thy unbraded Gold There my enfranchiz'd hand on every side Shall o're thy naked polisht Ivory slide No curtain there though of transparent Lawn Shall be before thy Virgin treasure drawn But the rich minde to the enquiring eye Expos'd shall ready still for mintage lye And we will coyn young Cupid there a bed Of Roses and fresh mirtles shall be spread Under the cooler shades of Cypress Groves Our pillows of the doun of Venus Doves Whereon our panting love we 'l gentle lay In the faint respites of our active play That so our slumbers may in dreams have leasure To tell the nimble fancy of our pleasure And so our souls that cannot be imbrac't Shall the imbraces of our bodies taste Mean while the publick stream shall drown the shore Th'inamour'd chirping wood-quire shall adore In varied Tunes the Deity of Love The gentle blasts of Western windes shall move The trembling leaves and through the close boughs breathe Still Musick whilst we rest our selves beneath Their dancing shades till a soft murmurre sent From souls intranc't in amorous languishment Rouze us and shoot into our eyes fresh fire Till we in their sweet extasie expire Then as they empty be that lately bore Into the common Treasure all her store Flyes'bout the painted fields with nimble Wing Deflowring the fresh Virgins of the spring So will I risâ—e all the sweets that dwell In my delicious paradise and swell My bag with honey drawn forth by the poâ—er Of fervent kisses from each spicy flower I 'le seize the Rose buds in their perfum'd bed The Violet Knots like curious Maces spread O're all the Garden taste the ripened Cherry The Apple Apricock and Coral Berry Then will I visit with a wandring kiss The Vale of Lillies and the Bower of Bliss And where the beauteous Region doth divide Into two milky wayes my lips shall slide Down those smooth Alleys wearing as I go A track for Lovers in the printed snow Thence climing o're thy swelling Appenine Retire into thy Grove of Eglantine Where I will all those ravisht sweets distil Through loves Alembique with chymick skill From the mixt Mass one sovereign balm derive And bring that great Elixure to thy hive Now in more subtle wreaths I will entwine My lovely Thighs my Legs and Arms with thine Thou like a sea of milk shalt lye display'd Whilst I the smooth qualm Ocean doth invade With such a Tempest as when Jove of old Fell down on Danae in a storm of Gold Yet my tall pine shall in the Cyprian strait Bide safe at Anchor and unlade her freight My rudder with thy bold hand like a try'd And skilful Pilot thou shalt steer and guide My Bark into loves Channel where it shall Dance as the bounding Waves doth rise and fall Then shall thy circling armes imbrace and clip My willing body and thy balmy lip Bathe me in juice of kisses whose perfume Like a Religious Incense shall consume And send up holy vapours to those powers That bless our Loves crown our sportful hours Now Wedlock bonds unwreath our twisted Loves We seek no midnight Arbours no dark Groves To hide our Kisses there the hated name Of Husband Wife lust modest chaste or shame Are vain and empty words whose very sound Was never heard in the Elizian ground All things are lawful there that may delight Nature or unrestrained appetite Like and enjoy to will and act is one We onely sue where loves rites are not done These and ten thousand such expressions this brave King Alexander did use towards his renowned Empress but fortune not willing to favour him did cast a cloud over this pattern of vertue for no sooner had he set his Kingdom of Egypt and arrived again in Epyrus but there came a Herauld at Armes from the King of Syra to challenge him to the Field that upon the happy success of one battle the whole universe lay on 't for they two governed all the other Kings in the world Alexander with a brave courageous spirit answered the Herauld I look't for the King of Syra in the Field long ago I wonder his Chariot Wheels are so heavy in driving and bid him meet upon the Downs of Opher where I will be in person to assail him and his ten Legions and presently commanded his Drums to beat and his Trumpets to sound with other Instruments of War and so marched out with his Army taking his leave of his Royal Princess and his two Sons with showres of tears betwixt them both so parted the one from the other with heavy hearts When brave King Alexander was arrived upon the Downs of Opher he plac't his men in Battle of Aray and began to admonish them in these words Most brave and warlike Souldiers both Epirians and Egyptians I exhort you this day to be of good courage and fight manfully your Cause is just and right for the Syrans are coming against us without cause and we are upon our defence and this great Battle is the Battle for the whole world in the very heat of Battle think to your selves that you do see the grave Senators of Epyrus bowing down their hoary heads praying for your good success think that you do hear the Prayers of your Fathers Mothers Wives and Children for you and know that whosoever intends to sée their friends again must this day ransome himself with his Sword think to your selves that if the Syrans doth