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28o HYMENS TRIVMPH. To be the fafhion here; there was a time Before Arcadia came to be diftas'd Wiih theft corrupted humours reigning now, That choife was made of vertue and defert, Without refpect of any other endes : When loue was onely mafter of their hearts, And tul'd alone : when fimple thought; produe'd PJainc honed deedes,andeuery one contends To haue his fame to follow hisdefcrts, And not his fhewes; to bethe fame he was, Nor ftpm'd to be : and then were no fuch parts Ot falfe decciuings plaid.as now we fee. But after that accutfed greedmcfTe Of wealth began to enteT and poffeffe The hearts of men,integritic was loft, And with it they themftlucs, for neucr more; Came they to be in their owne powre againe. That Ty tant vanquifht them,made them all flaues, That brought baft 'eruirude into the world. Which eft hadneuer bin; that onely made •Them to endure all whaefbeuer weights "" Towre could deuife to lay vp their necke. For rather then chcy would not haue,they would not be But miftrable. So that no deuice Ncedes die to keepc them vnder, tVv themfeltif s Will bearc farre more then they are made.themfclues Will addevnto their fetters, rather then They would not be.ot held to be great men, Stl. Then Dorcas, how muchmore are wc toprize Our meane eftate, which th?y fo much defpift ? Confidcring tharwe doe cnioy thereby, The deareft thing in nature, Ltbrrty. And are not tortur'd with thofe hopes and fcarcs, Th'affli&iou layd on fuperfiuicies, ' VVhich makethem to obfcure,and feme the times: But arc content with what the earth, the woods And

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281 In HYMENS TRIVMPH. And riuers neere dee readily affordc And therewithal! furnifh our homely borde. Thbfe vnbought cates pleafe our vnlearned throats That vnderfiand not dainties,eucn as well , As all their delicates, which doe but dude And not fudaine the domacke : and indcedc Aswelobferuing belly doth make much For liberty; for hee that can but Hue, Although with rootes,and haue no hopes,is free Without the verge of any fou'rainty. And is a Lord at home,eommands the day As his till night, and then repofes him Athis owne houres, thinkes on no dratagem But how to take his game, hath no defigne To croffe next day ; no plots to vnd ermine. *Dor. But why Montanm do you looke fo fad? What is the caufe your minde is not as free As your eftatc? what,haue you had of late Some coy repulle of your difdainfull nymph, To whom loue hath fubdu'd you? who indeedc Our onely matter is, and no Lord clfc ■* But he,hath any power to voce as here ; Which had he not, we too too happy were. Mon. In troth I muft confeffe, when now youtwo Found me in yonder thicket, I had lod My felfe, by hauing feene that whieh I would I had not had thefe eyes to fee; and iudgc If I great reafon haue not to complaine : You fee I am a man, though not fo gay And delicate clad, as are your fine And amorous dainty heardfiaen; yet a man, And that not bafe, not vn-allyde to Ta»; And of a fpirit doth not degenerate From my robuftious manly anceftours, Being neuer foild in any wraftling game, But ftill haue borne away the chiefcft prize Gg 3

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 282 Incuery braue and acYiue exercife. Yet uotwithdanding that difdainftill mayd, Prowd Pbillis, doth defpife me and my loue, And will not daigne fb much as here me fpeakc, But doth abiure, forfooth,the thought of loue. Yet diail I tell you (yet afbam'd to tell;) This coy vnlouing fbule, I faw ere while Soliciting a youth, a fmoothfac'd boy, Whom in her armes fhe held (as feem'd to me, Being clofely bufht a prety didanceoff,) Againd his will;and with drange paflion vrg'd His day, who fcem'd, drugglcd toget away, And yet diedaid him, yctintrcates his day. At which drange fight, imagine I that dood Spectatcur, how confoundedly I dood, And hardly could forbeare from running in To claime for mine, if euer loae had right, Thofe her unbraces cad away in fight : But daying to behold the end, I daid Too lang; the boy gets loofe, her felfe retires, And ypu came in; but if I liue, that boy Shall dearely pay for his misfortunc,that He was beloucd of her, of whom I would Haue none on earth bcloued,but my fclfe. "Dor. That were to bite the ftone,a thing vniuft, To punifh him for her concerned luft. Mon. Tu(h,many in this world we fee arc caught, And differ for misfortune, not their fault. Sit. But that would not become your manlines, CMontanus, it were fhame for valiant men. - To doc vnworthily. Man. Spcakc not of that,S iluamts, if my ra*ge Irregular be made, it mud worke like etfeit s. Dor. Thefc are but billowes, tumbling after dormes, They laft not long.comc let fomt exercifc Diuett that huraoursand conuert your thoughts To

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 283 To know your felfe; fcorne her who fcoraeth you; Idolatrizrnot fo that Scxe, but hold A man of drawc more then a wife of gold. Exeunt. ACT. II. SCEN. II. Lidia. Phillis. YOu mud not Phitis, be lb fenfible Of thefe fmall touches which your pafii on makes Phi. Small touches Lidia, do you count them fmall ? Can there vnto a woman worfe befall Then hath to mc? what? haue not I lad all That is mod dcare to vs, Joue and my fame ? Is there a third thing Ltdia you can name That is fo precious as to match with thefc ? Lid. Now filly girle,how fondly do you talke i How haue you lofi your fame; what for a few 111 fauour'd louing words, vttred in ieaft Vnto a foolifh youth? Cannot you fay You did but to make triall how you could, If fuch a pceuifh qualmeof paffion fhould (As neuer fhall) oppreffc your tender heart, Frame your conceit to fpcake,to looke,to figh Like to a heart-drooke louer; and that you Perceiuing him to be abafhfull youth, Thought to put fpirit in him,and make you (port. Phi. Ah Lidia, but he faw I did not fport, He faw my teares, and more, what fhall I fay ? He (aw too much , and that which ncuer man Shall euer fee againe whil'ft I haue breath. Ltd. Are you fo (imple as you make your felfc ? What did he fee? a ceunrerfcited fhew Of paffion,whicb you may, if you were wile, Make him as eafily to vnbeleeue, Gg 4 As

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284 HYMENS TRIVMPH. Lid. As what he neuer (aw; and thinke his eyes Confpir'd his vnderdanding to deceiue. How many women, thinke you, being efpidc In neerer- touching cafes by milchance, Hauc yet not onely fac'd their louers downe For what they faw, but brought them to beleeue They had not fecne the thing which they had fcene, Yea and fo fweare it too; and to condemne Themfelucs? fuch meanes can wit deuife To make mens mindes vncredit their ownc eics. And therefore let not fuch a toy as this Difcafc your thoughts : and for y<uir loffe of lone, It ts^is much as nothing. I would turne A padion vpon that fhould ouerturne It deane ,and that is wrath; one heatc Expels another. I would make my thoughts of skornc To be in height fo much aboue my louc, As they fhould e'afe and plcafe me more by fat re. I would difdaine to cad a looke that way Where he fhould dand.vnlcfle it were in skornc, Or thinke a thought of him,but how to workc Him all difgrace that poflibly I could. Thi. That Ltdta can I ncuer doe, let him Do what he will to me : report my fhame, And vaunt his fortune, and my weakaeire blame. Lid. Nay as for that,he (hall be fo well charmd Ere I liaue donc.as you fhallfcare notales. Phi. A h Ltdia,could that be wirhout his harme, How blclfcd fhould I be : But fee where comes My great tormentor, that rude Forreder. Good Lidia let vs flie, I hate his fight Next to the ill I differ : let vs flic, We fhall be troubled with him wofully. Ltd. Content you Phillisft&y and beare him fpeake : We may make vie of him more then you thinke. Phil. What vft can of fo groflc a peece be made ?

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 285 Lid Ltd. The better vfe be fure, for being groffe, Your fubtler fpirits full of their fincfles, Seme their ownc tunics in others bufineffes. ACT. II. SCEN. III. Mont an its. Lidia. T hi His. \7 \ 7 Hat plcafure can I take to chafe wild beads, V V When I my felfe am chac'd more egarly By mine ownc palTions, ai?d can finde no red ? ' Let them who haue their hccrt at hbertie, Attend thofe fports. I cannot be from hence, Where I receiu'd my hurt, here mud I tread The maze of my perplexed miferic. And here fee where fhee is the caufe of all ? And now, w hat fhall I doe ? what fhall I fay? How fhall I looke? how dand ? which vtter fird? My loue or wrath ? Alas I know not which. Now were it not as good haue becne away, As thus to come,and not tell what to fey ? Phil. See Lidia fee,how fauagely hec lookcs, Good let vs goe, I ncuer fhall endure To heare him bellow. Lid. Ptethee Phitlis day And giue him yet the hearing, in refpect Hcc loues you, orhcrwife you fhew your felfe A fauage more then hee. Phil. Wel!,if I heare3 I wi'I not anfwere him a wofd,you fhall reply, And ptethec Lidia doe,reply for mee. Lid. For that we fhall, PhiHis,doc well enough When he begins, who ftemes is very long To giue the onfet, fure the man is much Perplexed, or he dudies what to %. Phil.Cood Lidia fee how he hath trickt himfelfe, Now fare t his gay frcdi fuite as feenaes to mee Hangs like green Iuy on a rotten tree,

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2od "HYMENS TRIVMPH. LriSome beads do weare gray beards befide your goates: And beare within him.this fuit bewraies yong thoughts. Mon. Ah was it not enough to be oppred With that confounding padion of my loue And her difdaine ,but that I ruud be torne With wrath and cnuy too,and haueno veinc Free fro Ji the racke of fuffcrings.that I can Ncr fpeakc nor tbinke but mod diftraftedly i How diall 1 now begin,that hauc no way To let out any padion by it felfe, But that they all will thrud together fo A s norc will be expreffed as they ought ? But fbmcthing I mud fay now I am here. And be it what it will,loue,enuiexwrath, Or all together in a comberment. My words mud belike me,perplext and rent, And fb Tie to her. Phi. Ltdta, fee he comes. ' Lid. He comes indeed.and as me thinkes doth flvw More trouble in his face by farre, then loue. tJMon. Faire Thitis, and too fairc for fiich a one, Vnleffe you kinder were,or better then I know you are : how much I haue endur'd For you .although you fcornc to know, I feele, And did imagine, that in being a man Who might deferue regard, I fhould haue bin Prefer'd before a boy. But well, I fee Your feeming and your being difagree. Pbil. What L/<i4,doth he brawle ? what meanes he thus To fpeake and lookc in this drange fort on me. Men. Well modeft Phtllis.tKuer looke fo coy, Thefc eyes beheld you dallying with a boy. Phil. Me with a boy, Montanus ? when ? where ? how ? Mon. To day,hcre, iu moft lafciuious fort. Ltd. Ah, ha, he fawe you 'Phtllis, when This morning you did driue with Clorit boy To hauc your Garland, which he fhatcht away, And

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287 HYMENS TRIVMPH. And kept it from you by dropg force and might : And you againe laid hold vpon the fame, And held it fad vntill with much adoc He wrung it from your hands, and get away* And this is that great matter which he faw. Now fye A4ontanns fye,are you fb grcfle, T'imaginefuch a worthy Nymph as fhee Would be in loue with fiich a youth as he ? Why now you haue vndone your credit quita, You ncuer can make her amends for this So impious a fur«nifc,nor euer can. Shee, as fliee reafon hath, but muft defpife Your groffenefle; who fhould rather haue come in And righted her,thcn differ luch a one To offer an indignity fo vile, And you dand prying in a burn the while. Mon. What do I hearc?what,am I not my iclfe? How ? haue mine eyes double vndone me then* Fird feeing Phitis face,andnow her fact, Or elfe the fa£t I fa w, I did not fee ? And fince thou had my vndetdanding wrong'd. And traytonr-like giuen falfe intelligence, Whereby my iudgement comes to pafle amide. And yet I thinke my fence was in the right r And yet in this amaze I cannot tell, But howfocre,I inanerrouram, In louing, or bcleeuing, or in bath. And therefore Phitis, at thy feet I fallj And pardon craue for this my groffe furiaife. Lid. But this,Montanus, will not now fuffife, You quite haue loft her, and your hopes and all. Mon. Good Lidia yet intreate her to relent, And let her but command me any thing That is within the power of man to do, And you (hall findc Montanas will performe More then a Gyant, and will dead her more Then

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. Then all the Heardfmen in Arcadia can. Lid, Shcc will command you nothing; but I vvifh You would a little terrifie that boy As lie may neuer d are to vfe her name But in all reuerence as is fit for her. But dee not you examine him a word ; Fcr chat were neither for your dignity, Nor hers, that fuch a boy as he fhould dand And iudifie himfelfe in fuch a cafe, Who would but faine vntruths vnto your face. And herein you fomc feruice fhall perforrne, As may perhaps make her to thinke on you. Utton. Alas, this is a worke fofarre, folow Beneath my worth,asI account it none, Were it t'incountcr fomc fierce mountaiac beaft Or Mondcri, it were fbrnething fitting mee. But yet thiswin I doe, and doc it home, Afiure you Lidta : as I liue I will. Phil. But yet I would not haue you hurt the youth, For that were neither grace for you nor mee. Mon. That as my rage will tollerate muft be. ACT. II. SCEN. IV. Chris. £l*rnido. HEere comes my long expeded mcflenger, God grant the ncwes hec bring may make amends For his long day ; and fure, I hope it will. Mc thinkes his face bewraies more iolly tie In his returning then ingoing hence. Qa. Well, all is well ; no Amaritis hath Supplanted Stluias loue in Tbtrfis heart, Nor any diall : but fee where Cloris lookes For what I fhall not bring her at this time. Qo. (flarindo thought my longing would be faine Difpatch'd

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 28* Difpatch'd at once,and heare my doome pronounc d All in a word of cither life or death, Yet doe not tell it but by circumdance. Tell me the manner vvhere,and how thou foundd My Thirfis, what hee laid, how look'd, how far'd, How he receiu'd my meffage, vfed thee ; And all in briefe, but yet be fure tell all, Cla. All will I tellvas neerc as 1 can tell. Fird after tedious ftarching vp and downe, /found him all alone, like a hurtDeare, Got vndercouer in a fhadiegroue, Hard by a little chridall purling fpring, Which but one fullen note of murmur held ; And where no Sunne could fee him,where no eye Might ouerlooke his louely primacy. There in a path of his owne making.trode Bare as a common way, yet led no way Beyond the turnes he made(which were but fhort) With armes a crofle\hds hat downe on his eyes (As if thoft fhades yeelded not (hade yriough, To darken them) he walkes with often flops, Yncuen pace, like motions to his thoughts. And when he heard me comming, for his eares Werequicker watches then his eycs,itfeem'd ; Hee fuddenly lookes vp, daies fuddenly, And with a brow that told how much the fight Of any interrupter troubled him, Beheld me, without fpeaking any word, As if expecting what I had to fay. I finding him iri this confus'd difmay, Who heretofore had ftene him othcrwife : I muft conftffe, (for tell you all I muft,,) A trembling paffion oucrwhelmd my breaft, So that I hkewiic lloodconfus'd and dumbe, And onely lookt on himas he on me. In this ftrangepofture like twoftatucs we Remaind

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Jpo HYMENS TRIVMPH Remaind a while; but with this difference fet : He blufht.and I look'd pale; my face did fhew Ioy to fee him,his trouble to be ftene. At length bethinking me for what I came. What part I had to act, I row zd my fpirits, And fet my felfe to fpeake; although I wifht He would haue firft begun; and yet before A word would i(Tue,twife I bowd my knee, Twice kid my hand ; my action fb much was More ready then my tongue : at lad I told Whofe meffcDger I was,and how I came To intimate the faddc didreued cafe Of an afflicted Nymph.whofe oncly helpe Rcmaind in him : he when he heard the name Of C<V*/,tu mes away his head,and fhrinkes, As if he grieued that you fhould grieuc for him. Cle. No,no,it troubled him to heare my name, Which he defpifes, is he Co peruers And wayward dill? ah then I fee no hope. Clarindo, would to God thou hadd not gone, I cou Id be, but as now , I am vndonc. Cla. Haue patience Midres,and but heare the reft. When I perceiu'd his fuffiings,with the touch And fodaine dop it gauc him, prcfendy I layd on all the waights that motion might Procure.and him befought, adiur'd,invok*d, By all the rights of Nature,picrie, And manlines,to hcaremy meflageout. Told him how much the matter did import Your fafety and his fame. How he was bound In all humanity to right the fame. fie. That was well done my boy, what (aid he then? Cla. Hce turnes abour, and fix t his eyes on mac, Content to giue his earcs a quiet leaue, To heare me, when I faild not to relate All what I had in charge ; and all he hears*/ And

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 291 And lookes dire«5tly on me all the while. Clo. I doubt he noted thee more then thy words, But now Clarindo, what was his reply ? (fla. Thus. Tell (aire Cloris, my good boy, how that I am not fo difnatured a man, Orfo ill borne, to d'fedceme her loue, Or not to grieue, (as I protect I doe) That (he fhould fo afflicSt her felfe for mee. Bur. (fie. Ah now comes that bitter yvord of But Which makes all nothing, that was laid before. That fmooths and vvounds,that ftroakes and dairies more Then flat dcnyals,or a plaine difgrace. But tell mc yet what followed on that But ? Cla. Tell her(Taid heejthat I defirc dice wouM Rcdeeme her felfe at any price fhee could, And neuer let her thinke onmce.vvho am But euen the barke,and outfide of a man, That trades not with the liuing, neither can Nor euer will keepe other company. Then with the dead. My SHuias memory Is all that I mud eucr liue withall. With that his teares,vvhich likewife forced mine, Set me againe vpon another racke Of paflion fo, that of my felfe I fought Tocomfort him the bed I could deuife. And I befought him that it would not be Tranfportedthus. But know that with the dead He ftiould no more conuerfc : and how his louc Was liuing, that would giue him all content, And was all his intire,and pure,and vvifht To liue no longer then fhee fhould be fo. When more I would haue faid,he fhooke his head And wild me fpeake no further at that time, But leaue him to hirafelfe.and to returne Againe anone,and he would tell me more ; Commending me for hauing done the part Both

