about midnight
When Florinda was alone , her seruaunt departed , shee gaue her selfe to all vertuous life , hopinge thereby to atteine the fame of a most perfecte Lady , and to be counted worthie the interteignemente of such a seruaunt . Amadour arriued at Barsalone , was banqueted and intertayned of the Ladies after the old maner , but they finding him so altered and chaunged , thought that Mariage could neuer haue had such power vppon man , as it had ouer him : for he seemed then to disdaine , what somtime he greatly desired , and specially the Countesse of Palamons , whom he derely loued , could deuise by no meanes to make him go alone home to his lodging : Amadour tarried at Barsalone so little while as hee coulde , because hee might not come late to the place where hee purposed to winne and atchiue honour : and being arriued at Saulse , great and cruell warres were comenced betwene the two kinges , which I purpose not to recite , ne yet the noble enterprises done by Amadour , whose fame was bruted aboue the rest of his companions . The duke of Nagyers arriuinge at Parpignon , had charge of two thousand men , and prayed Amadour to be his Lieuetenaunte , who with that hand serued so well , as no crie was hard in al the skirmishes , other than of Nagyers . It chaunced that the king of Thunis , which of long time had warre with the Spaniards , vnderstandinge howe the kinges of Spaine and Fraunce were together by the eares at Parpignon and Narbonne , thought that in better time he could not anoye the king of Spaine : wherefore he sent a great nomber of Foists and other vessels , to robbe and spoile those frontiers which were ill guarded and kept : they of Barsalone seing a nomber of Shippes passe before the Towne , aduertised the king that was at Saulse , who immediatly sent the Duke of Nagyers to Palamons : and when the shippes discried that the place was well guarded , they made as though they would passe further : but about midnight they retourned , and landed so many men , that the Duke of Nagyers was taken prisoner . Amadour which was very vigilant , hearing allarme , presently assembled so many men as he could , and defended him self so wel , as the force of his enemies a long time could not hurt him : but in thende knowing that the Duke of Nagyers was taken prisoner , and that the Turks were determined to burn the Citie of Palamons , and then to fier the house which he strongly had forced againste them , hee thought it better to render himself , than to be cause of the losse of so manye good souldiors as were vnder his gouernmente , and also by putting himselfe to raunsome , he hoped in time to come to see Florinda : then he submitted himselfe to a Turke called Derlyn , the gouernor of the king of Thunis , who conueyed him home to his maister , where he was well entertaigned , and better kept : for they thought that hauing him in their hands , they had gotten the only Achilles of Spaine . In this sort Amadour continued almost the space of two yeares , in the seruice of the king of Thunis : newes came into Spaine of this ouerthrow , wherof the frends of the Duke of Nagyers , were very sorowfull : but they that loued the honor of their countrie , thoughte Amadour to bee the greatest losse , the brute wherof was noysed in the house of the Countesse of Arande , wher at that time the poore gentlewoman Auenturade lay very sore sicke . The Countesse suspecting very much the affection that Amadour bare vnto her daughter , which he suffered and dissembled for his vertue 's sake , called her daughter aside , and told her the pitious newes .