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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11019	A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise.; Gesta Romanorum. English.	Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1595 (1595)	STC 21288; ESTC S112281	113,518	322

Unto the which bring vs our Lord Jesus Amen The Argument The soule of manne espoused to Christ in baptisme yet dyeth by meanes of sinne leauing behinde hir sonne called reason or rather the word of God which healeth the disease of man hir sinfull father and beeing sent for to cure the maladie of hir stepmother will refuseth to administrate ghostly comfort vnto hir The 24. History SOmetime in Rome bare sway a mightie Emperour named Gorgonie which had married a courteous Lady and a fayre to his wife This yong Lady in due processe of time conceiued and bare a sonne a fayre child an amiable When this child was ten yéere old his mother the Empresse died And anon after the Emperour maried an other wife The second wife loued in no wise the Emperours sonne but dyd him all the shame and reproch that she might When the Emperour perceiur● this willing to please his wife exiled his sonne out of his Empier And when this child was exiled he went and studyed Phisicke so that within short time h●● when he heard that h●●●●●●●●●● such a Phisition he sent for ●●Spand●● letters praying him that he would c●●●●● him without any delay And then the sonne willing to obey and sulsill h●s ●●thers commaundement in all hast came vnto him And when he had s●ene his father and felt his ul●●s and his veines all the i●knesse he had was soone healed with his medicines from all manner of dangers Soone after that the empresse his stepmother began to ware sicke and many phisitions said that she would dye And when the emperour heard this he praied his sonne to helpe hir of hir sicknesse Then said his sonne certainely father I will lay no ●and on hir Than the Emperour began to ware wroth saide If thou wilt not obay my commandement thou shalt h●refoorth depart m● empyre His sonne answered and saide If ●●e d●e so dee●e father ye do vnrightfully for well you kn●w that you ●x●l●d ●●ée out of your Empyre through hir suggestion and mine absence was cause of your sorrow and sicknesse in likewise my presence is cause of hir sicknesse and therefore I will not meddle with hir also I w●ll ●s● no mor● medicines for of●entimes phisitions are deceiued and therefore I dare not ●●ye hand on hir lease m●n would say if it fortuned hir to dye that I w●re the cause thereof Then sayde the Emperour She hath the same sicknesse that I had His sonne aunsshered sayd though shée hath the same sicknesse neuerthelesse y●● bee not both of on● complection For whatsoeuer I did to you yée helde you content and when yée sawe mée come within the Pallace yée reioyced of my comming and greatly were ca●ed to sée him that yee b●●gat But when my stepmother saw mée shée sw●il●d for anger and toke cor●ie at hir heart and therfore if I should speake to hir hir sorrow should increase and if I should touch hir shee would bée from hir selfe And also a Phisition pro●iteth naught but whereas the sicke patient delighteth in him And when the Emperours sonne had sayd his mind hée escaped and went his way The Morali This Emperour béetokeneth euerie christiā man which is wedded to Christ in the baptisme of regeneration For then the soule is made the spouse of Christ on whome man getteth a sonne that is reason But this wife that is to say Christendome dieth whensoeuer a man lyeth in deadly sinne and after hir a man matcheth himselfe with a bitter woman a stepdame that is to say wickednesse as oftentimes as hée is ruled by will and not by reason wherefore a man that liueth by fleshly lust oftentimes exileth reason then anone the soule waxeth sicke for the absence of reason is that cause of the sicknesse of the soule For when Gods word is working in the reasonable soule as a good ghostly Phisition shée recouereth health vnto the sicke soule But when the stepmother waxeth sick that is to say when froward will waxeth sick then is the flesh kept in awe by repentance And therfore studie wée to keepe in awe our fleshe so by repentance that we may come to euerlasting ioye Amen The Argument ¶ Iesus Christ the sonne of God ought to bee cherished and fostered in our harts by faith and fruitfull good lyfe Which is taken from vs when we are vnthankfull vnto him in gods graces Wherfore the prechers of gods word as good Phisitians are comfortably sent vnto vs for the admonishment of vs in perseuerance to amendement of lyfe and constancie in Christes merits so to harbour him in our harts as he may therby bestow on vs the promotion of heauenly blisse euerlasting The 25. History SOmetim● dwelt in Rome a mightie Emperour named Folenus who had taken to wife the Kings daughter of Germany ●●●re lady a courteous which w 〈…〉 short time conceiued and bare a sonne 〈…〉 th●s childe was borne the states of the Empyre come to the Emperour and euery one of them beesought the Emperour to nourish his sonne The Emperour answered and said To morow shall be a to 〈…〉 y and there shall ye all be which of you doth best obtaineth the victory shall haue the keeping of my sonne And if ●ee traine him vp well I shall promote him to great dignitie honour And if he doe the contrary he shall d●e the foulest death that can bée thought Then sayd they Deere Lord all this pleaseth vs well On the morow when euery man was come to the tourney the states lusted held tourney with great valiance a long time till at the last there same a worthie knight named ●osias that so couragiously bare himselfe among thē that he obtained the victory And immediatly after the tourney was all done this ●osias toke the childe and led him forth with him And béecause this Emperours sonne should be receiued in his coūtry he sent before to his Castle commaunded his officers that it should bee royally prouided for and prepared both without and within that the childs lodging should be in the middest of the Castle and also that the seuen Sciences should bee pourtrayed about the childs bed that when the Childe waked out of his sleepe hée might lye in his bedde and beehold the same This knight had a fruitfull and a wholesome well by the childes beddes side wherein bée vsed to bath himselfe the knights wife bare the keye of this well and there was a window where at the Sunne might comfortably shine vpon him It fortuned vpon a daye the Lady that kept the keye left the window open through negligence Which beeinge so done there came a Beare and sawe the Window open and went to the well and bathed him therein of whose bathing the well sau●u●ed after for the great h●a●e which was the 〈◊〉 in the chafed beare wherefore who so euer dranke thereof waxed leperous with in short time And so it fortuned within a little space that by meanes of vsing

