriano and Laureola doughter to the kynge of Masedonia; Cárcel de amor. English	San Pedro, Diego de, fl. 1500.; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord, 1466 or 7-1533.	1548 (1548)	STC 21739.5; ESTC S110641	74,182	217

haue sene hym now I wolde neuer haue come hither to se hym but rather haue suffered payne with his absence then glory to se hym seinge I can not remedy hym I had thought neuer to haue had suche payne for hym for the more that the greatnes of astate withstode denyed yet for all that I thought to haue done the contrary or my lyfe had departed for with great trauayll I thought to haue suyd to the kyng my father for his libertie it was not by my consent that he was cōmaundyd not to come in to y e courte where as he myght haue place to haue sene me yet for al y t he neded not to haue dyed for the tyme myght haue come y t he shulde haue hadde no cause to haue disparyd for thought I by my crueltie had consentyd to haue put hym to passion yet I myght aswell agayne haue rewarded hym by my bountie and pitie as to haue denyed hym I wyll as now make no quarell to my wyll syn his seruyce good warkes I thought to haue rewardyd but I quarell with the bautie that god hath gyuen me and so myght Lereano haue done for that more begyled hym then other condiciō or wyll But bycause the tyme is short and the passion great I wyll no more say but I make the sure that thought Lereauo were not worthy of a state nor lynage to haue had me to his wyfe● yet he shuld not haue bene in dispayre ther of but syn I can not as now rewarde his warkes and good seruyce I desyre the not to depart fro the courte thouhg thy desyre be in to thyne owne natural countrey so doinge thou shalt know by the rewardes that I shal gyue the what honour I bare to Lereano lyuing ¶ The auctor WHen Laureola had endyd her wordes she was so heuy and so full of wepyng y t in a maner hre payneful lyfe greuyde me as sore as the dethe of Lereano And to all this that she hadde sayd I wolde haue aunswerde her and thankyd her of her great bountie to me shewyd aswell as for the curtesye of her meke speche And so me thought as I was mouyd sodēly with a great sighe she depertyde fro me and with a loude voyce sayd I can no more sorow y e deth which is euer certeyne then the losse of the lyfe of hym that is dede thē I lokyd all aboute and saw how I was left all alone and therwith awoke out of my dreme then was I so sorowfull that I wist not what to do nor thynke of my dreme and when I saw no man to speke vnto I was so pēsyue that oftē tymes with myne owne handes I thought to haue ryde my lyfe● therby thynkynge to haue founde that I had lost and when I remembryd that with my deth I could not recouer the lyfe of the dede then I thought it a great errour to lese myne own sowle w tout the ioyeng of his body And as it is a sure xeperiēce that musyk encreasith payne to hym y t is in sorow so lyke wyse it encreasith pleasur in the harte of them that be contente and in ioye then I toke an harpe and songe as folowith Harte take no payne in this lyfe for it may be ouercome for it canne not endure longe bicause we be mortall the euyll that shewith her force is redy to take the deth synne that lyfe is most euyll thē I coūsayl the shew no strēgth against y e ouercome for who that sleith the lyfe with deth is pleasyd therfore that lyfe is good that takith deth after the best sorte he that dyeth lyuyng hath not moche to suffre but he that lyueth dyenge his euyll payne is stronge who can not suffre euyll when they be satisfyed with euyll and though they be mortall yet the sorow is equall thus I make an ende of my songe and then without any more studyng that I had to do I cōmaunded to sadell my horse for I thought it was tyme for me to deperte to go in to my owne country And thus I departed fro them that I mette in the streate more acompaned w t sorow and wepynge yes then with any other consolasion of pleasoure my heuynes so encreased and my helth so payred that I neuer thought to come a lyue in to my countrey when I was well entered on my way there came so many thynges to my fantasye that thynkyng on them I was nere oute of my witte howbeit at last remembrynge my selfe that it was no profyt to muse on them I traueled my self asmoch as I myght to brynge them out of my remembrance So I traueled my body in this yourney and my sowle in sundry thoughtes and fynally I arryued at my owne poore mansion and thus I bydde fare well adew all true louers And all y e readers an herers of this proces desyryng them where they fynd faulte to amend it and I shall pray to god for theyr prosperyte and at theyr ende to send them the ioyes of paradyce Amen Finis ¶ Prynted at London in Pauls churcheyarde by Iohan Turke at the sygne of the byble

