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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

chaste gentiles Lucresia chefe crowne of the nacion romayne wyfe to Colatyne knowynge her selfe enforsed defowled by Traquyne she sayde to her husband Colatyne dere spouse know for trouth that a strange man hath defowled thy bedde Howbeit though my body be enforced my harte is innocent though I be fre fro the trespace I can not be assoyled fro y e payne and to th entent that no lady nor other woman hereafter by myne ensample shuld erre and so with speking of those wordes with a sharpe sword she ryd her owne lyfe Also Porcia who was doughter to the noble Catone and wyfe to the noble vertuos Bruto and when she knew the deth of her husband she tooke such greuous sorow that to the ende of her lyfe she dyd eate hote coles to make sacrefice of her selfe Penolope wyfe to Ulixes she knowyng that he went in to warre agaynst the Troyans knowyng that yonge men of Italy were sore enamored vpon her beautie in the absence of her husband dyuerce desyred to mary with her And she desyrynge to kepe her chastitie to defende her selfe agaynst them sayd how she wold make a webbe as ladies vsed in those dayes when it was finished she promysed her wowers then to accomplish theyr desyres And when she hadde graunted this by her subtile wyt asmoche as she made in the day she brake it agayn in y ● nyght And by that meanes she draue of the seasone xx yere and then Ulixes came home alone olde in greate pouertie yet the chast lady receued hym ad though he hadde come in greate prosperytie Also Iulia doughter to Cesar fyrst enperour beinge wyfe to Pompeye she loued hym so entierly that on a day she fyndynge his clothes bloudy beleuynge that he hadde bene dede fell sodenly to the erth and dyed for sorow Atrenisa amonge other mortayll creatures worthy to be praysed she beinge maried to Mansall kynge of Icaria she loued hym with so ferme a harte that when he was dede she gaue hym sepulture within her owne brest she brente his bones and y e asshes of them she dranke litle and litle and the seremonies made of his obsequy thinkinge that she wold go to hym slew her selfe with her owne handes Argea doughter to kynge Adastro and wyfe to Polymytes sonne to Egisto kynge of Thebes when Polimites was slaine in a batayll by the handes of his brother she knowinge therof withoute fearing of her enemyes or of any other wylde bestes nor fearynge the emperous law wente oute of Athenes in the nyght in to the felde and found oute amonge the dede bodies her husbandes body and caryed it in to the citie and caused it to be brent accordyng to the custome with bytter wepynge puttynge the asshes in to a cofer of golde and then promysed her lyfe to perpetuall chastite Ipola of Grece saylynge by thy see by her euyll fortune she was taken by her enemyes and they wolde haue enforsed her and she to conserue her chastite went to the one side of the shyp and wyllyngly fell ouer the boorde in to the see and there was drowned Howbeit the fame of her dead was not greatly laudable No lesse worthy of prayse was the wyfe of Amede kynge of Thesale she knoweng by y ● aunswere of the god Apollo that her hu●bnad shulde receyue the deth withoute voluntaryly some other personne wolde dye for hym and so wyllyngly to saue the kynge she disposed her selfe to dye Now of the naciō of the Iues. Sara wyfe of father Abraham when she was taken and in the power of kynge Pharao defendynge her chastitie with the armes of prayer desyred god to delyuer her oute of his handes And when the kyng thought to haue fulfylled his enyll dead god heryng her petecion the kynge waxyde seke in suche wyse that then he knew well it was for his wantō desyre Then he commaydyd to delyuer her quyte w toute any spotte of vnclennis Delbora enduyd with so many vertues deseruyd to haue the spirite of prophesye she shewyd not alonely her voūte in artes femenyne but also in stronge batayles feyghtynge agaynste her e●emyes with a valyante and a vertuous harte And she was of suche excellence that .xl. yere she rulyd the people of the iues Hestere brought in captyuyte in to Babilone for her vertue fayernes she was takē to wyfe to kyng Assuara who at that tyme rulyd a C.xxvii prouynces And by her merites prayers delyuered the iues fro theyr captyuyte