Christian and how and in what manner shee came into his hand The Iew made him answer that hee lighted on her in the Island of Pantanalea and that he bought her of certaine Turkes whose Galky had suffered wrack being split there against the Rocks And being willing to have gone on in the prosecution of what hee had begun it received interruption and was wholy broken off by one that came from the Bashaw's telling the Iew that he must come away presently unto them who had purposely sent for him that they might demand that of him which Ricardo was so desirous to know and thereupon he abruptly tooke his leave In the way which was betweene the Tents and the Towne Mahamut tooke occasion to aske Leonisa speaking unto her in Italian whence shee was and of what place Who made him answer that shee was of the Citie of Trapana Then Mahamut demanded againe of her whether she did know in that Citie a rich and noble Gentleman called Ricardo As her hearing him named Leonisa fetcht a deepe sighe saying Too too well to my hurt How to your hurt replied Mahamut Because hee knew me sayd Leonisa to his owne and my unhappinesse But I pray tell mee quoth Mahamut Did you know likewise in the fayd Citie another Gentleman of a gentile disposition the Sonne of very rich Parents and himselfe in his owne person very valiant very liberall and very discreet called Cornelio I likewise know him sayd Leonisa and I may say much more to my hurt than Ricardo But I pray Sir who are you who know these two and aske mee of them I am sayd Mahamut of Palermo and by various accidents in this disguise and different habite from that which I was wont to weare I know them passing well for it is not many dayes since that they were both in my power For certaine Moores of Tripoli in Barbarie had taken Cornelio Captive and sold him to a Turke who brought him to this Island whether he came with Merchandize for hee is a Merchant of Rhodes who had trusted Cornelio with all his goods And hee will keepe them well sayd Leonisa because he knows so well to keepe his own But tell mee Sir how or with whom Ricardo came to this Island Marry hee came answered Mahamus with a Pyrate who tooke him prisoner in a Garden neare the sea-shoare of Trapana and that together with him hee had Captivated a Damosell but I could never get him to tell me her name He abode here some few daies with his Master who was to goe to visit Mahomets Sepulchre which is in the Citie of Almedina But just at the time of his departure Ricardo fell so extreame sicke that his Master left him with me for that I was his Countrey-man to the end that I might use all the best meanes for his recoverie and take care and charge of him till his returne and in case that hee did not returne hither that I should send him unto him to Constantinople whereof he would advertise me when he came thither But Heaven had otherwise ordered it since that unfortunate Ricardo without having any accident or simptome of a dangerous sicknesse within a few dayes ended those of his life making often mention of one Leonisa whom as himselfe told me hee loved more then his owne life and was as deare unto him if not dearer then his owne soule Which Leonisa as he at large related unto mee suffered shipwrack at the Island of Pantanlea the Galley wherein shee was being split upon the Rockes and her selfe drowned Whose death â—ee continually lamented and with much weeping bewayled till that his mourning had brought him to breath his last for I perceived no sicknesse at all in him in his bodie but great shewes of griefe and sorrow in his soule Tell mee Sir replie Leonisa this other young man whom you speake off in those his discourses which hee had with you which for that you were of his owne Countrey could not but be very many did he not at any time speake of Leonisa And did he tell you how shee and Ricardo were made Captives and the whole manner of it Speake of her sayd Mahamut yes a thousand and a thousand times and asked mee many a time and oft whether any Christian of this name had of late beene brought to this Island and with such and such markes and tokens and how glad hee would bee to heare any tydings of her that he might ransome her And withall I must tell you that hee had told his Master and in telling made him beleeve that shee was not so rich as he tooke her to bee and for that he had enjoyed her he might now make the lesse reckoning of her and that if three or foure hundred Crowns would purchase her freedome he would willingly give so much for her because heretofore he had borne some good will and affection towards her Very little sayd Leonisa must that his affection be which would not goe beyond foure hundred Crownes But Ricardo is more liberall more valiant more generous and ingenious then to make so poore an offer for that which hee prized at so high a valew God pardon the party that was the cause of his death for it was I that am that unhappy woman whom hee bewayled for dead and God knowes if I should not bee glad with all my heart that hee were alive that I might requite his kindnesse and that hee might see how sensible I should be of his misfortune who hath sorrowed so much for mine I Sir as I have already told you am shee who is as little beloved of Cornelio as I was greatly bewayled of Ricardo She who by very many and various chances am come to this miserable estate wherin I now find my self and though it bee so dangerous as you see yet have I alwaies by Heavens gracious assistance kept mine honour entire and untoucht