is figured in his face And in his lookes the eye of Gorgons burnes The Greekes blunt sword can scarce his Helmet race So weake a foe inflamed Hector scornes Vpon his Crest his Faulchion he lets fall And cleaues the Greeke helme body armes and all 59 The emulous son of Thetis crost by chance The blacke goar'd field and came to view this blow And mad in mind against him charg'd his Lance In hope the towring Prince to ouerthrow Him Thoas seconds and doth proudly'aduance His reeking sword late crimson'd in the foe Both with remorflesse blowes the Prince offend And his bruisd Shield about his arme they bend 60 Had not his helmet beene of mettall pure With Axes they had hewed it from his head But he that made it was an Arts-man sure Else had his braines bin on his harnesse spread Nor had he long bin able to indure Such tedious battry had not Fortune led Paris Aeneas Troylus and the rest To rescue valiant Hector thus opprest 61 At their approch the Achive bands retire Whom to their Pallisadoes they pursue By this in heauen ten thousand Lampes of fire Shine through the ayre and now both Hoasts withdrew The re-assembled Greekes Hector admire And mongst themselues into sad counsell grew Since not by force of Armes by what sly traine The neuer-daunted Worthy may be slaine 62 More honoured Hector in his royall braine Reuolues on milder thoughts how bloud to saue It pitties him to see so many slaine And come to such a generall timelesse graue Then that no more red bloud may Symois staine And change the coulour of her siluer waue He by a generall challenge will deuise For thousands safeties one to Sacrifice 63 Against all Greece hee 'l flyng his hostile gage And to a single Fight their Princes dare That two bolde Champions may the combat wage And in their mutuall Fury thousands spare Meane time blacke night from th' vniuersall Stage Of Earth is cha'st and driuen Now all prepare For th' early Field and with Apollo rise To shine in Armour by his rhadiant eies 64 The Princes to the place where Hector lay Throng in theyr Armes and his command attend After they had tooke and giuen the time of day with him they to the aged King descend Before whom Hector briefly doth display his purpost challenge which they all commend For well his Father and his Brothers know Hector hath power t' incounter any foe 65 The Sunne vp the steepe Easterne hils clymes fast Th'embattaild Greekes vpon the plaines appeare To them the faire-rankt Troians march in hast Within the reach of Hectors armed speare Both Hoasts attend the charge when vnagast The Prince first wafts that all the Campemay may heare Then leaning on his Iauelin makes this boast Euen in the face of their assembled hoast 66 You curled Greekes that haue vnpeopled quite Threescore vast Kingdomes of theyr ablest men To throng our fieldes with numbers infinite All hopelesse of theyr safe returne agen Among these sixty Kings that shine so bright In burnisht Steele vpon this sanguine Fen Can you select one boulder then the rest T' encounter armed Hector Creast to Creast 67 Or if your Princes be too weake a number Can all those threescore Climats yeild one hand Amidst this world that coms our Realme to cumber That dares betweene these hoasts gainst Hector stand Or doe you all feare deaths eternall slumber As well your Kinges as those of common band That with a braue breath'd in so many eares No soule more valiant then the rest appeares 68 If any of these Princes proue so free His prodigall life against ours to ingage Know by exposing his whole thousands be Sau'd from the spoyle of warres infernall rage Oh let me then that thrifty Champion see That will spare Graecian blood with him â—…wage wage Equall contention with my liues expence I will maintaine the Troians eminence 69 A Prince shall meet that Prince as neere allide To thundering Ihoue as he that 's best degreed If in his warlike Chariot he will ride I in my Chariot will conâ—…tont his speed March me these foure white Coursers Greece hath tride These faire Andromache doth mornely feed With her white hand with bread of purest wheat And waters them with Wine still when they eat 70 Xanthus Podargus Lampus Aethon deare To Hector you my armed Coach shall draw And in this fierce exposure shall appeare Before the best Steeds that the Sun ere saw But all Greece cannot match your swift Carrere Not Diomedes Steeds that fed on râ—…w And mangled limbes that in their Mangers bleed Can equall you in courage or in speed 71 Therefore I le cease that oddes and once againe Leauing the Kings to common men I turne Among such clusters growing on this plaine In no warme brest doth so much valor burne But shall so many shewers of blood still raine On Symois banke so many widdowes mourne For their slaine Lords so many Children cry For their poore Fathers that heere slaughtred die 72 If not for Loue of honour in despaire Methinkes some one our puissance should accost For noâ—… two soules that heere assembled are Shall scape the â—…y of our Troian hoast Death and deuouring ruin shall not spare One of your infinites you are ingrost All on destructions File then let some Greeke Despairing life a death with honor seeke 73 Yeilds our besieged Towne a Nobler spirit Then sixty assembled Kingdomes can produce That none dares enterpose his hostile merit But all put off this combat with excuse Among such infinites will none inherit A name with vs Feares Greece our hand shall sluce Their Vniuersall blood That feare can slaue So many Legions with one Hectors braue 74 I beg it of you Greekes let some forth stand To try what puissancelyes in Hectors sword If I be foyl'd by his all-daring hand The Spartan Hellen shall be soone restord And all the spoyles brought from the fertile Land Of Cythara made good and he ador'd With these ennobled armes the sword and crest Of Hector Honors more then all the rest 75 If I subdue your Champion Greece in peace Shall ease our burden'd earth of this huge weight Hostility betweene our hoasts shall cease You with your men and armes your ships shall freight And from our bloud-stain'd soyle free this large prease So shall illustrate Hector reach his height When th' Vniuersall world hath vnderstood Hector gag'd his to saue his Citties blood 76 Oh let it not in after times be saide Twice thirty kingdomes could not one man finde Prince Knight or Swaine durst equally inuade A Troian Prince in Armes and height of mind Nor let succeeding time the Greekes vpbraide To heare such lofty spirits so soone declinde Behold heere stand I to abide the rage Of his arm'd hand that dares but touch our gage 77 These words thus breath'd a generall showt is giuen Through al the Trâ—…n army which aspires And strikes against the Marble floores of heauen Where fixed are
deuoured of a Beare and being seene no more was thought to be metamorphosed into a Beare There be two Beares in the heauens the greater and the lesse into which Ovid saith Atchas and his mother were translated one of them Nauphus first obserued the other Thales Milesius Homer cals them Helicopes The warres twixt Iupiter and the Tytanoys is called by the Poets Gygantomachia Of which Ovid the first of his Metamor Aff classe ferunt regnum coeleste gigantes Attaque congestes struxisse ad sidera mantes c. Of this there are diuers Fables extant Briaceus they cald Centimanem Gigantem the Gyant with a hundred hands alluding to his valour and his creditious strokes which he gaue so thicke as if he had strook with an hundred hands at once And of Typhon Ovid in his Metamorph. 5. most ingeniously thus speakes Vasta Gyganteis Iuierta est Insula memoris Tynacris magnis subiectum motibus vrgit Aethercas ausum sperare Typhocaledes et sic deinceps Iapetus is certeinly thought to be sonne of Iaphet the 3. sonne of Noah Tantalus some thinke to be the sonne of Iupiter and the Nymph Plota Others of Iupiter and Plutus as Iohannes Diaconus and Didimus Others haue thought him to be the sonne of Imolus King of Lydia as Zezes Others the son of Aethon Talia ferre Puto quoque Tantalou aethone natum Qui nullo potuit fonte leuare sitim Tantalus being to feast the Gods for the more magnificence of the banquet and as the richest dish slew his sonne Pelops and serued him in which the Goddes knowing all refused to eate onely Ceres almost distraught with the losse of hir daughter rashly eate of the shoulder The Goddes pittying the murder of his sonne floung al his limbes intoa Caldron which boyling a space they restored him againe to life whom bicause he came out of the Caldron yonger then when he was slaine he was called Pelops but when his shoulder wanted of which Ceres had hungerly fed the Goddes made vp the place with Iuory which shoulder of Iuory was after a badge of all the Pelopidans Of his torments in hell the report is common His children were Broteus Pelops and Niobes The end of the third CANTO Argumentum IHoue Esculapius kils Apollo drtues To keepe Admetus sheepe in Thessaly And next his beautious sister Iuno wiues At her returne from Creet to Parthemy The father with the sonne in battell striues But by his puissance is insorst to fly Acrisius keepes his daughter in a Tower Which amorous Ihoue skales in a golden shower ARG. 2. To deuine physicke Gods made first of men And Perseus birth swift Delta guids my pen CANTO 4. THou deuine Art of Physiâ—… let me sing Thy hononred praise and let my pen aspire To giue thee life that vnto life canst bring Men halfe departed whether thy first Syre Was that Prometheus whoâ—…om the Heauens King Stole by his skill part of the vitall fier That kindles life in man thereby to saue Sicke men that stand with one foot in the graue 2 Or whether Aesculapius was thy father Sonne to the Sun-god by whose liuely heat Symples and Plants their saps and vertues gather Let it suffice I know thy power is greate And my vnable muse admires thee rather Then comprehends thy worth let them intreat Of thy perfection that with fame professe thee And in their Arts vnto the life expresse thee 3 As famous Butler Pady Turner Poe Atkinson Lyster Lodge who still suruiue Besides these English Gallens thousands moe Who where they come death and diseases driue From pale sicke creatures and all Cordials know Spirits spent and wasted to preserue aliue In this with Gods and Kings they are at strife Physitians Kings and Gods alone giue life 4 Some hold young Mercury deuisd the skill Of Phisicke first and taught that Art abroad Some vnto Arabus impute it still Someyeild that honour to th' Egiptian God Cal'd Apis or Serapis others wil Apollo chiefe what time he made aboad With king Admetus but mostvoyces runne The first renown'd was Esculap his sonne 5 Hippocrates reduc't it to an Art Gallen and Auicenna him succeed Cassius and Calpitanus too impart His soueraigne skill Rubrius taught first to bleed Antonius Musa chear'd the wasted hart Aruntius too helpt euery griefe at need Archagathus profest this first in Rome But all submit to Noble Gallens doome 6 The first that did this sacred Art renowne And gaue it fame on earth was as I read Great Aesculape who tracing vp and downe To gather Simples in the flowry Mead Hard by a rocke that weares a bushy crowne And boue the neighbour champion lifts his head He spies a Swaine in habit neate and briske Hold battell with a dreadfull Bassiliske 7 A monster that kils onely with his eie Which from th'vnarmed Shepheard shrunke and ran Apolles sonne with wonder stands him â—…e And thinks or that no beast or this no man Admiring by what hidden Diety The piercing Cockatrice out-gaze he gan Vnlesse by chance there lodg'd a Vertue rare In some one simple in the wreath he ware 8 All the strong armour gainst this horrid beast Was but a Chaplet which begirt his braine Which Esculape suspecting much increast His Ardency to know what hidden straine Slept in strange working herbs thus being possest He begs the Garland from the ignorant Swaine Who now vnwreath'd againe the beast defies Who straight returnes and kils him with hir eies 9 Apolloes sonne by certaine proofe now finds Th'inuertued hearbes haue gainst such poyson power To combate with th'eie-killing Beast he minds Thirsting for fame the wreath with many a Flower And hearbe and plant about his braine he binds And so with speed hasts to her Rocky tower Skales her foule den and threatens present warre T'out-gaze her neare who seeing kils from farre 10 The big-swolne Serpent with broad eye-lids stares And through the aire her subtle poison flings The Sunnes-hearbe charmed soone her venom dares And shrinkes not at her persaunt eie-bals stings The Basiliske in her owne strength dispaires And to flie thence she shakes her flaggy wings But his Dart takes her as she meant to rise And pierst her hart that pierst harts with her eies 11 Proud of this Trophy he returning sees The harmelesse Swaine vpon the ground lie dead Whom pittying he discends vnto his knees Taking the vertued Chaplet from his head And hearbe by hearbe into his mouth doth squeeze And downe his throat their powerfull liquor shed But when the iuice of one pure herbe was draind The new departed life it backe constraind 11 Nor wonder if such force in hearbs remaine What cannot iuice of deuine Simples bruisd The Dragon finding his young Scrpent slaine Hauing th'herbe-Balin in his wounds infusd Restores his life and makes him whole againe Who taught the Heart how Dettany is vsed Who being pierced through the bones and marrow Can with that hearbe expell th'offensiue arrow 13 Who
