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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31541	Select novels the first six written in Spanish by Miguel Cervantes Sayavedra author of that famous history Don Quixote de la Mancha ; the other by Francis Petrarch an eminent Italian poet and one of the first restorers of learning ; all translated from the originals by Dr. Walter Pope.	Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Historia Griseldis.	1694 (1694)	Wing C1779; ESTC R37542	167,491	368

of Leocadia were as it were all in one time They covered their Faces with their Handkerchiefs and with drawn Swords turn'd back overtook them who had scarce ended their thanks to God for freeing them from those Ruffians Ridolfo seized upon Leocadia took her in his arms and carried her off she had not strength enough to defend herself and the suddainess of the assault took away her voice and the sight of her eyes and put her into a swoon that she knew not by whom and whether she was carried Her Father cryed out her Mother skreek'd her little Brother fell a weeping and the Servant-maid tore her face but the cries the Skreeks the lamentation and the tearing of the Face availed not for this desert place the silence of the night and the cruel Hearts of these Villains had no ears or compassion In fine these went away triumphing and the other remain'd afflicted and disconsolate Without any impediment Ridolfo got to his House and the Parents of Leocadia to theirs being as it were desperate through their exceeding grief Being deprived of their Daughter they were become blind for she was the light of their Eyes and not having her sweet and grateful company they were as it were alone in a word they were in a confusion not knowing whether they ought or not complain to the Justice but they were not willing to publish their dishonour They saw they wanted Friends being poor Gentlemen and they knew not of whom complain In the mean time Ridolfo being cunning and wary carried Leocadia to his own Chamber and when he found she was in a swoon as he carried her he covered her eyes with his Handkerchief that she might not take notice of the Streets by which she pass'd nor the House nor the Room into which he had brought her for his Father had given him an Apartment whereof he kept the Keys a great error in Parents who think to keep their Sons within limits and yet let them live separately Before Leocadia return'd to her Senses Ridolfo had satisfied his Lust For the Impetuousness of lascivious Youth seldom considers what they are going about but when occasion proffers execute their designs so he being deprived of the light of his Understanding in the obscurity of the night robb'd Leocadia of her most precious Jewel and as the most part of the Sins of Sensuality pass not beyond the effect Ridolfo wish'd Leocadia were removed at a greater distance and he had thoughts of putting her out into the Street whilst she lay in a Trance But going about to effect this Barbarity she recovered saying Wretch that I am where am I what darkness is this am I in the limbus of my Innocency or in the Hell of my Sins Jesu who touches me am I in a Bed Miserable that I am do you hear Mother do you hear me dear Father now I perceive one nor the other hears me and that I am in the hands of my enemies How happy should I be if this darkness would last Eternally and my Eyes should never see light again that this place was the Sepulchre of my Honour for dishonour unknown is better than Honour which consists only in the opinion of Men. But I remember and would to God I did not that a little while since I was in the company of my Parents and that I was assaulted and now I imagine and perceive that 't is not convenient I should be seen any more Whoever you are that are now with me and in saying this she clasp'd the hands of Ridolfo if you have a Soul capable of granting me a favour I beseech you since you have robb'd me of my Honour that you would take away my Life also take it from me presently for she who has lost her Honour is not worthy to enjoy her Life The cruelty which you have used towards me will be excused by the pity you will shew in giving me my death in so doing you will be both cruel and compassionate These words of Leocadia put Ridolfo into a confusion and being young and unexperienced he knew not what to say his silence caused great admiration in Leocadia and she stretched out her hand to try whether that which appeared at her side was a Spirit or a Body but finding that she touch'd a Body and called to mind the violence used towards her she was convinced of the disgrace which had befaln her With this conviction she returned to her lamentable complaints which many sobbings and sighs had interrupted and thus she spoke Rash young Man for this act of yours shews you to be so I pardon what you have done if you promise and swear to me that as it has been cover'd with this night you will also conceal it under perpetual silence Know and consider that I never saw your Face neither will I for altho I shall never forget the injury I will not however remember the offender My Lamentations shall be betwixt me and Heaven the World shall not know them who judge not according to Truth but their own Opinion I know not how I come to tell you the particulars of this Truth those being founded upon the experience of many accidents and in the course of many years and mine are not yet arrived to seventeen But now I know that grief loosens the Tongues of the afflicted But whether I speak or be silent you ought to believe and afford me remedy Not to believe me were ignorance and 't would be too much cruelty not to endeavour my cure altho alass my ill is incurable I will not despair for 't will cost you very little to give me some ease in my intolerable Affliction and this it is I desire of you do not expect or believe that time can mitigate my just disdain nor augment my grievances Do you reckon that by chance and without premeditation you have offended me without giving your self time to consult your Reason and I will esteem myself never to have been born in the World or at least only that I might be miserable Pray presently put me into the middle of the Street near the Domo that I may return to my House But you must Swear not to follow me nor to ask mine nor the Name of my Parents who if they were as rich as they are noble would not without revenging it see the unhappiness of their Daughter Answer me if you fear I should know your Voice believe me for 't is true I never heard any Mans Voice but my Fathers and my Confessors so few have I heard that I cannot distinguish Voices Ridolfo made no other answer to the discreet words of the afflicted Leocadia than to embrace her with intentions to renew his pleasure and her dishonour But she perceiving his wicked Design resisted him with more force than one would have thought such tender years had been capable of she defended herself with her Feet her Hands her Teeth her Tongue thus speaking to him Ah Traitor ah

