CLJDAMAS
,
OR
THE
SICILJAN
TALE
.
THere
dwelt
in
the
Isle
of
Sicily
,
an
old
Gentleman
,
reverent
for
his
yeares
,
wise
in
Counsell
,
vertuous
in
life
,
and
rich
in
possessions
,
named
Clidamas
,
yet
was
not
fortune
so
much
his
friend
in
giving
him
wealth
,
as
nature
in
inriching
him
with
two
Daughters
,
the
elder
whereof
was
named
Calanthia
,
and
the
younger
Florella
.
Not
farre
from
the
dwelling
of
old
Clidamas
,
there
liv'd
two
young
Gentlemen
,
not
brothers
by
birth
,
yet
as
much
or
more
then
brothers
by
affection
,
the
elder
named
Cleanthes
,
and
the
younger
Polidore
;
equall
they
were
in
all
things
save
in
age
,
of
equall
height
,
of
equall
wit
,
of
equall
beauty
,
of
equall
strength
;
their
valour
such
,
that
Cleanthes
never
found
a
match
for
himselfe
before
hee
tried
Polidore
,
neither
could
Polidore
be
ever
parallel'd
by
any
other
then
Cleanthes
:
oft
had
they
tried
their
forces
against
strangers
,
and
as
oft
had
they
come
off
to
their
adversaries
disgrace
,
and
their
owne
glory
;
oft
had
they
tried
their
own
strengths
together
,
and
as
oft
given
over
without
any
disadvantage
on
either
side
:
so
that
perceiving
neither
to
be
the
better
,
they
gave
over
further
proofes
,
and
concluded
,
that
since
neither
could
brag
of
others
overthrow
,
they
would
from
thence
forth
perticipate
of
each
others
honours
.
In
this
sort
long
they
lived
,
haunting
all
places
where
honour
was
to
bee
purchased
,
and
where
ever
they
came
,
doing
such
admirable
deeds
of
armes
,
that
their
fame
spead
it selfe
,
not
onely
over
Sicily
,
but
also
over
the
greatest
part
of
Greece
and
Italy
,
so
that
Cleanthes
and
Polidore
were
generally
reputed
the
onely
Chevaliers
in
those
parts
.
Long
it
was
ere
these
famous
Martialists
(
not
yet
weaned
from
the
sweates
of
warlike
honours
)
tasted
the
bitter-sweets
of
Cupids
Artillery
,
till
it
fortuned
that
Callanthia
and
Florella
(
who
were
as
famous
for
beauty
as
they
for
valour
)
passed
by
their
Castle
,
when
both
at
one
instant
saw
them
,
both
at
one
instant
liked
them
,
both
at
one
instant
lov'd
them
,
both
at
one
instant
protested
they
were
Goddesses
,
both
at
one
instant
vowed
to
injoy
them
;
both
at
one
instant
were
about
to
runne
out
of
the
Castle
and
seize
on
them
,
and
yet
both
at
one
instant
accounting
it
a
dishonour
to
offer
violence
to
weake
women
,
and
wisely
pondering
the
danger
that
might
arise
thereof
,
desisted
from
such
an
enterprise
;
yet
still
continued
they
gazing
,
extolling
above
measure
the
excellency
of
their
faces
,
and
the
sparkling
luster
of
their
radient
eyes
,
calling
them
(
by
overstrain'd
hyperboles
)
Starres
,
Sunnes
,
Angels
,
or
indeed
any
thing
that
love-sicke
imagination
fancieth
,
till
by
their
continued
motion
their
eyes
were
denyed
the
sight
of
their
faces
;
but
then
fell
they
to
admiring
of
their
back-parts
,
praysing
(
beyound
measure
)
the
decency
of
their
garments
,
setting
downe
for
an
absolute
conclusion
,
that
never
could
garments
bee
so
extraordinarily
well
fashioned
,
unlesse
an
extraordinarie
excellent
mould
were
under
them
,
thus
by
things
seene
,
they
gathered
the
perfection
of
things
not
seene
,
making
their
eyes
beare
them
company
till
they
were
quite
out
of
sight
.
But
then
their
eyes
being
robbed
of
their
felicitie
,
imagination
fell
harder
to
worke
;
yet
in
all
this
time
did
neither
take
heede
to
the
others
passions
,
each
were
so
busied
in
his
owne
particular
contemplation
,
so
being
both
wearie
of
eithers
company
(
it
being
the
nature
of
love
to
affect
lonelinesse
)
they
agreed
without
any
motion
made
to
either
,
to
depart
asunder
,
yet
remembring
their
ancient
friendship
,
they
were
once
about
to
returne
to
take
leave
of
one
another
,
but
the
remembrance
of
their
new
love
drowned
this
part
of
good
manners
,
yet
did
each
marvaile
at
the
others
strangenesse
,
and
still
imputed
the
cause
to
himselfe
,
determining
when
occasion
should
serve
to
finde
an
excuse
,
which
tooke
away
all
cause
of
debate
betweene
them
,
neither
dreaming
that
the
other
was
taken
as
wel
as
himselfe
,
but
either
steadfastly
perswaded
that
himselfe
was
the
onely
aime
of
Cupids
archery
,
in
these
imaginations
either
departed
from
the
other
to
their
private
Chambers
.
Twice
had
the
Sunne
runne
his
diurnall
race
,
and
still
these
lovers
continued
in
their
solitarinesse
,
not
talking
at
meate
as
they
were
wont
to
do
aforetime
,
but
both
would
fit
silent
and
still
,
thinking
more
of
the
beauty
of
their
mistrisses
,
then
either
of
meate
or
table-talke
,
yet
remembring
themselves
they
would
sometimes
cast
forth
a
stealing
looke
,
to
spie
whether
the
one
perceived
the
others
manner
of
carriage
,
when
if
these
their
stolen
glaunces
hapned
to
be
at
one
instant
(
as
sometimes
they
were
,
)
Cleanthes
would
blush
,
as
a
shamed
to
be
seene
by
Polidore
,
and
Polidore
would
change
colour
,
as
loth
to
have
his
passion
noted
by
his
deare
Cleanthes
.
At
length
solitarinesse
(
to
which
they
had
not
formerly
beene
used
)
grew
wearisome
to
them
,
and
either
desired
to
make
his
friend
pertaker
of
his
secret
thoughts
;
in
this
Sympathy
of
affection
,
one
day
,
when
the
Sunne
was
descending
to
his
westerne
habitation
,
they
grew
more
familiar
,
and
after
some
unncessary
chat
,
they
resolved
to
walke
into
the
fresh
ayre
of
the
fragrent
fields
,
to
which
they
had
now
these
two
dayes
beene
strangers
;
a
long
time
for
them
that
had
beene
brought
up
abroad
in
the
fields
,
and
taught
to
rouse
the
savage
lyon
from
his
den
,
and
to
follow
deeds
of
armes
,
and
not
to
spend
their
time
within
doores
,
in
a
private
chamber
crossing
their
armes
,
and
crying
heyho
to
see
the
strangenesse
of
loves
labyrinths
.
Not
farre
from
this
castle
,
there
was
a
spacious
and
thicke
wood
,
so
frequently
beset
with
aged
oakes
,
and
straight
upreared
pines
,
as
if
Lady
Nature
had
entended
to
make
that
place
as
a
common
arbour
for
the
neighbouring
region
;
&
so
indeede
it
was
used
,
for
thither
resorted
the
chiefest
persons
of
the
land
,
women
and
lovers
to
heare
the
ravisht
Philomel
lament
the
cruelty
of
her
false
brother
in
law
,
others
(
that
were
not
lovers
)
came
thither
to
hunt
the
fearefull
stagge
or
brisling
bore
;
the
ground
of
the
wood
was
strowed
with
the
richest
of
natures
tapistery
,
there
grew
the
sweetbrier
,
and
the
white
rose
,
the
dazy
,
the
yellow
cowslip
,
the
honisuckle
,
and
the
lovely
violet
,
of
which
faire
Ladies
use
to
make
themselves
sweet
garlands
,
thither
it
was
that
Callanthia
and
Florella
were
walking
,
when
these
two
friends
first
hapned
to
see
them
,
and
thither
they
themselves
were
now
going
,
as
if
love
had
guided
them
to
that
place
of
purpose
,
to
make
it
more
famous
by
beeing
private
to
the
loves
of
so
true
a
paire
.
