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A10803	A defiance to Fortune Proclaimed by Andrugio, noble Duke of Saxony, declaring his miseries, and continually crossed with vnconstant Fortune, the banishment of himselfe, his wife and children. Whereunto is adioyned the honorable warres of Galastino, Duke of Millaine in reuenge of his wrongs vpon the trayterous Saxons. Wherin is noted a myrrour of noble patitience [sic], a most rare example of modest chastity, and the perfect patterne of true friendship. Verie delectable and ful of varietie. Written by H.R.	H. R. (Henry Roberts), fl. 1585-1616.	1590 (1590)	STC 21078; ESTC S101593	77,123	116

souldiour came to the Empire being a poore womans sonne wherein raigning two monethes was slain by his gard The Emperour Probus was the sonne of a blacke smyth Maximua of a Gardiner Iohn Leyden a butchers sonne of Holland was proclaimed King and raigned three yeares in great prosperite and then subuerted Lo this is y e stedfastnes of fortune desirous of change whereby many are drawen by her sweete proffers to pride and many vilde grieuous sinnes to prouoke the Gods to wrath who seeing their insolencie throw them downe sooner then they rise of purpose to make their states more miserable let vs therefore wisely waigh what Fortune is and prepare our selues for all euents for hee that is able to say Fortune I haue preuented thee I haue stopped vp all thy passages and closed vp all thy waies of enterance that man putteth not his trust in Fortune but ioyeth in the discourses of reason riches glorie authoritie and honor reioise them most that stand least in feare of their contraries wherfore in despite of Fortune vertue flourisheth Then there is no good but vertue and no euil but vice which is the contrary to it The vertuous man is only free and happy the vitious man bond and vnhappie Likewise beautie and the disposition of the body maiestie and honors are al of no force But prudence magnanimity iustice are anchors of greatest stay which cannot be plucked vp by any tempest and prooueth the sayings of Socrates to bee true that whole troupes of souldiours and heaps of riches haue bene strained often to yeeld to the enemies which haue trusted in fortune contemning the maiesty of God For wise was that noble prince Amcharsis a Barbarian who was so desirous to attaine vertue that he left the kingdome of Silla to hys yoongest brother and went into Graecia to profit with Solon saieng that Fortune should neuer triumph ouer him but he would triumph ouer Fortune These examples Andrugio may draw thee to vertue and contemne the world persist in thy dooing respect not the worlde nor take care for thy famylie thy friend Galastino faithfull and kind to thee and thine shall be to thy wife a husband and a father to thy fatherlesse infantes yea thou Galastino maist be in the world a mirrour to giue directions of true friendship for besides thy selfe there is not one on the whole earth thou that showest thy mind by thy deedes Thou prince of Millaine art the true friend that Socrates prescribeth to be the inestimable iewell of the world not to bee valued by all the mortall things of the earth which true friendship of thine maketh me happie in my vnhappines and my distressed familie blessed for whom I trust in time thy sword shall make passage vnto the Dukedome of Saxonie and there plant my sonne Alphonsus to succeede his Father in his right yelding vnto those accursed traitors their ofsprings the reward of traitors O friendly Galastino thou mirrour of men whose worthinesse cannot be valued for thy faith and loyaltie to thy friend Many in prosperitie like the fawning dogs wil follow a man but in aduersitie flie from him like the full gorges hawke O world where is the faith and friendship that hath bene in times past amongst men taken from men because of their ingratitude to God Hystories tell vs of many which liued offering both life landes goodes and what els for their friends signes of true fidelity as Ionathan for Dauid we reade in holy wryt of their ieopardy one for the other how often theyr friendship was approoued beetweene them neither could the desire of dignitie draw the affectionate loue zeale of prince Ionathan from his Dauid albeit he knew that Dauid should succeed his father in the kingdome he being his heir So we reade of Achylles and patroclus Orestes and pyllides both of them calling themselues by the name of Orestes who was content to dy to saue the life of his companion The like was Ephenus and Eneritus and Damon and pythias of whose friendly loue Dyonisius the tyrant seeing the prooffe the one beeing ready to die for the other pardoned them both This is the tryall of true friendes how many liueth at this day like those Ah none the more may our harts grieue to think thereon Ambition couetonsnesse pride and hatred are so crept into the hearts of men that they contemne God and his dooings their fathers kin and