Also the mother of Sampson desyrynge to haue a sonne deseruyd by her vertue that an angell shewyde the natyuyte of Sampsone Elisabeth wyfe to Sacarias as she was the very seruant of god for her deseruynge she had a sonne sanctified or he was borne which was saynte Iohn Now of olde stories of cristen women I can not wryte them at lenght but to be breue to shew some of a latter tyme of the nacion of Castile Don Marya Coronell by whome beganne y ● lynage of the Coronelles bycause her chastite was praysede and her bountie not hyd she was accusyde of a cryme wherfore wyllyngly she brente her selfe hauyng lesse feare of the deth then to be founde culpable Also Done Isabell mother to the mayster of the order of Calatrane Done Rodigo and mother to .ii. erles of Urema Done Alonso Don Iohn she beyng a widowe fell in to a sikenes and the phisycions to procure her helth sayd how she coulde not lyue withoute she maryed or had the company of man then her chyldren knowynge what case she was in desyryd and counsayled her to take an husbande she aunswerd and sayd by the grace of god that shall I neuer do for I had rather dye to be called mother to suche chyldren as ye be then to lyue and to be called wyfe to another husband And with this chaste consyderacyon and by the pleasoure of god when she dyed ther were mysteries sene of her saluacion Also Don Maria gracia the blessed woman borne in Tolledo of the gretest lynage in all the citie she wolde neuer mary kepynge her vyrginite .iiii. score yere at whose deth were sene dyuerce myracles the whiche yet in Tolledo be had in perpetuall remembrance O what may a man say of the pure vyrgyns of gentiles Atrisalya Sybela borne in the citie of Babilone for her merites she prophesied by diuyne reuelacion many thinges to come after always conseruinge her vyrginytie tyll she dyed Pallas Mynerua fyrst sene about the ryuer of Tritonia newe inuēters of many offices perteynynge to the femynyne sex and also to men alwayes lyuyng as vyrgins And so ended Atalanta she that fyrst strake the porke of Calydonia in virgynite and noblenes she cōtynuyd Canulla doughter to Macabeo kyng of y e Bostos she dyd no lesse then other dyd in kepyng of her virgynite Calādea Uesta Clodya Romayne they kepte the same law till theyr dethe yf it were not to length my trouble yf I shuld lyue this M. yere I coulde not resite

mortall paynes could not susteyne hym selfe no lēger but perforce cōstreynede to lye downe vpō his bedde where he wolde nother eate drynke nor s●epe nor take any thyng for sustētacion of his lyfe euer calyng hym selfe happy to come to the case to do some seruice to Laureola as by his dethe to brynge her oute of all trouble so anone it was publyshed abrode in the realme and in the courte how Lereano was lyke to dye Theu his kynne frendes came to comforte hym and to torne his purpose they sayde and dyde asmoche as they coulde Imagyne to preuayle his lyfe bycause his infyrmite was to be curyd by holsome reasones euery mā sharpyd theyr wyttes to do the best they coulde And there was a knyghte callyd Teseo a greate frende of his he considerynge that his sekenes was for loue though he knewe not for whome it was he sayd and shewyde to Lereano all the euyls of women that he coulde deuise and to conferme his owne reasones he alegyd asmany thynges as he coulde in the defamyng of women thynkyng therby to haue restoryd Lereano to his helthe● when Lereano hadde well harde hym and consyderyde that Laureola was a woman he rebukyde greatly Teseo for spekynge of suche wordes and though as then his disposicion was not moche to speke yet he enforcyd his tonge and with the passion of greate iri sayde as folowith ¶ Lereano agaynst Teseo and agaynst all euell spekers agaynst women FRend Teseo yf another man that owed the not so good loue as I do hard my wordes it wolde cause the to receyue payne accordynge to thy deserte howbeit my reasons shal be to the suche an ensample to cause the to kepe thy tonge and it shal be a chastisement in stede of thy payne in the which I shall folow the condicion of a true frende for yf I shewyd the not thy fault by quyke reasons peraduenture thou woldest vtter forth agayne in other places suche like wordes as thou ryght now sayd it shal be most for thy profyt to amend thy self by my contradictions rather then