dye Lycaon Treason treason Iup. Downe with the tyrant and that hatefull crue And in their murdrous breasts your blades imbrue Lycaon Our guard A confused fray an alarme Iupiter and the Epyriens beat off Lycaon and his followers Iup. Lycaon's fled make good the pallace gates And to th' amazed Citie beare these limbs So basely by the tyrant massacred Happly his subiects by our words prepar'd May shake their bondage off and make this warre The happy meanes to rid a tyrant thence Beare in your left hands these dis-membred limbes And in your right your swords with which make way Courage braue Epyres and a glorious day Exeunt Alarm Lycaon makes head againe and is beat off by Iupiter and the Epirians Iupiter ceazeth the roome of Lycaon Iup. Lycaon's once more fled we by the helpe Of these his people haue confin'd him hence To whom belongs this Crowne 1. Lord To Iupiter 2. Lor. None shall protect our liues but Iupiter All A Iupiter A Iupiter Iup. Nay we are farre from such ambition Lords Nor will we entertaine such royalty 1. Lor. Faire Prince whō heauen hath sent by miracle To saue vs from the bloudyest tyrannies That ere were practis'd by a mortall prince We tender thee our fortunes oh vouchsafe To be our Lord our Gouernour and King Since all thy people ioyntly haue agreed None of that tyrants issue shall succed All A Iupiter A Iupiter Iup. We not refuse the bounty of the Heauens Exprest in these your voyces we accept Your patronage and 'gainst Lycaons tyrannyes Henceforth protect you but our conquest yet Is all vncertaine second vs deere subiects To assure our conquests first we must prouide Our safty ere attempt the helme to guide Exeunt Alarme Enter Calisto Cal. What meane these horrid these shrill alarmes That fright the peacefull Court with hostle cryes Feare and amazement hurry through each chamber Th' affrighted Ladies light the darkest roomes With their bright beauties whence ô whence ye Gods Are all you grones cryes and inhumane sownds Of bloud and death Licaon where is he Why in this dire and sad astonishment Appeares not he to comfort my sad feares And cheere me in this dull distemprature Enter in a hurrie with weapons drawne Iupiter and his souldiers Iup. The Iron bar'd dores the suspected vaults The Barricadoed gates and euery roome That boasted of his strength is forc'd to obey To our free entrance nothing can withstand Our opposite fury Come let 's ransacke further But stay what strange deiected beauty 's this That on the sodaine hath surpris'd my heart And made me sicke with passion Calisto Hence away When we command who dares presume to stay Iup. Bright Lady Cal. You afright me with your steele Iup. These weapons Lady come to grace your beautie And these my armes shall be your sanctuary From all offensiue danger cheere your sorrow Let your bright beauty shoote out of this cloud To search my heart as it hath daz'd my eyes Are you a Queene enthron'd aboue the Elements Made of diuine composure or of earth Which I can scarce beleeue Calist. I am my selfe Vnciuill stranger you are much to rude Into my priuate chamber to intrude Go call the King my father Iup. Are you then Lycaons daughter wonder without end That from a Fiend an Angell should descend Oh Loue till now I neuer felt thy dart But now her painted eye hath pierc'd my heart Faire can you loue Calisto To be alone I can Iup. Women faire Queene are nothing without men You are but cyphers empty roomes to fill And till mens figures come vncounted still Shall I sweet Lady adde vnto your grace And but for number-sake supply that place Cal. You 'r one too many and of all the rest That beare mens figure we can spare you best What are you sir Iup. We are Pelasge's King And these our subiects Calisto These did of late belong To King Lycaon Oh iniurious wrong Iup. Oh sute your pitty with your angel-Angell-beauty And liue Pelasge's Queene Calisto Giue me a funerall garland to lament That best becomes my wretched discontent Iup. The sun-shine of my smiles and iocond loue Shall from your browes bright azure Elements Disperse all clouds behold my crowne is yours My sword my conquest I am of my selfe Nothing without your soft compassionate loue For proofe