welwillers How many men liue in these daies that for a kingdome would not murder his prince if he might do it without feare of death which is a terrour to most men How many men be there that for riches will not sticke to rob Temples prophane the name of God vse periurie to the confounding of the honest and their posteritie yea to inioy what their owne fathers haue seeke vntimely to cut of their liues that first gaue thē breath We daily see in our courts of iustice the father contend with thr sonne brother with brother wife with husband and al estates one with another cannot content themselues with their callings all proceede from ambition which is nothing but a desire to inioy honours estates and great places Further it is a vice of excesse and contrary to modestie for that man as Aristotle saith is modest which desireth honor as he ought and as becommeth him but hee that desireth it by vnlawfull meanes is ambitious Howe many treasons hath there bin by ambitious men conspired against their soueraignes We read of Frederick the third who after hee had raigned thirtie yeares was miserably murthered by Manfroy his bastard sonne whom hee had made prince of Trantinum and after he had committed this paracide poysoned his owne brother Conradus y t he might make himselfe king of Naples Antonius Geta successors in the Empire to Seuerus their father could not suffer one the other to enioy so large a monarchy for Anton. flue his brother Geta w t a dagger y t he might rule alone Soliman king of y e Turks when he heard the showtes of his armie y t they made for Sultan Mustipha his son he caused him to be secretly strangled in his chamber presently being dead to be cast out before his army causing this speach to be vttered with a loud voice there was but one God in heauen and one Sultan vpon earth within two daies after he caused his second sonne Sultan Soba to die for y t he wept for his brother and Sultan Mahomet his third sonne because he fled for feare leauing but one of his race aliue to succeed him These are but the familiar examples of ambition in respect of those that cause men to put innocentes to deathe that they may the surer grow and increase but no doubt for the most part iust punishment follow the ambitious for example to others whereof there are vnfaigned histories which mention the same Marcus Craessus the richest man of his time iealous of Caesars glorie at the age of threescore yeares

thou offend the Gods and endanger thy selfe Can beautie be resisted which made the Gods to bowe Cupid himselfe loued Phiches and thinkest thou to bee of greater force But what fondnes is this in thee Andrugio to dandle thy selfe in such follies Thou didst at thy comming from thy father pretend study in the famous citie of Siena and doest thou now forget that the benefite is great which learning bringeth Educacion is more meete for thee than loue Foolish boy how can the states of thy coūtrie thinke thee sufficient to gouerne them that canst not rule thy selfe Yt will be to much for thee to take so great a charge which canst not maister thy affect●ons Yet Andrugio if thou wilt needes loue vse it as men vse the seeing of Comedies on a stage for recreation where when thou art weary thou mayest depart at thy pleasure Then leaue to loue but in this sort subdue thine affections be maister of thy mind so maist thou laugh at Cupid and his fondlings and say thou wast in loue what then He had scarsly finished these wordes with a sorrowfull sigh when Fortune that blind Goddesse and his sworne enemie hath brought Elanicus a yoong Noble of Saxonie to the house of the Mister bound by the commaund of the Duke to the citie of Siena to seeke Andrugio of whome there came no newes at all to the court of his Father since his departure This Elanicus posting thorow the desartes was warned by a swain whō he met to shun the way wherin he rode for that night approched recountring vnto thē a most cruell murder committed there by vpon certaine Gentlemen not passing three mōnethes before This newes appaled the heart of Elanicus For about the same time Andrugio with his companie departed for which cause he entered farther talke with the swaine demaunding if he sawe the dead carkasses of the slaine men if he did to recount vnto him their feature as neere as he might with their apparell To whom this swaine accomplishing his request in rude maner describing at large to all his demandes the hearing of which so grieued Elanicus that starsly might he breath But remooued from his dumps he enquired how he came to the knowledge of this he had deliuered Sir quath he dwelling not far hence a neighbor of mine came 〈◊〉 vnto the place where the murderers had left them where by his paines he recouered one proper Gent●●man the rest being buried as well as we could Friend queth Elanicus sith it hath pleased thee to acquaint me of friendship with these tidinges and withall war●ed me from falling into the hands of