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A02027	The golden Aphroditis a pleasant discourse, penned by Iohn Grange Gentleman, student in the common lavve of Englande. Wherevnto be annexed by the same authour asvvell certayne metres vpon sundry poyntes, as also diuers pamphlets in prose, which he entituleth his Garden: pleasant to the eare, and delightful to the reader, if he abuse not the scente of the floures.	Grange, John, fl. 1577.	1577 (1577)	STC 12174; ESTC S105776	94,386	144

whiche death doth craue Within thy face consistes my ioyes within thy harte my lyfe When death dothe call vpon thy corpse then doe I ende my lyfe At night my ioyes beginne to ende bycause we must departe And dolefull dumpes oppresse my minde so lothe I am to starte And when of force departe we must with lingring steppes I goe For why thy sweete abode I wishe whose wante doth breede my woe My heauy hart within my corpse loth to departe doth daunce And in my moning mynde me thinkes whole barkes of care doth launce Thy mewe it is a hauen of hope whereto I cleaue and holde Holde Cable ropes and Ancor faste for hope dothe make me bolde Sith dryuen by drifte we must departe Morpheus thus muche graunt That all the night I dreame on hyr whome in the day I haunt And that in liuely forme hyr face before me may appeare So that I may perswade my selfe shee were in presence here I would imbracyng in mine armes I could my selfe perswade For sure it were a golden dreame to walke in suche a shade Shall I not lull thee in my lappe as well by night as day Though not I hope thy harte fro mine it will not goe astray For why I beare thee in my brest and will while lyfe dothe laste My harte to thyne I vowe by othe it shall be linked faste And le●te one corpse two faythfull hartes shrowde vp ▪ yea all in one We linger time and all in vayne of force we must be gone Good night therefore God sende you rest and eke Hartes ease at will. God graunt your ioyes they may increase also the worlde at will. In health the Goddes prolong thy lyfe of wealth to haue thy fill Good fame I say and good reporte according to their will. With heauy cheere I bidde good night tyme calleth vs away Against my will we must departe and that without delay His Farewell to the same A Greater griefe can hardly be Then faythfull friendes for to departe Thy tryed friendship biddes me say That absence thyne will cut my harte Thou arte my gem of all my ioye The Fountayne eke of my delight Thou arte the staffe whereto I leane ▪ How might I misse thee fro my sight Though space is great and myles are long Whiche seemes to parte our corpse in twayne Yet distaunce shall not parte our loue Our hartes alike shall still remayne O Titus true O Phenix kynde How lothe am I to bidde farewell It grieues me that suche faithfull friendes For aye togither may not dwell Shall we asunder parted be Who thus haue livde in tryed troth If needes we must then fare you well Yet to departe I am full lothe No greater ioye on earth is founde Than faythfull friendes to liue in one No greater griefe can likewise chaunce Than when the one must needes be gone Ten thousand times I rather had A grisly ghost to ende my lyfe Come Atropos therefore in haste On me to vse thy shredding knyfe Come lothsome death with fearefull mace Spare not to worke my latter dome Make haste make haste I liue to long Breath yeelded hath bryng me my tome When thou arte dead then all the worlde With me is gone thou arte so kynde Who would then willyng let thee goe Suche faithfull friendes are harde to finde My lingring feete no power haue Fro thee at all for to departe Eache stone becomes a Mountayne huge My feete to stoppe O faythfull harte Loue it hath made mine eyes so blinde I can not see to finde the way No maruell then if so I seeke A bad excuse to make delay Eache howre I know will seeme a yeare Untill thou doest returne againe Wherefore agaynst my will adewe The want of thee doth breede my payne Returne in haste omitte no tyme Thy absence spinnes a webbe of woe Lothe to departe come let vs daunce And make no haste away to goe The time and tyde it tarieth none Wherefore this suyte is but in vayne Of force I see away you must But yet make haste to come agayne Adewe farewell my faithfull friende As deare to me as is my harte Now griefe now care now endelesse woe Drawes on bycause thou must departe But why seeme I thy steppes to stay The longer stay the greater griefe As good at first as at the laste Hope of returne will yeelde reliefe No worse to thee than to my selfe Adewe therefore God be thy speede With faythfull harte and moning minde I wishe the Lorde to be thy guyde Farewell Note hereby howe