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A48205	The Princess of Cleves the most famed romance / written in French by the greatest wits of France ; rendred into English by a person of quality, at the request of some friends.; Princesse de Clèves. English	La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne), 1634-1693.; Segrais, Jean Regnauld de, 1624-1701.; La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680.; Person of quality.	1679 (1679)	Wing L169; ESTC R10484	121,911	270

Cleve all the while she spoke lean'd his Head on his Hand almost besides himself and never thought of making her rise up from the posture she was in When she had done speaking and he fix'd his Eyes on her and saw her at his Feet her Face no less drown'd in tears than admirable for beauty he was ready to dye for grief and taking her up in his Arms Have you pity on me Madam says he for I need and deserve it and pardon me if in the first Assault of a grief so violent as mine is I answer not as I ought such a proceeding as yours I think you more worthy esteem and admiration than any Woman that ever was and my self the most unfortunate of Men. I have been passionately in love with you from the first moment I saw you Neither your severity nor the enjoyment of you was ever able to abate it in the least it continues still at the height It was never in my power to make you in love with me and I see now you fear you have inclination for another Who Madam is the happy Man that causes your fear How long hath he had the good fortune to please you what was it he did to please you what way did he find to gain your affection It was some comfort to me for my misfortune of failing it to think it was impossible for any one to obtain Another the while hath done what I have not been able and I have at once the jealousie both of a Husband and a Lover But 't is impossible to retain that of a Husband after a proceeding like yours it is too noble and generous not to give me an entire assurance of your Virtue it comforts me as a Lover The confidence and sincerity you have express'd for me are of infinite value You esteem me sufficiently to believe I will not abuse your Confession You may Madam I will not abuse it nor love you the less for it You render me unfortunate by the clearest Evidence of Fidelity that ever Woman gave a Husband But perfect what you begun Madam and let me know who it is you would avoid I beseech you do not ask me answers she I am resolv'd not to tell you and I think it prudent not to give you his Name Fear not Madam replys Monsieur de Cleve I am too well vers'd in the World not to know Men may be in love with a Woman though she have a Husband We are to hate those that are so but not to complain of it and once more I conjure you to tell me who it is 'T is to no purpose to press me Sir says she I have the power to be silent where I think it my duty not to speak impute not to any weakness the Confession I have made to you And I had need of more courage to declare to you that truth than to have conceal'd it Monsieur de Nemours heard every word of this discourse and what Madam de Cleve had said rais'd no less his jealousie than her Husband 's He was so desperately in love with her he thought all the World was so too True it is he had many Rivals yet he fancy'd them more and he was wild to know who it was Madam de Cleve meant He had often thought she had some kindness for him but the grounds of his judgment appear'd on this occasion so slight and inconsiderable that he could not imagine she had so violent a passion for him as to need recourse to so extraordinary a Remedy He was so transported he scarce knew what he saw but he could not pardon Monsieur de Cleve for not having press'd her home to tell him the Name of the Person she conceal'd from him Yet Monsieur de Cleve us'd his utmost endeavours to know it but finding it vain to urge her further desisted from troubling her who presently said Methinks you ought to rest satisfi'd with my sincerity pray ask me no more and give me not cause to repent what I have done Content your self with the assurance I give you once more my Sentiments have never appear'd by any Action of mine and that no address hath been made to me that could give me offence Ah Madam replys Monsieur de Cleve on the sudden I cannot believe it I remember the trouble you were in the day your Picture was lost you have given Madam you have given away that Picture that was so dear to me and so justly mine You have not been able to conceal your affection you are in love it is known your Virtue hath hitherto sav'd you from the rest Is it possible crys the Princess you can imagine any diguisement in a Confession as mine is which I was no way oblig'd to Take my word Sir I buy at a dear rate the confidence I desire of you I conjure you believe I never gave away my Picture True it is I saw it taken but would not take notice I saw it for fear of exposing my self on that occasion to be told what none ever yet durst say to me How know you then you are lov'd says he what evidences has he given you of his passion Spare me the pains and the trouble answers she of telling you particulars I am asham'd to have observ'd being such as have