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A08875	Palmerin D'Oliua The mirrour of nobilitie, mappe of honor, anotamie [sic] of rare fortunes, heroycall president of Loue: VVonder for chiualrie, and most accomplished knight in all perfections. Presenting to noble mindes, theyr courtlie desire, to gentles, theyr choise expectations, and to the inferior sorte, bowe to imitate theyr vertues: handled vvith modestie to shun offense, yet all delightfull, for recreation. Written in the Spanish, Italian and French; and from them turned into English by A.M., one of the messengers of her Maiesties chamber.; Palmerín de Oliva. Part 1. English.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633. aut	1588 (1588)	STC 19157; ESTC S101486	474,709	756

Palmerin D'Oliua The Mirrour of nobilitie Mappe of honor Anotamie of rare fortunes Heroycall president of Loue VVonder for Chiualrie and most accomplished Knight in all perfections Presenting to noble mindes theyr Courtlie desires to Gentles theyr choise expectations and to the inferiour sorte howe to imitate theyr vertues handled vvith modestie to shun offence yet all delightfull for recreation Written in the Spanish Italian and French and from them turned into English by A. M. one of the Messengers of her Maiesties Chamber Patere aut abstine At London Printed by I. Charlewoode for William VVright and are to bee solde at his Shoppe adioyning to S. Mildreds Church in the Poultrie the middle Shoppe in the rowe 1588. To the right noble learned and worthie minded Lord Edward de Ve●e Earle of Oxenford Viscount Bulbeck Lord Sanford and of Badelsmere and Lord high Chamberlaine of England A. M. wisheth continuall happines in this life and in the world to come AMong the Spartanes right noble Lord and sometime my honorable Maister nothing was accounted more odious then the forgetfulnes of the seruaunt towardes his Maister which made Mucronius who had beene seruaunt to Hagarbus a poore Arte●an and for his vertues afterward called to the office of a Senatou● in all assemblies to reuerence his poore Maister so that he would often say It was honour to Mucronius that he had beene seruaunt to Hagarbus Though this example my good Lord be vnfit for me in what respect beseemes me not to speake Yet that excel●lent opinion of the Spartanes I count it religion for me to immitate For if this vice was so despised among such famous persons what reproch wold it be to so poore an abiect as my selfe beeing once so happy as to serue a Maister so noble to forget his precious vertues which makes him generally belooued but cheerf●ly mine owne dutie which nothing but death can discharge In remembraunce therfore of my officious zeale I present your Honour the willing endeuours of your late seruaunt howe simple soeuer they be right perfect shall you make them by your fauourable acceptaunce this being added that were I equall in ability with the best all should be offered to my noble Maister If Palmerin hath sustained any wrong by my bad translation being so worthely set downe in other languages Your Honour hauing such speciall knowledge in them I hope will let slip any fault escaped in respect I haue doone my good will the largest talent I haue to bestowe And seeing the time affordes me such oportunitie that with ending this first parte the olde yeere is expired I present it my noble Lord as your seruauntes New yeeres gift and therewithall deliuer my most affectionate dutie euermore ready at your Honours commaundement Needelesse were it by tediousnes to growe troublesome when a woord suffiseth to so sound iudgement I submit my selfe and my Booke to your gracious conceit and the second part now on the presse and well neere finished I will shortly present my worthie Patrone In meane while I wish your Honor so many New yeers of happines as may stand with the heauenly appointment ●nd my modestie to desire Sometime your Honours seruant yet continuing in all humble duty Anthonie Monday To the courteous Readers WHen I finished my seconde parte of Palmerin of England I promised this worke of Palmerin D'Oliua because it depended so especially on the other to discharge that debt for promise is no lesse accounted with the new yeere I send him abroad a freendly companion for the long euenings and a fit recreation for other vacant times But because some perhaps will make exceptions against me that being but one Booke in other languages I now deuide it twaine my aunswer is that to glut men with delight may make them surfeit and so in expecting thanks for my paynes I should remaine condemned by generall misliking Beside a Booke growing too bigge in quantitie is profitable neither to the minde nor the pursse for that men are now so wise and the world so hard as they looue not to buie pleasure at vnreasonable price And yet the first parte will entice them to haue the second when it may bee alleaged the cost is as great as though it had come altogether yet I●am of the minde that a man grutcheth not so much at a little mony payd at seuerall times as he doth at once for this aduauntage he hath in meane time he may imploy halfe his mony on more needful occasions and raise some benefit toward buying the second parte Againe the other part will be new at the comming forth where now it wold be stale for such are