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A03432	Certaine tragicall discourses written out of Frenche and Latin, by Geffraie Fenton, no lesse profitable then pleasaunt, and of like necessitye to al degrees that take pleasure in antiquityes or forreine reapportes; Novelle. English. Selections	Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561.; Fenton, Geoffrey, Sir, 1539?-1608.	1567 (1567)	STC 1356.1; ESTC S101952	453,531	632

this detestable mord eror my sonne in lawe behold sir how the signes and markes of morder do aduouche his villenie and witnes the extreme panges she endured affore he hadd wrought the full force of his execrable acte besides the whole housholde are to iustefye her state of perfect healthe in the begynnyng of the eueninge when shée wente to bedd to hym whyche with other circunstance argue alas an vndouted trothe in theffect neyther hadd shée other Rhume catarre or disease then the violant handes of her husbande who bothe brued the broth and ministred the cupp of suffocacion to my deare doughter on whose behalfe beholde the teares of pitie in my withered face whyche shall neuer bee drye nor ceasse to distill till the sworde of your iustice sir haue giuen the blowe of reuenge to her wronge and desolacion of me her wretched father Staie not sir to take awaye a contynuall calamitie in my house and purge the whole contrey of an infection of generall slaunder in the crueltie of thys husbande more barbarus towardes hys chaste wyfe then the Tyrannye of the TYGRESSE or SHEVVOLF on the behalfe of theyr mates or youngeons perswade your selfe alas that GOD ys readye with the rewarde of your acte in hys hande yf you doo reason too thys oppression where yf you refuce too yelde iustice too my ryghtefulle requeste request behold howe the heauens discloase themselues too raine the shower of vengance vppon you and your posteritye neyther had thies handes refrained so longe the dismēbringe of his cursed partes yf the vertue in your othe and office hadd not béene my warrante to haue iustice by you whereuppon followed suche sighes and passions of sorowe that they preuailed aboue y e force of further spéeche mouing the iudge to such remorce on the behalfe of the morder that what with the scilence and other drowpinge argumentes of guiltie conscience in Tolonyo who albeyt was an oratour of sufficient eloquence in the Senatt yet he made no one simple offer of confutacion to the olde mans complaint and resolucion of Phizicions who gaue sentence againste hym with iudgement that her lyfe was forced to leaue her by the maine strengthe of man he caused the sergeantes to apprehende hym sendinge hym furthe with to embrace the bottom of a dongeon in place of his pretended mariage with the wydowe of Chabrye whom he thought to make Lieutenant of his bede in the absence of his wyfe whose corpse the next daye was layed in the place of publyke viewe not without great dollor in euerie degrée of men who yf they cursed to the déepest pit in hel the Author minister in the death of so vertuouse a gētle woman yt is no néede to moue question of the general desolacion amongest y e women who knowing her husband to be thonlie worker of y e villanie grudged y t he had the fauor of an ymprisonement with generall cryes to the Senat to comit him to thextremety of euery torture with out respect of compassion The bodie was caried with funerall pomppe to the colledge churche there and layed in her tombe with such sacrafyze and ceremonies of sorowe that who hadd séene their order euery waye wold haue thought yt hadd bene the obsequies of the common mother of their citie in whiche meane while her father pursewed hys processe with suche diligence that the prisonner was hard who confessinge without question the circunstance and effecte of the morder was sent by reason of the horror and straungenes of the fact to the courte of parlyament of Aix afore whom the case was debated at large whiche beynge imparted to the Lady of Chabrye who only was pryuie to her owne conscience and knew her selfe guiltye of al began to feare that whiche fel ymediatlie I meane that Tolonyo wold aswell discouer their longe practise together in luste whith the sondrie morders in her house as he had willingelie confessed thoppression of his wyfe whereuppon thinking yt sufficient to bée warned by the threatninge of a storme of thapproche of a tempest and withall that yt was a point of wisdome to preuent the mischief affore the euill dyd fall gathered vpp asmuche money as the shortnes of time wold giue her leaue to recouer with suche Iewells as were of lyghte cariage and trudged in soddaine and secret manner to the castel of Pogetto belonging