aske what the heauen earth aire or sea Can yeeld to men by power or orison And it is yours Cal. Sir I shall proue your loue Iup. Pray vse me Lady Cal. You 'l grant it me my Lord Iup. By all my honours and by all the sweets I hope for in your loues fruition Your wil 's your owne Cal. You 'l not reuoke your word Iup. Bee 't to inuest whom I did late degrade I 'le doo 't for you bright and diuinest maid Cal. This onely freedome to your captiue giue That I a Nunne and profest maid may liue Iup. More cruell then the tyrant that begat thee Hadst thou ask't loue gold seruice Empiry This sword had purchast for Calisto all Oh most vnkinde in all this vniuerse Ther 's but one iewell that I value hye And that vnkinde you will not let me buy To liue a maid what i st 't is to liue nothing 'T is like a couetous man to hoord vp treasure Bar'd from your owne vse and from others pleasure Oh thinke faire creature that you had a mother One that bore you that you might beare another Be you as she was of an Infant glad Since you from her haue all things that she had Should all affect the strict life you desire The world it selfe should end when we expire Posterity is all heauens number fill Which by your helpe may be increased still What is it when you loose your mayden-head But make your beauty liue when you be dead In your faire issue Cal. Tush 't is all in vaine Dian I am now a seruant of thy traine Iup. Her order is meere heresie her sect A schisme 'mongst maids not worthy your respect Men were got to get you borne others to beare Wrong not the world so much nay sweet your eare This flower will wither not being cropt in time Age is too late then do not loose your prime Sport whil'st you may before your youth be past Loose not this mowld that may such faire ones cast Leaue to the world your like for face and stature That the next age may praise your gifts of nature Calisto if you still grow thus precise In your strict vow succeding beautie dies Cal. I claime your oath all loue with men adue Dianae's Cloyster I will next pursue Exit Calisto Iup. And there all beauty shall be kept in iaile Which with my sword Ey with my life I 'd baile What 's that Diana 2. Lor. She is the daughter of an ancient King That swaid the Atticke scepter who being tempted By many suiters first began this vow And leauing Court betooke her to the forrests Her beauteous traine are virgins of best
we talking of things there must be no medling with things in this place come let vs set our watch and take our lodgings before the Princesse chamber Exit Enter Iupiter like a Pedler the Clowne his man with packs at their backes Iup. Sirrah now I haue sworne you to secrecy attend your charge Clo. Charge me to the mouth and till you giue fire I 'l not of Iup. Thou know'st I haue stuft my packe with rich iewels to purchase one iewell worth all these Clowne If your pretious stones were set in that Iewell it would be braue wearing Iup. If we get entrance sooth me vp in all things if I haue recourse to the Princesse if at any time thou seest me whisper to her find some tricke or other to blinde the Beldams eyes Clow. Shee that hath the best eyes of them all I haue a trick to make her nose stand in her light Iup. No more K. Iupiter but goodman Pedler remember that Clow. I haue my memorandums about mee As I can beare a packe so I can beare a braine now I talke of a packe though I know not of the death of any of your freinds I am sorry for your heauinesse Iup, Loue and my hopes doe make my loade seeme light This wealth I will vnburthen in the purchase Of you rich beauty Prethee ring the bell Clow. Nay do you take the rope in your hand for lucke sake The morall is because you shall ring all-in He rings the bell Iup. I care not if I take thy counsell Enter the 4 Beldams 1. Beld. To the gate to the gate and know who 't is ere you open 2. Beld. I learn't that in my youth still to know who knockt before I would open Iup. Saue you gentle Matrons may a man be so bold as aske what he may call this rich and stately Tower 3. Beld. Thou seem'st a stranger to aske such a question For where is not the tower of Darreine knowne Clow. It may be cal'd the tower of Barren for ought I