saide O hardest of happes but most unhappy onely I that she to whom I owe all love and from whom I cannot withdraw my devoted affections should by my meanes be the more afflicted But in my Lords love and welfare doe I onely live and will bury all other affects and considerations The guilled Daulphin whose undisgested displeasure and over-iealous preiudicating heart gave way to every suspitious thought so procreated â—y false conceite and so confirmed by her mellefluous and deceitfull tongue began now to conceive much more then he did see or perceive Feare and dislike so shipwrackt his iudgement upon his Wives clouded rockes that what before seemed to him by coniecture but probable that he holds now as an Oracle And therefore imbracing her he kist her oft and oft did wipe her forced bedewed eyes and then did kisse againe and thanked her for her provident care and preserving love assuring her that thus warned hee would be ever armed and that in his daughters wedded miseries they would build vp both their securities And thereupon commanded that a strickt Watch should ever guard the prison doore that no one but Monsieur Maux should come or send unto her Thus Beasts corrupt doe lightly poyson take Thus envie weepes that teares may michiefe make But La-nova understanding of the Daulphins Decree and finding the venomous drift and impoysoned minde of this Serpentine mother having Land adioyning to the Castle did erect after a great and strickt shew of holines a Chappell in honour of our Lady wherein he made a close partition In the one part to heare publique Masse and in the other which adioyned to his Castle to prostrate himselfe before his God and to powre forth his more private prayers for his secret sinnes In this part hee digged in the night so long and many nights so long that at length hee made a secret way that ascended up to the place of their aboade and pausing there a while to rest his over-wearied selfe he heard Vienna and Izabella carefully and interchangeably sing this contentions Ditty Vienna Who lives to love doth live to care Who careth much much griefe shall finde Who findeth griefe tormented are In endlesse woe of wofull minde Why then should love poffesse our hearts That yeelds nought else but secret smarts Izabella Who loves to live should live to love Who loveth much much joy shall finde Who findeth joy such joyes shall prove As proves no joy to Lovers minde Why should we then sweet Love dispraise By whom our mindes such joyes assayes Vienna The heart opprest in fancy dyes Affection sayles in Times arrest Ioves royall bird preyes not on Flyes Loves greatest joy is hopes behest Why love we then Why ioy we so Since hope is vaine and Love breedes woe Izabella The Paulme supprest doth higher growe The lowest sayle Time sets aloft The highest Sunne doth shine belowe And poorest hope findes hap full oft Then live and love then hope and have Heavens made love Love heavens gave Vienna But Townes besieg'd distressed yeelds Izabella But forts maintain'd great glory gaines Vienna Onforlorne Hope Love never builds Izabella In Fortunes change Hope hap obtaynes Vienna Then will I love Izabel Then constant prove Vienna Sweet Paris live Izabel Viennas love No sooner had they made an end of theyr Song but La-nova found an end of his worke and going forth of his darke passage he softly yet cheerefully entred and saluted Vienna who though amazed yet animated at his sight runne and fell upon his breast and in the fall of her many teares ask'd him What newes of her Paris and whether he lived and living lived to his first Enone or strugling had found and made a second choyse Say La-nova say hath any Hellen wonne my Trojan from his betrothed Nimph or hath Adenis forgotten his Venus and become amorous of another Lady If so say so and tell mee how thou cam'st hither For I wonder at thy presence and feare thy hazard Your Knight most constantly vertuous and renowned Lady said La-noua liues I hope and no doubt wholly yours But never since the receite of this Letter heard I any tydings of him Onely my care of your good the summe of Sir Paris charge hath plotted and effected this poore shift to relieve and comfort your grace And so he told her how and shewed her the way the top whereof he advised her to cover well least it should be discryed he undone and she unsuccoured Vienna re-embracing him for his kinde and tender regard to her and for his true and fast love to them both gave him many thankes and earnestly entreated him to make privie enquiry of the Genua Merchants whether they knew or had heard of Sir Paris and how he spent his dayes and so fearing the detested Keepers comming La-noua left her to make provision for her Now the Daulphin whose diseased minde could not bee cured but by the match of the Burbon Prince thought himselfe still endangered so long as she lived unmarried and imprisoned His wicked wily wife had cast such an erronious mist over his bewitched eyes and so drowned his heart in fearefull doubts that he durst not trust his owne safety unlesse his harmelesse daughter were either made away at home or married away farre from home To give peace vnto these his disturbed thoughts he went unto the Castle to see whether that weakening dyet and tedious thraldome had well reduced her seduced minde and made her of a disobedient childe the daughter of his will In tryall whereof he demanded whether in the high and sacred preheminence of a Father he should finde yet the obliged duty of a childe the which if she would in repentance acknowledge and in performance willingly accomplish his will She should be restored to her former estate his wonted favour and her preeminent dignities Vienna on humble knees falling at his feete required his blessing and saide that continued sorrowes had so mortified all thoughts of affection that onely griefe was growne to bee pleasing to miserable creatures and that custome had made her content to lye in her bed of woe and to water her couch with teares onely she prayed that the just God might appease his ire against uniust men But how sayd shee shall my selfe perswade my selfe that you meane me any good that not onely have so hardly intreated mee and so vnnaturally imprisoned your sole childe but most vniustly and cruelly have put in prison poore Sir Iaques that hath spent all his happiest dayes in your unrewarded service It is the true property of a Prince to resemble Cod in vertue bounty and mercy and not the Lyon in force rigour and cruelty Mercy pardoneth those that deserve it not and the interpretation of the strictest law should rather tend to mercy then cruelty since rigorous lawes were first made more to terrifie all then to torment any The doubtfull Daulphin finding his amisse but not his remedie somewhat to perswade his daughter of his repenting rigour and
with her selected and endeered friend the Lady Izabella whose gracious demeanour he so devoutly noted and whose unparalel'd beauty hee so feelingly admired that openly commending the one he secretly affected the other Many were the unwonted thoughts that now troubled his troubled minde and more then many were the unquiet and universuall cares that now attended his new entertained desires Still hee gazed and gazing sigh't and sighing grieved that so he gazed yet could hee not cease to feed his hungry eye nor durst he once be seene to looke on her one whom he could not but looke For as commanding love did flatter his aspiring hope so the remembrance of Phaetons fall did dismay him with a deadly feare And feare hee did least that just disdaine should beget in her bitter revenge and blacke revenge should bring forth untimely death Thus in seeking to passe the meane poore Paris dyed for being so meane and in this disconsolation glad he was to smother his sorrow to his greater griefe not daring to acquaint any but La-nova his second selfe his companion in Armes and the sole secreter of all his secrets To him and none but him did hee in sorrow bewray his love and in love bewayle his sorrow La-nova pittying his case disswaded him from the danger of Jxions love least with more repentance hee vainely with Apollo pursued Daphne Heavens forbid said he my Paris eye should with the Eagle soare against so bright a Sunne or that your desire should with the Bee delight in such flowers which being suckt will yeeld more poyson then honey Ah Paris Paris seeke not to obtaine that with care which you cannot keepe without danger To desire to be a King is no Just title of a Kingdome and to say you love her no sufficient desert to winne her Desire not then beyond thy reach least thou fall in thy hope Nay admit that her chast conceites would entertaine Venus deceites yet followes it not that Ioves royall bird would prey on silly Flies Alexander would deale with none but Kings nor Vienna with any but Princes lowe shrubs wither ever at the Cedars roote Beware Paris least coveting with Icarus to soare above the Sunne thou be punished in his pride under the Sunne Thy deserts are I confesse many and meritorious but the state of her estate stands not with thy indignities men are wey'd by the aboundance of their fortunes not by the worthinesse of theyr vertues Then wade no further in this fourd but let Armours not Amours be the subject of thy thoughts since the Campe affoords honours and the Court such dangers Paris thus dehorted resembled the Palme-tree that the more it is prest downe the more it striveth upwards so the more his friend misliked of that hee desired the more he desired what so his friend misliked Such was the unresistable force of his inlimitable affection that in spite of reason he was enforc'd to doe homage unto passion For where Love is predominant there all other affections attend on it And therefore he concluded still and ever to love her but still and never to let it bee knowne to her To approve which he requested La-novas company that night secretly to give Vienna musicke who seeing his unremoveable resolution vowed himselfe to his fortunes The same night when quiet sleepe possest each weary eye hee and La-nova taking eyther of them a well tuned Lute went directly under Vienna's window where sweetly striking theyr pleasant strings Sir Paris thus chearefully warbled out his Ladies praise Though present times allow of former age And yeeld the pride of grace to Ioves faire Queene Though Iunoes grace did please each gazing eye And all men thought like grace was never seene Yet were J judge to iudge of sweetest grace Your grace for grace should have the chiefest place Though Pallas patronesse of Wisedome be And wisest heads doe homage to her shrine Though Doctors draw their learning from her braine And all men hold her sacred and divine Yet should J iudge of Wit Pallas should finde Your Grace should weare the Laurell of the minde Though Paris Venus doom'd for fairest faire Of Goddesse three that strove for beauties pride Though Gods and men confirm'd her beauties Queene And every eye did honour Vulcans bride Yet might I judge my judgement should be this Venus was faire fayrer Vienna is Then leave your strife strive not you worthy wights Yeeld beauties prize vnto my Princesse Praise Blush Trojan blush thy Hellens bue is stain'd Cease cease you Knights your Ladyes praise to raise Since so my Love excells those Goddesse three That all exceld for grace wit and beauty Vienna pleased with the tune but more with her praise was moved with desire to know who they were that so sweetly sung and so affectinately honoured her but doe what she could she could not know them by any meanes which much grieved but more troubled her disquieted thoughts Still she conferred and talked with Jzabella of that heavenly harmony and ever she commended whom she knew not to commend For Paris having ended where yet he had not begun convayed himselfe away as privately as might be But the next following night they went againe with dolefull Recorders on which they carefully sounded Paris unknowne thus plainely made his passion not his person knowne How should J joy why should J sing That nought but woes and sorrowes bring What is that God of torments great What is his name where is his seat Below O no there is not hell On high fie fie there blisse doth dwell Looke in my eyes let Judgement showe Where that place is of endlesse woe Behold my heart fresh bleeding still Where griefe doth live and Love doth kill Then see ah me where sorrowes dwell 'T is Loue I prove that men call hell Love is that God that men torments With raging woes and sad laments My heart his seat where he doth raigne With great contempt and proud disdaine This this it is makes love a Hell Then Care prepare to ring my knell Farewell most faire Beauty adiew J dare not love but honour you Starres fixt so high dimmes my weake sight J may not gaze on Lampes so bright Which proves and moves my tongue to tell That Love proud Love is worse then Hell This sorrowfull Song ended the Musicke ceased and Paris returned to his Chamber But Vienna who attentively had listned to this carefull Ditty knew not well by his over-passionate conceite and alluding and insinuating Song that Love had made her a Mistris and Fortune had sent her a servant Yet could shee not imagine who hee should be but much she was discontented that so it should be her Princely towring thoughts were not subject to Subjects fancies nor would she admit of servill servants And therfore because she would punish their pride in their presumption she went the next morning secretly to her Father and told him how that the two passed nights there had beene some not knowne to her that had bestowed
Visiers Basshaes and Martiall Commanders would sit in the Divano there to consult and conclude for the invading of Christendome And if they would stand as faithfull Sentinels in such a place as she would covertly appoynt them to and carefully make their prying eyes full witnesses of her sportfull abuses that then she would guild their labours over with Gold enrich their estates and make them more pleasing in the Sultans eyes for that regardfull service The Eunuches whose offices stood upon such employments embraced the offer and promised theyr best endeavours The Sultanesse proudly glad that she should by this deceitfull meanes be freed from these preventing and interrupting Spirits made now no question of opportunity and therefore no doubt of the fruition of her desire To hasten which she called unto her Mentiga one of her attendants whom she before had fashioned to her purpose and gave her in secret charge that she should that evening following disguise her selfe in Mans apparell and goe to the victorious Aethiopian and warily deliver him that Letter and crave his answere Glad was Mentiga of this imployment it fitted her nature well and hope of reward gave speed to her desires to doe her Mistresse some pleasing service The evening being come this mindfull Mentiga sinnes packhorse that had tyred many a Man now attired her selfe like a Man and going found Sirap alone in his Chamber vnto whom humbling her selfe she delivered her carnall Letter which thus pleaded in her Mistrisses behalfe EVgenia the Greatest of Women well greeteth Sirap the Worthiest of Men That I write to thee may be thy glory and that I love thee let it be thy happinesse If thou hast wit to know Love J have beauty to moove Love and if thou hast merit to win Love J have a body to reward Love We both were bred in the intrailes of the flesh and therefore subiect to the desires of the flesh Let Nature then excuse my blushing shew of immodestie herein who hath not left our affections within our owne powers but hath framed our inherent iuevitable fancies as facile to be seduced by love as she hath made vs by kinde too kinde to resistt Love The Sultan growes olde and Love deckes not her selfe with fading flowers nor can the withered Tree shade beauty from the burning Sunne Love without fruit is a Picture without a Face and Venus is best pleased when she is feelingly enfolded within Mars his armes If then thou wilt live like the King of Bees seeke honey at my Hive and thou shalt sucke the brests of full delight and gage the vessell when this Earthly God shall drinke the Lee. It shall suffice Soliman that the Sea is sufficient for more Fishes then one and it may proudly content thee that opportunity waites on thy best fortunes for to morrowwill the Sultan sit in the Divano and I have taken order for my Attendants Then cloath thy selfe in some Religious habite for they may ever doe the most wrong of whom least is looked for and come where Pleasure attends thee and where Treasure shall enrich thee and so farewell EVGENIA Sirap having read this with amazement stood abashed not that overpowerfull Love had given her such bold countenance but that licentious lust had armed her with such impudencie He now found that the dry Earth the Grave and a wicked Woman were three unsatiable things But her alluring follies could not win him nor her atractive offers waine him from the constant resolve of his vertuous dispose For though Fortunes gates were set wide open for him to enter yet he well knew that asmuch would hurt the ill that he should find as the good that he should loose Though Lawrell he said be of high esteeme yet who so tasteth it shall finde it bitter Vices may vanish but their effects can not perish and therefore he chose rather with the Bee to extract Hony from euery weede then with the Spider to gather poyson of the fayrest flower Viennas love was a rich rocke of defence against all Siren songs nor would the binding benefits he had received of the Sultan suffer him to blast his benefactors Vine nor make him mud the fountaine that gave him drinke Aperpetuall repenting sorrow he could not buy for so golden and glorious seeming a solace For what profiteth it to touch nay have the Crowne and after to be smitten downe with the Scepter Dignities agravate the offence against him that is bound not to offend and such pleasures ever contaminate those that imbrace them False disloyaltie could not corrupt him nor could poverty infect him As these considerations made him resolute in the refusall so doubtfull feare made him carefull least his denyall should beget disdaine and disdaine bring forth direfull revenge for vniust Women doe never apease their wrathfull ires against iust Men. To sayle betwixt these threatning Gulphes was dangerous yet like a wise Pilate he turned himselfe to the stearne of his best providencie and taking Pen and Inke he no lesse subtilely then suddainly writ her such an answere as being left of purpose unpointed might sensibly be read either to sute her desire or to excuse his denyall This Letter he sealed and delivered it to the Protean Messenger with excuse of the necessity of his Religious observation to celebrate his Natiuitie the next day and that he would couetously attend and ioyfully embrace the benefit of the next Tyde By this coulorable delay he freed himselfe from all hazard and by winning of time he hoped to avoyde all dangers But Eugenia receiving the Letter read it as followes THe awe of Maiestie and bond of oblieging honestie J regard not the consideration of so glorious Loue shall make me yours the greatnesse of your merit J acknowledge and will affect as I ought respectiuely I honour the estimate of your Place and Greatnesse your Loue J will affectionately embrace neuer Eugenia for me shall fayle of her desire and Sirap will euer liue freely yours in all seruice Sirap Disdaine of contempt and rancorous despight for refused favours would scarce let her read out the last word but that throwing it away in a most distastfull rage shee vowed that his life should answere the disgrace which Mentiga hearing grieved that her labours had brought forth no better fruit and finding her Paradiz'd hopes cast downe shee in a most scornefull manner tooke up the Letter and happily read it the other contrary way and therewithall humbling her selfe besought her Majesty to take a better view thereof and not to contemne him that gave her such ample and pleasing content Content nay contempt sayd Engneia thou wouldst say Thinkest thou that I cannot see reade nor understand what he hath done what madnesse moves thee to perswade mee to unpossibilities Thy idle words cannot make my constant eye a Traytor to my perfect iudgment See here witlesse woman that hast either lost thy sight or thy sences Reade reade and let every word winne thy assistance to my iust and
