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A60163	The novels of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, knight of the order of St. James Faithfully Englished. Whereunto is added, The marriage of Belphegor, an Italian novel. Translated from Machiavel.	Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645. aut; Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jerónimo, 1581-1635.; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Novella di Belfagor. English. aut	1671 (1671)	Wing S369A; ESTC R219865	64,311	169

in the Chauncell a strange body it being a place which belonged only to the Lord of the Mannor the Curate appeased them and Don Diego coming up and being somewhat concerned that his dead man should not be able to find rest any where bethought himself of a stratagem to hinder their throwing him out of the Church and desired they would give him some dayes time in which he hoped to prove that his dead body had a relation to that of their Lord he did this only because he supposed the mourners would be gone the next day and so leave him the liberty of burying the Corps In the mean time the Parson having enquired into the cause of the sudden death of his Patron was told that it had proceeded from a great grief which he took for the loss of two thousand Ducats which some thieves at Madrid had rob'd him of in the Night four dayes ago This was the same robbery for the discovering of which the Alguasil which Don Diego had met with in his Inn was going post and indeed the diligence of the dead Lords Heirs was such that having dispatched people on all hands upon the inquiry some of them at last met at the entry of a Wood with a fellow whom for his suspicious looks they seised upon and searched they found his pockets full of pick-locks and such other instruments whereupon they immediately brought him before the Judge of the Village where Don Diego was there for fear of being rack'd he confessed all as followeth That he had been with seven more assistant at a great robbery committed at Madrid that to transport their prey the more securely they had disguised themselves like Monks and Mourners and had buried their prize in a hearse which they had loaded upon two Mules and attended it as if it had been a dead body that by the help of this invention they had passed all Guards and avoided all searches that they had rested themselves at a Village where he had unluckily taken too much Wine and was left a sleep by his Camerades who had taken his Mourning and given it to another whom they had hired that as soon as he was awake knowing the place they were going to he had followed them and that he was much surprized at his arrival to find two of them dead and the rest lye wounded upon the ground in little hopes of life that all that he could get from them was that during their conflict the Stranger whom they had hired was run away with their Mules and their booty and that he was taken by them as he was endeavouring to find out the trace of the Mules By this ample declaration the Judge came to know that that was the robbery which had precipitated the old Lord in to his Grave and immediately sent for the Curate and Don Diego to acquaint them with it great was their admiration they go immediately to the Chauncell where were the two bodies the one of the Lord and the other of his treasure it was opened in presence of witnesses and found entire they sent post to the Heir who came transported with joy to view the truth of so good tidings he forgave the poor thief who had revealed made the Jaylor let him make his escape The next effect of his gratitude was to Don Diego whom he would have presented very handsomly but he who was noble and generous refused all other testimonies of his kindness besides the honour of his Frindship After that he presented his Curate with the two Mules and so took leave carrying along with him the richest of the two dead bodies Don Diego after this would have taken leave of the Curate but could not get away his intreaties to stay being so cordial and his conversation so good he stayed with him eight day es discoursing with him of the vanities of the World and the Soveraign happiness or summum bonum of mankind which they setled in a tranquil contempt for the pleasures of this life The day of his depart came at last and though he would have excused himself with many Complements from taking one of the Mules which the Curate offered him it was not in his power to do it but engaged in requital to keep a perpetual correspondency with this honest Parson and divert his solitude sometimes with the news of the Court Our Adventurer having thus taken his leave was spurr'd with a desire of being at Madrid which made him infuse the like passion into his Mule whose legs were better than those of that other whose weariness had brought him into all this Adventure Adventure the ninth IT would have been very necessary for Don Diego to have stayed a little longer with this venerable Church-man for it may be his conversation in time might have reformed something of the extravagancy of his customs As soon as ever he came to Madrid he sent word of his arrival to all his Camerades desiring them to meet him at the old Club which was at a Tavern where the best Wine was sold Eight of this mad gang failed not at the assignation and there having renewed their acquaintance and confirmed their League by some Bachuick Ceremonies they all walked out with their Guittars after some Serenades given to their respective Mistresses they stopped before an Apothecaries door whom they resolved to make the subject of that Nights entertainment It was Don Diego that did bear him a spight ever since the great disease he had when Leander dyed and his Wife turned Nun for this Apothecary being Diego's Neighbour had out of malice seeing that our Adventurer did not make use of him caused his Prentices to make such a damnable noise upon two brass Mortars all day long that it was impossible for Don Diego to sleep his intreaties and prayers had signified nothing towards the silencing of the Mortars for he was still answered that he must follow his Trade and that Seignior Don Diego would not keep him and his family if they should neglect their vocation to let him enjoy his rest so that at last he was fain to fine for silence for a fortnight at a pretty round rate and that at the end of his disease too having suffered much before by that troublesome chiming All this considered and by our Adventurer related to the Company inflamed them who were already heated with Wine to a desire of revenge but Diego who was chiefly concerned resolved also to be the main actor and advancing to the door bounced at it as if he would have beat it down the Apothecary who was just got to bed was loath to rise but answering from his bed began the following Dialogue with Don Diego affecting still a little Latin in it to shew he had enough to understand the Doctors bill The Apothecary Who 's that that knocks so hastily ad Portam meam either they are insipid fellows or worshipfull Constable for none else durst be so bold at this time of the Night Don

