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A11488	The castell of loue, translated out of Spanishe into Englyshe, by Johan Bowrchier knyght, lorde Bernis, at the instance of lady Elizabeth Carew, late wyfe to Syr Nicholas Carew knyght. The which boke treateth of the loue betwene Leriano and Laureola doughter to the kynge of Masedonia; Cárcel de amor. English	San Pedro, Diego de, fl. 1500.; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord, 1466 or 7-1533.	1548 (1548)	STC 21739.5; ESTC S110641	74,182	217

meruayll why the kyng delte so with hym Then they were conueyede oute of the feld with lyke seremonyes how be it they were not lyke in fame honour So they were brought to theyr lodgynges and there taryed all nyght The next day in the mornyng Lereano determynyd to go to y e palace to desyre the kyng in presence of all his courte to restore his honour to do vpon Persio ryghtwyse iustyce But Persyo who was malycyous of his condycion and sharpe wyttyd to th entent y t he myght by some meanes attayn to his purpose whyls y t Lereano spake w t the kyng he callyd to hym .iii. false men lyke to his own condycions toke theyr othe that they shuld shew them To y ● which they agreyd Then he gaue to them moche money so that they shuld say and swere to the kyng that they had sene Lereano spekyng w t Laureola in places suspect and in tyme dyshonest which they proferyd to afferme and to swere it to the lefyng of theyr lyues I leue to speke of the doloure that Laureola sufferyd by cause the passyon shuld not trouble so my wytte but that I myght make an ende of y t I haue begonne for I haue no lesse payne to remembre her sorowe beyng absent then as thought I were present and saw it with myne eyen but I wyll torne to Lereano who had more sorow for her prysonement then glory of his victory When he knew that the kyng was ryson he went to the palayce in the presence of the knyghtes of the courte he sayd to the kyng as folowith ¶ Lereano to the kyng SIr of suertie with better wyll● I wold haue sufferyd the chastisement of your iustice then y ● shame to haue come to your presence if I had not atteygned yesterday the better of the batayll The which yf ye had taken well I shulde haue bene clene quyte delyueryde fro the false accusacion of Persyo for in the syght of euery man I shuld haue gyuen hym the rewarde that he deseruyd It is great dyfference to haue power to do a thynge and to do it in deade Great auauntage ye shewyd hym y ● reason why I can nother thynke nor imagine● ye cōmaūdyde to deperte vs and specially syn our debate tochyd your selfe so nere as he that shuld desyre to be reuengyd for the loue of Laureola lyke a pytefull father and I beleue well that as now ye be well satysfied of her dycharge and ignorance And syr yf ye dyd it for compassion ye hadde of Persyo ye ought as iustely to haue regardyd myne honour aswell as his lyfe seyng I ame your naturall subget And yf ye dyd is by reasone of the inportunate● suet of some of his frendes ye ought aswell to haue remembryde the seruyce that I myne haue done you syn ye know w t what constaūce of hart many of them in dyuerce bateyls haue loste in your seruyce theyr lyues which none of them haue done the .iii. parte Therfore syr I requyre you that by uistice ye wyll satysfye the honour that I haue wonne w t my handes Syr kepe your lawes if ye thynke to conserue your naturall subiectes nor syr consent not that so false a man shuld lyue that kepith so euyll preemynence of his predecessours to the entent that his venyme do not corrupte them that be his parte takers Certaynly I ame culpable in no thyng but in that I haue bene so good a frende to my wrongfull accuser and if for this I haue deserued payne lette me haue it yet my clere innocency shall assoyll me I haue conseruyde his amyte beleuyng he had bene good and not iudgyng his euyll nor falsenes If ye suffre hym to serue you I say he shal be the beste seruaunt to make dyscorde and lyes that shal be in all your courte Syr remember in your selfe how ye be bounde to do ryght to eury man Wherfore determyne this cause with prudence and gyue sentence with your acustomed iustice Syr the thynges of honour ought to be clere and if ye perdone hym for any request though yt be by the pryncipall of your realme or for any other thyng at your pleasur I wyll not then abyde y e iudgement of dyuerce of your mē to be taken as clene dyscharged For thought some beleue the trouth by reasone yet some wylbe troubelyd and say the worste And though in all your realme the trouth be not knowen yet comenly the fame of the trouth by reasone of fouour of the partye wyll not be borne farre of so y t I can not be clene dyscharged out of all mennys fantasyes yf this man scape withoute open punyshemēt Syr for goddessake sette myne honour with oute any dysputacion as for my lyfe ordeyne at your pleysour ¶ The auctor TO the sayng of Lereano the kyng gaue good entent and aunswered