bought Illustrious Starlet colour of content Brancht Coral fine for Nobles greatly sought Of double nature under water soft And velvet-horn'd hard-pen'd when 't is aloft 78 Sends more one dext'rous in th' Arabick-Tongue To treat a firm League with the ROYAL MORE Excusing him he did not leave his strong And lofty Ships to kiss his hand on shore Unto the noble KING led through a Throng Presents himself the fit Ambassadore And with these words which PALLAS herself dips In her own Nectar disunites his lips 79. Most high and mighty King to whom the pure And incorrupted JUSTICE from Above Gave to restrain the rough and haughty MOOR Nor more to force his Feare then win his love As to the strongest Port and most secure Of all the EAST Hither we flye to prove What FAME reports and find in It and Thee A certain Port in our necessitie 80. We are not Men who spying a weak Town Or careless as we pass along the shore Murther the Folks and burn the Houses down To make a booty of their thirsted store But by a KING we have of high renown Sent from fair EUROPE never to give ore Our compassing the World till we have found The wealthy INDIA thither are we bound 81. How stony yet some Race of People was What barb'rous guize what stile of a Man-Hater To bar not their Ports onely let that pass But the cold Hospitalitie of Water To whom have we done wrong wherein alas Have we discover d such a savage nature To make so many of so few afraid That Traps and Pitfals should for us be made 82. But Thou O gracious KING from whom to have True dealing we are sure and hope we may That certain help too which ALCINOUS gave Unto the wandring Prince of ITHACA To Thee secure we come as boldly crave Of Thee conducted by the Son of MAY For since JOVES Harbinger was ours 't is cleare Thy Heart is large is humane is sincere 83. Nor think O KING out noble Chiefe declin'd Coming to see and serve thee persnally For any thing he scrupled of unkind Or hollow dealing possible in Thee But the true reason why he stayd behind Was that in all he might obedient be Unto his KING who gave him this command In Port or Roade never to go on Land 84. And because subjects are the self-same Thing With Members governed by the Head or Crown Thou bearing here the Office of a KING Wouldst not that Any disobey'd his own But he doth promise an acknowledging Of thy great Grace and favours now bestown With all That can by Him and His be done So long as Rivers to the Sea shall run 85. Thus He harangu'd And with one Voice the whole Presence comparing notes there where they stand The matchless courage of the men extol Who traverse so much Sea and so much Land But the wise KING revolving in his Soul The PORTINGALLS'S obedience to command In Scales of wonder and of rev'rence weigh'd A KING who so far off could be obeyd 86. Then answers gracious with a Brow serene Th Ambassadour to whom inclin'd he seem'd Wipe all suspition from your Bosoms cleane Let no cold Fear be harbour d there or teem'd For such your worths are and your deeds have been To make you over all the world esteem'd And They who injur'd you We will be bold Know not what price Vertue and Houor hold 87. That all your People do not come on shore Observing the respect due to our Port Though in our own regard it grieve us sore Yet our esteem of them is greater for 't For if your Rules permit it not no more Shall we permit that onely to comport With our desires such loyal excellence Should lose it self or suffer Violence 88. But when to morrows light shall come to greet And shew the WORLD with our own Barges Wee Shall go in person to the warlike Fleet Which we so many days have long'd to see And if it need any convenience meet Through shatt'ring storms and keeping long at Sea A Pilot it may have and Victnals here â—…nd Ammunition with intention cleere 89. This was his language And LATONA'S Boy Into the Ocean div'd The Messenger Returning with this Embassie of joy To the Armada rows with merry cheer Out of all Breasts is bauisht black Annoy Seeing the proper remedie is here To find the Land whereof they sayl in quest So all that night they keep a double Feast 90. There wants not there the artificial star Like trembling Comet nor less cause of wonder The Gunners do their Part making the Ayre Water and Earth resound with Mortalls's Thunder The CYCLOPPS practising for t'other War On JOVE with Bullets rend the Clowds in sunder Others on lofty Cornets singing playd And These with Musick did the SPHEARES invade 91. They answer from the shore at the same time With Squibs that crack amongst the Rout In gyres The whizzing Vapours up to HEAVEN climbe Th' imprison'd Powder with a bounce expires Heaven's brazen Vault ecchoes the Voyces's chyme The Sea 's cleer Glass reflects the joyful fires The Earth is not behind them In this sort Both sport in earnest and Both fight in sport 92. But now the restless Heav'n wheeling about To their day-labours mortals doth incite And MEMNON'S mother fair APPOLLO'S scout Sets bounds to sleep by her arriving light With her approach dull shadows Put to rout In a cold sweat upon the Flowers light When the MELINDIAN KING embarqued plide To see the Ships That in his Harbour ride 93 The shores are crown'd with people of a fire To be Spectators onely of the show The Scarlet Coates flame with the dye of TYRE The glossie Silks with all May's flow'rs do blow Instead of Arrows part of Warr's Attire And of the horn'd Moon-imitating Bow Palm in their hands in sign of Peace they bear Which on their Heads victorious HEROES wear 94. In a Canóe which was both long and broad And glissend in the Sun with Cov'rings made Of mixed Silks MELINDE'S KING is row'd Wayted by Princes 'mongst their own obay'd In rich Attire according to the mode And custom of that Land he comes arayd Upon his Head he weares a Terbant roll'd Of silk and Cotton with a CROWN of gold 95. A Roabe of Scarlet-damask high-extold By Them and worth the wearing of a KING About his Neck a Collar of pure gold The work worth twice the substance of the Thing A Velvet sheath a dagger keen did hold With Diamond-hilt hang'd by a golden string Sandals of Velvet on his Feet he wore With gold and pearl imbroydred richly o're 96. O're Him a round Silk Canopy he had Advanc't aloft upon a gilded Pole With which a Boy behind to burn forbad Or trouble the Great KING the beams of SOL. Musick ith'Prow â—…o merry that 't was mad Grating the Eare with a harsh noise The whole Consort is onely crooked Horns wreath'd round Which keep no time but make a dismal â—…ound 97. No less adorn'd the LUSITANIAN
knit To wrest from you your old Inheritance And on your shames their name in Arms advance 10. Ye see it is a principle of state A rooted custome in the HAGAâ—…ENE Armies on Armies to accumulate Against the people That on CHRIST doe leanâ—… But amongst you doth sow rank seeds of Hate And Tares of strife the Enemie unclean How can ye sleep secure how can ye close Your Eyes having both them and yâ—…u your Foes 11. If love of powre and empire uncomptroll'd Set you a work to conquer others Lands Both HERMUS and PACTOLUâ—…'S streams behold Rouling into the Ocean golden sands ASSYRIA spins and LYDIA thrids of gold AFFRICK'S rich Mynes imploy her Negroes hands Against THE TURKE let Bootie league you all If not to see THE HOLY CITY Thrall 12. That Hellish project of the IRON AGE Those Thunderbolts of Warr the Cannon-Ball At TURKISH GALLEYS let them spit their Rage And batter prou d CONSTâ—…NTINOPLE'S Wall Thence to their Holes in Caspian Cliffes ingage The frighted monsters back again to craw'l And Scythian Wains that in your EUROPE build With barb'rous spawn her civill Countreys fild 13. The THRACIAN GEORGIAN GREEK ARM ENIAN Cry out upon you that ye let them pay Sad Tribute to the brutish ALCORAN Their Christian-children to be bred that way To scourge the arrogant MAHUMETAN Your hands unite your heads togeâ—…her lay Unwise ungodly Glory cease pursuing By being valiant to your own undoing 14. But whilst mad People you refuse to see Whilst thirst of your own blood diverts you All Christian-Indeavours shall not wanting be In this same little House of PORTUGALL Strong places upon AFFRICK's Coast has she In ASIA a Style Monarchicall Dominions in AMERICA she has And were there more Worlds Thither she would pass 15. And turn we to behold in the mean while To our Sea-faring Worthies what befell After that gentle VENUS with a File Of BEAUTIâ—…S the inamour'd Storm did quell After they came in siâ—…ht of that vast soyle Sought with a purpose so unchangeable The CHRISTIAN FAITH into the same to bring To introduce new Laws and a new King 16. No sooner come at that new Land a sort Of little Fisher-barks they light among Directing them the way into the Port Of CALICUT whereto the same belong Thither they bend their Prows being the Court Of MALABAR A City fair and strong In which a King his Residence did hold Who round about a spacious LAND comptrold 17. On this side GANGES and the YND beyand A large and famous Province is markt forth On the South bounded by the Ocean-Strand By the Emodian Mountain on the North Sundry both Laws and Kings obeyth this Land Sundry pretended Deities ador'th Some beastly MAHOMET some Idols dead Some Living Creatures in that Region bred 18. In that long Mountain which all ASIA laces Running athwart so vast a Continent And borrowing sev'ral names of sev'ral places Through which it runs Two Fountains have their vent Whence YND and GANGâ—…S starting for two Races At the same Post and at the same length spent Dye in the INDIAN SEA Now This and Ihey Make the true INDIA a Pen-Insula 19. 'Twixt these expiring Rivers's Mouthez wide From the broad Countrey a long point extends In fashion not unlike a Piramide Which fronting CEYLAN'S Isle in th' Ocean ends And where first thrust out of the Mountain-side The great Gangetick Arm a Richness lends Tradition says the Folk That there did dwell Of dainty flow'rs were nourisht with the smell 20. But the Inhabitants THat now are found In names and manners diff'ring from the old Are DELIIS the PATANS who most abound In People and in Countreys which they hold The DECANIES the ORIAAS That found Their hopes of beeing sav'd in what th' are told Of sounding GANGES Then BENGALA'S Land With which can none in Competition stand 21. CAMBAYA'S Warlike Kingdom this of yore Held great KING PORUS as the fame doth goe The Kingdom of NARSINGA pow'rful more In Gold and Jewels then against a Foe Here from the INDIAN OCâ—…AN'S Billows hoare Discerned is of Mountains a long Rowe Serving for Nat'ral Walls to MALABAR Inroads of those of CANARA to bar 22. GATE the Countrey 's Natives call this Ridge From foot whereof skirts out a narrow Down Which backt by that is by a natural Seige Of angry Seas affronted Here the Town Of Câ—…LICUT undoubted Sev'raign Liege Of all her Neighbours reares heâ—… lofty Crown Seat of the EMPIRE Fair and Rich and Him That 's Lord thereof they stile the SAMORIM 23. The Fleet arriving close to that rich strand A PORTINGALL is sent in a long-Boatâ—… To let the Pagan Monarch understand Their coming from a Regiâ—…n so remote He through the River entering the Land Which enters there the Sea by a wide Throate With his strange Colour Physnomy Attire Makes all the flocking Multitude admire 24. Amongst the Rout which Him did swarm to see Comes one trayn'd up in the ARABIAN'S Lore Having been born in Land of BARBARIE There where ANTEUS was obey'd of yore Whether the Lusitanian People He Knew meerly as a neighbour to that shore Or bitten with their Steel was sent so far On FORTUNE'S errand by the chance of War 25. The Messenger with jocund Face survay'd He in plain Spanish gave him thus the Haile How to this World in name of Heav'n Cam'rade So distant from thy native Portugale Op'ning a passage through rough Seas he said Which never mortal Wight before did sayle We come to seek of INDUS the great streame Whereby to propagate the GOSPEL'S beam 26. Astonisht at so great a Voyage stood The MOOR his name MONSAYDE briefly told Their sad disasters on the azure Flood And hair-breadth Scapes by this same LUSIAN bold But since his main Affair he understood Unto the King alone he would unfold He telâ—…s Him He at present is not there Being retir'd into the Countrey neer 27. So that until the News at Court have bin Of their prodigions passage through the MAYN Please him to make his homely Nest his Inne With Victuals of the Land hee 'l entertain Him There and being well refresht therein Himself will bring him to the Fleet again For that the World hath not a thing more sweet Then in a distant Land when Neighbours meet 28 The PORTINGALL with Bosome not ingrate Accepts the Offer kind MONSAYDE made As if their friendship were of ancient date With Him he eat and drank as he was pray'd Towards the Ships that done return they straight Which the Moor knew when he the Build survay'd They climbe the Am ral where both Man and Boy Receive MONâ—…AYDE with a gen'ral joy 29. The Captain rapt Him in his Arms did squeeze Hearing the Musick of the Spanish Tongue And seated by him Shreives him by degrees Touching the Land and things thereto that long But as in THRACIAN RHODOPE the Trees And Bruits to hear his golden Lute did throng Who did his lost EURIDICE deplore So throng'd the common-men to hear the MORE
stripd and white the ground Which some cast queintly under one arm had Others about their Middles streightly bound All else from the waste up remain'd unclad Their weapons Skeyns and crooked Faulchions Round Terbants upon their heads and as they row'd Resounded Timbrels in an antick Mode 48. Waving their hands and kerchers These made signe To those of LUSITANIA to stay But the swift Prows already did incline To come to Anchor in the Island 's Bay Land-men and Sea-men in this work All joyne As all their labours should have end that day They haule the Roapes strike strike the crew resounds The salt Sea stricken with the Anchor bounds 49. They were not Anchor'd when the uncouth Folke Already by the Cordage did ascend Their jovial countenances wellcome spoke To whom the Lordly Chiefe did courteous bend Bids streight the Boards be spread the Bottles smoke With that rich juice which is the Poet's frend Ours pow'r it into Bowles and All They fill The burnt by PHAETHON spare not to swill 50. They ask and still the cheerie Bowle goes round In the Arabick-language WHENCE THE FLEET Who and of whence the men and WHITHER BOUND And through what Seas It came where now they see 't Hereto the valiant LUSITANIANS found Such answers as were proper and discreet We are the PORTUGHESES of the WEST We go to seek the Countreys of the EAST 51. All the great OCEAN have we sail'd and crost To the Antartick from the Artick Strand Gone all the Round of AFFRICK'S spacious Coast We have felt many a Clyme seen many a Land We serve a potent King who hath ingrost His Peoples loves so that at his command With cheerful faces not vast Seas alone But we would pass the Lake of ACHERON 52. And 't is by that comand we travel now To seek the Eastern Land which INDIES laves By that this distant Ocean-Sea we plough Where none but Monsters sayl'd the horrid Waves But now 't is reason We should likewise know If Truth have found a Harbour in your Caves Who you are what this Land in which you dwell Or if of INDIA you can Tydings tell 53 We are one of the Isle replying said Strangers unto this People Law and Place The Natives being such as Heav'n hath made Without the light of Reason or of Grace We have a Law of TRUTH which was convay'd To Us from that New-light of ABRAM'S Race Who houlds the World now in subjection due By Father GENTILE and by Mother JEW 54. This little Isle a barren healthless Nook Of all these Parts is the most noted Scale For such as at QUILOA'S Traffick look Or to MOMBASSA and SOFALA sayle Which makes Us here some inconvenience brook To gather for a mortal life and frayle And to inform you in one word of All This little Isle Men MOZAMBIQUE call 55. And now since you come seeking through long toyle INDIAN-HYDASPES and the Spicy Strand You shall have such a Pilot from this Isle As through the waves the way doth understand 'T were also good you here repos'd a while And took in fresh provisions from the Land And that our Governour did come Aboard To see what else may need for Him t' afford 56. This the Barbarian and retreated then Into his Boates with all his companie Departing from the Captaine and his Men With demonstrations of due Courtesie Mean time APOLLO in the Sea did pen The golden day and down to sleep doth lye Leaving his Sister so much Torch to burn As may suffice the World till he return 57. With unexpected joy their hearts on floate Blithely they pass the Night in the tyr'd Fleet To think that in a Country so remote The news so long desired they should meet Within themselves they ruminate and noate The mens odd fashion and admire to see 't Or how a People of their damned way Could take such root and bear so vast a sway 58. The silver Moon 's reverberated Ray Trembled upon the Chrystal Element Like Flow'rs in a great Meade at middle May The stars were in the azure Firmament The furious Winds all husht and sleeping lay In drowzy Hyperborean Caves dark-pent Yet those of the Armada do not sleep But in their turns accustom'd watches keep 59. And when AURORA left her Spicy Bed Shaking her deawy locks the Earth upon And drawing with a lilly-hand the red Transparent Curtains of the waking Sun To work go All over the Decks to spred The shadowing Sailes and all their Streamers d on To entertain with feasting and with joy Advancing in his Barge the Isle's VICE-ROY 60. Merrily sayling he advanc't to see The Lusitanian-Frigates in the Road With fresh provisions from the Land For Hee Still hopes they are of that inhumane Brood Which from their mountains neer the CASPIAN SEA The fruitful Lands of ASIA overflow'd And by permission of the POW'R DIVINE Usurpt the Empire of GREAT CONSTANTINE 61. The Captaine with a meen benevolent Receives the MOORE and all his company Things of great price he doth to Him present For such Occasions carryed purposely Gives him Preserves and gives him of that queint Unusual liquor which gives jollity The MOORE receives it all in courteous part But what he Eats and Drinks most glads his heart 62. The nimble Lusitanian Mariners Upon the shrowds in admiration hung To see a mode so different from theirs And barb'rous gibbrish of that broken Tongue No less confus'd the subtle MOORE appears Eying their colour habit and ships strong Then asking all things This amongst the rest If happily they came from TURKIE prest 63. Moreover to behold desireth Hee The Books of their Religion Law and Faith To see if with his own the same agree Or that of CHRIST as he suspects he saith And that he All may note and All may see He prays the Captain shew him what he hath Of Armes which by his Nation used are When with their Enemies they go to War 64. To whom the valiant Captaine made reply By one well verâ—…ed in that Bastard-Tongue Illustrious Lord I shall to thee descry My Self my Faith and th' Armes I bring along Neither of Turkish-blood nor breed am I Nor of a Countrey that delights in wrong In fair and warlike EUROPE was I born I seek the famous Kingdoms of the MORN 65. We worship HIM who is by every Nature Invisible and visible obay'd HIM who the Hemispheres and every Creature Insensible and sensible hath made Who gave Us his and took on Him our feature Whom to a shameful death his own betray'd And who from HEAV'N to Earth came down in fine That Man by HIM from Earth to HEAV'N might climbe 66. Of this GOD-MAN sublime and infinit The Books which thou desir st I have not brought For that in Books we need not bring that Writ Which written in our Hearts we have by rote For th' Arms whereof thou hast desir'd to git A sight with all my heart I do allow 't To see them as a Friend For well I know