apprehend thy fall Thou might have longer liv'd in thy renowne But now thy sinnes are ripe Fate throwes thee downe For shee being drawne by a wilfull folly unto that whereunto shee was destinate no sooner had uttered what shee misliked but straight shee misliked what shee had uttered Shall idle doubt shee sayd the hearce of our desires deprive mee of my wished delights Is base feare the badge and terrour of Pesants a befitting Councellour for a commanding Empresse or is Loue tyed to equality honour or maiestie that knowes no difference of persons Must greatest Queenes want their wills and the drosse of Damosels enjoy their pleasures Where then is our dignities our pretogatives and our priviledges To command others and be slaves to our selves is worse then subjection I will be my selfe my affections shall bowe to my will and my fancy shall command my pleasures Necessity hath no law and where there is no law there is no breach Here Mentiga take this purse and happily get thee gone and fortunately returne This concluding command gave her speed and being come before him she thus in his private Chamber all alone salutes him Eugenia the great Emperiall Sultanesse Soveraigne Queene of Queenes and onely Mirror of Beauty and Bountie by me her trusty Hand-mayd greetes thee well and wisheth thee O thou happiest of Men and blest Sonne of Fortune all the Ioyes that thy heart can wish or her affection can afford She grieves that thou art bound for Babylon and she entreates thee that diguised this night at the hower of twelue when darkenesse hath put on her blackest roabe thou wilt come to the Posterne-gate of the Gardon wall where she will in person receive thee and safely bring thee where thou mayst bath thy selfe in Beauties most delightfull Fountaine and feast thy best Fortunes with all the pleasures that true Love or proud State can yeeld Nor mayst thou doubt of hazard herein since thy security is thus carefully and certainely assured And therewithall she related to him the whole plot of theyr devise which she said was onely intended that by your incorporated farewels you both might seale such an infringeable Deed of your covenanted Loves that nought but Death should breake the same Sirap being thus surprised when least he looked for such an assault wished himselfe in Babylon His vertuous dispose did contemne such shamefull treacherie Nor would hee violated his plighted Faith to Vienna for all the proud Fortunes and Favours of Asia and Affricke Yet fearing least his refusall should crosse his departure hee smoothly set a scarlet dye on his rough and course conceyt and like Jove himselfe when hee entered Danaes Towre he seemed both pleasant and pleasing to Mentiga which made her more apt to beleeve what he never meant Returne sayd hee unto the brightest Starre and greatest Glory of Turkie and present in all humble humblenesse my true service unto her and say That in the entercourse of Affection my Love surmounts hers and that neyther Danger nor Death shall alter or hinder the wished fruition of my Fancie so fortified by a Princes Favour To take my farewell is my thirsting desire and to seale the deed of my purchased Favour is the Gordian knot that I most wish to unloose Be true to thy Queene wise to thy selfe give thy Thoughts no tongue nor my Name no record Thus did hee in another meaning satisfie blinded Mentiga who proud of her surmised successe was so ravished with joy that taking a compendious farewell shee posted in the conceit of her happie endeavours to feast Eugenia with her glad tydings And no sooner was shee gone but that Sirap falling on his knees besought God to guard his innocencie from all Barbarian perils and to free his chaste tboughts from those tempting Syrens those ruinating Follies and those lascivious and nefarious Assaults and that hee would so direct him in his wisedome and defend him by his power that he might safely without interuption goe to Babylon and for the good of his Sanctuarie remoove that Piller of his Church out of the House of Dagon and bring him home to bee a Glory to his Temple This Sacrifice was his safeguard His vertuous determination and constant resolution merited well but his firme affiance in his God and dependancy on Divine perfection shielded him no doubt from pertaking of that adherent mischiefe that fell fatally upon the Sultanesse and Mentiga Yet in seeking to avoyd Sylla he feared to fall into Charibdes His non-appearance would make his fraud apparant and his delusion might draw on his secret destruction But Mentiga comming to her Soveraigne Lady who long had expected her before she came though she came long before reason could expect her chearefully recounted unto her what Sirap in truth but not truely had protestingly delivered unto her how pleasing her Message was to him how joyfully he entertained the Name of Love how feelingly he entered into comparison for his affection and how comfortably he embraced the remembrance of his desired Fare-well These and other demonstrances of Passion she so fully and pleasantly related that Eugenia drowning all thoughts of danger in the conceite of her approaching happinesse she dreamed of nought but Loves Embracements Venus Delights and wantonizing Sports building a Pallace of Pleasure in her minde wherein she meant to feast all her Amorous desires and crowne her thoughts with sweet Content To this end she gave Mentiga in charge that nothing should be wanting that should be requisite to further theyr designes Whilst interrupted Sirap being thus Chequ'd by a Queene lay studying how he might drive it to a Stall and not receive the Mate but give speed to his departure Resolved he was not to touch the forbidden Fruit nor to drinke on Cirses Cuppe he would not with the Spider sucke poyson out of a fayre Flower nor spotte his True-love with the dregges of Maiesty Proude bewitching Pleasure could not intice him to Folly nor rich alluring Treasures corrupt his constant integrity Hee scorned to sell his Loyalty for Lucre or Love for Sylver True wisedome made his vertuous minde to bend rather to that which was good in it selfe then to that which by evill mindes might be judged good In briefe his conclusion was to excuse his not comming by expresse Commaund from the Sultan that as that night he should consult with his Visiers concerning his negotiation in Babylon But this false colour need no allowance Displeased Iustice tooke away all exception and sealed him pardon before any accusation For the dismall night being come Vengeance attended her fatall hower which approching she accordingly changed her attire with Mentiga and brought her as her Hand-mayde to her Royall Bedde and after went to Mentiga's Chamber where she waking wayted for the appointed hower which come she casting on Mentigaes Night-gowne with a bold heart beyond the resolve of her weake Sexe she paced downe the stayres that led into the Garden Into which she no sooner entred but that she sawe the angry
begun that the Fish might bite the more eagerly when the bayte was pulled away But oh said Vienna for now she had swallowed the hidden and hurtfull hooke didst thou not perceive the cause of his so secret and so great a griefe Yes Noble Lady said Poltron Time and Occasion gave me meanes to know the same Then good Poltron let me intreat thee she said to relate the full discourse thereof For such Subiects of woe best fitteth wofull mindes and causes of dolour and calamity are ever most pleasing to perplexed persons Poltron thus halled on to set the trap that should ensnare her life thus cunningly gave fire to her tinder Though said he I am unwilling to ingrieve my thoughts with the sad remembrance of my friends over-grieuous sorrowes yet since it is your pleasure your will commands my obedience Then know most fairest of faire Ladies that after I had many times observed the frenzie of his passions and wondring had noted his broken and disconsonant complaints hee being at other times most advisedly wise and most humbly though sadly patient As wee were sitting at the mouth of his Cave chatting on the miseries of this life and the crosses of this uncertaine world I requested him in favour of my desire to recount unto me the cause of his so often passionate laments In answere whereof he said Though my griefe be already such as there can be no addition to so great an extreame and though my wounds cannot be healed because they may not be searched yet to giue thee some content know that not farre from Tolledo in Spaine I serued not long since a great and mighty Lord called Don Daulphinatus who had one onely daughter named Paris-enna whose beauty was farre fairer then the euening starre and whose vertue was more powerfull then the greatest constellation By her sweet influence did I only liue and breathe and though my meane fortune durst not gaze on so bright a Planet yet did her gracious aspect both so ennoble and inable my towring thoughts that vnknowne I atchiued in honour of her name many admired exployts After some season both my acts and my loue were accidentally made knowne to her who in time made mee though most unworthy the Maister of her desires that was and still am a servant to her will Our mutuall mindes thus combined was like the Garden of Eden wherin grew more delights then either Nature now affords or Art can expresse Our hearts fed on pleasures our eyes beheld the blisse of each other and in the full comfort of all content did we sleepe in love and wake and walke in all fulnesse of ioy From this Paradice were we driven by felonious Fortune who envying our happinesse would not suffer that we should make this earth our heaven that was before curst for our sinnes My Lord her Father had knowledge thereof who finding my indignity not worthy of such soveraignty was so caried away with disdainfull scorn and irefull displeasure that he doomed me to death if ever I were found within the precinct of his command This separation for now I was put to my flight was such a corasive to both our confounded soules that she stayed to endure a greater misery the deprivation of life and I wandered in unknowne pathes to seeke after a wished death Long was my travaile and manifold my fortunes But neither distance of place continuance of travaile happinesse of fortune nor tract of time could free my fancie nor weary me from my constant affection At last being both wearied and nighted I came to this harmelesse Cell where in love of Solitarinesse and in contempt of the world I vowed to spend the unspent sorrowes of my Life and keepe my selfe from the knowledge of Men and thereupon he devoutly swore mee that I should not make his private aboad knowne to any Man Whereat the wounded Princesse in her apprehension sighed and watered the floare with her baulmy Teares as knowing by the amplyfied and conioyned Names and by the concurrence and circumstance of the Matter that hee was most assuredly her beloved Paris and thereupon shee demanded what was his Name Sans Lieure replyed Poltron did he call himselfe Sans Lieure sayd she Oh how rightly did the Destinies Christen him and how truely doth his Name expresse his Fate For Griefe hath but a dead heart and haplesse Love none at all But where is that Place of playnt that so confines Sorrow in it selfe and makes Woe a habitation for so miserable a Man Tell mee O tell me that I may send some Sanctified person to comfort him and weyne him from so wretched a life My Oath answered Poltron will not admit that any Man be my meanes should know thereof Then would I were shee sayd with him my selfe for by his Name I now remember hee is that Divining Man that hath revealed Wonders and can tell what shall befall every one Oft have I heard of him and strange things by him fore-told hath come to passe Thus did they both disguise theyr mindes and with untempered Morter daube up their severall concealed meanings and hidden intentions that they might both the better worke out theyr Advantages But Poltron seeing his venemous Plot had without all suspect thus poysoned her beliefe boldly told her That as she was no Man shee was not within the Condition of his Bond and therefore if so she pleased he would not only give her full liberty but also bring her unknowne to that haplesse Hermite whom shee desired much to see provided that shee should give him Gold to bring him after to his native Home and also bee directed by him both for the meanes and the manner of theyr escape and travaile To this she answered that Prisons were no Treasure-houses and that she had no Minte to answere her minde onely some reserved Iewels she had which she would give him It shall said he suffice Pitty pleades in your behalfe your merit claymes redresse and my feeling griefe to see a Princesse so distrest commandes the hazard of my Life Be you but silent and secret and you shall see that I will deceive the waking eyes of encharged wisedome and over-throw the heedfull care of reposed trust And thus it must be By the Print of the Keyes which I will make in Waxe will I make other like Keyes by which all the doores shall congee to your Will and give passage to your pleasure Then will I have you for our better security homely attired with a Boxe under your arme and Bone-lace hanging out of it a payre of Shieres tyed to your Girdle a Yeard in your hand that you may seeme to be not what you are but what in appearance I would have you shew to be And I will with a Pedlers packe on my backe well suited thereunto travell along with you as your Husband So shall wee both better escape and avoyd suspition But how sayd Vienna shall Izabella bestow her selfe She sayd Poltron must stay behind in Prison
principality extinguish all sorrow and memory of the dead Daulphinis So that wiping his eyes he turned himselfe towards Sirap and embracing him said Most worthy Knight and my dearest friend welcome to my Court to my selfe and all that is mine This Pallace my Countrey and I are all at your dispose For so in my particular obligation and by your merritorious and pleading deserts am I bound unto you And longer may not I enioy what I now possesse then you shall finde my promises full laden with rich performance And be further assured that as I onely live through your love and raigne altogether by your valour so will I ever owe you fealty for my life and still doe you homage for my Crowne Sirap understanding thus much by Boufoy returned him humble thankes for his so gratefull and high esteeme both of himselfe and his poore endeavours with protestation that he neither wish'd nor expected so great and undeseruing guerdons but still held himselfe most indebted vnto his owne desires to doe him all further possible service This interchange of kindnesses gave contentment to them both and was most pleasing to the Daulphin who yet fed so on his fresh feeling happinesse that he gave in charge that all his Subiects should honour Sirap as himselfe and hold his will as the will of their Lord For so he said is your Lords will that next to the Lord of hoasts holds his life and living of him Then told he them how and with what hazard of his life hee had redeemed him from most base bondage and cruell death How he had left many heathen honours to honour him then greatly dishonoured and how he had protected him at Sea from danger of Pirats and lastly established him in his regalty in despight of his foes And therefore many and sundry were the Triumphs that now were ordained for him but more then many were the severall thoughts that afflicted his doubtfull minde Vienna he thought had cause to condemne him since affection ever thinkes all times of stay too long that hangs on desert La-nova he knew would rebuke him for violating the sacred lawes of friendship in his concealement And his reverend Father might well question his breach of love and duty that so refused to shew himselfe a sonne One while was he ready to embrace La-nova another time to runne to Vienna and by and by hee was ready prest to fall on his knees to Sir Jaques Now did hee pitty distressed Vienna who in all these alterations was neither moved nor removed Then did he feare her liberty since her Father had no feeling of her calamity Thus dubiously perplexed in minde hee sadly sate unregarding regarding the continuing and maintained Iustes untill the Daulphin iudging of his stormy thoughts by his clowded countenance thus awaked him by his Interpreter What think'st said hee my best worthy friend of our French Knights and how stands our Court sports with your liking Sirap whose Martiall minde was now mollified with milder and calmer thoughts by his man thus answered As Knights of good regard I regard your Knights and as noble befitting sports I commend your heroicall pastimes All doth well and well doth it stand with your Highnesse that hath Knights that can doe so well But the Iustes being ended the Daulphin that had read his discontentment in the deepe characters of his face for the countenance oft shewes the affects and passions of the heart tooke him by the hand and privatly led him into a faire tapistred gallery hanged with most artificiall pictures of greatest Monarches where he thus againe assaved to finde the cause of his disturbance Let not said hee any doubt dismay mylives preserver nor let any remembrance of your last and lost honours worke in you any repenting humor since Viennaes Daulphin is both willing and ready both to accomplish your demand and to honour you with all dignities What pleaseth Sirap pleaseth the Daulphin and nothing shall content the Daulphin but what shall well like Sirap Then aske my Lord and bee Lord of your asking Sirap thus kindly entreated and encouraged lowly humbled himselfe and by Boufoy thus replyed Know most renowned and thrice worthy Prince that doubtfull suspition harbours not in noble hearts Nor think I once of honours change Your covenanted promise exiles that doubt and the effect of my request is the honour that best will please my minde Then let me shew and shewing crave both what troubleth your servant and what he now in all humility demands for his conditioned gift Not affecting honours the worlds fading glory nor coveting riches mans pleasing evill but seeking contentment in loves felicity I aske claime and require your daughter my Lord for my wife and a wife for my reward The renowne of her attractive vertues and the vertue of her moving perfections hath by report so captivated my freest thoughts since my comming to Viennois that wondring at her Fame I am wounded with Fancy and my desire is to see and applaude her excellencies Then let it not seeme strange unto you that unseene perfections have thus wrought unknowne passions since the eare is as well subiect to conceit as the eye is pliant to affection The Daulphin whose unnaturall impenitrable heart felt no longer remorce of her endured misery then whilst hee was himselfe in misery and who was no sooner free but that hee freed his remorced thoughts from all thought of remorce In so much that looking neither after her imprisonment nor his owne posterity hee in his euer over awfulnesse shewed himselse now rather an unrelenting Tyrant then a chastising Father But now thus utged by Sirap whose warranted demand and high deserts might well challenge an absolute grant hee herein still discontented thus contented Sirap Nothing I see right noble valiant and most merritorious Moore seemeth worse to love then to preferâ—e any thing before it selfe For cloath Desire in plates of burnish'd gold and Desire will shiver all for colde and fill affections purse with treasure and fancy wanting contentment will starve for hunger so that nothing can satisfie Love but love Your deserts might well have challenged my Principality for your due my dignities for your right and all my treasure for your owne But all these I see suffice not because they satisfie not And to aske you why is to aske one halfe pyned why he is hungry You loue my Lord you loue but whom my daughter yea that is my griefe Not that you loue her vnworthy your loue but that I cannot giue you her more then worthy her For such I sweare by the eternall and my all-preseruing God hath beene and yet is the vndutifull and most obstinate will of my too disobedient and degenerate daughter that neuer yet nor yet euer could I or shall I I feare perswade intreate or enforce her to consent to any in royall ranke worth or majestie suitable to her selfe For many times many powerfull Princes that sued for her fauour shee hath both carelesly
