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             Triana, or, A threefold romanza of Mariana. Paduana. Sabina
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           TRIANA
           ,
           Or
           a
           Threefold
           ROMANZA
           
             
               Of
               Mariana
               .
            
             
               Of
               Paduana
               .
            
             
               Of
               Sabina
               .
            
          
           
             Omne
             tulit
             Punctum
             qui
             miscuit
             vtile
             dulci
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Stafford
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           House
           ,
           at
           the
           
             George
          
           at
           
             Fleet-bridge
             .
          
           1655.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           whether
           it
           is
           worst
           ,
           to
           be
           Idle
           or
           ill
           imploy'd
           ;
           whilst
           I
           have
           eschewed
           the
           former
           ,
           I
           have
           fallen
           on
           the
           latter
           ;
           and
           shall
           by
           the
           severer
           sort
           be
           censured
           for
           mispending
           my
           time
           .
        
         
           Let
           such
           I
           pray
           heare
           my
           
             Plea
             ,
          
           and
           I
           dare
           make
           my
           accusers
           my
           Judges
           herein
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           lost
           time
           which
           aimes
           at
           a
           good
           end
           ;
           
             Sauce
             is
             as
             lawfull
             as
             meat
             ,
             recreation
             as
             Labour
             ,
          
           it
           hath
           pleased
           me
           in
           composing
           it
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           may
           delight
           others
           in
           perusing
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           present
           not
           a
           Translation
           out
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             ,
          
           or
           from
           the
           
             Italian
             Originall
             ;
          
           this
           is
           the
           common
           
             Pander
          
           to
           mens
           fancy
           ,
           hoping
           to
           vent
           them
           under
           that
           title
           with
           the
           more
           applause
           .
           These
           my
           play-labours
           never
           appeared
           before
           ,
           and
           is
           an
           essay
           of
           
           what
           hereafter
           may
           be
           a
           greater
           volume
           .
        
         
           Things
           herein
           are
           composed
           in
           a
           generall
           proportion
           to
           truth
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           justly
           affirme
           ,
        
         
           
             Vera
             si
             non
             scribimus
             ,
             scribimus
             veri
             similia
             ,
          
           I
           will
           not
           be
           deposed
           for
           the
           exact
           variety
           of
           the
           gravest
           passages
           :
           in
           the
           greatest
           historian
           a
           Liberty
           hath
           ever
           been
           allowed
           to
           fancies
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           alwaies
           provided
           ,
           that
           they
           confine
           themselves
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           probability
           .
        
         
           Thus
           wishing
           every
           faithfull
           Lover
           
             Feliciano's
          
           happinesse
           ,
           every
           good
           wife
           
             Facundo's
          
           Love
           ;
           every
           true
           servant
           ,
           servant
           ,
           
             Gervia's
          
           fortune
           ,
           every
           Maiden-Lady
           ,
           
             Fidelio's
          
           constant
           affection
           ,
           every
           faithfull
           friend
           
             Vejetto's
          
           successe
           ,
           every
           clownish
           foole
           ,
           
             Insuls
          
           his
           mishap
           ,
           and
           every
           cruell
           wanton
           ,
           
             Nicholayo's
          
           deserved
           punishment
           :
           I
           leave
           thee
           to
           the
           perusall
           hereof
           ,
           censure
           not
           so
           rigidly
           ,
           lest
           you
           blast
           a
           budding
           Writer
           in
           the
           blossoming
           of
           his
           endeavours
           .
        
         
           
             TRIANA
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           MARIANA
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           City
           of
           
             Valentia
             ,
             Metropolis
          
           of
           the
           
             Kingdome
          
           so
           named
           ,
           which
           with
           many
           other
           Dominions
           are
           the
           tributary
           ●●ooks
           discharging
           themselves
           into
           ●e
           Ocean
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           ●welt
           one
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           a
           Merchant
           of
           ●●eat
           repute
           .
           For
           as
           yet
           the
           envious
           ●●nds
           had
           not
           (
           as
           at
           this
           day
           )
           ob●●ructed
           the
           Haven
           in
           the
           
             Valentia
             ,
          
           but
           ●●at
           it
           was
           the
           principall
           port
           in
           ●●ose
           parts
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           had
           advanced
           an
           ●tate
           much
           by
           Parcimony
           ,
           more
           by
           ●apine
           ,
           being
           halfe
           a
           Jew
           by
           his
           
             extraction
          
           ;
           and
           more
           then
           three
           quarters
           thereof
           by
           his
           
             Conditions
             ,
          
           being
           
           a
           notorious
           oppressor
           .
           But
           growne
           very
           aged
           ,
           and
           carrying
           his
           
             Eyes
          
           in
           his
           
             pockett
             ,
             Teeth
          
           in
           his
           
             Sheath
             ,
          
           and
           
             Feete
          
           in
           his
           
             Hands
             ,
          
           he
           began
           with
           remorse
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           former
           part
           of
           his
           Life
           with
           some
           thoughts
           of
           restitution
           ,
           to
           such
           whom
           he
           had
           most
           injured
           .
        
         
           This
           his
           intention
           he
           communicated
           to
           one
           
             Francisco
          
           a
           Frier
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Confessor
             :
             Francisco
          
           was
           glad
           to
           see
           such
           a
           qualme
           of
           Religion
           come
           over
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           improve
           it
           to
           the
           uttermost
           .
           Hee
           perswades
           him
           that
           restitution
           was
           a
           thing
           difficult
           and
           almost
           impossible
           for
           one
           in
           his
           condition
           ,
           so
           many
           were
           the
           particular
           persons
           by
           him
           wronged
           ;
           the
           shortest
           and
           sures●
           way
           was
           for
           him
           to
           consigne
           his
           only
           Daughter
           
             Mariana
          
           to
           be
           a
           Nun
           in
           the
           Priory
           of
           St.
           
             Brigett
             ,
          
           and
           to
           endow
           that
           Covent
           with
           all
           hi●
           Lands
           :
           which
           exemplary
           piece
           o●
           his
           liberality
           ,
           would
           not
           only
           wit●
           
           the
           lustre
           thereof
           out-shine
           all
           his
           former
           faults
           :
           but
           also
           be
           a
           direction
           to
           posterity
           how
           to
           regulate
           their
           estates
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           .
           
             Don
             Durio
             ,
          
           though
           flinty
           of
           himself
           ,
           yet
           lately
           softned
           with
           Age
           and
           sicknesse
           ,
           entertaines
           the
           motion
           ,
           not
           onely
           with
           contentment
           ,
           but
           with
           delight
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           a
           day
           older
           before
           the
           same
           be
           effected
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           was
           a
           materiall
           person
           ,
           whose
           consent
           herein
           must
           be
           cōsulted
           with
           ,
           even
           
             Mariana
          
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           one
           ounce
           of
           
             Nuns
          
           flesh
           about
           her
           ,
           as
           whom
           nature
           had
           intended
           not
           as
           a
           dead
           stake
           in
           a
           hedge
           to
           stand
           singly
           in
           the
           place
           ▪
           but
           as
           a
           plant
           to
           fructifie
           for
           posterity
           .
           Besides
           ,
           she
           had
           assured
           her self
           to
           one
           
             Fidelio
             ,
          
           a
           Gentlemā
           of
           such
           merit
           ,
           that
           though
           his
           vertues
           started
           with
           great
           disadvantage
           ,
           clogg'd
           with
           the
           waite
           of
           a
           necessitous
           fortune
           :
           yet
           such
           the
           strength
           and
           swiftnes
           thereof
           ,
           that
           he
           very
           speedily
           came
           (
           not
           
           being
           above
           the
           years
           of
           two
           and
           twenty
           )
           to
           the
           marke
           of
           a
           publique
           reputation
           ;
           but
           these
           things
           were
           carried
           so
           closely
           between
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           leakes
           of
           superstition
           were
           so
           cunningly
           made
           up
           ,
           that
           neither
           friend
           nor
           foe
           ,
           had
           gained
           the
           least
           glimps
           of
           their
           intentions
           .
        
         
           
             Don
             Durio
             ,
             Francisco
          
           being
           in
           his
           presencc
           ,
           importunes
           his
           Daughter
           (
           a
           hard
           taske
           )
           to
           bury
           her
           beauty
           under
           a
           vaile
           ,
           and
           become
           a
           
             Frigittine
             .
          
           What
           he
           propounded
           with
           a
           fatherly
           bluntnesse
           ,
           
             Francisco
          
           sharpens
           with
           the
           edge
           of
           his
           wit
           ,
           heightning
           the
           happinesse
           of
           a
           recluded
           Life
           to
           the
           Skie
           ,
           and
           above
           it
           ;
           A
           discourse
           very
           unwelcome
           to
           
             Marianaes
          
           Eares
           ,
           racketted
           between
           two
           dangers
           on
           either
           side
           If
           she
           surrender
           her selfe
           herein
           to
           her
           Fathers
           will
           ,
           she
           is
           undone
           ,
           and
           wha●
           she
           values
           above
           herselfe
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           i●
           ruined
           :
           If
           she
           deny
           ,
           she
           exposeth
           he●
           selfe
           to
           the
           just
           censure
           of
           disobedience
           :
           
           yea
           it
           puts
           a
           light
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           her
           suspitious
           Fathers
           therby
           to
           discover
           her
           intentions
           ,
           that
           her
           affections
           being
           preingaged
           ,
           obstructed
           the
           acceptance
           of
           this
           Motion
           .
           No
           time
           is
           allowed
           her
           to
           advise
           ,
           in
           a
           moment
           (
           almost
           )
           she
           must
           consult
           and
           conclude
           ,
           and
           resolved
           at
           last
           to
           comply
           with
           her
           Fathers
           desires
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           not
           despairing
           ,
           but
           that
           courteous
           time
           ,
           in
           the
           processe
           thereof
           ,
           would
           tender
           unto
           her
           some
           advantage
           ,
           whereby
           hereafter
           she
           might
           make
           a
           faire
           evasion
           .
        
         
           But
           her
           Father
           hurries
           her
           in
           her
           present
           attire
           ,
           (
           as
           good
           enough
           for
           a
           mortified
           mind
           ,
           without
           allowing
           her
           respit
           of
           of
           exchanging
           )
           unto
           the
           Covent
           .
           
             Francisco
          
           leades
           the
           way
           ,
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           followes
           ,
           and
           
             Mariana
          
           comes
           last
           ;
           her
           countenance
           was
           neither
           so
           sad
           ,
           as
           to
           betray
           any
           discontent
           ,
           nor
           so
           blith
           and
           cheerefull
           as
           to
           proclaime
           any
           likenesse
           therein
           :
           
           but
           so
           reduced
           ,
           and
           moderately
           composed
           ,
           as
           of
           one
           that
           well
           understood
           both
           what
           she
           was
           leaving
           off
           ,
           and
           what
           she
           was
           entring
           into
           .
           And
           if
           the
           falling
           of
           a
           few
           teares
           moistened
           her
           cheekes
           ,
           it
           was
           excusable
           in
           one
           now
           taking
           her
           farewell
           of
           her
           former
           friends
           :
           and
           her
           Father
           beheld
           the
           same
           as
           the
           Argument
           of
           good
           nature
           in
           her
           .
        
         
           Ringing
           the
           Bell
           at
           the
           
             Covent
          
           Gate
           ,
           the
           watchfull
           Porter
           takes
           the
           Alarum
           and
           presently
           opens
           :
           for
           though
           it
           was
           something
           difficult
           for
           strangers
           to
           have
           excesse
           into
           the
           Covent
           ,
           yet
           the
           presence
           of
           Frier
           
             Francisco
             ,
          
           was
           as
           strong
           as
           any
           
             Petar
             ,
          
           to
           make
           the
           sturdiest
           gate
           in
           the
           Covent
           pliable
           to
           his
           admission
           .
           Out
           comes
           the
           
             Lady
             Abbesse
             ,
          
           who
           had
           now
           passed
           Sixty
           winters
           ,
           and
           carried
           the
           repute
           of
           a
           grave
           and
           Sanctimonious
           Matron
           :
           A
           strict
           discipliner
           she
           was
           of
           the
           least
           wantonnesse
           of
           any
           committed
           to
           her
           charge
           ,
           reputed
           
           by
           most
           to
           her
           virtuous
           dispositiō
           ,
           but
           ascribed
           by
           others
           to
           her
           envy
           ,
           driving
           away
           those
           delights
           from
           others
           which
           formerly
           had
           flowne
           away
           from
           her selfe
           .
        
         
           
             Francisco
          
           with
           a
           short
           speech
           acquaints
           her
           with
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           comming
           ▪
           surrenders
           
             Mariana
          
           to
           be
           a
           Probationer
           in
           their
           house
           ;
           whom
           the
           
             Abbesse
          
           welcommeth
           with
           the
           largest
           expressions
           of
           love
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           thankefulnesse
           to
           her
           Father
           ,
           highly
           commending
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           his
           Devotion
           ,
           that
           whereas
           many
           Parents
           blessed
           with
           a
           numerous
           issue
           grudge
           to
           bestow
           the
           tythe
           thereof
           on
           a
           Monasticall
           Life
           :
           such
           is
           his
           forward
           zeale
           as
           to
           part
           with
           all
           his
           stock
           ,
           and
           store
           ,
           not
           repining
           to
           conferre
           his
           sole
           daughter
           and
           heire
           to
           a
           religious
           retirement
           ;
           Then
           taking
           their
           leaves
           each
           of
           other
           ,
           they
           depart
           ,
           leaving
           
             Mariana
          
           with
           the
           
             Abbesse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Millescent
          
           a
           Nun
           of
           good
           esteeme
           
           and
           great
           credit
           ,
           is
           assigned
           by
           the
           Abbesse
           to
           goe
           along
           with
           
             Mariana
             ,
          
           and
           shew
           her
           all
           the
           roomes
           ,
           walkes
           and
           rich
           untensills
           of
           the
           house
           ;
           especially
           she
           is
           very
           carefull
           to
           reade
           unto
           her
           a
           large
           Inventory
           of
           all
           the
           reliques
           therein
           ,
           with
           their
           severall
           miraculous
           operations
           .
           The
           points
           of
           St.
           
           
             Rumballs
          
           Breeches
           (
           among
           other
           things
           )
           were
           there
           showen
           ,
           the
           touching
           whereof
           would
           make
           barren
           women
           fruitfull
           :
           and
           many
           other
           seeming
           toyes
           of
           soveraigne
           influence
           .
           Passing
           through
           by
           the
           Southeast
           corner
           of
           the
           Cloyster
           
             Mariana
          
           cast
           her
           eye
           on
           an
           arched
           vault
           ,
           enquiring
           the
           use
           thereof
           ,
           and
           whether
           the
           same
           did
           conduct
           ;
           
             Millescent
          
           answered
           ,
           that
           in
           due
           time
           her
           curiosity
           therein
           should
           be
           satisfied
           to
           her
           owne
           contentment
           ,
           but
           as
           yet
           she
           was
           not
           capable
           of
           any
           intelligence
           therein
           ,
           which
           was
           one
           of
           the
           mysteries
           of
           the
           house
           not
           communicated
           to
           novices
           at
           their
           first
           admission
           ,
           but
           reserved
           for
           such
           ,
           who
           
           after
           some
           convenient
           time
           of
           abode
           there
           ,
           had
           given
           undoubted
           testimony
           of
           their
           fidelity
           to
           that
           Order
           .
           And
           here
           we
           leave
           
             Mariana
          
           having
           more
           musick
           and
           lesse
           mirth
           then
           she
           had
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           The
           newes
           hereof
           was
           no
           sooner
           brought
           to
           
             Fidelio
             ,
          
           but
           it
           moved
           a
           strange
           impression
           upon
           him
           .
           
             Were
             I
             assured
             that
             the
             Reader
             hereof
             was
             ever
             sound
             in
             love
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             brest
             was
             ever
             through
             warned
             with
             chast
             fires
             of
             a
             constāt
             mistress
             ,
             it
             would
             spare
             me
             some
             pains
             to
             character
          
           Fidelio
           
             his
             sad
             condition
             .
             For
             then
             my
             worke
             is
             easily
             done
             ,
             onely
             by
             appealing
             to
             the
             Readers
             experience
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             sympathy
             is
             able
             to
             make
             more
             then
             a
             conjecture
             of
          
           Fidelio's
           
             sad
             estate
             ,
             daily
             languishing
             for
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             Love
             ,
             as
             dead
             (
             whilst
             living
             )
             unto
             him
             .
          
        
         
           His
           Pensive
           postures
           ,
           sad
           looks
           ,
           silent
           sighs
           ,
           affected
           solitariness
           ,
           sequestring
           himself
           from
           his
           most
           familiar
           friends
           ,
           was
           observed
           by
           
             Ardalio
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           he
           was
           intirelv
           beloved
           ,
           
             Ardadalio
          
           
           using
           the
           boldnesse
           becomming
           a
           friend
           ,
           examines
           
             Fidelio
          
           of
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           suddaine
           change
           .
           
             Fidelio
          
           for
           a
           time
           fences
           himselfe
           with
           his
           owne
           retirednesse
           ,
           and
           fortifies
           his
           soule
           with
           resolutions
           of
           secrecy
           .
           The
           other
           plants
           the
           Artillery
           of
           his
           importunity
           against
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           force
           thereof
           
             Fidelio
          
           is
           beaten
           out
           of
           his
           hold
           ,
           &
           won
           at
           last
           to
           unbosome
           his
           grievance
           to
           
             Ardalio
             ,
          
           who
           had
           promised
           ,
           that
           
             Midnight
          
           sooner
           should
           be
           found
           a
           
             Tel-tale
             ,
          
           &
           
             Trust
          
           it selfe
           become
           a
           
             Traytor
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           he
           would
           discover
           any
           thing
           prejudiciall
           unto
           him
           .
           Imboldned
           wherewith
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           confesseth
           that
           
             Marianas
          
           restraint
           in
           a
           Nunnery
           into
           which
           she
           was
           lately
           thrust
           ,
           by
           her
           parents
           power
           (
           as
           he
           verily
           beleeved
           )
           against
           her
           own
           will
           ,
           and
           without
           his
           knowledge
           .
        
         
           Had
           shee
           been
           taken
           prisoner
           by
           the
           
             Turke
             ,
          
           some
           hope
           would
           have
           been
           to
           procure
           her
           
             Liberty
          
           
           by
           ransome
           ,
           had
           
             Pirates
          
           surprised
           her
           ,
           mony
           might
           have
           purchased
           her
           freedome
           ,
           whereas
           now
           no
           hope
           of
           enlargement
           ,
           it
           being
           no
           lesse
           then
           Sacriledge
           accounted
           by
           force
           or
           fraud
           to
           practice
           her
           delivery
           from
           that
           Religious
           slavery
           .
        
         
           Be
           content
           (
           saith
           
             Ardalio
          
           )
           and
           I
           will
           make
           you
           master
           of
           a
           project
           ,
           which
           without
           any
           danger
           shall
           bring
           your
           Mistresse
           into
           your
           possession
           ;
           turne
           therfore
           all
           your
           Soule
           into
           eares
           &
           listen
           to
           my
           discourse
           ,
           wch
           though
           seemingly
           tedious
           in
           the
           relating
           ,
           the
           same
           will
           make
           your
           attention
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           saver
           ,
           but
           a
           gainer
           by
           the
           rich
           conclusion
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Some
             twelve
             yeares
             since
             ,
             when
             a
             Frier
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             Benedictine
             Covent
             all
             the
             Schoole-boyes
             in
             Valentia
             (
             among
             whom
             I
             assure
             you
             I
             was
             none
             of
             the
             meanest
             )
             invited
             themselves
             to
             bee
             
             present
             at
             the
             solemnity
             ,
             now
             whilst
             others
             were
             crowded
             into
             the
             Chappell
             to
             see
             the
             performance
             of
             the
             Obsequies
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             conceit
             made
             me
             a
             separatist
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             my
             companions
             .
             And
             as
             I
             was
             walking
             in
             a
             Corner
             between
             the
             Conduit
             and
             the
             Hall
             ,
             I
             happened
             into
             an
             old
             Roome
             which
             led
             me
             into
             a
             Vault
             lighted
             onely
             with
             one
             squint-eyed
             Window
             ,
             going
             somewhat
             further
             therein
             ,
             my
             heart
             began
             to
             faile
             me
             with
             the
             fresh
             remembrance
             of
             those
             Tales
             of
             Bug-bears
             wherewith
             my
             Nurse
             had
             affrighted
             my
             infancy
             from
             ponds
             and
             places
             of
             danger
             ;
             however
             taking
             heart
             I
             resolved
             to
             discover
             the
             issue
             of
             that
             winding
             Vault
             .
             
             And
             here
             you
             must
             forgive
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             have
             forgotten
             some
             circumstances
             herein
             ,
             my
             memory
             which
             never
             was
             very
             loyall
             may
             be
             pardoned
             for
             betraying
             some
             passages
             after
             twelve
             yeares
             past
             :
             let
             it
             suffice
             that
             I
             remember
             so
             much
             as
             will
             make
             you
             happy
             it
             wisely
             prosecuted
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             result
             of
             my
             adventure
             ,
             that
             as
             our
             River
          
           Anas
           
             is
             reported
             to
             run
             some
             miles
             under
             ground
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             spring
             up
             againe
             .
             So
             I
             drowned
             under
             dry
             earth
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             will
             allow
             the
             expression
             )
             was
             boyled
             up
             againe
             in
             the
             Nunnery
             of
             the
             Bridgitines
             ,
             you
             will
             hardly
             beleeve
             with
             what
             amazement
             the
             Nunns
             beheld
             me
             ,
             who
             had
             entred
             
             their
             Cloyster
             that
             unusuall
             way
             never
             as
             yet
             (
             as
             it
             seemes
             )
             traced
             with
             boyes
             feet
             ,
             but
             by
             those
             of
             more
             maturity
             ,
             whose
             company
             might
             bee
             more
             acceptable
             unto
             them
             :
             They
             loaded
             me
             with
             kisses
             and
             sweet
             meates
             ,
             for
             beleeve
             mee
          
           (
           Fidelio
           )
           
             how
             meane
             opinion
             soever
             you
             may
             now
             have
             of
             my
             handsomnesse
             ,
             if
             my
             picture
             then
             taken
             ,
             and
             the
             report
             of
             my
             Mother
             may
             be
             beleeved
             ,
             I
             was
             not
             unhandsome
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             they
             flattered
             and
             threatned
             me
             not
             to
             discover
             which
             way
             I
             came
             thither
             ,
             which
             if
             once
             I
             made
             knowne
             ,
             thousand
             of
             Devills
             would
             torment
             .
             From
             which
             day
             to
             this
             it
             never
             came
             into
             my
             head
             ;
             my
             memory
             
             having
             now
             made
             some
             amends
             for
             its
             former
             forgetfulnesse
             by
             this
             seasonable
             suggestion
             thereof
             unto
             mee
             ,
             when
             it
             may
             befriend
             your
             occasions
             .
             If
             therefore
             you
             can
             convey
             your selfe
             by
             this
             passage
             into
             the
             Nunnery
             ,
             I
             leave
             the
             rest
             to
             bee
             stewarded
             by
             your
             owne
             Ingenuity
             .
          
        
         
           But
           which
           way
           said
           (
           
             Fidelio
          
           )
           shall
           I
           contrive
           my
           undiscovered
           comming
           thither
           ,
           shew
           me
           but
           a
           way
           presenting
           but
           halfe
           the
           face
           ,
           yea
           but
           a
           quarter
           face
           of
           probability
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           kisse
           that
           ,
           and
           thanke
           you
           for
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             I
             will
             furnish
             you
             with
             all
             requisites
             for
             the
             Adventure
             :
             I
             have
             an
             uncle
             living
             at
          
           Lisborne
           
             provinciall
             of
             the
             Benedictines
             in
             
             Spain
             ;
             his
             hand
             when
             a
             boy
             I
             have
             often
             ceunterfeited
             for
             harmlesse
             cheats
             levell
             with
             my
             age
             ,
             so
             livelily
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             perswaded
             him
             to
             confess
             it
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             great
             the
             familiarity
             between
             my
             Vncle
             and
          
           Francisco
           ,
           
             who
             here
             is
             the
             Benedictine
             Abbot
             .
             I
             will
             provide
             all
             things
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             fit
             you
             with
             the
             habit
             of
             their
             Order
             ,
             leaving
             the
             rest
             still
             to
             be
             improved
             by
             your
             own
             Art
             and
             Industry
             .
             For
             where
             a
             friend
             tenders
             one
             hand
             to
             draw
             you
             out
             of
             the
             Mire
             ,
             if
             you
             assist
             not
             to
             make
             up
             the
             rest
             by
             your
             own
             Endeavours
             ,
             even
             lie
             there
             still
             to
             your
             own
             shame
             and
             with
             no
             pity
             of
             mine
             .
          
        
         
         
           They
           depart
           ,
           resolving
           next
           morrow
           to
           meet
           ,
           when
           all
           necessaries
           should
           be
           provided
           .
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           goes
           to
           the
           Covent
           of
           the
           
             Bridgittines
             ,
          
           and
           walkes
           under
           a
           Window
           thereof
           ,
           the
           which
           (
           as
           he
           was
           informed
           and
           his
           intelligence
           therein
           not
           untrue
           )
           belonged
           to
           the
           Chamber
           of
           
             Mariana
             .
          
           She
           discovers
           him
           there
           ,
           and
           presently
           rends
           out
           of
           her
           legend
           the
           first
           white
           leafe
           which
           had
           not
           blushed
           (
           as
           the
           rest
           )
           for
           the
           lies
           and
           impudencies
           which
           were
           written
           therein
           ;
           which
           
             Paper
          
           she
           imployes
           for
           a
           
             Let●er
             ,
          
           and
           looking
           out
           of
           the
           window
           ,
           casts
           the
           letter
           down
           unto
           him
           who
           stood
           ready
           beneath
           to
           receive
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           surely
           had
           the
           
             Letter
          
           been
           but
           ballanc'd
           ,
           with
           any
           competent
           waight
           put
           therein
           ,
           it
           had
           not
           missed
           his
           hands
           for
           whom
           it
           was
           intended
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           pity
           was
           it
           ,
           that
           
             Aeolus
          
           was
           never
           in
           love
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           
             Winds
          
           are
           too
           boisterous
           ,
           or
           to
           cold
           to
           be
           melted
           
           
             Affection
             .
          
