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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13798	Laura The toyes of a traueller. Or The feast of fancie. Diuided into three parts. By R.T. Gentleman.	Tofte, Robert, 1561-1620.	1597 (1597)	STC 24097; ESTC S104850	26,000	77

LAVRA The Toyes of a Traueller OR The Feast of Fancie Diuided into three Parts By R. T. Gentleman Poca fauilla gran fiamma seconda LONDON Printed by Valentine Sims 1597. ❧ To the no lesse vertuous than faire the honourable Ladie Lucie sister to the thrice renowmed and noble Lord Henry Earle of Northumberland c. GOod Madam I make bold to present vnto you a few Toyes of mine owne trauell most parte conceiued in Italie and some of them brought foorth in England by which my imperfections you may see as in a liuely Mirror your owne perfections and by the follies of my rechlesse youth behold plainly the virtues of your flowring age hoping your Ladiship wil keep them as priuately as I send them vnto you most willingly neither doubt I at all but that your excellent spirit will iudge graciously of this my bare yet bounden Conceit and to accept the same as a mean at ydle times to driue away that selfe-pleasing yet ill-easing humour of neuer glad melancholie which spitefull Fortune seeking though in vaine most iniuriously to insult ouer you laboureth by all meanes possible to inflict vpon you the vertuous behauiour of your selfe being such as euen in the midst of all your crosses you crosse her designes with an inuincible hart and with your honorable carriage carrie her with all her deuises as a slaue to follow you in al your generous and thrice noble actions mangre the intricate Laborinth of so manie and infinite troubles allotted most vnworthely vnto you by the inerreuocable doome of your too partiall and fli●tie Destinie All which notwithstanding you beare and ore-beare with a most resolute staiednes a resolued courage of a right PERCIE and of a minde A per se. But additions breed suspitions and faire words for the most part are counted the blazons of flatterie wherefore I will leaue to the temperate iudgement of the wise and to the vncorrupt censure of the worthier sort your heroical vndaunted mind and the integritie and neuer staind proceedings of your spotlesse selfe Onely this with submission wil I say that if the richnes of the ground is knowne 〈◊〉 the Corne the daintinesse of the Water by the sweetenesse of the fish and the goodnesse of the tree by the rarenesse of the frutte then may euerie man giue a gesse of the internall habit excelent qualities of your inward minde by the outward behauiour and apparant semblance of your exceeding chast and more than admirable demeanor in euerie respect And thus hoping your Honour will as debonairly accept of these trifles as I dutifully bequeath them vnto you and with the Sun-shining fauour of your gracious aspect deign to read these few lines crauing both priuiledge and pardon for al such faults and defects as shal happen to be discouered in the same I humbly deuote my selfe vnto your Ladiships thrice vertuous and immaculate disposition and commaund whatsoeuer Who am bound as a vassall to doo homage vnto the same for euer R. T. To the gentle and Gentlemen Readers whatsoeuer GEntlemen as the Fencer first maketh a flourish with his weapon before he commeth to stroakes in playing his prize So I thought good pro forma onely to vse these few lines vnto you before you come to the pith of the matter What the Gentleman was that wrote these Verses I know not and what she is for whome they are deuised I cannot ghesse but thus much I can say that as they came into the hands of a friend of mine by mere fortune so hapned I vpon them by as great a chaunce Onely in this I must confesse we are both too blame that whereas he hauing promised to keep priuate the originall and I the copie secret we both haue cōsented to send it abroad as common presuming chiefly vpon your accustomed curtesies assuring our selues if we may haue your protections wee shall thinke our selues as safe as Vlysses did when hee was shadowed vnder the shielde of Pallas against furious Aiax so we by your coūtenances shal be sufficiently furnished to encounter against any foule-mouthed Iackes whatsoeuer To censure of this worke is for better wittes than mine ovvne and it is for Poets not for Printers to giue iudgement of this matter yet if I may be bolde to reporte what I haue heard other Gentlemen affirme many haue written worse some better few so well the worke being so ful of choice change as it is thoght it will rather delight euery way than dislike any way Thus curteous Gentlemen building vppon my woonted foundation of your friendly acceptance I rest your debtors and will studie in what I can daily to make you amends Yours alwayes Alla bellissima sua Signora E. C. THrough thee not of thee Ladie faire I write Through power of Beautie not of Vertues thine With zealous will though slender be my might I weakling seeke an Eagles nest to clime Then guide my feete and if to slip I chaunce Vphold mee by the fauour of thy glaunce Accept in gree these Verses rudely pend A signe of dutie which to thee I owe And deigne with sweet regard them to defend Which as condemned els are like to goe In thee it rests the stampe on them to set If currant Passe supprest if Counterfet And though the note thy praises onely fit Of sweetest Bird the dulcet Nightingale Disdaine not little Roben Red-bres T yet VVhat he doth want in learning or in skill He doth supply with zeale of his goodwill For onely Thee they were deuisde alone And vnto Thee they dedicated are Who knowes Perhaps this kindnes by thee showne Shall make this glimpse shine like a glistering starre Such is thy vertue in the VVorld his sight Thy Crow though blacke may goe for Swan most white Then doubt mee not though parted wee remaine In England thou and I in Italy As I did part I will returne againe Loyall to thee or els with shame Ile dye True Louers when they trauaile Countreyes strange The aire and not their constant mindes doo change Coelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt Affettionatissimo seruid della diuina Bellezza sua R. T. LAVRA The first Part. I. FOrtune cros frend to euer-cōquring Loue Our bodies Ladie hath deuided farre But yet our cōstant minds she cannot moue Which ouer strong for her deuises are Woe's me in England thou dost bide I Scarse shadow of my selfe in Italy But let her doo her worst and what is frail And mortall seeke to seperate and vndoo Yet what immortall is she neuer shall A string too high for her to reach vntoo In spite of enuious seeds by Malice sowne My hart shall ay be thine and mine thine owne Padoa II. Though I doo part my Hart yet dooth not part My poore afflicted bodie parts in twaine And doth in peeces two deuide my Hart One peece my fainting spirit doth sustaine The other part I leaue with thee behinde The better part and of my hart most deere Then