see for heere is none but are past children 4. Beld. This is the rich and famous Darreine Tower Where King Acrisius hath inclos'd his daughter The beautious Danae famous through the world For all perfections Iup. Oh then 't is here I here I must vnload Comming through Creet the great King Iupiter Intreated me to call here at this Tower And to deliuer you some speciall Iewels Of high pris'd worth for he would haue his bounty Renown'd through all the earth Downe with your packe For here must wee vnload 1. Beld. Iewels to vs 2. Beld. And from Iupiter Iup. Now gold proue thy true vertue Thou canst all things and therefore this 3. Beld. Comes he with presents and shall he vnpacke at the gate nay come into the Porters lodge good Pedlers Clowne That Lady hath some manners shee hath bene well brought vp I warrant her 4. Beld. And I can tell thee pedler thou hast that curtesy that neuer any man yet found but the King Acrisius Iup. You shall be well paid for your curtesy Here 's first for you for you for for you for you 1. Beld. Rare 2. Beld. Admirable 3. Beld. The best that e're I saw 4. Beld. I 'l run and shew mine to my Lady 1. Beld. Shut the gate for feare the King come and if he ring clap the Pedlers into some of you old rotten corners And hath K. Iupiter bene at all this cost hee 's a courteous Prince bountifull Keepe you the pedler cōpany my Lady shall see mine too Iup. Meane you the Princesse Danae I haue tokens from Iupiter to her too 1. Bel. Runne runne you that haue the best legges and tell my Lady But haue you any more of the same Clowne Haue we quoth he We haue things about vs wee haue not shewed yet and that euery one must not see would make those few teeth in your head to water I would haue you thinke I haue ware too as well as my Mayster Enter in state Danae with the Beldams looking vpon three seuerall iewels 1. Bel. Yonder 's my Lady Nay neuer bee abasht Pedler There 's a face will become thy iewels as well as any face in Creet or Arges either Now your token Iup. I haue lost it T is my heart beauty of Angels Thou art o're matcht earth may contend with heauen Nature thou hast to make one compleate creature Cheated euen all mortality This face Hath rob'd the morning of her blush the lilly Of her blanch't whitnes and like theft committed Vpon my soule shee is all admiration But in her eyes I ne're saw perfect lustre There is no treasure vpon earth but yonder Shee is oh I shall loose my selfe Clowne Nay Sir take heed you be not smelt out Iupi. I am my selfe againe Dan. Did hee bestow these freely Dana's guard Are much indebted to King Iupiter If he haue store wee 'l buy some for our vse And wearing They are wondrous beautifull Where 's the man that brought them 1. Beld. Here forsooth Lady hold vp your head and blush not my Lady will not hurt thee I warrant thee Iup. This iewell Madam did King Iupiter Command me to leaue heere for Danae Are you so sti'ld Danae If sent to Danae 'T is due to me And would the King of Creet Knew with what gratitude we take his gift Iup. Madame he shall Sirrah set ope your pack And what the Ladies like let them take freely Dan. Much haue I heard of his renowne in armes His generousnesse his vertues and his fulnesse Of all that Nature can bequeath to man His bounty I now tast and I could wish Your eare were his that I might let him know What interest he hath in me to command Iup. His eare is myne let me command you then Behold I am the Cretan Iupiter That rate your beauty aboue all these gems What cannot loue what dares not loue attempt Despight Acrisius and his armed guards Hether my loue hath brought me to receiue Or life or death from you onely from you Dan. We are amaz'd and the large difference Betwixt your name and habite breeds in vs Feare and distrust Yet if I censure freely I needes must thinke that face and personage Was ne're deriu'd from basenesse And the spirit To venture and to dare to court a Queene I cannot stile lesse then to be a Kings Say that we grant you to be Iupiter What thence inferre you Iup. To loue Iupiter Dan. So far as Iupiter loues Dana's honour So farre will Danae loue Iupiter 2. Beld. We waight well vpon my Lady Iup. Madam you haue not seene a cleere stone For coulour or for quicknesse sweete your eare Dan. Beware your ruine if you Beldams heare Iup. Sirrah shew all your wares and let those Ladies best please themselues Clowne Not all at these yeares I spy his knauery Now would he haue mee keepe them busied whilst he courts the Lady 3 Beld. Doth my Lady want nothing Shee lookes backe Clown As