Minion to her Father deer 39. O pow'rful Father I had always thought That for such things on which my heart were set Kinde I should finde thee affable and soft Though some opposer should the same regret But since I see without neglect or fault Of mine thy love is bated in the heat What remedy let BACCHUS have his will In fine his luck was good and mine is ill 40. This People who are mine for whom I porâ—… These tears out which I see in vain distill The more I love I seem to hate the more Thou being resolv'd to break me of my will For Them I weep to thee for them implore And 'gainst my Fate in fine am fighting still Well then because I love them they re misus'd I l hate them then they will be better us'd 41. But let them dye by bruitish Peoples hands For since I was and heer with pearly drops As when the morning's-dew on Roses stands Making a salt Parenthesis she stops As if her words obey'd not her commands Through melting pity of the mens mishaps Then going to proceed where she gave o're The mighty THUND'RER lets her say no more 42. And mov'd by that dumb Rhet'rick which would move A Tygers flinty Breast with the same Face Of cheerfulness with which he doth remove The Clowds from that of HEAV'N and Tempests chace He wipes her Tears and kindling with nevv love Kisses her Cheek her vvhite Neck doth embrace Who had he hated PORTUGAL before Would novv have lov'd it meerly on her score 43. And pressing her lov'd face vvith his SHE burst Into fresh Tears and faster then before As vvhen a child being beat by mother curst The more one moans it it vvill sob the more Novv to allay this Passion He is forc't To tell her much vvhich he till then forbore And vvith these vvords out of the secret vvomb Of pregnant FATE rips many things to come 44. Fair daughter mine fear no adversitie Which to thy LUSITANIANS may betide Nor Any to have greater povv're vvith me Then the svveet Tears vvhich from these cleer Springs glide For let me tell thee daughter thou shalt see Both GREEKS and ROMANS so much magnify'de Forfeit their ancient Honours by the New Acts vvhich this People in the East shall do 45. For if the Eloquent ULYSSES fled The SIRENS Song and dire CALYPSO'S spell And if ANTENOR with his ship did thred Th' Illyrian-Sleeve and reacht TIMAUUS'S Well And if 'twixt SCYLLA and CHARIBDIS dread Pious ENEAS with his Navy fell How much worse dangers pass Thine dayly over Who sayling round the world new worlds discover 46. Thou shalt see daughter Cities and strong Ports And lofty Walls which These shall build and found Thou shalt see warlike TURKS and their proud Forts By These destroy'd and level'd with the ground The INDIAN KINGS secure in their free Courts By a more potent KING Thou shalt see bound He in conclusion holding All in awe Unto that LAND shall give a better Law 47. This very Man who now through so much fright And misty Errour stumbles to the YND Thou shalt see NEPTUNE tremble at his sight Curling his waves without a breath of wind O wonderful nor seen by mortal Wight The Winds lockt up and yet a Storm to find O valiant People and for great things made Who makes the ELEMENTS themselves afraide 48. That LAND which water late to Him deny'de Thou shalt behold it a commodious Port Where in their way to rest them shall abide The Ships that weary from the WEST resort All this wyl'd Coast in fine which now hath try'de By wicked trechery to cut him short Shall pay him Tribute knowing they must down If they withstand the LUSITANIAN CROWN 49. And Thou shalt see the ERYTHREAN lose It 's native red and pale with Terrour look And see the potent Kingdom of ORMUS E Twice taken twice subdu'de unto their yoak And see the furious MOOR stand in a Muze With his reverberated Arrows strook That he may learn if against Thine he fight His Treacherie on his own pate shall light 50. The famous Fort of DIO Thou shalt see Being twice besieg'd thy People twice defend Tâ—…ere will their prowess manifested be There will their name in Arms to HEAV'N extend There will they bring great MARS under their Lee With deeds which told would set the Hayr on end There will the falling MOOR blaspheming ban And dam with his last breath the ALCORAN 51. Thou shalt see GOA taken from the MOOR GOA That by her loss at last shall gain When on the wings of Conquest made to soare Shee as the QUEEN OF ALL THE EAST shall raign The stubborn GENTILES who the Sun adore High and triumplant then she shall restrain With a rough Bitt and All who in that LAND Against thy People dare to lift a Hand 52. Slenderly mann'd and in poor order put Thou shalt see held the Fort of CANANOWR And shalt see won the City CALICUT In People infinite boundless in pow r And in COCHIN shalt see such honor got By one shall stand in battail like a Tow'r That never Lyre a Victor did resound Who so deserv'd to be with Lawrel crown'd 53. Never was so LEUCATE of a flame With shocking Fleets when gilding with their Trim The Actian waves Hence young OCTAVIUS came Bringing Italian pow'rs along with Him Thence ANTHONY with a fresh Victor's name Barbarians from the ORIENT from NYLE'S brim And from the farthest BACTRIA and the bane Of All th' Egyptian Mistress in the Traine 54. As thou shalt see the Sea and neighb'ring Shores Fire with thy Peoples Battails Who in bands Shall coupled lead IDOLATERS with Mores Triumphing over many Tongues and Lands And GOLDEN CHERSONESUS'S pretious stores To farthest CHINA conquer'd by their hands With the EAST'S outmost Islands in the end Make all the OCEAN to their TAOUS bend 55. In so much daughter mine that at the rate This Nation 's valour passes humane bound The WORLD hath not to match them in debate From silver GANGES to th'HERCULEAN SOUND Nor from the Northern Ocean to that straight Which the affronted LUSITANIAN found Though all the ancient HERO'S deifide Should rise again to have the mastry try'de 56. This having said his consecrated Poast The son of MAY down to the Earth he sends To finde some peaceful Port upon that Coast Where the Armada may repose with Frends And lest the valiant Captain should be lost If longer time he at MOMBASSA spends He gives his Legate farther in command To shew him in his sleep that friendly Land 57. Now swift CYLLENIUS cuts it through the Ayre Now to the Earth his winged feet declin'd Badge of his office the black Rod he bare This HELL' 's sad Pris'ners doth release and bind This lays asleep the Eye opprest with Care Whisking with this he doth outstrip the Wind His Hat of maintenance upon his Crown And thus he comes into MELINDE's Town 58. With him he carries ' FAME that she may tell The
Lusitanian prowess and rare parts For an illustrious Name is a strange Spell To attract Love and good Report hath darts Thus he prepares their way with a sweet smell And takes up lodgings in the Peoples hearts Now all MELINDE is on fire to see What kind of men these valiant souls should bee 59. From thence he parteth to MOMBASSA straight Where what to do the Ships uncertain stand To bid them without question or debate Leave that Foes Harbour and suspected Land For wicked plottings of infernal hate In vain are Force and Courage to withstand In vain to extricate our selves is Wit If HEAV'N do not both prompt and second it 60. Now sable NIGHT had finisht half her Race And in the Heav'n the Stars with borrow'd light Supply'd the Moon 's as She her Brother's place And sleeping now was Mortals who le delight Th' illustrious Captain who had all that space Been kept awake about the last day's fright Gave then to his tyr'd Eys a little sleep The rest by Quarters did their Watches keep 61 When in a Vision he did HERMES see And fly he bid him LUSITANIAN fly The Ambush of a wicked King which Hee Hath laid to make thee yet obscurely dye Fly for the wind and Heav'n Both favour Thee Thou hast the Ocean calm serene the skye And not far of another King to frend On whose reality thou mayst depend 62. Look for no better entertainment here Then what was giv'n by THRACIAN DIOMED Whose Horses us'd to bloody Provendere He with the Bodies of his strangers fed Th' infamous Altars of BUSIRIS where His Guests inhumane humane offrings bled Unless thou quit it look for in this place Fly a perfidious and a cruel Race 63 Steer straight alongst the Coast and thou shalt light Upon a Countrey where more Truth resides Close there where burning SOL at constant hight The night and day with equal line divides Then shall a King receive with much delight Thee and thy men and give to you besides Safety and Treatment worthy of a King One who the Fleet shall unto INDIA bring 64. Thus HERMES and the Captain parting woke He rowz'd out of his Nest in a great fright Perceives the circumfused darkness broke With a shot Ray and stream of divine light And seeing it imports Him and his Folke From that infamous LAND to take their flight Commands the Master with a spirit new To hoyse the sayles unto the Wind that blew 65. Set sayl he cride set saile to the large Wind Heav'n is our Guide and GOD our course directs These Eys saw the Express he was so kind To send from his high Court to guard our steps At this the Mariners before behind As with one motion spring upon the Decks They towe the Anchors in to the ship-side With that rude strength which is the Sea-mans pride 66. The self-same time they did their Anchors weigh Hid in the mask of night the trech'rous MORE Sawing their Cables husht and silent lay So to destroy them being run ashore The CHRISTIANS though there shone not the least Ray Yet in their heads the Eyes of Lynces wore The other finding how they were awake With Wings and not with Oares away did make 67. But now did the sharp Keels go cutting through The liquid Element of silver pure The Wind 't was a side-wind gently it blew With motion calm and steddy and secure Discoursing on their dangers past they chew As they sayl on for 't is not easie sure To pass in silence a deliverance So great and brought about as 't were by chance 68. The burning Sun had finisht one Career Began another of his annual Race When as far off as they could ken appeer Two Vessels creeping on the Water's face Knowing they must be MOORS who coast it there Forthwith ours veer their Sayles to give those chace One as more nimble or as frighted more To save her People ran herself ashore 69. Her Fellow not so light to make away Into the hands of those of LUSUS falls Without or MARS to board her or to play On her bruiz'd sides black VULCANS horrid Balls For she being weakly man'd nor built for Fray At sight of his own Men the Master falls His courage and his sayles His wisest course Had he resisted he had far'd the vvorse 70 Then GAMA who did this but to procure A Pilot for the INDIES so long sought Amongst those MOORS thought to have found one sure But found he was deceived in that thought There 's not a man of them That can assure Under what part 't is of the heav nly Vault This All can tell him That MELINDE'S nigh Where he may finde a Pilot certainly 71. The goodness of that KING the MOORS extol His bounteous nature and his Breast sincere The greatness like the goodness of his Soule With other parts which win him love and feare The Captain easily believes the whole Concurring with that very Charactere HERMES had given in his sleep before So goes bid by the dream and by the MORE 72. That gladsome season 't was in which returns Into EUROPA'S Ravisher the Sun Putting new lights in both his gilded Horns Whilst FLORA pours out AMALTHEA'S one And now that glorious Planet turn'd the Morn's Red finger to that moving Feast whereon HE who was dead the soul-sick world to heal To it 's Redemption rose to put the Seal 73. When to that distance from the which their Eys Might reach MELINDE the Armada came Adorn'd with Tapistrie triumphant-wise As that day's holiness it well became The Standart trembles and the Streamer flyes The Scarlet Wast-cloaths at a distance flame The Drums and Timbrels sound Thus they that BAR Like CHRISTIANS enter and like MEN OF WAR 74. With People hid is the Melindian shore That come to see the joyful Fleet. More kind Are These more humane and of truth have more Then Those of all the Countreys left behind The Lusitanian Navy drops before The heavy Anchors which fast rooting find One of the MOORS they took is sent on Land To let the KING their coming understand 75. The KING who was already by report Of those of LUSUS'S gallantry possest The Captain 's so frank entrie in his Port Takes as a favour from so brave a Guest And with true heart and in most courteous sort Both individual from a noble Brest Bids the man pray them much to come on Land Where they shall have his Realms at their command 76. Th' offer as real is as it appears The words full of unfeign'd Sinceritie Which the KING sent the noble Cavaleers Who had past so much Land and so much Sea He sends them more Live-sheep aboard fat Steers And Poultry cram'd by Houswifes industrie With all such Fruit as then in season was And the good will the Present did surpass 77. The well-pleas'd Moor who with this Errand went The Captain pleas'd receiv'd with what he brought And instantly another Present sent Unto the KING far fetcht and dearly
one Head Since the dry Earth was compast by the Main It terrifies the living where it rolls And ev'n alarums their dead Father's Souls 104. His frighted subjects to protect and skreen He whom thou hast my Lord and Husband made Stands with small strength exposed to the keen And thirsty edges of the Moorish Blade And I shall soon depriv'd of all be seen If thou afford him not thy present ayd A sad and private Woman Husbandless Without a Crown or Him or Happiness 105. Therefore O King for very fear of whom The streams of hot MALUCO do congeale Succour O! quickly to the succour come Of miserable and despis'd CASTELE If that deare smile be an assenting dumb If that thy fatherly affection seal Run Father if thou do not by the MORE I fear thou 'lt find it over-run before 106. This with the self-same tone MARIA said To King ALPHONSO on her trembling knees With which sad VENUS once her Father pray'd For her ENEAS tost on Lybian Seas At which with sense of the deep moan she made Such tender pitty did JOVE'S bowels seize Indulgent Sire he let his Thunder fall And griev'd she askt no more granted her all 107. Streight armed Squadrons glitt'ring in the Sun Are mustred in the Fields of EBORA Scowr'd is the Sword the Lance the Murrion In rich Caparisons the Horses neigh. The Trumpet shrill with pendant Banner done Rowzes from peaces down where long they lay Their tickled Hearts to disaccustomed Arms And concave Drums go thund'ring fresh Alarms 108. Amongst them and above them All appeers Higher by head and shoulders then the rest And where He goes the Royal Standart veers Valiant ALPHONSO with erected Crest His very look it animates and cheers If there are any ev'n the Coâ—…ard's Brest Into CASTEEL thus marching is he seen With his fair daughter the Castilian Queen 109. The two ALPHONSO'S in conclusion joynd In wide TARYFA'S Fields confronting stood The endless numbers of the people blind For vvhom too narrovv are both Plain and Wood. Of ours not one so hardy but did find Somevvhat of cold and shiv'ring in his blood Save onely such as cleerly understands CHRIST fights the battail vvith his People's hands 110. Derided are the thin-spread Christian-Bands By Bond-Mayd HAGAR'S Progeny unclean Who by anticipation all their lands Divide amongst the Army Hagarene Which by false Title in possession stands Of the illustrious Name of Saracene Just as Another's noble Land they boast Now for their own reck'ning without their Host. 111 As that big-bon'd and barb'rous Gyant whom King SAUL so fear'd and all his Army worse Seeing a simple Swain against him come Onely with Peebles arm'd and a clean force With haughty language arrogant and grum Scorns the poor Boy and sends him to his Nurse Whom rounding with his sling He taught at length The diff'rence betwixt Faith and humane strength 112. So the perfidious MOOR advancing cracks Over the Christian Hoast nor understands What POW'R it is that their weak Powers backs Which Hell with all its Fiends in vain withstands Helpt by that POW'R He of CASTEEL attacks MOROCCO'S King who there in Chief commands The PORTINGAL who sleights their