that he wold take counsayll what was best to do and sayde that in suche a case delybercion wold be taken or any sentence shuld be gyuyn Of trouth the kynges aunswere was not so swete as it ought to haue ben for by that I saw yf the kyng hadde put Laureola at her lybertie Lereano hadde enduryde no trouble For he thought to serue her for all y t he was reputyd culpable though his entent were clere withoute faulte Thus the kyng to eschewe the rumour and besynes that was lykely to fall bytwene Lereanos frendes Persius cōmaundyd Lereano to go to a towne of his owne a .ii. leages fro y ● court cally● Susa and there to tary tyll he had set a dyrection in y e mater The which Lereano dyde with a ioyful hart thynkyng that ●aureola was clerely dy●chargyd whiche was y e thyng he mooste desiryd● But then Persyo who alwayes trauelyde to offend and to shame his honour and to defende it by malyce he sente for ii of his complyses or Laureola was delyuerede and sayde to them That eche of them a parte shulde go to the kyng and of them selfe to shew hym how that the accusacion of Persio was trew and to bere wytnes that they had ●een Lereano dyuerce tymes speke with Laureola aloone suspyciously The which wytnes and affyrmacion whe● the kyng hard it he was sore trowbelyd therwith and examynyd eche of them a parte by subtyle sharpe perswasions to se yf they any thyng swaruyd in ther sayenges But they were such persons that if a man shulde haue wastyde all his lyfe in falsenes coulde not be lyke them They were so sure of theyr wordes the more they were examynyde the surelyer they fortefyed theyr false lyes So that therby the kyng gaue to theyr false sayenges fayth and beleue And by reasone of theyr informaciō y e kyng reputyd Persyo for trew seruant and beleuyd that it was more by reasone of his fortune rather then by his vntrw quarell that he lost the batayll O Persyo better it hadde ben for the to haue sufferyd the deth

there is none in all this land that deserue thy merytes suche as be blynde desyre to se y ● the dome desyreth to speke with the the powre and y e ryche to serue y ● all the world is wel content with the y u arte be hatyd w t no creature but alonely with Persio yf I may lyue a seasone he shall receue for his demerites iuste rewarde And thouhe I haue noone other strength but to desyre his deth● and to be reuengyd of hym yf I coulde the euill will I bere hym shuld then soone be vtteryd yet this can not satysfye me for I can not heale the dolour of the spotte of the execucion of the vengeans O my dere doughter thy honesty hath prouyd thy vertue why doth not the king gyue more credence to thy presence then to the wytnes of thy false enemyes In thy wordes deades and thoughtes all wayes thou hast shewyd a vertuous harte Why then shulde god suffre the to dye I can fynde none other cause but by reason of my synnes that I haue cōmyttyd rather then for any meryt of thy ryghtwisnes I wold my deades myght be cōparyd to thyne innocency Dere doughter lyfte vp thyne harte to heuyn take no sorow to leue that must nedes ende for that thyng that is permanent I assure the our lord god wyll that thou shalt suffre as a marter to thentente y t thou shalte ioye in his beatitude In me haue none other hope but that and I were worthy to go thyther as thou arte suer to go I wolde shortely bere the company Thynkyst thou not that it is a harde trouble to me to remember how many supplicacions hathe ben made to the kynge for thy lyfe and yet they can not obteyne And at this houre a sharpe knyfe may rydde and make an ende of thy lyfe and therby leue the father in faulte and the mother in sorow and the doughter withoute helthe the realme withoute an herytour O the lanterne of myne eyen I say to the these feareful wordes to the entent they shuld breke thyne harte a sonder for I hadde rather thou shuldeste dye in my power by sorow then to se the dye by iustice for though I shuld shede thy bludde yet my handes shulde not be so cruell as is the condicion of thy father O virgyne immaculate syn I can not accomplysh my desyre and that I muste deperte fro the yet receyue the dolorous laste kyssynge and blyssyng of thy sorowfull mother And thus I wyll go fro thy syght and fro thy lyfe most desyring to go fro myne owne lyfe ¶ The Auctor WHen the quene hadde endyde her wordes she wolde not abyde the aunswere of y e innocent her doughter Laureola bycause she wolde not receyue doble sorow Thus the quene and suche lordes as were in her cōpany departed with the grettest lamētacions that euer was made And when she came in to her chamber she sent to Laureola a messenger aduysing her to wryte to y e kyng her father Thynkyng that he wolde take more compassion by reasone of her piteous wordes rather then by the peticious of any other that trauellyde for her liberte Who at the cōmaundemēt of her dolorous mother ●oke penne and inke and wrote with greater turbaciō then hope of remedy Her letter