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A18337	Gerardo the vnfortunate Spaniard. Or A patterne for lasciuious louers Containing seuerall strange miseries of loose affection. Written by an ingenious Spanish gentleman, Don Gonçalo de Cespedes, and Meneçes, in the time of his fiue yeeres imprisonment. Originally in Spanish, and made English by L.D.; Español Gerardo. English	Céspedes y Meneses, Gonzalo de, 1585?-1638.; Digges, Leonard, 1588-1635.	1622 (1622)	STC 4919; ESTC S107646	292,536	482

went fearefull therefore to offend by chusing and yet more fearefull of an offence to both in not obeying he made choyce of the former but as warily as hee could that one of them might not haue too iust a cause of resentment With this good forecast though she whose secret influence attracted him vvas already set downe in his heart he sent these last Lines to the faire Dames who with much ioy gaue them welcome and a view as followeth Heauen knowes faire Lisis and Aminta I had rather diuide my heart and lay it at both your feete then see my selfe in this confusion I now am in but the necessitie of obeying you beates downe all difficulties of feare obliging mee to the performance of your forcible commands My affections I know not by what happie Starre conducted are particularly inclining to the miraculous subiect of But passe not on my Quill how my hand shakes and my heart trembles timorous of the incertaintie of this matter Pardon me sweet Pledges that I suspend my cowardly determination in a businesse whose important well-speeding doth so much afflict me let me onely first perswade you that you both being euery way equall and conformable as well in the maruellous parts of minde is rare and excellent features of body no singularitie that way hath mooued mee to make choyce of one more then the other but onely the performance of your willes and beleeue therefore I beseech you that as it happens when wee see Gamesters we desire some one whom we know not or happely neuer so much as saw before should winne so my soule and all her faculties are strongly inclined and wholly yeelded vp to The diuine Lisis And thus haue I desiring to appeare worthy of her noble thoughts declared mine and complied with your commands I begin then from this instant faire Lisis to serue you protesting on my part a most humble permanent slauery a singularly inuiolable faith and a minde euer subiect to Loues lawes whilst life shall last most thankefull Aminta vvas she of the two whose hard fortune it vvas to read the Paper but so lothly that as soone as shee came to Gerardo's declaration vnable to dissemble longer her trickling teares made knowne the inward sorrowes of her heart vvherewith retiring to her Chamber she left her Sister alone but so glad and ouer-ioyed a creature as if Gerardo had obtained her some famous victorie whom shee determined to reward vvith the glory of her conquest-expressing thankfulnesse by instant vvriting how pleased shee was vvith his election enlarging her Lines vvith frequent iterations of gratitude in such discreet Phrase as made Gerardo rest most confident of his happinesse A successe that amongst all those which I haue set downe of this Vnfortunate Gentlemans seemes to me worthy of the greatest admiration for though the inconstancie of his prosperous and aduerse fortunes vvith their incredible euents doe oft amaze me yet this easinesse in Lisis and her facile inclination doth stupefie my consideration there being no reason to proppe with reason so inordinate an affection Lisis was courted long serued loued by Liseno yet shee could neuer affoord him though a deseruing Gentleman the least looke of acknowledgement this day satisfied vvith two or three smooth papers her open minde is vvholly giuen vp to a man incompassed vvith chaines and bonds vvhose liberty is as vncertaine as his conuersation vnsecure from which conuersation they that are best acquainted vvith loue say the firmest loue is ingendred but alas vvhat conuersation haue they had vvhat actes either to oblige or to perswade from vvhence shall we conclude this affection to proceed or whereon happened this Loue the firmest that hath beene knowne as vvill appeare in this Discourse There is no way to know no way to search or penetrate the cause of womens wilde and violent affections In fine from this moment the happiest for Gerardo that might be in stead of darknesse that obscured his sad Prison Lisis her two Sunnes with their powerfull rayes enlightned it turning his night also into brightest day and now vvith his present glorie he forgat all his former miseries and this fortunate employing his affections not onely bettered his Estate but totally as you shall heare occasioned his desired freedome and libertie Thus diuerting himselfe with the sight of Lisis hee past the greatest part of the daies and Time which before in euery minute of his seemed too prolixely tedious was now in-sufficient with his short houres for answering his Mistrisses amorous Tickets with which though they wanted meanes of neerer discourse his affection most pleasingly encreased and howsoeuer the limitation and curbe of his imprisonment kept him from expressing the great seruices he desired to performe yet he laid