entent that with good wyll thou shuldest bere it to her I wyll begynne it in thy presence wherof the mater shal be as folowith ¶ The letter of Lereano to Laureola Syn that the sepulture is the rewarde of all myne euels I ame redy now to receyue it beloue that deth shall not dysplease me for he is of small wytte that abhorryth that thyng y t gyueth libertie but one thyng dyspleaseth me that is in dyeng I shal lose all my hope euer to se you agayn the whiche sore greueth me It may be sayd in so shorte a space as I haue ben your seruant how shuld I so sone lose my puyssance ye ought not to meruail therat for y e hope that ye haue brought me in and smalle comeforte with my greate passyon suffyseth to put away to destroy greater force then myne yet I can not beleue that ye are cause therof without your workes do certifie the same but alwayes I haue beleuyd that your cōdycyon piteous shulde surmoūt your obstynate wyl but sin ye wyll that my life shal receue this domage y e faute therof is myne owne mysfortune I am sore abasshyd that ye sorow not in your selfe your owne ingratitude I haue gyuen you my liberte intyerly haue gyuē you my harte nothyng retaynyng to my selfe for all that I can haue no rewarde of loue yet I desyre to serue you Who wold thynke that ye shulde dystroy that thyng that is your owne certaynly ye are your owne enemy with oute ye fynde some remedy to saue me This ye onght to do orels ye cōdemne your selfe for my deth perdycyon can not profyght you But I desyre that ye wold sorowe for myne euyll yet yf your sorow shuld do you any payne then I desyre it not syn that lyuyng I neuer dyd ye seruyce It were no ryght that dyeng I shuld cause you to haue trouble They that loke agaynst the sonne y e more they regard it the blynder they be And so the more I remember your fayrenes the blynder is myne vnderstandyng This I say to th entent that of this my rude wrytyng ye shuld haue no meruayll for in the hard case that I ame in accordyng to my wyll I am better dysposed to ende my lyfe then to make any reasones yet I wolde that thyng that ye ought to regarde were so orderyd that ye shuld not occupye your vnderstandyng on a thyng so fayre fro your condycio● yf ye consent that I shall dye bycause ye wold haue it publyshed ye haue the power to slee me● then be ye euyll cousayled for without hope your beautie hath sertyfyed me therof And if ye esteme my deth to be good bycause I ame not worthy to receyue your grace the whiche I haue ●●●pyd to wynne by reasone of my true fayth the which I lese for lacke of deseruyng and w t this thought I thynk to suffre all my payne And if it seme to you that the paynes that I endure for your sake can not be remedyed with oute offence to your honor Thyuk that I wyll neuer desyre y e thyng that shuld torne you to blame what profyght shuld any thyng do to me that shuld be euyll to you Allonely I desyre your aunswere for my fyrst last reward to be brefe I requyre you syn ye make an ende of my lyfe yet at lest honor my deth for in the place where as the desperate sowles becometh yf ther be any welth There I desyre to feale none other ioy but y t ye wyll honor my dede bones that I may ioy a lytle with that great glory ¶ The auctor THe wordes and letter of Lereano finyshed In stede of wordes myn● eyen were satysfyed with greate wepyng so withonte power to speke I departyd thynkynge my iudgement y t it shuld be the last tyme that I had any hope to se hym agayn alyue And as I was on my way I wrote a supersc●ypcion vpon the letter to th entent that Laureola shuld be in doubt fro whence it came And when I came in to her presence I delyuered her the letter who beleuyng that it had come frome some other persone receyuyd it and began to rede it And all the season that she was redyng I regardyd styll her vysage when she hadde made an ende I saw well she was sore troubelyd as though she had sufferyd a great euyll yet the regardyng of her turbacyon excusyd not my trouble Then to assure my selfe I demaundyd of her other questyons no thyng concernyng to that purpose And to delyuer her selfe fro company y t whych in suche case is perelous lesse that the manyfest mutacions discouer not the secrete thoughtes of the harte Therfore