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A08657	Ouids Metamorphosis translated grammatically, and also according to the propriety of our English tongue, so farre as grammar and the verse will well beare. Written chiefly for the good of schooles, to be vsed according to the directions in the preface to the painefull schoole-master, and more fully in the booke called Ludus Literarius, or the Grammar-schoole, Chap. 8; Metamorphoses. Book 1. English	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Brinsley, John, fl. 1633.	1618 (1618)	STC 18963; ESTC S120970	103,077	106

then the earth * Men say d Gigantes Giants were properly men of huge bodies said to be the Sonnes of the the earth without father hauing serpents feet But these indeed were wicked men desp●si●g the Lord and so said to goe about to driue God out of heauen * Giants to haue affected viz. vehemently desired or set vpon e Affectare Signifieth to desire something vehemently which a man cannot attaine vnto * The heauenly kingdome Men say that Giants began to affect the very kingdome of heauen it selfe to subdue it and rule in it hauing driuen out the Gods * To haue built vp * Carried together And to this end and purpose to haue heaped mountaines one vpon another whereby they might climbe vp into heauen r Iupiter * Brake in pieces Olympus with his thunderbolt sent downe f Olympus is a most high hill of Macedonia r Cast downe or dashed in pieces Pelion lying vnder Ossa g Pelion and Ossa are knowen mountains of Thessalie 2. How Iupiter the King of heauen with his thunderbolts brake downe and dasht those hils in peeces * Horrible or direfull or terrible r Greatnesse And with them ouerwhelmed the direfull bodies of those monsters Which bodies of theirs thus crushed with the weight of the hils and of their owne vastnesse * Men say the earth besprinkled or imbrued with much bloud of her sonnes to haue waxed wet and to haue animated or giuen life to the warme bloud Imbrued the earth with their bloud 3. How the earth thus soked with that warme bloud gaue life therevnto And thereupon least no monument of those Giants should remain h This bloud turned into the shapes of men and not of Apes as some thought for that they were such contemners of the Gods so violent and greedy of bloud which Apes are not * It to haue turned into the face or shape of men That the earth so steeped and animated with their bloud turned into the shapes of men * But also that * Stocke race or linage Propago is properly the flocke of an olde Vine out of which many young shutes come Which of-spring of theirs proued also contemners of the Gods and most cruell and bloudily minded That any might know them to haue beene bred of bloud r Any one might knowe This cruelty of theirs is shewed by the example of Lycaon whome Iupiter turned into a Wolfe for his bloudy tyranny in this manner * After that * Father Saturnius viz. Iupiter Saturnes sonne r From the top of heauen That when Iupiter from his high throane beheld this their cruelty hee gaue a deepe groane r Hee fetched a sigh or deepe grone * Relating or shewing or oft thinking of And pondering or reuoluing with himself the cruelty practised by Lycaon at his table in setting mens flesh before his guests the fact being lately committed and not yet divulged * Filthy r Shamefull fact at Lycaona table i Lycaon king of Arcadia and sonne to Pelasgus is reported not only to haue killed his guests but also to haue vsed to set them at his banquets before other strangers to bee eaten which when Iupiter had found by experience he both burnt his house and turned him into a Wolfe Some thinke that this was fained for that Lycaon did sacrifice a childe vpon the Altar of Iupiter Lycaon of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying a Wolf r Made knowne or spread abroad r Because the fact was not yet made knowen * Fresh viz. newly committed * Exceeding great angers * Worthy of Iupiter Hee first conceiued high indignation beseeming his Maiesty And forthwith called a councell of the Gods who came immediately to consult hereof r They came without delay r Did hold k The milky circle * A way aloft * Manifest viz. r Shining brightly Heere first the Poet takes occasion to set out the way to Iupiters Court. Al The heauen being cleare 1. That it is aloft apparant to all in a clear heauen * It hath the name Lactea viz. the milky way or Lactea hath the name l Of all other circles in heauen it alone may be seene with the eyes r Notoriously knowen or easie to bee noted and knowen 2. That it is called via lactea notable for shining whitenesse * This way is the iourney for the gods to the roofes of the great thunderer viz. Iupiter or the iourney for the Gods c. 3. That the Gods go that way to Iupiters house 4. That on both sides of this way are the houses of all the other greater Gods as Mars Mercury c. continually frequented their gates standing euer open * The Courts before the houses m Nobilium These were called the greater Gods of the heathen as