for example heer 's a silver bodkin this is to remoue dandriffe and digge about the roots of your siluer-hair'd furre This is a tooth-picker but you hauing no teeth heere is for you a corrall to rub your gums This is cald a Maske 1. Beld. Gramarcy for this this is good to hide my wrinckles I neuer see of these afore Clown Then you haue one wrinckle more behinde You that are dim ey'd put this pittifull spectacle vpon your nose Iup. As I am sonne of Saturne you haue wrong To be coop't vp within a prison strong Your father like a miser cloysters you But to saue cost hee 's loth to pay your dower And therefore keepes you in this brazen Tower What are you better to be beautifull When no mans eye can come to censure it What are sweet cates vntasted gorgeous clothes Vnworne or beauty not beheld yon Beldams With all the furrowes in their wrinkled fronts May claime with you like worth ey and compare For eye to censure you none can none dare Dan. All this is true Iup. Oh thinke you I would lye With any saue Danae Let me buy This iewell your bright loue though rated higher Then Gods can giue or men in prayers desire Dan. You couet that which saue the Prince of Creet None dares Iup. That shewes how much I loue you sweet I come this beauty this rare face to saue And to redeeme it from this brazen graue Oh do not from mans eye this beauty skreene These rare perfections which no earthly Queene Enioyes saue you 't was made to be admir'd The Gods the Fates and all things haue conspir'd With Iupiter this prison to inuade And bring it forth to that for which 't was made Loue Iupiter whose loue with yours shall meet And hauing borne you hence make at your feet Kings lay their crownes mighty Emperours kneele Oh had you but a touch of what I feele You would both loue and pitty Dan. Both I do But all things hinder yet were Danae free She could affect the Cretan Iup. Now by thee For what I most affect by that I sweare I from this prison will bright Danae beare And in thy chamber will this night fast seale This couenant made Dan. Which Danae must repeale Iup. You shall not by this kisse 1. Beld. T is good to haue an eye She lookes backe Clown Your nose hath not had these spectacles on yet Dan. Oh Iupiter Iup. Oh Danae Dan. I must hence For if I stay I yeeld I l'e hence no more Iup. Expect me for I come Dan. Yon is my doore Dare not to enter there I will to rest Attendance Iup. Come I will Dan. You had not best Exit Danae 2. Beld. My Lady calls Wee haue trifled the night till bed-time Some attend the Princesse others see the Pedlers pack't out of the gate Clown Will you thrust vs out to seeke our lodging at Midnight We haue paid for our lodging a man would thinke we might haue laine cheaper in any Inne in Arges Iup. This castle stands remote no lodging neere Spare vs but any corner here below Bee 't but the Inner porch or the least staire-case And we 'l begone as early as you please 2. Beld. Consider all things we haue no reason to deny that What need we feare alas they are but Pedlars and the greatest Prince that breathes would be aduis'd ere he durst presume to court the princesse Danae 1. Beld. He court a princesse hee lookes not with the face Well pedlers for this night take a nap upon some bench or other and in the morning be ready to take thy yard in thy hand to measure me some stuffe and so to be gone before day Well good-night we must attend our princesse Iup. Gold and reward thou art mighty and hast power O're aged yong the foolish and the wise The chaste and wanton fowle and beautifull Thou art a God on earth and canst all things Clown Not all things by your leaue All the gold in Creete cannot get one of you old Crones with childe But shall we go sleepe Iup. Sleep thou for I must wake for Danae Hence cloud of basenesse thou hast done inough To bleare you Beldams When I