rudenesse if I chaunce to offend you my good will did labour in hope for to please you Againe some will be inquisitiue why I am so willing to welcome Euphues into England he beeyng so excellent and my selfe so simple If Euphues so wisely dooth wish you beware and to preuent the perilles that heedelesse heades may haue wishing youth likewise to frame their fancies so fit that no crooked chaunces doo happen to harme them Then like that Lilly whose sent it so sweete and fauour his freend who wisheth your welfare And although my wit be so weake that I cannot welcome as I would and my skyll to simple to gratifye so gentle a gueast I trust my good will shall plead me a pardon my honest intent be nothing misliked Thus hoping to haue your courteous consentes which is the reward I cheefest require I wishe my woorkes may prooue as profitable to you in the reading as they were delightfull to me in the writing Your freend to commaund A. Munday A delicate Disputation gallantlye discoursed betweene two noble Gentlemen of Italy The Argument NOt longe since ouer the famous and stupendious Citie of Venice gouerned Gonzalo Guicciardo elected Duke by the most worthye Orlando Fiorentino This aforesayde Gonzalo renowmed for his princely gouerment obayed for his singuler wisdom praysed for his pollitique suppressing of prowde vsurpinge enimies and honored for his humilytie to his subiects in generall was not onely accounted as a second Mutio among his freends and familyars but euen amonge his very enemies was also esteemed as a prince worthy of eternall memory And nature the more to agrauate his ioyes in his hoary haires gaue hym a Sonne called Zelauto whose singuler humanitie whose puisance in feates of armes whose dexteritie in witte and whose comelye shape in personage caused hym through all Venice to bee greatly accounted of This gallant youth Zelauto more desirous to aduaunce his fame by traueâ—lyng straunge countries then to leade his lyngring life styll in the court of his famous father one day by chaunce tooke courage to open the hidden thoughts which longe incombred his carefull breast and hauing espied his father at such conuenient leasure as serued best for his auayle yeelding his obeysaunce as dutie beseemed entred into this discourse If Right woorthy and renowmed Father nature had adorned me with such rare and excellent quallities as might procure an hartes ease and ioy vnto your princely estate then would dutie cause me to keepe my minde in silence and feare of displeasing your aged hart byd me restrayne my vowed attempt But sith I am destitute of that which my hart desireth willing to gaine the same by painefull industry I hope I shall purchase no ill will of your person nor displease the mindes of your subiectes in generall First weigh and consider by your gratious aduisement that a youthfull minde more desireth the fragrant fieldes then the hidden house Custome confesseth yea and lawe of Nature alloweth that it is more permanent to a princely courage to seeke the renowmed mansion of the most illustrious and sacred Ladye Fame then to drowne his youthfull dayes in gulfs of gaping greef in sileÌ„t sorrows in vaine thoughts and cogitations and also in trifling and idle exercises which maketh him more prone vnto vice then vertue more apt vnto lewdnes then contented liuing yea maketh him so friuilous and fantasticall that nothing but libidinous thoughtes beastly behauiour is his whole exercise For then euery blasing beame and euery sugred countenaunce of a woman allureth him that floting on the Seas of foolish fansie and hauing abid one lusty gale of winde wherewith the Barke of his body is beaten against the Rockes of his Ladyes lookes then the poore patient falleth into so extreme an extasie that one worde will kill him and an other reuiue him Thus is he inclosed amid these subtill snares while in the warlike feeld he might enioy his libertie and their win fame which should last eternally These and such like crabbed conceites deere Father vrgeth me to craue your leaue and licence that I may a while visite straunge Countries In which time I doubt not but to atchieue such exploytes that at my returne it will be treble ioy to your Princely eares to heare them recounted Sonne Zelauto aunswered the Duke this your discourse is both commendable and allowable for I lyke well of your intent and with all my hart giue consent that for a limitted time you shal seeke aduentures which time shall amount vnto .vi. yeares and on my blessing I charge thee not to breake that appointed time In the meane while if God call me as my life is vncertaine I frankly freely giue thee all is myne Wherfore looke well to thy selfe that good report may be heard of thee which vnto me will be great contentation But nowe as touching what