she withdrew her selfe a parte and all that nyghte she was without spekyng of any word to me as tuchyng that purpose And the next day she sent for me shewed me many vertuous resons to dyscharge her selfe fro any thyng consentyng to release y e payne of lereano howbeit she sayd y t she thought great inhumanite to lese suche a man as Lereano for so small a pryce as in wrytyng of a letter how be it in the redyng of his letter I take but smal pleasour Therfore here I haue wrytten a letter not w t so pleasant and swet wordes as be in his reasons for who so euer here the wordes in this my letter may well knowe y t I haue lytle studyed in the arte of eloquence So for shamefastnes sodenly her face was inflamyd and as sodenly agayne pale she was so sore alteryd and shorte wyndyd that in maner she brethed for y e deth her harte voyce so sore trymbled that her dyscrecion could not enforce her selfe to speke therfore her aunswere was shorte and also the place requyred no lenger tyme. So she toke me the letter and kyst her hand and I receyuyd it The tenour wherof ensuyth ¶ The letter fro Laureola to Lereano THe deth that thou lokest for by reasone of thy payne I haue rather deseruyd it yf I shulde put my wyll to thyne but that is not so for this my wryttyng is more to redeme thy lyfe then to satisfy thy desyre what shulde it profytte me to accomplysh it for yf I were accusyd therof I coulde haue no wytnes to salue me but alonely my pure entensyon which is so pryncypall a pertye that his wordes shulde not be taken nor beleued And with this feare I haue put to my hande to this paper my harte mynde beyng in heuyn makyng hym iudge of my mynde to whome the trouthe of all thynges is manyfest knowen The cause why y ● I doubtyd to aunswere the was bycause withoute my condemnacion thou canst not be assoyled as thou mayst well se for though no creature know of this letter but thy selfe the berer yet I know not what iudgement any of you may make vpon me though it be but good yet I ame spottyd with y e suspecte therof Therfore

the ensāples that I could reherce therfore Tesio accordyng as thou haste harde thou and suche other as do blaspheme the nature femenyne are well worthy of iuste punysion the which I counsaill the not to abide to receyue it of a nother but rather punyshe thy selfe yf thou do it of malyce condemne the shame therof ¶ The auctor ALl suche as were present had great maruayll of his wordes seynge by his spekynge to be so nere the deth as he was for when he had ended his wordes his tonge began to fayll and his syght nere lost then his seruauntes began to crye and wayle and his frend begane to wepe and his subiectes cryynge oute in the streates so that all ioy was turned to sorow and the lady his mother beynge absente for his sekenes was kept fro her knowledge howbeit she gyuynge more credyte to her feare then to that was shewyd her with boldnes of maternall loue she deperted fro her owne howse and came to Susa and when she entered the gate euery persone that she saw gaue her euydence of dolour with wordes of extreme passyon rather then with wordes well ordered she herynge how her sone Lereano was in the extremyties of deth her strenght fayled her so that she fell downe to the erth in a trance so longe she laye that euery man thought that y ● mother and the sonne shulde take theyr sepulture at one tyme howbeit with harde remedy she came agayne to her selfe and then went to her sone and when she saw hym in that astate with greate wepynge and passyon of deth she sayd as folowith ¶ The complaynte of Lereanos mother O Lereano the myrth comforte rest and supporte of myne olde dayes O swete companyon to my wyll this day I ame lyke to leue callyng the any more sonne nor thou to call me mother of this I haue greate feare by the sygnes that I se of thy shorte dayes often tymes I hadde suche dremes where with I haue bene in greate feare all the nyght durynge other tymes when I haue ben in my oratory prayng for thy helth my harte hath faylede me and a colde sweat hath taken me in suche maner that of along tyme I wyst not what to do also y e bes●es haue cretified me of thyne euyll for on a day as I came out of my chamber ther came to me a dogge and made sodenly suche a howlyng that for feare ther of I lost the strength of my body and could not speke nor could not remoue oute of the place that I was in And therby I gaue more credence to my suspecte then to thy messengers and to satysfie my selfe I ame come to se the. O the