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A33071 A true tragical history of two illustrious Italian families, couched under the names of Alcimus and Vannoza written in French by the learned J.P. Bishop of Belley ; done into English by a person of quality.; Alcime. English Camus, Jean-Pierre, 1584-1652.; Person of quality. 1677 (1677) Wing C419; ESTC R12883 110,549 304

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LONDON Printed for William Iacob A TRUE Tragical History OF TWO Illustrious Italian Families Couched under the Names of ALCIMUS and VANNOZA Written in French By the Learned J.P. Bishop of BELL●Y Done into English By a Person of Quality St nunquam Danaen habuisset abeneaturris Non esset Danaae de Jove facta pareus Ovid. Amand. Quis tali fando Temperet à lachrymis Virg. l. 2. Licensed Roger L'Estrange LONDON Printed for William Jacob at the Black Swan next Bernard's Inn in Holbourn 1677. TO THE Comte de SCHOMBERG My Lord I Address unto your Piety the ensuing Example of the hand of God upon the Impious as I received it from the mouth of a Sage Learned and Devout Father who had had acquaintance with the good Simplicius one of the principal Persons in the following History and therefore the best acquainted with all the particulars of it If mischiefs are cured by their opposite remedies if we save our selves by the contrary of that which destroys us and if things are best set off by Comparison with their contraries I question not but the Splendor of your Name and the Glory of your Virtue will here shine with the greatest lustre amongst the thick darknesses represented in the ensuing Narrative But God who draweth light from the midst of obscurity does give us good instructions by the horrour so naturally stamped on the front of Vice Some Criticks who shall run it over as it often happens without stopping at this Epistle will presently judge that these are matters as unsiting for my hand as for your eyes your Soul being as far remote from such Idea's as the East from the West But my sentiments are different as I suppose yours will be unless you be an Enemy to your own advantage for who are fitter to beat down the most enormous vices than those who are elevated to the highest pitch of Vertue The opposing a Giant to David was it not the means to aggrandize his Glory What other rodbut that of Moses could devour Serpents and what other strength then that of Sampson could tear a Lyon subdue the Philistines and unhinge and bear away the Gates of a City 't is for St. Peter to kill and eat unclean Beasts The generous Julus in the great Roman Poet disdained to hunt the fearful Game or to imploy himself in chasing or killing the timerous Deer wild Boars and Bears are onely subjects worthy his pursuit 'T is the valour of an Enemy that raiseth the Glory of the Victor Your deportments so full of Honour and of Virtue make you so terrible to Vice to suffer her to approach you otherwise then as subdued below your feet and acknowledging you Victorious against her strongest efforts It is in this equipage that this relation does approach you For as the Serpent Pithon was one of the most famous Trophies of Apollo who had pierced it with his Arrows a fabulous invention whereby the Poets would denote that the rayes of the Sun do purifie all ordures And as this Glorious planet does without infection cast his rays upon a dunghil so those of your condition can glance upon the crimes against which I declaim in the ensuing pages without offence and your Vertue shall serve me for a Lance and Buckler in my combat and I hope my conquest of these Monsters The Ark which saved from the deluge the seed of the Vniverse did receive the unclean beast without contracting any impurity so a firm and well temper'd Soul looks down upon the insolence of Vice with a disdainful Eye and is so elevated as it were in the Highest regions of the Air that their black vapours can never reach it Judith offered to the Lord the Equipage of Holofernes Joshuah accursed things of Acan and Moses sacrificed to him the abominations of the Egyptians These reasons My Lord have invited me to address this Tragical Narrative to Your Lordship as to a Hercules the chaser of mischief nor is this without Example the ancient Ethnicks dedicated Wolves to Mars Eagles to Jupiter Lyons to Sol Owls to Minerva and Foxes to Mercury And the Hebrews themselves sacrificed Oxen and Goats to the great God of Israel and Lord of Hosts And to say truly at the feet of what more signal Virtue can such horrid impiety be thrown and where can a more Heroick valour be found to purge Europe of those vices which render her more fertile of Monsters then Africa France which hath seen you manage with so much care fidelity and prudence her * He was Treasurer of the Army and Mr. of the Ordnance powders of gold and salt peter which compose the Thunders and Lightnings as well as Sinews of War that Lewis the Just might reduce the rebellious Spirits of his Subjects to some appearance of the Duty and Obedience will witness to the World this verity But since truth is as displeasing to you when she tells you of your merits as she is to others when she reproacheth them with their unworthiness I shall onely beg leave to hew from this fair Quarrey one stone to adore the Frontispiece of this Work and bear this inscription That you perhaps amongst all men living are onely he to whose sole courtesie I may declare my self truly obliged which renders me from the bottom of my Soul My Lord Your most Humble and most affectionate Servant J. P. B. of Belley The Priviledge granted by the King LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarr To Our true and faithful Councellors the Members of our Courts of Parliament Bailiffs and Stewards Provost or Lieutenants and to all others Our Officers of Justice and to every of them whom it shall concern Health Our well beloved subject Martin Lasnier Bookseller in our City of Paris hath given us to understand that he hath in his hand a Book Intituled Alcimus or a Tragical relation where the hand of God upon the wicked is discovered composed by the Lord Bishop of Belley the which he is desirous to bring to light if he might obtain our Letters requisite and necessary thereunto To which purpose desiring well and favourably to treat the said exposant and that he may not be frustrated of the fruits of his labour We have granted and permitted and by these presents do grant and permit unto him of Our special Grace to print or cause to be printed the said Book Given at Paris c. By the King in Councel Renovard Printed for and Sold by William Jacob at the Black Swan next Bernards Inn in Holbourn THE Life of God in the Soul of Man With an Account of a Spiritual Life by G. Burnet England's Remarques or a View of all the Counties of England and Wales with their Growth and Manufacture the Number of all Bishops Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts Barons Parliament Men Hundreds Market-Towns and Parishes in each County the length breadth and Circumference of the same and to what Diocess it belongs As also the Names of all the Chief Cities