whole Armada He takes to Task the Kingdom of GRANADA 113. Now crack the Lances and the Swords cry clink Upon the Armours Pow'rs incountring Pow'rs Invoking when they stand on danger's brink Theirs MAHOMET and St. IAGO ours The strook strike Heav'n with Cries making a sink And standing Pool with thick 〈◊〉 show'rs Where some half dead lye drowning where they stood In too much nâ—…w who fell for want of blood 114. With so great blood-shed did the PORTINGAL Make Spoyl and Havock of the GRANADINE That in small space he kills or routs them All ' Spight of their Mayles and breast-plates of steel 〈◊〉 His hungry Blade which will to supper fall In FEZ if in th'ALHAMBRA it did dine The brave CASTILIAN helps to end the Fray Who hath the MAURITANIAN at a Bay 115. The burning Sun was making his retreat To THETYS'S grotts and the bright Ev'ning Star Drawing that glorious day to it's red Set Whose memory no time shall ever bar When the two Kings consummate the defeat Of the MOORS'S Powers assembled in this War With so much Tragick slaughter as no Age Beheld before or since on the World's Stage 116. Not a fourth part rough MARIUS slew of Those That lost their lives in this day's Victory When water dasht with blood of their dead Foes He made his Army drink which then was dry Nor He of CARTHAGE sworn a child t' oppose With Fire and Sword the Pride of ITALY When he so many Knights kill'd famous ROME That their Rings tane did to three Bushels come 117. And if Thou noble TITUS couldst alone So many souls to black COCYTUS send When thou the Holy City didst unstone Of that stiff People never to be wean'd From their abolisht Rytes This GOD did owne And christned it his Act that what was pen'd By the OLD PROPHETS might be verify'de And JESUS said too whom they Crucify'de 118. After this great and prosperous event ALFONSO come to PORTUGALL again There to injoy in peace and sweet content The spreading Glories he in War did gain A black and lamentable accident Worthy in FAME'S Memorials to remain Was on a miserable Lady seen Who after she was dead was made a Queen 119. Thou onely Thou pure LOVE with bended bow Against whose Force no brest whate're can hold As if thy perjur'd Subject or Sworn Foe Did'st cause her death whom all the World condol'd If Tears which from a troubled Fountain flow Quench not thy Thirst as hath been said of old It is that such is thy tyraâ—…nick mood Thou lov'st thy Altars should be bath'd in blood 120. Thou wer't fair YNES in Repose of LOVE'S Reflected Fires fost'ring the sweet heat young In that sweet Error that worse Fates removes Which Fortune never suffers to last long In sweet MONDEGO'S solitary Groves Whose streams no day but thou didst weep among Teaching the lofty Trees and humble Grass That Name which printed in thy bosom was 121. Thy pensive Prince with thine did sympathize Remembrances which in his Soul did swim Bringing thee always fresh before his Eyes When from thy fair ones bus ness banisht Him By night in dreams that cheat him with sweet lyes By day in thoughts that pencil thy each lim And all he mus'd and all he saw in fine Were dear IDEA'S of thy Form divine 122. Of other Ladies fair and Princesses The tend'red Matches he did vilifie For of a Heart 't is hard to dispossess True Love that hath had time to fortifie Upon these highly am'rous passages The Father looking with an old man's Eye Enrag'd with what the common-people sed And his Son's resolution not to wed 123. YNES determines from the World to take His Son from Her to take and to remove Believing with her blood 's ill let-out Lake To quench the kindled flames of constant love O! that
to be slain 40. Many are posted to the Stygian Wave Into whose Bodies entred Steel and death Of St. IA GO there the MASTER brave Dyes fighting stoutly to his last of breath Another MASTER dire of CALATRAVE Pulls Troops down with him to the shades beneath The Renegade PEREYRAS likewise dye Reneaguing HEAVEN and their Destiny 41. Went thousands of the Vulgar without noat And nobles too unenter'd in FAME'S rolls Where that lean dog still gapes with triple throat Which never can be fill'd with humane souls And more to humble them who when on float Thought the whole World must stoop to their controlls The high Castilian Standart now doth fall And kiss the foot of that of PORTUGALL 42. With deaths with groans with blood with gashes dire The battail cruel above measure grows The multitude of men that here expire Makes all the Flow'rs in colour like the Rose All fly or dye Now out of breath was Ire Now Valour lost an Arm for want of Foes Now routed sees himself CASTILIA'S King And quits the purpose he from home did bring 43. The Field he leaves unto the Conquerer Glad that he did leave him his life too The poor remainder follow To whom Feare Gave wings not Feet nor did they run but flew The loss of so much men and Treasure there Profoundly in their silent hearts they rue Hiding the smart the sorrow and the soyle To have Another triumph in their spoyle 44. Some Him with open mouth blaspheam'd and curst Who first invented War mankind to quell In whose obdurate Breast Ambition first And Covetise of others goods did dwell Nor car'd for feeding his hydropick Thirst How many silly soules were pack't to Hell Who taught the way to shorten humane lives To orphan Children and to widow Wives 45. Victorious JOHN upon the place stays out In martial glory the accustom'd days With Offrings then and Pilgrimage devout To Him That gave the Conquest gives the Praise But NUNIO minding what he was about As He That knows a lasting Fame to raise No way like Arms which all the world command Passes his Troops to the Trans-Tagan Land 46. To Him his stars so favourable were That the success applauded the designe For he both conquers and the spoyls doth weare Of Andalusian Countreys That confine The Betick Standard of SEVILIA there Under which divers neighb'ring great ones joyn With small resistance at his feet soon falls Quell'd by the force and name of PORTINGALS 47. With these and other Victories opprest A tedious while were the CASTILIANS brave When Peace and now by both desired Rest The vanquisht People from the Victors have After the KING OF HEAV'N for ever blest To the Foe-Kings in holy marriage gave Of ENGLISH SISTERS the unequall'd pair Illustrious lovely beautiful and Fair. 48. But long that Breast inur'd to bloody Broile To live without a Foe could not sustain So having none upon the Land to toyle Goes to extend his Conquests ore the Maine This is our first of Kings who doth exile Himself from SPAIN to make the AFFRICANE By force of Arms perceive the diff'rence great Betwixt CHRIST's Law and that of MAHOMET 49. Behold on curled THETYS'S silver flood Their wings a thousand swimming Eagles beat To catch the swelling wind a moving wood Where the World 's utmost bounds ALCIDES set MOUNT AVILA he takes and the Walls good Of noble CEUTA outing MAHOMET With his blind Worship and secures all SPAINE From Treason of another JULIANE 50. Death envies so great Bliss to PORTUGALL As to injoy the Ages it desires This worthy Prince and takes him from Earth's Ball To add a new Voice to the Angells's Quires But that GOOD POW'R which Him to Heav'n did call Left his large off-spring to supply their Sire's Lamented want PRINCES who shall command Augment and with new Vertues deck the Land 51. King EDWARD was not of the happiest though The while that He the Regal Throne did fill For moody TIME goes blending joy with woe And with alternate Hand gives good for Ill. Who ever Happiness did constant know Or FORTUNE with one face continue still Yet to this KINGDOM she and ev'n this KING More of her honey gave then of her sting 52 He saw his Brother Captive good FERNAND Who had a Soul so publike and so brave That for his Troops distrest in AFFRICK-LAND Himself a Pawn unto the MOORS he gave Where when his ransome was in his own Hand He born a Prince would rather dye a slave Then that for Him we CEUTA should restore Freedom he lovd but lov'd his Countrey more 53. CODRUS because the Foe should not o'recome Deviz'd a noble Stratagem to dye To save the martial discipline of ROME Did RFGULUS to Death with Torments flye Ours distant fear to keep his Countrey from Invites himself to endless slavery CODRUS nor CURTIUS so much wonder'd at Nor loyal DECII did so much as That 54. But EDWARD'S onely Son ALPHONSO hight A lucky Name to our HESPERIA Who the prowd threatnings of Barbarian night In bord'ring Lands low as the dust did lay Would have been doubtless an unconquer'd Knight Had he forborn t' invade IBERIA AFFRICK will tell you 't was impossible To overcome a King so terrible 55. To pull the golden Apples was his hap Which none before him but ALCIDES bit On the feirce MOOR he such a Yoake did clap From which they cannot rest their Necks out yit The Palme and Lawrell green his Temples wrap Of Victories he at the Seige did git Of Pop'lous TANCER Strong ALAGER'S Towers And tough ARZILA o're the Barb'rous Powers 56. Infine the ever-conqu'ring PORTINCALL'S The succours beaten entring These by force Threw to the ground the adamantine walls And All that thwarted their Victorious course Wonders deserving Pens whence liquor falls Immortalizing with it's Nectar source Wrought private Swords in this Exployt of fame Exalting more the Lusitanian name 57. But after taynted with Ambition And Rule 's sweet Thirst though soure to Him at last FERNANDO he invades of ARRAGON About the Kingdom of CASTILIA vast Of the proud NATIONS which depend thereon A num'rous Hoast t' oppose him is a masst From CADIZ to the lofty PERYNEE All which the King FERNANDO did obey 58. The young PRINCE IOHN disdayns it should be said Hee is the only idle Man in SPAINE And therefore his ambitious Sire to ayd Resolves forth with nor is his Ayd in vaine The Battayle's bloody period undismayd Hee sees and with a brow serene and plaine The warlike Father put to totall Rout Yet leaves the Son the Victory in doubt 59. For the sublime and truly Royall son Gay Knight undaunted consident and high Having vast spoyle to the Adversary done Stays one whole day the Field to justify Thus was OCTAUIUS CAESAR overthrowne And Victor his companion ANTHONY When They or Those who noble IULIUS kil'd Reveng'd themselves in the Philippick Feild 60. ALPHONS o mounted to high Heav'n serene The Prince That then the Scepter swayd of right Was
judgements spend Money had done it's office pow'rfully For the magnanimous Captain he doth send To whom arriv'd with a Majestick Eye If here the pure and naked Truth to me Thou wilt confess I pardon thee quoth He 61. I am assur'd th' Ambassage thou hast done To me in thy King s name is meerly coyn'd For that nor King nor Countrey doest â—…hou own But vagabonding sayl'dst with ev'ry wind From farthest SPAIN'S remotest Region Would any King or Prince in his right mind A single ship much less a Navy send Through so incâ—…rtain ways to the WORLD'S end 62. And if thy King support his Majesty Which great and potent Realms which he commands Thy unknown Truth to prove and testifie What pretious presents knit this friendship's bands In resents rich in sumptuous Guifts and high Kings speak their loves Their Rhet'rick's in their Hands A Hand that gives not Any falsifies Nor will a Sea-man's testing it suffice 63. If banisht from thy native soyle thou be As many a man hath been of great Renown Welcom by JOVâ—… both to my Realms and me For to the Valiant ev'ry Land 's his own Or if a Pyrat thou infest the Sea Spare not through fear or shame to make that known For in all times a vital breath to draw NECESSITIE hath been exempt from Law 64. He said DE GAMA finding this new Face Of Things is from the greedy CATUALLS Suborn'd by ISHMAEL'S malicious Race The Royal Ear to poyson with things false With such a high assurance as the Case Requir d instead of fresh Credentials Which VENUS ACIDALIA did inspire To his wise Breast surcharged thus gave fire 65. If the gilt Cup of Lyes which MAN betrayd Out of his Paradice had not pledg'd bin By our first Parents and by them convayd From hand to hand through foul original sin Till in the hand of MAHOMET it stayd Who suckt the very dreggs that were therein Most mighty King thou never had'st receiv'd This Calumny by that damn'd Sect conceiv'd 66. But in as much as there 's no good that 's great Done withour great Contract and Actions tall For man his bread in his Brows sweat must eat That stand on tiptoe are tript at by All Therefore they brand me for a Counterfait Therefore doest Thou my Truth in question call Although so cleer that see it needs thou must Didst thou not credit whom thou shouldst MISTRUST 67. For if I liv'd by robbing on the Sea Or wreck of Fortune banisht my dear Home What need I go so far to sâ—…ek my Prey For unknown Mansions need I hither roam What gain what hopes could make me in this way To tempt the fury of the waves that foam Antartick colds Heats of the burning line Where Aries hangs the Equinoxial sign 68. If on great Gifts of estimation high The credit due to me thou pin and cast My comming now was onely to descry Where NATURE hath thy ancient Kingdome place But to my Countrey and Dread Leige if I Through Fortune's goodness get long Seas re-past At my return I promise thee O King That such CREDENTIALS never man did bring 69. If unto Thee an uncouth thing it show That where her farthest Arm HESPERIA flings A King should send me to thee Thou should'st know That nothing possible is hard to Kings Then Kings of PORTUGALâ—… if this be so May be allow'd for spreading of their wings Something of greater and of larger scope Then what is giv'n for common Kings to hope 70. Know that for sevâ—…ral Generations past Our Kings have firmly purpos'd in their hearts With all those Toyles and Dangers to contrast Wherewith Heroick deeds whole NATURE thwarts And Enemies to sloath of th' OCEAN vast Piercing into the undiscover'd Parts Aspir'd to know the end of it and where The farthest Countreys which it washes were 71 The worthy Project of the learned Branch Of that victorious King who to displant From his dear Nest did through the Sea first lanch Of AVILA the last Inhabitant He joyning one unto another planch As far from Idle as from Ignorant Discover'd all those Parts which lighted are By Argo Hydra th' Altar and the Hare 72. Gath'ring fresh courage then from the event In that those first endeavours prov'd not vain Discov'ring farther new Advent'rers went Successively the secrets of the Maine Th' Inhabitants of AFFRICK That frequent Her SOUTHERN CAPE and never saw CHARLSWAYN Were seen by These leaving behind each Isle And Continent which Both the Tropicks broyle 73. With this so high Resolve and fixt therein Our Nation quell'd and triumpht over Chance Till I now ending what Those did begin The farthest Piller in thy Realm advance Breaking the Element of molten Tyn Through horrid storms I lead to thee the Dance From whom to carry to my King I ask Onely a sign that I have done my Task 74. This is Truth King For for so doubtful gain So inconsiderable a Content As were it other I could hope so vain A lye and formal I would scorn t' invent No on the restless Bosome of the MAYN To set my Rest up I would first consent Forever and by â—…yracy to get An unjust living out of others swet 75. So that O KING if my great Veritie Thou hold as 't is for single and sincere Dispatch me to my Prince with brevitie Hold me no longer from my Câ—…untry deare But if the scruple still remain in thee Ponder the Reasons I have render'd Here I lay them in thy piercing judgements scale Secure For great is â—…ruth and will prevail 76. The King markt all along the Confidence Which DE GAME ev'n proved his discourse A full assurance of hâ—…s Innocence A perfect credit did this speech inforce He weighs the copious Words's magnificence Th' authoritie with which they fetch their source Thinks now the CATUALL deceived is But He is brib'd and so he thinks amis 77. Added to this his avaritious Eye Upon the gainful Trade of PORTUGALL Makes him obey and rather to comply With the brave Captain then the Moorish gall In short he bids DE GAMA presently Get him aboard his Fleet and without all Suspect of harm whatever Merchandice To send ashore to sell or truck for Spice 78. In fine he bids him send of every thing That in Gangetick Kingdoms is not met If ought that fits them from that Land he bring Where the Land ends begins the â—…cean great Now from the awful presence of the King Illustrious GAMA parteth to intreat The CATUALL That of the Ports had charge His Own from shore to order him a Barge 79. A Barge he prays from this illustrious Lord But this is more then he is well content As ruminating mischiefe to afford Pretending this and that impediment Yet as in order to his going abord Far from the Royal Court with Him he went Where he unnoted by the King may write To Avarice what malice did indite 80. He tells him yonder afar off that He Hath imbâ—…rcation fitter for his turn Or that to