hold vpon all good occasions to expresse his loue and gratitude and to this purpose vnderstanding that Lisis was exceedingly affected to the sweet delightfulnesse of Musicke many a night paying from his Window the humble tribute as it were of his voyce he sought to increase it though the vnsauourinesse of the matter was such that he must not expresse the least part of his affection in Poeticall amorous Conceits in respect of the warinesse it behooued him to haue in his proceedings and so he durst not once offer at a Loue-straine for feare of giuing any motiue of suspition to some ouer-curious listeners which made him for the most part sing some short Satyricall toyes and one night amongst others for want of better matter hauing first tuned his Violl he sung these ensuing Couplets whose contents were to disswade an old Dotard from marriage Wool't old Colt what all this while Single now at length beguile Age and after Sixtie odde Serue the little blind-fold god Well since trust thou wilt no friend No sharpe knife or strong ropes end Goe for once be youthfull Woo Speedily and marry too But thy fortune truth must tell Shee 's no Gypsie listen well Is the party faire and young From a noble Kindred sprung Beauty much may comfort thee I but youth will ne're agree Long with Age to whose cold roome Quickly shee 'l prefer the Groome Birth to thy posteritie Lustre addes and dignitie I but breake her of her will Pow'rfull friends shee 'l mention still Or when thou to sleepe art laid Thee with fortunes shee 'l vpbraid Is she one of tougher yeeres Thirty vpward that appeeres One since first she new was nam'd Frequent child-beds well haue tam'd Or withall the neighbours knew She to first good-man was true Is she loyall is she chaste Neuer so too much embrac't I but silence go along Must for chaste with too much toung That 's as thou shouldst in thy meat Three parts Gall one Sugar eate Still she wrangles still shee 'l scould Brawle and word it vncontroul'd Nay when thou the Act hast done There 's a quarrell new begunne Sweet-hearts keepe she two or three Know not thou the mysterie Be she any thing allowd Whore so still not honest loude

But woe is me Noble Sir that now lose my liberty when I most need it would Heauen had pleased that my base enemies weapons had first ended my abhorred life More had he said and more amazed Gerardo had he not beene preuented then by one that clapping him with his hand vpon the shoulder as if they had beene old acquaintance said What are you here Sir astonishing the poore Prisoner with this kinde of demaund vvho vvith some admiration yet answered him in his own strain You may be sure I am here if you see me though the question had been more proper if I had voluntarily come hither To this vvithout more pawse the party added I know indeed you are heere for a resistance and therefore might haue saued a labour of asking but if that bee all Laugh at it Peace Giue me money and I 'le free you instantly The Notary is my Friend and the Iudge my Gossip wee are all in all No sooner had hee ended when another Youth of his owne ranke and profession cut him off from further speaking vvho without any respect to the by-s●anders looking scuruily vpon the th' other and plucking him by the Cloake proceeded 'T were fitter Goodman you you vvould let alone my Prisoners and meddle vvith your owne since you know according to our agreement this Gallant belongs to me I marry quoth his opposite if it were matter of accident but the case is altred here for this Gentleman is an especiall friend of mine and no man ought to haue interest in him but my selfe So they grew to the Prisoners no small admiration to some words and from thence to blowes biting and banging each other in such pitifull sort that in a trice there was neither Hat Cloake nor Ruffe that partly trod vnderfoote or wholly rent to fitters acted not a part in the Tragi-Comedy The noise Peace-makers and skirmish as pleasant as well performed might haue ouer-madded a modest man and burst him with as outragious a laughter as it drew from Gerardo vvhich vvould haue beene farre greater had not his long being vsed to these kinde of bickerings depriued him of the nouelty Hee had seene a hundreth of them and now thought best to retire vvith the innocent party which they did into his Chamber leauing the others and their owne vvearinesse to be their best Vmpires yet there vvere some Prisoners vvho tooke no little paines to part them each threatning with a criminall accusation his Contrary and so after the short spurt of passe-time they departed I shall onely touching these fellowes giue the Reader a briefe Item as first That their stile is no other then Prison Droanes their practise meerely to cheate in which they are so cunning that no sooner is a poore Prisoner entred but they haue his name his Birth Offence Notary Iudge and what not Whereupon with this strange phrase of Are ye here Laugh at it Giue me money I 'le free you by little and little they sucke the poore Nouices dry with such their sweet and sauourie language and then vanishing out of sight they see them no more till happely their friends or kindred effecting their liberties they then draw neere and tell them that by their care and diligence