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A11272	Pans pipe three pastorall eglogues, in English hexameter. With other poetical verses delightfull. For the further delight of the reader, the printer hath annexed hereunto the delectable poeme of the Fisher-mans tale.	Sabie, Francis.; Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592. Pandosto.; Sabie, Francis. Fisher-mans tale. aut	1595 (1595)	STC 21537; ESTC S110768	16,676	36

came to them Vp then rose Coridon Thestilis and Damon And prayd this aged heard to sit vpon a turse He sate they sate againe Thestilis and Damon And clownish Coridon each held a pipe in hand Th'old man left at home his musical instrument And he much reuerenc'd for his age of the rest First of all merily spake to the companie Eglogue third Faustus Coridon Thestilis Damon VVHat great thanks neighbors to the gods cel●stiall owe we which such goodly weather haue sent for our ewes that haue eaned Se neighbors ech one how finely Aurora saluteth Her louing Tytan how pale and ruddy she looketh Our weaklings doubtlesse this day wil mightily strengthen Co. O tis a fine weather a trim batling time for our heardlings And lesse I be deceiu'd this day will prooue ver●e faire too What great thankes therefore to the gods celes●●all owe we Fa. Yea Coridon for many mothings we be greatly beholding Vnto the gods I my self haue seen a time when as heardsmen Could not vse their pipes could not as we do together Sit thus far fro the flocks the Wolfe which priu●ly lurked In these woods the Beare which crastily croucht in a thicket Both sheep heards wold thē deuour yea oft frō our herdlings We by force were pluckt wretches vrg'd to be souldiers Seldom now doth a Wolf the beare exilde fro the mountains Doth neuer hurt our flocks the gates of peaceable Ia●●s Be now barred fast we heed not ●eare to be souldiers Nor feare sould●crs force we may now merrily pipe here Co. Faustus tels vs troth shy sire and grand-site oft time● Told me the same with many mo things more mercy the gods Pan doth fauor his herds we may nowe merily pipe here shew Th. Yea Coridon thou maist securely kisse Galatea Vnder a shade yea and more than that if no body see thee Co. My Galatea no doubt before your withered Alice Shal be preferd she lookes like an olde witch scortch'd in a Kil Da. Wel Coridon boast not too much of your Galatea house Shortly your ewes wil I fear take you for a Ram not a keeper Th. No Coridons sweet pipe which such braue melody maketh Nill on's head suffer Act●ons hornes to he ioyned Co. Ich wil pipe with you Damon or Thest●lis ●ither And let Faust●s iudge whose pipe best hatmony sendeth Fa. These reprochfull tearms should not be rehearsed among you You should not haue told him of his wife Galatea You should not haue told him of the deformity of his wife But let these things passe Coridon euen now made a challenge Wil ye with him contend I wil giue reasonable iudgement Both. We be agreed Fa. Begin Coridon you first made a challenge Coridors Sonet CVpid took wings and through the fielde did flie A bow in hand and quiuer at his backe And by chance proud Amintas did espie As all alone he sate by his flocke This sillie swain so statlie minded was All other ●eards he thought he did surpasse He hated Loue he hated sweet desire Equall to him no wight he esteemed Manie a Lasse on him were set on fire Worthy of his loue yet none he deemed Out from his sheath he pluckt a leaden dart Wherewith he smote the swain vpon the hart Forthwith he rose and went a little by Leauing his heard for so wold Cupid haue Faire Galatea then he did espie Vnder a shade with garland verie braue Straitwa●es he lou'd and burn'd in her desire No ease he found the wag had made a fire He sigh'd he burn'd and fryed in this flame Yet sillie wretch her loue he neuer sought But pinde away because he did disdaine Cupid him stroke with that vnlucky shaft Long time he liu'd thus pining in dispair Til's life at length flew into th● open aire Cupid abroad through shadie fieldes did flie Now hauing stroke proud Aminta● with his shaft Poore Coridon by chance he passed by As by his heard he sate of ioy bereft Sicke very sick was this lowly swain Many that he lik'd all did him disdaine Cupid him saw and pittied him foorthwith Chose out a dart among a thousand moe Than which a luckier was not in his sheath Wherewith he gaue the swaine a mightie blow Strait rising vp Galatea he espide Foorthwith he lou'd and in desier fride Ah how she pleasde pale and red was her face Rose-cheek'd as Aurora you haue seene A wreath of flowers her