With
one
consent
they
walked
on
till
they
came
to
a
thicket
of
pine
trees
,
whose
overgrowne
tops
were
so
thickly
spread
,
and
so
interchangably
intangled
each
in
other
,
that
they
made
a
most
solitary
shade
,
utterly
denying
the
tell-tale
Phaebus
any
prospect
to
the
place
,
that
else
would
be
too
familiar
in
love●s
secrets
;
this
place
they
thought
the
fittest
for
their
purpose
,
and
therefore
sitting
both
downe
upon
the
grasse
,
they
remained
a
good
while
silent
,
as
desiring
one
should
know
the
others
secrets
,
and
yet
either
loth
to
disclose
his
secrets
,
because
they
were
love
;
Thus
long
they
sate
,
till
at
the
last
Cleanthes
trusting
to
the
gentlenesse
of
Polydore
,
thus
began
.
If
what
I
speake
,
sound
harsh
in
thine
eares
,
or
if
when
I
have
told
thee
my
greifes
,
thou
intendest
to
reproove
my
folly
,
as
I
know
thou
wilt
,
I
pray
thee
Polidore
doe
it
gently
,
and
remember
(
I
beseech
thee
)
that
howsoever
faulty
,
yet
I
am
thy
friend
,
trust
me
(
my
Polidore
)
had
not
fate
,
unevitable
fate
,
laid
this
mischance
upon
mee
,
I
thinke
I
had
beene
still
as
free
as
thou
.
Soone
was
Polydore
wrought
to
be
kind
to
Cleanthes
,
because
he
made
no
question
but
that
hee
should
have
neede
of
the
same
from
him
,
and
(
therefore
with
a
forced
smile
)
he
told
him
,
he
should
finde
a
kinde
tutor
of
him
,
and
so
bad
him
proceede
;
which
hee
,
(
after
a
volly
of
sighes
)
thus
did
.
I
know
not
Polidore
,
whether
ever
thou
hast
heard
tell
of
a
Diety
(
unknowne
I
must
confesse
to
souldiers
,
and
therefore
I
thinke
not
knowne
to
thee
)
called
Love
,
for
mine
owne
part
,
I
have
often
heard
tell
of
him
,
but
never
gave
credit
to
the
report
,
but
alwaies
imagined
it
to
be
the
idle
imagination
of
a
franticke
braine
,
till
of
late
I
thinke
,
himselfe
,
knowing
himselfe
dispised
,
is
come
to
revenge
himselfe
on
mee
for
so
neglecting
him
,
for
my
Polydore
(
and
then
he
blusht
)
not
long
since
it
was
my
chance
leaning
out
of
the
castle
window
,
to
behold
two
gentlewomen
exceeding
beautifull
both
,
especially
one
,
whose
eyes
(
me
thought
)
shot
fiery
arrowes
at
my
heart
and
wounded
it
,
so
that
from
that
time
thy
poore
Cleanthes
,
hath
beene
in
such
an
agony
of
distresse
,
that
I
hope
thy
heart
(
deare
Polidore
)
will
never
feele
the
like
,
whether
she
were
a
humaine
creature
,
or
a
celestiall
goddesse
come
of
purpose
to
delude
mee
I
know
not
,
for
since
I
never
saw
her
;
imagine
my
deare
Polidore
,
but
alas
to
what
purpose
?
for
thou
canst
never
immagine
what
continuall
fires
,
what
perpetuall
frosts
,
what
everlasting
tortures
,
harbour
in
a
lovers
brest
,
thou
canst
not
Polydore
,
no
,
thou
canst
not
amongst
all
the
legends
of
afflicting
torments
find
out
one
to
parallell
a
lovers
anguish
,
thou
wilt
tell
me
of
Ixions
wheele
,
alas
,
that
is
a
rest
to
the
perpetuall
circumvolutions
in
a
lovers
heart
,
thou
wilt
tell
mee
of
Prometheus
vulture
,
alas
,
what
vulture
can
gnaw
so
fiercely
as
the
griffin
care
doth
on
my
poore
heart
(
for
I
am
now
a
lover
)
thou
wilt
tell
me
of
the
fifty
daughters
of
false
Danaus
and
their
bottomlesse
tubs
,
alasse
what
are
they
to
the
bottomlesse
pit
of
my
affections
,
which
a
whole
sea
of
fancies
cannot
fill
;
I
expect
now
that
thou
shouldest
chide
me
,
but
thy
word
is
past
,
and
thou
hast
rather
cause
to
pitty
me
;
howsoever
if
thou
beest
angry
with
mee
(
as
thou
hast
cause
enough
)
I
prithee
keepe
thy
word
,
and
chide
me
gently
,
else
thou
wilt
adde
more
to
a
soule
that
is
already
prest
with
two
heavie
a
burthen
.
Glad
was
Polydore
when
hee
heard
him
name
love
,
yet
that
joy
was
not
lasting
,
for
hee
imagined
,
his
friend
had
perceived
some
thing
by
him
,
and
therefore
might
use
this
as
a
way
to
sound
him
,
but
perceiving
by
the
continuance
of
his
speech
,
that
what
hee
spake
,
hee
spake
hartily
;
a
new
feare
possessed
him
,
who
this
gentlewoman
should
bee
,
extreamely
fearing
it
should
bee
his
mistresse
,
thinking
(
as
every
lover
doth
)
that
she
was
the
onely
woman
in
the
world
,
worthy
to
be
loved
;
yet
some
what
glad
that
his
friend
Cleanthes
was
caught
as
well
as
himselfe
,
hee
made
this
reply
.
Is
it
possible
that
Cleanthes
should
be
intangled
in
loves
net
?
can
it
bee
that
hee
should
bee
hit
with
Cupids
bird
bolt
?
nay
,
then
I
see
it
is
no
shame
for
such
fooles
as
I
to
love
,
when
so
wise
a
man
as
Cleanthes
is
overtaken
,
thinke
not
I
speake
this
in
derision
friend
,
for
heaven
knowes
,
and
my
conscience
knowes
,
that
Polydore
feeles
as
much
torture
for
love
,
as
Cleanthes
possibly
can
;
onely
in
this
I
am
happie
,
that
having
so
good
a
president
,
I
neede
not
be
ashamed
to
love
,
nor
afraid
of
rebuke
from
you
,
that
are
caught
in
the
same
ginne
:
Trust
me
Cleanthes
,
Cupid
was
politicke
in
this
for
had
he
smote
one
only
,
surely
your
strong
perswasions
and
inforcing
arguments
,
would
have
so
much
prevailed
,
that
I
should
have
shaken
off
all
thoughts
of
love
,
and
rather
have
smothered
my
affection
,
though
it
might
have
cost
me
the
hazard
of
my
life
,
then
have
entertained
any
thing
that
might
have
beene
distastefull
to
Cleanthes
,
and
by
mine
owne
thoughts
I
measure
thine
,
but
now
since
we
are
both
so
stroken
,
that
the
one
cannot
rebuke
the
other
,
unlesse
he
will
of
necessity
blame
himselfe
,
let
us
in
stead
of
chiding
,
cherish
one
another
,
and
with
our
best
endeavours
aide
each
other
,
in
the
attaining
,
of
our
desires
;
it
could
not
chuse
but
exceedingly
glad
Cleanthes
to
heare
with
what
a
congruity
,
love
had
endued
both
their
affections
;
but
then
the
same
feare
came
upon
him
that
had
before
invaded
Polydore
,
least
perchance
,
his
friend
should
bee
in
love
with
his
mistresse
,
but
that
feare
soone
after
vanished
too
,
for
by
sundry
inquiries
,
and
divers
markes
,
which
either
had
imprinted
in
their
memory
,
they
truly
perceived
that
Callanthia
was
Cleanthes
his
mistresse
,
and
Florella
Polydores
;
so
that
not
knowing
now
,
why
either
should
bee
offended
at
other
,
or
have
any
cause
to
grieve
,
if
so
bee
their
mistresses
would
prove
grations
,
they
resolved
that
,
to
put
that
in
triall
,
was
their
next
taske
,
in
which
they
were
mutually
to
aide
one
another
,
and
in
this
resolution
,
they
left
the
wood
,
and
went
home
to
their
castle
.