to the duchie of SCAVOYE whilest the poore Tolonyo was pynyoned and trussed with coardes and sente to the noble citie of AIX whyche bare longe tyme the name of her founder called Sextius a Romaine gētleman and tearmed of the Latins by reason of the baynes of hoat waters there Aque sextiae where he aduowched eftesoones the pointes of his former confession with the discouerie of his incesteouse trade with the Lady of Chabrye the abhominable morders thoccasions of the same and the names of theim that assisted the blodye execucion wheruppon the sentence of that courte dismyssed hym to Lagrassa to bee pinched with thextremetie of euery torture and racke appointed to torment offenders from whence he was restored to the place of his natyuitie where beynge in pryson and knowinge what iudgement the lawe had giuen of hys lyfe began to acknowleadge hys former abuses with teares and other argumentes of repentance appealynge vppon hys knees to the maiestie and mercie of the highest with this lamentable inuocation The view of my former offences oh heauenly father quarrellinge with my present remorce perswades small hope of absolution at thy handes yf in the benefytt of thy mercie appeared not absolute assurance of the forgiuenes of my sinnes neither doo I dispaire in the vertue of my humble submission consideryng thou haste affirmed by the mouthe of thapostle that no repentance can bée offred so late whyche thou wilte not thankefullye accepte so that yt procéede of the humilitie of the spryte and bée armed with true contricion of hart and albeyt oh mercifull god the whole course of my wicked daies hetherto hathe passed without either care of thy comaundementes or feare of thy lawes yet seing yt is now thy pleasure to stopp the race of nature and fragilitie in me yt maye also please the to putt me in the nomber of those to whome thou haste promised forgiuenes of their faltes at what hower so euer they mourne and lament their synnes suffer me oh lorde to participate with the compfort of the theff hanginge on thy righte hande who albeit neuer acknowledged his wickednes till y e last hower yet his repentance was allowed of the in that when he sayed Lorde remember me when thou commest in thy kingdome thou made hym a fellow cytysen with thy selfe in the ioyfull paradise and as thy bowntie and goodnes excedethe the greatnes of any offence so I beseche thée suffer thy mercie to wype away the wickednes of me moste miserable and wretched sinner for the loue of thy deare sonne my only sauiour whose bodye passed the tormentes of mortall affliction vppon

the crosse to giue lyfe to theim that were deade in synne and blood sealed the articles of reconcilement and forgiuenes of synners amongest whom as I confesse mine owne abhominacion to excéede the moste haynous offences that euer weare so I humblye craue to bee absolued by the benefit of thy mercie and that thowe forbeare to enter into iudgemēt against my soule respect not oh lord the nōber of my falts for that they excede cōputacion nor deale not with me according to the greatnes of the leaste of theime for that without thassistance of thy speciall goodnes hell is the rewarde and merite of my wycked lyfe whyche I wyshe maye worke a warnynge to all degrées of equall disposition to my selfe that althoughe they féede for a time of a flatterynge pleasure or fauor of this worlde yet seing theyr iniquityes in th ende are discouered by them selues whereby they are sewer to receiue with me the hyer of their euill by an infamous death I wishe them stande in awe of thinfallible iudgement and praye wyth the prophet to participat in the general satisfaction whiche the death of his sonne hath made for all fleshe fallen for want of grace in the fyrst mā whose faultes haue bene alredie purified by the blodd of that most innocent lambe into whose handes I commende my penitent spritt in th ende of whiche prayer he was drawen out of the prison and ledd to the theatrie of publike execution where he receiued the reward of hys badd lyf by a worthie death to the speciall contentement of his father in law and generall ioye of all the Ladyes and gentlewomen of the countrey excepte the miserable wydowe of Chabrie who beinge adiorned and not appearyng accordyngly was condemned and executed by figure accordynge to the custome in Fraunce in that behalfe whereof she was made to vnderstande by som secret spye who also warned her of the diligent inquisicion and meanes that were made to fynde her to th ende iustice mighte pass vppon her wherevppon doubtyng eyther assurance or sauetye at Pogetto went to Ieyues with one man only called Iacques Pallyero who some what Ielouse of the cōming awaye of