taught the poore beast hauing poison tasted To seeke th`hcarbe Cancer and by that to cure him Who taught the Bore finding his spirits wasted To seeke a branch of Iuy to assure him The Tortois spide a Dragon and straight hasted For Sauery arm'd with which he can endure him Chyron found Centery whose vse is holy Achilles Yarrow and great Hermes Moly 14 The Storke hauing a branch of Orgamy Can with much ease the Adders sting eschew And when the little Weasill chast doth fly The Dragon he defends himselfe with Rew Much might be done by their rare purity By such as all their opperations knew No maruell then if such as know their skill Find by their practise Art to saue or kill 15 The Basiliske and the reuiued Swaine With all the powerfull hearbes that life restore He beares to Paphos they beholding slaine So horrible a Monster knowne before Perceiuing likewise how he cal'd againe Men dead to life his person they adore Now Esculapius name is sounded hie Through the vast compasse of the spatious skie 16 And whether enuious of this Princes name Fitting the humorous world with such applauses Or whether for receiuing such as came From the last field or at what carping clauses Ioue was agrieu'd at Esculapius fame I find no certaine ground but for some causes Vnknowne to me he Paphos doth inuade And great Apollo to his sonne giues aide 17 But Saturnes seed preuailes much bloud he spils To quench the heat of his incensed ire Paphos he sackes and Esculapius kils Oh where 's the Art that made thy name aspire Whose fame Sea Earth and Heauen with clangor fils To others thou gauest life now life desires In vaine alas when heauen hath doomd thy date Prepare thy soule all physicke comes too late 18 Besides this sentence I pronounce or hie There is no strife with heauen when their houres call Physitians must as well as patients die And meete at the great iudgement generall Paphos is spoil'd Apollo forcst to slie The Cretans him pursue he scapes them all Disguis'd and is in exile forcst to keepe In Thessaly the king Admetus sheepe 19 I told you erst how Saturne reinuested Into Parthemia for bright Iuno sent There with her vnknowne Brothers to be feasted And how Athenian Neptune had intent To meet with Pluto there Things thus digested Triumphant Ioue now full of griefe Ostent For his late conquest in his breath'd defiance Is in all pompe receiu'd by his alliance 20 Chiefely by twin-borne Iuno not alone His Sister now his troth-plight Queene and Bride Their long diuided bodies they attone And enter amorous parley which espide By Saturne speedy Purseuants are gone To all the bordering Kings to them alide Vnto their solemne spousales to inuite King Prince Duke Marquesse Baron Lord and Knight 21 Metis the daughter of Oceanus They say was Ioues first wife whom being great He swallowed least of her being childed thus One should be borne to lift him from his seate By this the God growes more then Timpanus And swelling with the same with throwes did sweat Till after anguish and much trauelling paine The arrned Pallas leapt out of his braine 22 Metis deuout'd he Themis takes to bed Espousing her within the Gnossean Isle There where the flood Theremus lifts his head His third wife Iuno whom he wan by guile Ioue knowing it vnlawfull was to wed His sister by his God-hood in small while Transformes himselfe and like a Cuckow flies Where Iuno tasts the pleasure of the skies 23 But at his becke the King of Gods and men Commands a storme the Welkin to orecast At which the Cuckow trembling shrinketh then Her legges beneath her wings Iuno at last Pitties the fearefull Bird who quakes agen And wraps it softly till the storme was past In her warme skirt when Ioue within few houres Takes hart turnes God and the faire Queen deflours 24 After which rape he takes her to his Bride And though some thinke her barren without heires Some more iudicious haue such tales denide Gods that know all things know their owne affaires And vvhat they vvill their povverfull vvisedomes guide Their children Preces were vvhom vve call Prayers These dwel on earth but when they mount the sphears Haue free accesse to Ioue their fathers eares 25 Imagine all the pompe the Sea can yeild Or ayre affoord or earth bestow on Man Seas-fish Ayres-Fowle beast both of Parke and field Rarâ—…eties flowed in abundance than Nature and Art striue which is deeplier skild Or in these pompous Nuptials better can Twixt these being more then mortall seem smal ods And the high sumptuous shewes made by the Gods 26 Night coms a daughter is begot and nam'd Hebe the long-liu'd Feast at length expires Great Iupiter and Iuno are proclaimd Parthemian King and Queene Neptune desires To visite Athens being likewise nam'd Th' Athenian King his bloud Ambition fires Pluto departs in Tartary to dwell There founds a deuilish Towne and cals it Hell 27 No day so cleere but darke night must ensue Death is the end of life and care of pleasure Paine followes ease and sorrowes ioy pursue Saue not to want I know not what is Treasure The Gods that scourge the false and crowne the true Darknesse and Light in equall ballance measure Tydes fall to ebbes the world is a meere graunge Where all things brooke decay and couet chaunge 28 Not long these triumphs last when Saturne seeing Parthemian Ihoue such generall fame atchieue Out-shining him hee envyes at his being Still feare is apt things threatned to beleeue But when the Oracle with this agreeing He cals to mind his Soule doth inly grieue For this is he whom Delphos did foretell Should Saturne from his Crowne and Realme expell 29 Now turnes he loue to hate his Ioy to Sadnesse His Fathers-pitty to a Foe-mans spight His pleasure to despaire his myrth to madnesse In teares he spends the day in sighes the night To spleene his feares conuert to griefe his gladnesse And all to Melanchollie is sad affright Nor can his troubled sences be appeas'd Till as a Traitor he Prince Ioue hath ceas'd 30 He therefore musters vp a secret power Of his vnwilling Subiects to surprize Ioue in Parthemta Ioue ascends a Tower At the same time and from a farre espies Their armed troopes the fields and Champions scowre From euery quarter clouds of thicke smoke rise No way he can his eyes or body turne But he sees Citties blaze and Hamlets burne 31 More mad with anger then with rage dismaid From that high Tower he in hast discends To know what bold foe dares his realmes inuaid And gainst his peacefull kingdome enuy bends Tidings is brought great Saturne hath displaid His hostile fury and his wracke intends But Ioue that in his Fathers grace affide Sweares he shall die that hath his name belide 32 It bears no face of truth no shape of reason A father
of Histaspes called in the Scripture Ashuerosh Husband to Hester called by 〈◊〉 Aristona as the Name of Vasts was Atossa Some refer the History of Iudith to these times Fourth Xerxes raigned 20. He 〈◊〉 Greece with an Armye of 10000000. Souldiers his cheese Captaine was Mardonius his chiefe Counseller Artabanus He was first repulsed by Pausanias of Sparta after expeld Greece by 〈◊〉 In these warres were famous Artstides and Cimon 4. Artaxerxus with the long hand ruld 40. He was thought to bee the Son to Darius and Hester In his time liued Esdras Haggeus Zachartus and Nehemiah About the time of the Pelloponesian Warre And now was Rome gouerned by the 〈◊〉 forme of gouernment infamous in the lust of 〈◊〉 to the chast Roman Lady Virginia Darius Nothus raigned 19 In his time hued famous Alcibiades and Sophocles Euripides two famous Tragedians Artaxerxes Memnon 40. he loued the famous Lady Aspatia the Noblest Greekes in his daies were Clearchus Anaxilaus Lisander who conquered Athens after gouerned by 30. Tyrants who were supprest by the 〈◊〉 of Thrasibulus Now happened the Wars betweene the Phocenses and the Locri with 〈◊〉 Leuctricum And now 〈◊〉 Conon and 〈◊〉 EpamaminoÌ„das in Greece about the 〈◊〉 that English Brennus sackt Rome Artaxerxes Ochus next Memnon raigned 26. In his time happened the Warre which was called Bellum sacrum 〈◊〉 raigned foure yeares he was slaine by Bagoas Him Darius succeeded in the sixt yeare of his raigne was slaine by Alexander the Great in whom began the third Monarchy translated to the Gracians Alexander by his Father Phillip deriueth his byrth from Hercules by his Mother Olimpius from Aeacus He conquered the World raigned as Emperor 12. years In the 32. of his age He dead the Monarchy was dâ—…ded into four parts Aegipt Syria Asia Mynor and Macedon The Kinges of Egypt after Alexander were these Ptolomeus the Sonne of Lagus Ptolomeus Philodelphus Alexander Philopater Epiphanes Philometer Euergetes Phiscon Alexander Lathurus Auletes Father to Câ—…patra Dionisius her Brother in whom ended the race of the Ptolomees and now Egypt came vnder the Iâ—…risdiction of the Romans The Kings of Macedon were Perdicas Craterus Antipater Cassander Antigonus 1. Antigonus 2. Demetrius Philippus and Perseus who was surprised by the Romans The Kings of Syria who after the death of Alexander possest Babylon Syria and Asia Minor were Antiochus Soter Antiochus Theos Antiochus Magnus who had these three Sons Seleucus Philopater Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius Demetrius after his Brothers decease had two Sonnes Demetrius Nicanor and Antiochus Sedetes The Son of Nicanor was Antiochus Griphus The Son of Sedetes was Antiochus Cyzenius These hauing slaine each other from theyr Issue Tygranes King of Armenia reâ—…t the Kingdome of Syria which first Lucullus and after Pompeius Magnus annext to the Roman Empyre These in the time of the third Monarchy were Captaines and Gouernors among the Iewes Nehemiah Ioconias Selathiel Zorobabel Resa Mesollam â—…ohanna Ben Resa Iudas Hircanus primus in his Dukedome Alexander flew Darius Iosephus primus Abner Semei Eli matathai Asa mahat Nagid Artaxad Haggai Eli Maslot Nahum Amos Sirach Matathia Siloah Iosephus Iunâ—…r Ianua secunâ—…s Hircanus And then began the race of the Machabees in Matathias whose Sons succeeded him Iudas Ionathas Simon Iohannes Hercanus The Kinges of that line were Aristobulus son to Hercanus Alexander Iâ—…neus Queen Alixandra his Wife otherwise cald Salome The Sonnes of Alexander were Hircanus and Aristobulus in theyr death ended the line of the Machabees Succeeding these in the 30. yeare of the raigne of Herod Tetrache was borne the Sauiour of the World vnto which we haue studyed to reduce the best knowne Nations of the Earth leauing the 4. Monarchy among the Romans who by this time awed the Earth whose warres and Fortunes being so commonly from many worthy Writers translated into our moderne tongue We here omâ—… letting this short Epitome onley serue in the Front of our Booke to instruct your memories and guide your thoughts through those vnknown Deserts in which without this direction many Readers may loose themselues bee this therefore their Pylot to direct them to the harbour of these latter Ages more familiarly knowne Argumentum TYTAN and Saturne differ their great strife Is by their carefull mother VESTA ended Saturane his Sister Sybill takes to wife And the heyre-males that are from theÌ„ descended He doomes to death faire Sybil saues the life Of Iupiter grim Saturne is offended And to the Oracle at Delphos hyes Whiles Titan thrugh the earth his fortune tries ARG. 2. The Worlds Creation gold from the earths veines Neptune and Plutoes birth ALPHA conteines CANTO 1. THis VNIVERSH with all therein conteined Was not at first of Water fashioned Nor of the Fire as others oft haue fcyned Nor of the Ayre as some haue vainly spred Nor the foure Elements in order trained Nor of Vacuitie and Atom's bred Nor hath it beene Eternall as is thought By naturall men that haue no further sought 2 Neither hath man in perpetuity bin And shall on earth eternally perseuer By endlesse Generation running in One circuit In corruption lasting euer Nor did that Nation first on earth begin Vnder the mid Equator some indeuour So to perswade that man was first begunne In the place next to the life-giuing Sunne 3 Neither was he of Earth and water framed Tempered with liuely heat as others write Nor were we in a former world first named As in their curious Problems some recite Others more ripe in Iudgement haue proclaimed Man fram'd of clay in fashion exquisite In whom were breath'd sparkes of Celestiall fire Whence he still keepes his Nature to aspire 4 But this most glorious Vniuerse was made Of nothing by the great Creators will The Ocean bounded in not to inuade Or swallow vp the Land so resteth still The azure Firmament to ouer-shade Both Continent and Waters which fulfil The Makers word one God doth sole extend Without beginning and shall see no end 5 That powerfull Trinity created man Adam of Earth in the faire field Damaske And of his rib he Euah formed than Supplying them with all things they can aske In these first two Humanity began In whom confinde IHBHOVAHS fix-daâ—…es taske From Adam then and Euahs first Creation It followes we deriue our Brittish Nation 6 Inspire me in this taske Ihoues seede I pray With Hippocrenes drops besprinke my head To comfort me vpon this tedious way And quicken my cold braine nigh dull and dead Direct my wandring spirits when they stray Least forren and forbidden paths they tread My iourney 's tedious blame not then my feares My voyage aymes at many thousand yeares 7 Oh giue me leaue from the Worlds first Creation The ancient names of Britons to deriue From Adam to the Worlds first Invndation And so from Noah to vs that yet suruâ—…e And hauing of Troyes