better it were that I goe méete him with all honour and humilitie and accuse my selfe to him aske him mercie then any other should preuent mée accuse mée to my Lord of my treason Then the Steward streight put of all his clothes saue his hosen and his shert and tooke three ropes with him in his right hand and bare foote went and met the Emperour But when themperour had espied him comming a far of in such maner hee wondred greatly And when the steward was come so néere that hee might speake to the Emperour hée fell downe on his knees and saluted him reuerently Then said the Emperour what is beefalne thee that thou m●etest mée after such a sort for so much as thou art my steward thou shouldest haue mette mée with a great company of knights A my Lord quod hée there is beefallen mée an heauie case for the which it béehoueth mee thus to méete your highnes Then said the Emperour what case is that that is béefallen thee My reuerend Lord quod hée it be houeth first your 〈…〉 nesse to aske of mee why I bring with mee these three ropes Then sayd themperour why bearest thou these thrée ropes in thy hand Then answered this wofull steward and said This first corde I bring with mée to binde my hands and féete so hard till the blood brast out on euery side for that I haue well deserued The second rope I bring with mée to draw mee by a horse tayle vppon the pauement till that the bones bee bare without flesh for thou shall bée due to mée for the great treason I haue done against you The third rope that I haue brought is to hang mee with vppon an high galous so long that the byrds light on my head and on my body and feede them selues of my flesh and these things are due to such trespassers and breakers of the lawe as I am and therefore my reuerend Lord haue mercy on mée for I dare not knowledge my trespasse till I bee certaine of thy mercy and pittie Thē said themperour I sée in thée great méeknesse and contrition therefore tell foorth thy treaspasse soothly thou shalt finde mercy and grace Alas alas then saide hee I haue defiled thy daughter and driuen hir out of thy pallais and now in extreame necessitie shee beggeth hir bread from dore to dore I haue also dispoiled thy knights of all their goods and now some of them by meanes they lack liuings beecome théeues and robbers some mankillers and the comptrowler of the knights I haue slayne But I haue fedde thy graihound with the best meate as long as I might and tied him with a chayne but at the last hée brake his chaine went his way so that now hee runneth about in the country When the Emperour heard this hée was sore astonied and said Hast thou de●loured my daughter whome I loued so well and also exiled my knights and slaine their comptrowler and the greyhound which I loued best of whome I gaue thée charge is gone also certes were it not that I had forgiuen it thée and that thou humble thy selfe so greatly I should put thée to the most vilest death that could bee thought Therfore depart hence foorthwith and bring againe my daughter then mayst thou marry with hir if any harme heereafter beefall to ●●r in thy default then shall I double thy punishment Also bring thou againe my knights and restore to them their goods and let them in their state and office as they were before And also seeke dilig●tly my greyhound till thou sinde him then make him t●st so that in shee heereafter may bee sound no default And when the steward heard this hee bowed with most humble submission downe his head and thanked the Emperour of his great 〈…〉 And then hée went soorth and sought through all the Empyre so long till hée had sound the Emperours daughter and the knights and also the greyhound and brought them againe And after that he had got to wise the yong lady with great honour ioye and also restored againe the knights goods And at the last hee ended his life in peace and rest The Morall This Emperour béetokeneth our Lord Jesu Christ His daughter béetokeneth the soule of man made after the similitude of our Lord God And the v. knights béetokeneth the v. wits armed with the vertue of baptim for the preseruation of the soule The comptrouller of the knights is reason which ought to rule the wits The greyhound is the flesh of man The steward betokeneth euery man to whōe god hath giuen life soule to keepe vnder paine of léesing euerlasting life But a wretched wicked man remembryng not that is to come full often corrupteth and poluteth his soule with sinne and repelleth hir from hir Pallayes of heauen and then wandreth shee from dore to dore that is to say from sinne to sinne Hee dispoiled these v. knights of their goods that is to say the v. wittes of theirs or rather gracious vertues taking away the naturall light from their eyes exhorteth them disorderly and also mouyng the eares to listen vnto slaunder and backbiting and so forth of all the other wittes and thus some bee made theeues some mankillers The master of these v. wittes is flame when so euer man is ruled by will and not by reason The greyhound that is the flesh wherein a man deliteth was fedde and bound with a chaine of reason which hee breaketh full o●t and runneth out and doth much harme The comming againe of this Emperour from the holy land betokeneth the comming of our Lord Jesu Christ at the day of dome to iudge all mankinde Therefore doe wee as the stewarde did accuse wee first our selfe of our sinnes least the diuell the world accuse vs then it is to late to aske mercie therfore put wee off our clothes betime that is to say our sinfull life and take wee thrée ropes in our hands The first rope that should bynd our hands and feete beetokeneth the rope of true repentaunce which not onely ●ught to binde our hands feete but also both our hearts within vs and our outward conuersation in such austeritie of life that the blood brast out on euery side that is to say that sinne might issue and voide it felse Héere to accordeth Ezechiell saying thus In quacunque hora egerit pen●tentiam pecator saluus erit When so euer the sinfull man doth repent himselfe he shall be saued The second cord for to draw the trespasser is acknowledging of our sinnes which should draw vs from the beginning of our life vnto our liues ende by the party reconsiliation to our selues to God man vnto the time that the flesh be fallen from the bones that is to say till the lust of the flesh bée turned away by the stones of repentaunce For in like wise as the stone by nature and kind is hard right so the way of repentaunce ought to bée hard The