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A08550	The sixth booke of the Myrrour of knighthood Being the first booke of the third part, immediatly follovving the fourth and fifth bookes printed. Conteining the knightly actions and amorous conuersations of Rosicleer and Rosabel his sonne, vvith diuers other their princely frends and kinsmen. Translated out of Spanish by R.P.; Espejo de principes y cavalleros. Part 3. Book 1. English.	Martínez, Marcos, fl. 1598-1601. aut; R. P., fl. 1583-1586.; Parry, Robert, fl. 1540-1612, attributed name.; Parke, Robert, fl. 1588, attributed name.	1598 (1598)	STC 18868; ESTC S113627	191,285	288

came to the head or sping of a gallant Christall Fountaine which was vnder certaine myrtle trées and there they alighted and let their horses taste of the water of that swéet and cléere spring and the gréen grasse that was there Then did their Pages bring forth such victuall as they brought from the doubtfull Castle making on the gréene grasse a more daintie Table than they had in Grecia and they passed Dinner with as great content if that Meridian had not disturbed it with the remembrance of the losse of his wife although he was somwhat eased with the confidence in Brandafidell and they all no lesse reioyced at the swéet musike which the birds made in the shadow than of that which they were wont to haue in the Royall Pallaces but the one and the other they did leaue for to heare a delicate voice which at the sound of a Harpe they did heare not far off and considering what it should be they heard that it began with a prosound sygh in this sort Though I be scornd yet will I not disdaine But bend my thoughts faire beauty to adore What though she smile when I sigh and complaine It is I know to try my faith the more For she is faire and fairenes is regarded And I am firme firme loue will be rewarded Suppose I loue and languish to my end And she my plaints my sighes my prayers dispise O t is enough when Fates for me doe send If she vouchsafe to close my dying eyes Which if she doe and chance to drop a teare From life to death that balme will me vpreare With an other sygh no lesse than the first did the wofull voice conclude which gaue occasion to the frée Troyan to arise and taking his shield he desired them to tarie for that hee would know who hee was that with so great griefe did publish his sorrow and went directly thether whereas the voice was and vnder a high and great pine trée he saw lying along a knight armed in armor all plated siluer like ful of gréen Roses without his helm which lay by him and a shield of the colour of his armor in the middest of the field in place of the flower was this Posie Nor frownes nor scornes preuaile Resolued loue to quaile The knight was very yong one of the fairest that euer he saw his eyes were swollen with wéeping The Troyan had great desire to know who he should be but stayed for that he saw he would return to his doleful song in this manner Let heauen and earth let Gods and men conspire To adde more griefe vnto my greeued minde So my faire Saint doe know my true desire I haue enough content therein I finde Loues bonds are heauen dull freedome is a hell Come all worlds woe yet loue can make it well This louing Youth intended onely to make the ayre pertaker of his gréefe so turning himself vpon the gréen grasse he said Oh Loue why in the beginning of my ●ēder yeres hast thou made me place my felicitie in a person that hates mée Ah swéete Mistres I doo acknowledge your desert and giue my gréefe to witnes it yet if I may say it without offence as you are rare in beautie so I am a Phoenix in loue Oh that it pleased the heauens I might shew you my louing heart there should you sée how faith sustaineth the same against the extremitie of all your crueltie This afflicted Youth could procéed no further for that he was disturbed by the Troyan who desirous to know what he was in this sort saluted him I would fain faire Knight know what hath brought you into this estate if you stand in néed of my person I will imploy it in your helpe I néed not your companie said this disturbed Louer much lesse your helpe depart I pray you for your presence doth me wrong Thou art vncurteous answered the Kinsman of Hector so to reply vnto my Knightly offer Nay then I perceiue said the Youth you are ignorant what pleasure solitarines bringeth to the passionated Louer I answered the Troyan and hope euer to be ignorant of such pleasing sorrow O heauens how hast thou liued said the Youth art not amorous Now God defend me said Oristides from that madnes O generous thoughts of mine replied the Youth is it possible that Rosabel should liue and heare Loue slandered tarrie