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2?2 HYMENS TRIVMPH. Both of a true and moiling meffengcr. And fo I tookc my leaue.and came my way. Qo. Returne againe ? no, to what end. If hee be conceited, and fo fond To cntcrtaine a fhadow ; I haue done, And widi, that I had neucr done Co much. Shall I dcfcend below my felfe, to fend To one is not himfcfe ? Let him alone With his dead Image : you fhall goe no more. Haue I herefram'd vVith all the art I could This Garland deckt with all the various flowrcs, Arcadia yeeld, in hope hee would fend backe Some comfort.that I might thcrwith haue crown" d His loue, and vvitnefs'd mine, in thendles round Of this faire ring, the Character of faith ? But now he fhajl hauc none of it, I rather yr'dl Rend it in peeces, and difhatter all Into a Chaos, like his formdes thoughts. But yet thou faift hec wild thee to returne, And he would tell thee more. Cla. Yesfohcefaide. Clo. Perhaps thy words might yet fo worke vvithhim As that hee takes this time to thinke on them, And then I fhould doc wrong to keepe thee backe. Well thou (halt goe,and cany him from mec This Garland, vvorke it what effect it will. But yet 1 know it will doe nothing. Stay Thou dialt not goe, for furc hec faid but that To put thee off, that he might be alone At his idolatric, in vvordiipping, A nothing, but his felfc made images. But yet he may be wearied with thofe thoughts As hauing wornc them long.and end they murt.* And this my medagc comming in fit time, And moouingly dcliuered, may take hold : He faid thou wert a moouing mefTenger. ClarindO;

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. Clarindo, did he not ? 293 Cla. Yes fb he fayd. Clo. Well.thou flialt goe; and yet if any thought Of me (hould moue him,he knowes well my minde ( If not too well, J and where he may me finde. Thou fhalt not goe Clarindo, nor will I Difgrace me more with importunity : And yet if fuch a motion diould take fire, And finde no matter ready, it would out, And opportunities muft not be flackt Clarindo, thou fhalt go, and as thou goed, Looke to my flocke,aad foGod fpeed thee well. SCEN. V. Clarindo, alias Siluia folui. WE11 , this imp 1 oymcnt makes for my auaile, For hereby hauc I meancs to fee my louc j Who likewife fees me,though he fees me not j Not do I fee him as I would I did. But I muft by fome meanes or other make Him know I liue; and yet not fo as he May know that I am l.for feare we might Mif car y in our ieyes by ouer hafte. But it is more then time his fuffrings were Rcleeu'd in fome clofe fort; and that can I dcuife No way to dochut by reladng how I heard of an cfcape a nymph did make From pirats lately, and was fafe return'd. And fo to tell fome dory that containcs Our fortunes and our loues, in other names ; And wifh him to expect the like euent; For I percciue him very well content To heare me fpeakc; and fore he hath fbme note, Although fo darkly drawnc,as that his eyes H h Cannot

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2o4 HYMENS TRIVMPH. Cannot expredy reade it; yet it (howes Hun lbmethingjWhich he rather feeles, then knowos. The fong of the fecond Chorus. Defrre that is of things vngot, See what tr.:.^ile itprocuretb, And how much the mtnde enduretb. To gaine what yet it gatneth not : For neuer was it paid. The charge defraide, According to the price oftbtught. ACT. III. SCEN. I. Chartnm, tlie father of Thirfis. Talamtu. PAlamou, you mc thinkes might fbraething worke With Thirfis rsvy aggrieued fbnne, and found His humour what it is : and why he thus Afflicts himfelfe in folitarineffe. You two were wont to be moft inward friends, And glad I was to fee it; knowing you To be a man well temprcd,fit to fort With his raw youth;can you do nothing now, To win him from this vile captiuity Of paffion.that withholdes him from the world? Pal. In trothfOhariuiu, I haue oftentimes, As one that fuffred for his grieuanccs, Affayd to findc a wiy into the cauft Of his lb ftrange difraay; and by all meanes Aduis'd him make redemption ot himfelfe, And come to life againe.and be a man With men : but all femes not, I finde him lockt Faft to his vvi!l:al!eadge I what I can. Char. But will he not impart to you the caufe ? Pal.

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 295 Pal. The caufe is Iouc;but it is fuch a loue, As is not to be had. Cha. Not to be had? Palamon ,if his loue be regular, Is there in all Arcadia any fhe, Whom his ability, his fhape.and worth May not attaine,he being my oncly fonne ? Pal. She is not in whom he loues. Nor in the world.andyethc dccrely loues. (fba. How may that he,Palamon? tell me plaine. Pal.Thus plainly;he's in loue with adcad woman And that fo farrc,as with the thought of her Which hath (hut out all other ,he alone Liues,and abhorrefto be,or fecne, or knowne, Cha.What was this creature could pofleffe him fo? Tat. Faire Stluta,o\-\ Medorut daughter, who Was two yearcs pad reported to be flaine By fauage beads vpon our Country fhore. tba. Is that his griefe? al a s, I rather thought It appertained vnto another? part To way le her death : Alexis fhould doe that To whom herfathcr had difpoled her, And (heefteemed onely to be his. Why (hould my fonne afflict him more for her, Then doth Alexis, who this day doth wed Faire Galatea,and forgets the dead ? And here the fhepheards come to celebrate His ioy fu 11 nuptials with all merriment, Which doth increalc my cares,conlidering The comforts other parents do rcceiue : And therefore good Palamon worke all meases You can to win him from his peeuifh will, And draw him to thefe fhewes,to companies, That others pleafores may inkindle his, And tell him what a finne he doth commit, T« wafte his youth in folitarincfle, And take a courfe to end vs all in him. H.h a Pal.

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Of 2p« HYMENS TRIVMPH.. Pat. Affure your felfc Cbariuusps I hauc So w ill I dill imploy my vtmod powre, To faue him; for me thinkes it piety were, So rare a peece of worth fhould fo be lod, That ought to be preferued at my cod. ACT.III. SCEN. II. Charinus. Medorut. MEdoras come,we two muft fit, and mourne Whilft others rcuclL We are not for fports, Or nuntiall fhewes, which will but (hew vsmore Our miferies, in being both depriu'd, The comforts of our iffue,which might haue (And was as like to hauc) made our hearts As ioyfull now^as others are in theirs. t_Mcd. Indeed (fharinut, I for my part haue Iuft caufe to gricue amidft thefc feftiuals, For they fhould hauebecnemine.This day I fhould Haue feene my daughter Siluia how fhe would Haue womand it; thefe rites had becne her grace, And fhe had fat in Gal at eat place. And now had warm'd my heart to fee my blood Prefer u'd in her; had (he notbe'enc fo rapt And rent from off the liuing as fhe was. But vou: cafe is not pararell with mine, You haue a fonne,C<Ww*«»,that doth liue, And may one day toyou like comforts giue. Cha. Indeed I haue a fbnne; but yet to fay he hues, I cannot; for who hues not to the world, Nor to himfeIfe,cannot be fayd to liue j For cucr fince that you your daughter lod, I loft my f0nr;e : for from that day he hath ImbrakM •• . (hades and folitarincife, Shut himfdfc vp from light or company

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 2*7 Of any liuing :and as now I heard, By good 'PaUmon, vowes ftill fo to doe. Med. And did your fonnc,my daughter loue fo dearc ? Now good Chartnus, I muft gricuethe more, If m< >re my heart could differ then it doth ; For now I feele the horrour of my deede, In hauing croft the worthieft match on earth. Now I perceiue why Stluia did rcfiife To marry with Alexis, hauing made A worthier choice; which oh had I had grace To ha ue forefeene, rcrhaps this difrnall chance Ncuer had becne ,and now they both had had Ioy of their loues, and wc the like of rhem. But ah my greedy eye, viewing the large And fpacious fheep-walkes foyning vnto mine, Whereof Alexis was poflc ft, made me, As worldlings doe,dcfire to marry grounds, And not affections, which haue other bounds. How oft hauc I with threats, with promifes, With all perfwafions, fought to win her minde To fancy him,yer all would not preuaile ? How oft, hath (he againe vpon her knees With reares befought me; Oh dcarc father mine Doe not infbrcenre to accept a man I cannot fancy •* rather take from me, The life vou gaue me, then afflict it fo. Yet ali his would not alter mine intent, This was the man fhe muft affect or none. But ah what finnc was this to torture fo A heart forevow'd vnto a better choice, Where goodnefle met in one the felfe fame point, And vcrtucs anfwcr'd in an equall ioynt? Sure,furc, Charinut, for this finne of mine The gods bcreaft me of my child ,and would Not haueher be, to be without her heart, Not me take ioy where I did none impart. ■ 7 Hhj Cha.

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2?8 HYMENS TRIVMPH. (fha. Medorus,thu$ we fee mans wrctchedneffe That learnes this errours but by their fuccefle, And when there is no remedie; and now V Ve can but widi it had beene otherwife. Med. And in that wifli Charlntts wc aterackt ; But I remember now I often haue Had fhadowes in my deepe that figures bare Of fome fuch liking twixt your childe and mine. And this lad night a pleafing dreame I had (Though dreames of ioy makes wakers minds more fad) Me thought my daughter Stluia was retum'd In mod drange fafhion,and vpon her kne& Craues my good will for Thirfis, other wife She would be gone againe and feene no more. I at the fight of my'deare'childe, was rapt With that exceffe of ioy, as gaue norime Either for me to anfwere her requeft, Or leaue for deepe to figure out the reft, Cha. Alas Medorut,dteime% are vapours, wbich Ingendred with day thoughtS,ftill in thenighc And vanifh with the morning; arc but made Afflictions vnto man, to rh'end he might Not red in rcft,but toile both day and night. But fee here comes my folitarie fonne : Let vs dand dofe Modortts out of fight, And note how he bchaues himfclfe in this Affli£tion,and didreffed,cafcof his. SCEN. III. Th'trfis foltu. THis is the day,the day.the lamentable day Of my dcftruition.which'rhc Sua hath twice Returnd vnto my gricfc, which kecpe onecoutfc Continually with it in motion like. But

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299 si* - HYMENS TRIVMPH. But that they neucr fet .-this day doth claime Th'efpeciall tribute of my fighes and teares, Though euery day I ducly pay my tearcs Vnto that foule which this day left the world. And yet I know not why? me thoughts the Sun Arofe this day with farre more checrefull raies With brighter beames, then vfually it did As if it would bring fomething of releafe Vnto my cares.'or elfc my fpint hath had Some manner of intelligence with hope Wherewith my heart is vnacquainted yet : And that might caufe mine eie with quicker-fence, To note th'appearing of the eie of heauen; But fbmething fure I fecle which doth beare vp The weight of forrow cafier then before. SCEN. IV. Valamon. Thirfis. T 7 T 7 Hat Thirfis dill in paffion? ftill one man ? V V For fhame fheW not your fclfe fb weakcly fct So feebly ioynted that you cannot bearc The fortunes of the world like other men. Beleeue me Thirfis you much wrong your worth : This is to be no man,to haue no powers. Pafiions are womens parts,acTions ours. I was in hope t'hauc found you otherwife. Tbir. How? otherwife Palamon? do not you Hold it to be a moft heroicke thing To aft one man, and do that part cxa<ft ? Can thete be in the world more worthineffe Then to be condant? h there any thing Shewes more a man? What,would you haue me change? That were to haue me bafe,that were indeed To (hew a feeble heart, and weakely fet. Hh 4 No

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And 3oo HYMENS TRIVMPH. No no Talamon, I (hould thinke my felfe The mod vnworthy man of men, fhould I But let a thought intothis heart of mine That might didurbc or diake my condancy. And thinkc Talamon I haue combates too. To be tkc man I am, being built of flefh, And hauing round about me traytors too That feeke to vndermine my pow res.and flealc Into my weakcnedes,but that I keepe Continuall watch and ward vpon my felfe, Lead I foould be furpriz'd at vnawares And taken from my vowes with other (hares. And cucn now at this indant I confeffc, Talamon, I doe feele a certaine touch. Of comfort, which I feare to entertaine j Lead it fhould be fome fpie, fent as a traine To make difcoucry of what drength I am. Pal. Ah worthy Thirfis .entertaine that fpirit What euer clfe thou doe : fct all the doorcs Of thine affecTions open thereunto. Thir. Palamon no, Comfort and I haue becne So long time drangers, as that now I fearc To let it in, I know not how t' acquaint My felfe therewith, being vfed to corrierfe With other humours, that affect me bed. Nor doe I loue tohaue mixt company Whereto I mud of force my feife apply. Pal. But Tbirfis thinke that th.s mud haue an end, And more it would approoue your worth to make The fame your worke,then time fhould make it his. Thir. End dire it mud Paltmon, but with me : - For fo I by the Oracle was told That very day wherein I lod the day And light of comfort that can neucr rife Againc to me : when I the fadded man That cuer brcath'd before thofe Altars fed,

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 301 And there befbught to know what was become Of my deare Siluia , whether dead, or how Read from the world : but that I could not learne. Yet thus much did that voice diuine returnc : Goe youth, referue thy felfe, the day will come Thou (halt be happy ,and returne againe. But when (hall be the day demanded I, The day thou dyed,replide the Oracle. So that you fce,it will not be in thefa But in th'EIizian fields, where I fhall iry, The day of death mud bring me happinefle. Pat.Yoa may midake the meaning of thole words Which is not knowne beforeit be fulfill' J. Yeeld you to what thcgods command ,if not Vnto your friends defires : referue your felfc For better dayes,and thinke the Oracle Is not vntrue,although not vnderdood. But howfoeuer,lct it not be faid That Thirfis being a man of fo rare parts, Sovnderdandingand difcrcete, fhould pine in loue And languifh for a filly woman thus : Tobettie fable of thevulgar,made A fcorne,and laught at, by inferiour wits. Thtr.ln loue Pal<emon}haow you what you fay? Doe you edeemc it light to be in loue ? How hauel beene rniltaken in the choice Of fuch a fr.end^s I held you to be, That feemes not,or elfe doth not vnderftand Thenobleft portion of humanity, The worthieft peece of nature fet in man ? Ah know that when you mention louc, ycu name A facred midcry, a Deity, Not vndcrdocxi of creatures built of mudde, But of the pured and refir.ed clay Whereto th'cternall fires their fpirits conucy. And for a woman,whjch you prize fo low, Like

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3o2 HYMENS TRIVMPH. Like men that doe forget whence they are men ; Know her to be th'efpcciall creatue,made By the Creator of the complement . Of this great Architect the world ; to hold The fametpgethcr,which wouldothcrwife Fall all afunder : and is natures chicfe Vicegerent vpon carth-fupplies her flate. And doe you hold it weakeiieffe then to loue? And louc fo excellent a miracle As is a woman,ah then let mee Still be fo weake, ftill let me louc and pinel In contemplation of that cleane, cleare foule, That made mine fee that nothing in the world Is fo fupreamely beautifull as it. Thinke not it was thofe colours white and red Laid but on flefh.that could affect me fo. But fomcthing clfe.which thought halds vndcr locke And hath no key ©f words to open it. They are the fmalleft pecces of the minde That paffe this narrow organ of the voyce. The great remaine bchindcin that vadorbe Of th'apprehenfion,and are neuer borne. And therefore if your iudge cannot reach Vnto the vndcrdanding of my Cafe, You doc not well to put your fclfc into My Iury,to condemnc me as you doe. Let th'ignorant out of their dulncffe laugh At thefe my fufferings, I will pitty them To Ijaue bcene (b ill borne, fo mifcorspos'd As not to know what thing it is to icue. And I to great Apollo here appealc The foueraigne of the Mufcs,ai:d of all Well tun'd affect ions.and to (finthia bright, And glorious Lady of clccrc taithfu'nefle ; Who from aboue looke down with blisfull beames Vpon our humble groues,and ioy the hearts Of

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 303 Of all the world,to fee their mutuall loues ; They can iudge what worthineffe there is In worthy loue. Therefore PaUmon peace, Vnleffe you did know better what it were. And this be fiire,when as that fire out In man,he is the miferabled thing On earth, his day-light fets,and is all darkc And dull within ; no motions of delight, But all oppred,lies ftruggling with the weight Of worldlycares :. and this dide Damon faxes. Who well had felt w hatloue wqsjn his daies. Pol. Well Th*tfif,vte\\,hovi euer you doguilde Your pa(fions,to indeere them to your felfe, You neucr fhall induce me to bcleeue, That ficknefies can be of fuch effect. And fo farewell, vntill you fhall be well. SCEN. V. (JMedorus. (farinus. OGods, (fartmts, what a man is this ? Who euer heard of fuch a conftancy ? Had I but knowne him in enioy inghim, As now I doe.too late in tabling him, How bleft had beene mine age ? but ah I was Vnworthy of fo great a bleffcdneffc. Ch*. You fee, Mederus,hovt no counfell can Preuailc to turnc the current of his his will, To make it run in anyothcr courfe Then what it doth ; fo that I fee it muft Efteemc him irreuocably loft. But harke.the fhepheards feftiuals begin, Let ys from hence, wheredadnefle were a fin, : Here

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 304 Here was predated a rarall marriage , con- ducted with this Song From the Temple to the Board, From the Boord vnto tbe Bed, We conduit your maidenhead: Wifhtng Hymen to affoord At the pie afar es float he can, Twixt a woman and a man. ACT. I.IIL SCEN. I. Tbtrfis Solus. I Thought thefe fimple woods,thefe gentle trees Would, in regard I am their daily gueft, And harbour vnderneath their (hady roofcs, Nor haue confentcd to delude my gr'efes ; And mocke my mifcries with falfe reports : But now I fee they will afflict me too. For as I came by yonder fpreadiag Beech Which often hath the Secretary beene To my fad thoughts, while I hauc rcfted me (If louc had euer reft,) vnder his gentle fhade, I found incaru'd.and faire incaru-d, thefe words : Thy Siluia, Thirfis, hues ; and is return' i. Ah me, that any hand would thus addc fcomc Vnto cffliclion ; and a hand lb fane As this may feeme to be ; which were more fit, Methinkes,forgouJ,then to doe iniuric; For fere no vcrtuc fhould be ill imploy -d. And which is more; the name of Silui* was Caru'd in in the felfe fame kind of Character Which (he aliue did vfe, and whercwithall Subfcrib'd her vowes to me.whoknowes it beft; Which fhewes the fraud the more.aud more the wrong. Therefore

