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A06166	The famous, true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandy, surnamed for his monstrous birth and behauiour, Robin the Diuell VVherein is contained his dissolute life in his youth, his deuout reconcilement and vertues in his age: interlaced with many straunge and miraculous aduentures. VVherein are both causes of profite, and manie conceits of pleasure. By T.L. G.	Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.	1591 (1591)	STC 16657; ESTC S109566	59,414	92

THE Famous true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandy surnamed for his monstrous birth and behauiour Robin the Diuell VVherein is contained his dissolute life in his youth his deuout reconcilement and vertues in his age Interlaced with many straunge and miraculous aduentures Wherein are both causes of profite and manie conceits of pleasure By T. L. G. Imprinted at London for N. L. and Iohn Bushie and are to be sold at the West dore of Paules 1591. To the worshipfull and true Moecenas of learning M. Thomas Smith T. L. G. wisheth all aboundance of worldly fortunes in this life and the benefites of heauenly felicitie in the life to come SEeing in these our days men rather seeke the increase of transitorie wealth than the knowledge of deuine wisedome preferring stuffed baggs before studious bookes their pounds before precepts loosing the true ritches of the minde to leuell at the transitorie allurements of this world feeding fooles with siggs and philosophers with floutes I haue among the multitudes of these men made choice of your Worship for my Patron and Moecenas who of a farre more happy nature with Theodosius honour Appian and seeing learning almost suppressed with contempt or discountenanced with neglect haue in this famous Citie like a vertuous member of the same begun to exile ignorance to reuiue artes knowing Ladislaus reasons to be of force that Citizens who are vnlettered are lesse than men or rather as Frederick the Emperour was wont to say manlike beastes Which vertuous indeuor of yours worthie both your name and fortune shall in time to come more aduance you than they who tooth and nayle labour to purchase lands which ordinarily perish through their heires lauishnes It is true fame which is gotten by vertue perfect vertue to maintaine learning which is so kinde to those that seeke after it that in all changes of fortune in all miseries of this life and casualties whatsoeuer it prepareth the mind preuenteth mishaps And least I among the poore Tirones of learning who desire the increase therof with the most though deserue therein with the least should seeme to forget this especially and ingrafted vertue so admirably bestowed vpō your worship I haue thought good to present you with a rude and homely written history which if with like regard you shall accept as Alphonsus did the silly Satires of Philelphus I doubt not but in short time to publish that vnder your name which shall not only merit and deserue your acceptance but also mightely profit all such as are studious in all sorts of learning Till when I most humbly commend me desiring your Worship most earnestly to prosecute your vertuous enterprises beseeching God to prosper you in them and all other to the aduancement of Letters From my Chamber 2. Maij. 1591. Your Worships to commaund T. L. G. To the curteous Reader whatsoeuer GEntlemen I haue vppon the earnest request of some my good friends drawne out of the old and ancient antiquaries the true li●e of R●bert second Duke of Normandie surnamed for his youthfull imperfections Robin the Diuell wherein I stand not so much on the termes as the trueth publishing as much as I haue read and not so much as they haue written The Loadstarres that directed me in my course if they haue colours and no counterfeit doo me right to say they set down coulors without counterfeit yet many things haue happened in times past incredible in our age and in our age such things haue falne out as had our fathers knowne they had meruailed It onely behoueth vs to applie all things that tend to good to their end which is vertue and esteeme them to intend all things that are bad to their end which is vice and eschue them So shall we in reading reape that fruit that impossible things shall be referred to God and possible ordered to our amends Farewell T. L. G. The famous true and historicall life of Robert second Duke of Normandie IN the populous and plentifull Dukedome of Normandie in times past called Neustria at such time as Pepin the Father of the great King Charlemaigne gouerned the flourishing Kingdome of Fraunce Aubert the first Duke of that Countrey by some supposed to be Ron of Denmarke began to signorize in the same about the yeare of our Lord 750. a Prince by nature affable in nurture fortunate as glorious for his Conquests as gratious in his curtesies enterprising his attempts with Metellus constancie and finishing the same with Alexanders fortune who being in yeares youthfull in person comlie in discourse pleasant in ritches mightie was sought vnto by diuers Princ●s who intended by inserting him into their linage the better to assure themselues in their liuelyhoodes Among the rest the worthie Duke of Burgundie wrought so earnestly and perswaded so effectually that Aubert at last accepted his faire sister Y●da or Editha for his wife a Princesse in whome nature planted as much excellence as amiablenesse tempering the gifts of fortune and y ● mind with such equabilitie that her goods seemed great in respect of her goodnes and her goodnes more great in that she had goods for as the mightie inundatiōns of Nilus make the riuer more famous so abilitie vnited with bountie and a liberall hand with a mercifull hart do greatly assist in causes of honor These two princely cooples ordained by desteny to high desasters though their affluence of riches promised them felicitie yet the influence of the heauens intimated their aduersitie for hauing great signories to bequeath they had no heires to enioy accompting this for their only crosse that they were without children many were their vowes but to no auayle many their prayers but to little purpose if phisick might haue made fruitfull Editha had been a Mother if great summs could haue purchast yong sonnes Aubert had been a Father Seuen yeares and more liued they in this sort the one carelesse of loues delight the other comfortlesse in that she was barraine till on a prefixed Saterday when Nature had powred all her treasures on the earth Flora powdered all the medowes with flowres when the louesick Zephirus softly breathed and the tender leaues sweetly bowed when the sunne played with the waue the waue dallyed with the sunne both enioying an equal simpathy of solace Duke Aubert who from his youth vpwarde was meruailously delighted in y e chase accompanyed with his faire Duchesse departed out of his Capitall Citie of Roan to take his pastance in the Forrest Editha by deuine ordinance was that day attired as if she intended to wooe Lucina to graunt a Sonne and winne the Norman Duke to get a Sonne Her hayre in stead of gould to grace it was goulden exceeding gould more finer than the thrid wherewith Arachne wrought her loombe more softer than the bed of Roses wherein y e Morning playd with Cephalus bound it was after a carelesse manner as if disdayning that so rare beauties should be imprisoned but pleyted in