3. Novell.

_Three yong Gentlemen affecting three Sisters,

fled with them into Canaie. The eldest of them

(through jealousie) becommeth the death of her

Lover. The second, by consenting to the Duke of

Canaies request, is the meanes of saving her life.

Afterward, her owne friend killeth her, & thence

flyeth away with the elder sister. The third couple,

both man and woman are charged with her

death, and being committed to prison, they confesse

the fact: and fearing death, by corruption of money

they prevaile with their keepers, escaping from

thence to Rhodes, where they died in great poverty._

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