to shame thy selfe with perseuerance the entent of thy wordes was as a frende the whiche I well considre thou sayedest them bycause I shulde abhorre them that hath brought me in to the case that thou seist me in And by reason of thy sayeng euyll of women thyne entension was therby to gyue me remedy of my lyfe and therby thou hast gyuen me the soner deth for the shamefull wordes that thou hast sayd putteth me to suche torment bycause it is a woman that hath put me to this payne therfore by reasone of herynge of thy wordes I shall lyue the lesse season wherby I shall receue a great welth for the receyuynge of this dolorous deth were better to be shortely then to susteyne y e lyfe any lenger for it is a thyng delectable to suffre and with a swet rest to make an ende of this lyfe the whiche swete ende shal be by reason that these my last wordes shal be in the prease of women and my wyl is somewhat to satisfye her in whome resith al the cause to begynne to shew the thyne errour I wyll alledge .xv. poyntes agaynste all them that erreth in spekynge euell of women and .xx. other reasones I shall lay wherby we are bound to say well of all women with dyuerce other samples of theyr bountie goodnes And as to the fyrst let vs found our reasone how that all thynges made by the hande of god are necessarily good for accordyng to the warkeman the warke ought to procede then knowynge that wome● are his creatures they that speke euyll of them offende not allonely them but also they blaspheme the workeman the which is god y e .ii. cause is y e before god man ther is not a more abhomynable synne nor harder to be perdoned then is ingratitude for where can ther be a greatter synne then to put out of knowledge and to forgette the welth that is to come to vs by reasone of the vyrgyn mary and dayly cometh she delyuered vs fro payne and causeth vs to meryte the glory of heuen she saueth vs she susteyneth vs she defēdeth vs she gydeth vs she gyueth vs lyght of grace Then seynge she was a woman then all other for her sake ought to be crowned with lawde and prayse The .iii. is bycause it is defended to all men accordynge to vertue to shew any strength agaynst the weke sex femynyne And this is obserued amonge brewt bestes wherfore men shulde folow the same yet some suche as lyst to speke euyll say though that women can make but small resystence with theyr handes yet they haue no lesse liberte with theyr tonges The iiii is a man ought not to say euyll of womē withoute he dishonour hym selfe bycause he was creatyde and noryshede in the wombe of a woman and is of her substance and also bycause of y e honour and reuerēce that euery child ought to do to his mother The .v. is bycause of the disobedience to god who sayde with his owne mouth that father mother shulde be honouryde therefor suche as do other wyse do serue sore punishemēt payne The .vi. is bycause noble men are boūde to occupye them selfe in vertuous deades aswell in woordes as in workes then yf fowle wordes defowle clenlynes then in perell of slander and defamy is the honour of suche persons that wasteth theyr lyfe in suche vayne wordes The .vii. is when that the ordre of chyuaylry was fyrste stablysshed among other thynges who soeuer shuld take the ordre of knighthod he shuld be bound to kepe defend all women and to gyue them all reuerence and honeste and who so doth the contrary breketh the lawe of noblenes The .viii. is to defend honour fro perell the auncyent noble men with greate deligence and study kepte and obserued alwayes such thynges as perteyned to bountie and they reputed that so great that they had no greater feare of any thynge in the worlde then they had to leue behynde them the remembrance of infamy and reproche y e which they kept not y e preferreth turpitud fowlnes before vertue putting spottes in theyr fame by reason of theyr euyll tonge For oftentymes a mā is iuged to be accordyng to his wor●es The .ix. most princypal is for the condēnaciō of y ● sowle al thiges wrong fully takē may be satysfyed but y ● fame robbyd and taken away the satisfacciō thereof is doughtfull y ● which is more completly determynyde in our beleue The .x. is to eschew hatryd for suche as bestowe theyr tyme in euyll spekynge agaynst women they make them selfe not onely enemyes agaynste them but also to them that be vertuous for lyke as vertue vice are contrary and haue dyfferente propreties so the euyll speker can not be withoute hate and euyll wyll and many enemyes The .xi. bicause of the hurtes y t by suche malicious deades are encreasyde for