vanquish us how that my head will be plac't upon a Poll and pitcht up in the Market place and my Quarters hung up two in Egypt and two in Epirus our Cities and Towns burnt and turned to ashes our Maidens and Virgins deflowred our Childrens brains dasht against the walls and our young men slain and murthered and the brand of scorn upon our Kingdoms for perpetuity And on the other side if we do get the day honour and renown shall be upon our heads and the glories of Syra shall come into Epirus Gold and Silver shall be your rewards and the favour of your Prince you shall have to eternity The Souldiers answered Most great King if the Gold of Opher will make you glorious if the Treasures of Syra will make you great and if the strength of our Army will make you considerable both at home and abroad be assured great King you are this day the Master of all the Universe for here is not a Souldier but at your command will cut his Fathers Throat and sheath his Sword in his Brothers Blood to rob the Gods and pull the Temples down all this will they do if you command them By this time there was but one Fields breadth between the two Armies all Rampiers Trees and Hedges were levelled even with the ground Lions and Bears were seen to come out of the Woods as of purpose to devour dead Carkasses Vultures which are ravening Birds did darken the Air Lightning and Thunder came down that did melt the heads of the Foot-mens Spears and singed the Hair on their Heads and the Horse Manes King Alexander divided his Army into four parts his right Wing consisted of ten thousand conducted by ten Kings the Forlorn-Hope were five thousand the left Wing were ten thousand conducted by ten Epirian Lords the main Body was led by brave Alexander himself the Battle began hot and sharp the Forlorn-Hope of the Epirians were driven back to thâ— main Body then advanced Alexander himself and the Battle began to be mortal the dispute old hold till twelve a Clock and there â—ell on both sides above eight thousand In the afternoon the Battle began again and the discomfiture fell upon the Epirians for in four hours time Alexander was fain to quit the Field being totally defeated and most of his men slain Alexander was fain to throw his Crown upon the ground because he would not be known and escaped by Sea in a poor Fishermans Boat and sailed into Epirus and at the Haven where he designed to Land there his Royal Empress was waiting when any Ship would come in with news and at last she espied in a poor Fishermans Boat King Alexander himself at which sight fear smote her to the heart that she swounâ—ed upon the thought that the King was utterly overthrown but Alexander took her up in his armes and kist her with a showre of tears bedewing their Princely Cheeks but there was no remedy for their Kingdoms was wrested from them and they forced to slye into an uninhabited Island wherein they spent the remnant of their dayes with three other petty Kings Soon after Alexander dyed and his Empress who in a Sepulchre which he hewed out himself they were both interred on which was written this following Epitaph Within this House of Stone here lyes The King of Egypt who was call'd the Wise Likewise that glorious and illustrious Queen Of the Epirians here is to be seen Who from all Right and Justice were debarr'd When Syrans King in Battle with him Warr'd FINIS
she had never no correspondency with her before Wherefore she went to meet her and when she came before the great Empress she fell down upon her knees and said O great Empress how have I meritted so great honour and favour that your mâ—st Excellent Majesty have vouchsafed to come in person and establish me again in my kingdom Then the Empress took her up and have her come inâ—o the Chariot to her and when they came home to the Court the Queen brought the Empress a bowl of wine and bowed three times and fell down upon her knees to present it then the Empress commanded her servants to depart the room and then she asked the Queen what Children she had and the Queen answered she had one Daughter but she was dead Then the Empress said tell me true did she dye a natural death or no tell me the truth for I sweaâ— by my Crown you shall come to no dammage Then the Quéen answered Most glorious Princess I brought up my daughter in all vertuous Learning Arts and Sciences that for her wisdom and comely behaviour she was honoured of all people and beloved of every one she was my onely delight and in her absence was my greatest sorrow that without her presence I was discontent when I was wont to sit down to meals she was alwayes at my elbow to give me a bowle of wine when I should please to call for it for the pleasantest draught that ever I drank was out of her hand And it happened upon a time as I sats at dinner my Daughter waited upon me and as she bare a bowle of wine to my hand there appeared the shadow of an Arm upon the wall and it wrote three lines to the great astonishment of us all and I beheld it my self and said That person was happy which could read and interpret those Lines that were written upon the wall by a secret and an unknown band that none but the Diverts powers