Bassa who presents them to the Grand Signior and the Divan when the Prime Visier and the other four inferiour Bassas have seen read and consider'd them they reward or chastise as they see cause And if he is found Faulty for a summ of Money he escapes any further Punishment If they have nothing against him and they do not reward him with Donatives and Presents as it most often happens he makes choice of what Charge or Office he pleases of which he has the Pre-emption for in that Court Places are not bestowed on them that deserve them best but upon those who give most Money for them every thing is Bought and Sold there Those who have Offices are oftentimes spoil'd even to their Skins by those that procured them for them and he that has bought a Place makes it his business to get what he can out of it to Buy a better All in this Government is Violent a sign of a short Duration yet I believe that our Sins made it continue so long I mean their Sins who impudently offend God as I do but I pray Him to make me better For this Reason your Patron Assan Bassa has stay'd these four Days in the Fields and the Bassa of Nicosia is not come out as he ought because he has been indispos'd but now is better and will without doubt either this Day or to Morrow at furthest and Lodge in his Tents pitch'd behind that Hill and then your Patron will take Possession of Nicosia This is all that I can say in answer to the Question Hearken then said Ricardo but I fear I shall not be able to include in a few words my Misfortune which is so great and immensurable this notwithstanding I will do my utmost to end my Narration in that space of time we shall be permitted to discourse together Tell me then Do you know in our City of Trepani a young Maid who has the Reputation to be the most Beautiful and most Perfect of all Sicily a Maid I say whom the most elevated Wits and eloquent Tongues affirm to be the most compleat and exquisite Beauty of all that the pass'd Ages have had or that present and future can hope to have A Maid of whom the Poets sing that her Hairs were of the finest Gold of Arabia her Eyes two shining Suns her Cheeks white Lilies and purple Roses her Lips a beautiful Circle of Rubies with whose live Vermilion that of Aurora cannot stand in Comparison her Teeth more white than Oriental Pearls her Breast Alablaster whose Parts with the Whole and Whole with the Parts make a sweet and marvellous Harmony Nature having endow'd her with so lively Colours that Envy could never find the least thing to carp at But how is it possible Friend Mahomet that after all this thou hast not told me her Name I believe that either thou hast not minded me or wert not in thy Sences when thou didst live in Trepani If she whom you have painted with so much Perfection replied Mahomet is not Leonisa the Daughter of Ridulfo the Florentine I cannot guess who it should be in her I confess there are all these marvellous Graces 'T is the same replied Ricardo she is the principal Cause of all my Good and of all my Ill. For her and not for my lost Liberty my Eyes have and do and will without end shed Rivers of Tears For her my ardent Sighs set the Air a Fire all around me for her my Lamentations annoy the Heavens who see them and deaffen the Ears of those who hear them in fine it is for her sake that you judg'd me to have lost my Sences or at least to be of a low Spirit and little worth Leonisa is for me a Lioness a meek Lamb for another she it is for whom I languish in this miserable State Know then that from my first Youth or at least ever since I made use of Reason I did not only love her but waited on her and serv'd her with so prompt Obedience as if there was no other Felicity to be attain'd or wish'd for upon Earth but serving her My Love was known to her Father and Mother and all her Kindred they never shew'd any sign of their dislike knowing my Intent to be Honourable nay they have often sollicited her to accept of me for her Husband But she who had fix'd her Thoughts upon Cornelio the Son of Ascanio Rotolo a young Gentleman well dress'd of delicate white Hands of an effeminate Voice and affected inamour'd suggard Words a Man in short made of Jasamine and Amber she would not daign to look in my Face 't was not so smooth so Babie like as Cornelios neither took she any pleasure in my constant Service but instead of that paid me with disdain and abhorrence Notwithstanding this the Affection I bore to her was so great that I should have thought my Life well lost upon Condition she would abstain from shewing Favours openly to Cornelio though they never exceeded the Bounds of Honesty Think now in what Condition I was contesting with the anguish of her Disdain and the Rage of Jealousie two such powerful Passions Her Parents were pleased with the Favours she shew'd Cornelio believing as they had reason that the young Gentleman being not able to resist the Charms of her invincible Beauty should be prevailed upon to Marry her and so they might have a Son in Law whose riches exceeded mine But they could not have had one if I may say it without Vanity of a better Quality of more elevated Thoughts and of more approved Valour It happened that whilst I was pursuing my Pretences I was informed that one day of the Month of May last which was precisely one Year three Days and five Hours ago Leonisa with her Father and Mother and Cornelio with his Parents and the Servants of his Family went to recreate themselves in the Garden of Ascanio near the Sea in the Country of Saline I know that place well said Mahomet I have often passed my time with great pleasure therein pray go on with your Narration Having notice of this pursued Ricardo the Fury the Rage the Hell of Jealousie tormented my Soul with such vehemency that it deprived me of my Senses as you will find by what I did on that occasion As soon as I knew they were met thither I went and found them all solacing themselves under a Wall-Nut Tree Cornelio and Leonisa sitting together at some distance from the rest I cannot tell you what they thought when they saw me I seeing them so close together stood like a Statue without Motion or Voice but it was not long before my Grief awakened my Choler and that my Heart and that my Anger and that my Hands and Tongue But my Hands were as it were chained out of the respect I bore Leonisa whose Beauty over-aw'd me but I could not refrain my Tongue from uttering these Words You are then pleased O mortal Enemy of my repose to