disrespected and scornefully refused And as many times many times hath she therein my will disobeyed and contemned Not regarding her renowne shining in their glory Nor respecting my contentment nor progenie eclipsed both in her neglect of me and in her affoorded favour to her farre inferiours which caused me in iustice to punish her hateful disobedience with imprisonment yet in nature to bewaile her imprisonment though enforced by Iustice Where I left her there so you please may you finde her a prisoner to her will that will not yet submit her selfe to my will and therefore by my will worthily chastised without offence to Nature For where Nature offendeth law there law may iustly be executed on Nature Assay her most worthy of all worth and put in ballance your fortune with your fancy and if your hap may drowne her favour you shall redouble the small remainder of my aged dayes and well satisfie the iustice of my displeasure with the honour of your desired affinity All my right is yours your demand my consent and my consent a full Fathers graunt Sirap acknowledging this his so great bounty gave him more thankes then if he had presently intituled and invested him in the Principality of Viennois Yet sayd he it seemes not ouer-strange to me nor should it bee so offensive to your Highnesse that one so enriched by Nature so admired for Vertue and so endowed by Fortune should herein against all nature so resist the law of nature since Fancie is altogether guided by Destiny and Love is neither subiect to duty nor reason Then seeing that Love yeeldeth neither reason of choise nor change I will leave to reason further of it and aduenture once to cary up a dish to Venus table that never yet served in her Court The Daulphin glad that his demaund was of no greater consequence secretly smiled at his simplicity that neglecting Honours highest advancements onely contented himselfe with the naked hope of most impossible favours But Sir Sirap being more assured then the Daulphin did assure himselfe rested thankfully contented with the same And the next morning in the pride of his secret ioy hee went unto the Castle where having the Daulphins signet for his warrant hee called for Vienna who fearing some suddaine stratagem for all her hope of welfare was dead fearefully came to the dore to know the end of her punishment But when Sirap sawe the alteration that vertuous Constancie had wrought in her imprisonment griefe so attach'd him that hee was more mortified at the sight then he was Moorefied in sight yet after some secret digested sighes he cheared up his ingreeved spirit with the ioy hee had to see her and thus by his interpreter he saluted her Our Gods of all happinesse make faire Vienna happy in her desires and more fortunate in her life The same Vienna Vienna said yeelds you hearty thankes and prayes that the like content may countervaile your wel wishing Then shall said he my love be made immortall in your liberty and your liberty be purchased by my love Vienna abash'd at his reply replyed againe that griefe had no harbour for love nor loue any acquaintance with distressed Vienna A noble cause said Sirap may yet helpe to heale a grievous case Then leave these for lorne walls and let not your will make you a prisoner that may live in my love a Princesse For know Madam that your father being a prisoner in Babylon and allotted there to most base and cruell death I though by kinde an unpassionate Moore yet much more then any Moore pittying the wiseries of others had such compassion on your Fathers distresse that growing carelesse of my estate being there then entertained with greatest state I aduentured with great adventure to acquit him from shamefull bondage and more cruell death Conditionally that vpon my arrivall with him in this Countrey he should graunt me without all exception one gift that then I should require which he then ratified by oath in sight of his God and now hath confirmed it hy will in the presence of his people Now Madame hearing the well worthy renowne of your renowned beauty though being by Nature fierce yet subiect to affection I could not but in that frailty yeeld to humane condition And therefore prizing my content before a Crowne I required your Ladiship for my Wife which your Father by oath hath graunted which you in duty should yeeld unto and which I in love if love can merit such happinesse doe deserve and yet most humbly doe request Vienna thus moved remooved thus his flattering and aspiting hope If said shee my Father enioy a second life by your conditionall adventure you may Presse him to the performance so farre as it it is in his power to accomplish more you cannot aske lesse hee will not performe But know Sir Knight that love knowes no such paternall law that yet was never subiect to any law The Father hath but a consent not the choyse in the daughters affections his free thoughts have no feeling of her conceit and his mettle minde and corrupted humours are oft unpleasing to his childes fancie Neither stands it with any reason that he that cannot govern his owne passions should command others affections Then must you of necessity excuse his impossibility and admit onely of his willingnesse that can give nought but consent for his larges Yet Madame by your favour said Sirap stands the daughter bound for her Fathers good and the guerdon is but ungratefull that is required in contempt True said Vienna but every good must not bee rewarded with the best lest the best want fit requitall for due desert Let it then suffice that with thankes I acknowledge your great good and in any other thing will be ready to pleasure you Onely in this pardon me my Lord for in loves infirmities I have no affinity A troubled soule onely in teares her comfort seekes It is a heavy comfort said Sirap that in mourning stands yet said she doth the custome of sorrow lessen the griefe and it is some comfort to bee voyde of all comfort Dispaire said Sirap is mother to death and death no fit compannion for beauty My beauty said shee poore as it is hath already beene my bane and made me most unfortunate in my most fortunatnesse Why Madame quoth he hath your Grace beene deceiued So said she say they that tolde me so But truth hee replyed stands not on the tongues of men True shee said and that is the cause why we are deceived by men you mistake me much said Sirap Nay said shee not mistaken but overtaken you in the truth and so shee bad him farewell leaving him tormented in minde in that hee gest by her last words that some one to advantage himselfe or in malice to him had wronged him in words Yet could hee not but smile to thinke how his conceit was her deceit But leaving her whom hee meant not so to leave but to re-assay her againe he returned
IVst in the Cloud doth lovely CVPID stand With Quiver at his side and Bow in hand Which shewes when his swift Arrowes pierce the heart The wound must cured be by Love not Art And MARS the God of Warre to giue renowne Vnto desert doth here true Valour crowne VIENNA Natures pride doth paralell VENVS her selfe who did her sexe excell The joyned hands to the Spectators showe That Valour doth to Beauty homage owe. And with the stately Steed that stands in view Sir PARIS did great troopes of Foes subdue The Castle strong and cruell Iaylors key Are Emblems of a Princes misery If that the barres were red and Scutch'on white The Coate would show who did this Story write VIENNA Noe Art Can Cure This hart Where in is storied the valorous atchieuements famous triumphs Constant loue great miseries finall happines of the well-deseruing truly noble and most valiant kt Sr Paris of Vienna and the most admired amiable Princess the faire Vienna London Printed for RICHARD HAWKINS and are to be sould at his shop neere Sarjeants Inne in Chancery Lane TO HIS VVORTHY Brother in law Mr. RICHARD MINSHVLL all health and happinesse MOre Rich-art thou in mind then Mynes but Myn-shall be the joy of heart Since still thy love with mine combines and smels of Nature more then Art For bloud with bloud and sacred writ Such knots of love in Love hath knit To thee therefore J onely send this Spiders Web so vainely spunne Which my best thoughts to thee commend since what is done for thee is done If any taxe my idle braine Say once a yeare fond fooles doe raigne M. M. To the Reader NOt with intent to passe the speaking Presse Or challenge Praise of any more or lesse This Booke was writ the Author for his paines Did neither ayme at merit praise or gaines To gratifie a well deserving friend This Story fain'd at vacant houres was penn'd Which though now to the world expos'd it be The Authors heart is from vaine glory free THO. CROKET in praise of the Authors Worke. IF graver heads should hold it to be vaine that thou well strucke in yeares do'st write of Love Say thou the finest dye soon'st takes a staine and soundest Wits light subiects often prove But thou hast temp'red so thy Love with Armes with Knightly prowesse and with Martiall feates That thy smooth stile like sweet bewitching charmes compells all sorts to reade without intreates Then blush not since thy Pen such Art hath showne as proves the difference 'twixt Love and Lust And stirres vp Valour almost overthrowne whose Armes lye canker'd with consuming rust But rather glory in thy taken paines for which the world indebted aye remaines THOMAS CROKET To the deserving Author VVHil'st Paris thy great Rape shall be renown'd Or Troy it selfe on earth hath any sound That in thy brest didst foster such a flame To waste the Towne and yet preserve the Name So long Sir Paris thy chast fires shall last Which though not with such fury burnt as fast And whil'st the Citie of Vienna stands A virgin Towne maugre the opposite bands Of insolent Turkes vnravish'd by their steele And never their invasiue Armes to feele So long a date Vienna thou dost giue To him whose Pen hath made thee euer liue Tho. Haywood VIENNA here presents to you Both Love and Valour great and true And in this Story you shall finde Pregnant conceites to please the minde Which reade and view and reape the gaines Then thanke the Author for his paines R. R. THy pleasing Story giues most true content to all that have survay'd thy witty Lines For thou to Mars and Venus grace hast lent and in thy Booke both Love and Valour shines For which let Martiall Knights and Ladies faire say and say truth that this is past compare T. M. THy Mars-like Paris and Vienna faire most pleasing doe appeare eclips'd no way Who viewes the same thou needst not doubt or feare for it is decked in Wits rich array There 's such new pleasing wayes to please the minde That all that reade the same content will finde Samoth Egnirawniam SInce graver wits so much thy Booke commend Whose censures doe my judgement farre transcend Why should not I rest silent and admire Knowing my skill answers not my desire The reason is I rather will improve My ignorance then to conceale that love Which duty prompts to speake which still dothlive To honour thee since praise I cannot give To equallize thy paines in study spent Which now most fluently in complement Showes the exactnesse of a sollid braine That makes so small a volume to containe Love Valour Fortitude what not that 's rare But in thy pregnant Lines composed are Wisdome Conceit Art Learning Knowledge Wit Doe grace thy worke to make it exquisite Time shall proclaime thy worth to future dayes And Fame perpetuate thy living praise Io. Egnirawniam AS most esteeme of Iewels for their worth And prize them high though not in gold set forth So vertuous mindes when they this Story view Admire and say for it great thankes is due If others cannot adde to it like praise Time vowes to store such worth for future dayes My Pen here stops yet Natures streame runnes so Rivers will ebbe to th' Sea from whence they flow Mat. Egnirawniam IF duty did not binde desert would moue my Art-lesse Pen thy Story to commend Since better plots of Valour Art Wit Loue to Momus view the Presse did neuer send Ralph Egnirawniam ANd I the last but not the least whose Love to thee and thine is ty'd in treble bands For marr'age bloud and friendship which may prove our constant buildings are not on the sands Therefore with thankes for this thy well wrote Story Though mine it is yet thine shall be the glory Your Kinsman Brother in law and Friend Richard Mynshull VIENNA WIthin the Principality of Viennois whilome there lived and ruled as Daulphin a most renowned Prince no lesse esteemed for his admired wisedome then highly honoured for his respected greatnesse But so absolute was hee in opinion so perverse in disposition and so severe in government that he made his will his God and rigour his law This Daulphin had but one onely Daughter whose exquisite beauty was so beautified with rarest vertues that men honoured Nature as a God in her perfections and held her more then a woman in her vertues Amongst many Knights that then followed her Fathers Court there was a most well deserving aged Knight who was knowne to be as sufficient as he was sufficiently knowne named Sir Ioques who had but one onely sonne called Paris whose but budding yeares deckt with Natures pride and honoured with timely Knighthood well chalenged renowne for his right Venus for his friend and Fortune for his servant But it fortuned so Fortune would that this young Knight casting casually his carelesse eye aside in Court espyed the young Princesse the faire Vienna for so after the City was shee called talking
of this stormy Sea into a more quiet Port Fortune should have no power over fortitude and courage What thou never hadst that thou dost not loose Thy inability and imparity could never promise thee any hope and thy long nourished dispaire shall now finde a period that in the end would have brought thee to thy end Let necessity then make the now suffer constantly and custome will make thy sufferance easie Sir Paris who did heare but not hearken to what his friend had so discreetly delivered regarded him no more then a greedy Lawyer doth his impoverished Clyent but still deepely excogitating how hee might intercept or pervert the intended match at length he all sighing said This Gordian knot must be cut asunder though I want an Alexanders sword Industry and Policie oft effects unlikely things and we should not judge that which is possible nor that which seemes unpossible as it is credible or incredible to our capacities The eternall wisedome hath I know a reserved power and a secret intention to bring things to passe which the wisedome of man cannot conceive nor see till it happen and be done What though Vandoume be mighty A small Rocke may ruinate a great Ship I will not so loose Vienna but where I want force to play the Lyon there will I assay to gaine by fraud La-nova he said welcome thou comest in a usefull time thou must secretly fit me with a gray beard a payre of Beades a Fryers Gowne and Hood I must turne Fryer and Prophet all at once It must be so the plot is layd and we must be Actors both in the play La-nova knowing that his undaunted courage could never brooke a Corrivall though he were never so great did much feare that he intended some stratagem and therefore he told him that unlesse he might know his purpose he would make no such provision Why said Sir Paris my thoughts dwell in thy breast and in thy heart doth my love next to Vienna live How then canst thou be a stranger to my purposes that art the Treasurer of my secrets Thou knowest La-nova how jealous the Daulphin is of his safety His rigorous I might say cruell Nature hath taught him to feare many whom many doth still feare Thou knowest also that Kings are ever suspitious of their Successours Experience makes them to feare least they should loose that which they and many others seeke with greatest dangers to obtaine My project is to make the King and the Daulphin my instruments to breake the marriage give me Pen Inke and Paper and thou shalt see what a fearefull fire I will kindle to burne up all their matrimoniall hopes and agreements But to give more life hereunto thou must play thy part Thy Vnkle is Steward to the Duke of Vandoume and thou thy selfe art gracious in his presence To him must thou poast in shew of love to see him and in all duty to tender thy service And when oportunity shall fit thy purpose thou must take occasion to wonder that so great a Prince hath his Armoury so