too much convinc'd me of my weakness You have reason Madam replys he I am unjust and press you too far refuse me when ever I ask you such Questions yet be not offended with me for asking them Just then came several of the Servants who had staid in the Walks to acquaint Monsieur de Cleve that a Gentleman was arriv'd from the King with Orders for him to be at Paris that Evening Monsieur de Cleve was forc'd to go and was not able to say anything to his Wife but that he desir'd her to come to Paris on the Morrow and conjur'd her to believe that though he was troubled he had for her a tenderness and esteem with which she had reason to be abundantly satisfi'd When the Prince was gone and Madam de Cleve left alone consider'd what she had done the thought of it so frighted her she could scarce believe the truth of it She saw she her self had put her self out of the affection and esteem of her Husband and plung'd her self into a Pit she should never get out of She ask'd her self why she had done so hazardous a thing and perceiv'd she had engag'd in it having scarce form'd the design The singularity of her Confession which she conceiv'd without President gave her a full Prospect of her danger On the other side when she consider'd this Remedy as violent as it was was the sole effectual one she could make use of against Monsieur de Nemours she thought she had no cause to repent or to believe she had ventur'd too far She pass'd that Night under a very great incertitude trouble and fear at last her Spirits were calmed she found pleasure in having

I am of his mind answers she and 't is very probable that no less than such a Princesse as you could make him despise the Queen of England I would confess it did I know it replys the Queen-Dauphin and I should certainly know it were it true Passions of this Nature seldom escape the discovery of those who occasion them They are the first that discern them Mounsieur de Nemours never exprest for me other than slight and superficial complaisance yet I observe so great difference between his present and former deportment towards me I dare assure you I am not the cause of that indifference he shews for the Crown of England But I am so taken with your company I forget my self and mind not the obligation I am under of seeing Madam you know the peace is in a manner concluded but 't is possible it may be News to you that the King of Spain refuses to Sign the Articles but upon condition he shall marry that Princess instead of the Prince Don Carlos his Son The King was loath to consent to it but hath done it at last and is newly gone to carry Madam the News I believe it will much trouble her what pleasure can she expect from Marrying a Man of the age and humour of the King of Spain especially she so jovial so young and so beautiful a Lady who expected to Marry a young Prince for whom unseen she had a strong inclination I question whether the King will meet with the obedience he desires in her He hath charg'd me to see her because he knows she loves me and that I have some power over her I shall from thence make another visit of a very different Nature to congratulate the Kings Sister for the conclusion of her Marriage with the Prince of Savoy who is expected in few days Never had person of the age of this Princess so great cause to rejoyce at her Marriage The Court will be more Numerous and Glorious than ever and in spight of all your affliction you must come and help us to let the Strangers see we are furnish'd with no mean Beauties Having said this the Queen-Dauphin left Madam de Cleve's and on the morrow the Marriage of Madam was in every ones Mouth The day after the King and Queens went to see Madam de Cleve Mounsieur de Nemours who had waited her return with extreme impatience and wisht passionately he might speak with her in private put off going to her till the time all company broke up and probably none would return thither that night It fell out as he had wisht and he came in as the last Visiters were taking their leaves The Princess was on her Bed the weather hot and the sight of Mounsieur de Nemours put her to a blush that made her more amiable He sat over against her with a respect and fearfulness incident only to a genuine Passion he was speechless for sometime Madam de Cleve's was as mute as he so that they were both silent a pretty while At last Mounsieur de Nemours complemented her condoleing her affliction Madam de Cleve's very glad of discourse on that subject spoke a good while of the loss she had had and told him at last though time might abate the violence of her grief she should still retain so deep an impression of it it would alter her humour 'T is true Madam replyes M. de Nemours great troubles and violent passions occasion great alterations in our tempers though I was never actually sensible of it but since my return from Flanders Many have observed in me a very great change and the Queen-Dauphin her self spoke to me of it yesterday She has indeed taken notice of it says Madam de Cleve and I think I have heard her speak of it I am not displeas'd Madam answers Mounsieur de Nemours that she hath perceiv'd it but should be very glad she were not the only Person that did so There are