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 himself to the Lake, then to his Enemyes. Whereupon spurring his Horse into the Lake, one of his Pages, to save himself also, leaped up behind him, as he took water. The Duke, out of fear either perceived him not at first, or dissembled it till he came to the other side of the Lake which is two miles broad: The stout horse tugged thrugh with them both, and saved them both from drowning, but not both from death. For the Duke seing in what danger his Page had put him, stabbed the Page with his Dagger. Poor Prince! thou mighst have given an other offering of Thanks-giving to God for thy escape then this; nay, thou might have been as civil as thy horse, and have spared him, whom beasts and waves had saved: At least by that means, thou mighst have saved thy own honour, by saving that poor Page, who offended, rather out of fear of death, then out of malice: and thereby thou mighst have truly said, that thou hadst not lost all thy men in that battle. But