Further she was proceeding when the son An irefull frowne vpon his mother threw Away quoth he and to Sibilla run And let the same hand that my first borne slew Destroy this to for as we haue begun We will persist the Lady sad withdrew Affraide and greeu'd at once to see him moued Whom as her King she fear'd her son she loued 46 No sooner was she out of fight but he One of his trusty seruants cals on hye Who waits his pleasure on his bended knee Quickly quoth Saturne after Vesta flie Say if the brat suruiue Sibill and she As Traytors to our person both shall die Hee s gone and little in the King doth lacke At his departure to haue cal'd him backe 47 Twice was the word halfe out and twice kept in Faine he would haue it done and faine neglected He thinkes dam'd Parricide on vgly sinne But worse he thinkes from State to be deiected Neuer hath Prince in such distraction bin His bloud he lou'd his kingdome he affected But since he cannot both at once enjoy His state hee 'l saue his yssue hee 'l destroy 48 Ambition to his fiery rage gaue fewell He now remembers not his Sibils teares Whose tender hart laments to lose her Iewell No sparke of pitty in his looke appeares It sports him only to be tearmed cruell At name of Father now he stops his eares Had not his Crown more then his couenant tēmpted Sybill thy sonne had bin from death exempted 49 But the commaund is gone and in his breast He now reuolues the vilenesse of the deed Scepter and Crowne and life he doth detest Within him his remor cefull entrailes bleed And now at length the King would thinke him blest Might he togither perish with his seed And that which most his Melancholy furthers He knowes the world condems him for his murthers 50 No joy can cheere no object make him glad The dayes in sighes the nights in teares he spends Nothing can please him be it good or bad His troubled and craz'd sences it offends That he is now surnam'd Saturne the Sad He sets not by alliance strangers friends Here leaue him in the depth of his dispaires A melancholy King composde of cares 51 And to the Queene returne who sadly waites Her Infants execution or rep◅ue Did Saturne see this boy she thus debates That he would kill him I can scarce belecue Alas poore infants borne to wofull fates What corsicke hart such harmelesse soules can greeue Thus lies the Queene til from her Lord she heare Halfe chear'd with hope and halfe destroy'd through feare 52 In Vesta comes her sad cheare Sybill spies And in her bed though weake her selfe sh'aduanced She might haue read the Message in her eies For as vpon the smiling Babe she glanced She fil'd the chamber with lowd shreekes and cries At which the wofull mother was intranced The Grandam in her eyes the kings wil showing The mother by her lookes her meaning knowing 53 Not long in this strange sorrow they remained But the kings seruant mongst the women presleth A generall flush the Matrons cheekes hath stained And his owne blush ◅ng with theirs confesseth That place vnfit for him yet none complained For euery one his cause of comming gesseth Knowing the gentle knight would not present him In such a place vnlesse the king had sent him 54 On whom as more attentiuely they gaze Thus wils the king quoth he my sonne shall die In vaine with sorrowfull teares your eies you glaze Or fill this chamber with a generall cry He for the heart of his young infant staies Which if his mother or his Queene deny They shall abide like doome hee 'l haue their harts The message ended thus the knight departs 55 So long in sorrowes simpathy they mourn'd That with excesse of griefe their soules were tired Now for a space they haue their feares adiourn'd And of the kings displeasure more inquired At length their mourning into madnesse turn'd Quoth Sibell no base murtherer shall be hired To worke this out-rage so the king hath wild And by my hand the ◅weete babe shall be kild 56 With that a knife the wrathfull Sibell snatcht And bent the point against the infants brest Thinking to haue his innocent life dispatcht And sent his soule vnto eternall rest The Lad his mother by the bosome catcht And smiling in her face that was addrest To strike him dead away she hurles the knife And faith sweet babe that smile hath sau'd thy life 57 Then giue it me quoth Vesta for take heed My son hath charg'd vs on our liues to slay him The infant by his Grandams hand shall bleed So wils the king what 's she that dares gainsay him My aged hand shall act this ruthlesse deed And I that should protect him will betry him She aimes to strike at which the infant smilde And she insteed of killing kist the childe 58 Are you so timerous quoth the Midwife by Or do you count this babe so deare a treasure Know you not if we saue him we shall die And shall wehazard death in such high measure Though you would slight it by my life not I I am more fearefull of the kings displeasure With that a keener blade the Beldam drew The babe still smild away the knife she threw 59 When they behold the beauty of the Lad They vow within themselues his life to saue But then the kings Iniunction makes them sad And straight alas they doome it to the graue Now with their blades in hand like Beldams mad They menace death then smiles the pretty knaue Then fall their kniues then name they the kings will And then agai◅ they threat the babe to kill 60 Three times by turnes the Infant past their hands And three times thrice the kniues point toucht his skin And each of them as oft confounded stands Such pitty did his smiling beauty win That more then they estecme their liues or lands They all abhor the vilenesse of the sinne At length they all consult with heedfull care To saue the◅ owne liues and the childe to spare 61 Saith Vesta in the bordering Prouince dwels Old Mellisseus a renowned King His daughters I brought vp in sacred Spels And taught them Chares to sow to weaue to sing No Lady liuing these bright Dames excels In vertuous Thewes good graces euery◅ thing To these my little Graund-child I will send And to their trust this prectious charge commend 62 Faire Almache and Mellissee I know For so these vertuous Ladies haue to name Will when they vnderstand what Queene doth owe This royall yssue and from whence it came Their best and choysest entertainment shew And to no eare our secret Act proclaime Thus they conclude all needfull things are fatcht And on her way a trusty mayde dispatcht 63 Who in the Citty Of on safe ariuing To the two Sisters she her charge presents They glad to heare of Vesta still suruiuing Yet grieued
with wealthy spoiles Insulting in the Troian bloud they spild Discoursing of their fightes and dangerous broyles And such great victories attained but seild Though with more labours and Insudate toyles Cups of Greeke Wine vnto this Conquest crownd Thus King Eristheus boards the Princes round 104 Now the first Vigill of the night is entred With some discourse le ts ouertake the Sunne Who flying is by this beneath vs centred And whilst the waking Stars their courses runne Discourse who first the Tartar gates aduenterd And by whose hand that bold attempt was done Of Orpheus and Euridice and in fine Of Pluto and the rauisht Proserpine 105 When Theseus thus Since you desire to know The true report of these Tartarian bralles Which none can better then Alcides shew Or Theseus Present by th' Aetnean Walles The Waters of Pergusa gently flow And thence into the Neighboring Riâ—…er fals Crownd with a groue through which the lake doth run Making his bowes a Bon-grace from the Sun 105 Hether fayre Proserpine repayring still With Daysies Daffadils and Lillies white Roses and Mary-golds her lap to fill And to returne home laden a sweete sight Chaplets to make or Gyrlands by fine skill By chance the God of shades in edge of night In his blacke Ebon Chariot hurrying by Vpon the Virgine casts a Rauishers eye 106 He spyes and loues and catches vp at ones Th' affrighted Virgine who lets fall her flowers he beares her ouer hils Dales Rocks and stones She cals on Mother Friends and teares she powers Mother nor friend can heare her shriekes and groanes Through pooles and Lakes the God of Tartar skoures he yerkes his hot Steedes with his wyery strings And from his Coach Wheeles rusty darknesse flings 107 And cals his Ietty Stallions by their Names Whose hard hoofes make the vaulted Center-sound his ratling Chariot through the ayre proclaymes his feare and flight with burnisht Brasse shod round Nor once lookes backe the dreadfull God of flames Or thinkes his rape safe on the vpper ground But with his Ebon-Mace the earth inforces Which cleft sinkes him his Chariot and his horses 108 The Queene of Plenty she that crownes the land With seuerall graine and Neptunes Kingdome bounds Searches about but cannot vnderstand Of her fayre Daughter yet the world she rounds And day by day she takes this taske in hand But in her bootlesse search her selfe confounds Aurora finds her in her trauels rising The setting Sunne still sees her ease dispising 100 But in our labors we our pen must rest Least in her search vve our Inuention loose Which finding tyr'd vvith trauell vve hold best A vvhile to cherish therefore rest we choose Heere therefore let vs breath ere vve disgest Troyes second fall as that vvhich next ensues Our Muse vvith Phoebus sets and vvith the Sun To Morrovv rising is our taske begun THe Gorgons were cald by other names Pemphrado Erito and Dino to whom was added a third Iaeno Pegasus taking his flight out of Helicon striking the earth with his hooues there presently sprung out the pleasant Fountaine Hippocrene after consecrate to the Muses Some moralize this winged Horse to a swift-saild Ship in vvhich Perseus saild in all his forraine aduentures Aurea Mala which the Latines conster golden Apples the Greekes call golden Sheepe the word importing so much Atlas for his exquisite skil in Astronomy was said to beare heauen on his shoulders Of this Sea-monster S. Augustine speakes in his Booke de Ciuitate Dei affirming that one of the bones was in his time still vncon sumed and kept The monster Chimere described with a Lyons head a Goats belly and a Serpents taile was a mount aine in Sicily whose top was full of wilde Lyons the middle of Goats and the foote and lower part swarmed with serpents This hill Belerephon by the ayde of Perseus cleared of all these Sauadges after made it habitable Where Iupiter is said to put three nights into one som haue ingeniously imagined it to be about that time when at Iosuahs prayer the Sunne staide his Diurnal course till he had the slaughter of his enemies which being kept away from a Countrey so farre remote must of force lengthen the night by his absence as it prolonged the day by his presence Galanthis by her craft deceiuing Iuno was by her after in her anger transformed into a Weasill Philocletes sonne to Paean and after his surprisall companion with Hercules in all his trauels to whom at his death he gaue his arrowes poysoned in the bloud of Hydra The length of that night before mentioned may else be alluded to that in the 2. Kings Chap xx where Zedekiah beeing promist by God fifteene yeares life after his extreame sicknesse and crauing a signe God commanded the shadow of the Sun to go backe ten degrees which was incontinently performed in the Diall of Ahuz as it was promised him by Isaiah the Prophet The Nereides with whome Andromeda was compared were the daughters of Nereus the son of Oceanus The-tis his daughters were nimphs of the sea he had by the nimph Doris these three children Halia Spio Pasithae Ligea with others to the number of fifty whose names Hesiodus re-members and Apollodorus Laomedon besides Hesione whom he best loued had 3. daughters more Aethasa Astioche and Medicastes but Hesione being deerest to him Neptune and Apollo chuse her to be deuoured of the Sea-monster The end of the sixt CANTO Argumentum EVridia stung with a Snake and dying Sad Orpheus trauels for her sake to Hell Among th'Infernals Musickes vertue trying Much honoured euen where fiends deuils dwel Ceres to Hercules for vengeance crying Th' vndaunted Greeke seekes Pluto to expell Iasons rich Fleece proud Troy once more racst By Hercules in our next skeades are placst ARG. 2. WHo Musick found hell sakt Perithous harms Eta describes with great Medeas charmes CANTO 7. 