Long
it
was
not
,
ere
they
learned
who
,
and
what
their
sweethearts
were
,
wherupon
they
grew
into
acquaintance
with
old
Clydamas
,
which
was
not
hard
for
them
to
doe
,
they
being
men
of
so
great
note
,
and
he
a
man
of
so
affable
a
nature
,
that
he
willingly
intertained
the
acquaintance
of
any
,
that
were
vertuously
given
,
howsoever
strangers
,
so
that
he
thought
himselfe
to
be
highly
graced
,
to
bee
familiar
with
two
such
men
as
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
:
and
they
thought
themselves
no
lesse
happie
,
in
being
entertained
into
the
friendship
of
Clydamas
.
Thus
past
they
some
time
onely
in
mutuall
hospitality
,
without
any
speech
of
love
on
either
side
,
till
on
a
time
Clydamas
inviting
them
home
to
his
house
to
a
banquet
,
after
the
feast
was
ended
,
he
had
them
into
a
goodly
garden
inbroidered
with
the
chiefest
of
Floras
jewels
,
in
the
midst
whereof
,
was
a
most
curious
arbour
of
sweet-brier
,
into
which
leading
the
two
friends
,
and
seating
them
on
either
side
himselfe
,
he
thus
spake
unto
them
.
Gentlemen
,
before
I
was
acquainted
with
you
,
and
knew
you
only
by
report
,
I
loved
you
,
esteeming
you
to
be
men
worthy
to
be
beloved
,
but
since
growing
into
more
familiarity
with
you
,
that
love
is
so
much
more
nicreased
,
by
how
much
the
more
my
knowledge
of
you
is
bettered
:
I
love
not
to
flatter
,
neither
would
I
have
you
to
grow
proud
at
my
speeches
,
(
and
therewith
hee
smiled
,
)
but
this
I
will
boldly
say
,
that
if
the
gods
would
promise
to
give
me
two
sonnes
,
endued
with
such
qualities
as
I
would
wish
them
,
you
should
be
the
patternes
,
that
I
would
set
the
gods
to
work
by
;
did
I
want
valiant
men
to
defend
my
just
cause
,
I
would
send
the
whole
world
over
to
finde
out
you
;
did
I
want
boone
companions
to
passe
away
the
time
with
,
I
would
picke
out
you
;
did
I
want
a
friend
to
intrust
my
secrets
with
,
it
should
be
one
of
you
:
you
may
wonder
perhaps
,
to
what
end
tends
this
preamble
,
why
trust
me
worthy
friends
,
to
such
an
end
that
if
it
hit
with
your
humours
,
(
as
I
would
wish
it
)
it
may
be
to
the
good
of
us
all
.
I
cannot
tell
whether
you
have
heard
reported
,
how
in
former
times
,
the
gods
had
blessed
mee
with
a
paire
of
sonnes
,
whom
I
cannot
praise
,
because
it
was
my
hard
fortune
to
loose
them
,
before
either
themselves
could
tell
what
honour
meant
,
or
I
,
or
indeede
any
man
tell
,
to
what
end
the
fates
had
reserved
them
,
yet
was
their
expectation
great
with
all
men
:
for
being
but
nine
yeares
old
,
they
gave
forth
such
evident
signes
of
a
hopefull
valour
,
that
it
amazed
strangers
,
&
joyed
me
exceedingly
,
to
heare
how
they
were
generally
praised
,
even
in
their
childish
exercises
;
but
now
begins
the
tragedy
(
&
with
that
the
teares
trickled
downe
his
faire
white
beard
)
for
as
they
were
playing
together
on
the
Sea-shore
,
certaine
Sea-rovers
espying
them
,
tooke
them
and
forcibly
carried
them
abourd
their
gally
,
presently
hoisting
up
their
sailes
and
getting
away
,
maugre
all
our
endeavours
,
who
presently
made
after
them
with
what
speede
wee
might
,
but
to
no
purpose
,
for
they
labouring
with
saile
and
oare
,
so
farre
outstripped
us
that
it
was
impossible
for
us
to
overtake
them
,
and
therefore
seeing
that
we
laboured
in
vaine
,
with
sorrowfull
hearts
wee
turned
backe
againe
,
leaving
my
deare
children
behind
,
of
whom
since
then
I
never
heard
any
tydings
;
This
sorrow
comming
to
the
mothers
eare
,
who
was
then
great
with
child
and
neere
her
time
,
it
so
wrought
on
her
,
that
she
presently
fell
in
travile
,
and
in
travile
died
,
yet
did
she
leave
(
to
comfort
my
old
age
)
these
two
daughters
whom
you
know
,
and
indeede
they
have
beene
hitherto
a
comfort
to
mee
,
I
will
not
say
too
much
of
them
,
because
they
are
mine
owne
:
yet
thus
much
I
may
say
,
that
they
are
vertuous
,
and
since
the
gods
have
bereft
me
of
my
sonnes
,
I
suppose
they
have
in
some
sort
made
me
a
recompence
,
in
bestowing
on
me
such
daughters
,
as
may
by
their
fortunate
marriages
inrich
mee
with
two
noble
sonnes
in
law
,
and
those
I
have
determined
to
be
you
,
if
you
can
like
of
them
,
or
if
your
affections
be
not
setled
otherwhere
;
thinke
them
not
the
worse
because
they
are
profered
,
but
thinke
rather
,
that
it
is
a
sure
presage
of
a
following
good
,
to
have
a
full
assent
on
all
parts
,
for
how
ever
I
give
you
my
consent
,
yet
doe
I
limit
it
to
your
and
their
liking
;
for
I
will
not
bee
the
maker
of
inforst
matches
;
therefore
if
you
have
heeretofore
,
or
doe
now
newly
,
entertaine
any
liking
to
my
daughters
,
here
you
have
my
consent
,
as
esteeming
you
worthy
sonnes
in
law
,
whom
I
have
found
to
bee
such
worthy
friends
;
on
therefore
freely
,
and
if
you
like
them
,
woe
them
,
for
mine
owne
part
,
now
I
have
given
you
thus
much
way
,
I
will
be
neither
a
hindrance
,
nor
a
furtherer
to
your
attempts
,
but
either
betake
himselfe
to
his
best
cunning
.
You
may
imagine
,
it
was
some
comfort
to
the
poore
lovers
to
have
such
a
way
laid
open
to
them
,
for
well
they
knew
that
it
was
requisite
to
get
the
fathers
good
will
,
if
they
would
have
the
match
pleasing
and
fortunate
,
therefore
without
any
further
circumstances
,
Cleanthes
in
the
name
of
himselfe
,
and
his
friend
Polidore
thus
spake
.
For
the
love
worthy
sir
which
you
have
had
to
us
,
wee
are
rather
to
thanke
your
goodnesse
,
then
any
deserts
in
our selves
,
your
age
being
more
apt
to
fancy
where
you
finde
the
least
occasion
of
liking
,
then
our
youth
able
to
merit
any
thing
to
make
you
fancy
us
,
howsoever
we
are
the
more
bound
to
you
,
for
inriching
us
with
your
love
,
that
have
no
title
to
lay
claime
to
it
by
.
Of
the
unhappy
losse
of
your
hopefull
sonnes
,
some
glimmering
of
knowledge
we
have
had
heretofore
,
but
never
the
truth
till
now
from
your selfe
,
in
which
you
have
related
such
a
continued
race
of
sorrow
,
knit
up
with
so
admirable
a
period
of
joy
,
that
if
your
report
urged
teares
from
us
,
your
conclusion
was
of
sufficiency
to
dry
them
;
the
losse
of
your
sonnes
was
much
,
the
losse
of
your
wife
much
,
and
indeede
I
know
not
which
we
should
esteeme
the
greater
losse
,
but
for
these
two
losses
,
the
Gods
have
returned
you
a
large
recompence
,
foure
for
three
,
two
daughters
(
whom
I
know
not
whether
the
earth
can
paralel
)
for
one
wife
,
which
(
besides
their
owne
inherent
excellencyes
)
bring
with
them
two
husbands
,
which
though
they
cannot
equal
your
own
children
,
yet
may
they
in
some
sort
bring
a
comfort
to
your
aged
yeares
.