which lyuynge I haue serchyd for This wolde I do and it were not that I shulde leue you defamyd as to be renomyd a murtherer Unhappy shulde be that remedye to delyuer me out of payne and to cause you to bere blame Therfore in eschewynge of all such incōuenientes I requyre you send me your lettre as a reward for all myne euyls that I slee not my selfe for I can not lyue with that I suffre my deth shuld so toche your honor that all the dayes of your lyfe ye shuld be defamyd And yf it maye please you to do me any relefe tary not nor be not slowe lest ye shall haue no tyme to repent you nor no place to redeme me ¶ The auctor ANd where as Lereano accordyng to the grauite of his passyōs wold further haue executed his wrytyng but then vsyng prudent discreciō for all hi● payne wrote no larger for that he had wryten was sufficyēt to cause Laureola to knowe hys euyll and payne for when letters be wryten at length that is vsyd when the writer thynketh that the rede● hath as good wyll to rede them as th● sender hath to write them but Laureola was quyte deliuered fro that p̄sumpciō wherfore he extendyd hys letter no larger The which when it was endyd I receyuyd with greate heuines to se the sore wepyng that Laureano made the which I felt more then I can expresse Then I went fro hym and spedde me to Laureola when I came ther as she was I found a tyme propyse to speke to her and or I delyuered the letter I said to her as foloweth ¶ The auctor to Laureola Ryght excellent Lady fyrst or I say any thynge to you I require you to receyue the dolour payne of me your poore kaytiue for the discharging of myne importunat suet for wher so euer ye shall fynde me of custome I shal be euer more redy to serue you thē to be importunate And surely Lereano endureth more payne for the trouble that ye receyue then for the passiō that he suffreth wherof he wold excuse hym selfe though his wyll desire to suffre it to the eutent that it shuld not trouble you yet his sowle desireth not to suffre but rather to be in reste The one cōmaundeth hym to be styll and the other byddeth hym put oute his voyce But trustyng in your vertue his dolour is oppressyd desyryng to put all his euyll in to your presence beleuyng on the one parte ye shuld be dangerous on the other parte that it shulde cau●e you to haue compassyon Beholde now many wayes he deseruyth meryte to forget his trouble he desyreth the deth and not withoute ye consent therto and bycause it shuld not be said that ye consent therto he desyreth the life in that he receued his payne to be happy and for lacke of his desyre he loseth his vnderstandyng and to prayse your beawte he desyreth ayde of all the worlde Beholde how moche ye are bounde to him for he prayseth them that distroyeth him he hath all his remembrance vpon that thyng that is the occasyon of all his euyl and by aduenture I shuld be so vnhappy that he shuld lese his loue by my intercession which he hath deseruyd by reason of his faythfull harte yet I had rather I were dede wherfore I requyre you to receyue this letter fro hym and in the redyng therof to shew hym some mercy for the payne that he hathe sufferyd and yf ye blame hym ye are more culpable then he for that ye haue sufferyd hym to endure payne so longe ye perceyue well the sorow that he is in by the wordes in his letter the which though his mouth spake them his hand wrote them yet his dolour dydde ordeyne and deuise them as god sende you parte of heuen as ye haue deseruyd in the erth that ye will receyue this his letter make hym an aunswere and alonely with this reward ye maye redeme hym and therby do away his debilite mynysh hys torment and fauor his sykenes and brynge hym in to that state that he wyll desyre no more welth nor endure no more payne and if ye wyll not thus moch do for hym to whom ye are so moch bounde nor at my request I maye then well repute you cruell but I hope so moche in your vertue y t accordyng to yuor olde custome ye can do no thyng but vertue ¶ Thanuswere of Laureola to the Auctor THe perseuerance in thy pursewt bryngeth me to so streyght a case that