wretch in miserie alwaies Cease further prate said Hercules in troth it greeueth much To see a King in this Distresse but since thy life is such As neither in aduersitie nor prosperous estate Thou canst afford one iot of good I purpose to rebate Thy wicked dayes by worthy death prepare therefore to dye When Cacus sawe he must perforce so harde a combate trye He by inchanted flames againe endeuored to flye But Hercules deluded once by that deuise before Had learned now for being so deceiued any more And casting feare aside did leape into the flaming Caue And theare by Arte did conquer Arte. The Gyant then to saue Himselfe did take his Axe in hand wheare Hercules and he Couragiously bestirre themselues vntill they did agree To trye it out in open ayre So doubtfull was their fight That Lookers on could not discerne to whether best should light The frighted Ladies did their best to helpe their fighting friend But Hercules had victorie and Cacus had his end CHAP. XII FOr Gyants of Cremona slayne and Cacus ridded so The Latine Princes prayse on him and presents did bestoe Wheare Rome is now Pallantia then Euander hee did frame A temple and to Hercules did dedicate the same And he intreated thereunto in Italie did stay To honor whome did Princes come from farre and euerie waye King Faunus had affaires abroad when from Laurentum came His wife Marica Facua some this louely Queene doe name From liking did shee fall in loue with Hercules and he More readie to haue made demaunde then like to disagree Conceauing her by circumstance so coupled by contract That had King Faunus neuer liu'd Latinus had not lackt Yeat home came Faunus fathering his late Corriuals act But whether gotten lawfully or thus in loue forbod Latinus Brute his Gran-dames Syer was sonne vnto a God WHilst that in loue of this same Queene and lande of all besides The vanquisher of Vulcans sonne in Italie abides Of Calabries a mightie host King Picus he prouides And in reueng of Cacus swore his Slayer should be slaine But he ere long that so did sweare vnsweared it againe When chased home into his holdes theare sparred vp in gates The valiant Thebane all in vaine a following fight awaites Who for dispatch did fayne himselfe a Legate to the King And him the Porters as the same before their Tyrant bring Then shaking off his ciuil robes his shining Armes appeare And renting downe 〈◊〉 â—roâ— sparre both Prince and people feare Some ran to Armor other some did fight with him their last Both court and Cittie in the end did lay vpon him fast Theare Picus worthely did winne of valiantnesse a name Yeat Hercules more valiantly by death did Picus tame And to attend their King his ghoste he sendeth flocke by flocke His furie was as fier to Ferne his foes as waues to Rocke Nor did his Lyons Spoyle giue place to darting or to knocke Meane tyme his men assault without whil'st he assayles within Wheare fighting to beate downe the Gates he so the Goale did win Within the King his ransackt Court he Iole espyes Whose teares then mounting froÌ„ her hart dismount theÌ„ froÌ„ her eyes King Picus now a lifeles corse was Father of this Mayde In vaine therefore did Hercules her pensiuenesse disswayde Nor could he but lament her fate and loue so sweete a face Whose person also did containe the type of female grace At first she was so farre from loue she rather seem'd to hate Yeat could she not so giue the Checke but that she tooke the Mate Then eithers loue was eithers life poore Deianira she Was out of commons yea of thought an other had her fee. WIth this so faire and portly wench he sayled into Thrace And heares how Diomedes did tyrannize in that place No Straunger scapes vnraunsomed but Raunsome wanting then He casteth them as prouender to Horses eating men A Garde of Tyrants like himselfe attending on him still Who richly did maintaine themselues by such their doings ill The Scourge of such was moued not to be remoued now By Iole whose louing teares such labours disalow With Diomedes and his Garde in Forrest did he meete Who with their common Stratagem the Stranger thinke to greete Hands of commaunded Hercules for Horse I am no hay All Straungers Raunsom once for all my comming is to pay Which sayd himselfe against them all began a noble fray The sturdie Thracians mightie men did hardly loose their ground But than the King a mightier man not any wheare was found These all at once assayle and strike and thunder on his Sheeld But number fitted to his force vnwonted so to yeeld For with his club he skuffles then amongst their Curets so That speedie death was sweeter dole then to suruiue his blo Well mounted comes the King himselfe whom he dismounts anon But reseued to his Horse againe away he would be gon Lesse hasâ—e he sayd I Harts out-runne noâ— shalt thou me out-ride Out stripping so the man-feade horse he topled ore his side The Monstrous King that resculesse to flying people cride Who lying all to frusâ—hed thus the sonne of Ioue did bring His cruell Iades that soone deuoure their more than cruell King The Thracians all submit themselues and ioye their Tyrants death And thinke some God had left the Heauens to succour men on earth From such as what they would they will and what they will they can And what they can they dare and doe and doing none withstan Nor thought they better of the man then did his deedes approue That neuer was a Conqueror vnto his owne behoue But to establish vertuous men and Tyrants to remoue This common Soldiour of the world with Iole did land In Lycia and the earth in peace discharged theare his band Sweete busses not sharpe battels then did alter man and minde Till he as others sorrowe in securitie did finde From Assur went the Empire then when Tonos he had time To court his Trulles Arbaces so espying place to clyme Secure in Tomyris her flight was valiant Cyrus slaine From Capua not from Cannas grewe braue Hanibal his baine The same to whose victorious Sword a second world was sought That Macedon in court not Campe to traytrous end was brought A louer not a Soldiour went Achilles to his graue And Caesar not in steele but silke to Rome his farewel gaue Euen so this second vnto none superior vnto all To whome did sooner Causes cease then Conquests not befall This monster-Master Hercules this Tyrant-Tamer hee Whose high Exploytes did leaue the earth from spoyl spoylers free In pleasures did he perish now that did in perils thriue A greeuous Taske I vndertake his dying to reuiue CHAP. XIII WHen Deianira vnderstood her busbands back returne She thought it strange that he froÌ„ her so strangely did soiorne Explorers sent to search the cause returne was made that he Did loyter in a Strangers Loue and Iole was she That euer hanged at his lips and hugged
