Part 36

The

CONCLUSION,

with

AN ADUERTISEMENT TO THE READER.

What thou hast gained for thy better instruction, or what conceiued for recreation by reading these thirty fiue Nouells, I am no Iudge, although (by deeming) in reading and perusing, thou mayst (at thy pleasure) gather both. But howsoeuer profite, or delight, can satisfy mine apoyntment, wherefore they were preferred into thy hands, contented am I that thou doe vouchsafe them Good lessons how to shun the Darts, and Prickes of insolency thou findest in the same. The vertuous noble may sauor the fruits and taste the licour that stilleth from the gums or buds of Vertue. The contrary may see the blossoms fall, that blome from the shrubs of disloialty and degenerat kinde. Yong Gentlemen, and Ladies do view a plot founded on sured grounde, and what the foundation is, planted in shattring Soyle, with a fashion of attire to garnish their inward parts, so well as (sparelesse) they imploy vpon the vanishing pompe. Euery sort and sexe that warfare in the fielde of humayne life, may set here the sauourous fruict (to outwarde lyking) that fansied the sensuall taste of Adam's Wyfe. They see also what griefts sutch fading fruicts produce vnto posterity: what likewise the lusty growth and spring of vertue's plant, and what delicates it brauncheth to those that carefully keepe the slips thereof, within the Orchard of their mindes. Diuers Tragical shewes by the pennes description haue bene disclosed in greatest number of these Hystories, the same also I haue mollified and sweetened with the course of pleasaunt matters, of purpose not to dampe the deynty mindes of those that shrinke and feare at such rehearsall. And bicause sodaynly (contrary to expectation) this Volume is risen to greater heape of leaues, I doe omit for this present time sundry Nouels of mery deuise, reseruing the same to be ioyned with the rest of an other part, wherein shall succeede the remnaunt of Bandello, specially sutch (suffrable) as the learned French man François de Belleforrest hath selected, and the choysest done in the Italian. Some also out of Erizzo, Ser Giouani Florentino, Parabosco, Cynthio, Straparole, Sansouino, and the best liked out of the Queene of Nauarre, and other Authors. Take these in so good part with those that haue and shall come forth, as I do offre them with good will curteously correcting sutch Faults, and Errors, as shall present themselues, eyther burying them in the Bosome of Fauor, or pretermitting them with the beck of Curtesie.

FINIS.

BALLANTYNE PRESS: EDINBURGH AND LONDON.

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Errors and Inconsistencies:

The printed book did not include an Errata list. It is therefore impossible to tell whether irregularities of spelling, punctuation and typography in the primary text are unique to the Jacobs edition (1890), or whether they were deliberately carried over from Haslewood (1813) and/or Painter (1566 and later).

As noted above, missing spaces, punctuation--chiefly quotation marks--and single letters are shown in {braces} without further annotation.

Other possible errors, including superfluous punctuation, are listed here.

Novel 23

causeth ruine os sutch whych should bee honoured and praysed [_error for "ruine of"_] sheweth how narure is constrained in that monstrous diuision [_error for "nature"_] whych had taken this enterprise to satissie the barbarous Cardinall [_error for "satisfie"_]

Novel 24

deuided from curtefie and Ciuility [_error for "curtesie"_] no more stable than a woman's wyll: for vnder sutch habite and sexe Painters and Poets describe hir) [_mismatched punctuation unchanged_]

Novel 25

But minding to put in proose what he thought [_error for "proofe"_] which hath vouchsafed to bryng the forth into this world [_spelling "the" for "thee" occurs frequently_] so grieuous is to me his extreme old age.' [_text at page-end has single quote for expected double_] a dreame or fantasie that appeared before his eyes [_error for "hir eyes"_] the two deade Bodies should he erected vppon a stage [_error for "should be"_]

Novel 26

I abstayne to shewe my selse amonges the Beautifull [_error for "my selfe"_] for neyther maister Alosio is slayne [_error for "Aloisio"_] beholde you owne handes subscribed to the same [_error for "your owne"_]

Novel 27

"I aske no more at your haudes [_error for "handes"_] and of colour meetely freshe for the tyme hee left his Bed." [_superfluous close quote_] tooke the Letters, and breakinge the Seale [_error for "Letter" (singular)_] and the somme of hys reuenge." [_misplaced close quote for open quote_]

Novel 28

"Why (my Lord) do you chase and rage againste mee? [_error for "chafe"_]

Novel 29 _The name "Diego" occurs often enough to establish consistency. In three places it is printed "Deigo"._

For going many times to see Gienura with the hauke on his fist [_error for "Gineura"_] God desende that Gineura should goe aboute to hynder thy follyes [_error for "defende"_] and which was the way to Barcelone. [_error for "Barcelona"_] "For somutch" (quod he) [_no space_] a new sprouted Rose diuiuely blowen forth [_error for "diuinely"_]

Novel 30

his Victor and unsatible greedy gutte Iulius Cæsar [_spelling "unsatible" unchanged_] "God forbid" (sayd Montaine) [_error for "Montanine"_] theyr were vnworthy of the title of chaste and vertuous [_error for "they"_] where hast thou bestowrd the Eye of thy foreseeing mynde [_error for "bestowed"_]

Novel 32

The intire Discourse of whom you shall briefly and presently vnderstand. Camiola a widow of the City of Siena [_handwritten ¶ sign at sentence break_] caried into the Citty at their pleasure all their victualles. which they brought wyth them [_. for ,_] and Ihon the Captayne Generall taken Prysoner [_spelling "Ihon" may be an error, but occurs in other texts of similar age_]

Novel 33

to loue and cherysh his liuetenaunt that faithfullye and trustily had kept his Castell and Forte [_spelling "liuetenaunt" occurs twice, "lieuetenaunt" once_] The lyke Cruelty vsed Tiphon towards his brother Osyris by chopping his body in xxvi. gobbets [_anomalous lower-case numeral unchanged_]

Novel 34

And he was scasce come to the place [_error for "scarce"_]

Novel 35

seeing that hys Sonne behaued himselfe arrogantly [_i in "seeing" invisible_] to shine vpon the iust and and vniuste [_word repetition at mid-line in original_]

End of Project Gutenberg's The Palace of Pleasure, by William Painter