did know of Having thus spoken my Daughter stood up and spake unto me to 〈◊〉 words If it may please my most dear and reverend mother not to be offended with me I could read those Lines upon the wall and interpret them and give you the true meaning thereof Then I answered and said Speak on my Daughter and you shall finde whether I shall be angry or no them my Daughter stood up boldly and said The Lines upon the wall written are in several Languages but the interpretation doth predict or signifie that I shall become a mighty Princess and be honoured by all people especially by my own Parents for the time shall come that my Mother shall present a bowls of wine to me and bow thrée times and deliver it upon her knees When the young Lady had thus made an end of declaring the interpretation of the Lines that were written upon the wall her mother was very wroth and said to her self thus I will never be so serviceable to my own daughter surely and being in my fury I called my servants and commanded them to take her privately away and conveigh her to the Forest of Bazar and there destroy her and for satisfaction thereof to bring her Heart and shew it unto me which accordingly was done and she is dead which for the reason you have heard I did destroy her Then said the Empress you might well think it was much in vain to strive against tho determinations of the holy will of God for now you shall know of truth that what is decréed in Heaven above the force of mortals can never frustrate below upon the earth therefore be it known to you that I am your daughter whom you suppose to have been dead and by the Providence of God I have been preserved the Lord putting it into the hearts of your servants not to slay me but to put me into a hollow trée where a Knight chanced to come that way a hunting his Dogs did run and encompassed the said trée round about howling and crying whereby the Knight looking in to sée what the reason was of his Dogs making such a howling he there found me the servants also to satisfie your implacable wrath against me that you commanded to bring my Heart to let you sée the Execution was effected they slew a Lamb on the side of the mountain and presented the Heart to you The good Knight also that found me in the tree cartied me into his own Countrey and presented me to the Emperour where I was not long before I was espoused to him his Wise and advanced to the Royal dignity of an Empress and his most Excellent Majesty soon after deceased and left me sole Heir to his Empire in which Honour and Glory I now remain The Queen hearing these words being ravished with soy and all amazed sell down to the earth in a swound whom the Empress loving took up in her arms saying Now you shall know that my exaltation and dignity accrew to your glory sâ—y and profit so they kist each other then the Quéen began to weep but the Empress said Weep not my most dear and reverend mother for you are restored to your Crown and Kingdom whereby you shall be honoured by all people above me during my life and reign And afterwards there was a great Feast prepared and all the Nobles and Barons of the Land assembled together to congratulate and joy with the young Empress in magnificent Shewes and Triumphs After the great Day was over and the Celebration ended the young Empress sent her Heraulds throughout all the Kingdom to the Dukes and Princes to repair to her Mothers Royal Standard and render their duty and obedience to her Majesty and to set the Crown again upon her Head And after she had settled her mother in a firme and flourishing peace she departed in great honour and glory and returned into her own Empire Here follows the Application of the Example THen said Sabrina to the Empress her mother Vnderstand you Madam what I have said Yes right well said the Empress Then said the daughter Most worthy mother though God hath endued me with Learning and Wisdom so far abode others yet it shall rather be applied to the supporting of youâ— Honour and Dignity then to the impairing of your glorious Majesty like as the great Empress in the very height of all her Honour though formerly her mother did seek her destruction she did not infringe her mothers Prerogative but on the contrary she helped her and enlarged her Dominions Nay when her mother was banisht from her Realm she restor'd her again to her Kingdom and put the Royal Diadem upon her head and by her great strength and potent power caused all the bordering Princes round about to live in fear of her most Excellent Majesty And as long as the Empress lived her mother was honoured above her and enjoyed her Kingdoms in a flourishing peace and tranquillity Then the Empress took her daughter by the hand and led