1 MVsicke by which the Spheares are taught to moue And tune their motion to their makers praise Approues it selfe deuine first found aboue After bequeath'd fraile man to cheare his daies Whether t' were taught vs by the Birds that proue Their harmony in their sweet-Chirping layes Or whether found by man of this I am sure It hath bin Ancient and shall long endure 2 Let Homers Demodocus witnesse beare And Virgils Iopas with this heauenly skill Some say Amphion rauisht first the eare Which Zephus did with Notes and Crotchets fill But others Dionisius hold most deare As one that made his Ayers lowd and shrill Men diuersly deriue Musickes soft feet Some from Arcadia likewise some from Creet 3 On Shalmes Trezenius Dardanus first plaid On Cranes legs first but after fram'd of Reed Bright Mayaes sonne on a parcht Tortoys made Th'vnshaped Harpe most Writers haue agreed That Tubal gaue it forme with pins that staid The tuned strings to make his Musicke speed Pan found the Pipe to play at Syrinx sute Tymarias
Mother She Lychus Wise yet rauisht with the sight Of Iupiter her loue she could not smother These her fayre sonnes built Thebes with large extent Two yeares before they on this voyage went 43 With all the Graecian chiualry attended They disimbogue the gentle B llowes smile Th' Aegean Seas they passe but late defended By the Grand Thiefe that gaue those Seas their stile No wind or waue their well-tig'd ship offended But the calme looking Thetis harbors guile Her fawning front she wrinkles with a frowne Aâ—…d thinkes th' ambitious Argonants to drowne 44 At the blacke Euening close the Sea lookt white The storme-presaging Waue begins to swell And blustring Eurus rising now at night With his flag Winges vpon the waters fell The Mayster bids slacke sayle but gainst the might Of his commaunded Mates the winds rebell The Boat-Swayne brals the Marriners are chid For what they would the stubborne gusts forbid 45 All fall to labour one man helps to steere Others to slacken the big bellied Sayle Some to the Cap-string call some pray some sweare Some let the Tackles slip whilst others hale Some cling vnto the maine-Mast and cleaue there Some chafe with anger some with feare looke pale Some ply the Pompe and that which would deuour Their ship in time Sea into Sea repoure 46 Sharpe-bâ—…ting winter growes and on each side The foure seditâ—…ous Brothers threaten war and tosse the Billowes who in scornefull pride Spit foaming Brine the winds with waters iarre The breaking seas whose entrance were denyde Beaâ—…e gainst each Pitchy-rib and calked sparre and by their Oaken strength denyde Intention Fall where they were begot to meere confusion 47 Now as the shriking Billowes are diuided Low Vallyes tweene two mighty Mountaines fall From whose steepe breasts the shaken vessaile slyded Burying in Sea Sayles Tackles Masts and all But â—…here remaynes not long the Barke well guided Climbes vp those clyffes a dreadfull watty wall That to themselues amazd with feare they show Like men in th' ayre surueighing hell below 48 It seem'd as if the Heauens and Seas had Wars And that the one the other did defy Twixt whom the mutinous winds make greater Iars Th' ambitious Billowes seeme to threat the sky And fling their brine-waues in the face of Stars Who therewith mooud melt all the Clouds on hye And such tempestuous shewers of raine thaw downe As if their drops meant the vast Seas to drowne 49 The waters both of Heaueu and Earth are mixt Flagging their sayles to make them brooke no blast No Lampe of heauen appeares wandring or fixt Darkenesse hath o're the face of both heauens past And left his vgly blindnesse them betwixt Whose horride presence makes the Greekes agast The Heauens bright fire the troubled Water braues sindging with lightninges force the Gulfy waues 50 Vnto these Argonants I may compare Our Island-voyages alike distrest With whelming seas thicke Mists and troubled ayre Loud claps of Thunder Lightning from the West so dreadfull that their Pilots loose their care Through feare forgetting what should stead them best The sea to quench Heauens glorious Lamps aspyres Heauen burns the Ocean with her lightning fires 51 As braue a Generall Martiald our great Fleete as that bold Greeke that sought the fleece of Gold hoping by sea an enemy to meete Fiercer then Iasons and more warlike bold Renowned Essex at whose warlike feete Spaines countlesse spoyles and Trophyes haue been told Who from Hesperia brought to Englands Greece More Gold then would haue weigh'd downe Iasons fleece 52 Grim Terror with the Greekes a ship-board lyes All night some weepe some rage the boldest feare Soliciting the Gods with Prayers and cryes Seeing their Fates and hopelesse ruins neere They thinke on Fathers Children Wiues Allyes But whom they faine would see they wish not there Grim terror in the Morning forward sped The Sunne begins to wake the tempest fled 53 Who as from forth the Spanish Seas he raisde His burnisht lockes and bout his shoulders shooke them and as his custome is about him gazd To view fayre Thetis bounds and ouer-looke them He spyes th'Imbarqued Greekes with feare amazd So sore the rough tumultuous Sea had tooke them He sees their Pendants torne their Sheetes all rent Their Hatches broken and theyr mayne-mast spent 54 Therefore he angry Neptune doth intreat as he would haue him guild his siluer streames Or thaw his frozen Waters with his heate Or cheare his coole Waues with his gorgeous beames Th'aduentrous Greekes his charge not to defeat But they may safe re-view their Natiue Realmes Neptune is pleas'd his Trident calmes the Seas And grants them waftage to what coast they please 55 Who entring th' Hellespont acquire some shore VVhere they may land their Fortunes to repaire at Tenedos they tutch knowne long before By great Alcides since he battayld there Where great Laomedon the Scepter bore and to preuent like dangers threatning care Re-builds his battred holds and with supplyes Mans euery Sea-skout that adiacent lyes 56 These Garrisons the Graecian Peeres deny Reliefe or Anchorage till the Kings mind Be fully knowne Who heares his foes so nye That had so late his forces ouerthrowne Therefore inraged he sends them to defie And from his Coasts to get them quickely gone Or mongst them all hee 'l leaue no liuing Greeke For golden Pillage on the seas to seeke 57 Vndanted Hercules at this offended Sweares by his Father Ihoue Troyes second wracke And with his Argonants had then discended Mauger the King but Iason kept him backe Who being chiefe Commander hath intended A golden coarse the ColchoÌ„s first must sacke Therefore though much against Alcides will Put from that shore the Conqueror threatens still 58 Vowing if Fate affoord him safe returne In whose aduenture al the Peeres vnite Troyes wals to batter and their Citty burne And be the Kings eternall opposite To whose disgrace Troy shall in ashes mourne Th' vngratefull King be forc'st to death or flight And all these lofty Towers at his next Landing Not haue one stone vpon another standing 59 Resolued thus they make to hoyse vp saile Weigh Anchor and their tackles hale and pull Their lofty spleenes gainst Troy they now auaile And onely ayme at the Phrixean wooll The God of winds affoords them a calme gale Making their waue-washt sheetes shew swelling full Whose gentle Gusts the Graecian Heroës bring To Colchos welcom'd by the Phasian King 60 At whose arriue Medea Iason viewing Oh heauen quoth she what passion 's this I feele Shall yon faire Graecian youth his fame pursuing Die by inchanted fire or tempered steele Oh saue thy fame by this attempt eschevving Thy arme vvants povver to make the Dragon reele Thy amorous hand alasse too soft and white with Brasse-hoou'd Buls that breath out fire to fight 61 More fitter t' were a Lady to embrace T' imprison beauty in a cristall fold Oh why should one that hath so sweet a face Made to be lou'd and loue seeke acts so
and Steele-proofe still And though the thickenesse did appeare but small The Plates they with such strength of Mettall fill It hath the force and puissance to withstand The sharpest Speares hurl'd from the strongest hand 50 Aboue them all his shield the rest surpast Massie and onely for his Arme to weare For whom t was made vpon the same was ra'st The great world Tripartyte heauen and each Spheare Thence all the hye Circumference was pla'st Starres Moone and Sun the signes that rule the yeare The Ram the Bull and the Twin-brothers signe The Crab the Lyon and the Maid Deuine 51 The Skale the Scorpion and the Centaure fell Sterne Capricorne and he that water powers The Fishes all these were ingraued well There Phoebus stood about him dayes and howers With the foure Seasons First the Spring gan swell With sweetest Buddes Sommer that seldome lowers Stood next in ranke well clad in freshest greene Autumne next her in ragged Roabes was seene 52 There stood old Winter in hye Furs attyred On whom the flakes of Snow like Feathers hong He shyuering lookes as if he warmth desired With chattering teeth hands Palsied quaking tong Below the Earth with Dales and Hils admired Fields full of Grayne Meads with Grasse new sprong Here Citties rarely built there Hamlets stand Here fallow-fields besides them New-tild Land 53 Betweene the middle Earth Seas ebbe and flow Whose Billowes in their caruing seeme to moue Here the Leuiathan huge waues doth throw From out his Nostrils to the skyes aboue The Dolphins of a thousand coullours show Here Whales their heads aboue the waters proue And sayling ships contriu'd by cunning rare On which strange Fish with wonder seeme to stare 54 A thousand sundry Obiects made by Art This huge Orbicular Shield in compasse holds What Heauen or Earth or Seas to vs Impart His Globe-like compasse to the eye vnfolds When Vulcan taking the fayre Queene apart who with much wonder his strange worke beholds Presents it her made perfect for her Son In whose rich armes Troy seemes already won 55 At Vulcans Caue she yoakes her Chariot-steeds which o're the Oceans rugged backe make way And as she freely on the Seas proceeds About her Coach the Quicke-ear'd Dolphins play At her Sonnes Tent fam'd for his warlike deeds She lights and to the Couch on which he lay Tost those rich armes which when Achilles view'd The halfe-dead spirit within his breast renew'd 56 He leaps from of his Pallet to imbrace The beautious Queene and soone intreats her ayde To arme his shoulders and his head to grace With that inchaced Helme God Vulcan made Who now compleatly furnisht longs for place Where thus be-seene he Hector may inuade He cannot sleepe for gazing on his Shield In hope t' aduance it in the Morrowes field 57 Thetis departs when th' early Cocke gaue signe With his lowd notes Aurora to dispose Who leaues the Bed-rid Tython sunke in Wine From whom the Gold hair'd Goddesse blushing rose To harnesse Phoebus Coach-steeds who in fine About his face his Beames bright ghstring throwes To dry the Mornings teares who weepeth still To see th' vnkind Sunne climb th'Easterne hill 58 He had not left the forelorne Goddesse long But from Olimpus top he may espy Plaine-Crested Hector his arm'd Troopes among Chearing them vp the proud Greekes to defy Next him marcht Noble Troylus Memnon strong Antenor and Aeneas mounted hye Young Deiphebus and Polydamas Paris whose ayme in Arch'ry doth surpasse 59 Sarpedon King Epistropus beside Many more Kings that sundry battailes led Against these soone the Curld Inuaders ride The grim Atrides first aduan'st his hed Achilles next past with vaine-glorious pride For his rich armour Nestor next him sped Menon whose armes