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A66697	The honour of merchant-taylors wherein is set forth the noble acts, valliant deeds, and heroick performances of merchant-taylors in former ages, their honourable loves, and knightly adventures ... together with their pious acts and large benevolences, their building of publick structures, especially that of Blackwell-Hall, to be a market place for the selling of woollen cloaths ... / written by VVilliam VVinstanley.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1668 (1668)	Wing W3064; ESTC R41412	58,050	83

with their Enemies giving thereby a shrewd turn of the scale to the other side taking by force the strong Towns of Fuera and Banacanalo with many other places of importance all which he sold and disposed of at his pleasure William under him acting his part so well that he was promoted from a Captain of frot to a Collonel of Horse and now new adventures pre●enting themselves to their hands they went to aid Pope Gregory recovering for him many Cities and places of importance with were revolted from his obedience afterwards he aided the Florentiques against the Pisans doing such noble feats of arme● that the ver● dread of his name was enough to make his Enemies ●un all Princes courtted his friendship he having as it were chained the Goddess Victoria to his side wheresoever he came those who loved not his person maligned his perfections for virtue is alwaies attended on by envy yet was he of such an affable carriage that he wan both love and respect together thus seated on the top of Fortunes wheel● we will leave him for a while to speak of Williams Return into England and how he was entertained by his dea●est Dorothy CHAP. VIII Williams return into England his proof of Dorothies constancy and how they were married together THe renowned William having thus in Italy by his extraordinary valour purchased to himself an honorable Character being reputed next to Sir John Hawkwood the most experienced Commander of that age He having now béen absent from England the space of seven years and remembring the promise he had made unto Dorothy which was to return in a little space knowing how far he had d●viated from that his promise he therefore resolved with all exp●dition to return into England and there withal acquainted Sir John Hawkwood with his determination who was vary loath to part with his company being a person of an exquesite carriage and approved valour and therefore to disswade him from his purpose he used these expressions William you are now mounting on the Theater of Honour have already gained an indifferent good blast in the Trumpet of Fame but what should make you now have off running when you have almost attained to the Goale what shall deter you now from the pursuit of that which hitherto you have been so forward in what strange resolution hath thus on a suddain allter'd your determination what are you resolved to throw off the Name of a Souldier and to take up that of a Lover to abandon the Camp of Mars and to follow the Court of Cupid to put off your steely Cors● and to put on a silken Robe will you thus bury your ●orme ●ur to lye in a Ladies lap who ha●e the tears of ●reckadiles and the songs of Syren● to enchant men from the pursuit of honourable Atchievements remember your self then William and stain not the reputation of the noble society of Marchant Taylors whose fame or deeds of Armes hath hitherto remained unblemished But no persw●sions 〈…〉 the resolutions of William who thought every minute 〈…〉 he had enjoye a si●ht of his beloved Dorothy and the 〈…〉 of Sir John Hawkwood he emb●r● 〈◊〉 England 〈…〉 banks he had not beheld in man 〈…〉 by Neptune and Eolus having a ●air wind and 〈…〉 he in short time arrived at London the happ● Port 〈…〉 his ●●ishes were directed Being come on Land he resolved not to discover himself at the first instant to his beloved Dorothy which he might well canceal his commenance by the length of time end difference of Climate being much alter'd He therefore went to a Tavern ha●d by from whence he informed her by a messenger that a Gentleman from a friend of hers in Italy would gladly speak with her Dorothy at the hearing of the news was much overjoyed and promised the Messenger to be with him presen●ly which she accordingly performed and entring the chamber where he was being almost perswaded yet not fully confident it was her dearest William she began with kind words to bid him welcome home but William with a counterfeit spéech giving her to understand that she was mistaken spake to her in this manner I do not wonder dear Mistres that you are so mistaken since many times before the like hath hapned even by those who knew us both very well the most percingest eye hardly discerning any difference betwixt us either in height phisyogmony couller of the hair or other outward part long time were we acquainted together our intimacy producing strong affection betwixt us whether it were that likeness were the cause of Love or what other motive caused the same I cannot tell but so it was that in weal or woe prosperity or adversity nothing could seperate us many times would he discourse to me of the love and affection passed betwixt ye and of the solemn engagement he made to you for his quick return blaming himself for not performing his promise and resolving upon the first opportunity when he had in some measure set his affaires in order to return unto