Now
since
it
hath
pleased
you
,
to
nominate
us
two
for
your
sonnes
in
law
,
we
should
be
much
ingrate
in
refusing
so
goodly
a
profer
,
and
much
more
then
vaine
,
to
denie
that
,
because
it
is
offered
,
for
which
wee
would
give
whole
worlds
(
were
they
ours
)
for
the
purchase
,
for
beleeve
me
sir
,
no
sooner
did
our
eyes
behold
your
beautious
daughters
,
but
our
hearts
loved
them
,
determining
for
certaine
either
to
have
them
,
or
to
die
for
them
;
how
happie
then
may
you
imagine
we
esteeme
our selves
,
when
you
that
are
the
wakefull
dragon
to
guard
these
golden
apples
,
shut
your
eyes
while
wee
two
Herculesses
come
to
rob
your
orchard
,
or
rather
not
shut
your
eyes
,
but
looke
on
us
with
delight
;
incouraging
us
on
with
such
perswasions
,
as
would
make
a
coward
valient
in
the
warres
of
Love
,
having
no
enemie
to
warre
against
him
,
save
a
gracious
Virgin
,
and
knowing
besides
that
she
cannot
be
hard
hearted
,
comming
of
so
kinde
a
father
.
To
answer
you
therefore
with
what
a
sympathie
our
affection
meet
,
you
cannot
be
so
willing
to
have
us
your
sonnes
,
as
we
(
if
your
faire
daughters
be
but
gratious
as
I
hope
they
will
)
are
desirous
to
call
you
father
.
What
Cleanthes
had
uttered
in
words
,
Polydore
failed
not
to
testifie
for
himselfe
,
by
the
pleasing
gesture
of
his
countenance
,
which
the
good
old
man
perceiving
,
it
did
so
wrap
him
in
joy
,
that
the
teares
ranne
trickling
downe
his
white
beard
,
his
overgladded
heart
not
being
able
to
containe
in
it selfe
so
suddaine
an
extasy
of
joy
,
at
so
great
a
felicity
(
as
he
esteemed
it
)
to
have
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
for
his
sonnes
in
law
,
which
they
taking
for
a
sure
presage
of
a
fortunate
event
,
it
made
them
sympathize
with
him
in
delight
,
though
their
eyes
did
not
testifie
it
with
such
teares
of
joy
as
his
did
,
their
youthfull
fire
being
better
able
to
dry
up
those
flouds
of
overflowing
passion
then
the
frost
of
age
;
wherfore
without
more
a
doe
,
they
desired
him
only
to
aide
them
thus
far
,
as
to
help
them
to
the
speech
of
the
maides
,
and
they
did
not
doubt
of
a
happie
successe
,
which
hee
willingly
agreeing
unto
,
promised
to
performe
accordingly
.
But
because
it
was
then
to
late
,
the
sunne
being
almost
gone
to
hide
himselfe
in
the
boosome
of
Tethis
,
he
invited
them
to
a
course
supper
and
a
hard
bed
(
as
he
termed
it
)
and
there
for
that
night
the
lovers
tooke
up
their
Inne
.
All
supper
time
did
they
sit
gazing
on
their
mistresses
,
feeding
on
their
eyes
more
then
on
the
Cates
that
was
before
them
,
that
it
was
a
meriment
to
old
Clidamas
to
see
them
so
attentive
,
and
to
heare
them
answer
so
impertinently
to
every
question
he
askt
of
them
,
yet
would
he
finde
out
pleasant
discourse
to
beguile
the
time
,
and
thus
supper
was
passed
over
;
after
with
musicke
and
dancing
,
and
other
delightfull
pleasures
,
they
wore
away
the
howers
till
bed
time
,
&
then
lights
being
brought
they
were
conducted
to
their
chambers
.
Faine
would
the
youths
have
beene
practising
their
skill
in
Venus
warfare
,
but
the
company
of
guests
then
present
denied
them
opportunity
,
therefore
awaiting
for
a
fitter
houre
,
they
betooke
them
to
their
lodging
;
for
rest
I
cannot
call
it
,
their
minds
being
so
distracted
betweene
joy
and
feare
;
joy
for
the
fathers
willingnesse
,
feare
for
the
daughters
mislike
if
it
should
happen
;
that
they
debard
their
eyes
from
the
least
slumber
,
yet
was
the
fancy
of
joy
the
stronger
,
as
having
the
surer
ground
,
which
so
filled
their
heads
with
pleasing
immaginations
,
that
themselves
I
thinke
(
had
they
beene
askt
the
question
)
could
not
have
recounted
them
.
The
burning
hoofes
of
Apollowes
firce-breathing
steeds
,
had
not
as
yet
attained
the
lower
pavement
of
the
vaulted
hemisphere
,
and
rosy
fingerd
Aurora
had
but
newly
strewd
the
way
for
the
King
of
lights
,
when
the
two
lovers
(
wearie
of
their
restlesse
beds
)
perceiving
the
mornings
blush
through
the
chamber
window
,
arose
,
and
apparrelling
themselves
went
downe
to
receive
the
fresh
mornings
aire
in
the
garden
;
but
all
their
earlinesse
could
not
outstrippe
the
wakefull
Clydamas
,
who
was
the
continuall
morning
cock
to
the
whole
house
,
who
seeing
the
two
lovers
comming
towards
him
,
with
a
merry
countenance
gave
them
the
bonjour
thus
.
So
early
up
,
nay
then
I
see
,
you
will
bee
sure
speeders
that
are
so
early
risers
;
See
,
how
the
sunne
comes
stealing
over
yon
hill
,
dying
his
cheekes
with
blushes
as
ashamd
to
be
outstript
by
mortalls
;
Rather
he
teacheth
us
(
said
Polydore
)
to
blush
for
suffering
our selves
to
be
surpast
by
you
,
that
should
rather
bee
at
rest
,
then
thus
abroad
so
soone
before
the
day
,
young
bloods
may
better
indure
watching
then
weake
age
:
Indeede
(
said
Clydamas
yong
men
that
have
the
same
watchbel
that
you
have
,
can
worse
indure
their
beds
then
others
that
want
it
,
and
commenly
where
ther
's
a
lover
in
the
house
there
needs
no
other
cock
to
call
up
the
rest
,
but
otherwise
youth
loves
their
ease
,
and
to
nourish
themselves
with
a
morning
nap
,
when
old
men
rather
desire
to
feede
(
as
it
were
)
on
the
fresh
aire
without
doores
;
yet
the
case
goes
ill
of
our
sides
(
saith
Cleanthes
)
for
though
we
have
the
watchbell
which
you
talke
of
,
yet
either
it
went
false
,
or
wee
minded
it
not
,
for
me
thinkes
for
all
our
larum
,
you
are
got
up
before
us
.
With
such
like
pleasing
conference
they
passed
on
the
time
till
Clydamas
perceived
his
daughters
were
come
into
the
garden
,
whereupon
taking
the
two
friends
by
the
hands
he
thus
incouraged
them
:
Yonder
is
the
game
,
and
you
are
skilfull
huntsmen
,
upon
them
then
,
and
if
you
misse
them
,
blame
not
me
for
negligence
,
but
your selves
for
slothfulnesse
,
that
had
the
game
in
view
,
and
yet
lost
it
:
and
therewith
he
parted
from
them
.
Who
then
had
looked
on
the
lovers
,
might
have
perceived
a
maidenly
blush
overspread
their
cheekes
,
as
afraid
of
themselves
having
never
beene
trained
in
Cupids
military
discipline
,
yet
gathering
their
spirits
together
,
and
arming
themselves
with
their
greatest
resolution
,
they
approched
nigh
and
taking
them
by
the
hands
kindly
gave
them
the
good
morrow
,
which
they
with
a
modest
blush
returned
.
Whereupon
Cleanthes
taking
his
faire
Calanthia
by
the
hand
,
whilst
Polydore
did
the
like
to
his
deare
Florella
thus
accosted
her
.
If
what
I
speake
(
beautious
Calanthia
)
be
not
so
powdered
with
art
,
as
may
befit
the
tender
tympane
of
a
Ladyes
eare
,
impute
it
to
the
fault
of
war
,
that
teacheth
her
schollers
no
better
language
:
yet
thus
much
may
my
simplenesse
in
that
kinde
gaine
me
,
that
wanting
colour
to
daube
my
meaning
over
with
,
my
truth
will
appeare
the
more
naked
and
cleare
.
