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A14476	Here fynyssheth the boke yf [sic] Eneydos, compyled by Vyrgyle, which hathe be translated oute of latyne in to frenshe, and oute of frenshe reduced in to Englysshe by me wyll[ia]m Caxton, the xxij. daye of Iuyn. the yere of our lorde. M.iiij.Clxxxx. The fythe yere of the regne of kynge Henry the seuenth; Boke of Eneydos.	Virgil. Aeneis.; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1490 (1490)	STC 24796; ESTC S109601	103,701	172

the meanes to make Eneas to abyde deuysynge vnto hym ▪ that he oughte to doo soo Seynge and considerynge the wynter that is alle dystempred the grete orages the sygne of Oryon that rendreth the watres to be proude and cruelle Also the shippes that ben alle crased of the grete tornementes that haue hurte theym here byfore saylyng in the see The influences of the heuens so spytefull dyuerse contradyction moeuable one apposite ayenst another causynge dyuersite perturbatyffe in the lowe elementes whiche myghte be cause of his destruction yf he vndertoke ony vyage atte this tyme passinge the see from one lande to a nother By these raysons and other that by the desirous affectyon of thy wylle shalle be vnto the aduysed and shewed to the perfectyon of thys thynge thou shalte mowe peruerte the oppynyon of Eneas for to seiourne in this countrey that byfore was alle determyned for to goo The whiche thynges and other persuasions seruynge to the mater whiche enflamed the corage of Elysse esprysed with brennyng loue towarde Enee gaue a stedfast hope to her sorowfull thoughte leuynge by dyspense abstractyue her first vowes of chastyte promysed ¶ How Eneas aftre grete fortunys of the see arryued in cartage And How dydo for his swete behauoure and fayre spekynge was esprised of his loue Capitulo xiij BOthe togidre of one assente went the two sassustres fore named to the synagoges and temples where bifore the aulters thei offred sacrifices with grete supplycacyons and prayers and slewe sheep weders for to doo sacrefyces destynated vnto the noble goddesse Ceres to Appolyn and to Bachus and specyally vnto Iuno the goddesse of wedlocke whiche is lady mastresse and wardeyne of the connexes or bondes aminicules to whome they offred in pacifique Immolacion a white cowe by twix the hornes of the whiche Dydo by grete deuocyon shedde the fyole fulle of the holi libacion makynge the consecracion ouer the sacryfyce there dedied and doon in diuerse wise by solemnyte merueyllouse aftre the custome that was vsed at that tyme Dydo wyth her suster Aune went In to the temples and symulacres knelynge before the awters makynge requestes and prayers and aftre loked In to the entraylles Interiores of the bestes there slayne For to fuldo the sacryfyce In delyuerynge and sechynge aftre the moeuynge of them the comynge of the future maryage But what ouerserche nedeth more to be enquered wherof thys folysshe thoughte cometh to the woman thus a tysed wyth the swete flamme of loue esprised in to the mary and synewes whiche inseparably goeth thrughe the bones as depe as the. veray hertys roote To goo sekyng wythyn the symulacres the consentynge of lyght whyche is alredy determyned for to be acomplysshed Thys lady hathe norysshed pryuely in her thoughte the wounde of ambycyouse desyre whyche is so procured that she can not hyde it noo lenger She is graffed and myserably sette wauynge and tournynge here and there wythin her cyte embrassed and take wyth loue insacyable in contynuelle thoughte As a personne furyouse lyke as an hynde that is rought to the herte wyth an arowe goeth rennynge by the forestes and mountaynes Thynkyng vpon her sore onely wythoute to conceyue ne comprehende the wele of her abydynge Aftre wyth Eneas goeth thys lady deuysynge thrughe the towne to shewe hym the grete rychesses that she hath broughte from the partyes of Thyre asketh hym hys aduyse of the edyfyces of Cartage cheryssheth and enterteyneth hym to her power in alle thynges that she thynketh to be playsaunt and agreable vnto hym and atte last she yet spekynge her speche deffaylleth alle sodeynly and can not kepe purpos ne countenaunce as a persone transported from her vndrestandynge and ouertake wyth ouer grete loue inestymable Of it that other parte she doeth make grete appareylles for to feeste Eneas ryghte highely in dyuersitees of metes entermedled wyth some Ioyous dysportes playsaunte and in syghte aggreable After she taketh a delectacyon in his talkynge playsaunte