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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27117	The wall-flower as it grew out of the stone-chamber belonging to the metropolitan prison of London called Newgate : being a history which is partly true, partly romantick, morally divine : whereby a marriage between reality and fancy is solemnized by divinity / written by Thomas Bayly ... whilst he was prisoner there.	Bayly, Thomas, d. 1657?	1679 (1679)	Wing B1516; ESTC R33152	133,853	138

The pittifull Lamentations that Amynda her Genius made to the Prince The Invasion of the Moores The hard shift that Periissa made to enjoy the desired company of Bertaldo THe married couple had no sooner falne into those sweet slumbers in one anothers armes in the Cradle wherein Hymeneus uses to rock his paires but a Heart-penetrating voice gives musick to their eares whose stops were sobs and aire was sighes unbound their senses which were fastned in a True-loves knot and disturb'd them in that soft repose they both listned to the Lamentation and at the first they both concluded that Amarissa had come back againe and privily conveyed her selfe into the roome purposely to cast so sowre a sauce into their dish At last they asked Who it was and bade her speake saying that they thought she had gone away fully satisfied I replyed the Voice am the sad genius of now poore and miserable Amynda whose soule hovers in the aire betweene Damascus and Jerusalem and has no rest by reason I was accessarie to an act of high injustice I was sometime a servant to the High-borne Princesse Cosbia who was delivered of two sonnes one of them being a faire and goodly Child the other seem'd to be not so well favour'd with naturall endowments The best favoured was the youngest the lesse the elder whom she caused to be accounted as her youngest sonne and us to keep her counsell which we did accordingly so that Berontus the right heire was all along esteemed to be the younger brother who as if his divining soule could not be contented with a lesser degree of Fortune then that which the God of Nature had already given him seekes better in the worlds widenesse while he was yet a Stripling and Jacomius the younger was bred up to all the good qualities that education could afford him and is unjustly likely to inherit that vast Estate which his Father left him beside the Dukedome that was to descend unto him after the death of his Great Uncle if your mercie towards my distressed condition and love to Justice doe not help to set things right acquainting him with the names and places of the women and their habitations that were at the Labour of this great Lady she implores his assistance for pitty sake promising him faithfully that if he would doe this good worke for her he should never want her assistance to give him the best intelligence for his good or the avoidance of any evill that should befall him As much as Wonder and Amazement would give him leave he promised faithfully to effect what she desir'd the voice was heard no more after these her last words What you have promised look you doe performe Which words were no sooner out of his mouth but they could heare a melodious Harmony as the Musick of the Sphaeres in comparison therewith would seeme but jarring and so as if it went farther and farther off till it went so far as past their hearing they were permitted to their former sweetnesse of repose When as the Prince perceiving how Sleep that dull thiefe began to steale upon him fearing that he might obliterate those penall notions out of his Memorandum starts upright in his bed Honoria clasping him by the middle and asking him What would my Love He answers her Sweee heart the Blood the Thunder and the Lightning that the Priests Booke the Eares and Eyes of all that were observers of those Prodigies bid me be circumspect and omit no opportunities that may make Fate her selfe runne back with all her Monsters in her armes Whereupon he stept out of his bed and onely cloathing himselfe with his Night-gowne he opened his doore where the Guard which watcht in the Gallery were so amaz'd that it was a long time before his commands could be obey'd At the last they lighted his Candle at the Lamp Which done he retires into his Chamber and commits all the particulars to writing that had been told him by his late informer Which having done he betakes himselfe to his former place of rest but found little there For scarce had Whyes and Whither 's and What aylst thou's with stroakings and expostulations brought him into the same predicament he was in before but the Alarum bell rung as if the wooden wheele had sounded mettle The Guard without cryes Arme Arme Arme Cosdruball bounces at the doore and cryes Sir pray open your doore I must speake with you The Prince starts up the Princess puls him down again crying aloud Ah! This was Amarissas doings gaule was under her lips whiles she spake so fair and aspes hid themselves under the leaves of her pretences and now sting us ere we be aware The Prince forcing his own liberty leaps out of his bed takes his Javelin in his hand and in his shirt opens the doore and questions the disturbance Cosdruball with submisse behaviour acquaints him that intelligence was brought to the Court that the Moores had swarm'd on his Dominion and that the Vultrians had revolted to them and let them in The Prince asked him if the Moores were at the gates His Lieutenant Cosdruball answered No. But they were within 60. miles That 's six dayes march said the Prince I hope I may have one nights rest and to morrow I am a servant to my Country-men Cosdruball here 's my Seal issue forth what Warrants you shall think most sit to set the Country in a posture of defence and to morrow I will be in the head of the most resolute party He had no sooner said these words but in comes Amarissa with one Petition in her hand and another in her mouth The first was that Bertaldo might have a competent Command in this Designe The second that he might not The first she said she was bound to performe in point of Honour and Engagement The second she humbly begg'd as a fond lover and preservatrix of so great a Worthy Then said the Princesse Let me be in a capacity of being a Petitioner too and beg the favour in his behalfe that it may be thus That if my Lord goes he may goe and if he stayes behind that he may doe so too For neither can there be better use made of his worth then by preserving you nor Amarissa better merited then by such a preservation Bertaldo entring the Chamber cryes out Excellently well said my dearest Sister thy motion is honourable and thy words are reason Then said the Prince Bertaldo he shall goe and so will I Cosdruball you shall be our Lieutenant Hanno our Major and you Bertaldo in this Expedition shall act my Part and I Bertaldo's I have two suites of Armour that are both the same and shall make us both one one apparance shall cast the same colour over both our Horses our Commands shall strike Unisons in the Souldiers eares and our Cognizance shall be alike lest one soule be not sufficient to enliven so great a body With these directions I dismisse you for the present till the