           Except
           any
           will
           say
           that
           a
           Gale
           of
           wind
           ambition
           ,
           to
           kiss
           the
           letter
           of
           so
           fair
           a
           hand
           ,
           and
           overacted
           its
           part
           therein
           .
        
         
           Sure
           it
           is
           that
           a
           small
           blast
           thereof
           blew
           this
           Letter
           over
           into
           the
           Garden
           of
           
             Albesse
             ,
          
           where
           shee
           was
           viewing
           of
           her
           Bees
           .
           Her
           Ladyship
           betakes
           her selfe
           to
           her
           glasseyes
           ,
           and
           peruseth
           the
           following
           contents
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Fidelio
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 HElp
                 me
                 with
                 thy
                 imaginations
                 ,
                 and
                 know
                 me
                 here
                 more
                 miserable
                 then
                 I
                 can
                 express
                 ,
                 here
                 is
                 nothing
                 lesse
                 then
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 pretended
                 ,
                 a
                 chast
                 mistriss
                 which
                 in
                 due
                 time
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 chast
                 wife
                 ,
                 may
                 stock
                 a
                 hundred
                 Nuns
                 with
                 Virginity
                 ;
                 work
                 my
                 deliverance
                 
                 if
                 thy
                 affections
                 be
                 unfeigned
                 ;
                 or
                 I
                 am
                 undone
              
            
             
               
                 Mariana
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Short
           and
           sweet
           said
           the
           
             Abbesse
             ,
          
           the
           least
           
             Toades
          
           have
           the
           greatest
           
             Poison
             ,
          
           and
           then
           up
           she
           flies
           winged
           with
           anger
           ,
           (
           which
           otherwise
           could
           scarce
           crawle
           )
           to
           
             Marianaes
          
           Chamber
           where
           she
           so
           railes
           on
           her
           ,
           that
           a
           Purgatory
           hereafter
           might
           have
           been
           spared
           for
           having
           one
           here
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           she
           had
           defamed
           the
           whole
           Covent
           ,
           the
           heaviest
           pēnance
           must
           be
           enjoyed
           unto
           her
           ,
           to
           be
           stript
           naked
           to
           the
           middle
           in
           the
           
             Hall
          
           at
           dinner
           time
           ,
           where
           she
           was
           onely
           to
           be
           feasted
           with
           lashes
           ,
           each
           
             Nun
          
           inflicting
           one
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           
             Abbesse
          
           to
           conclude
           
             sans
          
           number
           :
           as
           many
           as
           her
           own
           discretion
           was
           pleased
           to
           lay
           on
           her
           .
        
         
           But
           
             Mariana
          
           partly
           with
           grief
           ,
           and
           partly
           with
           fear
           ,
           fell
           so
           terrible
           sick
           
           that
           night
           that
           her
           life
           came
           into
           despair
           ,
           the
           onely
           reason
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           why
           her
           pennance
           was
           put
           off
           to
           another
           time
           :
           till
           she
           might
           be
           the
           more
           able
           object
           of
           their
           cruelty
           .
           For
           the
           
             Abbesse
          
           resolved
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           deferred
           should
           not
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           being
           so
           far
           from
           abating
           the
           principall
           ,
           She
           intended
           
             Mariana
          
           should
           pay
           it
           with
           interest
           ,
           and
           give
           satisfaction
           for
           the
           forbearance
           of
           this
           Discipline
           ,
           when
           in
           any
           tolerable
           strength
           to
           undergo
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           
             Ardalio
          
           had
           compleated
           
             Fidelio
          
           with
           all
           necessaries
           in
           the
           habit
           of
           a
           Frier
           ,
           who
           thus
           accoutred
           ,
           advanceth
           in
           his
           formality
           to
           the
           Covent
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           presently
           brought
           to
           
             Francisco
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           hee
           delivered
           this
           ensuing
           Letter
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Dear
                 Brother
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               
                 Send
                 you
                 here
                 my selfe
                 in
                 my
                 friend
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 he
                 as
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 you
                 as
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 his
                 vertues
                 would
                 command
                 your
                 affections
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 admiration
                 ;
                 Our
                 Covent
                 hath
                 this
                 last
                 hundred
                 years
                 ,
                 (
                 since
                 the
                 first
                 foundation
                 therof
                 )
                 been
                 essaying
                 and
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 compleat
                 man
                 ,
                 which
                 now
                 in
                 some
                 measure
                 it
                 had
                 effected
                 in
                 the
                 bearer
                 hereof
                 ;
                 when
                 behold
                 envious
                 death
                 repining
                 at
                 our
                 happinesse
                 ,
                 had
                 laboured
                 to
                 frustrate
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 this
                 pearlesse
                 peece
                 of
                 devotion
                 ,
                 was
                 scarce
                 bestowed
                 on
                 us
                 ,
                 when
                 almost
                 
                 taken
                 away
                 from
                 us
                 by
                 a
                 violent
                 sicknesse
                 ,
                 whose
                 abated
                 fury
                 terminated
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 and
                 languishing
                 quartain
                 ague
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 hollow
                 eyes
                 and
                 thin
                 cheekes
                 do
                 too
                 plainly
                 expresse
                 ;
                 exchange
                 of
                 Aire
                 is
                 commended
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 best
                 if
                 not
                 onely
                 Physick
                 :
                 let
                 him
                 want
                 nothing
                 I
                 pray
                 your
                 house
                 can
                 afford
                 ,
                 and
                 burthen
                 him
                 with
                 as
                 few
                 questions
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 tedious
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 talk
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 infirmity
                 hath
                 much
                 disinabled
                 his
                 intellectualls
                 ,
                 and
                 know
                 that
                 your
                 meritorious
                 kindnesse
                 therein
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 onely
                 oblige
                 me
                 to
                 a
                 requitall
                 ,
                 but
                 an
                 engagement
                 on
                 all
                 Lovers
                 of
                 vertue
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 this
                 our
                 Brother
              
               Festucaes
               
               
                 worth
                 is
                 or
                 hereafter
                 may
                 be
                 known
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Your
                   loving
                   Friend
                
                 PEDRO
                 
                   di
                
                 RONCA
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Francisco
          
           embraceth
           him
           with
           all
           dearnesse
           ,
           the
           viands
           of
           the
           house
           are
           set
           before
           him
           ,
           whereof
           
             Fidelio
          
           took
           a
           moderate
           repast
           ;
           all
           the
           Monks
           of
           the
           house
           severally
           salute
           him
           ,
           and
           demanded
           of
           him
           severall
           particulars
           of
           their
           Covent
           at
           
             Lisborn
             ,
          
           as
           of
           the
           Scituation
           ,
           Indowment
           ,
           Number
           ,
           Names
           ,
           and
           punctuall
           observances
           therein
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           these
           
             Fidelio
          
           returned
           generall
           answers
           ,
           under
           the
           coverts
           whereof
           he
           might
           the
           easier
           conceal
           his
           own
           ignorance
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           indowment
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           hee
           professed
           himself
           a
           meere
           stranger
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           affected
           ignorance
           therein
           ,
           as
           conceiving
           
           it
           resented
           too
           much
           of
           worldly
           imployment
           ,
           wheras
           his
           desire
           was
           ,
           that
           better
           things
           should
           engrosse
           his
           soule
           .
           This
           excuse
           was
           heard
           with
           admiration
           ,
           increasing
           the
           opinion
           they
           had
           preconceived
           of
           his
           holinesse
           :
           when
           they
           ask
           him
           such
           questions
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           could
           returne
           no
           answer
           at
           all
           ,
           he
           would
           fall
           into
           a
           seeming
           trance
           ,
           darting
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           moving
           his
           lips
           ,
           as
           in
           pious
           ejaculations
           ,
           as
           not
           listning
           to
           what
           was
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           whilst
           the
           others
           out
           of
           manerly
           devotion
           ,
           let
           fall
           their
           questions
           ,
           and
           would
           presse
           them
           no
           farther
           ,
           as
           loath
           to
           interrupt
           his
           soule
           in
           more
           serious
           and
           sacred
           employment
           ;
           besids
           
             Francisco
          
           gave
           a
           strict
           command
           that
           none
           should
           disturb
           him
           with
           needlesse
           questions
           ,
           but
           leave
           him
           to
           the
           full
           imployment
           of
           his
           own
           meditations
           .
        
         
           Some
           six
           daies
           after
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           observing
           the
           directions
           of
           
             Ardalio
          
           his
           
           friend
           ,
           finds
           out
           the
           foresaid
           vault
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           went
           forward
           therein
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           he
           came
           to
           a
           great
           Iron
           Gate
           ,
           which
           was
           shut
           and
           obstructed
           the
           way
           :
           This
           Gate
           was
           either
           not
           set
           up
           ,
           or
           not
           shut
           up
           ,
           when
           
             Ardalio
          
           made
           his
           passage
           this
           way
           .
           
             Fidelio
          
           falls
           a
           musing
           ,
           finds
           all
           his
           hopes
           prove
           abortive
           ,
           with
           no
           possibility
           of
           further
           proceeding
           ,
           when
           looking
           seriously
           on
           the
           Gate
           ,
           which
           was
           enlightned
           through
           a
           small
           hole
           ,
           presenting
           but
           twilight
           at
           noon
           day
           ,
           he
           discovered
           an
           inscription
           thereon
           ,
           which
           he
           read
           to
           himself
           ,
           with
           a
           voice
           one
           degree
           above
           whispering
           .
        
         
           
             Fair
             Portresse
             of
             this
             privy
             Gate
             ,
          
           
             If
             any
             Sister
             want
             a
             Mate
             ,
          
           
             Lift
             up
             the
             Barre
             and
             let
             me
             in
             ,
          
           
             It
             shall
             be
             but
             a
             veniall
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           Instantly
           the
           Gate
           flew
           open
           ,
           and
           
             Fidelio
          
           is
           left
           to
           wonder
           ,
           what
           secret
           
           Spell
           ,
           and
           hidden
           Magick
           ,
           were
           contained
           in
           those
           verses
           ,
           that
           so
           immediatly
           they
           should
           procure
           his
           admittance
           .
           But
           presently
           the
           Riddle
           is
           unfolded
           ,
           finding
           a
           
             Nun
          
           behind
           the
           dore
           ,
           where
           she
           kept
           her
           constant
           attendance
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           these
           verses
           were
           the
           wonted
           watch-word
           to
           open
           the
           Gate
           :
           recollecting
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           he
           accosted
           the
           Sister
           ,
           desiring
           to
           be
           conducted
           to
           
             Mariana
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           understood
           (
           for
           the
           fame
           thereof
           had
           gotten
           out
           of
           the
           Covent
           )
           was
           very
           sick
           ,
           and
           he
           sent
           from
           Father
           
             Francisco
          
           to
           provide
           some
           Ghostly
           counsell
           for
           her
           ,
           and
           what
           els
           her
           present
           condition
           should
           require
           .
        
         
           He
           is
           carried
           unto
           her
           Chamber
           ,
           who
           being
           at
           the
           present
           asleep
           ,
           hee
           entertained
           himself
           in
           the
           next
           room
           by
           looking
           on
           a
           
             Picture
             .
          
           Herein
           Saint
           
             Dennis
          
           was
           set
           forth
           ,
           beheaded
           by
           
             Pagan
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           carrying
           his
           head
           under
           his
           
           arm
           seven
           miles
           from
           
             Paris
          
           to
           Saint
           
             Dennis
             .
             Fidelio
          
           smiling
           thereat
           to
           himself
           ,
           thought
           that
           Saint
           
             Dennis
          
           in
           that
           posture
           had
           an
           excellent
           opportunity
           to
           pick
           his
           teeth
           .
        
         
           
             Mariana
          
           is
           awaked
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           called
           in
           ,
           who
           claiming
           the
           priviledge
           of
           privacy
           ,
           as
           proper
           for
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           all
           avoid
           the
           room
           ,
           then
           putting
           off
           his
           disguise
           ,
           he
           briefly
           telleth
           her
           what
           dangers
           hee
           had
           undergone
           for
           her
           deliverance
           ,
           informeth
           her
           that
           next
           morning
           hee
           would
           be
           ready
           with
           horses
           and
           servants
           ,
           at
           such
           a
           corner
           of
           the
           Garden
           ,
           where
           without
           any
           danger
           ,
           they
           had
           contrived
           a
           way
           for
           her
           escape
           .
           
             Fidelio's
          
           presence
           is
           better
           then
           any
           Cordiall
           ,
           
             Mariana
          
           recovereth
           her
           spirits
           ,
           is
           apprehensive
           of
           the
           motion
           ,
           promiseth
           to
           observe
           time
           and
           place
           ,
           they
           are
           thrifty
           in
           their
           language
           ,
           speak
           much
           in
           little
           lavish
           ,
           no
           minuts
           in
           complements
           :
           but
           are
           perfectly
           instructed
           in
           each
           others
           designes
           .
        
         
         
           Presently
           in
           comes
           the
           
             Abbesse
             :
             Fidelio
          
           (
           having
           first
           recovered
           his
           coole
           )
           proceeds
           in
           a
           set
           discourse
           of
           the
           praise
           of
           patience
           ,
           commending
           it
           to
           
             Mariana
          
           as
           the
           most
           necessary
           vertue
           in
           her
           condition
           ;
           and
           after
           some
           generall
           salutes
           to
           the
           
             Abbesse
             ,
          
           recommendeth
           his
           
             Patient
          
           to
           her
           care
           ,
           and
           takes
           his
           own
           opportunity
           to
           depart
           ,
           returning
           to
           the
           Covent
           of
           the
           
             Benedictines
          
           as
           undiscovered
           as
           he
           came
           thence
           .
        
         
           That
           night
           ,
           befriended
           with
           the
           dark
           ,
           under
           the
           mantle
           thereof
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           gets
           out
           of
           the
           Covent
           ,
           repairs
           to
           his
           friend
           
             Ardalio
             ,
          
           reports
           all
           the
           particulars
           of
           his
           successe
           ,
           triumphs
           in
           the
           hopes
           of
           his
           approaching
           happinesse
           ,
           counts
           the
           time
           which
           we
           generally
           complain
           doth
           fly
           ,
           a
           Cripple
           ,
           that
           crawles
           ,
           so
           long
           each
           minuit
           seems
           unto
           him
           ,
           untill
           ten
           of
           the
           clock
           next
           morning
           should
           be
           accomplished
           .
        
         
           Next
           day
           
             Mariana
          
           riseth
           from
           her
           
           bed
           ,
           craves
           leave
           of
           the
           
             Abbesse
          
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Garden
           ,
           which
           is
           granted
           her
           ;
           So
           that
           
             Millescent
          
           a
           prime
           Nun
           were
           to
           attend
           her
           .
           
             Millescent
          
           adviseth
           her
           to
           wrap
           her selfe
           warm
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           relapse
           ,
           for
           the
           Air
           (
           saith
           she
           )
           is
           piercing
           ,
           and
           your
           body
           weak
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           (
           quoth
           
             Mariana
          
           )
           I
           am
           sensible
           of
           much
           strength
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           and
           believe
           my selfe
           able
           ,
           to
           run
           a
           race
           with
           you
           ,
           who
           shall
           first
           come
           to
           yonder
           Corner
           ;
           done
           said
           
             Millescent
             ,
          
           and
           let
           the
           lagg
           that
           comes
           last
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           say
           over
           her
           Beades
           for
           us
           both
           .
           
             They
             start
             together
             .
          
        
         
           Have
           you
           ever
           heard
           the
           Poets
           fiction
           of
           
             Atlanta's
          
           running
           ,
           when
           only
           her
           covetousnesse
           to
           get
           the
           golden
           Ball
           made
           her
           lose
           the
           race
           .
           Alas
           her
           swiftnesse
           was
           nothing
           in
           comparison
           of
           
             Marianaes
          
           ;
           It
           seems
           that
           
             Cupid
             ,
          
           who
           had
           shot
           the
           piles
           of
           his
           arrowes
           into
           her
           heart
           ,
           had
           tied
           the
           feathers
           
           or
           wings
           thereof
           unto
           her
           feet
           .
        
         
           The
           wall
           of
           the
           
             Nunnery
          
           was
           on
           the
           one
           side
           filled
           up
           with
           Earth
           ,
           on
           the
           out-side
           there
           was
           a
           descent
           of
           some
           four
           yards
           ;
           
             Fidelio
          
           stood
           ready
           to
           entertain
           her
           .
           
             What
             will
             not
             fright
             and
             love
             do
             ?
             Mariana
          
           consults
           not
           any
           danger
           ,
           nor
           did
           she
           carry
           a
           scale
           in
           her
           eye
           to
           measure
           the
           depth
           of
           the
           wall
           :
           but
           crossing
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           
             she
             leapes
             before
             she
             looks
             ,
             Fidelio
          
           saveth
           her
           almost
           halfe
           the
           way
           of
           her
           journey
           by
           catching
           of
           her
           in
           his
           armes
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           succeeding
           minut
           had
           supplanted
           its
           Predecessor
           ,
           she
           is
           mounted
           by
           his
           servant
           behind
           
             Fidelio
             ,
          
           and
           all
           speed
           they
           make
           to
           a
           Chappell
           ,
           wch
           might
           serve
           for
           an
           
             Hospitall
             ,
          
           for
           it
           was
           blind
           ,
           and
           the
           Priest
           dumb
           ,
           yet
           had
           tongue
           enough
           to
           tie
           that
           knot
           which
           none
           of
           them
           was
           able
           to
           undoe
           .
        
         
           But
           tired
           
             Millescent
          
           with
           much
           
           panting
           had
           recovered
           the
           corner
           ,
           &
           seeing
           
             Marianaes
          
           escape
           ,
           cryed
           out
           ,
           
             she
             is
             gone
             ,
             she
             is
             gone
          
           ;
           this
           gave
           an
           
             Alarum
             to
             the
             Abbess
             ,
          
           who
           instantly
           conceived
           her
           in
           a
           sound
           ;
           It
           is
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           the
           just
           reward
           of
           her
           adventure
           ,
           that
           contrary
           to
           my
           Counsell
           went
           abroad
           .
           Out
           comes
           the
           whole
           Regiment
           of
           
             Nunnes
          
           with
           hot
           waters
           and
           Cordialls
           ,
           to
           tempt
           her
           soul
           ,
           if
           not
           too
           far
           departed
           ,
           to
           return
           to
           her
           body
           ,
           they
           are
           soon
           sensible
           of
           their
           mistake
           ,
           and
           behold
           her
           almost
           got
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           longer
           they
           looked
           ,
           the
           less
           they
           saw
           her
           ,
           till
           distance
           at
           last
           made
           her
           vanish
           away
           .
           Many
           a
           
             Nun
          
           a
           
             Spectator
          
           hereof
           ,
           wisht
           themselves
           an
           
             Actor
          
           upon
           the
           same
           termes
           ,
           commending
           her
           adventure
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           who
           condemned
           her
           most
           in
           their
           discourse
           .
        
         
           
             Fidelio
          
           with
           
             Mariana
          
           his
           wife
           returned
           to
           a
           private
           house
           in
           
             Lisborn
          
           prepared
           for
           this
           purpose
           ;
           but
           
           oh
           the
           quick
           intelligence
           that
           
             Friers
          
           have
           ,
           sure
           their
           soules
           all
           scent
           ,
           all
           Eyes
           and
           Ears
           ,
           that
           discover
           things
           so
           soon
           ,
           so
           far
           off
           .
           They
           were
           just
           ready
           to
           sit
           down
           at
           Supper
           ,
           onely
           expecting
           the
           comming
           of
           his
           dear
           friend
           
             Ardalio
             ,
          
           when
           in
           comes
           a
           man
           or
           a
           Tiger
           (
           shall
           I
           say
           )
           Nature
           might
           seeme
           to
           intend
           him
           for
           the
           latter
           ,
           such
           his
           fierce
           aspect
           and
           hairy
           face
           ,
           the
           terriblenesse
           whereof
           was
           increased
           with
           his
           affected
           antique
           attire
           ,
           by
           his
           place
           he
           was
           the
           
             Jaylor
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Inquisition
             ,
          
           and
           presently
           he
           shewed
           a
           cast
           of
           his
           office
           ,
           by
           seizing
           them
           both
           his
           Prisoners
           .
           Yet
           might
           they
           have
           had
           the
           happinesse
           to
           have
           been
           sent
           to
           the
           same
           Prison
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           afforded
           some
           mitigation
           of
           their
           misery
           ;
           this
           would
           not
           be
           granted
           ,
           though
           
             Mariana
          
           with
           importunate
           tears
           requested
           it
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           disposed
           into
           severall
           Jayles
           ,
           where
           neither
           of
           them
           was
           sensible
           of
           their
           own
           
           condition
           ,
           being
           totally
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           mutuall
           bemoaning
           the
           one
           of
           the
           other
        
         
           This
           is
           one
           commendable
           quality
           in
           the
           
             Spaniards
             ,
          
           Prisoners
           are
           not
           long
           delayed
           to
           rot
           in
           the
           Jayle
           ,
           where
           is
           life
           worse
           then
           death
           it self
           ,
           but
           are
           brought
           to
           a
           speedy
           tryall
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           condemned
           or
           acquitted
           .
           Next
           day
           they
           both
           are
           brought
           before
           the
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           and
           condemned
           ot
           die
           ;
           He
           for
           Sacriledge
           ,
           for
           soliciting
           a
           Votary
           out
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           she
           for
           carrying
           away
           a
           golden
           Medall
           wherein
           was
           the
           Picture
           of
           Saint
           
             Bridget
             ,
          
           which
           she
           casually
           borrowed
           ,
           having
           no
           felonious
           intention
           ,
           as
           meaning
           to
           restore
           it
           ,
           but
           surprised
           on
           a
           suddain
           ,
           had
           no
           leisure
           to
           make
           restitution
           .
           All
           conceived
           that
           the
           rigor
           of
           rigors
           was
           extended
           unto
           them
           ,
           &
           by
           
             Francisco
          
           the
           
             Fryer
             ,
          
           though
           not
           visibly
           appearing
           .
        
         
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           hearing
           that
           his
           Daughter
           was
           to
           be
           executed
           ,
           his
           Paternal
           
           affections
           retreated
           to
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           there
           made
           a
           
             Stand
             ,
          
           projecting
           with
           himselfe
           how
           to
           prevent
           this
           mischief
           .
           And
           here
           I
           must
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           ,
           to
           go
           back
           in
           reporting
           an
           acccident
           that
           happened
           twenty
           years
           agoe
           .
        
         
           It
           chanced
           that
           
             Philip
          
           the
           second
           (
           alwaies
           wealthie
           and
           alwaies
           wanting
           )
           was
           forced
           on
           a
           suddaine
           to
           send
           forth
           a
           great
           Fleet
           against
           the
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           he
           borrowed
           a
           considerable
           sum
           of
           money
           of
           
             Don
             Durio
             ,
          
           for
           the
           payment
           whereof
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           was
           a
           daily
           suppliant
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           as
           constant
           at
           the
           gate
           as
           the
           Porter
           ,
           plying
           the
           King
           with
           importunate
           Petitions
           ,
           all
           which
           ended
           in
           delaies
           ,
           which
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           rightly
           expounded
           to
           be
           denialls
           .
           Once
           the
           Treasurer
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           honor
           enough
           for
           the
           greatest
           
             Monarch
          
           in
           
             Christendom
          
           to
           borrow
           money
           of
           him
           ,
           though
           he
           never
           receive
           it
           again
           .
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           to
           make
           a
           vertue
           of
           
           necessity
           turned
           his
           despair
           into
           a
           frollick
           ,
           and
           being
           admitted
           by
           friends
           into
           the
           Kings
           presence
           in
           a
           Winter
           morning
           ,
           cast
           into
           the
           fire
           his
           Obligations
           which
           were
           parcelled
           up
           in
           a
           pretty
           bundle
           ,
           desiring
           the
           King
           to
           heat
           his
           hands
           thereat
           .
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           was
           highly
           pleased
           with
           the
           conceit
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           it
           was
           more
           then
           a
           conceit
           ,
           saying
           ,
           it
           was
           
             the
             best
             Faggot
             he
             ever
             saw
             ,
             and
             wished
             the
             State
             of
          
           Senua
           
             would
             make
             him
             the
             like
             Bonefire
             ,
             swearing
             by
             Saint
          
           James
           
             (
             his
             usuall
             Oath
             )
             that
             if
             ever
          
           Don
           Durio
           
             had
             need
             of
             a
             Court-favour
             at
             a
             dead
             lift
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             faile
             in
             his
             expectation
             .
          
        
         
           The
           dead
           lift
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           dying
           lift
           was
           now
           come
           ,
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           posts
           to
           the
           
             Madrid
             ,
          
           where
           the
           
             Spanish
             Court
          
           was
           kept
           ,
           and
           findeth
           the
           
             King
          
           hunting
           of
           a
           Stag
           The
           old
           man
           attends
           the
           sport
           for
           a
           time
           .
           The
           Stag
           wearied
           with
           long
           hunting
           took
           soyl
           ,
           and
           ran
           into
           a
           great
           Pond
           
           or
           
             dwarff-Lake
             ,
          
           hee
           recruited
           his
           strength
           as
           old
           
             Aeson
          
           did
           in
           the
           Bath
           of
           
             Medea
             ,
          
           and
           come
           forth
           as
           fair
           and
           as
           fresh
           as
           when
           roused
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           then
           setting
           his
           Haunces
           against
           the
           Parke
           pale
           ,
           (
           Reader
           if
           a
           
             Forrester
          
           pardon
           my
           language
           if
           improper
           )
           hee
           dared
           the
           
             Doggs
          
           to
           set
           upon
           him
           whilst
           the
           hounds
           stood
           disputing
           with
           themselves
           (
           for
           the
           Kings
           doggs
           we
           know
           can
           make
           syllogisms
           )
           whether
           the
           honor
           or
           the
           danger
           were
           the
           greater
           to
           adventure
           on
           their
           Foe
           ,
           &
           whilst
           they
           stood
           declining
           the
           hazard
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           out
           steps
           a
           cowardly
           keeper
           ,
           &
           with
           a
           brace
           of
           bullets
           killeth
           the
           Stag
           dead
           in
           the
           place
           :
           who
           could
           he
           have
           borrowed
           a
           tongue
           from
           the
           standers
           by
           ,
           first
           he
           would
           have
           cursed
           that
           
             Frier
          
           of
           
             Mentz
          
           for
           first
           finding
           out
           the
           hellish
           invention
           of
           Gunpowder
           ,
           and
           then
           hee
           would
           have
           bequeathed
           himselfe
           to
           have
           been
           coffined
           in
           paste
           ,
           whilst
           the
           
           
             King
          
           and
           his
           
             Courtiers
          
           should
           be
           merry
           the
           solemnizing
           of
           his
           Funerall
           .
        