Persons in the World to whom we dare give no other evidences of the passion we have for them but by things that concern them not yet when we dare not make it appear we love them we are willing at least to let them see we desire not the Love of any other we are willing to let them know we look with indifference on all other Beauties though in the highest sphere and that a Crown may be too dear if to be purchas'd with no less a price than absence from her we adore Ordinarily Ladies judge of the passion had for them by the care their Servants take to attend and to please them but be they never so little amiable those are easie tasks to perform There is no great difficulty in giving our selves the pleasure to wait on them But to avoid their company for fear of discovering to the World and almost to themselves the passion we have for them that 's a difficult point the truest evidence of being really in Love is when we become quite other men than we were when we renounce our ambition and our pleasures having all our Life pursu'd the one and the other Madam de Cleve's easily understood how far she was concern'd in this discourse she thought it her duty to cut it off by an answer Presently her mind alter'd and she was of opinion it was better make as if she understood it not and give him no cause to think she took it to her self she thought she ought to speak and thought she ought to be silent this discourse did in a manner equally please and displease her It convinc'd her of the truth of all the Queen-Dauphin made her think of him she could not but look upon it as full of gallantry and respect but withall somewhat bold and a little too plain andintelligible The inclination she had for that Prince put her into a disorder it was not in her power to master the darkest expressions of a Person we love move more than the clearest declarations of a person we have no inclination for She made him no answer Mounsieur de Nemours took notice of her silence and perhaps would have taken it for no ill Omen But Mounsieur de Cleve's coming in put an end to their discourse and his visit The Prince of Cleve came in to give his Lady a further account of Sancerre but she was not very curious to know the Issue of that Adventure Her thoughts were so taken up with what she had newly heard from Mounsieur de Nemours she could scarce hide the distraction she was under Assoon as she was at liberty to Muse of what was past she saw clearly how much she had been deceiv'd when she thought her self indifferent as to Mounsieur de Nemours his discourse had made as deep Impression on her as he could wish and fully convinc'd her of the truth of his passion his actions agreeing too well with his words to leave her the least shadow of doubt She no longer flatter'd her self with hopes

makes her Husband acquainted with all she knows I believe I did ill Madam answers Madam de Cleve but let us think of repairing the Fault not of examining it Do not you remember pretty near what was in the Letter says the Queen-Dauphin Yes Madam replys Madam de Cleve I do having read it several times over If so says the Queen-Dauphin we must presently have it written in a strange Hand and send it the Queen She will not shew it those who have seen it and if she do I will maintain it the same Chastelart gave me and he dares not say otherwise Madam de Cleve approved of the Expedient and the more because it would give her occasion of sending for Monsieur de Nemours to have the Letter again to be Copied word for word and pretty near the Hand it was written in whereby she thought the Queen would infallibly be deceiv'd As soon as she came home she told her Husband the trouble the Queen-Dauphin was in and pray'd him to send for Monsieur de Nemours He was sent for and came presently Madam de Cleve told him all she had inform'd her Husband of and ask'd him for the Letter Monsieur de Nemours answer'd he had restor'd it to the Vidame who was so glad of it that he sent it immediately to Madam de Themines's Friend Madam de Cleve was now in fresh trouble having consulted awhile they resolved to frame a Letter by memory they lock'd themselves up to do it order was given at the Gate no person should come in Monsieur de Nemours Attendants were all sent home such an appearance of Confidence was no small Charm to Monsieur de Nemours and even to Madam de Cleve Her Husband 's being by and her Uncle being so deeply concern'd in the matter satisfi'd all her scruples the sight of Monsieur de Nemours pleas'd her so well it gave her a joy so pure and sincere she never had the like This made her so free and so jovial Monsieur de Nemours had never seen her so before and was more passionately in love with her than ever He never had a more pleasant time which made him more lively and chearful and when Madam de Cleve would begin to think of the Letter and write he instead of helping her in good earnest did but interrupt her and speak pleasantly to her Madam de Cleve was gay as he so that they were long lock'd up together and two Messengers were come from the Queen-Dauphin to bid Madam de Cleve hasten before they had finish'd the Letter half Monsieur de Nemours was so willing to prolong time that pleas'd him so well he