she had in hand All things thus in a readinesse and his body sufficiently prepar'd for the operation of such Physick she thus begins to act her part My Lord You know who I am neither am I ignorant of the uttermost of your Worth and Merit you know upon what termes you took me and what you promis'd and how you have abus'd me contrary to all Faith and Honesty contrary to all Civility and Man-hood think you that my Fathers Daughter can put up such injuries as these at Thorons hands No Sir you shall now know that you are in my power and find that I can use you according to your demerits Draw said Armena forthwith the Musick struck up immediately whereupon there was heard such a noise of clattering of Armour together clashing of Swords one against another such duplications and re-duplications of Blowes And to compleat all Terrour a most fearfull noise of many verberations and re-verberations of so many stripes as it were of Cudgels over the shoulders of unarmed Men. Armena in the next roome having placed ten lusty Fellowes at the same time to be there beating the dust out of a piece of Hangings And to make the Fury the more formidable she had ordained certaine men to dash huge and mighty Earthen Pitchers against the wall as if mens Braines were beating out and the pieces of their Sculs flying about the roome In which interim in severall places high words were at Variance Vehement language in hot Skirmish Down with him sayes one Enter enter saith another Hold hold saith a third We will have him saith a fourth All this while Thoron stood in a maze Armena with her Armes a kimbo laughing in his face all the while but at last when the Terrour had made its approach up to the very Doore and they all cryed Fall on fall on fall on as if the Assasinats had got the victory away runs Thoron down the staires the only way from whence appear'd as yet no horrour Armena after him when behold he was not half way down the staires but he beheld men all in Armour with ported Halberts at his breast Thoron makes a stand and by this time the Furious Bustle was got into the Dining Roome as if it threatned an execution into attomes Armena finding her Husband by this time in a sufficient extasie cryed to him My Lord my Lord you have no way in the world to save your Life but to throw your selfe upon my mercy and aske me forgivenesse That joyfull word and comfortable saying open'd his Mouth who upon his knees cryes unto her with elevated and wrung hands together Dearest Love good Wife sweet Armena spare my life but this time and I will never offend thee more O speak to them Armena speak to them good Armena Lot them not come up keep them from comming downe I will deserve your mercy and you shall have your will for evermore Armena having brought her Designe to full perfection call'd him to her saying Come hither come hither my Lord quickly quickly quickly Thoron rises up and askes her where Where for the love of God Here said Armena Lie downe here placing him in a corner of the Staires close behind her whilst she beckons with her Hand which was the Signe that they should be gone who being vanished by degrees she bids him get up and follow her and fear nothing being very desirous to make as short work with him as she could he smelt so strongly of the running disease he followes her with his Eyes wandring about lest any part of the Enemy should lie in Ambush and surprize him before he could call for succour to Armena and never thought himself safe untill she had brought him under Lock and Key where she read him this Lecture My Lord You see how that you are more afraid then hurt and that there was more Sport then Harme in my Revenge You see I can play with you and yet not hurt you and if it be not your own fault you shall find that I can Jest with you and Shame you not For I protest unto you there is none of all those Swash-bucklers or Halbertiers that knew the least particular of my intention neither have any taken notice of your fear nor is it possible they should know that it was any trick of mine neither was there any intention to doe you the least hurt And upon my Honour Fanor himselfe was no more privy to this plot then the Sucking Child For it was I that had a mind to be friends with you who caused him to invite us both unto a Supper I am at the Charges of the Feast I ordered the businesse this was to be but the beginning of a Masque whereby as it were the scene of blustring Mars was open'd next whereunto Peace is to appear with all her plenty in her Armes placing her severall Dishes upon the Table Fanor I sent away on purpose upon an Errant that he should not take notice of my designe now if you can keep your own councell and use me well that is to say let me have my will for I will have it you shall never be disgrac'd for all this otherwise I will shew you twenty such tricks as these Thoron about to commend her wisdome assure her of performance of her desires and to Embrace her in his Armes brought such a scent along with him that she could not but take notice of it and offer him her assistance as farre as it was fitting wherefore she told him merrily and smiling upon him My Lord I know you have bewray'd your self most abominably and there is a necessity in it that I must stand your friend or else all the wit in both our pericraniums will not be able to keep this a secret Therefore I will tell Fanor that you and I intend to lie in his House all night and I 'le send home my Woman for clean Linnen and so you may shift your selfe and if you can make your self clean I can keep your councell Thoron confess'd all and pray'd her to be as good as her word but especially in keeping his Councell in every particular assuring Armena that she should finde him a very good Husband from that time forward things being performed on her part she ordering the businesse as she promis'd brought him though somewhat late sweet and clean hand in hand lovingly together into the Dining Roome amongst all the Company whose no notice taking of any such matter nor laughing or jeering at any such thing as indeed they had no cause such was their ignorance very much confirm'd and consolated the poor man who was fully satisfied with this belief that all had been true that had been assur'd unto him by his Wife But Armena upon this hold Raigned as Lady Governesse ever after CHAP. XI A discourse between Fanor and Armena concerning Man and Wife how either may obtaine the soveraignty of each other FAnor perceiving the suddaine alteration and submisse behaviour of Thoron towards