         
           The
           sport
           being
           ended
           ,
           the
           
             King
          
           returned
           and
           retired
           to
           his
           Chamber
           ;
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           makes
           his
           addresse
           to
           his
           
             Majesty
             ,
          
           who
           at
           the
           first
           had
           forgotten
           him
           ,
           till
           his
           memory
           was
           quickned
           with
           the
           effectuall
           token
           of
           the
           Bonds
           he
           burnt
           ;
           welcome
           
             Woodmonger
          
           said
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           thy
           suite
           is
           granted
           in
           the
           asking
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           presently
           a
           large
           pardon
           was
           signed
           and
           sealed
           ,
           which
           with
           all
           possible
           speed
           ,
           he
           carried
           along
           with
           him
           to
           
             Lisborn
             .
          
        
         
           But
           so
           short
           the
           day
           ,
           so
           long
           the
           way
           ,
           so
           bad
           the
           weather
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           make
           such
           speed
           as
           he
           desired
           ,
           and
           his
           friends
           expected
           .
        
         
           The
           day
           of
           execution
           being
           come
           ,
           
             Fidelio
          
           is
           brought
           to
           act
           his
           part
           on
           deaths
           
             The
             aier
             .
             Mariana
             ,
          
           though
           disjoyned
           from
           him
           in
           Prison
           to
           her
           great
           grief
           ,
           〈◊〉
           now
           to
           her
           greater
           
           grief
           conjoyned
           with
           him
           at
           the
           Scaffold
           .
           
             Fidelio
          
           begins
           with
           a
           long
           speech
           ,
           which
           seems
           no
           whit
           tedious
           to
           the
           Auditors
           ,
           because
           done
           out
           of
           a
           design
           to
           gain
           time
           ,
           in
           expectation
           of
           a
           pardon
           ,
           which
           all
           understood
           was
           procured
           ,
           all
           Lovers
           there
           present
           could
           have
           wished
           each
           vowell
           long
           in
           his
           speech
           ,
           the
           effect
           whereof
           was
           to
           advise
           young
           persons
           to
           confine
           their
           affections
           within
           some
           probable
           compass
           of
           their
           deserts
           ,
           not
           to
           wander
           with
           their
           extravagant
           love
           above
           the
           proportion
           of
           their
           merits
           :
           he
           bemoaneth
           himself
           much
           ,
           
             Mariana
          
           more
           ,
           taking
           on
           himself
           the
           guilt
           of
           the
           whole
           Action
           ,
           and
           protested
           that
           she
           died
           Loves
           true
           Martyr
           .
        
         
           
             Mariana
          
           seconded
           him
           in
           this
           sad
           discourse
           ,
           the
           purport
           whereof
           was
           ,
           to
           teach
           obedience
           to
           Children
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           take
           heed
           how
           they
           concealed
           their
           love
           from
           their
           Parents
           ,
           
           in
           whose
           meer
           disposall
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           conceive
           that
           Age
           superannuated
           them
           ,
           or
           gave
           them
           an
           acquittance
           from
           that
           debt
           to
           which
           nature
           engaged
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Post
          
           winds
           his
           horn
           ,
           all
           hear
           it
           and
           welcome
           ,
           conceiving
           what
           indeed
           it
           was
           ,
           the
           preface
           to
           a
           pardon
           .
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           followes
           the
           Post
           all
           in
           a
           sweat
           ,
           it
           being
           almost
           a
           wonder
           that
           his
           dried
           corpes
           could
           contribute
           so
           much
           moisture
           .
           The
           pardon
           is
           presented
           to
           the
           
             Supream
             Officer
             ,
          
           with
           much
           joy
           and
           acclamation
           of
           the
           beholders
           .
        
         
           Who
           would
           think
           that
           
             Heraclitus
          
           could
           be
           so
           soon
           turned
           into
           
             Democritus
          
           ?
           who
           could
           suppose
           that
           so
           great
           an
           Army
           of
           people
           could
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           Faces
           about
           ,
           it
           was
           hard
           before
           to
           find
           one
           merry
           ,
           now
           impossible
           to
           find
           one
           sad
           ,
           as
           if
           by
           sympathy
           they
           had
           been
           ,
           condemned
           with
           
             Fidelio
             ,
          
           and
           accordingly
           
           pardoned
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           pardon
           is
           read
           ,
           it
           was
           large
           parchment
           ,
           in
           character
           ,
           but
           apprehended
           too
           narrow
           in
           expression
           ,
           as
           only
           for
           the
           life
           of
           
             Mariana
             ,
          
           whose
           Father
           ,
           
             Don
             Durio
             ,
          
           neither
           desired
           nor
           endeavoured
           the
           life
           of
           the
           other
           whom
           he
           perfectly
           hated
           ,
           as
           conceiving
           his
           love
           a
           disparagement
           .
        
         
           Writers
           were
           in
           a
           sad
           condition
           ,
           if
           sometimes
           they
           might
           not
           take
           upon
           trust
           from
           their
           readers
           more
           then
           they
           are
           able
           to
           pay
           themselves
           ;
           how
           short
           would
           he
           fall
           ;
           who
           would
           undertake
           in
           language
           to
           expresse
           the
           generall
           sadnesse
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           but
           especially
           of
           
             Mariana
          
           for
           this
           unexpected
           accident
           .
           The
           
             Executioner
          
           proceeds
           to
           his
           work
           ,
           a
           handkercher
           being
           tyed
           about
           
             Fidelio's
          
           Face
           ,
           as
           one
           better
           prepared
           to
           feel
           then
           see
           death
           ,
           he
           is
           readily
           provided
           for
           the
           fatall
           stroke
           .
        
         
         
           In
           vain
           did
           
             Mariana
          
           with
           much
           Rhetorick
           (
           grief
           making
           her
           eloquent
           )
           plead
           ,
           that
           the
           pardons
           of
           
             Princes
          
           are
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           restrictive
           sences
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           things
           which
           are
           doubtfull
           ,
           men
           are
           rather
           to
           enlarge
           it
           with
           favour
           then
           contract
           it
           with
           cruelty
           ,
           that
           though
           her
           pardon
           alone
           was
           exprest
           doubtlesse
           both
           were
           intended
           ,
           that
           man
           and
           wife
           were
           but
           one
           ,
           the
           guilt
           but
           one
           committed
           by
           both
           ,
           and
           appeales
           to
           the
           judges
           present
           ,
           if
           any
           spark
           of
           mercy
           were
           alive
           in
           their
           breasts
           (
           Judges
           alway
           for
           the
           greater
           solemnity
           being
           present
           at
           Executions
           )
           to
           improve
           the
           same
           on
           so
           just
           ,
           so
           conscientious
           ,
           so
           honorable
           an
           occasion
           ,
           but
           as
           soon
           might
           a
           Child
           have
           perswaded
           the
           Tide
           at
           full
           Sea
           to
           retreat
           ,
           when
           inraged
           also
           with
           the
           wind
           ,
           as
           her
           request
           find
           any
           entertainment
           .
        
         
           
             Ardalio
          
           was
           present
           thereat
           ,
           standing
           close
           to
           Father
           
             Francisco
          
           
           the
           great
           Actor
           herein
           ,
           who
           spurr'd
           on
           the
           
             Judges
          
           (
           whom
           charity
           otherwise
           believed
           inclined
           to
           mercy
           ,
           to
           the
           greatest
           &
           speediest
           extremity
           )
           and
           he
           desired
           a
           private
           work
           with
           
             Francisco
          
           what
           was
           whispered
           between
           them
           ,
           was
           unknown
           ,
           and
           mens
           Fancies
           variously
           commented
           on
           their
           discourse
           ,
           but
           the
           truth
           was
           he
           spake
           to
           this
           effect
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           you
           have
           been
           the
           grand
           
             Ingeneir
          
           of
           this
           mans
           death
           ,
           whose
           blood
           you
           have
           sought
           ,
           being
           your self
           guilty
           of
           greater
           offences
           .
           A
           word
           from
           your
           mouth
           may
           respit
           the
           execution
           ,
           and
           reprieve
           the
           Prisoner
           ;
           I
           protest
           reveng
           of
           my
           friends
           blood
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           quickly
           improve
           your
           utmost
           ,
           three
           minutes
           is
           all
           the
           time
           I
           allow
           you
           to
           thinke
           or
           do
           after
           I
           have
           ended
           my
           speech
           ;
           know
           you
           Sir
           a
           Vault
           and
           a
           Door
           between
           your
           Covent
           and
           the
           Nuns
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Canons
           and
           Laws
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Civill
           ?
           these
           
           things
           shal
           be
           heightned
           against
           you
           with
           as
           much
           earnestnesse
           as
           my
           wit
           and
           wealth
           can
           improve
           it
           ,
           intending
           to
           bury
           my
           estate
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           the
           death
           of
           my
           friend
           .
           These
           things
           he
           uttered
           with
           that
           seriousnes
           which
           protosted
           no
           passion
           but
           a
           calme
           soul
           ,
           and
           such
           people
           are
           truest
           to
           their
           resolutions
           .
        
         
           
             Francisco
          
           went
           to
           the
           prime
           Officer
           ,
           and
           requested
           him
           (
           Fryers
           requests
           in
           such
           cases
           being
           commands
           )
           to
           put
           off
           the
           execution
           for
           one
           month
           ,
           untill
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           therein
           was
           more
           perfectly
           known
           ;
           for
           
             Ardalio
          
           had
           given
           him
           private
           information
           ,
           that
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           King
           was
           larger
           then
           his
           expression
           in
           the
           pardon
           ,
           and
           the
           Officer
           complyeth
           with
           him
           in
           his
           desire
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           company
           were
           dissolved
           ,
           none
           being
           sad
           at
           so
           strange
           but
           unexpected
           an
           alteration
           .
        
         
           All
           matters
           were
           husht
           and
           stopped
           ;
           
           
             Ardalio
          
           imbraced
           and
           feasted
           by
           
             Francisco
             ,
          
           who
           bribed
           his
           tongue
           to
           silence
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           as
           ingenuously
           professed
           &
           faithfully
           performed
           .
           The
           reprieve
           of
           
             Fidelio
          
           ended
           in
           a
           full
           pardon
           ,
           &
           old
           
             Don
             Durio
          
           seeing
           it
           to
           be
           in
           vain
           to
           forbid
           that
           match
           which
           providence
           had
           made
           ,
           was
           contented
           that
           his
           Daughter
           was
           injointred
           in
           a
           true
           affection
           ,
           consented
           unto
           their
           Marriage
           .
           Both
           which
           lived
           long
           ,
           and
           were
           blessed
           with
           an
           happy
           posterity
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           TRIANA
           
             And
          
           PADVANA
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           City
           of
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           there
           flourished
           a
           Marchant
           as
           large
           in
           estate
           ,
           as
           narrow
           in
           heart
           ,
           
             Mellito
             Bondi
          
           by
           name
           ,
           of
           a
           Family
           more
           ancient
           then
           numerous
           ,
           and
           yet
           more
           numerous
           then
           rich
           ;
           untill
           
             Mellito
          
           gave
           the
           luster
           thereunto
           with
           the
           vastnesse
           of
           his
           estate
           .
           One
           daughter
           alone
           he
           had
           ;
           
             Paduana
          
           (
           from
           the
           neighbouring
           place
           of
           her
           birth
           and
           breeding
           )
           courted
           by
           all
           the
           
             Illustrissimo's
          
           and
           
             Clarissimo's
          
           of
           that
           State
           ,
           as
           well
           she
           might
           ,
           having
           the
           portion
           of
           a
           Princesse
           in
           expectation
           .
           Yet
           her
           wealth
           was
           the
           meanest
           thing
           about
           her
           ,
           
           whose
           vertues
           and
           beauty
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           fame
           commonly
           a
           Lier
           in
           the
           excesse
           ,
           was
           here
           a
           lier
           in
           the
           defect
           ,
           her
           large
           report
           falling
           short
           of
           the
           Ladies
           due
           deserts
           .
        
         
           
             Paduana
          
           solicited
           to
           marriage
           denied
           all
           suiters
           ,
           charging
           all
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           her
           stedfast
           resolutions
           on
           virginity
           ;
           whereas
           this
           was
           but
           a
           
             blind
             ,
          
           more
           covertly
           to
           conceal
           her
           affections
           ,
           and
           that
           exchange
           of
           hearts
           which
           had
           passed
           between
           her
           and
           
             Feliciano
             ,
          
           a
           sojourner
           in
           the
           house
           of
           her
           Father
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Feliciano
          
           was
           a
           proper
           Gentleman
           ,
           compleatly
           educated
           ,
           whose
           enemies
           allowed
           this
           to
           be
           his
           worst
           fault
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           a
           prodigall
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           who
           had
           wasted
           the
           large
           estate
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           :
           yet
           let
           not
           old
           
             Andrea
          
           (
           for
           so
           was
           his
           Father
           termed
           )
           be
           wholy
           condemned
           for
           an
           unthrift
           (
           the
           partiall
           cause
           of
           his
           ruine
           )
           seeing
           losses
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           ill
           debters
           at
           land
           contributed
           
           to
           his
           speedier
           undoing
           ;
           besides
           our
           foresaid
           
             Bondi
          
           if
           strictly
           examined
           ,
           could
           not
           denie
           his
           concurrence
           thereunto
           ,
           who
           by
           usurious
           contracts
           ,
           and
           sinister
           advantages
           spurred
           him
           on
           to
           destruction
           ,
           who
           was
           running
           too
           fast
           of
           himselfe
           ;
           hereupon
           in
           some
           commiseration
           he
           kept
           
             Feliciano
          
           his
           sonne
           ,
           as
           a
           gentle-Alms-man
           ,
           exhibiting
           dyet
           and
           some
           slender
           accommodations
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           best
           was
           ,
           the
           scant
           measure
           of
           
             Bondi
          
           his
           allowance
           ,
           was
           inlarged
           by
           his
           daughters
           bounty
           ,
           maintaining
           him
           in
           a
           fashionable
           
             equipage
          
           :
           Thus
           for
           a
           time
           we
           leave
           them
           to
           their
           embraces
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           sweeter
           because
           the
           secreter
           ,
           waiting
           the
           leasure
           of
           every
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           warily
           stealing
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           It
           happened
           about
           this
           time
           ,
           that
           the
           
             President
          
           of
           
             Dalmatia
             ,
          
           languished
           on
           a
           desperate
           sicknesse
           ,
           his
           death
           being
           daily
           expected
           :
           This
           
           was
           an
           office
           of
           great
           honour
           and
           expence
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           discharged
           creditably
           without
           the
           annuall
           expending
           of
           so
           many
           duckets
           ,
           which
           amounts
           to
           three
           thousand
           pounds
           sterling
           of
           our
           English
           money
           :
           for
           though
           the
           foresaid
           
             President
          
           had
           a
           pension
           from
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           
             Intrado
          
           from
           the
           Gallyes
           and
           Garrisons
           ,
           with
           some
           considerable
           revenues
           from
           the
           demeanes
           annexed
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           yet
           all
           his
           perquisits
           and
           emoluments
           audited
           ,
           the
           foresaid
           summe
           was
           requisite
           to
           carry
           it
           forth
           with
           any
           reputation
           ,
           except
           some
           sordid
           soule
           was
           carelesse
           of
           his
           credit
           ,
           and
           would
           sacrifice
           the
           same
           to
           publique
           obloquy
           .
        
         
           
             M●l●ito
             Bondi
          
           was
           designed
           by
           the
           
             Duke
             and
             Senate
             of
             Venice
          
           successor
           in
           this
           Presidentship
           of
           
             Dalmatia
             :
          
           Indeed
           in
           Seniority
           it
           belonged
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           was
           accounted
           an
           injury
           to
           baulk
           so
           good
           ground
           ,
           and
           
           passe
           over
           a
           man
           of
           merit
           ,
           should
           the
           
             State
          
           decline
           his
           election
           ;
           So
           on
           the
           other
           side
           it
           would
           have
           left
           an
           indeleble
           shame
           to
           
             Melli●o
             ,
          
           if
           shee
           should
           have
           waved
           the
           acceptance
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Mellito
          
           quakes
           for
           feare
           to
           be
           advanced
           downward
           to
           so
           chargeable
           a
           preferment
           ,
           his
           covetousnesse
           is
           above
           his
           ambition
           ,
           and
           he
           almost
           dies
           for
           feare
           to
           heare
           that
           the
           President
           of
           
             Dalmatia
          
           is
           dying
           .
           The
           newes
           of
           the
           arriving
           of
           a
           wealthy
           Ship
           from
           
             Caro
             ,
          
           or
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           would
           be
           farre
           more
           acceptable
           unto
           him
           ,
           then
           such
           burthensome
           honour
           .
        
         
           Now
           hee
           had
           a
           confident
           ,
           part
           Friend
           ,
           part
           servant
           ,
           
             Gervatio
          
           by
           name
           ,
           whose
           secresie
           hee
           had
           balkt
           ,
           and
           whose
           tongue
           he
           had
           lockt
           up
           with
           many
           favours
           bestowed
           upon
           him
           .
           To
           him
           he
           presumes
           to
           impart
           his
           grievance
           in
           manner
           following
           .
        
         
         
           
             Gervatio
             ,
             I
             ranck
             my
             servants
             in
             a
             threefold
             Order
             ,
             of
             Slaves
             ;
             Servants
             and
             friends
             ;
             of
             the
             former
             I
             have
             many
             fit
             for
             servile
             labour
             ,
             no
             ingenious
             imployment
             :
             of
             the
             middle
             sort
             ,
             I
             want
             none
             ,
             but
             these
             love
             mine
             rather
             then
             me
             :
             of
             friends
             servants
             thou
             art
             the
             chiefe
             ,
             I
             make
             thy
             owne
             ingenuity
             my
             judge
             ,
             whether
             my
             carriage
             unto
             thee
             hath
             not
             rather
             spoke
             mee
             a
             Father
             to
             a
             Child
             ,
             rather
             then
             a
             Master
             to
             Servant
             .
             Thankefull
             natures
             (
             among
             whom
             I
             shall
             account
             you
             till
             discerning
             the
             contrary
             )
             will
             study
             to
             deserve
             favours
             bestowed
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             begetteth
             in
             me
             a
             confidence
             that
             I
             may
             not
             ōly
             safely
             trust
             the
             with
             an
             important
             secret
             ,
             but
             also
             crave
             thy
             
             advice
             therein
             for
             my
             further
             direction
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gervatio
          
           made
           a
           short
           ,
           but
           serious
           protest
           of
           his
           fidelity
           herein
           ,
           professing
           himselfe
           highly
           advanced
           in
           this
           trust
           committed
           unto
           him
           ,
           withall
           much
           commending
           
             Bondies
          
           ability
           to
           advise
           himselfe
           ,
           bemoaning
           withall
           his
           owne
           insufficiency
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           harbour
           so
           presumptuous
           a
           thought
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           scant
           measure
           of
           his
           weake
           judgement
           could
           supply
           any
           thing
           wanting
           in
           the
           rich
           Treasure
           of
           his
           Masters
           experience
           :
           how
           ever
           he
           promised
           that
           his
           heart
           should
           make
           recompence
           for
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           the
           sincerity
           of
           his
           endeavours
           make
           some
           amends
           for
           his
           other
           failings
           and
           infirmities
           .
        
         
           From
           complements
           ,
           I
           fall
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           ,
           
             Bon●i
          
           tells
           him
           his
           great
           desire
           to
           decline
           the
           costly
           
             Presidentship
             of
             Dalmatia
             ,
          
           which
           by
           succession
           when
           vacant
           ,
           was
           certain
           to
           descend
           upon
           him
           ,
           he
           voweth
           that
           
           he
           accompted
           it
           ill
           husbandry
           to
           sell
           rich
           Lands
           therewith
           to
           buy
           empty
           Ayre
           &
           honorable
           titles
           which
           vanish
           with
           the
           wearer
           thereof
           ;
           whilst
           his
           lasting
           wealth
           might
           probably
           descend
           to
           his
           posterity
           ,
           &
           desireth
           
             Gervatio
          
           to
           mind
           him
           of
           some
           faire
           contrivance
           which
           might
           not
           leave
           the
           blur
           of
           any
           suspition
           behind
           it
           ,
           (
           much
           lesse
           come
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           probable
           detection
           )
           whereby
           he
           might
           wave
           that
           expensive
           place
           ,
           though
           but
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           untill
           some
           other
           should
           bee
           setled
           in
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Presently
           
             Gervatio
          
           his
           better
           
             genius
          
           prompted
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           person
           how
           rich
           soever
           ,
           if
           totally
           deprived
           of
           any
           of
           his
           senses
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           fundamentall
           Lawes
           of
           that
           State
           rendered
           uncapable
           of
           the
           foresaid
           
             Presidentship
             .
          
           On
           this
           undoubted
           foundation
           ,
           being
           a
           most
           certaine
           and
           well
           known
           truth
           ,
           he
           bottomed
           his
           designe
           ,
           perswading
           
             Bondi
          
           to
           counterfeit
           himselfe
           stark
           blind
           ,
           
           that
           this
           infirmity
           cunningly
           dissembled
           and
           generally
           beleeved
           ,
           would
           secure
           him
           out
           of
           the
           distance
           of
           the
           danger
           he
           feared
           ,
           being
           not
           eligible
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           while
           visited
           with
           so
           great
           a
           defect
           .
        
         
           The
           plot
           takes
           with
           
             Bondi
             ,
          
           who
           puts
           it
           in
           present
           execution
           .
           On
           the
           Morrow
           an
           entertainment
           is
           made
           ,
           some
           friends
           invited
           to
           celebrate
           the
           anniversary
           of
           his
           birth-day
           ,
           and
           
             Bondi
          
           proves
           himselfe
           a
           perfect
           Miser
           ,
           by
           his
           ouer
           plentifull
           cheer
           :
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           mirth
           ,
           he
           complains
           the
           Roome
           is
           dark
           ,
           commands
           the
           windowes
           to
           be
           opened
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           .
           
             Bondi
          
           perseveres
           in
           his
           complaint
           ,
           that
           he
           sees
           no
           more
           then
           hee
           did
           before
           .
           (
           which
           in
           some
           sence
           was
           not
           untrue
           )
           at
           last
           all
           meanes
           used
           to
           recover
           light
           unto
           him
           prove
           in
           vaine
           ,
           So
           that
           
             Justice
          
           is
           not
           phancied
           more
           blind
           by
           the
           
             Philosophers
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Cupid
          
           feined
           more
           eyelesse
           by
           the
           
             Poets
          
           
           then
           
             Bondi
          
           was
           then
           believed
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           This
           accident
           produced
           different
           effects
           as
           men
           stood
           variously
           affected
           unto
           him
           ,
           narrow
           the
           number
           of
           such
           who
           truly
           loved
           him
           ,
           and
           those
           few
           did
           really
           pitty
           and
           bemone
           him
           ;
           more
           his
           foes
           who
           rejoyced
           thereat
           ,
           and
           made
           uncharitable
           cōstructiōs
           thereof
           ,
           as
           if
           some
           secret
           wanton
           intemperance
           had
           deprived
           him
           of
           his
           sight
           ,
           none
           suspected
           any
           fraud
           or
           collusion
           therein
           .
           And
           to
           make
           all
           the
           surer
           
             Bondi
          
           confessed
           that
           this
           was
           a
           just
           punishment
           inflicted
           upon
           him
           for
           his
           pride
           and
           ambition
           ,
           because
           he
           so
           greedily
           had
           desired
           the
           
             Presidentship
             of
             Dalmatia
             .
          
           He
           acknowledged
           that
           he
           had
           been
           no
           better
           then
           a
           murtherer
           in
           his
           own
           heart
           ,
           having
           often
           killed
           the
           old
           
             President
             of
             Dalmatia
          
           in
           his
           wishes
           and
           desire
           ,
           the
           sooner
           to
           pave
           the
           way
           to
           his
           owne
           preferment
           ,
           and
           enoble
           his
           posterity
           with
           addition
           of
           so
           honorable
           imployment
           .
        
         
         
           Hitherto
           ,
           
             Feliciano
          
           and
           
             Paduana
             ,
          
           had
           managed
           their
           affections
           with
           all
           secresy
           suffering
           none
           to
           be
           privy
           thereunto
           ;
           But
           henceforward
           being
           ignorant
           of
           her
           Fathers
           dissimulation
           ,
           they
           abstaine
           not
           in
           his
           presence
           to
           passe
           kisses
           and
           courtesies
           as
           confident
           that
           hee
           perceived
           nothing
           .
           Whereat
           the
           other
           was
           enraged
           above
           measure
           :
           should
           his
           daughter
           being
           a
           fit
           match
           for
           a
           Prince
           ,
           for
           Parts
           ,
           Portion
           and
           Pedegree
           ,
           be
           cast
           away
           on
           the
           sonne
           of
           a
           Bankrupt
           ,
           all
           whose
           maintenance
           proceeded
           out
           of
           his
           owne
           purse
           ?
           hee
           resolv'd
           rather
           to
           disinherit
           
             Paduana
             ,
          
           then
           endure
           this
           affront
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           present
           in
           silence
           he
           digested
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           The
           long
           languishing
           
             President
             of
             Dalmatia
          
           puts
           an
           end
           of
           peoples
           expectations
           by
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           made
           roome
           for
           one
           to
           exceed
           him
           in
           his
           office
           .
           The
           election
           leaves
           over
           
             Bondi
          
           by
           his
           blindnesse
           unqualified
           for
           
           that
           place
           ,
           the
           concernement
           wherof
           required
           one
           who
           should
           bee
           an
           
             Argos
          
           both
           for
           body
           and
           minde
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           neede
           of
           his
           constant
           warinesse
           and
           circumspection
           .
           