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 305 Therefore you Stars of that high Court of Heaucn, Which doc rcueale dcceits.and punifh them, Let not this crimc.to counterfeit a hand To couzin my dcfircs,efcapc the doome. Nor let thefe riots of intrufion,made Vpon my lo wnefle, by drange company Afflict me thus,but let me haue foraercd. Come then,refrefhcr of all liuing things, Soft flcepe.comc gently ,and take truce with thefc Oppreffours.butcome (imple and alone. Without thefc Images of fantafic, Which hurt me more then thou cand do me good: Let mc aot flcepe^nleffc I could fleepe all.' SCEN. III. PaUmon. Thirfts. A Las,he here hath laid him downe to roft, /Alt were now finne his quiet to moleft ; And God forbid I fhould; I will retire And leaue him,for I know his gricfes require This poore relicuement of a little flecpe. Thir. What fpirit here haunts me ? what no time free ? Ah,is it you PaUmon ? would to God You would fotbeare me but a little while : You fhew your care of me too,mu ch in this Vnfeafbnable loue, skarce kindneffe is. Tal. Good TbirftsJ am forry I fhould giuc The leaft occafion of difeafe to you ; I will be gone and leaue you to your reft. Thir. Doe good P*lamon,go your way,farewell; And yet Palamon flay,perhaps you may By charmes you haue,caufe flecpe to clofe mine eyes j For you were wont,I doe remember well, To fing mc Sonnets,which inpaffionl Compofed

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3o$ HYMENS TRIVMPH. Compofed in my happier dayes,when as Her bcames inflam'd my fpirits,which now are fet. And if you can remember it,I pray Sing me the fong.which thus beginsrEyes hide my loue, Which I did wiite vpon the earned charge $ hcegaue vnto mc,to conceale our loue. Tbe Song. Eyes hide my leue/tnd doe not fhew To any but to her my notes, Who onely doth that cipher know, Wherewith wepaffe our fecret thoughts: Belie your lookes in others fight ; And wrongyour felues to doe her right. Pal. So now hee fleepes, or elfc doth feeme to (leepe ; But how foeuer, I will not trouble him. SCEN. III. Clarindo. Tbirfis. CEe where he lies, whom I fo long to fee ; my deare Tbtrfis, take thy quiet reft, I know thou needd it Jleepe t by fill, fweet laue Let nothing trou blc thee ; be calme oh windes, Be ftill you heards, chirp not fo loud fweet birds, Led you fhould wake my loue : thou gentle banke That thus are bled to beare fo deare a weight, Be foft vnto thofc dainty lymmes of his, Plie tender graffe,and render fweet refrefh Vnto his weary fenfes, whild he reds. Oh could I now but put of this difguife, With thofc refpe*£ts that fetter my dehre How clofely would I neighbour that fwect fide? But

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 307 But ftay,he ftirres ; I fcat-c my heart hath brought My feetc too neare.and I haue wakened him. Thir. It will not be, fleepe is no friend of mine, Or fuch a friend, as leaues a man,vvhen moll Heneedeshim. Seeanewaffault.- who now : Ah tis the boy that were with me erewhiles, That gentle boy ; I am content to fpeake With him, he fpcakes Co pretily,fb fweet. And with fogood refpecliue modefty : Aad much refembles one I knew once well : Come hither gentle boy, what haft thou there ? Cla. A token fent you from the Nymph I ferue. Thi. Keepe it my boy,and weare it on thy head. (fl*. The gods forbid, that I, a fcruant, fhould Weare on my head,that which my Miftreffe hath Prepar'd for yours : Sir, I befeech you vrge No more a thing fo ill becommmg me. Thi. Nay fore I thinke, it better will become Thy head then mine ; and therefore boy, thou muft Needes put it on. Q*. I truft your lowneffe hath not fo VnciuiPd you, to force a meffenger To doe againft good manners, and his will. Thi. No, good my boy, but I intreatc thee now Let me but put it on, hold dill thy head, It fhall not be thy act, but onely mine : Let it alone good boy, for if thou faw'ft How well it did become thee, fure thou vvpuldft. Now, canft thou fing my boy fome gentle fong ? Cla. I cannot fing, but I could vveepc. Thi. Weepe.vvhy? Cla. Becauftlamnotaslwifhtobe. Thi. Why fo are nope;be not difplcas'd for this; And if you cannot fing,tcll me feme tale Topaffe the time. Cla. That can I doe,did I but know what kinde Of

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2,o8 HYMENS TRIVMPH. Of tale yon lik't. Thi. No merry tale my boy, nor yet too fad, But mixed.like the tragickc Comedies. Cla. Then fuch a tale I haue,and a true talc, Belecue mc Sir,aithough not written yet In any booke,but furc it will, I know Some gentle fiiephcard,moou'd with pafiion.muft Record it to the vvorld,and well it will Become the world to vnderftand the fame. And this it is : There was fometiraes a Nymph, Ifulia nam'd,and an eArdadtan borne ; Faire can I not auouch fhee was,but chaft, And honed fure, as the euen will prooue ; Whofc mother dying,lcft her very young Vnto her fathers charge, who carefully Did breed her vp , vntill fhee came to yeares Of womanhood, and then prouides a match Both rich, and young.and fit enough for her. But fhee, who to another fhepheard had Call'd Strthis,voWd her loue,as vnto one Her heart cfreem'd more worthy of her loue, Could not by all her fathers meanes be wrought To leaue her choice, and to forget her vow. 7/&i.No more could my deare Siluia be from me. Cla. Which caufed much affliction to them both, 'Phi. And fo the fclfc fame caufe did vnto vs. Cla. This Nymph one day.furcharg'd with louc & griefe, Which commonly (the more the pitty) dwell As Inmates both together, walking forth With other Maydes to fifh vpoH the (hoare ; Edrayes apart,and leaues her company; To cntcrtaine her fclfe with her ownc thoughts : And wanders on fo farre,and out of fight, As fhee at length was fuddenly furpriz'd By Pyrats.vvho lay lurking vnderneath Thole hollow rocks, expc&ing there fome prize. And

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 30? And notwithdanding all her pitiouscryes, Intrcaty, teares, and prayers.thofc fierce men Rent haire,and vaile,and carried her by force Into their fhip, which in a little Creekc Hard by,at Anckor lay.and prcfemly hoys'd failc, And fo away. Thi. Rent haire and vaile ? and fo Both haire and vailc of Siluia, I found rent, Which hecre I keepe with mee. But now alas What did fhee ? what became of her my boy ? Cla . When fhee was thus infhipp'd.and woefully Had cad her eyes about to view that hell Of horrour,whereunto fhee wasfo fuddenly Implung'd, fhee fpies a woman fitting with a child Sucking her bread, which was the Captaines wife. To her dicecreepes.downe at her feet fhee lyes ; O woman, if that name of woman may Mouc you to pitty, pitty a poore maid, The mod didreffed foule that euer breath'd. And fauc me from the hands of thefc fierce men," Let me not be dcfil'd, and made vncleanc, Dcare woman now : and I will be to you The faithfull'ft flaue that euer Miftreflc fcru'd ; Neuer poorc foule (hall be more dutifull, To doe what eucr you command, then I. No taUe will I refufe ; fo that I may Kcepe this poore body cleane and vndeflowr'd, Which is all I will cuer feeke. For know It is not feare of death layes me thus low, But of that ftaine will make my death toblufh. Thi. What would not all this mouc a womans heart ? Cla. All this would nothing ruooue the womans heart, Whom yet fhee would not lcaue, but dill befought j Oh woman, by that Infant at your breaft, And by the paines it coft you in the birth, Sauc mc,as eucr you defire to hauc Your babe to ioy and profper in the wotld. I j Which

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?io HYMENS TRIVMPH. Which will the better profper fure,if you Shall mercy fhcw,which is with mercy paid. Then kiffes dice her feet,then kifles too The Infants feet, and oh fweet babe (laid fhee) Could'ft thou but to thv mother fpeake for me, And craue her to haue pitty on my cafe ; Thou might'd perhaps preuaile with her fo much Although I cannot; child,ah could'll thou fpeake. The Infant, whether by her touching it Or by indinct of nature, feeing her weepe, Lookes earnedly vpon her,and then lookes Vpon the mother, then on her againe, And then it cryes,and then on either lookes : Which diec percciuing, bleffed child/aid fhee, Although thou cand not fpeake, yet do'd thou cry Vnto thy mother for mc. Heare thy child Deare mother, it's for me it cryes, It's all the fpeech it hath : accept thofe eryes, Saue mc at his requed from being defilde ; Let pitty mooue thee, tha: thus mooues thy childc. The woman,though by birth and cudomc rude, Yet hauing veynes of nature,could not bee But peircible, d id fede at length the point Of pitty, enter fo, as out gufht teares (Not vfuall to dernc eyes) and fhee befbught Her husband to bellow on her that prize With fafegard of her body at h:r will. The Captaine feeing his wife,thechilde,the nymph, Allaying to him in this pitiousfort; Felt his rough nature fhaken too, and grants His wiues requed, and feales his grant with teares ; And fo they vvep: all foure for company, And fome beholders dood not with dry eyes; Such paffion wrought the paffion of their prize. Thi. In troth my boy , and euen thy telling it Mooues mc like wile, thou dood fo feelingly Report

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. "3n Report the fame,as if thou had d becne by. But I imagine now how this poorc nymph When fhec receiu'd that doome, was comforted ? (fla. Sir,neuer was there pardon, that did take Condemned from the blocke, more ioyfiill then This graunt to her. For all her mifery Seem'd nothing to the comfort fhee receiu'd. By being thus faued from impurity : And from the womans feet fhee would not part, Nor trud her hand to be without fome hold Of her, or of the child ,fb long as fhee remain'd Within the fhip, which in»few dayes arriues At Alexandria, whence thefe Pirats were ; And there this wocfull maide for two yeares foace Did (erue.and truly ferue this Captaines wife, Who would not loofe the benefit of her Attendance for her profit other wife. But daring not in fuch a place as that To trud her fclfe in womans habite, crau'd That fhe might be appareld like a boy, And fo fhee was, and as a boy fhee feru'd . Thi. And two yeares tis, fince I my 5*/**,* lod. Cla. At two yeares end, her Midrefle fends her forth Vnto the Port for fome commodities, Which whild dree fought for, going vp and down Shee heard fome Merchant men of (ortntb talkc, Who fpake that language the Arcadians did, A nd were next neighbours of one <-ontinent. Tothcm all wraptwith paffion.down foe kaccles, Tcls therofhee was a poore didrefTed boy, Borne in Arcadia, and by Pirats tookc And made a flaue in £gflpr,andbefought Then, as the fathers were of children, or Did hold their natiue countrcy dcare,they would Take pitty on her,and relieuc her youth From that fad feruitude wherein fhee liu'd : Ii a For

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3U HYMENS TRIVMPH. For which fheehop'd that fhec had friends aliue would thanke them one day,and reward them too ; If not, yet that fhee knew the Heaucns would doe. The Merchants moou'd with pitty of her cafe, Being ready todcpart,tookeler with them, And landed her vpon her countrey coad. Where when diee found her felfe, fhee prodrate falls, Kiffes the ground, thankes giues vnto the gods, Thankes them who hid beene her dehuerers. And on dice trudges through the dcfart woods, Climes oucr craggy rockes, and mountaines deepe, Wades thorough riuers,druggles thorough bogs, Sullained onely by the force of loue ; Vntill fhee came vnto the natiue plainer, Vnto the field s.vvhcre fitfi fhee drew his breath. There lifts diee vp her eyes, falutes the ayre, Salutes the ttees^the bufhes, dowres.and all : And oh deare Strthis, hcere I am, (aid fhee, Heere,notwithdanding all my roiftrics, I am the fame I was to thee; a puie, A chad, and fpotlcfleira'de:oh that I may Finde thee the rnan,thou didd proftffe to be. Tht. Or elfe no man, for boy who truly loues, Mud euer fo ; that dye will neuer out : And whobut would loue truly fuch a foule ? Cla. But now,the better to haue notice how The date of things thendood^nd not in hafte To cad her ftl c on new incumbrances, Shce kept her habite dill, and put her felfe To feme a nymph, of whom fhec had made choice Till time were fitting to tcueale her felfe. - Thi. This may be Siltsias caft;this may be fhee; But it is not : let mec confider well : The teller, and the circumdance agree. SCENi -

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 313 S C E N. III. Montanus. Tbirfis. Chorm. AH firrha,haue I found you .? are you heere You pnncock boy ? & with your garland on? Doth this attire become your peeuifh head? Come, I mud teach you better manners, boy. He fiabs Qhs\ndo./tnd rafiies off his garland. So Pbitis, I hauc done my taske,and heerc I bring the Trophey to confirme the fame. Tht. Ah monder man,vile wretch.what haft thou done? Alas,in what a (trait am I ingaged hcerc ? If I purfue reucnge, I leaue to faue. Helpe, hclpe, you gentle fwaines, if any now be neare, Helpe, helpe : ah harke,euen Eccho hclpes me cry hclpe. (ho. What meanes this outcry ? fure fome fauage bead Difturbs our heards,or elfc forae Wolfe hath leaz'd Vpon a Lambe. Tht. A worfe thing then a Wolfe, More bloody then a bead.hath muithered here A gentler creature then a Lambe : therefore Good fwaines purfue, purfue the homicide. That ougly v/retch,Montantts, who hath ftabd This filly creature hecre.at vnawares. Cho. Montantu}vihy?Ne met him but euen now, Deckt with a garland,grumbjing to himfelfe; We will attach that villaine prefently : Come firs, make hafte, and let vs after him. SCEN. mi. Palamon. Thirfis. A Las, what accident is here faine out ? My deare friend Tbirfis,hovi comes this to paflc?^ Tht. That raonfter maa\M>utan>ts, hecre hath ftab'd A Iij

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3H HYMENS TRIVMPH. A harmleffe youth,in meffagc fent to me. Now good 'Palamon hclpc me hold him vp, And fee if that we can recouer him. Pal. It may be Thirfis, more his feare then hurt : Stay him a w hile, and I will hade and fend For Lamia, who with oyntments.oylcs and herbes If any hclpe remaine,will helpe him fure. Thi.Do good PaUmon,mAe what had you may Seckc out fcr helpc, and be not long away. Alas fweet boy, that thou fhould'd eucr haue So hard miffortune.comming vnto me, And end thy tale with this fad tragedy ; " That talc which well refembled Silutas cafe, Which thou refembled; for fuch browes had (he. Such a proportion a face.and fuch a necke. What haue we here,the mole of Siluia too ? What and her breads?what?and her hairc?what all? Ail Silnial yes, all Siluta,and all dead. And art thou thus retum'd againe to me ? Art thou thy fclfe, that drange deliuered nymph ? And didd thou come to tell me thine efcape From death todie before me? had I not Enough to doc,to wayle reported harmes But thou mud come to bleed w ithin my armes ? Was not one death fufficient for my griefes But that thou mud die twice?why thou wert dead Tome before. Why? muft thou dye ag3ine? Ah,bctter had it beene dill to be lod Then thus to hauc beene found; yet better found Though thus,then fb loft as was thought before. Fot howfocuer,now I haue thee yet Though in the fadded fadiipn that may be. Yet Stluia now I haue thce,and will I No more for cuer part with thee againe : A nd wc this benefit fhall haue thereby Though fate would not permit vs both to haue ©ne

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315 HYMENS TRIVMPH. One bed,yet Sttuia wc fhall haue one graue. And that is fomething, and much more then I Expected euer could haue come to paffe. And fure the gods but oncly fent thee thus To fetch me ; and to take me hence with thee; And Siluia fo thou fhalt. I ready am T'accompany thy foule,and that with fpced. The drings 1 fcele, are all diffolu'd, that hold This woefiill heart, refcru'd it feemes for this, And well refcru'd,for this fo dcare an end. SCEN. V. Claris. Palamon. CO, we hauetooke the villaine,and him bound Fad to an Oake,as rugged as himfelfe. And there he dares and gapes in th'ay re,and raues Like a wilde bead that's taken in the toyle : And fo he (hall remainc,till time we fee What will become of this his fauage acT-. Checrc Thirfis, Lamia will come prcfently And bring the beft prefcruatiues (he hath. What now ? Who lyes difcouered heere ? Ay me, A woman dead ? Is this that boy transformed ? Why, this is Stluia. O good Thirfis how Comes this to pjffe? Friend Thirfis, Thirfts fpeake. Good Tbirfis tell me. Out alas he fownes, As well as fh?,and both fecme gone alike. Come gentle heardfmen, come and carry them To yonder fheepc-cote quickly ,that we may (If pcffible) recouer them againe. If not performe thofc rites that appertaine Vnto fo rare a couple. Come my fricnds,make haft. Ii * The

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 316 The fourth Song of the Chorus. Qik Were euer chaftandhoneft hearts Expos' d vnto fo great diftreffes? Anf. Yes : they that act the worthieft parts, Moft commonly baue worft fucccffcs. Great fortunes follow net tbe beft, It's vertue that is moft diftrcft. Then fortune why doe we admire The glory of thy great exceffes ? Since by thee what men acquire, Thy worlee and not their worths expreffes. Ner doft thou ratfe them for their good-. Bvt t haue their itcs more vnderftood. ACT. V. SCEN. I. Chorus. Palamtn. T\id euer yet Arcadia heare before Of two fo worthy louer*,as we find Tbirfis and oV<*>v*were?orcuerhad Cleare truth, and fimple condant honcdy, So lamentable an euent as this ? But heere comes foorth Palamon,\\e fhall now Lcarne all of him.what hath becne done within. Pal. Goe P otto, fummon all th' Arcadia youth Heere.round about,and will them to prepare To celebrate with all delights they can This ioyfull houre,that hathrede'd tovs The worthied pairc of hearts that euer were. Will them to fhew the height of mufiques art, And all the ffraines of cunning they can fhew : That wc may make thefc rockes and hillcs about, Ring