I
love
thee
deare
Callanthia
;
nay
start
not
sweet
,
love
is
not
such
a
bugbeare
to
affright
a
Lady
with
,
time
was
when
I
my selfe
would
have
laught
at
the
name
of
Cupid
,
as
if
he
had
beene
as
lame
as
hee
is
blind
:
but
since
,
his
piercing
shaft
hath
made
so
large
a
wound
,
that
I
feare
it
never
will
be
healed
,
unlesse
you
proove
the
gracious
phisitian
and
cure
me
;
It
was
the
wisedom
of
the
gods
(
divine
Calanthia
)
to
make
man
and
woman
,
so
framing
them
,
that
it
is
almost
impossible
for
them
to
live
asunder
;
for
if
either
had
beene
made
alone
,
how
should
the
spacious
fabrick
of
the
world
have
beene
supplied
with
inhabitants
?
or
if
when
both
had
beene
made
,
they
might
have
lived
asunder
,
to
what
end
had
served
mans
affibility
?
or
those
excellencies
that
are
in
women
?
they
ordained
therefore
that
man
and
woman
should
be
joyned
together
,
that
mans
naturall
harshnesse
might
bee
molified
with
womans
tendernesse
,
and
womans
weakenesse
might
bee
upheld
by
mans
strength
.
Now
since
this
is
the
pleasure
of
the
gods
,
(
my
deare
)
be
not
you
displeasing
to
them
,
by
obstinate
refusing
to
submit
your selfe
to
their
decree
:
but
agree
to
bee
my
woman
,
and
I
(
more
then
willingly
)
will
consent
to
bee
thy
man
,
give
mee
thy
love
as
freely
,
as
I
aske
it
honestly
,
for
farre
from
me
,
be
the
thought
of
villany
;
I
know
it
is
the
fashion
of
maidens
to
bee
coy
,
and
hard
to
bee
wonne
at
first
,
and
some
fooles
I
know
there
are
,
that
esteeme
a
woman
light
if
she
bee
wonne
at
the
first
onset
,
but
trust
me
Calanthia
,
I
am
of
another
opinion
,
for
never
could
a
thousand
yeares
of
growth
,
nourish
a
truer
love
in
any
lovers
brest
,
then
a
minuts
sight
hath
bred
in
mine
:
for
no
sooner
did
your
eyes
sparkle
on
mine
,
but
from
those
eyes
of
yours
,
Cupid
let
fly
his
golden
headed
arrow
at
my
heart
,
and
why
then
may
not
a
minuts
talke
,
breede
as
true
a
love
as
a
minuts
sight
:
delay
not
then
my
deare
Calanthia
,
but
yeeld
thy selfe
without
any
further
circumstance
,
for
by
thy
love
,
(
which
is
an
oath
that
I
would
sooner
die
then
breake
)
I
shall
account
thee
more
wise
and
constant
,
as
wanting
those
arts
which
cunning
women
have
,
by
fained
refusalls
to
draw
poore
besotted
youths
into
a
fooles
paradise
,
my
request
is
faire
and
honest
,
thy
gracious
love
,
to
bee
consummated
by
a
happy
marriage
.
And
therewith
hee
ceased
,
griping
her
faire
hand
within
his
so
hard
,
as
if
he
would
have
her
feele
his
meaning
as
well
as
heare
it
.
But
the
excellent
Calanthia
(
who
was
as
faire
as
any
that
the
sunne
ere
lookt
on
,
and
yet
more
gracious
then
faire
,
and
as
wise
as
gracious
)
after
a
little
musing
made
him
an
answer
thus
.
Worthy
Sir
,
if
warre
teach
her
Schollers
no
worse
language
then
shee
hath
taught
you
,
shee
neede
not
bee
ashamed
of
them
;
for
beleeve
me
sir
,
(
and
let
these
blushes
testifie
for
me
)
I
know
not
how
,
but
your
words
have
so
wrought
with
mee
,
that
I
never
felt
the
like
passions
in
my selfe
,
as
I
do
at
this
time
,
if
you
deceive
me
be
it
on
your
owne
head
,
I
am
the
silly
fish
easily
caught
with
a
faire
bait
,
I
must
confesse
I
could
have
held
off
longer
,
and
would
have
done
,
(
though
I
imagine
what
torments
I
should
have
undergone
)
but
your
protestations
have
so
farre
prevailed
with
mee
,
that
you
see
how
easily
I
am
wonne
to
yeeld
you
up
the
fort
of
my
chast
love
,
almost
without
the
least
battery
;
which
if
it
be
a
fault
;
(
as
I
know
not
how
you
may
esteeme
it
,
)
blame
your
owne
tongue
for
having
so
much
power
to
overcome
me
.
Blest
be
my
tongue
said
Cleanthes
,
for
having
so
much
power
,
and
blest
bee
love
for
making
thy
heart
so
pliable
;
but
more
then
blest
bee
thy
deare
selfe
,
(
excellent
Calanthia
)
for
inriching
me
with
so
excellent
and
enstimable
a
treasure
as
thy
love
;
when
I
am
false
or
once
thinke
a
thought
of
deceiving
thee
,
may
all
the
plagues
of
love
and
jealousie
light
on
this
heart
,
and
never
bee
removed
.
O
happie
presage
of
a
most
fortunate
end
,
in
so
blest
a
beginning
;
what
man
can
have
more
cause
of
joy
then
Cleanthes
,
when
he
shall
fold
in
his
armes
so
delicate
a
bride
as
is
Callanthia
;
for
ever
will
I
consecrate
this
day
to
pleasure
,
&
the
sprightly
Cupid
,
dul
bloody
warre
,
when
did
I
ever
feele
such
an
extasy
of
joy
in
all
thy
service
,
when
I
came
home
laden
with
the
spoyles
of
foes
,
crowned
with
tryumphant
bayes
,
and
all
the
souldiers
crying
out
Cleanthes
,
the
mortall
Mars
that
leades
victory
bound
in
an
iron
chaine
,
that
shee
dares
not
but
attend
on
him
,
victory
,
victory
to
the
great
Cleanthes
;
yet
have
I
rid
one
drowsie
and
dull
,
no
more
stird
with
these
glorious
acclamations
,
then
if
they
had
not
belonged
to
me
;
yet
here
for
the
glory
of
one
cumbate
in
the
field
of
Love
,
my
heart
dances
to
the
musicke
of
Callanthias
voice
,
chaunt
on
my
deere
Callanthia
and
never
give
over
,
that
my
poore
heart
may
never
give
over
dauncing
.
Callanthia
seeing
into
what
an
extremity
of
joy
imagination
had
led
him
,
thought
to
give
him
a
kind
of
cooling
card
,
and
therefore
spake
to
this
effect
.
Let
not
my
words
Cleanthes
make
you
to
loose
your selfe
,
for
my
position
was
generall
,
in
regard
of
mine
owne
will
,
yet
is
it
not
without
a
lemitation
;
you
know
that
besides
the
liberty
of
my
free
will
,
I
have
the
obedience
of
a
child
imposed
on
me
,
and
beleeve
me
,
that
howsoever
I
fare
(
as
indeede
I
thinke
I
shall
not
live
without
you
)
his
will
shall
be
the
limits
of
my
affection
,
beyond
which
I
will
on
no
termes
wander
;
get
therefore
his
good-will
and
you
have
mine
.
This
was
so
farre
from
abating
any
thing
of
Celanthes
his
joy
,
that
it
augmented
it
rather
,
which
he
was
about
to
utter
,
and
tell
her
that
he
had
her
fathers
good
will
already
,
but
that
Clidamas
(
who
all
this
while
hard
all
their
talke
)
perceiving
already
that
Polydore
had
wrought
his
Lady
Florella
to
the
same
point
,
stepped
out
,
and
put
them
together
with
these
or
the
like
benidictions
.
If
my
good
will
be
the
onely
stop
,
here
I
remove
that
let
gentleman
,
here
I
give
you
my
daughters
,
and
may
the
Gods
blesse
this
faire
conjunction
,
may
you
live
long
and
happie
together
,
may
the
children
which
the
Gods
will
bestow
on
you
,
grow
up
to
a
greater
perfection
of
vertue
then
their
parents
,
and
when
the
fates
shall
cut
your
threads
of
life
,
may
yee
have
the
fortune
of
Philemon
and
Baucis
,
to
end
all
your
lives
in
one
period
of
time
.
To
which
the
lovely
couples
said
Amen
.