affectiōs now a daies that a booke a sennight olde is scant worth the reading Thus no iniurie is offered by deuiding my Booke but profitte both to you and me yours I haue rehearsed and mine is that a little pause dooth well in so long a labour beside this aduauntage would I take that if my first parte deserued no liking you should neuer be offended by me with the second Yet heerein I am encouraged that what hath past with so great applause in diuers languages can hardly merite to be despised in England being matter altogether of delight and no way offensiue for noble and Gentle mindes are farre from iniuri●g the Historie that hath so highly pleased Emperours Kinges mightie potentates if then the inferiour sorte mislike it is because they are not capable of so especiall deseruinges And yet I am perswaded that both one and other will freendly entertaine Palmerin D'Oliua because his History i● so plentifully stored with choyse conceit varietie of matter and exquisit conueyaunce as nothing can be reprooued but my simple translation yet that I hope will be pardoned too in that to translate allowes little occasion of fine pen worke The second parte goes forward on the Printers presse and I hope shal be with you sooner then you expect In the meane while let this haue fauourable acceptaunce and that wil be a spurre to hasten the other Yours to his vttermost A. Munday The first parte of the auncient and honorable Historie of the valiant Prince Palmerin D'Oliua Emperor of Constantinople Sonne to the King Florendos of Maccdon and the fayre Griana Daughter to Remicius Emperour of Constantinople a History full of singuler and Courtlie recreation c. CHAP. I. Of the secrete loue which the Prince Tarisius bare to the yong Princesse Griana and the arriuall of the Prince Florendos at Constantinople THe auncient Histories of the famous Emperours of Constantinople doo record that the eight Emperor succeeding Constantine the founder of that auncient and famous Cittie was named Remicius who gouerned so iustlie and with such excéeding honour as not onelie his Subiectes intirelie looued him but of the kingdoms about him he was so feared and reuerenced that his Empire increased more large then in the time of his Predecessors This Remicius was of such a princely and munificent minde that

I thus brought you from your Fathers house meaning by Gods grace this humor forgottē to cause you match with him whose true loue aboue all other hath deserued you Ah miserye incomparable said the Lady I sée now it is in vaine to shun what the destenies haue appointed how falles my fortune from ill to worse Must I now go to that coward Varnan whom hitherto I haue continually despised me rather die a most shamefull death I know not Lady what you thinke said Palmerin but in my opinion Varnan is much better then you estéeme him and a better Knight then he that coulde defende his pate with no wiser pollicy woorthilye may you call him cowarde and loue the other that liues to d●● you seruice So long they stood on these tearmes vntill a knight passed by them to whome Valerica cryed Helpe gentle Knight for Gods sake pittie me deliuer me from this Traytour who falselie hath be guiled me and violentlie brought me hither against my will What art thou sayde the Knight that thus dishonorest this Ladye I shall teache thée better knowledge of thine order before wee part Palmerin quicklie bridling his Horsse and clasping on his Helmet sayd to the Knight What art thou that wouldest take her from me whō I conquered euen nowe by my Sworde followe thy way or I shall she we thee what discipline I vse to fooles that wil meddle with matters aboue theyr capacitye Doost thou so obstinatelye stande in thy trecherie sayde the Knight Marke what will be the end of thy presumption Chap. LVII Howe Palmerin hauing thus brought away Valerica conducted her to the Caue to her beloued Varnan and there confirmed the agreement of their loue BEfore we passe any further you shal vnderstande that the Knight thus contending with Palmerin was Hermes who the King sent after the Lady with Frysol to make deliueraunce of the Castle as you haue heard before he béeing Palmerins Fréende yet neither knowing the other For Hermes tooke such regard of y● ladies cōplaint as he marked not Palmerin before he put on his helmet Palmerin séeing that Hermes woulde néedes trye his fortune encountred him with such a rough stroke as downe hee fell to the ground Hermes thinking his head was shyuered in a hundred péeces so Palmerin called Hermes Squire commaunding him to helpe vp the Lady or else he woulde sende him after his Maister The Squire alighted and h●lpe vppe the Ladye rewarding her with an infinite number of cursses because his Maister had sped so ill by her meanes Trust mée Lady quoth Palmerin though you thinke my labour but ill bestowed yet such is the regarde of the solitary Varnan as ending the Hell of torments he suffers I must néedes holde better opinion of my paines With these and such like spéeches hée be guiled the time till they came néere to Varnans Ca●e who to take the ayre was there walking vnder the Trées but when hee sawe Palmerin returned and a Lady with him yea perceiuing well that it was Valerica they were no sooner alighted but he caught her in his armes saying Is it possible swéete