             Martino
             Cárnatio
          
           is
           by
           generall
           suffrages
           reputed
           for
           the
           place
           ,
           legally
           chosen
           and
           solemnely
           setled
           therein
           ;
           and
           conducted
           to
           
             Spolato
          
           by
           the
           Gallies
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           where
           he
           began
           his
           residence
           ,
           and
           we
           meet
           with
           no
           further
           mention
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           Soone
           after
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             Venice
          
           comes
           to
           give
           
             Bondi
          
           a
           visit
           ,
           bringing
           along
           with
           him
           a
           Chirurgion
           ,
           whose
           skill
           as
           it
           was
           diffused
           over
           all
           sores
           ,
           so
           his
           master-piece
           was
           in
           being
           an
           expert
           
             oculist
             .
          
           Indeed
           the
           eye
           is
           a
           small
           volume
           ,
           but
           many
           the
           leaves
           (
           I
           meane
           the
           tunicles
           )
           thereof
           ,
           and
           much
           written
           therein
           ,
           the
           eye
           alone
           being
           subject
           to
           more
           distempers
           and
           diseases
           ,
           then
           any
           other
           part
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           so
           many
           and
           so
           small
           the
           contrivances
           therein
           ,
           and
           no
           wonder
           
           if
           little
           Watches
           be
           quickly
           out
           of
           order
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Oculist
          
           (
           being
           indeed
           one
           of
           more
           fame
           then
           skill
           ,
           of
           more
           skill
           then
           honesty
           )
           at
           the
           
             Dukes
          
           desire
           made
           an
           accurate
           inspection
           on
           
             Bondi's
          
           eyes
           ,
           and
           pretended
           that
           he
           discovered
           in
           both
           of
           them
           a
           little
           speck
           hindering
           the
           sight
           thereof
           ▪
           which
           with
           a
           small
           Instrument
           ,
           might
           easily
           be
           cut
           out
           ,
           with
           very
           little
           pain
           :
           and
           here
           he
           scattered
           a
           multitude
           of
           hard
           and
           long
           Latin
           words
           ,
           which
           would
           serve
           for
           the
           titles
           of
           the
           Gally-pots
           of
           an
           Apothecaries
           shop
           ,
           which
           much
           amused
           his
           hearers
           therewith
           :
           I
           spare
           the
           pains
           to
           relate
           them
           ,
           because
           questioning
           the
           readers
           skill
           in
           understanding
           thereof
           ,
           the
           rather
           because
           I
           question
           the
           
             Oculist
          
           whether
           he
           understood
           himself
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Bondi
          
           was
           now
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           fearing
           some
           violence
           should
           be
           offered
           to
           his
           eyes
           ,
           where
           a
           touch
           is
           a
           wound
           ,
           
           such
           the
           tendernesse
           thereof
           ,
           he
           thanks
           the
           
             Chirurgeon
          
           much
           ,
           and
           the
           
             D●ke
          
           more
           ,
           for
           their
           care
           and
           kindnesse
           unto
           him
           ,
           but
           is
           resolved
           patiently
           to
           bear
           the
           affliction
           laid
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           confesses
           himself
           did
           justly
           deserve
           for
           his
           pride
           and
           ambition
           ,
           he
           hoped
           his
           soul
           should
           be
           the
           better
           for
           the
           blindnesse
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           in
           no
           case
           would
           consent
           that
           any
           experiment
           should
           be
           tryed
           on
           him
           for
           his
           recovery
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           
             Duke
          
           interposed
           his
           power
           and
           flat
           command
           ,
           
             Signior
             Bondi
          
           said
           he
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           so
           in
           your
           owne
           full
           and
           free
           dispose
           ,
           but
           you
           may
           and
           must
           be
           over-ruled
           by
           others
           for
           your
           owne
           good
           ;
           we
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           worth
           in
           you
           which
           your
           modesty
           will
           not
           owne
           in
           your selfe
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           not
           lose
           the
           benefit
           of
           so
           usefull
           a
           patriot
           ;
           you
           are
           a
           selfe
           murtherer
           ,
           if
           refusing
           those
           lawfull
           means
           whereby
           Art
           may
           befriend
           Nature
           ,
           against
           
           your
           infirmity
           :
           As
           your
           friend
           therefore
           I
           desire
           you
           ,
           as
           your
           Prince
           I
           command
           you
           ,
           as
           both
           I
           enjoyne
           you
           without
           further
           dispute
           ,
           to
           submit
           your selfe
           to
           this
           Artist
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           that
           his
           learned
           endeavours
           ,
           will
           be
           crowned
           with
           welcome
           successe
           .
        
         
           Wit
           works
           in
           extremity
           ,
           now
           or
           never
           
             Bondi
          
           play
           thy
           prizes
           ,
           with
           a
           composed
           countenance
           he
           returns
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             ready
             with
             all
             thankfulnesse
             to
             embrace
             your
             counsell
             ,
             and
             much
             admire
             the
             extensivenesse
             of
             your
             goodnesse
             ,
             and
             largnesse
             of
             your
             spirit
             ,
             that
             amidst
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             your
             State-imployments
             ,
             your
             ability
             is
             such
             ,
             and
             your
             goodnesse
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             you
             will
             reflect
             on
             so
             inconsiderable
             a
             thing
             as
             my selfe
             :
             But
             give
             me
             
             leave
             to
             acquaint
             your
             grace
             ,
             I
             have
             lately
             made
             a
             vow
             to
             my
             perticular
             Saint
             ,
             whose
             aid
             I
             have
             implored
             (
             and
             whose
             name
             for
             some
             reasons
             I
             crave
             leave
             as
             yet
             to
             conceal
             )
             and
             have
             received
             some
             assurance
             from
             him
             in
             a
             dream
             ,
             that
             shortly
             I
             shall
             be
             bettered
             by
             his
             goodnesse
             .
             I
             call
             it
             a
             Dream
             ,
             but
             surely
             it
             was
             not
             such
             ,
             wherein
             Fancy
             commands
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             reason
             ;
             but
             certainly
             my
             Lord
             ,
             such
             was
             the
             impression
             thereof
             in
             my
             soule
             ,
             that
             it
             carrieth
             with
             it
             the
             presage
             of
             somewhat
             more
             then
             ordinary
             ;
             favour
             me
             then
             only
             to
             expect
             the
             issue
             thereof
             ,
             and
             if
             my
             dream
             be
             but
             a
             dream
             ,
             I
             shall
             yield
             my selfe
             wholly
             up
             to
             be
             ordered
             by
             your
             graces
             
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             thankfully
             accept
             what
             course
             soever
             shall
             be
             prescribed
             unto
             me
             .
          
           Hereat
           the
           Duke
           was
           contented
           ,
           &
           aftar
           the
           exchange
           of
           some
           complements
           ,
           the
           company
           departed
           .
        
         
           Next
           day
           
             Bondi
          
           calls
           
             Feliciano
             ,
          
           and
           sends
           him
           to
           the
           shrine
           of
           Saint
           
             Silvester
          
           in
           
             Anchona
             ,
          
           desring
           that
           such
           as
           attended
           thereon
           ,
           would
           intrust
           him
           with
           any
           parcell
           of
           that
           Saints
           reliques
           ,
           (
           and
           if
           Beggers
           might
           be
           permitted
           to
           be
           chusers
           )
           with
           his
           hair-girdle
           which
           he
           did
           wear
           next
           his
           skin
           ,
           giving
           commission
           to
           
             Feliciano
          
           to
           be
           bound
           to
           what
           proportion
           should
           be
           required
           ,
           or
           to
           procure
           security
           in
           the
           City
           for
           the
           restitution
           of
           the
           said
           reliques
           in
           ten
           daies
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           along
           with
           it
           some
           
             Priest
          
           eminent
           for
           his
           devotion
           ,
           upon
           assured
           confidence
           ,
           that
           
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           relique
           meeting
           with
           his
           prayer
           ,
           should
           produce
           some
           strange
           effects
           toward
           his
           recovery
           .
        
         
           
             Feliciano
          
           is
           proud
           of
           the
           imployment
           ,
           hoping
           hereby
           to
           ingratiate
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           makes
           all
           possible
           speed
           he
           can
           to
           his
           journey
           ,
           but
           first
           a
           Saint
           of
           his
           must
           be
           saluted
           ,
           and
           the
           fair
           hand
           of
           
             Paduana
          
           kist
           ,
           which
           done
           ,
           he
           sets
           forth
           with
           such
           alacrity
           ,
           as
           resolved
           ,
           that
           expedition
           and
           faithfulnesse
           should
           contend
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           of
           them
           two
           should
           share
           the
           greatest
           part
           ,
           in
           performance
           of
           
             Bondi's
          
           commands
           .
        
         
           The
           day
           after
           his
           departure
           ,
           
             Mounsier
             Insuls
          
           a
           French-man
           arrives
           at
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           sonne
           and
           heir
           to
           
             Mounsier
             Opulent
             ,
          
           the
           rich
           Merchant
           of
           
             Marsel●es
             ,
          
           he
           had
           purchased
           three
           French
           Counts
           out
           of
           their
           Lands
           ,
           besides
           a
           vast
           bank
           of
           money
           in
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           and
           els-where
           :
           The
           old
           men
           some
           months
           since
           ,
           by
           letters
           had
           
           concluded
           the
           match
           ,
           between
           the
           two
           sole
           children
           and
           heires
           .
        
         
           
             Insuls
          
           then
           comes
           now
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           woe
           as
           to
           wed
           ,
           Portion
           and
           Dowry
           are
           both
           agreed
           on
           ,
           and
           nothing
           wanting
           (
           save
           that
           without
           which
           all
           was
           nothing
           )
           the
           affections
           of
           
             Paduana
             .
          
           This
           
             Insuls
          
           was
           a
           Poeticall
           fool
           ,
           an
           admirer
           of
           his
           owne
           rhimes
           ,
           rather
           then
           verses
           ,
           being
           but
           one
           degree
           above
           
             Ballads
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           to
           give
           him
           his
           due
           ,
           sometimes
           he
           would
           stumble
           upon
           expressions
           which
           might
           have
           become
           a
           wiser
           and
           learneder
           Man
           .
           And
           although
           herein
           he
           was
           generally
           condemned
           for
           a
           Theefe
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           stolen
           them
           from
           others
           ,
           (
           his
           memory
           being
           better
           ,
           then
           his
           fancy
           )
           and
           than
           confidently
           vented
           them
           for
           for
           his
           owne
           ;
           yet
           others
           were
           so
           charitable
           ,
           that
           he
           wore
           not
           the
           Perriwigg
           of
           other
           mens
           witts
           ,
           but
           was
           the
           true
           Author
           of
           his
           verses
           ,
           for
           he
           that
           shoots
           often
           at
           random
           ,
           
           may
           sometimes
           unawares
           hitt
           the
           marke
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           in
           a
           million
           of
           blanks
           ,
           one
           prize
           should
           not
           happen
           at
           last
           .
           Besides
           who
           knowes
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           veriest
           of
           fooles
           have
           not
           their
           wise
           intervalls
           ;
           sometimes
           hee
           would
           utter
           himselfe
           in
           convenient
           language
           ,
           and
           quick
           conceit
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           briefe
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           great
           question
           whether
           
             Paduana
          
           more
           perfectly
           hated
           him
           ,
           or
           more
           entirely
           loved
           
             Feliciano
          
           ;
           but
           her
           Tyrannicall
           Father
           driving
           that
           affection
           which
           he
           should
           draw
           ,
           and
           forcing
           what
           he
           should
           perswade
           ,
           vowed
           by
           Saint
           
             Silvester
          
           his
           usuall
           oath
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           disinherit
           her
           of
           all
           his
           estate
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           same
           tO
           
             Georgio
             Bondi
          
           his
           Nephew
           ,
           in
           case
           she
           made
           the
           least
           refusall
           herein
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           distresse
           
             Paduana
          
           makes
           her
           addresses
           to
           
             Gervatio
          
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
         
           Gervatio
           ,
           
             you
             cannot
             but
             be
             sensible
             of
             reciprocall
             love
             ,
             between
             me
             and
          
           Feliciano
           ,
           
             for
             though
             my
             Father
             be
             blind
             ,
             you
             enjoy
             the
             benefit
             of
             your
             eyes
             ,
             nor
             can
             we
             pretend
             to
             so
             much
             secresy
             ,
             but
             that
             one
             as
             your selfe
             constantly
             with
             us
             ,
             will
             observe
             smoak
             in
             a
             sigh
             ,
             and
             sparkles
             in
             an
             eye
             which
             have
             passed
             between
             us
             ;
             my
             humble
             request
             to
             you
             is
             (
             and
             do
             not
             Mistresses
             command
             when
             they
             request
             )
             that
             you
             would
             invent
             some
             way
             to
             free
             me
             from
             the
             torture
             of
             this
             Clowne
             ,
             foole
          
           Insuls
           ,
           
             and
             promote
             my
             affections
             where
             they
             are
             bestowed
             and
             deserved
             .
          
        
         
           
             Who
             would
             worship
             the
             setting
             Sunne
             ,
             when
             the
             rising
             Sunne
             doth
             court
             him
             ?
             my
             Fathers
             decaying
             
             age
             carries
             in
             it
             a
             despair
             of
             long
             life
             ,
             whilst
             my
             tender
             years
             promise
             a
             longer
             continuance
             ;
             build
             not
             therefore
             but
             on
             that
             foundation
             which
             in
             probability
             appears
             the
             firmest
             ;
             however
             I
             would
             not
             disoblige
             thee
             from
             my
             father
             ,
             make
             your
             own
             ends
             upon
             him
             ,
             gain
             of
             him
             what
             you
             can
             ,
             &
             I
             will
             confirm
             it
             :
             and
             over
             and
             above
             I
             will
             assure
             thee
             (
             so
             farre
             as
             my
             condition
             is
             capable
             to
             give
             assurance
             )
             to
             gratifie
             your
             endeavours
             to
             a
             higher
             proportion
             ,
             then
             you
             can
             expect
             .
             Is
             not
             the
             house
             ,
             in
             the
             suburbs
             of
          
           Padua
           ,
           
             where
             I
             was
             born
             ,
             a
             pretty
             pile
             of
             building
             ?
             do
             not
             forty
             acres
             of
             ground
             impartially
             embrace
             it
             on
             every
             side
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             Oile
             in
          
           Lombardy
           
             known
             to
             grow
             
             there
             ?
             Know
          
           Gervatio
           ,
           
             that
             all
             these
             are
             thine
             to
             the
             reward
             of
             thy
             fidelity
             ;
             besides
             I
             conceal
             something
             to
             my selfe
             ,
             intending
             to
             surprize
             thee
             with
             that
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             judgment
             will
             be
             considerable
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             worthy
             of
             thy
             acceptance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gervatio
          
           hereby
           is
           made
           a
           perfect
           Convert
           ,
           he
           will
           hold
           with
           
             Bondi
             ,
          
           but
           run
           with
           
             Paduana
             ,
          
           he
           will
           look
           towards
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           but
           will
           row
           with
           the
           
             Daughter
             ,
          
           and
           profest
           his
           future
           fidelity
           unto
           her
           with
           such
           oaths
           and
           imprecations
           ,
           as
           commanded
           her
           belief
           .
        
         
           It
           happened
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           a
           sourrilous
           ,
           scandalous
           Libell
           ,
           made
           in
           verse
           ,
           was
           cast
           in
           the
           
             Piazza
          
           in
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           other
           copies
           scattered
           in
           Saint
           
             Marks
             ,
          
           and
           other
           publick
           places
           of
           the
           Citty
           ;
           herein
           the
           
             Duke
          
           and
           
             Senate
          
           were
           basely
           abused
           ,
           and
           some
           
           lines
           ,
           some
           small
           witt
           shewed
           in
           the
           close
           thereof
           ,
           (
           as
           who
           cannot
           be
           ingenious
           to
           abuse
           )
           spies
           are
           set
           to
           apprehend
           the
           person
           ,
           with
           promises
           of
           two
           hundred
           Ducketts
           for
           his
           service
           .
        
         
           
             Gervatio
             ,
          
           whose
           brains
           now
           beat
           about
           nothing
           but
           
             Paduana's
          
           happinesse
           ,
           accosteth
           
             Mounsier
             Insuls
             ,
          
           who
           ever
           was
           inquisitive
           of
           newes
           ,
           asking
           him
           what
           was
           the
           tydings
           of
           the
           day
           :
           Strange
           news
           ,
           saith
           
             Gervatio
             ,
          
           an
           admirable
           piece
           of
           Poetry
           (
           but
           a
           little
           salt
           and
           bitter
           )
           is
           found
           scattered
           before
           the
           
             Dukes
             Palace
             ,
          
           and
           strange
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           had
           the
           witt
           to
           make
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           wisdome
           to
           affix
           his
           name
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           
             That
             is
             no
             strange
             thing
             (
             saith
          
           Insuls
           )
           
             for
             generally
             the
             most
             witty
             are
             the
             most
             modest
             ,
             how
             many
             hundred
             namelesse
             copies
             of
             mine
             fly
             about
             in
          
           France
           ,
           
             and
          
           Italy
           ,
           
           
             and
             others
             perchance
             claime
             the
             credit
             thereof
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             passage
             wherein
             I
             have
             taken
             speciall
             contentment
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             impudency
             and
             ignorance
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             will
             father
             the
             issues
             of
             another
             mans
             brain
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gervatio
          
           returned
           ,
           that
           some
           hundred
           Duckets
           were
           promised
           to
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           he
           believed
           that
           he
           should
           be
           
             Poet
             Laureat
          
           for
           the
           State
           of
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           and
           wishing
           that
           he
           any
           way
           might
           be
           instrumentall
           in
           discovering
           the
           composer
           thereof
           :
           
             And
             Mounsier
          
           Insuls
           
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             be
             plain
             with
             you
             ,
             I
             have
             a
             great
             suspicion
             (
             but
             to
             recall
             the
             word
             ,
             for
             suspicion
             is
             only
             for
             things
             that
             are
             bad
             ,
             and
             therefore
             improper
             at
             present
             )
             I
             have
             a
             strong
             surmise
             that
             you
             are
             the
             Author
             thereof
             .
             Insuls
          
           laughed
           with
           an
           affected
           guiltinesse
           ,
           and
           said
           nothing
           .
        
         
         
           
             And
             Sir
             ,
             (
             returned
             the
             other
             ,
             )
             I
             know
             you
             ,
             and
             none
             else
             could
             do
             the
             same
             :
             First
             ,
             I
             compare
             the
             stile
             and
             language
             is
             like
             that
             wherein
             last
             night
             you
             courted
             my
             Mistresse
             ,
             alwaies
             full
             ,
             but
             not
             swelling
             ,
             sometimes
             humble
             ,
             but
             not
             flat
             ,
             the
             rhime
             good
             ,
             but
             not
             affected
             ,
             teaching
             it
             the
             true
             distance
             thereof
             ,
             that
             it
             must
             be
             the
             vassall
             not
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Poet
             ,
             it
             is
             neither
          
           Virgils
           
             strain
             ,
             nor
          
           Ovids
           ,
           
             but
             both
             ;
             it
             comes
             off
             with
             a
             spring
             in
             the
             close
             ,
             and
             commonly
             the
             two
             last
             verses
             of
             the
             Stanza
             ,
             containes
             the
             totall
             summe
             of
             the
             particulars
             going
             before
             ;
             certainly
             a
             vast
             summe
             of
             money
             would
             be
             bestowed
             on
             him
             who
             was
             the
             composer
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             What
             talkest
             thou
             to
             me
             of
             money
          
           (
           
             replyed
          
           Insuls
           )
           
             my
             Father
             hath
             the
             three
             best
             seats
             in
             all
          
           Provence
           ,
           Crassus
           
             and
          
           Cressus
           
             were
             both
             of
             them
             beggers
             unto
             him
             ,
             I
             only
             take
             up
             this
             vein
             of
             Poetry
             for
             my
             recreation
             ,
             and
             to
             confute
             the
             common
             observation
             ,
             that
             all
             Poets
             are
             Beggers
             .
             I
             am
             a
             rich
             Poet
             .
          
        
         
           After
           the
           exchange
           of
           some
           discourse
           ,
           
             Insuls
          
           shewed
           himselfe
           to
           brook
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           barely
           confessed
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Poem
             ,
          
           adding
           withall
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           made
           five
           hundred
           better
           in
           his
           daies
           :
           But
           seeing
           no
           one
           drinks
           alike
           of
           
             Helicon
          
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           a
           constant
           tenure
           cannot
           be
           expected
           in
           witts
           :
           I
           was
           saith
           he
           at
           the
           penning
           thereof
           ,
           not
           ascending
           but
           declining
           
             Parnassus
             ,
          
           and
           good
           
             Gervatio
          
           
           make
           not
           conjecture
           of
           my
           parts
           on
           such
           disadvantages
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           am
           able
           to
           exceed
           it
           on
           the
           least
           occasion
           :
           I
           confesse
           ,
           Mustard
           is
           nothing
           worth
           unlesse
           it
           bite
           ;
           I
           put
           in
           little
           sharpenesse
           to
           give
           it
           a
           hogo
           to
           the
           pallate
           of
           the
           Men
           of
           these
           times
           .
        
         
           Out
           springs
           two
           invisible
           witnesse
           whom
           
             Gervatio
          
           had
           planted
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           their
           words
           )
           and
           presently
           seize
           
             Insuls
          
           condemned
           by
           his
           own
           witnesse
           .
           These
           Informers
           ,
           the
           necessary
           evills
           in
           a
           State
           ,
           were
           incouraged
           in
           
             Venice
          
           by
           the
           greatest
           politicians
           ,
           conforming
           themselves
           to
           all
           companies
           ,
           having
           a
           patent
           to
           be
           
             knaves
          
           that
           they
           might
           discover
           
             f●oles
          
           ;
           seeing
           no
           wise
           men
           ,
           though
           dissenting
           from
           the
           present
           power
           ,
           will
           lie
           at
           so
           open
           a
           Guard
           ,
           as
           to
           carry
           their
           hearts
           in
           their
           tongues
           .
        
         
           
             Insuls
          
           is
           presently
           hurried
           to
           prison
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           strange
           to
           see
           the
           suddaine
           alteration
           this
           accident
           made
           
           upon
           him
           :
           hee
           who
           at
           best
           was
           but
           halfe
           a
           man
           ,
           was
           now
           less
           considerable
           then
           a
           beast
           ,
           senceless
           &
           stupid
           ,
           scarse
           able
           to
           write
           his
           condition
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           so
           that
           had
           not
           some
           Frenchmen
           by
           accident
           visited
           him
           ,
           hee
           had
           certainly
           died
           in
           prison
           .
        
         
           
             Mounsier
             Opulent
          
           hearing
           of
           his
           sonnes
           restraint
           ,
           posts
           from
           
             France
          
           to
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           the
           depth
           of
           whose
           judgement
           could
           onely
           fathom
           profit
           ;
           he
           was
           
             Sapiens
             quoad
             hoc
             ,
          
           wise
           onely
           in
           the
           point
           of
           wealth
           :
           So
           that
           by
           long
           living
           and
           great
           sparing
           hee
           had
           accumulated
           much
           wealth
           ,
           but
           take
           him
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Element
           of
           bargaining
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           simple
           ,
           that
           hee
           seemed
           the
           true
           originall
           of
           his
           son
           ,
           as
           his
           son
           the
           true
           transcript
           of
           his
           Father
           .
        