Shaft the Rauisher he slue And though the arrow galled him euen at the very heart Yeat for a while he did indure the not induring smart And hauing brought his trembling Rape into a vallie said See Deianira how thy Loue an end of me hath made Yeat is my death lesse griefe to me then that thou shouldst bestow Thy selfe on such a changing Churle as Hercules I know Sweete Wench I know he dooth preferre contrarie Loues to thee Wherefore my graue the lesse my griefe in this thy good shall be Take this he gaue a folded cloth and to the baene therein He mixed somewhat of his bloud this same quoth he shall win To thee again thy Husbands loue when he shall it estrange For out of doubt I know it I he takes delight in change When thou suspectest such a wrong doe boyle a shirt with this No sooner shall he weare the same herein such vertue is But that his nouell Loue will change and fall whence it did flie Meane while doe not the vnction touch least so the vertue die In all this time betwixt his armes he did the Ladie claspe And hild her so as Hawke a Pray vntill his latest gaspe Then leauing him a liuelesse Coarse mistrusting nought his drift She meaning simply tooke with her the traitours poysned gift And Hercules by this had past the Riuer deepe and wide Who Deianira first imbrast drew from the Centaures side The fatall Shaft that should the death of braue Achilles proue In Phoebus Church by Paris hand for Polixenas loue THe Centaure left vntoombed there Hee Shee and all their traine are come to Lerna whom the King did noblie entertaine Theare had he from their common teares the cruell hauock made By Lernan Hydra whom in Fenne not armies durst inuade His vpper parts had humane forme his nether Serpentine The whole was monstrous yeat his wit more monstrous but most fine For wit is moustrous when the same from vertue doth decline Such were his subtill arguments and still supplies therein That he by often losse of heads was fained heads to winne And wittie thus to others wrong confounded all hee found Propounding questions and a word vnanswered was a wound The Scourge of Tyrants hearing this did promise death or ayde Whilst fearefull Deianira did the contrarie perswade But womans speech from weapons vse might not withdraw him then Til entring Palus he had rousd the Monster from his Denne Disdainfully did Hydra take the presence of his Foe And after subtill arguments to sturdie fight they goe Two blowes at once with Glaue and Taile made Hercules to reele Who since he first had vsed armes the like did neuer feele Not long he borrowed had the Loan but Hydra had the like So either twaine repaye their debt and neither faintly strike But who might stand with Hercules By him the monster fell Who burning vp his vgly shape did passe his soule to hell Which happie fate of Hydras fall left Lerna glad and well From whence to Athens and from thence to Lycia did he saile Then to Hesperia Gerions Realme his outrages to quaile HE by his triple tyrannie for Gerion he was said three headed in respect that him three other Giants aid So spoild and plag'd y e neighbour Realmes with daily wrongs war That all the force of Africa his furie could not barre In Gadira when Hercules his Pillers reared had The which our westerne world not knowne men farther land forbad Then with victorious ships he sets on Gerions chased Fleet And secondly at Megida did either armie meete Theare Gerion with his brothers twaine the Citie did beset And scornefullie aduance themselues as men not to be met Prouiding therefore murall workes they threaten hot assault Whilest Hercules contrarie warres vnto his souldiers taught The Gates wide opned out he comes vnto the Giants three Your men he said are well at worke well met are also wee This lesse then monster more than man a Fiende in humane shape The Spanyard said is he from whom I made so hard escape Yet hardlier shalt thou now escape said Hercules and than Betweene them foure three to one A cruell fight began And euery of the Giants thought himselfe an ouer-match To Hercules who almost gaue to one a quick dispatch The second he dispatcht in deed who fell his latest fall Then thousands came to rescue them yeat one he fights gainst all Till Theseus with the other knights did march their Armie out And ioyne to him their Foes with them and all make battaile stout Then Gerions brother fights againe and both did bathe in bloud It was no fighting where they fought or standing where they stood King Meleus Theseus Hispan and Philoctes did no lesse But soueraignlie the sonne of Ioue bestird him in the presse The Giant Gerions brother then by him did breath his last And Gerion did retire his men into their Gallies fast But where they land theare Hercules wonne landing though he past The Pikes withstanding thousand Swords warding thousand slings Himselfe alone ere that his men to fight on Shore he brings Then Gerion cursing heauen earth bestirre ye friends he cride Now is the time to liue or die let good or bad betide Doe liue as men or die as men see tenne we are for one What lets vs then from victorie that victors haue beene knowne Reuenge your selues reuenge your friends reuenge our cōmō mone Nor did he shrinke from what he said or said not as he wrought His onely deeds were manies death Till Hercules he sought Whome singling after combat long of him his end he cought So to subiection Hespera by Hercules was brought NO better Spanish Cacus sped for all his wondrous strength Whom Hercules from out his Realme debelled at the length A richer King or Tyrant worse liu'd not in any Land Nor any one gainst Hercules in hardier fight did stand Yeat chased by his Conqueror he was inforc'd to flie Vpto a Mountain in those parts where as at poynt to die Through famine by his Magicke Arte he made the Mountaine flame And by that shift escapt his Foe long wondring at the same Then fled the Giant night and day for feare did lend him wings And as about from place to place the wandring Tyrant flings He on a Mount in Italie cal'd Auentine did light Where laboured Cacus did repose his wearied limmes all night In this same Hill he found a Caue which fitting place espide He did resolue in secrecie thenceforth himselfe to hide In that same Mount from sight of men and being theare alone That words at least might vent his woes he maketh thus his mone Ah wretch quoth he no longer King that title now must change Thou late were fearfull vnto all now fearing all must range This ragged Caue must now suffice in stead of Royall seat And though alas the place should please yet want I what to eat Where be my solemne banquets now where is my stately traine My Tributes nay my