Mars Apollo Neptune Mercurie c. r With open gates r The inferiour sort r Haue their dwelling * Diuers or separate in places 5. That the multitude of their lesser or inferiour Gods haue their houses further distant from it But the chiefe of the gods haue their houses in the front of that way * The mighty heauen dwellers * And the famous or noble * Haue set their houses from the front or rather towards the forepart of the via lactea n Hic locus The Poet seemeth to allude to the Palace of Rome wherein the Emperours and chiefe ●eeres had th●● houses thus placed Palatium was one of the 〈◊〉 of Rome where were most stately buildings of the Emperours whence all such are called Palatia of mons palat●nus * If boldnesse may be giuen or graunted to my words 6. That such is the state of that way that the Poet protesteth that he would not be afraid to call it the very palace of heauen * I cannot viz. I would not bee afraid * To haue called * Therefore where * In their inner roome paued with marble stone After this description of the way wherby the Gods came to Iupiters house and that they were now set in an inner roome paued with Marble That Iupiter placed in his throane aboue them all and leaning vpon his Iuory Scepter shaked first the terrible locks of his head with which hee made both Earth Sea and Heauen to tremble o Sceptro The Scepter is a staffe which Kings vsed to leane vpon It is chiefly attributed to Iupiter the King of Gods and men Sceptrum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hoc est ab innitendo because Kings standing vsed to leane vpon their Scepters * Moued or shook both thrice foure times * Bush of haire or lockes viz. haire r Makes to quake * The stars or signs of heauen viz. the whole heauen * And then he loosed or opened his disdaining mouths in such manner And after that spake with great indignation p Iupiters Oration to the Gods wherein hee sheweth that all mankinde was worthy to be destroyed sith the very Gods themselues were not free from their trecheries and outrage When as Lycaon was not afraid to lay hands vpon

earth that both heauen and earth might bee seene to one another * To heauen and the skie to the lands viz the waters which had couered all being remooued * Anger viz. viclent ouerflowing Hee abateth also the rage of the seas * Remaine or abide * And also the triple poynted or three-forked dart being layed away or being put to it the sea asswageth or calmeth the waters His brother Neptune also who had so helped in increasing the flood hee layeth aside his triple-forked Mace Al Vsing his three-forked Mace d The three-forked Mace is ascribed to Neptune as is thought of some for the three parts of the world which the Ocean sea compasseth about and for that in places neere the sea are oft earthquakes and inund●●ons with the e●●thquake and thereupon is Neptune 〈◊〉 to smite the earth with his three-forked mace as before Asswageth the waters Calleth forth his Trumpetour Triton * Skie coloured or Sea coloured * The deepe Sea Who straight appears vpon the sea * Couered vpon his shoulders or in respect of his shoulders Synec Hauing vpon him a robe of a natiue purple colour r A purple robe e Murex is a shell-fish of the bloud whereof purple colour is made here put for the colour it selfe or a robe dyed with that colour f Triton is a sea-monster like vnto a man in the vpper part and in the nether part like vnto a fish he is of a skie color hath a shel like vnto the great Cockle He is f●ned to be Neptunes Trumpeter who by a sound can asswage the seas And the reason thereof is because he both soundeth loud in a shell and when hee is heard or appeareth he then foresheweth a calme to follow Him hee commands to sound a retreit to the flouds and streames therwith to recall them all * Waues and flouds * A signe being giuen that they may returne or a retreit being sounded g Tritons Trumpet described r Triton * A hollow Trumpet is taken to him or of him Hee forthwith takes his Trumpet * Into widenesse or a broad compasse * Which increaseth from the lowest top or mouth or poynt like the sharpe end of a top * His trumpet I say is taken Which so soone as hee had set vnto his bedeawed mouth that it felt his blast r So soone as it began to be blowen or to sound * Ayre or winde * Voyce It filled with the sound of it al the shores lying vnder the whole heauen * Both Phoebus viz. the sun rising and setting or both East and West or all betweene the East and West and so vnder the whole heauen * After that * Mouths of the God viz. of Triton r Triton had set the trumpet vnto his mouth distilling with his wet beard r Blowen in sang * To all viz. by and throughout all the waters So that it was heard of all the waters both in the land and sea * Waues And so soone as euer it was heard of them it forthwith repressed thē all * Shoare That immediately the Sea commeth within the shores againe * Taketh or receiueth or keepeth within the compasse of it r Streames The riuers returne runne within their chanels r Are