that advised you to let her live therefore great Lady I counsel you while it is time to cut her off and destroy her lest the curse of the Empire follow you Then said the Empress all that shall not happen for to morrow I shall sit in Iudgement and she shall dye without fail When the day was come the Empress sate in Iudgement and commanded her Officers to lead her away to be burnt at a stake and as we was led through the City in a long smock of Lawn and a branch of Rosemary in her hand and the Trumpets sounding her doleful Funeral all the people ran out and wept crying alas alas the onely Daughter of the Empress is leading to death Then came Debora the first Mistris passing by as the young Lady saw her she bowed der head as if she said remember me when you come before my Mother and when she came to the Empress and did reverence the Empress said unto her with a storn countenance Thou ungrateful and vile woman how hast thou tutozed my childs I delivered her to thee well and hopeful and now she is become the viceousest creature that ever a woman bare surely thou shalt dye as strange a death as may be thought on Then said the Mistris gracious Lady the cause why she speaketh not the divine powers know and without cause it is not and as for the sin of Fornication we all can testifie that for the space of these seven years we never saw the least motion neither in thought word nor déed therefore gracious Lady if you do put her to death onely for the accusation of Radamentus it will happen to you as it did unto the Queen of Syra who poisoned her husband through the perswaston of one wicked person Then said the Empress shew me that example Nay said the Mistris except you send for your Daughter back otherwise she may be dead before I make an end then will it be in vain upon which words the Empress sent for her Daughter again and committed her to prison then the Mistris began as followeth The Example of the first Mistriss In Syra lived a Quéen of great renown and of such excellent beauty that a fairer woman was not in all the world for which many Kings and Princes of Noble Blood came a suiting to her each man confident she should be his This Queen delighted much in seeing Iusts and Turneys therefore it was a day appointed and they all assembled together to shew their valour before the Quéen amongst whom was Crassus a most valiant Prince and of such incomparable features and beauty that his like was not among men Vpon this Prince the Queen fixed her eye all that part of the day in whose sight he did such worthy acts that deserved perpetual memory and to be brief he had the day of all the Kings Princes and Barons that were there whereby he came off the Field with Trumpets souning and victorious Trophies bore before him On the morrow after the Queen sent for him and when be came he kneeled before her to have kist her hand but she refused and in a comely deportment tendered her lips The Prince being somewhat bashful the Queen gave him farther encouragement so that by little and little they grew in a wonderful familiarity and soon after the Queen took him for her Husband and made him joynt King of Syra with her He was a wise and gracious Prince and beloved of all his Subjects all people joyed at his presence the whole land sorrowed in his absence never no Queen loved King better nor never was Queen more beloved of a King and it came to pass afterwards that the King of the Parthians lay very sick whose Son this King was and he received a Letter from his Father to make haste unto him that after his death he shâ—uld take possession of the Realm and after a while he was gone an evil Counsellour in his Court being in love with the Queen intercepted all the Kings Letters that passed betwéen him and his Queen and informed the Quéen he had married another Lady in his own Countrey which raised such jealousis in the Quéen that she tore the ornaments of her head wringing her hands saying O my dear Lord what evil have I done what word have I misplaâ—â— wherein have I offended you that another should reap the Consolation of your Love The King in the mean time wondering be could never receive any Letter from the Queen lamented saying O my Dear wherein have I offended I can never hear how you do nor how the affairs of our Kingdom standeth All this while the wicked Counsellor intercepted their Letters on both sides to work the destruction of the King and at last he indented a strong Person and carried the same to the Queen and told her it was of such a Vertue that if the would cause a King to be made hollow and put a little of this vertue in it and sond it to the King as a taken and as oft as ever the King old loâ—â— upon it â—would cause him to forsake all other women and haste home unto her so the Quéen believed his wicked counsel and was very glad and without the advice of any other she caused a King to be made as he had said and put therein this poison and sent it away to her Husband When the messenger came before him he did him reverence and presented the King to him the harmless King joyfully put it on saying â—was the swéetest present he ever received soon after his finger began to swell and he sent for his Physicians who said his finger was venomed with the strongest poyson in the world and said he must cut it off else 't would venome his whole body Then said the King cut it off which accordingly was done then his arm began to swell and in like manner that was cut off to preserve his life Then the good King groaned out this complaint O thou vile woman why hast thou done this to him who thou wert as dear to as his own