❧
THE
CARD
OF
Fancie
.
THere
dwelled
in
the
Citie
of
Metelyne
a
certaine
Duke
called
Clerophontes
,
who
through
his
prowesse
in
al
martiall
exploits
waxed
so
proud
&
tyrannous
,
vsing
such
mercilesse
crueltie
to
his
forraine
enimies
,
and
such
modelesse
rigour
to
his
natiue
Citizens
,
that
it
was
doubtfull
whether
he
was
more
feared
of
his
foes
for
his
crueltie
,
or
hated
of
his
friends
for
his
tyrannie
:
yet
as
the
worst
wéede
springeth
vp
more
brauely
then
the
wholesomest
hearbe
,
and
as
the
crookedst
trée
is
commonly
laden
with
most
fruit
,
so
this
rigorous
Duke
was
so
fauoured
and
fostered
vp
by
fortune
,
his
estate
béeing
so
established
with
honour
,
and
so
beautified
with
wealth
,
so
deckt
with
the
diadem
of
dignitie
,
and
endued
with
fortunate
prosperitie
,
hauing
in
warres
such
happie
successe
against
his
foes
,
&
in
peace
such
dutifull
reuerence
of
his
friendes
,
(
although
more
for
feare
then
fauor
)
as
he
seemed
to
want
nothing
that
eyther
fortune
or
the
fates
could
allowe
him
,
if
one
onely
sore
which
bred
his
sorrowe
coulde
haue
bene
salued
.
But
this
griefe
so
galled
his
conscience
,
and
this
cursed
care
so
combred
his
mind
,
that
his
happinesse
was
greatly
surcharged
with
heauinesse
,
to
sée
the
cause
of
his
care
could
by
no
meanes
be
cured
.
For
this
Clerophontes
was
indued
with
two
children
,
the
one
a
Daughter
named
Lewsippa
,
and
the
other
a
sonne
called
Gwydonius
,
this
Lewcippa
was
so
perfect
in
the
complection
of
her
bodie
,
and
so
pure
in
the
constitution
of
her
minde
,
so
adorned
with
outwarde
beautie
,
and
endued
with
inward
bountie
,
so
pollished
with
rare
vertues
and
exquisite
qualities
,
as
she
séemed
a
séemely
Venus
for
her
beutie
,
and
a
second
Vesta
for
her
virginitie
;
yea
,
Nature
and
the
Gods
had
so
bountifullye
bestowed
their
giftes
vpon
her
,
as
Fame
her selfe
was
doubtfull
whether
shée
should
make
greater
report
of
her
excellent
vertue
,
or
exquisite
beautie
.
But
his
sonne
Guydonius
was
so
contrarie
to
his
sister
Lewsippa
,
(
though
not
in
the
state
of
his
bodie
,
yet
in
the
stay
of
his
minde
)
as
it
made
all
men
meruaile
how
two
such
contrarie
stems
could
spring
out
of
the
selfe
same
stocke
:
His
personage
indéede
was
so
comely
,
his
feature
so
well
framed
,
each
lim
so
perfectlye
couched
,
his
face
so
faire
,
and
his
countenance
so
amiable
,
as
he
séemed
a
heauenly
creature
in
a
mortall
carcasse
.
But
his
minde
was
so
blemished
with
detestable
qualyties
,
and
so
spotted
with
the
staine
of
voluptuousnesse
,
that
he
was
not
so
much
to
be
commended
for
the
proportion
of
his
bodie
,
as
to
bée
condempned
for
the
imperfection
of
his
minde
.
He
was
so
endued
with
vanitie
,
and
so
imbrued
with
vice
,
so
nursed
vp
in
wantonnesse
,
&
so
nusled
vp
in
wilfulnesse
,
so
carelesse
to
obserue
his
Fathers
commaund
,
and
so
retchlesse
to
regard
his
counsell
,
that
neither
the
dreade
of
Gods
wrath
,
nor
the
feare
of
his
fathers
displeasure
,
could
driue
him
to
desist
from
his
detestable
kinde
of
liuing
.
Nay
,
there
was
no
fact
so
filthy
,
which
he
would
not
commit
,
no
mischiefe
so
monstrous
,
which
he
wold
not
enterprise
:
no
daunger
so
desperate
,
which
he
would
not
aduenture
:
no
perill
so
fearefull
,
which
he
would
not
performe
:
nor
no
action
so
diuellish
,
which
he
would
not
execute
.
So
immodest
in
his
manners
,
so
rude
in
his
iestures
,
yea
,
and
so
prodigall
in
his
expences
,
as
mines
of
golde
were
not
able
to
maintaine
such
witlesse
prodigalitie
.
This
loathsome
lyfe
of
Cwydonius
was
such
a
cutting
corasiue
to
his
Fathers
carefull
conscience
,
and
such
a
haplesse
clogge
to
his
heauie
heart
,
that
no
ioye
could
make
him
inioye
anie
ioye
,
no
myrth
could
make
him
merrie
,
no
prosperitie
could
make
him
pleasant
,
but
abandoning
all
delyght
,
and
auoyding
all
companie
,
he
spent
his
dolefull
daies
in
dumpes
and
dolors
,
which
he
vttered
in
these
wordes
.
NOw
(
quoth
he
)
I
proue
by
experience
,
the
saying
of
Soph●cles
to
be
true
,
that
the
man
which
hath
many
children
shall
neuer
liue
without
some
myrth
,
nor
dye
without
some
sorrowe
:
for
if
they
be
vertuous
,
he
shall
haue
cause
whereof
to
reioyce
,
if
vicious
,
wherefore
to
be
sad
,
which
saying
I
trie
performed
in
my selfe
,
for
as
I
haue
one
childe
which
delights
me
with
her
vertue
,
so
I
haue
another
that
despights
me
with
his
vanitie
,
as
the
one
by
dutie
brings
me
ioye
,
so
the
other
by
disobedience
bréeds
my
annoy
:
yea
,
as
the
one
is
a
comfort
to
my
mind
,
so
the
other
is
a
fretting
corasiue
to
my
heart
:
for
what
griefe
is
there
more
griping
,
what
paine
more
pinching
,
what
crosse
more
combersome
,
what
plague
more
pernitious
,
yea
,
what
trouble
can
torment
me
worse
,
then
to
sée
my
sonne
,
mine
heire
,
the
inheritour
of
my
Dukdome
,
which
should
be
the
piller
of
my
parentage
,
to
consume
his
time
in
roysting
and
ryot
,
in
spending
and
spoiling
,
in
swearing
and
swashing
,
and
in
following
wilfullye
the
furie
of
his
owne
frantike
fancie
.
Alasse
,
most
miserable
&
lamentable
case
,
would
to
God
the
destinyes
had
decréed
his
death
in
the
swadling
clouts
,
or
that
the
fates
had
prescribed
his
end
in
his
infancy
.
Oh
that
the
date
of
his
birth
had
ben
the
day
of
his
burial
,
or
that
by
some
sinister
storme
of
fortune
he
had
ben
stifled
on
his
mothers
knées
,
so
that
his
vntimely
death
might
haue
preuented
my
ensuing
sorowes
,
and
his
future
calamities
:
for
I
sée
that
the
young
frie
will
alwayes
proue
olde
frogges
,
that
the
crooked
twig
will
proue
a
crabbed
trée
,
that
the
sower
bud
will
neuer
be
swéete
blossome
,
how
that
which
is
bredde
by
the
bone
wil
not
easily
out
of
the
flesh
,
that
he
which
is
carelesse
in
youth
,
will
be
lesse
carefull
in
age
,
that
where
in
prime
of
yeares
vice
raigneth
,
there
in
ripe
age
vanitie
remaineth
.
Why
Clerophontes
,
if
thou
séest
the
sore
,
why
doest
thou
not
applie
the
salue
,
and
if
thou
dost
perceiue
the
mischiefe
,
why
doest
not
preuent
it
with
medicine
,
take
away
the
cause
and
the
effect
faileth
,
if
Gwydones
be
the
cause
of
thy
ruth
,
cut
him
off
betimes
,
least
hée
bring
thée
to
ruine
,
better
hadst
thou
want
a
sonne
then
neuer
want
sorow
.
Perhaps
thou
wilt
suffer
him
so
long
till
he
fall
sicke
of
the
Father
,
and
then
he
will
not
onely
séeke
thy
lands
and
liuing
,
but
life
and
all
,
if
thou
preuent
not
his
purpose
:
yea
,
and
after
thy
death
he
will
be
through
his
lasciuious
lyfe
the
ouerthrowe
of
thy
house
,
the
consumer
of
thy
Dukedome
,
the
wracke
of
thy
common
weale
,
and
the
verie
man
that
shall
bring
the
state
of
Metelyne
to
mischiefe
and
miserie
.
Sith
then
thy
sonne
is
such
a
sinke
of
sorrowes
,
in
whose
life
lies
hid
a
loathsome
masse
of
wretched
mishaps
,
cut
him
off
as
a
gracelesse
graft
,
vnworthie
to
growe
out
of
such
a
stocke
.
Alasse
Clerophontes
,
shalt
thou
bee
so
vnnaturall
as
to
séeke
the
spoile
of
thine
owne
childe
,
wilt
thou
bée
more
sauage
then
the
brute
beasts
in
committing
such
crueltie
,
no
,
alasse
the
least
misfortune
of
our
children
doth
so
moue
vs
,
that
as
the
Spider
féeleth
if
her
web
be
prickt
but
with
the
point
of
a
pin
,
so
if
they
be
toucht
but
with
the
least
trouble
,
we
féele
the
paines
thereof
with
prickking
griefe
to
pinch
vs
.
Why
hath
not
nature
then
caused
loue
to
ascend
as
wel
as
to
descend
,
and
placed
as
dutifull
obedience
in
the
child
,
as
louing
affection
in
the
father
:
&
with
that
he
fetcht
such
a
déep
sigh
,
that
it
was
a
signe
of
the
extreame
sorrow
he
conceiued
for
his
sons
witlesse
folly
.
But
as
he
was
readie
againe
to
enter
into
his
doleful
discourse
,
to
aggrauate
his
griefe
the
more
,
and
increas●
his
care
,
certaine
complaints
were
brought
him
by
sundrie
Citizens
,
of
the
outragious
behauiour
of
his
sonne
Gwydonius
,
which
being
attentiuely
heard
,
he
in
great
cholar
called
for
his
sonne
,
against
whom
he
thundered
out
such
threatning
reproches
,
laying
before
his
face
the
miserie
that
would
insue
of
such
recklesse
mischiefes
,
&
promising
that
if
he
directed
not
his
course
by
a
newe
compasse
,
and
leuelled
his
life
by
a
new
line
,
he
woulde
not
onely
repay
his
folly
with
the
penaltie
of
the
lawe
,
but
also
by
consent
of
his
Commons
,
disinherite
him
of
his
Dukedome
:
that
Gwydonius
greatly
incensed
with
the
seuere
censure
of
his
Father
,
broyling
with
furious
rage
,
sturdely
burst
foorth
into
these
stubborne
tearmes
.
SIr
,
(
quoth
he
)
if
Terence
his
Menedemus
were
aliue
,
and
heard
these
your
fond
and
fantasticall
resons
,
he
would
as
readely
condemne
you
of
crabbednes
,
as
he
accused
Chremes
of
currishnesse
:
for
as
he
by
too
much
austeritie
procured
his
sonnes
mishappe
,
so
you
by
too
much
seueritie
séeke
to
bréed
my
misfortune
.
You
old
men
most
iniustly
,
or
rather
iniuriously
,
measure
our
stailesse
moode
by
your
stayed
mindes
,
our
young
yeres
by
your
horie
haires
,
our
flourishing
youth
by
your
withered
age
,
thinking
to
direct
our
dooings
by
your
doatings
,
our
wills
by
your
wits
,
our
youthfull
fancies
by
your
aged
affections
,
and
to
quench
our
fierie
flames
by
your
dead
coales
and
cinders
:
yea
,
supposing
that
the
Leueret
shuld
be
as
skilfull
in
making
of
a
head
as
the
olde
Hare
,
that
the
young
Cubs
shoulde
as
soone
tapish
,
as
the
old
Fox
,
that
the
young
Frie
shuld
as
wel
auoid
the
net
as
the
olde
Fish
,
and
that
the
young
wantons
shuld
be
as
warie
as
the
old
wysards
.
But
this
sir
,
is
to
make
fire
frost
,
to
chaunge
heate
to
colde
,
mirth
to
mourning
,
singing
to
sadnesse
,
pleasure
to
paine
,
and
to
tye
the
Ape
and
the
Beare
in
one
tedder
,
sith
then
young
stemme●
will
not
be
set
on
a
withered
stocke
,
that
the
young
twigge
liketh
not
vnder
the
old
trée
,
that
the
toyish
conceipts
of
youth
are
vnfit
for
the
testie
cogitations
of
age
:
I
meane
for
your
satisfaction
and
my
solace
,
to
departe
from
the
Court
,
and
to
spend
my
dayes
in
trauell
.
Clerophontes
no
sooner
heard
this
determination
of
his
sonne
Gwydonius
,
but
his
sorrow
was
halfe
salued
,
and
his
care
almost
cured
,
thinking
that
by
trauell
hée
should
either
ende
his
life
or
amend
his
lewdnesse
,
and
therefore
both
hearted
and
hastened
his
sonne
in
this
his
newe
course
,
least
delay
might
bréede
daunger
,
or
time
by
some
toye
cause
him
tourne
his
tippet
,
furnishing
&
finishing
all
things
necessarie
for
his
sonnes
iourney
,
who
readie
to
goe
(
more
willing
to
trauell
,
than
his
father
to
intreate
him
)
had
this
friendly
farewell
giuen
him
by
Clerophontes
.
SOnne
(
quoth
he
)
there
is
no
greater
doubt
which
dooeth
more
déepely
distresse
the
minde
of
a
young
man
,
then
to
determine
with
himselfe
what
course
of
life
is
best
to
take
,
for
there
is
such
a
confused
Chaos
of
contrarie
conceipts
in
young
wits
,
that
whiles
they
looke
for
that
they
cannot
like
,
they
are
lost
in
such
an
endles
Laberinth
,
as
neither
choice
nor
chance
can
draw
them
out
to
their
wished
desires
,
for
so
manie
vaines
so
many
vanities
:
if
vertue
draweth
one
way
,
vice
driueth
another
way
:
as
profit
perswades
than
,
so
plesure
prouokes
them
:
as
wit
weigheth
,
will
wresteth
:
if
friends
counsell
them
to
take
this
,
fancie
forceth
them
to
choose
that
:
so
that
desire
so
long
hangs
in
doubt
,
as
either
they
choose
none
,
or
els
chaunce
on
the
worst
.
But
in
my
opinion
,
the
fittest
kind
of
life
for
a
young
Gentleman
to
take
(
who
as
yet
hath
not
subdued
the
youthfull
conceipts
of
fancie
,
nor
made
a
conquest
of
his
will
by
witte
)
is
to
spende
his
time
in
trauell
,
wherein
he
shall
finde
both
pleasure
and
profite
:
yea
,
and
buy●
that
by
experience
,
which
otherwise
with
all
the
treasure
in
the
world
hée
cannot
purchase
.
For
what
chaungeth
vanitie
to
vertue
,
staylesse
wit
to
stayed
wisedome
,
fonde
fantasies
to
firme
affections
,
but
trauell
:
what
represseth
the
rage
of
youth
,
and
redresseth
the
witlesse
furie
of
wanton
yeares
,
but
trauell
:
what
tourneth
a
secure
life
to
a
carefull
lyuing
,
what
maketh
the
foolish
wise
,
yea
,
what
increaseth
wit
and
augmenteth
skill
,
but
trauell
:
in
so
much
that
the
fame
Vlysses
wonne
,
was
not
by
the
tenne
yeares
hee
laye
at
Troy
,
but
by
the
time
he
spent
in
trauell
.
But
there
is
nothing
Gwydonius
so
precious
which
in
some
respecte
is
not
perillous
,
nor
nothing
so
pleasaunt
which
maye
not
be
painefull
:
the
finest
golde
hath
hys
drosse
,
the
purest
wine
his
lées
,
the
brauest
rose
his
prickles
,
each
swéete
hath
his
sower
,
each
ioye
his
annoy
,
each
weale
his
woe
,
and
euerie
delyght
his
daunger
.
So
trauaile
Gwydonius
is
a
course
of
life
verie
pleasant
,
and
yet
very
perillous
,
wherin
thou
mayst
practise
vertue
if
thou
take
héede
,
or
purchase
discredite
if
thou
béest
carelesse
:
where
thou
maist
reape
renowne
if
thou
béest
vertuous
,
and
gaine
reproch
if
thou
be
vicious
:
whereout
doo
spring
wisedome
and
folly
,
fréedome
and
bondage
,
treasure
and
trash
,
fame
and
discredite
,
honour
&
shame
,
according
to
the
dispotion
of
him
which
eyther
vseth
it
to
his
profit
,
or
abuseth
it
to
his
discommoditie
.
Sith
then
thou
shalt
beare
sayle
in
such
perillous
Strayghtes
,
take
héede
least
thou
dash
thy
ship
agaynst
most
daungerous
Rockes
.
It
is
a
saying
Gwydonius
,
not
so
common
as
true
,
that
hée
which
will
heare
the
Syrens
sing
,
must
with
Vlysses
tye
himselfe
to
the
mast
of
a
ship
,
least
happely
he
be
drowned
.
Who
so
meanes
to
be
a
sutor
to
Circes
,
must
take
a
Preseruatiue
,
vnlesse
he
will
be
inchaunted
.
He
that
will
fish
for
the
Torpedo
,
must
annoynt
his
hand
with
the
oyle
of
Nemiphar
,
least
he
be
charmed
,
&
who
so
meaneth
to
enter
combat
with
vanitie
,
must
first
surely
defence
himselfe
with
the
target
of
vertue
,
vnlesse
hée
meane
to
be
a
captiue
to
care
,
or
calamitie
.
I
speak
this
Gwydonius
by
experience
,
which
afterwarde
thou
shalt
know
by
proofe
,
for
in
trauell
thou
shalt
finde
such
subtill
Syrens
as
will
indaunger
thée
,
such
sorcering
Cirees
as
will
inchaunt
thée
,
such
poysoned
Torpedos
,
as
will
not
onely
charme
thy
hand
but
thy
heart
,
if
by
my
experience
and
other
mens
perils
thou
learn
not
to
beware
.
First
Gwydonius
,
be
not
too
sumptuous
least
thou
seeme
prodigall
,
nor
too
couetous
least
they
compt
thée
a
niggard
:
for
by
spending
in
excesse
thou
shalt
be
thought
a
vainglorious
foole
,
and
by
too
much
sparing
a
couetous
pesant
.
Be
not
wilfull
in
thy
dooings
that
they
count
thée
not
witlesse
,
nor
too
rash
,
that
they
think
thée
not
deuoyd
of
reason
:
be
not
too
merrie
that
they
count
thée
not
immodest
,
nor
too
sober
least
they
call
thée
sullen
,
but
shew
thy selfe
to
be
an
olde
man
for
thy
grauitie
,
and
a
young
youth
for
thy
actiuitie
:
so
shal
all
men
haue
cause
to
praise
thée
for
thy
manners
,
and
commend
thée
for
thy
modestie
.
Be
not
too
curious
Guydonius
,
that
they
déeme
thée
not
proud
,
nor
too
curteous
,
least
they
call
thée
counterfaite
.
Be
a
friend
to
all
,
&
a
foe
to
none
,
and
yet
trust
not
without
triall
,
nor
commit
any
secret
to
a
friendlye
stranger
,
least
in
too
much
trust
lye
treason
,
and
thou
be
forced
by
repentaunce
to
●rie
Peccaui
.
The
swéetest
Muske
is
sower
to
be
tasted
,
the
finest
Pils
most
bitter
to
be
chewed
,
and
the
flattering
friend
most
tickle
being
tried
,
then
beware
least
faire
words
make
fooles
faine
,
&
glozing
spéeches
cause
had
I
wist
come
too
late
.
Lende
not
Gwydonius
a
listning
eare
to
the
Alarums
of
loue
,
nor
yéeld
not
thy
fréedome
to
the
assault
of
lust
,
be
not
dazeled
with
the
beames
of
fading
beautie
,
nor
daunted
with
the
desire
of
euery
delicat
damsell
,
for
in
time
such
blisse
will
proue
but
bane
,
and
such
delightfull
ioye
,
but
despitefull
annoye
.
Lust
Gwydonius
will
prooue
an
enimie
to
thy
pursse
,
and
a
foe
to
thy
person
,
a
canker
to
thy
minde
,
and
a
corasiue
to
thy
conscience
,
a
weakner
of
thy
wit
,
a
molester
of
thy
minde
,
a
besotter
of
thy
sences
,
and
finally
a
mortall
bane
to
all
thy
body
,
so
that
thou
shalt
find
pleasure
the
pathway
to
perdition
,
and
lusting
Loue
the
load-stone
to
ruth
and
ruine
.
Séeke
not
then
Gwydonius
gréedely
to
deuour
that
baite
,
where-vnder
thou
knowest
a
hurtful
hook
to
be
hidden
:
frequent
not
the
plesure
which
wil
turn
to
thy
poyson
,
nor
couet
not
the
companie
,
which
will
conuert
to
thy
confusion
,
least
through
such
follye
thou
haue
cause
in
time
to
bée
sadde
,
and
I
to
be
sorrowfull
.
Now
Gwydonius
that
thou
hast
heard
the
aduertisement
of
a
louing
father
,
follow
my
aduice
as
a
duetifull
Childe
,
and
the
more
to
binde
thée
to
perfourm●
my
former
preceptes
,
that
this
my
counsaile
be
not
drowned
in
obliuion
,
I
giue
thée
this
Ring
of
gold
,
wherein
is
written
this
sentence
,
Praemonitus
,
Praemunitu●
.
A
Posie
pretie
for
the
wordes
,
and
pithie
for
the
matter
,
shorte
to
bée
rehearsed
,
and
long
to
bée
related
,
inferring
this
sence
,
that
he
which
is
fore-warned
by
friendlye
counsayle
of
imminent
daungers
,
is
fore-armed
against
all
future
mishappe
and
calamitie
,
so
that
hée
maye
by
fore-warning
preuent
perills
if
it
be
possible
,
or
if
by
sinister
fortune
he
cannot
eschew
them
,
yet
hée
maye
beare
the
Crosse
with
more
patience
and
lesse
griefe
.
Kéepe
this
Ring
Gwydonius
carefully
,
that
thou
maist
shew
thy selfe
to
respect
thy
owne
case
▪
and
regarde
my
counsaile
:
and
in
so
dooing
thou
shalt
please
me
,
and
pleasure
thy selfe
.
CLerophontes
hauing
thus
ended
his
discourse
,
embracing
his
sonne
with
fatherlye
affection
,
and
giuing
him
his
blessing
,
went
secretlye
into
his
Chamber
the
more
to
couer
his
griefe
which
hée
conceyued
for
his
sonnes
departure
:
vnwilling
his
sonne
should
perceyue
by
his
sorrowe
how
vnfainedly
he
both
liked
and
loued
him
.
WEll
,
Gwydonius
hauing
taken
his
leaue
of
his
father
,
furnished
both
with
counsell
and
coyne
,
with
aduice
of
wisedome
and
ayde
of
wealth
,
passed
on
his
iourney
very
solempnly
,
vntill
he
was
past
the
bounds
of
his
fathers
Dukedome
,
and
then
as
merrie
as
might
be
he
trauayled
by
the
space
of
seauen
wéekes
without
anye
residence
,
vntill
he
came
to
a
Citie
called
Barutta
,
where
(
whether
he
were
delighted
with
the
scituation
of
the
place
,
or
deluded
with
the
perswasion
of
some
Parasiticall
persons
)
he
securelye
setteled
himselfe
by
the
space
of
a
whole
yeare
:
in
which
time
hee
〈◊〉
carelesly
floated
in
the
seas
of
voluptuousnesse
,
and
so
recklesselye
raunged
in
lycentious
and
lawlesse
lybertie
,
thinking
himselfe
a
peasaunt
if
hée
were
not
prodigall
,
counting
nothing
comelye
if
not
costlye
,
nothing
seemelye
if
not
sumptuous
,
vsing
such
monstrous
excesse
in
all
his
actions
,
that
the
Citizens
of
Barutta
noted
him
for
a
myrrour
if
immoderate
lyfe
,
and
a
verye
patterne
of
witlesse
prodigalitie
:
yea
,
his
excessiue
expences
daylye
so
increased
,
that
Mynes
of
golde
had
not
bene
sufficient
to
mayntaine
his
pompous
magnificence
,
in
so
much
that
the
Magistrates
of
Barutta
,
not
onelye
meruayled
where
hée
hadde
coyne
to
counteruayle
his
expences
,
but
also
beganne
to
suspecte
him
eyther
for
some
skilfull
Alcumist
,
or
that
hée
had
some
large
Commission
to
take
vp
those
pursses
that
fell
into
lapse
,
for
want
of
sufficient
defence
:
wherevppon
béeing
called
before
the
Magistrates
and
stricktlye
examined
what
Trade
hée
vsed
,
why
hée
stayed
so
long
,
in
the
Citie
,
and
howe
hee
was
able
to
mayntayne
so
Princelye
a
porte
as
hée
carryed
?
Guydonius
vnwillyng
to
haue
them
priuye
to
his
Parentage
,
beganne
to
coyne
a
scuse
,
yet
not
so
cunninglye
but
hée
was
trapte
in
his
owne
talke
,
and
so
caste
in
Prisonne
,
where
hée
laye
clogged
with
care
,
and
deuoyd
of
comforte
,
hauing
not
so
much
as
one
trustye
friende
,
amongest
all
those
trothlesse
flatterers
which
in
prosperitie
hadde
so
frequented
his
companye
,
the
ingratitude
of
whome
,
so
perplexed
his
molested
minde
,
as
surcharged
with
sorrowe
,
hée
burst
foorthe
into
these
tearmes
.
ALas
(
quoth
hée
)
now
haue
I
bought
that
by
haplesse
experience
,
which
if
I
hadde
bene
wyse
,
I
might
haue
gotte
by
happye
counsayle
:
Nowe
am
I
taught
that
with
payne
and
perill
,
which
if
selfe-loue
hadde
not
besotted
my
sences
,
I
myght
haue
learned
with
profitte
and
pleasure
:
that
in
the
fayrest
Sandes
is
most
ficklenesse
,
out
of
the
brauest
Blossome
moste
commonlye
springeth
the
woorste
Fruite
,
that
the
finest
Flower
seldome
hath
the
best
smell
,
that
the
moste
glystering
Stone
hath
oftentymes
the
leaste
vertue
,
and
that
in
the
greatest
shew
of
good
wyll
lyes
ofte
times
the
smallest
effecte
of
friendshippe
,
in
moste
flatterye
leaste
fayth
,
in
the
fairest
face
the
falsest
hearte
,
in
the
smoothest
Tale
the
smallest
Truth
,
and
in
the
swéetest
gloses
moste
sower
ingratitude
:
Yea
,
I
sée
nowe
(
quoth
hée
)
that
in
trust
lyes
treason
,
that
fayre
woordes
make
fooles
fayne
,
and
that
the
state
of
these
fayned
friendes
are
lyke
to
the
Marygolde
,
which
as
longe
as
the
Sunne
shyneth
openeth
her
leaues
,
but
with
the
least●
Clowde
beginneth
to
cloase
,
lyke
the
Uyolettes
in
America
,
which
in
Summer
yéelde
an
odoriferous
smell
,
and
in
Winter
a
most
pestilent
sauour
:
so
these
Parasites
in
prosperitie
professe
most
,
but
in
aduersitie
perfourme
least
:
when
Fortune
fauoureth
they
laugh
,
when
shee
frowneth
they
lowre
:
at
euerye
full
Sea
they
flowrish
,
but
at
euerye
deade
Neape
they
fade
:
Like
to
the
Fish
Palerna
,
which
béeing
perfectlye
white
in
the
Calme
,
yet
tourneth
passing
blacke
at
euerye
storme
:
to
the
Trées
in
the
Desartes
of
Aff●ica
,
that
flourish
but
while
the
South
winde
bloweth
,
or
to
the
Celedony
s●one
,
which
retaineth
his
vertue
no
longer
than
it
is
rubbed
with
golde
.
Sith
then
Gwydonius
,
(
quoth
hee
)
thou
findes
such
falsehoode
in
friendshippe
,
and
such
faythles
deedes
in
such
paynted
speaches
,
shake
off
these
fawning
curres
with
the
flagge
of
deflaunce
,
and
from
hencefoorth
trye
ere
thou
trust
.
I
,
but
(
quoth
hee
)
it
is
too
late
to
applye
the
salue
when
the
sore
is
incurable
to
crye
alarum
when
the
Citie
is
ouer-runne
,
to
seeke
for
couerte
when
the
storme
is
past
,
and
to
〈◊〉
héede
of
such
flattering
mates
when
alreadie
thou
art
deceyued
by
such
fawning
Marchauntes
:
nowe
thou
wilte
crye
Caue
when
thy
coyne
is
consumed
,
and
beware
when
thy
wealth
is
wracked
,
when
thou
hast
nothing
wherof
to
take
charge
,
thou
wilt
be
chary
,
and
when
follye
hath
alreadie
giuen
thée
a
mate
,
thou
wilt
by
wisedome
séeke
to
auoyde
the
checke
,
but
nowe
thou
tryest
it
true
,
that
thy
Father
foretolde
thée
,
that
so
long
thou
wouldest
bée
carelesse
,
as
at
last
Repentaunce
woulde
pull
thée
by
the
sléeue
,
and
then
had
I
wyst
would
come
to
late
.
Wel
Gwydonius
,
sith
that
which
is
once
past
can
neuer
be
recald
againe
,
if
thou
hast
by
follie
made
a
fault
,
séeke
by
wisdome
to
make
amends
,
&
heap
not
care
vpon
care
,
nor
adde
not
griefe
to
sorrow
,
by
these
thy
pittifull
complaints
,
but
chéere
vp
thy selfe
and
take
heart
at
grasse
,
for
the
end
of
woe
is
the
beginning
of
weale
,
&
after
miserie
alwaies
insueth
most
happie
felicitie
.
Gwydonius
hauing
thus
dolorously
discoursed
wyth
himselfe
,
remained
not
aboue
ten
dayes
in
prison
,
but
that
the
Senate
taking
pittie
of
his
case
,
and
séeing
no
accusations
were
inferred
against
him
,
set
him
fr●e
from
his
Purgatorie
,
and
gaue
him
good
counsaile
that
héereafter
he
shoulde
beware
by
such
witlesse
prodigalitie
to
incurre
such
suspition
.
Theseus
neuer
triumphed
more
after
he
had
escaped
the
daunger
of
the
perillous
laborinth
,
then
poore
Gwydonius
did
when
he
was
set
free
from
this
pernitious
Limbo
,
now
the
bitternesse
of
bondage
made
his
fréedome
seeme
farre
more
swéete
,
and
his
daunger
so
happily
escaped
,
caused
his
deliuerie
seeme
far
more
delightfull
.
Yet
he
conceiued
such
discourtesie
against
the
Citizens
,
for
repaying
his
liberall
good
will
with
such
loathsome
ingratitude
,
that
the
next
morning
he
departed
from
Barutta
,
not
stored
with
too
much
mony
for
molesting
his
minde
,
nor
ouercharged
with
coine
for
●ombering
his
conscience
with
too
much
care
,
but
hauing
remaining
of
all
his
treasure
onely
that
ring
wh●ch
his
father
gaue
him
,
trauailing
verie
solempnly
toward
Alexandria
.
Where
at
that
time
there
raigned
a
certaine
Duke
named
Orlanio
,
who
was
so
famous
and
fortunate
,
for
the
peaceable
gouernment
of
his
Dukedome
,
administering
iustice
with
such
sinceritie
,
and
yet
tempering
the
extremitie
of
the
lawe
with
such
lenitie
,
as
hée
both
gained
the
good
will
of
straungers
in
hearing
his
vertue
,
&
wonne
the
heartes
of
his
subiectes
in
féeling
his
bountie
,
counting
him
vnworthye
to
beare
the
name
of
a
Soueraigne
,
which
knewe
not
according
to
desert
,
both
to
cherish
and
chastise
his
subiects
.
Fortune
and
the
fates
willing
to
place
him
in
the
pallace
of
earthly
prosperitie
,
endued
him
with
two
children
,
the
one
a
sonne
named
Thersandro
,
&
the
other
a
Daughter
called
Castania
,
eyther
of
them
so
adorned
with
the
giftes
of
Nature
,
and
beautified
with
good
nurture
,
as
it
was
hard
to
knowe
whether
beautie
or
vertue
held
the
supremacie
.
But
least
by
this
happie
estate
Orlanio
should
be
too
much
puffed
vp
with
prosperitie
,
Fortune
sparing
him
the
mate
,
yet
gaue
him
a
slender
checke
,
to
warne
him
from
securitie
,
for
before
his
daughter
came
to
the
age
of
fourtéene
yéeres
,
his
wife
dyed
,
leauing
him
not
more
sorrowfull
for
the
losse
of
her
whom
he
most
entirely
loued
,
then
carefull
for
the
well
bringing
vp
of
her
whome
he
so
déerely
lyked
.
Knowing
that
as
his
Court
was
a
Schoole
of
vertue
to
such
as
brideled
their
mindes
with
discreation
,
so
it
was
a
nurse
of
vice
to
those
tender
yéeres
that
measured
theyr
willes
wyth
witlesse
affection
,
estéeming
lybertie
as
perillous
to
the
staie
of
youth
,
as
precious
to
the
state
of
age
,
and
that
nothing
so
soone
allured
the
minde
of
a
younge
maide
to
vanitie
,
as
to
passe
her
youth
without
feare
in
securitie
.
Feared
with
the
consideration
of
these
premisses
,
to
auoyde
the
inconueniences
that
might
happen
by
suffering
Castania
to
leade
her
lyfe
in
lawlesse
libertie
,
hée
thought
it
best
to
choose
out
some
vertuous
Ladie
to
keepe
her
companie
,
who
might
directe
her
course
by
so
true
a
compasse
,
and
leuell
her
lyfe
by
so
right
a
lyne
,
that
although
her
young
yeares
were
verie
apt
to
bée
intangled
in
the
snares
of
vanitie
,
yet
by
her
counsell
&
companie
,
shée
might
steddelye
tread
her
steppes
in
the
trace
of
vertue
,
and
none
hée
coulde
finde
more
fitte
for
the
purpose
then
a
certaine
olde
Widdowe
,
called
Madame
Melytta
,
honored
for
her
vertuous
life
throughout
all
Alexandria
,
who
béeing
sent
for
to
the
Court
,
he
saluted
on
this
manner
.
MAdame
Melytta
(
quoth
hée
)
the
reporte
of
thy
honest
conditions
,
and
the
renowme
of
thy
vertuous
qualyties
are
such
,
as
thereby
thou
hast
not
onely
purchased
greate
praise
,
but
wonne
greate
credite
throughout
all
the
Countrie
.
Insomuch
that
I
incensed
by
this
thy
singular
commendation
,
I
haue
selected
thee
as
the
onely
woman
to
whome
I
meane
to
commit
my
chiefest
treasure
,
I
meane
Melytta
,
my
Daughter
Castania
,
to
whome
I
wyll
haue
thée
bée
both
a
companion
and
a
counseller
,
hoping
thou
wilt
take
such
care
to
traine
her
vp
in
vertue
,
and
trace
her
quite
from
vice
,
to
winne
her
minde
to
honestie
,
and
weane
her
quite
from
vanitie
,
that
shée
in
her
ripe
yeares
shall
haue
cause
to
thanke
thée
for
thy
paines
,
and
I
occasion
to
regarde
thée
as
a
friende
,
and
rewarde
thée
for
thy
dilygence
.
FIrst
Melytta
,
so
that
shée
leade
her
lyfe
both
charylye
and
chastly
.
Let
her
not
haue
her
owne
wyll
,
least
shée
prooue
too
wilfull
,
nor
too
much
lybertie
,
least
shee
become
too
lyght
.
The
Palme
trée
pressed
downe
,
groweth
notwythstanding
but
too
faste
.
The
Hearbe
Spattania
,
though
troden
on
,
groweth
verie
tall
,
and
youth
although
stricktlye
restrained
wyll
prooue
but
too
stubburne
.
The
vessell
sauoureth
alwayes
of
that
lycour
wherewith
it
was
first
seasoned
,
and
the
minde
retayneth
those
qualyties
in
age
wherein
it
was
trayned
vp
in
youth
.
The
tender
twigge
is
sooner
broken
then
the
strong
braunch
,
the
young
stemme
more
brittle
then
the
olde
stocke
,
the
weake
Bramble
shaken
with
euerye
Winde
,
and
the
wauering
wyll
of
youth
tossed
with
euerie
puffe
of
vanitie
,
readie
to
be
wracked
in
the
waues
of
wantonnesse
,
vnlesse
it
be
cunningly
guided
by
some
wise
and
warie
Pylot
.
Then
Melytta
,
youth
is
so
easily
intrapped
with
the
alluring
traine
of
foolish
delights
,
and
so
soone
intangled
with
the
trash
of
pernitious
pleasures
,
suffer
not
my
daughter
to
passe
her
time
in
idlenesse
,
least
happily
being
taken
at
discouert
,
she
become
a
carelesse
captiue
to
securitie
(
for
when
the
mind
once
floteth
in
the
surging
seas
of
idle
conceits
,
then
the
puffes
of
voluptuous
pleasures
,
and
the
stiffeling
stormes
of
vnbridled
fancie
,
the
raging
blasts
of
alluring
beautie
,
and
the
sturdy
gale
of
glozing
vanitie
,
so
shake
the
ship
of
recklesse
youth
,
that
it
is
daily
in
doubt
to
suffer
most
daungerous
shipwracke
.
But
let
her
spend
her
time
in
reading
such
auncient
authors
as
may
sharpen
her
wit
by
their
pithie
sayings
,
&
learne
her
wisedome
by
their
perfect
sentences
.
For
where
nature
is
vicious
,
by
learning
it
is
amended
,
and
where
it
is
vertuous
,
by
skill
it
is
augmented
.
The
stone
of
secret
vertue
is
of
greater
price
if
it
be
brauely
polished
,
th
golde
though
neuer
so
pure
of
himselfe
,
hath
the
better
coulour
if
it
be
burnished
,
and
the
minde
though
neuer
so
vertuous
,
is
more
noble
if
it
be
inriched
with
the
gifts
of
learning
.
And
Melytta
for
recreation
sake
,
let
her
vse
such
honest
sportes
as
may
driue
awaie
dumps
,
least
she
be
too
pensiue
,
&
frée
her
mind
from
foolish
conceites
,
that
she
be
not
too
wanton
.
Thus
Madame
as
you
haue
heard
my
fatherly
aduise
,
so
I
praie
you
giue
my
daughter
the
like
friendly
aduertisement
,
that
héereafter
she
may
haue
both
cause
to
reuerence
thée
,
and
I
to
reward
thée
.
Melytta
hauing
heard
with
attentiue
héede
the
mind
of
Orlanio
,
conceiued
such
ioy
in
this
new
charge
,
&
such
delight
in
this
happie
chaunce
,
as
with
chéerefull
countenance
she
repaid
him
this
aunswere
.
SIr
(
quoth
she
)
although
in
the
largest
Seas
are
the
sorest
tempestes
,
in
the
broadest
wayes
most
boysterous
windes
,
in
the
highest
hilles
,
most
daungerous
happes
,
and
in
the
greatest
charge
the
greatest
care
,
yet
the
duetie
which
I
owe
you
as
my
Soueraigne
,
and
the
loue
I
beare
you
as
a
subiect
,
the
care
I
haue
to
please
you
as
my
Prince
,
and
to
pleasure
you
as
a
Potentate
,
the
trust
you
repose
in
my
truth
without
sufficient
tryall
,
the
confidence
you
put
in
my
conscience
without
sure
proofe
,
the
courtesie
your
grace
dooth
shewe
mée
without
anie
desert
,
haue
so
inflamed
the
forepassed
fire
of
duetifull
affection
,
and
so
incouraged
mée
to
incounter
your
graces
courtesie
,
with
willing
constancie
,
that
ther
is
no
happ●
so
harde
which
I
woulde
not
hazard
,
no
daunger
so
desperate
which
I
woulde
not
aduenture
,
no
burthen
so
heauie
which
I
woulde
not
beare
,
no
perill
so
huge
which
I
would
not
passe
,
nor
no
charge
so
greate
,
which
both
willingly
and
warily
I
would
not
performe
.