From the Armada in his Boats doth dance To meet Him of MELINDâ—… with a Train Whom much their cloaths but more their deeds advance GAMA comes clad after the use of SPAIN But wears a Cassock ala mode de France The Stuff a Florence-Satin and the dye A perfect Crimson glorious in their Eye 98. The Sleeves have golden Loops which the Sun-shine Makes too too bright and slippry for the Eyes His close Camp-Trowzes lac't with the same myne Which Fortune to so many men denyes Poynts likewise of the same and Tagging fine With which his Doublet to his Hose he tyes A Sword of massive Gold in Hanger tyde A Cap and Plume the Cap set a toe side 99. Mong'st his Camrades the noble Tyrian dye Not liv'ry-wise but sparcled here and there The sev'ral Colours recreate the Eye So do the diff'rent Fashions which they weare Such their inamel'd Cloathes Varietie Compriz'd in one survey as doth appear The painted Bow in water-colours laid Of JUNOS Minion the Thaumantian Mayd 100. The ratling Trumpets now their joy augment As other times they had their courage done The Moorish Boats cover'd the Sea and went Sweeping the Water with their silks Anon. The Clowds of HEAV'N the thund'ring Cannon rent And with new Clowds of Smoak put out the Sun Before the Blow the winged lightning flies The MOORS'S hands stop their Eares the lids their Eyes 101. Into the Captain's Boate the KING doth come Folding him in his Arms And He agin With such respect and rev'rence as become Doth both receive and speak unto the KING A while with wonder and Amazement dumb The MOOR on GAMA stands considering As He That highly doth esteem the Man Who came so far to seek the Indian Stran. 102. Then makes him a large proffer of whate're To do him good his Kingdom can afford And that he freely would demand it there As his own goods if ought he lackt aboard Adds though till now he saw the LUSIANS ne're Yet he from FAME had heard much of their SWORD And how in other Parts of AFFRICA They have had wars with People of his way 103. And how through all that spacious LAND resown The glorious Actions of that NATION When they therein did gain that Kingdom 's Crown Where the HESPERIDES of old did won And most of That which to the KING was known Although the least the PORTINGALLS had done He spread out thin in words and magnifide But to the KING de GAMA thus reply'de 104. O great and gracious KING who dost alone The Lusitanian People's sad estate By NEPTUNE'S rage and adverse Fortune thrown Into so many streights Commiserate The KING OF KINGS who from th' eternal Throne Turning HEAV'N round did the round Earth create Since Mercy is his chiefest Attribute Reward thee for it for We cannot do 't 105. Thou onely of all Those APOLLO blacks In peace receiv'st us from the Ocean vast In Thee from peril of Eolian Wracks We find a Refuge kind syncere and fast Whilst the Sun lights whilst Night his presence lacks In HEAV'N'S blew Meade whilst Stars take their repast Where re I go in either Hemisphere Thy Name and Praises shall be â—…ounded there 106. This humbly said towards the Fleet they row The KING requesting that he now may see 't Ship after Ship about it round they go That he of All may note all he thiâ—…ks meet Lame VULCAN walks on â—…ynstocks to and fro With which the Guns salute him from the Fleet. The Trumpets play unto him in shril notes The MOORS with Cornets answer from the Boates 107. But when the gen'rous King had ceast to Noate All That he would nor heard with little wonder Th' unusual Instrument with the wide Throate That speaks so big and tears the Clowds in sunder He bids them in the Sea anch'ring the Boate Suspend their 〈◊〉 as they had done their thunder That he may know at large of brave DE GAME Those things which lightly he had heard from FAME 108. The MOOR doth into sev'ral questions run With gust inquiring sometimes of the great And famous Wars between our NATION And Those who do believe in MAHOMET Now of the LAND we dwell in which the Sun Bids last good night when he makes hast to set Now of the NATIONS which therewith confine Now of his ploughing through the Gulphs of Brine 109. But rather valiant Captain quoth the KING Make us a full and orderly narration Under what Part of the Câ—…LESTIAL RING Under what Clyme ye have your Habitation Also your ancient Generation's spring And of a REALM so potent the Foundation With the successes of your Warrs For though I know them not that they were vast I know 110 Tell us besides of all that tedious maze Through which thon hast been tost with angry flaws On the salt Seas observing the strange ways Of our rude AFFRICK and the barb'rous Laws Tell For the Horse of the new Sun the DAY' 's Imbroydered Coasts with golden traces draws Postilion'd by the MORN The Wind 's asleep And the curst Billowes couch upon the DEEP 111. And if the Winds and Seas are husht to hear The story thou shalt tell no less are Wee Who would not lend your Acts a greedy Eare Who hath not heard of LUSUS'S Progenie SOL who the Brain of man doth purge and cleer Drives not his Coach thus nigh us as you see To have MELINDIANS thought so dull a Breed As not to value an Heroick deed 112. A daring War the haughty GYANTS made Upon OLYMPUS permanent and pure Rash THESEUS and PERITHOUS did invade Grim PLUTO'S Kingdom horrid and obscure If such high Boys as these the world hath had 'T is not less hard nor will less Fame procure Then the attempting HEAV'N and Hell by Them That others should attempt the Watry Ream 113. DIANA'S Templebuilt by TESIPHON Rare Architect HOROSTRATUS burnt down To be talkt of though for a Thing ill done And dye defam'd rather then live unknown If on so false and vile Foundation The sweet desire deceives us of Renown How much more lawful is' t to seek a name By deeds deserving everlasting FAME End of the second Canto Third Canto STANZA 1. Now what illustrious GAMA neer the Line Inform'd that KING report CALIOPE Breathe an immortal Song and voice divine Into this mortal Breast thaâ—…'s big with Thee So never the great God of Medicine To whom thou ORPHEUS bar'st love CLYCIE Court DAPHNE more or call LEUCOTHOE Frend Since Thou in Beauty doest them All transcend 2. Thou Nymph promote my pious just desire To pay my Country what to It I owe That the whole world may listen and admire To see from Tagus AGANIPPE flowe Leave PINDUS'S flow'rs For Loe the MUSES'S Sire Bathes me in Sacred dew from top to toe If not I swear thou hast some jealousie ORPHEUS thy joy should be eclyps'd by me 3. To hear the noble GAMA In a Ring Gather'd was all th'attentive Companie When having sat a while considering Raising his manly
MORTAL CROWN The hand of sickness ush'ring that of death Toucht his weak Body and so pusht it down Thus whom so many had paid Tribute to Paid the last tribute unto Nature due 84. Him did the lofty Promontories moan With all their streams the widow'd Rivers wept And overflowing the Fields newly sown With rueful Tears the next years Harvest swept But through the world his living FAME is blown And where he raign'd his name so fresh is kept That there each Hill and ev'ry ecchoing Plain ALFONSO calls ALPHONSO But in vain 85. SANCHO succeeds valiant and in his Spring True Copy of his Sire examin d well By the Original alive yet being When he with barb'rous blood made BETIS swell And overturn'd the Andalusian King Of the accursed Race of ISHMAEL But better when at BEJA'S siege he made Them feel the weight of his Victorious Blade 86. After he ware the LUSITANIAN CROWN Some years elaps'd since he to reign began Before the City SILVES he sat down Then in possession of the AFFRICAN Assisted was he to take in this Town By Strangers from the Northern Ocean With Men and Arms for ASIA bound to joyne In rescue of distressed PALESTINE 87. They sayld to second in the Holy Cause RED FREDRICK who with a potent Hoast To the defence of that plagu'd City draws By which the LORD OF LIFE his own life lost When GUIDA with his Troops having their jaws Parcht up with drowth to the GREAT SOLDAN forst Were to surrender where the Miscreants Have prepossest the Springs which GUIDO wants 88. But the fair Navie forc't upon our shore By adverse Winds though SANCHO s prosperous Star Assists him willingly against the MORE Since one and t' other is a Holy War As thy great Father LISBON took before Just so and with the same Auxiliar From the fierce dwellers tak'st Thou SILVES This Also a noble Realm's METROPOLIS 89. And if from the MAHUMETANS thou hast So many trophies neither didst thou let The men of LEON though in Mountains plac't And nurst in bloody Battail quiet set Till thou a Yoke upon the Neck hadst cast Of their proud TUI adding a Coronet Of Towns her Neighbours on which Thou didâ—…t puâ—… Renowned SANCHO thy triumphant Foot 90. But death like a bold Thiefe did Him assault In his Career of glory He was heyr'd B'a Son whom many Vertues did exalt Second ALPHONSO of our Kings the Therd In his Raign was ALCACER OF THE SALT Subdu'de again in spight of the MOOR'S Beard By whom late took 't is now re-took with great Destruction of them and four Kings's defeat 91. ALFONSO dead The Second SANCHO came To hold the Scepter Tame and negligent To that degree both negligent and tame That for the shadow of Himself he went Then did Another fitter for the same Wrest from his hands that pow r he was content To delegate And why He having none Himself his Minion's Crimes were call'd his owne 92. No no our SANCHO was not of that mood Lewd NERO was who married with a Boy And after with less guilt he shed her blood His mother AGRIPPINA did injoy Nor like the self-same NERO piping stood Then clapt his hands to see his burning TROY Nor did his daughter like one King devour Nor change his Sex like t'other Emperour 93 He did not o're his People tyrannize Like Those who Kings in SYRACUSA were Nor hyr'd he men strange Tortures to devise Like PHALARIS one of the Tyrants there But the proud Realm which too indulgent skyes Had us'd to Kings who would indure no Peere That likewise to such niceness did arrive T' indure no King who had his Peer alive 94. Therefore BOLONIA'S Earl the Helm did guide Which he did after in his own right hold When his still-sloathful Brother SANCHO dy'de He nam'd ALPHONSO and surnam'd the Bold After he had the Kingdom pacify de And all sharp humors setled or controll d Thinks how he may enlarge it by his merit Too small a Circle for so great a spirit 95. Of the ALGARVES'S land the conquering Whereof was giv'n him with his Queen in dow'r He gains in much outing the Moorish King On all whose Actions now curst MARS did low'r But out of PORTUGAL did wholly fling By Prudence part and part by martial pow'r That pertinacious People and did chace From that good Land which LUSUS left his Race 96. Now DENIS worthy his own Parentage And for whom such a Father should make room DENIS Who strikes in the way of Patronage The fa me of ALEXANDER'S bounty dumbe The Land got breath and flourisht in that Age Mild â—…eace and with peace Justice from Heav'n come With Constitutions Laws and Customes right Of a calm Kingdome LUMINARIES bright 97. He was the first That made COYMBRA shine With Lib'ral Sciences which PALLAS taught By Him from HELICON the Muses Nine To bruize MONDEGO'S grassie brink were brought Hither transferr'd APOLLO that rich Mine Which the old GREEKS in learned ATHENS wrought Here Ivy-Wreaths with Gold he interweaves And the coy DAPHNE'S never-fading leaves 98 Now noble Cities from the ground ascend Castles and warlike Fortresses secure Scarce any Corner but this Prince doth mend Convents he builds and Towns he doth immure But ATROPOS the Best must have an End Shearing his golden Thrid in years mature His Son succeeds not dutiful the Fourth ALPHONSE but of high courage and much worth 99. On proud CASTEEL he still with Scorn did look Yet free from malice as 't was free from feares Onely men have a custom in that Nook To dread no pow'r for being more then theirs For when the MAURITANIAN undertook HESPERIA'S second Conquest and appeares Just ready now CASTILIANS to invade The brave ALPHONSO pow'rs in to their Ayd 100. Never SEMIRAMIS with such an Hoast Did swarm HYDASPES'S banks his Sands out-number Nor ATTILA He who Himself did boast The Scourge of GOD and was the fright and wonder Of ITALY so many GOTHS ingrost And Northern People As of MOORS were under The AFFRICK-MOOR with Those GRANADA yields At that time mustred in Tartessian Fields 101. Then the CASTILIAN KING who saw so great And vast a pow r against his Countrey bend Nor weigh'd his life but the intire defeat Of SPAIN it self once lost did apprehend Help from the valiant PORTINGALL t' intreat His dearest Consort to that Court did send His Wife from whom the Embassie is sent And his dear daughter unto whom it went 102. Vertuous MARIA and as fair as good Enters her Father's Palace glorious dame Lovely in Grief nor though the water stood In her sweet eyes did that suspend their flame Her Angel's Tresses with a golden flood Coverd her Ivory shoulders When she came Before her Sire He overjoyd and kind It rain'd down right and thus she brake her mind 103. As many Nations as all AFFRICK bred A People barbarous and inhumane Hath the great King of the MOROCCO'S led To take possession of illustrious SPAIN So vast a pow'r ne're marcht under
lushious and Seraphick excellence Transforming Soules into it That can brook The object or pretend the least defence All That have swallow'd LOVE'S bewitching Hook With poor FERNANDO'S frailty will dispence And some as when MARS seen in courser snares The Gods did once ev'n wish his case were Theirs End of the third Canto Fourth Canto STANZA 1. AFter a pitchie and a dripping night Poor Travailers confounding in their way A glorious Morn succeeding glads the sight And with the long'd-for Sun returns the day After the whistling winds have spent their spight On the calm'd Sea the wanton Dolphins play So the afflicted Kingdom it befell When soft FERNANDO bade the world farewel 2. And if ours wisht a Champion to fullfil Their Vengeance upon Those from whom alone Using remiss FERNANDO'S favours ill They make account that all their Ills are grown Now they I have one according to their will Putting illustrious JOHN into the Throne As PEDRO'S onely Son they could come at And his true Son though Illegitimat 3. That this was Heaven's Ordinance divine By most cleer Tokens evident became When a young girl speaking before her time In EBORA distinctly form'd his name And as a Herald-Angel sent in fine The Portingall Successour to proclame Lifting i'th'Cradle Body Hand and Tone Cry'd PORTUGAL FOR THE NEW KING DON JOHN 4. Such at this time was the confus'd Estate Of the poor Realm and the mad People's spleen That to disburthen their conceived Hate Flat Cruelties in ev'ry part were seen Killing the Kin and all that did relate To the adult'rous Earl and to the Queen With whom her lewdness they affirm'd was more In widowhood then it had been before 5. But true or false the scandal which they gave Forfeits his Head and rightly to the Axe He dyes for 't in her presence Others have The self-same sawce It catches like fir'd flax One whom religious Orders could not save Thrown from a Steeple like ASTIANAX A Second Orders Sex nor th' Altar's Horn A third dragg'd naked and to mamocks torn 6. In long forgetfullness may now be laid Those horrid Massacres which ROME beheld By bloody SYLLA and fierce MARIUS made When one another they by turns expel'd Then LEONÓRE whom th'unrevenged shade Of her dear Count with open fury swell'd Invites CASTEEL who did her daughter wed Saying the CROWN belongeth to her head 7. Her daughter BEATRICE was she as due To whom he of CASTEEL that Crown might clame Reputed daughter of FERNANDO too With the permission of her mother's Fame Into the Field CASTILIA therefore drew To seize the Kingdom in his Consort 's name Amassing men our Spot to overwhelm From every Province of his spacious Relm 8. Troops came on this occasion from that LAND To which one BRIGUS gave his name of yore From Lands recover'd by their GREAT FERNAND And greater CID from the usurping MORE Nor those who high in MARS his favour stand Who with their Ploughs laborious travaile o're The Hills of LEON slowly did advance The ancient Terror of the Moorish Lance. 9. The VANDALS came who to this day confide In Valour which of old they made appeer SEVILIA came ANDALUZIA'S Pride So sweetly water'd by GUADALQUIVEER The noble ISLAND which was colonied Sometime by TYRIANS was not wanting here Who on their Banners in those days of yore The famous Pillars of ALCIDES bore 10. Came likewise Troops from old TOLEDO'S Reame Whose nimble Tongue the neatest Spanish trolls And TAGUS clasps her with his amorous streame Which from the Hills of CUENCA sweetly rolls Nor fear kept you from being joyn'd to Them Sordid GALLEGOS refractory Souls That arm your selves again those swords t' oppose Of which already ye have felt the blows 11. Likewise black Furies of the war drives an The BISKAYNER A mortal enemy To Complement nor of a Heart that can From any stranger brook an injury He of GUIPUSCUA and th'ASTURIAN Fam'd for their Yron-Indies far and nigh These arm'd with their own Mines conducted are To serve their LORD in the denounced War 12. JOHN from whose manly Bosom's bristles grew That courage SAMPSON borrow'd of his hairs Though all his men amount but to a Few To play the best of a bad Game prepares Nor that he 's unresolved what to do Calls the cheif Counsellors in his Affaires But to observe how every one inclines For among many there are many minds 13. There want no such as ev'n against that Cause They follow Reasons do insinuate Whose sence with a Castilian Byas draws From all that 's Portingal degenerate Whom Fear so freezes and so overaws That natural love it doth exterminate Their King and Countrey they deny and wou'd With PETER too for fear deny their GOD. 14. Don NUNIO to be sure was none of Those But though his Brothers whom he deerly lov'd Take t'other side and big the danger grows Them whose Faith staggers sharply he reprov'd And at these People with their I's and No's Laying his Hand upon his Hilt more mov'd Then Eloquent these words abruptly hurl'd Threatning the Earth the Ocean and the world 15. What 'Mongst the Portingal-Nobility Shall there be any less then Sons of MARS What in this Realm victorious far and nigh Shall there be born That shun defensive wars That will their Hearts their Hands their Heads deny At such a pinch their Fortunes and their Stars Or who for any cause that can be thought Will see their Countrey in subjection brought 16. What Are not you then of those worthies bred Who fierce and valiant as the Swords they wore Under the great HENRIQUEZ Standart led O'rethrew this warlike Nation once before When Them so many routed Squadrons fled So many Flaggs that besides thousands more Of lesser Rank amongst the opulent Prâ—…y Sev'n potent Earles our Pris'ners were that day 17. With whom perpetually were trodden down These That are now so dreadful in your view By DENIS and his Son of high Renown But with your Sires and Grandsires and if you Were by the Sins or weakness of the CROWN Kept under in FERNANDO'S days Renew Your strength with the new King For 't is not strange You see for People with their Kings to change 18. Ye have one now that if your courage rose Equal with his You lifted to the Throne Ye might o'rethrow the World how much more Those Whom ye have oft already overthrown And if in short with Him ye cannot lose Those fears that seem t' have turn'd you into stone Stand but like stones I ask you not one stroke Whilst I alone resist a forraign yoak 19 I onely with my Tenants and with this And at that word he pull'd out half his Blade Will save from force and all that shameful is This Land which hitherto hath liv'd a Maid By the King's fire and mine lighted at his Our Countrey 's Tears By Faith by you not vvaigh'd Not onely These upon their knees I 'l bring But All that ever shall oppose my King 20. As when despairing now the Youth
