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A40854	The famous history of Palmendos son to the most renowned Palmerin D'Oliva, Emperour of Constantinople, and the heroick Queen of Tharsus, wherein is likewise a most pleasant discourse of Prince Risarano, the son of Trineus, Emperor of Almain, and Aurecinda, sister to the Soldane of Persia : with their knightly deeds, and acts of chivalry, their famous adventures, and most worthy resolutions.; Primaleon (Romance). English.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1653 (1653)	Wing F377; ESTC R6035	124,600	202

this manner Ah my noble Lord Arnedes how dear doth her beauty cost thee for whom thou leftest thy Countrey where the onely reputation of thine estate being ●●tracted from such an high and illustrious linage was sufficient to have obtained her without hazarding thy life in so many perils and dangers Amenada marvelling at these words was immediately wrapped with a curious desire to know which was the Knight he named and therefore she laboured Bruquel with intreaties for her Lady Philocrista knew his Master to be a Knight of France yet none but the Emperor could tell that he was the Kings son All things that I can possible quoth the Dwarf will I do for you this onely excepted which without his command I dare not attempt because my liberty stretcheth not so far yet will I promise you to ask him the question and if he be pleased I will satisfie your desire Melicia who was earnest in affection to know more as concerning her Lover Recinde seeing these Myrmedons thus conferring together and over-hearing some of their speeches after they were departed to their chambers she demanded of Amenada what talk she had with Arnedes Dwarf whereupon she repeated the whole discourse to the no little content of Philocrista because this way she might attain to more knowledge of the French Prince And as she heard her say that he left his Countrey for the love of a Lady she presumed immediately her self to be same for commonly it falls out that Lovers will favour themselves in semblable judgements conjectures wherfore she commanded Amenada to await B●uquel for performance of his promise The dwarf when he saw conuenient time to talk with his Master he gave him to understand what had past between him and Amenada which pleased him so well as nothing could do more commended to him the pursuit of his practice On the morrow the Emperour and Primaleon dined together wherefore Amenada went to find out Bruquell at his lodging and he méeting her by the way first of all told her that he would perform the promise he made the day before but quoth he before I satisfie you herein I must request one thing of you Demand hardly what thou wilt quoth Amenada for thy sute being honest thou canst not be denied You must promise me then said Bruquel that to no living creature except Madam Philocrista you disclose what I shall reveal to you So is it Amenada that for the love of her onely Arnedes my honourable Lord and Master eldest son to the King of France hath forsaken his native Country in that the renown of her excellent beauty spread by fame through all those parts caused him to cut through the dangerous seas to credit with his eys what his ears were cloid withall And having at ful contemplated her swéet face he finds that nature willing industriously to imbellish the chief piece of work hath taken all ability from human report how curious or eloquent soever it be thorowly to accomplish the praise of her merit wherefore he hath sent a Currier to the King his father that his Majesty should send Embassadors hither to confer with the Emperour on a marriage betwéen my Master and your Lady and till they come to dispatch this occasion he will not be known hereof to any one except it be to her gracious self onely Humbly then desire her with some benigne clemency to intreat the heart which her divine figure hath secretly ravished and made her thrall so shall she give cure to his wounds make him the most fortunate Champion that ever entred field for his Lady otherwise he can not long injoy his vital motion and by his death shall occasion divers other beside especially his cousin Recinde son to the King of Castile who loveth him as his proper life and as he bare him company in this voyage so will he take part of the hardest fortune for the love and near alliance that is betwéen them So well could this tall Pigmy use his language to gain successe for his Masters intent as he made no more difference betwéen the two Princes in respect of their loyal unanimity together then was betwéen the two Pythagorick companions Orestes and Pylades or Nisus and Eurialus that would one die for another Greatly did Amenada marvel hearing that a Prince of so high and great birth would adventure thorow such dangerous travells onely for the accomplishment of a marriage and might have gained it with much lesse labour wherefore she thus answered In sooth if I had not promised to acquaint my Lady herewith I durst not for my life discover such weighty matters because I cannot tell her the whole discourse in that her Sister Melicia is never from her and then shall she know as much as my Mistresse That ●urteth not replied Bruquel never conceal it through fear of her presence for she is such a wise and well governed Princesse as she will rather modestly hide it then any way seek to spread it abroad and will beside nothing at all mislike thereof This he spake for that she had her part in the play namely by her love to the Prince Recinde and if perhaps Philocrista should be slow or opinitive in her love Melicia happily would councel her not to refuse so good an offer in brief that they might reciprocally advise one another as sick folks who had surfeited both of one disease and so oftentimes it comes to passe that two thoughts afflicted with one kind of martyrdom receive together more consolation then they could by any other that féel not the like torment Bruquel having done his indeavour for the conciliation of Philocrista with his Master returned immediately to him whom he found attending in silent devotion to understand the issue of this amorous stratagem and after that the dwarf had word by word recounted all his negotiation Arnedes was wrapt in such unspeakable joy as he imagined the hour happy when he met with such an ingenious Truch man Amenada on the other side when she espied time for the purpose interpreted so well and faithfully the intent of the Prince to her mistresse Philocrista as she therewith was carried into a thousand imaginations And albeit the Knight despaired not in his sute but rather imagined so sweet a countenance would be inclined to mercy yet she had so lost her liberty in this cause by seeing her beloved so dangerously wounded as now she feared to send him any severe or rigorous answer wherefore she thus spake to her Dwarf I am offended that thou didst promise Bruquel to acquaint me with this news but seeing what hath happened cannot be prevented thou shalt then go to Arnedes and tell him from me that I marvell he would thrust himself into many perils for which I account my self beholding to him and promise him in requitall of his hard sufferings to accept of him as my loyal husband if my gracious parents will so permit it with this condition that he

friend Whose peerless vertues time nor death can stain Despise the man that thus procur'd his end And hath withall his onely daughter slain Ah angry fate and Planet most unkind What more in humane act could ye devise Then step between the heart the eye and mind And pierce that vein which could them all suffice But fith in life our fortune was so bad To misse of that which we desired most Yet now in death the same is freely had Wherefore of love in death we make our boast This Epitaph ended she yéelded the humane tribute to nature for afterward her body made no motion of vitall moving and it cannot be estéemed as fabulous that love should cause the death of any one because in ancient Histories we may find innumerable of recent and modern examples thereof But return we to the Priest who understanding that his daughter ran forth with such a clamour followed her immediately fearing she would offer some violence on her self and finding her dead holding the Epitaph in her hand he was in great danger to make a third in this wofull tragedy Ah miserable and desolate wretch quoth he if thy knowledge had efficacy in working the Duke of Feria's death why was it not sufficient to prevent thy daughters mishap unhappy was the hour when first I practised this divellish sorcery Many other sorrowfull lamentations he made over the dead bodies whom we may aptly compare to the loyal lovers Piramus and Thisby but afterward he erected a costly Sepulchre of brass and having embalmed them according to the ancient ceremonies of funeral pomp he intombed them in the Temple both together and caused the Epitaph to be cunningly graven thereon Not long after considering himself deprived of his lawfull heir and how greatly he had perverted the course of nature very extream grief ended his daies but ere he died he inclosed the treasure of the Temple with such enchantments and with so strong and fearfull a guard that from the time of his death it was very dangerous to come near the place And till the time of Palmendos arrivall there there durst not any one make tryall thereof albeit before Baledon abused the Island Knights of divers Regions came to prove their fortune and the Giant himself came thither for the same occasion but séeing he could not approach the Temple perceiving the Island to be fair and delectable he got it by force of arms the people thereof being unable to resist his hostility Let us now remember where we left before the arrivall of Palmendos in this Island of Delphos to whom one of the Marriners told all these things as also the horrible villainy of the Giant wherefore he intreated him not to anchor in that Port because quoth he we shall all be either slain or taken prisoners Why said Palmendos is no man able to punish his pride and tyranny séeing Fortune hath conducted me hither and will permit me to have a sight of him I will not depart without some proof of my self for if I be son to the Emperor Palmerin I must not be frighted with the name of Giants who rather resemble huge Colosses without any souls then humane creatures much lesse