For
,
since
it
hath
pleased
your
grace
to
vouchsafe
so
much
of
my
simple
calling
,
as
to
assigne
me
for
a
companion
for
your
Daughter
Castania
,
I
will
take
such
care
in
the
charie
performaunce
of
my
charge
,
and
indeauour
with
such
diligence
both
to
couns●ll
and
comfort
Casta●●a
,
as
your
grace
shall
perceiue
my
dutie
in
pleasing
you
,
and
my
diligence
in
pleasuring
her
.
THE
Duke
hearing
the
friendly
and
faythfull
protestation
of
the
good
Ladie
Melytta
,
tolde
her
that
although
it
were
great
trouble
for
one
of
her
age
to
frame
her selfe
as
a
companion
to
such
young
youth
,
and
that
some
care
belonged
to
such
a
charge
,
yet
hée
woulde
so
counteruaile
her
painefull
labour
with
princely
lyberalitie
,
that
both
she
and
all
Alexandria
should
haue
cause
to
speake
of
his
bountie
.
MElytta
thanking
the
Duke
for
such
vndeserued
curtesie
,
setting
her
householde
affaires
in
good
order
,
repaired
to
the
Court
as
spéedely
as
might
be
.
But
leauing
her
with
Castania
,
againe
to
Cwydonius
.
Who
now
béeing
aryued
at
Alexandria
,
pinched
wyth
pouertie
and
distressed
with
want
,
hauing
no
coyne
left
wherewith
to
counteruaile
his
expences
,
thought
it
his
best
course
,
if
it
were
possible
,
to
compasse
the
Dukes
seruice
,
repairing
therefore
to
the
Court
,
he
had
not
staied
there
thrée
dayes
before
hée
found
fit
opportunitie
to
offer
his
seruice
to
Orlanio
,
whome
verie
duetifully
hée
saluted
on
this
manner
.
TYE
report
(
right
worthie
Prince
)
of
your
incomparable
courtesie
and
pearlesse
magnanimitie
,
is
so
blazed
abroade
throughout
all
Countries
,
by
the
golden
trumpe
of
Fame
,
that
your
grace
is
not
more
loued
of
your
subiects
which
tast
of
your
liberall
bounty
,
then
honoured
of
straungers
,
which
onely
heare
of
your
princely
vertue
.
Insomuch
that
it
hath
forced
me
to
leaue
my
natiue
soile
,
my
parents
,
kindred
,
and
familiar
friendes
,
and
pilgrimelyke
to
passe
into
a
straunge
Countrie
,
to
trie
that
by
experience
héere
,
which
I
haue
heard
by
report
at
home
.
For
it
is
not
(
right
worthie
sir
)
the
state
of
your
Countrie
which
hath
allured
me
(
for
I
déeme
Bohemia
,
whereof
I
am
,
no
lesse
pleasant
then
Alexandria
,
neither
hath
want
of
liuing
)
or
hope
of
gaine
intised
me
,
for
I
am
by
birth
a
Gentleman
,
and
issued
of
such
parents
as
are
able
with
sufficient
patrimonie
to
maintaine
my
estate
,
but
the
desire
,
not
onely
to
sée
,
but
also
to
learne
such
rare
curtesie
and
vertuous
qualities
as
fame
hath
reported
to
be
put
in
practise
in
your
Court
,
is
the
onely
occasion
of
this
my
iourney
.
Now
if
in
recompence
of
this
my
trauaile
,
it
shall
please
your
grace
to
vouchsafe
of
my
seruice
,
I
shall
thinke
my selfe
fully
satisfied
,
and
my
paines
sufficiently
requited
.
Orlanio
hearing
this
dutifull
discourse
of
Gwydonius
,
marking
his
manners
,
and
musing
at
his
modestie
,
noting
both
his
excellent
curtesie
and
exquisite
beautie
,
was
so
inflamed
with
friendlye
affection
towarde
this
young
youth
,
that
not
onely
he
accepted
of
his
seruice
,
but
also
preferred
him
as
a
companion
to
his
sonne
Thesandro
,
promising
that
since
he
had
left
his
Countrie
and
parents
for
this
cause
,
he
would
so
counteruaile
his
dutifull
desert
with
fauour
and
friendshippe
,
as
he
shoulde
neuer
haue
cause
to
accuse
him
of
ingratitude
.
Gwydonius
repaying
heartie
thankes
to
the
Duke
for
his
vndeserued
curtesie
,
béeing
nowe
brought
from
woe
to
weale
,
from
despaire
to
hope
,
from
bale
to
blisse
,
from
care
to
securitie
,
from
want
to
wealth
,
yea
,
from
hellish
miserie
,
to
heauenly
prosperitie
,
behaued
himselfe
so
wisely
and
warily
,
with
such
curtesie
in
conuersation
,
and
modestie
in
manners
,
that
in
short
time
hée
not
hnely
purchased
credite
and
countenaunce
wyth
Orlanio
,
but
was
most
entirely
liked
&
loued
of
Thersandro
.
Now
there
remained
in
the
Court
a
young
knight
,
called
Signor
Valericus
,
who
by
chaunce
casting
his
glauncing
eies
on
the
glittering
beautie
of
Castania
,
was
so
fettered
in
the
snare
of
fancie
,
and
so
intangled
with
the
trap
of
affection
,
so
perplexed
in
the
Laborinth
of
pinching
loue
,
and
so
inchaunted
with
the
charme
of
Venus
Sorcerie
,
that
as
the
Elephant
reioyceth
greatly
at
the
sight
of
a
rose
,
as
the
bird
Halciones
delighteth
to
view
the
feathers
of
the
Phoenix
,
and
as
nothing
better
contenteth
a
Roe
buck
,
then
to
gaze
at
a
red
cloth
,
so
ther
was
no
obiect
that
could
allure
the
wauering
eies
of
Valericus
,
as
the
surpassing
beautie
of
Castania
,
yea
,
his
onely
blisse
,
pleasure
,
ioy
,
and
delight
,
was
in
féeding
his
fancie
with
staring
on
the
heauenlye
face
of
his
Goddesse
.
But
alasse
her
beautie
bredde
his
bane
,
her
lookes
,
his
losse
,
her
sight
his
sorowe
,
her
exquisite
perfections
,
his
extreame
passions
,
that
as
the
Ape
by
séeing
the
Snaile
,
is
infected
,
as
the
Leoparde
falleth
in
a
traunce
at
the
sight
of
the
Locust
,
as
the
Cockatrice
dyeth
with
beholding
the
Chrisolito
,
so
poore
Valericus
was
pinched
to
the
heart
with
viewing
her
comely
countenaunce
,
was
griped
with
galding
griefe
,
and
tortured
with
insupportable
tormentes
,
by
gasing
vppon
the
gallant
beautie
of
so
gorgeous
a
dame
.
Yea
,
he
so
framed
in
his
fancie
the
forme
of
her
face
,
and
so
imprinted
in
his
heart
the
perfection
of
hir
person
,
that
the
remembrance
thereof
would
suffer
him
take
no
rest
,
but
he
passed
the
daie
in
dolour
,
the
night
in
sorrow
,
no
minute
without
mourning
,
no
houre
without
heauinesse
,
that
falling
into
pensiue
passions
,
he
began
thus
to
parle
with
himselfe
.
Why
how
now
Valericus
(
quoth
hée
)
art
thou
haunted
with
some
hellish
hagge
,
or
possessed
with
some
frantike
fury
,
art
thou
inchanted
with
some
magical
charme
,
or
charmed
with
some
bewitching
Sorcerie
,
that
so
sodainely
thy
minde
is
perplexed
with
a
thousand
sundrie
passions
,
alate
frée
,
and
now
fettered
,
alate
swimming
in
rest
,
and
now
sinking
in
care
,
erewhile
in
securitie
,
&
now
in
captiuitie
,
yea
,
turned
from
mirth
to
mourning
,
from
pleasure
to
paine
,
from
delight
to
despight
,
hating
thy selfe
,
and
louing
her
who
is
the
chiefe
cause
of
this
thy
calamitie
Ah
Valericus
,
hast
thou
forgot
the
saying
of
Propertius
,
that
to
loue
howsoeuer
it
be
,
is
to
loose
,
and
to
fancie
howe
charie
so
euer
thy
choice
be
,
is
to
haue
an
ill
chaunce
,
for
Loue
though
neuer
so
fickle
,
is
but
a
Chaos
of
care
,
and
fancie
,
though
neuer
so
fortunate
,
is
but
a
masse
of
miserie
,
for
if
thou
inioye
the
beautie
of
Venus
,
thou
shalt
finde
it
small
vauntage
,
if
thou
gette
one
as
wise
as
Minerua
,
thou
mayst
put
thy
winninges
in
thine
eye
,
if
as
gorgeous
as
Iuno
thy
accompts
being
cast
,
thy
gaine
shall
be
but
losse
:
yea
,
be
shée
vertuous
,
be
●he
cha●t
,
be
she
courteous
,
be
she
constant
,
be
she
rich
,
be
she
renowmed
,
be
she
honest
,
be
she
honourable
,
yet
if
thou
be
wedded
to
a
woman
,
thinke
thou
shalt
finde
in
her
sufficient
vanitie
to
counteruaile
her
vertue
,
that
thy
happinesse
will
be
matcht
with
heauinesse
,
thy
quiet
with
care
,
thy
contentation
with
vexation
:
that
thou
shalt
sowe
séede
with
sorrowe
,
and
reape
thy
corne
with
sadnesse
,
that
thou
shalt
neuer
liue
without
griefe
,
nor
dye
without
repentaunce
,
for
in
matching
with
a
wife
ther
is
such
mischifes
,
and
in
mariage
such
miseries
,
that
Craterus
the
Emperour
wishing
some
sinister
Fortune
to
happen
vpon
one
of
his
foes
,
prayed
vnto
the
Gods
,
that
he
might
be
maried
in
his
youth
,
and
dye
without
issue
in
his
age
,
counting
mariage
such
a
combersome
crosse
,
and
a
wife
such
a
pleasant
plague
,
that
he
thought
his
foe
could
haue
no
worse
torment
,
than
to
be
troubled
with
such
noysome
trash
.
Oh
Valericus
,
if
the
consideration
of
these
premisses
be
not
sufficient
to
perswade
thée
:
if
the
sentence
of
Propertius
cannot
quench
thy
flame
,
nor
the
saying
of
Craterus
coole
thy
fancie
:
call
to
minde
what
miseries
,
what
mischiefes
,
what
woes
,
what
wailings
,
what
mishappes
,
what
murders
,
what
care
,
what
calamities
haue
happened
to
such
,
as
haue
bene
besotted
with
the
balefull
beautie
of
women
,
enioying
more
care
than
commoditie
,
more
payne
than
profite
,
more
cost
than
comfort
,
more
gréefe
than
good
:
yea
,
reaping
a
tunne
of
drosse
,
for
euery
dramme
of
perfect
golde
.
What
carelesse
inconstancie
ruled
Eriphila
?
what
currish
crueltie
raigned
in
Philomela
?
how
incestruous
a
life
lead
Aeuropa
?
and
how
miserable
was
that
man
that
married
Stheuolea
?
What
gaines
got
Tereus
in
winning
Progne
?
but
a
loathsome
death
for
a
little
delight
.
Agamemnon
in
possessing
the
beautie
of
Crecida
,
caused
the
Grecian
armie
most
gréeuously
to
be
plagued
.
Candaules
was
slaine
by
his
murdering
wife
,
whom
so
intyrely
hée
loued
.
Who
was
thought
more
happy
than
the
husbande
of
Helena
,
and
yet
who
in
time
lesse
fortunate
?
What
haplesse
chaunces
insued
of
the
chastitie
of
Penelope
?
what
broyles
in
Rome
by
the
vertue
of
Lucretia
?
the
one
caused
her
sutours
most
horriblye
to
be
slayne
,
and
the
other
that
Tarquin
and
all
his
posteritie
were
rooted
out
of
their
Regall
dignities
.
Phaedra
in
louing
killed
her
haples
sonne
Hippolitus
,
&
Clitemnestra
in
hating
slew
her
louing
husband
Agamemnon
.
Alas
Valericus
,
how
dangerous
is
it
then
to
deale
with
such
Dames
?
which
if
they
loue
,
they
procure
thy
fatall
care
:
and
if
they
hate
thée
,
thy
finall
calamitie
.
But
ah
blasphemous
beast
that
I
am
,
thus
recklesly
to
raile
&
rage
without
reason
,
thus
currishly
to
exclayme
agaynst
those
without
whome
our
life
though
neuer
so
luckly
,
should
séeme
most
loathsome
,
thus
Tymon
lyke
,
to
condempne
those
heauenlye
creatures
,
whose
onely
sight
is
a
sufficient
salue
against
all
hellish
sorrowes
:
is
this
right
,
to
conclude
generallye
of
perticular
premisses
,
is
it
Iustice
to
accuse
all
for
the
offence
of
some
,
is
it
equitie
to
blame
the
staye
of
vertuous
women
,
for
the
state
of
vicious
wantons
?
Doost
thou
thinke
Valericus
to
shake
off
the
shackles
of
fancie
with
this
folly
?
or
to
eschewe
the
baite
of
beautie
,
by
breathing
out
such
blasphemie
?
No
,
no
,
assure
thy selfe
,
that
these
thy
raging
reasons
,
will
in
time
be
most
rigorouslye
reuenged
,
that
the
Gods
themselues
will
plague
thée
for
braying
out
such
iniurious
speaches
.
Alas
,
Loue
wanting
desire
,
maketh
the
minde
desperate
:
and
fixed
fancie
bereaued
of
hope
,
tourneth
into
furye
.
The
loyall
faith
I
beare
to
Castania
,
and
the
loathsome
feare
of
her
ingratitude
,
the
déepe
desire
which
inforceth
my
hope
,
and
the
deadlye
despayre
which
infringeth
my
happe
,
so
tosseth
my
minde
with
contrarie
cogitations
,
that
I
neyther
regarde
what
I
saye
,
to
my
harme
,
nor
respecte
what
I
doo
,
to
my
owne
hurte
:
yea
,
my
sences
are
so
be●otted
with
pinching
Loue
,
and
my
minde
so
fretted
with
frying
fancie
,
that
death
were
thrice
more
welcome
,
than
thus
to
linger
in
despayring
hope
.
And
with
that
,
to
passe
awaye
those
pensiue
passions
,
hée
floung
out
of
his
Chamber
with
his
Hawke
on
his
fiste
,
thinking
by
suche
sporte
to
dryue
awaye
this
melancholycke
humour
,
which
so
molested
his
minde
.
But
as
hée
was
passing
thorough
the
Courte
,
hée
was
luckelye
incountered
by
Melitta
and
Castania
,
who
minding
to
haue
some
sporte
with
Valericus
before
hée
did
passe
:
had
the
onset
thus
pleasauntly
giuen
him
by
Castania
.
IT
is
harde
Signor
Valericus
(
quoth
she
)
to
take
you
either
without
your
Hawke
on
your
fiste
,
or
your
heart
on
your
halfepenie
,
for
if
for
recreation
you
be
not
retriuing
the
Partridge
with
dogs
,
you
are
in
solemne
meditation
driuing
away
the
time
with
dumpes
,
neyther
caring
for
companie
to
solace
your
sadnesse
,
nor
plesantly
discoursing
of
some
amorous
Parle
:
which
makes
the
Gentlewomen
of
this
Court
thinke
,
that
you
are
either
an
Apostata
to
Loue
,
as
was
Narcyssus
,
or
haue
displayed
the
flagge
of
defiaunce
against
Fancie
,
as
did
Tyanaeus
.
If
these
their
surmised
coniectures
be
true
Valericus
,
I
warne
thée
as
a
friend
to
beware
by
other
mens
harmes
,
least
if
thou
imitate
their
actions
,
thou
be
mangled
with
the
like
miserie
,
or
maymed
with
the
like
misfortune
.
Valericus
hearing
his
Saint
pronouncing
this
sugred
harmonie
,
féeling
himselfe
somewhat
toucht
with
this
quipping
talke
,
was
so
rapte
in
admiration
of
her
eloquence
,
and
so
rauisht
in
the
contemplation
of
hir
beautie
,
that
he
stoode
in
a
maze
not
able
to
vtter
on●
word
,
vntil
at
last
gathering
his
wits
together
,
he
burst
foorth
into
these
speaches
.
MAdame
(
quoth
he
)
what
it
pleaseth
the
Gentlewomen
of
this
Court
to
surmise
of
my
solytarinesse
I
knowe
not
,
but
if
they
attribute
it
too
curiousnesse
,
or
coynesse
to
strangenesse
,
or
statelinesse
,
either
that
I
am
an
enimie
to
loue
,
or
a
foe
to
fancie
,
that
I
detest
theyr
bountie
with
Narcissus
,
or
contempne
their
beautie
with
Tiancus
,
they
offer
me
great
iniurie
,
so
rashly
to
coniecture
of
my
disease
,
before
rightly
they
haue
cast
my
water
.
But
to
put
your
Ladiship
out
of
doubt
what
is
the
cause
of
my
dumpes
,
so
it
is
that
of
late
raunging
the
fieldes
,
my
heart
(
my
hawke
I
shoulde
say
Madame
)
houered
at
such
a
princely
pray
,
and
yet
myst
of
her
flight
,
that
since
she
hath
neither
prunde
her selfe
,
nor
I
taken
anye
pleasure
.
Marie
if
the
fates
should
so
fauour
me
,
or
fortune
so
shrowde
me
vp
in
prosperitie
,
that
my
desire
might
obtayne
her
wish
,
I
would
not
onely
change
my
mourning
to
mirth
,
my
dolour
to
delight
,
and
my
care
to
securitie
,
but
I
would
thinke
to
haue
gotten
as
rich
a
pray
as
euer
Caesar
gaind
by
conquest
.
SUrely
Signor
Valericus
(
quoth
Melitta
)
no
doubt
the
pray
is
passing
princely
,
since
the
valew
thereof
is
rated
at
so
precious
a
price
,
and
therefore
we
haue
neither
cause
to
condempne
your
Hawke
of
haggardnesse
,
for
want
of
pruning
,
nor
you
of
foolyshnesse
for
want
of
pleasure
.
And
if
your
heart
(
your
hawke
I
should
saye
Signor
Valericus
)
hath
reacht
farther
with
her
eye
,
than
she
is
able
to
mount
with
her
wing
,
although
I
am
no
skilfull
Fawlconer
,
yet
I
thinke
you
had
better
kéepe
her
on
the
fist
still
and
so
féede
her
with
hope
,
then
let
her
misse
agayne
of
her
flyght
,
and
so
she
tourne
tayle
and
bée
foyled
.
In
déede
Madame
(
quoth
Valericus
)
your
counsaile
is
very
good
,
for
as
there
is
no
better
consect
to
a
crazed
minde
,
than
hope
,
so
there
is
no
greater
corasiue
to
a
carefull
man
than
despaire
,
and
the
Fawlchoners
also
iumpe
with
you
in
the
same
verdite
,
that
the
Hawke
which
misseth
her
praye
,
is
doubtfull
to
soare
aloofe
and
prooue
haggard
.
Yet
if
she
were
so
tickle
,
as
she
would
take
no
stande
,
so
ramage
as
she
woulde
be
reclaymed
with
no
lure
,
I
had
rather
happely
hazarde
her
for
the
gayning
of
so
péerelesse
a
praye
,
though
I
both
lost
her
and
wanted
of
my
wish
:
than
by
kéeping
her
still
in
the
Bynes
to
prooue
her
a
kyte
,
or
me
a
coward
.
In
déede
Sir
(
quoth
Castania
)
,
Fortune
euer
fauoreth
them
that
are
valyant
,
and
things
the
more
hard
,
the
more
haughtie
,
hie
and
heauenly
:
neyther
is
anye
thing
harde
to
be
accomplished
,
by
him
that
hardelye
enterpriseth
it
.
But
yet
take
héede
that
you
fishe
not
so
fayre
,
that
at
length
you
catche
a
Frogge
,
and
then
repentaunce
make
you
mumble
vp
a
masse
with
Miserere
.
No
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
it
is
neuer
séene
that
hée
which
is
contented
with
his
chaunce
,
should
euer
haue
cause
to
repent
him
of
his
choyce
.
And
yet
(
quoth
she
)
hée
that
buyes
a
thing
to
déere
maye
be
content
with
his
chaffer
,
and
yet
wish
he
had
bene
more
chaire
.
Truth
Madame
,
(
quoth
Valericus
)
but
then
it
is
trash
and
no
treasure
,
for
that
which
is
precious
is
neuer
ouerprised
,
and
a
bad
thing
though
neuer
so
cheape
is
thought
too
chargeable
.
Oh
Sir
(
quoth
Melytta
)
and
is
it
not
an
old
saying
,
that
a
man
maye
buye
golde
too
deare
,
and
that
Iewells
,
though
neuer
so
precious
maye
bée
set
at
too
high
a
price
.
I
sée
if
you
had
no
better
skill
in
manning
of
a
Hawke
,
than
in
making
of
a
bargaine
,
you
would
prooue
but
an
ill
Fawlchoner
.
But
since
we
haue
so
long
troubled
you
with
our
talk
,
we
wil
now
leaue
you
to
your
sport
,
and
so
bid
you
farewell
.
Valericus
with
a
courteous
Conge
repaying
theyr
courtesie
,
and
with
a
glauncing
eye
giuing
hys
Goddesse
the
dolefull
A
dio
,
went
solytarily
into
the
secret
woods
,
wher
laying
him
downe
in
the
shade
,
he
fell
into
these
musing
meditations
.
WHat
greater
prosperitie
(
quoth
he
)
can
happen
vnto
any
earthlye
wight
,
than
if
he
be
crossed
with
care
,
to
finde
a
confect
to
cure
his
calamitie
:
then
if
hée
be
pinched
with
paines
,
to
get
a
playster
for
his
passions
:
if
he
be
drenched
in
distresse
,
to
finde
a
meanes
to
mitigate
his
miserye
,
which
I
sée
by
proofe
perfourmed
in
my
seelye
selfe
:
for
the
sight
of
my
Goddesse
hath
so
salued
my
fore-passed
sorrowes
,
her
sweete
words
hath
so
healed
my
heauye
woundes
,
that
where
before
I
was
plunged
in
perplexitie
,
I
am
nowe
placed
in
felicitie
:
where
before
I
was
oppressed
with
care
,
I
am
now
refreshed
with
comfort
.
O
friendly
Fortune
,
if
from
hencefoorth
thou
furiouslye
frowne
vppon
mée
,
if
thou
daunt
me
with
disaster
mishappe
,
or
crosse
mée
with
perpetuall
care
,
yet
this
thy
friendlye
courtesie
shall
bée
sufficient
to
counteruayle
all
future
enormityes
.
But
alas
,
I
sée
euery
prosperous
puffe
hath
his
boysterous
blaste
,
euerye
swéete
hath
his
sower
,
euerye
weale
his
woe
,
euerye
gale
of
good
lucke
his
storme
of
sinister
Fortune
:
yea
,
euerye
commoditie
his
discommoditie
annexed
:
the
bloud
of
the
Uiper
is
most
healthfull
for
the
sight
,
and
most
hurtfull
for
the
stomacke
,
the
stone
Celonites
is
very
precious
for
the
backe
,
and
very
perillous
to
the
braine
:
the
flower
of
India
pleasaunt
to
be
séene
,
but
who
so
smelleth
to
it
,
féeleth
present
smart
:
so
as
the
ioye
of
her
presence
procureth
my
delight
,
the
annoye
of
her
absence
bréedeth
my
despight
:
yea
,
the
●eare
that
she
will
not
repaye
my
loue
with
lyking
,
and
my
fancie
with
affection
,
that
she
wil
not
consent
to
my
request
,
but
rather
meanes
to
stiffle
me
with
the
raging
stormes
of
repulse
,
and
daunt
me
with
the
doome
of
deadly
denialles
,
so
fretteth
my
haplesse
minde
with
hellish
furie
,
that
no
plague
,
no
paine
,
no
torment
,
no
torture
can
worse
molest
me
,
than
to
be
distressed
with
this
dreadfull
despaire
.
Alas
,
her
callyng
is
too
high
for
me
to
clymbe
vnto
,
her
royall
state
is
farre
aboue
my
reach
,
her
haughtie
minde
is
too
loftie
for
me
to
aspyre
:
no
doubt
if
I
offer
my
sute
vnto
her
she
will
prooue
like
the
Stone
of
Silicia
,
which
the
more
it
is
beaten
the
harder
it
is
:
or
like
the
spices
of
Ionia
,
which
the
more
they
are
pounded
the
lesse
sauour
they
yéelde
,
lyke
to
the
Isiphilon
,
which
yéeldeth
foorth
no
iuyce
though
neuer
so
well
brused
:
so
,
though
I
shoulde
with
neuer
so
great
deuotion
offer
vp
at
her
Shrine
,
prayers
,
promises
,
sighes
,
sobbes
,
teares
,
troth
,
faith
,
fréedome
,
yea
,
and
my
heart
it selfe
,
as
a
pledge
to
pleade
for
pitie
,
yet
she
would
make
so
small
accompt
of
these
my
cares
,
and
as
lyttle
regarde
my
ruth
and
ruine
,
as
Eriphila
did
her
faithfull
friend
Infortunio
.
But
oh
vilde
wretch
that
I
am
,
why
doo
I
thus
with
out
cause
condempne
Castania
,
why
doo
I
accuse
her
of
crueltie
,
in
whome
raigneth
nothing
but
courtesie
?
why
doo
I
appeach
her
of
coynesse
,
in
whome
bountie
sheweth
small
curiousnesse
?
How
friendly
,
how
familiarly
,
yea
how
faithfully
did
she
talke
with
me
,
what
a
chéerefull
countenaunce
did
shée
carrie
towardes
me
,
what
sodaine
glaunces
,
what
louely
lookes
,
which
no
doubt
are
signes
that
though
she
repulse
me
at
the
first
,
she
will
not
refuse
me
at
the
last
:
though
she
be
straight
in
words
,
she
wil
not
be
strange
in
minde
:
though
she
giue
me
some
bitter
pilles
of
deniall
,
it
shall
be
but
for
the
better
tryall
.
And
shall
I
then
béeing
fedde
with
this
hope
prooue
such
a
meacocke
or
a
milkesoppe
as
to
be
feared
with
the
tempestuous
Seas
of
aduersitye
,
when
as
at
lenghth
I
shall
arriue
at
the
Hauen
of
happie
estate
:
shall
I
dread
to
haue
my
shippe
shaken
with
some
angrie
blastes
,
hoping
to
bee
safelye
landed
on
the
shoare
,
and
so
haue
my
share
of
that
,
which
the
showers
of
shrewde
Fortune
for
a
time
hath
denied
me
.
No
,
no
,
Dulcia
non
meruit
,
qui
non
gustauit
amara
.
Hee
is
not
worthye
to
sucke
the
swéete
,
which
hath
not
first
sauoured
the
sower
:
hée
is
not
worthie
to
eate
the
kernell
which
hath
not
crackt
the
shell
,
hee
deserueth
not
to
haue
the
crowne
of
victorye
,
which
hath
not
abidde
the
brunt
of
the
Battaile
:
he
meriteth
not
to
possesse
the
praye
,
which
will
not
willyngly
take
some
parte
of
the
payne
:
Neyther
is
hée
worthye
of
so
heauenlye
a
Dame
as
Castania
,
that
woulde
not
spende
the
most
precious
bloud
in
his
bodye
,
in
the
pursute
of
so
péerelesse
a
péece
.
VAlericus
thus
mittigating
his
paine
with
the
milde
medicine
of
hope
,
and
rooting
out
the
dead
flesh
of
despayre
with
the
Playster
of
trust
,
determyned
to
stryke
on
the
Stythe
whyle
the
yron
was
hotte
,
and
to
pursue
his
purpose
whyle
his
Mystresse
was
in
her
good
moode
.
And
therefore
leauing
his
sporte
for
this
time
,
hied
him
to
the
Court
in
hast
:
where
insinuating
himselfe
into
the
societie
of
the
Ladies
and
gentlewomen
,
hée
shewed
himselfe
in
sport
so
pleasaunt
,
in
talke
so
wittie
,
in
manners
so
modest
,
in
conceits
so
cunning
,
in
parle
so
pithie
,
&
in
all
his
conuersation
so
comely
,
that
whereas
before
hée
was
specially
loued
of
none
,
now
he
was
generally
lyked
of
all
:
insomuch
that
for
a
time
there
was
no
talke
in
the
Court
but
of
the
Metamorphosis
of
Valericus
minde
.
Who
often
times
determining
in
plaine
tearmes
to
present
his
sute
to
Castania
,
when
he
came
to
the
point
,
feare
of
offence
and
dreade
of
deniall
,
disappointed
his
purpose
,
that
he
remained
mute
in
the
matter
:
but
at
last
perceiuing
delaie
bred
daunger
,
séeing
his
mistresse
sit
alone
in
his
presence
,
houering
betwéene
feare
and
hope
,
he
began
the
assault
with
this
march
.
MAdame
(
quoth
hée
)
for
that
I
sée
you
sitting
thus
solitarie
in
dumps
▪
I
am
the
bolder
to
prease
in
place
,
although
the
most
vnworthie
man
to
supplie
it
.
Hoping
you
will
pardon
my
rudenesse
for
troubling
thus
rashly
your
musing
meditations
,
and
count
my
companie
the
lesse
offensiue
in
that
I
sée
you
busied
with
no
such
seryous
matters
whervnto
my
presence
may
be
greatly
preiudiciall
.
Cyneas
the
Philosopher
,
Madame
,
was
of
this
minde
,
that
when
the
Gods
made
beautie
,
they
skipt
beyond
their
skill
,
in
that
they
framed
it
of
greater
force
then
they
themselues
were
able
to
resist
,
if
then
there
is
none
so
wise
or
worthie
whome
beautie
cannot
wracke
,
nor
none
issued
of
such
princely
birth
,
whom
beutie
cannot
bend
,
though
I
haue
bene
intangled
with
the
snare
of
fancie
,
and
haue
listened
to
the
lure
of
beautie
,
I
am
the
more
to
be
borne
with
,
and
the
lesse
to
bée
blamed
.
For
I
must
of
force
confesse
Madame
,
that
the
giftes
of
nature
so
abundauntly
bestowed
vpon
you
,
your
excellent
beutie
and
exquisite
vertue
,
haue
so
scaled
the
wals
of
my
fancie
,
and
sacked
the
fort
of
my
fréedome
,
that
for
my
last
refuge
I
am
forced
to
appeale
vnto
your
courtesie
,
as
the
onely
medicine
which
may
cure
my
intollerable
disease
.
Nay
incurable
I
may
well
call
it
,
for
(
I
speake
with
teares
outwardly
,
and
droppes
of
bloud
inwardly
)
vnlesse
the
missing
showers
of
your
mercye
mittigate
the
fire
of
my
fancie
,
the
drops
of
your
princely
fauour
quench
the
flame
of
my
affection
,
and
the
guerdon
of
your
good
will
giue
a
soueraigne
Playster
for
my
secrete
sore
,
I
am
lyke
to
passe
my
lyfe
in
more
miserie
,
then
if
I
had
taken
the
infernall
tormentes
.
But
I
hope
it
is
not
possible
,
that
out
of
a
Sugered
Fount
shoulde
distill
a
bitter
streame
,
out
of
a
fragraunt
flower
a
filthie
sappe
,
and
from
such
diuine
beautie
shoulde
proceede
hate
and
hellish
crueltie
.
It
is
Madame
your
beautie
which
hath
wrought
my
woe
,
&
it
is
your
bountie
which
must
worke
my
weale
.
It
is
your
heauenly
face
which
hath
depriued
mée
of
lybertie
,
and
your
curteous
consent
must
bée
the
meanes
to
redéeme
mée
from
captiuitie
:
for
as
hée
that
eateth
of
the
Briane
leafe
,
and
is
infected
,
can
by
no
meanes
bée
cured
,
vnlesse
hée
taste
of
the
same
roote
:
As
hée
which
is
wounded
of
the
Porcuntine
,
canne
neuer
bée
healed
vnlesse
his
woundes
bée
washt
with
the
bloude
of
the
same
beast
,
as
there
is
nothing
better
against
the
stingof
a
Snake
,
then
to
bée
rubbed
with
an
Adders
slough
,
and
as
hée
which
is
hurt
of
the
Scorpion
séeke
a
salue
from
whome
hée
receiued
the
sore
,
so
Loue
onely
is
remedied
by
Loue
,
and
fancie
by
mutuall
affection
:
You
madame
must
minister
the
medicine
,
which
procured
the
maladie
,
and
it
onely
lies
in
your
power
to
applie
th●
plaister
which
inferred
the
paine
.
Therefore
I
appeale
to
your
good
grace
and
fauour
,
and
at
the
barre
of
your
beautie
I
humblie
holde
vp
my
handes
,
resting
to
abide
your
sentence
,
either
of
consent
vnto
life
,
or
of
deniall
vnto
death
.
CAstania
hearing
this
solempne
discourse
of
Valericus
,
was
driuen
into
a
maze
with
this
vnlookt
for
motion
,
musing
that
he
would
so
farre
ouershoote
himselfe
,
as
to
attempt
so
vnlikelye
a
match
,
and
therefore
with
disdainefull
countenaunce
shée
gaue
him
this
daunt
.
AS
your
present
ariuall
Signor
Valericus
,
dooth
not
greatly
preiudice
my
muses
,
so
I
thinke
it
will
as
little
profit
your
motion
,
and
as
your
companie
pleaseth
me
regarding
the
person
,
so
it
much
misliketh
me
,
respecting
the
parle
:
that
your
countes
beeing
once
cast
,
you
shall
finde
your
absence
might
haue
more
pleasured
you
,
and
better
contented
mée
.
For
it
is
vnpossible
Valericus
to
call
the
Fawlcon
to
that
Lure
wherin
the
pennes
of
a
Camelion
are
pricked
,
because
shée
dooth
deadly
detest
them
,
it
is
harde
to
traine
the
Lyon
to
that
trappe
which
sauoureth
of
Diagredium
,
because
he
loatheth
it
.
And
it
is
as
impossible
to
perswade
mée
to
enter
league
with
fancie
,
which
am
a
mortall
foe
to
affection
,
and
to
vowe
my
seruice
to
Venus
,
which
am
alreadie
addicted
to
Diana
.
No
,
no
sir
,
I
meane
not
to
loue
least
I
liue
by
the
losse
,
nor
to
choose
,
least
my
skill
béeing
small
I
repent
my
chaunce
.
She
that
is
frée
and
willinglye
runneth
into
fetters
is
a
foole
,
and
who
so
becommeth
captiue
without
constraint
,
may
be
thought
either
wilful
or
witles
.
It
is
good
by
other
mens
harms
to
learne
to
beware
,
&
to
looke
before
a
man
doth
leap
,
least
in
skipping
beyond
his
skill
,
he
light
in
the
myre
.
Who
so
considereth
the
ficklenesse
of
mens
affections
,
&
the
fléeting
fondnesse
of
their
fading
fancie
,
who
carefully
looketh
at
the
lyghtnesse
of
their
loue
,
and
marketh
the
inconstancie
of
their
wauering
minde
,
who
readeth
the
recordes
which
make
mention
of
their
déepe
dissemblinges
,
faithlesse
protestations
,
false
vowes
,
periured
promises
,
fained
loue
,
and
forged
flatterie
:
how
poore
Ariadne
was
abused
,
howe
Medea
was
mocked
,
how
Dido
was
deceiued
,
how
Oenone
was
reiected
,
and
how
Phillis
was
forsaken
,
and
yet
would
be
allured
to
the
traine
with
such
filthie
scraps
,
I
woulde
count
her
chaunce
too
good
,
were
her
choice
neuer
so
bad
.
But
leauing
these
necessarie
doubtes
,
Valericus
,
I
tell
you
for
troth
,
if
I
ment
to
loue
,
it
is
not
you
I
meane
to
lyke
,
if
affection
forced
me
,
it
is
not
your
person
I
meane
to
fancie
,
your
patrimonie
is
not
sufficent
to
counteruaile
my
parentage
,
nor
your
bringing
vp
my
birth
,
and
therefore
I
would
wish
you
to
sow
the
séede
of
your
sute
in
a
more
fertill
soile
,
for
in
me
you
shall
finde
no
grafts
of
graunt
to
growe
,
nor
no
consent
to
be
cropped
,
for
I
neither
lyke
of
your
vnlikely
loue
,
nor
meane
not
to
bée
framed
to
your
fancie
.
Valericus
béeing
pushed
with
this
Pike
,
thought
it
a
signe
of
small
courage
to
yéelde
at
the
first
foine
,
&
therefore
looking
more
narrowly
to
his
ward
,
and
gathering
himselfe
within
his
weapon
,
he
stoode
to
his
tackeling
with
this
replie
.
MAdame
(
quoth
hée
)
if
you
condempne
me
of
folly
for
climing
a
staffe
to
high
,
or
accuse
me
of
fondnesse
for
laying
my
loue
on
a
person
of
such
princely
parentage
,
if
I
séeme
to
make
an
ill
market
in
cheaping
such
precious
chaffer
,
as
the
price
thereof
is
farre
aboue
my
reach
,
yet
my
offence
is
too
small
to
beare
anie
waightie
penaunce
,
sith
where
the
fault
procéedeth
of
loue
,
there
the
pardon
ensueth
of
course
,
but
your
beautie
shall
beare
all
the
blame
,
as
the
onely
spurre
of
this
my
rash
enterprise
.
For
as
it
is
impossible
for
the
yron
to
resist
the
operation
of
the
Adamant
,
or
the
sily
strawe
the
vertue
of
the
sucking
Ieat
,
so
as
impossible
it
is
for
a
louer
to
withstande
the
brunt
of
beautie
,
to
fréeze
if
he
stande
by
the
flame
,
or
to
peruert
the
lawes
of
Nature
.
So
that
madame
if
you
kn●we
what
a
breach
your
beautie
hath
made
into
my
breast
,
and
howe
déepelye
I
haue
shrined
the
Idoll
of
your
person
in
my
happelesse
heart
,
I
assure
my selfe
though
my
person
and
parentage
,
my
birth
and
bringing
vp
be
farre
vnfitte
for
such
a
mate
,
yet
you
would
déeme
my
loue
and
loyaltie
to
deserue
no
lesse
.
Loialtie
I
call
it
madame
,
for
as
all
things
are
not
made
of
one
mould
,
so
all
men
are
not
of
one
minde
,
as
the
Serpentine
po●der
is
quickly
kindled
,
and
quickly
out
,
so
the
Salamander
stone
once
set
on
fire
canne
neuer
be
quenched
,
as
the
soft
Waxe
is
apt
to
receiue
euerie
impression
,
so
the
hard
mettall
neuer
chaungeth
forme
without
melting
.
Iason
was
neuer
so
trouthlesse
as
Troilus
was
trustie
,
Paris
was
neuer
more
fickle
then
Pyramus
was
faythfull
,
Aeneas
was
neuer
so
lyght
as
Leander
was
faythfull
:
And
sure
Madame
,
I
call
the
Gods
to
witnesse
,
I
speake
without
faining
,
that
sith
your
beautie
and
vertue
eyther
by
fate
or
fortune
is
so
déepely
shrined
in
my
heart
,
if
it
please
you
to
accept
me
for
your
slaue
or
seruaunt
,
and
admitte
mee
so
farre
into
your
fauour
,
as
that
I
may
fréely
inioy
the
sight
of
your
sweete
face
,
and
féede
my
fancie
in
the
contemplation
of
your
beautie
,
in
liewe
thereof
I
will
repaie
such
duetifull
seruice
,
as
the
betrothed
fayth
of
Erasta
to
his
Persida
,
shall
not
compare
with
the
loue
of
Valericus
and
Castania
.
CAstania
hearing
these
perplexed
passions
procéede
from
wofull
Valericus
,
pricked
forwarde
to
take
some
remorse
of
his
tormentes
,
felte
within
her
minde
a
carefull
conflict
betwéene
fancie
and
the
fates
:
loue
and
the
destinies
,
fancie
perswaded
her
to
take
pittie
of
his
pai●es
,
the
fates
forced
her
to
giue
him
the
repulse
,
Loue
wisht
her
to
retourne
his
good
will
with
gayne
,
the
destinyes
draue
her
to
denie
his
request
,
tossed
thus
with
contrarie
cogitations
,
at
last
she
burst
forth
into
these
doubtfull
spéeches
.
