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After diuers thoughts imagyned in his mynde, he conceyued that
his companion had happily enioyed the ende of his desired ioy,
and had gathered the wyshed fruicts of the Lady, and drowned in
the mayne Sea of his owne pleasures, was ouerwhelmed in the
bottome of Obliuion: wherefore he determined to set forward on
his iourney to giue onset of his desired fortune: who without
long delay for execution of his purpose, prepared all
necessaries for that voyage, and mounted on horsebacke with two
of his men, he iourneyed towards Boeme, and within a few daies
after arryued at the Castle of the fayre and most honest Lady.
And when hee was entred the Inne where the Lord Alberto was
first lodged, he dilygently enquyred of him, and heard tell that
he was returned into Hungarie many dayes before, whereof mutch
maruelling, could not tel what to say or think. In the end
purposing to put in prose the cause wherefore he was departed
out of Hungarie, after dilygent searche of the maners of the
Lady, he vnderstoode by general voyce, that she was without
comparison the honestest, wisest, gentlest, and comelyest Lady
within the whole Countrey of Boeme. Incontinently the Lady was
aduertised of the arriual of this Baron, and knowing his
message, she determyned to paye him also wyth that Money whych
she had already coyned for the other. The next Day the Baron
went vnto the Castle, and knocking at the Gate, sent in woord
how that he was come from the Court of king Mathie, to visite
and salute the Lady of that Castle: and as she did entertayne
the first Baron in curteous guise, and with louing Countenaunce,
euen so she dyd the second, who thought thereby that he had
attayned by that pleasaunt entertaynment, the game which he
hunted. And discoursing vppon dyuers matters, the lady shewed
hir selfe a pleasaunt and Familyar Gentlewoman, whych made the
Baron to thynk that in short tyme he should wyn the pryce for
which he came. Notwithstanding, at the fyrste brunt he would not
by any meanes descend to any particularity of his purpose, but
hys Words ran general, which were, that hearynge tell of the
fame of hir Beauty, good grace and comelinesse, by hauing
occasion to repayre into Boeme to doe certayne his affaires, he
thought it labor wel spent to ride some portion of his iourney,
though it were besides the way, to dygresse to do reuerence vnto
hir, whom fame aduaunced aboue the Skyes: and thus passing his
first visitation he returned againe to his lodging. The lady
when the Baron was gone from hir Castle, was rapt into a rage,
greatlye offended that those two Hungarian Lordes so
presumptuously had bended themselues lyke common Theeues to
wander and roue the Countreys, not onely to robbe and spoyle hir
of hir honour, but also to bryng hir in displeasure of hir
husband, and thereby into the Daunger and Peryll of Death. By
reason of which rage (not without cause conceived) she caused an
other Chamber to be made ready, next Wall to the other Baron
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