wherewith in this my misery I live contented But now woe is mee neither doe I know where I am nor who is my Master nor whether my contrarious fates will hurrie mee Wherefore I beseech you Sir by that bloud which you have in you of a Christian that you will give mee your best counsaile and advise in these my troubles which for that they have beene many though they have made mee looke about and bee somewhat the more warie and circumspect yet notwithstanding such and so many every moment came upon mee that I knew not well how to prevent and withstand them Whereunto Mahamut answered that he would doe all whatsoever he was able to doe in serving advising and assisting her with his best wit and strength And then did hee advertise her of the difference betweene the two Bashaw's for her sake and how that she now remained in the power of the Cadi his Master for the conveying and presenting her to the great Turke Selim at Constantinople But rather then this should take effect he hoped in the true God in whom hee beleeved
good Turke Besides the longest time that I meane to spend with them in their house shall be at the farthest but foure or five dayes for the great love which I beare unto you will not give me leave to be any longer absent and not see you The Cali made no reply that hee might not give her occasion to breed some suspition or other in her of his intention Whilest this biâ—sinesse was a brewing Friday came and helwent to the Mezquita from whence he could not come forth in almost foure houres and Halima had scarce seene him put his foot over the threshold of his house but shee commandeil Mario to be call'd for to come unto her but a Christian of Corsica would not suffer him to enter who was then Porter and wayted at the gate of the outward Court if Halima her selfe had not called out aloud unto him that hee should let him come in And so hee entred but much troubled and trembling as if hee had beene to fight with a whole armie of enemies Leonisa was in the same dresse and attyre as when shee entred the Bashaw's Tent sitting at the foot of a curious stayr-case of polished Marble which led the way up to a large and spacious gallerie rounding the whole house her head hung downeward towards her bosome resting it selfe on the palme of her right hand and leaning her elbow on her knee her eyes were turned another way quite contrarie to the doore by which Mario entred so that though hee went towards the place where shee sate yet did she not see him No sooner was Ricardo let in but hee walked through the whole house with his eyes yet could he not perceive any thing save a dumbe and still filence till that hee cast his eye aside where Leonisa fate Instantly whereupon so many thoughts tooke hold on enamoured Ricardo as did worke in him both amazement and gladnesse conceiting himselfe to bee a thousand paces and more distanced from his happinesse and contentment Hee considered likewise with himselfe that hee was a Captive and his glorie in anothers power revolving these things with himselfe he made towards her by a little and a little and with a fearefull love a joyfull sadnesse and timerous courage for such passions accompanie true lovers hee came by degrees to the Center where his hearts joy was when by chance Leonisa turned her head aside and fixed her eyes on those of Mario who looked very stedfastly on her But when both their lookes had thus encountred each other by different effects gave evident signes of that which their severall soules felt within Ricardo stood stock still and could not stirre one foot further and Leonisa who upon Mahamuts relation gave Ricardo for dead and to see him now and that so unexpectedly alive full of feare and amazement without unfixing her eyes or turning her backe shee stept up backeward foure or five stayres she blest her selfe as if shee had seene some phantasma or a thing of another World Ricardo returned from out his astonishment and knew by that which Leonisa did the ture cause of her feare and therefore sayd unto her it grieves mee to the very soule oh of all fayre the fayrest Leonisa that the newes did not fall out true which Mahamut gave thee of my death for by it I might have excused those feares which now I have in thinking with my selfe whether that rigour which heretofore thou hast used towards me continue still in the same force and being Quiet your selfe dearest in my love and come downe againe and if you dare do that which hitherto you never did which is to draw neare unto me come and touch me and thou shalt see that I am no phantasticall bodie no wandring ghost I am Ricardo Leonisa that unfortunate Ricardo whom thou hast made so Whilest he was speaking this Leonisa puts her finger upon her mouth whereby Ricardo understood that it was a signe that hee should be silent or speake more softly and taking a little better heart unto him he drew a little nearer unto her in such a distance that he might heare these words come from her Speake lower Mario for so me thinketh thou now callest thy selfe and treate not of any other thing now save what I shall treate with thee and consider withall that it may so happen that if we be over heard we shall never see one another any more I verily beleeve that Halima our Mistresse listeneth to heare if not heareth us who to deale plainely and briefly with thee hath told me that she adores thee and hath entreated me to be the intercessoresse of this her desire if thou wilt answer her wishes it will bee better for thy bodie then thy soule