forgot his Friends Interest Madam de Cleve too was so far from being tyr'd with her Entertainment she forgot the interest of her Uncle At last with much ado the Letter was scarce ready by four a Clock and so ill done and the Character so unlike the Original that the Queen must have taken small care to find out the truth of it if they could have impos'd on her so But as careful as they were and earnest to perswade her the Letter was addrest to Monsieur de Nemours she was not deceiv'd but fully convinc'd it belong'd to the Vidame Besides she believ'd the Queen-Dauphin concern'd in it and that there was a Correspondence between them This heightned her hatred against that Princess to that degree that she never pardon'd her or ceas'd persecuting her till she had driven her out of France As for the Vidame it utterly ruin'd him and whether the Cardinal of Lorrain had already hit the way to please her or that the adventure of this Letter having made it appear she had been deceiv'd in the Vidame help'd her to find out other tricks he had plaid her certain it is he never after could recover her favour their Correspondence was broke and at length she lost him in the Conspiracy of Amboise wherein he had a hand When the Letter was sent to the Queen-Dauphin Monsieur de Cleve and Monsieur de Nemours went their way Madam de Cleve being alone and no longer supported with the joy infus'd by the presence of one she lov'd was like one newly awak'd out of a dream she was astonish'd to consider the prodigious difference between her condition the night before and that she was now in she remembred how sharp and how cold she had appear'd to Monsieur de Nemours while she thought the Letter from Madam de Themines was addrest to him and what a calm what a pleasure succeeded immediately as soon as he had perswaded her the Letter concern'd him not When she reflected how she reproach'd her self as Criminal for having the day before given him only some marks of her pity and that by her sharpness this morning she gave him cause to believe her jealous the infallible proof of passion she thought she was not her self when she consider'd further Monsieur de Nemours easily saw she knew him in love with her and that notwithstanding that knowledge she had been so far from using him the worse for it even in her Husbands company that on the contrary she had never look'd on him so favourably which was the reason Monsieur de Cleve had sent for him to pass the afternoon together in private she found she had something in her held intelligence with Monsieur de Nemours that she deceiv'd a Husband who of all men least deserv'd it and she was asham'd to appear to him that lov'd her so little worthy his Esteem that which troubled her most was the thought of her condition the night past and what piercing griefs she was under while she thought Monsieur de Nemours was in love with another and that she was deceiv'd in him when she fancy'd her self the object of his passion Never till then had she been acquainted with the mortal inquietudes of jealousie and distrust she had apply'd all her cares to save her self from being in love with Monsieur de Nemours and had not begun to fear his being in love with another though the suspitions the Letter gave her were vanish'd yet they left her sensible she might be deceiv'd and gave her impressions of jealousie and distrust she had till then been altogether a stranger to she was amaz'd she had not yet consider'd how improbable it was a Man so inconstant towards Women as Monsieur de Nemours had always been could be capable of a sincere and durable ingagement she thought it next to impossible she could ever be satisfi'd of the truth of his passion But if I should says she what would I do would I endure it would I answer it would I ingage in a piece of Gallantry would I be false to Monsieur de Cleve would I be false to my self would I in a word expose my self to the deadly sorrows to the mortifying penitence Love is attended with I am vanquish'd I am conquer'd by an inclination which sways me which drags me along in spight

grief caus'd by the unfaithfulness of a Mistress and the same occasion'd by being deceiv'd by a Wife His trouble was so great it presently cast him into a Fever and with such ill Symptoms it was thought very dangerous Madam de Cleve was inform'd of it and came away in all haste to him When she arriv'd he was worse besides she found him in such a strangeness and coldness for her she was equally surpriz'd and afflicted at it She saw it was a pain to him to receive the services she did him in his sickness but she imputed it to his Malady When she was come to the Court at Blois Monsieur de Nemours could not forbear expressing his joy at her being in the same place where he was He endeavour'd to see her and went every day to Monsieur de Cleve's under pretence of enquiring after his health but all to no purpose she stirr'd not out of her Husband's Chamber and was sorry at the heart for the condition he was in It madded Monsieur de Nemours to see her so afflicted as an Evidence of her kindness for Monsieur de Cleve and a dangerous diversion for the affection she had for Monsieur de Nemours But Monsieur de Cleve was sick to that