were set with many a stone And he that Hector stood bold Telamon 60 The Ithacan with Lacedemons King The widdowed Spartan ground of all this broyle These to the fielde their seuerall battailes bring With thousand followers bent on death and spoyle Their barbed Steeds the earth behind them fling Harnesse and quartered limbes blocke the smooth soyle Amongst the rest Achilles loftiest stood and his new armour double-Guilds in blood 61 With Memnon â—…onne to Tython and the Morne Who came from Egipt in King Priams aide Aeacides encounters change of scorne Betweene them past bold Memnon nought dismaide With that strong hand that had the Scepter borne Of Persiaes kingdome and did once inuade Susa as farre as where Choaspes flowes Vpon his Helme thunders two persant blowes 62 They stound him in his saddle make him kisse His Steeds curl'd Crest ere he can Mount his head Achilles who esteemes no other blisse But to behold his foes before him spread Wak't from his sudden trance espyes by this A Graecian Squadron bout King Memnon dead And his bright sword still to wring ore his Crest Threatning in his third fall Eternall rest 63 The proud Greeke sends a blush out of his face as red as that in which his proofe was lau'de he now records his strength his god-like race and his rich armour with such artingrau'de He knowes it ill becomes his Name or Place By any Mortall puissance to be brau'de He doubles strength on strength and stroak on stroak Euen till he mists himselfe in his owne smoake 64 Auroraes Darling prooues to weake a Foe For him on whose tough Shield no Steele can bite His conquer'd Sword and Armes the field must strow Achilles is too strong an opposite His Red-cheek't Mother ouercharg'd with woe Laments her Son vntimely slaine in fight In griefe of whom a Dusky Roabe she weares And fils the whole world with her dew-drop teares 65 The death of Memnon euen to Hector flyes That Tragicke newes cost many a Princes life Incenst he seemes all safety to dispise And where he spurs he makes red slaughter rife For euery drop of bloud a bold Greeke dies Him Troylus seconds in his purpled strife And if as for a wager they contend Whose Sword most pale Soules can to Orcus send 66 They breake a Ring of Harnesse making way Into the Battayles Center where they see a Noble Knight maintaine a gallant fray Gainst many Troian Knights in valor free Yet of them all this Champion gets the day The strongest cannot make him cringe his knee Polydamus against him brauely sped Yet still his gaz'd at Shield safeguards his hed 67 Against which Paris many arrowes spends But all in vaine they shiuer gainst his Targe and whom he best can reach his force extends as far as life the prisoned Soule t' enlarge Young Deiphebus to that place descends and with his Speate in reast doth gainst him charge But the Dardanian fayles in his intent And from the Noble Knight is bleeding sent 68 Victorious Hector at such deeds amaz'd But more at the rich Armor that he ware Mannadge and shape in heart he highly praysd and in his honors longes to haue a share Hupon Larissaes King that long had
at once the Prince doth lacke Stor'd with nought else saue wounds alacke the day Yet like a stedfast rocke the worthy stood From whom ran twenty seuerall springs of blood 107 This when the fresh-breath'd Greeke beheld and saw So much effuse of blood about him run He chargd his warlike Myrmidons withdraw And crying out alowd Now Troy is won With shamefull oddes against all Knight-hoods law Gainst naked Hector well-arm'd Thetis son Aymes a stiffe Iauelin and against him rides The ruthlesse staffe through picrst his Royall sides 108 With him King Priam and whole Asiaes glory Queene Hecuba with all her daughters faire Sinke into Lethe euen the Gods are sorry To see the man they made without compare So basely fall to make Achilles story Reproachfull to all eares that would not spare So great a Worthy but with oddes strike vnder Him that atchiâ—…ud things beyond strength wonder 109 Hector thus falne the Troians whose whole power Lay in the arme of Hector flye the field And now th'incourag'd Greekes Scamander scower The head subdude the body needs must yeild Behold the Prince that aw'd within this hower Millions of Greekes lyes dead vpon his shield He gone whose Atlas Arme vpheld their states Amazed Troy rams-vp her sieged Gates 110 At sight of which Achilles sweld with rage From Hectors breast the Belt Aiax him gaue Snatcheth in hast and his sad spleene t' asswage Fetters his Legges and like a conquerd slaue Voyde of all honor ruth or Counsell sage at his Horse-heeles he drags him like a slaue Hauing Troyes wall first three-times circled round hurdling the Dardan Heroâ—… on the ground 111 To thinke so braue a Peere should basely bleede A Prince t'insult vpon a slaughter'd Foe and gaâ—…nst a worthy act so base a deede Makes my soft eye with Springs of Sorrow flow Nor can I further at this time procâ—…ede The Greekes blacke practise doth offend me so Heare therefore I desist my Tragicke verse To mourne in silence o're Prince Hectors hearse Aeacides a name we sometimes giue to Achilles is a deriuatiue of Aeacus and is as much as to say the Grand childe of Aeacus sometime we call him Pelias Issue viz the Sonne of Peleas the Sonne of Aeacus Patroclus a Noble Greeke sonne to Menetius and Stheuele he was brought up under Chiron the Centaure with Achilles who euer after entirely loued him Chiron likewise whom we haâ—…e before in some places mentioned is thought to be Sonne of Saturne Vt Saturnus Equo geminum Chirona creauit His Mother was cald Philyra Ad mare descendit montis de parte suprema Chiron Philerides Saturne deflowring the faire Philiris Daughter to the old Oceanus and fearing leaft his â—…ife Rhea otherwise cald Sibilla should discouer his wantonnesse transhapes him selfe into a Horse and then beg at in the Islands Philerides Chiton the Centaure from the Nauell vpwardes hauing the perfect semblance of Man the rest downewards the shape of an Horse Others haue thought him to be the Sonne of Ixion Brother to the race of the Centaurs He taught Aesculapius Phisicke Hercules Astronomy and Apollo to play on the Lute or Harpe Of Thetis otherwise cald Amph 〈◊〉 it is thus reported that she was the most beautifull of all the Goddesses when Apollo Neptune and Iuâ—…ter contended about her which should â—…ioy her bed being all frustrate Iupiter inraged doom'd her to be a mortals Bride because shee had so peremptorily despised their God hoods The Goddesse much agrieu'd to be so abiectly bestowed despised Pelcus who extreamely doted on her beauty and still when hee would haue comprest her she metamorphised her selfe somtimes to a flame of Fire sometimes to a Lyon then a serpent so dreadfull that he was still deter'd from his purpose till after by the aduice of Chiron the Centaure neglecting all terror she helde her fast so long till hauing run through all her Protean shapes he wearted her in her transformation till she return'd into her owne shape of the most beautiful Goddesse of whom he begat Achilles Tython for his beauty beloued of Aurora the morning is said to be the son of Laomedon and Brother to Priam thogh by diuers mothers he gat Prâ—…am of Leucippe and Tython of Sâ—…ma or else of Rhoea the daughter of Scamander Aurora begd of the Fates for her Husband Tython Imortality which being imediately graunted her she had for got with his length of life to beg withal that he should neuer wax old and decrepit wherefore he is said to be euer bed rid till the Gods pittying his feeblenesse turn'd him after into a Grashopper Longa Tithonum minuit senâ—…ctus suâ—…a a chiefe Citty in Persia where the great Sophies keepe their Courts it is seated neare the famous riuer Choaspes and was builded by Tython Pclasgians are an auncient people of Greece dwelling in Peloponesus in the edge of Macedonia of whom the generall Graecians sometimes haue vsurpt that name The end of the thirteenth CANTO Argumentum TRoylus Achilles wounds and is betraid By his fell Myrmidons which being spredd The bloody Greeke still loues the beautious Maid Pollixena and for her loue is lead To Pallas Church whom Paris doth inuade And with an Arrow in the heele strikes dead Penthisilea with her valiant Maydes Assists sad Troy Greece lofty Pyrthus ayds ARG. 2. IN this last fight fall by the Argiue spleene Paris Amphimachus Scithiaes Queene CANTO 14. 1 TO whom Andromache may I compare Thy Funerall teares ore Hectors body shed If mongst late Widdowes none suruiue so rare To equall thee le ts search among the dead The Carian Queene that was as chast as faire Bright Artimesia a wonder bred Galathian Camna did likewise constant proue And â—…al'd her in firme Coniugall Loue. 2 What Fathers griefe could equall Priams teares Who lost a sonne no age no world could match Whose arme vpheld his glory many yeares Whose vigilant eye did on his safety watch Englands third Edward in thy face appeares Like griefe when timelesse death did soone dispatch Thy braue sonnes life Edward Sirnam'd the blacke By whom Spaine flag'd and France sustained wracke 3 Noâ—… Margaret when at Teuxbury her sonne Was stab'd to death by Tyrant Glosters hand Felt from her riueld cheekes more Pearle drops ronne Then Hecuba when she did vnderstand The thred of Hectors life already sponne Whose glories stretcht through Heauen aire sea land Though he of semblant hope to England were With him whom Asia did account most deare 4 Nor could the Countesse Mary sorrow more To heare her Brother the braue Sidney wounded Whose death the seuenteene Belgian states deplore Whose Fame for Arts and armes the whole world sounded Then did Cassandra who her garments tore Creusa who with extreame griefe confounded With whom Polyxena bare a sad straine To heare a third part of the earth complaine 5 Nor when the hopefull youth Prince Arthur dide Leauing his Brother both his
led Though Martial'd in their best and proud'st array Could not repell his swift and violent speed he by his guard his ruine hath Decreed 25 The selfe-same charge that he gainst Hector vsd Gainst Troylus he his Myrmidons perswades Behold where he with Hectors spirit infusd The warlike Thous in euen course inuades Him whom his strength of armes might haue excusd The Treian sends vnto th' Elisian shades The Athenian Duke against him spurres his horse But quite through-piercst the Greeke drops downe a corse 26 Foure Princes in as many coarses tasted Like Fate yet still the Dardan Prince sits hye No coarse no towring blow he vainly wasted In his great heart an hoast he dares defie King Diomed once more against him hasted And long'd with him a warlike course to try But horse and man were in the race ore-throwne Normaruell now the princes strength was growne 27 The elder of th' Atrides next him grew And tryes the vigour of his arme and Speare Him likewise Troylus brauely ouerthrew And forth vnshooke himselfe he past on cleare Now well-nigh breathlesse he himselfe with-drew Whom then the spleenefull Pelean watched ncare And as he lights to rest him on the ground Him the blacke Myrmidons incompasse round 28 With mercilesse keene glaues they siege the youth Whom all at once with fury they assaile In them is neither Honoured grace not ruth Nor is one Troian neere the Prince to bale Achilles with the rest his blood pursuith Thousands against one man must needs preuaile Who seeing nothing else saue death appearing Euen gainst all oddes contemnes despaire or fearing 29 But through their squadrons hewes a bloudy trackt And lops the formost that before him stands Had Deiphebus now his Brother backt Or had the place bin by Sarpedon mand Or had Epistropus whom he now lackt Vpon his party tear'd his conquering hand Had their brigat Faulchions-brandisht by his side The Myrmidons had fayl'd Troylus not dide 30 But hee 's alone rouud guirt with death and ruin And still maintaines the battel though in vaine On euery side a bloudy passage he wing To worke himselfe out through a dismall Lane Of Myrmidons Achilles still pursuing Who keepes the hindmost of his rough-hair'd traine Yet had Prince Troylus markt him where he stood And almost wrought to him through death and blood 31 But ods preuail'd he sinkes downe the mid-way Euen in his fall his sword against him darting That did both Hectors and his life betray Boasting a Noble spirit in his departing By Troylus death the Greekes obtaine the day The Myrmidons their many wounds yet smarting Cure in their Lords Tent whom the Greekes aplaud For Troylus death gainst honour wrought by fraud 32 Now the deiected Troians dare no more Enter the field the Greekes approach the gates And dare them to grim warre who still deplore Hector and Troylus in their Tragicke fates Queene Hecuba yet