specyfyed as folowith ¶ The letter of Laureola to the kynge DEre father I vnderstande that ye haue gyuen sentence vpon me to dye and that the terme of my lyfe shal be accomplyshede within these .iii. dayes I knowe well the innocentes ought no lesse to feare theyr fortune then suche as be culpable to feare the lawe And syn it is so that my mysfortune hath brought me in to this parell that I ame in and not for any defaute that I haue done the which lyghtly ye moght know if the furour of your ire wolde suffer you to se the trouth ye are not ignorante of the vertue that the auncyante cronicles historyes manyfestith of the kynges and quenes fro whome I do procede Then why was I borne of suche a blodde that wyll byleue rather the false informasion then the bounte naturall yf it pleace you to slee me for your pleasur ye may well do it But as toching iustice ye haue no cause therto The deth that ye will gyue me though I refuce it for feare yet by reasone of obedience I do cōsent therto as she that louyth better to dye vnder your obedyence rather then to lyue in your dyspleasure Howbeit I requyre you or ye determyne take good aduyse for as sure as god is true I neuer dyd thyng to deserue to suffre any payne But syr I say to you it is as cōuenient the pitie of the father as the rygoure of iustice Withoute dought I desyre aswell my lyfe because it tocheth your honour so nere as I do bycause it perteyneth to my selfe for at the ende I ame your doughter Co●sidre syr who soeuer vsith crueltie serchith for his owne perell more surer it is to be belouyd for vsynge of pitie and clemence rather then to be fearyd by crueltie He that wyll be fearyd muste feare Cruell kynges are of euery man behatyd and suche some tyme in serchynge to be avenged losyth them felfe for theyr subgettes rather desyre trouble change of the tyme then the conseruacion of theyr astates For good people feare suche condicions in a prince and suche as be euell feare theyr cruell iustice so that therby often tymes theyr owne seruantes study to put them downe● and to slee them vsynge with them the same condicion of cruelte suche as they vsyd them selfe before and gaue them ensample Syr I say this bicause I desyre to susteyne your honour and your lyfe Small hope your subgettes shall haue in you so cruell against me They shall feare the same and ther by haue you in a meruelous suspecte and he that is not sure can make no suretie O how frely delyueryd fro suche occasions are those prynces● whose hartes are endeued with clemencye and pitie Theyr naturall subgettes careth not to dye in theyr quarels to saue them fro perell They will wake all nyght and defend● them on y e day More hope and strength these benynge and pitefull kynges h●ue by reasone that they be belouyd o●f theyr people then in the strenght of the walles of theyr stronge forteresses And other wyse if the kynge be behatyd of his subgiettes● if he hadde nede they that come most slackest to saue hym shall haue moste thanke of the people Therfore syr regarde well what hurte and daūger crueltie causeth and what profyt gentlenes and pitie procureth Howbeit if ye thynke the opinyon of your furour better than good counsaill and naturall prudence then vnhappy is that doughter to be borne to bryng her fathers lyfe in to cōdiciō of sclaunder prouyd with suche cruell deades Thus no man shall trust in you nor ye shall trust no man for if men procure your deth ye

the syght of her So Galleo her vncle ledde her to a castell of his owne not farre thence and when y e brute of this dead came to the heryng of the kynge he callyd for his armure and sownyd trompettes and causyd all the men of his courte to be armyd many of the citie And when Lereauo saw that of necessite it was tyme for hym to get oute of the towne in to the feldes then he comfortyd his men with swete and hardy woordes And all wayes in his reculynge he defendyd the multitude of his enemyes with a valiante harte and to kepe an honest maner in his reculynge he went in good order and not with so great haste as the case requiryd Thus lesyng some of his men and sleyng of many of his enemyes he came thither where he had left al theyr horses So suche order as he had sette before was well and truely kepte and so without perel he his lept vpō theyr horses the which was hard to haue ben done if he had not wysely prouidyd the remedy therof before hand Then the horsemen put before them theyr foremē and toke the way to Suria fro whence they cam And when Lereano saw .iii. bandes of the kynges aproche nere hym then he wente oute of the waye and conductyd so wisely his company by wayes of a vauntage that he scapyd with as great honour in his reculynge as he hadde wonne in the fightynge so he enteryde agayne in to the towne of Suria withoute losse of any of his men which was greate meruayll for the kyng was ther in propre person with .v. M. men of armes who was inflamyd with ire and so beset the