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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

my attempt I will prosecute it if you followe me and dye with me you shewe your obedience you shewe your courage you shewe you loue you shewe your loyaltie you shall be déere to your Lord who will dye for your safeties let the resolute therefore sweare reuenge on their swords wee haue Auberts warrant for our safetie wee haue rewardes prefixed for our warfare followe me therefore and let vs finde out the miscreant who hath spoyled vs and either dye or rid the worlde of this murtherer After hee had discoursed in this manner the whole assemblie swore to followe him to the death so that each one of least expectation inforced himselfe to bee most forward The Duke caused the bodie of his sonne to bee borne out of sight and entombed with a rich and sumptuous funerall and priuilie marching by night he layd his mē in ambush in the Wood neere adioyning the Castle of Turingue waighting the approach of the morning at which time he assuredly hoped to asswage his displeasur● The bloodie and cruell battaile fought betweene the Duke of Constances and Robert the Diuell and his traine and what thereupon insued As soone as the watchfull morning had opened her purple gates in the East and discouered her pallaces full of Roses and the Sunne adorned with a wreath of Chrisolites began to shake his deawie lockes lately washed in the baine of Eurotas Robin surnamed the Diuell called vp his companie of rakehels and commanded them to armes where after they had glutted themselues with their mornings refection● they marched on with mightie showtings astonishing the Woods with their cryes which when the Espials of the Duke apperceaued they gaue their Lord a secret intelligence and each one prepared himselfe to the fight By this time had Robert with all his traine entered within the compasse of the Ambush where sodainly the Duke of Constance commanded the allarum to bee sounded and couching his speare ranne into the thickest of the enemie seeking on euery side for the murtherer of his Sonne if happelie hée might espie him Prince Robert apperceauing the pretended treason arranged his men entering y ● thickest throngs that each one wondered at his prowesse he was a man of tall stature bigge boned of a stearne and maiesticall countenance of much forwardnesse and courage and had his brutish nature béen answerable to his force and valour assuredly he had béen a man of high accompt euen at that time Fatall and bloodie was the fight on both sides the one kindled by the iniurie they had receiued the other combatting according to the prouerbe Pro aris focis hope they had none of life but in their valiant resist and that which encouraged them the more was the valour and holdnesse of their Generall which the Duke of Constance apperceauing he gathered together thirtie of his most brauest Caualiers with them all at one time assa●led Prince Robert It was now about euen tide and the Princes souldiers were either al of thē sore wasted or wounded when the Duke by maine strength dismounted Robert and gaue him a great and deepe gash in the thigh the Catines that followed him seeing the● master distressed desperatly sought his rescue and were euery one of them put to the sword onely Robert of himselfe recouered a horse and so valiantly continued in his defence till the darke night parted the Combattants and he found conuenient meanes to auoyd the danger the Duke of Constances seeing the Enemie was hotly ouercome and that it was impossible to followe the Prince being most expert in the secret waies of the Wood sounded the retreate causing the dead bodies of his Souldiers to be buried and sending Aubert worde of the bloodie victorie attained against his sonne Thus in triumph leaue we him reioycing mightilie in his reuenge and resorting with sollace vnto his Castle and returne to Robert who sore trauailed with his wounds and hauing his horse tired posted with all speede he could possible now this way now that way searching for some place of securitie where he might hide himselfe from the enemie but euill fortune pursuing him euery way his horse at last tired vnder him so that he was constrained to forsake his armes and trusting onely to his sword to walke through the Forrest on foot many were his sighes and bitter curses many his exclamations and complaints whilest desolate Eccho the faithfull companion of such as be sorrowfull vouchsafed some pitifull replie in his pensiuenes but the great expence of blood the long and wearie course of trauell the cruell and daungerous pursute of his foes did not