they haue beene freed but if they chance to lye longer they straight alledge that the Notary was not well pleased or the Iudge ill informed still by one means or other wringing iuice out of very Rocks and so escape and laugh at the wretches they haue thus betray'd They deserue not so much as the names of Sollicitors but meerely the former title and may this suffice to see the extremitie to which poore Prisoners many wayes are subiect The desire Gerardo had to cheere vp his new Ghest made him preuent dinner time by prouiding it the sooner to which together with part of his lodging hauing inuited him he with more acknowledgement of gratitude then presumption accepted the courteous offer they satisfied their hungry necessitie and afterward Gerardo hauing as vvell by intreaties as gifts preuailed with the Iaylor that they might remaine together diuided with him his owne Bed and affoorded him all his best comfort In this manner they remained some dayes in one of vvhich as their priuacy gaue fittest occasion Gerardo desiring to know the cause of his Camerad's imprisonment earnestly intreated him to communicate it to him furthering his wish by giuing the other first a Summary Relation of his owne mishaps and for vpshot of all making knowne his name and quality vnto him but without these respects his owne merit had wonne so much from the Prisoners affection that lesse entreaties might haue sufficed to grant so friendly a request and therfore without more adoo gladly condiscending to his friends will a gentle sigh only the Auant-courrier to his truth he began 'T is now iust sixe moneths since I left the Citie of Corduba my natiue soyle where by the name of Leandro I am knowne as by a reasonable good Estate the Inheritance my Father there left mee the forsaking my Countrey was caused thus The Young fry and Gallants of our Cities quarter where I liued did vsually after Masse resort to certaine Portals and Seates in our Parish to discourse in which wee most commonly limited the power and actions of the Great Turke the Forces of the Hungarian vvith the seuerall states of Italy and Low Countries nothing vvas amisse wherein we might censure and gouerne the whole World according to our fancies But one time amongst others a different Card prooued Trumpe and obuious enough to our youthfull conditions the conuersation grew hot about the chiefest beauties of our Spanish Dames each vsurping to himselfe the priority of place which might most suite to his owne aduantage Some said the Granadinians were extraordinarie faire but these were by others contradicted who to the Toledanians gaue the Superlatiue as well for beauty and feature as sharpnesse of wit and discretion others there wanted not that to make good a partie would preferre the carelesse quicke sprightfulnesse of our Court Dames before all This was the more generall opinion and yet another not much inferiour of the Seuilians whose naturall and sweet browne complexions set out by their curious neatnesse made no small adoe for absolute deciding of the Controuersie which was ended by one that in all our opinions was thought to haue the best Iudgement most modesty and stayed aduisednesse in his conuersation who offering to speake forced vs all to silence with the following Discourse What neede you weary your selues with vaine contradictions or mee who know that all the perfection and beauty in the world liues within twelue Leagues of this place not in any great Citie but in a small Village of Andaluzia called Osuna There liues the rarest Creature this day in Spaine in which happy situation not so much as knowne to the towne-dwellers her warinesse with her Husbands iealousie equall to her beauty this miracle is inclosed He that will satisfie his owne

minde let him see her and then he shall perceiue withall how short my tongue comes of her praise and then my truth shall preuaile to bring him out of a former errour The Speaker had hee not beene in so good a Predicament amongst vs wee should doubtlesse all haue contradicted and laughed at his exorbitancy but the credit hee had gotten and his seldome growing to such height of exaggeration sufficiently vnder-propped his reputation Wherefore some bending their browes others re-questioning him touching the rare Piece wee made it parting-time cutting the thred of our pleasing conuersation My selfe went to dinner and after would haue lyen downe to sleepe away some part of that afternoone when vnexpectedly to keepe me waking my memory suggested to me the aforesaid Controuersie a desire stealingly diuing into my heart to see that woman and this in such extremitie that though I purposely diuerted my selfe yet as often as I went about to doe so so often the nouelty of the matter and my friends endeerement set vpon mee But not willing to bee thus vanquished though all wauering pensatiue I curbed my desires and strooke the sailes of their vnbridled course which resistance yet spurred mee so much the faster so that in fine now wholly impatient and fully resolued and bent vpon the mad enterprize I first settled my house and being thorowly informed of this Dame her parts putting two thousand Crownes in Gold in my Purse betooke my selfe to a lone iourney for though I had