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A06166	The famous, true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandy, surnamed for his monstrous birth and behauiour, Robin the Diuell VVherein is contained his dissolute life in his youth, his deuout reconcilement and vertues in his age: interlaced with many straunge and miraculous aduentures. VVherein are both causes of profite, and manie conceits of pleasure. By T.L. G.	Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.	1591 (1591)	STC 16657; ESTC S109566	59,414	92

of pepper or Hibla of honey so where the vnreformable worke of Nature is grounded in peremptorie wickednesse it is impossible either to destroy or disanull the effects thereof according to the opinion of the Poet Naturam expellas furca licet vsque recurrit For giuing him ordinarie correction at one time for an erronious offence which he had committed in stead of submission and acknowledgement of his misdéedes he intentiuely imployed himselfe to murther and finding his Maister one day asléepe he priuily tooke his penknife and cut his throate smilingly concluding his impietie in this sort Ille mihi feriendus aper But as they that paint the Image of Venus shadowe her excellence by depicturing her backe parts pretending either a secret insinuation of their owne admiration or her mightines so in laying these loose colours of Robins misgouernance I rather inforce wounder in my selfe to write them than credite with those that shall reade them who conuersing and daylie reading the Norman antiquaries shall finde farre more of his youthly insolence than is here set downe euery way beyond beleefe yet no way differing from the trueth How Duke Aubert and Editha called Robert their sonne to the Court where by his mothers perswasion he was admitted to the Order of Knighthood THe rumour of the yong Princes outrages were no sooner spred throughout the Court but Aubert heauelie agréed at his sonnes misdeedes and Editha becomming wel●y desperate of his amends with heauie hearts called the yong man to their presence where the olde man shewing the seueritie of a Prince in his lookes but the sinceritie of a father in his laments began in this manner to schoole his sonne whilst Editha was wholly giuen ouer to sorrow Ungracious and vngodly yong man sayd he who in thy cradle porteudest thy future indiscretion and in the ripenes of thine age shewest the rashness of thy nature that makest my title of signorie thy priuiledge of sinne and my lawe the occasion of thy loosenes Is this thy reward for thy mothers care thy care for thy fathers comfort to exempt thy selfe of all grace to exemplifie in mee all griefe Ahlas haples Prince that I am reduced to al extreames should I punish thee according to thy sinne I should depriue my selfe of mine onely solace and in not punishing thy murthers I am as it were agent in thy massacres Oh vaine youth if thy studies were answerable to thy estate and thy wisedome equall to thy wit thou migh●st perceaue that thy desaster is the desolation of this Estate and the more my people hope of succession so much they feare thy fatall confusion The Cockatrice killed in the shell quelleth not being a Serpent the Tyger tamed bring a whelpe teareth not being growne great and were there hope to restraine thee beeing young there were some better hope of regarde in thine age But as Semyramis miraculous birth shewed her meruailous buriall so thy vnreuerent behauiours in these yeares are very Oracles of thy tyrannies in time to come so that reason councelleth me rather to cut thee off in the twig than indure thee in the tree Oh cursed youth I see by thy carelesse smiles the contempt of my counsailes and woe bée to the time that I begat thee since wilfull ignorance doth so much beguile thee but stay thy hand or loose thy head trouble me no more with such complaints least I cut thee short in thy complots and since thou art negligent of my rudiments assure thy selfe I will be vnnaturall in my reuenge After he had expostulated with him in this manner he sodainly departed and entered his priuie Closet where as he sat so amazed with griefe and amated at his vngraciousnesse as had not Editha followed him and with amiable perswasions animated him with hope he had surely in that extasie miserably ended his old yeares But Robert in stead of repenting his offences began to renewe his follies quarrelling with his fathers guard in such maner that euery man knowing his natural inclination fled his companie as being a monster among men If any graue olde man came néere him attempting to counsaile him after hee pretended some diligent attention for a while he sodainly tooke out his knife and cut of his beard satisfying the partie wronged with this Ironicall reason Quae superflua sunt abscindenda sunt Whilest in this manner he misgouerned himselfe among the Courtiers Editha was not vnbusied in the Closet but so laboured her husband by intreaties and teares that since Robert ●er sonne was about 21 yeares of age and able to beare armes he at last cōsented to grant him the Order of Knighthood alleaging these reasons that honours are the spurres of vertue and natures that are forward in wickednesse by conuersing with the vertuous are reformed nought left she vnsought that might insinuate nothing vnreported that