next appeare Hee puts off his disguise To you bright Goddesse I will shine in gold Deck't in the high Imperiall robes of Creet And on my head the wreath of Maiesty For Ornament is a preuailing thing And you bright Queene I 'le now court like a King Exit Enter the foure old Beldams drawing out Dana's bed she in it They place foure tapers at the foure corners Dan. Command our Eunuch's with their pleasing'st tunes To charme our eyes to rest Leaue vs all leaue vs The God of dreames hath with his downy fanne Swept or'e our eye-lids and sits heauy on them 1. Bel. Hey-ho Sleepe may enter in at my mouth if he be no bigger then a two-peny-loafe Dan. Then to your chambers let wakelesse slūbers Charme you in depth of silence and repose All Good night to thee faire Danae Dan. Let musick through this brazen fortresse sound Till all our hearts in depth of sleepe be drown'd Enter Iupiter crown'd with his Imperiall Robes Iup. Silence that now hath empire through the world Expresse thy power and Princedome Charming sleepe Deaths yonger brother shew thy selfe as still-lesse As death himselfe None seeme this night to liue Saue Ioue and Danae But that Goddesse wonne Giue them new life breath'd with the morning sunne You is the doore that in forbidding me She bad me enter Womens tongues and hearts Haue different tunes for where they most desire Their hearts cry on when their tongues bid retire Al 's whist I heare the snorting Beldams breathe Soundnesse of sleepe none wakes saue Loue and we You bright imprisoned beauty to set free Oh thou more beauteous in thy nakednesse Then ornament can adde to How sweetly doth she breath how well become Imaginary deadnesse But I l'e wake her Vnto new life This purchase I must win Heauens gates stand ope and Iupiter will in Danae He lyes vpon her bed Dan. Who 's that Iup. 'T is I K. Iupiter Dan. What meane you Prince how dare you enter here Knowing if I but call your life is doom'd And all Creetes treasure cannot guard your person Iup. You tell me now how much I rate your beauty Which to attaine I cast my life behinde me As lou'd much lesse then you Dan. I l'e loue you too Would you but leaue me Iup. Repentance I 'd not buy At that high rate ten thousand times to dye You are mine owne so all the Fates haue sed And by their guidance come I to your bed The night the time the place and all conspire To make me happy in my long desire Acrisius eyes are charm'd in golden sleepe Those Beldams that were plac't your bed to keepe All drown'd in Lethe saue your downy bed White shetes and pillow where you rest your head None heares or sees and what
ranke Daughters of Kings and Princes all deuoted To abandon men and chuse virginity All these being first to her strict orders sworne Acknowledge her their Queene and Empresse Iup. By all my hopes Calistoe's loue to gaine I 'd wish my selfe one of Dianae's traine 1. Lord Concerning your state businesse Iupiter Well remembred Posts of these newes shall be to Epyre sent Of vs and of our new establishment Next for Calisto but of that no more We must take firme possession of this state Our sword hath wonne Licaon lost so late Exeunt Enter with musicke before Diana sixe Satires after them all their Nimphs garlands on their heads and iauelings in their hands their Bowes and Quiuers the Satyrs sing Haile beauteous Dian Queene of shades That dwels beneath these shadowie glades Mistresse of all those beauteous maids That are by her allowed Virginitie we all professe Abiure the worldlie vaine excesse And will to Dyan yeeld no lesse Then we to her haue vowed The Shepheards Satirs Nimphs and Fawnes For thee will trippe it ore the lawnes Come to the Forrest let vs goe And trip it like the barren Doe The Fawnes and Satirs still do so And freelie thus they may do The Fairies daunce and Satirs sing And on the grasse tread manie a ring And to their caues their ven'son bring And we will do as they do The Shepheards c. Our food is honie from the Bees And mellow fruits that drop from trees In chace we clime the high degrees Of euerie steepie mountaine And when the wearie day is past We at the euening hie vs fast Aad after this our field repast We drinke the pleasant fountaine The