soul thou hast attempted that by poyson which the stoutest Champion durst not do by arms I that hath won thée the greatest glory that ever came to Syra hast thou now destroyed with inferiour poyson for which thou wilt gain reproach of all Nations and be reviled of all women for returning me malicious poyson for pure in flamed love but all as I can say is ingratitude is the grandest insolency in the world O woman why hast thou done this Thereupon he sunk down in his Chair and gave up the ghost The messenger hasted home and told the Queen what had happened by the King and that all the Counsellor had fold her of the King was false then the Quéen fell a wéeping and wringing her hands saying O what hade I done what have I done I have by the advice of an evil Counsellor slain my dear Husband the King O cursed Traytor would to God I had
all that a Déer in two or thrée nights was constantly lost and still the Lady wondered how this might be and the Wolf-dog watching too so she put a man to watch all night in a trée to espy out what beast came to vestry her Déer and by the light of the Moon he discovered the Wolf-dog upon a lusty Buck having tore his throat when the morning came the Lady sent for him to know what he had seen and be said I have séen what it is that kills the Déer now declare said the Lady what it is and he said it is even your own Wolf-dog whom you put to watch them then the Lady looked sad in the face and began to complain greatly saying Alas have I destroy'd the Shepheard and put a Wolf in his stead have I then through the wicked advice of yonder foolish women hang'd my good and trusty Hound which looked to my Herd and preserv'd them from the ravenous wolves the bravest Courser and flower of all Dogs in Thesaly and have here put a ravenous murtherer of my Deer to keep the Park and with these words she struck the Dog three or four blows with her Cane and the masterless Cur grumbled as if it had béen a Lyon and then said the Lady how now Déer-killer and smote him again but before she struck the fifth blow he rear'd upon her breast and slew her before the eyes of her servants Then all people cursed the Counsellours which advised the Lady to kéep that evil Dog and to kill the good Hound Then said Radamentus understand you what I have said yes right well said the Empress then said he I will shew you the Declaration thereof The Declaration of the Example THe Lady delightful in hunting signifieth your self in all vertuous recreation so that all Kings of the Earth do hear of your same as the King of Egypt did of her Game the large and spacious Park is your Empire and the Déer therein are your subjects the good Hound watching them is your wise and good discretion defending them from ravenous wolves in kéeping us in peace and safety from the bloody hands of cruel Tyrants the fair and masterlesse Wolf-dog is your stubborn and gracelesse Daughter who by her ill examples and bad precedents will delude your good Subjects and in the end destroy them as the Dog did the Deer the foolish women that counselled the Lady to kill the good Hound and let the Wolf-dog live is your seven wise Mistrisses which daily labour to advise you to suppress your vigilancy and wise care of your Subjects and let your filthy lascivious Daughter live whereby she may reign in bloody tyranny and glut her self with the flesh of your people the man in the Tree that discovered the Dog in killing the Déer was my self in my Chamber window espying your Daughter that shameless wretch in the Garden under a trée something obscure with a man committing the foul sin of fornication and all other beastly behaviour for which detestable and abominable act she ought to dye according to the Law for if she live she will by her ill wayes give base examples and destroy many others if then you correct her for it she will like unto the Wolf-dog leap upon your breast and cut your throat Then said the Empress that Dog the Lady loved so dearly cut her throat at last but my Daughter shall not do so Then she commanded her Officers to lead her away to the stake and as she was led through the streets with trumpets sounding her doleful funeral all the people ran out making a sad noise crying alas alas the Empress onely Daughter is led again to the Stake Then the fourth Mistris leapt upon her horse and hasted away to the Empress and did obeysance to the Empress who said O thou cursed old wretch little thanks shalt thou have for thy ill instructing my Daughter and bringing her to what she is now gone to I delivered her to you finely taught modest and well mannered and you delivered her again to me ill taught full of vice and dumb and a shameless whore for which this day she is to dye to the disparagement of the Empire and disgrace of all her lineage I would the day of her birth had been the day of her burial O gracious Lady then said the Mistris I little thought of this entertainment surely I have not deserved the least of this your displeasure and for why your Daughter speaketh not I commit the cause to God and in short time you shall know the reason but the time is not come yet she is accus'd she hath committed the soul sin