The Palace of Pleasure (Volume 2); Elizabethan Versions of Italian and French Novels from Boccaccio, Bandello, Cinthio, Straparola, Queen Margaret of Navarre, and Others (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1890 Excerpt: ... THE FOURTH NOUELL. Ariobarzanes great steward to Artaxerxes king of Persia, goeth about to exceede hisfoueraigne lord and master in curteste: where in be conteyned many notable and pleafaunt chaunces, bestdes the great patience and loyaltie naturally planted in the fayd Ariobarzanes. A Quest1on is mooued manye times among learned men and Gentlemen addicted to the seruice of the Court, whether commendable deede, or curteous and gentle fact done by the Gentleman or Courtier towardes his soueraine Lord, ought to be called Liberalise and Curtesie, or rather Band and Dutie. Which question is not proponed with out greate reason. For so muche as ech man doth know, that a scruaunt do what he can for his Mayster, or lette him imploy the vttermost of his endeuour, al the labor and trauayle he bestoweth, all trouble and daunger which he sustayneth, is to little, yea and the fame his very bounden duty. Haue wee not red of many, and knowne the lyke that to gratifye their prince and mayster, haue into a thousande daungers and like number of deaths, aduentured their own propre Hues? Marcus Antonius that notable oratour beying accused of incest, and broughte to the iudgement seate, his accusers required that his seruante should be called, for because he bare the candel before his maister, when hee went to do the deede, who seyng his mayster's lise and death to depend vpon his euidence, vtterly denyed the facte: and notwithstanding that he was whipped, racked, and suffered other cruel tormentes, would rather haue loste his lyse than accuse and betray his mayster. I could alleage and bring forth in place, the example of Mycithus, the seruaunt of one Anaxilaus Messenius, the sidelitye of the seruauntes of Plotinus Plancus, the faythful mayden called Pythias, that waited vpon ...