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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01401	The historie of Trebizond in foure bookes / by Tho. Gainsforde ...	Gainsford, Thomas, d. 1624?	1616 (1616)	STC 11521.3; ESTC S102833	164,784	364

and prosperitie to flourish But for all this golden field of Promises the third part of his Armie the next night shrunke from him and were doubly welcome to Artabanus both in the succour by the vniting his owne Forces and the benefite in making knowen Medormus secrets whereupon Anzitemus perswaded to sally reasoning on the dishonour for a Subiect to encage so great a King in one silly Towne This was so forcible with Artabanus who looking on Anzitemus with the eyes of Iudgement wondred with what setled grauitie his Counsailes were deliuered as if maturenesse had brought him from the wanton aboad of Youth to the house of Wisedome that the men of Armes were that night deuided into two parts the one left with the King as a sufficient guard for the Citie the other committed to Anzitemus as an able Armie for the Field with which by breake of day hee sallyed foorth and resembled a beautifull Plant newly come to some shew in a Garden which euery looker on praised as an Ornament to the place and feared least some misfortuue might ruine before his time But Medormus made vse of his Souldiers reuolting fortifying him selfe the stronger doubling his Watches and in person ouer-looking his Campe and Trenches whereby hee was prepared at all times and so when the Alarum was giuen quickly made it an equall tryall and although the valiant Anzitemus whirled in the thickest presse weakning the troopes abating the strength of the Enemie reuersing the dispaire of the fainthearted and prosecuting actions beyonde expectation whereby his glory was both published and stomaked his friendes amased to behold magnanimity so well bestowed and his enemies confounded to finde the vallure of one man so sufficient yet were the Medormians so resolute and encouraged that Anzitemus would not be further engaged then his owne forces might purchase a freedome therfore made an honorable retreate as when you see the afterdrops of a storme continue in the greatest force at the parting This he accoustomed many times besides as if destruction ment to play the wanton with the company rather lessning their number then their hate which so discouraged Artabanus perceiuing no other hope then the calamity of his Realme and confusion of the people that he determined by single combate to preuent these reuenge-crying massacres resembling the Pellican who by hassard of her owne life feedeth and preserueth her young ones NOw when Anzitemus perceiued so gallant resolution hee could not mislike the same yet checked his owne slacknesse for not being author of the matter and therefore to make as it were satisfaction to his opinion hee vrged Artabanus to elect him Champion of his cause not so much in deed to confirme the King toward him as to try Medormus ouer whom hee was in a manner emulous Againe supposing in the preuayling an euerlasting league would be combined or in the default his troubles should end with his owne end Heere grew a vertuous Contention betweene Artabanus and Anzitemus the one inferring the vnreasonablenesse of the cause to bring a man of his deseruing into so great danger for an others businesse the other insisting on his desire to match the Aduersary vpon equall tearmes at last Anzitemus preuayled and a Hearrold for the King proclaymed the Defiaunce which Medormus durst not but accept because the Company ouerboldly vrged him that a Prince in possession was willing to aduenture both life and dignitie and they them selues were almost tyred with butchering one another But when Gliranda euer doting on his strength and cunning in matters of Armes alleadged the likelihood of successe hee neuer disputed but appoynted time place and manner which was by prime of day at a fourtnights end a full mile from the Cittie and like a Knight on Horse-backe with Launce Sword and Shield And although in the meane space some quiet spirits laboured betweene the parties wishing Artabanus pacefied toward his Sister and Medormus and vrged Medormus to submit to the King whom Vertue would questionlesse bring to the house of Pardon yet hee misconstruing the Moderation of Peace-makers was wilfully bent to put all to this tryall Thus is the day come and the dignity of the King compelled some magnificent Shew for the furnishing of Anzitemus First diuers Purseuants at Armes gane notice of Artabanus approch and a L. Marshall with a hundred Seruants all well appoynted so deuided the disordered multitude that the way seemed a liuing Wall as if the men had admitted