requyrynge hym that for her loue he wylle recounte some grete fayttes or other aduentures that he hath seen in hys tyme in the werre of Troye And taketh her Ioye and consolacyon in his swete wordes and drawynge that atysen and enterteyne her in a contynualle thoughte towarde hym Soo that after theyr departynge from eche other that tyme the mone obscure comynge in his ordre supprymeth the lyghte of the sonne and the sterres launchynge theyr bryghte sparkeles excyte the appety●e of slepe The lady that alone entreth to her chaumbre tryste and pencyfulle leuynge her bedde reste syttynge vpon tapysserye werke or other parte alle solitarye and desolate as a thynge habandouned Desirynge the presence of Eneas by Imagynacyon impraynted wyth in the fauntasme of her entendemente Her semeth that she seeth hym there presente heringe after his wordes playsaunte And deuysynge wyth hym and there she passeth ouer a parte of the nyghte in suche medytacyons and contynuell thoughtes ¶ And emonge she taketh in her lappe Ascanyus the sone of Eneas otherwyse callyd Yolus and holdeth hym bytwyxe her armes byholdeth kysseth and colleth hym Considerynge the beaultye and grete delectacyon of the fadre In whiche she is rauysshed by the representynge of his sone And no thynge there ys soo gretely greuable but that it is alle ynoughe facylle vnto her to be experymented for the entreteynynge of her loue wherinne she myghte be deceyued for the grete serche that she doeth wythoute ceasse for to eschew alle thynges that in this caas myghte be nocible and contrarye to her ANd for by cause of the whiche forsayd occupacyon or contynuelle thoughte wherinne she is Inexplycable occupyed as transported and rauysshed Alle the werkes and doynges of Dydo are taryed and lefte in the astate of Inperfection The w●rkes of the grete yates toures and othre edyfyces that were begonne for the perfectyon of Cartage be lefte wythout eny more werkyng alle Imperfyt the excercyse of armes is dyscontynued the noble men wexe robuste and rude wythoute excersice of fayttes of werre The brydges poortes and passages ben lefte wythoute warde And the deffences ben voyde add emptye wythoute entreteynynge redy to receyue the enmyes wythoute ony contradyctyon Alle werkes ceassen and appyeren interrupte for defaulte of conductours The stones of the walles that are bygonne whiche appyeren alle awry sette croked bowed and counterfette by cause thei be not fully made and polisshed Shewynge theyr teeth to threte and byte in to the other stonys redy to be masonned whiche oughte to haue be contynued and Ioyned to perfourme the enterprise thus lefte as alle to cutte and perysshed The grasse groweth faste and roteth on theyr heddes theyr teeth ben spredde wyth mosse all to tourne rusty and fulle of lothlinesse The grete edyfyces are lefte vncouered in dyuerse places And shortely alle falleth in to ruyne by cause of her grete furoure ¶ But Iuno the noble goddesse wedded wyff and spouse of Iubyter seeynge that the goode renomme of Elysse myghte

he had had desiryng abowe all thynges to flee leue this swete contrees of cartage for to 〈◊〉 a place of surete thynkyng in hymselfe te be in daūger of his persone as longe as he dwelleth there wythstādyng the inuectyue monycyons doon to hym by the cōman̄dement of the goddis knowe not what to doo so moche he is esprysed of sodayn sorowe immense nor by what wayes he maye notyfye thees thynges to Dydo ne what termes he shall take at the begynnyng of his wordes hymself to valyde to gyue a coloure to his byfalle abode longe in this thoughte doubtouse and varyable wythoute to sette his purpose to condescende to ony parte of that he wold do vnto the ende that it semed hym for the best to calle thre of hys knyghtes One named Nestor a nother Sergeste and the thirde is the stronge Cloant to whome he commaunded that alle secretly they sholde doo make redy his shyppes assemble they re folke take they re armeures and alle other appareylle for to depart incōtynent that he shold ordeyne And that they sholde doo this couertly in dyssymulyng their goyng to th ende that yf it were aperceyued by some waye men shold wene that it were a manere of a feynynge ¶ How dydo knowyng the departyng of eneas ranne thrugh the cytee of cartage as a woman disperate and from herselfe Capitulum xvij THe felawes right gladly dyd fulfylle ryght soone the cōmaundement of eneas the whiche trowynge that dydo sholde neuer haue thought vpon the brekyng of soo grete a loue nor