VAlericus
,
as
I
am
not
altogether
to
reward
thy
good
will
with
hate
,
so
I
cannot
repaie
it
with
loue
,
because
fancie
denies
me
to
like
:
to
marie
I
meane
not
,
to
retaine
seruaunts
I
may
not
.
Marie
to
let
thée
either
to
loue
,
or
looke
,
take
this
for
an
aunswere
,
I
neither
can
nor
will
.
And
with
that
shée
went
her
waie
,
leauing
Valericus
greatlye
daunted
with
this
doubtfull
aunswere
,
with
feare
and
hope
so
fiercely
assailed
,
that
béeing
lefte
alone
,
hée
beganne
thus
to
consider
of
his
amorous
conceites
.
IF
euer
wofull
creature
had
cause
to
complaine
his
wofull
case
,
then
vndoubtedly
maye
I
preace
for
the
formost
place
,
for
there
is
no
sorrow
more
sower
,
no
torment
more
terrible
,
no
griefe
more
grieuous
,
no
heauynesse
more
hurtfull
,
then
to
haue
desire
requited
with
despight
,
and
good
wyll
with
hate
,
then
to
like
vppon
hope
of
courtesie
,
and
to
finde
nothing
but
hate
and
hellish
crueltie
.
Alasse
poore
Valericus
,
is
thy
true
loue
thus
triflinglye
accounted
off
,
is
this
the
guerdon
for
thy
good
wyll
?
Doeth
thy
déepe
desire
merite
no
better
desert
,
then
hast
thou
no
choice
,
but
eyther
to
dye
desperatelye
,
or
else
to
liue
loathsomelye
?
Why
fonde
foole
,
doest
thou
count
her
cruell
,
that
at
the
first
giues
not
a
frée
consent
?
Doest
thou
thinke
her
coye
that
commeth
not
at
the
first
call
,
wouldest
thou
haue
the
match
made
at
the
first
motion
?
Shée
that
is
wonne
with
a
worde
,
wyll
bée
lost
with
a
Winde
,
the
Hawke
that
bates
at
euerie
cast
of
the
Lure
,
wyll
neuer
bée
steadfast
on
the
stonde
,
the
woman
that
frameth
her
wyll
to
euerie
wishe
,
will
prooue
but
a
wild
wanton
.
No
,
no
,
Valericus
,
let
not
her
denials
daunt
thée
,
let
not
the
sower
tast
of
her
talke
quat
thy
queasie
stomacke
,
conster
all
thinges
at
the
best
,
though
her
censure
was
verie
seuere
,
yet
shée
knitte
vppe
her
talke
wyth
a
courteous
close
.
The
hound
which
at
the
first
default
giueth
ouer
the
chase
,
is
called
but
a
curre
.
The
Knight
that
finding
the
first
encounter
combersome
,
giueth
ouer
the
quest
,
is
counted
but
a
coward
,
and
the
louer
that
at
the
first
deniall
is
daunted
with
despaire
,
is
neyther
worthie
to
obtaine
his
desire
,
nor
inioy
his
desert
.
And
with
that
hée
floung
out
of
his
Chamber
,
both
to
auoyde
the
melancholy
which
tormented
his
minde
,
and
sée
if
hée
coulde
haue
a
sight
of
his
Goddesse
.
But
Castania
altogether
vnwilling
to
parle
wyth
her
newe
patient
,
kept
her selfe
out
of
his
sight
,
which
Valericus
espying
,
was
no
whit
amazed
,
but
lyke
a
valiaunt
Souldier
gaue
the
fort
a
fresh
assault
with
a
new
kinde
of
batterie
,
séeking
to
obtaine
that
with
writing
,
which
he
could
not
gaine
with
words
,
and
therefore
speedely
framed
a
letter
to
this
effect
.
Signor
Valericus
to
the
Ladie
Castania
,
health
.
THere
is
no
creature
(
madame
Castania
)
so
bereaued
of
reason
,
or
depriued
of
sence
,
which
béeing
oppressed
with
direfull
calamities
,
findeth
not
by
méere
instinct
of
nature
,
a
present
medicine
for
his
maladie
,
man
onelye
excepted
,
who
by
reason
of
this
want
,
maye
iustlye
accuse
the
iniurious
Gods
of
iniustice
.
The
Tyger
though
neuer
so
deadly
wounded
tasteth
the
roote
of
Tamariske
,
and
is
presently
cured
:
The
Deare
béeing
stroken
though
neuer
so
déepe
,
féedeth
on
the
hearbe
Dictamum
,
and
forthwith
is
healed
:
the
Lyon
salueth
his
sicknesse
by
eating
the
Sea
woolfe
,
and
▪
the
Unicorne
recouereth
his
health
by
swallowing
vp
the
buddes
of
a
Date
tree
.
But
man
béeing
crossed
with
care
,
or
oppressed
wyth
griefe
,
pinched
with
fancie
,
or
perplexed
with
Loue
,
findeth
no
Hearbe
so
wholesome
,
no
medicine
so
milde
,
no
Playster
so
perfect
,
nor
no
Salue
so
soueraigne
,
which
by
their
secret
vertues
can
appease
his
passions
.
Which
madame
I
knowe
by
proofe
,
and
nowe
speake
by
experience
,
for
your
diuine
beautie
and
secrete
vertue
,
the
perfection
of
your
bodie
and
the
bountie
of
your
minde
,
hath
kindled
such
a
flaming
fire
in
my
haplesse
heart
,
that
by
no
meanes
it
maye
bée
quenched
,
but
will
tourne
my
bodie
into
dry
earth
and
sinders
,
vnlesse
by
the
drops
of
your
pittie
it
be
spéedelye
redressed
.
Then
Madame
your
beautie
is
my
bale
,
let
it
bée
my
blisse
,
since
it
hath
wrought
my
woe
,
let
it
worke
my
weale
,
and
let
not
my
faithfull
seruice
and
loiall
loue
be
recompenced
with
such
rigorous
refusalls
.
Striue
not
for
my
lyfe
,
since
you
haue
my
lybertie
,
séeke
not
my
death
,
since
you
are
the
Saint
to
whome
I
offer
vp
my
deuotion
.
But
good
madame
,
let
the
swéete
Balme
of
your
beneuolence
salue
the
sore
which
so
painefully
afflicteth
my
carefull
conscience
,
and
with
the
deaw
of
your
grace
redéeme
him
from
most
hellish
miserie
,
whose
lyfe
and
death
standeth
in
your
aunswere
,
which
I
hope
shall
be
such
as
belongeth
to
the
desert
of
my
loue
,
and
the
shewe
of
your
beautie
.
Yours
if
he
be
Don
Valericus
.
VAlericus
hauing
thus
finished
his
letter
,
sent
it
with
as
much
spéede
as
might
be
by
his
Page
to
Castania
,
who
finding
her
at
conuenient
leasure
,
with
most
reuerent
dutie
deliuered
it
.
Castania
at
the
first
sight
coniecturing
the
contents
with
scorneful
lookes
and
disdainfull
countenaunce
vnripped
the
seales
,
where
séeing
and
reading
his
déep
deuotion
,
she
perceiued
that
his
affection
was
no
lesse
in
déede
,
than
hée
professed
in
word
,
she
notwithstanding
would
take
no
remorce
of
his
torment
,
but
to
dryue
him
more
into
dolefull
dumpes
,
she
retourned
him
this
dampe
.
Castania
,
to
Signor
Valericus
.
AS
it
is
impossible
(
Signor
Valericus
)
to
strayne
moyst
licour
out
of
the
drye
flint
,
to
procure
flaming
heat
in
that
which
alreadie
is
nipped
with
chilling
colde
,
to
force
the
sturdie
streames
to
run
against
their
common
course
,
so
as
harde
it
is
to
winne
vnwilling
loue
,
eyther
with
teares
,
for
trueth
.
For
if
thy
birth
and
patrimonie
coulde
counteruaile
my
parentage
,
if
my
Father
were
content
to
knitte
vp
the
knotte
,
yet
neyther
his
commaunde
nor
thy
intreatie
shoulde
not
make
me
to
choose
without
my
owne
loue
or
liking
.
Sith
then
thou
arte
the
man
,
whome
I
rather
loath
than
like
,
cease
from
thy
sute
,
make
a
vertue
of
necessitie
,
and
asswage
the
flame
thy selfe
,
which
no
other
will
quench
.
By
importunate
persisting
in
thy
purpose
where
no
hope
is
,
thou
proouest
thy selfe
rather
a
desperate
sotte
than
a
discréete
souldiour
.
To
hoppe
against
the
Hill
,
is
extreame
fondnesse
,
to
stryue
agaynst
the
streame
méere
follye
,
then
Valericus
auoyde
the
one
and
eschew
the
other
:
for
if
thou
wilt
séeke
to
gaine
my
good
wil
,
thou
shalte
tourne
the
endlesse
stone
with
Sisiphus
,
and
therefore
take
my
naye
for
an
answere
.
For
if
I
wold
I
can
not
,
and
if
I
coulde
I
will
not
.
And
so
farewell
.
No
waye
yours
,
Castania
.
VAlericus
hauing
receyued
this
rigorous
Letter
from
ruthlesse
Castania
,
séeing
with
what
great
disdaine
she
reiected
his
dutifull
deuotion
,
and
howe
with
coye
countenaunce
and
lowring
lookes
she
rewarded
his
loyall
loue
,
hée
beganne
with
reason
somewhat
to
represse
his
rage
,
and
with
wisedome
to
redresse
his
witlesse
follye
,
for
comparing
her
crueltie
with
his
owne
courtesie
,
and
her
wilfull
disdaine
with
his
willyng
dutye
,
his
disordinate
desire
beganne
not
onely
to
decay
,
but
his
extreame
loue
tourned
to
extreame
hate
,
in
so
much
that
forced
with
despight
,
hée
sent
her
in
reuenge
these
raging
lynes
.
Valericus
the
despised
,
to
despitefull
Castania
.
DIogenes
béeing
demaunded
why
so
extreamelye
hée
hated
women
,
aunswered
,
because
(
quoth
he
)
they
be
women
:
so
if
thou
aske
of
me
why
so
rudely
I
raile
agaynst
thy
recklesse
folly
,
I
aunswere
,
because
thou
arte
Castania
,
whose
mercilesse
minde
is
so
misledde
with
ingratitude
,
and
whose
currish
nature
is
foyled
with
carelesse
inconstancie
,
that
lyke
Menechmus
Supreptus
his
wife
,
thou
doost
not
begin
to
loue
,
ere
agayne
thou
séekest
t●
hate
.
Thou
playest
Castania
lyke
the
young
Eagles
,
which
béeing
hatched
vp
by
the
Birde
Osyphaga
,
neuer
séeke
to
pearke
on
loftye
Mountes
,
but
to
sitte
in
durtye
Dales
,
and
lyke
the
gréedie
kyte
which
leaueth
the
swéete
flesh
,
to
praye
on
the
stincking
carrion
.
But
why
doo
I
so
farre
forget
my selfe
?
Is
shée
to
bée
blamed
that
leaueth
her
choyce
to
haue
a
better
chaunce
,
or
is
the
Fawlchon
to
bée
accused
of
bastardie
,
that
leaueth
the
Starlyng
to
praye
on
the
Larke
?
No
:
and
no
doubt
such
is
thy
case
,
for
if
it
be
true
that
all
speaketh
,
or
at
the
least
suspecteth
,
thou
art
lyke
by
thy
louers
Parentage
to
become
a
greate
Potentate
:
for
if
armes
bée
the
bewrayer
of
auncient
discentes
,
no
doubte
hée
is
come
of
an
olde
house
.
Yea
,
thy
Father
Orlanio
maye
reioyce
if
hée
lyue
to
sée
the
daye
that
his
Daughter
shall
bée
so
well
wedded
as
to
such
a
wranglyng
Wisarde
.
But
Pasiphae
preferred
a
Bull
before
a
King
,
and
Venus
a
sméered
Smith
before
Mars
the
God
of
Battayle
.
Tush
,
Psomneticus
was
Father
to
Rhodopes
Children
,
whosoeuer
begatte
them
,
and
that
Cloake
is
of
a
course
spinning
,
that
cannot
kéepe
off
the
raine
.
Farewell
.
Liuing
he
hopes
to
reuenge
thy
iniuries
.
Wofull
Valericus
.
CAstania
no
sooner
had
read
these
despitefull
lynes
of
Valericus
,
but
her
minde
fried
with
the
flames
of
furie
,
and
her
breast
boyled
with
raging
wrath
,
in
such
sort
,
that
she
coulde
not
be
in
quiet
nor
take
any
rest
,
she
busied
her selfe
so
carefully
in
studying
with
what
kinde
of
reuenge
she
might
best
wreake
her
wrathe
vppon
him
,
and
requite
his
spitefull
speaches
.
At
last
womanlike
,
she
found
her
tongue
the
best
wepon
,
and
with
that
she
plagued
him
in
this
sorte
.
Castania
to
Valericus
,
neither
health
nor
good
hap
.
THE
Mastiffe
Dogge
Valericus
,
can
neuer
queste
lyke
a
Spaniell
,
but
hée
must
alwayes
barke
lyke
a
Curre
,
it
is
naturall
for
the
Pye
to
chatter
,
for
the
Iaye
to
iangle
,
and
for
thée
to
rayle
and
rage
like
a
franticke
foole
.
Dooest
thou
(
thinke
Valericus
)
by
brauling
like
a
beggar
to
become
a
king
,
or
by
thy
moodlesse
follye
to
obtaine
my
fauour
,
no
,
as
I
knowe
thy
knauerie
,
so
I
passe
not
for
thy
brauerie
:
neither
can
those
vaunts
stande
for
payment
,
where
the
partie
is
prickte
for
a
péeuish
paltring
patch
.
It
is
no
maruell
if
thy
doggish
letters
sauoure
of
Diogenes
doctrine
,
for
in
troth
thou
art
such
a
Cinicall
kinde
of
Dun●e
,
that
thy
fond
felicitie
is
in
biting
bitterly
those
,
whom
otherwise
thou
canst
not
reuenge
.
In
déede
gentle
Balaams
Asse
,
if
I
had
bene
so
lyght
as
to
haue
loued
you
,
I
myght
iustlye
haue
bene
accused
to
haue
bene
a
Curre
or
a
Kystrell
,
for
in
faith
she
that
féedes
her
fancie
on
thy
face
,
maye
onely
reape
this
profite
to
fill
her
eyes
full
with
the
figure
of
a
foole
.
For
my
louers
Armes
Valericus
they
are
imblased
in
such
a
coate
,
as
it
is
harde
for
thée
to
controwle
.
But
I
know
thou
boastest
that
thou
hast
gotten
thy
Antiquitie
by
conquest
,
and
kéepest
thy
Letters
patentes
in
the
beggers
bor●
.
Thus
adieu
Sir
Dunce
,
the
more
you
mislike
mee
,
the
better
I
loue
my selfe
.
Thy
detested
foe
,
Castania
.
VAlericus
his
heart
was
so
hardened
with
hate
,
as
he
was
nothing
dismayed
with
this
rigorous
reply
,
but
thought
himselfe
halfe
satisfied
,
that
he
hadde
thus
kindly
toucht
her
to
the
quicke
,
praying
the
Gods
,
that
sith
it
was
not
in
his
possibilitie
to
make
any
sufficient
reuenge
,
they
would
by
some
sinister
meanes
requite
hir
crueltie
.
But
leauing
him
to
his
dumpes
,
at
last
to
Gwydonius
,
who
besides
the
beautie
of
his
bodie
,
and
the
bountie
of
his
minde
(
whereat
all
Alexandria
wondred
,
had
by
good
gouernment
and
perfect
practise
,
obtained
such
a
dexteritie
in
all
things
,
as
in
feates
of
armes
no
man
more
forward
,
in
exercise
none
more
actiue
,
in
playe
none
more
polliticke
,
in
parle
none
more
pleasant
,
amongst
his
auncients
very
wise
,
amongst
the
youthfull
who
more
merrie
:
so
that
there
was
no
time
,
person
,
nor
place
,
whereto
he
aptly
applyed
not
himselfe
:
insomuch
that
he
entered
into
such
fauour
and
familyaritie
with
Thersandro
and
Castania
,
that
he
was
the
onely
man
whose
companie
they
desired
to
enioye
.
But
especially
Castania
,
who
by
casting
a
gazing
glaunce
some
time
vpon
the
beautie
of
Gwydonius
,
felte
a
certayne
restraint
of
libertie
in
her
affections
,
an
alteration
of
minde
,
and
as
it
were
a
ciuill
assault
within
her selfe
:
but
hauing
small
practise
in
the
pangs
of
loue
,
shée
could
not
coniecture
the
secret
cause
of
these
her
soda●●e
passions
,
thinking
that
as
it
was
a
toye
lyghtlye
taken
,
so
it
would
as
lightly
be
left
:
and
vpon
this
still
she
rested
,
conceiuing
onely
an
ordinarie
kinde
of
liking
towards
Gwydonius
.
Who
bathing
thus
in
the
streames
of
blisse
,
and
safely
harboured
in
the
hauen
of
happinesse
,
wanting
nothing
which
might
content
his
minde
,
eyther
for
plesure
or
profite
,
thought
it
a
poynt
of
méere
folly
,
eyther
to
seeke
or
wish
for
more
than
inough
,
knowing
that
to
strayne
further
than
the
sléeue
would
stretch
,
was
but
to
make
the
arme
bare
,
and
to
skippe
beyonde
a
mans
skill
,
was
to
leape
,
but
not
to
knowe
where
to
lyght
:
to
auoyde
therefore
hastinesse
in
hazarding
,
hée
fell
a
slumber
in
the
carelesse
seate
of
securite
.
But
as
it
is
impossible
for
a
man
to
sléepe
by
the
Uiper
and
not
bée
inuenomed
,
to
gaze
vppon
the
Cockatrice
and
not
be
infected
,
to
stare
vppon
the
Sunne
and
not
bée
dazeled
,
to
looke
vpon
Medusas
head
and
not
be
transformed
,
to
wade
in
the
waues
and
not
bée
drenched
,
to
handle
coales
and
not
be
scorched
,
so
it
was
as
impossible
for
young
Gwydonius
to
gaze
vppon
the
beautie
of
Castania
and
not
bée
galled
,
to
fire
his
eyes
vppon
her
feature
and
not
bée
fettered
,
to
sée
her
vertuous
qualyties
and
not
bée
inueigled
:
for
her
courtesie
hadde
so
incountered
him
,
her
modestie
hadde
so
amazed
him
,
and
her
charie
chastitie
so
inchaunted
him
,
that
whereas
hée
came
to
Orlanio
his
Courte
frée
from
affection
,
hée
was
nowe
become
a
seruyle
Slaue
to
Fancie
,
before
a
foe
to
Lust
,
nowe
a
friende
to
Loue
:
yea
,
hée
felte
such
an
alienation
of
his
senses
,
and
such
a
straunge
Metamorphosis
of
his
minde
,
as
reason
was
tourned
to
rage
,
myrth
to
mourning
,
ioye
to
annoye
,
delight
to
despight
,
weale
to
woe
,
blisse
to
bale
:
in
fine
,
such
contrarye
passions
so
perplexed
this
doubtfull
Patient
,
as
maugre
his
face
,
he
yéelded
the
Fort
to
fancie
,
and
pulde
in
the
former
flagge
of
defiaunce
,
intreated
for
truce
,
and
beganne
to
enter
parle
with
Cupide
on
this
manner
.
O
Gwydonius
(
quoth
hée
)
what
straunge
chaunce
,
naye
,
what
rare
chaunge
,
what
sollempne
motion
,
naye
,
what
sodayne
madnesse
,
what
foolish
frensie
,
or
rather
what
franticke
affection
hath
possessed
thée
?
Is
thy
lawlesse
lybertie
tourned
to
a
slauish
captiuitie
?
Is
thy
fréedome
fettered
?
Are
thy
sences
besotted
?
Is
thy
witte
inueygled
?
Werte
thou
of
late
a
defier
of
Venus
,
and
arte
thou
nowe
a
defender
of
vanitie
.
Diddest
thou
of
late
renounce
beautie
as
a
foe
,
and
wilt
thou
now
imbrace
her
as
a
friende
.
Is
this
the
carefull
keeping
of
thy
Fathers
commaundement
,
or
is
this
thy
diligent
duetie
in
obseruing
the
counsayle
of
thy
olde
Sire
Clerophontes
?
Hast
thou
so
soone
forgotte
his
fatherlye
precepts
,
or
committed
to
oblyuion
his
friendlye
aduertisement
?
Did
hée
carefully
warne
thée
to
beware
of
Loue
,
and
wilt
thou
carelessely
wedde
thy selfe
to
Lust
?
Did
he
shewe
thée
what
poysoned
ban●
is
hidden
vnder
the
painted
baites
of
beautie
,
and
wilt
thou
be
haled
to
the
hooke
?
O
haplesse
case
:
naye
rather
,
if
the
charye
charge
thy
Father
gaue
thée
,
will
be
no
constraint
,
if
his
counsayle
will
not
commaunde
thée
,
if
his
warning
wil
not
make
thée
warie
,
nor
his
aduice
be
thy
aduertisement
:
yet
let
imminent
perills
,
and
insuing
daungers
bée
a
precious
preseruatiue
against
future
calamities
.
Consider
with
thy selfe
Gwydonius
,
what
difference
is
betwéene
fréedome
and
bondage
,
betwéene
libertie
and
captiuitie
,
mirth
and
mourning
,
pleasure
and
payne
,
rest
and
care
,
happinesse
and
heauinesse
:
and
so
farre
dooth
he
which
is
frée
from
affection
differ
from
him
which
is
fettered
in
fancie
.
Why
but
Gwydonius
,
why
doost
thou
thus
recklesly
rage
against
reason
?
Why
doost
thou
thus
fondly
exclayme
agaynst
thine
owne
welfare
?
Why
doost
thou
condempne
thy selfe
of
that
crime
whereof
thou
art
not
guyltie
.
Thy
Father
warned
thée
to
beware
of
fickle
fancie
,
but
this
thy
lyking
is
firme
affection
.
Hys
counsayle
was
to
perswade
thée
from
leawde
lust
,
but
not
from
lawfull
loue
,
from
vanitie
,
not
from
vertue
:
yea
,
his
will
was
to
wish
thée
from
lykeing
such
a
lewd
minion
,
who
had
neither
birth
,
welth
nor
vertue
,
but
a
little
fading
beautie
to
be
either
her
credite
or
thy
countenance
,
not
to
warne
thée
from
louing
such
a
chast
maiden
,
nay
a
péereles
Princesse
,
whose
birth
may
countenaunce
thy
calling
,
whose
power
may
promote
thée
,
whose
liuings
may
inrich
thée
,
whose
vertue
maye
aduaunce
thée
:
yea
,
in
obtaining
whome
,
thou
shalt
gaine
both
honour
,
and
perhaps
the
inheritaunce
of
a
Dukedome
.
Doost
thou
thinke
then
Gwydonius
in
winning
so
worthie
a
péece
,
to
purchase
thy
Fathers
displeasure
,
nay
assure
thy selfe
he
will
not
onelye
be
content
with
thy
chaunce
,
but
he
will
thinke
thou
hast
runne
a
happier
race
,
than
Hyppomanes
did
in
winning
Atlanta
.
Content
with
thy
chaunce
?
Why
Gwydonius
art
thou
so
fonde
a
foole
,
as
to
count
the
Castle
conquered
,
that
as
yet
thou
hast
not
compassed
:
to
suppose
the
Citie
sacked
,
which
thou
hast
not
beséeged
:
to
thinke
the
bulwarke
beaten
,
which
as
yet
thou
hast
not
battered
:
or
to
count
the
Ladie
wonne
,
whome
as
yet
thou
hast
not
wooed
.
Nay
Gwydonius
,
if
thou
weigh
thy
case
in
the
equall
Ballaunce
,
thou
hast
more
cause
of
feare
than
of
hope
,
of
doubte
than
of
assuraunce
,
of
myssing
thy
pretence
,
than
of
obtayning
thy
purpose
.
The
Fawlchon
(
Gwydonius
seldome
perketh
with
the
Merlyne
,
the
Lyon
seldome
lodgeth
with
the
Mouse
,
the
Hart
seldome
féedeth
with
the
Pricket
,
Aquila
non
capit
Muscas
,
and
a
Dame
indued
with
Nobilitie
,
vouchsafeth
not
to
match
with
a
man
of
meane
Gentilitie
.
Of
meane
Gentilitie
Gwydonius
?
yea
truely
,
for
Castania
rather
thinketh
thée
sprong
of
some
poore
peasaunt
,
than
of
anye
princely
personage
.
Besides
,
alas
Fortune
her selfe
denieth
me
anye
such
fauour
,
my
good
will
as
yet
hath
deserued
no
suche
gwerdon
,
my
desire
is
farre
aboue
my
deserts
,
my
ambition
aboue
my
condition
,
and
the
poore
staye
of
wandering
Gwydonius
farre
vnfit
for
the
princely
state
of
worthie
Castania
.
But
put
case
she
did
will
as
I
did
,
wish
that
she
wer
pricked
in
the
same
veine
,
caught
in
the
same
snare
,
trapped
with
the
like
traine
,
&
fired
with
the
like
fancie
,
yet
the
Duke
her
father
will
neither
condescend
to
her
mind
,
nor
consent
to
my
motion
,
neither
think
well
of
her
liking
nor
of
my
loue
,
nay
if
he
shoulde
but
once
heare
of
such
recklesse
folly
,
as
he
hath
wrought
my
promotion
,
so
he
would
worke
my
confusion
,
as
hée
hath
bene
my
friend
,
so
he
would
be
my
foe
,
and
in
troth
Gwydonius
not
without
cause
,
for
art
thou
so
voide
of
vertue
,
or
vowed
to
vice
,
so
nursed
vp
in
vanitie
,
or
nusled
vp
in
villanie
,
as
to
requite
his
liberalitie
with
such
disloialtie
,
to
returne
the
trust
which
he
reposeth
in
the●
with
such
treason
.
Tush
,
Loue
is
aboue
Lord
or
Lawe
,
friend
or
faith
.
Where
Loue
leadeth
,
no
master
is
made
account
off
:
no
king
cared
for
,
no
friende
forced
off
,
no
dutie
respected
,
but
all
things
done
according
to
the
qualitie
that
is
predominant
.
Why
Gwydonius
,
what
doubts
are
these
that
thou
thus
dreamest
on
?
Why
dost
thou
cast
beyond
the
Moone
,
and
feare
before
thou
art
in
daunger
to
fall
:
knowing
that
Loue
and
Fortune
desireth
not
them
that
are
dastards
,
nor
careth
not
for
them
that
are
cowardes
.
The
Captaine
that
retireth
from
the
walls
before
he
hath
the
repulse
,
shall
neuer
returne
a
conquerour
,
the
Souldier
that
fainteth
before
the
battaile
bée
fought
,
shal
neuer
vaunt
himself
of
victorie
.
He
that
feareth
euerie
tempest
is
not
fit
to
be
a
trauailer
.
He
that
doubteth
euerie
waue
shall
neuer
proue
a
perfect
Pylot
,
and
he
that
in
loue
dreadeth
euerie
chip
of
mischance
,
may
well
encounter
,
but
neuer
obtaine
the
conquest
.
Sith
then
Gwydonius
,
hardie
venturing
is
a
signe
of
happie
victorie
,
sound
out
the
march
with
the
trumpet
of
trust
,
beginne
the
assault
,
giue
the
onset
.
Laie
the
battering
péeces
of
loue
,
against
the
bulwarke
of
beautye
,
and
no
doubt
thy
successe
shall
bée
such
as
thou
shalt
triumph
with
Caesar
and
saie
,
Veni
,
Vidi
,
Vici
.
And
art
thou
so
presumptuous
fonde
foole
,
as
to
promise
thy selfe
the
conquest
,
knowest
thou
not
that
the
path
of
loue
is
perillous
.
And
with
that
he
fell
into
such
melancholike
passions
,
such
contrarie
cogitations
,
such
doubtfull
thoughtes
,
such
fearefull
supposes
,
that
as
hée
which
eateth
of
the
Goorde
roote
looseth
his
memorye
,
and
as
the
Elephaunt
when
hée
eateth
of
the
Helitropion
leafe
,
is
then
verie
sléepie
,
so
Gwydonius
was
so
perplexed
with
these
vnacquainted
passions
,
that
contrarie
to
his
custome
hée
hadde
driuen
mirth
into
mourning
,
pleasaunt
conceites
into
painefull
cares
,
laughing
into
lowring
,
singing
into
sorrowe
,
as
béeing
thus
besotted
to
solace
himselfe
,
hée
went
into
a
Parke
adioyning
to
the
Dukes
Pallace
,
where
sitting
vnder
the
shade
of
a
béech
trée
,
leaning
his
head
on
his
hande
,
he
laye
as
one
in
a
slumber
.
But
Fortune
willing
somewhat
to
fauour
this
young
Nouice
,
brought
it
so
to
passe
,
that
Tersandro
,
Valericus
,
Castania
and
Melytta
,
with
diuerse
other
gentlemen
,
were
for
recreation
sake
,
raunging
in
the
same
Parke
,
who
espying
ghostly
Gwydonius
●itting
as
one
in
a
traunce
,
Castania
passing
before
the
rest
,
pulling
him
by
the
sléeue
,
draue
him
thus
out
of
his
dumpe
.
WHy
how
now
Gwydonius
(
quoth
shée
)
are
you
dreaming
or
doubting
,
or
is
your
minde
musing
vpon
some
metaphusicall
motions
,
that
you
sit
thus
as
a
man
half
mortified
,
your
solempne
iesture
makes
me
remember
the
picture
of
Pigmalion
,
which
once
I
sawe
portrayed
out
by
a
skilfull
painter
,
who
leaning
his
head
on
his
Marble
mistres
,
(
that
so
vnfainedly
he
loued
)
sate
wyth
his●eyes
as
one
in
a
slumber
,
hauing
his
face
notwythstanding
so
bedewed
with
brinish
teares
,
as
his
outward
plaintes
did
sufficiently
bewraie
his
inward
passions
.
In
truth
Gwydonius
I
had
taken
thée
for
Pigmalion
,
if
thou
hadst
hadde
teares
as
thou
wert
in
a
traunce
,
for
thou
doest
not
greatly
differ
from
him
neither
in
countenaunce
nor
colour
,
wel
if
it
were
but
a
dreame
Gwydonius
,
that
thus
combred
thy
conscience
,
or
a
doubte
that
made
thée
thus
dumpish
,
I
wil
deuine
the
one
if
it
be
not
to
darke
,
or
decide
the
other
,
if
it
be
not
too
secrete
,
marie
if
the
case
be
combersome
,
I
leaue
it
to
the
iudgement
of
these
Gentlemen
.
GWydonius
wakened
out
of
his
musing
slumber
wyth
this
sugured
harmonie
,
séeing
before
his
eyes
his
gorgeous
Goddesse
,
the
verie
Saint
,
at
whose
shrine
he
was
offering
vp
scalding
sighes
,
farre
fetcht
sobbes
,
plaintes
,
prayers
,
and
protestations
,
was
so
appalde
with
her
presence
,
that
as
the
Basiliske
looseth
his
sences
with
the
sight
of
a
naked
man
,
as
the
Torteise
séeing
the
North
starre
is
benummed
,
as
the
Hermeline
looking
on
the
stone
Echites
is
greatly
amazed
,
so
Gwydonius
séeing
the
incomperable
beautie
of
his
best
beloued
Castania
,
was
so
astonished
,
yea
,
so
inchaunted
with
the
rare
perfection
of
this
heauenly
Pallas
,
that
as
one
besotted
he
sate
sencelesse
,
not
being
able
to
vtter
one
worde
,
vntill
at
length
reuiued
with
the
view
of
her
chéerefull
countenance
,
he
repaide
her
with
this
pleasaunt
aunswere
.
MAdame
(
quoth
he
)
whereas
iestingly
you
saye
,
that
at
the
first
sight
you
had
taken
me
for
perplexed
Pigmalion
by
my
pittifull
plaintes
and
carefull
countenaunce
,
but
that
I
wanted
trickeling
teares
to
decypher
my
sorrowe
,
I
aunswere
,
that
woe
may
verie
well
bée
wythout
watrie
wailinges
,
for
when
the
Stone
Garatides
fryeth
wythout
,
it
fréezeth
within
,
the
Germaunder
leafe
,
when
it
is
most
full
of
moisture
,
looketh
then
most
drie
,
where
the
streame
is
most
déepe
,
there
it
is
most
still
,
and
where
is
the
smallest
shewe
of
teares
,
there
is
the
greatest
signe
of
sorrowe
.
And
also
I
call
the
heauens
to
witnesse
,
that
when
you
wakened
me
out
of
my
dreame
by
your
diuine
eloquence
,
I
tooke
you
either
for
beautie
to
be
Venus
,
for
comelynesse
to
be
Pallas
,
or
for
port
and
honour
to
be
Iuno
,
so
that
both
your
presence
and
curtesie
daunted
my
minde
,
your
presence
in
dazeling
my
eies
so
sodainely
with
so
solempne
a
sight
,
your
curtesie
,
in
that
your
Ladyship
without
curiositie
would
vouchsafe
to
talke
with
so
meane
a
Gentleman
.
But
Madame
,
sith
that
I
perceiue
your
skill
in
nauigation
to
be
great
,
in
that
you
made
so
cunning
a
coniecture
,
and
without
anie
great
aiming
,
so
rightly
hitte
the
marke
,
to
put
you
out
of
doubt
,
I
confesse
I
was
both
in
a
dreame
and
a
doubt
,
wherein
sith
it
pleaseth
your
honour
to
take
so
much
paine
,
I
will
craue
your
aide
to
deuine
the
one
,
and
decide
the
other
.
The
Dreame
.
I
Was
walking
(
Madame
Castania
)
in
my
dreame
,
(
as
I
supposed
)
solitarily
by
the
sea
side
,
where
,
as
I
tooke
delight
to
sée
the
Dolphins
leape
(
which
as
the
Mariners
saie
is
a
signe
of
imminent
tempest
)
I
forthwith
espyed
a
rocke
in
the
sea
,
wherevpon
stoode
a
Ladie
araied
with
roabes
of
burnisht
golde
▪
so
formed
and
framed
,
so
adorned
and
decked
with
the
giftes
of
Nature
,
as
at
the
first
I
tooke
her
to
bée
Thetis
,
that
had
so
gorgeouslye
clad
her selfe
,
to
welcome
home
her
louer
and
Lord
Neptunus
.
But
viewing
her
countenaunce
more
narrowly
,
I
perceiued
her
to
be
a
mortall
creature
(
though
vnworthie
such
diuine
beautie
should
be
shrouded
in
the
substaunce
of
an
earthly
carcasse
)
which
so
inflamed
my
affection
,
so
fired
my
fancie
,
&
sp
kindled
my
desire
,
that
the
tormentes
of
Tantalus
,
the
torture
of
Ixion
,
the
sorrowe
of
Sisiphus
,
were
not
halfe
comperable
to
the
perplexed
passions
that
pinched
my
haplesse
heart
,
when
I
sawe
all
hope
cut
awaie
from
inioying
this
earthly
Goddesse
,
the
sea
which
compassed
the
rocke
was
so
déepe
and
daungerous
,
the
cliffes
so
stéep-downe
and
fearefull
,
as
to
descend
was
no
lesse
daunger
then
death
it selfe
,
thus
as
I
surged
in
griefe
,
and
wandered
vp
and
downe
in
woe
,
I
spied
a
bridge
a
farre
off
,
whereby
was
a
passage
to
the
rocke
,
which
sight
so
salued
my
forepassed
sorrow
,
and
so
reuiued
my
daunted
minde
,
as
I
was
driuen
into
an
extasie
for
ioy
,
to
sée
so
good
meanes
to
inioy
my
wished
desire
.
Comming
to
the
bridge
,
I
found
it
built
of
glasse
so
cunningly
,
and
so
curiously
,
as
if
Nature
her selfe
had
sought
to
purchase
credit
by
framing
so
curious
a
péece
of
workmanship
.
But
yet
so
slenderly
,
as
the
least
waight
was
able
to
pash
it
into
innumerable
péeces
,
and
vnderneath
the
bridge
did
run
so
terrible
a
sea
,
such
bouncing
billowes
,
such
tumbling
waues
,
such
fearefull
surges
,
such
roaring
stremes
,
such
hideous
goulfs
,
as
it
made
the
passage
séeme
a
thousand
times
more
perillous
.
This
terrible
sight
was
such
a
cooling
Card
to
my
former
conceits
,
as
hope
was
turned
to
feare
,
blisse
to
bale
,
&
supposed
happinesse
to
assured
heauinesse
.
And
yet
my
fancie
was
not
quenched
,
but
rather
far
the
more
inflamed
,
my
desire
was
not
diminished
,
but
augmented
,
&
my
liking
no
lesse
,
but
rather
inlarged
,
so
that
to
liue
in
loue
without
hope
was
loathsome
,
to
séeke
redresse
was
losse
of
life
,
to
want
my
wish
was
horror
,
to
inioy
my
will
was
hell
,
to
liue
in
care
without
comfort
was
calamitie
,
to
séeke
for
cure
was
more
th●
miserie
,
not
to
possesse
the
pray
was
hellish
daunger
,
to
venture
for
the
prize
was
haples
death
.
Thus
crossed
with
cares
,
&
daunted
with
such
diuers
doubts
,
desperate
hope
so
repulsed
direfull
feare
,
that
incouraged
by
ventrous
desire
,
I
hadde
either
obtained
my
wish
,
or
wanted
of
my
will
,
if
your
Ladyshippe
had
not
so
sodainely
wakened
me
out
of
my
slumber
.
Thus
madame
Castania
,
you
haue
heard
my
dreame
,
now
the
doubt
is
,
whether
it
had
ben
better
to
haue
ventured
vppon
the
brickle
bridge
,
and
so
either
desperatly
to
haue
ended
cares
with
death
,
or
else
valiantly
to
haue
inioyed
desire
with
renowme
,
or
still
like
a
fearefull
dastard
to
haue
ended
my
dayes
in
lingering
loue
with
myserie
.
Castania
hearing
the
surmised
dreame
of
Gwydonius
,
both
smelled
the
fetch
,
and
smiled
at
the
follie
of
this
young
youth
,
knowing
that
these
fantastical
visions
and
presupposed
passions
,
would
in
time
(
if
he
tooke
not
héed
)
proue
but
too
true
,
to
preuent
therefore
such
imminent
perills
,
shée
nipt
her
young
nouice
on
the
pate
with
this
parle
.
GWydonius
(
quoth
shée
)
I
haue
listened
to
thy
drousie
dreame
,
with
déep
deuotion
,
by
so
much
the
more
desirous
attentiuely
to
heare
it
,
by
howe
much
the
more
I
finde
it
straunge
and
wonderfull
:
yea
,
so
straunge
as
if
I
my selfe
had
not
wakened
thée
out
of
thy
slumber
,
I
would
either
haue
thought
it
a
fained
vision
,
or
a
fantasticall
inuention
,
but
sith
these
Gentlemen
héere
present
&
mine
owne
eyes
are
witnesses
,
&
thine
owne
tongue
a
testimonie
of
thy
talke
,
suffice
I
beléeue
it
,
though
I
can
not
diuine
it
:
to
giue
a
verdit
where
the
euidence
is
not
vnderstood
is
vanitie
,
to
yéeld
a
reason
of
an
vnknowen
case
is
méere
folly
,
and
to
interpret
so
straunge
a
dreame
without
great
practise
is
but
to
skip
beyond
my
skill
,
and
so
lay
fast
in
the
mire
.
Yet
least
I
might
séeme
to
promise
much
and
performe
nothing
,
I
will
decide
your
doubt
if
you
please
to
take
my
doome
for
a
censure
.
It
is
a
saying
Gwydonius
,
not
so
common
as
true
,
that
the
hastie
man
neuer
wantes
woe
,
and
that
hée
which
is
rash
wythout
reason
,
seldome
or
neuer
sléepeth
without
repentaunce
.
To
venture
amiddest
the
Pikes
when
perills
cannot
bée
●schewed
,
is
not
fortitude
but
folly
,
to
hazarde
in
daungers
,
when
death
ensueth
is
not
to
bée
worthely
minded
,
but
wilfully
mooued
.
Uertue
alwayes
consisteth
betwéene
extremities
,
that
as
too
much
fearefulnesse
is
the
signe
of
a
quaking
coward
,
so
too
much
rashnesse
betokeneth
a
desperate
Ruffian
.
