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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

the cause to procede of the sinister subornation of the Countesse Blanche Marie whose lyfe and trade accordyng to the discourse you haue alredy harde he ymparted at large to the DVKE and reste of the councell she beynge aduertised of the whole had tyme and libertie to flee but god whyche is iuste would not that her wickednes shoulde bée assisted with anye longer date seynge that if she had liued her malice woulde also haue raged vppon therle GAIAZO who by good chaunce was at that tyme out of the towne The nexte daye shée was sente into an other prison in the towne to auoyde conference betwene Dom Pierro and her whereof there was more cause of feare then néeded for that vppon the firste examination she confessed the whole conspiracie trustynge belyke in I can not tell howe manye her thousande crownes where with shée hoped to corrupte the gouernour or suche as bare authoritie vnder him wherin her exspectation was no lesse frustrate then her destinies seamed wearie to fauour her with longer lyfe for the offer of her crownes was hatefull to the vpryghte ministers of instice and other meanes of medyacion hadde no place in the senate for that she was iudged to bée taken oute of prison the seconde daye after the morder and loase her head in the place of publicke execution in the meane while the capteines of the armye purchassed the lyfe of the bastarde of CARDONO and sente hym with diuers letters of comendacion to themperour who for the respecte of hys experience and practis in warre aduaunced him to a charge conueniente for his skil And albeit the laste arreste and sentence diffinitiue of the miserable countesse was communicated vnto her to th ende she mighte put her selfe in readines to passe the dreadfull iourney of deathe yet seamynge to repose muche for her selfe in th' assistance of her coffers she neyther dismayed at the newes nor disposed her self any waye toward God vntill the sergeantes criminall taking her out of her dongeon in the castell led her to the fatall theatrie in the market place where was erected a faire skaffolde to playe the laste acte of her tragedye vppon there y e wretched Ladye entred into open confession of her faltes and former lyfe in the hearyng of the multitude desiring God vpon her knées wyth greate effusion of teares not to deale with her according to her deserts but that she mought enioye the benefytt of his mercye and that he woulde not argue agaynste her for yf he iudged her accordinge to her iniquities shée was not hable to abyde it and so desyering the people to preferr their prayers on her behalf for her better assistance of y e spirit of grace in her perillous passage which she had to parforme she renounsed nature by the deadly blow of the sword of execution whiche toke awaye the head from the parnicious bodie of her who in her life neuer founde any wickednes whyche shee dyd not onelye ymbrace but excede wyth ymitation and increase with further vylanye nor was acquaynted with any vertue whyche she dyd not abuse or conuert into an agrauacion of synne a goodlye example suer for the youth in oure tyme seynge that the greatest parte launsynge indifferentlye into the gulphe of all abhominacion are gouerned onelye by the transport of their vaine foolysh conceits without hauing respect to the sūdry mischefes impositions of shame which fayle not to attend the end of suche exercises for yf the Lord of Cardonne hadd not bene rescowed by th' assistance of a good fortune and taken out of the handes of distresse by speciall ayde of thother Captaynes it may be easely iudged what miserie had thundered vpon him by geuinge himselfe in praye to the flatteringe appetit of a lighte and foolishe woman who seamed to yelde him more glée or fauor for the satisfieng of her own lust and to performe her malicious deuise then for any respect of loyaltye or true loue Indiferent care of his honor or honest regard to her own estimation and trewlye as hys misfortune is great that bestoweth his affectiō vpō a whore for that he is incident to a thousande inconueniences So his folye is no lesse that perswades himselfe to be beloued of a common doxie seinge their amytie continueth no longer then they reape eyther pleasure or profit neyther are they so inconstant in loue as voyde of measure in Imaginacion of mischiefes wherin for that our plentiful time yeldes vs choyse of examples and sorte of familyar experience I am content to abridge the Iustification at this tyme for that to maintain continuall argument of morders or affaires full of peril is often hurtful to the quyet mynde desiring somtime a pleasant recreacion from affliction no lesse then the pylot or weary mariner couets a present calme and appeasement of angrye EOLE after they haue bene longe forwearyed in contending against the malice of their fortune amonge the perillous strayghts of thunquiet occean And albeit the corruption of our owne nature is so great that we take more delight to heare a discours or beadroll of folyes then in