his mystres or rather fearinge in the ende to be partaker of the punishment of her wicked lyfe made no conscience one daye as she was in her deuocions in the churche to robb her of euery part and parcel of her money and Iewels with other necessaryes sauing suche as she ware about her which was such a corsaye of secret and frettynge grief for the time that she was at point to admitt thoffer of dispaire albeit beinge alredie entred into repentance and iudginge that misfortune of litle or no value in respect of thinfinit abuses of her former time gaue God thankes for his visitation and entring into deuise for meanes to support the residue of her yeares addressed her to an auncient wydowe to whom as she accomptes her present necessitye proceding of the villanie of her man without any mencion I am sewer of her detestable trade passed or cause of her present beinge there so she founde suche fauor in this matrone that in respect of her showe of honest behauiour and grauitye arguinge her discent from nobilitee she committed vnto her the gouernement bringynge vp of her doughters in whiche trade she ended veraye porelye albeit with more honor then she deserued her vnhappye dayes Here you sée the miserie of this wretch who earst hath commaunded ouer a howshould of seruantes gentlewomen at her becke is nowe brought to lyue vnder the awe of one inferiour to her house and calling and who passing her youth with all pompp and delicat norriture nowe drawinge to th ende of her yeres is forced to an experience of continual exile subiect to the wil and pleasure of an other prest as she did indéede to dye out of her countrey without the companye or compfort of any her frendes to cloase her eyes or couche her boanes in other shryne or sepulchre then by thappointment of straungers wherein certeinelye appeareth rightlye the infallible iudgemēt of God who forsaken of suche as yelde honor to their proper desyers suffreth theime also to fall in suche sorte that in the ende they are constrained to confess their faultes with detestatiō of their synne when they féele his iuste vengeance powred vpon theim like as it happened to those miserable or rather morderyng louers whose ende notwithstandyng I accompte veray happie seing they were not voyede of repentance in the last hower and moment of lyfe and trulye he is sufficientlye blyssed the eyes of whose minde in the laste and fatall hower bée not dymmed wyth the darknes of infidelitie and obstinate desperacion seing it is vpon the bodye soules of suche that God thondereth fyer of his anger and flame of immortall furye Beholde heare the ende of thimpudent loue of these adulterers the frutes of so detestable a trée the fortune of suche falsours of their promise and othes made in the face of the church and heare you may sée the commoditie that commonly attendes the villanie of suche as vniustlye spill the blood of their neighbour seinge that God hath willed by his diuine prouidence that tooth for toothe and eye for eye be taken from hym who wythout the consent of the lawe offendeth his brother in whom appeareth the liuelye ymage of oure sauiour who hath also forbidden by speciall inhibicion the violacion of blood by morder euery thoughte and effect of adulterie and whordome but chieflye the vnhonest embracinge of the wyfe of our neygbour who once vnited with the bodie of her husbande whereby of ij moyties are made one whole and entyer hart dothe abuse and dishonnor the bonde of their sacred league yf she but wishe and muche more enioye the companye of any other in vnlawfull sorte FINIS The argument AMongest all the passions which nature sturreth vp to disquiet the mind of man there is none of such tyrany or kepes vs more in awe then the detestable humor of couetousnes and raging appetyt of whoredome wherof as both the one and the other engender frutes of semblable furie and expose effectes of equal euill So he is of treble commendacion that being possessed of the firste dothe rather abandon his goodes then in pursewinge the suggestion of his insatiable desier semes to procure willingly his owne torment in this world with assured daunger to his soule in the day of general accompt and vanquishing the second which earst had thon y awe and dominion of him he leaues a glorious remembrance of ymortalitie to his name and dischargeth his conscience of a heauie and yrkesome burden But if the desier to wynn great treasures makes the noble mynd forgetful of the regarde of his honor with constraint to do things not worthie any way of the title of vertue or if according to virgil in his second Eneydos this gredy thirst after golde is of force to corrupt the hartes of mortall men and fill