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 317 • And Ring with theEccho of redoubled notes. And will Charmiu and Medorus too, The aged parent; of this worthy pairc, To come with (peed, whofe ioy ,good foules.wil be More then their fpced;and yet their fpeed I know, Will be beyond reallowance of their yeares, When they (hall vndctdand this happy newes. And fummon likcwife all the traine of nymphes That glorifie our plaincs, and all that can Giuc honour to this day. Goe 'Potio had away,and as you go Vnbind Montanus that rude fauage fwaine i And though he be vaworthy to be here, Yet let him come. He hath beenc in bis dayes Held a good fellow, howfoeuet now His rage and loue tranfported him in this. Cho. 'Palamon, we are glad to fee you thus Delightfull, now we hope there is good ncwes. Pal. Good newes my friends,and I will tell it you, Siluia and Thirfis being to my cottage brought, The skilfull Lamia comes and fcarcht the wound. Which Stluta had receiu'd of this rude fwaine, And finding it not deadly, fhe applide Thofe remedies fhe knew of bed effect. And binds it vp, and powres into her mouth Such cordiall waters as rcuiue the fpirits : And fo much wrought, as fhe at length perceiu'd Life was not quite gone out, but lay opprefh With likeendeauours we on Thirfis worke, And minidred like Cordials vnto him : At length we might heare 5///w<<fctcriagroanes And therewithal! Thirfis percciu'd to moue, Then Thirfis fet a groane.and Siluia mou'd As if their liues were made both of one peece. Whereat we ioyd, and thenremou'd and fct Each before other and held vp their heads,

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5i8 HYMENS TRIVMPH. And chafd their temples.rub'd and ftroak'd their cheekcs : Wherewith firft Sduta call vp her dimme eyes. And prcfently did Tbirfts lift vp his. And then againe they both together figh'd, And each on other fixt an vnfeeing eye : For yet t' was fcatfe the twylight of their new Returning day,out of the night of death. And though they faw.thcy did not yet percciue Each othcr,and yet both tum'd to one point As toucht alikc.and held their lookes direct. At length we might percetue,as life began T'appcare; and make the morning in their eyes, Their beames were cleerer,and their opener lookes ©id (hew as if they tooke fome little note Of each the other : yet not lb as they Could thorowly difcerne who themfelues were. And then wc tookcand ioyn'd their hands in one And held them fo a while.vntill wc fealt How euen each others touch, the motion gaue Vnto their feding.and they trembling wrung Their hands together, and fo held them lockt, Lookt dill vpon each other ,but no words at all. Then wc call'd out to Thtrfts Thirfis looke, It is thy Stluia thou here holdft, fhe is Return'd,rc uiu'd and fafe. Stlmia, behold thou haft Thy Thirfis, and fhalt euer haue him thine. Then did we fet them both vpon their fcetc And there they flood in acl.euen ac before Looking vpon each other.hand in hand : At lad we law ablufhing red appeare In both their cheekcs, which fenfe lent as a lampe To light their vnderdanding. And forthwith The tearcs gufht forth their eyes,which hindred them A while from feeing each othcr,till they had Cleared them againe. And then as if new wak'd From out a frarefull dteame.thcy ftand and doubt Whether

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HYMENS TRIVMPH. 319 Whether they were awake indeed, or elfc Still in a dreame,didruding their owne eyes. Their long indured miferies,wouId not Let them beleeue their fudden happinefie, Although they faw it : till with much adoe They had confirm'd their credit,and had kift Each other and i mbrae'd, and kift againe, And yet ftill dumbe : their ioy now ftcm'd to be Too bufic with their thoughts,t'aIlow them words. And then they walkt a Tittlc,thcn ftood dill, Then walkt againe ,and dill held other fad As if they fcar'd,they fhould be lod againe. And when at lad they fpake,it was but thus, O SHuia,and O Thirfis, and there dopt. Wc.left our fight and prefence (being thera So many,) hinder might the paffage of Their modeft,fimplc,and vnpra&is'd loue, Came all our way, and onely Lamia left Whofc fpirit, and that fufficient skill fhe hath Will feruc no doubt, to fee they (hall doe well. Cho. Well may they do decre couple, who haue thus Grac'd our Arcadia with their fait hfu lncfle. SCEN. II. Phitis. Lidia. Cloris. WHat fhall we now do Lidia? now am I Vtterty fham'd : this youth turn'd womarris, Clarindo, Siluia is bccome;hownow ? Can I for euer looke on her againe ? Or come in any company for ftnme ? Now mud I needs be made a common ieaft And laughing ffocke to euery one that fhall But beare how groflely I behau'd my fclfe. Lid. Faith PhtUis as it is faine out, your cafe Is

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*,2o HYMENS TRIVMPR Is very crazy, and to make it whole There is no way but euen to laugh it out, And fet as good a face, as you can doc Vpon the matter,and fay thus : How you Knew well enough it was no man whom you Affected fo,who neuer could loue man Nor euer would, and that by meerc indinc\ And fimpathy of Sexe.you fancied him. So put it off, and turn'e it to a icad, Thi. That diall I neuer do.but euer blufh Eithcr,to thinke what fhe will thinkc of me, Who did bewray my felfe fo fo.ilifhly. Lid. A re you here CloftT, you arc bled to day For being midres vnto fuch a boy : You may rcioyce that cuer this fell out. Clo. Rcioy cc? ah Lidia, neuer was there nymph Had more occafion to be fad then I, For I am quite vndone and fharn'd hereby. For I imploy'd this my fuppofed boy In meflage vnto Thirfis, whom I lou'd I mud confeffe, more dearcly then my life : And told him all the recrets of my heart. And therefore with what face can cuer I Looke vpon them that know thus much by me? No Lidia, I will now take Thtrfis courfe : Hide me for euer in thefc defert woods. And ncuer come in company againc ; They fhall not laugh at mc in their great ioyes. Lid. But Clorts,\ would laugh with them,were I as you. And howfocuer felt my fclfc within, Yet would I fceme be otherwile without. Cannotyou fay,that you knew well enough How it was Siluia that you intcrtain'd, Although you would not fecme to take fucb note ; And thereupon imploy'd her in that fort To Thirfis, knowing who it was would giue T»

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321 HYMENS TRIVMPH, To him the greated comfort vpon earth. And thus faire Nymphes yoii fidy mayexcufc Thefe fimple flips, and know that they fhall dill Hauc erodes with their piles,who thus do play Their fortunes with their loues, as you two did. But you mud frame your countenance thereto And looke with other faces then your ownc. As many elfe do hcre,whoin their parts Set fhining lookes vpon their cloudy hearts. And let vs mixe vs with this company That here appeates with mirth and iollity. The Song of the fifth Chorus.. who euer faw fo faire a fight, Loue and vertue met aright : And that wonder Conftancj, Like a Comet to the eye- Setdome euer feene fo bright ? Sound out aloud fo rare a thing, That at the HiUes and Vales may ring. Looks Loners looke, with pinion fee. If that any fuch there bee : tAs there cannot but be fuch Who doe feele that noble touch In this glorious company, SouUoutaloudl&c.

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33* VlyDTes and the Syren Syren Ome worthy Greekc Vlyffes come, Podcfie thefe fhorcs with me, The Windcs and Seas are troublefome, And here we may be free Here may we fit and view their tayle That trauaile in the deepe, And ioy the day in mirth the while, And fpend the night in flecpe. Vlyff- Faire Nymph, if fame or honour were Tobeattain'd with eafe, Then would I come and reft with thee, And leaue fuch toiles as thefe. But here it dv\ els, and here mud I With danger feeke it forth, To fpend the rime luxurioufly, Becomes not men of worth. Syr. Vlyffes,Obemtdeae\vtd. With that vnreall name, Tis honour is a thing eonceiu'd, And reds on others fame. Begotten onely to moled, Our peace and to beguile. (The bed thing of our life) our reft, And giue vs vp to toyle. Vlyff. Delicious Nymph.fuppofe there were Nor honour,nor report. Yet

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323 Vlyfles and theSytzn. Yet manlineffe would fcomc to weare, The time in idle fport, For toyle doth giue a better touch, To make vs feele our ioy, And eaft findes tedioufhes as much As labour yeelds annoy. Syr. Then pleafure likewife feemes the fhore, Whereto tendes all your toyle, Which you forgo to make it more, And perifh oft the while. Who may difport them diuerfly, Find neuer tedious day, And eafc may haue variety, As well as action may. Vlyff. But natures of the aoblcd frame Theft royles and dangers pleafe, And they take comfort in the fame, As much as you in eafe, And with the thought of actions pad, Are recreated dill: When pleafure leaues a touch at laft, To (hew that it was ill. Syr. That doth opinion onely caufe, That's out of cuftome bred, Which makes vs many other lawes, Then euer Nature did. No widdowes waile for our delights, Our fports are without blood, The world we fee by warlike wights Recciues more hurt then good. Vlyff. But yet the ftate of things require Thefe morions of vnreft : And

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5 24 Vlyfles and the Syren And thefc great Spirits of high defire Seeme borne to turnc them beft. To purge the mifchiefes that increale, And all good order mar, For oft we fee a wicked peace, To be well cbang'd for war . Syr. WelI,wellK/>/«then I fee, I fhall not haue thee here : And therefore I will come to thee, And take my fortune there, I muft be wonne that cannot win. Yet loft were I not wonne, For beauty hath created bin, T'vndoo,or be vndone. HP

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THE QVEENES a\cAviA. A Paftorall Trage-Comedie prc- fented to her <s5Maiefty and her Ladies, by the Vniucrficy of Oxford in Chrifts Churchy in Augllft, irfOj. By Samvel Da hi el. LONDON, Printedby Nicholas Oih, tec Simon Wateksoh. i tip

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326 The garner of the zAftors. Meltbaut. ? . , Ereaftut. \two ancient A rcadtant. Colax, a corrupted traueller. TVr'W.a fubtle wench of Corinth. cHrmu^'i^ Ioucrs of CUtU' Cloris. Palamon. ? , _. Siluia. JIcalousLouers. LMtrtMus. Dorinda. Amaritis, in loue with Carinnt. 'Daphne, abufedby (tlox. Alton , a Quack-faluer. Lincut, aPetty-fogger. CMtntanut. the father of Amyntot. Acryfiut, the father of Clerit. To

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327 To the Queencs moft excellent Maicftie. y^^lHat which their x.eale, whofe onely zeal* was ben's xfj |Aa To fhew tbe beft they could that might delight £%&&> four royat minde, didlatety reprefent TUfnown'd Empreffe to your 'Princely fight : It now the offrmg of their bumblencffe. Here confecrated to your glorious name ; Whofe happy pre fence did vouch fafe to bleffe So poore presentments, andto grace the ftmet And though it be in th bumble ft rantee of words. And m the leweft region of our fpeach. Tot is it in that kjnde, atb-fi accords With rurall pafftons, which vfe not to reach Beyond the groues, and woods where they were bred : Anttbeft become a elauftratexercife, Where men fhut out retyr'd, and fequeftred Frompubltke fajhton, feeme tofympatbize With innocent, and plaine fimplicity : And liuing here vnder the aw full band Of difciptme , and ftriEt obferuancy, Learne but our wealteneffes to vnder ft and, Andtberefore dare not e»terpriz* to fhow In lowder ftile the hidden myftertes, Andarts of Thrones, which none that are below Tho Sphere of action, and the exerctfe Of power can truely ftew : though men mayftrame Concetpt aboue theptch where it (hou/d ftand, And forme more monftrout figures then cent aine A pojfibility, and goe beyonst. Xk. a The

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3i8 TheEpiftle. The nature of tbofe managements fo farre, As oft their common decency they marre : Whereby the populaffe (in whom fuch skit Is needle ffe) may be brought to apprehend Notions, that may turne all to a taft of ill What ener power fhall do,or might intend: tAnd thmke all cunning, all proceeding one, Andnoth'ng fimple ,and fincerely done : Tet the eye of p-aflife, looking downe from hie Vpon fiich ouer-reachtng vanity, Sees how from error t' error it doth flote, As from an vnknowne Ocean into a Gutfe : Aid oow though th'Woolfe,wouIdcounterfeit the Goate, Tet euery chinke bewrayes him for a Woilfe. tAnd therefore in the view of ftate t haue Jhow'd A counterfeit of ftate had beene to light A candle to the Sunne, and fo be flow d Our panics to bring our dimneffe vnto lights For maiefty and power , can nothing fee Without it felfe, that can fight-worthy be~ And therefore durft not we but on the ground, From whence our bumble Argument bath birth, Ere ft our Scene, and thereon are we found, tAndif we fat, we fat but on tbe earth. From whence wepluckf the flowers that here we bring ; Which if at their ft; ft opening they did pleafe, It was e..ough, they fe, tie but for a fprng, The fir ft fent is the befi in things as thefe : A mufeke of this nature on the ground, Is euer wont to vanifh with the found. But yet )o:trroyat goodie ffe mayraife new, Grace but the Mufes they will honour you. Chinonfa,nonfalIa. The

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. ACTVS. I. SCENA..I. Ergafttts. (JMelilam. Ow is it Meltbatu that we finde Our Country,fairc.^rtfrf</fc?,fornuchcfiang,d Fromwhat it was,that was thou knoweft of late, The gentle region of plaine honefty, The raodeft feat of vndifguifed truth, Inhabited with fimple innocence And now,I know not how, as if it were, Vnhal'owedjand diuefted of that grace, Hath put off that fairc nature which it had. And growes like ruder countries,or more bad. (JkV/. Indeed Ergaftus I haue neucr knowne. So vniuerfall a diftemperature, In all parts of the body of our ftate, As now there is; nor euer haue we heard So much complaining of didoyalty, Among'd youryonger Nymphes,nor eucr found Our heardfmen fodeluded in their loues, As if there were no faith on either fide. We neuer had in any age before So many fpotleffeNymphes, fo much didain'd With blacke report,and wrongfull infamy, That few efcape the tongue of malice free. Erg. And me thinkes too,our very aire is chang'd, Our w hokfome climate growne more maladies Kk 5 Tbe

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35o THE QVEENES ARCADIA. The fogges.andthe Syrene offends vs more (Or we may thinke fo, then they did be fore) The windes of Autumnc,now are fayd to bring More noyfomneffe, then thofe do of the Spring : And all of vs fecle new ihfirmiti' s, New Feuers, new Catarres.oppreffc our powers. The milke wherewith wecur'd all maladies, Hath either lod the nature.or we ours. LMel. And we that neuer were accudomed To quarrell for our bounds.how do we fee Mtntanus and Aery fins interdriue How farrc their fcuerail Sheep- walkes diould extend, And cannot be agreed to what we can : As if fome vnderworking hand drake fire, To th'apt inkindling tinder of debate, And foflred their contention and their hate. Erg. And me thjnkes too.the beauty of our Nymphes Is not the fame as it was wont to be. That Rofic hew, the glory of the Cheeke, Is either dolne.or clfe they haue forgot, Toblufh with (hame,or to be pale with feare : Or clfe their fhame doth make them alwayes blufh For al Aayes doth their beauties bcare one hew, And eitheir Nature's falfe.or that vi true. , MelAlefidet their various habits grow fc drange, As that although their faces certaine are, Their bodies are vncename cuery day, And alwayes differing from them clues fb farre, As if they skorn'd to be the fame they aie. And all of vsarefb transform'^ that we Difccrr.e not an Arcadian by th'atty i c. Our ancient PaltoraJl habits aredefois'd, And all is drange, hearts, clothes, and all difguisM, Erg. Indeed vnto our gricfewe may perceme, Thewhole completion of Arcadia cbang'd, Yet cannot findc the occafion of this change : But

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 331 To But let vs with more wary eye obferue Whence the contagion of thefe cudomes rife, That haue infecred thus our honed plaincs, With cunning difcord, idle vanity, Dccciptfull wrong,and caudede infamy, That by th'adi dance of our graucr Swaincs, We now at fird,may labourto preuent The further courfe of mifchiefes, and rcdore Our late dcane woods, to what they were before. Mel. Content Ergaflus, and euen here will be A place conuenient for fo fie a worke : For here our Nymphs,and heardfmen on this grecne, Do vfually refort,and in this Groue We may obferue them bed,and be vnfecne. ACT. II. SCEN. II. Colax. Techno. CCome my dcare Techne, thou and I mud plot More cunning proiects yet,more drange defigncs Amongd thefe (imple grofle Arcadians here, That know no other world,but their owne plaines, Nor yet can apprehend the fubtle traines We lay.to mocke their rurall ignorance. But fee, here comes two of their amorous S waines In hotc contention,let vs dole conuay Our felues, here vnderneaththis coucrture, And ouer heare their paifionate difcourfe. Tech. Colax, this place well fuch a purpofe fits, Let vs fit clofe,and faith, it (hall goc hard, Vnleffe we make fome profit by their wits. Carntits. Amyntas. Car. Now found Amyntat,how canvft thou pofled With fitch a vaine prcfumption,as thou art, Kk 4