could perswade To bee bréefe the prefixed day of his Knighthood was appoynted his armes were deliuered him the Nobles of the Countrie were assembled the Ladies were orderly enuited neither did Aubert spare any cost to shewe his magnificence or Editha any counsailes to reforme Roberts mind but calling him apart into her priuie Chamber she began in this manner to aduise him If my secret complaints thou sinfull yong man had not more effect to mittigate the heauens than to mooue thee I would drie them vp and defie thee but since they are pitious and respect prayers I will weepe for thee to winne them to thee in hope they will be as fauourable in mercie as I am forward in moane Oh more obstinate than the Northern wind more indurate than y ● hard Marble more cruell than y ● Libian Lyonesse more peruerse than y ● Lidian tyrant thou hast open eares to conceaue mischiefe but a dull heart to consider of modestie I see thy repyning lookes thy reprouable leudnes thou despisest to heare my prayers or harbor my precepts Ah Robin hath the care of obedience no force the credite of a mother no fauour or art thou proude to see me wofull or pleased to seeke out my wretchednesse Thou knowest that by nature thou art néere me that thy follie is my fall thy vaine deedes my very vndoing if then thou haue care of my life yéeld some respect vnto my lessons thou art now stept in yeares hast iudgement to discerne errors now call thy selfe home and record thine olde wickednesse amende thy life meditate on thy loosenes cast a reyne on thy nature conceit the reason of nurture better is a meane life in vertue than an high estate in vice Hast thou offended in thy youth the misdeede is ordinarie Wilt thou amend in age oh the action is honorable I coniure thee my sonne by these deuout teares by these deuote intreates by the name of thy mother by the necessitie of obedience to exchange thy excesse to mediocritie thy murther to modestie thy vntowardnesse to staiednesse and prepare thy selfe to accept the Order of Knighthood which thy father will bestowe on thee

THE Famous true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandy surnamed for his monstrous birth and behauiour Robin the Diuell VVherein is contained his dissolute life in his youth his deuout reconcilement and vertues in his age Interlaced with many straunge and miraculous aduentures Wherein are both causes of profite and manie conceits of pleasure By T. L. G. Imprinted at London for N. L. and Iohn Bushie and are to be sold at the West dore of Paules 1591. To the worshipfull and true Moecenas of learning M. Thomas Smith T. L. G. wisheth all aboundance of worldly fortunes in this life and the benefites of heauenly felicitie in the life to come SEeing in these our days men rather seeke the increase of transitorie wealth than the knowledge of deuine wisedome preferring stuffed baggs before studious bookes their pounds before precepts loosing the true ritches of the minde to leuell at the transitorie allurements of this world feeding fooles with siggs and philosophers with floutes I haue among the multitudes of these men made choice of your Worship for my Patron and Moecenas who of a farre more happy nature with Theodosius honour Appian and seeing learning almost suppressed with contempt or discountenanced with neglect haue in this famous Citie like a vertuous member of the same begun to exile ignorance to reuiue artes knowing Ladislaus reasons to be of force that Citizens who are vnlettered are lesse than men or rather as Frederick the Emperour was wont to say manlike beastes Which vertuous indeuor of yours worthie both your name and fortune shall in time to come more aduance you than they who tooth and nayle labour to purchase lands which ordinarily perish through their heires lauishnes It is true fame which is gotten by vertue perfect vertue to maintaine learning which is so kinde to those that seeke after it that in all changes of fortune in all miseries of this life and casualties whatsoeuer it prepareth the mind preuenteth mishaps And least I among the poore Tirones of learning who desire the increase therof with the most though deserue therein with the least should seeme to forget this especially and ingrafted vertue so admirably bestowed vpō your worship I haue thought good to present you with a rude and homely written history which if with like regard you shall accept as Alphonsus did the silly Satires of Philelphus I doubt not but in short time to publish that vnder your name which shall not only merit and deserue your acceptance but also mightely profit all such as are studious in all sorts of learning Till when I most humbly commend me desiring your Worship most earnestly to prosecute your vertuous enterprises beseeching God to prosper you in them and all other to the aduancement of Letters From my Chamber 2. Maij. 1591. Your Worships to commaund T. L. G. To the curteous Reader whatsoeuer GEntlemen I haue vppon the earnest request of some my good friends drawne out of the old and ancient antiquaries the true li●e of R●bert second Duke of Normandie surnamed for his youthfull imperfections Robin the Diuell wherein I stand not so much on the termes as the trueth publishing as much as I haue read and not so much as they haue written The Loadstarres that directed me in my