But if thou wilt not yet must thou feigne that thou dost embrace her love as well because entâ—eate thee so to do as also for that the declared desires of a Woman ought not uncivily to be despised and utterly rejected Hereunto Ricardo answered I did never thinke nor ever could imagine fayrest Leonisa that there was that thing whatsoever which you should entreate me to doe that should bring with it an impossibilitie of cumplying therewith but that which you now require of mee hath dis-deceived me Is peradventure mans will so light that it may be moved too and fro and carried hither and thither whether the pleasure of others shall guide and direct it or doth it stand with the honour and faith of a Gentleman or with the repute of an honest man to feigne and dissemble in things of such weight and high a nature as this is If it seeme good unto you that any of these things in this kinde ought to bee or may be done doe that which shall be most pleasing in your owne eyes because you are the sole Mistresse of my will But I now know that you likewise deceive me in this since that you never rightly knew my will and therefore know not how to dispose thereof but because you may not say that in the first thing you commanded me you should not bee obeyed I will lose somewhat of my selfe and of being what I ought to be I will satisfie your desire and that of Halima as you say feignedly so that I may thereby gaine the happines to see you And therefore doe you feigne my answers to your owne good liking for from hence forth my feigned will doth firme and confirme them Now in requitall of this office which I do for you which is in my opinion the greatest that ever I can or shall be able to doe though I should give my soule anew unto you which I have so often given you I beseech you that you will briefly tell me how you escaped from the hands of the Pirats and how you came to those of the 〈◊〉 who so lately sold you The storie of my misfortunes answered Leonisa require more leisure then time will now permit to relate yet notwithstanding I will not leave you wholy unsatisfied Know then
to hasten to the helping and relieving of his sister and brother in Law this Catalunian Knight puts himselfe before him and sayd unto him Sir I command you to bee quiet by that duty which you owe to the profession of a good souldier and doe me the favour to goe along with me by my side and I will free you from the insolencie and excesse of this unruly route Good Sir answered Don Rafael I beseech you suffer mee to passe on for I see those things in great danger which in this life I love most The Knight permitted him to passe but he came somewhat to late for the boate belonging to the Captaine Gally had before hee came taken in Marco Antonio and Leocadia who would never let him goe out of her armes And Theodosia desiring to imbarke her selfe with them whether it were that shee were weary or whether shee were overcome with griefe to see Marco Antonio wounded or whether inraged with jealousie to see her great enemy to goe along with him shee had neither power nor strength for to get into the boate and doubtlesse had fallen downe in a swoune into the water if her brother had not come in time to succour her who felt no lesse paine and torment then his sister had felt in seeing that Leocadia went away with Marco Antonio for he likewise had taken notice of him and knew him to be Marco Antonio The Catalunian Knight being much affected and taken with the gentle presence of Don Rafael and his brother whom he tooke to be a man called unto them from the Sea shore intreating them that they would goe along with him and they being inforced by necessitie and being afrayd least the people which were not pacified might doe them some wrong they were willing to accept of the friendly offer he had made them The Knight lighted off from his horse and taking them by his side he passed with his naked sword through the midst of that tumultuous route intreating them to retyre and so they did Don Rafael looked round about on every side to see whether hee could espy Calvete with their Mules but could not for as soone as they had alighted hee tooke hold on the Mules and driving them before him went unto an Inne where he had often heretofore lodged The Knight came home to his owne house which was one of the chiefest in all the Citie and demanding of Don Rafael in which of the Gallies he came made answer in none of them But that he was newly come into the Citie in that very instant that this difference began and for that he knew in that conflict the Gentleman whom they caried away hurt with a stone into the boate hee had put himselfe into that perill and did therefore earnestly intreate him that he would be pleased to give order for the bringing of him on shoare that was wounded for thereon depended both his contentment and life This shall I doe with a very good will replyed the Knight and I know the that Generall will not deny me this courtesie but securely trust mee with him for he is a Gentleman of good ranke and qualitie and my neare kinsman And without further delaying the businesse he returned back to the Gally where he found them very busie in curing Marco Antonio and the wound hee had received was very dangerous because it was on the left side neare the heart and for that the Chirurgion sayd it was dangerous he prevayled so farre forth with the Generall that he gave him leave to take him along with him to cure him on land and so putting him with great eare and tendernesse