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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06891	The queen of Nauarres tales Containing, verie pleasant discourses of fortunate louers. Now newly translated out of French into English.; Heptaméron. English	Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.; A. B., fl. 1597.	1597 (1597)	STC 17323; ESTC S120742	69,714	98

Marseills there to rowe in the galli●s of Saint Blanquart where in they ended their dayes in great captiuitie and thereby had meanes to confesse and acknowledge the greatnesse of then sinnes and the wicked woman in the absence of her husband continued in her wickedne● more than euer she did before 〈◊〉 ●ie● miserably The second Nouel ¶ The pitiful and chaste death of the wife of one of the Multiers of the Queene or Nauarre THere dwelt in the towne of Ambois a multier that serued the Queene of Nauarre sister to Frauncis the French king whose wife lay in childbed of a sonne within the Cittie of Blois whither the s●id● multier 〈◊〉 receiue his quarters wages leauing his wife at Ambois lodging beyond the bridges now he had a seruant that of long time had so desperately loued his wife that vppon a certaine day hee could not choose but 〈◊〉 i● vnto her bu● she b●ing an honest woman tooke it 〈…〉 that 〈…〉 reprooued him but threatned to cause her husband to beat him whereby hemener after durst venture to speake vnto her or once shew any countenaunce thereof keeping it secret in his heart vntill such time his master was gone abroad and his mistris in S. Florontines a church belonging to the castle and standing farre from thence at euening prayer And he being at home without company it came in his minde to seeke that by force and violence which by prayer and seruice he could neuer obtaine and to that end brake a planke out of the wall between the chamber of his mistris and that where he lay which because the side of the hed as wel of his maister and mistris as of the seruauntes on the other side stoode close vnto the wall could not be perceiued whereby his wicked pretence coulde neuer be espied till vpon a time she being in bed with a yong wench of eleuen or twelue yeares old and in her first sleepe this villaine in his shirt entred through the saide hole into the chamber with his naked sword in his hand but as soone as she felt him by her she quickly sprang out of the bed disswading him by all meanes and exhortations that possibly an honest woman could deuise but he that had naught but heastly loue and better vnderstood in the Mules language than her honest reasons shewed himselfe beastilier than those beasts with whome he had long continued for perceiuing that shee ranne so fast about a table that he could not haue his will as also that she was so strong that she had twice loosed her selfe out of his hands being in dispaire neuer to haue his pleasure while she liued gaue her a great blowe vpon the reines thinking that if neither feare nor force could make her yeelde yet paine would doe it but he found the contrary for that euen as a good souldier perceiuing his blood is therby more moued to reuenge himselfe and winne his honour so her chaste heart inforced her much more to runne and flie out of the villaines hands alwaies giuing him the fairest words she could thinking by such meanes to make him knowe his fault but to the contrary he was so furious that by no means he wold be ruled by her good counsel giuing her diuers other blows which to auoyd she neuer ceased to runne as long as her legs would hold But in the end when with the losse of so much blood she felt her death approach listing her eies to heauen and holding vp her hands she yeelded thanks to God whom she named her force her vertue her patience and her chastitie beseeching him to accept that bloud which to obey his commaundement she then had shead in reuerence of Christ Iesus his sonne whereby she stedfastly beleeued all her sins to be forgiuen and saying Lord receiue the soule that by thy mercie hath freely beene redeemed she fell with her face vpon the ground and being fallen the wicked villaine gaue her diuers blows wherwith hauing lost her speech and strength of body failing the villaine tooke by force that which shee for want of strength could not defend And hauing satisfied his filthy lust fled so hastily that neuer after what meanes soeuer was wrought he could be found Meane time the young wench that lay with the Multiers wife with feare crept vnder the bed but perceiuing the man to be gone came out and finding her mistris to be without either speech or feeling shee cried at the window to the neighbors round about for helps whereat such as loued and liked her well came presently vnto her bringing Surgeons with them and found she had receyued fiue and twenty deadly wounds vpon hir body which as much as in them lay they sought to heale but all in vaine neuerthelesse shee languished without speech in that sort for the space of one whole houre mooued her handes and eyes whereby she shewed not to haue lost her memorie and being by a priest examined of her faith shee made thereof such euident signs as that by word of mouth she could not have done better shewing that her trust was in the death of Iesus Christ whom she hoped shortly to behold within his heauenly seate and so with a cheerefull countenance her eies looking vp to heauen she yeelded her chaste body vnto the earth and her soule vnto the Lord and being taken vp and her bodie wownd and set before the doore staying for company to bring her to her graue her husband chaunced to come home where he espied his dead wife standing at the doore before he knewe thereof and hauing inquired of the cause had double reason to be grieued thereat whereby he fell so sicke that hardly he escaped death In this manner that martire of chastitie was buried in saint Florentines Church whither all the honest wiues within the towne failed not to beare her company accounting themselues most happy to be of such a towne where so vertuous a woman was found and therewith those that were not so wise but lighter of behauiour seeing the honour done vnto that body determined from that time forwardes to change their wicked liues The third Nouell ¶ A King of Naples abusing a Gentlemans wife in the end ware hornes himselfe BEcause Gentlewomen saide Saffredant I have often wished my selfe to be companion in the fortune of him whereof I meane to speake I will shew you that in the cittie of Naples in the time of king Alphonsus whose lasciuious life was his Scepter there was a Gentleman so honest faire and curteous that by reason of his perfections an olde Gentleman gaue him his daughter in marriage that for beautie and good grace was nothing inferior to him who loued well together vntill Shrouetide after that the King in masking went from house to house to sport himselfe wherein eache man inforced themselues to honour him as they could and when he came to the Gentlemans house he was receiued and entertained much better than else-where as well with banquets as with musike and

