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A19042 A certayn treatye moste wyttely deuysed orygynally wrytten in the spaynysshe, lately traducted in to frenche entytled, Lamant mal traicte de samye. And nowe out of frenche in to Englysshe, dedicat to the ryght honorable lorde henry Erle of Surrey, one of the knyghtes of the moste honorable ordre of the garter, son[n]e and heyre apparaunt to the ryght hygh and myghete prynce Thomas duke of Norfolke, hygh treasorour, and erle mershall of Englande.; Tractado de amores de Arnalte y Lucenda. English San Pedro, Diego de, fl. 1500.; Clerk, John, d. 1552.; Herberay, Nicolas de, sieur des Essars, 16th cent. 1543 (1543) STC 546; ESTC S108933 39,984 135

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¶ A certayn treatye moste wyttely deuysed orygynally wrytten in the spaynysshe lately Traducted in to Frenche entytled Lamant mal traicte de samye And nowe out of Frenche in to Englysshe dedicat to the ryght honorable lorde Henry Erle of Surrey one of the knyghtes of the moste honorable ordre of the Gartier Sōne and heyre apparaunt to the ryght hygh and myghtie prynce Thomas duke of Norfolke hygh Treasorour and Erle mershall of Englande ¶ To the ryght honorable lorde Henry erle of Surrey John̄ Clerc wysheth contynuall helthe ALbeit this worke right honorable lorde is in the Frenche entytled as aforesayd onelye dysposeth of suche lyght matyer of folysshe Loue as by a longe season reygned betwene Atnalt and Lucenda Yet neuertheles thynkynge assuredly your Lordshyp shall fynde that herein with per●●ce the same shal mysse in some others And knowyng by lōge experyēce not onely the great wysdom and synguler iudgement ●●er ●●th God the dysposer of all thynges ▪ hath moste abundantly endowed you But also the excedyng great paynes and trauayles susteyned by your selfe in traductions aswell out of the Laten Italien as the Spanyshe and Frenche wherby your Lordshyp ●u●moūteth many others not onely in knowledge but also in laude and cōmendacyon lyke as I distrust not the same wyll rather prudently accordynge to your accustomed fasshyon regarde and consyder the wytty deuyse of the thynge the maner of Locucyons the wyse sentences and the subtyll and dyscret answeres made on bothe parties in my power opynyon not vnworthy to be noted than otherwyse without 〈◊〉 ge the same wyllengly reic●●● it So I thought cōuenyent by these to sygnyfye that in this traduction I haue not estemyd the order of the wordes in ● other tonges as it is seen some haue done i sōdry places of theyr trāslacions wherby it is not only thought they publysshe theyr owne folye but also vndoubtedly certayne that they by the same in the place of lybertie submyt themselfes to seruy eu ●e without hauyng res●●●●e to tho●seruacy●n of that thyng whiche in this case ●o moste specyally 〈◊〉 wherby the sence of the Aucthour is oftē deproued and the grace ne perfection of tho●●●e other tonge dewly expressed but vnderstandynge that euery tonge hath his ꝓperties maner of Locucyons perticuler vehemēcies dignyties and rychesses I haue arrested my self onely vpon the sentēces maiesties therof so curyously as I fyrmely trust thin●euciō of thauthor is truely expressed i ● declaratiō wherof lyke as I humbly beseche your Lordshyp to take thyse my lytell laboures great good wyll in acceptable yt as y e monumēt of my power herty affection alwayes borne to the same So hauyng most fyr●e confydence in your great bountie I dystrust not the same wyll take for satisfaction not that I do but that I desyre ▪ wrytten at Lamby the the .xvii. daye of Marche 1●4● ¶ The Auctour AFter that I had this somer passed en●prysed a voyage more for y e necessyte of another than for my pleasure for the accomplysshement wherof it was conuenyent for me to absent my selfe farre from this countree had after y t also conforma blie therunto by a longe tyme trauay led in the same I came by chaunce in to a great deserte no lesse solytarie of people than displesaunt to passe thorughe And as this coūtree was vnknowen to me So thynkyng to go y e right way I strayed ī such sorte as I coulde not eftsones directe my self aswel for y e great displeasur y t I had as for the lacke of some one of whom I might demaūd y e same lyke as beyng in such necessytie I knew y ● yf the pla te was abundaūt of solytude desert that in me moch more excedyd y e passyon So than aduysynge all ꝑtes suthe vertue had myne ●yes as they gaue some cōforte to my tormented hert when y ● in a forest far from me beyng the wether fayre clere I had know ●●dge that in y e place by some smoke that yssued from thense ther was ha ●yta●ion of people wherfore I thoughte it beste to trauayle thyther And albeit passing thorugh y e thyckenes of the wode I founde the way so rude diffycyle as I repented me no lesse to haue enterprysed it than I desyred y t yssue therof Yet neuertheles euyn as I had begonne it So determyned I ●●ot to surcease but to passe thorughe And pursewyng in my Jorney as the ●onne begon to ●ouche I arryued on ●n hygh hyl syde frō whens I might easelye deserne the origynall place of the sayd smokes that yssued from the howse of a certayne gentylmā which ●he had newly in y t place caused to be edefyed was all paynted w t coloure blacke from y e foundacyon vnto the hygbest parte of the same Wherof I receyued suche meruayle that aswell to mu●e ther of as for y e desyre that I had to repose me I forgat all my pa● sed trauayles approchyuge to the same I was by chas●●e very nyghe vnto a place where certayn men dyd walke who in theyr countenaunces apparell resembled to be replenysshed with great doloure and heuynes of the whiche one lykelye to be estemed mayster and gouernoure amonges them walked before who w t heuye syghes passed y e tyme yet neyther his coulour ●● leane vysage had not alte ●yd his gētyll noryture educacyon ¶ And albeit wel he shewed hym selfe aduysyng me beyng nere vnto hym howe woche at y e fyrste syght he was ther of estouned ▪ yet neuerthelsse he dis symuled it receyued me most genty● ly desyrynge me to dyscende come a fote After knowynge my trauayle he caused furniture to be made for my repose toke me by y e hād to cōduct me in to this his sorowfull house Than ●● who of y ● straunge place receyued great maruaile endeuored myself no ●sse ▪ than I could well so note y e syngularyties of the same amonges the whiche beynge aryued at the gate I ●awe aboue it thre whyte rolles wher ●● was wrytten ☞ ❧ This is the sorowfull howse verament Of one that dyeth and doth lament Bycause death to his death wyll not cōsent WHen I had very intentyuely red them we passed further sawe that all thinges of that howse repre●ented greuous dolour For from the ●oundacyon of y e same vnto the hygh ●st parte therof other thynges appered not but sorowe heuynes Wher ●ore I wolde not than demaunde the ●ause therof but reserued it vnto a ty ●e more conuenyent ❧ ❧ ❧ ● From thense he brought me in to the halle where without long● tary enge was brought the supp●t wit● great abundaunce of vitayles goo● ordre of seruyse ⚜ ❧ ☜ ¶ Shortly after y ● sorowfull knyght knowynge the trauayle that I ha● sustayned brought me hymself in t● a chambre where he left me and ret●red with so sorowfull a vysage tha● it was meruayle Than beynge alon● I