into the boate they brought him thence Leocadia as one that was loath to leave him imbarking herselfe with him and following him as the North-starre of her hope Being now landed on the shoare the Knight caused a hand-chaire to be brought from his house wherein to carry him with the more ease In the interim whilst this was in doing Don Rafael had sent to seeke out Calvete who was safe in his Inne though very sad and with a great deale of eare to know what was become of his Masters and when he knew that they were well he was exceeding glad and came thither where Don Rafael was Anon after came the Master of the house Marco Antonio and Leocadia who all lodged therein and were entertayned with much love and magnificence And there was present order taken that a very famous Chirurgion of that Citie should bee sent for to take anew upon him the curing of Marco Antonio He came but would not meddle with him till the day following saying That the Chirurgions belonging to Armies and Fleets were evermore well experienced men by reason of the many hurt and wounded persons which every foot they had under their hands and therefore held it not convenient to enter upon the cure till the next day That which hee gave present order for was that they should place him in a very warme lodging where they should let him take his rest At that very instant came thither the Chirurgion of the gally and gave an account to that other of the Citie of the nature and quality of the hurt and what he applyed for the curing of it and in what danger to his seeming his life was in with which information he rested fully satisfied of that which hee desired to know And he himselfe according to that relation which hee had received did exaggerate the danger wherein Marco Antonio was Leocadia and Theodosia heard this with that griefe and sorrow of heart as if they had heard the sentence of their owne deaths but that they might not make show thereof they did represse and silence it all they could for that time yet had Leocadia resolved with her selfe to doe that which shee thought fitting for the satisfaction of her honour And this it was as scone as ever the Chirurgions were gone shee comes me into Marco Antonio's lodging and before the Master of the house Dond Rafael Theodosia and divers other persons shee made up to the beds head of this wounded gentleman and taking him fast by the hand shee spake thus unto him It is now no fit time Senior Marco Antonio Adorno being in that state wherein you now are to spend many words with you and therefore I shall onely intreate you that you will lend your eare to those few which convene if not to the health of your bodie yet to that of your soule And that I may speake them the more freely it is needefull that you give me your good leave and licence and that you will observe what I shall say unto you if you have a minde to heare mee For it should bee contrary to all reason that I having indeavoured from the very instant that I knew you not to give you any distaste but did all to your content and liking that now at this present for my last farewell I should bee the cause of giving
because my Steward had not so much money in cash hee entreated onely three daies time to make up the full summe with intention to sell my goods under hand and at a cheape rate till he had got so much together as would pay the ransome Ysuph was glad of this thinking with himselfe in the mean while to finde some occasion that the bargaine might not goe forward and so returning backe againe to the Island of Fabiana he sayd that by that time the three dayes were expired he would not faile to be there with them to receive the money according to the agreement But spitefull and ungratefull Fortime not yet wearied out with ill entreating mee had so ordained it that a Gallies boy who sate on the top of the mast as the Turkes Centinell discovered afarre off at Sea sixe Italian Gallies and did guesse which was true that they were either of Malta or Sicily Hee came running downe with all the haste hee could to give them newes thereof and in a trice the Turkes embarked themselves who were a shoare some dressing their dinner some washing their linnen and weighing anchor in an instant hoysing saile and working hard with their Oares turning their Prows towards Barbary in lesse then two houres they lost the sight of those Gallies and so being shadowed with the Island and covered from kenne by the approaching night they were secured from that feare which afrighted them Now I leave it to thy good consideration my friend Mahamut how much my minde was troubled in this voyage finding it to fall out so crosse and contrary to that which I expected and much more when the next day the two Gallies reaching the Island of Pantanalea on the South part the Turks went a shoare to get them wood and fresh victuals but most of all when I saw both the Captaines land and fell to sharing between them in equall proportion all those prizes they had taken each action of these was to mee a delayed death Comming then at last to the dividing of my selfe and Leonisa Ysupb gave to Fetala for so was that Captaine of the other Galley called sixe Christians foure for the Oare and two very beautifull boyes both naturalls of Corso and my selfe likewise with them that hee might have Leonisa for himselfe Wherewith Fetala rested very well contented And albeit I were present at all this I could not understand what they sayd though I knew what they did neither had I known then the manner of