trust no friend Not one I knewe that wisht me ill nor any workt me well To lose lacke liue time frends in yncke an hell an hell an hell Then happie we quoth Robin Hood in merry Sherwood that dwell Thus sayd the Out lawe But no more of him I list to tell Grammarian-like in order wordes significant to speake Logitian-like to reason pro and contra am I weake Rhetoricall I am not with a fluant tongue to ster Arithmatieke in numbring hath substracted me from her Geometrie her Plattes Bownes and Proportions passe my strayne Not Musick with her Concords or her Discords breakes my braine Nor yeat Astronomie whose Globes doth Heauen and earth containe Let faire Mnemosine her broode their thrise three selues explaine Expect not here Anatomies of Lands Seas Hell and Skyes Such length bredth depth height I balke nor would I be so wise Least knowing all thing els I should not knowe my selfe precise The Skyes containe the fierie Lights Clowdes moysture the ayre Windes Birds Vapors men Beasts the vpper Earth doth beare Her Bowels Wormes and Mettals Seas to Fishes properare Whom this Astrologie and this Cosmographie mislike Beneath the Earth beyond the Moone further then farre must seeke Signes workings Planets Iunctures and the eleuated Ponle With thousand toyes and tearmes wherein our curious Artists roule Be strangers to my Cell yeat loe as sound a minde and heart As theirs that calculate their times eate sleepe and wake by arte What was the world before the world or God ere he was God Why this he did or doth not that his bidden or forbod I dare not thinke or arrogate such Misteries deuine Faith with her Fruites significant suffice these wittes of mine To loue God and our neighouer as our selfe is all in fine One Law and Gospell was and is and eithers drist is thus To shewe vs how the law doth kill and Gospell quicken vs Which Corasiue ahd Lenatiue of Simples made compound Doe rather cure he kindly heales that alsh feeles his wonnd This is my rest if more I knewe I should but know too much Or build in my eonceited brayne too high aboue my touch Or else against the hare in all proue toyous euen such As be too many blockish Clerkes and bookish Clownes extaceme In all things saue in honesty that haue no zeale but seeme As for the Court it is you knowe become a skittish Coult Of wise men hardlier mannaged than of the glorious doult Vice rides on horse backe vertue doth from out the saddell boult Theare all deformities in forme in some one man wee see More garded than regarded franke not to continue free When as the Marchants booke the Map of al his wealth shal be The Muses bacely begge or bibbe or both and must for why They finde as bad Bestoe as is their Portage beggerly Yea now by melancholie walkes and thred bare coates we gesse At Clyents and at Poetes none worke more and profite lesse None make too more vnmade of more the good of other men For those inrich our Gownests these eternize with their pen. Yeat soothly nodds to Poets now weare largisse and but lost Since for the nodant they obserue no pen-note worth the cost For pallace Hermites liue secure obscure in roufes imbost Some few there be much honored well worthy of so much Once wanting wealthie then and now in either fortune such But many a bace stoute blood theare is more lordly than be Lords Who wheare himself once coucht bowde nor cap or beck affords But should we sinne God sheild wee should in smallest sinnes offend What smaller sinne then skoffe such fooles so skornefull to no end The Souldiers qaue nor pay nor pray but if I may be bolde Themselues be prayed vpon by some that doe it vncontroulde And whilst the same on shore or sâ—as be ouer set or pine Or Cuppes on Cushions full secure we victorie define We cast what may bee done but keep the helps meane time awaye And diet thriftly our friends to giue our foes a pray The Citizens like ponned Pikes the lessers feede the greate The rich for meate seeke stomackes the poore for stomackes meate And euery wheare no Gospell is more gospelled than this To him that hath is giuen from him that hath not taken is Court Citie Countrie Campe and I at ods thus euen bee I intermeddle not with them they intercept not mee For still I tether thence mine eyes so heere my heart is free Beleeue mee Sir such is this world this crosse-blisse world of ours That Vertue hardly hides her selfe in poore and desart Bowres And such be best that seeme not best Content exceeds a Crowne They may be richer but more sweete my pennie than their powne For wrest they cark they build they sport they get they worlds together At first or last they die froÌ„ al passe they wot not whether Then comes their pelfe in plea themselues not praysed at a feather And then for so the Princes of great Alexander did Greedie of his they striue and let the dead-man stinke vnhid Or he that had a Countrie hath perhaps a Coffen now Perhaps lesse Cost a Sheete and corse perhaps his heires allow The toombe himselfe aliue had build els toombles might he lye As saue for fashion tearelesse And it matters not for why Testators and Executors so giue and so receaue As doubtfull whethers ioy or griefe is more to take or leaue For as do hogges their troughes to hounds so these giue and get place Death not the Dier giues bequests and therefore but Graue-grace Nor all die testate if they doe yet wieles may wills preuent Or what by rigor was misgot in ryote is mispent Then Churles why are they Churles vnto themselues and others too The good that commeth of their goods is good themselues shall doo But men doe walke in shadoes and disquiet themselues in vaine To gather Riches ignorant to whom they shall remaine The world thus brooding Vanities and I obseruing it Here in the world not of the world such as you see me sit The Earle did well allow his words and would haue liu'd his life Durst he haue stayd for whom pursute in euerie place was rife He reconuenting armes therefore and taken Prisner so Died to his Countries friends a friend and to her foes a foe NOr might y e Queene Kings own Son escape the SpeÌ„cers pride But fearing fled to France and there as banished abide Til thence supplanted safetie at Henaude they prouide Iohn brother to the Earle a Knight of Chiualrie the chiefe With little but a luckie band was shipte for their reliefe No sooner had the Zealand ships conuaide their men ashoare But English Succors daylie did increase their Standerds more Yeat first the Queene Prince Edward and the Nobles humbly crauc Theirs and their Countries enemies but no redresse might haue And then Sir Iohn of Henaude shewde himselfe a warrior braue The King his wicked Councellors his big