The
next
care
was
in
providing
necessarie
things
for
the
wedding
,
and
appointing
the
day
,
which
for
the
convenient
decency
of
the
celebration
,
was
deferred
till
a
moneth
after
:
till
when
let
us
leave
them
,
and
in
the
meane
goe
a
while
to
sea
,
to
heare
(
if
we
can
)
some
tidings
of
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
,
the
lost
sonnes
of
old
Clydamas
who
as
you
heard
himselfe
report
it
,
were
stolen
away
in
their
childhood
by
sea
rovers
;
but
before
wee
enter
into
the
discourse
of
their
fortunes
,
it
is
requisite
that
we
looke
into
the
passage
of
an
age
,
or
two
before
.
Upon
the
sea
coast
of
Barbary
,
there
stands
an
auncient
and
renowned
citie
,
generally
knowne
to
Merchants
,
called
Tunis
,
in
which
sometime
their
raigned
a
King
(
or
a
tyrant
rather
)
named
Mariabdela
:
This
monster
(
for
so
wee
may
call
him
more
justly
then
a
man
)
not
content
to
wallow
,
and
glut
himselfe
in
such
sins
as
might
have
some
excuse
,
or
agreed
somthing
with
the
course
of
nature
,
went
on
yet
further
,
letting
loose
the
reines
to
his
voluptuous
appetite
,
jesting
at
the
majesty
of
the
Gods
,
and
thinking
them
to
be
idle
fictions
of
witles
heads
,
to
make
fooles
afraid
of
doing
that
,
which
might
content
their
sensuality
.
So
far
proceeded
his
enormous
wickednes
,
as
to
the
deflowring
of
his
own
daughter
,
a
maiden
so
exceedingly
beautifull
,
and
so
excellently
vertuous
,
that
shee
seemed
as
a
faire
rose
sprung
from
a
crooked
brier
;
yet
neither
her
excellent
beauty
,
(
which
would
have
molified
a
tiger
)
nor
her
admirable
vertues
(
which
would
have
moved
any
but
a
devill
)
could
purchase
any
remorse
in
this
hellish
tyrant
;
thrice
did
she
conjure
him
by
the
name
of
father
,
to
desist
from
so
unhumaine
a
villany
,
and
yet
thrice
did
the
feind
reject
the
name
of
father
and
would
not
heare
;
thrice
did
she
provoke
him
by
the
paines
of
her
carefull
mother
,
that
he
would
not
let
those
many
labours
imployed
to
bring
her
up
vertuously
,
to
perish
and
come
to
nothing
by
his
beastlinesse
,
and
yet
thrice
did
the
barbarous
wretch
withstand
those
exccellent
provocations
;
because
they
would
perswade
him
from
his
beastlinesse
:
thrice
did
shee
stirre
him
by
the
sence
of
manhood
,
telling
him
how
unmanly
it
was
to
offer
violence
to
a
tender
virgin
,
much
more
for
a
father
to
offer
villany
to
his
owne
child
,
and
yet
thrice
did
he
refuse
these
motions
,
setting
more
by
the
fruition
of
his
incestuous
lust
,
then
by
the
credit
of
manhood
,
so
that
(
perforce
)
taking
her
in
his
armes
he
carried
her
into
his
chamber
,
whilst
shee
poore
soule
with
bitter
cries
,
and
many
a
brine-salt
teare
,
implored
aide
from
the
Gods
;
but
all
in
vaine
,
for
the
insatiate
devill
having
her
there
in
his
power
,
villanously
ravish't
her
;
but
then
his
lustfull
liking
turned
to
a
mortall
hate
,
loathing
the
person
but
not
the
fact
,
so
that
throwing
off
all
pitty
of
a
man
,
as
before
hee
had
done
of
a
father
,
hee
drew
his
sword
,
and
while
the
sweete
angellike
creature
sate
bewailing
her
lost
honour
,
the
cruell
devill
most
unhumainely
murthered
her
,
and
commanding
presently
to
raise
a
rumour
of
her
suddaine
death
,
in
most
pompious
manner
he
solemnized
her
funerall
,
where
the
dissembling
crocadile
shed
such
a
multitude
of
false
teares
,
that
he
made
the
most
hearts
present
to
condole
with
him
,
his
infinite
losse
in
so
precious
a
daughter
.
Yet
could
not
all
his
cunning
clooke
his
wickednesse
from
the
all-seeing
eyes
of
the
divine
powers
,
for
though
hee
scaped
corporall
plagues
,
yet
was
his
minde
so
distracted
with
hideous
thoughts
,
and
the
everlasting
gripes
of
a
guilty
conscience
,
as
if
a
thousand
devills
had
taken
up
their
habitation
in
his
bosome
,
nor
could
the
comfort
of
sleepe
any
thing
benefit
him
,
for
no
sooner
were
his
eyes
closed
,
but
his
imagination
presented
him
with
gastly
visions
and
horred
dreames
;
amongst
the
rest
,
one
night
hee
dreamt
that
hee
saw
his
daughter
comming
towards
him
with
her
haire
dishevel'd
about
her
eares
,
and
her
eyes
flaming
like
fire
,
in
her
hand
a
burning
whip
,
with
which
she
lasht
him
in
most
cruell
manner
,
with
horrour
whereof
crying
out
amaine
,
spare
me
Carapresa
he
waked
;
and
yet
still
was
his
imagination
so
throughly
possest
with
terror
of
those
burning
lashes
,
that
hee
ranne
about
the
chamber
like
a
mad
man
,
crying
continually
on
Carapresa
to
hold
her
hands
,
which
the
guard
(
that
ordinarily
watcht
about
the
chamber
)
hearing
,
they
presently
rushed
in
upon
him
,
and
by
violence
held
him
,
till
being
something
come
to
himselfe
,
they
left
him
,
and
hee
went
to
bed
againe
.
In
such
like
tortures
did
hee
spend
his
time
,
so
that
growing
weary
of
his
life
,
and
indeed
desperate
,
not
caring
what
should
happen
to
him
,
he
gave
himself
over
to
delights
,
and
such
pastime
as
were
of
most
likelihood
to
drive
away
such
troublesome
thoughts
;
at
last
(
by
what
meanes
I
know
not
)
it
came
into
his
head
to
have
a
great
desire
to
know
to
what
end
the
fates
had
reserved
him
,
this
fancy
growing
stronger
and
stronger
,
hee
sent
two
of
his
trustiest
servants
to
the
oracle
of
Iupiter
Ammon
to
know
his
destiny
,
who
comming
before
the
Alter
,
and
offering
their
gifts
according
to
the
custome
,
they
received
from
the
oracle
this
answer
.
The
man
that
Tunis
doth
command
,
Shall
fall
by
a
Sicilian
hand
.
With
this
short
answer
they
returned
home
againe
,
where
delivering
the
King
their
scroule
,
he
read
it
,
&
plainely
perceiving
how
evidently
his
destiny
was
figured
out
,
he
presently
gave
command
,
that
all
Sicilians
should
within
a
moneths
space
,
voide
the
country
on
paine
of
death
,
if
any
were
found
after
the
moneths
end
;
he
himselfe
in
the
meane
time
walking
strongly
guarded
,
admitting
none
into
his
company
or
service
,
untill
hee
had
throughly
examined
him
,
what
,
and
of
whence
he
was
,
not
caring
of
what
country
they
were
,
so
they
were
not
Sicilians
.
Besides
this
he
sent
out
his
gallies
and
other
ships
of
warre
to
surprise
al
Sicilians
,
without
respect
of
age
,
sexe
,
or
degree
,
so
that
by
these
meanes
the
Mediteranian
sea
was
so
haunted
,
as
no
one
durst
venture
,
unlesse
he
went
extraordinarily
strongly
provided
for
the
assault
,
for
under
colour
of
surprising
Sicilians
,
these
rovers
set
on
all
that
they
saw
,
ransacking
ship
and
goods
,
slaying
some
of
the
men
,
and
sending
the
others
to
the
shore
naked
and
comfortlesse
.
One
of
these
gallies
it
was
,
that
stole
away
the
two
children
as
they
were
playing
by
the
sea
shore
,
for
espying
them
,
and
supposing
that
the
King
would
give
them
an
extraordinary
reward
,
for
adventuring
to
fetch
them
out
of
their
country
,
when
so
largely
he
recompenced
those
that
tooke
any
on
the
sea
,
they
put
it
to
the
venture
,
and
swiftly
rushing
out
of
their
gally
,
they
carried
them
away
,
maugre
all
that
the
inhabitants
could
doe
.