ayde and assistance thou wilt haue with thee speake and it shall be graunted Good Father answered Zelauto none but onely one to beare me company which I know will be sufficient Well quoth the Duke receiue heere my blessing this portion of money and this knight to beare thee company And I pray God in all thy wayes to guide and protect thee and so you may depart when you please Zelauto accompanied with his knight departed from the Court of his famous Father and tooke shipping to goe vnto Naples from thence he trauailed vnto Valentia in Spayne and chauncing into the company of certayne English Merchauntes who in the Latine tongue told him the happy estate of England how a worthy Princes gouerned their common weale and all suche thinges as could not be more praysed then they deserued The which Zelauto hearing craued of them that he might sayle with them into England and he woulde liberally reward them They beeyng contented and hauing laden their Shippes with such necessaryes as they best desyred within fewe dayes hoysed sayles and away they went This young youth Zelauto beeyng come into England and seene the rare and vertuous vsage of the illustrious and thrise renowmed Princes with the great honour and fauour which he obtayned among her woorthy Lordes purposed to stay still there But yet remembring that although he sawe one place many others were as yet vnseene after a yeere expyred he tooke shipping into Persia and so departed In processe of time he had visited many straunge Countryes sustayned many and wonderfull iniuryes among the Turkes which after shall be declared And returning homeward happened on the borders of Sicile where Fortune was fauourable vnto him that vnawares he happened on the caue of a valiaunt Knight who was a Christian and hauing committed an hainous offence fled out of his owne Countrie and inhabited there in a silent Cell among the woods This Knight beyng named Astraepho and hearing the trampling of one about his denne tooke his weapons and came foorth He beeing greatly abashed at the sight of Zelauto for that in tenne yeeres space he neither sawe man nor woman
but had lyued there a sauage lyfe forgetting all poyntes of humanitie sayd VVhat varlet art thou come to seeke my death thou art welcome and therewith all strooke at Zelauto who alas through tediousnesse of trauell and long beeyng without any sustenaunce was constrayned to yeeld and falling on his knees submitted himselfe to his mercye which Astraepho seeing sayd as hereafter followeth The Fountayne of Fame distylling his dainty drops in an Orchard of Amarous Aduentures Astraepho hauing conquered Zelauto sayth WHat so sodayne and straunge Metamorphesis is this Art thou a Knight that professest thy selfe a Souldier vnder God Mars his Ensigne and so soone conquered What doost thou think that this thy submission shall hinder me of my preteÌ„ded purpose Thy death it is I seeke and more honour shall I obtaine by the slaughter of such a wretche then to let thee lyue any longer time Zelauto Most woorthy syr if euer any iot of clemency consysted in your valiant brest then respect I craue the distressed case of your poore vassaill And meruayll not though in force I am not able to resist against you for that the great miseries which I haue susteyned in these my tedious trauayles hath quite bereued me of my manly might Astraepho A bad excuse say they is better then none at all you pleade nowe simplicitie through the defect of your valiancie and by such sophisticall Sillogismes to beguile me craftilie no no poore wretch harde was thy hap to light in his handes who séeketh the subuertion of thy state and to cause thée yéeldâ— thy neck to the rigor of his manly might Long delayes néede not differ not with dalliance for I am bent to thy vtter ruin Zelauto Small hope hath the siely Lambe in the rauening lawes of the greedy Woolfe to escape with life lyttle comfort hath the pensiue prisoner at the poynt of death to shun so harde a lot So I poore soule in the handes of a Tirant who more regardeth blood then bountie more respecteth death then delyuerie and more vaunteth of villainy then any valiancie what succour can I haue in this my sorrowe what hope in this my so harde hap to craue life it auayleth not to desire a respit it booteth not and to striue against the streame were but a presuming boldnes if I wish for death I gayne it if I wish for life I lose it What shall betide thee poore distressed Zelauto hap weale or woe hap life or death hap blisse or bale I will aduenture by fayre woords to intreate him so it may happen to stay his rigor Good syr if euer humanitie harbored in that noble brest or if euer pittie pronounced her puissaunce on your princely person then respect I pray the disstressed case of your conquered captiue