heauen Anchises and Adonis on the earth May earne for Babes for Vulcan shal be parent at their birth Nay be it that he should espy false carding what of it It shal be thought but ielousie in him or want of wit Him frownes shall threat or smiles intreat and few wil iudge I winne If it shall come in question that to Cockhole him were sinne Whilst thus she thinketh in her selfe the Cyclops did awake And to be short more doings passe and they a marriage make But wonder did the Deities when bruted was the match That he so foule a thick-skinne should so faire a Ladie catch They flout him to his face and helde it almes to arme his head Wel Venus shortly bagged and ere long was Cupid bread And Vulcan in like heresie of fathering as moe Did rack his Art to arme y e Lad with wings with shafts with bowe Most forceable to loue or hate as lists him shootes bestow When Vulcans Venus had obtaind her Cupide armed thus Then for we wish that all besides be sutable to vs She of the Gods and Goddesses before the wanton noted Was of the Gods and Goddesses for wantonnesse out-coted Not one but wexed amorous yea euen Diana Doted Loues Mother had direction of his arrowes and she wilde Him hit the Son-God for because he blabbing had behild Her daliance with Adonis so that vexed Phoebus loues Faire Daphne whome nor wooes nor vowes nor giftes nor greatnesse moues Succesâ—es therefore and inrag'd he bastards Cupid and For stoutly on their honesties doe wylie Harlots stand Venus did chaife and of the Gods their strife came to be skand Dispersing then her goodly haires she bar'd so sweet a face As from the sternest Godhood might extort suborned grace Fast at her side clung naked Loue a louely boy in deede And Vulcan benched with the Gods his wife did thus proceede When Phoebus had already tould his tale with sence and heede He sayes quoth she for chastitie my hauiour was amis Which proued or disproued then in you to sentence is Ah listen whence it is ye Gods that Venus is abused Because that Phoebus making loue to Daphne was refused If that were wrong the wrong must then by Phoebe be excused Who rescuing her Votarisse did so preuent her brother But be it that this Boy of mine not seeing one from other Did hit him for the Sonnes offence should he maligne the mother And shall I tell the Childes offence Why thus forsooth it was He fitted him to such a Loue as did for Beautie pas But if he say it needeles was because it booted not I say that Beautie beggeth if by posting it be got He wooing like himselfe in post did kisse the post and shee Too good to be his forced Trull is now become his Tree His speeches too though spoke by one concernes in credit three Mine Husband and my selfe and Sonne Gods and as good as he Now woe am I we seuerally are as it were arayned Of Cuckolrie of Spous-breach and of Bastardy though fayned Yeat too too forcible I feare to be forgot of some For slaunder set on foote though false is talkatiuely dome Malicious for thy malice is thy matter all in all Is it to harlotize thinkst thou a Goddesse wrong too small But thou must forge it from the Earth euen from the Sheep-cote Nay That colour lacketh colour thou thy selfe I troe wilt say Ambitious fayre and amorous thou termest me if so Vnlikely to disparge my selfe or bacely stoope so loe But being such and knowing thee in very deede the same Might leauing petite loues haue found thy selfe my readiest game For Phoebus is a Leacher els are many tongues to blame Better no bad of mine nor neede I feare that fault in thee Thy bad doth passe by probate but a Quere is for mee Perhaps such as it is my forme may forge to his pretence Since Beautie is a common marke apt therefore to offence Well be it Beautie doth atract atracting is belou'd Beloued courted courted wonne and wonne to action mou'd Yeat from such causes such effects what Consequence hath prou'd For Daphne was I wot full faire and well can Phoebus court Yeat Daphne chastly did withstand and Phoebus mist his sport My husband though by trade a Smith for birth out-brau'd of none And louely vnto Venus though mislikâ— of many a one May for his plainnes also fit my foes inuectiue drifts As who would say I wedded him to salue vp other shifts By Styx I vowe although I should exceede my selfe for fare Yet Venus would be Vulcans and he knowes I truely sware He is indeede no Gallant yeat a God and meerly free From imperfections such at least as pay not marriage fee. And for his plainnes to be plaine the rather choose I him For such as he liue best loue best and keepe their wiues most trim When Roysters either roue at chaunge be peeuish or precise Faire women therefore matching thus be not say I vnwise Iudge not by such presumptions then they add but to his lies Thus haue you now a Medley of his malice and my mone His vice my vowe and lastly rests your sentence to be knowne If Mercurie should plead my cause he could but set me cleare Good causes neede not curious termes and equall Iudges heare The Equity not Eloquence and so I hope will yee And so shall gratefull Venus sayle vnder your gracious Lee. So putting finger in the Eye the Deities discent Some hild with Phoebus some with her Which strife did Vulcan stent My wife quoth he more honest than her Cuser is I troe Shall not ywis be bused by the squandâ—ing Pollo so She loues me I durst sweare and saue my selfe she loues no moe And why should you or I beleeue his yea before her noe Troth sayd the Gods since Vulcan is contented we are pleas'd And so the variance was by him thus wiâ—tely appeas'd Phoebus his Plainte did quash but so he after-times did watch As that Sir Hornsbie had by proofe he was a louing Patch When Mars and Venus playing false his wier Net did catch Now riddle Madame if those tongues that make Sunonamies Of them and vs proue Oracles what should therof arise That more quoth she which you haue sayd than in the letter lies But names infect not nor receiue your Riddle Prophesie If ought fore-sayd be ominous should any feare tis I. When so the Queene had sayd then to this more proceeded he Vulcan Venus Cupid Sol and Daphne turnd to Tree Were tennis balles to euery tongue of euery Deiâ—ee Tush Tush quoth Pan gay Venus and the gentle youth her sonne Are blameles blamed What think you would Phoebus theÌ„ haue don Had he in loue bin crost as I And then he thus begun CHAP. XXXI THe Goteheards of Hyrcania hild their Orgies vnto me And theare was I vnseene of them the Festifall to see Now had they censed and with glee eate were the hollowed Kids When as they fell to Rowndelaies and I