seemly head did grace Like Flora faire of shepheards she was Queene He passed by and deemed that she laught Her verie lookes did fauour shew he thought Therefore in hast with rude and homelie tearmes He did her woo her hoping to obtaine First she denide at length she did affirme She would him loue she could him not disdaine Thus di'd Amintas because he was so coy Poore Coridon his loue did thus inioy Fa. Wel Coridon hath done lets heare your melody Damon Da. Help me my chearful Muse O Pan melod●ous helpe me And wise Apollo to ●un● the stately progeny of heardsmen Damons dittie WHen Ioue first broken had the Chaos ancient And things at variance had set at vnity When first each element fire aire and water And earth vnmooueable were placed as you see A plow-man then he made he made a sheep-feeder The plow-man he made of stoni● progenie Rebelling to the plough like to the flinty field Hard-hearted full of hate The noble sheepfeeder He made of a milde and lowlie progenie Gentle and very meeke like a sheep innocent Oft times he to the Gods sacrifice offered One while he gaue a Lambe one while a tidy calfe Since that time sillie swaines and noble sheepseeders Haue bene much visited and loued of the gods Go to my merie Muse found out vpon a pipe Shepheards antiquities and noble progenie A shepheard was Abra● Lot was a sheep-keeper Great Angels from aboue came many times to these Yea Ioue omniregent leauing his heauenly seat Talkt with thē men affirm as they sate by their heards Of them sprung valiant and noble nations Go to my merie muse sound out vpon a pipe Heardsmens antiquitie and noble progenie Paris sate with his flocke in Ida redolent When he was made a Iudge to Venus and Iun● And Pallas beautiful three mighty goddesses Go to my m●rie muse sound out vpon a pipe Herdsmens antiquity and noble progenie Dauid sate with his heard when as a Lyon huge And eke a Beare he slew this little preti● swaine Kild a victorious and mightie champion Whose words did make a king al his host to feare And he ●ul many yeares raign'd ouer Israell Go to my merie Muse sound out vpon a pipe Heardsmens antiquitie and noble progenie Moses fed sillie sheep when like a fiery flame Iehouah called him out from a bramble bush O what great monuments and mightie miracles In Egypt did he shew and to king Pharao Iordans waues backe he driue Iordan obeyed him Go to my merie muse sound out vpon a pipe Heardsmens antiquitite and noble progenie Angels brought

with nets oft times he deceu'd Now by the mountaines high and forrests leauy to gather Stawberies and Damasens no smal delight did he count it But vvhy recite I to thee these sports thou these mery pastimes Knowst w●l ynough thou knowst what ioies the cuntery yieldeth W●nter autum brought not a few ripe apples in autum Peares and nuts to gather he vsde all which he reserued Winters want to releeue When gloomie Winter appeared When hoarie frosts did each thing nip vvhen Isacles hanged on ech house with milk-white snows whē th'earth was al hiddē Forth vvith a fouler he vvas to the vvelsprings to the fountains to the running lakes vvhose euer mooueable vvaters Frost neuer alter could therefor the long-billed hernshue And little Snype did he set snares vvith tvvigs craftily limed Pitfals novv for birds did he make the musicall Ovvs●e The little Robbin and the Thrush now greatlie bewayling winters want with doleful tunes did he strike with a stone-bow Cardes and dice brought now great sport sitting by the fire Bowles ful of ale to quaffe off ripe peares and mellowed apples To deuour to cracke small nuts now he counted a pleasure But what need many words least ouer tedious I should Vnto thee bee many playes and pastimes here I will omit I will omit his gun I will not speak of his hand-bow Which with a twanging string he so many times hath bended But to be briefe his life his greatest toyle was a pleasure And might I speake as I thinke I would say boldly that he liu'd More in ioy than Gods sprong of celestiall issue But Fate is peruerse Fortune a friend to none alwaies This merie life the gods the country gods which inhabit Earthly seats did note for to them Ioue in Olympus Yet vouchsafes not a place they saw't and murmured at it Each one did complaine that he so merilie liued Each one did complaine that he them neuer adored Not far from thence in a wood in a vast and briery forrest There is a famous groue with Oaks and pine trees abounding which neue● axe hath tucht whose tops the clouds cut asunder These no star could pearce no sun-beam could euer enter Heere nere came Borea● heere