thou false Knight for with thy blood I trust to write vpon these trées the glorie of them that be Louers And therewith like a viper trodden on he arose vp to lace on his helme sodainly cast a thrust at y e Troian that hee made him retire backe thrée or foure paces almost past memorie Ere hee recouered the Youth strooke him so on the Uisor that hee made him sée starres in his darke helme and doubled another vpō his shoulder that shrewdly pained him By this the Troyan did plainly sée that the Knight with whom hée dealt was aswell Mars his sonne as Cupids seruant and therefore rowsing himselfe he smit him such a blow vpon the shield that he made him put one knée vpon the ground The Youth was cunning and at the discharge of y e blow hurt the Troyan so on the legs that his red blood distained the gréene meadow With excéeding furie tooke Oristides his sword in both his hands and doubled two such extreame blowes that the young Knight knew not where he was but quickly recouering himselfe he retourned a double paiment A thousand thoughts came vnto the Troian in imagining who this valiant Youth might bée yet so he dealt with him that he made him sweat drops of blood At the noyse of this rigorous battell came the two Princes at which instant the Youth had feld the Troyan to the ground whence quickly recouering and with his sword seeking to reuenge the Princes stept betwéene them saying Part Knights it is not iust to permit this battell to come to an end without knowing the cause It is sayd the Youth because this Knight counteth a Louers life vnhappie which occasion is not so small but if I liue with his life he shall answere it Sir Knight said Meridian let not this flight quarrell hinder our important busines the matter being no more but you thinke Loues bondage swéet and he in libertie findes his content But that you shall perceiue doubt of his ablenes is no cause of this I will warrant that within these ten dayes either here or where els soeuer you will appoint this Knight shall ende the battell I am content aunswered the yong Knight for that your gentle disposition doth more binde mee than this Knights arrogancie therefore let the battell be here where onely accompanied with my solitarie thoughts I will attend you Stand aside said the valiant Troyan in cases that concerne my owne honour I am more bound than to wait on strangers therefore there is no reason to disturbe vs till the battell be ended It cannot be said Rosicleer

vnto my simple lodging nowe those delicate handes hath so soone put me in such estate that I am not as I was wont to be visited To whom she said Sir Knight if this way you will carry it I wel could long ●re this haue giuen you entire health but I receauing content in your company haue delaied the cure at which fault of mine it séemeth you are malecontent neither can I blame you séeing the gallant Oliuia is not here by whome you should receaue all the contentment that may be giuen You doe well faire Princesse said Rosicleer so to put it off that I may more and more protest the seruices I haue sworne to the beauteous Floralinda which if weakenesse hinder not I wil on any occasion perfourme Cease now to talke of occasions said Floralinda I know ye haue béene alwaies a professed seruant to faire Ladies and therefore worthily were you called the Knight of Cupide and in their defences haue you shewen your selfe a second Mars But tell me certainely swéete Prince now Mars is vnarmed of his good sworde were it not a faire sight to sée Oliuia his Venus by his side Impossibilities said the Prince are not to be expected Oliuia is too farre from hence distant to be here with wishing but should the Knight of Cupide wish for Venus she were not farre to séeke Floralinda of Macedon beeing so nere With your leaue great Prince said Meridian if this be Venus and you Mars I dare ingage my honour the olde fable will prooue false for neither will you forsake Oliuia for this face nor my Venus make Meridian Vulcan for your valour Let vs leaue these iestes said Floralinda if we run into such cōparisons for if the Prince or I had that intention yonder shines the same glorious Eie of daie that discouered to all the Gods the lustfull Mars and his faire minion in an iron net and the same sun would surely shewe our sinne to all the earth But the Grecian Prince wil neuer proue y e Mars said Rosicleer nor Floralinda so light a Venus Inough inough said the Troian Ori●tides Meridian is disposed to stand on nice tearmes it was not long since he was otherwise imployed but libertie now the possession of his faire Loue maketh him secure The Greeke Prince hath lost his Sword and his Oliuia is far distant Meridian may therfore be much