The triumphs of Gods revenge against the crying and execrable sinne of (willfull and premeditated) murther VVith his miraculous discoveries, and severe punishments thereof. In thirtie severall tragicall histories (digested into sixe bookes) committed in divers countries beyond the seas, never published, or imprinted in any other language. Histories which containe great varietie of mournfull and memorable accidents ... With a table of all the severall letters and challenges, contained in the whole sixe bookes. Written by Iohn Reynolds.

THE GROVNDS, AND CONTENTS OF these HISTORIES.

• HISTORIE VI. Victorina causeth Sypontus to stabbe and murther her first Husband Souranza, and shee her selfe poysoneth Fassino her second: so they both being miraculously detected and con∣victed of these their cruell Murthers, hee is beheaded, and shee hang'd and burnt for the same.
• HISTORIE VII. Catalina causeth her Wayting Mayd Ausilva two severall times attempt to poyson her owne Sister Berinthia; wherein fayling, shee afterwards makes an Empericke, termed Sarmi∣ata, poyson her said Mayd Ansilva: Catalina is killed with a Thunder bolt, and Sarmi∣ata hang'd for poysoning Ansilva. Antonio steales Berinthia away by her owne consent; whereupon her Brother Sebastiano fights with Antonio, and kills him in a Duell: Be∣rinthia in revenge hereof, afterwards murthereth her Brother Sebastiano; she is adjudged to be immured betwixt two Walls, and there languisheth and dyes.
• HISTORIE VIII. Belluile treacherously murthereth Poligny in the street. Laurieta, Poligny's Mistris, be∣trayeth Belluile to her Chamber, and there in revenge shoots him thorow the body with ae Pistoll, when assisted by her Wayting-Mayd Lucilla, they likewise give him many wounds with a Ponyard, and so murther him▪ Lucilla flying for this fact, is drowned in a Lake, and Laurieta is taken and hang'd and burnt for the same.
• HISTORIE IX. Iacomo de Castelnovo lustfully falls in love with his daughter in law Perina, his owne sonne Francisco de Castelnovo's Wife; whom to injoy, he causeth Ierantha first to poyson his owne Lady Fidelia, and then his said sonne Francisco de Castelnovo: in revenge where∣of, Perina treacherously murthereth him in his bed. Ierantha, ready to dye in travell of child, confesseth her two Murthers; for the which she is hang'd and burnt▪ Perina hath her right hand cut off, and is condemned to perpetuall imprisonment, where she sorrowfully dyes.
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• ... HISTORIE X. Bertolini seekes Paulina in marriage, but she loves Sturio, and not himselfe: hee prayes her Brother Brellati, his deare friend, to sollicite her for him, which he doth, but cannot pre∣vaile; whereupon Bertolini lets fall some disgracefull speeches, both against her honour, and his reputation: for which Brellati challengeth the Field of him, where Bertolini kills him, and hee flies for the same. Sturio seekes to marry her, but his father will not consent there. •…•…nto, and conveyes him away secretly: for which two disasters, Paulina dyes for sorrow. Sturio findes out Bertolini, and sends him a Challenge, and having him at his mercie, gives him his life at his request: hee afterwards very treacherously kills Sturio with a Petrone•…•… in the Street from a Window: he is taken for this second Murther, his two hands cut off, the•…•… beheaded, and his body throwne into the River.