Manhoode
Gwydonius
consisteth
in
measure
and
worthynesse
,
in
fearing
to
hazard
without
hope
.
But
to
giue
a
verdite
by
thine
owne
voyce
,
I
perceiue
thou
art
guiltie
of
the
same
crime
,
for
when
the
bricklenesse
of
the
Bridge
portended
death
,
and
the
surging
Seas
inferred
losse
of
lyfe
,
yet
desire
draue
thée
to
aduenture
so
desperate
a
daunger
.
Better
it
is
Gwydonius
to
liue
in
griefe
,
then
to
die
desperatelye
without
grace
:
better
to
choose
a
lingering
lyfe
in
miserie
,
then
a
spéedie
death
without
mercie
,
better
to
bée
tormented
wyth
haplesse
fancie
then
with
hellish
fiends
,
for
in
lyfe
it
is
possible
to
represse
calamity
,
but
after
death
neuer
to
redresse
miserie
.
Tully
Gwydonius
in
his
Tusculans
questions
,
discoursing
of
the
happinesse
of
life
and
heauinesse
of
death
,
sayth
,
that
to
lyue
we
obtaine
it
of
the
louing
Gods
,
but
to
die
,
of
the
vnluckie
destinies
:
meaning
heereby
,
that
lyfe
though
neuer
so
loathsome
,
is
better
then
death
,
though
neuer
so
welcome
:
whereby
I
conclude
Gwydonius
,
that
to
liue
carfully
,
is
better
then
to
die
desperatly
.
Gwydonius
perceiuing
that
Castanias
parle
was
nothing
to
the
purpose
,
and
that
shée
toucht
not
that
point
whereof
hée
desired
most
to
bée
absolued
,
but
meant
to
shake
him
off
wyth
a
flée●elesse
aunswere
,
beganne
to
drawe
her
to
the
Trappe
wyth
this
traine
▪
MAdame
Castania
(
quoth
he
)
I
confesse
that
rashnesse
neuer
raigneth
without
repentaunce
,
nor
hastie
hazarding
without
haplesse
harmes
,
that
he
which
aduentureth
desperate
daungers
is
a
foole
,
&
he
that
passeth
ineuitable
perills
is
worse
then
an
Asse
:
Yet
from
these
so
generall
rules
Madame
,
I
exempt
these
perticular
exceptions
,
namely
Loue
&
Necessitie
,
which
two
are
tied
within
no
bonds
,
nor
limitted
within
no
law
,
for
whom
the
diuel
driues
he
must
néedes
run
,
be
the
passage
neuer
so
perillous
:
and
whom
Loue
or
Necessitie
forceth
,
he
must
venture
be
the
daunger
neuer
so
desperate
:
for
as
there
is
no
enterprise
so
easie
which
to
an
vnwilling
man
séemeth
not
verie
hard
to
bée
atchieued
,
so
there
is
no
incounter
so
combersome
where
will
wisheth
,
that
séemeth
not
passing
easie
to
bée
perfourmed
,
nowe
this
will
is
with
nothing
sooner
pricked
forwarde
,
then
either
with
the
force
of
Loue
,
or
sting
of
necessitie
.
So
that
whosoeuer
aduentureth
in
a
daunger
,
though
neuer
so
desperate
,
is
not
to
be
blamed
,
if
inforced
by
fancie
,
or
incouraged
by
affection
,
and
especially
where
the
perill
is
in
possibilytie
to
bee
passed
without
death
,
and
in
the
performaunce
thereof
,
the
possession
of
such
a
prise
as
the
passionate
person
more
estéemeth
then
lands
,
limmes
,
or
lyfe
it selfe
,
bée
it
neuer
so
swéete
.
In
which
case
madame
my
cause
consisteth
.
For
the
Ladie
who
was
an
heauenly
obiect
to
my
glasing
eies
,
was
so
beautified
with
the
giftes
of
nature
,
and
so
perfectly
pollished
with
more
then
naturall
perfection
,
that
with
the
only
view
of
such
diuine
beutie
,
my
sences
were
so
besotted
,
my
wit
&
will
so
inueigled
,
my
affection
so
inflamed
,
&
any
fréedome
so
fettered
,
yea
,
Loue
alreadie
had
made
so
greate
a
breach
into
the
bulwarke
of
my
breast
,
that
to
obtaine
so
gorgeous
a
Goddesse
,
I
thought
death
no
daunger
,
though
neuer
so
direfull
,
nor
losse
of
lyfe
no
torment
,
though
neuer
so
terrible
.
In
déed
Gwydonius
quoth
Thersandro
,
I
agrée
with
thée
in
this
poynt
,
that
there
is
no
carpet
Knight
so
cowardly
that
wold
not
passe
most
perillous
pikes
to
possesse
so
liuely
a
Dame
as
thou
doost
decypher
,
nor
no
dastard
so
daunted
with
dread
which
would
not
greatlye
indanger
himselfe
to
inioy
so
louely
a
damsell
,
in
the
fruition
of
whom
consisteth
nothing
but
ioy
,
blisse
,
rest
,
contentation
of
minde
,
delight
,
happinesse
,
yea
,
all
earthlye
felicitie
.
And
yet
Sir
(
quoth
Gwydonius
)
your
sister
Castania
condemnes
me
of
follye
,
in
ventring
for
so
precious
a
price
,
when
as
hope
perswaded
me
,
that
no
hazarde
could
be
haples
,
and
assured
me
that
Loue
and
Fortune
fauoureth
them
that
are
bold
:
that
the
Gods
themselues
séeing
my
perplexed
passions
,
would
of
pittie
defend
me
from
those
perillous
daungers
.
For
if
Theseus
by
Diuine
power
were
ayded
against
the
force
of
the
monstrous
Minotaure
,
or
if
Iason
,
who
constrained
with
a
couetous
desire
to
obtaine
the
golden
Fléece
,
arryuing
at
Colchos
,
was
preserued
by
the
Gods
,
from
the
dint
of
the
deadly
Dragons
,
no
doubt
Iupiter
himselfe
woulde
either
haue
made
the
staggering
bridge
more
strong
(
considering
that
no
hope
of
wealth
,
no
desire
of
riches
,
no
gréedinesse
of
gaine
,
no
loue
of
lucre
,
but
beautie
her selfe
was
the
victorie
I
meant
to
vaunt
of
,
)
or
els
if
I
hadde
sowsed
in
the
roaring
Seas
,
hée
woulde
haue
prouided
some
happie
Dolphin
,
that
Arion
lyke
,
I
might
arriue
at
the
desired
Rocke
:
and
then
my
daungers
should
haue
bene
tourned
into
delight
,
my
perilles
into
pleasures
,
my
hazarding
into
happinesse
:
yea
,
I
should
haue
possessed
that
heauenly
paragon
,
and
enioyed
the
loue
of
that
louelye
Venus
,
whose
onelye
sight
were
a
sufficient
salue
,
against
all
fore-passed
sorrowes
.
Staye
there
Master
Gwydonius
(
quoth
the
Ladye
Melytta
)
for
I
sée
to
graunt
one
false
proposition
,
is
to
open
a
doore
to
innumerable
absurdities
,
and
that
by
suffering
you
too
long
,
of
these
supposed
premisses
,
you
wil
inferre
some
cauillyng
conclusion
to
your
former
reasons
:
thus
I
replye
.
That
I
confesse
necessitie
to
haue
no
lawe
,
but
I
graunt
not
the
same
of
Loue
:
for
if
it
be
lawlesse
,
it
is
leawde
:
if
without
lymittes
,
lasciuious
:
if
contayned
within
no
boundes
,
beastlye
:
if
obserued
with
no
order
,
odious
:
so
that
lawlesse
Loue
without
reason
,
is
the
verye
Load-stone
to
ruth
and
ruine
.
Sith
then
Master
Gwydonius
as
your selfe
affirme
,
this
was
the
pricke
that
pusht
you
into
perill
,
how
can
the
effect
be
good
,
when
the
cause
was
naught
,
or
howe
can
you
clearkly
defend
your
desperate
motion
,
procéeding
of
such
a
fonde
and
foolish
occasion
.
But
it
was
the
perfection
of
her
comelye
person
,
her
exquisite
feature
,
and
rare
beautie
,
that
so
kindled
thy
desire
,
and
so
bewitched
thy
sences
:
for
,
who
is
so
fearefull
that
beautie
will
not
make
bolde
?
who
so
doubtfull
,
that
beautie
wil
not
make
desperate
?
yea
,
what
so
harde
that
a
man
will
not
hazarde
,
to
obtayne
so
diuine
a
thyng
,
as
beautie
.
Oh
Gwydonius
,
hast
thou
not
hearde
the
Fish
Remora
lystening
to
the
sounde
of
a
Trumpet
is
caught
of
the
Fishers
,
that
while
the
Porcupine
standeth
staring
at
the
glymmering
of
the
starres
,
hée
is
ouer-taken
with
dogges
,
that
the
Deare
gazing
at
the
bowe
is
striken
with
the
bolte
,
that
the
Leoparde
looking
at
the
Panthers
paynted
skinne
is
taken
as
a
praye
,
and
that
he
which
taketh
too
much
delyght
to
gaze
vpon
beautie
,
is
oftentimes
galled
with
griefe
and
miserie
.
Yea
,
his
pleasure
shall
inferre
such
profite
,
and
his
good
wil
such
gayne
,
as
if
he
reapte
the
beautifull
apples
of
Tantalus
,
which
are
no
sooner
toucht
,
but
they
tourne
to
ashes
.
Beautie
Gwydonius
,
no
sooner
flourisheth
but
it
fadeth
,
and
it
is
not
fullye
ripe
before
it
beginne
to
rot
:
it
no
sooner
blossometh
but
it
withereth
,
and
scarcelye
béeing
toucht
it
stayneth
,
lyke
to
the
Guyacum
leafe
,
that
hath
the
one
halfe
parched
,
before
the
other
halfe
be
perfect
:
to
the
Birde
Acanthis
,
which
hatched
white
,
yet
tourneth
blacke
at
the
first
storme
:
or
lyke
to
the
Stone
Astites
,
that
chaungeth
colour
with
the
onelye
breath
of
a
man
.
If
then
Gwydonius
,
Beautie
be
so
fading
,
so
fickle
,
so
momentarie
,
so
moouing
,
so
withering
,
so
waning
,
so
soone
passed
,
and
so
soone
parched
:
is
this
the
Iewell
,
which
you
count
more
déere
than
life
?
and
the
Iemme
which
you
thinke
worthie
to
be
purchased
with
the
danger
of
death
?
No
doubt
Gwydonius
,
if
you
wonne
the
victorie
,
you
might
vaunt
of
a
great
Conquest
,
and
if
your
long
hope
were
repayed
with
a
great
happe
,
it
shoulde
bée
much
lyke
to
his
,
which
thinking
to
embrace
Iuno
,
caught
nothing
but
a
vanishing
clowde
.
You
doo
well
Madame
(
quoth
Castania
)
to
put
an
If
,
in
it
,
because
hée
that
vaunteth
of
victorie
before
hée
hath
wonne
the
fielde
,
maye
prooue
himselfe
a
foole
:
hée
that
bragges
of
gaines
before
the
accompts
be
cast
,
may
perhappes
put
his
winnings
in
his
eyes
:
and
hée
that
bloweth
the
Mort
before
the
fall
of
the
Buck
,
may
very
well
misse
of
his
fées
:
so
he
that
counts
himselfe
a
spéeder
before
he
be
a
wooer
,
sheweth
himselfe
a
vaine
person
or
a
vaunting
patch
.
Might
it
not
bée
I
praye
you
Master
Gwydonius
,
that
passing
the
bridge
scaping
the
dangerous
seas
,
&
happely
arriuing
at
the
desired
Rocke
,
yet
you
might
misse
of
your
purpose
?
Yes
forsooth
:
for
many
a
man
bendeth
his
bow
,
that
neuer
killeth
his
game
,
laieth
the
strap
that
neuer
catcheth
the
fowle
,
pitcheth
the
Net
that
neuer
getteth
the
fish
,
&
long
time
are
heauie
wooers
that
neuer
proue
happie
speeders
.
So
perhaps
Gwydonius
you
might
be
crossed
with
a
chippe
of
the
same
mischaunce
,
and
the
gorgeous
Dame
whome
you
adore
for
a
Goddesse
might
repaye
your
liking
with
loathing
,
your
loue
with
hate
,
your
good
will
with
despite
and
your
fixed
fancie
with
small
affection
,
either
that
she
lyked
you
too
little
,
or
loued
another
too
much
.
All
these
doubts
Gwydonius
are
carefullye
to
be
cast
,
and
wisedome
it
is
to
feare
the
worst
,
and
finde
the
best
:
but
you
Sir
like
a
lustie
champion
,
thinke
a
Ladie
won
at
the
first
looke
,
and
the
good
will
of
women
gained
at
the
first
glaunce
,
thinking
the
Gods
themselues
are
to
be
accused
of
iniustice
,
if
they
be
not
ayders
to
your
enterprise
,
insomuch
that
if
in
ventring
ouer
the
perilous
passage
,
you
had
by
disaster
Fortune
fallen
into
the
daungerous
Seas
,
you
doubted
not
but
that
Iupiter
would
haue
sent
a
Dolphin
,
that
Arion
like
you
might
escape
the
fearefull
surges
:
but
Gwydonius
bée
not
so
ventrous
,
least
though
you
harpe
very
long
,
you
get
not
the
like
hap
.
These
premisses
considered
,
if
my
censure
might
stand
for
a
sentence
,
I
déeme
it
better
to
be
counted
a
dastardly
coward
,
than
a
desperate
caitife
,
better
to
forsake
your
Goddesse
,
than
your
God
,
better
to
lyue
pinched
with
a
few
momentarie
passions
,
than
with
desperate
death
to
destroy
both
soule
and
body
:
for
there
is
no
sore
such
which
in
time
may
not
be
salued
,
no
care
such
which
cannot
bée
cured
,
no
fire
so
greate
which
may
not
bée
quenched
,
no
loue
,
liking
,
fancie
,
or
affection
,
which
in
time
may
not
either
be
repressed
,
or
redressed
.
Valericus
hearing
this
rough
replye
of
Castania
,
supposed
that
although
she
leuelled
at
Gwydonius
,
yet
shée
shot
at
him
,
and
fearing
the
fort
should
be
too
much
shashaken
with
this
fearce
assault
,
he
stifly
defended
the
walles
with
this
fresh
Alarum
.
MAdam
quoth
hée
,
I
se
you
will
sit
nye
the
wals
eare
you
be
thrust
out
for
a
wrangler
,
and
that
you
will
speake
against
your
owne
conscience
,
but
you
will
haue
the
conquest
:
for
my
owne
part
Madame
,
howsoeuer
I
séeme
to
lyke
it
,
I
will
not
saye
I
mislike
it
,
but
I
am
sorrie
you
Madame
Melitta
shoulde
so
blasphemouslye
imblaze
the
Armes
of
beautie
,
and
so
recklesselye
rayle
against
the
sacred
lawes
of
loue
:
sake
héed●
for
crossing
Cupid
so
crabbedlye
,
for
though
he
forgiue
and
forget
,
Venus
is
a
woman
,
and
will
seeke
reuenge
.
Valericus
(
quoth
she
)
take
no
care
what
daunger
I
incurre
for
speaking
the
truth
,
if
I
chaunce
to
bee
harmed
,
it
is
mine
owne
mishap
,
and
for
Venus
reuenge
I
care
for
it
the
lesse
because
I
feare
it
not
:
if
I
speake
against
my selfe
,
you
may
sée
I
am
the
fitter
to
bée
a
Iudge
,
because
I
am
not
partiall
,
nor
haue
any
respect
of
persons
.
These
quippes
Madame
(
quoth
Gwydonius
)
are
nothing
to
the
purpose
,
therefore
in
the
behalfe
of
my selfe
and
beautie
thus
I
answere
.
That
as
there
is
nothing
that
so
soone
procureth
a
man
to
loath
as
deformitie
,
so
there
is
nothing
which
sooner
perswadeth
a
man
to
loue
than
beautie
,
for
the
most
precious
stone
is
chosen
by
the
most
glystering
hiew
,
the
purest
golde
by
the
most
perfect
colour
,
the
best
fruite
by
the
brauest
blossomes
,
and
the
best
conditions
by
the
swéetest
countenaunce
,
so
that
where
beautie
raineth
,
there
vertue
remaineth
,
and
vnder
a
faire
face
resteth
a
faithfull
heart
.
Sith
then
beautie
and
bountie
cannot
be
parted
,
what
man
is
hée
so
brutish
,
whom
the
least
of
these
will
not
make
to
break
or
bende
?
And
wheras
you
condemn
me
of
vanitie
for
vaunting
before
the
victorie
,
I
say
,
that
if
fortune
had
so
fauored
mée
,
that
I
had
gayned
the
presence
of
my
Goddesse
,
I
would
neuer
haue
doubted
to
haue
obtained
my
desire
:
for
if
she
had
séene
the
desperate
daunger
which
I
aduentured
,
and
the
fearefull
perilles
which
I
passed
for
her
sake
,
she
coulde
not
but
of
conscience
,
repaye
my
loue
with
vnfayned
loyaltie
,
and
my
good
will
with
treble
gaine
.
And
in
troth
I
thinke
it
vnpossible
,
that
such
heauenlye
beautie
shoulde
bée
eclypsed
with
crueltye
,
and
such
perfect
comelynesse
be
blemesht
with
curious
coynesse
.
Why
Gwydonius
(
quoth
she
)
doost
thou
call
it
crueltie
,
not
to
condiscende
to
the
request
of
euerie
one
that
wooeth
,
or
doost
thou
tearme
it
coynesse
not
to
yéelde
to
the
assaulte
of
euerye
flattering
Louer
,
then
in
my
iudgement
it
were
good
for
euerye
woman
to
bee
both
cruell
and
coye
,
that
by
crueltie
she
might
auoyde
the
traine
of
trothlesse
wooers
,
and
by
coynesse
●schewe
the
troupe
of
faithlesse
suters
.
And
so
Madame
(
quoth
Valericus
)
she
should
reape
small
comfort
and
lesse
credit
.
Tush
Signor
Valericus
(
quoth
Gwydonius
)
it
pleaseth
her
thus
merelye
to
iest
,
whereas
I
knowe
shée
dooth
accompt
more
of
a
courteous
Dame
,
than
of
a
curyous
Damsell
,
and
that
her
Ladishippe
so
detesteth
the
name
of
crueltye
,
that
shée
woulde
bee
loath
to
bée
thought
to
haue
a
mynde
deuoyde
of
mercie
.
And
in
troth
to
leaue
these
particular
instaunces
,
women
in
generall
,
or
for
the
most
parte
,
are
bountifull
,
courteous
,
sober
,
chaste
,
demure
,
not
imbrued
with
vice
,
but
indued
with
vertue
:
so
that
by
howe
much
womens
bodies
are
weaker
than
mens
,
by
so
much
their
mindes
are
more
strong
and
vertuous
.
What
Gwydonius
(
quoth
she
)
doo
you
thinke
to
bée
a
frée-man
in
Wales
,
for
offering
a
léeke
to
Saint
Dauie
,
or
to
bring
Pan
into
a
fooles
Paradise
,
by
praysing
his
Pipe
.
Not
so
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
but
I
hope
in
extollyng
a
Souldiours
life
to
haue
Saint
George
to
my
friend
,
and
in
giuing
verdit
with
Venus
to
gaine
her
good
wil
,
and
to
reape
the
reward
that
Paris
had
for
his
censure
.
Marie
sir
(
quoth
Castania
)
if
you
haue
no
better
gettings
,
you
may
gaine
long
inough
,
and
yet
liue
by
the
losse
:
for
in
obtaining
one
friend
,
you
shall
reape
two
foes
as
Paris
did
,
who
was
more
plagued
by
Pallas
and
Iuno
,
than
pleasured
by
flattering
Venus
.
And
yet
Madam
(
qd
he
)
his
mishap
shall
not
make
me
to
beware
:
for
if
Venus
wold
grant
me
but
one
Lady
in
the
world
,
whom
most
entirely
I
loue
,
I
would
neither
respect
Pallas
,
Iuno
,
nor
Diana
her selfe
,
were
she
neuer
so
despitefull
.
Yes
but
you
wold
(
quoth
she
)
if
she
pinched
you
but
with
Acteons
plague
,
to
pester
your
heade
with
as
many
hornes
as
a
Har●
.
It
wold
cause
you
coniecture
your
new
Mistresse
were
too
much
giuen
to
the
game
,
or
that
thou
wert
come
from
Cornetto
by
discent
.
Tush
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
doo
you
count
Acteons
hap
such
a
great
harme
,
the
only
sight
in
séeing
Diana
naked
,
was
a
recompense
for
all
his
ensuing
sorrowes
,
and
if
my selfe
might
inioye
my
wish
,
and
obtaine
the
heuenly
Dame
that
so
hartely
I
desire
,
the
plague
of
Acteon
,
nay
the
griping
grief●
,
the
ghostly
spirits
do
suffer
,
shuld
not
counteruaile
the
ioye
I
shoulde
conceiue
in
inioying
so
péerelesse
a
Iewell
.
Truly
(
quoth
Thersandro
)
thou
art
worthie
Gwydonius
to
be
a
chapman
,
that
thou
bids
so
well
for
thy
chaffer
,
and
in
my
minde
she
is
not
in
Alexandria
,
who
for
her
beautie
is
so
to
be
loued
,
or
at
the
least
wold
déeme
thée
not
worthy
to
be
liked
.
But
leuing
these
amorous
discourses
,
let
vs
hye
vs
in
hast
to
the
Court
,
least
in
tarrying
Orlanio
misse●
vs
,
and
so
we
be
shent
.
The
companie
obaying
the
minde
of
Thersandro
,
passed
as
spéedely
as
might
be
to
the
Pallaice
,
where
being
arriued
,
they
departed
euery
man
to
his
owne
lodging
.
Castania
had
no
sooner
conueyed
her selfe
closely
into
her
chamber
,
but
her
minde
was
moued
with
a
thousand
sundry
motions
,
and
she
felt
such
a
cruell
conflict
in
her
haplesse
hart
,
by
the
assault
of
diuers
contrarie
passions
,
that
how
stoutly
so
euer
she
defended
the
walles
,
she
found
her
force
too
weak
to
resist
the
rage
of
so
recklesse
a
tyrant
.
Now
the
prayers
Valericus
powred
forth
came
to
effect
,
now
Venus
meant
to
be
reuenged
for
the
crueltie
she
vsed
to
her
valiant
Captain
Valericus
,
who
so
valiantly
had
fought
vnder
the
flagge
of
affection
,
and
yet
could
by
no
meanes
preuayle
.
For
Castania
hearing
the
sugured
Eloquence
,
which
so
swéetlye
flowed
from
the
sappie
wit
of
Gwydonius
,
framing
in
her
fancie
the
forme
of
his
face
,
and
printing
in
her
heart
the
perfection
of
his
person
,
was
so
intangled
in
the
snares
of
Loue
,
as
shée
coulde
by
no
reason
redresse
her
miserie
,
but
will
shée
,
nyll
shée
,
fell
into
these
bitter
complaints
.
ALas
witlesse
wretch
(
quoth
she
)
that
I
am
,
what
fierie
flames
of
fancie
doo
frie
within
mée
?
what
desire
,
what
lust
,
what
hope
,
what
trust
,
what
care
,
what
dispaire
,
what
feare
,
what
furie
?
that
to
be
payned
wyth
these
perplexed
passions
,
to
me
that
neuer
felt
the
force
of
them
before
,
is
no
lesse
dolour
than
death
it selfe
,
bee
it
neuer
so
dyrefull
.
O
Gods
,
where
are
nowe
become
those
loftye
lookes
I
vsed
to
Valericus
?
Where
is
the
disdaynefull
dealynges
,
the
coye
countenaunces
,
the
curyous
congies
,
the
causelesse
crueltie
?
Yea
,
the
harde
heart
,
which
so
rigorouslye
reiected
the
loue
of
him
which
so
entirely
liked
me
.
Could
I
,
fonde
foole
that
I
am
,
valiauntly
withstande
the
assaults
of
a
worthie
Gentleman
,
&
shall
I
cowardly
yéeld
to
an
vnknowen
straunger
:
did
I
loath
him
whose
parentage
was
little
inferiour
to
mine
,
and
shall
I
loue
another
of
base
and
vild
birth
:
did
I
disdaine
to
looke
at
the
lure
,
and
shall
I
now
stoope
without
stall
,
come
without
call
:
yea
,
and
to
such
an
emptie
fist
,
O
lawlesse
Loue
,
O
witlesse
will
,
O
fancie
,
fraught
full
of
phrensie
and
furie
.
Alasse
,
if
I
should
be
so
carelesse
as
to
consent
to
this
franticke
toie
,
what
will
they
say
,
that
praised
me
for
my
vertue
?
will
they
not
as
fast
dispraise
me
for
my
vanitie
,
wil
not
my
father
fret
,
my
kinsfolke
crie
out
,
my
friendes
be
sorrie
,
my
fo●s
and
especially
Valericus
,
laugh
me
to
scorne
,
and
triumph
of
this
my
mishap
:
yea
,
wil
not
all
the
world
wonder
to
sée
me
alate
giuen
to
chastitie
,
and
now
shake
hands
with
virginitie
,
to
yéeld
my
déerest
iewell
&
chiefest
treasure
into
the
hands
of
a
stragling
straunger
,
who
came
to
my
fathers
court
without
countenance
or
coine
,
wealth
or
worshippe
,
credit
or
calling
:
yea
,
who
by
his
owne
report
is
but
a
person
of
small
parentage
.
Séeke
then
Castania
to
asswage
this
flame
,
and
to
quench
this
fire
,
which
as
it
commeth
without
cause
,
so
it
wil
consume
without
reason
.
For
the
greatest
flowe
hath
the
soonest
ebbe
,
the
sorest
tempest
hath
the
most
sodaine
calme
,
the
hottest
loue
hath
the
coldest
end
,
and
of
the
déepest
desire
oft
times
ensueth
the
deadlyest
hate
:
so
that
she
which
settles
her
affection
with
such
spéed
as
she
makes
her
choice
without
discreation
,
may
cast
her
corne
she
knowes
not
where
,
and
reapes
she
wots
not
what
,
and
for
her
hastie
choosing
,
may
perhaps
get
a
heauie
bargaine
.
Alasse
,
I
knowe
this
counsaile
is
good
,
but
what
then
?
can
I
denie
that
which
the
destinies
haue
decréede
,
is
it
in
my
power
to
peruert
that
which
the
Planets
haue
placed
?
can
I
resist
that
which
is
stirred
vp
by
the
starres
?
No
,
what
néede
I
then
make
this
exclamation
,
sith
I
am
not
the
first
nor
shall
not
be
the
last
whom
the
frantike
phrensie
of
flickering
fancie
,
hath
with
more
wrong
and
greater
vauntage
piteously
oppressed
.
What
though
Gwydonius
be
not
wealthie
,
yet
he
is
wise
,
though
he
be
not
of
great
parentage
,
yet
he
is
of
comelye
personage
,
it
is
not
his
coine
that
hath
conquered
me
,
but
his
countenaunce
,
not
his
vading
riches
,
but
his
renowmed
vertues
,
&
I
far
more
estéeme
a
man
then
money
:
I
but
the
Duke
my
father
is
not
so
base
minded
as
to
bestow
me
vpon
so
meane
a
Gentleman
,
he
neuer
will
consent
that
poore
Gwydonius
shuld
inioy
the
which
he
hopeth
some
pearlesse
prince
shall
possesse
.
What
then
?
shall
I
preferre
my
Fathers
weale
before
mine
own
wil
,
his
liking
before
mine
own
loue
?
no
,
no
,
I
will
choose
for
my selfe
whatsoeuer
my
choice
be
.
Why
but
perchance
Gwydonius
will
no
more
estéeme
thee
then
thou
didst
Valericus
,
&
repay
thée
with
as
smal
fancy
as
thou
him
with
affection
.
Tush
,
doubt
it
not
Castania
,
thou
art
the
dame
which
he
so
deciphered
in
his
dreme
,
thou
art
that
Venus
which
he
saw
in
his
vision
,
y●
art
the
goddesse
,
whose
beauty
hath
so
bewitched
him
,
y●
art
the
iewell
to
possesse
,
the
which
ther
is
no
hap
so
hard
which
he
would
not
hazard
,
no
daunger
so
desperate
which
hée
wold
not
aduenture
,
no
burden
so
heuie
which
he
wold
not
beare
,
nor
no
perill
so
huge
which
he
wold
not
passe
.
And
shall
not
then
Gwydonius
be
my
seruant
,
sith
I
am
his
Saint
,
shall
not
I
like
him
which
loueth
mée
,
sith
he
is
my
ioy
,
shall
I
not
inioye
him
?
Yes
,
Gwydonius
is
mine
,
and
shall
bée
mine
in
despight
of
the
fates
and
Fortune
.
Castania
hauing
thus
pittifully
powred
out
her
plaints
would
gladly
haue
giuen
Gwydonius
intelligence
(
with
modestie
if
she
might
)
of
her
good
will
towardes
him
,
&
god
knows
how
faine
Gwydonius
wold
haue
discouered
his
feruent
affection
,
if
too
much
feare
had
not
astonished
him
,
&
too
great
bashfulnes
staied
her
.
She
therfore
houering
betwéene
feare
&
hope
,
perseuered
so
long
in
his
pensiue
passions
&
careful
cogitations
,
that
by
couert
concealing
of
her
inward
sorrow
,
the
flame
so
furiously
fried
within
her
,
that
she
was
constrained
to
kéepe
her
bed
.
Whervpon
Melytta
coniecturing
the
cause
of
her
care
by
the
colour
of
her
countenaunce
,
thought
to
sift
out
the
occasion
of
her
sorrow
,
that
by
this
meanes
she
might
apply
a
medicine
to
her
maladie
,
&
finding
fit
opportunitie
,
she
brake
with
her
in
this
wise
.
Madame
Castania
(
quoth
shée
)
since
I
haue
by
the
Duke
your
father
bene
assigned
to
you
as
a
companion
,
I
haue
in
such
louing
wise
both
comforted
&
counselled
you
,
as
I
hope
you
haue
iust
cause
to
say
that
I
haue
most
carefully
tendred
your
estate
,
for
perceiuing
how
willing
you
were
to
follow
my
direction
,
I
counted
your
wealth
my
weale
,
your
pleasure
my
profite
,
your
happinesse
my
ioy
,
&
your
prosperitie
my
felicitie
.
Which
friendly
care
if
it
wer●
not
to
be
considered
,
if
I
shuld
shew
you
what
great
sorrow
I
sustaine
by
your
heauinesse
,
you
would
iudge
my
words
to
procéede
either
of
folly
or
flatterie
,
but
if
your
sore
be
such
as
it
may
be
salued
,
if
your
care
may
be
cured
,
if
your
grief
may
be
redressed
,
or
your
malady
mitigated
by
my
means
,
command
me
good
Castania
in
what
I
may
to
pleasure
thée
,
&
thou
shalt
find
me
so
charely
to
performe
my
charge
,
as
my
willing
mind
shall
euidently
bewray
my
well
meaning
.
I
see
Castania
,
of
late
,
such
a
straunge
Metamorphosis
in
thy
minde
,
as
for
pleasant
conceits
thou
dost
vse
pensiue
cogitations
,
thy
chéerefull
countenance
is
changed
into
lowring
lookes
,
thy
merrie
deuises
into
mournful
dumps
,
&
yet
I
cannot
coniecture
no
cause
of
this
sodaine
alteration
.
If
want
of
riches
should
worke
thy
woe
,
why
thou
swimst
in
wealth
,
if
losse
of
friends
?
thou
hast
infinit
of
noble
parentage
,
which
loues
thée
most
entirely
.
If
thou
meanest
no
longer
to
leade
a
single
life
,
no
doubt
thy
father
will
prouide
thée
of
such
a
princely
match
,
as
shall
content
thée
for
his
person
,
and
countenaunce
thée
with
his
parentage
.
But
if
in
all
these
supposes
I
haue
mist
the
marke
,
and
haue
not
toucht
the
case
of
thy
calamitie
,
vnfolde
vnto
me
Castania
what
the
paine
is
that
thus
doth
pinch
thee
,
and
assure
thy selfe
,
I
will
be
so
secrete
in
thy
affaires
,
as
euer
Lampana
was
to
her
Ladie
Cleophila
.
Castania
hearing
this
friendly
discourse
of
Melytta
,
thought
for
al
this
faire
glose
the
text
might
be
to
intricate
,
&
that
these
painted
spéeches
would
proue
but
rotten
pillers
,
fearing
therefore
the
fetch
,
and
doubting
the
worst
,
if
shée
bewraie
her
minde
,
shée
framed
her
this
aunswere
.
MAdame
(
quoth
she
)
the
incomperable
curtesie
and
vnfained
friendship
which
since
your
first
comming
I
haue
found
in
you
by
experience
,
will
neither
suffer
mée
to
suspect
your
Ladyshippe
of
flatterie
,
nor
my selfe
willingly
to
be
accused
of
ingratitude
,
for
your
diligence
hath
bene
so
great
,
&
my
deserts
so
small
,
that
if
I
might
but
liue
to
requite
some
parte
of
your
good
will
,
it
were
the
second
felicitie
I
looke
for
in
this
life
.
But
touching
the
pensiue
passions
which
thus
diuersly
perplexed
mée
,
I
aunswere
,
that
as
he
which
is
wounded
of
the
Bores
tuske
,
if
his
sore
take
aire
is
verie
hardly
healed
,
as
hée
which
stroken
with
a
Scorpion
if
his
wound
take
wind
can
neuer
be
cured
:
so
madame
,
many
inward
maladies
carry
this
nature
,
that
if
they
be
once
discouered●
they
are
far
the
more
hardly
recouered
,
that
it
is
better
to
conceale
them
with
griefe
,
then
reueale
them
in
hope
of
reléefe
.
Not
so
Castania
,
your
principle
is
not
true
,
for
if
your
passions
procéeded
of
loue
,
which
of
all
other
inward
sores
requireth
greatest
secrecie
,
yet
vndoubtedly
the
more
it
is
discouered
,
the
sooner
it
is
cur●d
,
for
as
the
sto●e
of
Armenia
béeing
couered
with
sande
,
burneth
most
extreamly
,
and
no
sooner
taketh
aire
but
it
cooleth
,
so
the
firie
flames
of
loue
raked
vp
in
silence
,
frie
most
furiously
,
but
béeing
by
discourse
dis●losed
,
they
soone
conuert
from
flame
to
fume
and
smoke
.
Wherfore
good
Castania
impart
vnto
me
the
matter
which
doeth
import
thée
so
néere
,
and
I
sweare
vnto
thée
by
the
sacred
rites
of
Caeres
,
which
is
so
honoured
in
Alexandria
,
that
if
thou
doost
loue
where
thy
friends
do
not
like
,
and
thy
wish
be
contrarie
to
their
will
,
yet
I
will
séeke
all
meanes
possible
to
redresse
thy
sorrowe
.
Alasse
good
mada●●e
,
rather
then
you
shoulde
thinke
mée
so
incredulous
or
suspitious
,
as
not
to
beléeue
your
oth
,
or
doubt
of
your
secret
dealing
,
I
will
without
delay
make
you
priuie
to
the
cause
of
my
paine
,
what
perill
so
euer
I
incurre
by
reuealing
it
.
So
it
is
Melytta
,
that
the
perfection
of
Gwydonius
,
his
exquisite
qualities
,
and
excellent
vertues
haue
fiercely
assaulted
the
fort
of
my
fancie
,
as
I
am
perforce
constrained
to
resigne
my
libertie
captiue
vnto
his
curtesie
,
and
to
make
his
person
the
prison
of
my
heart
.
This
lucklesse
and
vnlikely
loue
madame
,
is
the
cause
of
my
care
,
&
the
sum
of
my
sorrowe
,
this
frantike
affection
hath
driuen
my
drouping
heart
to
shew
forth
these
drousy
looks
,
this
is
it
which
hath
made
me
an
enimie
to
my selfe
,
a
foe
to
all
good
companie
,
&
to
delight
in
nothing
but
sorrow
&
solitarinesse
:
yea
,
this
is
the
sore
,
which
if
in
time
it
be
not
salued
,
will
preuent
by
death
all
other
miseries
.
And
is
this
(
quoth
Melytta
)
the
paine
that
so
greatly
perplexeth
you
,
is
this
the
●●re
which
so
combers
thy
conscience
?
is
this
the
daunger
which
driues
thée
into
such
deepe
distresse
?
Doest
thou
thinke
so
supersti●iously
of
Gwydonius
,
or
so
abiectly
of
thy selfe
,
that
thou
deemest
this
〈◊〉
impossible
to
be
brought
to
passe
:
no
,
no
,
doubte
not
Castania
,
I
my self
dare
absolutely
promise
thée
,
that
thy
loue
shall
sort
to
such
happie
successe
,
as
thou
thy self
doest
séeke
for
.
And
with
that
Melytta
staied
by
a
sodaine
sight
shée
had
of
the
Saint
that
Castania
so
hartely
serued
,
for
Gwydonius
was
entering
in
at
the
chamber
doore
with
a
dish
of
delicates
,
which
Orlanio
hearing
his
Daughter
was
sicke
,
had
sent
her
.
Melytta
séeing
that
Cupid
began
to
fauor
the
cause
of
his
clients
,
in
giuing
them
such
fit
opportunitie
to
discouer
their
cares
went
her
way
,
leauing
Gwydonius
the
first
man
to
play
his
part
in
this
tragicall
Comedie
,
who
seeing
his
goddesse
thus
surprised
with
sicknesse
,
was
so
galled
with
griefe
,
so
pinched
with
hellish
passions
,
&
so
tortured
with
extreame
torments
,
that
his
colour
began
to
change
,
&
he
fetcht
a
deep
sigh
or
two
,
which
Castania
hearing
,
she
perceiued
without
touching
his
pulses
,
the
cause
of
these
his
sodain
passions
.
In
fine
,
such
melancholike
motions
so
amazed
his
minde
,
that
he
was
almost
mute
in
his
message
,
yet
at
length
incouraging
himselfe
,
he
presented
it
vnto
her
in
this
wise
.
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
the
Duke
your
Father
hearing
of
your
sodain
sicknesse
,
in
token
of
his
fatherly
affection
,
amongst
all
his
dainties
,
hath
sent
you
this
dish
,
which
he
thinks
most
méete
for
your
diet
,
wishing
your
Ladyship
to
let
no
doubtfull
motions
distresse
your
minde
,
nor
no
carefull
thoughtes
cumber
your
conscience
,
for
you
shall
lacke
nothing
if
you
reueale
to
him
your
want
,
which
either
your
will
or
wish
can
desire
.
And
truely
madame
,
to
manifest
my
willing
duetie
(
if
the
prayers
of
a
poore
Gentleman
may
be
heard
of
the
heauenly
Gods
)
I
wish
that
before
you
tast
of
this
foode
,
it
may
turne
to
Nectar
,
whereby
not
onely
your
sicknesse
should
be
salued
,
but
your
diuine
beautie
and
vertue
according
to
desert
shuld
be
crowned
with
immortalitie
.
Castania
perceiuing
with
what
seruent
affection
Gwydonius
vttered
these
wordes
,
began
to
chéere
vp
her selfe
,
in
hope
that
her
good
will
should
not
be
repaied
with
ingratitude
,
taking
therfore
the
present
at
his
hands
,
and
liking
it
neuer
the
worse
for
his
sake
that
brought
it
,
she
returned
him
this
replie
.
Gwydonius
(
quoth
she
)
as
I
haue
cause
most
reuerently
to
accept
of
my
fathers
louing
curtesie
,
&
to
repay
his
natural
affection
with
most
dutiful
obedience
,
so
I
haue
cause
to
thanke
thée
for
thy
paines
,
and
to
thinke
wel
of
thée
for
thy
wish
,
promising
in
recompence
of
thy
good
will
,
if
in
any
respect
I
may
plesure
thée
,
to
séeke
and
sue
to
my
father
for
preferment
.
Madame
,
I
account
the
performance
of
my
message
no
paine
,
but
pleasure
,
and
I
think
my selfe
as
much
honoured
by
this
office
,
&
thrice
more
happie
than
if
I
shuld
in
Ganimedes
place
present
the
cup
to
Iupiter
.