extremity it gave him new hopes He saw it very probable Mad. de Cleve should be shortly at liberty to follow her inclination and that he might expect some durable pleasure and happiness for the future But these thoughts were too full of trouble and transport to last and the fear of further misfortune by being frustrated of his hopes put them quite out of his Head Monsieur de Cleve the mean time was almost given up by the Physicians One Morning having had a very ill Night he said he would rest Madam de Cleve alone continu'd with him in the Chamber and instead of taking any Repose thought him very restless She fell on her Knees by his Bed-side and though Monsieur de Cleve had set up a resolution never to acquaint her with the violent displeasure he had conceiv'd against her yet the care she took of him and her great affliction which he could not but sometimes think real as at other times he look'd on it as an Evidence of dissimulation and perfideousness distracted him so violently with contrary Sentiments that it was not in his power not to give them vent You shed many tears Madam says he for a Death you are the cause of and cannot give you the trouble you pretend to be in I am no longer in a condition to reproach you adds he with a Voice weakened with sickness and grief but I die with the cruel and tormenting displeasure you occasion'd me Was it necessary an Action so extraordinary as that you told me of at Colonniers should have Consequences so very unsuitable Why would you declare to me your passion for Monsieur de Nemours if your Vertue could hold out no longer to resist it I lov'd you to that extremity I would have been glad to have been deceiv'd I confess it to my shame I have lamented my loss of that false repose you robb'd me of why did you not leave me in that quiet blindness so many Husbands live in peradventure I had never known you had been in love with Monsieur de Nemours I shall die says he but know you have made Death welcom and pleasing to me and having depriv'd me of the esteem and tenderness I had for you you have render'd my life a trouble I cannot but abhor it What should I live for continues he to spend my days with a Person I have lov'd so extremely and as cruelly been deceiv'd by or to live apart from the same person and to break out openly into violences so opposite to my humor and the love I had for you a love greater than it appear'd to you Madam I hid a great part of it from you for fear of being troublesome to you and forfeiting your Esteem by actions and expressions of it not becoming a Husband In a word I deserv'd your affection more than once yet I die without regret since I could not have it nor can desire it any longer Adieu Madam you will one day be sorry for a Man that lov'd you with a true and honest passion You will feel the smart of your Engagements and know the difference between being lov'd as I lov'd you and their love who pretending affection for you seek only the honour of seducing you But my death will set you at liberty and you may without a Crime make Monsieur de Nemours happy What matters it what happens when I am no more must I have the weakness to trouble my head with those things Madam de Cleve was so far from imagining her Husband suspected her she understood not what he meant and fancied only he reproach'd her for the Inclination she had for Monsieur de Nemours At last awak'd on the sudden A Crime says she I am a stranger to the thoughts of it the severest Vertue could not have prescrib'd any Conduct but that I have follow'd I never did any thing but I wish'd you a Witness of it Could you have wish'd me a Witness replies he looking on her with disdain the Nights you spent with Monsieur de Nemours Ah Madam is it you I speak of when I speak of a Lady that hath spent Nights with a Man not her Husband No Sir says she I am not the Person you speak of I never spent a Night nor a moment with Monsieur de Nemours he never saw me in private I never endur'd he should do it I never gave him the hearing I would take all the Oaths No more Madam I pray says he a false Oath or a Confession would perhaps trouble me alike Madam de Cleve had not the power to answer her tears and her grief took away her speech Striving at last Look on me says she at least give me the hearing were it only my Concern I would bear your Reproaches but your Life is in the case Hear me for your own sake I am so Innocent it is impossible but I shall convince you of the truth Would to God you could perswade me to it crys he but what is 't you can say Hath not Monsieur de Nemours been at Colonniers with his Sister Had he not spent the two Nights before with you in the Forrest Garden If that be my Crime replies she I can easily justifie my self I do not desire you should take my word ask all your Domesticks and they will tell you whether I went into the Garden the Night before Monsieur de Nemours came to Colonniers and whether the Night before that I went not out of the Garden two hours sooner than ordinary She told him she thought she had seen one in the Garden and confest she believ'd it was Monsieur de Nemours She spoke with that confidence and truth though improbable is naturally so perswasive that Monsieur de Cleve