direction by line and leuell then followed two hundred Courtyers on horsebacke richly apparrelled for their owne credits and the Kings Honour Next matched owne hundred Gent. on foote all in a Liuerie sutable which was a Roabe Morisco fashion almost to the small of the Legge of flame coulor Veluet yet so darkned with black-silke and gold-lace that you might easily imagine there was sorrow mingled with his glory they had Sea caps embrodred sorting to his Imprese semiters according and halfe buskins of white Spanish Leather enclosed on the outside with flame coulor Ribbin Then followed twenty spare Horse on whom rode so many Pages bearing seuerall sheilds with his deuice which was a ship in full Saile betwixt Scilla and Caribdis the Mott As ill is to come giuing notice his troubles were not ended though he should atcheeue this aduenture after them rod fiue Knights with his caske Launce Sword Shield and Horse which was trapped in a sumptuous and curiouse caparison of Cloth of gold wrought like flames of fier couered ouer with rowles made like waues of Sea water greene Cipers in such an artificiall loosnesse mingled with the stuffe that you would haue supposed the water to haue quenched the fier and the fier to haue burned the water besides they were hooked togeather with great Claspes of Goldsmiths worke ritchly Enameled but more ritchly beautified with Diamonds and Rubies Presently followed a new fashion Chariot made like a Rocke irremoueably standing for all the waues seemed impetuous against it which by reason of the motion of the Wheeles tossing water against it indeed like the violence of a Mill resembled a tempestuous Sea Vnder it or rather within it satte Anzitemus and Artabanus who in a pleased grauitie and yet displeased Countenance gaue the people to vnderstand his care was not so much for his owne glory as their safty The Rocke was tyed to certaine Cables made of blacke Silke and Gold which had their seuerall fastning to sixe Pinnases so well deuised that the Horses enclosed within them gaue action full libertie and they Sailed with the Rocke away as if they determined to drawe it out of the Sea but the faster they went the sorer did the Billowes threaten by beating on the sides yet stood the Rocke strongly founded assuering that vertue and magnanimitie remaineth integrate what aduerce crosses so euer chaunce Round about went fiftie Gent. on foote the younger sonnes of Noble men with Pollaxes in their hands whose neerenesse to the king gaue notice of their Honorable place

entertainement of ioy so that her Fathers Catastrophe extinguished the delight of her Brothers aduancement to which an other home mischiefe was added the returne of Cleonidas who presuming on the absence of Anzitemus and the Nauie vnder Pelorus entred the Confines of Armenia and attempted a ridiculous Innouation But before we certifie this Aduenture let vs see how Fortune ouerlooked him in the danger after the Sea-fight with Anzitemus BY that time Cleonidas and Anzitemus through the effect of his diuelish reuenge were deuided and their Ships burnt and dismembred the horrible lamentation of so many men so many wayes yeelding vp the last powers of their soules stroke him to the heart and because his pestilent humour had no subiect to worke vpon it boyld within him like a Furnace ouerheating all the partes of his body and minde so that he could haue been contented to haue made his owne seperation considering a guilty Conscience laide open the records of so many faults But euen when Death had been most beneficiall the necessitie of Life with the kindnesse of the impartiall element draue the vnfirme Seate wheron he sate to another peece of a Shippe from whence ouerburdned hee saw fourteene cast into the Sea as supposing it the nearest way to Heauen through the reflexion the Heauens made in the Water On this by great chaunce he got and was tossed too and fro with the Billowes as if Destruction meant to make a Game of his danger at last after two dayes hee was driuen on a sandie Iland not farre from the Continent of Persia wherein he mused at his owne ignorance that hauing so long time scowred all the coast of the Hircanian Sea hee was yet vnacquainted with this place Heere a very instinct of Nature put him to his shiftes and by striking two Flintes on certaine Reeds lying in the place he shuffled vp a Fire whose effects made the returne of warmth and strength the maintainers of life at which the inhabitants who were onely Seruants and Officers attending on the Priestes heere liuing wondred who had presumed without order of Ceremony to dishonour the place For this was called the Iland of Fire and had two Chappels therein one dedicated to Vulcano the other to the Sanne in