Small honour shall you haue by my death no Fame to vaunt on a naked man My life can lyttle pleasure you and my death lesse therefore séeke not to shed his blood who at your will pleasure voweth bothe heart and hand at your courteous commaundement Astraepho In déed I confesse that small honor is his due that vaunts on so prostrate a pray therefore somewhat hath thy woords satisfied my former desire for in deed a straunge and wonderfull sight it is to me to see a man that haue seene none these ten yeeres passed therefore pardon what is spoken there resteth the greater amendes to be made Zelauto Syr more bound vnto you in duty then euer I am able to performe I yeeld you all thankes possible that resteth in so poore a person I doubt not but that God hath appoynted all at the best for these fiue yéeres more haue I visited straunge couÌ„treyes and neuer yet did I happen on any such aduenture Astraepho And haue you ben a Traueiler syr then vnfolde I pray you what hath bene the mishaps that the frowning Fates vnto you hath alotted and first tell I pray you of what soyle what Parentage and kindred you are of and what is your name Zelauto Syr as necessitie hath no lawe so neede at this present vrgeth me to speake In this your Caue I am sure you are not destitute of victualls the which I want wherfore if it shall please you to refresh his hunger who is ready to faynt I will discourse vnto you afterward my whole aduentures at large Astraepho Alas syr if such simple fare as I haue may seeme to suffise your hunger come neere and we will goe to dinner and afterward will we discourse of such matters as perchaunce may be profitable to bothe Zelauto With right good will syr a thousand thanks for your courtesie extended vnto me in this my vnlooked for mishap And it may so fortune that after our conference had together we may with our pleasaunt talke well content eche other Astraepho Well syr approche this my homely Mansion and I desire you to accept the goodwill of your poore hoste Astraepho and Zelauto goeth to dinner and their talke after they had vvell refreshed themselues Astraepho NOw Syr how lyke you of your homely entertaynment where no better is bad may suâ—fise and to a contented minde nothing is preiudiciall You sée howe poore folkes are content with pottage Ritch men may goe to dynner when they wyll and poore men when they may Zelauto Syr he that wyll looke a giuen Horse in the mouth is vnwoorthy of the gyft your fare hath suffised me and you haue vanquisht him who would haue murdred mée What dayntie delycates is to be looked for in desert places it suffiseth the Courts of Princes to haue their delycate fare and to poore Trauellers the homeliest dyshe is welcome they looke for no after seruice in stéede of sauce they vse their hungrie appetite we syt not to haue our Table taken vp we chop at noone and chew it soone They in their superfluitie we in our want They in their prodigalitie we spare for an after extremitie Who more couetous then they that haue all at their pleasure and who more fréendly then they that haue a lyttle and impart thereof to their fréendes They spend we spare they vse excesse and we hardnesse And therefore sayth Tullie We ought to haue great respect least that the hydden vice That dooth vppon the vertues tende dooth slylie vs intyce The elder Cato also vppon this sayth By two thinges I encrease my wealth by tylling of my ground The other by good husbandrie that I therein haue found For why the one aboundaunce bringes as much as heart can chuse The other dooth me wisely teach howe I the same should vse Thus syr may you sée howe sparing is coÌ„mended and now somwhat wyll I speake as concerning inordinate spending and laciuious excesse which hath the personnes that vsed it greatly abused Lucullus for his sumptuous buyldings and his inordinate expences thought among the Romaines to be magnified for that he thought to excell all his predecessors But
shall and wyll be all contented to serue at your pleasure The Lady seeing the dutifull showe of submission in the Knight commeth to him saying WEll syr Knight in hope that your after seruice shall prooue so permanent as héere you haue auouched and that you euer hereafter in this péerelesse Princes cause wyll bothe lyue and dye I dare pronounce that you are pardoned and that your offence shall be no more remembred Caesar got him such a noble name through his great compassion and that made Cicero so much to commend him Licurgus when he had his eye put out by the neglygence of Alcander commaunded that his first offence should be forgiuen he would be more héedefull in the next Eusebius wounded to the death with a stone throwen from the hand of a Woman on his death bed forced his fréendes to sweare that they would not harme her for it I may lykewise