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3?2 THE QVEENES ARCADIA. To thinke that Claris (hould affc6t thee bed, When all Arcada\<novics 1 haue her heart ? nA/x. And how Cartnm card thou be fb mad, Timagine Claris, cm, or doth loue thee, When by fo many fignes as I haue had, I finde her whole affection bent to me ? Car. What are thofc fignes by which you come to cad, And calculate the fortune of your hopes ? Am. More certaine figncs,then thou cand eucr fhew. (far. Buuhey aremorethen(igncs,thatI can fhew. Am. Why let each then produce the beft I can To proue which may be thought the likelicd man. Car. Content do thou begin. Am. And I am well contented to begin. Fird if by chance, whil'd die at Barley-breake With other Ny mphes, do but percciue me come, Strcight lookes her chceke with fuch a Rofic red, Asgiuesthe fctting Sunnc vnto the Wed When morrow tempeds are prefigured. Car. Euen fb that hew prognodicates her wrath, Which brings to thee the dormy windes of fighes. Am. And if I finde her with her fellow Nymphet Gathering of dowers by fbme fweet Riueis fide, At my appioach die (Iraight way ftands vpright, Forgets her worke,and downe lets fiide her lap, And out fall all her dowers.vpon the ground. (ar. So doth the (illy (heepc forget to feed, When it perceiues the greedy Wolfe at hand. Am. And if fhe meet but with my dog fhe takes And llrokei him on the head playes w ith his cares, Spits in his mouth.and claps him on the backc, And fayes, come,comc Melamptts go with me. Car. She may lone what is thine.but yet hate thee. tAm. W hild at a Chrydall fpring the other day, She wafht her loucly face.and feeing me come, She takes vp water with her dainty hand, And

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 333 And with a downe-cad looke befprinckles me. Car. That fhewes that fhee would gladly quench in thee The fire of loue,or elfe like Joue doth bearc, A< did the Delian Goddede, when die caft Difdainefull water on sAtteons face. tAm. As Siluia one day, fate with her alone, Binding of certainc choice (elected hearbes To her left armc againft bewitching (pels, (And I at theinftant commingj dice perceiu d Her pulfc with farre more violence to beat f As fhe'aftcr told me J then it did before. Car. The like is felt when natures enemy, Thchatefull fcauer doth furprifc our powers. Am. And euen but y edernight,fhc going before With other maides,and feeing me following her, Lees fall this dainty Nofegay.hauing firft Beftow'd a kiffe thereon to th'end I might Receiue it fo,and with it doe the like. Car. Poore withred fauours,they might teach the know, That fhee efteemes thce,and thy loue as light As thofe dead fiowers,(hee wore but for a fhow, The day bcforc,and cad away at night. ■ Am. Now friend Carinus, thou that muttered fo At thefc plaine fpeaking figures of her loue, Tell by what figne thou doed her fauours proue ? Car. Now filly man,deefi thou imagine mc So fondto blab thefauours of my loue h Am. Was't not a pack agreed twixt thee & me? (for. A pa& to make thee tell thy fecrecy. Am. And had thou then betrayd my eafie trud, And dallied with my open (impleneffc ? Car. And fitly art thou feru'd.that fo wilt vaunt Theimagin'd fauours.of a gende Nymph , And this is that which makees vs feele that dearth Of grace, t'haue kindnes at fb hie a rate. This makes them wary how they doe beftow The

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 334 Tlic lead regard of common curteiie, Whenfuchasyou, poore, credulous deuout, ' And humble foules, make all things miracles Your faith concciues.and vaincly doc conuert All (1 iadowes to the figute of your hopes. Am. Carinus now thou doed me double wrong, Fird to deride my cafie confidence, And then rvpbrayd my trud.as if my tongue Had hecrc pronhan'd faire (loris excellencie, In telling of her mercies, or had fm'd In vttcring th'honout of a moded grace Bcdowing comfort, in fo iud a cafe. C4.Why man.thou had no way dcferu'd her Ioue". Am. Dcfert 1 cannot vrge,but faith I can, If that may hauc rcward.then happy man. Ca. But you know ho w I fau'd her from the hands Of that rude Satyrc,who had elfc vndone Her honour vttcrly j and therefore ought My louc of due raigne foueraigne in her thought. Am. But how that free,and vnfubdued heart, Inftanchis'd by the Charter of her eyes, Willbcaretheimpofitionof a due I doc not fee, fince loue knew neucr Lord That could command the region of our will. And therefore vrge thy due, I for my part, Mud plead compafiion, and a faithfull heart. (ar. Plead thou thy faith,whilft I will get thy loue, For you kinde fbulcs doe fcldome graccf ull proue. Am. The more vnkind they, who fhould better way Our honed vowes, and louc for louc repay, But oft they bcarc the penance of their will, And for the wrong they doe, they fpced as ill. SCEN

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THE aVEENES ARCADIA. 335 And SCEN. III. Colax. Tecbne. Col. Alas poore fbolcs^now hotely they contend Who diail podeffe a prey that's yet vngot. But Tecbne, I mud by thy hclpe forcdall The mart of both their hopes,and whilft they fhall Purfue the Ayre, I mudfurprifc their gaiue. And fitly now thou,maid occafion take By thefe aduantages difcouered here, T'impredc in (boris tender hear: that touch Of deepe diflike of both their vanteries, As may conuert her wholly vnto me. Tec. Why will you then Dorindas loue forfake, For whom you traueld fo,and made me take "* Such labour to intice her to your loue ? (fol. Tufh Techno wc defire not what we haue, But what we would, our longings neuer day With our attaynings.but they goe beyond. Tee. And why ? Dorinda is as faire as fhe. (ol. That I confcffe.but yet that payes not me, For Claris is another, and tis that, And onely thatjvvhich Tecbne I defire. Some thing there is peculiar, and alone Tocuery beauty that doth giue an edge To our defires, and more we will conceiue In that we haue not them in that we haue. And I hauc heard ,abroad where bed experience, And wit is Iearnd, that all the faired thcyce Of vvoemen in the vvorld,ferue but to make One perfect beauty, whereof each brings part. One hath a pleafing fmile,and noching elk. : Another but feme filly Mole to grace Th'are of a difproportion ci face ; Another pleafes not but when (he fpeakes,

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3?6* THE QVEENES ARCADIA. And fome in filence onely graccfull arc : Some till they laugh,we fce,fceme to be faire, Some haue their bodies good, their gedures ill, Some plealie in Motion,fomc in fitting ftill, Some arc thought loueIy,that haue nothing fairc, Some againc faire that nothing louely are. So that wc fee how be0uty doth confilt Of diuers peecci,and yet all at ra£c And therefore vnto all my loue afpircs, As beauty varies,fo doth my defires. Tec. Ah but yet (elax doe not fo much wrong «» Vnto a Nymph, now when thou had fubdu'd And won her fieart,and knowd fhe holddrbee deare. Col. Tufh wrong is as men thinke it.and I fee It kecpes the world the bed in exercife That clfc would languifh, and hauc nought to doe. Difcord in parts.makes harmon in the whole. And fome mud laugh, whild other fome condole. And fo it be not of the fide we are. Let others beare it,what neede wc to care. And now 'Dorinda fomcthing hath to doe, Now, fhe may fit,and thinkcaod vexc and plot, For cafe,and ioy ning of he r full delight Would but haue dull'd her foitits, and marrd her quite. Tec. AIas,yet I mufi pitty her poorc fbulc In this didreffe, I being on my felfe Of the frayle corporation.and doc know That fhe will take it very gricuoudy. And yet in troth fh'is fcru'd but well inow, That would neglect Mirttllus honed louc, And trud dtong pro:cdations, and new othes, Be wonne with garded words.and gawdy clothes. Col. Well, well, T>orindafhz\\ not waile alone, She fhall hauc others to confbrt her monc : Fot fince my lad returne from Telos Court I haue made twenty of their coyed Nymphs Turne

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA, 337 Tutne louers, with a few protefting words And fome choyce complenicntall periuries : I made Patamon,to fufpecf. the faith Of his chad Siluia,znd chad Siluia his, In hope thereby to workc her loue to me. I wrought coy Daphne^ to infringe her vow Made to Menalcas, and I told her how Thofe fetters which fo heauily were laid Vpon our free atfe&ions, onely were But cudomary bands, not natural!. And I thinke Tecbne thou had done thy part. Here in this gentle region of kind hearts, Since thou cam'it hither, for I fee thou thriu'd. Tee. Indeed whild I in Corinth doe remaiae, I hardly could procure the meanes to liue, There were fo many of my trade, that fold Complexions,dredings,tiffanies and tyres, Deuifbrs of new fafhions and drange wyers- Bedbrokers.Night wormes,and Impreffitors That though I knew thefe arts as well as they Yet being fo many we could get fmall pay. Here, who but Techno now is all in all? Techne is lent for, Techne onely fhewes. New ftrange deuifes to the choyced Nymphes : And I thinkc Techne teaches them thofe trickes. As they will not forget againe in had. I haue fo opened their vnapt conceits Vnto that vnderdanding of themfelues, As they will fhew in time they were well taught. If they obferue my rules^and hide a fault. Col. Ah well done Techne. Thus mud thou and I Trade for our profit with their ignorance, And take our time,and they mud haue their chance. But pray thee Techne, doe not thou forget To lay a traine for (loris. So adue. Tee. Colax I w*U not, and tbe rather toe^ For

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33o THE QVEENES ARCADIA. For that I bcarc a little leaning loue T o fweet Amjntas, for rr.c thinkcs he fecmes The louehcft Shepheard all Arcadia ycelds And 1 would gladly intercept his loue. SCEN. IIII. LMelibattt. Ergaftm. CO this is well, Here's one difcouery made ; Here arc the heads of that didemperature, From whence thefe drange debanThments of ourNymphcs And vile deluding of our Shcphcards fprings : Here is a mondcr, that hath made his lufts As wide as is his will, and left his will Without all bonds.and cares not whom he wrongs, So that he may his owne defires fulfill, And being all foule himfcIfc,would make all ill. This is that Colax that from forraine lands, Hath brought home that infection that vndoes His countrey goodneffe.and impoyfons all. His being abroad would marre vs quire at home. Tis drange to fec,that by his going out, He hath out-gone that natiue honcfty, Which here the breeding of his countrey gaue. For here I doc remember him a child, Trie lonneof Nicogmut of the Hill, A man though low in fortune,yet in minde High fet, a man dill pradtifing Taduancc his forward fonne beyond thetraine Of our cArcadiau breed ,and ftill me thought I faw a di pofition in the youth, Bent to a lclfe conceited furlineffe, With an n(inuatii;gimpudei ce. Erg. r\ mar the fitter made tor Courts abroad Vv here I wculd God he had remained ftilJ, With

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA 339 To With thofe loofc-liuing wanton Sybarites, Where luxurie, had made her outmoft proofe. From whence I heare he comes,and hither bring? Their fiiames.to brand vs with the like reproach. And for this other viper which you faw, I doe remember how fhe came of late For fuccour to thefe parts, and fought to teach Our younger maides to drede,and trie our Flaxe, And vfe the Didaffe,and to make a hem, And fuch like skill being skill enough for them, But fince I fee fhe hath prefum'd to deale In points of other fcience, different farrc From that plaine Art of honed hufwifery, And as it feemes hath often madercpaire Vnto the neighbour Cities round about, From whom fhe hath thefc drange difguifes got Tabufe our Nymphcs,and as it feemes defires, To fiite their mind es,as light as their attires, But we (hall foone preuent this growing plague, Of pridc.and felly, new that fhe defcry The true fymptoma of this malady, And by this ouerture thus made we trud We (hertly fhal! difcouer all the red. ACT. II. SCER I. Siluta. (f lor is. O Chris, here haue thou and I full oft Sate and beene merry,in this fhady Groue. ' Here haue we fung full many aRundday, Told Riddles, and made Nofegayes,laught at loue, And other paffions, whild my wife was free, From that intollerable mifery, Whereto affection now inuaffels me. Now Clerk I (hall neuer more take ioy

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?4o THE QVEENES ARCADIA, To fee, or to b? feenc,with mortall eye, Now forrow imifl b5.aH my company. (lo. W by Stluta,^ hence fhould all this griefe afife ? 5j/. I am vnclcnc (leris,\ei that fuffice. Clo.TcW me fweet Siluia ,how comes that to pafie? 5//. O C/oris if thou be as" once I was Free, from that miicrable plague of loue, Keepe thee fo fiill, let my affliction warne Thy youth,that neuer man haue power to moue Thy heart to liking, for bdecuc me this, They a>e the mod vnfaithfisll impious race Of creatures on the earth ; neucr belecuc Their protedations.nor their vowes, nor teares. All is deceit, hone mcanes the thing he fwcarcs, - Trud a mans faith ? nay rather will I goe And giue my felfea prey to fauage beads, For all they (eeke.and all they labour for, Is but t'vndoe vs,and when that is done, They goc and triumph on the fpoile thc'hauc won, Trull mcn,or take compafficn when they gricue, O Cloris to cherifh and relieue The frozen Snake, which with our heat once warrad, Will ding vs to the heart in recompence, And O no maruell tho the Satyre fliund, To hue with man, whenheperceiu'd he could, With one and the fame breath blow heat and cold. Who would haue euer rhought PaUmons othes Would haue prou'd falfe ? who would hauc iudgd the face 7hat piomis'd fo mudi faith, and honedy ? Had becne the vifor but of treachery ? Clo. Is't poffible Palamon fhould b'vntrue ? Stl. 71spotlible,T<f/<f«»««isvntmc. Clo. If it be fo.deare Stlwa, 1 1 hinkc then TTiat thou faid truth, there is no truft in awn* For I proteft I neuer few a face That promis'd better of a hear t then his, And

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 341 And if he fade, whofefaith then conftant is ? SH. O Claris if thou didft but know how long, And with what earned fuite, he fought my loue, What vowes he vs'd,what othes.what tearcs among. What fhewes he made, his condancy to prooue, You would admire : and then againc to fee How I although I lou'd him with ray heart Stood out, and would by no meanes vrged be, To fhew the lead affection of my part. For I had heard that, whichfO now too wdlj I finde.that men were cunning.ario. would not Regatd the thing that eafily was got. Clo. Siluia, indeed and I haue heard fo too. Sd.And therefore I would try him.and not recuse His vowes.nor proteftations to efteeme, At length one day,here in this fdfe-fame place, ('Which I (halleuer,and good caufe I haue To thinke on whilft I liue) walking with me* After he had vrged me moll earnettly : O Sduia, faid he, fince nor oath,nOr vow, Nor teares,nor prayers, haue the powers to moue, Not all that I can doe,can make thee know How true a heart, I offer to thy loue ; I mud try (brae way el fc to (hew the fame, And make thy vndifcerning wilfull youth Know,though too late, (perhaps vnto thy fhame^ Thy wayward error, and my conftant truth : When thou maift figh,and fay in gtiefe of minde, Palamon lou'd, and Siluia was vnkinde. With that wringing my hand, he turnes away, And though his tearcs would hardly let him looke, Yet fuch a looke did through his tcares make way, Hs (hew'd how fad a farewell there he tooke. And vp towards yonder craggy rocke he goes, His armes incrofs'd, his head downe on one fide, With fuch a raoumfuH pace,as fhewd his woes L 1 Way'd

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34> THE QVEENES ARCADIA. Way'd hcauier then his pafiions could abide : Faine would I hauc recald him backe ; but fhame, And modefiie could not bring forth his name : And fainc would I haucfollowed.yet me thought It did not fit the honour of a maide To follow one, yet dill I fent from me, T'attend his going, feare, and a carefull eye. A t length v v hen he was gotten to the top, I might perceiue how with infolded armes. And lookes vpbent to heauen, he dands and turnes Hi<. wofull face vnto the other fide, Whereas thac hideous fearefull downfall is ; And feem'd as if he would hauethrowne him off : And as I thought, was now vpon the point : When my affrighted powers could hold no more, But pitty breaking all thofc bands of fhame, That held me back; 1 fhrikd,and ran God knowes, With all the fpecde my feeble feete could make, And clammcring vp at length (with much adoc) Brcathlcffc I got and tookc him by the hand,. And glad I had his hand,and was not come Too late to hauc it, and I puld h.m backe : Bur could not fpeake one word,no more did he, Senfc feem'd te fade in him, and breath ia me. And one before I went, and led him on, And downe conducted him into thisplaine, And yonder loe, vndcr that fatall tree, Lookc Clo? tt there ,euen in that very place, Wc fate vs downe.rny arme about his uccke, Which hue thou know'ft held neuer man before: There ondy did my tcares conferre vvi.h hi>, Words wc had noiw,it was mough to thinke, F- >r pdion was too bufie now within, And had qo time to come abroad in fpcech. And though I would haue fpoken,yct me thought I fhould not, but rty filencc told him this, Thar

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 343 That told too much, that all I was was his. Qo. Well Silwa, I haue heard fo fad a tale, As that I grieuc to be a woman borne, And that by nature we muft be expos'd Vnto the mercy of vncondant men. But what faid then Palamon in the ende ? Stl. Oh what he faid, and what deepe vowcs he made?' When ioy and griefe, had let his fenles loofe. Witnfle O gentle tree vnder whof (hade, We fate the while ; witnefle if euer maide Had more aflurances by oaihesof man. And well may you bearc witnefie of this deede, For in a thoufand of your barkes he hath Incaru'd my name,and vnder wrote his vowes, Which will remainc fo Jong as you beare bo wes But Claris Icarne this leffon well of mee; Take heed of pitty, pitty was the caufe Of my confufion, pitty hath vndone Thoufands of gentle natures, in our fexe, For pitty is Iworne (eruant vnto loue, And this be lure , where cuer it begin To make the way, it lets your maifter in. Clo. But what a durance haue you of his fraud ? It may be you fufpect him without caufc, Sil. Ah Cloris, Claris, would I had no caufe, He who beheld him wrong me in thefe woods, And heard him courting Nifa, and proteft As deepe to her, as he had done to me, Told me of all his wicked treachery, Clo. Pray who was that ? tell me good Siluia%tc\l Sit. Why it was Colax, one I know full well Would not report vntruths to gaine the world, A man of vertae, and of worthy parts, He told me all, and more then I will fhew I would I knew not halfe of that I know, Ah had be none but Nifa that bafe trull, LI 2 The