lyght of my syghte and lyfe O blyndnes of the same if I se y ● dye I can se none occasiō of thy deth y u beyng in age to lyue y u hast alwayes ben fearefull of god louer of all vertues and enemye to all vyces frēde to frēdes and belouyde thynke for certane this day y ● force of thyne euyll fortune takith away the ryght of reasō syn thou dyest or thy tyme withoute any infyrmytie Happy be they that be of low and base cōdiciō and rude of wytte for they feale no thynge but take euery thynge as it comyth And vnhappy be they that by subtyll wytte and sharpe vnderstādyng know euery thynge wolde to god thou werte one of the rude and dull for I had rather to be callyd mother to a rude persone hauynge thy lyfe then to haue thy deth beyng neuer so wyse O cruell deth enemy to all mortal creatures thou wilt perdone no synners nor a●soyll the innocentes thou arte suche a traytour that no man can make defence agaynst the thou thretenyst age and takest awaye yough the one thou sleyste by malyce and y e other for enuy though thou tary longe yet thou wylte not forget to come at laste thou gouernyst thy selfe with oute law or reasone it had ben better for the to haue cōseruyd my sonne beyng of xx yeres rather then to leue me his mother of .lxx. yeres of age why doste thou turne y e ryght vpse down I haue lyued longe inough and he is yong yet for to lyue perdon me y t I thus say to the for thou by thy cruell warkes causyste dolours yet agayne thou gyuist comforte takyng away them shortely that thou leuist behynde them that thou takest away for the which yf thou wylte so do with me I were moche boūd to the that I myght go with my sonne Lereano but yf he myght lyue and I to dye it shulde be my comeforte O sone what shall become of my age remēbryng the ende of thy yough yf I lyue it shal be rather to wepe and bewayll my synnes then by reasone to haue any wyll or desyre to lyue with what thyng coulde I receyue more cruell payne then to lyue long thyne euyll is very great that ther canne be found no remedye what auay lyth now the strength of thy body or the vertue of thyne harte or the hardynes of thy corage all these thynges that shulde auayll y e faylythe yf for the price of loue thy lyfe myght be bought I wolde desyre deth to do his offyce vpon me and to delyuer the quyte fro hym but thy fortune wyll not suffer it nor I cā not therfore sorow shal be my drynke and my mete and my thought my slepe vntyll the tyme that the force of dethe and my desyre shall brynge me to my sepulture ¶ The auctor THe wepyng that Lereanos mother made encreasyde the payne of all them that were presente and all wayes Lereano had Laureola in his remembrance of that was past he had but small memory and cōsyderyng that he shulde ioy but a shorte space with the syght of the .ii. letters that Laureola hadde sente hym he wiste not how to order them when he thought to breke them he thought he shuld offende ther by Laureola in castynge away suche wordes of so worthy price as was wrytē in them and when he thought to put in to any of his seruaūtes hādes he fearyd leste they shulde be se●e wherby perell myght folow then in all these doubtes he toke the sureste way he callyd for a cup of water and then brake the lettres in to small peces and so sette vp in his bed and dranke vp the water with the peces of the letters and so he satisfyde therby his wyll and then drawynge to his ende warde he cast his syght vpon me sayde frēde now all myne euylles be endyd● and therwith gaue vp his lyfe in witnes of his true fayth Then what sorow I felte and what I dyd is lyghtly iudged the wepynges that was there made of his deth are of suche esteme that me thynke it cruelty to wryte it thē his obsequyes and buryals were done most honourably accordyng to the deserdes of his vertues as for my selfe with a better wyll I wolde haue depertyd