Shepheards c. Diana These sports our Fawnes our Satyrs and our selues Make faire Calisto for your entertaine Pan the great God of Shepheards and the Nymphes Of Meades and Fountaines that inhabite here All giue you welcome with their Rurall sports Glad to behold a Princesse of your birth A happy Citizen of these Meades and Groues These Satyrs are our neighbours and liue here With whom we haue confirm'd a friendly league And dwell in peace Here is no City-craft Here 's no Court-flattery simplenesse and sooth The harmelesse Chace and strict Virginity Is all our practise You haue read our orders And you haue sworne to keepe them Faire Calisto Speake how esteeme you them Calisto With reuerence Great Queene I am sequestred from the world Euen in my soule hate mans society And all their lusts suggestions all Court-pleasures And City-curiosities are vaine And with my finer temper ill agree That now haue vow'd sacred verginity Dian. We will not of your sorrowes make recitall So lately suffred by the hand of chance We are from the world the blind Goddesse Fortune We dare to do her worst as liuing here Out of her reach Vs she of force must spare They can loose nothing that for nothing care Cal. Madam deuotion drew me to your seruice And I am now your hand-maid Dian. Wher 's Atlanta Atlanta Madame Dian. Is there no princesse in our traine As yet vnmatch'd to be her Cabin-fellow And sleepe by her Atlanta Madam we all are cuppled And twin'd in loue and hardly is there any That will be wonne to change her bed-fellow Dian. You must be single till the next arriue She that is next admitted of our traine Must be her bed-companion so t is lotted Come Fawns and Nymphs and Satyres girt vs rownd Whilst we ascend our state and here proclaime A generall hunting in Dianaes name Enter Iupiter like a Nimph or a Virago Iupiter There I strid too wide That step was too large for one that professeth the straight order what a pittifull coyle shall I haue to counterfeit this woman to lispe forsooth to simper and set my face like a sweet Gentlewomans made out of ginger-bread shall I venter or no My face I feare not for my beard being in the nonage durst neuer yet looke a Barber in the face And for my complexion I haue knowne as browne Lasses as my selfe haue gone for currant And for my stature I am not yet of that Giant size but I may passe for a bona Roba a Ronnceual a Virago or a good manly Lasse If they should put me to spinne or to sow or any such Gentlewomanlike exercise how should I excuse my bringing vp Tush the hazzard is nothing compared with the value of the gaine Could I manadge this businesse with Art I should come to a hundred pretty sights in a yeare as in the Sommer when we come to flea our smocks c. I hope Diana doth not vse to search her maides before she entertaines them But howsoeuer Be my losse certaine and my profit none T is for Calisto's loue and I will on Dian. Wee 'l chase the Stagge and with our Beagles shrill The neighbouring Forrests with lowd eccho's fill Iup. Is this a heauen terrestriall that containes So many earthly Angels O amazement Diana with these beauties circled round Pal'd in with these bright pales beares more state Then Gods haue lent them by the power of fate I am destroyd Diana Soft what intruder 's that Command her hither Iup. Haile diuinest Queene I come to do thee seruice Diana A manly Lasse a stout Virago Were all our traine proportion'd to thy size We need not feare mens subtill trecheries Thy birth and fortunes Iup. Madam I deriue My birth from noble and high parentage Respect of your rare beauty with my loue And zeale I still beare to a virgins life Haue drawne me to your seruice Diana Welcome Lady Her largenesse pleaseth mee if shee haue courage proportion'd with her limbs shee shall be Champion to all our wronged Ladies You Atlanta present her oath Her oath is giuen on Dianaes bow Atlan. Madam you must be true To bright Diana and her Virgin crew Iup. To bright Diana and her traine I 'l stand Diana What can you do aside Iup. More then the best here can Atlan. You shall vow chastity Iup. That 's more then I can promise well proceed Atlan. You neuer shall with hated man attone But ly with