         
           To
           
             Venice
          
           hee
           comes
           ,
           and
           with
           large
           gifts
           buyes
           his
           sonnes
           inlargement
           :
           the
           truth
           was
           ,
           his
           sonnes
           simplenes
           best
           befriended
           him
           ,
           who
           upon
           examination
           appeared
           uncapable
           
           to
           be
           author
           of
           the
           Libell
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           all
           deserved
           rather
           to
           be
           whipt
           for
           a
           lier
           (
           assuming
           to
           himselfe
           what
           was
           none
           of
           her
           owne
           )
           then
           to
           have
           any
           severer
           punishment
           inflicted
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           Young
           
             Insuls
          
           now
           at
           liberty
           backt
           with
           his
           Fathers
           presence
           renewes
           his
           suite
           to
           
             Paduana
          
           ;
           Joynture
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           estate
           are
           the
           invincible
           arguments
           which
           
             Mellito
             Bondi
          
           cannot
           resist
           ;
           he
           engageth
           so
           farre
           at
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           onely
           three
           dayes
           respit
           is
           allowed
           to
           his
           daugther
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           she
           must
           be
           
             Insuls
          
           his
           wife
           ,
           or
           else
           no
           heire
           to
           her
           Father
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           juncture
           of
           time
           home
           comes
           
             Feliciano
             ,
          
           bringing
           with
           him
           the
           Girdle
           of
           St
           
             Silvester
             ,
          
           antick
           for
           the
           shape
           and
           fashion
           thereof
           ,
           as
           having
           steele
           buckles
           ,
           and
           a
           rowell
           at
           the
           end
           thereof
           ;
           it
           was
           generally
           beleeved
           that
           this
           was
           used
           by
           
             Silvester
          
           in
           the
           way
           of
           disciplining
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           Father
           
             Adrian
          
           exemplary
           
           in
           that
           Covent
           for
           sanctity
           was
           sent
           along
           with
           same
           ,
           seeing
           so
           rich
           a
           treasure
           was
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           in
           any
           lay-hand
        
         
           A
           solemne
           entertainment
           is
           made
           in
           
             Mellito's
          
           house
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           
             Magnificoes
          
           of
           the
           State
           invited
           thereunto
           ;
           but
           this
           feast
           had
           beene
           ushered
           with
           three
           foregoing
           Fasts
           kept
           in
           the
           family
           of
           
             Bondi
          
           and
           his
           allies
           for
           the
           better
           successe
           ,
           and
           more
           effectuall
           working
           of
           their
           intended
           designe
           .
           After
           dinner
           Father
           
             Adrian
          
           mumbles
           many
           prayers
           (
           it
           being
           well
           if
           hee
           understood
           them
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           confident
           that
           none
           else
           did
           in
           the
           roome
           )
           and
           then
           ceremoniously
           the
           Girdle
           is
           applied
           to
           
             Mellito
             ,
          
           but
           especially
           the
           rowell
           thereof
           (
           wherein
           most
           sacrednesse
           was
           conceived
           to
           consist
           )
           severall
           times
           rubbed
           upon
           his
           eyes
           to
           so
           good
           purpose
           ,
           that
           within
           three
           howers
           he
           so
           recovered
           his
           sight
           ,
           as
           to
           discerne
           and
           distinguish
           the
           faces
           of
           all
           present
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           of
           the
           beholders
           began
           to
           suspect
           some
           fraud
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           only
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           because
           the
           miracle
           was
           not
           instantly
           done
           ,
           but
           successively
           and
           by
           degrees
           .
           Let
           Drugs
           ,
           and
           Herbs
           ,
           and
           Minerals
           ,
           which
           have
           a
           naturall
           vertue
           placed
           in
           them
           ,
           proceed
           softly
           and
           slowly
           to
           effect
           cures
           ;
           whereas
           miracles
           ride
           Post
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           moment
           which
           begins
           ,
           doth
           perfect
           extraordinary
           operations
           :
           this
           I
           say
           put
           jealousie
           in
           the
           heads
           of
           some
           present
           ,
           to
           doubt
           the
           reality
           of
           the
           cure
           ,
           and
           suspect
           some
           deceit
           in
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
           But
           they
           being
           but
           few
           in
           themselves
           ,
           were
           quickly
           overpowred
           by
           the
           number
           and
           gravity
           of
           those
           on
           the
           contrary
           opinion
           ;
           for
           some
           of
           them
           argued
           ,
           that
           the
           rule
           is
           not
           universally
           true
           ,
           that
           all
           miracles
           spring
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           seeing
           some
           of
           them
           have
           been
           of
           slower
           growth
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           pace
           hath
           not
           alwaies
           
           been
           observed
           in
           miraculous
           motions
           ;
           and
           seeing
           the
           effects
           conduced
           much
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           Saint
           
             Silvester
             ,
          
           every
           one
           was
           suspected
           for
           an
           
             Infidell
             ,
          
           that
           did
           not
           presently
           believe
           :
           yea
           to
           doubt
           the
           truth
           thereof
           ,
           was
           to
           discover
           a
           little
           Heretick
           in
           his
           bosome
           that
           owned
           the
           suspicion
           .
           Presently
           
             Bells
          
           and
           
             Bonefires
          
           proclaime
           the
           cure
           all
           over
           the
           City
           ;
           persons
           flocking
           from
           all
           places
           to
           behold
           this
           girdle
           ,
           the
           making
           and
           fashion
           whereof
           ,
           being
           out
           of
           the
           rode
           of
           common
           Girdles
           ,
           catcht
           and
           kept
           the
           fancies
           of
           fond
           people
           ,
           some
           admiring
           at
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           being
           they
           said
           of
           a
           Seal-skine
           ;
           others
           at
           the
           forme
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           weight
           &
           greatness
           thereof
           ,
           being
           almost
           as
           big
           as
           one
           could
           well
           lift
           ;
           hence
           some
           inferred
           Saint
           
             Silvester
          
           to
           be
           of
           a
           
             Giant-like
          
           proportion
           ,
           above
           the
           standard
           of
           other
           men
           ;
           others
           collected
           the
           generall
           greatnesse
           of
           men
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           complaining
           of
           the
           decay
           
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           diminution
           of
           men
           in
           these
           daies
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           wiser
           sort
           resolved
           it
           upon
           a
           point
           of
           religion
           ,
           that
           the
           foresaid
           girdle
           was
           worn
           by
           way
           of
           pennance
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           strengthen
           and
           adorne
           ,
           as
           to
           lead
           and
           mortifie
           the
           wearer
           thereof
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           
             Bondi
          
           in
           a
           large
           oration
           ,
           he
           expressed
           his
           thankfulnesse
           before
           the
           company
           to
           his
           titular
           St.
           whose
           speech
           is
           here
           too
           large
           to
           insert
           ,
           only
           this
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           to
           elaborate
           ,
           not
           flowing
           from
           him
           freely
           on
           the
           present
           emergency
           ,
           but
           wrought
           ,
           studied
           ,
           and
           premeditated
           ,
           which
           again
           brought
           new
           fewell
           to
           their
           jealousie
           ,
           which
           suspected
           some
           fraud
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           had
           been
           composed
           of
           purpose
           ,
           and
           conned
           by
           heart
           before
           hand
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           scene
           of
           the
           designe
           solemnly
           laid
           ;
           however
           their
           budding
           suspicion
           was
           quickly
           blasted
           ,
           and
           beaten
           down
           with
           the
           generall
           congratulation
           
           of
           all
           people
           ,
           so
           that
           now
           his
           recovery
           was
           universally
           believed
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           miracle
           gave
           a
           super-sedeas
           to
           all
           other
           discourses
           in
           
             Italy
          
           for
           a
           month
           ,
           and
           commonly
           was
           the
           third
           course
           at
           all
           great
           Tables
           ,
           whereon
           the
           persons
           present
           took
           their
           repast
           .
        
         
           Next
           day
           was
           the
           Nuptials
           of
           
             Insuls
          
           and
           
             Paduana
          
           to
           be
           solemnized
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           seasonable
           enterposing
           of
           
             Gervatio
          
           prevented
           the
           matter
           presently
           ,
           by
           his
           appointment
           ,
           in
           comes
           two
           
             Confidents
          
           of
           
             Feliciano's
             ,
          
           (
           both
           disguised
           in
           the
           habits
           of
           Friers
           )
           and
           boldly
           presse
           into
           the
           Parlour
           ,
           and
           chambers
           of
           
             Bondi
             ,
          
           looking
           so
           scornfully
           on
           all
           accosting
           them
           ▪
           as
           if
           they
           carried
           written
           in
           their
           faces
           a
           Patent
           for
           their
           own
           presumption
           ,
           and
           knew
           themselvs
           to
           be
           impowred
           with
           an
           authority
           above
           controule
           .
           
             Bondi
          
           no
           sooner
           recovered
           himselfe
           out
           of
           his
           amazement
           which
           seized
           him
           at
           first
           ,
           
           but
           that
           he
           resolutely
           demanded
           of
           them
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           comming
           ,
           and
           intrusion
           at
           so
           unseasonable
           an
           houre
           (
           it
           being
           late
           at
           night
           )
           They
           seemed
           carelesse
           to
           satisfie
           his
           demands
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           beneath
           them
           ,
           being
           imploid
           in
           matters
           of
           higher
           concernment
           ;
           and
           proceed
           without
           any
           interruption
           ,
           to
           draw
           up
           an
           
             Inventory
          
           of
           the
           severall
           goods
           and
           utensills
           in
           his
           house
           .
        
         
           
             Imprimis
             ,
             in
             double
             guilt
             plate
          
           500.
           
             ounces
             .
             Item
             ,
             in
             white
             plate
          
           1200.
           
             ounces
             .
             Item
             .
             in
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Then
           command
           they
           him
           without
           delay
           ,
           to
           surrender
           the
           keyes
           of
           his
           Chests
           and
           Coffers
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           refused
           to
           doe
           ,
           summoning
           
             Gervatio
             ,
             Feliciano
             ,
          
           and
           all
           his
           servants
           to
           his
           assistance
           ,
           which
           presently
           repaired
           unto
           him
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           two
           former
           were
           privy
           to
           the
           plot
           ,
           yet
           they
           so
           cunningly
           concealed
           it
           in
           their
           carriage
           ,
           that
           no
           
             tel-Tale
          
           smile
           ,
           or
           
             blab-lock
          
           of
           mirth
           ,
           betrayed
           the
           least
           suspicion
           
           of
           their
           privity
           thereunto
           ,
           but
           composed
           their
           faces
           ,
           with
           reduced
           countenances
           ,
           speaking
           much
           anxiety
           and
           suspence
           ,
           to
           attend
           the
           issue
           and
           event
           of
           so
           strange
           an
           accident
           .
           Then
           the
           elder
           
             Frier
          
           began
           ,
           
             dismiss
             your
             servants
             presenty
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             attend
             in
             an
             outward
             room
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             favour
             we
             have
             afforded
             out
             of
             the
             respect
             to
             your
             place
             ,
             though
             not
             deserved
             by
             your
             person
             ,
             that
             hitherto
             we
             have
             been
             tender
             of
             your
             reputation
             (
             so
             farre
             as
             a
             crime
             of
             this
             nature
             was
             capable
             thereof
             )
             and
             would
             not
             willingly
             have
             you
             sacrifice
             the
             small
             remaines
             of
             your
             credit
             to
             ignominie
             and
             disgrace
             ;
             we
             honour
             the
             silver
             crowne
             of
             age
             on
             your
             head
             ,
             though
             it
             deserved
             to
             be
             placed
             on
             better
             Temples
             .
             Bondi
          
           is
           surprised
           with
           horrour
           and
           palsie-strook
           with
           fear
           ,
           being
           guilty
           to
           himselfe
           of
           deceit
           ,
           causeth
           the
           room
           to
           be
           voided
           of
           all
           company
           ,
           and
           meekly
           and
           calmly
           requesteth
           them
           to
           impart
           unto
           him
           his
           offence
           ,
           and
           their
           commission
           .
        
         
         
           The
           other
           proceedeth
           .
           
             Crimes
             though
             the
             same
             in
             themselves
             ,
             are
             not
             the
             same
             when
             committed
             by
             severall
             oftendors
             ,
             but
             they
             commence
             ,
             and
             take
             degrees
             of
             hainousnesse
             from
             the
             circumstances
             of
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             and
             person
             ;
             a
             concurrence
             of
             all
             these
             have
             conspired
             to
             aggravate
             and
             inflame
             your
             guilt
             ;
             you
             have
             a
             large
             and
             plentifull
             estate
             ,
             and
             cannot
             pretend
             poverty
             to
             your selfe
             (
             that
             engine
             which
             forceth
             ingenious
             natures
             to
             disingenious
             actions
             )
             prompted
             you
             to
             so
             unworthy
             a
             practice
             :
             the
          
           Duke
           
             and
          
           State
           
             have
             reflected
             on
             you
             in
             a
             great
             proportion
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             neglect
             or
             discontent
             received
             from
             them
             could
             sparre
             you
             forward
             to
             so
             dishonest
             a
             designe
             ;
             Charity
             it selfe
             must
             turn
             just
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             rhetorick
             so
             farre
             from
             defending
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             excuse
             your
             offence
             .
             What
             ,
             to
             counterfeit
             your selfe
             blind
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             to
             give
             a
             lye
             both
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             Earth
             ,
             abusing
             both
             in
             one
             act
             by
             an
             offence
             ,
             that
             as
             former
             ages
             will
             not
             find
             an
             example
             ,
             so
             future
             will
             scarce
             afford
             belief
             thereof
             .
             
             But
             how
             hard
             is
             it
             to
             commit
             one
             fault
             ,
             and
             but
             one
             fault
             ,
             as
             vertues
             are
             not
             single
             Stars
             ,
             but
             constellations
             ,
             so
             vices
             straggle
             not
             alone
             ,
             but
             go
             in
             companies
             ,
             and
             grow
             in
             clusters
             :
             This
             ground-platform
             of
             your
             dissembling
             ,
             must
             have
             outward
             out-works
             ,
             sconces
             ,
             and
             redoubts
             ,
             to
             flank
             ,
             fortifie
             and
             defend
             the
             same
             :
             This
             mother
             lye
             how
             fruitfull
             hath
             it
             been
             in
             a
             numerous
             issue
             of
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             perjuries
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             intended
             to
             scale
             the
             Throne
             of
             justice
             ,
             with
             a
             series
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             draw
             down
             revenge
             on
             your selfe
             :
             At
             last
             to
             close
             and
             conclude
             your
             villany
             ,
             you
             have
             father'd
             the
             same
             on
             miraculuos
             recovery
             ,
             and
             have
             abused
             your
             titulary
             Saint
             ,
             by
             pretending
             his
             reliques
             the
             immediate
             cause
             of
             your
             restored
             sight
             :
             but
             that
             Saint
             being
             rich
             enough
             in
             himselfe
             in
             reall
             miracles
             ,
             disdaineth
             the
             addition
             of
             your
             sophisticated
             actions
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             be
             dishonoured
             with
             false
             honour
             ,
             which
             you
             hypocritically
             have
             fastned
             upon
             him
             ;
             yet
             in
             detestation
             of
             your
             dissimulation
             ,
             and
             to
             manifest
             how
             zealously
             he
             disavowethth
             all
             
             falshood
             ,
             and
             forgery
             ,
             he
             hath
             been
             heard
             at
             severall
             times
             in
             the
             night
             in
             his
             shrine
             with
             a
             shrill
             voice
             to
             make
             discovery
             of
             your
             falshood
             ;
             and
             now
             we
             expect
             to
             obtain
             from
             his
          
           Holinesse
           ,
           
             and
             this
          
           State
           ,
           
             a
             confiscation
             of
             your
             goods
             ,
             in
             order
             whereunto
             we
             are
             employed
             by
             our
             superiours
             to
             take
             an
             exact
             list
             and
             account
             of
             your
             estate
             ,
             both
             in
             Lands
             and
             moveables
             ,
             till
             we
             shall
             be
             further
             informed
             how
             the
             same
             shall
             be
             disposed
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bondi
          
           looked
           as
           pale
           as
           ashes
           ,
           having
           scarse
           life
           enough
           left
           to
           act
           his
           limbs
           with
           motion
           ,
           his
           guilty
           conscience
           was
           not
           at
           leisure
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           particulars
           ,
           but
           took
           all
           for
           granted
           ,
           and
           now
           expected
           nothing
           lesse
           but
           losse
           of
           goods
           ,
           and
           perpetuall
           imprisonment
           :
           For
           that
           night
           the
           
             Friers
          
           are
           contented
           to
           repose
           themselves
           ,
           and
           deferre
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           work
           till
           the
           next
           morning
           .
        
         
           Mean
           time
           
             Bondi
          
           and
           
             Gervatio
          
           passed
           a
           sleeplesse
           night
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           swell
           a
           volume
           ,
           to
           inventory
           
           the
           particulars
           of
           their
           discourse
           .
        
         
           
             Bondi
          
           sometimes
           is
           silent
           ,
           and
           his
           tears
           drown
           his
           tongue
           ,
           
             Gervatio
          
           desires
           to
           make
           his
           countenance
           to
           attend
           his
           Masters
           in
           all
           motions
           ,
           first
           readeth
           and
           writeth
           in
           his
           face
           sorrow
           and
           silence
           alternatly
           ,
           as
           directed
           by
           his
           patern
           :
           At
           last
           
             Bondi
          
           breaketh
           forth
           into
           the
           following
           expressions
           .
        
         
           
             Listen
             faithfull
          
           Gervatio
           
             to
             the
             Testament
             of
             thy
             dying
             Master
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             resolved
             not
             to
             outlive
             the
             funerall
             of
             my
             owne
             credit
             ,
             and
             estate
             ;
             I
             behold
             my selfe
             only
             as
             a
             shaddow
             ,
             stript
             out
             of
             all
             estate
             ,
             whereof
             already
             I
             have
             made
             the
             forfeiture
             ,
             yet
             it
             grieveth
             me
             not
             for
             my selfe
             ,
             whose
             decayed
             age
             hath
             rendred
             me
             uncapable
             of
             much
             worldly
             pleasure
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             considerable
             with
             a
             solvable
             man
             who
             hath
             it
             by
             him
             to
             pay
             a
             due
             debt
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             required
             a
             month
             or
             two
             before
             the
             exact
             date
             wherein
             it
             is
             due
             :
             I
             behold
             long
             life
             as
             the
             playing
             out
             of
             a
             desperate
             game
             at
             Tables
             lost
             ,
             at
             the
             sirsi
             remove
             only
             ,
             it
             
             grieveth
             me
             for
             my
             daughter
          
           Paduana
           ,
           
             whose
             youth
             might
             intitle
             her
             to
             much
             happinesse
             ,
             and
             her
             vertues
             deserve
             no
             lesse
             ,
             poor
             heart
             ,
             she
             must
             now
             become
             the
             scorn
             and
             shame
             of
             the
             Citty
             ,
             and
             as
             an
             over-grown
             flower
             ,
             wither
             on
             the
             stalk
             whereon
             she
             grew
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             hand
             to
             gather
             a
             Husband
             to
             marry
             her
             .
          
        
         
           
             G●rvatio
          
           rejoyned
           ,
           
             I
             am
             utterly
             unable
             to
             give
             Physick
             to
             your
             other
             maladies
             ,
             but
             possibly
             may
             apply
             a
             remedy
             to
             this
             ,
             if
             servants
             may
             take
             the
             boldnesse
             to
             teach
             their
             Masters
             ,
             and
             to
             reprove
             them
             too
             ,
             wherein
             they
             conceive
             them
             faulty
             :
             refuse
             not
             an
             humble
             reprehension
             from
             him
             ,
             whose
             good
             intention
             and
             heart
             may
             make
             out
             what
             is
             wanting
             in
             his
             tongue
             and
             expression
             ;
             I
             concieve
             all
             this
             misfortune
             justly
             befallen
             you
             ,
             for
             undervaluing
             the
             merits
             of
          
           Feliciano
           ,
           
             and
             crossing
             the
             affections
             of
             your
             duaghter
             ;
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             his
             wealth
             is
             not
             considerable
             ,
             but
             his
             extraction
             ,
             education
             ,
             abilities
             ,
             and
             accomplishment
             ,
             doth
             recompence
             all
             his
             other
             defects
             ,
             besides
             ,
             what
             loving
             Parent
             
             would
             stop
             the
             affections
             of
             his
             daughter
             in
             the
             full
             speed
             and
             carreere
             thereof
             ;
             except
             she
             had
             be
             stowed
             them
             so
             unworthily
             ,
             as
             to
             intaile
             shame
             and
             disgrace
             on
             his
             Family
             :
             Now
             Sir
             make
             a
             vertue
             of
             necessity
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             matter
             be
             publickly
             known
             of
             the
             confiscation
             of
             your
             fortunes
             ;
             comply
             with
             her
             affections
             ,
             and
             please
             him
             in
             seeing
             the
             marriage
             between
             them
             consummated
             :
             you
             may
             also
             by
             my
             hands
             derive
             unto
             your
             daughter
             so
             much
             of
             your
             invisible
             estate
             ,
             as
             is
             contrivable
             in
             a
             small
             room
             ,
             and
             may
             escape
             the
             hands
             of
             these
          
           Harpies
           :
           
             It
             will
             be
             safe
             in
             all
             tempests
             to
             have
             a
             secure
             place
             for
             anchorage
             ,
             nor
             can
             you
             have
             any
             assurance
             of
             a
             better
             ,
             then
             with
             your
             dear
             and
             dutifull
             daughter
             .
             For
             suppose
             (
             and
             would
             it
             were
             but
             a
             suppsition
             ,
             for
             the
             case
             is
             too
             plain
             and
             pittifull
             )
             that
             all
             your
             estate
             become
             a
             prey
             to
             their
             hands
             ,
             who
             never
             let
             go
             what
             once
             they
             lay
             hold
             upon
             :
             Yet
          
           I
           
             presume
             your
             wealth
             will
             be
             a
             ransome
             for
             your
             life
             and
             liberty
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             may
             be
             permitted
             freely
             to
             breath
             the
             Venetian
             aire
             ,
             the
             
             short
             remainder
             of
             your
             daies
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bondi
          
           consented
           to
           all
           ,
           as
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           grief
           had
           so
           mollified
           his
           heart
           ,
           it
           was
           capable
           of
           any
           impression
           which
           bare
           with
           it
           the
           least
           probability
           of
           comfort
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           sinking
           man
           ,
           made
           an
           Oke
           of
           an
           Osier
           ,
           catcht
           at
           any
           thing
           to
           support
           him
           from
           present
           sinking
           :
           The
           Priest
           was
           sent
           for
           that
           night
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           hower
           was
           uncanonicall
           for
           marriage
           (
           long
           after
           sun-set
           )
           yet
           the
           sun
           of
           golden
           
             chicqueenes
          
           will
           make
           the
           other
           sun
           rise
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           
             Feliciano
          
           with
           a
           largesse
           to
           the
           
             Priest
             ,
          
           bought
           off
           all
           irregularity
           .
        
         
           Then
           
             Gervatio
          
           took
           the
           boldnesse
           to
           make
           another
           motion
           .
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             humbly
             conceive
             that
             as
             yet
             you
             are
             not
             legally
             convicted
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             still
             inherent
             in
             you
             a
             power
             to
             make
             over
             your
             estate
             ,
             for
             the
             world
             as
             yet
             takes
             notice
             of
             these
             clandestine
             transactions
             ,
             you
             are
             innocent
             till
             such
             time
             as
             you
             are
             made
             to
             be
             otherwise
             by
             publick
             conviction
             ;
             I
             confesse
             my selfe
             
             as
             un-skild
             in
             any
             science
             as
             ignorant
             in
             Law
             ;
             but
             Law
             being
             founded
             upon
             reason
             ,
             me thinks
             I
             speak
             proportionable
             thereunto
             besid●
             ,
             my
             former
             Master
             was
             a
             chief
             Advcoate
             ,
             and
             if
             my
             memory
             ,
             or
             misapplication
             thereof
             faile
             not
             ,
             such
             fragments
             of
             his
             co●nsell
             still
             remain
             in
             my
             braines
             ,
             which
             he
             often
             gave
             to
             guilty
             persons
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             before
             their
             publick
             condemnation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gervatio's
          
           counsell
           passed
           for
           Oracles
           with
           
             Bondi
             ,
          
           who
           in
           this
           extasie
           of
           feare
           suspected
           all
           his
           owne
           actions
           ,
           &
           relied
           on
           any
           mās
           advice
           ,
           who
           would
           favour
           him
           so
           farre
           as
           to
           bestow
           it
           on
           one
           so
           despicable
           and
           forlorne
           as
           he
           conceived
           himself
           to
           be
           ;
           A
           
             Notary
          
           is
           sent
           for
           to
           make
           a
           deed
           of
           gift
           of
           his
           estate
           as
           fast
           and
           firme
           as
           his
           skill
           would
           give
           him
           leave
           ,
           and
           now
           the
           same
           is
           setled
           on
           
             Feliciano
             .
          
        
         
           
             Feliciano
          
           next
           morning
           repaires
           to
           the
           two
           pretended
           
             Friers
             ,
          
           bringing
           
             Bondi
          
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           desires
           to
           
           know
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           sopite
           and
           suppresse
           the
           infamy
           of
           this
           Action
           ,
           and
           to
           buy
           off
           the
           slander
           with
           a
           round
           summe
           of
           money
           instantly
           deposited
           .
           The
           
             Friers
          
           confessed
           the
           fault
           great
           ;
           but
           because
           their
           Covent
           had
           been
           formerly
           beholding
           to
           the
           bounty
           of
           
             Bondi
             ,
          
           and
           because
           they
           beheld
           the
           fact
           as
           of
           humane
           frailty
           and
           infirmity
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           men
           are
           subject
           ,
           it
           was
           hitherto
           their
           desire
           and
           designe
           to
           conceale
           the
           same
           ,
           so
           that
           their
           
             Prior
             and
             subprior
          
           excepted
           ,
           none
           beside
           themselves
           were
           privy
           thereunto
           ,
           who
           gave
           their
           attendance
           when
           the
           foresaid
           voice
           made
           the
           discovery
           :
           they
           would
           ,
           therefore
           endeavour
           their
           utmost
           ,
           and
           nothing
           should
           be
           wanting
           in
           them
           to
           stop
           the
           further
           proceedings
           thereof
           ,
           and
           doubted
           not
           but
           their
           paines
           would
           take
           the
           desired
           effect
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           in
           few
           daies
           was
           performed
           .
        