fortune that after so long mishap and when all hope was vtterly gone thou canst affoord me this gracious fa●our Ah happy eyes that haue powred forth such showers of teares what felicity may compare with yours cōtemplating now the rare beauty of your mistresse May it be that after so many insupportable torments the meane therof shuld return such pleasure comfort and sollace Depart then teares pack hence lamentations gréefe torments all melancholy conceits get you else-where in the most barbarous countries of the world make your abiding for she cōmands you hence in whom cōsists my special cōtentment O fortunate knight how may I recompence this inexplicable kind●es surmoūting al other that euer was heard of impossible is it for me 〈◊〉 requite this fauor though al my possessions life body and spirit were bound to your seruice But heauen will supply my want and continue 〈◊〉 in as great happinesse as your noble bountie hath brought me comfort Forbeare these spéeches sayd Palmerin albeit I had doone a thousand times as much yet should I but accomplishe what one Christian owes to another I pray you therefore let vs go into your Caue least we be espied and so preuented beside I am so ouerwatched as I cannot stand on my féete through want of sléepe Valerica séeing her selfe in such an vncouth place and in his custody she most ●etested her angry stomacke would not suffer her to speake one word but when ●he had a while rested her selfe on a seate of Hearbes and flowers which Varnan diligently prepar●d Palmerin said ●ehold Madame Valerica sée in what place in what solitary austere and sharpe kind of life your Varnan liues by your commandement now ●éeing time and fortune is so fauourable let not your rig●r and dis●aine excéede their mu●abili●y Consider a little what gréefes hee hath endured in this comfortlesse place which veryly haue béene so great as all the pleasures in the world cannot recompence the verye leaste 〈◊〉 them I beséech you then if héeretofore you haue borne him hard liking let it now be forgott●n and if vnaduisedlye 〈◊〉 hath any way offēded yo● let his long tor●ēts surpas●ing loyalty s●ruel now for satisfaction take him to your 〈◊〉 as y● most perfect and faithful 〈◊〉 in England You likewise sir Varnan without remembrance of your 〈…〉 or her too rigorous refusals héeretofore take her as your lady wife and in al honor vnite your self to her by presēt spéeches for séeing I ●aue brought her hither it will remaine a continual reproch to me if you should not accept her as your spouse and wife Ah my Lord ꝙ Varnan with right good wil shall I accomplish your command so it may stand with my ladies liking for héerin is comprised the whole sum of my desires Ah miserable beyond al other said Valerica to Palmerin must I by a varlet be subiected to so vile an extreami●y and constrained to take him for my husbande whō I cannot affect he being the most false and cowardly Knight y● euer I knew must I against my fathers wil and by my Traytors procurement that hath so abused me as no vertuous knight would so haue wronged a Lady be cōpelled to my mariage heauen cannot like héereof rather well I die then doo the thing shal return me such reproch The● shriked she sopit●ifully as though she had bene quite distraught of her sences which Varnan beholding beganne thus to complaine Ah gentle Knight what gréefe is it to heare her in these torments whom I loue much better then mine owne life and for whom I rather desire to die then not to ●nioye her with her owne liking I cannot liue séeing her in these ●fflictions and therefore conuay her againe to her fathers house and no sooner shall shée be departed hence but life will ●orsake this forlorne Carkasse then shall 〈…〉 how faithfullye I loued

too much their enemie Then declared hée their troublesom● time on the Sea in what manner he lost them and how he now trauailed to finde them againe Since fortune hath so appointed quoth Frysoll that this loue and friendship should bee begunne betwéene vs to continue the same I will beare you companie and will not forsake you till yée haue found them may it like you to accept me for your companion If it like mée quoth Palmerin you néede not doubt thereof and rather you then any man that I knowe for which noble kindnesse I thinke my selfe most fortunate In this manner beganne the concorde betwéene Palmerin and Frysoll which continued with vertuous and perfect constancie as in the Chapters following you shal perceiue Thus soiourned these Knights there louingly togither till Palmerin being recouered and able to beare armes they departed thence leauing the poore Lady Leonarda in great heauinesse because her friend Frysol left her so soone Chap. XXX How Palmerin the prince Olorico and Frysoll went to Buda thinking to finde the Court there where beeing arriued they heard newes howe the prince Florendos was taken whom they went to succour with all diligence at Constantinople FFysol because he would not haue his Ladie Leonarda too much discontented made promise of spéedie returne to her which words somewhat pleasing her he departed with his two friendes and such quicke hast they made in theyr iourney and within sixe daies after they arriued at Buda There were they aduertised of the Kings death whereof the Prince of Macedon was accused and the Quéene