woman or else ly alone Iup. Make my oath strong my protestation deep For this I vowe by all the Gods to keepe Atlan. With Ladies you shall onely sport and play And in their fellowship spend night and day Iup. I shall Atlan. Consort with them at boord and bed And sweare no man shall haue your maiden-head Iup. By all the powers both earthly and diuine If ere I loos 't a woman shall haue mine Diana Now your 're ours you 'r welcome kisse our hand You promise well wee like you and will grace you And if with our election your's agree Calisto here your bed-fellow shall be Iup. You Gods your will eternize me to your choice Madam I seale both with my soule and voyce Diana Then hand each other and acquaint your selfe And now let vs proceed in the pursuite Of our determin'd pastimes dedicate To the entertainement of
not from vs what you cannot giue Tro. Where hath not Saturns fame abrode bene spred For many vses he hath giuen to man As Nauigation Tillage Archery Weapons and gold yet you for all these vses Depriue him of his kingdome Plut. We but saue Our Innocent bodies from th' abortiue graue Nept. We are his sonnes let Saturne be content To let vs keepe what Heauen and Nature lent Gani. Those filiall duties you so much forget We come to teach you Royall Kings to armes Giue Ganimed the onset of this battell That being a sonne knowes how to lecture them And chastice their transgressions Sat. Ganimed It shall be so powre out your spleene and rage On our proud Issue Let the thirsty soyle Of barren Creet quaffe their degenerate blouds And surfeit in their sinnes All Saturnes hopes And fortunes are ingag'd vpon this day It is our last and all bee 't our endeuour To win 't for ay or else to loose it euer Alarme The battels ioyne the Troians are repul'st Enter Troos and Saturne Tro. Our Troians are repul'st wher 's Ganimed Sat. Amid'st the throng of weapons acting wonders Twice did I call alowd to haue him flye And twice he swore he had vow'd this day to dye Troos. Let 's make vp to his rescue Sat. Tush t is vaine To seeke to saue him we shall loose our selues The day is lost and Ganimed lost too Without diuine assistance Hye my Lord Vnto your shippes no safety liues a land Euen to the Oceans margent we are pursu'd Then saue your selfe by sea Troos. Creet thou hast wonne My thirty thousand Souldiers and my Sonne Come let 's to sea Exit Sat. To sea must Saturne too To whom all good starres are still opposite My Crowne I first bought with my infants bloud Not long enioy'd till Tytan wrested it Re-purchast and re-lost by Iupiter These horrid mischiefes that haue crown'd our brows Haue bred in vs such strange distemprature That we are growne deiected and forlorne Our bloud is chang'd to Inke our haires to quils Our eyes halfe buried in our quechy plots Consumptions and cold agues haue deuour'd And eate vp all our flesh leauing behinde Nought saue the Image of despaire and death And Saturne shall to after ages be That starre that shall infuse dull melancholy To Italy I 'le flye and there abide Till diuine powers my place aboue prouide Exit Alarme Enter Ganimed' compast in with soldiers to them Iupiter Neptune Pluto Archas Melliseus Iup. Yeeld noble Troian ther 's not in the field One of thy Nation lifts a hand saue thee Gani. Why that 's my honour when alone I stand Gainst thee and all the forces of thy land Iup. I loue thy valour and would woo thy friendship Go freely where thou wilt and ransomlesse Gan. Why that 's no gift I am no prisoner And therefore owe no ransome hauing breath Know I haue vow'd to yeeld to none saue death Iup. I wish thee nobly Troian and since fauour Cannot attaine thy love I 'le try conclusions And see if I can purchase it with blowes Gan. Now speak'st thou like the noblest of my foes Iup. Stand all a-part and Princes girt vs round Gan. I loue him best whose strokes can lowdest sound Alarme they fight and loosing their weapons embrace Iup. I haue thee and will keep thee Gan. Not as prisoner Iup. A prisoner to my loue else thou art free My bosome friend for so I honour thee Gan. I am conquer'd both by Armes and Courtesie Nept. The day is ours Troos and K. Saturn 's fled And Iupiter remaines sole