diminished and not so deepe All the floudes doe settle downe and as it were little hils begin to appeare * Goe forth or they doe appeare The ground ariseth waxing broader r Waxe greater and broader as the waters diminish * Waues The waters fall waxing narrower * Also the woodes shew their naked tops after a long season So that after a long time the woods begin to shew their naked tops h 〈…〉 in foeminino vsi 〈…〉 pro tempore r Vncouered and without leaues * Hold. Hauing still the mud hanging in their boughes * Bough branch or leafe * The globe or compasse of the earth or vpper face And finally the world is restored againe that the face of the earth doth all appeare r is to be seene againe * Open viz. empty of man and beast Which when Deucalion sawe how it was emptie and desolate and silent r Left alone or desolate of man and beast * Earths * To doe or keepe deepe silences He speakes thus vnto Pyrrha with the teares arising in his eyes * Risen or arising i A patheticall speech and full of affection whereby Deucalion indeauoureth to binde Pyrrha mere firmely vnto him and to moue her to consult for the repaire of mankinde k Deucalion and Pyrrha were brethrens children for Iatheth as they say had two sons Prometheus of whome came Deucalion and Epimetheus of whome was Pyrrha And so he calleth her sister in most kinde sort for that neer bond and after the ancient manner Oh my sister my dearest wife oh woman onely left aliue r Suruiuour of all womankinde * Originall of cosingermans descended from two brethren viz. Prometheus and Epimetheus Whome so neere a descent euen from the same Grandfather and afterwards the mariage bed and now also these very present dangers haue thus ioyned together r Mariage * Now the very dangers do ioyne Thou seest that wee two are all the company that are left aliue in all the world * The setting and rising of the Sun doe see * Hath possessed the rest The sea hauing vtterly swept away all other liuing creatures l Caetera animant●●a And moreouer that this stay of our life is very vncertaine r Trust or stay r Certaine And how euery little cloude doth now terrifie our hearts * Euen the clouds * Oh woman to be pittied what minde coulde bee to thee now if thou hadst beene Oh poore soule what a heart wouldest thou now haue had if thou hadst escaped alone without me * Deliuered from the destinies without me * Snatched from the fates How shouldest thou haue been able to haue endured this feare * By what meanes * Beare the feare * By whome comforting couldst thou endure these griefes Whome shouldest thou haue had to haue comforted thee in thy griefes As for my selfe my dearest wife if the sea had taken thee away I would certainely haue followed thee and it should haue had mee too * Also viz. in like manner as the rest of the creatures m Prometheus ●s is said before formed the earth vnto the image of man and put into it a heauenly soule And for mankinde that is thus destroyed oh would to God I were able to repaire it by my ancient Father Prometheus skill and to infu●e soules as hee did into the formed earth r Renew or restore againe * Arts. * To powre in * The earth being formed or framed viz. into the shapes of men * The mortall kinde For now all mankind remaineth in vs two * Seemed good to So it hath beene the good pleasure of the Gods r Onely patternes And we remaine the onely patternes of the same * He had spoken And thus Deucalion ended his speech The Poet hauing thus liuely set out the

see the groues Citties and houses vnder the water * Hold or possesse the woods The great Dolphines and other huge fishes of the sea dwell as birds in the woods * Doe oft runne in to the high branches Swim vp and downe amongst the boughes of the trees r The Oakes tossed with the waters And beate in their swimming against the Oakes tossed in the waters The Wolues and Lyons swim amongst the sheepe * Browne or weefill coloured * Carrieth Neither doth their woonderfull swiftnesse helpe the Tigres r The force of the wilde Bore who is caried with so great violence against the hunter that he may seeme to haue the very power of the thunderbolt or lightning r The Tigre is a be●●● of woonderfull 〈◊〉 nesse Nor fiercenesse the Bore though his violent rage bee like the thunderbolt s This may bee vnderstood also of the 〈◊〉 of the Bore wherewith he smiteth and 〈◊〉 like a thunderbolt * Neither Nor yet the light legs ought auaile the Stagge * Profit r Hart. * Taken away r All sorts of birds or more specially the Swallow which in flight most wand●rs vp and downe The poore bird hauing long wandered vp and downe with weary wings yet at length falleth into the sea finding no place at all for rest or succour * The earths being sought long where she may stand or stay * The vnmeasurable liberty The outragious waters couered all the lesser hills * Ouerwhelmed the lesser hils t Tum●lus à tumor● r The great and vnusuall waters And new surges still arising beat vpon the tops of the highest mountaines * Beat against * Snatched away Finally for