keepes reuenge in store Of which at length with Paris she dabates Vowing to catch his life in some flye traine That by like fraud her two bold sonnes had slaine 33 She clas to minde the great Athilles pride Withall the loue he to her Daughter beares A thing in zeale she can no longer hide Since in Polyxena like loue appeares Troyes weake deiection she makes knowne besides Disabled by a siege of many years Therefore intreats him to accept her loue And in a generall truce the Argiues moue 34 The lofty Greeke proud by so great a Queene To be sued to when he records withall How much hee s fear'd he gins to slake his spleene And the Maids beauty to remembrance call What can he more Since he hath dreaded beene And seene his ablest Foes before him fall But yeild to beauties soft inchaunting charme Knowing weake Troy dares not conspire his harme 35 The day drawes on a peace hath bin debated To which Achilles the proud Greekes perswades Some thinke it needfull others hyer rated Their honours and this Concord much vpbraides Alone Achilles longs to be instated In her faire grace the beautifulst of Maids And with the sonne of Nestor makes repaire Where Priam with his sonnes and Daughters are 36 Truce is proclaim'd the Damsell richly clad And by the Troian Ladies proudly attended Whom none that saw but admiration had As at a Goddesse from hye heauen discended The innocenr Maide was still in count'nance sad For losse of those that Tray but late defended Yet guiltlesse in her soule of any spleene Dreampt gainst the Prince by Paris or the Queene 37 Vnarm'd Achilles to the Temple goes Whom Nestors sonne attends to Pallas shrine and all the way with Gold and Iewâ—…ls strowes Prising them Earthy but his Bride Deuine and nothing of their Treacherous act he knowes When Paris from a place where he had line With arm'd Knights yssues and a keene shaft drew Which in the heele the proud Achilles slow 38 Who when he sees himselfe and friend betraid and wounded to the Death whilst he could stand Brandisht his sword and mongst them slaughters made But now he wants his Myrmidons at hand and his strong armour Paris to inuade Alacke the Temple was too strongly man'd his strength that cannot bandy gainst them ali at length must sinke and his hye courage fall 39 There lies the great Achilles in his gore and by his side the Sonne of Nestor slaine Amongst the Trotans to be feard no more His body to the Greekes is sent againe Whom they for Hectors change and long deplore his death by Treason wrought vpon the plaine For him a Monumentall Toombe they reare and for his death a ioynt reuenge they sweare 40 The siedge still lasts vpon the part of Troy Penthisilia with a thousand Maydes Vowes all their Amazenian strength to imploy and for the death of Hector Greece vpbraides Whilst in the Campe with much applausiue ioy Grim Pyrrhâ—… is receiu'd Pyrrhâ—… that trades In gore and slaughter with reuenge pursuing Euen to the death Troy for his Fathers tâ—…ine 41 No longer tâ—…e he will delay but streight Dare them to battaile by the Morrowes Sunne The Scythian Damsels long to shew their height and imitate theyr deedes before-time dunne They know they enterprise a worke of weight and long for Signall now to battaile runne The 〈◊〉 Greekes that were of Pyrrhus traine Whom th' Amazonians soone repulse againe 42 Penthisilea was not that fayre Queen Of Amazons of whom we now intreate That made a Law what Man so'ere had beene Within her Court to make a byding Seate aboue three dayes he might not there be seene Though his power mighty and his State were great For if within her Court he longer dwelt The penall Law was he should sure be gelt 43 So much she feared the supposed traines With which soft Women-kind vs men accuse That our society she quite disdaynes Nor shall our fellowship her Ladies vse To this decree she their applause constraines Because false men their weaker Sex abuse
pause How great 's the Wealth how easie t is to buy She knowes besides she is aboue her Lawes And what she will no Subiect dares deny Why should she loose this Iewell What 's the cause She to her owne Land should proue Enemy Whose weale since she may compasse with such ease Why should she not her-selfe somewhat displease 82 The time 's but little that the Youth doth aske Besides shee 'l cause her Maide her charge to hast If she compare her wages with her taske She knowes her time will not be spent in wast The friendly night will put a blushlesse Maske Vpon her brow then how can she be trast The fire is made the Peares plast both agreed To Bed they goe good Fortune be their speed 83 The trusted Hag he knowes to be his friend and one whom he had bribed long before It pleasd her well that his desires haue end To haue had him Eunuch't would haue griu'd her sore In bed meane time the louing payre contend To proue the game she neuer tride before And still she cals to make a quicker fire And prethy sweet Nurse let the Peares be nyer 84 They shall quoth she yet let them roast at â—…easure The way-ward Queene yet thinkes the time too long And that she payes too sweetly for his Treasure For yeeld she must the stranger prooues too strong Yet still she cals not yet T is out of measure Nor yet nor yet she sings no other song Alacke the Beldams slacknesse quite betrayes her The onely meanes to keepe him from the Razer 85 The youth preuail'd the Queene 's somewhat appeasd And for there is no helpe the vtmost tries Since her the stranger hath by wager ceasd Before the watch-word giuen she must not rise The Beldam thinkes at last the Queene t' haue pleasd Oh Madam they are rosted now she cries Are they indeed Let them rost on quoth she And prethy Nurse put in two more for me 86 I know not what effect this wager tooke But the next day she canceld her strict Law She that men hated Eunuchs cannot brooke Command was giuen that all such should withdraw And not presume within her Court to looke That could be found toucht with the smallest flaw And this Decree among the Scithians grew Till the sad day that they their husbands slew 87 For when their flying men were quite disgracst And sayl'd in battaile they disdain'd their yoke And scorning all subiection proudly facst Their foes themselues with many a boysterous stroke From Scithiaes bounds all men they cleane displacst And strongly arm'd through many Regions broke Thus raign'd successiuely many a bold Dame In Scithia whence Penthisilea came 88 Their Pollaxes whose vse the Greekes neare knew Thunder vpon theyr losty Caskes and fell them The Greekes stâ—…ll guarde the field although some fewe Perisht at first and striuing to excell them Being but Women they some Damsels slew And with the oddes of number they repell them But when the Queene into the battaile flings VVhere eare she comes she bloudy Conquest bringes 89 King philomines Combats by her side VVith many a bold Knight brought from Paphlagone Gainst whom the King Cassilius fierce can ride Srriuing that day to haue his valour knowne Betweene them was a fayre and euen course tryde Amphimacus to Priam deare alone Since Troylus death thrust in amongst the Greekes Forcing their flight with many clamorous shrikes 90 Him Aiax Telamon encounters then And stayes the fury of his barbed Steede Acting that day deeds more then commen men Such as through both the Armies wonder breede Whom Noble Deiphebus meetes agen The youthfull Prince whose valour doth exceed The fearefull slaughter of his puissance stayes Whose discipline his Focs could not but prayse 91 And had not wrathfull pyrrhus now led on His Fathers Myrmidons and quite forsooke His vntryde Knights the day had sure beene gon But where they march't the Earth beneath them shooke And to withstand theyr vigor they found none Till Paris with his Archers that way tooke and now began a fierce and Mortall fray In Emulation who should fly who stay 92 Paris preuailes his forces gaine the best And Lycomedes Grand-child must retire Behold where gainst the Troians Aiax Crest Seemes aboue all his Souldiers to aspyre His huge seauen-folded Targe still guards his brest For Paris through the field he doth inquire Whom as the Sal'mine fighting spyes from far He heares a Steele-shaft from his Crosbow iarre 93 It aymes at him and where his Armour parted Betweene the Arme and Shoulder there it fell Aiax obseru'd the man by whom he smarted And pressing forward vowes to quite him well Through the mid-throng the neerest way he thwarted No opposition can his rage expell Till he had past through Groues of growing Speares To come where thousand Shafts sung by his eares 94 Yet past them all euen till he came where fought The amorous Troian and to him he makes His guard of Archers the Greeke dradded naught But o're his Helme his reeking Glaue he shakes Which in his fall assured ruine brought Vpon the Earth the dying Troian quakes And in his death leaues all terrestriall ioy Faire Hellen Priam Heeuba and Troy 95 Oh! Had the Raptor in his Cradle dide Millions of liues had in his death beene sau'd and Asiaes glory that late sweld in pride Had not with siedge and death so long beene brau'd O're his dead Coarse the warlike Greeke doth stride and workes his way through harnesse richly ingrau'd Whose curious workes he blemisht where he stood Blurring their Fingers with wide wounds and blood 96 The Dardans fly at Brute of Paris fall The Greekes with dreadfull march their flight pursue Euen to the very skirts of Troyes fayre wall But betweene death and them the Scithians grew Squadrons of Greekes before the Damsels fall Now the re-spirited Troians fight renâ—…w Twice fore the Scithian Queene did Pyrrhus stand Yet twice by her repulsed hand to hand 97 Night partes the battaile vpon equall oddes In Paris death the Troians haue the wurst Hellen and Troy bequeath him to the Gods His death lesse mourn'd then hath his life bin curst The morning comes the Greekes make their aboad Before the gates through which the Scithians burst And scorning to be Coopt each with her shielde Brauely aduanst make roomth into the field 98 Them Deiphebus followâ—…s with his traine The Sole-remainder of King Priams race By whom at first a valiant Greeke was slaine That in the Campe inioyde a Soueraigne place Amphimachus next him spurs on the plaâ—…ne With Philomines who rankes on apace Aeneas and Antenor these contend With all their powers to giue the long siedge end 99 In vaine for lo vpon the aduerse part Guirt with his Fathers Myrmidons appeares Sterne Pyrrhus whose late bleeding woundes yet smart Next him Pelides with a band of Speares Then marcht Tysander with a Lyons hart Vlisses Steuelus and proud in yeares Nestor the two Atrides well attended The two
of Troy Oh can you trust the presents of a foe Who came from Greece these high wals to destroy And ten whole yeares haue wrought your ouerthrow What can you in the Danauish Treasons ioy Amongst you all doth none Vlisses know Either this swelling wombe is big with childe Of armed Greekes or gainst your wals compild 16 These brazen hoofes are made to 〈◊〉 your mure The trusty pale that hath so long defended Your sonnes and wiues where they haue liu'd secure Maugre the ruine by the foe intended Against your trusty Guards no wrong endure Whose Bulwarkt strength you haue so oft commended This said against the brazen Steed he flung A steele-head speare which through his entrailes rung 17 The trembling Mole from forth his Cauernes gaue A horrid grone a noyse of armor iar'd Through his transfixed brest if ought could saue Ill-fated Troy this had their ruin bard And they had ript the bowels of that graue From which the sad confused sound was heard Behold the Dardan shepheards with lowd cries Before the King bring bound a Greekish prise 18 Dispersed Troy assembles and attend Some vncoth Nouell manacled now stands The surprisd Greeke his eyes to heauen extend To heauen he likewise would exalt his hands Whilst showers of teares downe by his cheekes discend And thus he sayes Haue I 〈◊〉 the bands Of armed Greekes to 〈◊〉 heere in Troy And whom my foes haue spar'd must foes destroy 19 Relenting Priam is soone mou'd to ruth His misery and teares woo him to passion He thinkes such lookes such teares should harbor truth And pitties him disguisd in wretched fashion With comfortable words he cheares the youth Askes him of whence he is and of what Nation When to the passionate king he thus replide Priam commands and I will nothing hide 20 Who hath not heard of the Duke Palimed By the Pelasgian Princes doom'd to dye Whom false Vlisses to the scaffold led Him aboue all the rest most loued I He was my Kinsman but alas hee 's dead With that swift watry drops drill from his eye Him when I guiltlesse saw condemn'd of Treason I mourn'd my Kinsmans death as I had reason 