conquerour Plu. Peace with her golden wings houers ore Creet Frighting hence discord and remorslesse warre Will Iupiter make vp for Arges now Mell. Winter drawes on the sea 's vn-nauigable To transport an Army There attends without A Lord of Arges Iup. Bring him to our presence Enter Arges How stands it with the beauteous Danae Arg. L. As one distrest by Fate and miserable Of K. Acrisius and his Fort of brasse Danaes inclosure and her Beldam guard Who but hath heard yet through these brasen walles Loue hath broke in and made the maide a mother Of a faire sonne which when Acrisius heard Her female guard vnto the fier hee doomes His daughter and the infant prince her sonne He puts into a mastles boat to sea To proue the rigor of the stormy waues Iup. Acrisius Arges and the world shall know Ioue hath beene wrong'd in this her further fortunes Canst thou relate Arges L. I can As farre as Naples The friendly winds her mastlesse boat transports There succourd by a curteous Fisher-man Shee 's first releeu'd and after that presented To King Pelonnus who at this time reignes Who rauisht with her beauty crownes her Queene And deckes her with th' Imperiall robes of state Iup. What we haue scanted is supply'd by fate Here then cease Armes and now court amorous peace With solemne triumphes and deere Ganimed Be henceforth cal'd The friend of Iupiter And if the Fates hereafter crowne our browes With diuine honours as we hope they shall Wee 'l style thee by the name of Cup-bearer To fill vs heauenly Nectar as faire Hebe Shall do the like to Iuno our bright Queene Here end the pride of our mortality Opinion that makes Gods must style vs higher The next you see vs we in state must shine Eternized with honours more diuine Exeunt omnes Enter Homer Homer Of Danae Perseus was that night be got Perseus that fought with the Gorgonian shield Whose fortunes to pursue Time suffers not For that we haue prepar'd an ampler field Likewise how Ioue with faire Alcmena lay Of Hercules and of his famous deeds How Pluto did faire Proserpine betray Of these my Muse now trauel'd next proceedes Yet to keepe promise ere we further wade The ground of ancient Poems you shall see And how these first borne mortall Gods were made By vertue of diuinest Poesie The Fates to whom the Heathen yeeld all power Whose doomes are writ in marble to endure Haue summon'd Saturnes three sonnes to their Tower To them the three Dominions to assure Of Heauen of Sea of Hell How these are scand Let none decide but such as vnderstand Sound a dumbe shew Enter the three fatall sisters with a rocke a threed and a paire of sheeres bringing in a Gloabe in which they put three lots Iupiter drawes heauen at which Iris descends and presents him with his Eagle Crowne and Scepter and his thunder-bolt Iupiter first ascends vpon the Eagle and after him Ganimed To Iupiter doth high Olimpus fall Who thunder and the trisulke lightning beares Dreaded of all the rest in generall He on a Princely Eagle mounts the Spheares Sound Neptune drawes the Sea is mounted vpon a sea-horse a Roabe and Trident with a crowne are giuen him by the Fates Neptune is made the Lord of all the Seas His Mace a Trident and his habite blew Hee can make Tempests or the waues appease And vnto him the Sea-men are still true Sound Thunder and Tempest Enter at 4 seuerall corners the 4 winds Neptune riseth disturb'd the Fates bring the 4 winds in a chaine present them to Aeolus as their King And for the winds these brothers that still warre Should not disturbe his Empire the three Fates Bring them to Aeolus chain'd as they are To be inclos'd in caues with brazen gates Sound Pluto drawes hell the Fates put vpon him a burning Roabe and present him with a Mace and burning crowne Pluto's made Emperour of the Ghosts below Where with his black guard he in darknes raignes Commanding hell where Styx and Lethe flow And murderers are hang'd vp in burning chaines But leauing these to your iudiciall spirits I must appeale and to your wonted grace To know from you what eyelesse Homer merits Whom you haue power to banish from this place But if you send me hence vncheckt with feare Once more I 'l dare vpon this Stage t' appeare FINIS