Thus
with
their
rich
booty
(
as
they
accounted
it
)
they
sayled
on
,
being
carried
with
a
merry
gale
of
wind
,
till
they
came
within
the
sight
of
Tunis
,
but
then
,
on
a
suddaine
the
wind
changed
quite
contrary
,
so
that
it
was
impossible
for
them
to
approach
to
the
shore
,
and
presenly
upon
it
,
arose
so
vehement
a
tempest
,
as
if
heaven
and
earth
would
have
met
together
,
to
the
confusion
of
the
weather
beaten
gally
,
the
winds
storm'd
,
the
seas
roar'd
,
the
shippe
crackt
,
and
the
men
howl'd
for
anguish
,
making
a
most
confused
&
hideous
noyse
,
the
day
grew
darke
,
and
the
Sunne
wrapt
up
his
face
in
his
clowded
mantle
,
as
loth
to
see
the
confusion
of
mankind
,
the
moone
and
the
starres
,
lookt
gazing
out
of
their
spheres
,
wondering
to
see
the
cruelty
of
enraged
Aeolus
,
to
the
generall
amazement
of
all
the
distracted
beholders
,
to
see
the
Moone
usurpe
the
Sunnes
office
,
and
the
signes
of
midnight
,
when
it
should
bee
noone
.
To
adde
to
the
horred
noyse
of
the
raging
waters
,
sometimes
were
heard
the
suddaine
crackes
of
furious
thunderbolts
,
which
compared
with
the
harsh
grumbling
of
the
turbulent
sea
,
seemed
like
the
discharging
of
some
great
peice
of
ordinance
amongst
a
volly
of
small
shot
.
The
shippe
in
the
meane
time
violently
tumbled
up
and
downe
,
by
the
continuall
agitation
of
the
troubled
ocean
,
now
mounted
upward
,
as
if
it
would
never
leave
ascending
,
till
it
had
toucht
the
clouds
,
and
by
and
by
downe
againe
,
as
if
it
would
never
leave
falling
till
it
came
to
the
lowest
hell
,
the
amaz'd
saylors
,
not
knowing
which
way
to
turne
them
in
so
urgent
an
extremity
,
were
inforced
to
commit
ship
,
lives
,
goods
,
and
all
,
to
the
mercy
of
the
winds
and
sea
,
therefore
taking
downe
all
their
sayles
they
lay
hulling
up
and
downe
,
as
the
tempest
drove
,
carefully
expecting
a
more
prosperous
gale
;
but
in
vaine
expected
they
any
comfort
,
for
on
the
second
night
after
the
tempest
began
,
they
were
set
a
ground
on
the
coast
of
Spaine
.
Who
had
then
seene
the
distracted
marriners
,
would
have
thought
them
mortal
foes
,
rather
then
combined
friends
,
so
did
every
one
bestirre
himselfe
in
this
danger
,
snatching
out
of
his
fellowes
hand
that
which
hee
thought
would
save
himselfe
,
not
caring
who
perished
so
himselfe
escaped
:
amongst
the
rest
the
young
lads
shifted
for
themselves
,
as
well
as
their
tender
age
would
give
them
leave
,
for
seeing
how
every
one
provided
for
himselfe
,
no
man
regarding
them
,
they
thought
that
they
should
doe
the
like
too
,
and
therefore
getting
up
into
the
upper
decke
,
(
because
that
place
was
onely
free
from
water
,
)
they
remained
there
till
that
also
began
to
be
possessed
by
the
incroaching
ocean
,
but
then
,
as
it
were
inspired
with
a
riper
wit
,
which
it
may
be
the
sight
of
the
present
danger
had
lent
them
,
they
supposed
that
to
stay
longer
in
the
ship
,
nothing
was
to
be
expected
but
most
certaine
ruine
,
&
therefore
espying
a
chest
which
by
good
fortune
was
in
the
place
(
as
they
had
seene
others
doe
)
they
threw
themselves
and
it
into
the
sea
,
intreating
Neptune
to
bee
gentle
to
them
,
because
they
were
but
children
and
had
never
done
him
wrong
.
It
seemed
that
Neptune
heard
their
prayers
,
for
ere
breake
of
day
they
were
cast
on
shore
half
dead
hard
by
Tarragona
,
where
an
old
fisherman
(
who
about
some
businesse
was
come
so
early
to
the
sea
side
)
found
them
,
and
being
moved
with
tender
commiseration
of
their
misfortunes
,
hee
ranne
to
them
,
and
used
such
diligence
that
he
recovered
life
in
them
,
yet
long
it
was
ere
they
could
call
to
mind
how
they
came
there
,
but
at
last
remembring
the
ship
and
the
storme
at
sea
,
they
asked
the
old
man
what
was
become
of
the
ship
;
but
hee
perceiving
them
to
be
faint
,
carried
them
home
with
him
,
and
told
them
that
the
ship
would
come
againe
one
day
,
and
till
then
they
should
dwell
with
him
,
which
they
according
to
their
childish
simplicity
presently
conscented
to
.
Thus
were
these
two
children
saved
from
the
swords
tyranny
by
the
cruell
mercy
of
the
angry
sea
,
the
other
that
were
in
the
ship
were
either
drowned
,
or
if
they
escaped
to
the
land
they
fell
into
the
hands
of
the
inhabitants
,
who
hated
them
deadly
,
as
being
subjects
to
the
tyrant
Mariabdela
.
The
good
old
Sancho
(
for
so
was
the
fisherman
called
)
perciving
by
divers
questions
,
who
and
what
his
orphans
were
,
regarded
them
the
more
charily
,
intending
when
occasion
should
serve
to
carry
them
home
againe
to
Sicily
,
which
hee
hoped
might
be
a
meanes
of
bettering
his
estate
,
by
a
good
recompence
which
hee
made
account
to
obtaine
,
by
presenting
their
father
with
so
worthy
a
gift
.
It
fortuned
,
that
about
some
two
or
three
yeares
after
,
the
Duke
of
Medina
Sidonia
Lord
Admirall
of
Spaine
,
having
beene
upon
a
service
to
scoure
the
Sea
of
pyrats
,
for
want
of
water
and
fresh
victualls
,
happened
to
put
into
that
haven
,
where
comming
himselfe
ashore
,
he
chaunced
to
espie
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
as
they
were
comming
from
schoole
,
when
presently
he
tooke
such
a
liking
to
them
that
he
demanded
of
them
whose
children
they
were
,
they
(
as
they
were
taught
by
old
Sancho
)
made
answer
they
were
his
,
whereupon
the
Duke
commanding
him
to
be
sent
for
,
requested
him
to
let
him
have
his
two
children
,
which
the
good
old
man
hearing
,
and
glad
to
preferre
them
to
so
honorable
a
man
,
(
because
he
knew
not
when
his
owne
estate
would
be
sufficient
to
carry
them
to
Sicily
)
willingly
condesended
unto
,
and
therefore
taking
them
aside
thus
spake
unto
them
.
My
sonnes
(
said
he
)
for
so
I
may
justly
call
you
,
as
having
given
you
a
second
life
from
the
seas
cruelty
,
and
my
care
of
you
since
that
time
,
hath
beene
little
lesse
then
that
of
a
father
,
you
are
old
enough
to
entertaine
my
counsell
,
and
of
understanding
sufficient
to
put
it
in
practise
,
you
see
how
the
meanes
that
the
Gods
have
lent
me
is
so
small
,
that
it
is
onely
sufficient
to
keepe
us
,
so
that
I
know
not
whether
ever
I
shall
be
able
,
to
convey
you
home
to
your
owne
father
or
no
;
see
therefore
my
deare
children
how
the
Gods
have
provided
for
you
,
in
moving
the
heart
of
the
great
Duke
of
Medina
Sidonia
to
fancy
you
,
a
man
mighty
in
power
,
&
great
in
authority
,
under
whom
you
may
sooner
get
meanes
of
transportation
to
your
country
,
then
by
staying
here
with
me
,
goe
with
him
my
boyes
,
and
I
beseech
the
Gods
to
give
you
as
many
blessings
,
as
there
are
sorrowes
in
my
poore
heart
to
part
with
you
,
were
it
not
that
I
know
it
is
for
your
greater
good
:
yet
whersoever
you
shall
go
,
or
howsoever
the
fates
shall
dispose
of
you
,
remember
old
Sancho
your
poore
foster
father
;
lastly
,
it
will
not
be
amisse
for
you
to
entertaine
my
counsell
in
this
to
,
whensoever
folkes
shall
aske
you
what
or
whose
sons
you
are
,
you
may
answer
,
a
poore
fishermans
on
the
coast
of
Spaine
,
for
if
you
be
knowne
to
be
Sicilians
it
will
go
hard
,
but
the
tyrant
Mariabdela
of
whom
you
have
heard
tell
,
will
worke
some
meanes
to
get
you
into
his
clutches
for
the
whole
sea
is
full
of
his
warlike
ships
,
and
hee
accounts
not
the
losse
of
his
ships
,
equall
to
the
purchase
of
one
Sicilian
,
so
monstrously
doth
he
hate
your
nation
:
but
by
terming
your selves
my
children
,
you
may
go
for
Spaniards
,
&
so
escape
the
feare
of
any
such
danger
,
besides
going
under
my
name
,
you
may
much
benefit
mee
,
for
whosoever
shall
take
a
liking
to
you
,
cannot
chuse
but
favour
the
father
of
such
children
,
goe
one
therefore
on
Gods
name
,
and
whatsoever
become
of
you
,
remember
to
shew
your selves
to
bee
nobly
borne
,
rather
by
your
vertuous
and
noble
acts
,
then
by
your
owne
report
.