that he wolde habandoune leue her stro of wyth hymself by what wayes he myghte signyfie it vnto her in what wordes or what hour and in what maner moost honeste for to gyue her lesse sorowe But the quene dydo atysed of the grete couetyse enflāmed wyth desirouse loue that can neuer be sacyate ynoughe felte firste this barate by cause that the fyne louer that alwayes kepeth hym selfe wythin his warde and fyndeth noo thynge soo sure but that he putteth it in a doubte can not be lyghtely dece●uyd For fame that euyll goddesse reporteth vnto her that Eneas made his nauye to be armed and repayred wherby she ymagyneth fyrste that he dyde soo for to departe and goo oute of her lande Incōtynente as alle furyouse oute of her wytte toke to styre her selfe rāne thrugh the citee of car●age as a mad woman as thyas the grete prestresse dyd in tyme passed whan she wente to incyte and somen the matrones and yonge maydens to renne furyously and wythout shame thrughe the towne by nyghte to the feest and sacryfyces of the goddes Bachus and Venus atte the daye of theyr solempnyte ¶ How dydo sorowfully bewaylled the departynge of Eneas by swete and amyable wordes Capitulū xviij ANd thus rennynge aboute she recounted Eneas to whom by grete dyscomforte reforced wyth merueyllouse sorowe wherof her herte was surprysed in gret accumylacyon of extreme dysplaysur she sayd these wordes halfe by manere of a reproche in dolaunte lamentacyons rewthes and complayntes O ryght dere eneas sedycious ryght cruel how haste thou had the herte so vntrue to thynke so grete a treson as for to wyll departe out of my lande sodaynly wythout to make me a knowen therof Is there thenne nothyng in the worlde that can make the to abyde here nother the grete loue that is bytwyx vs bothe wherof we haue somoche loued eche other the grete re●uel that I haue doon to the the grete ayde socours the worshyp that the hast had of me whan I receyued the in to my londe that tyme that thou come firste to me as a man exyled and naufraged nor the deth horryble cruell that for the I must receiue wherof I shall redyly slee my selfe at thoure of thy departyng nor the paynes traueylles that thenne I shall must endure O man of all other the moost forcened oute of thy wyt doled out of the sure waye how in this harde wedder of wynter that the wyndes ben in their furye the see full of tempest of grete voraygeouse wawes the tyme alle indisposed more than euer it was hast thou purposed to moūte vpō the see to flee from my psence for to goo with a lityl puissaūce to werre and bere greuaunce to ytalye a strange londe wher from thou shalt be sone expelled at thys tyme For yf thy wille were to goo to troye thyn owne londe yf she were yet in her beyng that thou were well sure to be there honestly receyued yet thou oughtest not to goo there nor to take the see now wythstandynge the daūgeours aforsayd Alas fle thou not from me therof I requyre the admonest the for pyte of the sorowe that I bere and for the grete teeris flusshyng doū from myn eyen that this to doo incyten somone the. by the swetnes by ▪ thy well wyllynge and by the yeftes alle other thynges that I haue doon vnto the. alle at thyne owne wyll in suche a wyse that no thynge I haue reserued for my selfe but that it was alle habandouned vnto the more redyli than to myn owne body By oure kyssynge and swete cully●ge by oure byhauynge and louely countenaunces by our Ioyes and playsures delycyouse in fyne loue bytwyx vs mutuell wherof we haue loued eche other soo that in noo wyse my dyligente thoughte hadde neuer no wylle to be cruell anemste the. but hath be atte alle tymes desirous for taccomplysshe wythout ony gaynsayng alle the I knewe was to thy playsur And thenne yf I haue deserued to haue some good of the yf thou euer toke playsaūce in ony thyng that by me cam playse the then̄e to haue mercy of this poure desolate frende that shalle be sone broughte to the poynte mortalle and my cytee dispeopled and to grete ruyne delyuered by thyn infortunate goynge And wyll chaunge thy courage yf my requeste and prayers can haue place of merite to acquyre mercy ayenst the. thou seest that the folke of Lybye the cruell tyraun●es of Myronde and they of the cytee of Thyre that many tymes I haue offended hate and haue enuye atte me for the my ● chastyte pudyque and alle hee praysynge is there loste And my fyrst fame goode renomme wherbi I was electe taken vp to the sterres as a veraye goddesse is now by thy departynge sodaynly extyncted why wolde thou thenne habandoune and leue me thy kynde loue dyscomforted redy to deie for to flee passinge by this coūtrey lyke as an hoste that lightly forgeteth his lodgynge and the place that he goeth fro departeth Ioyously wythout to haue eny rewthe ther unto haa I perceyue well that of the I wende to haue my f●ēde my true husbāde espouse no thing abideth with me nowe but onely the name of an hoste what can I wayte for nowe O what recomfort may I haue that am voyde from alle hope and noon other is there but to falle in