many tymes my thought is dought what to do other to banysh the owt of this lande orels to Ieobarde my fame in gyuyng the place leysure to say what thou lyst yet I ame agreyd not so to do nor to put the to that extremyte by reason of the compassyon that I haue of the for though thyne ambassade be euyll yet thyne entensyō is good as to fynd remedy for y e sorowfull And the other way I wyll not take bycause of myne honor for he can not be delyuered fro payne without I be defamed yf I could remedy his euyll withoute daunger or blottyng of myn honour I wold do it with no lesse affeccyon then thou desyrest but thou knowest well how that women are bound to preserue theyr good fame rather then theyr lyfe at the lest they shuld esteme it more then theyr bounte for though y e lyfe of Lereano shuld fynysh by deth yet iudge thy self whether I ought rather to be piteful to me self or to his euyll And if all women ought thus to do then specially such as be of noble blod ought so to do for al peple soner regardeth a smal spot in noble persons then a great fawte in low psonages Therfore in thy wordes conferme the to reason for thy demaūd is vniust y u thynkest I ame pleased w t thy comonīg which is cōtrary though thy demaūd trouble me yet thy cōdyciō pleaseth me I haue pseasour to shew the myne escuse w t iust reasons to saue me fro charge blame sclaunder The letter that thou woldest haue me to receyue maye well be excusyd for my defence is of no lesse power than the perceuerance of his hope but syn thou haste brought it I ame pleasyd to receyue it but hope not of any aunswere trauayll no more to desyre it nor at lest speke no more therof lesse that my dysplesure trowble y t not asmoche as thou now prayseste my pacyence sufferyng I blame my selfe that in ii thynges bycause I comon so longe w t the. The one is bycause y e qualyte heate of the cause hath brought me in trouble The other is bycause thou mayst thynke y t I ame well pleasyd to speke with the in this mater and beleuest how I shuld agre to Lereano though thou thynke so I haue no meruayll for wordes is the Image of the harte Go thy way cōtent the with thyne owne Iudgement and cary with the

the deth of Laureola the whiche I will shewe she hathe dese●uyd by iust causes determyned acordyng to honour and iustice and yf her errour shulde be lefte vnpunnisshed I shulde then be no lesse culpable then Lereano As tochyng my dishonour and shame yf it were publisshed that I shulde perdone such a case of my neigbours I shuld be dispraised and of myne owne subgettes disobeyed and of euery man smally e●●●ed And also I might well be accused y t I haue euil conserued the generosite of my predecessours And this faulte myght be so far exstemed that it might spotte defowle the fame of myne auncettours passed blemysh y e honour of them that be present and steyne y e blud of them that be to come for one spotte in our lignage myght confounde all our generacion The perdonynge of Laureola shuld be cause of other great euils the whiche shulde folow by reasō of my perdonyng wherfore I hadde rather to cause feare by reasone of my crueltie then to cause boldnes to do euil by reasone of my pitie And in my so doing I shal be estemed as a kinge ought to be by reason of doing iustice Be holde how many reasons there be that shlude lede y t she ought to haue sentence ye knowe well our lawes hath stablisshed that a woman accused in such causes shuld suffre deth and ye se well how it were better for me to be called a kyng in mynystrynge iustice then to perdone the culpable And it ought well to be noted y t in stede of consernyng the lawe if I do breke it my selfe y e whiche I ought not to do then I cōdemne my self The righte waye oughte equally to be kept obserued for the hart of a iuge ought not to be mouede for fauoure for loue nor couetyse nor for none other accidēt folowing the right iustyce is laudable And yf it be fauourable then it is abhorred Iustice ought neuer to go oute of the ryght way syne it is cause of so moche goodnes It cansith feare to them that be euyll and it susteynyth them that be goode It pacefyeth all differences it determynyth al questions it expelith all stryues and contensions it agreith all debates it assurith the wayes it honourith the people it fauourith the small people and of base condicion it