which after the Persian manner the Priestes were appoynted to liue who onely had power to giue leaue to the Inhabitants to make their Fiers for necessities sake which yet was not done without presence of a Religious man Wherevpon they apprehended Cleonidas and brought him to Sicambus the Archpriest in the same manner they found him But when with an extraordinary courage in the Sirian language because hee was to speake to a man of his profession he discouered him selfe and that Sicambus vnueiled his ignorance remembring hee had seene him with Astiages in Persia by many meanes heard of his fame he comforted him the best hee could but the best he could preuented not a strange Sicknesse which with an vnkind detention kept him full two yeares retiered and confirmed their opinion which supposed him perished in the end the firmenesse of his compleat manhood and well seasoned body ouermaistred the tiranny and he recouered both in health and reformation for after his penitency had protested a remorce of the action against Artabazes and abiured his ill manner of life the religious Father cheared him with the comfort which followes true repentance and by examples confirmed his willingnesse to amendment Vpon this they appoynted to goe into Persia and accordingly ariued at Suziana much about the time Anzitemus fortunes were published through Asia which he rather woondred then stomaked at not doubting to make his peace and reconsiliation which his hope supposed by Zaloppos meanes when the Persian Embassadours went to Armenia to bring to passe But their returne certified Anzitemus slight answere in that behalfe and hee smothered the indignation for a time but vnable to suppresse it gaue Libertie at last to burst foorth into flames of Despight and in this manner proceeded Certaine summes of Mony disbursed for Astiages he demaunded of the Queene Roxana which awhile bred scruple and doubt by reason of their Articles with Anzitemus and Artabanus yet after a little debating they were repayed with a plenary cancelling of all accounts For being a matter chancing before this new Contract and in her Fathers behalfe shee thought it dishonorable to trifle him out with deuises or excuses Many of his Souldiers setled in their Townes which the hast of his busines permitted not to carry with him he requested againe This was left to their owne desires because in this space maried and brought vp amongst them they would not seeme to banish them by compulsion So the most of them louing Spoyles better then Pay hasted to Cleonidas With this Mony and this Supply he departed to his owne Iland and gathering his Friends and Confederats togeather with fourty sayle of well appointed Ships and fiftie Hulks for the transportation of his Army he tooke the aduantage of the Kings absence in the Trebizondian Warres and made speed for Armenia landing his Forces at such time as Kazopletus and Pelorus were returned from Anzitemus and Philtranus came with directions to attende the Queene Brisaca to her Mother But this they were ignorant of and diuers vnsetled Humors as idle persons and endangered to the Law vpon the tumour of Cleonidas ariuall to the number of foureteene thousand made a head in nature of Particeans and certified they were ready and resolued to ioyne with him for their hearts and discontentments had engaged them already as if they meant to giue this notice that in the best Hiue there be Drones and robbers of them that labour but as their willingnes set them forward their forwardnes puld them backe as disordered without a Head and hauing bad intelligence For the vnlooktfor comming of Kazopletus ouertooke them with that speed that Cleonidas had scarc notice before the distraction dispersed and Iustice quickly scourged them all Thus was this fanaticall Company discomfited and Cleonidas in a manner as soone ouerthrowne For vpon report how Mischance had put on a double visage against him he made a retreat to his Ships but ere he could house his men Kazopletus by land and Pelorus by Sea had so hemnd him in that though it prooued a gallant and tedious Skirmish full of obseruation and example yet his Fleete was suncke and dissipated his Companies quite defeated and him selfe taken prisoner and sent to Sagarena where Brizaca kept her Court but shee vnwilling to proceed against him without directions from Anzitemus by the counfaile of Euphamia committed him to Ward in the same place where his Father had once besiedged the beautious Artaxata When Cleonidas saw him selfe thus disappoynted and captiued and that the last Acte of his Tragedy was in hand to which the Gates of Shame and Death or Death with the shame stood onely open he made it a matter of some repining yet as a man of excellent