But
Madame
,
sith
that
to
stop
the
streame
,
is
to
make
the
floud
flow
more
fiercely
,
to
represse
the
fire
,
is
to
make
it
flame
more
furiously
,
and
to
restraine
the
force
of
loue
,
is
to
kindle
a
greater
flame
,
least
too
long
delaie
shoulde
bréede
too
great
daunger
,
and
by
concealing
my
sorrow
I
shuld
make
the
sore
incurable
,
I
thought
good
either
presently
to
heare
the
curteous
sentence
of
my
lyfe
,
or
the
cruell
doome
of
my
death
.
So
it
is
Madame
,
that
too
long
gasing
vpon
the
beames
of
your
heauenly
beautie
,
&
to
narrowlye
construing
ouer
your
vertuous
conditions
,
I
remaine
so
caught
in
the
snare
of
your
bounty
,
&
so
thralled
in
the
thridde
of
your
vertue
,
that
the
staie
of
my
life
hangeth
in
your
hands
,
either
to
driue
me
downe
to
hellish
miserie
,
or
to
hoist
me
vp
to
heauenly
felicitye
.
For
although
I
haue
not
héeretofore
by
duetifull
seruice
made
manifest
the
loyaltie
of
my
loue
,
yet
since
I
first
framed
in
my
fancie
(
as
in
a
mirrour
)
the
shape
of
your
surpassing
beautie
,
my
heart
hath
bene
crossed
with
such
cruell
Camizados
for
your
sake
,
as
if
with
the
Target
of
hope
,
I
had
not
withstoode
the
furious
force
of
such
raging
furies
,
I
had
by
dispaire
bene
dashed
against
most
dangerous
rocks
.
Sith
them
Madam
the
sight
of
your
swéet
face
hath
fast
fettered
my
fancie
in
the
linkes
of
loue
,
as
without
your
meanes
I
can
neither
bée
redressed
nor
released
:
I
humbly
desire
you
neither
to
resist
the
motion
of
my
wel
meaning
,
nor
to
reiect
the
deuotion
of
my
good
will
,
but
to
accept
your
poore
Gwydonius
as
a
faithfull
seruant
.
Castania
hearing
diligently
the
faithfull
discourse
of
distressed
Gwydonius
,
perceiuing
by
his
sighes
the
pinching
sorrow
of
his
thoughts
,
and
séeing
him
to
fast
fettered
in
folly
,
on
a
sodaine
to
giue
her
the
slip
,
had
that
she
desired
,
and
now
her
louing
lookes
was
tourned
to
lowring
glances
,
her
delightfull
curtesie
,
to
disdainfull
coynesse
,
&
she
thought
to
repaie
the
swéet
meate
wherewith
before
she
feds
him
,
with
most
sowre
sauce
,
not
that
she
misliked
of
his
loue
,
for
it
was
the
onely
thing
she
desired
,
but
to
make
him
the
more
feruent
in
affection
,
vttering
these
or
such
like
words
to
her selfe
secretly
.
And
is
not
Castania
the
victory
most
accounted
of
,
wher
the
conquest
is
most
doubtful
?
is
not
the
castle
which
abideth
the
longest
battery
thought
the
richest
bootie
,
are
not
those
pearles
which
are
scarcely
found
&
hardly
gotten
,
euer
of
the
greatest
value
,
what
so
is
gained
by
p●rill
,
is
thought
alwaies
precious
,
hardly
come
by
,
warily
kept
.
The
Maide
that
by
long
sute
and
much
trauaile
is
obtained
,
by
how
much
the
more
she
was
hard
in
the
winning
,
by
so
much
the
more
she
will
be
swéet
in
the
wearing
,
she
which
in
her
virginitie
is
charie
of
her
chastititie
,
in
her
marriage
wil
be
as
warie
of
her
honestie
,
therfore
I
will
qualifie
the
hot
loue
of
Gwydonius
with
a
cold
potion
,
&
with
that
she
made
him
this
waspish
answere
.
Why
Gwydonius
,
shal
the
olde
Prouerbe
be
verified
in
thee
,
that
the
Priest
forgets
himselfe
that
euer
he
was
a
Clearke
,
that
too
much
〈◊〉
bréedes
contempt
.
I
sée
well
if
Appelles
that
cunning
Painter
suffer
the
greasie
Sowter
to
take
a
view
of
his
curious
worke
he
will
grow
so
malapert
,
as
to
meddle
with
his
picture
:
if
the
proud
Centaure
Ixion
be
bidden
to
the
Feast
of
the
Gods
,
no
lesse
then
Iuno
her selfe
wil
suffice
him
for
his
choyce
.
Set
a
beggar
on
horse-backe
they
saye
,
and
he
wyll
neuer
alyght
.
Extoll
one
of
base
stocke
to
any
degrée
of
dignitie
,
and
who
so
proud
and
haughtie
.
I
speake
this
Gwydonius
to
thy
reproofe
:
is
thy
stomacke
alate
waxen
so
queasie
,
that
no
diet
will
downe
but
my
Fathers
owne
dish
?
will
no
meanor
mate
suffice
thee
,
vnles
thou
match
with
a
Prince
?
is
there
no
Ladie
will
like
thée
,
but
my
loue
?
is
there
no
courser
Dame
to
couet
,
vnlesse
thou
courte
vnto
me
?
Did
my
Father
promote
thee
to
this
thou
art
from
the
state
of
a
begger
,
and
wilte
thou
now
presume
to
be
my
better
?
Hau●
my
lookes
bene
so
louing
,
my
rountenaunce
so
courteous
,
my
glaunces
so
full
of
good
will
,
as
to
promise
so
much
as
thou
dost
presume
?
No
:
but
one
only
countenance
in
a
seruile
mind
〈◊〉
too
much
incouragement
.
Doost
thou
thinke
Gwydonius
;
that
I
accompt
so
meanelye
of
my
person
;
as
to
match
with
a
man
of
thy
pi●ch
〈◊〉
I
so
〈◊〉
●●acke
my
credite
,
as
to
c●mber
my selfe
with
one
of
th●
callyng
?
Shall
I
so
stayne
my
state
,
as
to
stoope
to
thy
lure
?
No
:
where
is
thy
coyne
to
maintaine
my
coun●enaunce
?
Where
is
thy
wealth
to
vphold
my
worship
?
Where
is
thy
patrimonie
to
counteruayle
my
personage
?
But
put
●ase
I
accepted
of
thy
sute
:
d●●●t
thou
thinke
euer
to
gaine
my
fathers
good
will
?
doost
thou
thinke
it
is
p●ss●b●e
to
compasse
his
consent
?
dost
thou
hope
euer
to
take
him
in
such
a
vaine
as
he
will
be
willyng
to
giue
his
verdit
on
thy
side
.
No
Gwydonius
,
but
if
he
were
priuie
to
this
thy
presumption
,
he
would
repaye
thy
follye
with
too
much
furie
,
he
would
vnplume
thée
of
all
his
feathers
,
that
like
Aesops
Crowe
thou
mightst
receiue
the
reward
of
thy
rashnesse
.
If
therfore
thou
loue
thine
owne
welfare
keepe
thy selfe
within
thy
boundes
,
and
striue
not
farther
than
thy
sléeue
will
stretch
,
least
in
climing
too
high
,
thou
catch
the
sorer
fall
.
Castania
hauing
thus
sharply
shaken
vp
my
young
youth
Gwydonius
,
thought
she
had
giuen
him
a
sufficient
cooling
Carde
:
but
he
no
whit
dismayed
with
thys
denial
,
like
a
lustie
champion
entred
pecemele
with
her
in
this
wise
.
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
the
poore
shoomaker
was
not
blamed
for
viewing
Appelles
picture
,
but
because
in
finding
fault
he
went
beyond
his
shooe
:
the
Centaure
Ixion
was
not
reprooued
for
his
familiaritie
with
Iuno
as
he
was
a
guest
,
but
in
that
his
sute
tended
to
the
sackeing
of
her
honestie
:
familiaritie
neuer
bréedes
contempt
in
a
good
mind
,
neither
am
I
to
be
accused
of
the
crime
,
for
the
most
seruile
slaue
in
Alexandria
(
I
call
the
heauens
as
witnesses
of
my
wordes
)
dooth
not
with
more
louing
duetie
reuerence
and
honour
your
person
and
parentage
,
then
doth
your
poore
seruaunt
Gwydonius
.
Well
Madam
though
my
nature
and
nurture
be
such
in
your
sight
,
as
they
bewray
my
bringing
vp
and
birth
to
bée
so
base
,
as
if
I
meane
to
draw
my
discent
,
I
must
(
as
you
say
)
imblaze
mine
armes
in
the
beggars
coate
,
yet
thus
much
I
aunswere
in
respect
of
my
parents
and
without
arrogancie
thus
farre
I
stande
on
my
pantuffles
,
that
the
credit
I
haue
in
your
Fathers
Court
,
is
not
coequal
with
the
calling
I
haue
in
my
owne
countrey
,
if
I
did
not
count
it
more
great
credite
and
honour
,
in
that
I
haue
sometime
inioyed
a
curteous
countenance
of
your
swéete
selfe
,
since
my
comming
.
But
if
I
were
the
most
famous
Prince
in
the
world
,
I
so
estéeme
your
deuine
beautie
and
exquisite
vertue
,
as
I
would
thinke
my self
farre
vnworthy
to
possesse
such
heauenlye
perfection
:
which
if
I
could
obtaine
,
the
displeasure
of
your
Father
could
no
whit
discourage
mée
,
his
thundring
threates
could
no
whit
amaze
me
:
no
,
death
it selfe
could
neuer
daunt
my
minde
,
were
it
neuer
so
despitefull
.
But
who
(
say
you
)
can
lay
their
loue
wher
is
no
desert
,
and
wher
want
bréeds
a
flat
deniall
?
Ah
Castania
,
Nature
by
her
secret
motion
,
hath
indu●d
all
creatures
with
some
perfect
qualities
,
to
supplye
that
what
which
bréedes
misliking
.
The
Moule
depriued
of
sight
hath
a
wonderfull
hearing
,
the
Hare
being
very
fearefull
is
most
swifte
,
the
fish
hauing
no
eares
,
hath
most
cléere
eyes
:
so
though
want
of
dignitie
disgrace
me
,
though
want
of
coyne
discountenaunce
me
,
though
lacke
of
wealth
impaires
my
credite
,
yet
Nature
hath
giuen
me
such
a
loyall
and
louing
heart
,
as
I
hope
in
the
perfection
of
that
,
she
hath
supplyed
the
want
of
all
the
rest
:
so
that
Madame
though
I
want
coyne
I
do
not
want
constancie
,
though
I
haue
no
lands
,
yet
I
lack
not
loyaltie
,
though
I
want
wealth
,
yet
I
want
not
wil
to
ende
my
life
to
doo
you
good
,
or
spend
my
time
to
doo
you
seruice
.
GWydonius
hauing
thus
pithely
replyed
,
draue
Castania
into
a
great
doubt
,
whether
she
should
presentlye
consent
to
his
demaund
,
or
still
driue
him
off
with
delayes
,
whether
she
shuld
yeelde
the
fort
at
the
first
skirmish
,
or
stand
to
the
doubtful
euent
of
battaile
:
at
length
least
she
shuld
digresse
from
the
course
of
womankinde
,
she
thought
best
to
denie
that
she
most
of
all
desired
,
and
therefore
then
gaue
him
this
aunswere
.
GWydonius
(
quoth
she
)
in
what
state
you
came
to
my
Fathers
Court
I
know
,
what
you
are
by
discent
I
knowe
not
,
nor
I
care
not
,
and
if
I
did
,
it
auayl●th
not
,
but
this
I
saye
,
that
it
is
harde
taking
of
Fowle
,
when
the
net
is
discryed
,
and
ill
catching
of
Fish
,
when
the
hooke
is
bare
:
impossible
it
is
Gwydonius
to
inferre
beléefe
,
where
no
credite
will
be
giuen
,
and
to
deceyue
her
that
spieth
thy
fetch
:
when
the
string
is
broken
,
it
is
hard
to
hit
the
white
,
and
when
a
mans
creditte
is
called
in
question
,
perswasions
can
little
preuaile
.
It
is
a
religion
amongst
louers
to
sweare
and
forsweare
,
to
promise
mountaines
and
perfourme
moulhilles
,
to
bée
ripe
without
and
rotten
within
,
to
carrie
a
rustie
blade
in
a
veluet
scabberde
,
and
a
siluer
Bell
with
a
leaden
clapper
.
Therefore
Gwydonius
I
had
rather
mistrust
too
soone
,
than
mislyke
too
late
,
I
had
rather
feare
my
choice
than
rue
my
chaunce
,
I
had
rather
stop
at
the
brimme
,
than
at
the
bottome
:
for
the
signet
being
set
,
it
is
too
late
to
breake
the
bargaine
,
and
fancie
being
once
fixt
,
it
is
too
late
to
reclayme
affection
.
For
the
loue
of
a
woman
is
lyke
the
Oyle
of
Flynt
,
which
being
once
congealed
will
neuer
be
dissolued
,
like
the
Diamonde
,
which
being
once
rubbed
with
the
gum
of
a
Pine
trée
,
will
neuer
be
broken
:
so
if
I
fancie
any
,
sith
I
meane
not
to
fléete
,
it
shall
bée
such
a
one
,
as
I
néede
not
repent
me
.
And
whereas
you
say
Gwydonius
,
that
in
despight
of
Fortune
,
Nature
hath
giuen
you
a
louing
heart
,
I
my selfe
surely
did
neuer
déeme
any
lesse
,
but
thought
you
of
the
crue
of
those
louers
that
loue
too
much
,
hauing
as
manie
Ladies
as
they
haue
wits
,
and
that
is
not
a
fewe
,
who
count
that
euery
face
must
haue
a
new
fancie
,
and
if
they
sée
a
thousand
the●
must
be
all
viewed
with
a
sigh
,
which
considered
Gwydonius
,
I
meane
not
to
like
nor
to
loue
neither
you
nor
any
other
.
AND
shall
then
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
my
merite
be
repayed
with
no
●eede
,
shall
my
good
will
be
requited
with
no
gain
?
shall
I
haue
in
lieu
of
my
loue
no
liking
?
will
you
so
swar●e
from
●ustice
,
as
not
to
giue
euerye
one
according
to
his
desert
?
at
the
least
recommpence
?
not
desire
with
despight
,
and
heartie
loue
with
loathing
hate
,
for
as
the
Poet
sayeth
.
Quis
enim
succenset
amanti
.
Well
Gwydonius
,
as
I
will
not
be
thy
priuie
friend
,
so
I
will
not
be
thine
open
foe
,
and
as
I
cannot
be
so
curteous
as
to
requight
thee
for
thy
paines
,
so
I
wil
not
be
so
cruell
as
to
despight
thée
for
thy
presumption
,
and
whereas
thou
crauest
gaines
for
thy
good
will
,
I
am
content
to
remaine
thy
vnwilling
debter
.
Yet
Madame
(
quoth
he
)
where
the
debt
is
confest
,
ther
remaineth
some
hope
of
recouerie
,
for
though
the
creditor
be
neuer
so
vnwilling
to
pay
the
debt
being
due
,
hée
shall
by
constraint
of
lawe
and
his
owne
confession
,
(
●augre
his
●ace
)
be
forced
to
make
restitution
.
Truth
Gwydonius
(
quoth
she
)
if
he
commence
his
action
in
a
right
case
,
&
the
plea
he
puts
in
,
proue
not
imperfect
.
But
yet
take
this
by
the
way
,
it
is
hard
for
that
plaintiffe
to
recouer
his
costs
,
where
the
defendant
bëeing
Iudge
sets
downe
the
sentence
.
Gwydonius
feeling
himselfe
pincht
to
the
quick
with
this
pretie
quip
made
no
further
reply
,
but
l●st
his
l●ng
tarying
might
bréed
suspition
,
wishing
his
Mistres
welfare
,
tooke
his
leaue
very
solempnly
and
sorrowfully
,
of
Castania
,
who
séeing
him
gone
and
her selfe
alone
,
began
thus
to
muse
and
meditate
vppon
the
sharpe
aunsweres
she
had
giuen
her
best
beloued
Gwydonius
.
WHy
Castania
,
what
franticke
follye
hath
made
thée
thus
far
to
forget
thy self
.
Is
the
bird
inticed
to
the
s●rappe
by
the
●●ew
of
the
nettes
,
is
the
Foxe
allured
to
the
●●al●●
by
the
〈◊〉
of
the
trappe
,
will
the
Mouse
●●●ch
●nder
that
Ensigne
,
where
the
Cat
proclaymeth
her selfe
Captaine
?
will
the
silly
Doue
lay
her
egges
in
the
Fawlchons
neast
?
or
is
it
the
meanes
to
haue
him
to
thy
friend
,
whome
with
bitter
blowes
thou
doost
rebuke
:
is
there
no
other
call
for
courtesie
but
crueltie
?
doost
thou
finde
no
fitter
meanes
to
obtain
a
reasonable
request
but
by
a
rigorous
repulse
?
or
is
it
the
nature
of
women
to
defie
that
outwardly
which
they
most
desire
inwardly
,
to
loath
that
in
their
mouth
,
which
they
loue
in
their
minde
,
to
reiecte
that
with
their
hande
,
which
they
most
willingly
would
receiue
in
their
heart
?
Doost
thou
thinke
Castania
to
drawe
Gwydonius
to
thy
desire
,
by
detesting
him
?
Doost
thou
thinke
to
allure
him
to
thy
loue
,
by
loathing
him
?
Doost
thou
suppose
to
winne
him
to
thy
will
by
these
waspish
aunsweres
?
No
:
and
what
,
doost
thou
know
what
perill
will
insue
of
this
repulse
,
what
daunger
will
followe
of
this
denyall
?
Is
it
lyke
he
will
put
it
vp
patiently
?
No
sure
,
either
looke
to
haue
his
extreame
loue
tourned
to
extreme
hate
,
or
that
he
will
persist
no
longer
in
the
pursute
of
his
purpose
.
Oh
would
to
God
Gwydonius
,
thou
wert
againe
to
begin
thy
demaund
,
and
I
to
frame
mine
aunswere
:
then
would
I
salue
thy
sores
with
swéet
strops
,
not
with
cutting
corasiues
:
then
wold
I
mittigate
thy
maladie
with
easie
medicines
,
not
with
pinching
playsters
:
then
wold
I
comfort
thée
with
consent
,
not
daunt
thée
with
denyalls
.
But
alas
,
had
I
wist
now
comes
too
late
,
&
therefore
Castania
if
thou
hast
made
a
fault
,
séeke
to
make
amends
,
and
recompence
this
his
iniurie
with
most
friendly
courtesie
.
And
with
that
came
Melitta
,
who
comforting
Castania
,
passed
away
the
rest
of
the
day
in
parle
.
But
Gwydonius
,
who
all
this
while
had
a
flea
in
his
eare
,
was
driuen
into
a
quandarie
with
the
taunting
quips
of
his
Mistresse
,
fearing
that
although
his
accompts
were
great
,
his
gaines
should
be
little
,
&
though
he
made
a
very
long
haruest
,
yet
he
shoulde
reape
but
a
very
small
croppe
,
thinking
that
vnder
such
sower
spéeches
,
a
sugred
minde
could
not
be
contained
:
yet
at
last
entring
into
déeper
consideration
with
himselfe
,
he
fell
into
these
tearmes
.
But
by
the
swéete
(
quoth
he
)
how
should
we
know
the
sower
:
but
by
the
blacke
how
should
we
know
the
white
:
he
neuer
greatly
accompteth
of
prosperitie
which
hath
not
bene
before
pinched
with
aduersitie
:
which
perchaunce
Castania
meanes
to
make
me
trye
by
experyence
,
thinking
to
féede
me
first
with
bitter
broaths
,
that
her
after
daintie
fare
may
more
delight
me
:
to
daunt
me
with
the
raging
stormes
of
deniall
,
that
the
calme
of
her
consent
may
more
content
me
:
to
make
mée
tast
the
bitter
pills
of
annoy
,
that
héerafter
I
may
enioy
the
greater
ioy
:
for
the
chilling
cold
of
Winter
makes
the
sprowting
spring
time
séeme
farre
more
pleasaunt
,
the
parching
heate
of
Summer
,
makes
the
coole
shade
more
delightfull
,
and
the
frowning
lookes
of
Castania
,
will
make
her
smiling
countenaunce
séeme
more
chéerefull
.
Then
cease
not
Gwydonius
to
pursue
thy
sute
with
endlesse
paine
,
either
to
enioy
her
curtesie
,
or
tast
of
her
crueltie
,
to
thy
great
happinesse
or
extreme
heauinesse
.
GWydonius
thus
like
a
valiant
champion
,
neuer
amazed
with
any
chip
of
misfortune
,
neuer
feared
to
giue
the
assault
for
all
the
first
repulse
,
but
onely
sought
opportunitie
how
he
might
in
close
combat
once
again
incounter
with
Castania
,
vowing
either
to
return
with
some
signe
of
victorie
,
or
els
to
put
lim
and
life
in
hazard
.
But
fortune
meaning
plesantly
to
sport
with
this
young
nouice
,
wold
neuer
minister
such
fit
occasion
,
that
he
might
haue
solitary
accesse
to
his
goddes
,
for
Castania
of
pretended
purpose
so
warely
auoided
his
companie
,
and
with
such
disdainfull
lookes
so
reiected
his
dutie
,
as
Gwydonius
was
constrained
to
séeke
his
course
,
by
a
new
compasse
,
delyuering
vnto
one
of
her
maides
a
friendly
letter
to
this
effect
.
Disdayned
Gwydonius
to
his
desired
Castania
,
Health
.
WHo
so
tasteth
(
Madame
Castania
)
of
the
Riuer
Licos
in
India
,
féeleth
such
a
continuall
flame
to
fry
and
fret
his
intrayles
,
as
it
is
more
torture
than
to
bée
tormented
with
the
hellish-furies
,
and
this
griefe
canne
neuer
be
redressed
,
but
with
drinking
the
bloud
of
his
déerest
friend
.
And
as
he
that
is
venomed
by
the
Phalanga
,
féeleth
such
painfull
passions
,
as
he
runneth
mad
,
and
is
onely
cured
by
the
meanes
of
most
harmonious
musicke
:
so
Madame
,
the
furious
heate
of
fancie
,
dooth
so
scorch
and
scale
my
haplesse
heart
,
and
dooth
perplexe
me
with
such
hellish
pangues
,
as
death
it selfe
were
thrice
more
desired
,
than
thus
to
driue
my
dayes
in
dolour
.
And
I
haue
so
gréedely
swallowed
vp
the
sugred
poyson
of
your
deuine
beautie
,
as
through
the
extremitie
of
pinching
griefe
,
which
so
direfully
distresseth
me
,
I
rest
as
one
distract
from
his
senses
,
not
possible
to
obtaine
a
cure
for
this
my
calamitie
,
vnles
with
the
deaw
of
mutuall
affection
you
mitigate
my
maladie
,
or
with
the
pleasant
harmonie
of
your
musical
consent
,
you
appease
my
miserie
.
Sith
then
Madam
my
care
procéedeth
from
your
beautie
,
let
my
sore
be
cured
by
your
bountie
,
sith
the
perfection
of
your
person
hath
wrought
my
bane
,
let
the
effect
of
your
courtesie
procure
my
blisse
,
and
reiect
him
not
so
rigorously
,
which
respe●●●th
you
so
reuerently
.
Loath
him
not
so
hatefully
,
which
loueth
you
so
heartely
:
nor
repaie
not
his
dutifull
amitie
,
with
such
deadly
enmity
.
The
pike
fatally
prosecuteth
the
fish
Mugra
,
as
his
mortall
foe
,
and
yet
séeing
him
snared
on
the
fishers
hooke
,
he
spéedely
shreddeth
the
line
in
sunder
,
to
deliuer
him
,
the
Snake
most
deadly
detesteth
the
field-mouse
,
and
yet
she
heapeth
vp
in
her
hole
store
of
prouision
to
preuent
her
enimies
penurie
:
and
shall
then
madame
,
your
crueltie
so
farre
excéede
these
sencelesse
creatures
?
shall
your
rigour
be
so
voide
of
reason
,
as
to
requite
your
friende
with
paine
?
when
they
repaie
their
foes
with
pleasure
,
to
driue
your
friends
into
distresse
,
when
they
redéeme
their
foes
from
daunger
,
no
madame
,
I
hope
you
wil
not
counteruaile
my
constancie
with
such
discurtesie
,
nor
so
recklesly
regard
your
poore
Gwydonius
,
whose
loue
and
loyaltie
is
so
great
,
that
as
the
stones
which
are
found
in
the
riuer
Lyncestis
,
the
lowder
the
winde
bloweth
,
&
the
deeper
they
are
drencht
in
the
water
,
the
more
they
burne
and
blaze
:
so
the
more
you
séeke
to
coole
my
fancie
with
disdaine
,
the
more
my
affection
is
kindled
with
desire
,
the
more
you
loath
,
the
more
I
like
:
the
greater
dispaire
you
driue
me
into
by
denialls
,
the
greater
hope
,
(
incouraged
by
constancie
)
I
haue
to
obtaine
my
request
,
in
which
feruent
affection
,
I
meane
to
remayne
without
chaunge
,
crauing
in
liewe
of
this
my
loyaltie
,
that
you
will
spéedely
send
the
messenger
of
present
consolation
,
to
him
which
pineth
awaie
,
and
is
yours
onely
,
and
euer
.
Still
in
hope
,
Gwydonius
.
CAstania
hauing
receiued
this
Letter
from
her
assured
friend
Gwydonius
,
although
she
perceiued
by
the
contents
that
his
loue
was
not
counterfait
,
but
constant
:
not
lyght
,
but
loyall
:
not
floting
,
but
faithfull
:
and
that
she
should
not
finde
him
immutable
in
prosperitie
,
which
was
so
permanent
in
aduersitie
.
Yet
(
whether
it
were
for
coynesse
in
consent
,
or
charinesse
of
choise
I
knowe
not
)
she
once
againe
thought
to
sound
him
more
deeper
,
to
kéepe
out
still
the
flagge
of
defiaunce
,
and
to
spende
one
Uollée
of
shot
in
the
face
of
her
enimie
,
to
sée
if
a
hot
skirmish
would
make
him
flie
the
field
.
And
if
lyke
a
valiaunt
souldier
he
did
manfully
march
on
,
and
not
refuse
the
brunt
of
the
battaile
,
shée
woulde
then
resigne
the
fort
of
her
fréedome
into
his
hands
,
and
yéelde
vp
the
bulwarke
of
her
breast
,
which
so
long
he
had
battered
,
that
triumphauntly
he
might
set
vp
Trophees
in
signe
of
a
most
victorious
conquest
.
To
put
therefore
the
matter
in
question
,
she
returned
him
this
answere
.
Castania
to
Gwydonius
which
hopeth
in
vaine
,
health
.
MAister
Gwydonius
,
your
Letter
béeing
more
hastely
receiued
then
heartely
read
,
I
perceiue
by
the
contents
,
that
you
are
still
perplexed
with
your
pensicke
passions
,
and
that
your
disease
is
incurable
,
for
if
your
pains
may
be
appeased
,
or
your
maladie
mittigated
by
no
medicine
,
but
by
my
meanes
,
you
are
like
either
to
pay
your
due
vnto
death
,
or
still
to
linger
in
distresse
.
My
cunning
is
too
small
to
enterprise
the
composition
of
anye
secrete
simples
,
and
my
calling
too
great
to
become
a
Phisition
to
such
a
paltering
pacient
,
so
that
I
neither
can
nor
wil
cure
another
mannes
harme
by
mine
owne
mishap
.
To
loue
him
whome
I
cannot
like
,
were
but
to
wreast
against
mine
owne
will
,
to
flatter
him
whome
I
meane
not
to
fancie
,
is
but
a
méere
tricke
of
extreame
follye
.
What
the
cause
is
Gwydonius
,
that
thy
good
will
reapes
so
small
gaine
,
and
that
so
rigorously
I
repaie
thy
loue
with
hate
,
I
knowe
not
,
vnlesse
the
constellation
of
the
Starres
by
some
secrete
influence
haue
so
appointed
it
in
the
calculation
of
our
natiuitie
.
But
this
I
am
sure
,
that
as
no
Serpent
can
abide
the
smell
of
a
harts
horne
,
as
the
Panther
escheweth
the
companie
of
the
Ownce
,
as
the
Uulture
is
mortall
enimie
to
the
E●le
,
and
as
it
is
impossible
to
hatch
vp
a
Swanne
in
an
Eagles
neast
,
to
temper
Oile
&
Pitch
together
in
one
vessell
,
to
mixe
the
bloud
of
a
Lyon
and
a
Woolfe
in
one
bowle
,
and
to
procure
amitie
betwéene
the
Fawlcon
called
Tilo
,
and
the
Foxe
,
so
hard
is
it
to
procure
me
by
ruthfull
request
to
be
thy
friend
,
which
am
by
instinct
of
nature
thy
protested
foe
,
and
as
harde
to
winne
me
to
thy
wife
,
who
so
little
likes
of
thy
loue
,
that
the
verie
remembrance
of
thy
person
makes
me
fal
into
most
hatefull
passions
.
Cease
them
Gwydonius
to
condempne
me
of
crueltie
,
and
leaue
off
at
last
to
appeale
to
my
curtesie
,
for
thou
shalt
alwayes
bée
sure
to
feele
the
one
,
&
neuer
to
finde
the
other
.
Yet
least
thou
shouldest
accuse
me
of
ingratitude
,
though
I
cannot
inwardly
mittigate
thy
miserie
,
yet
I
will
outwardlye
teach
thée
to
applie
such
plaisters
(
as
if
the
experience
of
them
proue
true
)
shall
greatly
appease
thy
paine
.
Plinie
Gwydonius
reporteth
,
that
hée
which
drinketh
of
the
riuer
Auerna
,
cooleth
and
mortifieth
his
affections
,
but
if
the
water
be
toucht
by
any
meanes
before
it
be
drunke
,
the
vertue
thereof
is
of
no
value
.
He
that
weareth
the
feathers
of
the
Birde
Ezalon
about
him
,
shall
euer
bée
fortunate
in
his
loue
,
but
if
they
bée
not
pulde
when
the
Sunne
is
eclipsed
,
they
are
of
no
force
:
and
to
conclude
,
ther
is
nothing
that
sooner
driueth
awaie
amorous
conceits
,
than
to
rub
the
temples
of
thy
head
with
the
sweat
of
an
Asse
,
which
if
you
canne
performe
it
,
as
no
doubt
you
may
put
it
in
practise
,
I
hope
you
shall
be
redressed
from
your
intollerable
griefe
,
and
I
released
from
such
an
importunate
sute
.
Forced
by
the
destinies
still
to
denie
thee
,
Castania
.
Gwydonius
hauing
viewed
and
reuiewed
ouer
this
Letter
,
seeing
the
rigorous
resolution
of
his
mistres
,
could
by
no
meanes
be
remoued
,
and
that
a
most
seuere
sentence
was
pronounced
against
him
by
a
most
iniurious
Iudge
,
was
driuen
into
a
doubt
whether
he
should
styll
with
plaints
sue
for
pittie
,
or
else
blasphemously
exclaim
against
her
brutish
crueltie
,
whether
he
should
bewraie
his
parents
and
parentage
to
the
Duke
and
her
,
or
still
stand
to
the
doubtfull
chaunce
of
Fortune
,
to
pursue
his
purpose
still
with
plaints
,
her
hellish
crueltie
perswaded
him
:
to
blaspheme
against
her
,
the
sinceritie
of
his
lou●
would
not
let
him
:
to
bewraie
his
birth
,
diuerse
daungers
might
insue
:
to
stand
to
the
chaunce
of
Fortune
,
was
still
to
hazard
without
hope
:
combred
thus
with
diuers
cogitations
,
at
last
he
determined
to
breake
vp
the
batterie
,
and
to
laie
too
an
〈◊〉
hold
,
but
to
returne
with
as
much
speede
as
might
be
to
his
father
Clerophontes
Court
,
there
by
absence
to
mittigate
the
maladie
which
so
grieuously
molested
him
:
yet
he
thought
before
his
departure
to
giue
her
a
friendly
farewell
,
that
might
both
confirme
his
constancie
,
and
condempne
her
crueltie
,
which
he
framed
to
this
effect
.
Gwydonius
to
Castania
,
prosperous
〈◊〉
in
all
her
affaires
.
I
Meane
not
,
most
mercilesse
mistresse
,
any
longer
so
s●e
for
mercie
,
nor
with
pittifull
plaints
to
trouble
your
patience
,
sith
to
stirre
that
which
the
Starres
hath
●●a●ed
,
is
to
striue
against
the
streame
,
and
to
force
that
which
the
fates
haue
framed
,
is
to
couet
to
be
counted
a
foole
,
but
as
one
whom
fortune
meanes
to
make
a
myr●●ur
of
miserie
,
and
ouer
whom
Venus
her selfe
meanes
to
〈◊〉
●s
of
a
most
haplesse
vassall
,
I
sorrowfully
send
you
this
fainting
farewel
,
as
a
faithfull
token
of
my
feruent
affection
,
for
séeing
neither
my
person
canne
please
,
nor
my
liuing
like
you
,
nor
my
base
calling
content
you
,
nor
I
my selfe
reape
any
guerdon
for
my
good
will
,
to
auoid
the
remembrance
of
these
passions
,
which
renue
my
paines
,
&
to
asswage
the
rigour
of
my
raging
loue
,
I
purpose
as
spéedely
as
wind
&
weather
will
permit
me
,
to
abandon
the
place
of
your
abode
,
not
incensed
by
furie
,
as
one
in
despight
,
but
inforced
by
the
rage
of
fancy
to
depriue
my selfe
of
al
delight
,
either
to
consume
in
solitarie
cares
without
compassion
,
or
by
absence
to
mittigate
some
part
of
my
martirdome
:
for
to
hope
stil
I
sée
is
but
to
heap
wo
vpon
wretchednes
,
and
care
vpon
calamitie
Yet
madam
thus
much
I
say
,
that
Dido
quéene
of
Carthage
loued
Aeneas
,
a
banished
exile
,
and
a
stragling
stranger
.
Enphinia
daughter
to
the
king
of
Corinth
,
&
he●●e
apparant
to
his
crowne
,
who
for
her
feature
was
famous
throughout
all
the
East
Countries
,
vouchsafed
to
applie
a
soueraigne
plaister
to
the
furious
passions
of
Acharisto
,
her
fathers
bondman
.
The
dutchesse
of
Malphey
chose
for
her
husband
her
seruant
Vl●ico
,
&
Venus
,
who
for
her
surpassing
beuty
was
canonized
for
a
Goddesse
,
disdained
not
the
loue
of
limping
Vulcan
,
they
mada●e
respected
the
man
,
and
not
their
money
,
their
wils
,
&
not
their
wealth
,
their
loue
,
not
their
liuings
,
their
constancie
,
not
their
coine
:
their
person
,
not
their
par●n●age
:
&
the
inward
vertue
,
not
the
outward
〈◊〉
.
But
you
are
so
addicted
to
the
opinion
of
Danae
,
the
minde
,
my
bitter
spéeches
were
written
with
my
hand
,
not
wrought
with
my
heart
,
my
deniall
was
onely
for
the
better
triall
,
and
those
rigorous
repulses
were
either
to
rip
vp
thy
fained
fancie
or
feruent
affection
,
for
if
thou
hadst
retired
at
the
first
foile
,
I
would
haue
thought
thy
fancie
but
a
flash
,
readie
to
be
quenched
with
the
least
mis●ing
deaw
of
misfortune
.
But
since
thou
hast
kept
thy
course
so
rightly
by
thy
compasse
,
amidst
most
daungerous
rockes
,
and
hast
stoode
to
thy
tackling
against
all
the
blustering
blasts
of
fortune
.
Assure
thy selfe
in
liew
of
this
thy
loue
,
thou
hast
not
héeretofore
found
me
so
disdainfull
,
as
héerafter
thou
shalt
find
me
dutifull
,
neither
did
I
euer
reiect
thée
so
currish
lye
,
as
I
will
accept
thee
curteously
,
being
redie
to
restore
the
iniurie
I
haue
offered
thée
,
with
anye
courtesie
that
thou
maist
eyther
honestly
require
,
or
I
iustly
affoord
.
But
alas
Gwidonius
what
curtesie
shall
I
euer
be
able
to
shew
thée
,
that
may
counteruaile
thy
kindnes
?
How
entirely
shal
I
loue
thée
to
requite
thy
loyaltie
?
what
duetie
can
be
a
due
recompence
to
this
thy
good
will
:
yea
,
if
I
by
any
meanes
canne
quit
this
thy
loue
,
I
neuer
doubt
to
bée
déemed
ingratefull
while
I
liue
:
Thy
worthy
constancie
(
Gwydonius
)
hath
wonne
the
castle
which
many
haue
besieged
,
&
thou
hast
obtained
that
which
diuerse
haue
sought
to
gaine
:
yet
it
is
not
the
shape
of
thy
beautie
,
but
the
hope
of
thy
loialtie
which
entiseth
me
,
not
thy
faire
face
,
but
thy
faithfull
heart
:
not
thy
comely
countenaunce
,
but
thy
modest
curtesie
,
not
thy
words
,
but
thy
vertues
:
not
thy
wealth
,
but
thy
wit
:
for
she
that
builds
her
fancie
vpon
such
fading
subiects
,
tieth
her
loue
to
the
inconstant
whéele
of
fortune
.
And
what
though
the
Duke
my
father
be
incensed
against
me
,
for
making
(
in
his
minde
)
so
carelesse
a
choice
?
What
care
I
for
his
friendship
,
so
I
haue
thy
fauour
,
let
him
fret
,
let
my
friends
frowne
,
let
liuinges
be
lost
,
hap
what
hap
wil
,
no
mis●ing
showers
of
m●●chanceno
boysterous
blasts
of
aduersitie
,
no
terrible
tempestes
of
disaster
fortune
,
shall
make
my
constant
minde
in
any
respect
to
mooue
:
no
torments
,
no
trauaile
,
no
care
,
no
calamitie
,
no
penurie
,
no
pouertie
,
no
onely
the
losse
of
life
shall
diminish
my
loue
,
in
liew
whereof
remain
thou
but
constant
,
and
in
pledge
of
my
protested
good
will
,
haue
héere
my
heart
and
hand
,
to
be
thine
in
dus●e
and
a●hes
.
Thine
,
though
the
Gods
say
no
:
Castania
.
THis
Letter
being
most
luckelye
deliuered
into
the
hands
of
Gwydonius
,
I
leaue
you
to
iudge
Gentlemen
into
what
a
quandarie
this
young
youth
was
brought
to
see
such
a
sodaine
chaunge
,
and
so
happie
a
chaunce
,
as
to
haue
his
hellish
bale
requited
with
heauenvly
blisse
,
his
despightfull
annoy
,
with
delightfull
ioye
:
his
heauinesse
with
happinesse
,
and
doubtfull
despaire
tourned
to
assured
hope
:
to
sée
Fortune
which
of
late
defied
him
as
a
foe
,
now
to
imbrace
him
as
a
friend
,
and
to
will
that
he
did
wish
:
to
sée
his
mistres
crueltie
tourned
to
curtesie
,
her
disdaine
to
desire
,
her
bitter
pilles
to
sugured
potions
,
her
stormie
repulses
to
calme
consent
,
and
her
contemptuous
protestations
,
to
most
constant
promises
.
For
if
the
carefull
captiue
,
who
by
the
doome
of
the
Iudge
expecteth
each
hower
to
die
,
reioyceth
when
he
heareth
his
pardon
pronounced
,
no
doubt
Gwydonius
ioye
could
be
no
losse
,
sith
deniall
was
his
death
,
and
consent
the
conserue
to
heale
his
wounds
:
the
greater
care
,
the
greater
ioye
,
the
more
paine
the
greater
pleasure
,
the
more
hellish
miserie
the
more
heauenly
felicitie
.
Yea
,
Gwydonius
was
driuen
into
such
an
extasie
for
ioy
,
that
he
was
in
doubt
,
whether
this
letter
was
preferred
to
him
in
déede
,
or
presented
to
him
in
a
Uision
,
whether
hée
were
wrapte
into
a
Traunce
,
or
rauished
with
some
drowsie
slumber
:
but
at
last
perceiuing
it
to
be
no
fained
fantasie
,
such
a
déep
desire
inforced
his
affection
,
as
he
thought
euery
moment
a
month
,
euery
houre
a
yeare
,
euerye
daye
a
thousande
,
vntill
hée
might
fréely
enioy
the
presence
and
sight
of
his
loue
and
Ladie
Castania
.