reportes enterlarded with admonicions full of reason and wysedom yet am I perswaded that suche as haue their mindes typped wyth vertue cānot be so perua●● nor voyde of good disposition as the other wretches whose lyues bearynge the badge of infamie makes theim also sequestrated from the reste of the good sort wherin we ought to be fullye resolued that there is no Hystorie howe full of pleasant delyte so euer it appeare which yeldes not with all wholsomme Instructions to dyrecte oure lyues neyneyther ought we to be soscrupulous or ful of curiositie As eyther to condemne or mislike the pleasaunt comodye for that it is not painted with y e serenety of the Stoickes seing the volumes of prophaned records scripture it self do note vnto vs the lyues of sundre vicious parsons not for that we shoulde enter into tearmes of grudge againste the reaport of suche auncient antiquitie nor dispose our selues to the imitation of the like vices but rather in vewynge the strange and greuous punishment whiche ordinarily hath ouerwhelmed suche sin to learne and labor to directe our lyues by the contrary of their examples whiche is one respecte that made me put my penne in exercise to prefer this historie to our vulgar tonge to thend also that the frayle youth of our countrie that folowe the damnable path of iniquitie maye sée howe sewer they are to féele the heauye hand of God who blesseth the good sorte wyth a plentyfull gyft of his grace and punisheth the wycked with sundrye sortes of affliction FINIS The argument WE sholde not neede so muche thassistance of foreine recordes nor reporte of aunciente histories excedinge the compase of our age and memorie if we were as carefull to note thaccydentes of our own time as we seame curious in admiracion of rare things whose glorious antiquitie with parcialitie of fame settes a more price of thindeuor of others thē

with notes of vuiuersall prayse in pillers of eternitie then to be buried without pompe in the tombe of darke obliuion Ah deare brother what is become of thy auncient generosity and vertue of minde whych heretofore thou hast exposed on the behalfe of the honest chast Ladies of thy kinred race haste thou conuerted that care and curious zeale whiche hythervnto all men haue noted in the on my behalfe into a present intent to take awaye my lif renowme after my death because thy peruersed fortune hath depriued the of the moste part of thy possessions liuinges wilt thou therfore that I make lyke sale of min honor whyche I haue kepte hethervnto with so greate watche and diligence wilte thou my deare brother that ANSEAMO do triumphe with more glory in the victorie of my virginity then if he had cōstrained the rest remeinder of our miserable race to passe by the edge of his mordrynge sworde Remember alas that the hurtes and diseases of the soule be farre more vehement and of a contrary disposition to them which afflict annoy the body And is it I vnhappie thryswretched girle that must do penaūce for thoffences of vs all is this the iustice of the gods or rigorous dome of my angry destinies if y e heauens haue resolued my ruine why do they not rather cōmitt me to fatal execution thē present me vpon the Alter of fylthie ymolacions or offrings to the deuouring goddesse of filthie lust and that to appease the appetit of a young man who peraduenture desiereth no other pray then y e spoiles of my honor How pappie was the noble VIRGINIA of Rome who was slaine by the hādes of her owne father to auoyde violaciō of her bodye by y e lasciuious Emprour APPIVS the cōmon enemie to the honor reputacion of al honest Ladies alas why staith my brother to purchasse like renowme by performing semblable execution vpō me rather then of his owne mind to become the infamous minister of my life readye to abide the daunger of dishoneste force if God become not the protectour of his seruant take my cause into his hande why dothe death deferre to do his dutie or staye to dip the end of his venemous dart in the congeiled blod of my dieng sprit dispatch me with spede to visit the shadowes of my happy predecessours who vnderstanding my present distresse can not be voyde I am sewer of passion on y e behalfe of my wretched extremety why did not God nature giue power to the midwyf to smother me at thinstant that her cursed handes receiued me from the wombe of my mother rather then in preseruyng my lyfe with the milke of tender norriture to make my youth subiect to sondry sortes of affliction now in the age exspectation of quiet to present me the choice of ij of the most mortall euils in the world what councel haue I to assiste me in so doubtefull a case or whiche waye can I tourne me where I am not indifferently assailed with remorse on the behalf of my brothers request shame with desperacion in the simple remembrance of the fact Alas shall I loase him whom nature and law of kinde haue named the one halfe of my selfe and to cōmit theffect of his demande is no lesse dampnable afore God then if I did violence force against my selfe with mine own handes neyther haue I remedie or reason to eschew either of theis euils