those ●aitifes I giue thee thanks And if I may not be tedious vnto thee that thou vouch safe to bring me where this recouered man resteth I will so satisfie thee as thou shalt haue no cause to complaine of loosing so much labour Thus agreeing the Swaine conducted him and his companie vnto the Miller where Andrugio rested Elanicus hauing well rewarded the Swaine bad him farewell whose sodaine entring the horsse put Andrugio out of Loues cogitation Elanicus meeting first with Susania saluted her as the maner of his countrey with courteous congies beseeching the mayden of so great fauour being a trauailer and night growing on for his mony to to haue entertainement To whome Susania whose womanly conditions more giuen by nature then education aunswered Gentleman what you are I knowe not But I vnderstand good sir the owner of this filly cottage my father being from home I may not boldly presume to giue entertainment to anie how willing soeuer I were to the same for many causes and especially for that I doubt me greatly you with your accōplices are they which most vnchristianlike slaughtered the Gentlemen of Saxon as they trauelled those desertes Wherefore whether you be the same or whatsoeuer you be take not discourteously the words of a sillie mayden but while you haue time I beseeche you depart elswhere to prouide you Elanicus doubting to haue the repulse began to glorie with the mayden beeing loth to depart without farther knowledge of Andrugio and his companie and therefore besought her to take p●tie on his wearie carcase worn with hard trauaile in searching for such Gentlemen of Saxon as by her talke seemed to be dead protesting vnto her in most vehement oathes that he was a stranger and born in Saxonie Andrugio who had listened to their talke hearing Elanicus to name Saxonie was so rauished with suddaine ioy as he might not stand recouering himselfe could not forbeare the presence of his louing countriman and companion with whose speach he was sometime acquainted but leauing his chamber came to see him Andrugio no sooner entring the place where Elanicus sate parlieng gently with the maiden who might not in any cause be intreated to entertaine him But being espied of Elanicus his speach sodainly failed and his tongue failtred in his mouth he fell mainly on the shoulders of Andrugio when passed his trance he cried out Ah my Lord my louing Lord what destinies haue brought you and your companie to these extremities Are the Gods so vniust that they will suffer your noble blood innocently shead to goe vnreuenged Little knoweth the Duke your father of your hard mishap yet doubting the worst hath sent me to Siena to know what mooued you to keepe the tydings of your happy artiual to the place of your desire w tout writing vnto him But I see the Gods haue preuented your noble intent by suffering your body grieuously to bee wounded and your friends to rest in death Accursed Fortune who hath no● better prouided for you than thus in the spring-time of your flouring yeares to be thus masacred Yet thankes to the Gods that gaue you life and thankes to your good Phisition whosoeuer hee bee whome if I might knowe I will in some sort requite as I may though not as I would Thankes Elanicus for thy kindnesse quoth Andrugio But happie had I bene if my life might haue accompanied my good friendes which it had done if this my sweete Phisition taking Susania by the hand had not bin whose cares as they haue bene great to restore me to health so will I neuer forget them if the Goddes permit me life But my Lord quoth Elanicus what is your Lordshippes pleasure to doo Dooth your strength serue you to bestride a horse or shall wee make some prouision of coatch to conueigh you to the Court of your renowmed father Ah no my sweete Elanicus answered hee if thou loue me as thy paines employed in aduenturing thy selfe for my safetie sufficiently witnesseth counsell mee not to returne to my Fathers Court vntill I haue spent some time in the famous Citie of Siena to perfourme there what my heart did desire long time before I obtained licence for the same Therefore cease to take further cares for me onely employ me with money for my necessarie vses and returne with what speede you may to the Duke my father This night