alleage the woordes of Virgill to thée Forsan et hoc olim meminisse iuuabit and that the sentence of Euripides wyll byd thée beware Dulâ—e est meminisse malorum Nowe is thy first fault forgiuen in hope of amendment so that rather prayse shall be purchased by pardoning thine offence then that rigour should rule to exact on so penitent an offender Therefore behold when Iustice sayth strike Mercie by mildnesse dooth stay the swoord when a crime is coÌ„mited deseruing death Pitty dooth woork on the offenders behalfe Therefore whyle thou lyuest homage her whose mercifull minde wyll not reuenge with rygor for that Uertue hath caused her to pittie thine estate and thou and all that are her dutifull Subiectes say God saue our most vvoorthy Queene Therefore goe your way and fetche the rest of your trayne and so wyll I bring with me all my noble Ladyes and then will we goe together to procure some farther pastime After they had bothe brought theyr traynes they fell to a freshe Tournament and so ended this Deuise Zelauto Now syr haue I not wearied you with this long tedious discourse Tell me I pray you how lyke you of it Is it not woorthy to be caryed in remembraunce because it is such an excellent deuise Astraepho Credit me syr it is the proprest deuise that euer I heard of and if it shall please you to bestowe the same on me I wyll giue you as gallant a discourse to cary with you Zelauto Syr any thing I haue is at your commaundement and I would it were so déere a gyft as I could finde in heart to bestowe on you Astraepho I thanke you for your good wyll hartily But doo her noble Péeres and Lords that are about her often vse to recreate her person with such braue and straunge deuises Zelauto Syr those gallant youthes doo and haue bestowed aboundaunce in the pleasing of her Maiestie and are so well contented therwithall that surely it surpasseth any mans wit to giue them prayse according to theyr desert Astraepho But dyd you euer come in acquaintaunce with any of those noble Gentlemen Zelauto Yea Syr and am much bound to one of them in especiall who sure in magnanimitie of minde and valure of courage representeth in that famous Land a second Caesar to the view of all that know him And a lyttle before I departed out of that woorthy Countrey I wrote a few verses in the commendation of that vertuous Mayden Quéene and also I wrote a few other in prayse of that noble Lord to whome I am bound for his singuler bounty Astraepho I pray you Syr if those verses be not out of your remembraunce let me heare some part of them Zelauto That you shall wherfore marke what I wryt in the prayse of the English Quéene Zelauto heere telleth to Astraepho the verses that he wrote in the commendation of the Englishe Queene QVEL CHE MI. MOLESTAVA ACCENDO ET ARDO IF eyes may iudge and minde may full suppose the Vertues rare that I of late haue seene Then pen at large may perfectly disclose the seemely honour of a Virgin Queene VVhose perfect prayse deserues to be vnfolde And blasde abroade in trumpe of beaten Golde The Graces three attendant stand at beck Diana dooth her royall raygne support Vertue dooth stand all vice to countercheck and Modestie beares sway in all her Court Trueth rules aloft repelling darke debate Iustice dooth sway the swoord of her estate Prudence dooth stand on right side of this Queene and Temperaunce a Garland holdes before Then Fortitude standes ioyntly them betweene and Tryall he dooth garde her euermore Peace on the left syde Plentie on the other Thus seemely they adorne the Queene their mother Sobrietie dooth beare the flagge on hye Virginitie standes clothde in Vestall white Her trayne behinde borne by Humilitie Pittie lykewise waytes on this woorthy wight Thus euerie thing standes in so good a frame That farre and neere dooth spreade her golden Fame FINIS Astraepho Zelauto beléeue me I neuer heard in all my lyfe so many Uertues resident in a mortall creature But certaynly as I know your iudgement is excellent in such matters so I confesse agayne that had I not heard it of you I would not haue beléeued it But now Syr I pray you let me heare the verses which you wrote in commendation of that noble Gentleman whome you praysed so much lykewise Zelauto That you shall and I would I were able by pen to prayse or by paynes to requite his singuler great curtesie Heere Zelauto rehearseth the verses that he wrote in the prayse of a certayne Noble Lorde in the English Court. IF euer Caesar had such gallant Fame or Hanniball whose martiall lyfe we read Then in your Honour I esteeme the same as perfect proofe in vertue and in deede My pen vnable is your prayse to paynt VVith Vertues rare that dooth your minde acquaynt VVhat I haue found I neede not to expresse what you haue done I farre vnwoorthy was But Nature