nere came fiery Tytan Temperature here alwayes abides the temperate aire Causeth a dayly spring here blossoms dayly do flourish Hearbs are green which a lake chrystal stream by the forrest With myld-sliding waues doth nourish with liquid humor In midst of this groue the mild Creatresse of all things Hath by woondrous arte a stately pallace erected And from craggie rockes great seats hath wisely created God Sylnanus his haule it need no carued vpholders Nor stately pillers to vnderprop his gorgious hanging Nought but heauen ouerhangs Atlas himselfe doth vphold it Hither al the Gods hither al the progeny rurall In came each tooke a seat each ●ate by Syluan in order At the higher end of the haule in a chair with gems very costly With leauy wreaths on his head sat great Syluanus adorned Next ●ate rustick● Pan next him sate beautiful Alphus Alphus a riuer god next him God Baccbus all hanged with red-streamed grapes next him Lady Ceres arrayed With ●ary wreaths of wheat next her dame Flora b●decked With sweet-smelling hearbes then sat nymphs Fayries half-gods Syluans Satyrs Fauns with al the rustical o●spring Now giuing statutes now rebels sharply reforming And checking sinners at length they found them agreeued With sweet Alexis son that he them neuer ador●d Despisde their D●ities their gifts that he dayly abused Foorthwith each god agreed to banish him from his empire And kingdome for a time Saith great Syluanus he neuer Til seuen yeares be past my fragrant empire hereafter Shall by my leaue sport in thus am I fully resolued Neither saith God Pan my realmes and flourishing empire Where many flocks do feed til seuen yeares fully be passed Shal he come in by my leaue thus am I fully resolued I banish him also fro my banks so redy saith Alphus And I saith Bacchus f●o my faire and beautiful Orchards And I saith Ceres fro my fields and corn-bearing empire And sul this seuen yeare shall he be saith Flora depriued Of freedome and shal beare the seruile yoke of a maister And dearly shall he smart for these his wanton abuses This the gods decreed thus firmely was it enacted And a day was set They now inspired Alexis And mooued him to send his son his sonne little Faus●us Vnto the ci●tie to learne a trade this he fully beleeued Was done for his good Th'appointed time now approched Now the day was at hand good Lord what pittifull howling Made that house when he did depart his father Alexis Now gan sad looke and at this his heauy departure These most woful words with an hart most sorowful vttered THy dayes greene blossoms thy yeeres yong plants doe resemble but my time imitates Swa●s white and hoary feathers To labor and take pains thy years do wil thee my white haires forewarne that death is readie to strike daylie Now therfore O my son these words I charge thee remember Which to thee thy father so duty binds me speaketh Like litle Bees fro their hiues nowe must thou bee banished of Bees and ants learn they wil teach thee my son to labour They will teach thee to worke 〈◊〉 the Bee she gathereth hony and th'Ant corne winters pennur●e wisely fearing So must thou take paines whilst time willet thee for old age thy body though now strong wil very quickly weaken A raynie day wil come crookedage wil I say creep vpon thee ●nemies vnto worke enemies vnto profit A trade thou must learne now must thou dwell in a cittie which hath both vertues and manie vices in it These thou must ●schew these must thou g●eedilie follow these bring perdition those ●redit and great honour Bu● first thy maker see that thou serue aboue all things serue him he made thee loue him he will thee gouerne Be loy all and gentle to thy maister trustie thy dutie so requires be to al a●●able lowly louing And marke this one thing detest euil companie chieflie for it wil doubtlesse lead thee to follie shun i● Shun womens faire lookes Venus is faire but to be shunned Shees hurtfull of her slatery see thou take heed As to the net with a call smal birds are craftily allured with false shew of a baite as little fish be taken Euen so womens looks entrap young nouices oft times see thou beware they be naught she thē I warn thee fly them To know mens desire medle not but speak wel of each one so shalt thou get same and loue of all thy neighbours Shun playes and theaters go to sermons here many vices there thou shalt learne to magnifie God thy maker Both mony and counsell I thee giue set more by my counsel Than mony thou shalt be rich ynough if thou do thus More precious it is then gems which Tagus affoordeth then golden fleeces which Phasis Ile