ill stored and by way of perswasion thou must tell him that no mans title is so right and just but that it may finde worke upon their best advantages and therefore it is a provident policie for his Highnesse to be presently furnished for all contingents This La-nova will so feede and sway his ambition that he will make over-hasty and unadvised provision The knowledge whereof will so prepare and fortifie the Kings jealousie that it will crowne my device with beliefe and successe La-nona glad to see him so well resolved promised his best endeavours and in the performance thereof had his wished successe But before he went he brought Pen Inke and Paper whereupon Paris more Prophetically then he thought writ as followeth When Vandoumes first borne shall Vienna wed The Daulphins Land shall doome the Daulphin dead Pride scornes that time should check Vandoumes French Fate Thy death must helpe to Crowne his Royall pate La-noua divining that this procreated conceit would bring forth some good issue could not but laugh thereat and in that joy he went immediatly to make provision both for himselfe and his friend Now each Wednesday in every weeke the Daulphin more for applause then to doe good received himselfe as he went to heare Masse all the Sutors Petitions and in the afternoone viewed and considered of them Vpon this day Paris having lapt vp his fraudulent Libell like a plaine Petition went to the Court well furnished for the purpose where he did so well personate a holy Fryer that Linxes eyes could not discover him There did he vnsuspected deliver it and returned without perseverance Afterwards the Daulphin upon the perusing of them found and read amongst the rest Paris his threatning and suffocating Prophesie which did so poyson and swell him with suspitious thoughts and most fearefull surmises that in his irefull indignation he cryed out with the King of Moab How shall we avoid the deepe dissembling of Ehud Plaine dealing I see is dead without issue and all Honour and due respects are buried in the insatiable desire of Rule Surely this is no enigmaticall nor promiscuous Oracle but a plaine prediction sent by God or some good man in zeale and favour of Princes and in tendernesse of our safeties O most treacherous and perfideous Duke that in the bonds of Aliance wouldst cut off the small remainder of our dayes to worke thy further bloody ends My daughter shall not so be Queene by our death Nor shall our Subjects be so slaine in his unnaturall and rebellious Warre I will not suffer the true Vine to be so displanted nor shall my connivence traduce me for his impunity For though wisedome permits not that I detect him openly for feare of making him my implacable enemy yet will we send a private and an unknowne Messenger secretly to his King who shall upon his Royall word for the concealement of our intelligence discover and lay open Vandoumes most impious and pernitious intended Treason and after shall he cast by our instructions such store of oyle up on that jealous flame that it shall at least burne up all Vandoumes hopes of further proceeding with us Thus did such hate proceed from feare that after a small respiration hee sent accordingly to the King who was no sooner possest thereof but that his divided thoughts made such intestiue warre within his breast that he knew not what to say or doe His fraternall love made him weepe to see Nature so monstrous and unkinde and fearefull jealousies a disease incident to Kings called upon justice and sayd that corrected Treason was the life of a Prince Distrust now still dreamed upon Murther and unquiet feare could not be secured but with execution Then Affection tolde him that then wee come nearest unto God when we judge with pitty and pardon in mercy In this doubtfull Combate of the minde he sent for the Duke who no sooner came but that taking him alone
into his private Chamber he with a mild severity thus breathed out his griefe and his just and loving rebuke It is our pleasure Vandoume for so thy Soveraigne calls thee that thou neither interrupt us while we speake nor at our conclusion make any answere or excuse Then know that if we were as ready to punish as thou art ready to rebell Thou shouldst now finde a sharpe censure in steede of a kinde brother and we should be freed from an incompatible Traytor in lieu of a loyall Subject God that protecteth Kings hath now made thy implicite Treason transparent Thy proclivity to rule thy thirsting after popularity thy subtill taxing of our Government thy needlesse provision sor Armes in a well setled Peace and thy disguised desire to match with the Daulphin is not unknowne to us And thou that in pride couldst not brooke a Superiour art now by divine Iustice brought beneath the fortune of thy equals It is now in our power to humble thee but not to make thee humble Such is thy aspiring Ambition that nothing but a Crowne can limit thy unbounded desires For neither the terrour of Law the instinct of Nature my binding dutie nor the awe of thy due duty could keepe or confine thee within the circumference and compasse of thy Alleageance Knowest thou not that the jealousie of a King is death and that a Prince is neither a kinne nor allyed to a Traytor Admit that thou hadst prevailed in thy most nefarious rebellion What had beene thy Conquest but terrour of conscience daily doubt of Treason nightly feare of murther the shame of thy selfe the hate of men and the vengeance of God O what bitter fruites shouldest thou so untimely have purchast The usurpation of my Crowne which a few dayes would peaceably give thee could not Patronize thy fratricide nor dispence with the murther of thy Soveraigne How fondly inhumane maligne and degenerate hast thou then shewed thy selfe Many are the probabilities that thou soughts my life and more then many are the inducements why I should secure my selfe by thy death And what mercie canst thou expect there when thou didst intend no pittie I grieve and blush to see such an Antipathy betwixt us But it shall suffice that to my glory and thy shame I give the now pledge of the vertue of my love that thou mayest hereafter the better love me for my vertue For here I doe not onely fteely pardon thee but doe entertaine the a new to dwell ever in my dearest affection A brothers frowne should set with the Sunne and here shall be the period of my wrathfull indignation Then let this new birth beget in thee a new life and let this make such a stable connexion of our loves that wee both may hereafter contend whether we with a better heart have given thee thy life or that thou canst more affectionately retaliate our kindnesse Onely thou shalt abjure the match with the Daulphin and instantly write to him that wee oppose and prohibite the same And therefore shalt thou pray his patience and the continuance of his love and alledge that neither Subjects in matters of state nor Princes of the blood in marriages can dispose of theyr wills nor of themselves without the permission of their King This was no sooner said but that Vandoume kissing his Soveraignes hands with full falling teares expressing both his griefe and shame most willingly performed the same O most prudent Paris with what prescience caution and facility didst thou infatuate and delude these wise and great Princes and how subtilly hast thou made them thy deceived Agents to worke upon each other all onely to preserve thy weaka hopes of faire Vienna But though Paris now had thus disperc'd these terrifying clouds that threatned shipwrack to his high desires yet durst he not dreame after better fortunes though he held the successe of his late fraudulent fiction very auspitious But pleasing himselfe with what he had done and affecting still his owne affections he walked into the chamber of presence where Vienna Jzabella and other Ladyes were playing at Cardes Thither hee went under colour of attendance to feast his eyes and to Paradise his heart with the beloved sight of his all-admired and affected Lady O with what wonder did he now observe her matchlesse beauty her gracefull Majestie her pleasing words and her sweet delivery And what a conflict was now growne betwixt his desire and dispaire All his thoughts were extravagant and at warre with each other For as desire did finde content with joy to be in her presence so Dispaire denyed him all hope with distrust of any comfort His heart now began to rebuke his eyes for soaring so neere the Sunne and for gazing after impossibilities But his eyes told his heart that no disdaine could dwell in so rare a perfection In this perturbation of mind did hee stand untill Vienna being dry called to him for a cup of wine which he in the pride of that imployment hastily brought but delivered it with great astonishment and stupidity as being over-surprized both with joy and feare he all-shaking flasht some of the wine over the cup and so wet both theyr hands which one of the Ladies perceiving scornefully said Sir Knight you are over-bountifull I am sure my Ladies hand called for no wine There is no offence answered Vienna at all He knew my hand was dry So Madame said Izabella is your foote My foote she replyed is further off from the burning Sunne and receives moysture enough from the humide earth But neither said Izabella did neede any wine We called said Vienna for it being dry And how could our body receive it unlesse our hand had first taken it A dry cup and a cleane hand said another Lady had beene more serviceable Why said Vienna cleane hands are often washt and dry cups quencheth no thirst Then must drynesse have moysture and hee hath freely given it us but no more we have lost our game in his defence Paris whose extasie had given way to these passages recollecting himselfe humbly said What most gracious Princes you have lost in the game that have you wonne by patience in your meekenesse but how shall I worthily magnifie your great worth that notwithstanding these tart Ladies bitter provocations hath shewed the fulnesse of all vertue in your goodnesse Let your Highnesse but pardon my vnstayed hand and you shall ever find me more ready to shed my dearest blood in your service then I have beene either to wet your faire hand or to spill your wine Thankes good knight said Vienna wee desire no such satisfaction your taken paines shall be all your punishment Paris being proud of this conceited favour though Vienna in her milde nature pleaded in his defence onely to crosse the other Ladies derision and to approve her owne accutenesse withdrew himselfe to the next window where with his Diamond he thus writ Jn spite of scorne true vertue did me grace In scorne of spite I
Christall Shield and Chaplet at her Fathers Court and well shee prayed that had so well her prayer for it was Sir Paris indeed who knowing that Emulation hath many eyes and that Observation might easily discover him fearing to be knowne by his white Armour had thus sadly arm'd himselfe sutable to his sable fortune and therefore he bare nothing in his Shield but Blacknesse for his Devise was still to be without Devise only his sad Armour was covered all over with mourning Clouds Many Knights there were overthrowne by La-nova but more then many did Sir Paris foyle For then if ever and if ever then did he shew the vertue of his valour in the strength of his courage Now grew the hurly-burly great and many and great were the encounters made on each side In so much that there rested but unoverthrowne one Valentia on the Lady Margarets part on either side three and all onely on Viennas but one which was the blacke clouded Knight who now was deem'd hardly bestead both in regard of his former travailes and the present advantage of the sixe fresh assailants who bent all theyr forces first against him Valentias hope was now a little revived and the Lady Margarets proud expectation fully answered Valentias hope Onely doubtfull Vienna neere dyed for feare least that her beauty should now be eclipsed in the losse of her gotten fame and that her fame should be buried in the dying renowne of her best esteemed beauty For as she wondred hee had so long resisted so shee held it unpossible hee should longer resist But Sir Paris onely weary in that there were no more to be wearied by him casting his eye the messenger of his heart on Vienna and seeing the shining lights of her transparent beauty over-shadowed with sorrow and dismay Desire so blew the fire of his new conceived rage that like an unmercifull and hunger-starved Lyon that runnes raging for his prey so he violently runne amongst them that with one staffe he overthrew the first three he met and turning his House before Vienna could turne her dispaire he charg'd the fourth so forceably that hee sent both Horse and Man to the ground At the sight whereof the people gave such applauding shoutes that Vienna lifting up her sad eye as waking from a carefull slumber she saw her Knight returning in the glory of theyr overthrowes So that hoping now for better hap a better hap did befall her then she did or could expect For no sooner made hee his last returne but hee returned againe from overturning of the other two Who triumphed then but Vienna Who now more sad then Valentia or who more grieved then the Lady Margaret the Iust thus ended the French Queene came with a troupe of attending Ladyes carying before her the Crowne of Artificiall Lillies richly stoned and setting it on Viennas head shee Crowned her for sole and Soveraigne Queene of absolute and matchlesse beauty Then came the King and tooke Sir Paris by the hand and lead him all the other Knights and Barrons following them with tryumphing honour and sound of Trumpets to the three Mounts where with his owne hand hee gave him the three Banners with the three prizes on them which Sir Paris reverently taking re-delivered over to his friend La-nova secretly to convay them away while hee stayed the ending of all other the ceremonies All which being accomplished The King the Daulphin and Vienna rendring Sir Paris thankes for his worthy and affectionate endeavours and most renowned and fortunate atchievements requested him in the name of Vienna to discover himselfe and tell unto whom they were all so much bounden But Sir Paris humbling himselefe in all duty made reverent shew of his unwillingnesse therein which the King noting would not further importune him nor could the Daulphin in any wise over-treat him nor durst Vienna over-much presse him So that he kissing her hand held it long and after drawing his sword layd it at her feete and taking it vp againe kist it likewise and then holding it up seemed to threaten the world in her behalfe which added this Article to Viennas beleife that he undoubtedly was her white Knight and the same and non but the same that first so melodiously sang under her Chamber window and theeefore her desires having now no end shee ever after though each houre an age till she knew him But Sir Paris withdrawing himselfe to the rest of the Knights retired with them still giving backe till he was the last of the troupe and then taking a crosse-way separated and convayed himselfe from them and suddenly disarming himselfe hee speedied to finde out the Bishop of St. Lawrence with whom of purpose to prevent all surmises hee had a little before familiarized himselfe and no sooner had hee espyed him but that he hasted to greete him and still kept in his company as if St. Marke had robb'd god Mars of a Martialist Such was his holy shew of devout Religion as that he made all men admire him and his father to be inwardly grieved at him But Vienna who now had greater cause to love him then meanes to know him wondring at his valour not to be valued and valuing his vertues by clowding the glory and value of his prowis held now his love an honour to her affection and vowed her affection a guerdon for his love But when she heard of his secret departure and that no one knew what he was from whence he came nor to what place he had retired himselfe Then impatient desire made her the child of passion feare to loose that she never had made her feele what before she neither knew nor feared And so much the more she held her selfe miserable in that she knew not for whom she was so miserable nor how to seeke an end to end her misery As Viennas sad conceite thus overshaded the glory of her beautifull Conquest so was Sir Jaques flattering hope made blacke with foule dispaire For missing his sonne Sir Paris out of two so Royall honorable Assemblies where renowne eternized each deserving Knight with never dying fame and seeing him still associating the Bishop hee feared least his businesse of over superstitious Zeale had abandoned all desire and regard of Knightly Chivalry And therefore hot in his repining conceit hee hastened to find La-nova unto whom in griefe he manifested the cause of his griefe Requesting and conjuring him by the sacred lawes and name of friendship and by the honour he owed to Armes to perswade his sonne to a more befitting respect of his unregarded honour La-nova hearing Sir Jaques worthy complaint and seeing his frosted beard all bedewed with the teares of his sorrow pittyed his lament but durst not disclose the mistery of the truth but commending his honourable care hee comforted him with promise of assured and present remedy and so left him better satisfied then truely certified And no sooner were they parted but La-nova departed to impart to Sir Paris what