you which no doubt he had performed had not Death by a cross accident cut him off in his determination which hapned in this manner The Duke of Millaine had proclaimed a solemn Justs to be holden in the honour of his birth day to which resorted many Knights and gallant commanders of great renown and valour to exercise their skil in seats of Armes in honour of their Mistresses at the time appointed none was more forward in those laudable encounters then your true and faithful Lover William whose turn being to Just with an Italian Knight named Lopenzo at the third encounter a splinter of the Knights Lance chanced to run into Williams Helmet and peirced his eye-sight so that feeling himself mortally wounded he desired to be carried to some place near at hand where he might in quiet breath his last which friendly curtesie I and some others performed for him and now feeling the near approach of death because of the great love and familiarity betwixt us and of the near likeness of one person he earnestly desired and perswaded me to think of no otherwise but you as the only maid in the world worthy to be beloved for your noble constancy and high deserts which whosoever shall not love shewes himself to be a hater of virtue and therefore by that former affection betwixt you desiring and by the Authority of love commanding you that the love you bore to him you should turn to me assuring you that nothing could please his soul more then to see you and I matched together wherefore according to his desire Iam come with faithful love built upon your deserts to offer myself and to beseech you to take the offer Here he made a stop to hear what Dorothy would say who first making most hearty sighs doing such obsequies as she could to her supposed dead ●riend William thus answered him Sir for the great love you shewed to my dear Friend I give

that she sound Arabella alone she set her wits on the tenter-hooks to aggravate the offence which she did after this manner I cannot but wonder Mrs. Arabella nay pitty your hard fortune that you should be thus deluded in the placing of your affection well did the Poets feign that Love is blind not descerning desert from dissimulation or truth from treachery is it possib●e that you could reject a Dove-like innoce●cy and receive a Snake into your bosome That you cou●d cast off Ralphs unfeigned affection to embrace Wi●liams dissembling carriage O Gods how blind are we in our choice how apt to believe falsities for veritnes how dull not to disceri truth from dissimulation now to rectifie your errour I c●uld inform you of your mistake but why should I counsel them that are obstinate or speak to them that I know will not hear and yet how can I that love your welfare refrain to speak or why should I be silent in a matter of so great moment and yet sure better to do so then otherwise since Councel rejected is but cast away and to speak to the deaf is but lost labour These words she used well hoping they would make Arabella the more inquisitive to know and indeed she mist not of her mark sor the more the one séemed loath to tell the more eager was the other to be informed so that at last as it were inforced yet pretending it only a real affection unto her she declared how Ralph was utterly ignorant of that Letter which came to her hands how it was of Williams contriving only on purpose to beat her off of his love highly ertolling Ralphs deservings and as much extenuating Williams due desert This news much astonisht the fair Arabella And is it possible said she that treachery can lye hid under such a vail of modesty can so fair a tongue have so foul a heart or such sugred words serve only to candy over worser actions O ye Gods why did ye create so false a thing as man or not indue him with more reality unhappy Arabella what unlucky Star govern'd at thy Nativity or what ominous signs foreboded thy misfortunes was I appointed to be fortunes May game or destined for an example to others to beware of mens treachery and yet why do I thus suddenly break forth into this exclamation may not he be wrongfully accused and I more too blame for being so over credulous and therefore my dearest Dorothy I conjure thee to be silent in what thou hast told me● till time the father of truth shall make all things appear in the mean space I shall not be idle to use my best endeavours in the prosecution thereof And now she began to look on William with a squint eye her smiles were turned to frowns discontent sat on her forehead and all private entercourse laid aside betwixt them In the mean time Fames Golden Trumpet had loudly sounded forth the heroick actions of Sir John Hawkwood and Ralph the Journey-man none in the English Camp more daring then they having performed many gallant adventures insomuch that fortune séemed chained to their swords This artiving at the ears of Dorothy as going often to the Market where news was stirring she presently acquaints Arabella therewith setting forth thi●r praises especially Ralphs in so high a language and quaint demonstrations as if she her self had béen an eye witness here would she describe a battle the great strength of the enemy the disadvantage of the place for the English how fortune a long time favoured the French and how at last the scales were turn'd and victory pluck'd out of her hands as it were by méer force and all by the valor of these two renowned Champions then would she show the honor attendant on