course if they haue colours and no counterfeit doo me right to say they set down coulors without counterfeit yet many things haue happened in times past incredible in our age and in our age such things haue falne out as had our fathers knowne they had meruailed It onely behoueth vs to applie all things that tend to good to their end which is vertue and esteeme them to intend all things that are bad to their end which is vice and eschue them So shall we in reading reape that fruit that impossible things shall be referred to God and possible ordered to our amends Farewell T. L. G. The famous true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandie IN the populous and plentifull Dukedome of Normandie in times past called Neustria at such time as Pepin the Father of the great King Charlemaigne gouerned the flourishing Kingdome of Fraunce Aubert the first Duke of that Countrey by some supposed to be Ron of Denmarke began to signorize in the same about the yeare of our Lord 750. a Prince by nature affable in nurture fortunate as glorious for his Conquests as gratious in his curtesies enterprising his attempts with Metellus constancie and finishing the same with Alexanders fortune who being in yeares youthfull in person comlie in discourse pleasant in ritches mightie was sought vnto by diuers Princ●s who intended by inserting him into their linage the better to assure themselues in their liuelyhoodes Among the rest the worthie Duke of Burgundie wrought so earnestly and perswaded so effectually that Aubert at last accepted his faire sister Y●da or Editha for his wife a Princesse in whome nature planted as much excellence as amiablenesse tempering the gifts of fortune and y ● mind with such equabilitie that her goods seemed great in respect of her goodnes and her goodnes more great in that she had goods for as the mightie inundatiōns of Nilus make the riuer more famous so abilitie vnited with bountie and a liberall hand with a mercifull hart do greatly assist in causes of honor These two princely cooples ordained by desteny to high desasters though their affluence of riches promised them felicitie yet the influence of the heauens intimated their aduersitie for hauing great signories to bequeath they had no heires to enioy accompting this for their only crosse that they were without children many were their vowes but to no auayle many their prayers but to little purpose if phisick might haue made fruitfull Editha had been a Mother if great summs could haue purchast yong sonnes Aubert had been a Father Seuen yeares and more liued they in this sort the one carelesse of loues delight the other comfortlesse in that she was barraine till on a prefixed Saterday when Nature had powred all her treasures on the earth Flora powdered all the medowes with flowres when the louesick Zephirus softly breathed and the tender leaues sweetly bowed when the sunne played with the waue the waue dallyed with the sunne both enioying an equal simpathy of solace Duke Aubert who from his youth vpwarde was meruailously delighted in y e chase accompanyed with his faire Duchesse departed out of his Capitall Citie of Roan to take his pastance in the Forrest Editha by deuine ordinance was that day attired as if she intended to wooe Lucina to graunt a Sonne and winne the Norman Duke to get a Sonne Her hayre in stead of gould to grace it was goulden exceeding gould more finer than the thrid wherewith Arachne wrought her loombe more softer than the bed of Roses wherein y e Morning playd with Cephalus bound it was after a carelesse manner as if disdayning that so rare beauties should be imprisoned but pleyted in

heare on both sides the Captaines exhort the Caualiers applaude the Trompets made a heauenly harmonie inforcing the horses to carrier and the heart to courage in briefe the battailes ioyned where the Souldan shewed inestimable feates of armes hewing murthering and ouerthrowing whom so euer he met Pepin like Mars inraged or Achilles incensed beating downe all that resisted brandishing his sword like lightning now stroke hée downe the King of Circasso the Duke of Hieropolis now reskewed the olde Emperour who laden with yeares and armes yet lacking no courage sought all meanes possible to subdue his enemies Behenzar on the other side seemed like Alexander among the Macedones for being attended on by a troope of Mamelukes resembling the Macedonian Phalax he dispersed the horsemen tossing them on his pikes so that after a bitter and long ●ight the right wing of the Christians was discomforted there might you see Ortacus of Denmark● shewe himselfe a braue war●iour who entering vppon the Thessalian horsemen with his Danish Regiment so dismembred them that they fled about the fields both disordered and welny destroyed But the Souldan relied them s●dainly and intermedling them with fresh hands of Souldiers gaue such a charge on the front of the enemies battaile that it was inforced to recoyle The Christians in this incountrie were put to the worst of Princes were slaine the Duke of Consa the Earle of Malgrania the King of Pontus the Marques of Pisarra and to the number of 1700. Christians the Emperour himselfe hardly escaped and was in great perrill of his life who gathering vp his broken wings together in grieuous discontent of minde entered his