their sharings if Fetala had not come unto mee and told mee in Italian Christian thou art now mine and put into my hands as my Captive thou being rated at two thousand Crownes if thou wilt have thy libertie thou must give mee 4000 or resolve here to end thy daies I then demanded of him whether the Christian Damosell were his too he told mee no but that Ysuph kept her for himselfe with intention to make her turne Moore and then marrie her And therein he sayd true for one of the Galley-slaves told mee that sate chained on his bancke at his Oare and understood very well the Turkish language that hee over-heard Ysuph and Fetala treating therof Whereupon I came to my master and told him Sir if you will bring the businesse so about that the Christian Damosell may become your Captive I will give you tenth ousand Crownes in good gold for her ransome He replied it was not possible but I will acquaint Ysuph with this great summe which thou offerest for her freedome and perhaps weighing the profit he shall reape thereby hee will alter his purpose and accept of the ransome Hee did so and then presently commanded all those of his own Galley to embarke themselves as soone as possibly they could because he would goe for Tripoli in Barbarie whence he was And Ysuph likewise determined to goe for Viserta and so embarked with the selfe same haste as they use to doe when they kenne either Galleys which they feare or Vessells which they minde to robbe And that which moved them to make the more haste was that they saw the weather began to change with manifest signes of a storme Leonisa was on land but not there where I might see her save onely at the time of her embarking where wee both met at the sea-side This her new lover led her by the hand and setting her foot upon the planke which reached from the land to the Galley she turned backe her eyes to looke upon mee and mine which never were off from her sooked wishly on her but with such tendernesse that without knowing how such a cloud was cast before them that it took away my eye-sight and being robb'd of it and of my senses I fell in a swound to the ground The like they afterwards told mee befell Leonisa for they saw her fall from the planke into the Sea and that Ysuph seapt in after her and brought her out thence in his armes This was told mee by those of my masters Galley whereinto they had put me I not knowing how I came there But when I came againe to my selfe and saw my selfe alone in that Galley and the other steering a contrary course and gone cleane out of sight from us carrying away with them the one halfe of my soule or to say better all of it my heart was clouded anew and I began anew to ourse my misfortune and called out aloud for death And such and so great was the moane and lamentation I made that my masters eares being offended therewith threatned with a great cudgell that if I did not hold my peace he would severely punish me Whereupon I repressed my teares and smothered my fighes thinking that the violent restraining of them would breake out the more forceably in some one part or other and open a doore to let my soule out which I so earnestly desired might relinquish this my miserable body But froward Fortune not contenting her selfe to have put mee into this so narrow a streight tooke a course to overthrow all by taking from me all hope of remedie for in an instant the storme wee so much feared overtooke us and the Wind which blew strongly from the South blew full in the teeth of us and began with such furie to re-inforce it selfe that wee were forced to tacke about putting the Prow in the Poopes place suffering our Galley to goe which way the winde would carry her Our Captaines designe was by fetching of boords to have put into some part of the Island for shelter and more particularly on the North part thereof but it fell not out answerably to his expectation but rather quite contrary to what hee had designed for the winde charged us with such impetuousnesse that all that which we had sayled in two dayes within little more then foureteene houres we saw our selves within two Leagues or thereabout of the same Island from whence hee had put forth And now there was no remedy for hindring our being driven upon it and
into Spaine she should treate no more on that point because her faire presence and her many graces and vertues gave her great content and that doubtlesse if not that very day the next following without all faile shee would marry her to Ricaredo according to the promise she had made him With this resolution of the Queenes Arnesto's Mother was so dis heartened and discomforted that shee replied not so much as one word And approving that for good which she had alreadie forecasted in her minde that there was no other way no other meanes in the world for the mollifying of that rigorous condition of her Sonne nor for the reducing of Ricaredo to tearmes of peace save by taking away of Isabella She determined to put in practise one of the greatest cruelties that could ever enter into the thought of any noble woman and especially so principall a one as she was And this her determination was to make away Isabella by poyson And because it is commonly the condition of women to be speedy and resolute in what they goe about that very evening she gave Isabella poyson in a certaine Conserve forcing her in a manner to take it telling her that it was excellent good against those passions of the heart wherewith shee seemed to bee troubled Having satisfied her