this lyfe then to haue taryed on the yerth alyue so with sighes I went my way and depertyd wyth wepyng and with lamentacion I sore complaynyde and with suche thoughtes I wente to my lodgynge And when I saw that the consentynge and desirynge of my deth could not remedy hym that was passyd nor could be no comforte to my selfe thē I determyned to deperte and to go in to myne owne countrey and yet fyrst I purposed to go to the courte to here and se what was sayd for y e deth of Lereano and to se how Laureola toke the mater Thus I thought to go thyther what for this cause for other busynes that I had ther to do with some of my frēdes also I purposyd to speke with Laureola if I myght to know if I myght se in her any repentance and to se what true louers wolde say of her crueltye vsyde against hym that deseruyd hygh reward And also I was glad to deperte fro the place wher as Lereano dyed to put parte of my sorow out of my mynde So I came to the courte more accompanyed with sorow then with any desire to lyue remembryng how he that made me begynne this mater was in his sepulture At the palayce I was receyuyde with moche heuynes of many that knew the deth of Lereano then I resyted to suche as were his frende the secretenes of his deth Then I went in to y e hall where I was acustumed to speke with Laureola to se if I myght se what chere she made And I who by reasone of sore wepynge had nere lost my syght I lokyd all aboute● but I culde not se her yet when she saw me● lyke a dyscrete ladye suspectynge that I wolde haue spoken with her wenynge that I hadde not seen her she tur●ed towarde her chambre and as she came by me I spied well it was she who hadde brought Lereano fro his lyfe me almoste withoute knowledge then I with sore wepynge and payneful sighes began to speke to her in this maner ¶ The auctor to Laureola LAdy moche more it hadde bene better for me to haue lost my lyfe then to haue know●n your cruelnes and small pytie I say this bycause I had rather with reason ha●e praysed your gentlenes with ●einge you to haue satisfied the se●uyce that hath bene done to you by Lereano then to prayse your beautie great deseruynge gyuyuge dethe to hym that so often tymes with so good will to do you seruyce hath desyred to dye but syn your mynde was to gyue hym the deth ye haue not begyled hym nor me for ye haue payed hym ther with ye haue bleryd the clennes of your lynage Remembre that suche as be of so hygh blud as ye be are asmoch boūd to satisfy the lest seruyce that is done to them aswel as to kepe and defend theyr honour And certaynly I say that if ye had sene his deth all the dayes of your lyfe ye wolde wepe Remembre now what charge of conscience ye brought hym in for when he died where as he shulde haue had most memory vpon hys sowle and what shuld haue ben done with his body he then remembred more the letters that ye had sent hym the whiche he toke and tare in peces drank them in water because they shuld neuer be sene and bycause he wold cary with gym some thynge that had bene yours to the entent that ye shulde haue more compassiō of his deth then ye had of his lyfe I shew you for certayne thus I saw hym dye bycause ye shewyd hym no compassion Now ye shew your selfe to be sory that in the absence of your small loue was clene forgoten O how many now do wepe for his deth and yet they know not the cause But as to me fro whom the secretnes was not hiden then moche more it muste nedes greue me remembrynge how in your handes restyd his lyfe and seynge your crueltie and his small remedy ye caused hym to dye cause his mother to lyue in sorow bycause she can not dye and as for me lyuynge I ame alwayes dyeng and I beleue ye couytte not gretly your owne lyfe to remembre what ye haue done but that ye know well there be but few persons that know what ye haue done I thynke ye feare but litle the fame of your euyll name for ye se clerely how I ame lyke to dye therfore ye feare not y t I shuld publishe youe crueltie thynke not that I ame in feare to say thus to you for yf I trouble you with the qualitie content you then with the quantite syn I haue so greate reason to speake and not to ende properly and for this my boldenes● yf I deserue any punyshement cause me to be slain for ye shal better reward me with deth then to suffre me to lyue in this case ¶ The auctor Sore troubelyd stode Laureola yet for all that euery I sayd her face shewyd no alterasion of her hart howbeit lyke a discret lady refreynynge wepynge dissimuled her sorow and not blamyuge my boldenes with an heuy chere she aunswered me as foloweth ¶ Laureola to the auctor I wolde I had asmoche wisdome to satisfye the as I haue reasone to discharge my selfe and yf it were so thou shuldest fynd me aswel discharged as I repute the dylygent Thou sayest thou woldest thou haddest asmoche case to prayse my pytye as thou hast cause to blame my crueltie and on that condicion y ● desyryst no lenger to lyue thon blamyst me sayng how I thought to sle Lereano and that begylyde hym and weryde the. I wolde thou knewyste I neuer thought to gyue hym the deth for doyng as thou sayst what is it that I haue done I neuer