Saule sought his life came into the tent of the king finding him sleeping yet durst not touch him for feare of vengeance from heauen If treason were helde in such contempt in those dayes howe ought it much more now to be despised Proceede therefore noble Prince and let the tender care you haue of these innocents whose cause you take in hand deserue such honour in the courtes of all christian Princes that no talke may be but of Galastino duke of Millaine and his honourable reuenge of those traytors that draw their swordes against their soueraigne and hauing vanquished the villaines let their punishmēt be answerable to their deserts that it may breed terrour to all such as shall euer attempt the like action and remaine to the end of all thinges in memorie towardes the performance of which of our own cost we freely allow ten thousand men well furnished for warre with all y e charge wages and what else to them belongeth besides our owne persons to attend your excellencie which shalbe readie speedily awaiting your gracious pleasures The Duke which found no lesse then hee expected at the handes of his nobles was so rauished with ioy that it amazed him wherfore yelding them such honourable courtesie as their large and friendly offer required he thus replied Noble friends on whose fidelitie our welfare consisteth Thankes for this friendship so likewise for many others past more haue you honoured me by your consent to this my fi●te then I list nowe to vtter but assure you on the word and maiestie of a Prince that your friendships shall neuer be forgotten Touching my determination for our iournie to Saxonie knowe that our purpose is by the assistance of God whome I trust fauoureth our good intent and will helpe vs according to equitie of our cause within two monethes to be ready for our intended voyage wherefore as you honour me see that you accomplishe your late offers against that time prefixed vnto whiche they faythfully promise dinner time Drawing on the duchesse aduertised the duke therof who inuited his nobles thereto where the Duke relateth vnto the duchesse of Saxonie his parlie with the nobles of Millaine with their courteous offers for the benefite of her and her children which newes was so pleasing vnto her as nothing could ioy her more hoping by that meanes the Duke her husbands children shoulde inioy their lawfull right and shee her selfe liue to see the same Thus with much pleasant parly passed they diner carowsing to their happysuccesse and fortunate iorney vntil some of them haue taken such colde in the handes that they might not stand on their feet Time that worketh al things commandeth these Nobles away e●ch making to their home wherefore taking humble leaue of the Duke and the two Duches thy depart carefull of what the Duke gaue them in charge to set all thinges in a readines against the time appointed The Nobles gone the Duke calleth his captaines and men fit for charge geuing them warrant for leuieng his power with great command that his company should bee of the best and ablest men in the Dukedome which with care they see fulfilled according to the truste reposed in them The Duchesse for whose sake those preparations were made conceiued such ioy at the same that she thought euery moneth a yeare and euery day a moneth vntil shee saw to what happy end the Dukes pretended iorney would happē vnto often commending in her heart the faithfulnesse of the Duke of Millaine to his friend In recounting whereof she shed many bytter teares for Andrugio her beloued lord and husband somtime exclaiming against both Gods and men for his losse who so dearely she loued The remembrance of whom was likely diuers times to bereaue her of life yet in the midst of her sorrowes when she beheld the yoong prince a liuely picture of the exiled Duke how often with sweet imbracings woulde she kisse the tender youth bathing his tender cheeks with teares distilling in aboundance thorow extreame griefe of heart from her eies hoping yet before death should shut those eyes of hers to see him and once against to inioy his companie The yoong prince growing to some discretion beeing thirteen yeares of age well noting the sorrowe and heauinesse of his mother would by cyrcumstances enquyre of the Duke his father of his country and the cause why hee left the same with many other questions of which when the Duchesse had resolued him made relation of each thinge which he demanded describing also at full how dearly hys subiectes loued him and in what regard they held her it would moue the prince often to shed teares wishing that his years had bene such that he might haue remembred his father and of power to reuenge his wrong vowing if it bee the pleasure of God to endow him with life so thorowly to requite those iniuries vpon the vsurping traitors that al the chronicles in the world should record the same in memorie And so comforteth his mother in the best sort hee could praying her a while to be content till God had placed him in his right whereof he hoped in short time to bee possessed Those wordes of comfort proceeding from so greene a head the Duchesse did much admyre no doubt had greate pleasure in her sonne of whom she had no litle ioy whose education was answerable to his byrth hauing learned men of all sciences to read vnto him by whome hee profited in learning so excellently that it was rare to finde any in Millaine or the whole Dukedom comparable vnto him for study and other agility of the body for which he bare the prize from al of his yeares whose conditions were so answerable to the noble Duke his father that if any man did know the one