yet dooth cause me thinke no lesse but that with looue you dyd respect my case And such great looue dyd in your heart abound That straunge it is the freendship I haue found VVherfore for aye I Honour your estate and wishe to you to lyue Argantus lyfe And all your deedes may prooue so fortunate that neuer you doo taste one iot of stryfe But so to lyue as one free from annoy In health and wealth vnto your lasting ioy FINIS Astraepho Surely belyke Zelauto you haue found great fréendshippe at that noble Gentlemans handes But referring all other matters aside tell me what became of your CompanioÌ„ that went with you into England Zelauto Truly he was so farre in loue with the Countrey that I could not get him from thence when I departed And in déede so would I lykewise haue stayde if my Fathers commaundement had not bene such which caused me to hasten away because I would sée other Countryes Astraepho Then you dyd depart shortly after and left your Companion there Zelauto
aduenture Zelauto beeing come to the place where he must defend the Ladyes cause who stoode there before him ready bound to a stake and hauing talked with the Soldane as touching pardon for his bolde attempt thus beginneth to make his Oration in the presence of them all AFter I had well pondred the sharpe reply of the Soldane and that since I was entred before them all it behooued me to set a good face on the matter not dismay my self with any of their diuellish dealinges neyther estéeming the furie of the Soldane nor crauing the courtesie of any his companions aduaunced my selfe forwarde and sayd Since neyther promise may be proffered to purchase my pardon nor licence for that I shall yéeld vnto lybertie neither dismaying through doubt of your dealing nor fearing the chéefest â—orte of your furie I pronounce in presence what my minde giues occasion and wyll mayntaine the same with the losse of my life Beholde inuincible Soldane you noble Lords and you renowned Matrones a man bothe dead and a lyue a lyue to aduaunce the cause of this Lady and dead in that my victory returneth losse of my lyfe But yet remembring life is vncertayne death is so that each man may make accoumpt thereof I nought estéeme the likelyhood of my life but arme my selfe as one willing to the death Yet by perfect proofe we sée that the tallest Trée abydes many a bitter blaste the brauest Bulwarke by force is battered the hautiest Hart subiect to a fall and the proudest person at last maketh his Cabben of clay euen so your potencie may soone be peruerted and the vttermost of your tyranny cleane disapoynted Sée héere the guyltlesse doomed to death sée héere the lewdest suffered to lyue beholde where trueth is turnde out of all sée héere where falsehood boasteth in his brauerie But since rashnesse in spéeche maketh me run too farre the knowledge of my selfe calleth me backe againe I confesse it is not my part to disalowe of your dealings nor to contemne the principalitie which now you professe yet may I reprehend the abused aucthorytie ruled by rigor and not by indifferencie You will say that Princes are not to professe partialitie and that the Subiect should not meddle in the swaying of his dignitie yet ought the Prince to deale vprightly and not to pinche that partie that auoucheth most â—ayth and dutifull loyaltie Admit that the Prince may so farre ouer run him selfe that by ambicious heades double dealers and priuie enemies he condempneth the man that most dooth honour him yet is not his death to be prosecuted so hastily but to be considered of with wisdome and discretion This Lady for example no straunger but of your owne blood and no enimie to your Maiestie but rather one that wisheth you inestimable dignitie she by you is condempned for wishing you well shée committed to this mortall death that séeketh to saue you from eternall death What heart so hard can commit such crueltie and what beast so brutishe but dealeth more naturally If to your owne blood you will dealâ— so tyrannically how will you deale with me poore wretch of so meane estimation Me thinketh that though the extremity you vse to the vttermost Nature yet should mooue with an inward affectioÌ„ and though that iustly she deserued the death yet should naturall kindnesse procure you to pittie Also amoÌ„g so many gallant youthes none so ventrous to defend her cause nor none so inflamed with affection as to mittigate her myserie Me thinke noble Ladyes that some one of you ought to haue stoode her defender if no man had the courage to hazard his lyfe Admit that the estate of your CouÌ„trey consisted on this Ladyes well fare would you séeme so slouthfull as to suffer your whole Countrey to perishe rather then to make apparaunce of your manhood King Codrus béeing aduertised by the Oracle that except