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A07674 The honorable, pleasant and rare conceited historie of Palmendos Sonne to the famous and fortunate Prince Palmerin d'Oliua, Emperour of Constantinople and the queene of Tharsus. Translated out of French by A.M. one of the messengers of her Maiesties chamber.; Primaleon (Romance). English. Selections. Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633. 1589 (1589) STC 18064; ESTC S110033 128,708 203

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wife_n fair_a and_o soft_o after_o but_o when_o he_o behold_v this_o woeful_a spectacle_n and_o what_o a_o butchery_n palmendos_fw-la sword_n have_v make_v his_o ser●…aunts_n sear_v he_o will_v have_v follow_v in_o this_o hard_a fortune_n nor_o can_v i_o hear_v set_v down_o the_o rueful_a moan_n which_o ripole_n make_v over_o his_o father_n mother_n &_o sister_n no_o doubt_n they_o be_v a●…_n strange_a and_o irksome_a as_o this_o accident_n but_o when_o they_o have_v search_v through_o the_o castle_n and_o found●…_n nothing_o want_v but_o the_o king_n of_o thessaly_n they_o judge_v the_o author_n of_o this_o tiranni●…_n to_o be_v christian_n and_o that_o they_o likewise_o have_v carry_v away_o the_o queen_n marencida_n after_o he_o have_v take_v order_n for_o inter_v the_o dead_a he_o ride_v immediate_o towards_o the_o great_a turk_n have_v hear_v of_o iffida●…s_n nurse_n all_o that_o have_v pass_v between_o she_o &_o the_o two_o knight_n and_o be_v come_v before_o the_o emperor_n he_o 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