but by thassistance of the oh cruel Attropos whom I besech with the laste teares of this complaint to whet thy fatall knif and shred in sonder with spede y e twyst of my wretched daies least in preuentinge thy slacknes or slender haste theis handes of mine vndertake to supplie thine office with vnnaturall reuenge of my present sorow wherewith her teares sighes ceassed vpon a sodaine and her tounge foltering in her mouth her complexion of face was also conuerted into a pale ghastlye regard in suche sorte as the passion of this traunce stopping the conduites and course of her breath she seamed to haue as litle féeling or show of lyfe as the seat wheron she sat which when CHARLES behelde with resolution that the misterie conteined neither vision nor dreame nor charme of deceit but that his syster had bene as vtterly without hope of recouery as she seamed senceles and without breath ouercome with dolor and dispair to lyue after her whome he onely had preferred to so wretched a death fel vpon a sodaine from the place wher he sat vpon the grounde without mouing either hand or foote the noise of whose fal restored ANGELIQVA to some litle rebalation and vse of breath recouerynge in like sorte the opening of her eyes with a general mocion and féelyng in al her parts being thus at libertie of frée consideracion her eyes disclosed immediatly the piteous estat of her brother whom she iudged now to haue deliuered her of further care to performe his requeste wherein seing a generall retire of all his sences and onelye viewe of his deade bodie remeynynge to encrease her doloure she stoode at the point to vse the same reuenge of her selfe that THIS BE dyd when she founde her frende dead but finding his bodye warme wyth some argument of recouerye she forgat not the vse of any medecine wherin she iudged vertu to reclaime life and falling with all flat vpon the body of her deade brother shée began to curse her fortune and accuse the starres of crucltie inueighing withal against the slēder frendship of her selfe towardes hym who made no cōscience to offer to dye to preserue his patriimonie and inheritaunce only for her sustentation in the ende by thapplicatiō of certeine medecines and odoriferous smels somtime sprinkling colde water vpō his face dropping viniger into his mouth and somtime rubbynge his temples and pulses wyth other sleightes to reuoke hym that is but halfe dead she brake the bed of his traunce openyng a vent to vtter the course of his breath wherewith also his eys disclosed and chalenged their wonted lyght beholdinge with dolefull regardes his desolate syster who seinge all his partes replenished eftsones with vital mocions that he was in case to vnderstand and gyue iudgement of her wordes sayed vnto hym seinge my mishap is so great that she will admit no dispense of her malice thou deare brother so whollie resolued in thy wilful imagination that I must yelde to thy somance become the minister of the sentence of thy harte more prodigall and bountiful then is conuenient by the consent of raison I am content to become thankefull accordyng to thy desyer and more readye to performe thy requeste then thou haste raison to eracte so muche vppon me wherefore do awaye thy desperat regardes and lookes not vnliket o him that is plunged in a passion of tremblyng feare receyuynge with gladnes the present offer of thy carefull syster who here presentes herselfe the handemaide of

other valyante gentlemen to assiste his enterprise and that the nexte nighte vppon the first hower after midnighte when the olde Ladye and all her seruantes ouerwhelmed wyth the charme or mantel of dead slepe were least apte to suspect conspiracies they determyned to depart the castell with his mistres who for her parte had furnished her wantes of all necessaryes touchinge the voyage This hastie resolucion required a spedie diligence in the knight who for hys parte also vsed no lesse expedicion then was conuenient for beynge come to hys house he caused to arme ten or xy gentlemen of hys neyghbours and vassalls to whom he communicated the some of hys intente and the same night some two or thrée howers affore the departure of the Biskayne and hys companye marched in secret maner directly in the waye where they sholde passe til they came to a groue or coppyes of younge woode regardinge the highe way on the one side and a mayne common or plaine on thother syde where bestowinge himselfe and his company in am bushe he harde yinediatly the noyse of horsses and men approching with an vnfortunate diligence the lighte of the moone discouered the gentlewoman whose bewtie seamed to contende with the brightnes of the same nexte vnto whō ridd her miserable louer whome assone as Roderico parceiued within the daunger of his carear he felt a conuersion of his aunciente anger into a compassion of presente furye whose force sommonynge hym to an effect of morder caused hym to cowche his speare in his reaste directinge his angrie course so rightly towardes the poore byskayne that in one momente he pearsed hym thorowe the body sendinge hym wythout other pasporte to