Fortune
meaning
to
aduaunce
him
to
the
toppe
of
her
inconstant
whéele
,
brought
it
so
to
passe
,
that
before
the
wéeke
was
ended
,
he
spied
Castania
walking
alone
in
the
garden
:
which
sodaine
sight
so
reuiued
his
sences
,
the
without
anye
dread
or
doubt
he
manfully
marcht
on
towards
her
,
and
was
as
hastely
&
hartely
incountred
by
Castania
:
who
embracing
Gwydonius
in
her
armes
,
welcommed
him
with
this
salutation
.
AS
the
Whale
(
Gwydonius
)
maketh
alwayes
signe
of
great
ioye
at
the
sight
of
the
fish
called
Talpa
Marina
,
as
the
Hynde
greatlye
delyghteth
to
sée
the
Leoparde
,
as
the
Lion
fawneth
at
the
viewe
of
the
Unicorne
,
and
as
he
which
drinketh
of
the
Fountaine
Hypenis
in
Scithia
,
féeleth
his
mind
so
drowned
in
delight
,
that
no
greefe
though
neuer
so
great
,
is
able
to
asswage
it
:
so
Gwydonius
I
conceiue
such
surpassing
pleasure
in
thy
presence
,
and
such
heauenlye
felicitie
in
the
sight
of
thy
perfection
,
that
no
miserie
though
neuer
so
monstrous
is
able
to
amaze
me
,
no
dolour
though
neuer
so
direfull
is
able
to
daunt
me
,
nor
no
mishap
though
neuer
so
perillous
,
is
able
to
make
me
sinke
in
sorrow
,
as
long
as
I
inioy
thy
presence
,
which
I
count
a
soueraine
preseruatiue
against
all
carefull
calamities
.
That
as
he
which
tasteth
of
the
hearbe
Hyacynthus
is
neuer
combred
with
care
,
and
as
he
that
weareth
the
stone
Agathes
about
him
,
is
surely
defenced
against
all
insuing
sorrrowes
,
so
inioying
the
sight
of
thy
séemely
selfe
,
and
féeding
mine
eyes
with
the
forme
of
thy
feature
,
I
think
my selfe
sufficiently
shrowded
against
all
the
tempestuous
showers
of
sinister
fortune
.
And
to
proue
these
my
promises
to
be
no
fained
vanities
but
faithfull
veritie
,
I
commit
my selfe
,
my
stay
,
and
state
into
thy
hands
to
dispose
of
me
at
thy
plesure
,
wishing
rather
to
liue
with
thée
in
most
distressed
penurie
,
than
to
linger
héere
in
most
fortunate
prosperitie
.
GWydonius
listening
attentiuely
to
this
sugred
harmonie
,
was
so
rauished
with
the
sight
of
her
sweete
face
,
and
so
rapt
into
a
traunce
with
the
contemplation
of
her
beautie
,
that
as
the
Lyon
tasting
of
the
gumme
Arabicke
becommeth
senselesse
,
as
the
Bul
by
browsing
on
the
barke
of
a
Iuniper
trée
falleth
a
sléepe
,
as
the
Camill
standeth
astonished
at
the
sight
of
a
Rat
:
so
Gwydonius
séeing
in
his
armes
the
Saint
whom
in
heart
hée
did
honour
,
and
imbracing
the
Goddesse
whome
with
most
déepe
deuotion
hée
did
adore
,
was
so
amazed
,
that
he
was
not
able
to
vtter
one
worde
as
witnesse
of
his
happinesse
,
vntill
at
last
gathering
his
wits
together
,
he
beganne
thus
to
reply
.
CAstania
(
quoth
hée
)
it
is
an
axiome
in
Philosophie
,
that
the
colour
ioyned
hard
to
the
sight
,
hindereth
the
sence
,
the
flower
put
into
the
nosethrill
stoppeth
the
smelling
,
the
Wine
vessell
béeing
full
,
let
s
passe
no
wine
though
neuer
so
well
vented
,
the
water-pot
béeing
filled
to
the
brimme
,
yeeldes
forth
no
licour
,
though
hauing
a
thousand
holes
:
so
where
the
minde
is
surcharged
with
ouermuch
ioy
,
or
too
much
pleasure
,
there
the
tongue
is
both
tied
,
and
the
sences
so
restrained
,
that
the
heart
is
neither
able
to
conceiue
the
ioye
,
nor
the
tongue
able
to
expresse
the
pleasure
.
Which
Castania
I
nowe
speake
by
proofe
,
and
knowe
by
experience
,
for
I
am
so
drowned
in
delight
by
inioying
that
princely
Iemme
,
which
I
estéeme
the
rarest
and
richest
Iewell
,
not
onely
in
Alexandria
,
but
in
all
the
worlde
,
and
so
puffed
vp
in
pleasure
by
thy
diuine
presence
.
Yea
,
thy
faithfull
and
vnfained
affection
,
the
promise
of
thy
constancie
,
and
the
hope
of
thy
loyaltie
,
the
report
of
thy
chastitie
,
&
the
renowme
of
thy
modestie
,
the
force
of
thy
beautie
,
&
the
fame
of
thy
vertue
.
But
aboue
all
thy
prodigall
bountie
,
in
bestowing
these
heauenlye
perfections
on
thy
poore
Gwydonius
,
béeing
by
person
and
parentage
most
vnworthy
to
possesse
them
,
so
surcharg●th
my
silly
heart
with
excessiue
ioye
,
that
my
tongue
not
being
able
in
part
to
expresse
the
extreame
pleasure
of
my
minde
,
I
am
with
Phili●tion
the
Comicall
Poet
,
constrayned
by
silence
to
vnfolde
that
affection
,
which
in
words
the
filed
phrase
of
Demosthenes
were
not
able
to
decypher
.
But
this
assure
thy selfe
Castania
,
that
if
Iuno
wold
aduance
me
to
be
Monarch
of
the
world
,
if
Pallas
would
preferre
me
to
excéede
hautie
Hercules
in
valour
,
if
Venus
wold
present
me
with
some
princely
péece
of
heuenly
perfection
,
yet
would
I
not
so
gladly
receiue
their
proffers
,
as
I
doo
gratefully
accept
the
promise
of
thy
loue
and
loyaltie
.
No
,
I
accompt
the
treasure
of
Croesus
but
trash
,
in
respect
of
the
guerdon
of
thy
good
will
:
I
accompt
the
fortune
of
Caesar
but
folly
,
respecting
the
fruites
of
thy
fauour
:
I
estéeme
the
dignities
of
Priamus
as
dregs
,
in
respect
of
thy
diuine
perfection
.
Yea
Castania
,
I
am
so
snared
with
thy
beautie
,
and
so
intangled
in
the
trap
of
thy
bountie
,
as
I
shall
neuer
leaue
to
loue
thée
,
nor
euer
beginne
to
like
any
other
.
IT
is
easie
Gwydonius
(
quoth
Castania
)
to
purchase
credite
,
where
the
partie
is
alreadie
perswaded
,
and
to
infer
beléefe
,
where
euery
word
is
counted
an
Oracle
.
Therefore
omitting
these
friuolous
protestations
,
thus
much
I
say
touching
the
purpose
.
Cecillius
Metellus
was
wont
to
say
,
that
as
it
was
necessary
that
old
men
shuld
be
graue
in
counsaile
,
so
it
was
expedient
young
men
should
be
secret
in
loue
,
and
therefore
when
the
contract
was
made
betwéene
Fuluius
and
his
daughter
,
he
sealed
vp
their
lippes
with
his
signet
,
meaning
that
to
violate
the
secret
conference
of
louers
,
was
to
commit
a
second
sacriledge
.
I
speake
this
Gwydonius
,
as
one
carefull
of
thy
staye
and
my
state
:
for
if
Orlanio
my
father
should
but
once
heare
of
our
loue
,
or
suspect
our
liking
,
it
wold
bréede
thy
mishap
and
my
miserie
:
yea
,
no
doubt
hée
would
spéedely
preuent
our
pretence
,
which
woulde
bée
thy
care
and
my
calamitie
.
Dispose
our
affaires
at
thy
pleasure
,
but
discouer
not
our
purpose
,
if
thou
hast
won
the
castell
vaunt
not
of
the
conquest
,
if
thou
hast
made
a
good
market
,
bragge
not
of
thy
gaines
,
lest
by
boasting
of
thy
bootie
,
thou
loose
thy
pray
and
be
thought
a
pratler
.
And
Gwydonius
aboue
all
men
beware
of
Valericus
,
least
vnder
the
shape
of
a
friend
,
he
proue
in
tyme
thy
mortall
foe
,
least
his
fained
amitie
proue
faithlesse
enmitie
:
that
in
trusting
too
much
without
triall
,
thou
finde
not
treason
:
and
then
though
thou
repent
,
yet
had
I
wist
cometh
too
late
,
&
so
thou
wish
thou
hadst
neuer
loued
,
and
I
neuer
liked
.
TUsh
Castania
(
quoth
Gwydonius
)
he
that
is
afraide
to
venter
on
the
Bucke
because
he
is
tapisht
in
the
briers
,
shall
neuer
haue
hunters
happe
,
and
he
that
puts
his
doubt
in
loue
for
euery
chaunce
,
shal
neuer
haue
louers
lucke
.
Cannot
the
Cat
catch
Mice
,
without
she
haue
a
bell
hanged
at
her
eare
?
Cannot
the
Hobbie
seaze
on
his
praye
but
he
must
checke
?
Cannot
the
Spaniell
retryue
the
Partridge
,
but
he
must
quest
?
and
cannot
we
deale
so
warely
but
all
the
worlde
must
wonder
at
it
?
Yes
,
it
is
a
subtill
birde
that
bréedes
among
the
aerin
of
Hawkes
,
and
a
shifting
Shéepe
that
Lambes
in
the
Foxes
Denne
,
and
he
shall
looke
narrowlye
,
that
spyes
me
halting
.
Let
Orlanio
not
onely
weigh
our
workes
,
but
our
wordes
,
and
let
Valericus
both
déeme
our
déeds
,
and
deuine
our
thoughts
,
and
yet
I
hope
we
will
deale
so
secretlye
in
our
affaires
,
as
neither
the
one
shal
haue
cause
to
suspect
our
familiaritie
,
nor
the
other
to
detect
our
affection
.
And
therefore
Castania
least
(
if
we
bée
spyed
)
the
time
and
place
giue
occasiou
of
mistrust
,
I
will
leaue
you
as
I
found
you
,
and
so
farewell
.
WEll
these
two
louers
placed
thus
by
fortune
in
the
Pallaice
of
earthlye
prosperitie
,
floated
so
securelye
in
the
streames
of
blisse
,
as
they
thought
no
chips
of
mischaunce
might
chaunge
their
present
happinesse
to
future
heauines
,
as
long
as
their
priuie
contract
was
kept
so
secret
to
themselues
.
But
as
they
which
cannot
sée
fire
in
the
strawe
are
stone
blinde
:
so
he
that
cannot
sée
the
flame
of
fancie
is
a
foole
.
It
is
harde
to
couer
smoake
,
but
more
harde
to
conceale
loue
,
which
these
two
Louers
in
tract
of
time
tryed
true
.
Who
as
closely
as
they
kept
their
cloake
,
yet
it
was
most
easie
to
espie
the
lining
:
for
fancie
secretly
restrayned
,
is
like
the
sparke
couered
with
ashes
,
which
at
length
bursteth
into
a
great
flame
.
For
there
passed
betwéene
Gwydonius
such
amorous
glaunces
,
such
louing
lookes
,
such
courteous
congies
,
such
countenaunces
,
and
such
friendlye
familiaritie
,
such
often
méetings
,
such
open
gréetings
,
such
sighes
,
such
sobbes
,
and
such
straunge
passions
,
as
not
onely
Valericus
but
all
the
Courte
(
though
they
poore
soules
,
thought
to
daunce
in
a
Nette
and
not
bée
séene
)
perceiued
how
entirelye
they
loued
,
and
lyked
●ach
other
.
Which
as
it
did
not
displease
many
which
loued
Gwydonius
as
their
friend
,
so
it
greatly
despited
Valericus
which
was
his
foe
,
to
see
one
of
small
countenaunce
preferred
before
one
of
his
callyng
,
that
Gwydonius
shoulde
winne
the
Bulwarke
which
he
so
long
had
battered
:
that
hée
pitching
the
Field
,
another
shuld
obtaine
the
Conquest
:
that
hée
laying
the
siege
,
another
shoulde
vaunt
of
the
victorye
:
that
while
he
beat
the
Bush
,
another
shoulde
catche
the
Birdes
:
and
that
the
méede
of
his
merite
,
should
be
giuen
to
one
of
small
deserte
.
Béeing
combred
with
these
cholaricke
cogitations
,
and
perplexed
with
these
despightfull
passions
,
inflamed
with
wrathfull
furie
,
he
fell
into
these
termes
.
O
Goddes
(
quoth
hée
)
what
courtesie
is
there
to
bée
founde
in
such
Kytes
of
Croesus
kinde
,
or
what
constancie
is
there
to
bée
hoped
for
,
in
suche
dayntye
disdayning
Dames
?
whose
wauering
wills
and
staylesse
wittes
both
waxe
and
wane
with
the
Moone
,
whose
Lunaticke
mindes
chaunge
with
euerye
suddayne
motion
;
yea
,
whose
lyghtnesse
and
leawdnesse
is
suche
,
as
they
delyght
with
the
Rauen
to
feede
on
the
moste
loathsome
fleshe
,
with
the
shée
Woolfe
to
choose
the
fowlest
Make
,
with
Aesops
Cocke
to
preferre
the
barley
Corne
before
a
most
precious
pearle
,
&
with
Glaucus
to
make
a
chaunge
of
his
golden
armour
for
brazen
harnesse
.
Didde
not
Euphinia
forsake
most
famous
Princes
,
and
imbrace
a
most
infamous
Bondeslaue
?
Didde
not
Sirichia
the
Princesse
of
Denmarke
reiecte
moste
Princelye
Potentates
,
and
at
laste
accepte
a
poore
Peasaunt
?
Yea
,
didde
not
Venus
her selfe
with
the
béetle
,
disdain
all
day
to
light
on
the
most
fragrant
flowers
,
and
at
night
vouchsafeth
to
lodge
in
a
filthie
cowsheard
:
I
meane
,
did
shée
not
refuse
the
renowmed
Gods
,
and
choose
a
most
deformed
Smith
.
Why
,
but
Valericus
,
is
it
fancie
that
forceth
them
to
this
folly
?
Doth
loue
lead
them
?
doo
the
Destenies
driue
them
?
doth
beautie
allure
them
?
Is
it
their
countenance
that
constraineth
them
?
no
,
they
are
clownes
:
is
it
their
person
or
parentage
that
perswadeth
them
:
no
,
they
are
pesants
.
But
like
craftie
Calipsos
they
thinke
by
these
vnequall
matches
to
rule
the
roste
after
their
owne
dyet
,
to
be
soueraigne
Mistres
of
their
owne
mindes
,
with
Venus
to
let
Vulcan
possesse
the
trée
,
and
Mars
enioye
the
fruite
,
to
haue
their
husbands
féede
the
shéepe
,
&
some
other
reape
the
fléece
:
vnder
the
shaddowe
of
his
heade
,
doo
defende
themselues
from
such
heate
,
as
would
otherwise
greatly
scorch
their
credite
,
to
make
him
followe
the
bent
of
their
bowe
,
although
he
set
the
Cuckoldes
end
vpward
.
It
is
a
simple
cloake
that
cannot
couer
one
from
a
shower
of
raine
,
and
a
silly
husband
that
is
not
able
to
father
that
another
dooth
beget
.
But
to
see
howe
these
gallaunt
girles
,
if
they
like
not
the
partie
,
what
shewe
of
shamefastnesse
they
will
make
,
how
they
will
vale
their
face
with
the
visour
of
virginitie
,
howe
they
will
cloake
themselues
with
the
colour
of
continencie
,
how
charie
they
will
be
of
their
chastitie
:
whereas
if
they
fancie
,
who
so
loose
of
their
lips
,
and
frée
of
theyr
flesh
as
they
.
But
Valericus
,
why
doost
thou
thus
reckelessely
raile
and
rage
against
womankinde
.
It
is
not
Castania
that
thus
crosseth
thée
with
care
,
but
Gwydonius
that
bréedeth
thy
griefe
.
It
is
not
shée
that
inferreth
thy
sore
,
but
hée
that
procureth
thy
sicknesse
.
Shée
is
not
the
meanes
of
thy
maladye
,
but
hée
the
hinderer
of
thy
medicine
.
Shée
is
not
the
worker
of
thy
woe
,
but
he
is
the
sower
of
thy
sorrowe
.
And
shall
hée
bée
puffed
vp
with
prosperitie
,
and
I
pressed
downe
with
miserie
?
shall
he
swimme
in
wealth
,
and
I
sinke
in
want
?
shall
he
bath
in
blisse
,
and
I
waile
in
woe
?
shall
he
bée
pampered
vp
with
pleasure
,
and
I
pinde
awaie
with
penurie
?
No
,
I
will
either
spoile
him
,
or
spill
my selfe
,
in
despight
of
the
fates
and
fortune
.
WHile
thus
Valericus
sought
opportunitie
to
reuenge
his
wrath
vppon
guiltlesse
Gwydonius
,
Fortune
minding
to
bewraie
her
immutabilitie
,
brought
it
so
to
passe
,
that
whereas
Orlanio
was
accustomed
to
paie
a
yéerely
tribute
to
the
duke
of
Metelyne
,
which
surmounted
to
the
sum
of
thirtie
thousand
Duckets
,
either
wilfully
or
vnwittingly
he
with-held
this
debt
,
which
Clerophontes
claimed
as
his
due
,
insomuch
that
béeing
demanded
by
Embassage
for
the
paiment
of
this
tribute
,
hée
flatly
answered
,
that
he
would
not
from
hence
foorth
disburse
one
denier
,
&
he
was
sorrie
that
in
paying
it
héeretofore
he
proued
himselfe
such
a
foole
.
Wherevpon
Clerophontes
being
fraught
with
raging
fury
,
was
so
incensed
against
Orlanio
,
that
taking
counsaile
of
his
nobilytie
,
he
determined
with
as
much
spéede
as
might
bée
,
to
wage
battaile
against
him
,
and
to
obtaine
that
by
constraint
,
which
he
denyed
him
of
curtesie
.
As
thus
he
was
musing
with
himselfe
whom
he
shuld
appoint
Captaine
generall
of
his
armie
,
because
he
meant
not
in
proper
person
to
abide
the
hazarde
of
the
battaile
,
the
rem●mbraunce
of
his
sonne
Gwydonius
,
came
into
his
minde
,
which
not
onely
amazed
him
,
but
so
molested
him
,
as
hée
was
driuen
into
most
distressed
dolour
,
now
he
called
to
minde
his
mercilesse
crueltie
in
correcting
his
faults
,
and
his
moodlesse
rigour
in
rebuking
his
folly
:
●owe
he
bewailed
his
long
absence
,
and
wished
his
spéedie
presence
:
yea
,
he
was
so
diuersly
perplexed
,
as
he
began
thus
dolorously
to
discourse
with
himselfe
.
ALasse
(
quoth
he
)
now
I
sée
the
saying
of
Cicero
to
be
true
,
that
who
so
wilfullye
peruerteth
the
lawes
of
nature
,
séemeth
to
proclaime
himselfe
an
enimie
to
the
Gods
:
for
that
Nature
neuer
framed
anye
thing
amisse
,
wherein
I
haue
most
grieuously
offended
:
For
in
beastly
rage
I
haue
surpassed
the
brute
beasts
,
and
in
crueltie
the
sencelesse
creatures
:
I
haue
béene
more
deuoyde
of
pittie
then
the
fowles
of
the
aire
,
and
more
vnnaturall
then
the
Fishes
of
the
Sea
.
The
Birde
called
Apis
Indica
,
séeing
the
venimous
Uiper
readie
to
deuour
her
young
ones
in
the
neast
,
presenteth
her selfe
to
death
,
to
preserue
them
from
destruction
.
The
Eagle
is
so
carefull
ouer
her
young
,
that
if
it
happe
by
her
default
one
of
them
doe
perish
,
shée
willinglye
woundeth
her selfe
in
many
places
with
her
owne
beake
.
The
Lyon
so
louingly
fostereth
vp
her
Whelpes
,
that
shée
neuer
tasteth
of
the
praie
vntyll
they
bée
fullye
satisfied
.
The
Foxe
is
so
carefull
ouer
her
cubbes
,
that
shée
willingly
falleth
into
the
Hunters
handes
to
defende
hir
young
from
harme
.
But
I
vilde
wretch
,
(
as
though
I
had
drunke
of
the
Ryuer
Lincestis
in
Bohemia
,
which
presently
tourneth
whatsoeuer
it
toucheth
into
stones
.
In
stéede
of
friendly
courtesie
,
haue
abused
mine
owne
sonne
with
frowning
crueltie
,
in
liew
of
mercie
I
haue
brought
him
to
miserie
,
the
fatherlye
affection
I
haue
shewed
him
,
hath
béene
raging
furie
:
yea
,
my
rygorous
Nature
,
naye
rather
my
vnnaturall
rage
hath
béene
such
towardes
him
,
as
hée
lyueth
a
bannished
exile
in
a
straunge
Countrey
,
perhappes
pinched
wyth
penurye
,
oppressed
with
pouertie
,
wandering
in
the
wilde
Desartes
,
in
daunger
of
deuouring
,
in
peryll
of
spoyling
,
afflicted
not
onelye
with
the
maladie
of
the
bodie
,
but
the
miserie
of
the
minde
:
so
that
no
doubte
hée
wisheth
that
I
had
neuer
béene
Father
to
such
a
sonne
,
or
he
neuer
sonne
to
such
a
Father
.
Alasse
what
ioye
canne
I
nowe
enioy
,
when
I
want
my
onely
ioye
?
What
comfort
canne
I
haue
to
sée
my
childe
in
calamitie
?
What
pleasure
canne
I
take
while
hée
toyleth
in
penurie
,
who
nowe
in
mine
age
shoulde
bée
the
staffe
whereon
to
staie
,
that
by
his
valyaunt
courage
and
warlike
prowesse
(
wherewith
from
his
infancie
hée
hath
béene
indewed
)
might
defend
mee
from
mine
enimies
,
and
reuenge
mée
of
my
foes
.
But
alasse
I
lament
too
late
,
the
calme
commeth
out
of
time
,
when
the
Shippe
alreadie
hath
suffered
shipwracke
,
and
these
pittifull
plaintes
little
preuaile
,
where
the
patient
is
alreadie
pushed
into
perill
.
No
,
no
,
my
rage
hath
béene
too
greate
,
to
heare
of
his
hastie
retourne
,
my
peruerse
furie
hath
béene
such
,
as
hée
dare
not
abide
my
presence
:
and
surely
my
sorrowe
is
too
greate
euer
to
bée
salued
.
And
with
that
Clerophontes
start
vp
,
minding
to
reuenge
these
his
cholarike
cogitations
by
bloudie
battaile
,
vppon
the
confines
of
Alexandria
,
and
therefore
in
greate
hast
mustered
all
his
men
,
made
great
prouisions
for
the
warre
,
and
caused
his
Nauie
to
bée
rigged
,
for
that
hée
meant
to
conueie
his
armie
by
sea
into
Alexandria
.
While
thus
there
was
no
worde
through
the
whole
Dukedome
of
Meteline
but
warre
,
warre
,
and
no
newes
but
of
the
cruell
conflicte
that
shoulde
insue
betwéene
the
two
Dukes
.
Certaine
Merchauntes
of
Alexandria
,
which
then
roade
in
the
Hauen
,
durst
not
goe
a
shoare
to
sell
their
commodities
,
but
as
fast
as
Winde
and
weather
would
serue
them
,
highed
them
out
of
the
harbour
,
and
coasted
spéedely
into
their
owne
countrie
:
wher
they
no
sooner
arriued
,
but
they
made
reporte
thereof
to
Orlanio
,
who
driuen
into
a
dumpe
wyth
this
noysome
newes
,
whether
he
doubted
of
the
puissant
power
of
Clerophontes
,
who
was
such
a
worthie
warriour
,
and
in
battaile
so
bolde
,
that
no
man
durst
abide
him
,
or
whether
he
feared
his
owne
force
was
not
able
to
resist
the
furie
of
his
raging
enimie
.
He
presently
summoned
all
his
Lordes
to
a
Parliament
,
where
after
some
conference
,
it
was
concluded
,
that
Thersandro
should
bée
sent
Embassadour
to
Metelyne
to
parle
of
peace
with
Clerophontes
,
which
determination
was
no
whit
deferred
,
but
with
as
much
spéede
as
might
be
,
the
barke
wherein
he
should
passe
was
prouided
,
the
charge
of
the
Embassage
was
giuen
him
,
&
he
accompanied
with
a
traine
of
braue
Gentlemen
,
departed
.
But
if
this
newes
was
dolefull
to
Orlanio
,
no
doubt
it
was
death
it selfe
to
Gwidonius
,
who
hearing
that
his
Father
would
bend
his
force
against
the
place
,
wherein
he
was
.
Sawe
all
possibilitie
taken
awaie
from
obtayning
his
purpose
.
For
he
feared
death
if
he
were
knowen
to
Orlanio
,
and
he
doubted
despightfull
hate
at
the
least
if
he
bewraide
himselfe
to
Castania
.
Which
double
dolour
so
distressed
him
,
as
he
felte
himselfe
diuersly
perplexed
with
dumpish
passions
,
his
mirth
was
tourned
to
mourning
,
his
pleasaunt
conceits
,
to
painefull
cogitations
:
his
wanton
toyes
,
to
wailing
thoughtes
,
now
he
abondoned
all
good
companie
,
and
delighted
onely
in
solytarie
life
,
the
wilesome
woodes
were
his
wished
walkes
,
and
the
secret
shades
the
couert
he
chiefly
coueted
.
In
fine
,
he
séemed
rather
a
Tymon
of
Athens
,
then
a
Gentleman
of
Alexandria
,
so
that
all
the
Court
meruailed
at
this
so
sodaine
a
chaunge
:
but
especially
Castania
,
who
coniecturing
his
doleful
hart
by
his
drousy
looks
,
was
astonished
at
this
his
strange
state
,
casting
in
her
mind
whether
she
had
giuen
him
any
cause
of
this
care
,
or
whether
by
her
occasion
he
was
crossed
with
this
calamitie
.
But
alas
poore
soule
,
howsoeuer
she
aimed
she
mist
the
marke
,
for
Gwydonius
felte
his
disease
so
secrete
,
as
hée
knewe
none
could
but
himselfe
deuine
the
cause
of
his
maladie
,
which
no
doubt
was
such
,
that
it
woulde
haue
inferred
present
death
,
if
he
had
not
hoped
for
some
happie
newes
by
Thersandro
.
Who
no
sooner
luckely
ariued
at
Metelyne
,
but
Clerophontes
was
certified
,
that
the
Dukes
son
of
Alexandria
was
come
to
impart
with
his
grace
some
waightie
matters
of
importaunce
.
Nowe
at
this
instaunt
when
the
message
was
brought
him
,
his
Daughter
Lewcippa
was
by
,
who
(
as
the
Nature
of
women
is
,
desirous
to
sée
and
bee
séene
)
thought
she
woulde
both
heare
the
parle
,
and
viewe
the
person
of
this
young
Embassadour
,
and
therefore
found
fish
on
her
fingers
,
that
she
might
staye
still
in
the
chamber
of
presence
,
whether
presently
Thersandro
was
sent
for
,
who
curteously
and
curiously
dooing
his
obysaunce
to
the
Duke
,
deliuered
his
Embassage
in
this
manner
.
WHere-as
(
ri●ht
worthie
sir
)
O●lanio
,
the
Duke
of
Alexandria
,
more
vnwittingly
then
wil●ully
denyed
certaine
tribute
,
which
hée
confesseth
both
hée
and
his
predeces●ours
haue
paide
to
you
and
your
aun●est●urs
.
Hearing
that
heerevppon
your
grace
meanet●
rather
to
wage
battaile
,
then
to
loose
anie
parte
of
your
due
although
he
feareth
not
your
force
,
as
one
able
euery
way
to
withstand
it
,
nor
passeth
of
your
puissaunce
,
as
a
Potentate
sufficient
to
resist
your
power
.
Yet
,
the
care
hée
hath
of
his
subiectes
safetie
,
and
the
loue
hee
hath
to
preserue
the
life
of
his
commons
,
the
regard
he
hath
to
paie
and
performe
that
which
conscience
and
custome
requireth
,
and
lastly
,
meaning
with
Tully
,
Iniquissimam
pacem
iustissimo
bello
anteponere
.
Hée
hath
sent
mée
both
to
sue
for
conditions
of
peace
,
and
to
pay
the
tribute
,
which
if
your
grace
shall
refuse
,
of
force
he
must
put
his
hope
in
the
hazard
of
Fortune
.
THersandro
hauing
thus
pythelye
performed
his
charge
,
Clerophontes
tolde
him
that
vpon
a
sodaine
he
woulde
not
dispatche
so
waightie
a
matter
,
but
meant
first
both
to
consulte
and
take
counsaile
of
his
Nobles
:
which
done
,
within
thrée
dayes
hée
shoulde
haue
an
aunswere
.
In
the
meane
time
hée
commaunded
Lucianus
the
Steward
of
his
house
,
verie
courteouslye
to
intreate
both
Thersandro
and
his
traine
,
and
to
feast
them
with
such
sumptuous
fare
,
as
they
might
haue
cause
most
highly
to
extoll
his
magnificence
.
But
leauing
Clerophontes
to
consult
with
his
learned
counsaylours
,
and
Thersandro
to
companie
with
the
lustie
Courtiers
,
againe
to
Lewcippa
,
who
while
this
young
youth
was
telling
of
his
●ale
,
neuer
markte
the
matter
,
but
the
man
,
nor
regarded
not
the
parle
,
but
respected
the
person
:
neuer
noted
the
contents
,
but
viewed
his
countenance
:
In
such
sort
,
that
shée
was
so
scorched
with
the
fire
of
fancie
,
and
so
scalded
with
the
flame
of
affection
,
so
bewitched
with
his
beautie
,
and
so
inueagled
with
his
bountie
,
as
hée
was
the
onelye
man
that
made
her
checke
at
the
praie
,
bate
at
the
Lure
,
and
wyllingly
yéelde
to
the
first
assaulte
of
fancie
.
And
on
the
other
side
,
Fortune
so
fauoured
,
that
Thersandro
printing
in
his
heart
the
perfection
of
Lewcippas
person
,
felte
his
fréedome
so
fettered
by
the
viewe
of
her
heauenly
face
,
and
so
snared
in
the
beames
of
her
amorous
glaunces
,
that
hée
wisht
that
eyther
this
discention
had
neuer
growen
,
or
that
hée
hadde
not
béene
the
deliuerer
of
the
message
,
for
hee
felt
his
heart
alreadie
so
ouergrowen
wyth
good-will
towardes
this
younge
Princesse
,
as
no
salue
but
her selfe
was
able
to
mittigate
his
sorrowe
,
no
medicine
but
her
courte●●e
was
able
to
cure
his
calamitie
,
and
hée
thought
to
preferre
his
sute
to
his
professed
foe
,
was
follie
:
to
linger
still
in
loue
,
was
death
and
miserie
:
to
séeke
for
helpe
at
her
handes
,
neyther
woulde
the
present
state
permitte
him
,
nor
time
suffer
him
to
prosecute
his
purpose
:
daunted
with
these
diuerse
doubtes
to
auoyde
the
melancholike
motions
that
molested
his
minde
,
hée
presently
went
from
his
lodging
to
the
Court
,
that
by
companie
he
might
driue
awaie
these
dumpes
,
where
hée
found
in
the
great
chamber
diuerse
Ladies
and
Gentlemen
,
passing
awaie
the
time
in
pleasaunt
parle
,
amongst
whom
was
that
pearelesse
Paragon
,
princely
Lewcippa
:
who
(
after
due
reuerence
done
to
the
Gentlewomen
in
generall
)
was
singled
out
by
Thersandro
,
and
courted
in
this
wise
.
MAdame
(
quoth
hée
)
if
anie
creature
hath
iust
occasio●
to
accuse
either
Nature
or
the
Gods
of
iniustice
,
man
onelye
hath
the
greatest
cause
to
make
this
complaint
,
for
there
is
none
eyther
so
depriued
of
reason
,
or
deuoide
of
sence
,
which
by
some
naturall
instinct
dooeth
not
skilfully
presage
of
perills
before
they
come
,
and
warily
preuent
ere
they
be
past
.
The
Goates
of
Lybia
knowe
certainelye
when
the
Canicular
dayes
beginne
,
wherein
commonlye
they
fall
blinde
,
and
therefore
by
eating
the
hearbe
●olopodium
they
prouidentlye
preuent
their
disease
.
When
the
Lyon
leaueth
his
Lawnes
,
and
raungeth
in
forraine
Desertes
,
hée
alwayes
foresheweth
a
drought
.
When
the
Fish
called
V●anascapos
sinketh
downe
to
the
bottome
of
the
Sea
,
hée
bewrayeth
greate
tempestes
to
bée
imminent
.
But
man
is
so
farre
from
this
secrete
foresight
,
that
not
onelye
hée
cannot
deuine
of
these
ensuinge
daungers
,
but
rather
wilfullye
or
willing
,
pusheth
himselfe
into
most
manifest
perills
,
which
madame
,
I
speake
,
as
féeling
my selfe
distressed
with
this
want
.
For
if
I
had
bene
indued
with
this
sacred
prescience
,
perfectly
to
presage
of
ensuing
perilles
,
I
had
not
ben
crossed
with
such
cares
as
I
am
like
to
incur
,
nor
hadde
cause
to
repent
this
my
present
arriuall
.
But
sith
lacke
of
such
skill
hath
procured
my
losse
,
and
that
when
the
hurt
is
had
it
is
too
late
to
take
héede
,
though
reuealing
of
my
mishappe
cannot
heale
my
miserie
,
nor
repeating
of
my
paines
redresse
my
sorrowe
:
yet
,
I
meane
to
participate
my
passions
to
your
good
grace
,
that
though
you
cannot
or
will
not
mittigate
my
maladie
,
yet
you
maye
pittie
my
estate
,
which
will
somewhat
ease
my
heauinesse
.
I
came
to
your
Fathers
Court
madame
,
a
frée
man
of
Alexandria
,
and
am
lyke
to
retourne
a
captiue
of
Metelyne
,
I
arriued
deuoyde
of
care
,
and
am
lyke
to
departe
,
drenched
with
calamitie
:
I
landed
frée
from
affection
,
but
feare
to
passe
hence
fraught
with
fancie
:
my
charge
was
onely
to
parle
of
peace
,
but
my
chaunce
is
to
discourse
of
passions
.
Yea
,
your
beautie
hath
so
fettered
my
fréedome
,
and
so
snared
my
heart
in
the
linkes
of
your
loue
,
that
it
shall
neuer
bée
raced
out
by
anye
sinister
meanes
of
Fortune
,
although
I
sée
it
is
almost
impossible
to
obtayne
it
.
For
I
doubte
our
parents
are
lyke
to
proclaym●
themselues
professed
foes
,
and
the
vrgent
necessitie
of
my
affayres
,
forceth
mée
to
departe
so
spéedelye
,
as
want
of
time
wyll
not
suffice
to
make
tryall
of
my
loue
,
whereby
I
might
claime
a
sufficient
guerdon
for
my
good
wyll
:
yet
howsoeuer
the
matter
shall
happe
,
whether
my
hope
be
voide
,
or
my
happe
be
vaine
,
I
meane
madame
to
remaine
yours
for
euer
.
Lewcippa
tooke
such
delight
in
hearing
Thersandro
discourse
so
louingly
,
as
she
could
scarely
kéepe
her
countenaunce
from
bewraying
the
pleasure
she
conceiued
in
this
parle
,
séeing
that
her
loue
was
requited
with
lyking
,
and
her
fancie
incountered
with
the
like
affection
.
Yet
least
Thersandro
should
thinke
her
too
curteous
if
she
shuld
come
at
the
first
call
,
and
very
light
of
loue
,
to
like
at
the
first
looke
,
she
framed
him
this
aunswere
.
SIr
(
quoth
she
)
if
of
your
sute
for
conditions
of
peace
there
insue
no
better
successe
than
the
reuealing
of
your
passions
shall
reape
pittie
at
my
handes
,
or
if
the
intreatie
for
truce
be
as
lightly
respected
by
my
Father
,
as
either
your
person
or
petition
is
regarded
by
me
,
you
are
like
to
carrie
home
cold
newes
to
your
countrey
,
and
to
vaunt
that
you
bad
faire
,
but
bought
little
:
that
your
Haruest
was
long
,
but
your
corne
not
worth
the
cropping
:
that
your
venter
was
much
,
but
your
gaines
such
,
as
if
your
winnings
proue
no
better
,
you
are
lyke
to
liue
by
the
losse
.
For
sir
,
doo
you
suppose
mée
so
sottish
,
as
to
thinke
euery
one
that
flatters
dooth
fancie
,
or
so
addicted
to
selfe
loue
,
as
by
a
few
filed
phrases
to
be
brought
into
a
fooles
Paradice
:
knowing
that
it
is
the
fashion
of
men
by
their
fained
subtiltie
to
deceiue
our
faithfull
simplicitie
.
No
,
for
if
you
meane
to
counterfaite
,
take
this
for
a
rule
,
it
is
ill
halting
before
a
creple
.
But
sir
,
this
your
sodaine
liking
bewrayes
the
lightnesse
of
your
loue
,
this
your
fonde
affection
,
imports
the
ficklenesse
of
your
fancie
:
for
soone
hot
,
soone
cold
?
easely
inflamed
,
as
quickly
quenched
:
like
to
the
Apples
of
Arabia
,
which
begin
to
rot
,
ere
they
be
halfe
ripe
.
And
if
I
meant
to
loue
,
had
I
none
to
like
but
my
Fathers
foe
?
should
I
desire
him
whom
my
Father
dooth
detest
?
And
if
I
should
so
farre
forget
mine
owne
staye
,
or
my
Fathers
state
,
as
to
consent
,
it
were
impossible
either
to
appease
his
wrath
,
or
to
get
the
graunt
of
his
good
will
,
so
that
to
desire
the
which
I
can
neuer
inioy
,
wer
to
driue
my self
wholy
into
despair
,
which
wold
smally
profit
you
,
and
greatlye
displeasure
me
,
and
therefore
cease
to
sue
for
that
,
which
may●
well
●e
wisht
,
but
neuer
obtaiued
.
Thersandro
although
he
heard
Lewcippa
decide
the
case
sufficiently
,
yet
he
was
so
wilfull
,
that
he
woulde
not
take
her
doome
for
a
verdite
,
but
retourned
her
this
replye
.
MAdame
(
quoth
he
)
where
in
liew
of
hate
there
insueth
loue
,
it
is
alwayes
the
signe
of
the
greater
affection
:
and
that
it
is
a
thing
either
confirmed
by
the
Fates
,
or
appointed
by
the
Gods
.
Tereus
the
Prince
of
Thra●e
,
being
sent
by
his
Father
to
defie
Pand●on
the
king
of
Athens
,
was
enamoured
of
his
daughter
Progne
,
whereby
betwéene
the
Parents
in
stéede
of
fatall
enmitie
,
there
insued
friendly
amitie
.
When
as
the
bloudie
warres
betwéene
Atis
the
King
of
Libia
,
and
Lycabas
the
Prince
of
Assur
was
most
hot
,
young
Admetus
being
sent
Ambassadour
into
Libia
,
was
so
stroken
in
loue
with
Alcest
,
onely
Daughter
to
his
fathers
foe
,
and
she
repaying
his
lyking
with
such
loyaltie
,
as
death
it selfe
could
neuer
dissolue
their
amitie
.
If
madame
,
these
premisses
may
perswade
you
to
take
pittie
of
my
passions
,
or
these
examples
induce
you
,
not
to
let
the
hatred
of
our
parents
be
a
hindrance
of
our
loue
,
whether
your
father
reiect
me
as
a
foe
,
or
accept
me
as
a
friende
,
I
doubt
not
but
the
destinies
will
driue
the
bargayne
through
,
in
despite
of
them
and
fortune
.
Sir
(
quoth
she
)
I
confesse
Progne
poore
wench
loued
Tereus
,
but
how
wretchedly
did
he
reward
her
loyaltie
?
and
Scylla
was
enamored
of
Mino●
her
fathers
foe
,
but
how
tyrannously
did
he
repay
her
loue
with
treacherie
,
Tarpeia
betrayed
the
Tower
of
Rome
to
one
of
the
Sabynes
whom
she
most
entirely
loued
,
but
the
méede
of
her
merite
was
extreame
miserie
.