merrier than his famous Rescuer Let vs intend our iourney towardes Greece and therefore worthie Knight of Cupide dispose we pray thée of this Castle and the curteous Giant as to thy bountie best séemeth I will giue vnto the Giant said Rosicleer that which his bountie and vertue deserueth being there too vrged by Meridian Floralinda and your selfe Therefore I praye you call him that we may finish our affaires here The Nephew of the Troyan was not slothfull to fetch the Giant who till that time would not speake with anie neither come foorth of his chamber with the gréefe he conceiued for the losse of his Father and Brethren all that while his Sister did cure him and giue him diet He came in a gowne of russet veluet cut vpon purple and the Giant Ladie with him who although she was great yet was shee well proportioned At their comming all the Princes arose vp which argued in them great and high curtesie and beeing all set againe the Greeke address●d his talke vnto the Giant I doo wel vnderstand vertuous Brandafidell that neither the death of your Father and brethren neither to sée your selfe ouercome and in prison and your Castle in the power of a strange owner hath bin occasion to alter your heart as one that knoweth vnto what man is subiect liuing vnder the continuall chaunce and change of fortune It shall not therefore be needfull for your comfort to laye before you anie example of him that in one daye was a King and in the same was throwne into a cage or prison This I speake worthie Knight for that you should accept this present fortune as a thing you looked for and so you shall see that the euill shall neuer gréeue you because it commeth as a thing expected before The death of them all is a griefe vnto me and I should haue béen verie ioyfull if there had béene any other meane to haue preuented it but the imprisonment of these Princes being betwéene deserued that a better estéemed life then mine should be aduentured for their liberties It is now done and there could be no lesse don Therfore confirme your selfe vnto that which fortune doth offer which is the fréendship of these Princes and mine and if there be any other thing requisite and necessarie for the satisfaction of the dead you are at libertie and Lorde of the Castle as before for that these worthy Princes doe thinke it conuenient and séeing you are a néere neighbor vnto the Princes Countrie acknowledge him for your friend and he will fauour you in all he may And in satisfaction of the pain and griefe they suffered in the inchantment the losse of my estéemed swoord hée shall at our intreatie tell vs who is this great wise man and where hee dwelleth that in way of prophecie thus foretelleth wonders And therewith the Prince concluded his spéech giuing contentment vnto them all Then the stout Pagan aunsweared with a kinde of humilitie which procéeded from his vertuous disposition I will not ●●ower of Knighthood for this present nor for that which is past newly binde my selfe to be more affectioned neither héerwith more extoll the noblenesse which you doe vse in doing that which is common to so soueraigne a Prince I liued in securitie and you being the victor I cannot say I am ouercome And being conquered by those warlike handes I do extende that nothing could to mee bee more glorious then to haue put my selfe in the field against him that Mars himselfe dare not contende with The libertie which you and these Lords doe giue I so estéeme of it as is good reason I shoulde but I woulde change it howsoeuer to be alwaies in your companie and employ it as experience should manifest in your seruice while life lasted ending therewith my swéete bondage I acknowledge all you my kinde Lords and friendes for that you demaund touching the inchauntment Many dayes past my mother did tell vs that in the Grecian house was borne my fathers death and now it is wel séen for that you haue giuen it him and she said that with very griefe to sée my father slaine shee should dye and that I shoulde see in her reuenge running brookes of Grekish bloud for that she had an Unkle the wisest man that is to be found in all those partes who neuer woulde carrie vs to sée his dwelling which is called the hidden Iland and they say that it was neuer séen of any since he dwelt in it And that for this reuengement he will ioyne together the greatest part of all the Pagans nourishing and maintaining fiue Knights which