sufficiently amaze him but to the more increase of his griefe a hidden affliction of the minde began with such horror to attaine him that he euery way grewe desperate Oftentimes did he prepare himselfe to complaine but knewe scarcely how to complaine he felt himselfe mortall and that he was a man he examined the changes of fortune and bethought him on the causes of his fall neither knowing how to amend then they were so infinite nor reconcile himselfe he had béen so dissolute and lifting vp his eyes to heauen he beheld the Moone performing her course the Starres ministring their dueties and by their celestiall beautie began with himselfe to imagine the beautie of their maker then called he to remembrance the olde rudiments of his master as touching the essence and power of God the wonderfull workmanship of the heauens the beautifull order of the spheares the strange creation of man the influence of the celestiall bodies in these inferiour parts and considered that all thinges were made by a determinate and inuiolable lawe limitted by prescript of Nature and that if in the earthly compact of man the imperfection and griefe of one member afflicted the whole compact much more a contrarietie in the powers both of soule and bodie threatned a confusion Then called he to mind that since there was a Moouer which disposed ordered al things so in due ordinance of gouernment it was requisite too as hée prescribed rewards for good deserts so he should also ordaine punishments for vice Hereupon began he to meditate on the nature of sinne the causes of sinne and the effects of sinne and him thought that a voyce sounded in his eare the reward of sinne is death Oh how great was the horror and confusion of his soule at this time his burthen heauier than Aetna his affliction more fiercer than may bee imagined and sodainly a shower of teares burst from his eyes his heart was inflamed his thoughts troubled and the eye of reason long time obscured at last began to break foorth with inestimable brightnesse so that falling downe on his knees and thumping his wounded breast he at last in bitter termes entered into this extasie I wonder thou maker of heauen at thy workmanship thy worthines is knowne by thy workes I see that thou art iust in dealings and I desperate through my delayes I haue had a portion with

protesting vehemently a hartie detestation of his sinne and requesting that it would please Editha his Lady Mother and Duchesse to haue him in memorie in her most sacred deuotions and for that he knoweth that he hath many wayes indamnished poore men he humbly intreateth your Mightines to accept these keyes of your Castell of Thuringue where in the Treasurie you shall finde sufficient to make ample satisfaction for all iniuries thus hauing discharged the duetie of a messenger and acquited your Grace of suspition I humbly craue licence to depart that I may the better intend my woonted contemplations It were hard to imagine with what incomparable ioy the olde Duke entertayned this aged Herauld of his happinesse for his teares of ioy trickling from his eyes as messengers of his hearts content aboundantly watered the Hermits bosome and beeing vnable to expresse his ioy he silent foulded his armes about his aged necke seeming so besotted with delight as before he gaue ouer he cryed out with the Grecian O Fortune pay this most excéeding ioy with some durable grief for as now it is at y ● fulnesse Editha likewise was not carelesse to content her selfe but drawing the olde man apart with often repetitions of his troubles his torments his passions of minde his patience in affliction as the occasion offered it selfe she became either pleasant or pensiue shewing by her changes of couler hir contentation or discontents and in this ioy let vs leaue them returning to our wearie Pilgrim meditating in this religious trauailes to see how from a gracelesse person he became a godly penitenciarie truely the discourse heereof draweth me into admiration of Gods mercie who calleth men home beyond common beliefe accomplishing héerein his diuine promise who sayd that he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce Of the strange trauayles that Robert surnamed the Deuill endured on the way with those accidents that befell him betwixt Normandy and Rome It was about that time when as the Sunne had remembred himselfe of his accustomed loues and had dispersed the bewties of increase thorough the bowells of the earth yeelding euery stalke his flowre euery Tree his fruite and quickning the decayed beawties of the fielde which were beforetime wasted by Winters obscuritie when this penitent Prince beforetime esteemed the very patterne of deformitie began to shewe himselfe the paragon of reformation his haughtie lookes exchanged he to humble leuitie his defying of God to deifying of God his gracelesse othes to godly obseruances punishing himselfe by bodely trauell who before time was geuen ouer to butcherly tyrannie in stead of hammering mischiefes in his head he humbled himselfe with contemplations his soft bed was turned to sweete grasse his Robes of Honor to the raggs of a Hermite his pampous ryot to poore rootes his ritch Wines to springing waters and such was his patience in these alterations that he preferred them before all pompous Treasures Three dayes trauayled hee with restlesse toyle till at last beeing ouerburdned with extreame wea●inesse he sate him downe by a cleare Fountayne cooling his thirst in stead of a courtly Cup in a homely clapper and after he had taken such repast as the hearbs of the field affoorded him he sate him downe vnder a Pine tree and beholding the barke thereof which with smoothnes inuited him to write and the coole shade which gaue him shelter against the sunny heate with a little pencile he ingraued this his deuout passion in the thickest thereof Roberts Meditation O Heauenly God that gouernst euery thing Whose power in heauen and in the earth we know Thou God from whome the gifts of grace do spring Respect my suite who am oreprest with woe O pittie God sweete God some pittie take And cleanse my soule for Iesus Christ his sake I wayle the life that I haue led before The dayes ill spent that came into my minde Incense my soule with horror very sore And threaten death vnlesse I fauor finde O pittie God sweete God some pittie take And cleanse my soule for Iesus Christ his sake My gracelesse othes now layd before mine eyes My youth mispent and worne by womens guile My hidden sinnes my wofull soule surprise My want of former grace ay me the while Cry mercy Lord that thou wouldst pittie take To cleanse my soule for Iesus Christ his sake Away thou world that flatterest earthly man With heauenly ioyes and bringst him downe to hell I loath this life doo thou what so thou can My longing is with God my Lord to dwell Who will relent and eke some pittie take To cleanse my soule for Iesus Christ his sake Anchora Christus These verses were written with a zealous spirit accompanyed with feruent sighes ha●selled with scalding teares witnessing his constant contrition but being troubled in spirit and desirous to mitigate his martirdome he attempted further writing this Madrigale in the barke of a Cipris tree Madrigale My reasons eye had seene my youthly rage How it had worne my hopes of vertue bare How carelesse wit was want on bewties page And headlesse will true iudgement did insnare How all was wrackt that hope of wisedome gaue It wep● a world of teares my soule to saue The listning eare of that impartiall guide That by his beck the earth and man directs With sunnie beames of peace the teares vp dride And will made barraine reckned his neglects Since when my soule for grace to heauen doth flye In praysing God and blessing reasons eye Etiam in naufragio Thus passed he some fewe houres endeuouring to attaine some rest and after wearie nature vouchsafed him any concent to wander he walked onwarde The fift day after his mornings Orisons hee trauailed through a thicke Wood giuing scarce any licence to the Sun●e beames to enter those shadie limits The soyle was barraine signifying desolation the trees leaueles the walkes loathsome in depth of the shadiest thicket thereof there sounded a deepe and hollowe voyce calling intentiuely for helpe whilest in stead of Ecchoes the fatall Scritchowle sounded a dolefull replie Robert amazed at this melancholy spectacle and wondering at the dolefulnes of the complaint he boldly entered the desolate shadow proposing God for his guide and his courage for his companion he had not long trauailed but sodainly he beheld a fierce Lio● which furiously assayled him renting off the lap of his Palmers weede before hee could shape defence but at last entering combat with his Palmers staffe hee so valiantly defended himselfe that he slewe the Lyon and seeing it spraule vppon the ground entered into this contemplation Oh GOD that hast deliuered this huge Lyon into my hands defend me from that roring Lyon which seeketh to deuoure my soule and prosper me in those actions which I enterprise for thine honour and glorie This sayd he procéeded further when lo● a faire delicious Damosell crowned with a garland of Roses apparelled after the manner of a Hamadriade presented her selfe before him where making semblance of an amorous