21 Not could I keepe my tongue vnhappy man But priuate whispering haue I breath'd gainst those That sought his death to threat them I began Who to my friend had bin opposed foes Fox-like Vlisses first obseru'd me than Whom Calchas seconds why should I disclose My miserable state vnhappy wretch Since their reuenge as farre as Troy doth stretch 22 I had but dide there and I heare am dying Griefe stops his speech he can no further speake Still what he wants in words with teares supplying Till they with interruptions silence breake When after farre-fecht sighes himselfe applying To further processe he proceeds the wreake They threatned then since now I must not flye Witnesse you Troians Synon cannot lye 23 Oft would the warre-tyr'd Greekes haue left this Towne But still the Morrow tempests them restraine Threatning their Nauy in the Abisme to drowne And they attempt their wisht returne in vaine But most the angry Neptune seemes to frowne When old Epeus had vpon this plaine Builded this Monumentall Steed of late To the Deuinest Pallas Consecrate 24 Euriphilus is straight to Delos sent ' To know the Oracles aduice heerein He thus returnes A Virgins blood is spent To appease the tempests when these warres begin And in their end the Gods haue like intent That you with sacrifice shall purge your sin In your pursute they humaine bloud desire and you with bloud must purchaso your retyre 25 This when the vulgar knew not one but feares Whose dreaded life offended Phabus craues Oh! Hence proceedes the force of all my teares All prophesie his ruine that depraues The Oyle-tong'd Greeke Vlisses Calchas cheares To point him out that must appease the Waues Ten dayes he scilence kept as loath to name His destin'd life whom Phabus seemes to clayme 26 Scarce with Vlisses clamors is he won To sentence any till with vrgence great He doomes me to the flames the people ron To see him that must tast the Alters heate all glad that this denounced doome is don That I th offended God-hood must intreat And that my bloudy slaughter answers all Which each one feard vpon himselfe might fall 27 The day was com my brows with wreaths wer crown'd and I made ready for the sacred fire My hands behind as you behold them bound The Priest in his Pontificall attyre Ready to strike and I incompast round With fire and death yet Mortals life desire The truth I le tell alasse sinne cannot lie I lcapt from of the Altar thence I fly 28 Pursude in vaine feare gaue my body winges In a deepe saggy couert I obseure me Vntill the night had with her aiery stringes Drawne her blacke vaile o're Heauens face to assure me Hoping to hide me till the Argiue Kings Had sayld from thence but thinking to seeure me Poore wretch I from the Gracians fled a way and now alasse 〈◊〉 made the 〈◊〉 pray 29 Whom neither Heauen nor Earth nor Greece nor Trâ—…y nor ayre nor Sea will take to their protection But all conspire poore Sâ—…non to destroy Then ayre Come lend me part of thy infection Heauen Earth and Sea all your 〈◊〉 powers imploy and like confederates 〈◊〉 in my deiection and then he beates his breast weeps sighes grones Whose griefe King Priâ—…m and all Troy bemones 30 The good old Priâ—…m bids his hands vnbind and cheares him thus Of Greece thou art no more Thou shalt be ours thy Countrey hath resign'd Thy life to vs which freely we restore Then say What meanes this Monster we here find Vpon our Beach Whom should this guist adore Or what Religion 's in t Whence is he bred Or for what cause doth he our Confines tred 31 When with his new loosd hands to heauen vpreard Thus Synon Witnesse you eternal Fires Thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which but late I feard and all you powers to whom our zeale aspytes That I hate Greece and Troy that hath me cheard I am ingra'st too Trâ—…y hath my desires I am a Child of Troy Greece I desye Witnesse you Gods that Synon cannot lye 32 The false pelâ—…gians in great Pallas 〈◊〉 Her Diomed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 offended By stealing from her charge with guile vniust Herrare Palladium for which she extended Reuenge gainst Greece they to appease hir must By some Oblation see their guile amended That her commensed 〈◊〉 may be withdrawne From them whose violence spard not her â—…wne 33 And now to make the 〈◊〉 borne Pallas smile Whose anger made the Tempests gainst them war Chalchas 〈◊〉 the high Equinall pile That his huge 〈◊〉 might all entrance bar Through your percullist Gates such was his guile For should you on this Horse print the least 〈◊〉 Of an offensiue hand being for her made You by your 〈◊〉 haue your liues betrayd 34 If you deny it entrance through your wals Or this
Neptolemus from top to toc Satued in blood and slaughter in both hands Wauing a keene glaue Crimsond in the foe To bind with Cords her soft armes he commands That more red liues may on his Faulchion flow There the bright Mayde that bands did ill become He piece-meale howe 's vpon Achilles tombe 93 Thus is King Priam and Queene Hecubs race Extinct in dust young Palidore alone The youngest Lad is with the king of Thrace Left in great charge with Gold and many a Stone Beyond all rate but Polymnestor base Hearing the pride of Troy was spent and gone False to the world and to his friend vntrew To gaino that wealth the louely Infant slew 94 Whos 's death when Hecuba reuenged had By tearing out the periur'd Tyrants eyes First she records the beauty of the Lad Then all the glories she beneath the skies Possest before which makes her Franticke-mad On her sloine husband daughters sonnes she crics Troy she bewaild and fatall Greece she curst Till her great heart with griese surcharged burst 95 Ten yeares ten months twelue dayes this siege indured In which of Greece before the Towne were slame Fourescoute hundred and sixe thousand all inured To steely warre Of Troians that maintaine The honour of their Citty well assured Besides the number that were prisoners tane Six hundred fifty and six thousand tride Omitting those that in the last night dide 96 Chiualrous Hector voyd of fraud or slight Eighteene great Kings slew by his proper hands No aduantagious oddes he vsd in fight Therefore his fame spreds farre through forraigne lands Three Kings to do the amorous Paris right Fell by his Bow next rankt Achilles stands Who besides Troylus and great Hector slew Seauen puissant Kings at Troy if Fame speake true 97 Foure Kings beside the Sagitary fell By Diomed two by Aeneas lost Their precious liues though many moe fought well Their warlike deeds are not so farte ingrost Blacke Pyrrhus acts aboue the rest excell Who thinking mongst them to be praised most Three Royall liues his Tragicke wrath obayd An aged King a Woman and a Mayd 98 Not how two worthy Greekes in words contended Who should the rich Vulcanian armor haue Now how from Aiax who had Greece defended Th' impartiall Iudges to Vlisses gaue To proue that Counsell aboue strength extended And had more power the Argine Campe to saue In griese of which great losse Aiax grew mad Slaine by the sword that he from Hector had 99 Nor of Vlisses trauels twice ten yeares Nor of his loue with Circe the faire Queene Who by her spels transform'd him and his Pecres And kept him thence where he desird t' haue beene With faire Penelope Fam'd mongst the spheares In liuing chast though Princes full of spleene Possest her kingdome and her pallace ceaz'd VVhom wanting power she by delaies appeasd 100 Nor how he after twenty winters came And in disguise his constant Lady proued How he by armes releast the beautious Dame And all her suiters from his Land remoued Nor how Telegonus won with the Fame Of him whom most the witch Calipso loued From his faire Mother Circe himselfe vvith-drevv And vnavvares his Royall Father slevv 101 Nor how King Naulus laide Traines on the Seas To aâ—…enge him on the Gracians for his sonne Palamides whose death did much displease The aged Prince since t was by treason donne Nor how such wandering Greekes as he could ceaze Who on his shores their ship-wrackt vessels ronne Naulâ—…s destroyd and vnto ruine brought Since they his sonnes deere life esteemed nought 102 Nor how King Agamemnon home returning Was by his faire wife Clitemnestra slaine How false Egistus in the Queenes loue burning Plotted with her to shorten the Kings raigne Nor bow Horestes for his Father mourning Grew mad and slew Egistus that had laine With his faire Mother whoÌ„ when he had caught her Vnchild-like he did with his owne hands slaughter 103 Nor how blacke Pyrrhus Hellens daughter stalâ—… The faire Her mione she that before Was to Horestes troth'd and should Sance fayle Haue bin espousd to him who at the doore Of Delphos Templeflew him without blae Staining Apoltos shrine with Pyrrhus gore Not how that face for which the whol world wrangled To see it chang'd with age her selfe she strangled 104 Nor how the Greekes after their bloody toyles Antenor left to inhabit raced Troy And after th' end of their sad Tragicke broyles All Asiaes wealth within their flect inioy Robbing the Towne of all her richest spoyles Whose hye Clowd-peircing spyres the flames destroy nor how Aeneas doth his forces gather And ships with his young son and aged Father 105 Rigging to soa these two and twenty sayle That fetcht the fire brand that all Troy inflamd The selfe-same shippes in which the Troian stale The Spartan Queene gainst whome all Greece exclaimd Nor of Queene Didoes loue and Tragicke bate Nor of Aeneas trauels nobly fam'd Nor how Andromache was Captaine led Left to the hot lust of the Conquerors bed 106 With whom Cassandra was inforst to goe With Helenus that kend deuinest things And al these sad proceedings did fore-show and propheside to Troyes confedered Kings Nor of King Diâ—…meds sad ouerthrow Of Albions Isle first knowne my Muse next sings Her Chariot now I can no further driue Brittaine from conquerd Troy we next deriue Dolopes are a people of Thessaly in the borders of Phthiolis out of which prouince Vlisses made choyce of his Guard Pallas whose name we have often vsed some take to be the Daughter of Neptune and Tritonis and liued in the time of Giges Others hold her to be sprung of Ihoues braine as wee haue before remembred Palluda quandam Cum patris è capite exilijt Clarissiâ—…a patuam lauerunt Tritonis aquae The like many others affirme as also that when she leapt out of Ihoues brain at the saide time it rained a shewer of Gold on the Earth Of her birth many writers differ some affirme her to be the Daughter of â—…riton others to berather the Daughter of â—…upiter Thetis Others of Craunus differing from their opinions therfore I hold with Cicero who auers that there were more of the names One of the Mother of Apollo a second borne by Nyle and adored of the Egyptians a third of the braine of â—…upiter a fourth of Jupiâ—…er and Ceriphe the Daughter of Oceanus whom the Arcadians call Cerin and the Inuentor of the Chariot A fift that was supposed to kill hir Father to perserue her virginity Pallas and Minetâ—…a were one she was also by some called Tâ—…iloma Ihouis filia gloriosa Tritonia Both Greece and Troy highly honered her she is saide to inuent Armes and to haue aided her Father Jâ—…piter in the destruction of the Tytanoyes which the poets call Gigomantichia Of whom it is thus remembred Palluda bellorum studijs Cautanus amicam è Ihoue