victory with what respects they were entertained wheresoever they came how they carried the Goddess victory in tryumph along with them the whole Camp sounding forth their praises This news as it tickled the ears of Arabella with delight so did it cause in her a sudden discontentment for the loss of such two servants who had both of them expressed such love unto her so that she began again afresh to renew her complaints and to exclaim on fortune when suddenly she was called to the door a Messenger waiting for her there with a Letter which when she had received and knowing by the Character it was Ralphs hand a modest blush died her chéeks into a vermilion colour but having broke open the Seal she found it to contain these words To that Paragon of beauty the renowned Arabella VVIth what regret I have passed away the time since I have been absent from ye as it is unknown unto you so am I as utterly ignorant what should move you to such averseness for was it possible such deep promises and solemn engagements could be so suddenly broken off without showing a reason why certainly that Love had but a weak foundation which should cause the whole structure so on an instant to fall well may your Sex be accused of Levity if without any occasion you can so suddenly change more fickle then the Weather-cock which yet turns but according to the Wind pray pardon the expression since a sharp ●eproof is more wholesome then a flattering complement and these times have more need of the Satyr then the Sonnet If the remembrance of me be not quite banisht out of your memory I should think it a happiness to hear from you but if your affections have taken up another habitation and all those mutual engagements betwixt us be utterly forgotten yet this shall be my comfort that the breach was not on my part but that I can with confidence subscribe my self Your faithful friend Ralph Having read the Letter and thoroughly considered each circumstance thereof she then began to be ●●lly confident that Dorothy had told her no●hing but truth so 〈◊〉 the fi●e of revenge lay burning in her breast against William yet did she for a while wisely cover it under the a●hes of Dissimulation until finding a fit opportunity and that the heat of pa●sion was over she then utter'd her mind to ●im in these words Treacherous man thus to betray thy friend and abuse me with what confidence canst thou appear before me being conscious of thy own guilt art thou not afraid the divine vengeance should pursue thee as once the Harpies did P●neus the Arcadian King Thou that canst counterf●it Love as well as le●ters and mast commence Doctor in the art of Dissimulation whose word and deeds like Janus face look two several ways having the Theory of honesty but canst not abide the practick part being like to the Apples of ●odem which Historians say are beautiful without but dirt within art not thou he whose pretensions to honesty were so large as if thou wouldst ingross the whole Commodity to thy self now out of that abundance where withal you are indued pray tell me what point of honesty is that by counterfeiting Letters

so much honored that he made them the second Company in his own Regiment all things being thus ready with a spredy march they hasted against the Scots who were than harazing with fire and sword in the Bishoprick of Durham to whom the King sent this following message That he wondered his Brother of Scotland without any cause shown should so unjustly invade his kingdome and exercise such cruelty upon the English as would make Pagans blush to own such actions that therefore he required satisfaction of him for all those injuries done or he would right himself the best he could with his sword To this the Scottish King returned answer that the King of England has made war against the French King his Allie and friend and hath done him much mischeif in his Country that in revenge of those injuries he had drawn his sword against the English and was resolved not to sheath it up again till he had taken a ful revenge on them for those damages they had done to the French The King having received this answer f●aught with anger and 〈◊〉 marcheth up within fight of their Army but the Scots had 〈◊〉 possessed themselves of so 〈…〉 that there was no 〈…〉 without eminent danger 〈◊〉 the King caused his 〈…〉 deep 〈…〉 about them to keep them from forraging that for want of victuals h● might at last compel them 〈…〉 Seven days together did the Armie his face one another when at last out comes a challenge from Sir ●urnbu● the Scotish Champion which containe● these wer●s Think not proud English that by our lying thus still we are not able or afraid to fight with you no this is bu● only to give you time 〈◊〉 your long march to refresh your selves that when the time comes you may be the better able to encounter with us least when you are beaten i● might be your excuse to say your Army was o●e wearied but if in the mean space there be any one amongst you that dares to fight with me hand to hand to show the Armies some little spor● he shall find me ready to answer him to morrow morning by eight of the clock in the meadow which lyeth on the left side of our Camp 〈◊〉 will attend his arrival with much zeal and impatiency Turnbul This Challenge being read in the English Army the noble Captain 〈…〉 King that he might accept thereof to which the King 〈…〉 whereupon by the same Messenger he returned 〈…〉 I received your challenge which