strange adventures how hard and dangerous soever they séem If I would acquire praise and honour immortal long time must I follow military exercise as my father did in his younger days prevailing against divers such Monsters and bringing innumerable enterprizes to happy end Turn prow then toward shore and boldly let us enter the Port without any fear of this deformed Goliah With much adoe they set into the Port where they were no sooner entred but they saw themselves enclosed with the chain which sight dismayed both the Master and Mariners but Palmendos and Ozalio presently put on their Helmets and Gantlets standing ready for defence of all the rest The Giant being advertised that a rich ship was got within the chain commanded his son presently to take Arms and with sufficient assistants to go and take all the strangers prisoners whereto the young Tyrant was very ready and entring with thrée Knights into a boat he came directly to the ship where Palmendos standing foremost the Giants son thus spake to him How darest thou Knight be so bold as to enter our Port without licence I dare do more then that answered Palmendos in despight of such disloyal villains as you are who by treacherous means intrap the innocent and afterward exercise what cruelty you please upon them but now is the time come I hope that shall guerdon you with recompence answerable to such brutish behaviour The Giants son displeased with these words sought with his Knights to enter violently the ship But Palmendos and Ozalio being too high above them gave them so many sharp repulses that young Baledon received his deaths wound at the Princes hand and Ozalio sent one of the Knights to bear him company With this foyl the boat spéedily returned and they advertised Baledon of what had happened bringing his son slain up into his chamber wherewith he was so wonderfully enraged that he vowed to revenge his blood with the death of all the strangers In bitter anguish of heart he called for his Armour preparing himself to the dismal attempt in the mean time the two Knights that escaped back alive stood on the shore reviling the Prince willing him to prepare for his death was comming If your Master quoth Palmendos be so valiant as you report let him deal alone with me in single fight and if I chance to vanquish him let him accomplish what I shall set down and I will grant him life On the contrary if he conquer me let him do with me and mine as him pleaseth Tell him that Bravadoes and proud spéeches cannot daunt resolute minds and if he dare grant me safe conduct with good assurance not to offer me any wrong I will presently come on shore and try my fortune with him CHAP. VII How Palmendos came on land to combat with the Giant Baledon whom he vanquished and afterward delivered many Knights out of his prisons among whom were two young Princes being Moors who in travelling to the Emperours Court were by a tempest cast on this Island RIght soon went the Knights to the Giant with Palmendos challenge who being very well pleased therewith came down proudly to the Port with these spéeches Which is the wretched Knight that dares so peremptorily venture on shore to receive the death he hath justly deserved I am the man answered Palmendos and I will be so good as my word if thou wilt faithfully promise me safety from thy people By the hallowed faith said Baledon that I owe to our Gods thou shalt be as secure as thou canst require albeit I die under thy sword in combat The Prince loth to waste the time in words called for a skiff to carry him on shore which the Mariners unwillingly consented to being loth to lose a Knight so valiant

other CHAP. XXI How Recinde arrived at the Isle of Carderia where understanding that Palmendos had ended the adventure he went to seek Belcar at Macedon and of the Combat he had with him by the false perswasion of the Damosel that followed the revenge of her brethrens deaths FOur daies stayed Recinde and the Merchant at the old Ladies Castle and then taking their leave the Prince commended the Merchant to his own occasions and he rode strait toward the Isle of Carderia desirous to try his fortune in the adventure as also to find the Knight he sought for but being there arrived he understood how Francelina was delivered Palmendos gone towards Turkie and Tirendos abode at the Castle with Lypes and his sisters from whence he sent a Squire to Macedon to certifie Belcar what had happened as also to intreat him to stay there for his comming As for the Prince Belcar he being now with Alderina his chosen Mistress to speak of all circumstances entercoursing betwéen them would be more labour to me then pleasure to you She accuseth him with a great many articles of ungentleness that he would travel for Francelina being before her vowed Knight and he excuseth all under this point that what he did in a place of such tryal was onely to eternize the name of Alderina and nothing to the advantage of Francelina nor could the greatest Monarch on the earth have commanded him from that service but onely the gracious Letter sent by her wherefore he desired to return thither again to make her more famous till the adventure were ended To stay her