in time fell Fortune daunt If Love in love but move my Love to love If Fortune smile in Loves sweet yeelding graunt And my desires enioy what Lovers prove Then shall my Woe Losse Care and Death retire And I laud Time Love Fortune and Desire These Verses well pleased Vienna and all contentment now waited on her first liking conceit But after shee had more consideratively weyed how poore Sir Paris was that meane Man whom she wisht so much to see and to whom she had devoted the honour of her love her blushing bashfulnesse then rebuk't her misliked kindnesse and his muddy clouded affection ecclipsed the sunshine of her far more glorious worth In this dislike she silent sate her downe and rising streight againe sayd That promise is nefarious that is to be accomplished by an ignoble deed and it is more tollerable to violate an vnworthy vow foolishly made then by keeping the same to draw on my disgrace and give just cause of offence to others My fayth falls out a treason to my selfe and the love I beare him is the field wherein I seeke to overthrow my renowne But why should my rash judgement set a ranckling tooth in his vertuous side Or why should I care for more honors then to content my selfe Or for more riches then to enioy my selfe wee are all borne to love and wee onely live and love to be beloved Then not to love and thinke to be beloved is like that foolish Virgin that sought to light her Lampe at anothers Torch that was quite extinct With that she began to recount the shining Glory of his spreading renowne the full perfection of his many approoved and admired vertues the commendable regard of his secret and imprisoned love with the dangerous and honorable approbation of the same and how she was bound in honor to honor and love him that had above the pride of all honor so honoured her Then then began shee to be more sorry she could love him no better then before she was ashamed she loved him so well And therefore taking Jzabella by the hand she vowed and swore that she would live to love none but Sir Paris nor love to live longer then she might be beloved of her Paris For Fortune sayd shee hath decreed it so Love will have it so and Vienna sweares it shall be so Jzabella first vttering her mislike in her complaining teares and then drowning her teares in the griefe of her complaint thus all sighing shee sadly said Ah Vienna no more now Vienna since Vienna hath lost her selfe what is become of your Princely regard befitting your state where is your wonted wisedome so admired of all Your vertue giving light to others and your modesty eternizing your beauty Shall base conceit ever attended on with repenting follies eclipse now the honour and wonder of your Name Are fervile thoughts beseeming companions for your noble minde or ignoble subiects fit obiects for Princes eyes If Vienna be so predominate over you that Diana is quite forgotten of you yet let me call you before the iudgement of your owne vertue and then tell me whether the unworthy worthinesse of his Degree equalize the great greatnesse of your Dignity Admit his deserts be many and promise much yet are his possibilities of advancement no possessions of enrichment nor are his noble deeds the deeds of a Noble man Will you then lose an honor for an humor Nay rather performe a Regall office in a Princelike nature that being a Princesse in your selfe become also Princelike in your deedes What will your Father say nay all France nay all the World when they shall here that Vienna late scorning the Royall love of greatest Princes is now subiected to the will of a meane Knight Farre be it from my Lady so to doe far from any to thinke so and farre from Izabella ever to see it so Vienna whose setled affection held her perswasive inuertions odious and whose resolved determination thought her reprehension loathsome with unusuall eyes arguing her discontent she all angry thus sharpely replyed Were I unkind ungratefull and uniust Jzabella as farre from affection as thou art from reason and pitty Yet would not the common care that Ladyes of esteeme ought to haue toward Knights of good regard suffer me to heare due deserts so disgrac'd by iniurious tongues nor true renowne so reproacht by malignant mouthes Then know and knowing grieve that so thou knowest that thy unseasonable words hath wounded my desire and my desire abandons thee in thy words Thinkest thou that desire dreames once on Dignities or that Cupid cares for Crownes that never saw Gold Seest not thou these Trophies erected in his honor and his honor shining in these Trophies If I be great his great deedes answers my great estate and my estate shall be made greater by his great deeds For if ever any Knight merited renown for renowned Chivalry it is my Paris or if ever Knight followed his Lady with true love loved her with honor or honored her with regard and remarkeable services it is my Paris Then if ever well-deserving Knight triumphed in the faithfull love of his Lady it shall be my Paris For here I sweare by the eternall justice of the Highest that none shall have Vienna but Paris nor none love Paris so well as Vienna Then leave to grieve me and loade not my griefe with further displeasure in gain-saying what I say againe I will never gainesay For in vaine it is to water the plant the roote being perished or to seeke to perswade me that am so resolvedly perswaded Izabella seeing her so resolute in her passion and so passionate in her resolution thought it was in vaine to urge her further and fearing her threatning displeasure she thought it good thus to balme the wound she before had given Let not my honourable Lady she sayd returne an imagined wrong with an effectuall injury but pardon the well wishing fault of your faultlesse friend who if offending offended in tender care of desiring your good and not of purpose to contract you or with will to discontent you whom before all others I wish to content for proofe whereof I here vow repay to the debt of my error with the interest of all my furthering indeavours to advantage you in your Love No sooner had she spoken the last word Love but that Vienna in love for love kist and embrast her joying in her promise and availing aide and protesting that most gratefull guerdons should make full satisfaction for her offered kindnesse In the meane time she required secrecy and fearing least their long stay might procure either some feare or suspition in her Mother shee thought good to depart as one well recovered of a suddaine hatch but before they went shee caused Izabella to take and secretly to conuay away the Christall Shield and Chaplet the first and rich records both of her beauty and his prowis and this she did of purpose not so much for any desire shee
had to have them as to give him occasion to come to enquire after them In this processe of time the Warres of Florence were ended and Sir Paris being intelligenced of his Fathers sicknesse whose infeebled age he much feared and beeing desirous to see Vienna though dispaire of successe the hearce of his supposed idle hopes yet Desire the nurse of perseverance gave him wings to make the more speed so that La-nova and hee posting homewards happily came and found Sir Jaques well amended whose good recovery was no lesse joyfull to Sir Paris then his returne was comfortable to his Father After they had long discoursed of the occurrants of these Warres and of his many adventures and fortunes Sir Paris longing to give his eye contentment by gazing on his Idolatrous Prizes he tooke his Mother by the hand and walking towards his Chamber like the Lapwing that flyeth farre from her nest he enquired of Court affaires but she being not able to satisfie the drift of his reach he prest her no further but being entred into his Chamber he made a step into his Oratory were suddenly missing the first pride of his happy atchievements the chiefe glory of his study and the true testimony of Viennas beauty and bounty being therewith much appaled and mooved at their remove he all angerly came forth and asked who had beene there and there had taken away such things as hee most esteemed His Mother abashed at the question but more grieved that there was any thing wanting not knowing how or by whom they should bee taken away answered that since his departure no one had beene there but the Daulphinis and her daughter the Lady Vienna accompanied with other Ladies that came to visite his Father in his sicknesse and that shee desired amongst other Chambers to see that which shee after some denying excuses durst not longer gaine-say and how that shee her selfe was with them so long as they stayed Saving that the Lady Vienna being suddenly surprised with sicknesse requested for her better ease to stay onely alone with Jzabella to rest her a while on your bed Paris flattering himselfe with his owne favourable construction deemed and truely deemed that the cause of her alteration grew by the unexpected sight of the Prizes and the view of his verses that he had left on his Table and that she had taken them away either in her angry disdaine or to see what account he made of them or whether hee would re-demand them And therefore pleased to adventure his fortune vpon the rocke of this hazard hee shewed no further mislike that he mist them But afterwards shadowing his desire to see Vienna under the borrowed vayle of duty to see and to attend the Daulphin he went to the Court where the Daulphin glorying in the lustre of his Subjects renowne because it gave a splendour to his Greatnesse he kindly received him with more familiar embracements and loving respects then his austere nature did vsually afford by this his unwonted curtesie grace he made Sir Paris thoughts more obligatory to his favours and fashioned his favours more complementory to Sir Paris fortunes for curtesie they say in Majesty bindes ever affection in duty As Sir Paris stood before the Daulphin relating the honour and issue of the Florentine Warres hee glaunc'd and fearefully glaunc'd many times on Vienna but checking his eyes that still rebuk'd him he left to looke on whom not daring to looke he could not but looke But Vienna whose late kindled love was now growne into a flame having tediously before expected him could not now seeing him feast her ravisht eyes at full but gazing still on his ample perfections for now hee seemed more then exquisite and taking pleasure in the sweet harmony of his well-tuned words shee no sooner rejoyced joying in her owne desires but that straight she desired the enjoying And turning towards Izabella she all-blushing smiled and smiling blusht againe because she smiled and then asked her whether she saw not bashfull feare and doubtfull discontentment sit on the face of his troubled countenance for the losse of his Prizes and the discouery of his affection and whether she were not happy in her Choyse and more then happy in his loue All which Gnathonizing Jzabella prodigally confirmed and demanded how shee would doe to enfeoffe him with her affection that durst not be knowne of his owne loue Which Vienna well ruminating in her mind at length woman-like found out this deuice She faigned her selfe for some three dayes very sicke and in the distemper of her wounding offences fearefull of her sinnes but after when shee was better enabled both in body and minde shee desired leaue of her Mother to goe the next day for the more quieting and confirming of her conscience and to giue God praise for her recouery to the Bishop of St. Lawrence to confesse herselfe and to receiue the Sacrament within the sacred Temple of God which her Mother liking yeelded vnto rejoycing no little to see her so well amended and so deuoutly and piously deuoted In the interim Vienna caused Jzabella to send to Sir Paris in the Bishops name to come and speake with him in the Cathedrall Church at nine of the clocke the next morning which Sir Paris promising performed accordingly For at the appointed houre he came and being come saw and wondered that so he saw the Princesse Vienna conferring with the Bishop whose leysure he willingly attended and walked a little aside wearying his fancie with wishes and punishing his conceit with fearefull imaginations Long hee had not walked but that Vienna espying him applauded her fortune and armed with her owne desires shee gaue her selfe countenance vnder the pretext of employment and called to Sir Paris telling the Bishop that shee had matters of imployment in forraigne affaires to impart vnto him from her Mother And therefore shee requested the Bishop if he had any occasion with him to walke a while a fide till shee had performed her Mothers command and then shee would leaue them both to their pleasures The Bishop being glad to see the Princesse so sanctified commended her zeale and left her to the discharge of her duty blindly supposing that the Daulphinis would send Sir Paris in message to some of her forraigne friends But Vienna finding her selfe alone with him in whom she joyed alone she pleasantly demanded what hee made there or whether he had any suit to her or to any other wherein shee might accommodate him If it be so so it be conuenient Sir Paris shall finde a friend if Sir Paris be found a friend This pleasing and preludious demand and Enigmaticall conclusion made Sir Paris somewhat fearefull how to answer But Hope the comfortable Counsailour of Loue shap'd in him this bold and short reply My businesse thrice worthy Lady is the Bishops will my suit your service your seruice my chiefe desire and my desire your fauorable countenance And longer may not Paris liue then he rests humbly
thankefull to Vienna and if not offenssiue a faithfull seruant to my Lady Thankes said Vienna good Sir Paris your suit shall not be non-suit if you shoote at Honours ayme But tell me and truly tell me whether your suit and your discontentment which I see harbours in your eyes be not for your Prizes which I tooke away when attending my Mother I was at your Fathers house If so it be be it so or not so you shall have them againe if againe you will returne with me Paris proud of her presence held himselfe more deified then dignified by her fauours and humbling himselfe he vowed that they himselfe and all in all were at her Honours command Then must I Vienna said command and conjure you to tell me whether it were your selfe that so sweetly sung vnder my Chamber window and so friendly gaue me Musicke that did wound and beate my Fathers Guard that wonne and bare away my Christall Shield and Chaplet in the Tournament at my Fathers Court and that carried away the Honour and the three Banners with their Prizes from all the Barons and Knights at Paris Paris astonished at her demand durst neither confesse for feare of disdaine nor yet dissemble for offending her whom in no wise he would offend which perceived by Vienna shee familiarly prest him to acknowledge the trueth which manifested shee with a pleasing and pleasant countenance merrily said why then doth Sir Paris affectionately love us Sir Paris whose entising fault had earst control'd but now condemned his over-clyming thoughts was so amated in himselfe and so transported from himselfe that silence in bashfull signes blusht out a dumbe reply But Vienna ballancing his cold conceit by the alteration of his countenance allowed the weight and animated in her owne affection shee commanded him boldly to averre what shee her selfe inferr'd by such his troubled silence Paris seeing the cloud of his care dispierced gloried the more in the brightnesse of his Sunne the beames whereof hee found so comfortable that hee proudly confest his love and that hee had long done secret and humble homage to Venus under her so rare a beauty Vienna surfeitting in the pride of her full content kindly entertained his so affectionate a conceite with as friendly a receite and briefly assuredly assured him that none but Paris should enjoy Vienna if none but Vienna should joy in Paris This cordiall conclusion being Sealed with protestation of perseverance and by confirmation of oathes they knit two hearts in one and parted one will in two and so departed During these Haltion dayes commanding Love wrought ensuing cares For Vienna sitting but in the shaddow of love thought the fruites of affection over-long in ripening and therefore presuming in her erring ayme that her Father in her favour would tie his consent to her choyse and her love to his liking She importuned Sir Paris to request his Father to acquaint the Daulphin with her affection and humbly pray his consent in favour of his Daughter Which Sir Jaques advisedly at the first denyed as unwilling to waken a sleeping Lyon or to seeke for Fish in a dry Poole But Paternall love the allination of reason and flattering hope the nurse of deceit so transported himselfe from himselfe that most vnlike himselfe he vainely dreaming after possibilitie yeelded to saile in a Ship without a Stearne and to gather honey out of Stones But the Daulphin whose repugnant humour scorn'd so seruile a motion and whose abused kindnesse now begat in him most spitefull rage so irefully boyled in his disdainefull surquedry that bitterly checking Sir Iaques he fearefully thundred out his threatning indignation in exiling poore Sir Paris Paris though checkt yet not mated shewed now the vertue of his courage in the eclipse of his fortune For being perswaded by La-noua to make presently away He notwithstanding the danger of tyranicall authoritie resolued to see his Lady before he lost his Countrey And therefore as one desperate in dispaire he hastily yet secretly went to participate his engrieued state with haplesse Vienna who hearing thereof was so confounded in herselfe as she was full of sorrow for being vnable to relieue him as she was voyd of all meanes to helpe herselfe Their lamentations paide now large tribute to their griefes and their desires that before had no end did now by dispaire end endlesse things in their first motion But after that the flood of their teares was growne to an ebbe admitting the necessitie of time they concluded euer to liue to none but to each other though they neuer saw againe one an other And so Sir Paris fainting in his farewell was depriued of his welfare Which all louing and impatient Vienna not brooking so to be deposed from him in whom she wholly reposed her selfe recall'd him againe and enfolding him within her fainting armes she vowed to pertake with him in all his fortunes euer remembring him that the chast roote of her true affection was Vertue clad in constant loues desire Shee therefore aduised him secretly to conceale himselfe and to provide for shipping and at the hower of twelue the third night following she would disguised with stored Gold and Iewels meet him in the portch of Saint Anthonies Church and so depart with him whithersoever Sir Paris kissing her oft for in vaine kissing is some pleasure found now his purgatory to bee his paradice Ioy triumpht in his eyes and comfort lodg'd in his heart and in this haven of happinesse hee would have swimmed still but that danger of delay told him that growing Trees have their falles aswell as their springs and that apprehension would dissolue all their harmony Hee therefore being borne away with the hasty tide of smallest leasure roade presently into Provence where happily meeting with Monsieur de la Mott a Shippe Master of his acquaintance he privately told him that he had slaine a Man of account and that he must for a time leave his Countrey and therefore pray'd him for his gold speedily and secretly to Ship him and his two Friends away into some other Coast which Monsieur la Mott promising sent one away incontinent to Saint Victor where his shippe lay to make all things in readines and returned himselfe with Sir Paris to assist and direct him in all his needfull dispatches Now Vienna and Jzabella at the time and place appointed met with Sir Paris according to their agreement in mens apparell dispencing with needlesse salutations addrest themselves to speedy journeyes And so long they poasting ridde out of all High-wayes that being benighted they were glad to crave harbour of a Prelate who lodging them placed Vienna and Jzabella in one Chamber and Sir Paris and Monsieur de la Mott in another In the morning their earely desires so hastened theyr speedy departures that being timely up and quickly horsed Sir Paris and La Mott rode apase before to view the River whose overflowed bankes were so over runne by the pride of a late swelling flood that the