towne about in purpose not to depert thence till he had taken vengeance of Lereano when Lereano saw how he was besegyd he sette his men lyke a wyse man of warre to the walles where as was most feblyst parte there he sette most defence and where as he myght best issue out in to the feld there he sette such men as were mete for that purpose and there as he fearyd other crafte or treasone there he sette such as he trustyd best Thus he vsyd hym selfe lyke a wyse capitayne The kyng thynkyng to bryng his enterprice to an ende cōmaundyd to fortefy his campe and to prouyde for all thynges necessary perteynynge to a campe royall as engyus bastides and bulwerkes to beat the citie with artilery and made greate dykes that none shuld issue oute when the kynge saw so longe tariynge at this siege his ire encreasyde for he hadde thought to hade taken Lereano by reasone of famyne and for all that he saw the towne ryght stronge yet he determynyd to sawte it the whiche he prouyd with suche fercenes that they within had great nede to put to theyr strength and dilygence to resiste Then Lereano went visytyd his men with a C. men suche as were deputyd for that purpose and euery where he saw any fyghtyng he euer encoragyd them and where as he saw valiantnes he praysed them and where he saw any euyll order he founde remedy Fynally the kynge caused to sowne the retrayte with losse of many of his knyghtes specially of the yonge lusty courteers who euer sekyth for perel●s to wynne therby glory Lereano at the same assaulte was hurte in the face and also loste many of his princpal men This assaulte past the kyng gaue other .v. assaultes within the space of iii. monethes so that in maner men beganne to fayle on bothe parties so that Lereano was doubteous of that enterprice how be it in his wordes and countenance nor in his deades nothynge of feare coulde be aspied so that y e corage of the capitayne incoragyd all the other capitayns and then to gyue corage to his men suche as were lefte he sayde to them as folowith ¶ Lereano to his company CErtaynly syrs as ye be but few● in nōber so our strength is not greate I haue doubte in our enterprice accordyng to our euyll fortune but in that vertue is estemyde more then is greate nomber and consyderynge your noble deades passed I thynke I shuld haue more nede of good fortune then of greate nōber of knyghtes wherfore alonely in you is all my hope and syne our helthe is in our handes aswell for the sustentacion of our lyues as for the glory of good fame we ought valiātly to fyght now y e case is offeryd vs orels to leue the profyt of our enherytance to them that wold disheryte vs. Thus we shulde be vnhappy if for feare faynte corage we shuld lese our herytage therfore lette vs fyght to delyuer our blude fro shame and dishonour and my name fro enfamy this day lette vs make an ende of our lyues orels conferme our honours lette vs defende our selfe and not to be shamyd for greater is the rewarde of vyctory then the occasions of perel This paynefull lyfe that we lyue in I know not why we shulde somoche desyre it the daies therof are but shorte and longe in trauayll y ● which for feare increseth not nor for hardynes shorteth not for when we be borne our tyme is lymyted the whiche we shal not passe thereby feare is subdued hardynes lawded we can not put our fortune in a better state then to hope of an honourable deth O glorious fame O couetyse laudable the auerise of honour wherby is ateyned greatter deades then this of ours is lette vs not feare the greate company that is in the kinges campe for at the fyrste encounter the weke ●hall fyrst fyght and ouercome them ●hey shall abashe the multitude the small nombre wyll enforce themselfe by vertue many thynges dryueth vs to be hardy bountie and vertue byndeth vs and iustice enforseth vs necessitie shall rewarde vs wherfore we ought not to feare for theyr is nothynge that shulde cause vs to dye Syrs all these reasones that I haue sayde is but superflew to enforce our strenght Syn we haue it naturally but I will say to you that in euery tyme our hartes onght to be occupied in noblenes our handes in deades of armes and our thoughtes in good workes good wordes amonge company as we do now I ●eceue equal glory aswel for the amorous good wyll that ye shew me as for the deades of armes that ye haue done and bycause I se our enmyes prepayre them to fight we be constrayned to leue our talkyng euery man to gette hym to his charge and defence ¶ The auctor LEreano was aūswerd of his knightes w t greate constance and corage of harte whereof he thought hym selfe ryght happy that he hadde suche men in his company so euery man went to his defence where as they were apoyntyd and then anone they hard the trompettes blowe and wihtin shorte space there came to the walles a.l. M. men and began fresly to gyue assaulte Then Lereano shewed his vertue and by reasone of theyr defence the kynge thought they within