foorth whereby hee beeing busied shee might with better leisure visit the lieutenants sonne This manner of behauiour continued so long time that for her profit she entained the priest and for her pleasure receiued the other vnto whom she sware that al the entertainement she gaue vnto the priest was only by that means freely to vse his companie and that whatsoeuer passed betweene them yet she saide the priest had obtained naught of her but wordes and that he might be wel assured that neuer any man but himselfe should reape other pleasure at her hands Vpon a day as her husband went to see the priest she asked him leaue to goe into the countrey saying that the aire of the citie was somewhat contagious for her and being at her country house she wrote vnto the lieuetenants sonne that he shoulde not faile about ten of the clocke at night to come vnto her which he failed not to doe but at the doore he found the maid that vsed to let him in who spake vnto him and said Friend you must now go walke some other way for your place is taken vp Hee thinking her husband had bin come asked her the cause wherewith the poore maide pittying his estate and perceiuing him to be so fayre and honest a yong man and one that loued so wel and so litle beloued againe opened her mistris folie vnto him thinking that when he vnderstoode thereof hee woulde blame himselfe for louing so constantly She told him that the priest was but newly come thither and gone to bed to her mistris whom at that time she looked not for in that she had not appointed him to come before the next day but he hauing busied her husband about his affaires was secretly come that night to visite her If any man euer dispaired assure your selues it was the lieutenants sonne who for that time would scant beleeue it But to trie the trueth he stayed at a house hard by till he sawe the priest come foorth not so wel disguised but that he knew him better than he would In which dispayre hee went to Alanson whicher not long time after his counterfet friend returned who thinking to abuse him as she had often done went to speake with him but hee saide shee was too holy hauing touched consecrated things to speake with him being so miserable a sinner as he was whose repentaunce was so great that he hoped it could soone be pardoned When she perceiued her wanton life discouered and that neither excuse oathe nor promise neuer to do it againe would aught preuaile she made complaint vnto the Priest And hauing consulted with him went and told her husband that shee coulde no longer stay in Alanson because the lieutenants sonne whome shee accounted for her friend sought continually to dishonour her wherevpon she desired him to giue her leaue to stay at Argenton thereby to cease suspition her husband that suffered himselfe to be ruled by her yeelded to her request They were not long at Argenton but this wicked woman sent worde vnto the lieutenants sonne that shee thought him the wickedest man at that time liuing on earth and that shee had heard that hee ceased not openly to speake euil of hir and of the priest for the which she swore she would be reuenged The yong man that neuer had spoken thereof but to her selfe and that feared the priests displeasure with two of his seruants went strait vnto Argenton and found the woman in the Iacobins Church at euening prayer where hee went and kneeled downe hard by her and said vnto her Gentlewoman I am come hither to protest vnto you by the liuing God that I neuer spake to any man of you to your dishonor but only to your selfe and yet you haue committed so heynous an offence in my behalfe as I haue not vsed halfe so many iniurious speeches in your behalfe as you deserue for if either man or woman wil affirme that euer they heard it from my mouth I am come hither before your face to prooue them liers Shee perceiuing many people to be in the church and that he was accompanied with two lusty seruingmen spake as softly as she could saying vnto him she doubted not but he said the truth that she counted him too honest to speake euil of any woman in the world specially of her being one that loued him wel but shee saide her husband had some inkling thereof wherefore she desired him that he would cleare himselfe before him whereby hee might be thorowly perswaded of her honestie which hee agreed vnto and thinking to bring her home tooke her by the arme but she tolde him it was not good for him to goe with her for if he should her husband would conceiue that shee had caused him to come And therewith taking one of his men by the cloke she said vnto him let your man goe with mee and when time serueth I wil send him to fetch you meane time goe you vnto your lodging hee not fearing her conspiracie went thither and she being at home made his man that went with her to stay to supper who demanded of her oftentimes when hee should fetch his maister she answered hee woulde come time enough When midnight came she sent one of her seruants secretly to fetch him who nothing doubting her pretended mischiefe went boldly to saint Aignans house where the gentlewoman stayed his seruant whereby he had but one with him And when he was at the dore her seruant told him that his mistris would faine speake with him before her husband and that she stayed for him in a chamber only with his owne seruant saying he should do wel to send his other home which he presently did and going vp a paire of darke-staires the Attourney that had set men to watch in a chamber hard by hearing the noyse of his feete asked who went there and it was told him it was a man that woulde secretely come into his house With that one Thomas Guerin a common murtherer and by the Atturney hyred for the purpose strooke so many blowes with his sword at the poore young man that what defence soeuer he made hee could not saue his life but was presently slaine His man that in the meane time was talking with the Gentlewoman saide vnto her I thinke I heard my maister on the staires I will go see But she made him stay and said take you no care he wil come soone enough But not long after hearing his master say alas I am dead Lord receiue my soule he said he would go help him yet shee stil held him saying doubt not it is nothing but that my husband hath taught him how to leaue his youthful tricks let vs go see and looking downe from the staires head asked her husband what the matter was saying what haue you done who replied come downe and see Nowe haue I reuenged you of him that lought you so much shame saying so with a poinyard that he had thrust ten