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 344 The fcorne and ieft of all Arcadia now To feme his luffs, and fallifie his vow ? Ah had it yet becne any elfc, the touch Of my difgrace, had neuer becne fo much But to left for fuch a one as (he, The dale of all, what will folke thinke of me ? Cloris in troth , it makes me fo much loath My felfc, loath thefc woods,and euen hate the day, As I mud hide my griefes out of the way ; I will begone, Clorit, I leaue thee here, I cannot day, and prethec, Cloris, yet Pitty thy poore companion Silutat care, And let her fortune make thee to beware. Clo. Siluia aduc, the Gods relieue thy woes, Since men thus faile, and loue no pitty fnowes, SCENJ II. Clorit. Techne. LOue? nay,Tme taught for louing whilft I liue, Siluia,t.hy counfell hath lockt vp my heart So faft from loue, as let from (igh.and grieue, And pine, and waile who will, I for my part Will pitty none of all this race of men. I fee what fhowes foeuer they pretend, Their loue is ncuer deadly, none of thefe That languidi thus haue didc of this dileafc That cuer I could heare, I Ice all do Recouer foone.that happen thereinto. And if they did not, there were no great hurt, They may indure,they are of dronger power, Better their hearts diould ake,thenthcy breakouts. Well had I not bcenc thus forewarnd to day, Out

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 345 Out Outof all quedion, I hadfhortly faine, Into the melting humour of companion too ; That tender pitty that betrayes vs thus. For fomcthing I began to fecle, mc thought, To moue within me, when as I beheld Amyntas walke, fo fadly, and fo pale, And euer w ere I went, dill in my way, His lookes bent all to me, his cate of mee. Which well I faw, but would not feeme to fee. But now he hath his arrent, let him goe, Pitty diall ncuer cure that heart of his T'vndoc mine owne, the gricfc is bed where tis. Tec. What (laris all alone, now fie for fliamc, How ill doth this become fo fairc a face, And that f red) youth to be without your loue ? Clo. Louc Techne } I haue here as many loues As I intend to haue whilft I haue breath. Tec. Nay that you haue not.ncuer hault with roc, For I know two at lead: poffeffors be Of your kinde fauours as themfclues doe boaft. Clo. Boft of my fauours, no man rightly can. And othcrwife, let them doe what they can. Tec. No Cloris did not you the other night A gallant Nofegay to Autyntat giue? Clo. I neucr gaue him Nofegay in my fife. Tec. Then truft me Cloris fie doth wrong you much For he produe'd it there in open fight, And vaunted to Carinut, that you firft, Did kifle the fame, then gaue it vato him, And tolde too how farre gone you were in loue What paffion you would vfe, when he was by, How you would ieft with him*and wantonly Caft watet in his face, call his doggc yours, And (hew him your affections by your eye. And then Carinue on the other fide He vaunts tbat fince he bad redeemed you LI 3

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To 34-5 THE QVEENES ARCADIA Out of the Satyres hands, he could command Your loue and all,thatyou wcreoncly his. This and much more, I heard them proted Giuc out of you how truly you know bed. Clo. Tecbne, their idle talke, (hall not vexe me I know the ground I (land on, and how free My heart, and I, inioy our librtcy, And if Amy nt as, hath intetpreted My lookes according to his owneconccit, He hath midooke the tcxt.and he fhall findc Great difference,twixt his commend,& my minde. And for his Nofegay it fhall make rue take More care after how I fcatter flowers : Let him preferue it wdl, and let him make Much of his gaincs he gets no more of ours. But thus had I beene feru'd, bad I reueal'd The lead regard of common courtefie To fuch as thefe : but I doe thanke the gods I haue refcru'd mc, from that vanitie : For cuer I fufpecfed this to be The vaine of men, and this now fettles me. And for Carintu, let him vaunt what good He did for me, he can but haue againe My hearty thankes, the payment for his paine; And that he (halJ,and ought in woman hood. And as for loue, let him goelookc on her That fits,and grieues,andlanguifhes for him, Poore tAmaritis, who affects him deare, And fought his loue with many a wofull teare, And well defcrues a better man then he, Though he be rich Lupmut fonne, and ftands Much on his wealth, and his abilitie, She is witty, faire, and full of modeftie. And were (he of my mwde,fhe rather would Pull out her eyes, than that die would be recne, To offer vp fo deare a iacrificc

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THE OVEENES ARCADIA. 347 To his wilde youth, that fcornes her in that wife. Tec. Cloris in troth,I like thy iudgcment well, In not affecting of theft home-bred Swaines, That know not how to manage true delight. Can neither hide their loue,nor fhew it right. Who would be troubled with grofle ignorancc; That vndeidands not truely how to louc ? No Cloris, if thou didd but know,how well Thou art edeem'd, of one that knowes indeed How to obferue thy worth ,and his owne wayes How to giue true delight, how to proceed With fecrccy, and wit, in all aflayes, Perhaps you might thinke one day of the man, Clo. What is this creature then you praifc a man ? Tec . A man ? yes Cloris, what (hould hebe elfe ? Clo. Nought elfc, it is enough he be a man. Tec. Yea and fo rare a man as euer yet Arcadia bred, that may be proud die bred A perfbn of fo admirable parts, A man that knowes the world, hath ieene abrod, Brings thofe perfefStions that doe truly moue, A gallant fpirit, and vnde rdanding loue. O if you did but know how fweet it were, To come vnto the bed of of worthineffe, Of knowledge.of conceits, where drange delights' With drange difcourfes dill fhall entertaine Your pleafed thoughcs,with frefh varictie, Ah you would loath to haueyour youth confin'de, For euer more betweene the vnskilfull armes Of one of there rude vnconcciuing Swaines, Who would but feerae a trunke without a minde, As one that neuer faw but thefe poore plaines, Knowes but to keepe his fhecpe,and fct his fold Pipe on an Oaten Rcede,fome Rundelaycs, And daunce a Morricc on the holy dayes. And fo fhould you be alwayes fweetly fped LI 4 With

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA 348 With ignorance, and twofooles inabcd. But with this other gallant fpirit you fhould Be fure to ouerpaffe that tedioufnefle, And that (ociety which cloyes this life, With fuch a variable cheercfulaeffe, As you will blefie the time t'haue becne his wife. Clo. What hath this man you thus commend a name ? Tec. A name? why ycs,no man but hath a name e His name is Colax, and is one 1 fweare Doth honour cuen the ground whereon you tread, And oft, and many times God knowes, Hath he with tender padion, talkt of you ? And faid ; Well, there is one within thefe woods (Meaning by you) that yet of all the Nymphes Mine eyes hauc eucr feene vpon the earth, In all perfections doth cxceedcthcm all. For all the beauties in that glorious Court Of 7V/*v,where I liu'd, nor all the Starres Of Greece befide.could darkle in my heart, The fire of any hcatc bur onely fhee. Then would he day,and figh ; and then againc Ah what great pitty fuch a creature foould, Be tide vnto a clogge of ignorance, Whofe body doth deferuc to be imbracd, By the moft mighty Monarch vponearth. Ah that die knew her v vorth,and how vnfit That priuatc woods (hould hide that face,that wit-. Thus hath he often faid,and this I fay, ©blcrue him when you will, you (hall not fee From his hye fore-head to his fl nder foote, A man in alj parts, better made then he. Clo, Tecbne, me thinkes, the prailcs that you giue Shewcs your owne loue.and if he be that man You fay, 'twere good you kept him for your felfe. Tec. I mud not loue impoffibilities, (toris, he were a mod fit man for you. i (to. For

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 34o Clo. For me, alas Techne yon raoue too Jate. Tec. Why haue you pad your promile t'any yet ? Clo. Yes fure,my promifc is alroa<ly paft. Tec. And if it be, I trud you arc fo wife T Vnpaffe the fame againc for your ownc good. Clo. No that I may not when it is once pad. Tec. No Cloris, I prefume that wit of yours That is fo pierfiue,can conceiue how that Our promife mud not preiudice our good: And that it is noreafonthat the tongue, Tie the whole body to eternall wrong. Clo. The Tongue is but the A gent of the heart, And oncly as commiffioner allowd By reafon, and the will, for the. whole date, Which warrants all it fhall negotiate. Tec. But prithee tell me tow hat. rudicke Swaine You pafs'd your word to caft away your fclfe ? Clo. No I haue paft my word to faue my felfe Of treacherous men, and vow'd vnto my heart Vntill I fee more faith then yet I fee, None of them all fhall triumph ouer me. Tec. Nay then,and be no otherwife tis well, We (hall haue other time to taUce of this. But Cloris I haue fitted you in faith, I haue hercbrought,the mod conceipted tyre, The rareft dreffing euer Nymph put on, Worth ten of that you wearc,that now me thinkes Doth not become you, and befides tis dale. Clo. St Ie why? I haue not worneit fcarcea moneth. Tec. r\ inoncth, why you mud change them twife a day Hold hither C (oris, th\s was not well laid, Here is a fault, you haue not roixt it well To make it take,orelfeit is your hade To come abroad fo foone into the Ayre. But I muft teach you to amend thefe faults, And ere I (hall haue done with you, I thinke, 1

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Can 35o THE QVEENES ARCADIA. I (hall make fome of thefc inamored y outhes To hang thcmfelues, or clfe runne maddefor loue, But goe let's trie this dreding I hauebrought. SCEN. III. 'Palamon. Mirtitut. Mlrttllus did 'Dtrmda euer vow, Or make thee any promile to be thine i (JrVCir. Talamon no, die ncuer made mc vow , But I did cuer hope fhe would be mine. For that I had deliueredvp my youth. My heart, my "all, a tribute to her eyes, And had fecur'd her of my conftant truth, Vnder fo many fpecialties, As that although fhe did not grant againe, With any fhew the acquittance of my loue, Yet did fhee euer feeme to entertaine My affcclions, and my feruices t'approoue. Till now of late I know not by what mcanc. (Ill fare that meane) fhe grew to that difpight, As fhe not onely clowds her fauours df ane, But alfo fcorn'd to hauc me in her fight. That now lam not for her loue thus mou'd, But oncly that fhe will not be belou'd. Pal. If this be all th'occafion of thy griefe, Mirttllus, thou art then in better cafe Then I fuppos'ckand therefore cheerc thy heart, And good caufe too, being in the date thou arr, For if thou didd but heare the Hidory Of my didreffc, and what part I hauc fhar'd Of fad afdiclion.thou wilt then foone fee There is no mifery vnlcffecompar'd. For all Arcadia, all thefc hills.and plaines, Thefc holts, and woods and cuery Chridallfpring.

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA 351 Can tcdifie my tcarcs, and tell my dames, And with how cleanea heart, how dcere a faith TaUmon loued Siluia, and how long. And whenconfum'd with griefe.and dri'd with care, Euen at the point to facrificc my life Vnto her cruelty, then lo fhe yeclds, And was content for euer to be mine : And gaue nVaffurance v-nderneath her hand, Sign'd with a faithfull vow, as I conceiu'd, And witneffed with many a louely kiiTe, That I thought fure I had attain d my bliffe. And yet f aie me) I got not what I got, Stluia I haue, and yet I haue her not. Mir. How may that be,Palamon pray thee tell? Pal. O know Mirtitus that I rather could Runneto fbme hollow caue, and burdand die Indarkncs, and in horror, then vnfold Her fhamefull ftaine.and mine owne infamy. But yet it will abroad, her impudence Will be the trumpet of her owne difgrace, And fill the wide and open mouth of fame So full, as all the world fhall know the fame. Mir. Why what is Stluia falfe,©r is (he gene? Pal. Siluia is falfe and I am quire vndone. Mil. Ah out alas who euer would haue thought, That moded looke.fo innocent a face, So chaft a blufh,that fhame-faft countenance, Could euer hauc told how to wan tonife ? Ah what fhall we poore loucrs hope for now Who muft to win,confume,and hauing wonne With hard and much adoe muft be vndone ? J Pal. Ah but Mirtitm if thou didft know who Is now the man,her choice hath lighted on, How would'ft thou wonder,for that paffes all, That I abhoore tetdl,yet tell I (hall; •. For all that wouLd will (hortly know't too well ? J?

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Thou 35» THE QVEENES ARCADIA. It is bafe Thirfis that wild hire-braine youth Whomciier milk-maid in Arcadia skornes : Thyrfis is now the man with vvhome (he walke? Alone, in thickets, and in groues remote. Thyrfis is all in all,and none but he, With him die dallies v ider euery tree, Trud women? ah Mtrtttut, rather truft The Summer windes, th Oceans condancy, For all their fubdance is but Ieuity : Light arc their waning vailes, light their attires, Light are their heads, and lighter their defires : Let them lay on what couerture they will Vpon thcmfelues, of modedy and fhame, They cannot hide the woman with the fame, Tnift women? ah Mtrtitus rather trud The falfc dcuouring Crocodiles of Nile, For all they worke is but deceipt and guile : What hauc they but is fain'd? their hairc is fain'd, Their beauty fain'd, their dature fain*d,their pace, Their iedure, motion, and their grace is fain'd : And if that all be fain'd without.what then Shall we fupporecan be finccre within ? For if they doe but wecpe.or ling, or fraile, Smiles, tearcs, and tunes,arc ingins to beguile; And all they arc, and all they hauc of grace, Condds but in the out-fide of a face, O loue and beauty , how arc you ordain'd Like vnto fire, whofe flames farre off delight. But if youbeiaibrac'dconfume vs quire? Why cannot we make at a lower rate A purchafc of you,but that we muft giue The trcafure of our hearts, and yet not haue What w e haue bought fo dearely for all that ? O Siluia if thou needs wouldd hauc beene gone, Thou Jhould'd haue taken all away of thee ; And nothing left to haue remain d with rat

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 353 Thou fhould'd haue carried hence the portraiture VVhich thou had left behind within my heart, Set in the table-frame of memory, That puts me ftill in minde of what thou wert, Whilft thou wert honed.and thy thoughts were pure, So that I might not thus in cuery place. Where I diall fetmy carcfull footCjConfeiTe' With it of thee, and euermore be told, That here fate Siluia vnderneath this tree, And here (he walkt, and lean'd vpon mine arme, There gathered flowers, and brought them vnto me. Hereby the murmurs of this ruding fpring, She fwectly lay, and in my bofome flept : Here firft fhe fhewd me comforts when I pi...'..' : As if in euery place herfoote had ftept, If had left Stluia in a print behind. But yet, O thefe were Siluias images, Then whilft her heart held faire.and (he was chafte, Now is her face all fullied with her fadt, And why are not thofe former prints defae'd ? Why fhou'.d fhe hold, dill in the forme die was, Being now deform'd, and not the fame fhe was? O that I could MirtiHus locke her out Of my remembrance, that I might no more Haue Siluia here,vvhen fhe will not be here. Mir. But good 'Palamon, tell what proofes haft thots Of her difloyality, that makes thee (how Thefe heauy paffions, and to grieue fo much ? fal. Mirttllut, vioofety that are alas too plaine; For Colax one thou knowft can well obferue And iudge of loue, a man both ftaid*aud wife, A gentle heardfman, out of Ioue,and care He had of me, came and reported all : And how he faw them diuers times alone, Imbracing each the other in the woods. Befides fhehath of late with fullaine lookes, That

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 354 That fhew'd didiking.fhunn'd my company, Kept her a loofc,and now I thinke to day, Is gone to hide her quite out of the way. But Siluia though thou go and hide thy face, Thou candnot hide thy fhame,and thy difgrace, No fecret thicket .grouc, nor yet clofegrot, Cancouer fhame, and rhat immodeft blot. Ah didd thou lend thy hand in kind remorfc, To faue me from one death,to giuc ma worfe ? Had it not yet beenc better I had died, By the vnfpotted honed ..ruelty, Then now by thy difgriced infamy ? That fo I might haue carried to my graue, The image of chade Stluia in nay heart, And not haue had thefe notions,to ingraue A dained Sduta there, as now thou art ? Ah yes, it hath becne better fane J prooue, T'haueperifht for thy loue,then with thy louc. ■» Mir. Ah good PaUmon ceafe thefe fad complaints, And moderate thy paffions,th©u fhalt fee She may returne,and thefe reports be found But idle fictions on vncettaine ground. Pal. Mirtillu* I perceiue my tedious tale, Begins to be diftaftefull to thine eare, And therefore will I to fome defert vale, To fome dofe groue to waile, where aone fhall heare But beads, and trees,whofe fenfe I fhall not tyre. With length of mone.for length is my defire. And therefore gende Sheephcard,How adieu, And rrud not women/or ihey are vntrue. Mir. t\ducPal*mon,z\zdt.hy faddiftreffe, Shall make mc weigh Dorindae lofle thelcfle : For if 1 fhould be hers,aBd (he prooue fo, Better to be mine owne and let her go. SCENA

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA, 35? SCEN. IV. Ergafttts. t^Melib&m. NO w Melibaus; who would haue fuppos'd That had notleene thefe impious paflages, That euer mondrous wretch could haue expos'd, To honed hearts to thefe extremity, T'attaine his wicked ends? by hauing wrought Fird in, their eafie confidence Away, by an opinion to be thought, Honed jdifereet, of great experience. Whereby we fee open-faft vilJanie Without a maske,nb mifchiefe could hauc done, It was the couerrure of honefiy, That laid the fnare.whereby they were vndone, And that's the ingine that confounds vs all, That makes the breach whereby the world is fackt, And made a prey to cunnirig,when we fall Into the hands ef wife difhonedy : When as our weake credulity is rackt By that opinion of fuffictency, To all theinconueniences that guile, And impious craft can pracitiie to beguile. And note but how thcle cankers alwayes leazc The choyleft fruits with their infections, - How they arc ftill ordained to difeafe, The natures of the belt completions. tMel .Tis true. And wh u an mftrument hath he there got, To be the Agent of his villany ? How <rucly lh; negotiatj.and doth plot, To vndermine fraile imbcciUiry. How ftrong,thefe fprrks combine them in a knot, To circumvent plaine open honeffy ? And what a creature there is no conuerfe With feeble maydes, whofe weaknes foone is led With

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35* THE QVEENES ARCADIA, With toycs,and new difguifes,to rcuerfc The courfc wherein by cuftome they were bred ; And when that fitnefle too her trade affoords, To traffi eke with the fectets of their heart, And cheapen their affections with faire words. Which women ftraight to women will impart* And then to fee how foone example will Difpetfe it felfe, being met with our defirc ? How foone, it will inkindle others ill, Like Neptha that takes fire by fight of fire ? So that vnlcfle wc runne with all the fpced We can, to quench this new arifing flame O vanity, and Iufl.it will proceed T'vndoc vs, ere we fhall perceiue the fame : How fartc already is the mifchicfe rurme, Before we fcarfc perceiu'd it waj begurmc ? ACT. III. SCEN. I. Alcon. Lmcus. WHat my friend Lincut? now in troth tell me, Lin. VVellmet good fals happily That we two thus incounier all alone, ' Who had not any conference fcarfc this moneth. Al. In troth I long'd to hcare how you proceed* In your new pra<ftifc,bere among there (waines, For you and I muft grace each others arte ; Though you know me, when I in Patrat dwelt, And waited on a poore Phifitions man, And I knew you a Pronotories boy. That wrote Indentures atthetowne-houle-doore. Yet are you hcre,now a great man of law, And I a graue Phifition fuU of skill, And here we two are held the only men. But how thriue you in your new prac3Ufc now ? elan.