importunitie within a little while after that Isabella had taken it her tongue and her throate began to swell and her lippes to grow blacke her voyce hoarse her cies troubled and her stomacke and bowells tormented with gripings all manifest signes and tokens that she was poysoned The Ladies came to the Queene acquainting her Majestie how it was with her and certifying her how that the Ladie of her Bed-chamber who had the charge of Isabella had done her this ill office There needed not much pressing to induce the Queene to beleeve that it was true and therefore went presently to see Isabella who was almost breathing her last The Queene commanded her Phisitians should be sent for in all haste and in the meane while before they came she caused a quantitie of the powder of Vnicornes-horne to be given her and some other preservatives against poyson which great Princes use alwaies to have readie at hand upon the like cases of necessitie The Phisitians came and applied their best remedies and besought the Queene that shee would bee pleased to cause that Ladie of her Bed-chamber to make know he unto them what kinde of poyson that was which she had given her for it was not to be doubted that any other person but her selfe had poysoned her She did discover what shee had given her and having notice of it the Phisitians applied so many and such effectuall remedies that by them and Gods helping hand Isabella remained with life or at least in good hope of having it The Queene commanded her Bed-chamber woman to be apprehended and to be lockt up in a streight and harrow lodging in her Court with intention to punish her according to the nature and qualitie of this her foule offence Although that she sought to excuse her selfe by saying that in killing Isabella she did sacrifice to the gods by ridding the earth of a Christian and together with her removing the occasion of her Sonnes further quarrells This sad newes being brought to Ricaredo made him almost out of his wits such were the things he did and such were the complaints he made In conclusion Isabella did not lose her life yet the poyson had gotten that power over her that she lost the hayre of her head and of her eye-browes her face was strangely pufft up the graine of her skinne spoyled her complexion marred her whole body mightily swolne and her eyes distilling watry humours In a word she was growne so foule and ill favoured that she who till then seemed to be a miracle of beautie did now seeme to be a monster of uglinesse And they who knew her before held it the greater misfortune of the two that she remained in this evill plight then if she had dyed of the poyson Notwithstanding all this Ricaredo sued a new unto the Queene for her and besought her Majestie that she would give him leave to carry her home to his house because the love which he bare her passed from his bodie to his soule yet comforted himselfe with this that though Isabella had lost her beauty yet could she not lose her infinite vertues Thou sayest true replyed the Queene goe take her home with thee Ricaredo and make account that thou carryest with thee a most rich jewell in a course case I would have given her as fayre to thee as thou deliveredst her unto me But since this is not possible forgive 〈◊〉 that fault happily the chastisement which I shall give to the committers of this foule offence shall in part satisfie thy desire of revenge Many things did Ricaredo say unto the Queen seeking to 〈◊〉 the Ladie of her Bed chamber beseeching her Majestie to pardon her since that the reasons she alleadged in her excuse were sufficient for to move her to forgive her greater excesses then these In conclusion Isabella and her Parents were delivered unto him and Ricaredo carried them home I meane to his Fathers house To those rich Pearles and that Diamond the Queene added other jewells and other changes of rayment which were such and so costly that they discovered the great love which she bare to Isabella who remained for the space of two moneths without being able to be reduced to her former beautie But the time being past her skinne beganne to peele and fall away and a fayre and smoothe graine of skinne to disclose it selfe In this interim Ricaredo's Parents presuming that it was not possible that Isabella should become the same woman which heretofore she was resolved to send for that Northorn Damosell with whom before that ever they treated with Isabesla Ricaredo by agreement was to marry And all this they did without his knowledge not doubting but that the present be autie of this new bride would blot out of his Sonnes remembrance that of Isabella which was now past whom either they purposed to send into Spaine together with her Father and Mother giving them such store of wealth and riches as should fully recompence their former received losses There passed not above a moneth and a halfe when as without Ricaredo's privitie the new spouse entred within his Fathers doores accompanied like her selfe very well and so fayre and beautifull a creature that next to Isabella when she was in her prime there was not the like unto her in all Miâ—…delin Ricaredo was mightily startled with the sudden and unexpected sight of the Damosell and feared least the 〈◊〉 of he◠〈◊〉 would put Isabella into some passion and make an end of her life And therfore for to remove this feare he went to the beds-side where Isabella lay and finding her onely accompanied with her Father and Mother before them he spake unto her after this manner