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out any note of Infamy. Notwithſtanding by reaſon of his age, he voluntarily gaue ouer the World, and cloſed himſelfe in an Hermitage, two miles from Verona, where he liued 5 or 6 yeares, and ſpent hys tyme in continuall prayer, vntil he was called out of this tranſitory worlde, into the bliſful ſtate of euerlaſting ioy. And for the compaſſion of ſo ſtraunge an infortune, the Montesches, and Capellets poured forth ſutch abundaunce of teares, as with the ſame they did euacuate their auncient grudge and choler, whereby they were then reconciled: and they which coulde not bee brought to attonement by any wiſedome or humayne councell, were in the ende vanquiſhed and made frends by pity: and to immortalizate the memory of ſo intier and perfect amity, the Lord of Verona ordayned, that the two bodies of thoſe miraculous Louers ſhould be faſt intoumbed in the graue where they ended their lyues, in which place was erected a high marble Piller, honoured with an infinite number of excellent Epytaphes, which to this day be apparaunt, with ſutch noble memory, as amongs all the rare excellencies, wherewith that City is furniſhed, there is none more Famous than the Monument of Rhomeo and Iulietta.