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A01513 A hundreth sundrie flowres bounde vp in one small poesie Gathered partely (by translation) in the fyne outlandish gardins of Euripides, Ouid, Petrarke, Ariosto, and others: and partly by inuention, out of our owne fruitefull orchardes in Englande: yelding sundrie svveete sauours of tragical, comical, and morall discourses ... Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577. 1573 (1573) STC 11635; ESTC S105691 86,900 410

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commeth Damon comming in espieth Dulippo and calleth him Scena iij. DAMON DVLIPPO NEVOLA and tvvo mo seruants DVlipo Du. Here sir Da. Go in and bid Neuola and his fellowes come hither that I may tell them what they shall go about and go you into my studie there vppon the shelfe you shall find a roule of writings which Iohn of the Deane made to my father when he solde him the Grange ferme endorced with both their names bring it hither to me Du. It shall be done sir Da. Go I will prepare other maner of writings for you thā you are aware of O fooles that trust any mā but themselues now adayes oh spiteful fortune thou doest me wrōg I thinke that from the depth of Hell pitte thou hast sente me this seruant to be the subuersion of me and all mine come hither sirs and heare what I shall say vnto you go in to my studie where you shall find Dulippo step to him all at once take him and with a corde that I haue laide on the table for the nonce bind him hande and foote carie him into the dungeō vnder the steares make fast the dore and bring me the kay it hangeth by vppon a pin ou the wal dispatche and do this geare as priuily as you can and thou Neuola come hither to me againe with spéede Ne. Well sir I shall Da. Alas how shall I be reuenged of this extreme despite if I punishe my seruant according to his diuelishe deserts I shall heape further cares vpon mine owne head for to suche detestable offences no punishment can séeme sufficient but onely death in such cases it is not lawfull for a man to be his owne caruer the lawes are ordeyned and officers appoynted to minister iustice for the redresse of wrongs and if to the potestates I complayne me I shal publishe mine owne reproche to the worlde yea what should it preuayle me to vse all the punishments that can be deuised the thing once done can not be vndone My daughter is defloured and vtterly dishonested howe can I then wype that blot off my browe and on whome shall I séeke reuenge Alas alas I my selfe haue bene the cause of all these cares and haue deserued to beare the punishment of all these mishappes Alas I should not haue committed my dearest darling in custodie to so carelesse a creature as this olde Nourse for we sée by common proofe that these olde women be either péeuishe or to pitifull either easily enclined to euill or quickly corrupted with bribes and rewards O wife my good wife that nowe lyest colde in the graue now may I well bewayle the wante of thée and mourning nowe may I bemone that I misse thée if thou hadst liued such was thy gouernement of the least things that thou wouldest prudently haue prouided for the preseruation of this pearle a costly iewell may I well accompte hir that hath béen my chéefe comforte in youth and is nowe become the corosiue of mine age O Polynesta full euill hast thou requited the clemencie of thy carefull father and yet to excuse thée giltlesse before God and to condemne thée giltie before the worlde I can count none other but my wretched selfe the caytife and causer of all my cares for of all the dueties that are requisite in humane lyfe onely obedience is by the parents to be required of the childe where on the other side the parēts are bound first to beget them then to bring thē foorth after to nourish them to preserue them from bodily perils in the cradle from daunger of soule by godly education to matche them in comfort enclined to vertue to banish them all ydle and wanton companie to allow them sufficiente for their sustentation to cut of excesse the open gate of sinne seldome or neuer to smile on them vnlesse it be to their encouragement in vertue and finally to prouide them mariages in time cōuenient lest neglected of vs they learne to sette either to much or to litle by themselues fiue yeares are past since I might haue maried hir when by continuall excuses I haue prolonged it to my owne perdition Alas I shoulde haue considered she is a collop of my owne flesh what should I thinke to make hir a princesse Alas alas a poore kingdome haue I now caught to endue hir with it is too true that of all sorowes this is the head source and chiefe fountaine of all furies the goods of the worlde are incertaine the gaines to be reioyced at and the losse not greatly to be lamented only the children cast away cutteth the parents throate with the knife of inward care which knife will kill me surely I make none other accoumpte Damons seruants come to him againe Scena iiij. NEVOLA DAMON PASIPHILO SIr we haue done as you badde vs and here is the key Da. Well go then Neuola and séeke master Casteling the iayler he dwelleth by S. Antonies gate desire him to lend me a paire of the fetters he vseth for his prisoners and come againe quickly Ne Well sir Da. Heare you if he aske what I would do with them say you cā not tell and tell neither him nor any other what is become of Dulippo I warante you sir Fye vpon the Deuill it is a thing almost vnpossible for a man nowe a daies to handle money but the metall will sticke on his fingers I maruelled alway at this fellowe of mine Dulippo that of the wages he receiued he could mainteine himselfe so brauely apparelled but now I perceiue the cause he had the disbursing and receite of al my masters affaires the keys of the granair Dulippo here Dulippo there in fauoure with my master in fauoure with his daughter what woulde you more he was Magister fac totum he was as fine as the Crusadoe and we silly wretches as course as canuas well behold what it is come to in the end he had bin better to haue done lesse Pa. Thou saist true Neuola he hath done to much in déed Ne. From whence commest thou in the deuils name Pa. Out of the same house thou camest from but not out of the same dore Ne. We had thought thou hadst bene gone long since Pa. When I arose from the table I felte a rumbling in my belly whiche made me runne to the stable and there I fell on sléepe vppon the strawe and haue line there euer since And thou whether goest thou Ne. My Master hath sent me on an errand in great hast Pa. Whether I pray thee Ne. Nay I may not tell Farewell Pa. As though I néede any further instructions O God what newes I hard euen now as I lay in the stable O good Erostrato and pore Cleander that haue so earnestly strouen for this damsell happie is he that can get hir I promise you he shal be sure of mo than one at a clap that catcheth hir eyther Adam or Eue within hir bellie oh God how men may be deceiued in a woman who wold