Shall
I
then
Therfandro
sée
the
traine
and
yet
fall
into
the
trappe
,
shall
I
spie
the
nettes
,
and
yet
strike
at
the
stale
?
shall
I
sée
the
mishap
,
and
yet
wilfully
incurre
the
mischaunce
,
no
I
meane
not
for
an
inch
of
ioye
,
to
reape
an
ell
of
annoy
,
for
a
moment
of
mirth
a
month
of
miserie
,
for
a
dram
of
pleasure
,
a
whole
pound
of
paine
,
and
by
procuring
mine
owne
delight
to
purchase
my
fathers
death
and
destruction
.
But
let
this
suffice
Thersandro
to
signifie
how
I
pittie
thy
passions
,
and
thinke
wel
of
thy
person
,
that
if
my
Fathers
will
might
be
framed
to
my
wish
,
if
he
would
condiscend
as
I
would
consent
,
thou
onely
art
the
man
who
in
the
way
of
mariage
shoulde
dispose
of
me
at
thy
plesure
.
But
sith
the
frowning
state
of
Fortune
denies
our
loue
to
haue
such
happie
successe
,
hope
well
,
and
rest
vpon
this
poynt
,
that
I
will
alwaies
like
thee
as
a
friend
,
though
not
loue
thée
as
my
pheere
.
AS
Thersandro
was
ready
to
replye
,
and
to
seale
vp
the
bargaine
of
their
loue
vppon
her
swéete
lippes
,
Clerophontes
came
in
,
who
marred
all
their
market
,
&
tourned
their
swéete
to
sower
,
for
he
gaue
Thersandro
his
aunswere
before
Lewcippa
,
which
was
this
.
That
he
neither
ment
to
accept
of
the
conditions
of
peace
,
nor
to
receiue
the
tribute
,
but
to
claime
his
due
by
the
doubtfull
euent
of
battaile
.
That
he
shortly
pretended
in
person
to
visite
Orlanio
,
and
within
the
walls
of
Alexandria
to
demaund
his
debt
,
and
that
he
would
bestow
his
Fathers
Dukedome
vpon
a
Lord
of
his
called
〈◊〉
in
dowrie
with
his
Daughter
Lewcippa
.
Thersandro
was
nothing
amazed
with
the
first
part
of
the
message
,
but
when
he
hearde
howe
Clerophontes
meant
presumptuously
both
to
depraue
him
of
his
ly●ing
,
and
depriue
him
of
his
Loue
,
he
was
so
puffed
vp
with
wrath
and
chollar
,
as
hap
what
hap
would
,
he
fell
into
these
tearmes
.
I
Remember
(
quoth
he
)
that
Caligula
the
Emperour
prouiding
a
mightie
armie
to
subdue
great
Britaine
,
when
he
was
come
to
the
Sea
,
readie
to
post
ouer
his
Souldiours
in
his
Nauie
,
he
lefte
off
his
endlesse
enterprise
,
and
set
them
to
gather
Cockles
.
Siphax
boldly
boasting
that
he
would
bestowe
the
kingdome
of
Numidia
vpon
his
second
Sonne
,
was
by
Massinissa
ouerthrowen
,
and
solde
as
captiue
to
the
Romanes
.
I
dare
not
sir
inferre
comparisons
,
because
they
be
odious
,
nor
apply
the
examples
,
sith
time
and
place
forbids
me
:
but
this
I
say
,
that
to
fish
before
the
net
,
is
alwaies
counted
folly
,
and
to
vaunt
before
the
victorie
,
is
but
vanitie
.
Yea
,
and
if
I
had
as
good
right
to
your
Daughter
Lewcippa
,
as
I
haue
to
the
supposed
Dowrie
which
you
assigne
her
,
I
woulde
in
despight
of
Lucianus
and
the
diuell
himselfe
,
dispose
her
at
my
pleasure
.
Clerophontes
hearing
the
cholaricke
conclusion
of
Thersandro
could
scarcely
bridle
his
frantick
furie
from
raging
without
reason
against
this
young
youth
,
yet
somewhat
mittigating
his
moode
,
he
breathed
out
these
cruell
threatenings
.
IF
the
lawe
of
Armes
(
quoth
he
)
did
not
both
safely
protect
thee
,
&
surely
forbid
me
to
hurt
thée
in
that
thou
art
a
messenger
,
I
would
with
such
seueritie
chastice
these
thy
presumptuous
spéeches
,
as
thou
shuldest
learn
héereafter
to
answere
with
more
reuerence
:
yet
I
wysh
thée
not
to
stande
too
stiffe
vpon
this
poynt
,
least
if
thou
be
so
recklesse
as
to
breake
the
bondes
of
reason
,
I
be
so
forgetfull
as
to
passe
the
lymits
of
the
law
.
Thou
hast
receiued
a
determinate
aunswere
for
the
Embassage
,
&
there
I
charge
thée
this
present
day
to
depart
out
of
my
Dominions
.
Thersandro
fearing
the
tyrannie
of
this
cruell
Clerophontes
,
presently
passed
out
of
the
Chamber
of
Presence
,
taking
his
leaue
of
Ladie
Lewcippa
,
onelye
with
louing
lookes
,
which
she
requited
with
such
glaunces
of
good
will
,
as
they
were
sufficient
signes
what
insupportable
sorrowe
she
receiued
by
his
so
sodayne
departure
:
yet
knowing
that
her
fancie
was
incountred
with
mutual
affection
,
she
droue
away
the
mystie
clowdes
of
despaire
,
hoping
that
the
Gods
séeing
their
faithful
amitie
,
would
take
pitie
of
their
passions
,
&
in
time
redresse
their
miserie
.
But
Thersandro
hauing
with
spéede
dispatchte
hys
affaires
(
all
his
train
being
set
aboord
,
and
they
coasting
the
straights
with
a
luckie
gale
)
was
so
combred
with
care
,
and
so
ouer-growen
with
griefe
,
that
he
passed
no
hower
,
minute
,
nor
moment
,
without
wofull
waylyng
,
sorrowfull
sobs
,
and
farre
fetcht
sighes
,
so
that
the
Gentlemen
his
companions
,
supposing
that
he
was
thus
painfully
perplexed
for
feare
of
Clerophontes
pu●ssance
,
began
both
to
comfort
and
incourage
him
not
to
doubte
or
dread
the
force
of
the
enimie
,
sith
his
father
was
able
to
repulse
him
,
without
any
daunger
to
himselfe
,
or
any
great
damage
to
his
subiects
.
But
these
their
perswasions
could
no
whit
preuaile
to
asswage
his
passions
,
this
their
incouragement
coulde
not
cure
his
care
.
But
as
there
is
no
greater
bane
to
the
bodye
,
than
trouble
of
the
minde
:
so
Thersandro
so
long
continued
in
these
pensiue
passions
,
and
carefull
cogitations
,
concealing
his
griefe
so
couertly
,
which
so
much
the
more
furiously
flamed
within
him
,
that
he
was
constrayned
to
kéepe
his
Cabbin
till
his
arriuall
at
Alexandria
.
Where
being
set
on
shore
,
and
presently
conueyed
to
the
Courte
,
he
remained
for
the
space
of
thrée
dayes
,
so
strangely
perplexed
,
as
he
was
not
able
to
make
report
of
his
message
:
which
so
griped
Orlanio
with
such
inspeakable
griefe
,
as
he
wished
rather
to
haue
died
valiantly
with
the
force
of
hys
enimye
,
than
to
put
the
health
of
his
sonne
in
hazard
by
passing
so
perillous
a
iournie
.
But
Thersandro
séeing
that
sorrow
would
not
salue
his
sore
,
but
rather
increase
his
sicknesse
:
that
mourning
would
not
appease
his
maladie
,
but
rather
augment
his
miserie
:
began
to
take
heart
at
grasse
,
and
within
few
dayes
began
to
recouer
his
former
health
.
And
then
hée
declared
to
his
Father
,
what
he
had
in
charge
from
Clerophontes
,
how
he
meant
spéedely
to
wage
war
against
him
,
&
by
force
of
armes
to
driue
him
out
of
his
Dukedome
,
which
he
had
alreadie
promised
to
one
Lucianus
in
dowrie
with
his
Daughter
.
Orlanio
hearing
this
proud
presumption
of
this
bragging
Duke
,
thought
the
greatest
barkers
were
not
alwaies
the
sorest
biters
,
and
that
it
was
farre
more
easie
with
words
to
obtayne
the
victorie
,
than
with
déeds
to
attayne
the
Conquest
.
Yet
,
least
he
might
be
taken
at
vnwares
,
he
made
a
generall
muster
throughout
all
his
Dominions
,
prouiding
in
euery
place
necessarye
munition
for
the
defence
of
hys
Countrey
.
And
assembling
his
Nobilitie
to
giue
theyr
verdite
,
who
were
fittest
to
bée
Captaines
in
this
skirmish
:
after
some
consultation
had
in
this
cause
,
they
concluded
,
that
since
Clerophontes
meant
to
ioyne
battayle
in
his
owne
person
,
that
lykewise
hée
shoulde
bee
Generall
of
the
field
,
and
Gwydonius
who
surpassed
all
the
rest
in
martial
exploites
,
should
be
Lieuetenant
,
and
conduct
the
armie
,
which
he
no
sooner
hearde
but
hée
was
tormented
with
inspeakable
griefe
,
he
beganne
to
pull
downe
his
Peacockes
feathers
,
to
hang
his
wings
,
and
crye
creake
:
euery
man
hoping
to
winne
fame
was
merrie
,
but
he
alone
mourning
:
euery
man
laughed
,
&
he
alone
lowred
:
insomuch
,
that
he
was
generallye
suspected
to
be
a
fearfull
cowarde
,
and
that
dread
of
daunger
draue
him
into
these
dolefull
dumpes
.
But
as
they
rashly
coniectured
the
cause
of
his
sorrowe
,
so
they
mist
the
nature
of
his
sicknesse
:
for
Gwydonius
séeing
that
of
this
cruel
conflict
his
calamitie
should
ensue
,
and
that
this
bloudie
broyle
would
bréed
his
bane
,
he
fell
into
such
solitarie
surmises
,
and
such
musing
meditations
,
that
Valericus
his
open
friende
and
yet
his
secrette
foe
,
sought
by
sundry
meanes
to
search
out
the
cause
of
his
care
,
but
not
being
able
to
wring
out
any
thing
,
eyther
by
flattering
promises
or
fained
protestations
,
he
ceased
from
his
importunate
sute
.
But
froward
fortune
brought
it
so
to
passe
,
that
Valericus
comming
by
the
chamber
of
Gwydonius
,
heard
him
thus
desperatly
discoursing
with
himselfe
.
ALas
(
quoth
he
)
I
sée
the
Sunne
being
at
the
highest
declineth
,
the
Sea
being
at
full
tide
ebbeth
:
calme
continueth
not
long
without
a
storme
,
neither
is
happinesse
had
long
without
heauinesse
,
blisse
without
bale
,
weale
without
woe
,
mirth
without
mourning
.
For
who
a
late
so
floated
in
the
flouds
of
felicitie
as
I
,
which
now
by
the
sinister
meanes
of
frowning
fortune
am
sowsed
in
the
seas
of
sorrow
,
exalted
alate
to
the
highest
degrée
of
happines
,
am
nowe
driuen
to
the
greatest
extremiti●
of
euill
:
alate
puffed
vp
with
prosperitie
,
&
now
pushed
downe
with
aduersitie
:
yea
,
alate
placed
in
Paradise
,
and
now
plunged
in
perplexitie
.
Oh
Gwydonius
,
if
thy
fathers
friendlye
preceptes
might
haue
perswaded
thée
,
if
his
aduice
had
bene
thy
aduertisement
,
and
thou
hadst
carefully
kept
his
counsaile
,
then
by
his
fore-warning
thou
hadst
bene
fore-armed
against
all
mishap
and
miserie
.
The
force
of
fickle
fancie
had
not
then
giuen
thee
the
foyle
,
loue
had
not
so
lyghtly
procured
thy
losse
,
nor
the
painted
shew
of
beautie
had
not
so
soone
procured
thy
bane
.
My
bane
?
Why
fond
foole
,
beautie
hath
bred
my
blisse
,
fancie
hath
not
giuen
me
the
foyle
,
but
hath
yéelded
me
the
fort
:
Loue
hath
not
wrought
my
losse
,
but
requited
me
with
treble
gaine
.
Hath
not
Castania
requited
my
loue
with
loyaltie
,
and
repayed
my
good
will
with
mutuall
affection
?
Is
shee
not
my
Saint
and
I
her
seruaunt
?
Are
wée
not
contracted
together
by
loue
,
and
shall
continue
together
by
lawe
?
May
I
not
dispose
of
her
in
the
waye
of
marriage
at
my
pleasure
?
Yes
,
but
what
then
,
the
more
is
my
grief
,
and
the
greater
is
my
care
.
For
if
her
presence
procureth
my
delight
,
will
not
her
absence
bréede
my
despight
?
If
her
consent
preserued
my
life
,
will
not
her
contempt
inferre
my
death
?
Yes
.
For
alas
sin●e
the
destinies
meane
to
dissolue
that
fancie
hath
decréed
,
since
the
frowning
fates
séeke
to
vnloose
that
which
loue
hath
linked
,
since
froward
fortune
means
to
break
the
bonds
wherin
beautie
hath
bound
vs
,
since
these
bloudie
broiles
will
cause
Castania
(
where
before
shée
accepted
mée
for
a
friend
)
nowe
to
reiecte
mée
for
a
foe
:
What
better
lucke
canne
I
looke
for
,
then
a
loathsome
lyfe
,
or
what
better
happe
can
I
hope
for
,
than
horrour
and
heauinesse
?
Yea
,
which
waye
so
euer
I
tourne
mée
I
sée
nothing
but
woe
and
wretchednesse
.
For
if
Orlanio
perceyued
our
liking
,
how
would
he
storme
at
our
loue
?
If
he
knew
my
chaunce
,
how
woulde
he
fret
at
his
Daughters
choyce
?
Woulde
hée
euer
consent
,
that
Castania
should
match
with
so
meane
a
mate
,
that
her
princely
personage
should
be
disgraced
with
my
base
parentage
,
that
her
calling
shuld
be
crazed
with
my
slender
countenaunce
:
no
,
he
would
no
doubt
first
banish
me
out
of
all
his
dominions
.
Tush
Gwydonius
,
would
God
this
were
the
worst
,
and
then
thou
mightest
hope
in
time
by
some
meanes
to
redresse
this
doubt
.
But
if
Orlanio
shoulde
knowe
thou
wert
heire
apparaunt
to
the
Dukedome
of
Metelyne
,
and
onely
sonne
to
Clerophontes
,
his
fatall
foe
,
what
torment
were
there
so
terrible
,
which
thou
shouldest
not
trie
?
What
paine
so
pinching
,
which
thou
shouldst
not
passe
?
What
hap
so
hard
which
thou
shouldest
not
hazard
?
Yea
,
what
death
so
direfull
,
which
at
his
cruell
hands
thou
shouldest
not
suffer
?
And
what
if
Castania
were
priuy
to
thy
state
,
dost
thou
think
her
so
constaunt
as
to
consent
to
her
Fathers
foe
?
doest
thou
thinke
she
would
wish
the
sonnes
weale
,
when
the
Father
wisheth
her
mishap
?
No
,
assure
thy selfe
if
thy
state
be
once
knowen
,
that
Castania
wil
most
deadly
detest
thée
,
which
will
be
more
grieuous
to
thée
then
death
it selfe
,
be
it
neuer
so
terrible
.
Sith
then
Gwydonius
,
thou
must
shortly
either
go
in
armes
against
thine
owne
father
,
or
else
loose
both
thy
loue
and
thy
life
,
let
not
delaie
bréede
daunger
,
but
strike
on
the
stith
while
the
yron
is
hot
,
Castania
hath
promised
to
forsake
both
Father
,
friendes
,
and
her
owne
countrie
,
to
passe
wher
and
when
it
pleaseth
thée
,
she
doubteth
no
daungers
,
shée
forceth
of
no
misfortune
,
she
careth
for
no
calamitie
,
she
passeth
for
no
perills
,
so
she
inioy
thy
desired
companie
,
and
therefore
as
spéedely
as
may
be
,
conueie
her
closely
into
the
confines
of
Metelyne
,
before
eyther
she
know
thy
staie
or
thy
state
.
And
shall
I
so
practise
her
with
pollicies
?
shall
I
so
sift
her
with
subtiltie
?
shall
I
put
so
little
trust
in
her
troth
?
and
so
small
confidence
in
her
constancie
?
as
to
conceale
from
her
anye
secret
?
No
,
come
woe
,
come
wretchednesse
,
come
death
,
come
daunger
,
hap
what
hap
will
,
I
will
presently
impart
vnto
her
my
present
state
,
and
my
pretended
purpose
.
Valericus
hearing
this
doubtfull
discourse
of
Gwydonius
,
was
driuen
into
an
extasie
for
ioy
,
to
sée
that
hée
had
found
such
fit
meanes
whereby
he
might
not
onely
purchase
the
Dukes
fauour
,
aspire
vnto
honour
and
dignitie
,
but
also
obtaine
the
loue
of
Castania
,
for
he
meant
spéedely
to
preuent
the
pretence
of
Gwydonius
by
vnfolding
to
the
Duke
the
summe
of
his
secrete
purpose
,
assuring
himselfe
,
that
after
Orlanio
knew
his
parents
and
parentage
,
that
hée
was
sonne
and
heire
to
Clerophontes
,
no
price
though
neuer
so
precious
,
no
raunsome
though
neuer
so
rich
,
might
redéeme
him
from
the
most
despightfull
death
that
could
be
deuised
.
And
of
these
premisses
he
inferde
this
conclusion
,
that
the
cause
bée
taken
awaie
the
effect
faileth
,
that
Gwydonius
béeing
reiected
,
hée
should
bée
receiued
:
that
hée
being
despighted
with
hate
,
he
shoulde
be
requited
with
loue
,
and
vppon
this
hope
he
went
presentlye
to
bewraie
this
matter
to
Orlanio
,
whom
he
found
with
his
sonne
Thersandro
,
and
diuerse
other
noble
men
consulting
what
course
they
had
best
take
against
Clerophontes
,
whome
Valericus
saluted
in
this
wise
.
PLato
(
right
worthie
Prince
)
that
graue
and
wise
philosopher
,
whose
sentences
in
all
ages
haue
bene
holden
as
most
diuine
Oracles
,
portrayeth
out
in
the
books
of
his
Common
wealth
,
the
picture
of
a
perfect
Citizen
,
whose
liniaments
béeing
first
leuelled
,
hée
tricketh
vp
with
these
coulours
,
that
he
loue
his
Prince
loyallye
,
kéepe
the
lawes
carfully
,
and
defend
his
Countrie
valyantly
,
in
which
thrée
pointes
(
saith
he
)
consisteth
the
chiefest
duetie
of
a
trustie
subiecte
:
this
saying
of
Plato
throughly
considered
,
and
calling
to
minde
the
sundrie
good
tournes
which
without
desert
your
grace
hath
bestowed
vppon
me
,
I
thought
if
I
shoulde
not
repaye
your
fauour
with
faithfulnesse
,
and
your
trust
you
repose
in
me
with
inuiolable
troath
,
I
might
bée
counted
a
vicious
vassall
,
deuoide
of
all
vertue
,
a
trecherous
Citizen
,
rather
then
a
trustie
subiect
,
a
carelesse
slaue
,
then
a
carefull
Gentleman
:
yea
,
a
gracelesse
monster
,
misled
with
ingratitude
.
I
am
come
(
right
worthie
Sir
)
not
to
betraie
my
foe
,
but
to
bewraie
my
friende
,
not
to
discouer
the
fault
of
my
enimie
,
but
to
disclose
his
offence
,
which
liueth
with
me
in
perfect
amitie
,
in
whose
companie
hetherto
hath
ben
all
my
ioy
,
pleasure
and
delight
:
but
since
his
pretence
is
greatlye
preiudiciall
to
your
graces
person
,
I
thought
to
preferre
your
profite
before
mine
owne
pleasure
,
and
the
commoditie
of
my
countrie
before
mine
owne
priuate
contentation
.
So
it
is
that
Gwydonius
,
whome
your
grace
hath
honoured
,
and
all
the
Court
estéemed
,
is
sonne
and
heire
to
Clerophontes
,
the
Duke
of
Metelyne
,
who
by
the
péeuish
pollicie
of
his
Father
,
vnder
the
pretence
of
seruice
,
is
purposed
to
procure
your
fatall
death
,
and
the
finall
destruction
of
your
Dukedome
.
And
the
better
to
performe
this
diuellish
practise
,
hée
hath
contracted
himselfe
to
my
Ladie
Castania
,
who
blinded
with
his
beautie
,
and
inueagled
with
his
wit
,
hath
consented
,
not
onely
to
kéepe
his
counsaile
to
your
confusion
,
but
also
closely
to
conuey
her selfe
with
him
into
his
Countrie
.
Which
pretence
if
your
grace
doth
not
spéedely
preuent
,
you
shall
finde
that
delaie
bréedes
daunger
,
&
that
procrastination
in
perils
is
but
the
mother
of
mishap
.
And
haue
I
(
quoth
Orlanio
)
brought
vp
the
Birde
that
will
picke
out
mine
owne
eyes
?
Haue
I
fostered
vp
the
Serpent
in
my
bosome
that
will
bréede
my
bane
?
Haue
I
giuen
her
lyfe
that
séekes
to
yéelde
me
death
?
Haue
I
cherisht
her
béeing
younge
,
and
wyll
shée
consume
me
being
older
:
was
there
none
to
choose
but
Gwydonius
,
nor
none
to
loue
but
the
son
of
her
fathers
foe
?
Will
she
preferre
her
lust
before
my
life
,
her
priuate
pleasure
,
before
the
safetie
of
my
person
?
Well
,
as
she
forgets
the
dutie
of
a
child
,
so
I
will
forget
the
natural
affection
of
a
Father
,
and
therefore
Valericus
,
goe
spéedely
with
these
noble
men
to
Gwydonius
chamber
,
and
apprehend
him
,
that
I
may
requite
his
hatefull
trecherie
with
most
hellish
torments
.
And
Thersandro
,
sée
you
that
Castania
be
closely
kept
vntill
we
haue
caught
the
traytour
,
least
she
vnderstanding
that
their
deuise
is
disclosed
,
she
saue
her selfe
by
flight
.
Valericus
hauing
this
commission
giuen
him
from
the
Duke
,
made
no
delay
,
but
passed
to
Gwydonius
lodging
with
as
much
spéed
as
might
be
:
but
Fortune
who
after
euery
chip
of
mischaunce
,
sendeth
some
lot
of
good
lucke
,
and
after
euerie
storme
of
aduersitie
,
sendeth
a
quiet
calme
of
prosperitie
,
so
carefully
prouided
to
frée
Gwydonius
from
mishap
,
that
he
was
newlye
gone
towardes
Castania
,
to
impart
vnto
her
this
his
pretence
,
but
before
he
came
to
her
chamber
,
he
was
incountred
by
Thersandro
,
who
stearnly
taking
Gwydonius
by
the
bosome
,
pulling
out
his
Rapier
,
commaunded
him
as
a
traitour
to
stand
,
or
else
without
anye
farther
doome
he
shoulde
féele
the
dint
of
death
.
Gwydonius
amazed
with
this
sodaine
motion
,
stoode
as
one
in
a
traunce
,
neither
being
able
to
defend
himselfe
with
word
or
weapon
,
but
yéelded
himself
into
the
hands
of
Thersandro
,
who
shakt
him
vp
with
these
bitter
spéeches
.
THou
traiterous
wretch
(
quoth
he
)
as
it
is
impossible
for
the
flame
so
closely
to
bée
couered
,
but
it
wyll
bée
spied
,
so
it
is
impossible
,
but
that
treason
,
though
neuer
so
secret
,
should
in
tract
of
time
bée
disclosed
,
which
now
by
experience
is
verified
in
thée
,
for
although
thou
hast
hetherto
falsely
fained
thy selfe
to
be
a
straunger
of
a
foraine
nation
,
thou
art
now
knowen
to
be
sonne
and
heire
to
Clerophontes
that
cruell
tyraunt
my
Fathers
foe
,
by
whose
péeuish
pollicy
thou
hadst
not
only
brought
the
common
wealth
to
confusion
,
but
didst
pretend
to
be
preiudiciall
to
my
fathers
person
,
if
thy
deadly
practise
&
diuellish
purpose
had
not
by
Valericus
his
meanes
ben
preuented
.
Hast
thou
ben
so
trained
vp
in
trecherie
,
or
is
thy
minde
so
spotted
with
villany
,
as
to
repaie
my
Fathers
good
wil
with
such
barbarous
ingratitude
,
and
to
deuise
his
destruction
which
simply
foresought
thy
preferment
.
Yea
,
to
counsel
my
sister
Castania
,
not
onely
to
consent
to
thy
desire
,
but
to
my
fathers
death
?
Is
this
the
manner
of
Metelyne
?
or
the
custome
of
thy
countrie
,
to
be
such
cosoning
counterfaits
?
Well
,
since
I
haue
happely
attached
thée
as
a
traitour
,
&
as
a
villanous
rebell
,
both
transgressing
humane
and
diuine
lawes
,
thou
shalt
abide
the
paine
&
punishment
due
to
such
diuellish
offenders
.
Now
let
thy
cruell
sire
Clerophontes
frée
thée
from
those
torments
that
thou
art
like
to
suffer
for
thy
trecherie
,
&
let
the
Lords
of
Metelyne
deliuer
thée
from
his
hands
,
who
meanes
in
most
miserable
wise
to
martir
thée
.
Yea
,
let
thy
Concubine
Castania
,
who
is
like
for
her
gracelesse
disobedience
to
sippe
of
the
same
sorrowe
,
sée
if
her
teares
will
now
preuaile
to
mooue
Orlanio
to
pittie
.
No
,
if
Iupiter
himselfe
sent
Mercurie
to
mittigate
his
moode
,
neither
the
authoritie
of
the
one
,
nor
the
eloquence
of
the
other
might
preuaile
to
pacif●e
his
furie
.
GWydonius
séeing
that
not
onely
his
purpose
was
preuented
,
and
his
secretes
disclosed
,
but
that
also
Valericus
most
villanously
had
accused
him
and
Castania
of
that
which
they
neuer
so
much
as
once
imagined
,
was
so
perplexed
,
and
driuen
into
such
dumpes
,
as
he
séemed
by
●●lence
●o
a●erre
that
which
Thersandro
had
alleadged
,
yet
at
last
he
began
thus
to
replie
.
THersandro
(
quoth
he
)
as
I
meane
not
to
affirme
that
which
is
false
,
so
I
will
not
denie
that
which
is
true
,
but
come
dolor
,
come
death
,
come
miserie
,
come
martyrdome
,
come
torture
,
come
torments
,
I
wil
neither
accuse
my selfe
iniustly
,
nor
excuse
my selfe
by
periurie
.
I
confesse
Thersandro
that
I
am
sonne
and
heire
to
the
Duke
of
Meteline
,
&
contracted
to
thy
sister
Castania
,
that
Clerophontes
is
my
father
by
the
lawe
of
nature
,
&
Castania
my
wife
by
the
league
of
loue
,
but
that
I
either
pretended
or
purposed
to
be
preiudiciall
to
Orlanios
person
,
or
that
Castania
was
counsailed
or
euer
consented
to
her
Fathers
confusion
,
I
not
onely
denie
,
but
I
will
proue
by
combat
,
that
Valericus
most
villanously
doth
accuse
vs
of
that
whereof
we
are
altogether
sacklesse
.
WHy
Gwydonius
,
(
quoth
he
)
wilt
thou
séeke
to
proue
thy self
loial
,
when
the
hearers
déeme
thée
a
lyar
,
or
to
make
a
tryall
of
thy
troth
,
when
thy
words
can
haue
no
trust
?
Doest
thou
thinke
my
fathers
furie
will
suffer
thée
to
fable
?
Doest
thou
thinke
his
wrathfull
rage
will
abide
thy
reasons
,
or
that
he
wil
be
so
patient
as
to
heare
thée
pleade
thine
owne
cause
?
No
,
if
thou
wert
as
cléere
from
these
crimes
alleadged
against
thée
by
Valericus
as
I
am
,
yet
in
that
thou
art
sonne
to
Clerophontes
,
the
coine
of
Croesus
,
and
kingdomes
of
Caesar
,
were
not
sufficient
raunsome
to
redéeme
thée
from
death
.
But
Gwydonius
,
since
thy
health
hangeth
in
my
handes
,
and
thy
lyfe
or
death
is
in
my
power
,
I
will
neither
bée
so
bloudie
minded
as
to
bréede
thy
bane
,
nor
so
cruell
,
as
to
be
the
cause
of
thy
confusion
.
The
guerdon
Gwydonius
I
craue
for
this
my
good
will
,
and
the
recompence
I
claime
for
this
curtesie
,
is
:
that
when
thou
commest
to
Metelyne
,
thou
certifie
thy
sister
and
my
loue
and
Ladie
Lewcippa
,
that
for
her
sake
I
haue
procured
thy
safetie
,
that
her
perfection
hath
preserued
thée
from
perill
,
the
loue
I
beare
her
hath
saued
thy
lyfe
,
the
duetifull
deuotion
I
owe
vnto
her
,
hath
redéemed
thée
from
death
and
daunger
.
And
in
token
of
this
my
vnfained
affection
,
I
will
lift
my
hand
against
none
that
commeth
from
Metelyne
,
but
against
Lucianus
onely
.
Before
Thersandro
was
able
fullye
to
vnfolde
his
minde
,
or
that
Gwydonius
had
time
to
yéeld
him
thanks
for
the
sauegard
of
his
lyfe
,
they
hearde
a
greate
noise
,
which
made
Gwydonius
flie
,
and
Thersandro
hie
him
hastely
to
Castanias
lodging
.
Nowe
the
companie
which
came
,
was
Orlanio
himselfe
,
who
certified
by
Valericus
that
Gwydonius
could
not
be
found
,
laid
not
only
watch
and
ward
throughout
all
his
Dukedome
to
attach
him
,
but
went
in
proper
person
with
his
Garde
to
apprehend
Castania
,
and
laie
her
in
close
prison
,
whom
he
found
all
blubbered
with
teares
,
for
that
she
had
vnderstoode
the
cause
before
of
her
brother
▪
Thersandro
:
Orlanio
no
sooner
spied
her
thus
wéeping
,
but
he
raged
against
her
in
this
wise
.
HAth
the
force
of
loue
,
nay
rather
the
furie
of
lust
(
vild
wretch
)
so
blinded
thy
vnderstanding
,
that
to
accomplish
it
thou
passest
not
to
peruert
both
humane
and
diuine
lawes
.
Doth
lasciuious
affection
and
fleshly
fancie
so
furiously
frie
within
thée
,
as
thou
woldest
procure
thy
fathers
death
to
purchase
thy
diuellish
desire
?
Could
no
rules
of
reason
,
no
prick
of
conscience
,
no
respect
of
honestie
,
no
feare
of
God
,
nor
dread
of
man
,
prohibit
thée
from
pretending
such
a
monstrous
mischiefe
,
as
to
conclude
with
my
mortal
foe
to
worke
my
fatall
confusion
.
The
young
Storkes
so
tender
the
old
ones
in
their
age
,
as
they
will
not
suffer
them
so
much
as
to
〈◊〉
to
get
their
owne
liuing
.
The
Bird
called
Apis
Indica
,
being
young
,
séeing
the
old
ones
through
age
growen
so
weake
,
as
they
are
not
able
to
wa●e
their
wings
,
carri●
them
continually
from
place
to
place
on
their
backs
:
these
sauage
creatures
haue
but
onely
sence
,
and
are
obedient
,
thou
hast
both
reason
&
sence
,
&
art
more
vnnatural
,
these
bruite
beasts
are
most
dutifull
to
their
parents
,
and
thou
a
reasonable
creature
art
most
disobedient
to
thy
Father
:
yea
,
contrarie
both
to
the
lawes
of
Nature
and
nurture
,
thou
séekest
to
bath
thy
handes
in
his
guiltlesse
bloude
,
and
without
care
or
conscience
to
commit
most
cruell
murther
,
which
is
so
hatefull
to
all
things
,
as
the
sencelesse
plantes
and
stones
most
deadlye
detest
such
villanie
.
The
Oliue
trée
so
hatefully
abhorreth
a
Parracide
,
that
who
so
béeing
guiltie
of
that
crime
,
attempteth
to
plant
it
,
dooeth
not
onely
himselfe
presently
perish
,
but
the
trée
forthwith
wayneth
and
wythereth
.
The
stone
Epistrites
so
loatheth
this
offence
,
counting
it
a
fact
so
repugnaunt
to
nature
,
that
it
wil
not
vouchsafe
to
be
worne
by
a
murtherer
.
And
shall
I
then
let
thée
liue
whom
the
sencelesse
creatures
do
so
deadly
loath
.
No
,
this
hand
which
cherisht
thée
being
a
child
shall
now
chastise
thée
béeing
such
a
cursed
caitife
.
And
with
that
he
drew
out
his
Fawlcon
redie
to
haue
slaine
her
.
But
that
Thersandro
knéeling
down
,
desired
him
that
he
would
not
so
in
his
furie
forget
himselfe
,
as
without
the
sentence
of
the
law
put
her
to
death
,
but
to
commit
her
to
ward
vntill
the
wars
betwéen
him
&
Clerophontes
were
happely
ended
,
&
then
vppon
more
straight
examination
,
if
she
wer
found
faultie
,
to
assigne
her
a
punishment
due
for
such
an
offence
.
Orlanio
somewhat
pacified
with
his
sonnes
perswasion
,
commanded
that
presently
she
should
be
carried
to
prison
,
and
the
Ladie
Melytta
with
her
,
as
an
actor
also
in
this
Tragedie
.
And
that
with
all
spéed
they
should
post
the
countrie
for
the
attaching
of
the
traitor
Gwydonius
.
Who
after
that
he
parted
from
Thersandro
,
séeing
before
his
eyes
the
terrour
of
torments
,
and
the
hellish
horrour
of
death
,
was
driuen
forward
so
with
the
dread
of
daunger
,
and
feare
of
imminent
perills
,
that
knowing
perfectly
the
coast
of
the
Countrry
,
he
passed
so
secretly
&
spéedely
,
as
he
was
not
so
much
as
once
descried
by
the
Postes
that
pursued
him
,
but
scaped
safely●
out
of
the
Dukedome
of
Alexandria
.
Béeing
now
without
the
dint
of
the
Dukes
daunger
,
séeing
that
although
hée
had
escaped
himselfe
,
yet
he
had
lefte
his
Loue
and
Ladie
Castania
in
hazarde
of
her
life
,
he
began
thus
to
exclaime
against
his
owne
folly
.
AH
Gwydonius
(
quoth
he
)
what
folly
hast
thou
committed
by
this
thy
fearefull
flight
,
what
carefull
calamitie
is
like
to
insue
of
this
thy
cowardise
in
auoyding
Scylla
thou
art
falne
into
Cha●ibdis
,
in
preuenting
one
danger
thou
art
like
to
be
plagued
with
a
thousand
discommodities
.
Had
it
not
bene
better
for
thée
to
haue
died
in
Alexandria
with
honor
than
to
lyue
heere
with
shame
and
reproach
,
to
haue
suffered
mishap
with
Castania
then
to
linger
héere
in
miserie
?
Doost
thou
thinke
that
she
will
euer
count
of
such
a
prating
Paras●te
,
as
will
loue
her
in
prosperie
and
leaue
her
in
aduersitie
,
as
preferreth
his
owne
safetie
before
her
securitie
,
his
lyfe
before
her
loue
,
and
draweth
himselfe
out
of
daunger
to
leaue
her
in
distresse
?
No
,
she
will
contempne
thée
as
a
coward
,
more
fit
to
be
a
mate
to
some
country
●●nt
,
than
a
●atch
for
such
a
courtly
Princesse
,
she
will
thinke
thy
greatest
faith
was
but
fained
ficklenesse
,
thy
forged
loue
was
but
filthie
lust
,
thy
promises
was
but
periuries
,
and
that
thy
greatest
amitie
was
but
most
dissembled
enmitie
:
so
that
of
a
professed
friend
she
wil
become
thy
professed
foe
,
her
desire
will
tourne
to
despite
,
and
her
loue
to
most
hellish
hate
.
Why
alas
,
would
my
paine
haue
pleased
her
,
would
my
martirdome
haue
contented
her
minde
,
had
my
peril
procured
her
profite
,
or
my
care
her
commoditie
.
Naye
,
rather
would
not
my
daunger
haue
bene
her
death
,
my
mishap
her
miserie
,
my
torture
her
torments
,
and
my
fatall
destinie
hir
finall
destruction
.
By
sauing
my
life
in
time
we
maye
enioye
our
loue
,
but
by
death
no
hope
had
bene
lefte
for
obtaining
our
desire
:
so
that
I
assure
my selfe
,
Castania
will
rather
allowe
of
my
pollicie
by
preuenting
perilles
by
flight
,
than
mislyke
of
my
practise
in
procuring
mine
owne
safetie
.
And
vpon
this
point
I
rest
,
hoping
that
the
Gods
séeing
how
vniustly
Valericu
;
hath
accused
vs
,
will
in
tract
of
time
ridde
vs
from
blame
and
reward
him
with
shame
.
GWydonius
was
not
more
distressed
with
dolour
than
poore
Castania
was
combred
,
with
care
to
sée
so
strange
a
chaunce
and
so
sodaine
a
chaunge
,
that
she
who
of
late
was
a
royall
Princesse
,
was
now
a
ruthfull
prisoner
,
that
her
fréedome
was
tourned
to
fettars
,
her
dignitie
to
miserie
,
and
her
happie
stay
to
a
most
hellish
state
:
that
after
flouds
of
teares
which
fell
from
her
Christall
eyes
,
she
burst
foorth
into
these
tearmes
.
ALas
(
quoth
she
)
what
poore
Damosell
was
euer
driuen
into
such
doubtfull
distresse
?
what
Princes
was
euer
perplexed
with
such
dolefull
passions
?
what
mayde
was
euer
crossed
with
such
mishap
?
nay
what
creature
euer
was
clogged
with
the
like
calamitie
?
Haue
the
spightfull
destinies
decréed
my
destruction
,
or
the
peruers●
Planets
conspired
my
bitter
bane
?
Dooth
froward
fortune
meane
to
make
me
a
mirrour
of
her
mutabilitie
,
or
is
this
the
rewarde
that
Cupid
bestowes
vppon
hys
Clyents
?
Is
euery
one
that
dooth
fancie
maymed
with
the
like
misfortune
,
or
is
loue
alwayes
accompanied
with
such
haplesse
lucke
?
Alas
no
,
for
their
loue
is
lawfull
,
&
mine
leawd
and
lasciuious
:
their
fancie
is
fixed
vppon
vertue
,
and
mine
vpon
vanitie
,
they
make
their
matche
with
consent
of
their
parents
,
and
I
my
market
without
my
fathers
counsaile
:
so
that
I
am
like
in
choosing
such
chaffre
,
to
chop
and
chaunge
and
liue
by
the
losse
:
yea
,
to
buye
repentance
at
an
vnreasonable
rate
.
Had
it
not
bene
better
for
thée
Castania
,
to
haue
condiscended
to
the
requests
of
Valericus
,
then
consented
to
the
sute
of
Gwydonius
:
to
haue
liked
thine
owne
countrey-man
,
than
loued
a
straggeling
straunger
:
to
haue
satisfied
thy selfe
with
assuraunce
,
than
vainely
to
fish
for
hope
?
Truth
,
but
what
then
?
can
the
strawe
resist
the
vertue
of
the
pure
Iet
?
can
the
flaxe
resist
the
force
of
the
fire
?
can
a
louer
withstand
the
brunt
of
beautie
?
fréeze
,
if
he
stande
by
the
flame
:
peruert
the
lawes
of
nature
,
or
eschew
that
which
is
framed
by
the
fates
,
or
flye
from
the
force
of
fa●cie
?
No
,
for
who
so
escapeth
the
deadlye
dartes
of
Cupid
,
shall
be
scorched
with
his
fire
,
and
shée
that
with
the
deaw
of
chastitie
quencheth
this
flame
,
shall
be
o●er-taken
with
his
wings
:
so
that
to
seeke
by
flight
to
eschewe
affection
,
is
foolishly
to
enterprise
that
which
can
neuer
be
atchieued
.