intended good commanded that Sir Jaques should be set at liberty and restored to his Pristen estate which greatly contented Vienna for her Paris sake and no little joyed good La-nova that secretly had succoured him But these shewes of favour and promises of preferment nothing advantaged the Daulphin For Vienna strengthned in the expectation of sorrow not obstinately but constantly tolde her father that the Barbons love was like a Spiders webbe fit to bee swept away and that her Virgins vowe should eternize her chastity after death This resolve raised againe the storme of his allayed fury in the rage whereof he left her discovering by his threats and malitious words the ill of his heart as Viennas sorrowfull sighes shewed the hurt of her heart La-nova wigehing the Tyranny of the time finding no hope of better hap presently writ to Sir Paris the truth of all such accidents as had befalne his Father Vienna and himselfe since the receipt of his Letter which gave so fresh and so sharpe an assault to his already over-surcharged heart that vertue was no Armour of proofe against such affliction but raging in the tempest of discontentment rather like an unkennelled Cerberus then any distracted Ajax hee blasphemously belched and breathed out cruell oathes vengeance daring threates and most fearefull words against Time Love Gods and Men. O Time said hee Traytor unto Love O Love abused by Time O Gods unjust to men O Men too subject to the Gods O that your Deities were essentiall visible and mortall that I might hew vengeance out of your wrongs and write Tragedies on your lives O heavens I challenge your Throanes and deny your powers Your swift motions I will stay with my hand and your revolutions I will drowne in the Sea I will unloose the bonds of Orion and stop the course of each constellation The straying Starres I will plucke from theyr Spheares and with their influences will I kill all the Tyrants on the earth Time I will consume with my breath and burne up Love with the Sunne The world I will cut a sunder with my Sword and make a new Land in the ayre The Waters I will swallow up and bury the windes in the Moone Jxion I will remove from his moving and tormenting seate and set the Daulphin on his turning wheele where hunger-starved Vipours shall gnaw on his hatefull heart and pyning Tantalus give him all his food Vienna shall be sole Queene of heaven and onely rule the glorious Globe And I will raigne in Iupiters stead and throw downe fire and lightning on the cursed Castle that enthralls my love I will beate that cruell Daulphin to powder with thunder that I may be revenged on Time Love Gods Men the World the Daulphin and all for the Daulphin Thus distract in his madding moode hee all enraged raged he knew not how and said he knew not what pulling the Letter in pieces with his teeth renting his Hangings tearing his Cloathes and breaking his Bed Board and Stooles with such violence that his amazed servants durst not come neere him At this vnwonted passion theyr hearts were possest with wonder and their eyes floodded with teares his bounty causing the one and his wisedome the other But ignorance is the mother of admiration They knew not where his shooe did pinch him nor could they tell how to helpe him At last as one breathlesse in his wasted fury hee fell upon his bed which they seeing hastily stept to him and uniting their strengthes kept him downe making silence theyr preparative to quit his tempestious thoughts Then darkning the Chamber one of them tooke a deepe base silver stringed Bandora whereupon he played so sweetely and so dolefully that Sir Paris hearing of it lent a listning to it which brought him into such a sad melancholly Muse that he began to slumber after fell into a heavy sleepe which so well appeased the storme of his disturbed sences that after three houres enjoying reposed rest he waked and walked perfected in his minde and ashamed that he had so defac'd the Image of vertue and abused his owne knowledge Consideration made him now hold himselfe the sole spight of Fortune and the very scorne of time and men Detraction threatned his disgrace Derision proclaimed his folly and the guilt of his owne ill made him privately and secretly to leave Genua and to wander whether his shame should not follow him nor any heare of his being But before he departed he both rewarded and discharged all his servants and paying all duties whatsoever hee lastly writ to La-nova and to his Father as followeth IF silly Sheep my ever fast found friend all onely for their bare foode as hating ingratitude yeeld theyr faire Fleeces as due guerdons to their Keepers How then shall J now countervaile thy so many merits that inioy nought my selfe but meere misfortunes and insufferable miseries Alas my La-nova the Times are changed and we are changed in the times Thou writest now of naught but woes and my griefe is already such as to live is a griefe O vnhappy happy J whose extreamest ill flowes from my greatest good and whose blisfull heaven is become my tormenting hell Ah Vienna J would either my death might extinguish thy affection or thy affection had beene setled on a more happier and worthier person Then should J dye more contented and thou live better esteemed But since my love hath wrought thy fall Thy fall shall be recovered in my losse For presently J will depart to vnknowne parts and try the force of my further destenie in seeking the worst of my fortune And therefore have I written to my Father to adopt thee in my place for his heire which J pray thee deliver and demeane thee as his Sonne For never will J returne and therefore write not For never shalt thou heare of me Onely recommend my love to my Ladies good grace and tell her that J flye not from her favour but with my ill fortune from my more threatning pervert fortune And though I dye in her sorrow yet will I ever live in her remembrance And so farewill Genua the last of my aboad and the first of my Pilgrimage Onely vnhappy in his happinesse Paris La-nova having read his owne sorrow in his Friends griefe could not refraine from shedding most bitter teares and having long bewailed the untimely losse of his so worthy a Friend he speedied himselfe to acquaint Sir Iaques unto whom hee delivered his Sonnes Letter importing thus much IF Plato right deere deere Father seeing an unthankefull Man prosper said that the Gods were unjust in that they had loaden a Thistle with fruit O let not then I humbly beseech you the many good turnes that many times La-nova my second selfe hath with venter often adventured and done for vs be now forgotten in your best consideration Least his deserts dye in your shame and your shame maske without any vizard of excuse And since my perverse fortune hath exiled me from my
seeme to mourne and pleade for pittie and underneath them was engraven Viennas helpe This he gaue and this she gave againe saying that by gifts wee make our selves Lords but by taking slaves I will not make a Prince servile nor can you make a prisoner proud Affection is a meere stranger to affection and Iewels of price doe not befit a miserable thrall Then let your owne gift replyed the Prince make you a Queene and me your slave My fortunes said Vienna admits of no such Soveraignety and your Greatnesse is too potent for a Vassall I am too poore to give and it stands not with a Lord to begge then be you still a King in your owne thoughts and I will rest content with my Fate Why Kings answered the Prince have no priviledge in Love and the Gods themselves were subject to beauty Vienna constant in her chaste pretence seeing his earnest prosecution and being wearied with resistance because loathing such conference held it good pollicy to prevent his further importunity And therefore she briefely and plainely told him that she was not for his honour nor his honour for her humour For know she weeping said that the long cold and grievous imprisonment which indurable I have yet endured hath so corrupted and putrified my impared body that the very stench thereof offendeth and endangereth the small yet tedious remainder of my loathed life For proofe whereof shee bearing her breasts bad him feele what infectious sent her ulcerated and dying flesh yeelded which he no sooner did but that hee was neere stifled with the smell The enflamed Prince thus cooled in his hot pursuites found his thoughts now freer from affection then hee deemed his body sound from infection Such was the choaking savour that so offended his queasie stomacke that comforting her for fashion sake hee made a briefe conclusion and there left both her and his love that earst would have dyed for love Vienna well appayed in acquitting her selfe of so troublesome and hurtfull a suitor returned to Jzabella and sighing out a smile tolde her how shee had deceived the Prince whereat shee ioyed no little and concluded thereby that womens pregnant wits in all cases of sodaine extremities pre-excelled mens most sapient heads The Prince thus satisfied acquainted the Daulphin with the circumstance of the matter which nothing mooved his Tygars heart which the Prince condemning held it no security to stay with a Tyrant and therefore striking sayle in so threatning a tempest he tooke his thankefull farewell of him and all his Knights and so returned to Burbon Now Sir Paris had by this time recovered the bounds of Turky where fearing the innate and inveterated malice of those barbarous Infidels against Christians To dispierce that threatning cloud that might shower downe mischiefe on his harmelesse head Hee made pollicy his guyde and craft his Councellour And being a great Artist and well learned in the secrets of Nature He cast an Artificiall blacknesse all over him and transnominated his name by turning his name backeward he Christned himselfe Sirap an Aethiopian borne For who in forraigne place will safely live and credit winne Must work with wiles and not oppose nor hold their doings sinne Thus with indefatigable paines he travailed unregarded of all and not suspected of any unto Constantinople where having knowledge of the Greeke tongue hee coversed with the meanest of estate the better to preserve his owne estate And it happened and happily happened that Fortune Fortune-like of his foe became his friend For walking one day into the fields accompanied with none but with his owne troubled thoughts hee encountred by adventure with the Sultans chiefe Faulkner who returning from Hawking bare on his hand a goodly fayre Faulcon so dangerously hurt that there rested no hope of helpe Sirap for so now must we call him seeing the Hawke hang her bruised wings and all blooded on her fluttered breast being Artificially cunning and naturally affecting the game pittied the chance and boldly stepping to him ask'd in Greeke how it happened The Faulkner neere dead to see his Hawke almost dead sadly tolde him that flying at the River his Hawke lying at height of highest pitch made so forceable a stouping on the rising Fowle that in her stone-like fall she nere gorg'd her selfe on a broken bough that grewe amongst other branches upon the Grovie banke Such said Sirap is the fortune of the field but what will you give if I recover your Hawke any thing said the Faulkner for that Solimon the great Sultan doth prize her for her high flying before any City in Greece Then Sirap undertaking it gathered certaine powerfull hearbs of inward and unknowne vertue and bought other Apothecarie materials and so carefully applyed his expert skill that in short time he healed and perfected the so endangered Hawke The Faulkner admiring at his skill for ignorance is the mother of admiration in the ioy of his thoughts went and brought his recovered Hawke unto Solimon and recounted unto him how that a stranger an Aethiopian borne that called himselfe Sirap had effected that cunning Cure and that he was a man so exquisite in all proportion and of so goodly and majesticall a presence that hee seemed not onely to bee of an Heroicall heart but also promised more then was usually in a man The Sultan joyous of his Hawke and well pleased with his description held his requisite cunning in great regard and his service more necessary then others And therefore hee instantly sent for him who no sooner came but that liking his person he graced him with his good countenance and demanded what he was and what occasion brought him into that Region Sirap whose Courtly demeanour might well warrant his behaviour and in whose face was stampt the true Character of honour with humble boldnesse told him that he was of no great lineage nor lively-hood yet gentle borne but so subject to the destinies displeasure that not brooking his fatall infelicity hee secretly had left the utmost South of Aethiopia adioyning to the Deserts of Libia his Native soyle to seeke content else-where in forraigne Nations And after said Sirap I had long with tedious travaile past the hote and whole Clymate of Affricke having no other companinion then my minde nor no other servant then my tongue I was at length by the guide of Fortune conducted into this part of Greece where my thoughts wing'd with desire to see the most great and mightiest Monarch on the earth brought me to this your imperiall seate The Sultan pleased with his pleasing and well couched words grew desirous of his service and therefore according to the nature of his pride appropriating to himselfe authority over all he Imperiously commanded him to attend his person To which though Sirap knew that denials to such absolute Potentates were held for capitall offences yet he thus reverently and boldly answered If said he any poore endeavours of mine most high and mighty Emperour may be but pleasing to
he stayed at the Barriers of the Lysts untill the Officers appoynted for that service demanded what he was and wherfore he came who answered that hee was Turbulent the fierce the invincible Tartar that came to proove by his sword that he being onely subject to the greatest Monarch on earth who had no equall ought not to vndergoe the censure of any other inferiour power and thereupon demanded entrance which being permitted hee put vp his sword and was conducted to the vpper end of the Lysts where lighting he was seated in a rich Chaire suitable to his Basses to repose himselfe in Neere vnto which was pitch'd a most stately Tent for the Ambassador and his Trayne Then the Herauld was commanded to summon the Defendant by sound of Trumpet but no one appeared which made Solimon fearefull of disgrace Then he sounded the second time but no one presented himselfe which made the proud Tartar in arrogancie of his redoubted puissance to stand vp and drawing his terrified sword hee brandished it ouer his head in such tryumphing and daring manner that the great Sultan seeing his insulting pride could scarce containe himselfe within himselfe Then as the Herauld founded his last summons a lowly Hermit clad all in gray leaning on a staffe of Ebony stayed him with his other hand and required that hee might speake with Solimon the Emperour who being brought before him bowed himselfe thrice before him and then prayed in zeale of justice and for the honour of the Turkish Empire he might haue Horse and Armour to tame that vnciuill and vntutored Tartar whose pride hee said was not so high but that Vengeance did sit aboue it The Sultan glad that any one durst and would in his honour vndertake so great and fearefull a hazard commanded that presently he should be withdrawne and brought to his Armoury and there at his choyse be Arm'd mounted as his proper Champion which was no sooner said but that the Hermit being attended on thither tooke vpon the view of all one of the largest and one that fitted his owne conceit best wherewith being Armed and mounted he shewed himselfe at the Barriers end of the Lyst in a bright Azure Armour like vnto the skie with a halfe Moone in the midst both before and behinde His Basses Caparizons and other furniture waved like a Sea full of silver Fishes that seemed as he rid to stirre and play under so bright a Planet On his Shield hee had a Ship stayed in the midst of a Sea by a little Fish called Remora and his impresse was Vertue not force As thus hee stood looking for entrance The appointed Officers demaunded what he was and wherefore hee came who answered that he was a Man of peace a devout Hermite and one of the least of the most humblest Servants of Great Soliman Who for the love of Honour and to honour his Lord came to approove that the Sultan of Turkie was a greater and a more Emperiall and a more magnificent Monarch then the Tartarian Emperour and much more renowned in his person And that Turbulents shamefull and criminall offence was punishable by all Nationall lawes where the fault was committed and this he would make good on his body and desired to enter the Lysts Vpon this all the Turkes gave a great showt and cryed God and Mahomet for the Hermit And so putting up his Sword hee was conducted by one of the Basshaes to the other end of the Lysts where dismounting himselfe hee was seated in a rich Chayre of State curiously wrought with halfe Moones in silver and set with pretious Stones During theyr small repose the elected Officers viewed theyr Armes and theyr Armours to see whether they were of equall length and that there were no wrong done to Chivalry and then the chiefe Herauld proclaimed that no one vnder paine of death should enter the Lysts but the Officers appoynted to the service and that no one should cast any thing into the Lysts nor vse any words nor signe to discourage or encourage either party This done he bade the Combatants to rise and mount themselves and at the sound of Trumpet to begin the assault At the setting foorth it could not be discerned who was first The Tartar bearing his Mast-like Staffe over high carried away part of the Hermites Plume But the Hermite unto whom Iudgement and custome gave an advantage bare himselfe so evenly in his winged Course that he hit the Tartar so forceable on the brest that though the goodnesse of his Armour denyed entrance yet did it make him doe homage to the strength of the blow For Turbulent keeping his seate was notwithstanding by the breaking of all his Girthes set on the ground with his Saddle betwixt his legges This not onely moved great laughter but stroke all men with such a wonder that where before they could not harbour the least hope now they began to looke after good hap The Tartar swelling with irefull disdaine like unto the disturbed Ocean breathed out direfull revenge and furiously drawing foorth his dreadfull Sword called for him who needed no summons at all threatning death and destruction not onely to him but to all others But the Hermit whose undismayed courage could not be shaken with any boysterous windes upon his stopage turned his Horse and seeing him on foote scorning the advantage alighted and unsheathing his correcting Semitar advisedly came towards the Tartar who rudely saluted him with so mightie a blow that notwithstanding his full ward with his Shield hee was forced to stagger a little whereby hee knew the unresistable strength of his Foe and more warily stood after rather upon motion then warding Yet did his superlative valour equall the others incomparable strength But the Hermit in guerdon of Turbulents cold curtesie returned him such powerfull thankes as made his dazeled eyes ready to start out of his disturbed head This interchange of puissant stroakes ecchoing like the Ciclopes blowes upon theyr fiery Anviles begot such spightfull disdaine and malitious rage in both that the tempestuous furie of theyr stormy blowes came like thunder to the amazement of the beholders The great stature and unresistable strength of the one shewing both might and courage and the unmatchable valour and practive skill of the other shewing great prowis and judgement Turbulent madde with hatefull and angry contempt that any one should or could so stand against him trusting to his never fayling strength layd on such loade on the magnanimious Hermite as all men wondered how he could keepe his standing or standing durst once stand to withstand him But the bold haughtie Hermite whose watchfull care and vsed skill had made him expert in such threatning tempests gaue some way vnto that stormie shower auoyding the danger sometimes by motion of his Bodie and sometimes by strong and warie wardes neuer loosing any aduantage to offend nor giuing ground in his defence In the end finding the Tartars wasting fury to consume it selfe In the abatement thereof he