         
           A
           Banquet
           is
           made
           ,
           to
           which
           many
           
           of
           the
           
             Venetian
             Magnificoes
          
           were
           invited
           ,
           but
           
             Mounsier
             Opulent
          
           and
           
             Mounsier
             Insuls
          
           his
           sonne
           ,
           because
           strangers
           ,
           were
           by
           the
           courtesie
           of
           
             Italy
          
           preferred
           to
           have
           a
           prime
           place
           among
           them
           .
           There
           leave
           we
           them
           feasting
           themselves
           with
           such
           variety
           of
           dainties
           ,
           that
           the
           appetite
           of
           many
           stood
           long
           time
           neuter
           ,
           not
           knowing
           where
           to
           fix
           it selfe
           ,
           courted
           with
           equality
           of
           variety
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           
             Paduana
             ,
          
           it
           is
           pitty
           to
           disturbe
           her
           any
           more
           with
           our
           tedious
           discourse
           ,
           leaving
           her
           in
           the
           imbraces
           of
           her
           deare
           and
           vertuous
           
             Feliciano
             ,
          
           whose
           name
           as
           it
           hath
           in
           it
           some
           tincture
           of
           happinesse
           ,
           so
           took
           it
           not
           its
           true
           effect
           till
           this
           time
           ,
           who
           now
           was
           possessed
           of
           a
           large
           and
           rich
           estate
           .
           And
           
             Bondi
             ,
          
           who
           formerly
           starved
           in
           wealth
           through
           the
           narrownesse
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           fed
           better
           a
           
             Boarder
          
           then
           a
           
             houskeeper
             ,
          
           having
           a
           son
           and
           daughter
           to
           provide
           plentifully
           for
           him
           ,
           what
           his
           covetousnesse
           denied
           
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           who
           formerly
           possest
           ,
           but
           now
           began
           to
           enjoy
           his
           estate
           .
           Let
           
             Insuls
          
           then
           returne
           into
           
             France
          
           and
           court
           the
           
             Madams
          
           there
           ,
           whilst
           
             Paduana
          
           rejoyceth
           in
           her
           choyce
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           measuring
           her
           promises
           to
           
             Gervatio
          
           with
           a
           restrictive
           hand
           ,
           that
           she
           out-did
           his
           expectations
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           TRIANA
           
             AND
          
           SABINA
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           City
           of
           
             Barcellona
          
           in
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           lived
           a
           civill
           Lawyer
           of
           great
           repute
           ,
           with
           a
           name
           ,
           fitting
           his
           profession
           ,
           
             Don
             Facundo
             Osorio
             ,
          
           whose
           Office
           was
           paralell
           to
           a
           City
           Recorder
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           He
           had
           a
           wife
           whom
           he
           highly
           affected
           ,
           and
           well
           might
           she
           have
           merited
           the
           same
           ,
           had
           the
           Jewell
           answered
           the
           Casket
           ,
           and
           her
           conditions
           bore
           proportion
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           her
           corporall
           perfections
           ;
           but
           there
           being
           some
           disparity
           in
           their
           ages
           ,
           (
           earth
           rather
           then
           heaven
           making
           the
           marriage
           between
           them
           for
           wordly
           respects
           )
           her
           
             gree●
          
           youth
           
           answered
           not
           his
           gray
           haires
           with
           a
           suitable
           return
           of
           affection
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           was
           ,
           she
           was
           rather
           cunning
           then
           chast
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           was
           discovered
           by
           the
           friends
           of
           her
           husband
           ,
           whereof
           some
           took
           the
           boldnesse
           to
           advertise
           him
           ,
           that
           hereafter
           he
           might
           order
           her
           with
           a
           stricter
           hand
           .
           But
           I
           know
           not
           by
           what
           fate
           it
           commeth
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           oftentimes
           their
           eares
           and
           eyes
           who
           have
           least
           cause
           are
           open
           to
           jealousie
           ,
           whilst
           those
           are
           shut
           thereunto
           who
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           enter
           came
           it
           :
           His
           friends
           reap
           nothing
           but
           frowns
           for
           their
           faithfull
           counsell
           ,
           
             Facundo
          
           will
           not
           believe
           his
           wife
           was
           otherwise
           then
           she
           should
           be
           ,
           measuring
           her
           honesty
           by
           his
           owne
           ;
           yet
           some
           score
           this
           his
           good
           opinion
           rather
           on
           his
           policy
           then
           charity
           ,
           knowing
           what
           he
           would
           not
           acknowledg
           ,
           left
           it
           should
           be
           a
           disparagement
           to
           his
           reputation
           ;
           he
           saw
           ,
           but
           was
           pleased
           to
           winke
           at
           his
           wifes
           miscarriages
           ;
           
           and
           because
           he
           made
           the
           match
           against
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           of
           his
           owne
           wilfull
           inclination
           ,
           he
           would
           maintain
           the
           ground
           work
           ,
           and
           owne
           no
           error
           therein
           ,
           left
           thereby
           he
           should
           bring
           his
           own
           discretion
           into
           question
           .
        
         
           One
           principall
           friend
           
             Vejeto
             ,
          
           had
           his
           house
           looking
           into
           the
           garden
           of
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
             ,
          
           a
           great
           Lord
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           who
           bare
           unto
           him
           no
           good-will
           ,
           because
           his
           window
           hindred
           his
           privacy
           ,
           and
           was
           able
           to
           tell
           tales
           of
           such
           passages
           which
           he
           would
           have
           transacted
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           without
           any
           witnesse
           .
           He
           informes
           
             Facundo
          
           that
           he
           had
           seen
           some
           gestures
           more
           bold
           then
           civill
           between
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           wife
           ,
           but
           
             Facundo
          
           still
           persists
           in
           his
           infidelity
           ,
           and
           either
           believes
           his
           wife
           to
           be
           honest
           ,
           or
           els
           acteth
           the
           belief
           thereof
           so
           lively
           ,
           that
           none
           could
           perceive
           in
           him
           ,
           the
           least
           suspicion
           of
           her
           loyalty
           .
        
         
         
           
             Sabina
             ,
             Facundo's
          
           wife
           ,
           falls
           now
           seemingly
           sick
           ,
           and
           personateth
           a
           dying
           woman
           to
           the
           life
           ;
           her
           old
           Nurse
           who
           conveyed
           intelligence
           between
           her
           and
           the
           Lord
           ,
           had
           instructed
           her
           for
           her
           behaviour
           in
           a
           design
           ;
           strange
           it
           is
           how
           she
           dissembled
           herein
           :
           so
           that
           had
           
             Esculapius
          
           himselfe
           beheld
           her
           (
           provided
           he
           neither
           felt
           her
           pulse
           ,
           nor
           consulted
           with
           her
           urine
           )
           he
           might
           have
           mistook
           this
           his
           patient
           to
           be
           sick
           ;
           indeed
           her
           husband
           plies
           her
           with
           Physitians
           and
           Physick
           ,
           all
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           her
           malady
           rather
           increasing
           ,
           and
           the
           fire
           of
           her
           distemper
           growing
           the
           hotter
           for
           those
           cooling
           jewlips
           which
           were
           tendred
           unto
           her
           .
        
         
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           repaires
           unto
           her
           to
           give
           her
           a
           visit
           ,
           many
           good
           counsels
           he
           lavisheth
           upon
           her
           in
           a
           long
           and
           tedious
           discourse
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           tedious
           ,
           because
           her
           husband
           was
           in
           the
           presence
           ,
           and
           they
           two
           not
           alone
           
           by
           themselves
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           he
           recommendeth
           unto
           her
           a
           noted
           
             Mountebank
             ,
          
           who
           had
           commenced
           Doctor
           in
           the
           mouthes
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           and
           had
           gained
           to
           himselfe
           much
           esteem
           ,
           for
           severall
           palliated
           cures
           performed
           by
           him
           ;
           avowing
           ,
           that
           if
           she
           ever
           expected
           health
           ,
           that
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           happy
           hand
           to
           reach
           it
           unto
           her
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Quacksalver
          
           had
           reaped
           the
           credit
           of
           many
           learned
           mens
           labours
           ,
           and
           leapt
           into
           esteem
           by
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           endeavours
           ;
           for
           when
           by
           their
           learned
           receipts
           ,
           some
           able
           Physicians
           in
           
             Barcelona
          
           had
           brought
           their
           patients
           to
           the
           point
           of
           amendement
           ,
           and
           reduced
           their
           diseases
           to
           tearms
           of
           easie
           composition
           ,
           this
           fellow
           would
           interpose
           ,
           and
           insinuating
           himselfe
           into
           the
           sick
           mens
           acquaintance
           ,
           would
           prescribe
           unto
           them
           some
           of
           his
           owne
           medicines
           ,
           more
           remarkable
           for
           their
           hard
           and
           strange
           names
           ,
           then
           any
           
           other
           vertue
           therein
           :
           thus
           carried
           he
           away
           the
           credit
           of
           many
           cures
           ,
           and
           was
           cried
           up
           by
           the
           credulous
           people
           for
           eminency
           in
           his
           art
           ;
           and
           although
           the
           
             Spaniards
          
           generally
           are
           admirers
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           sleighters
           of
           strangers
           ,
           yet
           this
           
             Mountebank
          
           being
           an
           Italian
           by
           nation
           ,
           had
           gained
           among
           them
           a
           great
           reputation
           ,
           beholding
           therein
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           his
           owne
           learning
           ,
           as
           the
           others
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           
             Seignior
             Giovanni
          
           was
           his
           name
           ,
           who
           is
           presently
           sent
           for
           ,
           he
           comes
           ,
           views
           his
           patient
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           short
           discourse
           ,
           affirmes
           her
           disease
           mortall
           ,
           except
           one
           herb
           could
           be
           procured
           for
           her
           ,
           which
           grew
           but
           in
           one
           place
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           must
           be
           ceremoniously
           gathered
           by
           his
           &
           her
           hand
           ,
           which
           bare
           the
           truest
           or
           deepest
           affection
           to
           the
           sick
           body
           .
        
         
           
             Don
             Facundo
          
           her
           husband
           desires
           the
           
             Mountebank
          
           to
           enlarge
           himselfe
           ,
           concerning
           the
           name
           and
           nature
           of
           
           the
           foresaid
           herb
           ,
           protesting
           he
           would
           expend
           the
           halfe
           of
           his
           Estate
           for
           his
           wifes
           whole
           recovery
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           putting
           on
           the
           vizard
           of
           a
           starcht
           countenance
           by
           pretended
           gravity
           ,
           to
           procure
           the
           greater
           respect
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           credit
           to
           his
           words
           ,
           proceedeth
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             Many
             men
             are
             infected
             with
             this
             singular
             error
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             believe
             no
             vertue
             in
             drugs
             ,
             further
             then
             they
             themselves
             are
             able
             to
             render
             the
             reason
             thereof
             :
             whereas
             nature
             is
             rich
             in
             many
             secret
             qualities
             ,
             which
             produce
             occult
             effects
             ,
             the
             herb
          
           Lunaria
           
             may
             be
             an
             instance
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             pick-lock
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             let
             it
             be
             gathered
             on
             Midsummer
             eve
             ,
             just
             at
             one
             of
             the
             clock
             ,
             by
             one
             looking
             south-eastward
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             
             essentiall
             circumstances
             lockt
             up
             in
             the
             breasts
             of
             artists
             ,
             it
             will
             make
             any
             Iron
             bolt
             to
             fly
             open
             .
             The
             herb
          
           Stellaria
           
             commeth
             not
             short
             thereof
             in
             vertue
             ,
             as
             usefull
             for
             those
             diseases
             which
             proceed
             from
             hott
             and
             dry
             causes
             ;
             this
             groweth
             but
             in
             one
             part
             of
          
           Italy
           ,
           
             some
             leagues
             from
          
           Lucca
           ,
           
             and
             I
             can
             give
             infallible
             directions
             for
             the
             finding
             thereof
             :
             If
             therefore
             the
             Gentlewoman
             (
             feigning
             himselfe
             ignorant
             that
             she
             had
             a
             husband
             )
             had
             any
             confiding
             friend
             ,
             which
             will
             follow
             my
             signature
             ,
             in
             finding
             and
             gathering
             the
             same
             (
             right
             just
             at
             this
             instant
             of
             the
             year
             )
             this
             ,
             and
             this
             alone
             will
             restore
             her
             to
             her
             former
             health
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             pawne
             my
             credit
             on
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
         
           Know
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Mountebank
          
           was
           secretly
           bribed
           by
           
             Don
             Nicolayo
             ,
          
           by
           this
           design
           to
           put
           her
           husband
           to
           run
           on
           one
           of
           these
           two
           rocks
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           censured
           for
           want
           of
           true
           affection
           to
           his
           wife
           ,
           if
           denying
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           in
           order
           to
           her
           recovery
           ,
           or
           els
           with
           great
           hazard
           to
           undertake
           a
           long
           and
           tedious
           voyage
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           to
           seek
           for
           a
           new
           nothing
           ,
           whilst
           his
           wife
           all
           the
           while
           intended
           to
           prostitute
           her selfe
           to
           the
           amorous
           imbraces
           of
           this
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           who
           had
           made
           a
           mine
           in
           her
           heart
           ,
           and
           had
           supplanted
           her
           husband
           in
           her
           affections
           .
        
         
           
             Facundo
             ,
          
           that
           he
           might
           be
           exemplary
           to
           all
           husbands
           ,
           and
           that
           her
           kindred
           who
           were
           many
           and
           rich
           ,
           might
           the
           more
           favourably
           reflect
           upon
           him
           ,
           from
           whom
           he
           had
           a
           fair
           expectancy
           of
           a
           further
           fortune
           ,
           willingly
           undertakes
           the
           voyage
           ,
           desiring
           to
           be
           furnished
           with
           perfect
           instructions
           from
           
             Giovanni
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
           finding
           of
           the
           herb
           ,
           who
           delivers
           him
           a
           parchment
           becharactered
           with
           barbarous
           figures
           (
           Nets
           first
           to
           raise
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           catch
           the
           fancy
           of
           fooles
           )
           and
           some
           other
           informations
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           as
           so
           many
           signs
           and
           tokens
           ,
           whereby
           he
           should
           make
           the
           hue
           and
           cry
           to
           attach
           and
           apprehend
           that
           guilty
           herb
           ,
           which
           having
           so
           much
           worth
           and
           vertue
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           would
           rather
           peevishly
           wither
           in
           a
           private
           cave
           ,
           then
           spend
           it selfe
           for
           the
           publick
           good
           .
        
         
           
             Facundo
          
           was
           some
           miles
           forward
           on
           his
           journey
           ,
           when
           
             Vejeto
          
           his
           former
           friend
           privately
           posted
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           perswaded
           him
           to
           return
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           urged
           such
           unanswerable
           arguments
           ,
           and
           infallible
           demonstrations
           drawn
           from
           what
           he
           himselfe
           had
           seen
           out
           of
           his
           own
           window
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           he
           prevailed
           on
           the
           belief
           of
           
             Facundo
             ,
          
           that
           all
           was
           not
           faire
           between
           his
           wife
           and
           
             Nicolayo
          
           ;
           indeed
           when
           many
           scattered
           
           circumstances
           were
           carefully
           put
           together
           ,
           and
           seriously
           perused
           ,
           there
           needed
           no
           
             Oedipus
          
           to
           read
           this
           riddle
           ,
           which
           did
           interpret
           it selfe
           ;
           that
           
             Facundo
          
           must
           be
           sent
           a
           Pilgrimage
           into
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           to
           the
           shrine
           of
           an
           unknown
           herb
           (
           the
           man
           in
           the
           Moon
           having
           eaten
           
             Stella●ia
          
           long
           before
           )
           that
           so
           in
           the
           vacancy
           of
           his
           Bed
           ,
           the
           other
           might
           be
           made
           the
           incumbent
           thereof
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           
             Vej●to
          
           adviseth
           
             Facundo
          
           to
           returne
           home
           in
           a
           disguise
           ,
           and
           pretend
           himselfe
           to
           be
           a
           Brother
           of
           his
           ,
           long
           since
           employed
           in
           the
           Low-Country
           warres
           ,
           and
           now
           at
           last
           loaden
           with
           wounds
           and
           wants
           ,
           returned
           to
           bequeath
           his
           aged
           body
           to
           his
           native
           Country
           .
           
             Facundo
          
           consents
           ,
           hoping
           by
           the
           well
           management
           of
           this
           project
           ,
           either
           to
           prevent
           ,
           or
           els
           to
           discover
           his
           wifes
           unfaithfulnesse
           .
        
         
           Now
           whilst
           
             Vejeto
          
           is
           accommodating
           his
           friend
           
             Facundo
             ,
          
           with
           all
           
           necessaries
           (
           the
           badges
           of
           an
           old
           Souldier
           )
           all
           essentialls
           thereunto
           could
           not
           be
           so
           conveniently
           procured
           ,
           but
           that
           
             Infido
             ,
             Vejeto's
          
           servant
           was
           employed
           in
           compleating
           his
           provisions
           :
           a
           crafty
           fellow
           ,
           who
           could
           steal
           light
           from
           a
           smal
           cranny
           ,
           and
           light
           a
           candle
           at
           a
           little
           spark
           ,
           knowing
           how
           thriftily
           to
           improve
           a
           
             small
             discovery
          
           to
           the
           
             grea●est
             advantage
             .
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           paid
           a
           yearly
           pension
           to
           this
           
             Infido
             ,
          
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           intelligence
           against
           his
           Master
           ,
           who
           now
           revealed
           all
           the
           design
           unto
           him
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           received
           a
           considerable
           reward
           ,
           and
           
             Sabina
          
           is
           throughly
           instructed
           to
           behave
           her selfe
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
           
             Facundo
          
           comes
           to
           his
           owne
           house
           ,
           metamorphosed
           to
           a
           
             Reformac●o
             ,
          
           his
           clothes
           having
           so
           māy
           rents
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           presumed
           to
           cover
           more
           wounds
           under
           them
           ;
           a
           sword
           by
           his
           side
           which
           had
           contracted
           rust
           ,
           since
           the
           
           last
           truce
           ;
           knocking
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           his
           wife
           sends
           forth
           a
           lamentable
           shreek
           ,
           to
           evidence
           the
           continuance
           of
           her
           sicknesse
           not
           dissembled
           ,
           and
           
             Facundo
          
           (
           a
           man
           of
           more
           eloquence
           then
           valour
           )
           begins
           to
           quake
           ,
           and
           condemns
           his
           own
           return
           ;
           but
           now
           he
           was
           engaged
           so
           farre
           ,
           past
           hope
           of
           retreating
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           either
           march
           forward
           with
           confidence
           ,
           or
           return
           with
           shame
           :
           being
           entered
           into
           the
           house
           ,
           where
           he
           acquaints
           the
           servant
           that
           he
           was
           
             Strenuo
          
           the
           Brother
           of
           
             Facundo
             ,
          
           and
           is
           conducted
           by
           his
           wifes
           command
           to
           her
           Bed-side
           .
        
         
           
             I
             understand
             (
             said
             she
             )
             by
             my
             Maid
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             my
             Brother
          
           Strenuo
           ,
           
             whom
             fame
             long
             since
             had
             reported
             dead
             ,
             but
             we
             will
             pardon
             her
             that
             good
             lie
             which
             is
             better
             then
             a
             truth
             :
             I
             am
             hartily
             sorry
             at
             your
             brothers
             absence
             ,
             
             and
             more
             ,
             that
             my
             indisposition
             is
             the
             cause
             thereof
             ;
             never
             was
             poor
             woman
             more
             rich
             in
             the
             affections
             of
             a
             loving
             husband
             ,
             though
             hitherto
             I
             have
             lived
             his
             wife
             ,
             I
             shall
             hereafter
             demean
             my selfe
             as
             his
             servant
             ,
             to
             deserve
             some
             part
             of
             his
             pains
             in
             my
             behalfe
             :
             no
             dangers
             at
             Land
             ,
             no
             tempests
             at
             Sea
             ,
             have
             deterred
             him
             from
             undertaking
             a
             long
             journey
             into
          
           Italy
           ,
           
             thence
             to
             fetch
             necessaries
             for
             my
             recovery
             ;
             but
             assure
             your selfe
          
           and
           here
           she
           gave
           so
           great
           a
           groan
           ,
           as
           brake
           off
           the
           intirenesse
           of
           her
           discourse
           ,
           till
           after
           the
           taking
           of
           a
           Cordiall
           ,
           shee
           began
           again
           .
        
         
           
             Pardon
             good
             brother
             my
             unmannerlinesse
             in
             my
             abrupt
             discourse
             ,
             
             sicknesse
             carrieth
             with
             it
             its
             owne
             dispensatory
             for
             such
             incivilities
             ,
             I
             have
             almost
             forgotten
             what
             I
             said
             last
             ,
             but
             shall
             never
             forget
             the
             lasting
             love
             of
             my
             husband
             unto
             me
             ,
             nor
             have
             I
             any
             better
             way
             to
             expresse
             my
             affection
             in
             his
             absence
             ,
             then
             by
             using
             you
             with
             all
             the
             respect
             my
             present
             condition
             can
             afford
             :
             you
             are
             too
             noble
             to
             measure
             your
             welcome
             by
             your
             entertainment
             ,
             and
             know
             full
             well
             servants
             will
             not
             be
             found
             ,
             where
             the
             Mistresse
             is
             sick
             ;
             if
             they
             faile
             of
             my
             desire
             ,
             their
             duty
             ,
             or
             your
             deserts
             ,
             in
             their
             attendance
             on
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             your
             power
             either
             to
             pardon
             or
             punish
             them
             ,
             to
             whose
             sole
             disposall
             I
             commit
             the
             family
             and
             command
             the
             keyes
             of
             all
             the
             
             roomes
             to
             be
             tendred
             unto
             you
             ;
             and
             now
             indeed
             Sir
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             look
             on
             you
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             like
             you
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             love
             you
             :
             your
             mother
             never
             wronged
             your
             father
             I
             dare
             boldly
             affirm
             ,
             so
             like
             you
             are
             in
             stature
             and
             complexion
             unto
             my
             husband
             ,
             that
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             difference
             of
             your
             hablt
             ,
             I
             should
             believe
             you
             to
             be
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             Alas
             Sister
             (
             said
             he
             )
             I
             am
             two
             years
             older
             then
             your
             husband
             by
             age
             ,
             ten
             years
             by
             infirmity
             :
             read
             the
             difference
             between
             a
             gown-man
             and
             a
             sword-man
             ,
             your
             husband
             sat
             wrapt
             in
             his
             furrs
             in
             his
             study
             ,
             I
             exposed
             to
             wind
             and
             weather
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             he
             hath
             heard
             the
             braules
             at
             the
             barre
             ,
             I
             have
             born
             the
             brunts
             in
             the
             fight
             ;
             how
             often
             lay
             I
             perdue
             
             in
             the
             three
             yeares
             siege
             of
          
           Ostend
           ?
           
             how
             many
             ounces
             of
             blood
             lost
             I
             at
             the
             fight
             at
          
           Newport
           ?
           
             On
             my
             faith
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             count
             them
             :
             no
             wonder
             then
             if
             my
             face
             be
             pinkt
             ,
             where
             my
             Brothers
             is
             plain
             ,
             and
             if
             mine
             be
             furrowed
             with
             age
             ,
             where
             his
             lyeth
             smooth
             and
             whole
             :
             howsoever
             I
             confess
             there
             were
             formerly
             great
             resemblances
             in
             our
             features
             ,
             the
             ruins
             whereof
             are
             not
             so
             wholly
             defaced
             ,
             but
             that
             some
             still
             remain
             .
          
        
         
           Night
           came
           on
           ,
           his
           entertainment
           was
           harty
           ,
           his
           chamber
           fully
           furnished
           with
           nightly
           accommodations
           ,
           and
           nothing
           out
           of
           order
           therein
           save
           himselfe
           desperately
           pensive
           at
           his
           returne
           ,
           accurses
           
             Vejeto
          
           with
           causelesse
           suspicion
           ,
           and
           condemnes
           his
           owne
           credulity
           ,
           he
           railes
           in
           his
           thoughts
           at
           the
           colour
           of
           yellow
           ,
           
           which
           never
           was
           admitted
           into
           the
           Rain-bow
           ,
           as
           too
           earthly
           and
           base
           a
           dye
           ,
           and
           verily
           believes
           ,
           men
           create
           causlesse
           fears
           to
           themselves
           ,
           undeserved
           by
           their
           wives
           ;
           nor
           can
           he
           sleep
           being
           troubled
           with
           his
           own
           unworthinesse
           ,
           to
           wrong
           so
           chast
           ,
           s
           ;
           o
           spotlesse
           so
           vertuous
           a
           wife
           ,
           with
           his
           undeserved
           suspicion
           .
        
         
           Next
           day
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
             ,
          
           comes
           on
           a
           civill
           visit
           to
           
             Sabina
             ,
          
           brings
           with
           him
           a
           
             Spanish
             Colonell
             ,
          
           who
           had
           long
           been
           an
           officer
           in
           the
           low-countrey
           wars
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           under-Governour
           of
           
             Dunkirk
          
           therein
           ;
           he
           hearing
           of
           
             Don
             Strenuo's
          
           coming
           out
           of
           the
           country
           ,
           desires
           to
           converse
           with
           him
           ,
           requesting
           him
           to
           give
           the
           character
           of
           the
           present
           state
           of
           the
           
             Infanta's
          
           Court
           at
           
             Bruxels
          
           :
           I
           desire
           also
           saith
           the
           Collonell
           ,
           to
           rub
           over
           and
           renew
           my
           old
           
             Dutch
          
           language
           ,
           whereof
           I
           have
           made
           no
           use
           these
           last
           seven
           years
           ,
           and
           am
           afraid
           I
           have
           partly
           forgotten
           it
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           
           he
           enters
           upon
           a
           large
           
             Dutch
          
           discourse
           ,
           though
           
             Facundo
          
           was
           so
           farre
           from
           answering
           ,
           that
           he
           understood
           not
           one
           word
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             Facundo
          
           answered
           in
           his
           own
           tongue
           .
           Don
           Olanzo
           
             (
             for
             that
             I
             understand
             is
             your
             name
             )
             you
             must
             excuse
             me
             for
             making
             any
             return
             in
             the
          
           Dutch
           
             tongue
             ,
             whereof
             I
             will
             give
             you
             this
             particular
             account
             :
             When
             first
             I
             entered
             into
             those
             warrs
             ,
             I
             made
             a
             solemn
             vow
             with
             my selfe
             never
             to
             learn
             or
             speak
             a
             word
             of
             that
             language
             ,
             for
             I
             conceive
             it
             a
             degrading
             of
             my
             tongue
             to
             bow
             to
             their
             low
             expressions
             ,
             and
             I
             admire
             that
             any
          
           Spaniard
           
             will
             offer
             to
             dishonour
             himself
             by
             condescending
             thereunto
             ;
             Conquerors
             ought
             to
             impose
             a
             language
             
             on
             a
             countrey
             and
             not
             to
             receive
             it
             thence
             :
             the
             valiant
             Romans
             never
             learnt
             the
          
           Gaules
           
             tongue
             ,
             or
             the
             punick
             language
             ,
             this
             consideration
             hardned
             me
             in
             my
             resolution
             ,
             that
             my
             tongue
             should
             be
             dumb
             in
          
           Dutch
           ,
           
             a
             tongue
             wherein
             there
             is
             such
             confluence
             of
             consonants
             ,
             so
             long
             ,
             so
             hard
             ,
             and
             so
             harsh
             ,
             that
             it
             seenreth
             to
             me
             rather
             made
             for
             conjuring
             then
             converse
             ,
             and
             fitter
             for
             Devills
             then
             men
             to
             discourse
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           
             Don
             Olanzo
          
           civilly
           declined
           more
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           and
           proceeded
           in
           his
           owne
           tongue
           to
           sift
           
             Facundo
             ,
          
           desiring
           him
           to
           proceed
           in
           the
           present
           character
           of
           the
           country
           .
        