But
alas
,
if
I
must
néedes
lende
a
listening
eare
to
the
allurements
of
loue
,
was
there
none
to
like
but
thy
Fathers
foe
?
Now
fonde
foole
couldest
thou
shew
him
courtesie
,
that
intendes
to
repaye
thée
with
crueltie
?
Howe
couldest
thou
choose
the
sonne
to
thy
mate
,
when
the
father
séekes
thy
miserie
?
It
is
not
possible
to
mixe
the
bloud
of
a
Bull
and
a
Beare
together
in
one
vessel
.
The
Lyons
whelpes
wil
neuer
companie
with
the
young
Wolues
:
the
Fawlchons
called
Pelagrae
will
neuer
fly
with
the
young
Lauaretes
,
and
if
the
egges
of
a
Crowe
and
a
Curlewe
bée
put
in
one
neaste
,
they
both
foorthwith
burst
in
sunder
,
because
there
is
such●
auncient
enmitie
betwéene
the
olde
ones
.
And
wilt
thou
then
be
so
wilfull
to
loue
him
whome
thy
Father
dooth
loath
,
or
so
peruerse
as
to
place
thy selfe
in
that
Parentage
,
where
there
is
such
mortall
hatred
betwéene
the
Parents
?
wilt
thou
so
farre
forget
the
duetie
of
a
childe
,
as
more
to
respect
thy
fatall
enemie
,
than
regard
thy
naturall
father
?
But
why
vilde
wretche
doo
I
thus
fondely
fable
,
though
Clerophontes
be
my
fathers
foe
,
yet
Gwydonius
is
my
faithfull
friende
:
though
the
one
séeke
to
procure
my
paine
,
the
other
séekes
to
purchase
my
pleasure
:
though
the
olde
sire
striues
to
subuert
my
fathers
state
,
yet
the
sonne
neuer
sought
to
be
preiudicall
to
his
person
:
although
that
periured
parasite
Valericus
hath
most
vniustly
accused
him
of
treacherie
.
Shall
I
then
hate
him
who
hath
alwaies
honoured
me
?
shall
I
work
his
woe
that
wisheth
my
weale
?
shal
I
be
his
bane
,
who
hath
bred
my
blisse
?
shall
I
detest
him
,
which
serueth
me
with
most
déepe
deuotion
?
No
,
I
héere
heartely
powr●
out
most
pitifull
plaints
to
the
Gods
to
preserue
my
Gwydonius
from
perill
,
and
that
Fortune
may
so
fauor
him
as
he
may
passe
out
of
Alexandria
without
death
or
danger
.
What
though
I
héere
in
prison
pine
in
pain
,
what
though
I
sinke
in
sorrowe
,
what
though
I
be
distressed
with
griefe
,
and
oppressed
with
miserie
,
what
though
I
be
crossed
with
care
,
and
combred
with
calamitie
?
Tush
,
let
my
Father
fret
and
fume
in
his
furie
,
let
my
brother
rage
and
rayle
,
let
that
traitor
Valericus
triumph
,
and
all
the
Countrey
most
bitterly
curse
me
:
yea
,
let
them
martir
me
most
miserablye
,
let
them
torment
me
most
terribly
,
yet
direful
death
shall
not
feare
me
,
as
long
as
I
know
Gwydonius
is
deuoyde
of
daunger
.
For
I
hope
though
fortune
frowne
,
though
the
destinies
denie
it
,
though
the
fates
forsweare
it
,
yea
though
the
Gods
themselues
say
no
,
yet
in
time
we
shall
haue
such
happie
successe
,
as
the
loyaltie
of
our
loue
,
and
the
cléerenesse
of
our
conscience
by
the
lawe
of
Iustice
doo
deserue
.
And
therefore
Gwydonius
shall
be
the
Planet
whereby
to
direct
my
dooings
,
he
shall
be
the
starre
shal
guide
my
compasse
,
he
shall
be
the
hauen
to
harbor
in
,
&
the
Saint
at
whose
shrine
I
meane
to
offer
my
deuotion
.
Castania
hauing
thus
discoursed
with
her selfe
,
shée
determined
when
the
warres
were
ended
,
if
she
coulde
haue
no
hope
to
enioy
the
loue
of
Gwydonius
,
to
confesse
her
faults
,
and
to
sue
for
mercie
at
the
barre
of
her
Fathers
curtesie
,
not
that
she
meant
to
liue
without
Gwydonius
,
or
to
loue
or
like
anye
other
,
but
to
prolong
her
dayes
in
dolour
,
that
she
might
most
rigorously
reuenge
the
villanie
of
Valericus
,
and
by
bathing
in
his
bloude
she
might
both
satisfie
her selfe
and
signifie
to
Gwydonius
how
intirely
she
loued
and
lyked
him
.
But
leauing
her
perplexed
with
these
passions
,
againe
to
Clerophontes
.
Who
frying
still
in
his
franticke
furie
,
was
not
any
whit
perswaded
to
conclude
peace
with
Orlanio
,
but
hauing
mustred
his
men
,
as
speedely
as
might
be
,
imbarkt
them
,
and
with
a
luckie
gale
arriued
at
the
coast
of
Alexandria
,
wher
the
borderers
not
able
to
abide
his
force
,
were
constrained
to
saue
themselues
by
f●ight
.
But
hee
as
a
man
hauing
exiled
from
his
heart
both
pietie
and
pitie
,
bathed
his
hands
in
guiltlesse
bloud
fiering
euery
fort
,
battering
downe
euery
bulwarke
,
sacking
each
Citie
,
racing
downe
the
walles
to
the
grounde
,
and
commaunding
his
souldiours
vpon
paine
of
most
greeuous
punishment
,
not
to
haue
any
respect
of
persons
,
neyther
to
regarde
the
hoarie
haires
of
the
aged
Citizens
,
nor
the
tender
yeares
of
the
sucking
Infants
,
but
to
imbrue
their
blades
with
the
bloud
of
all
men
,
of
what
degrée
soeuer
.
Orlanio
hearing
how
Clerophontes
had
inuaded
hy●
dominions
,
and
with
what
barbarous
crueltie
hee
hadde
murthered
his
subiects
,
hauing
also
intelligence
by
his
Scowtes
,
that
his
armie
was
passing
huge
,
the
better
to
resist
the
furious
force
of
his
enimie
,
hyred
out
of
other
Countreyes
,
a
great
multitude
of
Mercenarie
Souldiours
,
so
that
he
gathered
a
meruailous
great
hoast
,
wherin
was
an
infinit
number
indued
with
great
skill
,
and
long
experience
.
Furnished
thus
sufficiently
both
with
men
and
munition
like
a
wise
and
warie
Captaine
,
séeing
that
he
no
waye
els
might
resist
the
puissaunt
power
of
so
mightie
a
Prince
,
determined
without
further
delaye
to
méete
him
and
to
giue
him
present
battaile
,
hauing
meruailous
affiaunce
in
the
approoued
manhoode
&
vertue
of
his
Souldiours
.
Clerophontes
likewise
being
of
such
a
valiaunt
and
inuincible
courage
,
as
he
séemed
from
his
infancie
to
bée
vowed
to
Mars
and
martiall
affaires
,
manfully
marched
forward
to
méete
with
his
enimies
,
which
he
performed
so
spéedely
,
that
within
few
dayes
,
both
the
Armies
wer
within
viewe
,
which
Clerophontes
séeing
,
he
began
to
incourage
his
souldiours
on
this
sort
.
ALthough
most
trustie
subiects
(
quoth
he
)
I
neither
doubt
of
your
prowesse
,
nor
haue
cause
to
feare
your
manhoode
,
as
hauing
mine
Armie
fraught
with
the
most
couragious
Captaines
,
and
boldest
blouds
of
Metelyne
,
yet
I
wish
you
to
consider
how
desperately
we
haue
aduentured
vpon
the
Conquest
of
this
Dukedome
,
which
if
we
atchieue
,
we
shal
not
onely
gaine
perpetual
fame
and
renowme
,
but
reap
such
riches
and
treasure
,
as
shall
sufficiently
counteruaile
our
trauaile
.
But
to
obtaine
this
victorie
we
must
behaue
our selues
valiantly
,
neither
dreading
any
daunger
though
neuer
so
desperate
,
nor
doubting
any
perill
though
neuer
so
fearefull
.
Before
our
face
we
haue
our
enimies
,
behinde
our
backes
the
surging
seas
,
so
that
fight
we
must
,
but
flye
we
cannot
:
in
being
couragious
we
winne
the
fielde
,
and
returne
conquerours
:
in
proouing
cowards
,
we
both
loose
our
liues
and
the
conquest
:
if
we
foyle
our
foes
we
returne
with
triumph
,
if
we
faint
and
flye
we
haue
no
hope
of
safetie
,
but
death
and
desperation
is
imminent
.
Be
then
hardie
to
hazard
,
and
valiaunt
to
venture
amiddest
the
prease
of
your
enimies
,
that
daunted
with
your
valour
they
may
be
forced
to
flye
,
and
we
both
triumph
and
inioy
the
treasure
.
CLerophontes
hauing
thus
louinglye
incouraged
his
souldiers
,
Orlanio
on
the
other
side
séeing
his
men
began
to
feare
the
force
of
the
enimie
,
and
were
amazed
with
such
a
monstrous
multitude
,
prickt
them
forward
with
this
Parle
.
THat
mightie
Monarch
Alexander
the
great
,
who
for
his
martiall
exployts
,
was
a
mirror
to
all
his
posteritie
,
whose
prowesse
was
such
as
he
daunted
Darius
,
&
by
his
inuincible
courage
made
a
conquest
of
the
whole
world
:
hearing
on
a
time
one
of
his
Captaines
to
demaunde
what
multitude
was
in
their
enimies
campe
,
aunswered
,
that
it
was
not
the
point
of
a
good
soldier
to
inquire
how
many
the
enimies
were
,
but
wher
they
were
,
meaning
that
to
feare
the
multitude
is
rather
the
signe
of
cowardise
,
then
a
token
of
courage
.
Which
saying
I
wish
you
carefully
to
consider
,
that
the
huge
army
of
Clerophontes
neither
amaze
your
minds
,
nor
abate
your
valor
,
sith
that
the
equitie
of
our
cause
doth
more
than
counteruaile
his
companie
.
He
inuadeth
our
realme
without
reason
,
&
we
defend
but
our
owne
right
:
he
cruelly
séeketh
to
depriue
vs
of
fréedom
,
&
we
lawfully
do
maintain
our
own
liberty
.
He
tirannously
striueth
to
make
vs
bondslaues
,
and
we
fight
to
frée
our selues
from
captiuitie
.
If
he
preuayle
let
vs
looke
for
no
pittie
,
but
that
we
shall
be
murdered
without
mercie
,
we
shall
sée
before
our
face
our
wiues
rauished
,
our
daughters
defloured
,
our
parents
put
to
death
,
our
children
slaine
,
our
goods
spoyled
,
our
Citie
sacked
,
and
our selues
brought
to
vtter
ruth
and
ruyne
.
Sith
then
we
are
placed
betwéene
two
extremities
,
eito
possesse
our
owne
with
plentie
,
or
to
passe
our
liues
in
penurie
:
let
vs
valiauntly
venter
whatsoeuer
wée
gaine
,
let
vs
fight
without
feare
:
for
better
it
is
to
die
with
honour
,
than
to
liue
with
shame
.
BY
that
time
Orlanio
had
ended
his
Oration
,
the
Armies
met
in
a
Plaine
,
within
thirtie
leagues
of
Alexandria
.
Where
both
of
them
ordering
(
as
became
good
Captaines
)
their
people
,
there
began
in
the
breake
of
the
day
,
the
most
cruell
and
terrible
battaile
that
earst
was
heard
of
,
considering
the
number
on
both
partes
,
theyr
experience
and
pollicie
,
with
the
valiant
prowesse
and
courage
of
the
Captaines
.
Thus
continued
they
in
fight
,
euen
almost
vntill
éeuen
,
with
meruaylous
slaughter
on
both
sides
,
the
victorie
yet
doubtfull
,
till
in
the
ende
the
Alexandrians
began
to
faint
and
flye
,
more
oppressed
with
the
excesse
of
the
multitude
,
than
distressed
for
want
of
manhoode
,
for
there
were
two
and
fortie
thousand
slaine
,
but
not
one
taken
prisoner
,
and
of
Clerophontes
companie
eight
and
twentie
thousand
slain
,
and
sixe
hundred
mortally
wounded
.
This
monstrous
massacre
and
fearefull
slaughter
,
so
amazed
the
mindes
of
these
two
Captaines
,
that
for
the
better
burying
of
the
dead
,
and
healing
of
them
which
were
hurte
,
they
concluded
a
truce
betwéene
them
for
fiftéene
dayes
,
in
which
time
Orlanio
sent
Ambassadors
to
parle
of
peace
with
Clerophontes
,
but
in
vaine
:
for
he
was
resolued
either
valiantly
to
die
in
the
field
with
glorie
,
or
to
inioye
the
Dukedome
of
Alexandria
with
renowme
.
Yet
as
a
worthie
Prince
,
preferring
the
securitie
of
his
soldiers
before
the
safetie
of
his
owne
person
,
he
offered
them
the
combat
,
which
Orlanio
to
auoide
the
effusion
of
bloud
,
most
willingly
accepted
.
Nowe
it
was
agréed
and
concluded
betwéene
them
,
that
two
champions
might
be
chosen
,
who
by
the
dint
of
the
swoord
should
stint
the
strife
betwéene
these
two
armies
.
If
he
of
Metelyne
remained
victor
,
then
Orlanio
shuld
not
onely
paie
his
former
tribute
,
but
deliuer
vp
his
Dukedome
into
the
hands
of
Clerophontes
.
But
if
the
Alexandrians
obtained
the
conquest
,
the
Duke
of
Metelyne
should
peaceably
depart
the
countrie
,
release
the
tribute
,
and
also
resigne
his
state
,
and
become
a
subiect
to
Orlanio
.
And
for
the
better
kéeping
&
confirming
of
these
conditions
,
they
presentlye
dispatcht
Embassadours
to
Fernandus
the
king
of
Bohemia
,
to
intreate
his
maiestie
that
he
would
vouchsafe
to
become
iudge
in
the
combat
,
who
for
that
he
wished
wel
to
both
these
dukes
,
graunted
to
their
requests
,
and
with
as
much
spéede
as
might
be
,
came
to
Alexandria
.
But
in
the
meane
time
there
was
some
difference
aboute
the
champions
.
For
Clerophontes
sayd
,
that
sith
in
loosing
the
field
,
consisted
the
losse
of
liuing
,
life
,
and
libertie
,
and
in
getting
the
victorie
,
the
gaine
of
a
Dukedome
,
he
would
in
proper
person
fight
the
combat
and
trie
the
chance
of
Fortune
,
and
therefore
made
a
challenge
to
Orlanio
.
But
he
finding
himselfe
farre
vnfit
to
resist
his
furious
force
,
refused
it
.
Yet
promising
,
that
none
vnlesse
he
were
descended
of
Nobilitie
should
enter
the
lists
,
wherwith
Clerophontes
was
verie
well
contented
.
Nowe
while
this
truce
continued
,
which
was
prolonged
for
thirtie
dayes
,
it
was
lawfull
for
them
of
Alexandria
to
come
and
viewe
the
campe
of
Metelyne
,
and
for
the
Metelynes
to
goe
and
sée
the
Citie
.
Wherevpon
Clerophontes
desirous
to
sée
Orlanio
and
his
Court
,
went
onelye
accompanied
with
his
garde
to
Alexandria
,
where
he
was
most
royally
entertained
,
and
sumptuously
feasted
by
Orlanio
,
both
of
them
remitting
the
rigour
of
their
mallice
,
till
it
shoulde
bee
shewed
in
effect
,
by
reason
of
their
manhood
.
But
as
soone
as
Thersandro
and
the
other
Lords
saw
Clerophontes
,
that
he
was
rather
a
monster
then
a
man
,
hauing
each
lim
so
strongly
couched
,
each
part
so
proportioned
,
so
huge
of
stature
,
&
so
fierce
of
countenance
,
they
were
so
daunted
with
the
sight
of
his
person
,
as
they
almost
feared
to
come
in
his
presence
,
saying
:
that
thereof
the
boldest
blouds
in
Alexandria
were
not
able
to
abide
the
force
of
Clerophontes
.
Who
now
peaceably
departing
to
his
hoast
,
lefte
Orlanio
as
greatly
perplexed
for
assembling
his
nobilitie
together
,
amongst
whom
he
appointed
the
champion
shuld
be
chosen
.
They
not
onely
with
one
consent
withstood
his
commaund
,
but
began
to
murmure
and
mutine
against
him
,
condempning
him
of
folly
that
he
would
so
vnaduisedly
commit
his
own
state
,
&
ther
stay
to
the
doubtful
hazard
of
one
mans
hap
.
Orlanio
seeing
that
it
was
now
no
time
to
chastise
this
their
presumption
,
vnlesse
he
meant
to
raise
ciuill
dissention
in
the
citie
,
which
were
the
next
way
to
confirme
the
enimie
,
&
bréed
his
owne
confusion
,
he
dissembled
his
cholar
&
began
to
work
a
new
way
.
For
first
he
fréed
Castania
out
of
prison
,
them
made
generall
proclamation
throughout
his
Dukedome
,
that
what
Lord
so
euer
within
his
land
would
try
the
combat
with
Clerophontes
,
if
he
remained
victor
in
the
conquest
,
he
would
not
onely
giue
him
his
daughter
Castania
to
wife
,
let
him
possesse
peaceably
the
Dukedome
of
Metelyne
as
her
dowry
,
but
be
content
to
acknowledge
him
as
his
liege
,
&
paye
him
tribute
,
as
he
was
wont
to
Clerophontes
.
While
he
lingered
and
listened
how
this
proclamition
would
preuaile
,
Castania
hearing
this
seuere
sentence
&
dolefull
doome
pronounced
,
séeing
that
shoulde
not
onely
be
forced
to
forsake
Gwydonius
,
but
be
constrained
to
match
in
marriage
with
one
whome
shée
should
neyther
loue
nor
like
,
burst
forth
into
these
bitter
complaintes
.
A
Alasse
(
quoth
she
)
how
pinching
a
pain
it
is
to
be
perplexed
with
diuers
passions
,
what
a
noisome
care
it
is
to
be
combred
with
sundrie
cogitations
,
what
a
woo
it
is
to
hang
betwéene
desire
&
despaire
,
&
what
a
hell
it
is
to
houer
betwéene
feare
and
hope
.
For
as
to
him
which
is
assured
to
die
,
death
is
no
dolour
,
in
that
he
perfectlye
knowes
there
is
no
salue
can
cure
his
sorrow
,
so
to
him
which
feares
to
die
,
&
yet
hopes
to
liue
,
death
were
thrice
more
welcome
,
then
to
linger
in
such
doubt
.
In
which
cursed
case
alas
my
case
consisteth
,
for
as
out
of
the
riuer
Cea
in
Sicillia
bursteth
most
feareful
flames
,
and
yet
the
streame
is
passing
colde
,
neither
is
the
water
able
to
quench
the
fire
,
nor
the
fire
cause
the
water
to
bée
hotte
,
so
the
heate
of
hope
flameth
out
of
the
chilling
fountaine
of
feare
,
&
yet
the
force
of
the
one
is
not
able
to
asswage
the
vehemencie
of
the
other
,
but
still
my
heauie
heart
is
diuersly
assailed
with
them
both
.
If
my
Father
Orlanio
winne
the
conquest
,
I
doubt
my
desire
shall
neuer
haue
happie
successe
,
if
Clerophontes
triumphe
as
victour
,
I
greatly
feare
his
crueltie
is
such
,
as
I
shall
not
escape
most
haplesse
death
.
And
yet
againe
I
hope
that
then
my
own
Gwydonius
wil
accept
me
for
his
,
and
with
triumphant
armes
imbrace
me
.
But
alas
,
will
Clerophontes
suffer
him
to
match
with
his
mortal
so
,
wil
he
not
rather
preuent
it
by
my
peril
?
Yes
no
doubt
,
if
he
returne
with
triumph
,
my
Father
shal
serue
him
as
a
subiect
,
my
brother
shall
become
his
vassall
,
my
friendes
shall
bée
forlorne
,
my
Citie
sackt
,
and
my
natiue
Countrie
brought
to
vtter
confusion
.
And
shall
I
for
the
loue
of
a
straunger
wishe
these
straunge
stratagemmes
?
Shall
I
to
féede
mine
owne
fancie
,
and
content
my
lustinge
minde
,
wish
my
Fathers
death
,
my
Brothers
bane
,
my
friends
mishap
,
my
Countries
confusion
,
and
perhappes
my
owne
miserie
.
For
though
Gwydonius
loued
mée
when
our
parents
were
friendes
,
he
will
not
now
lyke
me
béeing
foes
:
but
to
reuenge
the
iniuries
my
Father
offered
him
,
will
subtilly
séeke
to
sacke
my
honour
and
honestie
,
and
so
triumph
of
my
shame
and
discredit
.
Had
I
not
better
praie
my
Father
may
winne
the
combat
,
&
then
shall
I
bath
in
the
streames
of
blisse
,
and
flowe
in
the
flouds
of
felicitie
,
then
shall
I
dread
no
daunger
,
no
feare
,
no
perills
:
then
shall
I
see
my
father
,
friendes
,
and
Countrie
,
flourish
in
most
happie
prosperitie
:
then
shall
I
inioy
some
iolly
Gentleman
,
who
will
loue
me
béeing
young
,
and
cherish
me
being
olde
,
and
possesse
the
Dukedome
of
Metelyne
for
my
dowrie
.
And
canst
thou
Castama
be
so
ingratefull
,
as
to
will
his
woe
which
wisheth
thy
weale
,
to
desire
his
destruction
which
prayeth
for
thy
prosperitie
?
canst
thou
be
so
couetous
as
to
●rau●
that
for
thy
possession
,
which
is
thy
Gwydonius
patrim●nie
,
or
so
suspitious
as
to
accuse
him
of
trecherie
,
which
hath
bene
but
to
trustie
:
to
count
him
a
counterfaite
,
which
hath
alwaies
bene
constant
?
No
,
come
what
come
will
,
let
froward
fortune
fauour
whome
she
please
,
so
I
may
ioy
and
safely
inioy
my
onely
ioy
Gwydonius
.
As
Castania
had
thus
ended
her
complaint
,
Gwydonius
who
all
this
while
lurked
about
the
borders
of
Alexandria
,
heard
what
successe
Orlanios
affaires
had
with
his
Father
Clerophontes
,
how
verie
fewe
or
none
at
all
durst
trie
the
combat
with
him
,
that
his
loue
and
Ladie
Castania
was
the
prise
that
he
should
get
that
gained
the
conquest
.
Which
things
considered
,
supposing
that
Castania
had
cast
him
off
,
&
that
she
plaid
,
out
of
sight
out
of
mind
,
by
a
secret
and
trustie
messenger
,
he
presented
her
with
this
Letter
.
Gwydonius
to
Castania
health
.
THE
pure
spice
Castania
the
more
it
is
pounded
,
the
swéeter
smell
it
yéelds
,
the
Camomill
increaseth
most
béeing
troden
on
,
the
Palme
trée
the
greater
waight
it
beareth
,
the
straighter
it
groweth
,
the
stone
Terpistetres
the
more
it
is
beaten
the
harder
it
is
,
and
loyall
loue
is
not
weakened
by
the
stormes
of
aduersitie
,
but
rather
far
the
more
fortified
by
the
froward
state
of
frowning
fortune
:
which
Madame
I
speake
by
proofe
and
experience
,
for
since
I
haue
sipped
of
the
sower
dregs
of
sorrow
,
and
bene
pestered
with
the
bitter
pills
of
penurie
,
since
sinister
fortune
hath
crossed
me
with
mishaps
,
and
disaster
fates
haue
driuen
me
downe
to
miserie
,
my
fancie
hath
so
furiously
assaulted
my
minde
,
and
affection
hath
so
incessantly
battered
the
bulwarke
of
my
brest
,
as
the
sparks
of
loue
which
were
kindled
in
me
in
prosperitie
,
are
turned
to
fierce
and
firie
flames
by
aduersitie
.
So
that
madame
,
your
presence
did
not
before
procure
me
such
pleasure
,
as
your
absence
doth
paine
,
neither
was
I
so
drowned
in
delight
in
frequenting
your
companie
,
as
I
am
drenched
with
despight
by
leading
my
life
in
sorrowfull
calamitie
.
Alasse
Castania
what
vnspeakeable
griefe
hath
tormented
mée
?
what
direfull
dolour
hath
distressed
me
?
what
hellish
horrour
hath
hunted
me
?
yea
,
what
woe
and
wretchednesse
hath
wracked
my
wittes
,
since
thou
hast
béene
proclaymed
a
praie
to
him
whosoeuer
winneth
the
prise
in
the
combat
.
Howe
ofte
haue
I
wished
that
I
might
bée
the
champion
to
make
the
challenge
,
that
I
might
venture
my
lyfe
to
purchase
thy
lybertie
,
that
my
death
might
redéeme
thée
from
daunger
.
But
alasse
,
I
sée
to
wishe
is
in
vaine
,
to
to
craue
of
the
Gods
,
that
thy
Father
shoulde
vaunt
of
the
victorie
,
is
but
to
wish
that
your
loue
shoulde
haue
haplesse
successe
:
to
praie
that
Clerophontes
should
returne
with
conquest
,
thou
wilt
déeme
I
desire
thy
friends
misfortune
,
thus
assailed
with
diuerse
doubtes
,
I
driue
off
my
dayes
in
dolour
:
hoping
howsoeuer
fortune
froune
,
that
the
fates
wil
assigne
vs
a
perfect
calme
of
permanent
felicitie
,
for
this
sturdie
storme
of
pinching
miserie
.
Thine
euer
,
exiled
Gwydonius
.
CAstania
hauing
receiued
this
Letter
,
séeing
that
no
sinister
chaunce
of
fortune
was
able
to
change
that
fixed
fancie
of
Gwydonius
,
conceiued
such
assured
hope
in
his
constancie
,
as
now
she
thought
his
troth
was
filed
with
no
spot
of
trecherie
,
that
his
faith
was
quite
deuoide
of
flatterie
,
and
that
whatsoeuer
chaunced
,
she
might
safely
repose
her
staie
and
state
in
his
loyaltie
.
Insomuch
that
to
driue
out
the
euill
opinion
which
she
thought
her
brother
Thersandro
had
conceiued
of
Gwydonius
conspiracie
,
shée
secretly
shewed
him
the
Letter
,
which
after
he
had
read
ouer
and
carefully
construed
euerie
clause
,
hée
began
both
to
detect
and
detest
the
villanie
of
Valericus
,
desiring
his
sister
Castania
that
she
would
earnestly
perswade
Gwydonius
in
disguised
apparell
spéedelye
to
repaire
to
her
lodging
,
promising
with
solempne
vowes
and
sacred
oaths
,
not
to
bée
preiudiciall
to
his
person
:
Castania
affying
greatly
in
her
brothers
faith
,
and
desirous
to
haue
a
sight
of
her
louing
Gwydonius
,
returned
him
these
fewe
lines
.
Castania
to
Gwydonius
,
prosperitie
.
WHo
so
tasteth
Gwidonius
of
the
hearbe
Mely
,
Sophilos
is
neuer
tormented
with
the
sting
of
aduersitie
,
and
she
that
weareth
the
stone
Mephites
aboute
her
,
neuer
soroweth
at
sinister
fortune
,
who
so
fancieth
without
faining
neuer
proueth
fickle
,
and
she
that
loueth
loyally
may
well
be
crossed
with
calamitie
,
but
neuer
iustly
accused
of
inconstancie
.
Account
thy
Castania
good
Gwydonius
to
be
in
the
same
predicament
,
for
let
disaster
mishap
driue
me
downe
to
most
deadlye
miserie
,
let
the
cruell
fates
compasse
me
with
cursed
care
,
l●t
fortune
and
the
destinies
conclude
my
confusion
,
yet
it
shall
not
diminish
my
fancie
,
but
rather
increase
my
affection
.
I
will
stil
in
weale
,
in
woe
,
in
bale
,
in
blisse
,
in
mirth
&
miserie
,
say
I
loue
,
and
it
is
onely
Gwydonius
.
For
shall
our
fancie
bée
such
as
it
shal
be
foiled
with
misfortune
:
no
,
but
as
Thetis
chaunging
into
many
shapes
,
at
last
returned
into
her
owne
forme
,
so
into
what
mishap
I
be
driuen
by
misery
,
yet
I
will
stand
in
mine
olde
state
in
despight
of
the
fates
and
fortune
.
Come
therefore
Gwydonius
to
the
court
in
disguised
apparell
,
but
without
care
,
for
thou
shalt
finde
me
so
trustie
,
as
my
troth
shall
be
without
spotte
,
&
thy
health
without
hazard
.
Thus
wishing
thy
curtesie
to
conster
well
of
my
constancie
,
I
bid
thée
farewell
.
Thine
or
not
her
owne
,
constant
Castania
.
GWidonius
hauing
carefully
construed
ouer
the
contents
of
this
louing
letter
,
although
the
rigor
of
Orlanio
might
haue
giuen
him
sufficient
cause
of
suspition
,
yet
the
cléerenes
of
his
own
conscience
&
the
loue
he
bare
to
Castania
,
wold
not
suffer
him
eyther
to
suspect
anie
treason
,
or
to
doubt
of
anie
deceit
,
but
determined
without
any
delay
to
put
the
saftie
of
his
person
and
the
sauegard
of
his
life
into
her
handes
.
But
leauing
him
to
bring
his
purpose
luckely
to
passe
,
againe
to
Orlanio
.
Who
séeing
that
his
proclamation
could
not
preuaile
,
and
that
his
nobles
preferred
their
owne
safetie
before
his
securitie
,
was
perplexed
with
such
hellish
passions
,
and
griped
with
such
pinching
griefe
,
as
the
Ghoasts
tormented
with
gri●●y
fiends
felt
no
such
haplesse
furie
.
To
fight
with
Clerophontes
,
he
felt
his
strength
farre
vnfit
to
resist
his
force
,
to
denie
the
combat
hée
neither
could●
nor
wold
,
although
he
brought
himselfe
to
confusion
,
and
his
children
to
captiuitie
,
so
that
howsoeuer
he
tourned
himselfe
,
he
sawe
before
his
face
death
and
dispaire
,
woe
and
wretchednesse
,
mishap
and
miserie
.
Combred
thus
with
this
curelesse
care
,
and
sitting
solitarily
in
sorrow
,
séeing
the
dismal
day
drew
on
,
and
hearing
that
Fernandus
the
king
of
Bohemia
was
lately
landed
,
he
fell
into
more
furious
passions
,
vntill
he
was
driuen
out
of
his
dumps
by
his
sonne
Thersandro
,
who
perceiuing
his
father
thus
dolefully
daunted
,
he
began
most
louingly
to
comfort
him
,
promising
that
since
none
durst
venture
to
deale
with
Clerophontes
,
he
himselfe
would
fight
the
combat
,
and
either
worthelye
winne
the
conquest
with
renowme
,
or
manfully
die
in
the
field
with
honour
.
Orlanio
hearing
the
bold
courage
of
this
new
champion
,
felt
his
sorrow
somewhat
salued
by
this
proffer
,
perswading
himselfe
that
his
sonne
was
better
able
to
abide
the
brunt
then
he
,
&
hoping
that
the
Gods
would
fauour
the
equitie
of
the
cause
,
and
assuredly
by
iustice
graunt
him
the
victorie
.
Resting
I
saie
vppon
this
hope
,
and
thanking
Thersandro
for
his
naturall
affection
,
and
praysing
him
for
his
noble
courage
,
hée
presentlye
went
to
méete
Fernandus
,
whom
he
most
princely
entertained
,
conducting
him
very
royally
into
Alexandria
,
where
hée
most
sumptuously
feasted
him
and
all
his
traine
.
But
as
they
passed
away
the
time
in
pastime
and
pleasure
,
so
poore
Thersandro
spent
the
daye
in
dolour
and
the
night
in
sorrowe
.
For
although
to
comfort
his
Father
he
made
light
of
the
combat
,
and
valiauntly
offered
himselfe
to
trie
the
chaunce
of
Fortune
,
yet
séeing
his
enimies
force
farre
to
excéede
his
féeble
strength
,
he
began
to
faint
,
although
like
a
worthie
Gentleman
he
couered
his
dreadfull
courage
with
a
desperate
countenaunce
,
raunging
vp
and
downe
the
fieldes
to
driue
awaye
his
melancholy
,
where
by
chaunce
in
disguised
apparaile
he
met
Gwydonius
,
to
whom
after
some
Parle
past
betwéen
them
,
he
bewrayed
the
whole
state
of
the
matter
,
howe
he
was
to
enter
combat
with
Clerophontes
,
and
that
hée
doubted
greatly
of
the
euent
of
the
victorie
,
fearing
the
force
of
his
Father
,
and
fainting
at
his
owne
imbecilitie
.
Which
Gwydonius
hearing
he
made
this
short
aunswere
.
THersandro
(
quoth
he
)
it
is
vaine
with
long
talke
to
passe
away
the
time
when
delay
bréedes
daunger
,
&
folly
to
hope
for
faire
weather
when
the
aire
is
ouercast
with
clowdes
:
leauing
off
therefore
all
oathes
to
confirme
my
faith
,
thus
much
to
the
purpose
.
If
it
please
thée
to
trust
me
without
triall
,
and
to
giue
anye
confidence
to
my
words
,
I
héere
promise
both
to
make
manifest
my
loyall
loue
to
Castania
,
and
to
repay
thy
courtesie
,
that
I
will
,
resembling
thy
person
,
and
disguised
in
thy
armor
,
enter
combat
with
my
father
Clerophontes
,
either
intending
by
winning
the
victorie
to
obtaine
my
will
,
or
by
loosing
the
conquest
to
want
my
wish
:
if
this
my
proffer
please
thée
,
I
will
passe
priuilie
to
that
Court
,
if
not
good
Thersandro
,
let
me
goe
as
I
came
.
Thersandro
commending
the
subtill
deuise
of
Gwydonius
caried
him
as
couertly
as
could
be
to
Castania
,
to
whom
he
was
〈◊〉
more
welcome
than
soone
come
,
remaining
closely
in
her
closet
till
the
next
morning
.
Castania
〈…〉
nothing
of
their
pretence
.
Fernandus
●ing
of
Bohemia
the
nexte
daye
being
gone
with
all
his
〈…〉
place
appointed
for
the
combat
.
Orlanio
,
Castania
,
and
all
the
Lords
of
Alexandria
,
clad
in
mourning
attire
folowed
him
,
thinking
this
dismall
day
should
be
the
●●te
of
their
destruction
.
And
〈…〉
thirfting
after
bloud
,
and
glory●ng
in
the
hope
of
his
supposed
conquest
,
stoode
in
the
〈…〉
foe
.
To
whome
Gwydonius
his
〈◊〉
furnished
with
the
armour
of
Thersandro
,
presented
himselfe
▪
Who
séeing
,
that
forced
by
the
fond
allurements
of
loue
,
he
was
to
fight
,
not
wyth
his
mortal
foe
,
but
with
his
natural
father
,
he
fell
into
these
doubtfull
dumpes
.
Alas
poore
Gwydonius
(
quoth
he
)
how
art
thou
combred
with
diuers
cogitations
,
what
a
cruell
conflict
dost
thou
finde
in
thy
minde
betwéene
loue
and
loyaltie
,
nature
&
necessitie
?
who
euer
was
so
wilfull
,
as
willingly
to
wage
battaile
against
his
owne
father
?
who
so
cruell
as
to
enter
combat
with
his
owne
sire
?
Alas
,
duetie
perswades
me
not
to
practise
so
monstrous
a
mischiefe
:
but
the
deuotion
I
owe
to
Castania
driues
me
to
perfourme
the
déede
,
were
it
thrice
more
daungerous
or
desperate
.
The
honour
I
owe
to
my
Father
makes
me
faynt
for
feare
,
but
once
to
imagine
so
brutish
a
fact
:
the
loue
I
owe
to
Castania
constrayneth
me
to
defende
the
combat
if
Iupiter
himselfe
made
the
challenge
.
And
is
not
(
fond
foole
)
necessitie
aboue
nature
,
is
not
the
lawe
of
loue
aboue
King
or
Keyzar
,
Father
or
Friends
,
God
or
the
Diuell
?
Yes
.
And
so
I
meane
to
take
it
:
for
either
I
wil
valiantly
win
the
conquest
and
my
Castania
,
or
lose
the
victorie
,
and
so
by
death
ende
my
miseries
.
With
that
the
trumpets
sounded
,
and
Gwydonius
lustely
leaping
into
the
lystes
,
fell
presentlye
into
furyous
fight
with
his
father
,
driuing
not
onely
Fernandus
&
Orlanio
,
but
also
both
the
armies
into
a
great
doubt
,
for
although
Clerophontes
most
cruelly
prosecuted
him
,
yet
he
alwaies
receiued
the
strokes
,
but
neuer
so
much
as
once
returned
one
blow
,
till
at
last
looking
aloft
,
and
spying
Castania
,
his
courage
so
increased
,
that
all
feare
set
aside
,
he
carelessely
flang
away
his
sword
and
shield
and
ranne
vpon
his
Father
,
not
onely
tearing
from
him
his
target
,
but
vyolently
casting
him
vpon
the
ground
,
and
spéedely
vnlacing
his
Helmet
,
offered
to
cut
off
his
head
with
his
owne
sword
:
but
Clerophontes
crying
out
confessed
himselfe
captiue
,
and
granted
his
enimie
the
conquest
.
Wherevpon
they
of
Alexandria
,
gaue
a
mightie
showte
,
and
Fernandus
and
Orlanio
came
down
readie
to
carrie
Clerophontes
captiue
to
the
Citie
.
But
Gwydoni●s
▪
first
demaunded
of
Orlanio
if
hée
was
content
to
perfourme
that
which
he
promised
by
proclamation
,
to
whom
Fernandu●
aunswered
that
both
he
would
and
should
or
els
as
he
was
his
friend
so
he
woulde
bee
his
foe
.
Gwydonius
hearing
this
faithfull
assertion
of
the
King
,
pulling
downe
his
beauer
,
began
to
speake
in
this
manner
.
I
Let
thée
Orlanio
(
quoth
he
)
and
the
worthie
king
of
Bohemia
to
knowe
,
that
I
am
Gwydonius
,
sonne
and
heire
to
this
conquered
Clerophontes
,
who
for
the
loue
of
thy
Daughter
Castania
haue
not
spared
contrarie
to
the
lawe
of
nature
,
to
fight
with
mine
owne
Father
,
hoping
the
destinies
by
my
meanes
haue
decréed
,
not
onely
of
fatall
foes
to
make
you
faithfull
friendes
,
but
to
finish
vp
our
loue
,
which
otherwise
coulde
not
haue
bene
perfourmed
.
I
haue
wonne
Orlanio
my
Fathers
Dukedome
by
victorie
,
and
thy
Daughter
by
conquest
,
the
one
I
had
before
by
inheritaunce
and
the
other
by
loue
,
yet
I
wold
willingly
haue
thy
good
will
,
which
if
thou
graunt
,
I
hope
my
father
will
both
pardon
my
offence
and
thinke
well
of
my
proffer
.
Clerophontes
kissing
and
imbracing
Gwydonius
,
tolde
him
his
care
was
halfe
cured
,
in
that
such
a
good
Captaine
had
wonne
the
Conquest
.
Fernandus
&
Orlanio
stood
astonished
at
this
strange
Tragedie
,
doubting
in
whether
they
dreampt
of
such
a
rare
deuice
,
or
saw
it
effect
.
At
last
Orlanio
as
one
wakened
out
of
a
traunce
,
with
trickeling
teares
imbraced
Clerophontes
,
honouring
him
as
his
Soueraigne
,
and
promising
not
onely
to
giue
Castania
to
Gwydonius
,
but
also
halfe
his
Dukedome
in
dowrie
.
Clerophontes
thanking
him
for
his
curtesie
,
consented
most
willingly
to
this
motion
,
so
that
before
Fernandus
departed
,
the
marriage
betwéen
Gwydonius
and
Castania
,
Thersandro
and
Lewcippa
,
was
most
sumptuously
solemnized
.
EINIS
.