answer and appease his hot desire at that very instant the Currier arrived sent from Tirendos whose message being heard highly was the Princess contented but Belcar overcome with exceeding grief because fain he would have tryed his fortune against Palmendos Now come we to the Damosel again that pursued Belcar for the death of her brethren according as you have sufficiently heard before She understanding that he was in the Court of Macedon so highly loved of the King Queen and the whole nobility she was out of hope to work him any injury there wherefore she intended to return home again and by the way she hapned to meet with the Prince Recinde when beginning her accustomed complaints she delivered the same discourse which she had done to Cardino and Tirendos saying that the Knight who had so trayterously slain her brethren sojourned in the Court of Macedon Recinde desirous to win honour by succouring the distressed and hoping he might find the Knight he sought for at Macedon answered her in this manner If it be damosel as you say that the Knight in such trayterous sort slew your brethren I promise you by the faith I bear to Chivalry that to my power I will revenge your wrong because all Gentlemen receiving this Order are bound by duty to assist Damosels injuriously wronged by disloyal varlets The crafty deceiver fell at the Princes feet affirming what she had said with many oaths Go then with me quoth Recinde to shew me the Knight and either I will lose my life or make him confess his villany The effronted palliard mounted on her palfray and such speed they made in travel as at length they arrived at Macedon when entring the great Hall they found there the King Belcar and divers noble Barons whereupon the Damosel thus spake to Recinde Sée here my Lord the Knight that slew my brethren I beseech you make him know before the King the treason he committed against harmless men for his Majesty not knowing the enormity of the case reputeth this offender to be one of the most courteous Knights in his Court as my self perceived at my last being here Recinde having with humble reverence saluted the King Florendos turned to Belcar with these spéeches Sir Knight this Damosel hath sworn to me that you have trayterously slain two of her brethren after you had béen friendly entertained at her fathers house if you did so surely it was an act far unbeséeming you and by force of arms I shall make you so to confess it if you have the hardiness to enter the field with me Belcar greatly offended to hear himself so charged and evermore by one that sought to bring his life in danger in anger thus replied In sooth Knight I cannot but think thy discretion very simple in saying if I have the hardiness to enter the field with thée and thy presumption is as insolent as this Damosel is trothless and disloyal in accusing me without any cause notwithstanding I hope to recompence you for light belief and that false woman likewise the instrument of thy folly After these speeches he went and armed himself for the combat which the King many ways laboured to hinder but Recinde continued so resolutely against Belcar that the King could not disswade the matter wherfore he thus spake to Recinde Séeing you will not at my intreaty give over this rashness let me understand the name of him that will not grant so small a matter especially to one that is able to yéeld thanks therefore I am quoth Recinde a Knight of a strange Country who came to the Emperors Court at Constantinople mean while the Nuptials of the Hungarian Prince were solemnized whither likewise came a Knight unknown bearing a silver flower in his shield he having won the honour of the Tourney departed secretly from the assembly which made me follow in search of him and in respect I am but a poor Knight errant I desire no wrong may be offered me in the battel Be thereof assured said the King that none shall meddle with you but your adversary onely And trust me it grieveth me to the very heart that comming from the Court of the Emperour Palmerin my son you should here enter the field against Belcar who is one of his Majesties chiefest favourites When Recinde heard Belcar named on the one side it displeased him that he was to deal with a Knight so famous and renowned on the other side it grieved him as much when he considered the near alliance betwéen him and Melicia whom he loved as his very soul so that willingly he would have forborn the combat but that he could not with honour gainsay it Now the King desires the Duke of Pontus and another of his chiefest Barons to judge the fight according to conscience and without any exception oi person Soon after the champions enter the Lists where breaking their Lances bravely in the carréer they were both dismounted notwithstanding they quickly recovered themselvs and drawing their swords fell to the combat Long while they continued a most furious fight sharp and cruel wounds being delivered on either side that judgment could not be given who was in greatest danger but his Majesty séeing Belcar wax féeble and that it was like this fight would end both their lives as one loth to sée the death of either he threw his staff of peace betwéen