would suppose soone who the other should be Whilest the Duke of Millaine was furnishing his power newes was brought him that Flodericus one of the vsurpers had by poison brought his companion vnto his longest home to auenge whose wrongs Sextilius son and heir vnto Gonsalo deceised had gathered all his allies kindred and friends in armes and was in the fieldes with intent to suppresse Flodericus and claime in right the Duke dome in trueth and lawfull succession belonging vnto neyther of them This 〈…〉 the suddain Galastino could not wel beleeue till hee was by letters from diuers Nobles of Saxonie and friendes to the noble Andrugio and his thereof aduertised whereof beeing thorowly resolued he hasteneth his powers and h●●ing a ga●● to serue their turne After many sorrowfull f●rewels and womanish teares shed by both the Duches he taketh the se●s whose honorable purpose fauoured by God the maintainer of trueth brought them safe to the road of their desire anchoring in the night perceiued of n●ne by reason of the gloomy weather Galastino commandeth a 〈◊〉 to be prepared which being accomplished he presently dispatcheth messengers from ship to ship with letters of direction for their suddaine landing to

Saxonie neuer to returne vpon paine of death vnlesse it shal please God thou find the duke and canst intreat him to come and inioy his right and gouernment of this countrie thy children and lady after tenne yeares to inioy their patrimonie what euer become of thee Fourtie daies libertie I giue thee to prouide things beseeming thy estate after which time not to be seene in this dominion vpon paine of thy life Flodericus hearing the iudgement of the Duke was ioyed at the heart to escape with life which had deserued death in the most extreamest maner wherefore humblie yeelding thankes for his gracious clemencie he departeth his presence The Duke hauing taken this order with Flodericus hearing Sextillius Gonsalo his sonne had not yet dislodged his campe sommoneth him by a Her aught to come and yeeld to his mercie or otherwise without fauour to receiue his desert the Her aught omitting no time til he came to y e campe of Sextillius deliuereth his message whō Sextillius entertaineth honorablie and hauing heard what fauour the Duke had showed to Flodericus he standeth not now vpon tearms but made proclaimation that euery man should depart to his home and he himself would procure the Dukes pardon for them all or yeeld his life for them this done enerie man at the first warning glad to bee eased of their toile and more ioyful of their yoong Dukes returne presently depart with bag and baggage When Sextillius came before the Duke who had examined the cause of his insurrection to be in the reuenge of his father murdered by Flodericus hee was the sooner perswaded to receiue him to mercie wherefore in hope that he would become a dutifull subiect and acknowledge Alphonsus sonne and heire to Andrugio his lawfull prince and show the like signe of obedience he pardoneth his fault honorablie entertaineth him pardoning also al such as had offended with him Sextillius seeing the noble minde of the Duke of Myllaine humbly thanketh his excellencie for this vndeserued fauour taking oath for his loyaltie had leaue to depart at his pleasure The fortunate successe of y e Millain Duke was brought vnto the Duchesse Susania whose heart you may suppose was not alitle ioy full to heare the same wherefore according to y t dukes pleasure she hastneth to him with as much speede as might be All thinges for their iourney being ready the Duchesse with the prince Alphonsus her sonne geuing great thanks to the Duchesse for her friendship shewed in their extremitie a happy gale began to blow which by the Nobles to the Duchesse declared she slacketh no opportunity but taking her leau● embarqueth her and her son to the port of her desire wherein shortly they arriued and was most honorably with great triumphes by her Nobles and commons entertained Thus the prince as lawfull inheritor being quietly possessed by the Duke of Millaine in his Dukedome they passed sometimes in pleasure riding to see the state of the countrie and vsing pastimes of recreation the Duke carefull to see his lady and countrie hauing seene all thinges finished to the young Dukes desire taking leaue of the Duchesse the prince and his Nobles betaketh himselfe to the sea where we leaue him homewar●s bo●nd where he shortly arriued All thinges ordered according to desire on all partes nothing wanting but the Duke Andrugio for whome was not a litle sorrow throughout the whole Dukedome of whom curteous read●r if thou friendly accept this already written thou shalt if God permit heare more in the second part wherein thou shalt finde matter of much delight and not altogether vnprofitable In the mean time I craue thy friendly censure pard●n for such faultes as be cōmit●● 〈…〉 or escaped by the prin●●● being not wel 〈…〉 my wryting Finis