for rescue nor if they had cried could they haue béen heard the noyse and tumult was so great for the Ladies that waited on them sent out shrill cryes able to haue pierced the clowds but the heauie groanes of dying men deadly brayings of wounded horses so filled the place that ●ootlesse were all their lamentations For now Rosabel was mounted and Liriana before him the two Bretheren had her two Kinswomen and Lisarte their Sister Before them rid Oristoldo and Florisarte filling the iawes of death wyth heapes of dying men that fondly sought to hinder theyr swift escape For Marcello had commanded the chaynes that serued for pales to the place of Tornay to bee taken downe that all the Cittie being armed might enter and inclose the Knights strangers to reuenge the death of the Egyptian Soldā the gates indéed it was folly to close because a great wal was ouerthrowne to ioyne the field adioyning to the Pallace gréene that the Court for Tornay might be more spacious Through this place passed our sixe Princes all men making meanes to giue them way but not one so mad to follow them And quickly comming to the place where they left their knights and pages there they set downe their amazed Ladies who began lamentably to complaine But when they knew what Knights they were their feare was turned vnto ioy and Liriana aboue the rest reioyced in her Rosabel Neuerthelesse considering the danger wherein the Souldan her Father was it was thought necessarie that Rosabel Florisarte Oristoldo should returne to the battaile whereuppon determining they changed their horses helmes and shéelds because they would not be knowen and posted to Niquea with all spéed In the meane time the pleasant Celandian princesse to chéere vp Liarana that drooped for the absence of Rosabel carrolled out this swéete dittie in praise of Fortune When Tyrants will had neere constraind Our Virgins state to haplesse stay And in our hearts we all were paind With thinking on the wedding day Then Fortune turned our distresse To endlesse ioy and happinesse The hatefull obiects of our harts Plumde in their pride did threat the skie And them we liked for deserts As exiles forced were to flie Yet Fortune that our griefes did see Prouided vs of remedie She sent our frends that quaild our foes She gaue vs life when death was nigh To ioy she turned all our woes Downe cast with greefe she raisd vs high Her Godhead therefore we adore And praise sweet Fortune euermore By this the thrée princes entred the Battell finding the Soldan vnhorsed defending himselfe against two giants whom Rosabel at two strokes cut in sunder With this y e King of Garamantia approched saying Soldan retyre thy knights and if I or my fellow kings bee guiltie of this daies tumult or thy daughters rape let vs die He speaketh reason said Rosabel heare him great prince For your desert I will said the Soldan on that condition and therewith he caused retreat to be sounded And so the kings submitting themselues to bee tryed that they were innocent of conuaying the Princesses away they were deliuered vnto an aged Prince to kéep and the thrée Princes with swift spéed returned to their Loues where in the middest of their delight a crosse accident barred their pleasure as shall bee expressed in the next Chapter How the Princesse Liriana and her companions sweetly conuersing with their loues and brethren were sodainly surprized by the wise Lupercio and inchaunted Chap. 22. THis vaine world wherein pleasures are gotten with much paine giueth no certaine continuance of the good wee toyle for but rather an houres storme of euil snatcheth from vs all the content that in a whole age with care we haue gathered Experience of this these Princes sodaine griefes shal be who had scarcely obtained a breathing time of ioy but a world of sorrow was heaped on their heads If you be remembred in the beginning of this historie where Brandafidel described the estate of Fangomadā and the cause of the inchauntment to Rosicleer Meridian and Oristides after y e death of his Brother he telleth thē of one Lupercio a wise man in Egipt that was master of his Unkle Gelasio and taught him his deuilish Artes. This Lupercio being acquainted with the successe of all things at Niquea by his Arte and knowing also where the Princes and Princesses were put himselfe into an inchanted Chariot drawen with foure furious Griffons and departing from his deuilish habitation came néere the pleasant place where these Princes fearelesse of such execrable euil were delighting themselues with amorous conuersation Neither did this Lupercio hate them for any other thing than because his scholler Gelasio was by them so crossed imprisoned It was about the houre of twelue at midnight when after long toyle the Knights intended to take rest the Ladies offering to watch be their kéepers Liriana begun a ditty to bring them all a sléep in whose vndersong Roselia Arbolinda the Soldans néeces and the Princesse of Celandia assisted her with voice