to hide Least should as would and cleerely doth their Cosning be espideâ— Wherby euen ipso facto is their Cause against them tride The sinne of Pride made Lucifer gainst God him selfe rebell And through that sinne he so seduâ—'t that Adam also fell Then plaid he Rex ore all the Earth except a faithfull Fewe Till Christ incarnate on the Crosse Synns Kingdome did subdewe Then Christ was powrefull in the world for Faith had practice right And what could more our Ghostly Foe then Faith Practice spight His auncient Stratageme therefore to plant he casts anew And by the pride of only Workes from Faith a many drew Then were such Honors heapt on Popes Worlds-Aâ—iects ere that time That Lucifer him selfe than they presum'd not more to clyme Their golden Legend though not it autenticke be in aught To vs doth teach a Storie that to them might now be taught Theare was a Man of stature bigge and bigge withall in minde For serue he would yet One thaÌ„ whoÌ„ he greater none might finde He hearing that the Emperor was in the world most great Came to his Court was 〈…〉 tertaynd and seruing him at meate It chanc't the Diuell was nam'd wherat the Emperor him blest When as vntill he knew the cause the Pagane would not rest But when he heard his Lord to feare the Diuell his ghostly Foe He left his Seruice and to seeke and serue the Diuell did goe Of heauen or hell God or the Diuell he earst nor heard nor carde Alone he sought to serue the same that would by none be darde He met Who soone is mett the Diuell was intertayn'd they walke Till comming to a Crosse the Diuell did fearefully it balke The Seruant musing questioned his Master of his feare One Christ quoth he with dread I mind when doth a crosse appeare Then serue thy selfe the Gyant said that Christ to serue I 'le seeke For him he askt an Hermit who aduisde him to be meeke found By which by Faith and works of Almes would sought-for Christ be And how where to practice these he gaue Directions sound Then he that skoâ—nd his Seruice late to greatest Potentates Euen at a common Ferry now to carrie all awaites Thus doing long as with a Child he ouer once did waide Vnder his Loode midway he â—aints from sinking hardly stayde Admiring how and asking who was answered of the Childe As on his Shoulders Christ he bore by being humblie milde So through Humilitie his Soule to Christ was reconcilde And of his Carrage Christo-fer should thenceforth be his name Then lett this popish Scripture Popes at least you Conuerts frame Of which Conuerting Christo-fers yee thenceforth shal be said If not apply and perish in your Luciferring Traid Ye know I know that but in Christ may no Redemption be So your greate friend our Gardner on his death-bed could agree But to the Vulgars open not gainst Rome that gap quoth he So miserable is your state who seeing will not see That Christofer eare Christo-fer was Atheist lesse than yee Well answered once a King of ours the Pope that bod him free Two Pâ—elates terming them his Sonnes The King seem'd to agree But sent their compleat Armor looke are these thy Sonneâ— quoth he False Hesket too not falsely spake reporting lately this That such as Papists would seduce and of seducing mis Are marked dead For he to whom he so did say feare I Earle Ferdinando Stanley so dissenting so did trie As other Peeres heere and els-where haue found the like no lye Nor preached he the Pope amis that did to him applie This Tex to witt This is the Heire come on and let him die Th' Inheritance let vs inioye Nought seeke they els for why Those bad be good that giue those good be bad that Giftes deny From Annanias literall fault they Consciences would tye These death-eide Basilisques therefore in euerie Sense doe flie Be of Religion iumpe with them in all their Toyes affâ—e A Peter-Penny if withhild knocks all the rest awrye Hell Heauen Bulls Pardons Pope and to be Pope doth mony buy Yea too blasphemous they inâ—roch vpon the Deitie Though of these 〈…〉 ifers haue been that perish through a Flie. Each sinne gainst God how vile so-eare will Popes with Pardons fit Crosse but the Pope pardon thou him he will not pardon it For Faith his common Plea is sword and fire against his foes But who but fooles beleeue that Faith exacted is by bloes Than those three Mightie Emperors Fift Charles with Ferdinand And Maximilian with the Pope did none more partiall stand Yeat suffred they the Consciences of Protestants in peace But Philip nor the Pope will now their Inquisition cease Though Either suffer Iewes and Stewes because of Gaines increase CHAP. LI. THis Spanish Inquisition is a Trappe so slylie sett As into it Wise Godly Rich by Blanchers bace as fett Direct or indirectly then to answeare all is one From those Inquisitors escape but verie fewe or none Euen so by racking out the ioynts or chopping off the heade Procustes fitted all his Guests vnto his iron beade Aue Maria Credo and the Pater noster say In Latin els they pennance thee and take thy goods away Nay these though said both say and doe as they yeat all for nought They will exact by Torture what thou thinkest and hast thought Of Masse the Pope Popish points til in the Lapse thou fall Then Mercie God amongst those men no mercie is at all A bloodier Law vsde bloodierly was neuer heard or shall Tormenting men vntill they gesse by whom they are acus'de Which gessed it against themselues for Euidence is vs'de As who would say so be it must because it so is mus'de Phillip abusiuely seduc't and World-deceiuing Pope Peruse all Lawes euen Paganizme past vnder heauens coope And rightly pondring those with this theÌ„ speak your thoughts indeed Was not your Draco Sathan that himselfe could thus exceede Here adde for badde we might your League if That of This had need O happy and thrise happy Realme of ours and other Lands Wheare touching death by Clergie-doomes the Pollicie withstaÌ„ds THen freated Paule Pope Paule the Third when Peter came in Plea No Maruell Luther preached gold and glorie from his Sea But see an helpe Ignatius then conceited had his Sect And crau'd Confirmance of the Pope which Paule did then reiect But when he heard that Orders vowe might cheefly him auayle Them Iesuists he incorporates nor they his Pope ship fayle But for his onely Doctrine are Apostles and as trew As to the Diuell the deadly-Sinnes to Popes this Order new Yeat these be those are vnder-hand deceiu'd whilst they deceaue Witnes the Gallowes wheare for most they end those webbes they weaue For vnaduised are me thinks our Iesuistes in this In Cell-life since so strict and here they hanging seldome mis That for Applause at least although euen so weare bacely badde They change not Treachers vnto them to whom from vs they