brake any promise what do I owe the or hym that thou dyddest trawayll for or what dyde I to satisfye thyne entensiō I dyde put hym without doubte and the w toute charge if I had ben beleuyd then myne is but a small charge thou saist I ought to regarde the clennes of my lynage lokyng profoundly theron hath causyde me to do as I haue done thou knowyst well all women are more bounde to regarde theyr honors rather thē to accomplysh any amorous wyll or appetight Then syn all women are bounde to this how moche more then by reasone are those boūde that be dyscedyd of a blude roiall thynk not that I receyue any pleasure for the deth of Lereano nor beleue not that it cā somoch greue y ● as it sorowith me how be it the feare of my honour the feare of my father dyd more in me then the euyll wyll that I bare hym nor thynke not that the knowledge of his seruice was forgoten but that I gaue hym great thank and yf w t any reward I myght haue payed hym sauynge my honour it shuld haue ben done and cost hym nothyng then both he and thy selfe shulde asmoche haue praysede as now thou blamyste me for

though my payne be large makynge the sure I shall rewarde thy sowle syn by myne vnhap by reasone of thy deth I can not rewarde thy body ¶ The auctor WHen Laureola spake these wordes to Lereano I stode in a strange maner ryght sore abasshyde to se her greate pite and ioynynge her wysdome and knowyng her wyll and heryng of her amorous reasones these ouer came my strength though she spake not to me yet I praysede moche her sayeng though it auaylyd but lytle howe be it me thought her reasones were so iust y ● Lereano coulde make none aunswere to satisfye them not for the small cōfydence that I hadde in his wis●ome but bycause of the trouble of his spirytes in seynge present before hym the creature whome he most desiryd yet me thought he cast vp his eyen to heuyn and with great curtesye he aunswere her in this maner ¶ Lereano to Laureola O Dere lady yf I had the wisdome to shew you the case and quarell of myne euyll aswell as I haue reasone to suffer it I coulde then aswell aunswere you as if I myght lyue to serue you ye say ye coulde neuer beleue y t the force of my dethe coulde ouercome my strength Haue no meruayl thereof for without my desyre I coulde fynde no thyng to defende me but of that ye blame me ye deserue the payne for ye myght haue gyuyn me remedy ye cōsentyd that I shuld dye And where as ye say I erred bycause I wold not defēd my selfe affermynge that I shuld haue sought all the wayes therto yf ye dyd it to proue or to mocke me iudge what ye say and beholde what case I was in ye shall say that a harte full of sorowe neuer takyth good newes for certayne and of euyll newes it makith no doubte and all this that ye haue sayd I beleue it trew of your owne parte knowyng your great cruelte and my small hap thynke not that the small trauayll that I toke was in defēdyng of my lyfe but that it was to serue you for it had ben more payne for me to haue defēdyd my selfe fro the dethe then to suffre it remēbrynge my selfe that I had no desire to lyue but alonely to serue you and when I ●aw that I erryde and that ye wolde not of my seruice lyuyng thē I thought to serue you with my deth and thynke not y t I ioy so litle of my deth but that I thynke it well enployed syn ye haue now discoueryd your pitie the which in my lyfe allwayes ye denyed ye say the hope that ye gaue me shuld haue suffisyd me I denye it not accordyng to y ● ye be for one loke of you had ben sufficient for any seruice that I could haue done for where as the lesse hope aperyd certayne then moche more was your deseruyng and of my deseruyng I was in doubte for the gre●ter that y ● reward was the lesse I beleuyd it and therfore I dyd as ye haue seen And where as ye speke of is honour and lyfe ye know well for certayne if ye forgette it not what small charge it was to you and the experiēce which geemd me ye know your selfe y e warkes are witnes Also ye say that at the begynnynge ye were w toute any charge and after what perell I saw you in and that I was redy to haue gyuen occasion to haue brought you in to suspect I begyled you not for afterwarde I shewed your clennes ye neuer sayde in your wrytynge any thyng for certayne but alwayes I was in doubt of any rewarde and the lesse I ●o●yd the more I feared and thus ye may se that by your owne excuse ye condempe your selfe and syn I can not serue you I will not trouble you nor speke no more saue I desire of you in rewarde