Iustice without pitty is as cruell as Pitie without Iustice is foolish If wrath were not by mercy to be appeased no flesh should be saved O would and thus as he would have floated further in the Sea of his sorrow hee was interrupted and driven out of his Saturnall humour by a certaine Messenger of worth that the Turke had sent to seeke him with whom he returned shadowing his griefe with the borrowed vale of seeming pleasant and arming his patience with noble resolution to give way to all occurrents and to withstand all sinister accidents No sooner was he come into the Sultans sight but that he cheerefully called him and briefly told him that hee meant to invade Christendome And that for his approoved prowis and for the love he bare him he meant to grace him with the conducting of his Army and make him Generall over all his forces This said hee is our will and this your charge Then see that your performance answere our expectation and that our love be guerdoned with your victories Sirap wounded with these words knew not how to lay a playster on this sore yet resolved in his Countries good hee humbly prostrating himselfe yeelded all reverend thankes for such his great esteeme and gracefull respect But such said he pardon me most victorious and most mightiest of most mightiest Princes is my unpractived knowledge in Marshalling of Troupes and ranging of Battels that I should rather ecclipse the feared honour of your name by my overthrow then eternize your gotten fame by my Conquests Besides know most great Commander that though I be a mortall enemie to the Crosse of Christ and an inherent foe to all Christians yet for some private causes best knowne to my selfe I vowed long since never to tread on Christian ground nor come where any worship that Messias for their God Then let I humbly intreat your Imperiall Maiesty some other in worth more worthier supply my defects in their better deserts and bury not your living renowne in my so probable ignorance and unexperienced discipline The Sultan weying the danger of an unpractised Generall allowed the rather his devout obiections and considering the religiousnesse of his vowes though he held it superstitious in it selfe yet would he not violate his consecrated promise but yeelding to his request hee made Mustapha Bassha his Generall and the preparation for him was so great that the bruit thereof piercing the Westerne Clyme came to the knowledge of the French King who as the greatest Christian Prince assembled his wisest Councellours and noble Peeres praying also in ayde of all his Allyes and Princely Confederates about him to conferre and conclude somewhat for the honour and preservation of Christendome Amongst whom the Daulphin of Viennois was there as the sole Solon and onely wisest though too severe a Cato of his Country But such was his over-wayning conceite such the elevation of his high stirring spirit and such his proud estimation of his allowed wisedome that halled on I know not by what destinie he voluntary offered secretly and Pilgrime-like to goe to Constantinople there to espye and learne the strength intention course and preparation then intended meant and made for Christendome This being applauded by the whole assembly so tickled the flattering humour of his vaine glory the ecclipse of his mature wisdome that poysoned with theyr praises hee fayled to looke into the true consideration of so doubtfull and threatning an enterprise Pride made him forget both his place and his yeares and Glory would not permit him neither to take counsaile of Time nor make a provident delay which well shewes that they that are transported with their owne desires have no true scope of judgement left them to looke with perfect eyes into their designes otherwise actions so uncertaine had beene better not undertaken then unfortunately hazarded But he ever hasteth to repent that rashly enterpriseth Hee was most resolute in his determination nothing could dismay him nor no Man could disswade him doubt hee held to be the bane of all hopefull endeavours and if his fate were certaine he said it would profite him little to take heed and if uncertaine it would be more then meere foolishnesse to feare what he was ignorant of would happen In this resolute resolve he called for the Lord Vran Esperance a Man whose care and providence was the life of that State unto his wisedome and trust did he leave the whole governement of his Principality till his returne commanding him upon his allegiance to marshall and manage the whole State as best should stand with Iustice Law and equitie and that he would neither in pitty dutie nor favour such was his perseverant rigour release comfort nor give countenance to the Princesse Vienna otherwise then was by him already censured allowed and accustomed That her obstinate and degenerate disobedience she being a Traytor to true Generation might eternize his unpartiall Iustice make her miserable in being an example to others and that his Title and right might in his absence be the better secured by her imprisonment And so taking his leave he privately departed accompanied with none but with Mal Fiance his affected and learned Servant After their Land travell they Shipt themselves and lanched into the Ocean where after some dayes sayling they were by force of wrathfull and sinister windes by the command of Neptune driven into the Egyptian Sea and so cast on the Bay of Alexandria where he had not rested full three dayes but that a subtile Mercurian a Merchant of Babilon that then lay in Traffique there observing more heedfully the eminent Maiesty and uncontrolled countenance of the Daulphin supposed thereby that he was of no meane Estate His Complexion and attire made him a Christian and his commanding Eyes the true image of the minde shewed him to be of an high Spirit This Linx this Blood-hound to mischiefe hunted after opportunity to resolue this doubt and by fortune encountred with Mal Fiance in the Market-place whither the Daulphin his Lord had sent him to buy some Necessaries Vnto whom in Latine as the most generall Tongue best knowne to all the politique Merchant gave many kinde salutes offering him secretly for the love he bare to Christ and Christians all the best offices he might performe wishing withall to gaine the more credit not to make himselfe knowne in so dangerous and impious a Place Mal Fiance being better Learned then Travelled finding himselfe so kindely intreated by a Stranger returned thankes and ioyfully embrast his courtesie The Merchant glad that he vnderstood him requested his acceptance of a cuppe of theyr Countrey Wine which Mal Fiance as one proud of such vnexpected friendship in so strange a place and that he had met with one of knowledge to conferre withall willingly assented unto The Merchant having waded thus farre into the depth of his awaked intention thought good to sound the Foord at full by undermining theyr proiects And therefore in the curtesie of theyr
may ever take comfort in La-nova Vpon this conclusion he parted and Isabella strewed the Rushes over the private way that gave him entrance But no sooner was it done but that one of the Keepers Gentlemen that seemed ever most serviceable unto her came in whom the devilish Daulphinis had before fashioned to her purpose for she wrought upon his want as knowing well that Povertie betrayeth Vertue and that Wealth bewitcheth Wit Corruption having made him her Creature shee had instructed him how to trayne Vienna to her destruction for nought but Death could satisfie her disdainefull feare Her malicious and unbounded pride locked into the danger of her Lords returne If the Daulphin fell then must Vienna though now a Prisoner be Soveraigne This made her heart-burning hate to prosecute her overthrow And though shee had no cause to feare her for occasion never yet made her her enemy yet could she not indure to thinke that shee should bee Subject to another that now was most eminent in her selfe To have the Regent was all her ambitious desire and nothing did let but Viennas right To frustrate which shee with fulnesse of Gold and promises of preferment had as aforesayd seduced this mettle-minded Servant to deceive and to destroy her by such subtile and obscure meanes as both gave least shew of mistrust and most likelihood of execution And this it was Don Poltron for so was hee rightly named bringing Viennas mornings repast to her with a bemoaning tongue and a sighing heart complained much against Nature and enveyed more against Fortune that had made beauty so miserable and Vertue so unhappie as to entombe the glory of the one and the effecacie of the other in so unprofitable and so uncomfortable a place My eyes sayd hee cannot indure to see Dignity so disgraced nor can my Eares entertaine the killing sound of your laments I must and will leave my wounding Service that at longth I may bee a Stranger to sorrow least my griefe for your griefe make my revived woes as great as your griefe Vienna liking his generous nature iudged by his discreete and relenting discourse that he was well bred and pleasing wittie and therefore required him to tell what was his Name and where he was borne Who answered Don Poltron am I called and in Spaine was my birth my education was better then my fortune and this my servile Place beares now record of my sinister fate Why sayd Vienna if thou be infortunate keepe still thy station here is a place of woe and thou hast a Princesse to associate thee in thy sorrowes Hast thou cause to bewaile thy mishaps Let us know thy crosses and we will ease thee with our griefe For it is a comfort to find a Companion in misery Then say Poltron for thy Nature agrees better with us then thy Name and story to vs the life of thy Fortune that we may also recreate our minde by listening to thy griefes Poltron having pleased her with this sugered Bayte cast out his hidden Hooke and tolde her that he was a rith Merchants Sonne in Spaine left so well Treasured that he swayed the world at will vntill emperious Love made him of a free Lord a Bond-slave to Melleflora Vnto her sayd he I sued long for obtayned grace which had I held my selfe more fortunately happy then Paris did in the fruition of his Love Paris sayd Vienna what Paris Paris said he of Troy that enioyed the Beauty of Greece and made his Pleasure a Plague to his Countrey But in the height of my ioyes and hope of highest happinesse Death deprived me of my Paradised Blisse and not onely made my broken heart the sad habitation of woe but also turned my mind which before was a Kingdome to me into a Hell of tormenting thoughts The place of my Birth grew by her losse so hatefull to me that I was necessitated to forgoe the ground that yeelded me no other harvest but griefe In briefe for better portage I turned all my Substance into Iewels of estimate and travelled to Naples where I spent more of my Wealth then I did of my woes Then Repentance made me leave that wastfull Nation and so I came unfortunately into France Thus he drew on her attention with a faigned tale that he might without all suspition and with better gaine of beliefe give more fewell to her desire for his further betraying discourse And to blinde all iealous thoughts he purposely seemed by his abrupt end to be unwilling to proceed further But Vienna whose crossed affection delighted to heare of semblable fortunes would needs know what other mishaps wayted on his lost love Alas Madame said Poltron the small remainder of my broken state I brought with me into France to maintaine the length of my dayes but in my passage I was set on by foure Theeves that stript me of all I had wounded me sore and would no doubt have taken my life but that by chance there came by a poore Hermite who seeing theyr violence without all dread of their number or feare of his own feeblenes cast off his peacefull Gowne drawing out a hidden sword out of his staffe he so fiercely assaulted them that in the end he slew three of them whilst the fourth run away with the prey the danger of my wounds made him then as farre to surmount himselfe in pittie as he had excelled the other in valour And in the tendernesse of his relenting minde he brought me to his Cell where on a bed of mosse he layd me and binding up my wounds with a peece of his shirt for other linnens he had none he afterwards applyed the joyce of hearbes so oft unto them that they healed and I began to grow strong With him had I continued still but that during the stay of my recovery I could not endure to see this good Chyrurgion and noble minded Hermite that had so well preserved and cherished mee sit so oft sighing and many times exclaiming against uniust rigour and vnnaturall iniustice that halfe distraught hee would often confusedly say Doth the Sea nourish a more cruell fish then the Dolphin is not Vienna the fairest Citie of the world And lived there ever a more unfortunate man then Paris Then would hee bewayle destroyed Troy and blame Love that fired Jllion and by and by curse that wretched Knight that overthrew so faire a creature and so glorious a Citie Then would he sit in a dolefull dumpe and after suddainly start up as one affrighted and accuse his offending tongue of Treachery for wronging the divine name of love since hee was so highly beloved as his meane fortune merited not the glory thereof But leaving him with my prayers both to his Cave and to his Cell after many thankes I left that woefull and worthy Hermit and came to Viennois where necessity compelled mee to seeke this service And this most vertuous Princesse is the Map of my misery and so hee seemed to end before he had
barbarous Moore honoured his milde inclination wondered at his regular admonitions and thanked him for his humane comforts tender regard My minde mindfull said Sirap of Fortunes ficklenesse affects I know not how nor wherefore your deliverance what then will the Daulphin give if I affect the same The Daulphin whose smallest sayles of hope the least windes did blowe offered the third part of his Principality when hee should come to Viennois Promises said Sirap of advancement are no assurances of enrichment and he hath a wit too short of discretion that will loose certaine favours for uncertaine fortunes Notwithstanding if you will but sweare unto me by that same God which you serve and adore to grant me one request that I shall make when I come to Viennois I will endanger my life to free your life from danger and leave and loose my honours in Babylon and Greece to seale and feate my selfe with you in France more you cannot desire lesse my Country Gods ayding me I will not accomplish The Daulphin whose flattering hope suddainly gave him a present assay of future happinesse though at the first he was very credulous in entertaining such favourable conjectures yet hardly could hee ground any firme beleife since knowing him to be but a Stranger hee thought that such deepe wounds could not be searched with such shallow Instruments But at the last referring all things to God and to the will and wisdome of the supposed Moore hee wholly embraced his kinde offer and anchored all his hope in his provident industry unto whom preferring life before livelihood hee devoutly sware by his Fathers God the onely one true God and God of all Gods in whom he chiefly and onely trusted that whatsoever hee would demaund should be freely absolutely and willingly given him In further consideration whereof he gave him a rich Diamond and his Interpretour a hundred French crownes which for his vse if neede required he had closly hid betwixt the lyning of the coller of his doublet Sirap holding himselfe satisfied said it sufficed Onely hee required his continuall prayers for his better successe and so left him to feast his hopefull heart with the expectation of desired successe The next day Sirap taking occasion to walk to Euphrates that famous River that runnes by Babylon there to view the variety of strange severall small ships he casually met and secretly compounded with an avarous Pilot whose corruption being gilded over with gold he was to bring him downe the River through the Persian gulfe to the next Port Towne upon the Affricke shoare The fifth following night hee appoynted to come a boord attended onely with two men and therefore gave him in charge not onely to bee most secret therein but also that he should make full provision of all requisites This done he presently gave forth that hee would shortly depart and returne to Constantinople and the better to accomplish his desire without misdeeme he determined under colour of preparation and fitly furnishing himselfe to lye some few dayes in the Citie before he would embarque himselfe All which hee presently imparted to the Soldan and humbly with prodigall thankes tooke his leave saying that his period of time pleaded now his promis'd returne which in no wise he would violate with the high commander of his thoughts the great and Emperiall Turke unto whom hee owed all obliged love and most reverent respect And therefore if so it pleased his Majesty to command his ready service in ought hee would willingly attend his pleasure and by his Graces imployments hold himselfe more then graced The Soldan seeing he would depart presented him with many rich gifts of Royall estimate holding himselfe no little bounden to his Gods in that they had interested him in so noble meritorious a friend so blinded was hee with Siraps civill demeanour and so dusked with Solimans powerfull commends that he could not with Palimed pry now into the profundity of Vlysses And therefore requesting him to take in worth those small remembrances of his fast sealed love he friendly bad him farewell and so left him Sirap whose thoughts travailed now in quest after the Daulphins deliverance got himselfe into the Citie where he chambered himselfe in a Merchants house of great and good regard where being once left and seated hee began to call his wits to account how best he might best deceive the Daulphins Keeper For providence preventeth misfortunes and gives life to our future actions And therefore he was neither carelesly nor over-timorously suspitious of that which might sinisterly and suddenly succeede but iealous headfull in the hazard lest any over-sight might crosse his endeavours and so leave his Lord helplesse and himselfe haplesse But after he had stretcht and tentred his wit and set all possibilities on the racke of his invention at length his desire carrying him beyond all doubt of danger hee armed his determination with steeled resolution and setting his chance on the Dice he thus attempted and assayed his fortune The day before his departure hee went unto the Castle where gently greeting the Keeper he told him that he was to returne to Constantinople and therefore finding himselfe engaged to him for his willing paines and already ready shewed kindnesses hee was come of purpose in person to invite him and all his followers vnto whom he had been troublesome to sup with him that night that hee thereby might acknowledge his thankfulnesse and they have cause to remember his love and his person And because hee said my Chamber is no receite and that I am unwilling to be troublesome or offensive to the Master of the house let me entreate the use of the Castle and so make you my Host and Guest at once The Keeper blinded with his former bounty secured by the Soldan and now drawne on by the pleasing shew of kinde courtesie knowing him whom yet hee never knew to be of a vertuous dispose of great estimate and highly favoured of the King did freely and gratefully offer himselfe his service and the Castle at his command The great unknowne distance betwixt the Daulphins and the Moores Countrey Clymes with their admiration of each other the difference of their tongues could not make the gulled keeper suspitious nor can cause him once to dreame of deceitfull guile This illusion gave Sirap hope of happy successe and therefore manifesting his thankfulnesse with a rich Iewell that he giving required that he would weare it for his sake he left him and prodigally povided what either his purse could procure or the time would afford Hee gave also further charge to his Attendants that the Table should be still and ever fully furnished with many repleat Cups of Greekish Wine For said he the cost is ill spared that is spared for cost and the beauty of the banquet is there eclips'd where Jupiter raines not downe full showers of Nectar As himselfe hee had carefully and secretly before provided sleeping Poppy heavy Darnell and the