hym in makynge vyndicacōn of the deth of his sayd moder And forto distourne haue himsef a side from there waie was cōseilled by piladis for to goo or transporte him self in to delphos to flee anone hastly all streighte vnto the temple of appollo the wiche horrestes trowinge by this subtyl meane to be escaped whan he was come byfore the gate of the sayd temple or there aboute he fonde the forsayd goddesses infernall that sette there ouer thentre of the sayd temple as a waytyng there after his comyng Whiche was to hym more greuous a thyng than it was a fore wherby he lost thenne the hope of his entent The sayd elysse vaynquysshed ouercome of the grete āguysshes sorowes heuynesses whiche dyde flowe at her herte in grete haboūdance one vpon a nother as admonestementꝰ incytacōns whiche somone to procure the deth proposed then̄e to haband oūe herself vtterly determyned for to deye dyd delibere in herself of the manere more hōnest of the tyme couenable to the same ho. v in what manere she myghte do hit shortly expose herself to deth she beyng in this tryst thoughte after her cōclusion taken her fayt arrested sent to her swete suster anne for to come toward her couered her tryst thought wyth a manere of gladnes ynough not willyng to manyfest ne bi no wise to declare vnto her the caas nor the cōclucōn that she had taken of her deth but assone as she was com went said to her in this manere ¶ Of the wordes of dydo to hir suster nne Cap̄ xxiij MY right dere suster parfite frende wil ye reioysshe my corage to the recōfort of my sorowes bitternes Veryly I haue enquyred yf it were not possible for to fynde somwaye to pease make swete the grete euylles wherof I am esprysed to departe myself without heuynes from the grete loue that I haue to eneas or to make hym to remeue retourne toward me without tarynge so moche I haue doon by my dilygent inquisicōn that I haue fōnde a thinge ryght merueyllouse It is trouthe my swete suster that about the lymytes of the grete see that men calle occeane in the marches or the sōne goynge vnder right nyghe to the place where he lyeth at the endes vpon his last part of therth there habitable where cōuerse thethyopes is a certeyn cōtr● of habitacōn merueyllouse where as men sayen the grete athlas that susteyneth vpō his sholders thaxtre of the moeuyng of theuen with his sterris brēnynge that maketh hym to moeue tourne to what syde that he wil maketh hys princypall duellynge In this place thēne wherof I telle you as I haue be aduertised is a right holy woman whiche is a prestresse wardeyne of the faire temples of the Operydes whiche are the doughters of athlas she is theirt maistres theire tutryce techer that lerneth enterteyned hem incyteth techeth them for to doo sacrifice to the goddesse for her grete witte knowynge al so for her grete sciēce that be knitte togider with the experiēce the she hath within her of all thinges was taken vnto her the cure gouernemēt of the tendynge of the norryture of the fiers dragon that had that tyme the kepyng of the holy braūches of the tree with golden frute that bare apples all of golde prepared to hym his mete alle after his cōplexion somtyme wete thinges humyde whan he was wexed lene for to haue hym soone vp ayen ▪ Another tyme powdres and graynes of poppy other seedes for to make hym soone a slepe whan he was ouermoche traueylled and admynystred to hym his metes after that he was dysposed This lady knoweth many thynges and emonge other wyll vndertake and promytteth by her sortes and charmes to deliuer pure and playne the affections and courages that ben boūden and enterlaced in loue one towarde an other to them that she is playsed and hath theym attones wythoute prolongacōn ne taryeng from the grete loue merueyllouse and to the cōtrarye putteth loue sodaynly in to theym that happely thinketh not vpon But yet this is a lityl thynge to the regarde of the other grete artyfices and werkes that she can doo as to tarye areste