of my true faith to let me kysse your hand bycause with that glory I may ioy in my deth seyng I co●ld not in my lyfe nor ye wolde not suffer me and thus I wyll deperte fro you besechyng you as ye saye to haue remēbrāce of my sowle syn ye haue forgoten my body nor I desire no more to trouble you nor to be inportunate with any mo wordes thus I make an ende desirynge you of perdone if any thynge may presume to auayll for the ryches of my seruice that ye wyll remember my trouth and good wyl the which I set●e before your eyen to th entent that of my deth ye shulde haue some compassion syn ye had none of my lyfe ¶ The auctor WHen this mater was thus passed betwene them I stode and behelde the curtesy that Lereano made and the small thought that he shewed of his deth for then he knowyng that she was no lesse sorowfull for his deth then hym selfe was therfore to th entent not to trouble her he sufferyd the payne and wolde speke no more of his deth and asmoche as it pleased me to se them to gether asmoche it greued me the remembrance of the deth of Lereano and accordynge to ther reasones they ioyed me so that I wolde theyr reasons shulde neur haue endyd for then I knew well that Lereano receyued glory to se her and Laureola receyued no payne to se hym though he were dede I desyre that theyr speche shuld neuer haue endyd nor theyr ●yght depertyd a sounder but alwayes the thynges of pleasour seldome end●rith longe And as I thus lay dremyng at last me thought I harde a heuy voice that said come away Lereano and tary no longer And then w t adolorous sygh Lereano with his bonet in his hād wēt to Laureola and kyst her hand and she to gyue hym some glory sufferyde hym the which in his lyfe tyme she wold neuer do and so kyssyng her hand he sayd O y ● deth y u hast slayne my memory yet to my deth is giuē glory● therw t he vanished away And whē I saw I could se hym no more thē I regarded Laureola to se what cōtenāce she made I saw her stād in greate heuynes her eyen bathed in water her beautie ●adyd of colour pale and wanne and had lost her spech and I seynge her in suche maner of disposicion hadde compassiō to se her then Lereano that was dede what with the syght of the one and of the other was in suche perell and so disperate that to say the truth I desyred rather to haue folowed Lereano dede then to haue folowyd Laureola lyuynge who with great heuynes asmoche as she myght dyssimuled her payne that she enduryd for the deth of Lereano discretly she dyd refrayne her wepynge and sayd to me as folowith ¶ Laureola to the auctor● FRende truely with a better harte and wyll I wyll contynew this lyfe rather thenne to goo oute of thy chamber without it were● that I beleue in my goynge away my sowle shall departe for surly yf I had beleued to haue sene Lereano i that case as I

I could make is not so greate but the lest deseruynge that I huae receyued of the is moche gretter As for her rewardes I desyre them not for I can haue as now no ioye of them though I desyre them neuer somoche and though now with her repentynge she thynk to satysfie me yet her cruelnes was so trobelous that though she dyd more yet I can not be rewardyd Thou sayst I shuld thynke my dethe well enployede syn I haue wonne by her that without her I lost now wold I do it if lyfe were lefte with me for though I myght ioy therwith what profyt shuld it be to me to beleue this without I myght se what she doth and I beleue if she myght se me agayne to lyue she wolde gyue me more payne and lesse hope but the best to be delyueryd fro hope is deth for it is better to suffer a good deth then to endure with an euyll lyfe beleue not but and I had beleuyd that I shuld haue seruyd her better lyuyng then to dye I wold not haue dyed yet but syn that with my lyfe I could not preuayll I thought then with deth to remedy me thynke not that I was so farre withoute wytte that I knew not that it was good to lyue to serue her though I coulde haue no ioy of her but I could neuer know by her aūswere that she was cōtēt w t my seruyce as y u knowist ryght well but she dyd let me dye for I desiryd lyfe to leue me also y u seist that y u desirest to recouer me to lese thy lyfe I beleue y ● and I thāke y ● therof though I cā do none other thyng y u desirist me to pray for thy deth bycause we myght lyke frendes ioy to gether syn we could not in our lyfe be not of y ● beleue for I had rather her spekynge of thy lyfe withoute syght of the then to know thou shuldest be with me dede howbeit by