harde it is for women to keepe any thing secrete and the waightier the thing the harder the restraint of blabbing the same Meaning 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 Epilogus THe proude Pecocke gentle Reader strouteth and playteth his gorgeous tayle so long till at the length he discouereth the filthe thereof so some will thinke and will not sticke to say that whyle I indeuour to discouer the imbecillitie of other mens natures I reueale thereby mine owne licencious liuyng if so at the least I speake by experience And what if I did yet are they farre deceyued herein and doe but dreame as it were vpon falshoode it selfe For the market declareth how the coine is solde and though I am but yong of yeares yet may I dayly heare see that whereof by action I am not partaker It seemeth also the vanities of this world are the greater when as they lie so open and are so manifest vnto my youthfull yeares And though it hath not pleased Polymneia so to fauour my penne as to counteruayle my well willing yet I truste yee will accepte of me for my well meanyng who am not therein s●●awe bredth incomparable to Cleanthes Comparisons are odious I meane not therefore by his learnyng for thervnto I am many a degree below but by the great desire he had in writing and by the pleasure he tooke all his life time therein How simple yet so euer this litle volume of mine be if thou wilte bestowe thy trauell to seeke forth the grounde and the depth therof thou shalte soone espie and quickly percey●e how in euery poynte and clause thereof is hidden besides the myrthe some deeper sense and purpose But vnto the carelesse Reader it is as it were a peece of vnleauened dough wherefore for such I thinke it better to haue their browes knitte harde with the kercher of Morpheus and so to lay them downe to sleepe than Legere non intelligere nempe neglegire est And as I haue bene briefe in all things heretofore so will I be likewise herein and as I haue brought you into my rude Garden so turnyng the key here will I leaue you to choose what flowers shall like you beste My penne is stubbed my paper spente my Inke wasted my wittes grauelled and to be shorte tyme calleth me away wherefore standing to your curtes●es and hoping of your good acceptaunce hereof wishyng to you as to my selfe in haste I bidde you Farewell FINIS Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman

be willingly departed A.O. was very inquisitiue as moste women are of their husbands affaires what answere he had sent in this ence But N. O fearyng the worste not certifying hir of the truth as wise men will doe sayde he willed him to commend him vnto his maister as vnto one vnknowne saying not trustyng his spitefull penne I tooke great scorne to answere the pen she poynts thereof A.O. thinkyng eche sore to be thorowly salurd seemed herewith content and occasion seruyng hir so shee brake off company for that tyme N.O. likewise preased into the company of the yong youthes bycause as yet the houre was not comen for the Instie yong gentlewomen to rouse from slothfull sleepe whome finding idle for wante of some Dallida to make them whette their poeticall tongues and taking pittie that such ripe heads sharpe wittes and fine tongues should be as it were anulled for want as I sayd before of some wanton toying Dallida or else of some lusty yong Phaon to prouoke their solitarie company eyther to laughter or else to some youthfull exercise leauyng suche questions as intended to the Loue bycause the chiefest oratours and greatest arguers as touchyng that poynt were not in place he deuidyng the route in twoo companies propounded two morall questions in manner followyng Firste if the fragilitie of terrene nature or the terestriall lyfe of man may aptly bende and yeelde or with facilitie frame themselues to the information of this phrase penned by Tulli● in his fourth booke of Tusculanes questions Videlicet Dummodo ●oleat aliquid doleat quod lubet The seconde alluded in the same booke if nature may and can consent to Tullie his exhortatiō herein Nihilo plus aga● quàm sides operam vt cum ratione insani●● that is firste if pleasure may displease and then if menne may craue with reason whiche twoo pretie poyntes helde them tugge with harde holde vntill suche tyme as the Ladyes of pleasure were sturryng whiche was aboute dinner tyme for as Terence sayeth Dum comuntur annu● est But then no doubt as the companie changed so their talke altered for sure in my mynde the companie of menne is nothyng worthe if women bee not in place whose payntyng forme and lyuely sh●pes importeth suche vertue as sufficeth alone to make an eloquent tongue for proofe