and musique Sleep while we sit and be your Guard Your tyred lims rest in our laps Your endlesse faith be our reward Then care we not for after haps Lyke you lay Mars on Venus knee While she did sing her Lullabee Lullaby Lulla Lullaby So sweetly Warre with Loue doth lye Thou wert the substance of my griefe But art the ground worke of my ioy Thy absence causd my sorrow cheefe But now thy sight exiles annoy I mournd for thee thou weptst for mee Yet sing I now ioyes Lullabee Lullaby Lulla Lullaby So sweetly Warre with Loue doth lye The Knights had not closed their eyes nor the musique fully closed in due straines with the conclusion of the Ladies song when sodainly a fierie chariot drawen by ●oure Griffons descended and out of the chariot issued two fearfull Centaures that snatching vnder either arme a Lady carried away to the Chariot Liriana her two Cosins and the Princesse of Celandia with such swiftnes that the Princes were not able to rise ere the Chariot was mounted in the ayre the Ladies making such lamentation as the senselesse trees assisted by the whistling of the winde among their leaues séemed to sigh for their sorrow Liriana being heard alowd to cry Oh Rosabel why am I taken from thée when in thée was all my ioy And with this the chariot and Ladies were out of sight O tragicke Sister that beutifiest thy writings with griefe-discoursing lines a little lend me thy all able help that in concluding this booke I may straine teares from the pittying eyes of the Readers when they shal conceiue the sorrow that the princes conceiued at this sodaine accident All of them so gréeued as the dull earth drunke with their teares sent foorth from her pierced bosome salt and brackish springs that yet remaine in the forrests of Niquea as endlesse testimonies of that sad midnights misaduenture the chast Moone clouded her bright countenance and swéet Venus in her spheare lookt more discoloured than when the son of Mirrha was murdred by a sauage Boare and the Day-Starre refused to lead backe the hoast of heauen to giue way to the next daies morning but mourned in the skies euen as when Ceyx his sonne was drenched in the Seas But if all these Planets Earth Springes and Princes sorrowed y e grief and rage of Rosabel so much excéeded all as neither the fortunelesse Mother of those fourtéene Sons and Daughters slaine by the son and Daughter of Latona could with her griefe equall his sorrow nor the wrath of Alcides whē he sacrificed himselfe on the mountaine of Oeta be compared to this yong princes rage And surely had not the wisedome of Lisarte preuailed he had desperatly ended his life who perswading him and the other princes that by the words on the Christaline piller which supported the tower where Rosabel was inchanted it was very likely they were borne thether and therwith combining themselues neuer to cease trauel til they had found them out both Rosabel and the other princes were somewhat quiet So parting themselues two and two Rosabel Oristoldo went backe to Niquea to answere for the imprisoned kings and there to hearken if they might heare of the Ladies the two princes of Celandia sent home their ships and knights and onely with two pages followed this aduenture so did Lisarte his son another way accompanied onely with the two disguised Ladies their pages And séeing their heauy parting hath tyred my wearied spirits I wil end this book after that for your better memory I haue collected the places together where we left our knights and Ladies The gallant Torismundo prince of Spaine we left reioycing with Grisalinda the princesse of France his yong son the valiant Tartarian with Grisanea princesse of Holland and their sonne trauelling to his country from the doubtfull Iland where Rosicleer made Lord after the death of Bruncaldo the Rouer and his brethren the Giants the discreet knight Briano giuing him to wife the imprisoned Damsel daughter to Rosicleers old frends the Lord Lady of the valley of the moūtaines Rosicleer Meridian and the new Louer Oristides we leaue going to Sea from Lacedemonia ful of sorrow for the losse of Rosabel The faire Sarmacia ful of iealous passion we left in y e forrests of Grecia and not farre off Brandafidel and Floralinda in the Castle they had gotten from Friston the inchanter Gelasio inprisoned by Lyrgandeo Liriana her Cousins and the Celandian princesse borne away in the Chariot How Rosabel and his frends parted you heard before onely wee haue not béen copious enough in expressing Roselias sorrow for the Dacians absence whom she last saw passing by Lisartes ship in his inchanted boat where also wee last left him And heere will wee leaue off intending with him to begin our next Booke FINIS