Commands replyed the other first continued they thou must stay here and keep this body while we go to execute the Commands of a Superiour Power stir not from hence as thou tenderest thy safety Immediately without slaying for his answer they rose up and going out at the door shut it after them upon our Adventurer Don Diego seeing himself left alone with a dead Man began to recommend himself to the protection of God Almighty and all his Saints covering himself with signs of the Cross from top to toe The two Mourners had not been gone above a quarter of an hour when he began to hear horrid groanes and the noise of iron Chains with such rumbling as if the House had been falling down this having produced in him a strange terrour he went towards the door with a design to get out if possible but as he was almost at it he heard a fearfull Voice behind him which in a sad tone cried to him stay Don Diego do not think to flie from me thou hast not yet leave to depart come back or I 'le follow thee At these words looking back he perceiv'd the dead Man a rising up and found that the Voice came from him who continued thus Know that I am he whom thou didst deprive of this life a few daies ago without having received any injury from me Barbarous Man canst thou hope to avoid the vengeance of Heaven 't is by its order that thou art brought hither to hear my just complaints draw near therefore that I may reproach thee with all thy crimes This discourse put Don Diego into a mortal Trance he certainly believed that it was the Ghost of dead Leander come from another World to torment him nevertheless he drew nearer not daring to do otherwise and the dead Man pursued thus I must confess that thou didst kill me in the Field and fighting bravely with me but because I had not learned in my Youth to fence thou hadst an easie victory over me but now thou shalt do me reason come let us wrastle body to body upon condition that if thou dost give me a fair fall my death shall be forgiven thee and neither I nor any of my Camerades shall ever disquiet thee more But if I overcome thee thou shalt be bound to come every Year upon the day of my death and passe the Night upon my Grave in the Church-yard where I am buried Don Diego seeing that the match was like to be very unequal desired in submissive Language to be excused as not being able to Cope with a Spirit but the Ghost not consenting and being ready to fall upon him whether he would or no Don Diego put himself into as strong a posture as his fear would let him immediately the dead Man rose up and shew'd himself to be much above the stature of an ordinary Man at the same instant the four Lamps that lighted the room fell down with a horrid noise and the Ghost lancing himself upon frighted Don Diego struck him down and left him in a swoun out of which he recovered not till about two hours after As soon as his Spirits were come again he opened his eyes and not knowing in what World he was looked about him and found that it was day He considers the place where he was sees nothing but four bare dead Walls he rises and endeavours to find some footsteps of those horrid apparitions but could not so much as find the Lamps he had seen fall to the ground The day breaking in upon him gave him courage enough to visit the rest of this dismal house which he did every where but found nothing but his Sword he took it and went away being asham'd to be seen in such a place though he would fain have informed himself of the Neighbours whose house it was and how it came to stand thus uninhabited Being come to his own door he went in and immediately put himself to bed to refresh his wearied Limbs and comfort his affrighted Spirits The little sleep he took was disturbed with frightfull dreams and at last quite interrupted by a very great knocking at his door Almanzor who came to him upon the noise talked with him a great while and heard from him the narration of his whole Adventure before he would stir to let in those who by their reiterated knocks did seem to be in great impatience at last to be delivered of their opportunity he went to the gate he that had stayed all this while was one Don Antonio an intimate Friend of Diegos and a very merry Companion Having saluted our Adventurer he asked him how he had passed his Carnaval having had some slight answer For my part said he strocking his Munchadoes I failed last night of trepanning a fellow for whom I had prepared a most ingenious trap 'T is one that you know 't is the Cordouan Gentleman that we call Don Diego but I shall have him in one time or another Why what is the matter between you replyed Lucifugne the matter is answered Don Antonio that he has vanity enough to be my rival and to court a rich Lawyers Daughter whom a Friend of mine long designed for his Wife Now you must know that this Ladies Windows look directly upon a certain Church-yard which gave a pretty hint to my Friend to be revenged of his Cordouan and put an obstacle to all those walks which he takes on Nights about her house having heard that Don Diego was no very valiant Man he told him one day in my presence that of late there had been buried in that Church-yard a Man of a notorious ill life who did alwayes walk there about three of the Clock in the Morning making fearfull groans and a dreadfull noise of Chains insomuch that many of the Inhabitants were ready to forsake their Houses that therefore he did advise him as his Friend though his Rival to retire betimes for fear of some ill rencounter with the dead Mans Ghost I joyned my perswasions with his and endeavoured to increase his terrour by exagerating the honour of the apparition But here our Gentleman was proof against our Plot for though he made as if he had believed all we said yet he continued every Night to walk in the same place and give his Mistress Serenados without fear of being interrupted by the dead Mans groans Our design being thus averted I bethought my self of another in which I used a much more terrible apparatus I have of late you must know a house thrown upon my hands it stands in a by-street and a solitary part of the Town and though divers have offered to take it of me yet I have still deferred letting it in hopes to make it the Theatre of a piece of revenge which I had meditated for my Friend upon Don Diego the Cordouan and no later than last Night it should have been executed had not a most unlucky accident prevented it I had obliged three Scholars newly come from the