of ROME All that survived CANNAE'S fatal Field Stood ready rallyed in CANUSIUM Themselves unto the Conquerour to yield But young CORNELIUS doth amongst them come And swears them All upon his sword compel'd That they the Roman wars shall never leave Till life leave them or Those their lives bereave 21. So NUNIO animates whom he did force Whose boyst'rous Rhet'rick such quick flame imparts Chiefly the Tail and sting of his discourse As thaws those fears that had congeal d their hearts And presently they call to Horse to Horse Tossing about their heads Lances and Darts They run and live with open mouth they cry The famous King that gives us Liberty 22. Amongst the fiercer Commons some up-cry This war by which their Countrey is assoyl'd Others scowr up their Armours and supply What with the rust of peace was eate and spoyl'd These stuff old Murrions Those new breast-plates try Each takes those Arms he hath most skill to wield With sev'ral colour'd Garments others flaunt Others Love Motto's and devices paint 23. With all this well-appointed Company Doth valiant JOHN from fresh ABRANTES go Abrantes which injoys abundantly The streams from CUENCA'S frozen Caves that flow The well-arm'd Vanguard is commanded by One who was fit t have led against a Foe Those Oriental Forces without Compt With which King XERXES past the HELLESPONT 24. DON NUNIO ALVAREZ I mean the true And fatal scourge of proud CASTILIANS No less then once the valiant HUN was to The ancient GAULLS and the ITALIANS Another Knight to whom much praise is due Leads the right wing of LUSITANIANS As skilfull to conduct as bold in fight OF VASCONCETOS MEM RODRIQUEZ highâ—… 25. The other wing that corresponds with this ANTONIO VASQUEZ of ALMAAD commands Who after Conde of Abranchez is And Hee comes up with the Sinestre Bands In the Râ—…er-Gard the Standart none can miss Where Circling PORTUGAL CASTILIA Stands With IOHN accomplished in every part Who makes a dunce of MARS in his own Art 26. Trembling upon the Battlements and een Cold betwixt hope and feare suspended now Wives Mothers Sisters Mistresses are seen Prayers they preferr Fasts Pilgrimages vow Our Troops advancing with undaunted meen Down by the Foe they sit them brow to brow Receiv'd with shouts which rock the Firmament Yet one t'other doubted the event 27. The vocall Trumpets challenge and accept The Drumms and whistling Fifes in consort joyne The dusty Field the sâ—…ourisht Ensigns swept Where all the Colours of the Rainbow shine It was the time when CERES'S fruits being reapt She lends her Lab'rers to the God of Wine When into Libra entred August's Sun Plump BACCHUS put sweet Must into the Tun. 28. Castilian Trumpets did the On-set sound Loud furious dismall terrible and hoarce Heard it ARTABOR'S Mount and underground Her way did frighted GUADIANA force Heard it the DVVERE and ALENTECHO round TAGUS looks back then hastens on his course And Mothers who that baylefull noysedid heare Claspe to their Breasts their tender Babes for feare 29. How many Cheeks were there discolourd seen Whilst to the Heart the frendlie blood repaird In great Incounters greater is I ween The feare of danger then the danger feard But when the first brunt's over Rage and Teen Desire of honour and to Plume the Beard Of a proud Foe These take away the sence Of losing limbs or dearest life's expence 30. On either side the first Battalions move The doubtfull war on either side began These fighting for their Country which they love Those to possess another's if they can The great PEREYRA first his force did prove Summing an Armie's valour in one Man Hee shocks strikes down in fine he makes their Grave And with their Corpses sows the Land they crave 31. Now through the darkned Ayre barbd Arrows fleet Javelins with other shott fly whizzing round Vnder the fiery Coursers's yron Feet The Earth doth tremble and the Vales resound Lances are crackt and dropping thick as Sleet The Horsemen armd come thundring to the ground Vpon feirce NUNIO'S Few fresh Foes are pact Their Art to multiply his to abstract 32. Loe now his Brother's swords against him bent Cruell and ougly But Hee wonders not For they who'gainst their King and Countrey went Would never stick to cut a Brother's Throat Of these Revolters many did present Themselves in the first Ranks And who so hot To kill their Friends as They so kindred Hoasts Of yore incountred in Pharsalian Coasts 33. O CATALINE and Thou Sertorius bould Noble CORIOLANUS with the rest Who'gaynst your Countrey drew your swords of ould From an Impious though provoked Brest If in the darke Abysse of PLUTO'S Hould Ye find your selves with FURIES'S whipps opprest Tell them to cloake the horrour of your sin Some Portingalls sometimes have Traytors bin 34. Ore whelmd with growing Foes's impetuous flood Now were the formost of our Squadrons burst There NUNIO like a rampant Lyon stood Whom in her neighb ring Mountains CEUTA nurst But now he is invirond with a wood Of HUNTERS speares ore Tetuan plains that courst Those All are bent at Him His Brows Hee draws Nor is it Feare but Anger makes him pause 35. Musty he looks nought pleased with the sight Yet his wild Nature and undaunted he art Incompetible with ignoble flight Himself amongst the thickest he doth dart So with the blood of Aliens dyes our Knight The Lusitanian Grass Some fall some start Ev'n of his own For where there is such odds Strength often fails and firmest Vertue nods 36. JOHN saw how hard brave NUNIO was put to 't For as a wise and careful General His Eye was in all parts in all his Foot His Presence and his words gave life to All As a She-Lyon and a Nurse to boot That finds whilst Hunger Her from home did call Leaving her whelps unto themselves a bold Massylian shepherd lurcht them from her Hold 37. Raving she runs and grinds her Teeth and rends The SEAVEN BROTHER MOUNTAINS with her Voice So JOHN so runs he to assist his Frends To the Head Squadrons with some soldiers choice O brave Camrades noble as are your Ends How in your matchless Valour I rejoyce Defend your Countrey and defend your Lands The Hope of Freedom in your Lances stands 38. See me your King your Fellow and your Head 'Mongst Darts 'mongst Arrows and thick Pikes among Rush on the Foe Nor are you sent but led Shew fighting to what Countrey ye belong The irrefragable Warriour sed Who four times poysinga sharp Lance and strong Throws it with force and through this Throw alone Many a Soule out of her House is throwne 39. For loe his men with honorable shame Are kindled new and with a noble Ire Who shall bet most at MARS his bloody Game Is th' onely Thing to which they All aspire They Vye revye and dip their steel in flame Break stubborn Mayles nor leave thick Plates intire Thus wounds they give and wounds they take again Nor doth it grieve them slaying
whole Fleet bent into the Ocean wide Lest the cold Southern wind increasing shou'd Impound us in the Bay and furious Tyde Made in that Quarter by the crooking shore Which to SOFALA sends the golden Ore 74. This part and the swift Rudder streight up resign'd To good St. NICH'LAS as in case deplor'd Towards that Part we steered where the Wind Possessed Waves against the Beaches roar'd When the 'twixt hope and fear suspended mind And which confided in a painted Board Faln from small hope to absolute dispaire Lookt up by an Adventure rare 75. 'T was thus When to the Coast so nigh we drew As to see plain the Countrey round about A River broacht into the Sea we view Where Barks with Sails went passing in and out To meet with Men That Navigation knew Surpriz'd us with great joy thou canst not doubt For amongst Them of things from Vs so hid We hop't to hear some News and so we did 76. These too are ETHIOPS yet it should appeare They had in better company been bred Arabick words we pickt out here and there By which was reacht the scope of what they sed A kind of Terbant each of them did weare Of Cotton fine pres't close unto his head Another Cotton-cloth and this was blew About those-parts that should be kept from view 77. In the Arabick-Tongue which They speak ill But FERNAND MARTYN understandeth though They say in Ships as great as these we fill That Sea of theirs is travers't to and fro Even from the rising of the Sun untill The Land makes Southward a FULL POINT and so Back from the South to East conveying thus Folks of the colour of the DAY like Vs. 78. If with the sight of These so joy'd we were The news they give us makes us much more glad This for the signes by us collected there We call THE RIVER OF GOOD SIGNS We add The Land-mark of A CROSS the which we reare Whereof some number in our Ships we had For such Intents This bar the fair Guides's name Who with TOBIAH unto GABAEL came 79. Of Slyme scales shell-fish and such filthy stuff The noysome Generation of the DEEP The Ships that come therevvith sordid and rough Through so long Seas there do vve cleanse and svveep From our kind Hosts vve had supply'de enough Of the Provisions usual as sheep And other things vvith smooth and jocund meen And as cleer hearts vvhich through their eys vvere seen 80. But the high pregnant Hopes we there embraced Bred not a joy unmixt with some Allay To ba lance it in t'other scale was placed A new disaster by Râ—…AMNUSIA Thus gracious HEAV'Ns their Boons have interlaced These are the interfearings This the way Of humane Things Black sorrow holds the Dye Light joy fades in the twinkling of an Eye 81. And this it was The loathsom'st the most fell Disease that ever these sad eyes beheld Reft many a life and left the Bones to dwell For everlasting in a forreign Field Who will believe unseen what I shall tell In such dire manner would the gumms be swell'd In our mens Mouths that the black flesh thereby At once did grow at once did putrifie 82. With such a horrid stench it putrifide That it the neighb'ring Ayre infected round We had no circumspect PHYSITIAN try'de No Lady-handed SURGEON was there found But by a CARVER might have been supply'de The last 'T was handling of a dead-man's wound The rawest NOVICE with his Instrument Might cut and never hurt the PATIENT 83. In fine in this wild LAND adieu we bad To our brave Friends never to see them more Who in such Ways in such Adventures sad With Us an equal burthen ever bore How easily a burying place is had The least wave of the Sea any strange shore Serve as to put our Fellows's Reliques in So of the bravest Men that e're have bin 84 Thus from this fatal Haven we disjoine With more of joy then what we brought and less And coasting upward seek some farther signe Of INDIA to make out our present guess At MOZAMBIQUE we arriv'd in fine Of whose false dealing and hard heartedness Thou must have heard as also of the Vile And barb'rous dealing of MOMBAâ—…SA'S Isle 85 Then to the Sanctuary of thy Port Whose soft and Royall Treatment may suffice To heale the sick to cheer the Alamort We were conducted by propitious Skyes Heer sweet Repose Heer soveraign support Heer Quiet to our Breasts Rest to our Eyes Thou doest impart Thus if thou hast attended Thou hast thy wish my NARRATIVE is ended 86. Judge now O King if ever Mortalls went Upon so long upon so desp'rate ways Think'st Thou ENEAS and the eloquent VLYSSFS travayl d so much World as These Durst either of the watry â—…lement For all the Verses written in their prayse See so much through his Prowese through his Art As I have seen and shall or the eighth part 87. THOU who didst drink so deep of HELICONE For whom sev'n Cities did contend in fine Amongst themselves RHODES SMYRNA COLOPHONE Wise ATHENS Chyos Argos SALAMINE And THOU whom ITALY is prowd to owne Whose Voyce first low then high always divine And sweet thy native MINCIUS hearing fell Asleep but TIBER did with glory swell 88. Sing and advance with praises to the skye Your DEMI-GODS stretching your twanging lungs With WITCHES CIRCES GYANTS OF ONE EYE SIRENS to rock and charm them with their songs More give them both with Sayls and Oars to fly CICONIANS and that Land where there mates Tongues With LOTO toucht makes them forget they 're slaves Give them to drop their pilot in the waves 89. Project them winds carried in haggs to take Out when they list Am'rous CALYPSOES bold HARPIES their meat to force them to forsake Hand them to the Elysian shadowes cold As fine and as re-fin'd as ye doe make Your ales so sweetly dreampt and so well told The pure and naked Truth I tell will git The hand of all the Fabricks of your Wit 90. Upon the Captain 's honyed lips depends Each gaping Hearer with fresh Appetite When his long Story he concludes and ends Fraught with high deeds with Horror and delight The vast Thoughts of our KINGS the King commends And their Warrs known where're the Sun gives light The NATION' 's ancient Vâ—…lour he extols The loyalty and Brav'ry of their Souls 91. The PEOPLE tell with admiration strook To one another what they noted most Not one of them can off those People look That came so far That such dire Seas have crost But now the Youth of DELOS who re-took The reins which LAMPETUSA'S Brother lost Turns them to sleep with THETYS in the DEEP The KING leaves that in his own House to sleep 92. How sweet is PRAYSE and justly purchas 't GLORY By one's own Actions when to Heav'n they soare Each nobler Soul will strain to have his story Match if not darken All That went before Envy of other's Fame not transitory Screws up
the Duke to King and Knights 51. The messenger arives in Portugal The Novelty doth ravish all that Court The gallant King would be the first of All Might it with Regal Majestie comport Each Courtier longs it to his chance would fall In such a brave Adventure to consort And each one's glory doth in this consist To hear his name from the Lancastrian List. 52. In the old loyal City there whence took Was the eternal name of PORTUGALâ—… He to the Rudder who thereof did look Bad fit a Frigat light with Oare and Sayle Armours and Cloathes delays they cannot brook All of the fashion that did then prevail The Twelve provide Helms Crests Knots Motto's neat Horses and gay Caparisons compleat 53. Leave from that King is had their sayles to losen And pass out of the celebrated DWERE By Them that had the honor to be chosen Of famous JOHN OF GAUNT who knew them there A better or a worse in all the dozen For skill or force there was not Peers they were But one MAGRYSâ—… in whom new thoughts did rise Bespake his valiant Fellows in this wise 54. Brothers in Arms There hath been long in me A strong desire through forraign Lands to range More Streams then TEJO'S and fresh DWERE'S to see Strange Nations Cities Laws and Manners Strange Since in the World then many Wonders be And now I find this purpose cannot change I 'l go before by Land with your good leave To meet in ENGLAND traversing the SLâ—… 55. And if arrested by his Iron Mace Who is the period of each mortal thing I hap to fail th' appointed time and place To you small damage can my failing bring Fight for your selves and 〈◊〉 to in that case But in my aug'ring Eare a Bird doth sing Chance Rivers Moâ—…ntains all their malice meeting In LONDON-TOWN shall not prevent our greeting 56. This said about his valiant Friends he cast In fine his Armes and licenc't went his ways He past rough LEON both CASTEELS he past Towns won by Lusitanian Arms survays NAVARRE With Pyrenean Mountains plac't 'Twixt SPAIN and France as if to part their Frays Survay'd in fine all that is rare in FRANCâ—… To BELGIAS great Emporium doth advance 57. Heer whether sickness 't were or fresh Adventer Advancing nâ—…t He many days did stay But our lev'n Worthies the salt Ocean enter And to the Northern Climate plough their way Arriv'd in the first Port to the great Center Of populous ENGLAND London travail'd They Lodg'd by the Duke upon the Bank of THAMES Eggd on and complemented by the Dames 58. The day was come and now the hour at hand When with the dozen ENGLISH they must fight The King secur'd the Lists with an arm'd Band In compleat Steel begins to cloath each Knight Before each Dame her Honour's Shield did stand A SPANISH MARS in dazeling Armour bright Themselves in Colours and in Gold did shine With thousand Jewels joyful and divine 59 But she to whom MAGRISO who was not Arrived fell in mourning Rayment came Because to have it was her hapless lot No Knight to be the Champion of her fame Howe're th' Elv'n before they leave the Spot That they will so behave themselves proclame As that the Ladies shall victorious be Though of their number wanted two or three 60. Upon a high Tribunal took his place THE ENGLISH KING with all his Court about The Combattants by Three and â—…hree did face And fowre and fowre their Foes as it fell out The Sun from GAâ—…ES till he ends his Race Sees not another Twelve more strong more stout More highly daring then â—…hose ENGLISH were Who the lev'n PORTINGALLS confronted there 61. The golden Bitts the foaming Palfreys champ Upon the glitt ring Armes the Sun curvets As when roll'd Cakâ—…s of Ice reflect his lamp Or mingling Rays on Danâ—…ers gems it beats Now in the Ladyes's hearts some little damp The Troops prepar'd to charge the odds begets Of Twelve t elev n when Loe incontinent A murm'ring uproare round the Scaffolds went 62. Unto that common Center