sodaynli the flodes grete ryuers that they goo no ferther doune And make their bygge stremes rennyng to remounte vpwarde the sterres also and all the fyrmamente she maketh to retorne abacke the soule 's pryuated lowe that be descended in to helle constrayneth theym often by nyghte tyme to speke wyth her she maketh therthe to calle crye whan she tredeth vpon and somtyme tourmenteth it in so dyuerse manere that she all to shaketh it pulleth oute the grete trees maketh them to falle don̄e from the moūtaynes by her grete wyndes terryble orages tempestes that she draweth sendeth in to dyuerse contreys But I swere to that my dere suster germayn by alle thy goddes thy hede debonayr that in all thartes scyences magicque wherof this lady prestresse ētromytreteth hersef I wolde neuer sett my selfe therto nor enquere no thing therof and this that I haue ēterprysed for to doo it is by grete prayer cōstraynt in my body defendyng alwayes sith that I haue ēterprised fermly my wyttes therunto it byhoueth me then̄e to doo the all that therto apparteyneth for to brynge better oure werke to an ende And bicause that it is of costume necessarie to haue euer fyre without ceasse I requyre the my swete suster praye that in som place of my palaice moost secret that men be not aware of it thou doo agrete fyre to be made And the armures of the mā without pite the false eneas for whome I calle alas that euer he was borne whiche he hathe lefte hanginge in my chambre with alle his habilimētes other thinges his of owne lefte behīde in my priue closet● where I was perisshed lay many a night he I togider must alle be cast in to that grete fyer for to brenne conuerte theym in to asshes as doeth telle cōmaūdeth that woman of grete sciēce that men must doo perishe oblishe distroye take alle out of memorie alle that is abiden behinde of that traytour cruell approued ¶ Hw dydo in grete bewayllynges praied her suster to make a grete fyre in a place moost secrete of her palayce for to brēne the harneys raymētes of Eneas bow by dyuers sortes she wende to haue dystroyed him Capitulo xxiiij AFter that whiche thinges dydo kept herself still without eny wordes more to speke all pale discoloured as a body that is takē out of the erthe or fro som grete sodaine peril wherof anne her suster was moche abasshed alwayes she doubted her self in noo wyse that her suster wolde entende to doo a newe sacryfice that afore that tyme had neuer be doon

and coūseylled to seche some place sure and secrete And thenne of thobeyssaunce of the sayd pygmalyon for the surete of hir persone she comened wyth the prynces of the same contrey specyally wyth the pryncipall whiche hadde be frendes of Sychee late hir husbonde and shewed to theym the causes by the whiche she hadde conceyued this grete hate ayenste her brother pygmalyon whom she drewe to her part and side and were content to doo alle that whiche by hir sholde be aduysed for to wythstande the cursed enterpryse of hir sayd broder whiche had concluded in him selfe and to fore thought Thenne sone after a wyke Elysse faynynge that she ne myghte no lenger duelle in the hous of Acerbe late her husbonde by cause that she was ouermoche moleste and greued by recordynge continuel in rememarbūce pietous of the swete mayntene and semblaūce of the sayd Sychee her preteryte husbonde But she incyted frequented ofte the places in whiche she had firste seen her true frende and loue sichee And therfore wyth alle the hauoyr and other goodis of the sayd Acerbe that he posseded in his lyfe ryght gladly she welde dispose hir self to goo vnto the royame of fenyce the coūtrey of her nayssaūce and byrthe vnto pygmalion hir brother whiche whan he herde of it was moche Ioyous supposy●gē by that moyen to come to his insacyable and cursyd auaryce for to haue all the rychesses other grodes to fore sayd Forthwyth the sayd pygmalyon sente vnto his suster dydo a flote of shyppes well manned and garnysshed for to brynge wyth her the goodes and rychesses of the sayd royame of Thir in to fenyce vnto hym But dydo by other barate as she then hadde ordeyned and that alwaye thoughte to eschewe and gaynstonde the fraude of hir sayd broder toke and hydde priuely in a certeyn place of her shippe alle the grete tresours hauoyrs of hir sayd somtyme husbonde sichee And in the place where they were she sette many sackes full of brasse coper the whiche alle manyfestely or openly in the presence of alle hir people whiche supposed thenne that it hadde ben