the miserable crewe of those wret ches who seruinge vnder thensigne of folishe loue do perish vnhappely vnder the conduction of a blinde and naked boye aduising the rest of the biskaines to eschew the like reward oneless they attended a semblable hier to hym that had wrōg fully encroched vpon the grounde of another they seamed more willinge to accepte his offer then readie to reuenge the death of their captaine Whome seinge the discouerie o● the whole ambushe they lefte on the grounde takinge hys leaue of his mistres with the laste breath of his life and reaposed their chiefeste confidence in the swiftnes of their horses without regarde who pursewed their hastie flight ymediatlye two of the company of Dom Roderico disguised in vnknowen armour seased vpon the sorowfull Geniuera who cold not vse such patience in the death of her biskaine louer but her open cries complayninge of the villenye of the morder witnessed her inwarde sorowe of mynde wherin according to the shortnes of her breath laboring then in passion of extreme dollor she exclaymed without respecte agaynste theym crying to performe an execution of their crueltie vpon her aswel as they had discharged the office of vniuste tormentors of one who was of more price then they all and so torninge her to the dead bodie of her late frende washed a waye the blod of his woundes with the teares of her eyes not without great exclamacion agaynst the malice of her destenies in abridginge her exspectacion of longe ioye wyth so short and tragicall an ende forcing her to resigne the socitie of hym whom she loued no lesse then her selfe to commit the honor of her virginitie to a praye to the●es and villeynes wherwith Roderico without disclosinge his face or other parte of knowledge tooke her by the hande with perswacion to dismisse these dollors seinge that her complaintes had no vertue to restore life to hym that was deade and muche lesse to take vengance of the fact But she renewinge the remembrance of hym that laye dead of the ground by certeine streames of his blodd whyche she espied vpon the gawntlet of Roderico began to loase more pacience then affore in such sorte that the rudest of the companye hauing for an increase of his terrible regarde a visarne or false beard of blacke heare curled like the Mauretyne with a paire of counterfaite eyes of glasse approched by appointment the trembing Geniuera to whose feare hee added an increase of terror in offringe the point of hys naked dagger to her white and delicate necke threatninge that if she contynued in these tearmes hys handes shold performe the sacrafize of her life to the shadowe of the villayne whom she lamented so much and who saith he deserued rather to be broken in peces of the whele by the execucioners of tormentes then ende hys lyfe by the handes of a valyant knight which mortall threates as she thought forcing her to an vnwilling scilence left her only thassistāce of her eyes to yelde compassion to her greffe who set a broch so larglye the conduites of their watery humors that the passion of her harte appeared in thabundance of her teares and brokē sighes whose force preuailed so much ouer her tender resistance that in th ende her outwarde dule seamed inclosed and couched by force in the ynner corners of her heauy harte in the meane while the reste of the companye had caryed the bodie of the deade biskayne to a felden chapel builded vpon the high way side where he sleapes in hisfatal bed couered with a testor of greene soddes A notable example sewer prouing the ordynarie successe of secret contractes and mariages made by stelth where bothe the honor of the contractors loseth his vertue and the commaundemente of God broken enioyninge vs by speciall words to a dutiful humylitie sincere obedience to our parē tes to whom the Law giueth authoritye to punishe vs by de priuation and losse of th inheritance whyche natural rights woulde giue vs if we dyd not rebell and abuse the lybertie which we enioy by their goodnes wherin thidiscret mothexs now a daies deserue most ymputacion of blame who in giuing place to the wilful inclynaciō of their fond youth do accompt it no offence to suffer their doughters to comunicate matters of loue w t their howshode seruātes not remēbringe thinfirmitie of such tēder vessels how proa●e mē are by na-nature to do euil lastly how ready y e euil spirite is to enter fynding vs vnprouided to thend y e falling into his dāger hée may triumph in y e ruyne of our soules purified thorowe the blod of our sauior which as I nede not go 〈◊〉 to proue w t new authorities cōsidring I haue noted sufficiēt touchinge both respects in diuers places of this trāslaciō so wishīg wel to al childrē amēdmēt to such fond mothers as seame more careful to flatter y e vaine appetit of their fraile ymps thē curius to giue theim y e rod of correctiō which kepes theym alwaies w tin y e view of vertue it is tyme to resort to Dom Roderico his trayne who trauelling iij. or foure dayes w t hys captiue Geniuera not knowing any of the company arriued at last wythin half a dayes iorney of the hermitage of Diego