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THE CVVEENES ARCADIA. 357 Lin. Alcon in troth not any thing to fpeake, For there poore people of Arcadia here, Are foone contented each man with his owne, As they defire no more, nor will be drawne To any conteftation, nor indeed Is there any frame compos'd, whereby Contention may proceed in pra&icke forme > For if they had this forme once to contend. Then would they brawlc and wrangle without end. For then might they be taught,and councell'd how 7b litigate perpetually you know ;^ And fb might I be fure to do© fome good : But hauing here no matter whereupon 7b furnifh reall a<5tions,as clfe where ; No tenurcsjbut acondumary hold Of what they haue from their progenitors Common, without indiuiduitie ; No purchafings, no contra<5ts,no comerfe, No politique commands, no feruices, No general! affemblies but to feaft, And to delight tbemfelues with frefh padimes, How can I hope that euer I fhall thriue ? Ale. Iftpoffiblethatafocietie Can with fo little noyle , and fweat fubfift ? L/K.It feemes it may before men haue transform'd Their ftate of nature in fo many fhapes Of thdr owne managements,and are caft out Into confufion, by their knowledges. And either I muft packe me hence, or elfe Muft labour wholly to diffolue the frame, And compofition, of their ftrange built ftate. Which now I feeke to doe, by drawing them 7b appr'hendof thefe proprieties ■ Of mine and thine and teach them to incroch And get them dates apart, and priuatc (hares. And this I haue already fet a worke M m If

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 358 If it will take, for I haue met with two The aptcft (pirits the countrey yeelds, I know, Momanta and Acrypfiu, who are both Old, and both diolericke,and both peruerfe, And both inclinable to Auarice And if their quarrcll hold, as tis begun I doe not doubt but all the reft will on. And if the vvorft fhould fall, if I could gaine The reputation but to arbitrate, And ("way their drifes, I would get well by that. Ale Tis maruell that their long and eafie peace Thatfoders plenty,and giues noughtto doe, Should not with them beget contention too, ,- As well as other where we ftc ir doth. Lin. This peace of theirs,is not like others peace Where craft laies traps t'inrich himfdft with wiles, And men make prey of mcn,and rife by fpodes. This rather feemes a quiet then a peace, For this poore corner of Arcadia here, This little angle of the world you fee, Which hath (hut out of doorc, all t'earth befide, And are bard vp with mountaincs.and with rocks ; Haue had no intcrtrading with the red, - -^^A Of men,nor yet will haue, but here alone, Qui, te out of fortunes way, and vndemcath Ambition, or defirc, that wcighes them-not, They hue as if dill in the golden age, When as the world was in this pupillage. But for mine o wire parr, Atcon I proteft I enuy them that they thus make themfclues, An cucrlafling holy day of red, Whiles others worke, and I doe thinke it fit Being in the world, they fhould be of the world, And if that othei flartes fhould doe fo too As God forbid, what fhould we Lawyers doe? But I hope fhortly yet ; wc (hall hauc here As

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 359 As many of vs as are other where : And we fhall fweat,and chafe, and talke as loud, BrawIeourfelucshoarfe,as well as they doe At Patras, Sparta, Corinth, or at Thebes, And be as arrogant and euen as proud, And then 'twill be a world, and not before. But how dod thou with thy profeffion frame? Ale. No man can wifh a better place then this To praiflife in my arte, for here they will Be ficke for company, they arc fo kinde, I hauc now twenty Pacients at this time, That know not what t hey aylc,no more doe I, And they haue Phy ficke all accordingly. Fird Phitis got running at Barley-breake A little cold, which I with certaine drugs I m mid red, was thought to retnedie, Doris faw that, how Phitis Phydcke wrought (For Phttis had told her, (he ncucr tooke So delicate a thing in all her life That more reuiu'd her heartland ciear'd her blood,) 'Doris would needs be ficke too, and take fome. Melina feeing that, fhe would the like, And fo fhe had the very fame receit, For fo faith troth I haue no more but that And one poore pill I vfe for greater cures. But this is onely fweet and delicate, Fit for young women , and is like th'hcarbelohn, Doth neither good nor hurt, but that's all one, For if they but conceiue it doth, it doth And it is that Phyfitions hold the chiefe In all their cures, conceit, and ftrong beltefe : Befides lama dranger come from farr Which doth adde much vnto opinion too. For who now but th* Arabian or the lew In forraine land s, arc held the onely men, Although their knowledge be no more then m'tfJC. Mm a Lif

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That 3cto THE QVEENES ARCADIA Lin. Tis true friend tAlconfe that hath once got, ThElixit of opinion hath got all, And h':s th'man diat turncs his braffe to gold. Then can I talke of Gallen, eAuerrois, Hypocratis, Rafis, and Autcon And bookc-I neuer read, and vfe drange fpeach Of Symptons, Cryfis, and the Critique dayes. I • Of Trochifcs,Opiats, ApbphiJegraatifme4;, Edegmats, Embrochs, Lixiues, Caraplafmes', With all the hideous tearmes Arte can deuife, T'amufe weake.and admiring ignorance. • Lin. And that is right my tricke, I oucTwhdmc Mypraclifctoo.with darknes, and ftrange words. With Paragraphs, Conditions, Codicille*, Acceptilations, actions, recifforie, Noxall, and Hypothccall, and intiolue Domedickc matter in a forraine phrafo. Ate. Then am lasabftrufeand mydicadL In Carcflecr, and giuing my recric, Obferuing th'odde number in my pills, And certaine houres to gather and compound My firoples.and make all r'attend the Moon*. Then doc I fhew the rarcingredient* I vfe for fome great cures, when need reqoiref, The liuer of a Wolfe, the Lyons gall, The left fide of a Moles, the Foxes heart, The right foote of a Torture, Dragons blood, And fuch ftrange fauage'fturfe, as cuen the names- Are phyficke of themfdues, to moue a man. And all the drugs I vfe,mud comeffom farre, Beyoung the Ocean, and the Simrte at lead, Or elfe it hath no vertue Phyficall, Thefc home-bred limplcs doc no good at all. Lm, No, no, it mud be forraine ftuffe, God wot, Or fomething elfe that is not to be opt. At. 3uc now in faith I haue found out a tricke,

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THE QYEENES ARCADIA. 36*1 That will perpetually fo fecde their rheumes, And entertaine their idle weakenefres, As nothing in the world could doc the like, for lately being at Corinth, 'twas my chance T'incountet with a Sea-man,new arriu'd Of who from India came, And brought a certaine hcarbe wrapt vp in rowles. From thTfland of Nicofia, where it growes : Infus'd I tbinke in fome peftifcrous iuice. fProduc'd in that contagious burning clime, Contrarious to our nature, and our fpirits) Or elfc ftcep'd in the fuming (ap, it felfe Doth yeeld, t'inforce th'infecting power thereof, And this in powder made, and fir'd,he fuckes Out of a little hollow inftrument Of calcinated clay, the fmoake thereof: Which dther he cenuayes out of his note, Or dewne into his ftomacke with a whitfe. And this he find a wondrous vertue had, To purge the head, and cure the great Catarre, And to dry vp all other meaner rhumes, Which when I faw, I ftraight way thought how Well This new fantafticall deuife would pleafe The foolifh people here growne humorous. And vp I tooke all this commoditie, And here haue taught them how to vfe the fame. Lin. And it is eafie to bring in the vfe Of any thing, though neuer fo abfiird, When nations are ptepar'd toallabufe, And th'humour of corruption once is ftird. Ale. Tis true,and now to fee with what a ftrange And gluttonous defire, th'exhauft the fame How infinite,andhow infatiably, They doe deuoure tbSntoxicatingfume, You would admire, as if their fpirits thereby Were taken Jind inchanted,or traasformd, Mm 3 By

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3^i THE QVEENES ARCADIA. By fomc infilled philterin the drug. For whereas heretofore they wonted were, At all their meetings.and their fcfiiualls, To pafl'e the time in telling'vvitty tales, In quedions, riddles,and in purpofes, Now doe they nothing elfe, but fit and fiicke, And fpit,and flauer,all the time they fit. That I goe by, and laugh vnto my felfc, And thinke that this wilone day make fbme worke For me or others, bnt I feare it will B'another age w ill finde the hurt of this . But fure the time's to come when they looke backe On this, will wonder with themfclues to thinke That men of fenfe could cuer be fo mad, To fuckc fo groffe a vapour,that confumes Their fpirits, fends nature,drics vp memorie, Corrupts the blood,and in a vanitie. Lin.But Alcon peace.hcre comes a patient,pcace, Al Ltnthus there doth indeed, therefore away, Leauc me alone, for I mud not rcfume My fure'y, graue, and Doctorall afpetSt This wench I know,tis Daphne who hath wrong'd' Her loue Menalcus, and plaid fad and loofe W ith Colax, who reueald the whole to me. 'rtl *■"* SCEN. II. 'Daphne. Alcon. ff~JOod Doctor sAtcon, I am come ro craue Your counfell to adiiife me for my health, For I fuppofe, introath, I am not well, Mc thinkes I fhould be ficke, yet cannot tell : Some thing there is amide that troubles me, For which I would take Phifickc willingly, Ale . Welcome, fairc Nymph, come let me try your puffe. lean-

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THE. QVEENES ARCADIA. 3*3 I cannot blame you t hold your felfe not well. Something amifle quoth you, here's all amilTc, Th'wholeFabrickeof your felfe didemprcd is, The SydoIe,and Dyaftole of your pulfe, Doe fhew your paflions mod hydericalf, It feemes yoo haue not very carefull becne, T'obferuc the prophilachck regiment Of your owne body,fo that we mud now Defecnd vnto the Thcraphenticall ; That fo we may preuent thefyndrbme Of Symtomes,and may afterwards apply- Some analepticall Elexixharmacum, That may be proper for your maladie : It feemes faire nimph you dream much in the night Dap. Doctor I doe indeed, Ate. I know you doe, Y'are troubled much with thought. Dap. I am indeed, Ale. I know you are. You hauc great hcauinefle about your heart. Dap. Now truly fo I haue.Alc.l know you haue. You wake oft in the night. Dap. In troath I doe.. tAle. All this I know you doe. And this vnleffe by phyficke you preuent, Thinke whereto it may bring you in the end. And therefore you muft firft euacuate All thofe Colaxicall hote humour which Didurbe your heart, and then refrigerate Your blood by fome Menalcbian Cordials, Which you muft take,&you fhal ftraight find eafc, And in the morning I will vifit you. 'Dap. I pray Sir,lct me take of that you gaue, To Phitis th'other day,for that fhe faid, Did comfort wonderfully, and cheere her heart. Ale. Faire nimph,you muft.if you wil vfe my art, Let me alone,to giuc what I thinke good, I knew what fitted 'Phitis maladie, And fe, I thinke, I know what will fit yeu. Exit. Mm 4 Daphne

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Didd 3^ THE QVEENES ARCADIA. Daphne fola. O what a wondrous skill man is this ? Why he knowes all?0 God,who eucr thought Any man liuing, could haue told fo right A womans griefe in all points as he hath > Why this is drange that by my very pulfe, He mould know all I ayle, as well as I. Bcfide I feare he fees too much in mee, More then I would that any man diould fee. Mc thought(although I could not well concriue His words, he fpake fo learned and fo drange^ He faid I had mifruld my body much, As if he meant that in fome wanton fort, I had abus'd my body with fome man: O how fhould he know that ? what is my pulfe Become the intelligencer of my fhame ? Or arc my lookes the index of my heart ? Sure fo he faid,and me thought too, he nam'd t^lenaleas, or elfc fomething very like, And likewife nam'd that cunning treacherous wretch That hath vndone me, Colax, that vile Diuell, Who is indeed the caufe of all my griefe, For which I now fcekc Phyficke, butO whae Can Phyfickc doc to cure that hideous wound My lufts hauc giuen my Cotlfcience ? which I fee Is that which onely is difeas'd within And not my body now, that's it doth lb Difquiet all the lodging of my 'pints, As kecpes me waking, that is icprefents Thofc oncly formes of terror that affright My hroken deepes, that layes vpon my heart This heauy Ioade that weighes it downc with griefe ; And nodifeafe befide, for which there is No cure 1 fee at all, nor no redreffe.

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 365 I Didd thou alleadge vile man to my weake youth, How that thofe vowes I made vnto my loue Were bands of cudome,and could not lay on Thofe manicles on nature, which fhould keepe Her freedome prifoner by our dome of breath? O impious wretch now nature giues the lye To thy foule heart and tels my grieued foule, I haue done wrong, to falfific that vow I fird to my dearc loue Menalcas made. And fayes th'afiurance and the faith is giuen By band on earth,the fame is feal'd in Heauen, And therefore now Menalcas can thefc eyes That now abhorre to lookc vpon my felfe, Dare eucr view that wronged face of thine, Who haft rclide on this falfe heart of mine ? SCEN.IIL Colax. Techne. 1ft peffibl f weete Techne, what you fay, That CI'™ " f° witty, and focoy ? Tee. Tis as I tell you Co/ax Jh'is as coy And hath as fhrewd a fpirit,as quicke conceipt As euer wench I brok'd in all my life. Col. Then there's fome glory in attaining her, Here now I fhall be fure t'haue fomethingyet Befides dull beauty, I fhall lay with wit. For thefe faire creatures, haue fuch feeble fpirits, And are fo hHguifhtng,as giue no edge Tbappetire,and loue,but duffes pelight. Tee. Well if you get hcr,thcn you (hall be fure To hauc your wi(h;and yet perhaps that dore, You find in her, may checke your longing more Then all their wants, whom you haue tride before. Col. How ? if I get her ,w hat doe you 1 a ppofe,

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$66 THE QVEENES ARCADIA. I fhall not get her,that were very drange. Tec . Yes fir, (he may be gor,but yet I know Sh'will put you to the triad of your wit. Col. Let me aIone,could I find feafon fit To talkc with her in priuate, die were mine. Tec . That feafon may you now haue very well. For Colax,0r.e hath promis'd faithfully This euening late to mcete me at the caue Of Erycma vnderneaih the hill, Where I mud fit her with anew attyre Where with dvs rarrc in loue, and th'other day Thinking to try it at her fathers houfe, Whether I went with her to dealcfor you) The old Acryfius was himfelfe at home. Which did inforcc vj todeferreour workc Vntill this euening, that wc might alone T here out of fight.more clofely do the fame : Where while fhe dayesffor I will make her day For me a whilej you at your plcafure may Haue th'opportunity which you deiirc. Col. O Techne thou had bled me,if I now On this aduantage conquer not her mind* Let me be loathed of all woman-kind. And prefently will I go fute my felfe As brauely as I can,go fet my lookes Arme my difcourfc,frame fpeaches paffiorutc And aclion both, fit for fo great a worke, Tecbne athoufand thankes audio adieu. Ex. TV*. Well Colax, fhe may yet deceiue thy hopes, And I perfwade my felfe (he is as like* As any fubtile wench was cuery borne* To giue as wife a man as you the skorne : But fee where one whole faith hath better right Vnto her loue then you,comes here forlornc Like fortunes out-caft,full of heauines. Ah poore Amjntai,viQu\d thou knewft how much Thou

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. \6j art cdeem'd .although not where thou wouldft, Yet where thou fhould haue loue in that degree, As neuer liuing man had like to thee. Ah fee how I, who fets for others loue, Am tooke my fclfe,and intricated here With onc,that hath his heart another where ? But I will labour to diuert the dreamc Of his affe£tions,and to turne his thoughts From that coy (loris, to the liberty Of his owne heart, with hope to make him mine. SCEN. IIII. Tecbne. Amyntat. *"KI^W °* ■AmJHtM> wny fhould you thus grieue JJN For a moft foolifh way-ward girle,that feornes Your honed loue.and laughes at all you doe j. For fhame Amyntas let her go as (h'is. You fee her vaine,and how peruerfly fet, Tis fond to follow what we cannot get. Am. O Techne, Teehne, though I neuer get, Yet will I euer follow whilft I breath, And if I pcrifh by the way, yet (hall My death be pleafing that for her I die. And one day (he may hap to come that way, (And be it,0 her way,) where I fhall lye, And with her proud difdaincfull foote fhe may Tread on my tombe,and fay,loe where he lies, Thetryumph,andthe conqueftof mine eyes. And though I loofe my felfe, and loofe my tearcs, It fhall be glory yet that I was hers. What haue I done of late, fhould make her thus My prefence with that drange difdaine to flye, As if fhe did abhotre my company ? (loris God knowcSjthou haft no caufe therefore, Valeffe