of fornication that is false and is not to be proved therefore you ought not to put your onely Daughter to death for the words of one single person though it were Iustice and if you puâ— her to death for one mans saying it shall be worse to you then to the Queen who for putting too much confidenceâ—â— Counsellours had her onely Daughter cut in pieces before the Altar and her self after stoned to death Then said the Empress declare that Example for my learning that I shall not do said the Mistris unless you send for your Daughter back again otherwise she may be deâ—d before I make an end then should I talk to you in vain Then the Empress commanded her Daughter to be brought back again and puâ— in prison while the mistris spake as followeth The Example of the fourth Mistris SOme time there lived in the Kingdom of Thracia a famous Queen named Hicuba who built a strong City of defence double wall'd and moated round she was a peaceable Queen and at variance with none save onely the King of Lycia being a quarrelsome Prince and be came against her with an invincible Army and besseged her round wherefore she call'd before her in Councel her two Counsellors named Anthinor and Eneus and they assembled all the noble Citizens to advise how to preserve their City and give their enemies battel and when they had fortified their walls and planted their Guards Anthinor issued out with ten thousand men and made a great slaughter among his enemies and so returned back into the City then their enemies recruited again and fell on to scale the walls but were driven back by the Citizens then Eneus went out and sought with great valour but lost many men and so return'd into the Town At last Anthinor addressed himself to the Queen and told her it were good to conclude peace with the enemies for they had lost many noble persons of honour among whom were the Queens two Sons for which they made great moan and therefore he advised the Queen to conclude a peace that the Enemies may depart without destroying the City for they could not maintain it against such an invincible power though the City was well fortified and strength enough to have beaten twice as many yet the Queen believed these two evil Counsellors which proved arrand
before us so the Empress commanded Radamentus to appear with all his men who immediately came then said the Princess Most dear Mother behold the young Gentleman that standeth there in black who is favourite to Radamentus above all others command him to be stript before us all said the Empress that will be a shame to us nay said the Princess be the shame to these that deserve it and when be was unclothed he was known to be a woman to the admiration of all The Complaint of the Princess against Radamentus THen said the Princess to her Mother behold this Fornicator and this Whore who bath commonly lain with him in his bed committing the foul sin of fornication which thing he would also have committed with me in the Garden and because I would not consent to his filthy lust he ran out crying he had seen me lying with a man under the Fig tree and thereby complained unjustly against me seeking all possible means how to take my life away Therefore most gracious Mother give me leave to reprove him of all his grievous slanders and false accusations word by word and I beséech you to hear me patiently When you sent for 〈◊〉 at his request I beheld the Stars bâ— which I knew that if I should have spoken to you 〈◊〉 any other within seven dayes â—â—â—as heâ—â—eâ—h 〈◊〉 shâ—â—ld are a shameful death for which cause I did forbear to speak until this present When the Empress heard her Daughter so just and learnedly vindicate the tâ—uth she said to Radamentus O wicked wretch was not thy Concubine enough to 〈◊〉 â—hy faul and lecherous apposite but wouldst have had to do with my onely Daughter Then Radamentus fell to the groâ—nd and begg'd pardon but the Empress said O ungratsful Traytor thou dost 〈◊〉 mercy but thou shalt finde none for the law shall be upon thee even unto a shameful death as thou hast deserved Then said the Princess Most gracious Mother it was told you by this wretched Caitiff that I should by the help of my Mistrisses endeavour your destruction and assume the Government to my self Alas I should more rather use all the art and skill I have to help and support you in all your Government about your Empire and repute you my Sovereign since I have from you all my living and maintenance not to deprive you of your Dignity for in your honour do I glory Then said the Empress blessed be Almighty God that I have such a good and learned Daughter that I finde so expert in all Arts and Sciences therefore declare to me one example whereby I may understand thy wisdome perfectly then shall I have ioy of thee and my heart will be satisfied Then said the Princess Gracious Mother Command silence among the people that all may hear me and when I have ended oâ—â—e sentence according to law upon me and Radamentus When the Hall was silenced the Princess began as followeth The Example of Sabrina the Empress Daughter THere was a Queen which had but one Daughter whom she loved as she did her