in that Climate Frozen dead shut vp with isie Driftes Thus died he and all with him if so to die be death But no saith Heauen no saith their Fame suruiuing them on Earth Then Chancelor his onely Ship remayning of that Fleete For Fynmarke at the VVardhouse sayles with his Conforts to meete There day it is two months of length and Mal-strands Poole it makes Such hidious rore deuouring floods that tenne miles distance shakes Wheare frustrate of his Friends in quest with courage not deiect He for the Course preposed did his ventrous Sayles direct KIng Arthur Malgo Edgar once to haue subdewd are saide Orkney Gotland Island and those former in that Traide Gronland VVireland Curland and colde Scrikfyn them obayde Newland with others and those Isles wheare men saue Eyes alone Are hid in hides of Beasts and Beasts saue Fish haue Fothernone Now Chancelor ariuing mong'st the Laplandeâ—s at last They seeing vncouth Men and Shippes weare wondringly agaste For eare that day was heard no Shippe that churlish Pole had past The Lapland Bay wheare he ariu'd now cald Saint Nicholas Bay Though Russiah fifteene hundreth Miles from Mosco is away Theare Winterd he at Newnox till safe-Conduct being sent Thence to their King on swift-drawne Sleads through frozen waies he went Not like Sarmatian Scithians for the Moscouites be so He found them plaine but rather much in Pompe to ouer-floe They neuer in the Russian Courte till then did English see His intertainment therefore was as stately as might be In sundrie Roomes weare hundreds seene in Gold and Tyssue clad A Maiestie Augustus-like their King inthroned had Let passe what paste in speech betwixt our Pilot and their King Full well could Chancelor demeane himselfe in euery thing Let passe how in Basilius Court most royally he fead Suffise it that our Agent of his arrant thither spead That is that Ours might trade with theÌ„ of which large leaue is read More not vnworthie note here of our purpose is to say But this be first of Mandeuil remembred by the way CHAP. LXIV WE left him form'd a Trauelet braue Pilgrim Knight farewell And Elenor sweete Soule in Loue with whom she could not tell He trauels for to leaue his Loue not caring where he lose it She for her Loue to finde it skils not whom so him that Oose it The greene-Knight be whoso he shall her heart had branded hers Wheare is that Second She that Loue for Vertue so prefers Her onely speede howso he shall his heart had branded his Wheare liues that second He that so by louing betterd is T' is often seene Loue works in Man a weake deiected minde T' is euer seene a Womans Loue doth alter as the winde Example then be Mandeuil for Men not to be idle In Amorous Passions Labor is to loue at least a Bridle Example too be Elenor But let vs say no more For Women euer alter saith the Gospell preach't before Conclude we then when Elenor and Mandeuil did die The Method of true louing did with them to Heauen flie For euer since too feruent in their Loue are Men for most But Iris-like in Womens Hearts Loue too and fro doth poste One Stafford of a Noble House a Courtiour of good hauor A friend and fast to Mandeuil and in the Prince his Fauor From Gyprus from his Friend receiu'd two Letters one was his The other sent to Elenor and that purported this Of you receiued I a Ring a Token to your Minde If so I met it and it is my fortune it so finde For if the Heart may as it might for Minde be vnderstood My Heart is yours your Ring so mine Harts interchang'd were good More did I feare than euer in your Ladiship I found Disdainefull Lookes froÌ„ those faire Eyes that me with loue did wouÌ„d Now speake I Loue far from those Lookes so forceable to kill Howbeit that I loue is not to worke or wish you ill Not more than this though Princes Frownes beare death with them feard I For had you lou'd the King mislikt what had I for'st to die Wheare I haue been were blasphemie from Women to detract Great store of Beauties haue I seene but none as yours exact Courts also more than stately with faire Ladies in the same Which seemed common Formes to me remembring but your name When in the Holly-land I prayd euen at the holy Graue Forgiue me God a sigh for sinne and three for Loue I gaue Against the fearce Arabâ—ans I the Soldans Pay did take When oft at Oâ—set for Saint George Saint Elenor I spake The Amazones those lustie Girles beleeue me lik't me Well But nothing in the best of them but doth in you excell I look't vpon the sterile Lake where Heauen-fir'd Sodom was For one thought I here such as you not so had come to pas Most sweete and Soueraigne Balsamum in Indian Fields I saw More soueraign sweeter SeÌ„ts thought I my lips froÌ„ yours could draw Nere Aethiop when the spice-sweete Well of youth I saw I saide My Lady lacketh not hereof Perfection needs not Ayde I sawe nor wonder you I should who sees you sees as much The onely Phoenix Foule and Faier but it and you none such But flying thus about your Blaze your Gnat doth burne his wings To my despairing Passion more your praised Bewtie brings Not Trauell tiers my Loue a whit but Loue doth tire on me Which should I wish me better or you baser of degree Be still the same you are let me exile my selfe for euer Two diffidenses I conceit will let me hope you neuer The first my selfe vnworthy you the latter and the least The Kings Consent But well I wot Loue is a Lordly Feast Aguize so should you so and so despayre is part releast One comfort is before you doome is Execution done My voluntary Banishment already is begon Which if you neuer shall repeale shall neuer end or when Ah can I hope it should you not for vs is England then Nor is it but our minds that make our natiue Homes our Graue As we to Ours Others to theirs like parciall Fancie haue Transmute we but our Mindes and then all one an Alien is As if a Natiue One resolu'd makes euery Country his Your Answer that by Pen our speech to this return'd shall be Voutsafe it vnto Stafford for an Other-I is he In perfect Friendship no suspect for two are one in all Communitie or doubling ioy or making griefe more small But would you to an Vnitie of hearts twixt vs incline Wheare Friendship is angelicall our Loue should proue diuine More write I not blest may you liue teares ouertake this Line When Stafford present Elenor this Letter had perus'de She said as else-where shall ensew Now is in vs infus'de Fresh matter of Discoueries How Chancelor he speade Is said before of Russia thus remaineth to be reade CHAP. LXV AVaste and spatious Empier is Moscouie in the same Bee Riuers Tanais Volga and Boristhenes of fame With
