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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11048	The courtiers academie comprehending seuen seuerall dayes discourses: wherein be discussed, seuen noble and important arguments, worthy by all gentlemen to be perused. 1 Of beautie. 2 Of humane loue. 3 Of honour. 4 Of combate and single fight. 5 Of nobilitie. 6 Of riches. 7 Of precedence of letters or armes originally written in Italian by Count Haniball Romei, a gentleman of Ferrara, and translated into English by I.K.; Discorsi. English	Romei, Annibale, conte, 16th cent.; Keper, John, b. 1546 or 7, attributed name.; I. K.	1598 (1598)	STC 21311; ESTC S116155	207,844	304

might haue offered my first author capital iniury seeing he setteth them downe but as authorities wherein matter more then wordes is to bee required No lesse doubte I also of reprehension for some words I haue vsed beyond common vse propriety leading me therto rather then any affectation which consisteth not in so tollerable and commendable liberty but rather in a friuolous accumulation of words vnnecessarily produced in dilating of any argument yet if any may lay vp in this our common treasury of language any choise ornaments for the decorum coppy of our tongue I know not who may better then they conuersant in forraine writers seeing besides a laudable emulation of others aboundance euen very necessity in explication inuiteth them thereunto and therefore for want of better tearmes I haue bin driuen to vse some forged words as spiritally vertually armiger and other which otherwise I could not wel tel how to haue expressed Another thing there is the meditation wherof maketh my eares to glow with an imaginatiue ouer-hearing of some bitter taxation especially it consisting in that discourse whereof the least expectation wil not be had for in the meane this author setteth downe for reducement of quarrels to peace he hath prescribed a certaine forme of words which no doubt to many will seeme ridiculous as sauouring too much of feare and pusillanimitie which seuere censure notwithstanding in my iudgement may deserue mittigation if not in respect of the daungerous abuse of armes in these times at least yet in calling to minde what in the former discourses hath bin enioyned euery honorable man vpon the instant of receiuing an iniury to performe the which once past this voluntary and kind accord is not to spring from themselues but rather from some other who shall offer themselues to such vertuous solicitations when it wil be requisite as he himselfe saith to so good an end to vse al commendable fallation and by words of equiualent and plausible signification to couer offences preuenting by this meanes so many lamentable effects as too ordinarily ensue vpon inueterate and prosecuted quarrells These be not al but the principallest occasions as I sùppose which detraction in this my labor wil take hold of the which notwithstanding curteous and iudicial vnderstanders will so gratiously passe ouer as that ther is no doubt but for al this they wil find themselues wel satisfied by Patritio in the explanation of true essentiall and sensible Beautie in Humane Loue by Guirino in Honour Combate and fighting for reputation by Gualinguo in Nobility by Varano in riches by Taslone and last of al in that high and worthy controuersie touching precedence of Letters or Armes after resolute conflict beeween Patritio and Brancaccio noble champions for each partie the deepe and iudicial doome of gratious Madam de Sala will determine herein al scruple and attribute due right and desert And therefore as this worthie circumstance of Iustice shineth like a bright beame in euery noble or liberall minde so doe I hope also for my labour to reape curteous and fauourable construction not onely of my own imperfections but euen of those also that necessarily depend on the error of impression if my poore battered name light into the fatal hands of malicious Impostors or odious scoffers di buffoni mi beffo and as it was said of that miserable Iacobine C'est l'enfer que les á crées To be commaunded I. K. The first dayes Discourse of Count Haniball Romei a Gentleman of Ferrara In which the Ladyes and Gentlemen reasoning togither doo discusse of Beautie THat most renowmed Lorde Don Alfonso d'Este the second of this name and through our happie fortune at this instant Duke of Ferrara liueth with so great magnificence that his highnes court seemeth rather a kingly and Royall Pallace then the court of a great Duke for it is not onely throughout replenished with noble Lordes and valiant Knights but further is a receptacle for the most learned and gentle spirits as likewise for men that in euerie profession are most excellent This Prince out of question in al his actions verie respectiue tempereth so his affaires with leisure and with so great order measureth dispenseth the time that neither doth he weaken himselfe with the ouer-burdensome meditation of matters serious or languish and weare away with the too great leuity of things delightsome and pleasant And therefore his highnesse hath allotted to euerie season his proper and particular entertainement as to the Carniuale time or shrouetide masking Iusts Turuey feasts Comedies musick and other such like contentments the which with such peace and tranquility are embraced as it is a wonder in that time to behold the generall exhilleration and Iubile of our Citie In the Spring time they hunt the Foxe and slie their Faulcons in the great Barco which enuironeth the north quarter of the City where in certaine standing waters and martish grounds they finde many wilde ducks for the flight of the Riuer And there be certaine houses called Sgarzare wherein Herons be enclosed and kept being a most pleasant sight to beholde his highnesse when with his court he entreth into that large Medow accompanied by the nobility of the Citie mounted on goodly horses and followed by the most excellent Duchesse with all the Ladyes and Matrons of the noblest sort riding in most sumptuous Coaches where after they haue flowen at the riuer they approch the Sgazare and let flie the Heron who no sooner mounteth but incontinently they cast off the Faulcon who maketh after and thus with singular solace they stand beholding this battaile in the aire made by these two most hot and cruell foules Then in the ardent heate of summer his highnesse with the famous Duchesse and the whole court retire themselues to Belriguardo being questionlesse a royal Pallace wherein are to be seene as manie roomes as there be dayes in the yeare with chambers galleries and hals so great as therein men may conueniently play at ballown There are also most beautiful gardens abounding with al manner of fruit waterd from the Riuer of Poe by conueyances which by his highnesse with wonderful art were thither conducted which neare the said Pallace cause certaine mils to grinde with a faire and ample fish-pond where there is alwaies found great store of fish and the water in this pond being most cleare it serueth very conueniently to swimme in being as it were continually shadowed by verie high popplar trees which do enuiron it While his highnesse remaineth in this Pallace he keepeth open Court so that the Gentlemen and Gentlewomen of the City are alwayes comming and going as furthermore al such are there lodged that come for audience and to negotiate with his highnesse neare whom euer the Counsellors and secretaries are resident Here the hottest part of the day is passed ouer with delectable entertainment when towards the euening his highnesse with the Duchesse Ladyes and Gentlemen being a most excellent sight goeth to