life therefore the Queen delivered her 〈◊〉 a Wise Mistris to be brought up and be instrâ—â—â—â—d in all vertuous Learning and Wisdom and when she had béen with her Mistris a certain while her Mother had a desire to see â—er and sent Letters to the Mistris to bring home her Daughter when she came she appeared to her Mother so expert in learning comely in behaviour and amiable unto all that the Queen rejoyced excéedingly and it happened on a time as she delivered a bowl of Wine to her Mother the Queen looked upon the wall and saw the shadow of a hand which wrote three lines in an unknown tongue and the Quéen began to fear greatly and said happy were that person which could interpret what that writing meant then her Daughter said if it may not offend the Quéen I could give the true interpretation thereof and the Quéen said speak on my good Daughter and the Childe said Most honoured Mother this writing doth signifie that I shall become a mighty Princess and shall be honoured of all people especially my own Mother who shall bring me a Bowl of Wine and bow thrée times and knéel in the delivery of it and the Queen said Thou shalt never be honoured so of me nor have such service therefore she commanded her servants to take her into a Forest far from the Court and there slay her and bring her Heart to shew her that she may know the truth of her death so the servants took her away to the Forest and having compassion on so sweet a Childe said among themselves let us deceive the Queen in this bloody 〈◊〉 and save the Childe and we will put her in this hollow Tree and kill a Lamb of the Mountain and bring the Heart to the Queen which accordingly they did and the Queen believed it was the Heart of her Daughter saying Prophecies sometime prove not true And it chanced that on the morrow after a strange Knight hapned to hunt in the Forest where the Childe was to be slain and his Dogs beyed about the tree where the Queens Daughter was at last the Knight looked in the hollow of the tree and there he espied a young Girle of such incomparable beauty that his eyes never beheld a fairer which made him suspect that she was of some noble race and so he commanded his servants to be careful of her and to bring her into his own countrey where he did bring her up in all learned Arts and with royal attendants till at last her fame began to ring throughout the whole Kingdome for Vertue Beauty and Learning and the Emperour of that Land being very youthful came to that Knights house for so view her And no sooner did he behold her but he was smitten with the inflamation of Love and after dinner he danced with her and in the evening he married her and brought her in great triumph and solemnity home to his own Court. And after that the thrée Eastern Kings hearing of her fame came to see her beauty and to bring her presents thus for thrée years she lived with her husband the Emperour in all joy and happiness and then he dyed leaving the whole Empire unto she who was then called the great Empress of Blodermario When she was thus in the height of all her glory she viewed the Firmament and perceived by her skill in Astrology how her Mother that day was deposed by the Prince of Moravia of Crown and Kingdom and banished out of her countrey and laying to heart the distressed condition her mother was in had compassion on her for pure Nature will never fall away and therefore she raised a brave and mighty Army and marched towards her mothers Countrey which newes did slye before her that it was told the Queen her mother the great Empress of Blodermario was coming to her assistance which made the Queen to rejoyce and wonder greatly knowing
recruit the light again he smote it upon the rounds of the Ladder which reduced the Gyant to such an extream cough that with the extremity thereof he had a very strong vomit that by the force and strength thereof he drove the fellow out of his belly that hâ— lighted above ten foot from his mouth But no sooner was the Fellow out of the Gyants belly but he ran away in a great sweat to his master and told him that he would not take half his Estate to go about the same Cure again Nevertheless the Gyant became very well afterwards and built twelve famous Pillars upon every Pillar he built a Castle upon every Castle twelve Towers and upon every Tower spacious Gardens whereby a Lady of pleasure might have taken much delight in But whether you may take this to be incredible or no I le leave that to your judgement But now as for the noble renowned Pâ—in cess the became so famous by her own State Policy and by the assistance of that Gyant in victorious Battles that most Princes in all that part of the world became her Tributaries all being in subjection to her and she being counted the greatest Beauty that lived in those dayes she was obtained by Alexander Blag of Egypt and espoused his Wife that when the strength of his deny and the excellent wisdom of this Empress were joyned in one Politick body they remain'd the sole terrour of all the earth for many years together but in the end were both deprived from Crowns and Kingdoms Of the great and triumphant Wedding between the young