likewise for which cause they were as prisoners conuaied to the Cittie of Constantinople At these tydings Palmerin was very displeasant wherefore he sayde to his companions Beléeue mée good Friends my heart will neuer be in quiet till I haue beene before the Emperour who ought to bée an indifferent Iudge to Florendos and hée is the onely man of the world to whome most gladly I would do any seruice therefore let vs make hast to Constantinople to the end we may succour him if he stand in any néede of our ayde I am ready quoth Frysoll and let vs sette forwarde when you please Héerewith hee remembred his father to whom the Crowne by right appertayned if Tarisius deceased without anie heire where to by this meane hée might attaine right soone Perswading himselfe with assuraunce héereof hée was now more ●arnest to be gone and hastened his companions in such sort as they came to Constantinople two daies before the appointed time for the Combat As they entred the Cittie they met a Knight riding on hunting whome after they had saluted Palmerin questioned with all if hée knew any thing of the Prince Florendos his misfortune what the Emperor intended to doo with him Sir quoth the knight the Emperour hath resolutely set down that the Prince and his daughter shall receiue their triall by Combate against the two Nephewes to the deceased King and furnished they must bée of their Champions before the limitted time of ten dayes bée expired and nothing else as yet is doone to my knowledge I thank you good Syr quoth Palmerin it is happie the matter is no further forward So leauing the ●●ight they praunc●d merrilie into the Cittie and because it was 〈◊〉 soone to take vp their lodging they rode to the Pallace to know● at full the certainetye of the matter thus beeing all Armed except their Helmets which their Squir●s carr●●d after them they made a séemely shew as they rode in th●t they were all thrée of one stature and verye beautifull young Princes they were especially noted and followed by many Knights and Gentlemen who imagined su●h persons went to the Pallace for other matters then Co●●tlie dauncing These thrée companions béeing entred the great Hall which was hang●d rounde about with blacke veluet in signe of mourning ●●ey meruailed what might bée the occasion thereof wherefore Palmerin falling on his knée before the Emperour and hauing humblye kissed his hande thus spake Most renowmes Monarch of the worlde my Fréendes héere and my selfe within these f●we dayes as we trauailed through the Realme of Hungaria were aduertised that you kéepe in pryson the Prince of Macedon whom so please your Maiestie to vouchsafe I woulde gladlie sée in respect that hée is my Lord as for the desire I haue to deale in the Combat appointed if it like him to make choyse of me The Emperour perceiuing Palmerin so faire modest and couragious began with himselfe to conceiue well of him and imagined that his Sonne Caniano was again● receiued so néere did he resemble him in countenaunce stature and all proportions of the bodie wherefore hée returned him this answere It shall not in ought displease mée my Fréende to let you sée him to the ende you may conceiue no suspition of iniustice So calling a Gentleman Usher commaunded him to conduct the Knight to the Towre where the Prince Florendos was afterwarde enquiring of the Prince Olorico and Frysoll what the Knight was that so hardily did enterprise the Combat Dreade Lord quoth Frysoll he is called Palmerin d'Oliua a Knight in my iudgment of the verie highest qualitie in the worlde Then hée and the Prince Olorico rehearsed the prowesse and déedes of Chiualrie by him accomplished in France England Allemaigne Bohemia and Turkie which béeing heard by a Bohemian Knight then present he came to Frysoll saying I pray you Sir is this that Palmerin who kild the Serpent on the Mountaine Artifaeria and brought the water from the Fountaine which healed the good King Prymaleon Father to Florendos It is he Sir quoth Frysoll and no other Then dare I say gracious Lorde quoth the Knight that you haue séene the most valiant and vertuous Gentleman that euer came in Thrace Héereuppon he discouered the noble victorie he obtained in Bohemia against the two Gyants Da●●aco and Mordano whome hée slew before his woorthy Combat on the behalfe of Dyardo Co●i● 〈◊〉 to the King and fayre Cardonya against the Counte of Ormeque and his Cozins in the Companie of Prince Adrian and Ptolome Héereat were all the Princes and Knights present amazed so that the Emperor himselfe saide Well maye Florendos nowe aduenture the tryall of his rause hauing the onelye Champion of the woilde on his side and in this manner they deuised of him till his returne from the pryson againe Palmerin entring the Tower Florendos was astonied because no person was wont to come sée him but chiefely when he sawe him on his knées to him vsing these spéeches Alas my Lord Florendos how gréeuous to mée is your imprisonment in vnhappie time did you knowe him that hath caused you to bée so ill intreated I pray you my Lord comfort your selfe and take courage for héere may you beholde your Seruaunt Palmerin who will be hewed in a thousand péeces but hée will deliuer you from this miserie Florendos whole eyes and fac● were greatlie swolne with incessant wéeping onelye with the