         
           
             For
          
           Ostend
           
             saith
          
           Facundo
           ,
           
           
             the
             only
             matter
             of
             moment
             ,
             the
             siege
             still
             continueth
             ,
             we
             have
             built
             three
             halfe
             Moons
             ,
             and
             a
             Redoubt
             ,
             between
             the
             windmill
             and
             the
             Key
             ,
             but
             the
             trench
             from
             Saint
          
           Dominicks
           
             to
             the
             counter
             gate
             is
             not
             yet
             perfected
             ;
             the
             English
             out
             of
             the
             town
             exerciseth
             us
             with
             daily
             sallies
             ,
             and
             behave
             themselves
             very
             valiantly
             ,
             the
             worst
             can
             be
             said
             of
             them
             they
             are
             our
             enemies
             :
             Meat
             beginneth
             to
             faile
             them
             much
             ,
             and
             Munition
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             credibly
             informed
             by
             the
             fugitives
             which
             daily
             repair
             to
             us
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             ;
             the
             Count
             of
          
           Aremberg
           
             is
             daily
             expected
             with
             a
             recruit
             of
             two
             thousand
             foot
             ,
             the
          
           Pioneeres
           
             out
             of
          
           Luckland
           
             are
             daily
             expected
             ,
             and
             then
             have
             at
             a
             new
             mine
             for
             
             the
             Castle
             ,
             when
             all
             our
             forces
             are
             compleated
             ,
             we
             shall
             put
             it
             to
             a
             desperate
             assault
             .
          
        
         
           
             Don
             Olanzo
          
           not
           contented
           with
           these
           general
           heads
           ,
           wherewith
           a
           mā
           might
           furnish
           himselfe
           out
           of
           the
           weekly
           news-bookes
           ,
           began
           to
           press
           him
           to
           the
           particular
           description
           of
           some
           places
           in
           
             Brabent
             ,
          
           and
           
             Flanders
             .
          
           Now
           though
           
             Facundo
          
           was
           well
           book-learned
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           Mapps
           could
           instruct
           him
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           impossible
           that
           they
           could
           inform
           him
           in
           all
           particulars
           of
           places
           and
           buildings
           :
           
             Facundo
          
           begins
           to
           faulter
           ,
           the
           other
           prosecuted
           him
           with
           the
           cruelty
           of
           a
           prevailing
           coward
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           breaking
           into
           some
           Choller
           and
           passion
           ,
           caught
           hold
           of
           his
           beard
           ,
           which
           having
           no
           better
           title
           to
           his
           face
           then
           glue
           could
           afford
           it
           ,
           presently
           fell
           off
           ,
           and
           discovered
           him
           to
           be
           what
           he
           was
           .
        
         
         
           
             Sabina
          
           all
           this
           while
           lay
           in
           her
           bed
           listening
           to
           their
           discourse
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           she
           disturbs
           with
           her
           groans
           and
           sighs
           ,
           but
           now
           her
           husbands
           deceit
           being
           laid
           open
           ,
           
             Facundo
          
           loaden
           with
           grief
           and
           guiltinesse
           ,
           falleth
           down
           on
           his
           knees
           ,
           &
           craves
           pardon
           of
           his
           wife
           .
        
         
           Strange
           it
           is
           to
           see
           how
           poor
           spirits
           descend
           beneath
           themselves
           ?
           but
           upon
           his
           submission
           and
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           fault
           ,
           a
           pardon
           is
           signed
           and
           sealed
           unto
           him
           ,
           upon
           condition
           he
           should
           reassume
           his
           journey
           ,
           which
           next
           day
           with
           all
           possible
           speed
           he
           undertook
           ,
           and
           we
           leave
           him
           making
           what
           speed
           he
           might
           to
           the
           place
           for
           which
           he
           was
           bound
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           
             Sabina
          
           falleth
           truly
           and
           really
           sick
           ,
           it
           is
           ill
           jesting
           with
           edg-tooles
           ,
           that
           which
           we
           play
           with
           in
           sport
           ,
           may
           wound
           us
           in
           earnest
           :
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           repaires
           unto
           her
           ,
           with
           full
           intent
           to
           enjoy
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           
           that
           nothing
           but
           his
           owne
           moderation
           should
           set
           bounds
           thereunto
           ,
           when
           he
           meets
           with
           an
           unexpected
           repulse
           ,
           
             Sabina
          
           complaining
           of
           the
           intolerable
           torture
           ,
           which
           disposed
           her
           rather
           for
           a
           Coffin
           then
           amarous
           embraces
           .
        
         
           
             I
             confesse
             ,
             saith
          
           Don
           Nicholayo
           ,
           
             were
             I
             not
             privy
             unto
             this
             dissembling
             ,
             yea
             the
             prime
             procurer
             and
             contriver
             thereof
             ,
             I
             should
             my selfe
             verily
             beleeve
             thee
             really
             sick
             :
             O
             how
             farre
             your
             sex
             transcend
             ours
             in
             dissimulation
             ?
             we
             do
             it
             so
             dully
             ,
             so
             improperly
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             lyable
             to
             discovery
             ,
             you
             exceed
             your selves
             in
             what
             you
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             Sir
             ,
             returnes
          
           Sabina
           ,
           
             mistake
             me
             not
             (
             I
             cannot
             say
             by
             the
             
             faith
             of
             a
             loyall
             wife
             ,
             having
             to
             my
             shame
             and
             grief
             ,
             forfeited
             that
             title
             )
             but
             by
             whatever
             can
             be
             true
             and
             dear
             unto
             me
             ,
             I
             vow
             and
             protest
             my selfe
             so
             sick
             ,
             that
             nature
             scarce
             affordeth
             me
             ability
             to
             expresse
             my
             owne
             sicknesse
             .
          
        
         
           
             You
             will
             alwaies
             be
             a
             woman
             ,
             saith
          
           Nicholayo
           ,
           
             who
             generally
             over
             do
             or
             under-do
             what
             they
             undertake
             ,
             hardly
             hitting
             on
             a
             mean
             ,
             whose
             soules
             are
             either
             empty
             or
             over-flow
             ;
             it
             is
             high
             time
             now
             to
             put
             off
             your
             vizard
             ,
             and
             be
             what
             you
             are
          
           :
           And
           with
           that
           he
           offered
           a
           familiar
           violence
           unto
           her
           ,
           as
           supposing
           she
           expected
           some
           acceptable
           force
           ,
           to
           bee
           seemingly
           pressed
           to
           what
           she
           desired
           .
        
         
         
           
             Content
             your selfe
             said
          
           Sabina
           ,
           
             or
             my
             shreeches
             shall
             given
             an
             Alarum
             to
             the
             Family
             :
             Know
             Sir
             ,
             I
             never
             loved
             you
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             now
             I
             loath
             your
             looks
             ,
             and
             detest
             the
             sight
             of
             you
             ,
             too
             much
             to
             my
             shame
             and
             grief
             hath
             formerly
             passed
             between
             us
             ,
             but
             now
             I
             am
             resolved
             not
             to
             proceed
             in
             that
             vitious
             course
             ,
             but
             asmuch
             as
             penitency
             can
             make
             a
             harlot
             honest
             ,
             to
             unstaine
             my
             soul
             from
             my
             former
             offences
             ;
             my
             time
             is
             short
             ,
             depart
             the
             room
             ,
             and
             prevent
             my
             sending
             you
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           standeth
           amazed
           ,
           who
           could
           expect
           that
           the
           wind
           could
           blow
           at
           such
           a
           point
           of
           the
           compasse
           ?
           a
           cold
           wind
           indeed
           to
           nip
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           lust
           ;
           yet
           he
           seeth
           
           no
           remedie
           but
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           present
           occasion
           ,
           &
           goes
           home
           with
           a
           soule
           divided
           between
           griefe
           ,
           anger
           and
           wonder
           ,
           though
           the
           latter
           may
           seeme
           to
           claime
           the
           greatest
           share
           in
           him
           at
           so
           strange
           and
           unexpected
           an
           accident
           .
           
             Sabina
          
           presently
           dispatcheth
           a
           Servant
           to
           overtake
           her
           husband
           ,
           requesting
           him
           by
           all
           
             Loves
          
           to
           returne
           with
           all
           possible
           speede
           ,
           for
           she
           had
           some
           important
           secrets
           to
           unbosome
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           could
           quietly
           depart
           this
           world
           before
           the
           imparting
           thereof
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Facundo
          
           feares
           some
           fraud
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           refuseth
           to
           returne
           :
           Indeed
           the
           servant
           accosted
           him
           with
           his
           Message
           in
           that
           very
           minut
           wherein
           he
           was
           taking
           Ship
           ;
           the
           wind
           serving
           faire
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           his
           goods
           shipt
           already
           .
           At
           last
           the
           servant
           gave
           such
           assurance
           of
           his
           Mistresses
           sicknesse
           ,
           and
           so
           impotunately
           pressed
           him
           with
           those
           arguments
           
           borrowed
           from
           her
           ,
           that
           
             Facundo
          
           returnes
           that
           night
           home
           ;
           the
           roome
           is
           voided
           ,
           when
           
             Sabina
          
           begins
           with
           tears
           in
           her
           eyes
           ,
           moistening
           her
           words
           as
           she
           uttered
           them
           .
        
         
           
             What
             tearm
             shall
             I
             call
             you
             by
             ?
             husband
             I
             am
             ashamed
             to
             stile
             you
             ,
             the
             mention
             whereof
             woundeth
             my
             own
             heart
             with
             the
             memory
             of
             my
             unworthinesse
             ;
             friend
             is
             too
             familiar
             a
             title
             ;
             Lord
             and
             Master
             too
             terrible
             to
             me
             ,
             a
             false
             deceitfull
             servant
             ;
             stile
             your selfe
             Sir
             what
             you
             please
             ,
             I
             am
             your
             wretched
             vassal
             ,
             and
             want
             words
             to
             expresse
             the
             foulnesse
             of
             my
             offence
             against
             you
             :
             I
             am
             ashamed
             to
             speak
             what
             I
             blushed
             not
             to
             do
             ,
             who
             have
             lived
             in
             a
             course
             of
             inconstancy
             for
             many
             years
             with
          
           Don
           
           Nicholayo
           :
           
             and
             with
             my
             dissembling
             have
             put
             you
             to
             much
             trouble
             and
             paines
             Pardon
             is
             too
             great
             for
             me
             to
             ask
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             you
             to
             give
             .
             I
             confesse
             they
             that
             once
             have
             bankrupt
             their
             owne
             credit
             ,
             can
             give
             no
             security
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             be
             responsible
             to
             such
             as
             trust
             them
             ;
             however
             Sir
             know
             ,
             I
             place
             more
             hope
             of
             speeding
             in
             in
             my
             request
             ,
             in
             your
             goodnesse
             then
             the
             Equity
             of
             my
             Petition
             .
             If
             life
             be
             lent
             me
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             owne
             apprehension
             (
             and
             every
             one
             is
             best
             sensible
             of
             their
             own
             condition
             )
             is
             utterly
             unlikely
             ,
             I
             shall
             utterly
             deserve
             some
             part
             of
             your
             kindnesse
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             can
             you
             not
             see
             through
             the
             chinkes
             of
             my
             broken
             body
             ,
             my
             very
             heart
             inditing
             my
             
             words
             assure
             your self
          
           —
           and
           there
           she
           fainted
           .
           Servants
           were
           called
           in
           ,
           and
           much
           adoe
           with
           
             Aqua
             vitae
          
           they
           courted
           and
           wooed
           her
           soul
           not
           to
           depart
           her
           body
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           sullen
           that
           it
           would
           hardly
           be
           perswaded
           to
           stay
           ,
           though
           at
           last
           prevailed
           upon
        
         
           Although
           the
           Passages
           betweene
           
             Facundo
          
           and
           
             Sabina
             ,
          
           were
           transacted
           with
           all
           possible
           secrecy
           ;
           yet
           could
           they
           not
           be
           so
           privately
           carried
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           in
           the
           house
           overhearing
           it
           ,
           it
           crept
           through
           the
           
             Family
             ,
          
           and
           went
           thorough
           the
           City
           of
           
             Barcellona
             ,
          
           and
           at
           last
           through
           the
           whole
           Province
           of
           
             Catalonia
             .
          
           And
           now
           
             Vejeto
          
           is
           found
           a
           true
           friend
           ,
           and
           begins
           to
           flourish
           ,
           being
           formerly
           so
           deprest
           by
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           
             Nicholayo
             ,
          
           that
           he
           took
           no
           comfort
           in
           himself
           ,
           
           and
           had
           abandoned
           his
           City
           house
           ,
           and
           retired
           into
           the
           Country
           ;
           but
           now
           he
           returnes
           to
           
             B●rcellona
          
           again
           ,
           falls
           a
           building
           and
           repairing
           his
           house
           ,
           to
           outface
           his
           neighbour
           
             Nicholayo
             ,
          
           making
           the
           same
           both
           larger
           beneath
           with
           Vaults
           ,
           and
           higher
           above
           with
           Magnificent
           superstructures
           .
        
         
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           inraged
           in
           his
           mind
           with
           the
           discovery
           which
           
             Sabina
          
           had
           made
           ,
           and
           seeing
           himselfe
           slighted
           in
           his
           reputation
           :
           and
           fearing
           lest
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           (
           the
           Court
           having
           gotten
           intelligence
           thereof
           )
           should
           disseize
           him
           of
           his
           
             Governors
          
           place
           of
           
             Barcellona
             ,
          
           which
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           for
           three
           descents
           possessed
           ,
           almost
           to
           make
           the
           honour
           hereditary
           )
           resolves
           on
           a
           designe
           ,
           which
           present
           passion
           prompted
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           thus
           he
           effected
           it
           .
           
             Facundo
          
           was
           late
           at
           night
           ,
           drawing
           up
           some
           conveyances
           for
           Land
           (
           which
           the
           City
           exchanged
           with
           
           the
           Crown
           in
           the
           Town
           house
           )
           and
           the
           imployment
           was
           certain
           to
           ingrosse
           him
           untill
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           last
           day
           of
           the
           terme
           ,
           assigned
           for
           the
           compleating
           thereof
           ;
           All
           
             Sabinas
          
           servants
           were
           by
           her
           Nurse
           (
           that
           
             Pandoras
          
           to
           her
           former
           wantonnesse
           ,
           and
           still
           an
           active
           instrument
           for
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           )
           sent
           upon
           severall
           errands
           to
           places
           of
           some
           distance
           ,
           and
           she
           alone
           left
           to
           attend
           her
           Mistress
           .
           In
           springs
           
             Nicholayo
          
           with
           two
           robustuous
           servants
           ,
           and
           with
           violence
           carries
           away
           
             Sabina
          
           muffled
           in
           carpets
           (
           threatning
           her
           with
           present
           death
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           resistance
           or
           noise
           )
           to
           the
           house
           of
           
             Nicholayo
          
           :
           yet
           had
           he
           now
           no
           design
           of
           lust
           upon
           her
           ,
           whose
           revenge
           had
           banished
           his
           wantonness
           ;
           And
           bringing
           her
           into
           his
           Hall
           about
           midnight
           ,
           a
           stone
           there
           is
           taken
           up
           and
           she
           tumbled
           down
           into
           a
           Vault
           which
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           to
           call
           a
           
             Dungeon
          
           or
           a
           
             Charnell-house
          
           (
           many
           
           innocents
           having
           formerly
           been
           dispatched
           in
           the
           same
           place
           )
           
             Nicholayo
          
           conceiving
           that
           either
           she
           would
           be
           killed
           with
           the
           fall
           ,
           or
           else
           starved
           to
           death
           in
           the
           place
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           was
           in
           
             Barcellona
          
           an
           Abbot
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           
             Jago
             Domingo
          
           preferred
           to
           that
           place
           by
           
             Nicholayo
          
           ;
           rather
           by
           the
           others
           favour
           then
           his
           deserts
           ;
           for
           guilt
           had
           made
           
             Patron
          
           and
           
             Chaplain
          
           mutually
           great
           together
           ;
           they
           being
           both
           often
           complicated
           in
           the
           same
           act
           of
           basenesse
           ,
           wherein
           they
           served
           each
           the
           turn
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           they
           were
           nailed
           together
           with
           necessary
           secresie
           :
           so
           that
           what
           friendship
           did
           act
           in
           others
           ,
           fear
           acted
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           contribute
           their
           reciprocall
           assistance
           in
           all
           designes
           ,
           seeing
           the
           lender
           to
           day
           was
           the
           borrower
           to
           morrow
           ;
           These
           two
           plot
           together
           ,
           and
           lay
           the
           scene
           of
           the
           ensuing
           project
           .
           At
           
             Matten-service
          
           when
           their
           Covent
           was
           singing
           together
           in
           the
           Abbots
           
           Church
           ,
           suddenly
           their
           harmony
           was
           disturbed
           by
           an
           obstreperous
           voice
           which
           seemed
           to
           proceed
           from
           a
           wall
           above
           the
           
             Quire
          
           :
           the
           voice
           spake
           horror
           and
           griefe
           ,
           and
           pain
           ,
           shreeking
           out
           shrill
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           noise
           of
           ratling
           of
           chaines
           and
           the
           chinking
           of
           Irons
           were
           alternately
           heard
           .
           Which
           indeed
           was
           nothing
           else
           but
           an
           instructed
           
             Novice
          
           placed
           there
           by
           the
           
             Abbot
          
           in
           a
           concealed
           concavity
           to
           play
           his
           part
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           received
           directions
           .
           The
           Fryers
           for
           fear
           shorten
           their
           service
           and
           betake
           themselves
           to
           their
           Cells
           in
           amazement
           ,
           as
           utterly
           ignorant
           of
           the
           fraud
           ;
           The
           
             Abbot
          
           his
           
             Novice
          
           and
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           being
           onely
           privy
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Next
           day
           ,
           the
           Fryers
           meeting
           at
           
             Mattens
             ,
          
           the
           same
           noise
           was
           heard
           again
           ,
           but
           lowder
           then
           before
           ,
           with
           a
           clashing
           and
           gnashing
           ,
           speaking
           a
           mixture
           of
           pain
           and
           indignation
           ;
           the
           Fryers
           hardly
           held
           out
           their
           service
           ,
           
           wherein
           wonder
           so
           spoil'd
           their
           devotion
           ,
           that
           as
           at
           other
           times
           the
           lay
           People
           knew
           not
           what
           they
           said
           ;
           so
           now
           for
           fear
           they
           scarce
           ,
           understood
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           was
           a
           publique
           Festivall
           ,
           wherein
           all
           the
           Gentry
           of
           
             Barcellona
          
           met
           there
           (
           save
           
             Facundo
          
           who
           went
           not
           out
           of
           his
           house
           ,
           being
           transported
           with
           griefe
           ,
           and
           amazement
           ;
           what
           should
           be
           become
           of
           his
           invisible
           wife
           ,
           )
           the
           spirit
           proceeding
           as
           formerly
           in
           shriekes
           ;
           an
           
             Exorcist
          
           was
           provided
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           vertue
           of
           holy
           water
           and
           other
           trinkets
           took
           upon
           him
           to
           catechise
           and
           examine
           the
           spirit
           what
           he
           was
           ,
           conjuring
           it
           by
           the
           power
           of
           his
           spells
           to
           answer
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           truth
           at
           its
           own
           perill
           ,
           if
           concealing
           any
           part
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             sorry
          
           (
           said
           the
           voice
           in
           the
           wall
           )
           
             the
             soule
             of
          
           Sabina
           ,
           
           
             justly
             tormented
             in
             Purgatory
             ,
             as
             for
             my
             many
             faults
             ,
             so
             chiefly
             for
             raising
             a
             damnable
             and
             notorious
             lye
             on
          
           Don
           Nicholayo
           ,
           
             as
             if
             he
             had
             conversed
             dishonestly
             with
             me
             .
             I
             had
             been
             burried
             to
             a
             worse
             place
             ,
             as
             having
             nothing
             to
             plead
             in
             my
             mine
             own
             behalfe
             ;
             but
             that
             I
             alledged
             that
             this
             scandall
             was
             never
             raised
             by
             my
             own
             invention
             ,
             but
             put
             into
             my
             mouth
             by
          
           Vejetto
           ,
           
             and
             he
             the
             Parent
             ,
             shee
             onely
             the
             Nurse
             thereof
             .
             And
             here
             I
             am
             condemned
             to
             intollerable
             torment
             without
             al
             possibility
             of
             release
             ,
             untill
             first
             some
             signall
             punishment
             be
             laid
             on
          
           Vejetto
           ;
           
             it
             being
             the
             method
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             that
             the
             accessary
             cannot
             be
             released
             ,
             until
             the
             principall
             first
             be
             punished
             .
             I
             am
             also
             
             enjoined
             to
             make
             publique
             confession
             of
             my
             fault
             ,
             and
             to
             request
          
           Don
           Nicholayo
           
             freely
             to
             forgive
             me
             ,
             without
             which
             my
             enlargement
             cannot
             be
             procured
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             humbly
             request
             this
             Covent
             for
             sanctity
             most
             highly
             prized
             ,
             to
             join
             with
             me
             in
             my
             Petition
             ;
             that
             that
             honorable
             and
             worthy
             Lord
             would
             be
             pleased
             freely
             to
             remit
             my
             fault
             herein
             ;
             I
             am
             also
             to
             desire
             you
             to
             intreat
             my
             husband
          
           Facundo
           
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             confer
             on
             this
             Covent
             his
             Vineyard
             ,
             lying
             on
             the
             East
             side
             of
             the
             City
             between
             the
             gate
             and
             the
             River
          
           Riodulce
           ,
           
             that
             so
             by
             the
             dayly
             intercession
             of
             their
             suffrages
             ,
             I
             may
             be
             freed
             from
             my
             torture
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           
             Exorcist
          
           prest
           this
           shee
           Spirit
           to
           more
           particulars
           ,
           as
           to
           know
           whether
           her
           husband
           
             Facundo
          
           did
           not
           concurre
           with
           
             Vejetto
          
           to
           advance
           the
           defamation
           .
        
         
           The
           Spirit
           answered
           ,
           that
           never
           woman
           was
           happier
           in
           a
           better
           husband
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           would
           not
           adde
           to
           her
           fault
           and
           paines
           to
           belie
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           utterly
           ignorant
           thereof
           ,
           and
           had
           ever
           retained
           a
           true
           opinion
           of
           her
           faithfulnesse
           ,
           had
           not
           
             Vejettoes
          
           malice
           rooted
           it
           out
           ,
           with
           constant
           and
           causeless
           suggestions
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Exorcist
          
           proceeded
           to
           demand
           what
           was
           become
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           seeing
           the
           report
           had
           filled
           the
           City
           that
           it
           was
           no where
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           a
           suspition
           was
           raised
           ,
           that
           her
           husband
           or
           her
           servants
           were
           guilty
           of
           conveying
           it
           away
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           offer'd
           some
           violence
           to
           her
           person
           .
        
         
         
           
             Let
             me
             not
          
           (
           said
           she
           )
           
             wilfully
             heap
             punishments
             on
             my self
             ,
             I
             must
             acquit
             my
             husband
             as
             altogether
             innocent
             ,
             nor
             can
             I
             charge
             my
             servants
             (
             all
             whose
             prayers
             I
             humbly
             desire
             for
             the
             assoiling
             of
             my
             soul
             )
             for
             the
             least
             wrong
             offered
             unto
             me
             ,
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             an
             evill
             spirit
             violently
             tooke
             me
             away
             ,
             both
             soul
             and
             body
             ,
             thou
             my
             punishment
             might
             be
             exemplary
             and
             unusuall
             ,
             as
             my
             fault
             was
             above
             the
             proportion
             of
             common
             offenders
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Exorcist
          
           demanded
           of
           her
           ,
           whether
           any
           other
           besides
           
             Vejetto
          
           had
           with
           him
           joined
           in
           that
           bad
           advise
           ?
        
         
           
             To
             which
             she
             returned
             that
             the
             
             time
             allotted
             for
             her
             imprisoned
             liberty
             was
             now
             expired
             ,
             being
             assigned
             but
             three
             hours
             for
             the
             begging
             of
             the
             votes
             of
             three
             severall
             daies
             of
             mankind
             to
             help
             her
             in
             her
             extremity
             ;
             that
             now
             she
             must
             return
             as
             Prisoner
             ,
             carrying
             fetters
             about
             her
             to
             the
             place
             of
             her
             restraint
             ;
             never
             more
             to
             appear
             or
             be
             heard
             more
             in
             this
             world
             ▪
          
           and
           with
           that
           giving
           a
           hideous
           screek
           ,
           and
           ratling
           her
           fetters
           ,
           she
           took
           a
           sad
           farewell
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           leaving
           all
           that
           heard
           it
           to
           admiration
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           strange
           to
           conceive
           how
           the
           female
           sex
           of
           
             Barcellona
          
           were
           affected
           hereat
           ;
           all
           conclude
           that
           
             Facundo
          
           was
           bound
           in
           honour
           and
           conscience
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           her
           request
           .
           And
           
           some
           of
           her
           kindred
           brought
           Abbot
           
             Jago
             Domingo
          
           unto
           his
           house
           ,
           to
           move
           him
           in
           conformity
           to
           his
           wives
           desire
           ,
           to
           settle
           the
           
             Vineyard
          
           on
           their
           Covent
           as
           a
           reward
           of
           their
           meritorious
           prayers
           for
           his
           wives
           enlargement
           .
        