Citie whilest the Pagans triumphed in their Tents hauing lost but to the number of 900. men besides those of marke and accompt Of the great moane that was made throughout Rome for the losse of the Christians and how Emine the next day of battaile gaue Robert the Diuell a rich white Armour and Shield with a white horse who reskued the Emperour and did wonderfull deedes of armes GReat was the moane through all Rome for the Christians ruine many the teares of the mothers be moaning their sonnes many the sighes of the daughters weeping for their fathers there was no house in the Citie which solemnized not some funerall and happie was he in his misfortune whose sonne had béen most forward But among all the mestfull families the Emperours Court was most vnfortunate where in stead of rich spoyles the Emperiall chambers were replenished with dead and wounded bodies and confusion seeming to haue elected her habitation in that place began to infect euery particular person with his poyson The Empresse bathed in teares had her eyes almost choaked vp with weeping and Emine the flower of beautie seemed like the Rose ouerwashed with ouerlirant shewes her crimson staines became pale and bleake colours so much doth sorrow alter both the inward and outward habilities Robert agréeued in heart to see these discontents groaned in mind though he dissembled mirth practising all meanes possible to delight the Emperour to mooue laughter to the Empresse to content Emine faine would he haue enterprised armes but he durst not fearing it was preiudiciall to his vowe and so much courage wrought in his heart that espying his Confessor one day who by reason of these warres had withdrawne himselfe into the Citie he by signes shewed his de●ires to doo the Emperour seruice The good old man falling on his necke blessed him and confidently perswaded him thereunto so his desire were not for vaineglorie sake but for the honour and in the name of Christ Robert resolued herein became more frolicke moouing great pleasure in the Princes by kissing their swords and playing with their armes many battailes were there fought wherein he would faine haue béen present One day among the rest at such time as the Princes issued out to battaile Emine called Robert vp into the top of a high turret from whence they might behold all the manner of the conflict but alas the day was fatall to the Christians and the cries of them that fled pierced the very heauens Robert not able to endure these massacres wept bitter teares for anger and seeing Emine discontent made signes vnto her for armour she by diuine instinct somewhat assertained of his intent secretly with her owne hands armed him in a rich white armour of her fathers which he vsed in his youth giuing him a faire sword and shield and shutting his beuer close commanded that a horse should bee giuen him the groomes of y ● Emperours stable gaue him a fierce and stout Steede of selfelike colour as his armes weare of on which speedely mounting he issued foorth of the gates gathering together the scattered troopes and entered the thickest of the Saracens with such furie that before his ● aunce was broken he dismounted thirtie of the best Pagans then taking in hand his well tempered sword hee performed such Cheualrie as all the beholders were amazed his sworde lighted in no place where it cleaued not a lim neither was their Helmets of that temper that could withstand his stroake he slewe Behenzar hand to hand and had welny taken the Souldan prisoner had not a band of strong Tartarians reskewed him Emine from her solitarie Turret beholding his prowesse was surprized with meruailous sollace now wished she that she could speake whereby she might mooue her loue now desired she that hée were as noble as hee was valiant and as wittie as hee was worthie But the Emperour among the rest was wholly reuiued with the sight and yéelding God most humble thankes animated his Souldiers to pursue the victorie many and valiant were the men that fell that day by Roberts sworde and had not the night by speedie approach departed both the Armies the Souldan had that day suffered an vndoubted ouerthrowe whereuppon both the Armies sounded the retreate and Robert with all expedition priuilie entered the Citie where encountering the Recluse his Confessor he left his Armour with him and hid his horse in a Monastarie where the good man was resiant returning to the Court in his fooles habite by which time the Emperour with his attendants was entered the Citie and being disarmed sat him downe in great content discoursing with his Princes and Emperours vppon the affayres of that dayes seruice great was the noyse throughout the Citie of the white Knights valour and in Court was no other talke but of the straunge Knight that behaued himselfe so valiantly The Emperour made great inquisition after him but by no meanes could vnderstande thereof By this time Robert and his hound as was his custome entered the dyning chamber playing many pleasant trickes before the Emperour who tooke thereat wonderfull delight Emines eye was continually fixed on him and whilest the Kings talked of the valiant warriour she purposely poynted at him It fortuned in this incountrie that Robert had a little scratch ouer his right eye which being but freshly wounded bled a little