he were slayne his people should not vanquishe their enimies armed him selfe lyke a Soldier placing him selfe in the forefront of the armie and there by his death set all his people at quietnesse Beholde what great affection was in this noble Prince who more estéemed the sauegard and happy societie of his people then his owne life Aglaurus to shun the emminent daunger that was like to fall vpoÌ„ Athens seeing his death only might set it at liberty threw him selfe headlong from the walles of Athens and so ended the strife where else it should haue bene conquered But now attend you noble Ladyes and you modest Matrones let the excellent example of Iphigenia cause you to remember what care you ought to haue in the preuenting of such daungers as may happen and by some one of you may be easily escaped Shée I say séeing that her death would appease the rigor of her enimies yéelded her selfe to be sacrificed Oh admirable vertue oh singuler constancie her matche as rare to finde in these partes as to sée golden Goates to féede on gréene mountaynes yet wish I that all Women would prosecute her rare rule of life and that some one Iphigenia among you would hazard your hap to set frée this Lady But least in wishing you to be warriours I should séeme to â—hroude my selfe and that you should thinke I come to prate rather then to put my puissance in practise I wyll cease to trouble you with ouermuch talke vtter the cause wherfore I come First I come to sue and intreate if I may haue good successe which is that you would spare the life of this famous Lady and not cut of her dayes in her gallantest prime that you would remember the race shée is discended of and woorke no wurse to her then you would to your owne selues Next if youâ— Lawes be so extreme that they may not spare punishment and eke you your selues so wilfull that you must néedes woorke her wrack I thinke it sufficient that you put her in exyle with expresse charge in payne of death neuer to returne so may your rigor be verie well asswaged shée for her paines indifferently penaunced Thus in your Land shall you euer héereafter be magnified and all people wyll laude your Princely dealinges And lastly if neyther of these peticions may séeme to take place but that you must néedes execute the vttermost of your crueltie Héere am I by fore of Armes to defend her quarrell and against this your Champion will liue and dye in her defence This is the cause of my comming and this the dutie I haue to discharge With that the Soldane began to looke on his Lords and they on him the Ladyes all that were present was stroken into a great maze some for ioy clapped theyr handes and some on the other side began to wéepe the poore distressed Lady stoode all this whyle bound to the stake and the Tormentors ready to make the fire At last the Champion began to come néerer vnto me and the Soldane hauing taken good aduisement of my
noble Lord Zelauto taketh shypping into Persia. Astraepho séemeth to tell Zelauto of his bolde hâ—â—arding himselfe in such order Zelauto excuseth his boldnesse as well as he can They goe to supper Astraepho in the morning beginneth to talk with Zelauto desiring him to accept in good part his homely entertainment He showeth how he néedeth not to accept of coyne for because he hath Nobody to baâ—ter withal Money in Citieâ— causeth much mischéefe discencion among the commons discorde among fréendes such lyke iniuries Zelauto yéeldeth innumerable thanks for the great courtesies that he hath found béeing but in déede a straunger Astraepho desirous to heare the rest of his trauayles remeÌ„breth him of his former promise Zelauto his coÌ„ming to Zebaia in Persia to the house of one MaÌ„niko Rigustello who lodged ChristiaÌ„s The hostes of the house a Christian a Florentin The hostes and Zelauto conferreth together about his comming to that place and informeth him of the lawes orders of that City The hostes proffereth herself to be his fréend Zelauto giueth her great thankes for her courtesie She demandeth of what countrey he is wherfore his coÌ„ming is and whether hée minded to make his iourney Zelauto reposing a good beleéfe in his hostesse because shée was a christian openeth to her of whence he was how he had traueyled other countreyes and howe hée meant to traueile tyl his tyme were expyred She aunswereth him verie honestly ciuilly so it drewe at length to supper time The Hoste béeing at supper with Zelau knowing he was a Christian and had a good minde to the same him selfe entreth into talke with him The creation of maÌ„ Gene. 1. Manâ— made a gouernor The beastes to labour for him and to be his foode lykewise Man what a losse hee had MaÌ„ cast out of Paradise God yet would not leaue vs succorlesse but sent his Prophetes to preache to vs then his Christ to pay the rauÌ„some of our sinnes what greeuous tormeÌ„teâ— he did abyde for vs yet we do not seeke to amende our naughtie lyuing but dayly sinne more and more Zelauto telleth him what cruelty they vse to a poore meÌ„ber of Christes body when they take him Through waÌ„t of knowledge of God coÌ„meth this great tiraÌ„ny To knowe God is to do as we would be done vnto To knowe God to worship him only To know God to beleeue in his Christe To knowe God bringeth lyfe euerlasting The Hoste mooued in minde at the talke of Zelauto entreth into farder communicatioÌ„ with him The Hoste desireth to know how he might lykewise become a Christian. Zelauto glad to heare the Hosts good zeale yet desireth him to cease of that talke tyll some 〈◊〉 ther more conuenieÌ„nt tyme. The Hoste is wel conteÌ„ted with the reply of Zelauto falleth with him into other talke Zelauto telleth to the Hoste the cause why hée went thus in trauaile Mica Sheffola the Nephew of the Soldane came in â—erie sad and heauy The Hostes of the house taketh the Gentleman about the necke to comfort him Zelauto séeing the great sadnesse of the GentlemaÌ„ speaketh vnto him Zelauto séeketh by many and sundrie-examples to cause the GeÌ„tleman to leaue his great and sodayn sadnesse He applyeth his former allegatioÌ„s to the GeÌ„tleman He sheweth him howe his great lamenting dooth but bring all his sences out of quiet He courteouslie offreth him self to pleasure him by any means that lyeth in him to doo The GeÌ„tlemaÌ„ kisseth Zelautoes handâ— and then beginneth fréendly to talke with him The GeÌ„tleman openeth the cause of his sadnesse to Zelauto His syster for her christian beléefe appointed to death More of her fréends but for feare of suspition dare veÌ„ture to stand in her quarel Zelauto deuiseth what were best to be done in this doubtfull case Zelauto thinketh it a great shame for â—uer vnto him if he should not apply his paynes to set the Lady frée Summa virtutis Potestas est Mors non est foâ—midanda Zelauto replyeth to the demauÌ„d of the Gnetle man He giueth to Zelauto his hand to be a Christian and with him to taste of any troubles Zelauto desireth him in the morning to bring his armor and he wyll discharge his promise The Hoste rendreth thankes to Zelauto The Hoste speaketh to Mica Sheffola The Hostesse speaketh to Zelauto to Mica Sheffola The Hostesse her great good wyll to Zelauto Zelauto thanketh his Hoste and Hostes for theyr good opinion Mica Sheffola depâ—â—teth from Zelauto and goeth to the prisoÌ„ to his syster Zelauto coÌ„firmeth the Hoste in the Christian fayth Mica Sheffola returneth in the morning with the Armour for Zelauto He sheweth the great courage of his Syster to the death Mica Sheffola hearing the ioyful wordes of his Syster reioyced The words he spake to his Sister Zelauto after Mica Sheffola had ended his discourse sayth vnto him Zelauto so armed with so good a courage that hée doubteth not but to spéede well Terolfo the Soldanes son is he that must fyght against Zelauto Zelauto demaundeth at what tyme the Lady must suffer death The Hoste his wife coÌ„meth vp to Zelauto The order howe the Lady was lead vnto her death The departure of Mica Sheffola The comming of Zelauto to the place to fight for the Lady The woordes of Zelauto to the Soldane The Soldane aunswereth Zelauto Zelauto nowe setteth a good face on the matter not fearing the Soldane Zelauto his Oration Codrus yéelded him selfe to dye for the sauegard of his people Aglaurus by throwing himself from the walles of Athens redéemed his Countrey Iphigenia yéelded her selfe to be sacrificed The Soldane stroken into a great quan â—arie The Soldane replieth to Zelauto Zelauto talketh to the Lady bound to the stake The Lady replyeth to Zelauto Zelauto speaketh againe to the Lady Terolfo the Soldanes sonne speaketh to Zelauto Zelauto his replye Terolfo his reply Zelauto forgiueth Terolfo Terolfo forgiueth Zelauto Zelauto killeth Terolfo in fight The Ladyes and common people reioyce at the victorie of Zelauto The woordes of the Soldane to Zelauto Zelauto giueth his fare well to all the Ladyes and Gentlewomen Zelauto his Hoste were lead to prison Mica Sheffola awayted for Zelauto at the prison The Hoste apprehended must dye The Hostesse commeth to the prison to Zelauto Mica Sheffola returneth in the morning An notable deuise to helpe Zelauto out of prison The Hoste brought foâ—rth to death Oriana the Mistresse of the prisoÌ„ came vp to Zelauto Oriana telleth Zelauto how at night shée wyll coÌ„uey him ouer the garden wall Shée sheweth him the Monumentes of Brisaro de Saroto Shée commeth vp bydding him to prepare him selfe Zelauto goeth with Mica Sheffola away Zelauto departeth froÌ„ Mica Sheffola Astraepho giueth his censure on this passed tale and goeth to prouide dinner