where the Rout Began this tumult ev'ry Face inclines Enters a Knight on Horse-back arm'd throughout As one who battail presently designes Salutes the King the Dames faceth about And with th' Elev'n the great MAGRISO joynes His greedy Arms upon his Friends he throws Sure Card to lay them next upon his Foes 63. Then she that well perceiv d this was the Knight Who came her honour to defend and rayse Cloathes too with Helle's Fleece which more then bright Vertue the brutish soule loves and obays The signall giv'n the Trumpets blasts incite The warlick minds inflam'd with rage and praise Spurrs are clapt to Reyns slackned in a trice Speares coucht in Rest Fire from the struck ground flies 64. The furious Genets seem in their Career To make an Earth-quake with their thund'ring Hooves The Shock in All that then Spectators were At once Fear Pleasure Admiration mooves This doth not fall but flye dismounted cleer That Steed and all He better Horseman prooves One his white Armour in Vermillion washes One with his Helmet's plumes his horse-croop lashes 65. There fell asleep for ever more then one And a short step from life to death did make Here runs a Horse the Man strook down alone There stands a Man whose Horse the Foe down strake The English Honor tumbles from it s Throne For two or three of them the Lists forsake With Shields Arms Maile Those who to Arms appeale And Hearts of Spanish mettle have to deale 66. To lay out words in counting ev'ry gash Each cruel thrust in that most bloody Fight Is of those Prodigals of Time and Trash That tell you stories which they dreamt last night Suffice it I inform you at one dash Through courage high through never-equall'd might The Victory went on the Ladies's side Ours crop the Bays and They are justifide 67. With Balls the Duke with Feastings and with joy Treats the twelve Victors in his Palace faire With Cooks the Bevy of bright Dames imploy Nets Hounds and Haulks in Water Earth and Aire For These their brave Compurgators would cloy Each day and hour with thousand banquets rare Whilst they in Eâ—…GLAND are content to roam Without reverting to their dearest Home 68. But great MAGRISO if we trust reports Great things abroad still greedy to behold Clung to those parts where at the Gallick Courts Highly he serv'd the Flandrian Countess bold For there as one unpractis'd in no sports To which Thou MARS inur'st thy Schollers old He hand to hand a FRENCH-MAN in the Field Like ROMâ—…'S TORQUATUS and CORVINUâ—… kill'd 69. Another of the Twelve launcht out into HIGM GERMANY where with an ALMAN He Had a fierce Combat who by means undue Thought to have shorn his thred of destinie VELOSO come to a full point the Crew Pray him he would not with such brevitie Pass the French Duel but be more exact Therein as likewise in the German Fact 70. Just here to drink
doe For meek and soft as his wings down is LOVE And fury ill beseems a Lover true Either this madness from thy mind remove What shall I say couldst thou indure a shrew I shall be frighted with it wee must sever Feare choler may ingender but love never 90. Fayre Galatea likewise lays the case To blustring NOTUS who full well she knows Hath many a long sigh fetcht for that sweet Face And is at her devotion doth suppose The Raunter scarce believing such a grace His heart too ample for his bosome grows The pleasure of his Mistresse to fullfill He thinks it a cheap bargain to sit still 91. The others take the other winds aside And her too boystrous lover each reproves They give them to the Queen of Beautie tyde Calme as the Lambs and gentle as her doves She gives them back to them and their faith tryde Promis'd return eternall of their loves Worn on the Nymphs's white hands e're thence they stir In the whole voyage to be true to Hir. 92. Now rising SOL with gold those Mountayns lips Which GANGES murmuring washes when a Boy From the tall Am'rall's scuttle shews the shipps LAND to the prow with that late storm 's Annoy And halfe their Voyage over each heart skips Repriev'd from its vain fears For now with joy The Pilot whom MELINDIANS to them put Cryes if I err not LAND of CALICUT 93. This is that Land I 'm sure for which y' are bound This the true INDIA which we see before Then if your vast desires one world can bound Quiet your Hearts ye have what ye explore Now GAMA could not hold when as he found To his high joy the â—…ilot knew the shore With Knees sticht to the decks Hands spread to Heaven Eternall thanks by him to GOD are given 94. Thanks he did give to GOD and well he might Who was not onely pleas'd to Him to show That LAND which he had sought through so great â—…ight And for the same such shocks did undergo But snatcht him with strong Hand that very night From watry Grave through winds that raged so Through Thunder's stroke through blasting Lightning's beame As one awak't out of some horrid dreame 95. By dreadful dangers by such Brunts as these By such Herculean labours and vast toyles They That in GLORIE'S Schools take their degrees Acquire immortal Lawrels and fat spoyls Not wholly leaning against rotten Trees Of ancient Houses not on empty Styles Not on rich Couches wrapt in Sables soft Of the Muscovy Merchant dearly bought 96. Not by new-fangled dishes exquisite Not by eternal Visits tedious Not by successive pleasures infinite Effeminating Bosomes generous Not by a never quenched Appetite Whereby old Wantons FORTUNE makes of us To that degree We know not how to rise Or step to any Vertuous Enterprise 97. No but by tearing out of Horror's mouth Honours which we may truely call our owne By cloathing Steel incountring Hunger Drowth VVatchings high winds and Billows overgrown Conqu'ring dull cold in Bosome of the South T'other extreme of the inflamed Zone Gulleting in corrupt and putrid meat The Spice and Sawce with which the Valiant â—…t 98. And by accustoming a Face where doubt Sate once secure serene fearless of Harm To march through Bullets whizzing round about And taking here a leg and there an Arm. These HONOUR'S Brawn make a man proof throughoâ—… Make him scorn Mony and false Honour's charm Money and Honours which light FORTUNE made Not VERTUE who is just solid and stayd 99. SHEE shapes an understanding round and cleer EXPERIENCE the Hammer and the File SHEE constant sits as in a Throne or Spheare Regarding busie Mortalls with a smyle SHEE where discretion doth a Kingdom steer Nor partiall Favour merit doth beguile Is suddainly caught up High Rooms to fill Not by her seeking but against her will End of the sixth Canto Seventh Canto STANZA 1. VVEllcom O wellcom Friends to that good LAND Which by so many hath been coveted 'Twixt INDUS and the silver GANGES'S strand In the Terrestriall Heav'n that hides his head Valiant and Happy men put forth a Hand To crop the Lawrells which from others fled For loe ye see before your faces loe The Territory where all Riches flow 2. To you I speake ye sons of LUSUS old Who of the world compose so small a stake What talk I of the world of that small fold Belov'd by him who the round world did make You whom from conquering of Nations rold In Vice not only dangers did not take But neither Avarice or want of love To Holy CHURCH whose Head is crown'd Above 3. You PORTINGALLS as stout as ye are Few Who never care how small your numbers be You who are Usurers of losses you Who frayle life chaffer for eternitie Thus PROVIDENCE was pleas'd That him who drew The shortest lott we of more use should see T' extend the Fayth then all the CHRISTIAN KINGS So much thou CHRIST exaltest little Things 4. The haughtie GERMANS a great Flock behold In a large pasture into Fastïons broke Who not to be râ—…strayn'd within one Fold Nor yet content to justify with stroke Of Argument what sevâ—…rally they hold Some for and some against the Roman Yoke Their fatall pistols in that Quarrell span Which should be all discharg'd at OTTAMAN 5. See ENGLAND'S Monarch styling himself yit For deeds long past KING of the HOLY TOVVNE The filthy ISMAELITE possessing it What a reproaching Title to a CROVVNE How in his frozen Confines he doth sit Feeding on empty smoake of old Renown Or gets him new on Christian Foes alone Not by recov'ring what was once his own 6. Meane time an UNâ—…ELEIVER is for Him Head of IERUSALEM on earth whilst love Of â—…arth hath made him an unusefull lim Of the IERUSALEM which is Above Oâ—… the FRâ—…NCH then what shall we say or deem Who call d MOST CHRISTIAN doth his style disprove â—…ho doth not only â—…n her Ayd not come But ev n invites the scourge of CHRISTENDOME 7. To CHRISTIAN' 's Lands findst thou thy Title good Having so fayre a Kingdom of thine own Not to CYNIFIUS and NYLE'S sev'n fold Flood Old Enemies to true Religion There shouldst thou vent the heate of thy French blood 'Gainst the Rejectors of the Corner-stone LEVVIS and CHARLES left thee their Name and seat Not that which styl'd one SAINT the other GREAT 8. In the last place what shall we judge of Them Who by base sloath and Ryot rather Rot Shorten their days drown'd in their own wealth's stream Their ancient Valour buried and forgot From Lux Oppression springing from this stem Dissensions in a people giv'n to plot I speake to Thee O ITALIE brought loe With thousand Vices and thine own worst Foe 9. Ah foolish CHRISTIANS are you happilie Those Teeth which CADMUS did to Earth commit Self-Bane for Children of one wombe ye bee And All one heav'nly Father did begit The HOLY SEPULCHER do ye not see Possest by dogs how Those themselves can
30. He thus begins O men whom NATURE plac't Neer to the Nest where I my birth did take What Chance or stronger Destiny so vast So hard a Voyage made you undertake For some hid cause from TAGUS are ye past And unknown MINIUS through that horrid Lake On which no Barke before did ever floate To Kingdoms so conceal'd and so remote 31. GOD GOD hath brought you He hath sure some grand And special buis'ness here for you to do For this alone he leads you by strong Hand Through Foes Seas Stormes and with a heav'nly Clew INDIA is this with sev'ral Nations man'd Great NATURE'S bounty All beholding to For glist'ring Gold for sparkling Stones of price For oderiferous Gums for burning Spice 32. The Province ye are anchor'd now upon Is called MALABAR In the old way It worships Idols The Religion That bears in all these parts the greatest sway Held 't is by sev'ral Kings yet onely one Rul'd it of old as their Traditions say The last King was SARAMA PERIMAL Who in one Monarchy possest it All. 33. But certain strangers coming to this Ream From MECHA in the Gulph of ARABIE Who brought the Law of MAHOMET with Them In which my Parents educated me It so befell with their great skill and stream Of Eloquence These to that hot degree This PERIMAL unto their Faith did win That he propos'd to dye a Saint therein 34. Ships he provides and therein curious For Off rings lades his richest Merchandize To turn Monastick and Religious There where our 〈◊〉 PROPHâ—…T lies Having no Heir left of the Royal House Before he parted he did cantonize His Realm Those servants he lov d best he bringâ—… From want to wealth from Subjects to be Kings 35 To one COCHIN t' another CANANOUR CHALE t' a Third t' a Fourth the PEPPER-Iâ—…LE To This COULAN To That gives CRANGANOUR The rest to them who most deserv'd his smile One young mâ—…n onely who had mighty pow'r On his Affections was forgot the while For whom was left poor CALICUT alone A City since Rich great by Traffick growne 36. This gives he Him and to eke out the same A shining Title Paramount the Rest. That done his Voyage takes his life to frame So as to raign hereafter with the Blest And hence remain'd of SAMORIM the name By which imperial pow r and heigth s exprest To that young man and to his Heirs from whom This who the EMPIRE now injoys is come 37. The NATIVES'S manners poor as well as rich Are made up all of Lyes and vanitie Naked they go onely a Cloth they stitch About those Parts which must concealed be Two Ranks they have of People Nobles which Are NAYRâ—…S stil'd and Those of basâ—… degree Call'd POLEAS To Both the Law prescribes They shall not marry out of their own Tribes 38. And Those That have been bred up to one Trade Out of another may not take a Wife Nor may their Children any thing be made But what their Parents have been all their life To touch a NAYRâ—… with their Bodye's shade A scandal is to his Prerâ—…gatife If themselves chance to touch them as they meet With thousand Rytes himself he washes sweet 39. Just so the JEWISH PEOPLE did of yore The touch of a SAMARITAN Eschew But when ye come into the Countrey more And things of greater strangeness ye shall view The NAYRES onely go to war Before Their King they onely stand a Rampire trew Against his Foes A Sword they alway weild With their right-hand and with the left a Shâ—…ild 40. Their Prelates are call'd BRAMENS an old name And amongst them of great Preheminence Of his fam'd Sect who Wisdom did disclame And took a stile of a more modest sence They kill no living thing and highly blame All flesh to eat with wondrous abstinence But other flesh their Law doth not forbid Yet They as prone thereto as if it did 41. Their Wives are common but are so to none Save those who of their Husbands's Kindred are O blessed lot blest Generation On whom fierce jealousie doth wage no war These are the Customes but not these alone Which are receiv'd by Those of MALABAR The LAND abounds in Trade of all things Isle Or firm-firm-Land yields from CHINA unto NYLE 42. Thus did the MOOR recount But Gossip FAME Crying the Newes about the City went Of a strange people come with a strange name To be inform'd the truth when the King sent Now through the gaping streets invirond came With either Sex and Ages different The noble Men dispatched by the King The Gen'rall of the Fleet to Him to bring 43. And Hee thus licenc't by the SAMORIM To disembarque departs without delay The noblest of his LUSIANS hon'ring Him As his bright Trayn himself more bright then They The sweet variety of colours trim Dazles the ravisht people all the way The compast Oare strikes leisurely the water Of the Sea first of the fresh River after 44. Upon the Key a potent Officere Whom in their Tongue the CATUAL they call Begirt with NAYRES stood to welcome There The brave DE GAME with Pompe unusuall Whom in his Arms himselfe to land did beare Then points him to a Cowch Pontificall On which their custome of most antient date Upon mens shoulders he is born in state 45. Thus Hee of LUSUS Hee of MALABAR Move to the place where them expects the King The other PORTINGALLS and NARYES are Their Infantry advancing in a Ring The multitudes like Baggage in a War Confused pester one and t'other Wing They would aske questions but have not the pow'r Their mouths were stopt for that in BABEL'S Tow'r 46. Ride talking GAMA and the CATUAL Of things which the Occasion ministred MONSAYDE the Interpreter of All As understanding what by each is sed Thus marching and ariving where the tall And sumptuous Fabrick did erect it's head Of a rich TEMPLE in the Citie 's Center At the large two leav'd door abrest they enter 47 There stand the Figures of their Deities Carv'd in cold stone in dull and stupid wood In various shapes presented to the Eyes In various postures as the Feind thought good Some in yet more abominable wise CHIMERA-like with shapes repugnant stood The CHRISTIANâ—… us'd t' adore GOD Man deridâ—… To see Men Beasts and Monsters deifide 48. One's humane Head a paire of Horns disgraces JUPITER HAMON stood in LYBIA so Another had one Body and two Faces Thus the old ROMANS did old Janus show A Third with hundred Hands fifty embraces Like BRIAREUS pretends at once to throw A Fourth Hee grinns with a dogs Face the plain Ador'd ANUBIâ—… in Mâ—…MPHITICK FANE 49. Here by the barb'rous people of that Sect Their Superstitious Worship being payd Their course without digression Both direct To where the King of these vain GENTILES stayd The Trayn augments through Those who the aspect Of the strange Captain to behold assay'd Women and Boys from all the Houses gaze These tyle the Roofs Their Eyes the Windows