Lady Flood of Floods the Ryuer Thamis it Did seeme to Brute against the foe and with himselfe to fit Vpon whose fruitful bancks therefore whose bounds are chiefly said The want-les Counties Essex Kent Surrie and wealthie Glayde Of Hartfordshire for Citties store participating ayde Did Brute build vp his Troy-nouant inclosing it with wall Which Lud did after beautifie and Luds-towne it did call That now is London euermore to rightfull Princes trewe Yea Prince and people still to it as to their Storehouse drewe For plentie and for populous the like we no wheare vewe Howbe-it many neighbour townes as much ere now could say But place for people people place and all for sinne decay When Brute should dye thus to his Sonnes hee did the Isle conuay To Camber Wales to Albnact he Albanie did leaue To Locrine Brutaine whom his Queene of life did thus bereaue THe furious Hun that drowning theare to Humber left his name The King did vanquish and for spoyle vnto his Nauie came Where Humbars Daughter Parragon for beautie such a Dame As Loue himselfe could not but loue did Locrine so inflame That Guendoleyne the Cornish Duke his daughter Locrins Queene Grewe in contempt and Coryn dead his Change of Choyse was seene To Cornwall goes the wrothfull Queene to seaze her Fathers Land Frō whence she brought to worke reuenge of warriours stout a band And bids her husband battell and in battell is he slaine And for their Sonne in Nonage was she to his vse did raine The Lady Estrild Locrins Loue and Sabrin wondrous faire Her husbands and his Leimans impe she meaning not to spare Did bring vnto the water that the wenches name doth beare There binding both and bobbing them then trembling at her yre She sayd if Scythia could haue hild the wandring King thy Syre Then Brittish waters had not been to him deserued bayne But Estrild snout-fayre Estrild she was sparde forsooth to traine With whorish tricks a vicious King But neither of you twaine Thou stately Drab nor this thy Brat a bastard as thy selfe Shall liue in triumph of my wrong first mother and her Elfe Shall fish in Flood for Humbars soule and bring him newes to hell That Locrins wife on Locrins whore reuenged her so well They lifting vp their lillie hands from out their louely eyes Powre teares like Pearles wash those Cheekes where naught saue beautie lyes And seeking to excuse themselues mercie to obtaine With speeches good and praiers faire they speake and pray in vaine Queene Guendoleyne so bids and they into the Flood are cast Whereas amongst the drenching waues the Ladies breath their last As this his Grandame such appear'd Mempricius Madans sonne Whose brother Manlius traytrously by him to death was donne And since of noble Brute his line prodigious things I tell I skipping to the Tenth from him will shewe what then befell ABout a thirtie yeares and fiue did Leir rule this Land When doting on his Daughters three with them he fell in hand To tell how much they loued him The Eldest did esteeme Her life inferior to her loue so did the second deeme The yongest sayd her loue was such as did a childe behoue And that how much himselfe was worth so much she him did loue The formost two did please him well the yongest did not so Vpon the Prince of Albanie the First he did bestoe The Middle on the Cornish Prince their Dowrie was his Throne At his decease Cordellas part was very small or none Yeat for her forme and vertuous life a noble Gallian King Did her vn-dowed for his Queene into his Countrie bring Her Sisters sicke of Fathers health their husbands by consent Did ioyne in Armes from Leir so by force the Scepter went Yeat for they promise pentious large he rather was content In Albanie the quondam King at eldest Daughters Court Was setled scarce when she repines and lessens still his Port. His secōd Daughter thē he thought would shewe her selfe more kind To whom he going for a while did franke allowance finde Ere long abridging almost all she keepeth him so loe That of two bads for betters choyse he backe againe did goe But Gonorill at his returne not onely did attempt Her fathers death but openly did hold him in contempt His aged eyes powre out their teares when holding vp his hands He sayd O God who so thou art that my good hap withstands Prolong not life deferre not death my selfe I ouer-liue When those that owe to me their liues to me my death would giue Thou Towne whose walles rose of my welth stand euermore to tell Thy Founders fall and warne that none do fall as Leir fell Bid none affie in Friends for say his Children wrought his wracke Yea those that were to him most deare did lothe and let him lacke Cordella well Cordella sayd she loued as a Child But sweeter words we seeke than sooth and so are men beguild She onely rests vntryed yet but what may I expect From her to whom I nothing gaue when these doe me reiect Then dye nay trye the rule maye fayle and nature may ascend Nor are they euer surest friends on whom we most doe spend He ships himselfe to Gallia then but maketh knowne before Vnto Cordella his estate who rueth him so poore And kept his theare ariuall close till she prouided had To furnish him in euery want Of him her King was glad And nobly entertayned him the Queene with teares among Her duetie done conferreth with her father of his wrong Such duetie bountie kindnes and increasing loue he found In that his Daughter and her Lord that sorrowes more abound For his vnkindly vsing her then for the others crime And King-like thus in Agamps Court did Leir dwell till time The noble King his Sonne-in-lawe transports an Armie greate Of forcie Gawles possessing him of dispossessed Seate To whom Cordella did succeede not raigning long in queate Not how her Nephewes warre on her and one of thē slew th' other Shall followe but I will disclose a most tyrannous mother CHAP. XV. GOrbodugs double Issue now when eighteene Kings were past Hild ioyntly Empyre in this land till Porrex at the last Not tyed so by brotherhood but that he did disdaine A fellowe King for neuer can one Kingdome brooke of twaine Did leuie secrete bands for dread whereof did Ferrex flye And out of Gallia bringeth Warre in which himselfe did dye Then Porrex only raigned heere and ruled all in peace Till Iden mother Queene to both her furie did increase So fearcely as she seekes reuenge euen in the highest degree Why liueth this quoth she a King in graue why lyeth he Dye Iden dye nay dye thou wretch that me a wretch hast made His ghost whose life stood in thy light commaundeth me of ayde Nor want I Ferrex will to ayde for why the Gods I see Deferre reuenge nor with a Deuill the Deuils disagree The heauens me thinks with thūderbolts should presse his soule to hell