the tresour of her late husbonde And dyd it to betaken from thens and to carye and bere hit to the shippe at euyn wyth thoo people whiche to fore is made mencyon And the messagers of the sayd kynge pygmalyon whiche were comen to fetche hir mounted vpon the sayd shyppe for to goo in to fenyce And whan they were well on the waye oute of the lande in the hye see she cōmaunded to caste oute the sackes of brasse and coper where they in the ship hadde supposed that it hadde ben the tresours that she broughte wyth her And that doon she sayd to theym wepynge these incitatyf wordes Dere felawes and frendes of our nauye I doubte nothynge but that ye haue the wylle for taccomplysshe that whiche I commaūde you whythoute to aske or wyll to knowe ony wyse this whiche ye haue doon But for to saye telle to you the cause whiche haue moeued me thus to doo I haue moche lieuer to haue loste alle the richesses of Acerbe late my frende husbond the whiche ye haue now drowned wythin the bely of the see than I sholde delyuer theym in to the handes of the ryght cruel kynge Pygmalyon my brother for the whiche rychesses to hane of me after that he hath taken the lyf awaye fro my swete and true husbonde he hath sente you hider for to brynge me to hym wyth his shippes And therfore thynke veryli that it bihoueth you presenly to doo and holde me companye or ells deye or flee from hym ye hane knowen ynoughe his grete and cursid auaryce And how he hath doo slee Acerbe or Syche my late husbonde for to haue of him his tresours wherfor I doubte not that now after the rychesses loste yf we goo to hym he shall be soo surprysed wyth angre and furyouse woodnes whan he shall see hym selfe soo deceyued put fro his entente that he shall moche sore tormente vs and at th ende put vs to dethe the whiche sith that he hath wythdrawen taken awaye hym whiche was alle my we le I shalle take it in gree gladly But I haue compassyon of you whiche in this caas haue no culpe ne blame of the grieuous paynes myserable tormentes of whiche he shall make you to haue by afflyctyon And therfore late vs treate by one acorde yf ye wylle flee from the coūtrey of my brother wyth me and eschewe his gret furour I shall abandoune my lyf wyth you my good cytezeyns whiche be here in dangeour of myserable deth And offre my selfe to brynge conducte you in to some other place of surete where as we shall lyue more at our ease in places of Ioyous dwellynge wythoute to haue more drede of hym ne of the grete doubte fere of his cruel tyrannye thus were moeued attyred by thexhortacyon of dydo her swete monicyons and pyetous prayers alle the maronners of one accorde wyth alle the other in the shippe How wel it was to theym moche harde a thynge to habandoune leue the swete coūtrey of theyr natiuyte Alle that notwythstādyng they accorded greed to doo all hir wyll the prores or forship whiche lay toward the coūtre of thir tourned anone towarde the royame of Cypre for to goo in to that countrey There fonde they the preste of Iubyter wyth his wyf and alle his meyne vaticynaūte of prophecyeng thynges moche merueyllous in pronostycacyon righte happy of their fleeynge and voyage the whiche wyth his wyf and meynage wente anone wyth theym and not knowynge in to what countrey for to soiourne and passe forthe theyr yongthe in some place of peas and of surete for to abide Also to th ende that their name perysshe not wythoute remembraūce for faulte of lygnee And a while they abode in the countree whiche were well pleased wyth theyr conuersacyon and maryages of theyr doughters to theym in eschewynge to falle in to olde age not socoured wyth chidren maynage whiche sholde yssue of theyr lygnage for tenhabyte the countrey and maintene theyr name and remembraūce perpetuel And in conclusion they decended from their shippes to the lande and at the ryuage of the same they toke in dede lxx maydens and anone putte theym in to their shippes the whiche after the custome auncyen of the cypriens thider comen receyued for to wynne the duete of maryage wyth men of alle coūtreys and nacyons that thider came fro alle partyes And syth after made festes and sacryfices to venus the goddesse For after durynge their maryage to be obserued holden and kepte chaste alle the tyme of theyr lyf as yf they offred to the sayd venus theyr laste sacrifyces obsequyes for to goo oute fro hir subiectyon and to be from her exempte from thenne forthon ¶ How dydo arryued in Lybye a straunge countrey and boughte as moche londe or