Founder's Glory is his Seed's disgrace 41. Others there are with wealth and Pow'r that flow Above their Banks nor nobly born nor faire The fault of KINGS who on one Minion throw Sometimes more then a thousand worthier share Of These wouldst thou behold the Pictures No It is a vanity their Friends can spare As monstrous Creatures MYRRORS fly or break So these men hate the PICTURE that doth speak 42. I not deny but some whom I could name Deriv'd from great and worthy Ancestry By high and honorable Parts proclame And correspond with their nobility Who if the light of their Fore-Fathers Fame Their brighter Vertue do not clarify Yet keep it in they do But of this Crew The PAINTER tells me there are very few 43. Thus PAUL DE GAMA blazons those great deeds Which there in various Ink are written faire Which by a Master's hand whose skill exceeds In so cleer Perspective there painted are Th' intentive CATUAL distinctly reeds The History as legible as rare A thousand times he askt a thousand heard The Battails delicate which there appear'd 44. But cleft was now the Sun 's ambiguous light Between the one and t'other Hemisphere In neither was it day in neither night But morning's twylight here and Ev'nings there When from the warlike Ship the FAVOURITE And noble NAYRES to the City steer To court dull sleep which broods all living Things Of sable Night under the downy wings 45 Mean time the famous Augurs of the Land Who falsly think or so are thought at least To see by magick all things beforehand In entrails of a sacrificed Beast Do their black office at the King's command To scrutinize what shall befall the EAST By the arrival through the hansell d Maine Of these unheard of Guests from unknown SPAINE 46. Of Lyes the Father shews them here signes true That a strong â—…oake which they should ne're remove Their endless Bondage shall this People new Theâ—…r wealth s consumption and their people's prove The frighted AUGURS with pale horror flew To tell the KIâ—…G that which infernal JOVE Made legible by their astonisht Eyes In the red letters of the Sacrifice 47. Confirming This T' a Priest a zealous one And pâ—…llar of the Law of 〈◊〉 Whose Bosome with that Gall did over-run Wherewith both Sects against CHRIST's Law are set In that false Prophet s shape who from the Son Of Bond-mayd HAGAR did descend the yet Inraged BACCHUS and who never cleers His filthy stomack in a Dream appeers 48. And guard you guard you People mine quoth He From Ills provided for you by the Foe That cuts a passage to you through the Sea Guard you before the danger neerer â—…row Th amazed MOOR starts from his Rest to see Who gave him this â—…larum Thinking Tho 'T is but a Dream like common Dreams in deep Of Night returns into the Arms of sleep 49. BACCHUS returns and says Knowst thou not MORE The great Law-Giveâ—… who the ALCORAN Shew'd thy Fore-Fathers without which Thy store Would fail and half thy Flock be CHRISTIAN Rude do I watch for Thee and doest thou snore Well those white Guests I'â—… have thee to know than Shall bring great dammage to that Law my Pen Deliver'd over unto stupid Men. 50. Now whilst this People's strength is not yet knit Think how ye may resist them by all ways For when the Sun is in his nonage yit Upon his morning Beauty Men may gaze But let him once up to his Zenith git He strikes them blind with his Meridian Rays So blind will ye be if ye look not too t If ye permit these Cedars to take root 51. This said both he and sleep vanish at once The MOOR remains rockt in his Bed with fright Th'infused poyson working in his sconce He starts and to his servants cryes a light When the new light which doth precede the Sun's Disclos'd it self Angelical and white The Chief of that vile SECT he did convoke To whom his Dreame in every point he spoke 52. Then sev'ral and cross Reasons they discourse As they from others or themselves dissent Secret way-layings open Feâ—…d and Force And sev'ral ways of each they do invent But when those seem'd too fine and these too course To take a middle way is their intent To do their buis'ness with anâ—…ther's Hand They mean to bribe the Grandâ—…s of the Land 53. With Gold and other Presents underhand The ruling men they to their Partie gaine Giving them speciously to understand These Guests will put a period to their Raigne That of lewd Vagabonds they are a Band Who plying to and fro the Western Mayne Live on Pyratick spoyle without in fine Or KING or LAWS or humane or divine 54. O how a Perfect KING it doth behove To chuse his FAVOURITES and COUNCELL such As are lin d through with VERTUE and her love As feel of 〈◊〉 a true inward touch For He who in the highest Orb doth move Of things remote can onely have so much Intelligence whereby to judge as They That are his outward Organs will convey 55. Nor ev'n on VERTUE let him so much doâ—…e T'adore't in picture or without Controule T'imploy't as some who in a simple Coat Have trust an Hypocrite a preying Fâ—…ule And if a Saint indeed hee 'l speak by rote In worldly matters For the Dâ—…ve like soule Seeld with an ANGEâ—…L'S Quill hath Eyes to find The way to Heav'n but to the Earth is blind 56. But here these avaritious CATUALâ—… Who did that Pagan-Kingdom rule and sway Brib'd by infernal People to play false The Portingal-Dispatches did delay Now the wise Leader of the PORTINGALS Of all the Indian Prince can do or say Caring for nothing back with him to bring But news of this discov'rie to the King 57. In this alone takes pains For well he knew When he should carry back this news alone That Navies Arms and soldiers would insue From MANUEL who fills the Regal Throne With which to CHRIST and Him he would subdue The Globe of Earth and Sea That Himselfe s one Sent out but as a Dove as a Line hurld To spy and sound this OCEAN and this WORLâ—… 58. Resolv'd he is the Pagan King to find And pray dispatch that he may take his leave Which now he sees those spightful People mind If they can help it he shall ne're receave The King who with suggestions of that kind Was shook and startled you must needs conceave Too creduâ—…ous to ev'ry AUGUR'S word Much more to All and when the MOORS concurr'd 59. Freez'd with this fear hath his ignoble Brest On t'other side the sacred Thirst of Gaine A Vice in Him that 's Paramount the râ—…st Kâ—…ndles a fire which thaws that Frost againe For his advantage he sees manifest If he with cleer intentions entertaine â—…nd with firm Actiâ—…ns cherish and pursue The League which PORTUGAL invites him to 60. His COUNCELL then commanded to attend He found no One that did in this comply Because on Those who should their
morrow it may better be If he till then his going will adjourn Now did abused GAMA plainly see By this put off unto another morn The great one too is in the Moorish plot Which t I that instant he suspected not 81. This CATUAL was one and first of Those That were corrupted by that crooked Sect And whom the SAMORIM that lov'd him chose Th Affairs of all his Empire to direct In Him alone those devils now repose To bring their plotted Treason to effect He who consents to break his Master's faith Steps not an inch beside their chalked path 82. To be dispatcht DE GAMA begs and prays But begs in vain in vain he pray'rs lets fall Protests th' Embargue now will this please he says The noble Successor of PERIMAL Why these Impediments why these delays When he should fetch the Goods of PORTUGAL Since what commands the Sov'raign of a Land None hath authority to countermand 83 The bribed CATUALL small reck'ning made Of this Protest rather in spightful mood Some never-heard of Treason to be waigh'd Out of the Stygian dam within did brood Or how he may imbrew his cursed Blade In those detested veins consid'ring stood Or how the Ships he may blow up or burn That they may never into SPAINI return 84. That 's it ev'n that they never see SPAINE more For which the MOORS infernal Junta bribe That so they may not wealthy INDIA'S shore Unto the Kiug of PORTUGAL describe In fine DH GAME goes not the REGIDORE Forbids in favour of that barb'rous Tribe Nor without his permission can it be For a stop laid on all the Boats had He. 85. To all the Captain 's importunities The Paâ—…an bids him in a word command For the more ready truck of Merchandize To have his Ships brought close up to the Land It is the way of Thieves and Enemies He says at distance with their Fleets to stand No sign so sure of one that Ill intends As to suspect ill dealings from his Frends 86. Wise GAMA understood by half a word The Cause the CATUAL did ne'er desire To have the Ships was that with fire and Sword He openly might wreake on them his Ire 'T was time he thought he now himself bestir'd That he assemble now his Wits intire His Fancy musters to defeat all plots All things he fears and all things counterplots 87. As of a Mirrour the reflected light Of burnisht Steel or Cristal without stain Which struck by SOL as if in fell despight Strikes the next man it meets or Thing again And mov'd by nimble Hand of some young spright About the House who is in gamesome vain Skips on the Floor the Roof the Wall the Chaire And has you here and There and ev'ry where 88. So shot the wav ring Fancy to and fro Of circumspect DE GAMA imagining That possibly the Boats COELLIO Might to the shore as he had order'd bring Back to the Navy if that were to row He sends to Him forthwith advertising On Him or That lest ought attempted be By the MOORS cruel Infidelitie 89. Such should be All who in war's Trade profound Would imitate and match illustrious men Fly like the Needle all the Compass round First divine Dangers and prevent them then With martial skill try ev'ry depth and ground And for the Foe 's one fence play shew Him ten Believe all is that may be For in briefe To say I thought is ugly in a 〈◊〉 90. The MALABAR protests that he shall rot In prison if he send not for the Ships He constant and with noble Anger hot His haughty menace weighs not at two chips All that base malice dares or do or plot When her black trailing bowels forth she rips A lone hee 'l bear e're he will dis-ensure His King's Armada which he hath secure 91. All that long night and part he there was held Of the next day when to the SAMORIM He means again to go but was withheld By a strong Guard plac't in the entry dim The Pagan seeing how he still rebell'd And fearing lest the King should punish Him In case he knew as know he must e're long If this restraint proceed the barb rous wrong 92. Bids him then send for and expose to sale Not some but all the Merchandise he brought That men may buy and truck in open scale For where free Trade is barr'd there war is sought DE GAMA though he pierce through this thin vaile And plainly views the Evil of his Thought Consents thereto because he well doth see That with his Goods he buys his libertie 93. Th' agreement is that Boats the Pagan find Such as are fit to Land the Merchandise For to send his the Captain doth not mind To be embarqu'd or sunk by Enemies To fetch such Spanish wares as Vend in YND Are soon dispatcht the Indian Almadies The Captain to his Brother writes to lade The Goods with which his Ransom must be payd 94. Landed they are which wondrously doth please The CATUAL'S infamous Avarice Therewith doth DIEGO stay and ALVAREZ With pow'r to truck or sell them at a price That more then KING Pray'rs Honâ—…r or All these Upon a soul infected with that Vice A Bribe can do the Pagan heer doth show Who for the Goods did let DE GAMA go 95. For Those he lets Him go before he quit The Pawn on which he now hath layd his hand Meaning a better penny thence to git Then if he kept the Captain still on Land He scapt out of the Trap thinks it no wit On t'other side to come within command Again but safely got aboard his Fleet In his own Nest takes sleeps secure and sweet 96. At leisure then he walks upon his Decks To see what Time and Patience will bring forth No Ruler hath he there to make him vex Imperious brib'd without or shame or worth Now let the judging Reader mark what Rex The Idol Gold which all the World ador'th Plays both in â—…oor and Rich by Money 's Thurst All Laws and Tyes Divine and Humane burst 97. Slain by the Tracian King to seize a vast Intrusted Treasure POLIDORO was When stern ACRYSIUS thought his Daughter fast A Show'r of gold did pierce a Tow'r of Brass The yellow Bracelets of the Foes did cast Such tempting beams on the TARPEIAN LAâ—…S That she for Those the Tow'r of ROMâ—… unbarr'd Who brain'd her with the Bribe for a reward 98 This strongest Forts subverts and overthâ—…ows Makes Kindred Kindred and Friends Friends betâ—…ay This noble-men ignobly doth dispose Delivers Captains to their Foes a Prey This blasts of pure Virginitie the Rose Trampling on Fame and honour by the way This bribes ev'n LIBRALL ARTS it's pow'r is such Makes JUDGEMENT have no sight CONSCIENCâ—… no touch 99. This in unheard of Sences Text doth take This makes and unmakes Laws in the same case This perjures Subjects and This KINGS doth make Stoop to the Lure like Eagles from their place Ev'n golden minds of those That All foâ—…
sake For GOD this Antichimist doth debase To vilest mettle with this Diffrence though That still These glister with a holy shâ—…w End of the eighth Canto Ninth Canto STANZA 1. LOng in the City the Two Factors lay Without dispatching off the Merchandize So many rubbs are scatter'd in their way By the false INFIDELS that no man buyes All These design thereby is to delay INDIA'S Discov'rers There whom they call spyes Arriv'd till they the Fleet of MECMA see With which this other overwhelm'd may be 2. At the far end o'th'ERITHREAN SEA Where calling it by his dear Sister's name The goodly City of ARSINOâ—… Which afterwards to be call'd SUâ—…Z came Was founded by EGYPTIAN PTOLOME The Port of Mâ—…CHA lyes which hath it's fame From MAHOM'S superstitious Lavatory Promising Heav'n through watry Purgatory 3. GIDDA the Port is call'd in which did meet The Trade of that RED SEA and flourisht most The Gain whereof was not a little sweet To EGYPT'S Soldan who then rul d that Câ—…ast From hence to MALAâ—…AR a warlike Fleet Of INFIDELLâ—… the Indian Ocean crost Each yeer in that EMPORIUM to find Health-giving Drugs and Spices of each kind 4 The Ships expected by the MOORS are These With which not onely great but built for Fight Them who supplant their Traffick in those Seas To wrap and burn in crackling flames and bright In this Sure Card themselves they so much please That all they wish to gorge their Appetite Is that the Strangers will but stay so long Till from fam'd Mâ—…CHA come this Navy strong 5. But the GREAT GOVERNOR of Heav'n and Earth Who for what He before all Time did doom Likewise decreed fit means which to the birth Should bring the same when the full Time should come Kindled unlikely love on the cold Hearth Of a MOOR'S breast MONâ—…AYDES sending whom Before He to DE GAMA gave advice Of All and for his payns had PARADICE 6. This man of whom the MOORS had no suspition Being one himself but on the contrary To all their secret junta's gave admission Did to the Captain this foule play descry He visits oft the Fleet and repetition Makes of his visits oft though far it lye To heart he lays the danger it is in Through the black Project of the SARACIN 7. He tells the cautious GAMA of the Fleet. Which from ARAâ—…IAN MECHA comes each yeere And how those Counâ—…rey men do thirst to see t As a sure Engin to destroy him there That it comes stuft with Soldiers and in It Doth horrid Thunderbolts of VULCAN beare So that consid'ring how his own is brusht It may thereby be overpowr'd and crusht 8 DE GAMA besides this considering That now the time it self calls him away And that for better answer from the King Who loves the MOORS he may till doomsday stay Sends one ashore the Factors summoning To come aboard forthwith and lest that They Be stopt if their intent perceiv'd should be Commands them do it with all secresie 9. But long it was not e're a rumour went And it fell out to be a rumour true That the two Factâ—…rs were to prison sent 'Cause from the City they by stealth withdrew The Captain seeing which way the world went Seiz'd by Reprisal without more ado Some That were then aboard his ship lin'd well With Preciâ—…us Stones which they desir'd to sell. 10. Grave Citizens and wealthy were These all Well known and well allide in CALICUT Therefore to see them bound for PORTUGALI Into an uproare did the City put For streight to work the sturdy Sea-men fall The Capstone roles their sâ—…v'ral strengths set to 't In sev'ral manners some the Cable halling With the Bar others their hard bosoms galling 11 This hangs by the main-yard and now untyes The flowing Saile with a great cry displayd When to the SAMORIM with greater cryes Is told how hastily the CAPTAIN waigh'd Their Wives and Children trust up in this wise That are a noyse as they were murther'd made In the KING' 's hearing screaming they should lose These their dear Fathers their deare Husbandâ—… Those 12. The Lusitanian Merchants with the Ware There 's no delaying freely he remands Although thereat the MOORS do stamp and stare Or else his own must visit uncouth Lands With all excuses to make things look faire Sends to his King DE GAME who understands The Restitution better then the Cringe Returns some BLACKS and gives the ships their swinge 13. He coasts it homewards fully satisfy'de That he in vain solicits with that King A peace and friendship to be ratify'de By mutual Trade as he propos'd the thing But having now that noble Land descry'de Which lay much hid under the Morning's wing For his deare Countrey with this news is bound Carrying sure signes of that which he hath found 14. He carries MALABARS retain'd by Him Perforce of Those who the stopt Factors brought Aboard from the inforced SAMORIM He carries burning Pepper which he brought Nutmegs the whichtheâ—…r own dry'de flow'rs up trim From BANDA the black Clove for which is sought MOLUCO'S ISLE and Cinnamon through which Câ—…YLAN is noble beautiful and rich 15. All these provided by the diligence Of good MONSAYDE whom he carries too Who fir'd with Evangelick influence To have his name writ in CHRIST'S book doth sue O happy AFFRICAN whom PROVIDENCE DIVINE out of infernal darkness drew And so far from thy Countrey found a way To thy true Câ—…untrey to reduce thee stray 16. Thus vanish from the spicy Territory The happy ships whose Prows directly stand OF GOOD HOPâ—… pointing at THE PROMONTORY South-Bound of NATURE fixt by her own Hand Bearing the evidence and welcom story TO LISBON of the Oriental Land Once more committed to the rude annoy Of Seas uncertain betwixt fear and joy 17. That they are going to their Countrey deare To their dear Parents and Aboads at last To tell their wond'rous Navigation there The various Nations seen and Dangers past That now the Harvest of their Toyles is neare The Fruits of their Adventure ripe to tast Is such a joy as cannot be exprest By their faint Tongue pent in their narrow Brest 18. But CYPRUS'S Queen who by the King of HEAV'N Was made the LUSITANIANS'S Patroness And for a Guardian Angel to them giv'n To whom she many yeers hath prov'd no less Glory for which they have so bravely striv'n Amends for their so well indur'd distress Means them by way of earnest beforehand And in sad Seas the Pleasures of the Land 19. Having a while revolved in her thought The world of Sea which they have back to pass The world of Woes that God on them had brought In AMPHIONIAN THEBES twice-born that was It is her purpose joys so dearly bought With Griefs to fill them in an ample glass To cook them some delights find them some nest Where in the rolling Empire they may rest 20. In fine an Inn of pleasure by the way To bait and strengthen tyr'd Humanity To give her
