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thee tragicall Nouelles and dolorous Hitories of Bandello, I haue thoughte good for thy recreacion, to refreh thy mind with ome pleaaunt deuies and diportes: leat thy pirites, and ences hould be apalled and atonned with the ondrie kindes of cruelties remembred in the vij. of the former nouelles. Which be o traunge and terrible as they be able to affright the toutet. And yet conidering that they be very good leons for auoyding like inconueniences, and apt examples for continuacion of good and honet life, they are the better to be borne with, and may with lee atonnihment be read and marked. They that follow, be mitigated and weetened with pleaure, not altogether o ower as the former be. Prayinge thee mote hartely, paciently to beare with thoe that hall occure, either in thee that folow, or in the other that are pat before.