declares theyr fayre wordes maketh fooles sayn● especially be they somewhat snoutefayre and cleanly vnder the clo●e whereof let them vse what pryde they will. But Phabu● restrayning the raynes of his breathlesse horses in the midway of his circut● or rounde circle to stay his chariot wheeles withall these lusty Ladies then ●oary Hyem● forbidding the libertie whiche otherwise Lady 〈◊〉 would haue prouoked them vnto began to reason earnes●ly as touching the great affection whiche Plato Pythagoras and Democritus bare vnto learning whom they say traueled into all the partes of the worlde wherein any thing was that mighte or coulde be learned But afterwarde one nayle driuyng forth an other they fell in great admiration at the sudden and shorte anger of louers whiche N O. sayde fayre Ladies vsed for the renewing of loue but the women snarring at this defined it in this order First sayde they the humors and sprites of louers b●ing exceeding ●ote and continually boyling doth contaminate their wittes and then earnestly shooting at one marke the wagging of a strawe thynke they hindreth the ●ight thereof But seyng the occasions of their anger are small they indure the lesser while These reasons beyng allowed of all sides N. O remembring the loyaltie which he ought vnto his amorous paramour sodenly departed vnknowing to the Ladies to get those things in a readinesse whiche shoulde performe the gaging of his gloue Whiche were not so soone prepared but as soone he had conquered hir enimie hauing the best ende of the staffe in his hande but A. O. maru●●●ng hereat mistrusted forthwith the veriti● and fearyng the worste hyr fleshe tremblyng hyr pulses beate hyr sinowes shro●ke eche parte fell nūme hir liuely bloud descended hyr deadly face bring wanne hir colour came and went the crampe ouertooke hir feeling hyr sheuering nayles started hyr saphyre vaines racked hir ioynts in order cracked yea hyr eyes staring the yellow hayre of hir hedde stoode vprigh● thus was shee ●●lly soule racked from extreeme agonies to tormenting woes frō dyning p●ngs to gryping grieues from greedy grypes to carpyng cares from plunging paynt to sorrowfull sighes from scalding sobbes to tedious ●eares from thence to pensiu● playnt What better did become hir cace then monyng weedes to ●ladde hir corps who cryed wished ten thousand times that earth it might inclose the same Thus abandoning eche ioy with pensinenesse she inclosed hyr crased corps within hyr solatarie chamber vntill suche time as hir victorious Pa●agon was returned againe The sighte of whom conducted home in safetie recomforted hir moning mynde Such was hir whole desire to counteruayle his loue Who finding his Lady in such a perplexitie rollyng and sweltung as it were in sudden pass●ōs of the minde or rather in extremitie of raging woe refrayned not his tongue but sayde Is this the Target of Me usa Lady to blase thy chastitie in mine absence why speake you not is this the speare and shielde of Pallas to encounter with my Martiall deedes what sudden chaūce is this what nothing but mūme thou knowest quoth he the fountayne Epy●●● is not farre hence dippe thy fingar and b●the thy tongue therein the water whereof suffiseth to extinguishe thy sorrow newly lightned and lykewise to lighten thy pleasures lately extinguished Who answered esteeme not my silence a banner of defiance my Lorde neyther blame my harte but good wil for these my spring● of teares But tell me sir quoth ●he haue you tasted of the floud Dalmatida since your departure that you seeme more amorous than in times paste or did our presence breede anoy N. O maruellyng hereat ▪ sayde Let this suffice Lady the valiantnesse of Mars made him better esteemed of Venus then Vulcane that halting lymphalt smith giuen hyr in mariage What neede you range thus farre quoth she her●in you seeme to blaze your selfe after the Poeticall paynting of the rurall God Pan to trotte on gotishe feete Whose patience beyng somewhat moued hereat answered eyther you haue mistaken my wordes Lady or else misconstered my meanyng for w●ereas I seemed before more boldly than wisely to say the valiantnesse of souldiers to be greatly accepted of couragious women ▪ and also had of great pryce in no lesse veneration of dayntir Dames my meaning was thereby that the triall of my manhoode souldierly grace maketh me rather to resemble nowe the amarous B●●all vnto thee than I did before Well well quoth she by this I see the mount ●f Mars was eleuated at your entraunce into the fielde I founde it so quoth he and also the mounte of Venus not declyned when I firste repayred vnto this Castle of comforte Who curteously inferred the lusty gre●ne of