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A67169	The glory of God's revenge against the bloody and detestable sins of murther and adultery express'd in thirty modern tragical histories : to which are annexed, The triumphs of friendship and chastity in some illustrious examples / by Thomas Wright ...	Wright, Thomas, M.A., of St. Peters Colledge in Cambridge.	1686 (1686)	Wing W3709; ESTC R23283	216,722	350

Ashes and keep a body pure and a Troth inviolable I will Love thee as my Husband withal my Heart but to prevent future Jealousies know this that I will love Sapor as my dear Prince and dear Master but Imagine not him to have any part thereby in any thing that shall appertain to thee he hath no such thought and if he had he should find his expectations frustrate and if thou dost think this Friendship which is so pure honest just and lawful should be contrary to the Loyalty I owe to thee I do now renounce to thy love and allyance for I am resolv'd to carry to my grave this first glorious flame The other Condition is that thou permit me to exercise my self in Arms in Hunting and other like Recreations and if thy Courage calls thee at any time to War either of thy own accord or with our Master that thou permit me to be partaker of thy labours and thy hazards as I desire to be of thy Lawrels and thy Palms On these Conditions I am ready to obey and follow thee in life or death Numerian no less Ravish'd at the Spirit and Courage of this Maid than with her Beauty agreed to all she desir'd and the Young Duke Honoured the Marriage with such Pomp and Magnificence that he could not have expended more liberally at the Marriage of his own Sister Thus they passed some Years Rich in Wealth and Children when the Wars of Hungary a Kingdom bordering on Silesia came to disturb this Calm The Prince being call'd by the Emperour had a great Command in the Army unto which he went with a Train befitting his Greatness and attended by Numerian and Rosana who would not be perswaded by any Arguments to stay behind but dressing her self in Mans Apparel Accompanied her Master and Husband to the Army One day the Prince was commanded to make an assault upon the Enemy in one of his Quarters which he did attended by Numerian and Rosana who never left him in the most dangerous encounters with more bravery than Success for on a suddain he was encompassed by the Turks and in great hazard of loosing his Life or being taken Prisoner Then did the great Love of Rosana appear fir'd with Fury who like a raging Tigress ran her self upon the Weapons of the Handlers to Rescue the beloved Sapor Numerian wrought no less miracles with his devouring Sword for his Rosana's preservation than she had done for Sapors At last the Prince recover'd his safety and these two Lovers found themselves surrounded with Enemies who summon'd them to lay down their Arms whereunto their great Courages reply'd boldly they were never us'd to such dishonourable Terms and pressing into the midst of them either to break through or dye in the attempt were both Kill'd Numerian fell first and Rosana after she had given sufficient marks of her undaunted Courage and fully reveng'd her Husbands Death was run through the body by a Ianizary and her soul sent to be for ever happy with Numerian's in a blest Eternity The skirmish being ended she was found among the Dead with her Husband and after they knew she was a Woman they that felt her s●roaks did more admire her Valour The sorrow and grief of Sapor cannot be exprest which he took in this loss He sent for the two Bodies that he might yeild to their Ashes which he water'd with his Tears some Testimony of his Friendship He caused them to be carried into Silesia where he spared no cost to make their Funerals sumptuous and caused a stately Tomb to be erected over them to preserve their Memories to posterity as long as Marble can last In the Precedent Histories we may behold the Glorious Rewards and Triumphs of Friendship wherein the chief Bonds of Amity and humane Society do consist for without Friendship Mankind would be like Ravenous Wolves destroyers of each other as in the former Histories of Murthers we have had too many Fatal Examples Friendship is the perfection of Prosperity and support of Adversity Which Alexander having experienc'd as a mighty truth nohen he was asked by some where his Treasures lay Pointed to his Friends The Pythagorians prefer'd Friendship before all other good qualities call'd it the Combination of all Vertues and affirm'd it to be the Uniting of Souls here on Earth which is the preparative to the Heavenly Union by this Divine Vertue we may with Lot unawares give entertainment to Angels upon Earth at least we may expect with the foregoing examples to stand in a fair and bright Character in the Book of Fame and Comence Stars of the greatest Magnitude with them above THE Triumphs OF CHASTITY HIST. I. Christiana Christiana refuses the Embraces and Rich proffers of the French King and in her flight for England was solicited to debauchery by De Boi Master of the French Vessel to avoid whose lust She cast her self into the Sea where she was taken up by Codrinus Vice Admiral of the English Navy who in Regard of her great Chastity married her The Lord Sebastian attempting to polute her was discover'd and afterwards slain she after her Husbands decease is married to the Duke of Guise FOR the further encouragement of Vertue after those Glorious instances of Friendship 't will not be improper to present the Courteous Reader with some examples of Chastity which have Crown'd the Memories of those Fam'd Persons with immortality and honour in which thou may'st as in a mirrour behold the Beauty and reward of the Resplendent Vertue of Chastity as in the former Histories thou seest the deformity and punishment of that raging sin of Adultery whereby thou may'st be perswaded to follow the Dictates and Precepts of the one as thou would'st shun the evil consequence which attend the other As Beauty without Chastity is like unto Mandrake Apples comely to the Eye but Poysonous in tast so Chastity is the Beauty of the Soul and Purity of Life which despiseth the corrupt pleasures of the Flesh and is on-only po●ed of those who keep their Bodies clean and undefiled which consisteth either in sincere Virginity or faithful Matrimony But Chastity is most cospicious when surrounded with dangers and then deservedly lays claim to the most chast and pure joys of a happy Eternity But I proceed to the Story AT Tours chief City of Touraine a Province which is said to be the Garden of France seated on the Loire lived Mounsieur de Cadez a private Gentleman who by his Wife had one only Daughter by name Christiana whom Heaven had blest with so vast a share of Beauty that she was the admiration and discourse not only of her Native City but likewise of the Court and often sollicited by the King with the promises and certainty of great Wealth and Dignities to be the pleasure of his Bed but the no less Vertuous than Beauteous Christiana esteeming the honour of her Chastity far above the Dignities of an Empire renounc'd to purchase such shadows of Glory