Or Earth giue passage that at least with men he might not dwell But I my selfe euen I my selfe their slacknesse will supplye And Mothers name and Nature both to such a Sonne denye Dead night was come when Iden found the King her sonne a sleepe And all was still not then as now did Guards their Princes keepe Admit they had who would haue fearde such mischiefe in a mother She whispring softly sleepe thy last yea sleep as doth thy brother Did gash his throte who starting vp wheÌ„ strength speech were goÌ„e Lifts vp his faynting hands and knewe the Tyrannesse anone And maketh signes as who would say ah mother thou hast done A deede as neuer mother earst did practise on her Sonne But name of Son nor signes did serue him still with wounds she plyes Nor more than Monster did it please that simplie so he dyes But that his bodie peecemeale tore about the Lodging flyes And thus from noble Brute his line the Scepter then did passe When of his bloud for to succeede no heire suruiuing was FOwer Dukes at once in ciuill broyles seiunctly after raine Neere when the Scottes whoÌ„ some accuse by Ante-dates to gaine Did settle in the Northerne Isles These people bring their line From Cecrops and that Pharo he that euer did decline From Moses seeking Hebers house from Aegypt to conuay His daughter Scota Gathelus their Duke brought thence away When Pharos sinne to Iacobs Seede did neere that Land decay And Cecrops son brought theÌ„ froÌ„ thence as Scottes inforce the same The Stone that Iacob slept vpon when Angels went and came Of it was made their fatall Chaire of which they beare in hand That whearesoere y e same is found the Scottes shall brooke y t land At Westminster that Monument doth now decaying stand In Lusitania Gathelus did first his Kingdome found And of his race of Scota Scottes when Spanish Scottes abound Ariue in Ireland and in it a second Empire ground And thirdly when their broodie Race that Isle did ouer-store Amongst the Islands Hebredes they seek out dwellings more These Irish sometime Spanish Scots of whence our now Scots be Within the Isles of Albion thus whilst Brutaines disagree Did seat themselues nestle too amongst the Mountaine groundes What time a Scythian people Pichtes did seaze the middle bounds Twixt them and vs these did prooue to Brutaine double wounds The Penthland people and the Scots alying friendlie liue Vntill the Pichts by Brittish wyles contrarie cause did giue Then from their Captains fell the Scots and chose to them a King And Fergus out of Ireland did the Chaire of Marble bring In which instald the first Scotch King in Albion so he wrought That Pichts and Scots then vp in Armes were to attonement brought Three valiant people thus at once in Albion Empire hold Brutes Scots and Pichts the latter twaine lesse ciuil but as bold The Pichts were fierce and Scythian like much like the Irish now The Scots were then couragious both Nor them I disallowe That write they fed on humane flesh for so it may be well Like of these men their bloudie mindes their natiue stories tell But to our Brittish busines now to shew what theare befell Not how the tri-partited Rule vnto his quartarne Rayne Dunwallo after fortie yeres did Monarchize againe Not what precedent Kings in France and Denmarke did obtaine Speake I. From Porrex fortie Kings in silence shall remaine Alonelie valiant Brennus and his brother Beline thay Vnpraised for their warres and works shall not escape away CHAP. XVI THese Brothers thirsting amplier Raignes did martiallie contend Till Brenn his force was not of force his brothers to defend To Norway sayles hee wheare he got an Armie and a prize The Prince of Norwaies Daughter whom hee winneth in this wise The King of Denmarke stoode with him vntill the States decreede That both should plead before their Prince and better Pleader speede And when the Norgane Prince and Peeres were seated for their strife The King of Danes beginning first thus pleaded for a wife Not yet a King King Philips son with none but Kings would cope His reason was inferiour strife of glorie giues no hope I am a King and graunt the Prize in question worthie mee But grudge that my Competitor a banisht man should bee Doe grant him what he hath for-gon and neuer more shall giâ— Yeat were he but a Demi-king to challenge me vnfit Dunwallos yonger Sonne that hath his brother to his Foe And worthelie his trecheries haue well deserued soe And yet audacious that he is he blusheth not to heare The troth of his vntroth nor yeat an heere-Repulse doth feare Would she for whom I must contend were not to me the same She is or he that stands with me a man of better fame But since in this vnequall Plea I must my selfe imbace Knowe Norwaies that my pleaded cause coÌ„cernes your publique caâ—e It is the King of Denmarke doth your Prince his daughter craue And note it is no little thing with vs Allie to haue By league or Leigure Danske can fence or fronte you friend or foe Our neighborhood doth fit to both your wel-fare or your woe Combine therefore in needfull League our neere conioyned States I may your good nought lesse can he that thus with me debates He is a Bruton if Exile allow wee call him so And farre from aiding you that knowes himselfe not to bestoe Admit he were receiued home what Empire doth he sway A sorrie Ilands Moyetie and farre from hence away Her Dowrie is your Diademe what Ioynter can he make Not anie giue not then to him from whom you cannot take And Ladie She for whom they stroue was present well I woâ— My loue doth claime a greater debt than so to be forgot I wish mine Opposite his want that Armes might giue the right It is not dread but doom'd sweet wench that thus with tongue I fight Proude Bruton frowning so on Brenn disclaime in her my dewe Els thou repining shalt repent doe make thy choyce a newe At least amend thine Error and mine enuie shall haue end I neede not force so weake a Foe seeke thou so strong a friend Norwaies consent and Ladie be no Counter-mand to this Discent not Brenn conclude her mine els my Conclusion is If not for worth by force perforce to winne her from you all Yea though our banisht Copes-mate could his Brittish Succours call The King of Danes concluded thus and after silence short The Brutaine Heros vailed and did answere in this sort Most gracious Norgane Peeres you heare the ouer-tearming taunts Of this Appelant that himselfe and Scepter ouer-vaunts It lesser greeueth he should grudge that I with him co-riue Than his so peremptorie speach in your despight to wiue It greeues in troth not for my selfe but for he beardeth you And seemes disdaineful of your aide that doth so proudly wowe How captiously he derogates from me and mine estate And Arrogates vnto himselfe to