gallant Sea-men not their Pay But the use here of fair ETâ—…RNITY She means to tell 't her Son and well she may For with his shafts it is she makes the high GODS stoop to the base ground and with â—…is fire Unworthy mortals to bright Heav'n aspire 21. This well digested she resolves in fine There in the middle of the briny frost To have in readiness an Isle Divine With flow'rs on green inameld and imbost For she hath many in those Seas which joyne To that blest Land which our first mother lost Besides those sweet ones in the Midland Seas Impounded by the Gates of HERCULES 22 There will she have th' Aquatick maids prepare To these rare men their graces to impart All that are honor'd with the name of Faire The glory of the Eye Bane of the Heart With Balls and Banquets blithe and debonayre For she inspires into their brests the dart Of secret love that they with all their might Of their Gallants may study the delight 23 Such once her Project for the man she bare To TROY'S ANCHISES neer to SIMOIS'S flood To get him welcome in that City fair Which in the compass of an Oxe-hide stood Her boy she seeks for without Him her rare Beauty is nothing CUPID giv'n to blood That as to Him of yore she recommends Her sayling son so now her sayling Frends 24. She yoaks those Birds unto her Coach of gold Which sing their own sad Dirge with long white necks And those into the which was turn'd of old PERISTERA That gather'd flow'rs by pecks The flying Goddess These in Rings enfold Exchanging kisses with lascivious Beaks She where she passes makes the Wind to lye With gentle motion and serenes the skye 25. Over Idalian Mountains now she hung The winged Boy residing in that Land To get an Army up of Bow-men young For a great War which he hath then in hand Against the rebel WORLD where late have sprung Much Weeds as he is giv'n to understand Loving those things wherewith 't is richly stor'd To be made use of not to be ador'd 26. He sees ACTEON hunting so inclin'd To that mad sport and brutal exercise That a deform'd wild-beast to follow blind The Beauty of a humane Face he flyes And to torment him with a Fair Unkind Shews stript DIANA to his gazing eyes Now let him take good heed he do not prove A Prey ev'n to those Hounds he doth so love 27. He sees the great ones of each Land that none Have Publike Good so much as in their Eye Sees they love nothing but themselves alone Which is part Intrest and part Philautye Courtiers he sees men That besiege a Throne How for true Doctrine they vent Flattery 'T is husbandry these like not in a King To weed the Flow'rs out of his Corn in Spring 28. He sees how Those that owe a vâ—…wed love To Povertie and Charitie to Men Love Riches onely and to floate Above Pretending justice and a Conscience clean They tell the People what doth Them behove OBEDIENCE in the deed the Tongue the Pen. Laws they set up in favour of the CROWN Laws in the People's favour they pull down 29. He sees in fine none love that which they should But onely what complies with some vain lust Therefore his hands can he no longer hold From punishments that may be sharp yet just His Captains prickt his Soldiers are inrol'd Fit for a War which undertake he must With the misgovern'd World whereby to quell All that persist against him to rebel 30. Swarms of these little Hov'rers newly flown At sevâ—…ral works busie as Bees are all Some whetting Arrow-Heads on bloâ—…dy Hone Others the shafts of Arrows shaving small Working they sing and sing of love alone And then that Love it is Seraphical In Parts and in the burtheâ—… all do joyne The Ditty excellent the Tune Divine 31. On the immortal Anviles where their Arts They use the steeled points to forge and fit Instead of Embers there are burning Hearts Which bring their Bellows with them panting yit The streams with which they temper their steel'd dâ—…rts Tears which from miserable LOVERS flit The sparckling flame the neverâ—…quenched fire Which burns and not consumes them is desire 32. Some of these Archers exercise their Hand On the hard Bosomes of the Vulgar rude The bor'd Ayre hiss't by this we understand The sighings of the wounded multitude For Sugeons Nymphs to Curâ—… them ready stand With Sov'raign Vertue to this end indu'd Who to the Hurt not onely life can give But make ev'n them that ne're were born to live 33. Some of these Nymphs are faire and some are not According to the Nature of the Wound Into the blood if once the Taint be got Oft ugly Treacle gives the Patient sound There are whom Spells and Philters do besot Nayl'd to their Seates they wiss not how and bâ—…und Where this is LOVE hath us'd against fraile Hearts Unlawful weapons shooting poyson'd darts 34. From these raw Soldiers out of ranke and life A thousand rash and senceless Darts are sped A thousand senceless loves are born the while In the low People to be pittied Ev'n amongst Those in highest Forms of vile And horrid Love are thousand 〈◊〉 read BIBLIS and MYRRA for one sex for t'other Th'ASSYRIAN SON and the JUDEAN BROTHER 35. And you Great Lords by shepherdesses meane Under the yoke of LOVE have oft been brought And you great Ladies with rude Clowns uncleane In VULCAN'S subtle Nets have oft been caught Some watching the dim fall of the Serene Some pitchie Night o re Tiles or Walls to vaut Though for these sordid fires if right we did More then the Son the Mother should be chid 36. But the swift Coach now softly on the Green The white Swans ballanc't in their Harness put On which DIONE in whose Cheek is seen The Snow-mixt Rose sets light her milky foot The Archer meets her with a jocund meen Who shoots at HEAV'N and doth not miss the But. With Him in Squadron his SUB-CUPIDS move To do their Homage to the QUEâ—…N OF LOVE 37. She not to spend the pretious time in vain Snatching her Child up confidently said Dear Son in whom and whose strong Arm I raign And the Foundations of my Pow'r are laid Son in whom all my strengths always remain Who feard st not Them That made great JOVE afraid I have a special buis'ness to be done In which I greatly need thy pow'r my Son 38. The LUSITANIANS harast out behold Who are my Care of long Antiquity Because my Friends the Fates to me had told Wheree're They go my worshipt name should fly And for they imitate my ROMANS old In all Heroick Actions therefore I Resolve for them to do a Guardian â—…s duty And raise the Posse of the Realm of Beauty 39. And since the malice of the God of Wine Spun them new troubles upon Indian-ground When from the furies of the swelling Brine They crope out weather-beaten and half-drownâ—…d Therefore
easie yoake and honorable They learn with all their fierceness to put on Forc't by the Conquerours to pay to Them Rich Tribute of their Pearles of BAHEREM 42. What glorious Palms do I see weaving There With which his forehead VICTORY will crown When without shadow or least touch of fear He shall win GOA'S Isle of bright renown But then the Storm obeying will not bear So great a Sayle and takes that Bonet down To reattempt the thing in fitter season FORTUNE and MARS fear Valour joyn'd with Reason 43. And see he does it charges undismay'd Through walls through Pykes through Bullets and through fire Opens the quilted Squadroâ—…s with his Blade Of MOORS and PAGANS knit in Leagues intire His gallant Soldiers in more blood shall wade Then Lyons pin'd Bulls prickt with love and Ire Upon the Feast as pat as by designe Of EGYPT'S Virgin Martyr KATHERINâ—… 44. Nor Him shalt Thou though potent scape and flye Though sheltred in the Bosome of the Morn MALACCA and the Apple of her Eye Prowd of thy wealthy Dow'r as her first-born Thy poyson'd Arrows those Auxiliary CRYSES I see thy Pay That do not scorn MALACCANS amorous valiant JAVANS Shall all obey the LUSITANIANS 45. More Stanza's had the SIREN in the praise Of the illustrious ALBULQUERQUE sung But she remembers one harsh Act which weighs Him down though through the world his Fame be rung A great Commander whom to crop bright Bays On precipitious Cliffs his Fate hath hung Should to his Men a Camrade rather be Then a Judge made up of Severitie 46. But in a time of Famine and hard Toyle Of Sickness Arrows and of thund'ring Ball Of Season sad of discommodious soyle And the poor Soldier patient under All It seems to me of Savage Breasts the style Of an in humane and insulting Gall To make a Man for such a fault to dye As Love and humane frailty qualifie 47. Incest's detested Brand it shall not be Nor boyst'rous Rape upon a Virgin pure Nor blot injurious of Adulterie But with a Slave lascivious and obscure Then whether fir'd with Zeale or jealousie Or else to keep his bloody hands in Ure Against his own he give his rage the reins With a black Action his white Fame he stains 48. With his CAMPASPE ALEXANDER spy'd 〈◊〉 took and upon Him bestows Her cheerfully being not his Soldier try'd Nor serving at a Sâ—…ge of desp'rate Foes That sowr ARASPAS in the Rays is fride Of his fair Charge PANTHâ—…A CYRUS knows Having profest to be her Gâ—…rdian true And that no ill desire should Him subdue 49. But the illustrious PERSIAN seeing love Is in the fault 'gainst whom there 's no defence Acquits him streight and onely dotâ—… remove Where he may serve him well in recompence The Iron BALDWIN much his Rank above By stealth Espouses JUDITH yet th' offence Her great Sire pardons needing such a man And gives them FLANDERS whence those Earls began 50. But her long Song the Nymph continuing Of SUAREZ who his Standard doth display On the red coast of ARABIE did sing ABASIAS hindmost shore and BARâ—…ORA Neighb'ring ZEYLA'S Emporium fear the Thing She feels nor less then Mecha and GIDDA Filthy MEDINA quakes where MAHOMâ—…T In his Steel-Hamac lies in a cold swet 51. Also the noble Isle of TAPOBRANE For by that name it was as fam'd of yore As by another now 't is Soveraign Of the hot fragrant Barke of which 't has store Of which she to the STANDART LUSIANE Shall pay sweet Tribute when percht prowdly o're COLUMBO'S highest steeple that shall be More fear'd by Her then by her Neighbours she 52. Through the Red-Sea SEQUEYRA a new way To Thee vast Land of PRESTER JOHN shall show CANDACE'S Nest and Her 's who to survay The Wisdome of great SOLOMON did go From Cisterns water'd He shall see MACUA Shall see her neighb'ring Port of ARCHICE And cause new Isles to be discover'd which With Modern wonders shall the World inrich 53. MENESES comes the next whose sword shall serve In AFFRICK for the wreaths he here shall weare He prowd ORMOOZ That from her faith will swerve A double Tribute shall constrain to beare Thou GAMA too who wilt it well deserve Which two exiles the third time thou com'st there An Earl Vice-Roy and Admiral the Land Which thou hast now discover'd shalt command 54. But then that rude Necessitie which none Can scape who from a humane womb doth spring Arrests thee in thy Robes and painted Throne Where thou shalt out the person of thy King Streight will another MENNES old alone In wisdome have the Sov'raign managing Of tâ—…e Affairs And Happy HENRY shall Behiâ—…d him leave a name perpetual 55. For he shall quell not onely MALABARS Razing PANANE and COULET'S walls Incountring Cannon clapping on Petars And hurling wild-fire in sulphureous Balls But arm'd with Vertues past the Sphere of MARS Quell the SOULE' 's Enemie's sev'n Generals Quell Avarice quell foul Incontinence In a young man the sum of excellence 56. His Stars now calling Him to tread on Them Thou valiant MASKARENIAS shouldst succeed But if usurpt on know a Diadem It self thy brighter honor will not need Thy courage Admiration and Esteem Although not love ev'n in thy Foes shall breed If unjust FORTUNE shall deny the might VERTUE will give the merit LAW the Right 57. Great Actions in the Kingdom of BINTAN Thou shalt perform MALACCA'S Foe her score Of Ills in one day paying which That ran Into for many a hundred year before With patient courage more then of a man Dangers and Toyles sharp Spikes Hills always hoare Spears Arrows Trenches Bulwarks Fire and Sword That thou shalt break and quell I pass my word 58. Meane while Ambition Avarice to boot In INDIA setting up with open face Against GOD and his justice are a Root Of discontent to thee but not disgrace To trample on weak Right with a prowd Foot Presuming on the pow'r and upper place No Conquest is He conquers with Renown Who dares be just ev'n though it lose a CROWN 59. Yet I deny not but SAMPAYO shall Be of rare Valour for all this on Seas Shewing himself a thund'ring GENERALL Which he shall people with Foes Carcasses In BACANORE begins he to appall The MALABAR that he may after tease Prepar'd with that rough Prologue to submit Bold CUTIâ—…LE and his num'rous Fleet 40 Ev'n that of DIO so resolv'd and great That his at CHOUL will give it self for lost By HECTOR OF SILVEYRA shall he beate And to peccavi turn their furious boast The LUSITANIAN HECTOR who shall get Upon the always-arm'd Cambayck Coast A name that He doth GUZARATS annoy No less then GREEKS the HECTOR did of TROY 41. CUNIA is fierce SAMPOYO'S successour The Ship of State he long doth wisely steer Of CHALE he erects the lofty Tow r Whilst famous DIO quakes to be so neer The strong BAZAIN shall render to his pow'r But with much blood MELIQUE groaning here To see a way o're
ye are allow'd Your Nation 's future Actions to survay Which through the Sea by you left ope her prowd And never wearied Ensigns shall display Now then since ye have found not to be bow'd Under Herculean labours is the way To please your Angell-Spouses bright and fair That knit immortall Garlands for your Hair 143. Ye may embarque for Wind and Weather fit And the Sea courts you for your Countrey dear Thus said shee to them and they forthwith quâ—…t The Isle of Love the Harbour of good chear Noble Provisions they take out of It Take their desir'd desirous 〈◊〉 to bear Them company Whom nothing shall divorce Whilst in the Heav'ns the Sun shall run his course 144. Thus went They ploughing the appeâ—…sed MAIN With always prosp'rous Gale and always fair Till sight long wishâ—… much long'd for they obtain Of that dear Earth where first they suck't the Aâ—…r Sweet TAGUS'S Mouth they enter once again Where to their King and Master whom they fear And love for having sent them the Renown They give and add new titles to his CROWN 145. No more my MUSE no more my Harp's ill strung Heavy and out of tune and my Voyce hoarse And not with singing but to see I 've sung To a deaf people and without remorse Favor that wont t' inspire the POET'S tâ—…ngue Our Countrey yeilds it not she minds the Purse Too much exaling from her gilded Mud Nothing but gross and melancholy blood 146. Nor know I by what fate or duller Chance Men have not now that life and gen'rall gust Which made them with a cheerfull countenance Themselves into perpetuall Action thrust You then O KING whom Heav'n reserv'd t' advance At this time to the Throne to scoure our Rust Behold mark else what other Nations doe The Best of Subjects doe belong to You 147. Behold how cheerfully a thousand ways Like fearlesse Lions and wilde Bulls they run Expos'd to watch whole Nights to fast whole days To fire and sword the Arrow and the Gun To torrid Regions and to frozen Bays To MOORS and People that adore the Sun To unknown perils a new World to find To Whales to shipwracks to tempestuous Wind 148. To doe and suffer All for You prepar'd And to obey in the remotest Land Though ne'r so bitter and though ne'r so hard Without Reply or stop what You command With You they 'll charge the Devill and his Guard Ev'n to the Gates of Hell did You but stand A meer Spectator by and never feare But they will make you too Victorious there 149. Then warm and glad them with your present Rayes Sweetly majestick and severely kind Their shoulders of their heavie Taxes ease Thus thus the path to Honour you shall find Men of Experience to your Councell raise If with Experience they have goodness joyn'd For such have a more certain Rule to tell The How the When the Where to do things well 150. In their respective PLACES count'nance All But choose Men rightly qualifi'd thereto Let REV'REND CHURCHMEN to their Prayers fall That GOD would bless the Government in you And for the NATION' 's sins in generall To Disciplines and Fastings for the true CHURCHMEN exempted from Ambition's heat Seeks neither to be Rich nor to be Great 151. Your NOBLES and your GENTRY highly prize For they their boyling blood undaunted spend Thereby not only Christianitie's But ev'n your Empire 's limits to extend And He who to a Clyme so distant flyes Your Royall Service duely to attend O'recomes two Enemies the Living first Excessive Toile the second and the worst 152. Great Sir let never the astonisht GALL The ENGLISH GERMAN and ITALIAN Have cause to say the fainting PORTUGALL Could not advance the GREAT WORK he began Let your ADVISERS be experienc'd All Such as have seen the World and studied man For though in SCIENCE much contained bee In speciall Cases PRACTICE more doth see 153 PHORMIAN an elegant Philosophar You may have read how HANNIBALL did foole When in his presence of the ART OF WAR He made a long Discourse by Square and Rule No no the brave PROFESSION MILITAR Is not learnt SIR by Fancy in the Schoole Dreaming contemplating to spelling held But seeing sweating fighting in the FEILD 154 But I who speak in rude and humble Rymâ—… Not known nor dreamt of by my 〈◊〉 at all Know yet from mouths of little ones sometime The praise of GREAT ONES doth compleatly fal I want not honest studies from my Prime Nor long Experience since to mix withal I want not Wit such as in this you see Three things which rarely in Conjunction be 155. An Arm to serve you trayn'd in War have I A â—…oul to sing you to the Muses bent Onely I want acceptance in your Bye Who owe to VERTUâ—… fair encouragement If HEAV'N afford me This and you some high And brave EXPLOYT worthy a Monument Of Verse aâ—… my prophetick Thoughts presage By what I see now in your tender Age 156. Making MOUNT-ATLAS tremble at your sight More then at that of dire MEDUSA'S Head Or putting in AMPLEUSIAN FIELDS to flight The MOORS in FEZ and black MOROCCO bred I 'l gage my MUSE then in esteem and plight You in such manner through the WORLD shall spred That ALEXANDER shall in you respire Without envying the MEONIAN LYRE FINIS