seruants at command the secrecie with which I disposed my affaires would not admit of any That night I arriued at the place and hauing taken a Chamber after I had a while rested I called the Oast of the house to mee and warily endeuoured to know from him who in all the Towne was of greatest Authoritie best Life and most Reputation which first reckoning vp diuers persons at last he resolued to bestow vpon the Vicar and all the Attributes that might be proposed insomuch that the election falling out pat for my purpose and the tedious night ouer-past taking a seasonable time I departed from my lodging to the aforesaid parties house where I found Master Vicar in his blacke Damaske Gown with an Indian Cane that serued him for a Walking-staffe passing to and fro in the Court before his doore As hee saw mee come neere he began to make a Stand and I not once asking whether he were the partie I sought in respect of the Relation and signes giuen courteously saluted him and drawing a Letter out of my Pocket framed for the purpose with the outside all collied deliuered it to him the superscription directed to himselfe he desired me to bee couered and withall demanded from whence the Letter was I told him from Noua Hispania so he without mo●e adoe opened it that I might heare him reade these Contents Since my arriuall from Seuill to these parts I haue written diuers Letters vnto you but as yet receiued no answere of any and although so great forgetfulnesse might cause a want in my due correspondence yet the desire I haue still to serue you must more preuaile with me and therefore with the present occasion offered I am willing to craue a continuance of the fauours which I haue heretofore receiued from you and doe recommend my sonne Leandro the bearer to you with request that hee may be admitted in that Vniuersitie till such time as I shall arriue at home which shall be God willing with the next Fleet This sole kindnesse shall supply the want and your slacknesse in not answering my Letters and so God keepe you Yours DIEGO TAVIRIA In reading these short Lines he could not but with the doubtfull admiration of what he beheld shew some change of countenance and behauiour sometimes writhing his mouth then vvrinkling his forehead now putting his finger to his nose straight clapping himselfe vpon the pate and scratching his noddle till finally shrinking vp his shoulders and goggling his eyes he concluded saying Doubtlesse Signior you are mistaken for though this Letter bee directed in the superscription to me and that there bee no other of my name in the towne I must freely confesse that I neither haue now nor euer had any correspondence from those remote parts much lesse any the least acquaintance with your father but setting this aside if in any thing I may stead you I shall be most willing to doe it out of the desire I haue to performe all good offices to strangers With this my honest Priest was silent and I falling now into my Stratageme made answer Troth Signior 't is strange my father should bee so mistaken I was in good hope you had beene the party The truth is my father for some particular motiues pleased to send mee before his owne departure for Spaine and knowing as he said of your abode in this Village with order to be wholly directed by you deliuered me two thousand Crownes in Gold vvhich I haue here now though your selfe bee not the party to whom I was recommended the satisfaction I haue of your woorth doth oblige me to request you to take the money into your custodie onely deliuering me at times what I shall stand in need of for my occasions for out of the desire I haue to obey my father I am resolued howsoeuer to expect him in this place Scarce had I made an end of these last words vvhen my Vicar falling into a suddennesse of admiring clamour and giuing himselfe a good thumpe on the brest said to me I cry thee mercie good Youth and pray thee pardon my forgetfulnesse for now with the reflexion of my memory I fall into thy fathers remembrance He why he vvas one of the onely most intimate friends I had and sole companion in my youthfull dayes Tell me Lad is he not very old now who did he marrie how many brothers are there of you Honest honest Tauiria who would haue thought to see a sonne of thine so tall and wel growne Truly Leandro thou maist thinke thy selfe happy in that Heauen was pleased to giue thee so worthy a father as to me the best friend that euer I had Well till hee come here you shall be and haue such lodgng and respect as befits our friendship let me otherwise know vvhat manner of admission is desired in the Letter that accordingly his will and your conuenience may be effected Obserue here noble Gerardo what doubts and difficulties this golden baite in an instant remooued from the old Vicar Well did I ghesse before-hand what my intent would come to and therfore the noueltie which to another might haue seemed strange bred no admiration at all in me I went on with my plot then and courteously thankfull to his kind offer deliuered him taking first a Bill of his hand for the receipt to secure me from his couetousnesse the two thousand Crownes and reseruing onely such a quantitie as I thought fit aduertized him also that hauing beene reasonably