promises much in the contents what ever will be performed in the Chapter according to your 〈◊〉 you shall be answered at the time and place appointed where if you perform with your sword what your pen hath promised you 〈◊〉 add to your renown if not you will onely make mirth to the English and become the Trophee of R. Blackwel King Edward having obtained this considerable victory as soon as the field was cleared commanded Captain Blackwel to put a Basenet on his head for he would Knight him the Captain desired to be excused saying he was neither worthy nor able to take such an estate upon him b●t the King made him to put it on notwithstanding all excuses and then with a sword in both his hands as the manner then was he strongly struck him on the neck and so Kni●hted him giving him a hundred pound lands a year for this noble atcheivement which he had accomplished The victor thus obtained King Edward returned with honour and triumph to London Sir Ralph Blackwel bringing along with him the Scotish Champion Sir Turnbul as his prisoner whom the King out of especial favour had bestowed upon him who was afterwards ransomed by the Scotish King for five hundred ma●ks of 〈◊〉 The Citizen● of London received them with great jo● ●inging of bells making of honesties and other devices such slocking about to beh●ld Sir Turnbul whose same was spread in all parts as was wonderful to behold Sir Ralph was no sooner returned home and that the King had dismissed him with communications and 〈◊〉 but he returned again as●esh to his trade honours in him not 〈◊〉 manners well knowi●g that tra●ing the great prop which uphol● and supports a kingdome 〈◊〉 makes the inhabitants th●reof 〈…〉 thereof for he encreased in his 〈…〉 is that 〈…〉 of ours If thou wouldst thrive `th world and wealthy he Keep thy shop ROBIN and that wil keep thee Not long after 〈◊〉 was a great 〈…〉 hom● called the Go●den Adventure which had been five years 〈◊〉 trading in the East Indies and was very rich●● laden with divers commodities I 〈…〉 Sir Ralph had 〈…〉 pa●t which so advanced his esta●r tha●●● was 〈◊〉 chosen to be Sheri●● of London in which office he beha●ed himself very 〈◊〉 kept a noble house and executed Justice to al● men impartially neither favouring the rich for th●i● mightiness nor d●laying the poor because of th●●●pove●ty but to every one dealt with so eve a hand that it grew to be a proverb as good goe to empty the Sea with a spoon as to perswade Sir Ralph from doing Justice to give some instances of his 〈…〉 ma● not be 〈…〉 unpleasant to the Reads● A rich covetous Churle had lost a bag of mony containing one hundred pound wherefore be caused it to be published by the Cryer that whosoever had found the same and wou●d restore it he should have ten pounds for his pains It hap●●d an honest poor man found it who brought it to the Churle requiring ten pound for his pains as was promised but this covetuous Carren minding to deceive the poor man deeply swore there was a hundred and ten pounds wherfore he would not give him a 〈◊〉 thereupon the poor man had a Warrant for him and brought him before Sir Ralph Blackwel where each of them having told his tale Sir Ralph commanded the mony to be produced which being done he said to the rich Churle you lost a bag of money with an hundred and ten pounds in it and this poor man found one which had onely an hundred pounds therein therefore by your own confession this is not lively to be the bag which you lost therefore here honest man doe thou take it and employ it we ●l for the good of thy wife and children and if thou finde● a bag with an hundred and ten pounds therein then b●ing it to this 〈◊〉 in the mean time keep that 〈◊〉 doest The rich Churle hearing him to decide the business so cryed out that his bag had but an hundred pounds in it and therfore desired that he might have it but Sir Ralph told him it was then too late to speak and so dismissed him without it At another time it so hapned that a Tylar being at work upon a house chanced to slip his hold and so tumbled down but by great fortune to him it was his hap to fall upon another man as he was walking by whereby he killed the other man the son of the dead man hereupon brings the

you many thanks but this great matter you propose unto me wherein I am not so blind as not to see what happiness it should be unto me in the injoyment of so accomplisht a person know Sir if my heart were mine ●o give you before all other should have it but Williams it is though dead their I begun their lend all matter of affection I hope I shall not long tarry after him with whose outward person had I only been in love with I should be so with you having the same outward parts but it was William self I loved and love which no likeness can make one no commandement dissolve nor no death fini●h And shall I then said he receive such disgrace as to be refused Sir said she let not that word be used who know your worth far beyond my merits but it is only happiness I refuse since of the only happiness I could or can desire I am refused Scarce had she spoken out these words when not willing to hold her in g●eifs bonds any longer but with his di●covery to convert her sorrowful moans to smiling joy he ran to her and imbracing her why then my dearest Dorothy said he take and enjoy thy William scarce could she at first believe him the truth such strong impressions had the former story taken in her heart but at last being throughly convinced her