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3*^ THE QVEENES ARCADIA. •/nleffe it be for louing morc,and more. Why thou wctivvont to lend me yet an eare, And though thou wouldft not hclpcyet wouldft thou heare Tec. Perhaps die thinkes thy heat will be allayd, The fire being gonc,and therefore doth (he well Not to be fecne there where fhe will not aide. Am. Alas fhe knowes no hand but her can quench That heat in me, and therefore doth fhe wrong To fire my heart,and then to runne away, And if (he would not aide, yet might Are eafe My carefull foule, if fhe would but ftand by And only looke vpon me while I die. Tec. Well well Amyntas Jitde doeft thou know With whom that cunning wanton forts her felfe. Whil'ft thus thou moum'ft,and with that fecrets wiles She workes, to meet her louer in the woods, With whom in groues,and caues fhe dailying fits. And mockes thy paffions and thy doleful! fits, Am. No Techno, ho I know that cannot be, And therefore do not wrong her modefty, For Cloris loues no man, and that's fomc cafe Vnto my gnefe.and giues a hope that yet If cuer fbft affection touch her heart, She will Iooke backeand thinke on my defttu Tee . If that be all.that hope is at an end, For if thou wilt this eucning but attend And walke downe vadcr Erycmas groue, And place thy ftlfe in fome dofe fecret bufh, Right oppofitc vnto the hollow caue That lookes into the vally,thou (halt fee That honedy,and that great modedy. Am. If I fee Claris there, I know I fhall See nothing clfe with her, but modefty. Tec. Yes fomet hing els will gricuc your heart to fee : But yeu mud be content.and thiokc your lelfc Are not the fird that thus haue bin deceiu'd, With

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. m With faire appearing out-fides,and midooke A wanton heart,by a chad feeming looke. But I coniure you by the loue you beare - Vnro thofe eyes which make yotifjss you ate Th'example of compaffion to the world) Sit clofc and be not ftene in any cafe. Am. Well Techve, if I fhall fee Chris there It is enough, then thither V( ill I goe, Who will go and any where to" looke on her. -And Claris know J do not go tofte, Any thing elfe of thee,but only thee. Tee. Well go and thinke yet of her honeft care, VVho giues the note of fuch a- fhamefull deed , And iudge Amyntas when thou fhalt be free, VVho more deferucs thy louc/>r I or fhe. SCEN. V Meltbatu. Ergaftut. NOw what infernal! proic<5fs arc here laid, T'afflifSt an honed heart, t'expofea maide, Ynto the danger of alone affault, To make her to offend without her fault. Er. And fee wh at other new appearing fpirits Would raifc the tempeds of didurbances Vpon our red, and la hour to bring in All the whoIeOccan of vnqmctnefTe, Toouetwhclme the poore peace we liue in ■? How one would faine indrurft.and teach vs how To cut our throates with forme, and to contend With artificiall knowledge, to vndoo Each other,and to brabble without end. As if thac nature had not tooke more care Pot vs, then we for oar owne felucs can take, And makes vs better lawes then thofe we make . And as if all that Iciencc ought could giue Vato

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37<> THE QVEENES ARCADIA: Vnto our blifie.but ooely fhewes vs how The better to contend,but not to liuc. And eucrmore we fee how vice doth grow With knowledge, and brings forth a more increafe, When skilfull,men bcgin.how good men ceafc. And therefore how much better do wc liue, With quiet ignorance, then we (hould do With turbulent and cuer working skill, Which makes vs not to liue,but labour dill. Mel. And fee that other vainc fanradicke fpirit, Who would corrupt our bodies too likewife, As this our mindes,and make our health to be. As troublefomc as fickiiede, to deuife, / That no part of vs euer fhould be free; Both forraging our credulity, Take dill thaduantagc of our weakenefles ; Both cloath their friuolous vncertainties In drange attires.to make it lecme the leffe. ACTVS. IV. SCENA. I. Techne. tAmyntat. AMyutat mud come backe I know this way, And here it will be bed for me to day, And herc,indccd he comes, poorc man I fee All quite difmaydiand now ile workc on him. Come ,w ho tcls troth Amyu/at,\\ho deceiues Your expectation now, Cloris, or I ? Am. Peace Techne peace.and do not interrupt The griefc that hath no leafure to attend Ought but it fdfe.and hath fhut vp with it All other fenfe in priuate dofc within, From doing any thing,but ondy thinkc. (enough Tec. Tlunkc?whcreon fhould you think? y'haue thought And too too much,on (itch a one as (he, Whera

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THE CLVEENES ARCADIA. 371. Whom now you fee y'haue tride her honefty : And let her goe proud girle accordingly, There's none of thefe young wanton things that know How t'vfe a man,er how to make their choyfe, Or anfwere mens affections as they ought. And if y'will thinke.thinke (h'is not worth a thought. * Am. Good T«--W,leaueme for thy fpeech and fight Beare both that difproportion to my griefe, As that they trouble,troubIc, and confound Confufion in my forrowes, which doth loath That found of words,that anfweres not the tone Of my difprayers in th'aCcents of likemone. And now hath forrow noworfe plague I fee, Then free and vnpartaking company, Who are not in the fafh ion of our woes, And whofe affection do not looke likewife Of that completion a s^our miferies ? And therefore pray thee leaue me,or elfe leaue To fpeake,or if thou fpeake let it not be To me.or elfe let me,not anfwerc thee . Tec. Well I fay nothing, you know what y'haae fecne, Am. Tis tme, I do confefle that I hauc feene The word the worldtfahfhew me, and the worft - That can be eucr fcene with mortall eye. I haue beheld the whole of all wherein My heart had any intereft in this life ; To be difrent and tome from of my hope?, That nothing now is leaft,why I diould line : Thatodage I had giuen the world, which was The hope of her,that held me to hold truce With it.and with this life is gone.and now Well may I brcake with thcm.and brcake I will And rend that pa6t of nature,and difleluc That league of blood that ties me to my felfe* For Cloris now hath thy immodedy Inftanchi2(d me.and made me free to dye: Which

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37* THE QVEENErS ARCADIA- Which otherwife I could not led it might Haae becne fome ftayne mi* ibmc difgrace to thee Ah was it not enough for this poore heart T'indure the burden of her proud difdaine J That weigh'd it to the earth but it mud Be crtidit thus with th'opprcffion of herdainc? The firfi wound yet though it were huge and wide," w^ Yet was it cleanely made, it ftdred not, But this now giuenycemes by a poyfoned (hot, Againd all lawes of honor that are pure, And rankles deadly is without all cure. Ah how fheblufhtwhcnas fheiffued forth With her inamor'd mate out of the caue ? And well then might fhe blufh at fuch a deed, And with how wild a looke fhe cads about Her fearefull eyes? as if her loathfbme finne Now-comming thus into the open fight, With terror did her guiltineffe affright ; And vp fhe tread es the hill with fuch a pace, As if fhe gladly would baue out gone fhame, Whidi yet for all her hading after came. And at their. coaling fortb.mc thought I heard The villaine vfe my aaroc,and fhereturoe The feme againe in very earned fort, Which could be for no good I know to me, But onely that perhaps it pleas'd her then To call me vp by this way ofher month From of her heart,kft it might duffc the fame. But Cloris know thou fhalt not need to fcare. I ncucr more fhall interrupt thy ioyes With my cqmplaints, nor more obfcruc thy waies , And O I woilld thy heart ceuld be as free Fiom finnc and diamc,as thou fhalt be from me. I couldfand I hauc rcafon fo to do) Rcucng* my wrong vpon that widted wretch, Who hath furpriz'd my louc,and robb <4,thy Qftarae^ And

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 373 But And make his blood th'oblationof my wrath Eucn at thy fcete, that thou might'lt fee the fame To expiate,for this vniudice done, But that thefact examin'd would difplay Thy infamy abroad vnto the world, Which I had rather die then once bewray. AndTechve pray-thee,tell her thus from me, But y ct,ah tell it foftly in her eare, And be thou fure no liuing creature heare. That her immodedy hath loft this day; Two the moft honeft guardians of her good She had in life,her honour,and my blood. Tec. Now I may fpeake I ttuft you fpeake to me. Am. No not yet Trf»W,pray-thee ftay a while, And tell her too,though (he (pares not her fhame, My death fhall fhew, that I refpect her fame* Tec. Then now I may. Am. O Techne no not yet. And bid hernot forget Amyntas faith, Though fhedefpifed him,and one day yet She may be toucht with griefe,and that ere long, To thinke on her difhonour,and his wrong, Now Tecbne I haue done,and fo farewell. Tec. But day Amyntas,vovj muft I begin. Am. I cannot day Techne fiet goe your hold, It is in vaine I fay, I mud be gone. Tec. Now deare Amyntas,heare me but one word. Ah' he is gone,and in that fury goiie, As fure he will in this extremity Of his difpairc.do violence to himfelfe .• And therefore now what hclpe fhall I deuifc To ftay his mine? fure there is no meanes But to call Cloris, and perfwade with her To follow him,and to preuent his death ; For though this practifc was for mine owne good Yet my deccipts vfe not to ftretch to blood. N n

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374 THE QVEENES ARCADIA. But now I know not where I fhould findc out That cruell maydc,but I mud cad about. S C E N. II. tAiuaritiis. Dorinda. T\Ormda, you arc yet in happy cafe, You arc belou'd, you need not to complaine; •Tis I haue rcafbn onely to bewailc My fortuneSjwho am cad vpon difdaine, >nd on his rockcy heart that wrackes my youth With dormcs of forrewes,and contemnesmy truth, 'Tis I that am (hut out from all delight This world can yeeld a mayd,that am remou'd From th'onely ioy oa earth,to be belou'd r Cruell (harinut sknorncs this faith of mine, A nd lets poore Amaritis grieue and pine. Do. Tis true indeed you fay , I am belou'd, Sweeto Amarttis,and perhaps much more Thcnl would bc:plcnty doth make mc poore, For now my hcart,as if deuidcd dands Betwixt two paflions,loue,and pitty both, That draw it either way with that maine force* At% that 1 know not which to yeeld vnto: And then fcare in the midd'd, holds m'in fiifpence, Led I lofc both by mine improuidence. Ama.Hov) may that be Dortnddiyou know this, You can enioy but one,and one there is Ought to poflcfle your hcart,and loue a lone, Who hunts two Hares at one timc,catches none Do. I mud tell you dcare friend the Whole difcourfe From whom I cannot any thing conceale, knowes, and euery Shepheard knowes How much Mirtttus hath deferu'd of mc, A u<i how long time his woeful! lute hath laine, depending

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 375 Depending on the mercie of mine eyes, For whom I doe corifcfle.pitty hath beene Th'Atturny eisermore that dands and pleades Before my heart.thc iuftice of his caufe, And fates he ought haue louc.by louesowne lawes. But now the maider fou'raigne Lord of hearts. That great commander,and chat tyrant loue, Who muft haue all according to his will, Whom pitty onely yftrers goes before, As lightning doth the thunder,he fayes no, And will that Colax onely haue my heart, That gallant heardfman fall of skill and arte * And all experience of loues myftcries, To whom I muft confefte me to haue giuen The earned of my loue; but fince that time I aeuer (aw the man,y vhich makes me much To wonder that his dealing fhould be fuch : For either loue,hath (in refpect that I Delpifed baue the true and koneft faith, Of one that lou'd me with fincerity,) Made me the fpoyle of falftiood and contempt, Or elfe perhaps the fame is done to trye My refolution,and my conftancy. But yet I feare the worft,and feare I may, Left he now hauing got the victory, Cares for no more .• and# feeing he knowes my loue Turnes towards him,he turnes his backc to mc. So that I know not what were beft refolue, Either to ftand vnto the doubtfull faith Of one that hath fo dangeroufly begun, Or die returne t' accept Mtrtttm loue, Who will perhaps when mine begins, haue done : So that inwtapt in this diffracted toyle I vexe,and know not what to do the while. And therefore eAmarillis I thinke fure Nn a Se'ing

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Asd 3?6* THE QVEENES ARCADIA. Se'ing now how others loue in me hath prou'd) You are mod happy not to be belou'd. SCEN. III. Claris. AmariUis. Dorinda, NOw here betweene you two,kind louing foules, I know there can be no talke but of loue, Loue mud be all the fcope of your difcourfe, Alas poore hearts,I wonder how you can In this decciptfull world thinke of a man. For they doe nothing but make fooles of you, And laugh when they hauc donc,and prooue vntrue. Am. Well Cloris wdl,reioy ce that you are free You may be toucht one day as well k We. Clo. Indeed and I had like to this laft night, Had I not lookt with fuch an angry eye, And frown'd fo fowre.that I made louc afeard, There was a fellow needes forfooth would haue My heart from me whether I would or nor, ' And had as great aduantagc one could haue, I tell you that he had mc in a Caue, Do. What in a Caue? Cloris how came you there? Clo. Trucly Dermda I will tell you how : By no arte magiquc,but a plaine dc^iifc Of Tec bne, who would trie her wit on me, For fhe had promis'd me,to mcete me there At fuch an houre,and thither bring with her A new drangc drefiing fhe had made for me, Which there clofe one of light, I fhould trie on : Thither went I poorefoole,at th*houre decreed. And there expecting Technes company, In rufhes fleering Colax after me. Whom fure die lent of purpofe totlreplace, And there with his affected apidi grace

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THE QVEENES ARCADIA. 377 And drained fpeach,offring to feaze on mc, Outrufht I from him,as indeed amaz'd At his fo fodaine and vnexpccted fight. And after followes he,vowes,fweares,protefts By all the gods,he neuer lou'd before Any one liuing in the world but me, And for me oncly, would he fpend his life. "Do. Alas,and what am I forgotten then f Why thefe were euen the words he fpake to me. Clo. And then inueighes againd Amyntat loue, Vantes his owne parts,and his great knowledges, And all fo idle,as, in troth me thought I neucr heard a man ('more vaincly talke, For fo much as I heard ,for vp the hill I went with fuch a pace and neuer ftayd To giuc regard to any thing he fayd .• As at the laft I fcarfe had left him breath Sufficient to forfweare himfclfe withall. Do. Ah what hath then my filly ignorance done To bcdec«u'd,and mockt by fuch a one ? Clo. And when I had recouercd vp the hill, I fairely ran away and left my man In midd'ft of his coniuring periuries ; All empty to returne with mighty loffc Of breath and labour .hauing caft away Much foolifh paines in tricking vp himfdfe For this exploit,and goes without his game, Which he in hope deuour'd before he came, I, I, too,mift my dreffingby this meanes. But I admire bow any woman can ? Be fo vnwife to like of fuch a man, For I proteft I fee nought elfe butfroth, And (hallow impudence,affc6wd grace, And fome few idle praclti& complement : And all the thing he is without be is, For affection ftriues but to appcarc, Nn|

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3?8 THE QVEENES ARCADIA. And neuer is of Subdance,or Sincere. And yet this dare of faldiood hath beguild A thoufand foohfh wenches in his dayes. Do. The more wretch he, and more hard hap was theirs. Clo. Why do y nu figh Dormdt are you toucht With any of thefc palfages of mine ? Do. No truly not of yours,but I haue caufe In my particular that makes me figh. Clo. Well well come one to put vs from this talke, Let vs deuife fome fport to pafle the time. Am. Faith I haue no great lid to any fport. Do. Nor I in troth 'tis fartheft from my minde. (lo. Then let vs tell old talcs, repeatc our dreames, Or any thing rather thenthinke of louc. Am. And now you fpeake of dreames,in troth lad rright I was much troubled with a fearcfull dreamc. Do. And truely Amarttis fo was I. Clo. And no w I do remember too,I had A foohfh idle dreame,and this it was : Me thought the faired of Montanut lambs, And one he lou'd the bed of all his docke, V Vas fingled out,and chae'd b'a cruel! curre, And in his hot purfuit makes towards me, (Me thought) for fuccour.and about me ran As if it beg'd my aydc to hauc his life, Which I long time deferr'd.and ftill Jookt on, And would not refcue it, vntill at length I law it euen quite wourricd out of breath, And panting at my feetc and could no more ; then me theught.I tookc it vp from death, -^nd cherifht it with me,and brought it backe Home to Mont anus ,who was glad to fee The poore recouer'dcreaturethus redor'd ; And 1 my felfc was greatly pleasd.mc thought, That by my hand fo good a deed was wrought, And Amarittt now tell ts your drcame ? Am*

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Nicholas Okes ; Simon Waterson

England

2 parts (4°)

English

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1623

The Whole Workes of Samuel Daniel Esquire in Poetrie

London

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379 A THE QVEENES ARCADIA. Am. Mc thought as I in Fremathm walkt A fearefull woolfc rufht forth from out a brake. And towards me makes with open hideous aiwes. From whom I ranne with all the fpeed I could, T'efcape my danger.and t'ouertake One whom I faw before,tbat might lend ayde Teme didredjbut he me thought did runne As fad from me.as I did from the bead I cride to him (but all in vaine) to day ; The more I cride.the more he ranne away ; And after I,and after me the woclfe, So long.as I began to faint in mindc, Seeing my defpaire beforejmy death behind : Yet ranne I dill,and loe, me thought ,at length A little he began to dacke his pace, Which I percduing.put to all my drength And ranne,as if defire had wing'd my heeles , And in the end me thought recouer'd him. But neuer woman fdt more ioy it fcem'd Te ouertake a man.thcn did I him, By whom I icaptc the danger I was in, That when I wak'd,as prefently I awak'd, Toucht with that fiidaine toy, which my poore heart God knewes, had not beene vs'd vnto of late : I found my felfe all in a moyd faint fweatc, Which that affrighting honour did beget, .^nd though I were dcliu'red of my feare, And fdt this ioy.yet did the trembling laft Vpon my hcart,when now thefcarc was paft. Clo. This Amaritis may your good portend, That yet you (hall haue comfort in the end. Am. God grant I may , it is the thing I want. Clo. And now Dorinda tell vs what you dream't, Do. I dream't.that hauing gone to gather flowers, And weary of my worke,repofing me Vpon a banke ncerc te a Riuers fide, -y Nn4

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Daniel, Samuel

Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619 [person]

Nicholas Okes ; Simon Waterson

England

2 parts (4°)

English

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