         
           Long
           had
           the
           
             Abbot
          
           cast
           a
           covetous
           eye
           upon
           this
           
             Vineyard
          
           as
           a
           little
           Paradice
           ;
           for
           the
           pleasure
           and
           scituation
           thereof
           ;
           it
           might
           for
           the
           distance
           from
           
             Barcellona
          
           be
           termed
           the
           City
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           or
           the
           Country
           in
           the
           City
           .
           It
           lay
           on
           the
           side
           of
           a
           
             Hill
          
           which
           new
           it
           own
           distance
           to
           ascend
           above
           the
           
             levell
             ,
          
           yet
           was
           not
           overproud
           to
           aspire
           to
           a
           barren
           heighth
           .
           It
           beheld
           the
           rising
           Sun
           which
           is
           apprehended
           the
           most
           cordiall
           ,
           when
           the
           Virgin
           beams
           thereof
           ,
           uninfected
           with
           the
           vapours
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           first
           enters
           on
           our
           hemispheare
           .
           A
           wood
           was
           in
           the
           middle
           thereof
           ,
           whereon
           
             Facundo
          
           had
           bestowed
           much
           cost
           ,
           making
           may
           
           
             Labyrinths
          
           and
           artificiall
           
             mazes
          
           :
           An
           
             Aviary
          
           also
           hee
           made
           therein
           stocking
           it
           with
           Birds
           from
           all
           Countries
           ,
           So
           that
           some
           thought
           (
           abating
           onely
           the
           
             Phoenix
          
           )
           that
           the
           whole
           kind
           of
           Birds
           ,
           if
           decayed
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           recruited
           hence
           .
           A
           Rivolet
           ,
           called
           
             Riodulca
             ,
          
           slided
           through
           the
           midst
           thereof
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           pleased
           with
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           loath
           to
           depart
           from
           so
           delicious
           a
           place
           ,
           it
           purposely
           lengthned
           its
           own
           journey
           ,
           by
           fetching
           ●any
           needlesse
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
             bendings
             ,
          
           and
           
             windings
          
           therein
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           intended
           to
           show
           that
           water
           could
           be
           more
           wanton
           then
           the
           wood
           under
           which
           it
           was
           puffed
           ;
           A
           banqueting
           house
           also
           was
           made
           in
           the
           middle
           thereof
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Fountain
          
           and
           
             Statues
          
           of
           
             Marble
          
           ;
           where
           
             stones
          
           were
           taught
           to
           speak
           by
           water
           works
           brought
           by
           a
           device
           into
           them
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           many
           questioned
           the
           discretion
           of
           
             Fac●ndo
          
           in
           expending
           so
           much
           cost
           on
           that
           which
           severer
           
           folke
           accounted
           but
           a
           chargeable
           toy
           ,
           paying
           many
           
             pieces
             of
             eight
          
           for
           every
           pint
           of
           
             wine
          
           that
           grew
           therein
           ;
           others
           excused
           him
           ,
           that
           being
           childlesse
           ,
           and
           having
           a
           plentifull
           estate
           ,
           this
           was
           not
           onely
           harmlesse
           ,
           but
           a
           usefull
           evacuation
           of
           his
           wealth
           ;
           many
           poor
           people
           being
           used
           in
           the
           making
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           the
           keeping
           of
           this
           
             Vineyard
             .
          
           But
           that
           which
           most
           pleaded
           for
           his
           expensivenesse
           herein
           and
           justly
           indeered
           him
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           to
           him
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           been
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Osorio's
          
           three
           hundred
           years
           and
           upwards
           ;
           and
           he
           had
           an
           Evidence
           in
           his
           house
           not
           exceeding
           a
           span
           of
           Parchment
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           three
           inches
           in
           breadth
           (
           so
           concise
           was
           Antiquity
           in
           conveying
           of
           lands
           )
           wherein
           
             John
             King
             of
             Castile
          
           bestowed
           this
           Land
           on
           
             Andrea
             Osorio
          
           for
           defending
           the
           high
           Tower
           in
           
             Barcellona
          
           once
           against
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           and
           twice
           against
           the
           
             Moores
             .
          
           Pardon
           
           
             Facundo
          
           therefore
           if
           hee
           loved
           this
           place
           ,
           or
           was
           found
           thereon
           ,
           seeing
           doting
           on
           it
           ,
           (
           the
           premises
           considered
           )
           was
           excusable
           ;
           desiring
           to
           trasmit
           this
           Land
           to
           his
           
             Brothers
          
           Son
           whom
           he
           intended
           his
           heir
           .
        
         
           Oh
           what
           a
           brave
           sweet
           place
           would
           this
           make
           for
           
             Abot
             Jago
             ,
          
           his
           Covent
           did
           ever
           micebite
           bad
           cheese
           ,
           or
           were
           ever
           
             Fryers
          
           such
           fools
           as
           to
           affect
           base
           or
           barren
           ground
           :
           they
           will
           be
           assured
           of
           profit
           or
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           wheresoever
           they
           fix
           themselves
           .
           The
           
             Abbot
          
           is
           earnestly
           set
           on
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           will
           either
           be
           possessed
           thereof
           ,
           or
           els
           the
           soul
           of
           
             Facundo's
          
           wife
           should
           be
           left
           tormented
           in
           the
           place
           where
           it
           was
           .
        
         
           Her
           
             Kindred
          
           assault
           
             Facundo
          
           with
           much
           importunity
           to
           estate
           this
           Land
           on
           the
           Covent
           ,
           which
           he
           utterly
           refused
           to
           do
           ;
           not
           denying
           to
           disburse
           a
           competent
           sum
           of
           money
           :
           but
           pardon
           him
           if
           he
           will
           not
           part
           with
           his
           inheritance
           ;
           But
           this
           or
           nothing
           
           else
           will
           please
           
             Iago
             ,
          
           so
           that
           they
           parted
           in
           some
           discontent
           ;
           yet
           
             Sabinaes
          
           friends
           despair
           not
           ,
           but
           in
           processe
           of
           time
           to
           mould
           him
           to
           the
           
             Abbots
          
           desire
           .
        
         
           Meane
           time
           it
           would
           make
           any
           honest
           heart
           to
           grieve
           ,
           though
           nothing
           related
           unto
           him
           ,
           either
           in
           Kindred
           or
           Country
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           harsh
           usage
           of
           
             Vejeto
          
           how
           hee
           was
           hurried
           to
           the
           Jaile
           in
           most
           ignominious
           manner
           :
           scarce
           any
           in
           the
           City
           so
           young
           or
           so
           old
           ,
           but
           would
           adventure
           to
           behold
           so
           vitious
           ,
           so
           wicked
           a
           slanderer
           (
           for
           so
           he
           was
           believed
           to
           be
           )
           brought
           to
           punishment
           ,
           though
           his
           imprisonment
           was
           conceived
           but
           a
           preface
           and
           preamble
           to
           a
           greater
           penalty
           (
           if
           escaping
           with
           death
           )
           which
           would
           be
           imposed
           upon
           him
           ;
           
             Vejeto
          
           made
           all
           the
           beholders
           to
           wonder
           ,
           who
           did
           read
           in
           his
           face
           so
           much
           spirit
           and
           livelinesse
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           triumphed
           in
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           rather
           pittied
           others
           then
           
           himself
           in
           this
           his
           condition
           ,
           yea
           ,
           his
           eyes
           and
           cheeks
           had
           as
           well
           mocks
           as
           smiles
           in
           them
           ;
           which
           made
           the
           beholders
           to
           conceive
           ,
           that
           besides
           his
           own
           innocence
           he
           had
           some
           further
           security
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           acquit
           himself
           ,
           but
           that
           his
           Enemies
           should
           come
           off
           with
           shame
           &
           disgrace
           wch
           made
           the
           Jaylor
           to
           demean
           himself
           unto
           him
           with
           the
           better
           respect
           .
        
         
           Within
           three
           daies
           the
           
             Visitor
             Generall
          
           of
           the
           Order
           was
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Covent
           ,
           and
           there
           in
           all
           pomp
           and
           solemnity
           to
           hear
           the
           whole
           Narration
           of
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
           Now
           let
           us
           look
           a
           little
           backward
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           
             Vejeto
          
           his
           mirth
           in
           these
           troubles
           ,
           who
           indeed
           had
           sufficient
           ground
           therof
           .
           We
           formerly
           told
           how
           
             Vejeto
          
           after
           his
           return
           out
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           began
           to
           beautifie
           and
           enlarge
           his
           his
           house
           ;
           In
           sinking
           a
           Cellar
           ,
           he
           stood
           by
           the
           workmen
           ,
           partly
           to
           encourage
           them
           with
           his
           presence
           ,
           
           partly
           to
           behold
           the
           effects
           of
           their
           discovery
           ,
           the
           place
           being
           concavous
           ,
           the
           ruines
           of
           some
           great
           structure
           ,
           formerly
           levell
           with
           the
           ground
           ,
           though
           now
           sunk
           some
           yards
           beneath
           the
           same
           .
           But
           the
           generall
           report
           was
           that
           it
           had
           been
           a
           
             Castle
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Julius
             Caesar
             ,
          
           when
           
             Barcellona
          
           was
           a
           
             Roman
             Colonie
             ,
          
           and
           priviledged
           with
           municipall
           immunities
           .
           
             Vejeto
          
           had
           a
           great
           fancy
           in
           
             Roman
             Coines
             ,
          
           and
           would
           give
           any
           thing
           to
           such
           as
           could
           produce
           him
           any
           variety
           herein
           ;
           yet
           his
           fancy
           was
           not
           above
           his
           judgement
           ,
           but
           hee
           was
           very
           criticall
           therein
           ,
           and
           had
           an
           exact
           and
           true
           eye
           to
           discover
           between
           true
           and
           counterfeits
           ,
           
             Casts
             ,
          
           and
           Originalls
           ;
           But
           oh
           for
           a
           
             Galba
             ,
          
           whose
           short
           raigne
           made
           his
           Coines
           the
           greatest
           rarity
           ;
           and
           
             Vejeto
          
           had
           a
           
             set
          
           of
           Coines
           with
           a
           continuall
           succession
           of
           all
           the
           
             Roman
             Emperors
             ,
             Galba
          
           onely
           excepted
           .
           The
           workmen
           find
           two
           or
           thre
           Coines
           of
           
             Antoninus
             ,
          
           
           the
           forerunners
           as
           
             Vejeto
          
           hoped
           and
           expected
           of
           more
           to
           ensue
           ;
           but
           these
           poor
           soules
           beheld
           them
           as
           
             Aesops
             Cock
          
           did
           the
           pearl
           ,
           not
           knowing
           how
           to
           valew
           them
           ;
           when
           
             Vejeto
          
           conceiving
           these
           the
           
             Vancurriers
          
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           earnest
           of
           a
           greater
           payment
           ;
           though
           truly
           not
           so
           much
           out
           of
           covetousnesse
           as
           curiosity
           ,
           dismissed
           them
           that
           night
           ,
           the
           night
           indeed
           dismissing
           them
           (
           it
           being
           late
           enough
           to
           leave
           work
           )
           and
           enjoining
           them
           to
           return
           next
           morning
           .
        
         
           All
           his
           servants
           being
           asleep
           ,
           he
           alone
           with
           his
           eldest
           Son
           
             Speano
             ,
          
           turn
           
             Pioneers
          
           to
           dig
           somewhat
           deep
           ,
           and
           to
           sift
           the
           rubbish
           therein
           .
           It
           happens
           that
           pierced
           a
           hollow
           place
           (
           &
           hollewnesse
           being
           a
           great
           friend
           to
           the
           conveying
           of
           a
           sound
           )
           they
           hear
           a
           strang
           noise
           ,
           too
           big
           for
           a
           Child
           ,
           too
           small
           for
           a
           man
           ;
           this
           noise
           was
           seconded
           with
           some
           light
           ,
           but
           so
           doubtfull
           and
           glimmering
           ,
           that
           it
           
           conquered
           darknesse
           but
           one
           degree
           ,
           
             Vejeto
          
           with
           his
           son
           enter
           the
           Vault
           ,
           (
           what
           should
           innocence
           be
           afraid
           of
           ?
           The
           Father
           was
           ashamed
           to
           betray
           fear
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           as
           having
           more
           experience
           ,
           the
           Sonne
           scorned
           to
           bewray
           fear
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           having
           his
           youthfull
           blood
           and
           spirit
           to
           support
           him
           ;
           together
           they
           both
           so
           order
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           they
           went
           into
           the
           Vault
           ,
           putting
           out
           their
           candle
           which
           led
           them
           ,
           and
           resolved
           in
           darknesse
           and
           silence
           to
           expect
           the
           Event
           of
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
           Down
           somthing
           tumbled
           ,
           and
           presently
           all
           light
           vanished
           ,
           and
           they
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           set
           still
           to
           concoct
           with
           themselves
           ,
           the
           rawnesse
           of
           so
           strange
           an
           accident
           .
        
         
           Presently
           they
           hear
           a
           groan
           ,
           such
           as
           speak
           the
           Soul
           ,
           neither
           friend
           nor
           foe
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           distance
           between
           both
           ,
           as
           if
           willing
           to
           depart
           .
           
             Vejeto
          
           enjoines
           his
           Son
           as
           
           younger
           and
           abler
           to
           adventure
           to
           bring
           forth
           whatever
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           up
           it
           is
           carried
           (
           not
           knowing
           as
           yet
           how
           to
           stile
           it
           ,
           
             Him
             ,
          
           or
           
             Her.
          
           )
           On
           the
           lighting
           of
           a
           Candle
           this
           bulk
           appears
           a
           woman
           ,
           but
           much
           maimed
           ,
           her
           right
           arme
           and
           left
           legge
           being
           broken
           .
        
         
           What
           difference
           is
           there
           between
           the
           same
           Body
           in
           health
           ,
           and
           in
           sicknesse
           ,
           between
           the
           same
           cloathed
           and
           naked
           ,
           when
           ornaments
           of
           Art
           are
           used
           unto
           it
           ,
           or
           when
           it
           is
           left
           to
           the
           dressing
           of
           nature
           ?
           
             Vejeto
          
           knowes
           no
           more
           hereof
           then
           
             Woman
             ,
          
           and
           never
           remembers
           that
           hee
           had
           seen
           the
           face
           before
           ;
           yet
           they
           omit
           not
           what
           art
           could
           do
           ,
           to
           restore
           her
           to
           life
           ,
           which
           succeeded
           according
           to
           their
           desire
           ,
           she
           is
           conveyed
           to
           a
           Bed
           ,
           and
           no
           accommodations
           are
           wanting
           which
           might
           tend
           to
           the
           speeding
           of
           her
           recovery
           .
           At
           last
           he
           knoweth
           her
           for
           
             Sabina
             ,
          
           before
           shee
           knew
           her selfe
           ;
           wonder
           not
           at
           her
           
           Ignorance
           ,
           who
           had
           pass'd
           through
           so
           many
           worlds
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           greater
           wonder
           that
           she
           was
           alive
           ,
           then
           that
           she
           did
           not
           know
           where
           she
           was
           or
           what
           was
           become
           of
           her selfe
           ,
           no
           Physick
           nor
           surgery
           is
           wanting
           to
           restore
           her
           to
           her
           former
           health
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Vejeto
          
           would
           not
           make
           use
           of
           any
           out
           of
           his
           own
           dores
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           concealing
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           wife
           
             Oliva
             ,
          
           being
           excellent
           above
           her
           sex
           at
           such
           perforformances
           ,
           indeed
           shee
           had
           never
           read
           
             Hippocrates
             ,
          
           or
           
             Galen
             ,
          
           in
           
             Greek
          
           ;
           yet
           was
           she
           one
           who
           by
           kitchen
           Physick
           did
           many
           and
           cheap
           cures
           to
           poor
           people
           ,
           taking
           onely
           their
           thanks
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           onely
           if
           they
           were
           willingly
           pleased
           to
           give
           it
           for
           the
           reward
           )
           from
           Physick
           shee
           proceeded
           to
           surgery
           ,
           &
           was
           no
           lesse
           successeful
           therein
           ,
           this
           made
           many
           to
           hate
           her
           ,
           who
           were
           of
           that
           profession
           ;
           whilst
           she
           cared
           the
           lesse
           for
           their
           hatred
           ,
           as
           over-ballanced
           with
           the
           love
           and
           
           respect
           with
           others
           ,
           but
           the
           poor
           especially
           did
           bear
           unto
           her
           .
        
         
           
             Sabina
          
           is
           privately
           concealed
           here
           for
           some
           daies
           ,
           whilst
           
             Vejeto
          
           as
           we
           have
           formerly
           mentioned
           was
           carried
           to
           Prison
           ,
           where
           
             Oliva
          
           daily
           visited
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           the
           generall
           expectation
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           forfeiture
           of
           his
           estate
           was
           all
           the
           mercy
           justice
           could
           afford
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           
             Abbot
             Iago
          
           is
           busie
           in
           preparing
           entertainment
           for
           
             Padre
             Antonio
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Lerma
             ,
          
           and
           Visitor
           Generall
           of
           his
           order
           ,
           but
           especially
           of
           this
           Covent
           ,
           in
           
             Barcellona
             ,
          
           which
           three
           hundred
           years
           since
           was
           founded
           by
           a
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lerma
             ,
          
           leaving
           to
           his
           Successors
           the
           hereditary
           power
           of
           inspection
           over
           the
           same
           ;
           to
           adde
           ,
           alter
           ,
           translate
           Orders
           and
           persons
           therein
           ,
           as
           advised
           by
           their
           own
           discretion
           .
           
             Padre
             Antonio
          
           was
           generally
           hated
           by
           the
           Friers
           for
           his
           severity
           and
           austerity
           of
           life
           ,
           being
           over
           rigorous
           in
           the
           observation
           
           of
           the
           conformity
           thereof
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           abate
           them
           any
           point
           ,
           but
           confined
           them
           to
           the
           height
           of
           observances
           :
           onely
           this
           preserved
           his
           reputation
           with
           Religious
           men
           ,
           that
           he
           used
           others
           no
           worse
           then
           himself
           ,
           
             practizing
          
           in
           his
           own
           person
           what
           he
           
             prescribed
          
           in
           others
           ,
           leaving
           an
           example
           of
           abstinence
           to
           all
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           No
           wonder
           if
           the
           Trewants
           shake
           when
           the
           Schoolmaster
           cometh
           among
           them
           ;
           
             Abbot
             Iago
          
           is
           jealous
           that
           some
           flaw
           will
           be
           found
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           out
           him
           of
           his
           place
           ,
           being
           conscious
           to
           himself
           of
           many
           Enormities
           :
           for
           though
           he
           walked
           by
           that
           rule
           ,
           
             if
             not
             chastly
             ,
          
           yet
           
             cautiously
             ,
          
           he
           managed
           his
           matters
           with
           all
           possible
           privacie
           ;
           yet
           hee
           suspected
           that
           Gold
           smiths
           would
           not
           receive
           that
           false
           Coine
           wherewith
           common
           people
           are
           deluded
           ,
           and
           the
           sharpe
           judgement
           of
           
             Antonio
          
           quickly
           discover
           that
           which
           was
           invisible
           to
           common
           eyes
           ;
           
           wherefore
           to
           mollifie
           him
           in
           his
           visitation
           ,
           by
           two
           Fryers
           he
           sent
           him
           a
           
             present
          
           of
           rich
           plate
           to
           the
           value
           of
           five
           hundred
           
             Crusadoes
             .
             Antonio
          
           refuseth
           the
           acceptance
           ,
           charging
           the
           Friers
           to
           return
           it
           ,
           adding
           withall
           that
           it
           
             Iago
          
           had
           observed
           the
           vow
           of
           poverty
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           order
           ,
           hee
           could
           not
           have
           atchieved
           so
           great
           an
           estate
           .
        
         
           Three
           daies
           after
           the
           Visitor
           comes
           to
           
             Barc●llona
          
           on
           foot
           ,
           unattended
           save
           with
           one
           servant
           alone
           ;
           forth
           rode
           the
           
             Abbot
          
           to
           meet
           him
           on
           his
           
             Mule
             ,
          
           and
           most
           of
           their
           Covent
           in
           like
           maner
           together
           with
           the
           
             Officers
          
           of
           their
           house
           ,
           and
           all
           
             Dependents
          
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           sixty
           persons
           ;
           These
           expected
           to
           have
           met
           the
           Visitor
           in
           so
           solemn
           an
           Equipage
           ,
           as
           had
           been
           observed
           by
           his
           
             Predecessors
             ,
          
           and
           finding
           their
           expectation
           confused
           ,
           
             Iago
          
           was
           much
           discomposed
           thereat
           ,
           and
           so
           disturbed
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           that
           he
           forgot
           that
           
           premeditated
           Oration
           which
           he
           had
           artificially
           pen'd
           for
           the
           Visitors
           entertainment
           .
        
         
           Here
           
             Iago
          
           profered
           the
           
             Visitor
          
           the
           conveniencie
           of
           his
           
             Mule
             ,
          
           which
           he
           refused
           ,
           adding
           with
           a
           sterne
           countenance
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           pomp
           and
           state
           became
           not
           men
           of
           his
           profession
           ;
           conducted
           hee
           was
           into
           the
           Covent
           ,
           where
           such
           a
           supper
           was
           provided
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           had
           made
           provisions
           dear
           in
           the
           Town
           ;
           The
           
             Visitor
          
           commanded
           the
           poor
           people
           to
           be
           called
           thither
           ,
           on
           whom
           he
           bestowed
           all
           the
           
             cheer
             ,
          
           betaking
           himself
           to
           some
           mean
           
             Viands
          
           which
           hee
           brought
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           thereon
           took
           a
           sparing
           refection
           .
        
         
           Next
           day
           the
           Court
           was
           kept
           ,
           and
           severall
           misdemeanors
           were
           presented
           unto
           him
           .
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
          
           complained
           to
           the
           
             Visitor
          
           of
           the
           high
           offence
           of
           
             Vejeto
             .
          
           For
           although
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Visitor
          
           extended
           only
           to
           the
           Covent
           ,
           yet
           lately
           he
           was
           impoured
           
           with
           a
           Commission
           from
           the
           
             Conclave
             ,
          
           to
           take
           into
           consideration
           all
           businesse
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           any
           way
           related
           to
           the
           late
           wonder
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           the
           wall
           ,
           and
           to
           proceed
           against
           all
           persons
           concerned
           therein
           ,
           as
           he
           should
           see
           cause
           for
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             Vejeto
          
           is
           sent
           for
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           and
           his
           fault
           iuflamed
           to
           the
           height
           by
           the
           
             Rhetorick
          
           of
           a
           young
           
             Advocate
             ,
          
           retained
           by
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
             ,
          
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           hainousnesse
           of
           the
           offence
           ;
           being
           demanded
           what
           hee
           could
           say
           for
           himself
           ,
           he
           requested
           that
           one
           witnesse
           might
           be
           produced
           ,
           and
           her
           testimony
           solemnly
           taken
           ,
           which
           seemed
           so
           equall
           a
           motion
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           any
           waies
           be
           denyed
           .
        
         
           Presently
           he
           bringeth
           forth
           
             Sabina
          
           by
           the
           hand
           (
           who
           stood
           by
           but
           disguised
           and
           concealed
           )
           tendring
           her
           there
           to
           the
           
             Visitor
             ,
          
           to
           make
           a
           Narration
           of
           the
           whole
           story
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             Visitor
          
           is
           for
           a
           while
           so
           taken
           up
           with
           wonder
           ,
           that
           his
           soul
           was
           at
           leisure
           to
           do
           nothing
           else
           but
           admire
           ,
           to
           see
           one
           reported
           dead
           and
           carried
           away
           soul
           and
           body
           ,
           alive
           and
           in
           good
           health
           ;
           
             Facundo
          
           standing
           by
           ,
           requested
           the
           
             Visitor
          
           to
           favour
           him
           ,
           if
           hee
           transgressed
           the
           gravity
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           by
           bestowing
           a
           salutation
           on
           his
           dear
           wife
           ;
           being
           confident
           that
           the
           strangeness
           of
           the
           accident
           would
           sufficiently
           plead
           for
           his
           presumption
           therein
           .
           Next
           day
           the
           
             Visitor
          
           proceeds
           to
           censure
           .
           First
           
             Abbot
             Iago
          
           was
           expell'd
           his
           Covent
           ,
           and
           condemned
           to
           perpetuall
           imprisonment
           :
           it
           is
           thought
           it
           had
           cost
           him
           his
           life
           ,
           had
           not
           some
           reverence
           and
           respect
           to
           his
           order
           mitigated
           the
           censure
           .
           The
           
             Novice
          
           in
           the
           wall
           as
           yet
           was
           but
           a
           probationer
           ,
           &
           not
           entred
           in
           the
           orders
           ;
           was
           condemned
           to
           be
           publiquely
           whipt
           in
           the
           market
           place
           of
           
             Barcellona
             ,
          
           being
           all
           the
           blood
           that
           was
           shed
           in
           this
           Comicall
           
           story
           .
           The
           
             Exorcist
          
           pleaded
           his
           own
           innocence
           ,
           as
           not
           privy
           to
           the
           cheat
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           onely
           proceeded
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           his
           owne
           Art
           ,
           whose
           plea
           was
           accepted
           .
           
             Don
             Nicholayo
             ,
          
           because
           a
           person
           of
           great
           honor
           ,
           highly
           descended
           and
           allied
           ,
           was
           remitted
           by
           the
           
             Visitor
          
           to
           the
           Kings
           disposall
           ,
           and
           sent
           Prisoner
           to
           
             Madrid
             ,
          
           where
           he
           was
           ordered
           to
           lose
           his
           Office
           ,
           and
           fined
           
             ten
             thousand
             Crusa●oes
          
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           and
           
             five
             thousand
             Crusadoes
          
           to
           
             Facundo
             ;
             Vej●to
          
           was
           deputed
           to
           succeed
           
             Nicholayo
          
           in
           the
           
             Governors
             place
             of
             Ba●cellona
             ;
             Facundo
          
           something
           to
           compensate
           her
           patience
           ,
           was
           promoted
           to
           be
           
             Advocate
             Generall
             of
             Catalonia
             .
          
           The
           
             Nurse
          
           of
           
             Sabina
          
           privy
           to
           the
           plot
           pleaded
           the
           age
           of
           seventy
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           protection
           thereof
           ,
           at
           
             Sabina's
          
           humble
           in
           treaty
           was
           pardoned
           ;
           
             Infido
          
           a
           cheating
           servant
           of
           
             Vejeto
             ,
          
           who
           had
           oftentimes
           betrayed
           his
           Master
           secrets
           ,
           wsa
           branded
           in
           the
           face
           
           with
           
             F.
             S.
             false
             servant
             .
             Facundo
          
           and
           
             Sabina
          
           lived
           many
           years
           together
           in
           Love
           and
           Credit
           ,
           and
           whereas
           formerly
           she
           was
           issuelesse
           ,
           made
           her
           husband
           afterward
           happy
           with
           a
           numerous
           posterity
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
           
             
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