joy so excéeded the bounds of reason that she could not speak one word but was constrained through her new conceived pleasure to breath a sad sigh or two into her Lovers bosome who as courteously entertained her with loving kisses whe●e after these two Lovers had fully discoursed to each other the secrets of their souls how Dorothy for his love had continued unmarried notwithstanding the importunity of many and rich suitors as also William of the dangers he had run through in his long pe●egrination having refreshed their spiri●s with a glass of wine they hand in hand went to her Masters but the news was no sooner spread about the Town that William was come but the Bells rung and bonestres abounded the journy-men Taylors left all their seats to welcome him home and the Promices refused to work that day Ralph notwithstanding the great feud formerly betwixt them with his beloved Arabella came to give him a visit all the whole talk of the City being only of William and his deserved praises His Master and Mistres the next day made a great feast to which was invited most of the worshipful society of Merchant-Taylors and other wealthy Citizens and not long after William and Dorothy were married at whose wedding were most costly shows and triumphs all which I pass over and return to speak of Sir John Hawkwood whole noble a●eheivements now calls my Pen to wake upon him CHAP. IX Amurath Prince of Fez seeks to get the Princess Mariana by treachery they are shipwrackt at Sea Amurath is killed whereupon ensueth war betwixt the Emperour of Fez and Ferdinando King of Cilicia THe noble and adventurous Merchant-Taylor Sir John Hawk-wood having by his skill in armes and fortunate success as you have heard grown to such renown that his name was famous throughout an Christendome yet still thi● sted after glories prize and to add to what he had already done esteeming his past victories which he had won in those parts of the world as nothing unless he also made his name redoubted by some famous exploit against the enemies of Christ and that he might bathe his sword in the Pagans blood and long was it not ere Fortune put a golden opportunity into his hands to perform the same which thus happened In the famous Country of Cilicia a place much beh●lding to Nature for the extraordinary bounties she had bestowed upon it there lived a King named Ferdinando who was a Prince endowed with many noble and vertuous customes that had only one Daughter named Mariana a Princess of a curious make in whom Nature and education strove who should adde most to compleat her the wonder of that age This her beauty and superexcellent endowments being blazed abroad invited many of the Neighbouring Princes to sue for her in marriage but none more forward nor deserved better then Arnaldo Sonne to the King of Candy so that her Father Fardinando began to listen unto his suit and knowing his Daughters affections chiefly placed on him glad that the had made so good a choice he so forwarded the same that the day was appointed for the celebration of the Nuptials to the great content of the two young Princes who now hoped to enjoy the fruits of their love Great were the preparations made for this royal wedding not only for variety of chear but also for curious costly Pageants which were devised after the ●arest manner but all this great preparation came to 〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 their songs to sighs and their mirth to m●uring and h●●●ppon 〈…〉 followeth Amongst o●her 〈◊〉 where F●m● had blazed abroad the p●r●ections of Mariana 〈…〉 Fez whose only Son Amurath a 〈◊〉 of a vitioas 〈…〉 her a prize worthy the looking after and therefore having obtained leave of his Father he provided a fléet of Ships for the bringing her home to Fez having in conceit already obtained her good will 〈…〉 if he falled he resolved to make up his Market by force to the 〈◊〉 resolution he arrives in Cilicia haping for the greatness of his b●th to be rather sued unto to accept of Mariana then that he himself should become a Suiter unto her but greatness without desert finds no place where goodness sits inthronized for he having made known his love ●uit to the Princess Mariana received from her a flat denyal which so exaspe●ated his spi●ics that now he breaths forth nothing but revenge and long was it not ere he found an opportunity to put his malice in execution for having by his espials learned that the two Lovers every evening al the shutting up of Titan● golden Gates used to walk abroad to take the comfort of the Western breathing aire he with a party of his followers suddenly surprized them and carried them prisoners to his ship where being deaf to all entreaties he hoised sailes and with as much ex●edition as could be made sailed towards the Country of Fez but the Heavens being angry at such wicked attempts sent forth such a violent tempest on the sea as made the stoutest spirit of them all to tremble For the second day after their departure rose as it were a foggie mist from out the seas when on a sudden the clearness of the skyes might not be séen for the darkness of the air dreadful flashes of lightning séemed to have set the seas-on fire and terrible vollies of thunder threatned the shaking of the Heavens and sundring of the earth showers of rain powred down as if there had béen a general inundation and the winds roared so boisterously from each corner as if Boreas Auster Zephirus and Eurus had