mankinde the greatest part thereof is violently whirled carried quite away by the waters r They who escaped drowning perished with hunger * Long fastings doe tame or subdue them with a helpelesse or succourlesse liuing And if any bechance scape the violence of the waters yet they languish away with long fasting and vtterly perish for want of foode r Sustenance Here the Poet hauing thus shewed the generall destruction of all things by this deluge proceedeth now to shew how onely Deucalion and Pyrrha were preserued by whome mankind was repaired and first setteth downe the place where they were preserued viz. in the mountaine Parnassus in the countrey of Phocis which Phocis is described that it did lie betweene the Aonians and Acteans seuering them 2. That it was a f●uitfull land whil'st it remained a land u Here followeth a description of the mountaine Parnassus in the top whereof Deucalion and Pyrrha were preserued by whome after mankinde was repaired x Some make this an Hypallage That the Aonians separate Phocis from the Acteans or Athenians according to the tables of the Geographers * Phocis a fruitefull land whilest it was a land c. seuereth * Separateth or diuideth r Boetians r Athenean fields or fields of Acte where Athens stoode or the countrey of Attica r Which was r Countrey * Hath beene or was * But it was a part of the sea at that time and c. r Large or spacious But that at this time it was all ouerflowen and like vnto the maine sea Al Where the moūtaine Parnassus being high with two tops 3. That in this countrey stoode the hill Parnassus which is also described r Named Parnassus * A high hill 1. By the height that it did seeme to reach almost to the starres * Seeketh or goeth vp vnto the starres or ascendeth 2. By the tops That it had two tops the height whereof went aboue the cloudes * Celestiall signes or skies * Goeth beyonde And only this mountaine remained vncouered of the waters by reason of the height y This seemeth to be a plaine al●usion to the resting of the Arke of Noah vpon the mountaine of Ararat * Top. * Where or heere where Deucalion How Deucalion and Pyrrha his wife carried in a little ship stayd here vpon this mountaine * Boate or Lighter * With the consort or companion of his bed or bed fellow Ratis is most properly a Lighter made of pieces of timber pioned together whereon hay or other like things are dragged or drawen with horses on Riuers * Sticked here Al They adore Nymphes of Coryceus And how first when they were comne to land in token of their thankfulnesse and to pacifie and obtaine the fauour and helpe of the Gods they adored the Nymphs and Gods of that mountaine to whome it was consecrat●ed z Coryceus is a caue in the hill Parnassus dedicated to the Nymphes * Diuine powers of the mountaine viz. Apollo B●cchus and the Muses to which Parnassus was consecrated a Themis Iupiters sister ' of whome hee begat Minerua Goddesse of Iustice commanding men to aske nothing of the Gods but that which was lawfull and meet whereof she had her name of 〈◊〉 sas or iustum r Themis the foret●ller of the secrets of the destinies And especially Themis the Goddess of Iustice who at that time was Lady and president of the Oracles and gaue answers vnto them who sought for helpe or to know secrets of the Gods as Apollo did after b Themis is 〈◊〉 to be the chiefe geuetr our of the Oracles viz of Religion 〈…〉 reason which is in 〈◊〉 doth teach all sons that there is a God and that this God is of due to be worshipped and doth maintaine this opinion being ingrauen in the minds of men by the generall consent of all Nations as Tully saith vid. Sabin * Held the Oracles or gaue answer concerning the destinies as Apollo did after * There was not any man better then he Here the Poet setteth out first that holinesse and integrity of these two parties who were thus preserued by whō mankinde was so repaired to whome also the Gods had such respect * Nor more louing equity or iustice * More reuerencing the Gods or a more deuout worshipper of the Gods That there were not any better in the earth then they nor any more iust or more deuout and more true worshippers of God * The globe or compasse of the earth And secondly that hereupon Iupiter seeing the world thus ouerflowen as a pond r To stand all ouerflowen as a fen r Waters standing all abroad as in a fen Al Of so many thousands euen now And onely one man and one woman to bee left aliue of all the world and all alone r Thousand men r Innocent And these two both of them most harmelesse creatures most deuout worshippers of God * Worshippers of the diuine power or God * Cast asunder seuered or scattered Hee in compassion disperseth the clouds * Great showers or tempestuous weather being remooued with the North-winde And driues away the raine with the North-winde c The Northwinde scattereth the cloudes and bringeth faire weather r Lands And so beginnes to cleare both the heauen and the earth by remouing the cloudes from the skies and the waters from off the face of the