thy deth thou shuldest but change thy lyfe for thy fame shuld neuer dye but euer lyue thus I wyll leue the not bicause I wyll go farre fro the. wherfore I requyre the take it for none euyll that I speke no more to the for though I wolde I can not ¶ The auctor WHen Lereano had made an ende of his wordes I thought to haue aunswerd hym but then in my dreme me thought I saw Laureola entre into my chambre as vysyble as though I had bene wakyng me thought she was in a strange aparel and with a new companyon and in y e regardynge of so new a vision I left aunswerynge Lereano and began to marke the maner of her aparell● and I so regarded her● that I left lokyng vpon Lereano She hadde vpō her hed a fresh atyer frete enbrowdered with letters sayeng my cruel condicion gyueth no deth to seruyce nor yet rewarde Her smocke wrought with whyte sylke tyed with letters sayeng thy deth is so fastened to my lyfe that I can not scape without deth Her kertell of blacke saten with a folyage of tawny w t letters sayeng thy stedfastnes myght haue gyuen me suche payne that at the ende it myght haue wonne me Her gyrdell was wrought with thredes of gold reportynge More rather shulde haue bene my glory with thy lyfe then with thy deth Her mantel was of .ii. colours the one parte red the other blew with a wrytynge that sayde now ioye can not enioye me without great thought She had a tabard of blew russet with letters sayeng with thy deth my memory is certayne so that lyuynge my glory is dede Also on her gloues was wryten thus with that I began I make an ende though I deserue no deth her slyppers were enbrowdered with this word I haue more payne for thy payne then for myne own yet more deserueth my shame So when I had well regarded her aparell and marked well the sygnificacions of the wrytynges I saw how w t moche sorow and smal pleasure by semblant more lykely to dye then to lyue she turned her face towardes Lereano wher as he stode and began to say in this maner ¶ Laureola to Lereano FRende Lereano neuer thynke that the force of thy strenght for so litle an incōuenience that I shuld consent to lose for as thou hast sayd to be desyrous to serue me more honour y u shuldest haue done me in lyuynge then I to gyue y ● deth for surely thy wekenes nor thy payne nor yet thy loue coulde not make me beleue that thou shuldest haue died therfore thou maist clerely se what euyll thou hast done yf y u thynk that I dyd was to mocke the or to proue the what errour then I haue done to thy purpose yf true louers cane not suffre how shall they come to theyr desyrs he that can not suffre can not ioy nor but seldome attayne to his glory there is no vertue but in sufferynge of payne therby to haue ioye of theyr good aduenture thou oughtest more to be blamed beynge discrete for that thou hast done then to be praysed for a trew louer And beleue surely that yf I had not ben surer of thy fayth I wolde haue gyuen no credence to thy stedfastnes nor yet haue gyuen the none occasion at the begynnynge to haue come to this ende and more to shew the the trouth● then to rewarde the of thy payne I make the sure yf I had beleued that y u shuldest haue died I wold rather haue taken the deth my selfe ● then to haue consented to thy deth for it shuld haue bene greate conscience to me to haue sffuered the to dye for the trust that I had in that thou dydest for my seruyce caused me in maner to beleue thy wrytynge but then agayne the suretie y t I thought had ben in thy wysdome and dyscrecion caused me to doubte it and in this maner I gaue more credence to thy discrecion then to thy determyned deth Lereano it ought to haue suffysid the to remēber in what case myne honour stode in and perell of my lyfe and to haue ben cōtent to know that I ought the my fauour for thy euyll greuyd me worse thē myne owne though I shewyd it not to the if thou wylte denye this remember what I was and how small necessite I had of thy seruice ones writyng to the shuld haue sufficyd though I dyd not put the in no suretie for thou knewist well that my wrytyng procedyd of no feare but of myne owne good wyll thou canste not denye whan of my message thou dyddeste dispaire and dyed dyd I not put the in hope when I sayde that if I lyuyd lenger then my father then shuldest se how I wold rewarde thy deseruyng so that thou shuldeste not blame me for any vnkindnes I will speke no more syn I shall no more se the and by cause I can receyue no more passiō then I do for thy deth therfore I make short my wordes