Glendoure raysd armes Hotspur rebeld Woorster Northumberland with others moe Whom Edward met at Shrewsbury and queld Giuing those Lords a Mortall ouerthrow The Milleine Duke that many yeares exceld In Tyranny at length was layde full low Leauing to Iohn his Sonne the Dukedomes Seat This yeare was stated Mahomeâ—… the great 74 Charles of Cremona by the Treason dide Of base Cabrinus Fundulus his slaue Th'Arch-Byshop Scroope that Edward late defide Surprizd in field came to a timelesse graue In Poland at Cracouia full of pride Was founded th'Accademy some depraue The Burgoin Duke that did his hands imbrew In Orleance blood whom he by Treason slew 75 Saint Andrewes Vniuersity begon In Scotland Iohâ—… the Milleine Duke is slaine Of his owne Subjects Ladislaus won The Citty Rome which he gaue vp againe King Edward dying left vnto his son Henry the fift a faire and prosperous raigne Ten yeares he did his Royall fame aduance and to his Crowne annext the Realme of France 76 Great Amurath sway'd Turky Iohn Castile The sixt Charles France Pope Martin Peters Chaire at Henries claime to France the French-men smile With many taunts they Englands puissance dare King Henrie crost the seas and in small while at Agin-court manag'd a fight so rare That in one battaile he the Land ore-tun Leauiug the Crowne successiue to his son 77 Ieremy Prague and Iohn Husse dye by fire about religious causes Ziscaled The Thaborytes and further gan aspire against the Emperour to list his head French Katherine was Crownd Queene by great desire Of all our English peeres Duke Clarens sped against the Dolphin but alas in vaine By multitudes he was ore-set and slaine 78 Henry t' auenge his Brothers death prepares againe to inuade France where he breaths his last Pale death that in his rigour no man spates Beteaues him life his infant sonne not past Eyght months of age assumes the Lands affayres Vnder protection Bedfards Duke was great With Regency of France a Sorceting Maide Fought on the Dolphins part and brought him ayde 79 Who in small time was King of France proclaymde at Orleance braue Mountacute is slaine Prince Sigismond is Roman Emperor nam'd Eugenius doth the papall Sea maintaine Phillip guides Milleine now was Talboot fam'd Who many lost Townes did in France regaine Now flourisht Francis Forza in his pride The Lyons in the Tower this yeare all dyde 80 Zeuza liues Persiaes King for Sorcery Dame Elen Cobham the Protectors Wise With diuers others were found treacherously To haue cnnspyred against King Henries life Dame Margaret to the King of Scicily Sole-Daughter which began much future strife To Henries Bed with Suffolke crost the Scas now liu'd the braue Prince Huniades 81 Humphrey the Duke of Gloster was depriu'd His harmelesse life at Bury Suffolke now Was banisht England where he long had striu'd By the Kings grace to make the Barons bow Iacke Cade a mutit ous Rebell now suruiu'd Dating the Kings Edicts to disalow This was the yeare of Iubilee In Menz Faustius first printed at his owne expence 82 The Turkish Mahomet sackt and despoylde Constantinople at this time was fought Saint Albons battaile where the King was foyld and by the Duke of yorke a prisoner blought To London the sixt Henry being much toyld With Kingdomes cares his peace and quiet sought Making proud yorke protector now was fam'd George Castriotus Scanderbag sir-nam'd 83 Great Warwicke at Northampton the King met In battaile of the Barons many slew Surpri'd the King in person without let The Duke of Torke reuiues his claime anew Whom many of the chiefest Lords abet And in the Parlement his right pursue Being Titled heyre apparant to the Crowne at Wakefield him King Henries Queene put downe 84 Great Warwiâ—…ke at Saint Albons she made flie Rescuing the King her husband in small space Torkes sonne the Earle of March gan to defie and sought by armes King Henry to displace Neere Torke both powers each other soone discry Where the fourth Edward hath the King in chace and now the victors Lord it where they please Whilst Margaret with her young son crost the Seas 85 Twelue Kingdomes and two hundred Citties more Great Mahomet subdues next Exham field Was fought by them that Henry would restore But to King Edwards powers perforce they yeild Who wiues the Lady Gray she that before Was wife to Sir Iohn Gray Warwick his shield aduancst against the King whom he had Crownd and for French Bona seekes him to confound 78 Edward flyes England Henry is restord and Edward with an army Lands againe Where Warwickes pride vpon his shield is scord Edward ore-comes his powers on Barnet plaine Earle Warwicke by the Commons is deplord Edward the fourth once more vsurpes his raigne Gloster kils Henries sonne then madly fares Gainst Henrie whom he murdred at his Prayers 87 Cassanus gouernd Persia Mistris Shore Was famous for her beauty Hungary Mathias ruld The Pope not knowne before at twenty fiue yeares made the lubily The Duke of Clarens is lamented sore Being in a Wine-but murdred treacherously Edward expyres two sons he leaues behind Three Daughters and a Brother most vnkind 88 The eleauenth of Aprill and the eleauenth sad yeare Of his young age fift Edward gins his raigne But eare he yet was Crown'd Richard too neare His Vncle did his hands with murther stayne Both Edwards Children by his doome seuere Were Butcherd in the Tower and fouly slaine now famous wearc Gaza Sabellicus Pycus Myrandula Aldus Minutius 89 George Valla Hermolaus Barbarus Pelitian Platine with a many moe Marcilius Ficinus Pomponius Latus With Iohannes de monte regio Now Venice and Ferara peace discusse Great Baiazeth sustaines an ouerthrow By the bold Souldan next instated came Vsurping Richard cald third of that name 90 Two yeares two months and two dayes he inioyes Regality whilst Charles the eyght swayes France And Innocent the eyght his power imployes In Rome his Bastards to inhance Richard the Duke of Buckingham destroyes Who thought the Earle of Richmond to aduance Henry Earle Richmond Mâ—…lford Hauen sought Where landing he the field of Bosworth fought 91 Richard there slaine Henry the seauenth sits Crown'd Twenty three yeares Vgnerus Persia guides Fredericke the Empire Henry to make found The breach that Torke and Lancaster deuides a happy nuptiall contract doth propound With fayre Elizabeth whom soone he brides She heyre to yorke This yeare a disease new The Sweating sicknesse first in England grew 82 Spaines Ferdinand the kingdome of Granade Wan from the Sarazens Lambert a Child Taught by a Priest cald Simon came to inuade England with a new stile by him compil'd As Sonne to Clarens in this claime were made Chiese Leaders Francis Louel once exil'd Broughton and Lincolnes Earle with whom took
Warre twixt Saturne and lupiter K. Iames and Queene Anne The opinion of some ydle discontents How the Medeterranean sea first came The middle-earth sea that parts Europe from Africa Valer. Flaccus lib. 1. Argon Denaâ—…s Egiptus 2409. 1473. The tale of lâ—… pitâ—…r Danae The building of Barreia tower Perseus Homer bymno Pâ—…son in mâ—…ssemacis Meâ—…nus Orpheus in bym Calimachus de coaditis insulis Archelaus lib. de fluminibus Lucianns in dial Calim. in hymn 2617. 1346. Eliud of the tribe of Beniamin slew Eglon K. of Moab The progeny of Menelaus and Agamem non Tantalus in Hell Pelops death and life 1642. 1321. Saturnes arriue in Troy Ganimeds warre against Iupiter The Combat twixt Iâ—…ne and Ganimed Iason Ganimede taken The first ensigne borne in Battell Aegeon Sir Richard Greenvield Reuenge one of Q. Elizab. ships Royall Egeon â—…nrprised The 12. Celestiall Signâ—… The rest of the history of Danae The fruits of Gelousie The birth of Perseus Pelonnus ma rieth Danac begat Danaus Iaunary 〈◊〉 Iâ—…piter accord Ianus Eâ—…der Italus Saturns second mâ—…are The birth of Vulcan and Proserpine How Vulcan became lame The Gorgons Mars Venus Hesiodus in Theogon Aeschilus in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Phoricis Athen. Apollodor lib 2. Melanthes lib de mysterijs Apollod Menander lib de mysterijs Nimphodorus Theopompus Poleme Alexander Mâ—…dius lib 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Virgil. Perseus killeth the Gorgon 1497 1466 〈◊〉 lib. 3. 〈◊〉 Theopompus lib 17. Pegasus Affrica most abounding with snakes Atlas This prophesie had his end in Hercu les Atlas transformed The tale of Perseus and Andromeda 2589 1374 〈◊〉 in Perseide Aratus Cepheus 〈◊〉 The league twixt Englád and Spaine 2856 1307 The L. High Admiral Imb. for Spaine Bellerephon K. Pricus Brother to Acrisâ—… Bellerephons tale Perseus Issue Herodotâ—… in Polimnia Pausanias in 〈◊〉 2657. 1306. Theseus inrebus Corinthiacis Persepolis The genealogy of Hercules Galantis Alcmenaes nurse â—…pectent Herules tvvinne-Brother and sonne to Amphitrio Iole daughter to Cacus Herodotâ—… Hesione daughter to LaomedoÌ„ The first destruction of Troy Crâ—…on K. of Thebes Pluto and Proserpine Ceres Apollâ—…d AtheÌ„ lib. 2 Melanthes lib. de misteryÌ„s S. Augustine â—…uid Metamorph Hesâ—… in Thâ—…g Apollodorus Athen. Eusebius 〈◊〉 Solinus Mercury 〈◊〉 â—…liattes king of Lydia Orpheus and Euridice Molossia a part of Epire so called of Moloâ—…us Sonne to Pyrhus and Androâ—…ch M 〈◊〉 s. rerum Astronomicarum Minos Eacâ—… Rhodamant Hels torments Clotho 〈◊〉 Atropos In Argonanticis â—…rithous slaine The lal or inth made to Dâ—…alus Looke in the Skolly Peleas King of Thessâ—…ly and Vnckle to â—…son Amâ—…ion Zethus Thebes A tempest The Islands voyage Phasis a town in 〈◊〉 and a Riuer Medea Dionis Milesius Charles Branâ—…on Duke of Suffolke Iason sonne to Eâ—…on and Poâ—…nela Antimachus 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 Apolon lib. 3. Absyrtus Brother to Medea Strabo lib. 7. Atusilaus Phâ—…cides lib 7 Timaut 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cales Cales twice taken once by Sir Francis Drake since by the Earle of Essex Hercules Lybicus The 12 labors of Hercules The death of 〈◊〉 Eripid in Med 〈◊〉 Andron Teius 〈◊〉 Epist. Cithara canitus 〈◊〉 per 〈◊〉 Aurata 〈◊〉 quae maximus Atlas 〈◊〉 canit erraÌ„ tem Lunam 〈◊〉 labores 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et pecuder vnde imber et Ignes S. 〈◊〉 Timonax in rebus 〈◊〉 Pasiphae Zezes histors 19 Dedalus and Icarus Ouid 2. de arte Amandi S. Hiâ—…roms Pompey gaue Theoptanes a Citty Thais a Curtezan of Athâ—…nt Lais a Curtezan of Corinth Aegipseus King of Thrace Hecubaes Issue Diodorus Tully Ihosephus Homer Aâ—…tolus Sonne to Mars Herodotus Polidor Plutarch Dares The first that was seene to vse the snield Peletronians a nation of Thessaly Macheuil historie Floreâ—…tina Priam Hector Parls Daris Ches-play first deuised in Troy Deiphebus Helenus Troylus Cressida Aeneus Anthenor Polydanus Menon Heeâ—…ba A dromache Creusa Cassandra Polyxena The sixe gates of Troy The Riuer Symois Three kingdomes conquered by Hector Hectors Oration The prophesie of Helenus Phoebus and Cassandra Pherecides Dio Drodorus Iâ—…hanes Antiochâ—…s Hecubaes dreame To preuent the Oracle Para was cast out among the shepheards of Ida. The vision of Paris Iuno Palles and â—…enus The entertainment of Paris Hâ—…en at nine yeares of age rauisht by Theseus A custome in Peleponesâ—… the Prouâ—… in which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stands Ganimed Cephalus Anchises Myrtoan is a part of the sea betwixt the Ioutum Egâ—…um Sylenus the Priest of Bacchus Ariadnt Castor Poll. Castor Pollâ—… translated into the two Poles the North and South Pauson Strabo Diodo Pliny Palydor Polichron Amoclâ—…s of Corinth Nesichthon of Salamis A sea-battaile fought betwixt Phillip of FraÌ„ce Ed. the 3. in the yeare 1340. when there were slayâ—… FreÌ„ch 30000 ships taken 200. Agamemnon Menelaus Archâ—…laus Prothenor Helmius Ascalaphus Epistropus Sedius Telamon Theuter Thebus Amphimachus Nestor Thoas Doxunois Telam. Chyleus Amphimachus Polybetes Idumeus Mereon Vlisses Tynelus Prothocathus Prothesilaus Collosis Machaon Pollydris Achilles Thelaphus Eruphilus Anthipus Amphimachus Polybetes Lopius Diomedes Eurialus Thelanus Fureus Polyphebus Carpenor Theorius Hellen Philoctetes companion to Hercules De Arte Amandi 2. Deremedio Amoris 2. Homer Virgill Metamor 12. Theacritus in dioscuris Apollon lib 1 Zezes hist 46 Stasinus in rebus Ciprijs Bren. Nennius Arthur Edgar Edmond Ironside Robert of No mandy sirnamed Cort-bise Richard Cordelyon Edward long shankes Edward 3. Black prince inuested don Pedro in Spaine Iohn a 〈◊〉 Bedford Talbot Edward 4. Richard 3. Earle Surrey Charls Brandon Fame Tenedos subverted Pandrastus Panodrus Galior Carras Amasius Nestor Amphimac Glaucus Sarpedon Eusemus Mystor Capidus Remus Pylex Achamas Tessemus Stupex Fortunus Samnus Ausernumus Boetes Epistemus â—…hilemus Perseus Thiction Symagou Hector Thelemus Archilocus Two Kinges from Argrest Troâ—…lus Deiphebus Epistropus Sagittarius Nastes Tentumidas Pandarus Hyrtacides Adrestus Amphius Merops Ennonius Chronius Pylemen Pyrechmes Euphemes Ascanius Dius Pyrous Mnemon Pyleus Hypothous Vlisses and Diomeds Embassle Theutrâ—…m The first battaile Prothesilaus slaine The second daies battayle King Menon slaine Thesus The Tale of Cephalns and Procris Lycomedes K. of Scyros Achilles and Deiademeia Neptolemus cald Pyrrlâ—… Vlisses and Palamides Peribea daughter to Nais Oracle Femineâ—… Peribea dâ—…s Peribeapâ—…dorem fort â—…ere Heredotus lib. de perse Andromeda Penelopes Grece sig A brood of Indian hens 〈◊〉 in Chrisilla The third battell Archeptolemnus Hectors Charioter Antomedon Achilles Charioter Hectors challenge Hectors steeds The combat twixt Archelous Hercules Cornucopia The Combat betwixt Aiax and Achilles De Arte Amanâ—… 1. Achilles and Dâ—…a Ouid de Arte Amandi lib. 1. Homer Strabo lib. 10. Plutarch lib. dâ—… fluminibus Eurip. in Bachis Heredotâ—… in Eutripe Hellanicus Strabe 10. Xanthus in rebut Etolicis Herâ—…genes lib de Phrygia An enterchaÌ„ge of gifts betwixt Hector and Aiax A Truce Dictes The Greekes feasted by Priam. Achilles loue to Polixena A battaile lasting 30 daies Achilles his abstinence froÌ„ battaile Patroclus slain Thetis otherwise called Amphetrite Charis Homer Iliad Apollodorus Staphilus in lib