Empress and Alexander King of Egypt and of the unfortunate successes that after ensued in his Dominions NOw in the beginning of April when the earth had got on her Summer livery and adorned with her flourishing wonted ornaments Alexander King of Egypt designed his purpose to the Realm of Epirus for he had heard say there lived an Empress whose wisdom exceeded all the Kings and Princes both adjacent and far remote and the fame of that Empress invited him thither and thereupon he prepared his Horses and Chariots with his Camels and Dromedaries laden with the richest Merchandire Gold and Jewels that was in all that part of the world and prosecuted his design until he arrived in the Kingdom of Epirus where young Sabrina the Empress maintained her chiefest residence and she hearing of his coming caused her Heraulds to proclaim in all Cities Towns and Corporations that the great King of Egypt was coming to her Court and also prepar'd her self in person to meet him she rode in a rich and stately Chariot drawn by six milk white Steeds with Trappings of Gold and twelve Ladies of Honour with Palms in their hands on each side the Chariot twelve Lord Barons marcht before bearing rich â—rophies in each of which there was artificially wrought a Garland of red Roses with all sorts of instruments of musick King Alexander espying the Banners displayed in the Air immediately knew that it was the Empress and thereupon commanded his Nobles to drive hard and when 05 the King was come near to the Empress and beheld her in all her glory he was astonisht and said to himself O Beauty incomparable seeming Deity thou doest want nothing of all the excellencies of a woman nor in thee has nature fail'd in any thing but that it made thée mortal so in as comely a grace and in as brave a deportment as ever past between King and Quéen they saluted each other and in a most triumphant state marched unto her Royal Palace where no delight was wanting The young King had not been there above a week but what by the Beauty and what by the most marvellous wisdom he saw and heard from the Princess he was even so ravished that many times he knew not what he did but it happened in an evening that Alexander King of Egypt saw the Empress walking in the Garden and thought it a fit opportunity to speak unto her so stept into the Walk and said unto the Empress Most amiable beauteous wise and learned Madam by your Beauty I am ravisht and at your wisdom I am astonisht even that my senses are bereaved from me Great Goddess if I do not obtain one boon from your Grace I shall live a captive to love and a bond-slave to desire the thing which I crave is of no small concernment The Empress in a most Virgin-like and comely behaviour answered the King being amorous of him also My gracious Lord and renowned Prince whatsoever your request is 't is granted already Then said the King O most fair and prudentiall Queen nothing do I desire more then onely to make you Queen and sole Mistris of all Egypt The Empress being wise considered the King to be a great Prince amiable in visage wise and comely in behaviour granted his request For she understood that matching with such a great Prince as Alexander she should become the greatest Empress in the world adding both powers together and thereupon she gave him hâ—r hand upon it and the day was appointed when the Marriage should be Celebrated between these two great Potentates all the Kings Princes Dukes and Ladies in all the bordering Countreys round about were at the Wedding except the King of Syra who alwayes was an Antagonist to Alexander whom all those Princes now began to fear in regard his Dominions were so inlarged by the Marriage with the wise Empress and his Power began to increase so that he swayed the one half of the world but his Enemy the King of Syra swayed the other so that between them both the whole Universe was governed The Marriage being ended never King or Queen did flourish in more peace and unity for seven years then they did for through the daily company of this wise and renowned Empress Alexandâ—r was much bettered and by her wisdom his wits were illuminatâ—d and she made him a body Politick insomuch that he would bâ— inquâ—â—tive of all Ambassadours to know the nature of their Countreys the disposition of their people the majesty of their Kings and the wayes of their Wars He alwayes kept a great Army but under strict orders and much severity he was feared by all the Kings about him onely the King of Syra who daily watcht how he might supprize him he was lovely valiant and discreet he was courteous to all people loving to his Empress of whom he had begot two Sens his love did alwayes burn and extended so far towards his Empress that being in Egypt upon a time leaving his Empress in Epirus he would every morning run up to the top of a mountain and look stedfastly towards Epirus and would sâ—nd this Message to her by the Moon feignedly O Sweet Sabrina when shall we in seats Of those blest shades quench and renew our heats There shall the Queen of Love and Innocence Beauty and Nature banish all offence In thy sweet presence shall I there behold Thy bared Snow and