bridilith the myghty men and to the comon weale it is ryght profytable Then to conserue such a welthe and that the lawes susteynyth it It is ryght that I shuld vse iustice yf ye desire so moch the helth of Laureola and prayse so moche her goodnesse brynge forth one witnes of her innocensy as I haue .iii. to charge her then she shall be perdonyd with reasone and praysed with trouth Also where as ye say that I shulde gyue faith to the iudgemente of god aswell as to the wytnes of other men it is no meruayll thought I do not so for I se the wytnes certayne at myne eye and as for the iudgment is not yet endyd For thoughe Lereano hadde the better of the batayll we may iudge the my●●es but we know not the ende I will not aunswere to al your alegasyons and sayenges bycause I wyll make no longe proces and at the ende sende you away without hope I desire moche to accept your requestes bycause of your well deseruyng therof and if I do not yet I requyre yon take it for none euyll for ye ought no lesse to desyre the honour of the father then the saluacion of his doughter ¶ The Auctor THe desperate aunswere of y e kyng was to the herers great heuynes And when I saw that this remedy was to me cont●ary then I sought for a nother way trustyng that shulde be more profitable And y t was I thought to go to the quene that she shuld desyre the kyng for the saluacyō of her doughter Laureola So I wente to her who was partaker of her doughters sorow And I founde her in an hall acōpanyd with many noble ladyes and other who were suffycyente to haue atteygnyde theyr desyres other iuste or vniuste though the mttaer hadde ben neuer so greate yet theyr desyres ought not to haue ben refused bycause of y e auctorite of the quene who knelyd downe and spake wordes to the kyng aswel leyeng charge to hym for his ire as also wordes of pitie to apeace hym And she shewed hym the moderacyon that a kyng ought to haue and reprehendyd the perceuerāce of his ire and shewyng hym how he was a father and allegyd reasones ryght dyscrete to note and full of sorow sayng that if he wolde nedes execute his cruell iudgemente to do it rather vpō her selfe seyeng great parte of her yeres were passyd then vppon Laureola in her yonge age aprouyng that by her owne deth the fame of the iudge shulde be sauyde and the lyfe of her that is iudgyd and the mynd of the desyrer fulfylled But the kynge styll was indurate in his fyrst purpose All the quenes rasones could not serue nor yet her bytter wepynges And therwith the quene went in to her chamber with small strength sore wepyng and as redy to dye And when I sawe that the quene could gette no grace of the kyng I went to the kyng withoute any feare of his fers●es and sayd how he ought to gyue his sentēce with clere iustice for Lereano shulde fynde a man to fyght agaynst all those .iii. false wytnesses orelles to do it his owne proper person and to pay them accordynge to theyr desertes and then god shall shew where the ryght is Then the kyng aunswered me that I shuld leue myne ambassade for Lereano sayeng how the heryng of his name encresyd his passyon and ire And when the quene knewe there was no remedy to saue the lyfe of Laureola She went to the prisone and kyssed her dyuerce tymes and sayde as folowith ¶ The quene to laureola O Bountie by malice accusyd O vertue by ire cōdemnyd O doughter borne of thy mother to sorow thou shalte dye withoute iustice and I must wepe by reason Thyne vnhappe hath more pusance to condempne the then thyn innocēcy to saue the without the I shall lyue accompanyed with doloures the whiche in thy stede thou shalt leue me Thy deth shal ende .ii. lyues the one is thyne without cause and myne by good reasone and ryght To lyue after y ● shuld be to me a sorer deth then that thou shalte receue for it is farre greatter tormente to desyre the deth then to suffre it Wolde to god thou myghtest be called the doughter of the mother y t shuld dye rather then to be she y t I shuld se dye Of euery mā thou shalte be bewailed● as long as the worlde endureth all that of the haue any knowledge wyll sette litle by this realme y ● whiche thou shuldest enheryte accordyng to thy desertes for all that y u art fallen in to thy fathers displeasour yet all suche as knowith the affyrmyth that

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