to the Daulphin and told him of his haplesse successe Who smothering his inward ioy made such shewe of discontentment that the angry ocean swelled not as he seem'd to storme But Sirap neither waying his anger nor her answere all smiling said that once more he would with Ixion assay to embrace Juno and see whether in shuffling againe of the Cardes Fortune would deale him a better game For he would owe her himselfe and try whether in his owne language he could weane and win her to his will which mooved great laughter and ministred further occasion of pleasant talke Thus they passed for the rest of the day vntill supper which ended Sirap giving them the good night went to his Chamber where calling to minde Viennas words which in his suppose argued to report of his disloyalty which grieved him much that her griefe would be redoubled by his never intended falsity and that hee should be so wronged by unwronged and unknowne men But after he had a little fed his sad humour with his deceiving conceit hee determined darkly that darke night to shew his conceit thereon and to remoue that vaile of misdeeme that so shadowed the assurance of his faithfulnesse And therefore furnishing himselfe with a well tuned Lute in the dead of night hee went alone to the Castle where close shrowding himselfe under her window he sweetly sounding thus chaunted out this irefull song SLeepe not Revenge Revenge awake awake you irefull spirits all All are too fewe too fewe you are to plague those tongues that swim in gall Then wake Revenge Revenge awake And blast those tongues that discord make Sleepe not Revenge Revenge awake Envie my Love from Love exhorts Report hath wrong'd true Troylus name and false furmise in slaunder sports Then wake Revenge Revenge awake And cut those tongues for Plutoes sake Sleepe not Revenge Revenge awake Vertue hath lost her constant minde Love lyeth sicke in her deceite Fancie is subiect to the winde And all through hare of spightfull tongues Then wake Revenge revenge these wrongs Awake Revenge for shame awake Suspect hath rob'd content of ioy Malice hath slaine deserved trust and light beliefe hath bred annoy Then wake J say Revenge awake And now O now revengement take Revengement take take this Revenge Let banefull blasters rot their tongue Poyson their breath and make them dumbe and let them live in dying long So shall Revenge a God be knowne When thus Revenge revenge hath showne Vienna hearing this iarring Citty wondered what hee should bee or what he should meane by this his wrathfull song At last she supposed it was La-nova that in Paris behalfe thus excused his long silence and absence so condemned by her but neither discrying him nor receiving any answer from him wee then imagined that hee was some other that caried away with griefe wrong had amongst other dolefull places there eased himselfe of his woefull burthen by breathing out his secret and oppressing sorrowes For it is some comfort to the grieved to finde either a companion in griefe or a sad befitting wretched place to lament and manifest his griefe But greatly disallowing his uncharitable minde she all sighing said Cease grieved soule my soule grieves at like wrongs Yet leave revenge to him revenge belongs Sirap perceiving that his Song rather renewed then relinquished her of her causelesse griefe perswading himselfe that her step-mother both in envie of her glory and in disdaine of him had at the first so hardened the heart of her Father that hee now altogether forgot in continuing his rigour that he was a Father He thought good to warble out a more pleasing note and to lull her a sleepe with more comfortable Musick And therfore turning his voyce he chearefully recorded this liking Ditty SLeepe sleepe O sleepe sweete Lady sleepe cloud not your beauty with blacke care Cares doe consume griefe hath no grace your Graces griefe weares beauty bare Then sleepe O sleepe sweete Lady sleepe Let me ah me your sorrowes keepe Sigh not at all all is in vaine In vaine are sighes fighes doe confound Times haue their turnes turne then your teares your woe with woe my heart doth wound Then sleepe O sleepe sweete Lady sleepe Your Slaue alone for you will weepe O cruell Dame Loues second choise O choise the change of Natures loue O Loue forlorne slaue vnto time O Time corrupt Vertues remoue Why trouble you her quiet sleepe Since J for her doe daily weepe Sleepe sleepe O sleepe faire Lady sleepe your sorrowes haue all sorrowes spent Hope doubt hath slaine dead is dispaire and Loue will crowne you with content Then sleepe O sleepe sweete Lady sleepe No cause there is why you should weepe Why you should weepe Why you should weepe No cause there is why you should weepe Vienna pleased with the tune amazed at the voyce but more then ravished with the words hastily put her head out of the windowe and said What so ever thou art take thankes of a distressed Lady and Heaven comfort thee as thou hast J know not how recomforted me And so turning her selfe to Jzabella she ask'd whether she had ever heard that voyce before who replying sayd That if her memory failed her not it was the same or much like if not the same that they heard in first in Court under her Chamber windowe Ah Izabella sayd Vienna thou harpest too well to be so well Yet if my minde divine aright God graunt it may devine I shall heare some tydings of my Paris so perswades my heart so graunt our God But say Izabella say what shall poore Vienna say to this moralized Moore whose civill condition maiesticall presence and sugred tongue differs so much from his rude and barbarous Nation Is not his blacke hue full of sweet favour and his favour sufficient to command beauties proudest favour Now trust me Izabella the gentle Moore more and more would gaine interest in my affection but the more I thinke he is a Moore the more for my Paris sake I scorne to love the Moore And therefore resolved to live to none but Paris though Paris hath forgotten Vienna how shall I non-sute his importunity whose proud hope promiseth love and whose love is warranted by my Fathers oath Jzabella most carefully to acquit her of that care though it was the least care of her care told her that her old putrified pollicie would easily prevent that mischiefe and therefore having a readie Capon in the Castle they presently dismembring the body tooke the two legges and binding them under her arme holes where the heate of her body might soonest corrupt them shee preparedly expected his comming the next day When Sirap clad in his richest array strangely fashioned came accompanyed with many that of purpose being made acquainted with his intention came to recreate themselves with his so supposed unusuall courting For hee being as they thought not to be understood by his tongue nor to be satisfied by his eare They vainely imagined that
he either would woe her with gifts or with his countenance or with variety of gestures But hee no sooner came to the Castle but frustrating their expectation he requested them by Bousoy to stay and stand a while aside When winged with the hope of Loves assurance he instantly boldly and all onely entered saluted and in French thus courteously assaulted his faire and friendly foe How fares said hee the imperious Mistresse of my inthralled heart As a prisoner not like a Princesse she said fares the Mistresse of a thralled and wofull heart But how came you Sir Knight so Frenchified that erst was so strangefied Love sweet love he said hath made my tongue your Country-man and my heart your servant Then hath love shee replyed wrought a wonder in you an admiration in me Such said Sirap is the divine power of Loves Deity such the vertuous force of your heavenly beauty and such the happy issue of our decreed destiny Therefore yeeld Vienna Vienna yeeld to that which the Gods have decreed Love commands thy beauty requires our Fortune allots thy Father wills and I thy friend request Vienna thus charged could not tell how to discharge her selfe of him but by having a recourse to her wonted and hidden policy And therefore uncloathing her Ivory brests she all sighing said Alas Sir Knight thy commendable demeanour and Princely worth well merits favour and thy inticing tongue is sufficient to entrap a well advised minde and a far more stayeder conceit But know most noble and most Magnificent Moore that I am farre worse then I seeme and much better then I would be For behold shee bared her breasts that he might behold the untimely corruption of my blasted beauty looke on the loathsome fruit of my long and grievous imprisonment and but feele O feele not the filthy sent of my ulcered and rotting body and then tell me whether I am not rather to be loathed then loved fled from then followed Sirap astonished at her words but beyond all amazement danted with the smell neere fainted thereat such was his insufferable sorrow for her that hee curst himselfe for her And yet such was the constancy of his never dying love that encouraging himselfe the better to cheere her up he with a joyfull countenance said Be it Madame so or worse then so or what so you will it shall not matter I rest wholly yours if for yours you will accept of mee that am none but yours For know most constant and my endeered Lady that Paris if Paris bee not forgotten pleadeth now in person for himselfe and here offereth his life and service for your love In confirmation whereof see here the happy seale of your love and the sole comfort of my absence the loyall and unvaluable Ring your Highnesse gave mee when first being pursued by your Fathers Knights I departed from you like a hungry Infant pulled from his Nources breast or a thirsty Hart chased from a sweet Fountaine Then then in the pride of your perfections you paradiz'd mee in the heaven of your love and now in the decay of your glory will I wed my ever-living constancy to your never dying loyalty Looke nay looke not on me so strangely my black hue is but an Artificiall vizour and my borrowed countenance but the assurance of my safety Vienna not able on the suddaine to entertaine so great a ioy shrunk downe deprived of her vitall spirits but chafed reuived and enabled by Jzabella shee with teares of ioy distilling downe her cheekes sadly said Ah Paris Paris thy love made me a contented prisoner but thy long absence hath made my prison a tormenting hell But now O happy now thy thrice happy returne makes my prison seeme a Paradise and my hell a most glorious heaven with that falling on his brest and enclosing him within her fainting armes she often redoubled her double doubled kisses Paris being likewise surprized with fulnesse of ioy lost himselfe in her armes but being acquitted of that extasie he payd her large interrest for her kindnesse pleaded sorrow for her martirdome and meere necessity for his absence Cease Paris shee said my Paris surcease these needlesse excuses of faultlesse iniurie since to over-fortifie innocencie is to breed suspition There is none but I that have if offended offended As first in being cause of thy exile then of thy dangerous travailes and now in reiecting thy love but impute the first two to my Fathers severity not to my love and the last of my ignorance not to my inconstancy For proofe whereof see heere here shewed shee the Capons legges the triall of my truth which but in pollicy I vsed in all extremities to withstand importunate Suters and all onely to love none but thee earst the sole hope of my life but now the onely life of my soule Thus pleaded shee to please him and thus it pleased him to praise her and both of them still ioying in that they enioyed each other Then turning to Jzabella he kist her many times and vowed that out of his best fortunes he would bee thankfull to her for her love to him but especially for her comforts to Vienna And taking them both by the hands he told them how and by what meanes the Daulphin her Father had freely and absolutely given her to him And therfore he requested them to conceale their knowledge of him and to go along with him for that he ment to have her Father to deliver her to him all which they both so willingly and cheerefully did that the Gent. attending his leasure no little marveiled to see him lead them so familiarly by the hands and so pleasantly talking with Vienna in a private manner But when they were come before the Daulphin Paris for now is Sirap turned againe to returned Paris holding her still by the hand humbly requested him in the presence of his daughter Barons to ratifie his vowed guist Which the Daulphin both misliking and admiring demaunded of her whether her liking and consent stood to that blacke irreligious Moore that had so often refused so many potent Lords and most accomplished Princes To which shee in all reverence praying pardon said That the blacke smeared Smith was most pleasing to the Queene of beauty That tha constant colour unfadible in it selfe well argued constancie in the person That his barbarous nature was both reclaimed and refined by his more civill education and that his religion would easily be conformable to their profession But howsoever it sufficeth that I love him and love yeelds no reason of choyse nor hath any respect of persons His blinde deity blindes our fancies and fancy lives not in desert but in desire We love altogether by liking not for honours and our wills cannot command our affections that are not in our powers Then vouchsafe my Soveraigne Lord and most gratious Father of my destinied desire and admit of his wel-merited demand let me with your free consent enioy him for my Husband that hath so well purchased me for his Wife so shall you honour your selfe in doing him right reward his services enworthy your posterity and repayre my decayed glory The Daulphin seeing that it was but in vaine to resist celestiall influence preordinate be providence divine and that he could neither in honor nor conscience infringe his obliging oath nor reject his pleading and glorious worth shewed a vertue in necessity and freely gave and delivered her unto him Now Paris being thus possest of his desire cast off his artificiall maske and lowly on his knees shewed and presented himselfe the humble and thankfull seruant of his Lord. The Daulphin finding himselfe thus deceived by him that happily deceived the Soldan and his Keepers for him could not but commend his loyall love and love him for his saving service His superlative valour and unvaluable vertue shewed that his great fortunes were but Ministers to his will And therefore he cheerefully said In France was I honoured by Paris In Babylon unthralled by Sirap And at home both I my Countrey and people were protected by the Knight of the Daulphin To Paris therefore I returne my love To Sirap I give my daughter And to the Knight of the Daulphin I yeeld my Principality Then my beloved and renowned sonne giue me thy hand and let me embrace thee with thy valour And here I sweare by the all-ever-living-God that if I were sole Monarch of the whole Vniverse thou onely shouldst rule for me and after me More I cannot give thee for thy Asian lost honors lesse thou shalt not have then my whole Europian dignities To confirme which he presently caused him to be proclaimed his sonne in law and the next lawfull and immediate heire to all his Royall Territories Great was now the wonder of all men great the preparation to solemnize their Nuptials and more then great the joy and tryumphes made and ordained for them But amongst them all there was none Vienna excepted that reioyced more then old Sir Jaques whose silver beard was all embossed with pearles of swelling teares for the ioy of his so famous found sonne As for his endeared friend La-nova his glad heart shewed the triumphes of ioy and all his thoughts were ravished with delights and contentments To him after many embraces did Paris give infinite thankes for his comfortable friendship and carefull regard of Vienna and his Father Thus lived they long happy in each other untill the Daulphin summoned by death payd Nature his due and olde Sir Iaques wasted by age yeelded to death Then was Sir Paris created Daulphin of Vienna who enjoyned La-nova to marrie Jzabella unto whom hee gave all his Fathers Lands and Boufoy he made his Steward And so they fortunatly raign'd and lived together many yeares with great comfort and full contentment in Princely state and height of terrestiall dignity The Jmage of God the wrath of Mars and pledge of Nuptiall rite Records his name that for his friend this triviall toy did write FINIS