When
hee
made
an
end
of
his
counsell
he
kissed
their
tender
cheekes
,
the
teares
standing
in
his
eyes
,
as
loth
to
part
with
his
pritty
children
,
and
they
also
crying
ripe
,
not
willing
to
leave
their
loving
father
;
in
this
sort
he
delivered
them
to
the
Duke
,
who
gave
him
a
great
reward
for
them
,
which
nothing
displeased
the
old
man
:
Sometime
they
lived
with
the
Duke
at
sea
,
till
the
sea
being
sufficiently
scoured
as
he
thought
,
he
returned
home
to
Biscay
,
where
the
two
children
grew
up
so
beyond
expectation
in
beauty
,
stature
,
and
strength
,
that
it
much
delighted
the
good
Duke
to
see
them
,
their
greatest
delight
wa●
to
bestride
great
horses
,
and
when
their
age
began
to
be
able
to
endure
it
,
they
gave
themselves
wholy
to
deeds
of
armes
,
haunting
justs
&
tournaments
,
which
were
something
frequent
,
where
continually
they
carried
themselves
so
well
,
that
they
still
came
off
with
honour
,
to
the
exceeding
comfort
of
the
Duke
,
and
admiration
of
all
that
beheld
them
,
to
see
such
admirable
worth
in
so
young
yeares
.
Thus
sometime
they
lived
in
this
fashion
of
life
,
till
it
was
rumord
in
Biscay
,
that
a
certaine
Pyrat
name
Martoll
,
went
roving
up
and
downe
the
Levant
,
seizing
on
all
the
ships
that
came
in
his
way
,
but
especially
on
the
Spanish
ships
,
that
came
from
Candy
,
laden
with
wines
:
These
tidings
were
beyound
measure
welcome
to
bold
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
,
as
hoping
now
to
put
in
practise
,
what
they
had
al
this
while
been
learning
,
so
that
no
sooner
had
the
Duke
given
commandement
for
the
providing
of
the
gallyes
to
be
set
out
against
the
pyrats
,
but
they
came
to
him
,
and
with
humble
earnestnes
besought
him
to
let
them
waite
on
him
in
this
expedition
,
which
he
seeing
their
forwardnesse
consented
to
.
The
winds
blew
faire
,
and
all
things
were
prepared
for
the
purpose
,
whereupon
they
presently
went
aboard
,
leaving
the
shore
full
of
people
praying
for
their
good
successe
;
with
pleasant
gaile
they
sailed
on
,
till
they
came
over
against
Zante
where
one
from
the
top
discerned
sayles
,
and
thereupon
gave
warning
to
the
men
below
,
to
make
ready
for
the
fight
,
for
hee
had
now
evidently
discried
that
they
were
Martolls
gallyes
,
whereupon
every
man
fell
closely
to
his
businesse
,
some
to
fitting
the
sayles
,
others
to
raise
up
defence
,
against
their
enemies
,
others
to
reare
their
engines
of
battery
,
wherewith
they
would
send
whole
showres
of
stones
&
arrowes
amongst
the
foes
,
others
making
ready
their
grapling
to
lay
hold
of
the
adverse
ships
,
if
peradventure
they
came
to
boarding
,
who
had
then
seene
,
the
two
young
Sicilians
,
would
have
thought
they
had
beene
going
to
a
feast
,
rather
then
to
a
dismall
and
unusuall
fight
;
their
greatest
care
was
to
see
,
whether
their
sworde
were
sharpe
enough
,
as
for
their
armour
they
did
not
so
much
regarded
it
,
yet
knowing
by
their
little
experience
,
that
it
was
not
the
least
duty
of
a
valient
man
,
to
looke
well
to
his
owne
defence
,
they
provided
for
that
too
,
making
every
thing
as
sure
as
they
might
,
that
the
enemie
might
not
have
too
much
advantage
against
them
;
thus
being
armed
in
compleate
harnesse
they
came
before
the
Admirall
,
who
seeing
and
praising
their
courage
assigned
them
their
places
.
No
lesse
were
the
Pyrats
busied
,
for
Martoll
being
a
man
of
great
experience
,
and
having
beene
in
many
sea
fights
,
knew
that
now
he
was
to
use
an
other
manner
of
proceeding
,
and
a
greater
care
then
in
the
ordinary
surprisall
of
a
weake
Marchant
,
and
therefore
with
as
great
care
and
expedition
as
was
possible
,
providing
all
things
either
for
offence
or
defence
,
he
incouraged
his
men
with
these
or
the
like
speeches
.
I
should
doe
you
too
much
wrong
worthy
friends
and
fellowes
in
armes
,
if
I
should
now
doubt
of
your
worth
,
that
I
have
had
so
many
most
absolute
and
apparent
proofes
off
,
onely
thus
much
I
am
to
tell
you
,
that
that
worth
of
yours
is
now
to
be
so
much
the
more
augmented
,
by
how
much
the
quality
of
your
now
approching
foes
,
is
farre
surpassing
that
of
those
,
with
whom
you
have
hitherto
dealt
,
for
they
were
only
marchants
,
men
of
small
or
no
force
,
easily
wonne
to
yeeld
themselves
to
your
victorious
swords
:
but
now
you
are
to
encounter
with
souldiers
,
men
inur'd
to
sea
fight
,
and
brought
up
all
their
life
time
to
traverse
the
fields
of
Neptune
,
remember
that
you
are
to
fight
against
Alonzo
the
great
Admirall
of
Spaine
,
who
not
many
yeares
since
so
bestird
himselfe
,
that
not
a
rover
durst
peepe
out
of
the
harbour
;
remember
that
they
are
your
borne
enemies
,
men
sworne
to
your
destruction
,
and
account
your selves
as
men
sent
by
the
Gods
to
whip
them
for
their
overdaring
,
remember
that
how
famous
soever
the
enemie
is
,
so
much
the
more
glory
is
it
to
overcome
:
remember
the
great
fight
you
had
with
Andrea
Admirall
of
Sicily
,
and
how
many
Sicilian
slaves
you
carried
to
Tunie
to
the
great
Mariabdela
,
are
not
you
the
men
?
who
when
the
great
Navy
of
Malta
scoured
the
Levant
,
durst
range
at
pleasure
and
board
the
proud
foe
,
mangre
all
his
might
:
are
not
you
the
men
that
made
the
Candy
fleete
stoop
to
yours
,
whilst
you
ransackt
them
of
those
excellent
wines
,
in
despight
of
those
men
of
war
,
sent
of
purpose
to
waft
them
over
;
are
not
you
the
men
that
brought
the
ships
of
Tripoli
under
your
lee
,
whilst
the
braggart
Thebaldo
governour
of
Rhodes
for
all
his
vaunting
stood
looking
on
,
but
durst
not
helpe
them
?
you
are
,
you
are
;
and
I
know
that
you
are
still
the
men
,
that
will
adde
the
overthrow
of
these
haughty
Spaniards
to
your
former
victories
,
you
have
the
same
Martoll
to
be
your
captaine
that
you
had
then
,
you
have
the
same
ships
that
you
had
then
,
you
have
the
same
Gods
to
protect
you
,
that
you
had
then
,
and
you
shall
have
the
same
fortune
to
attend
on
you
,
that
you
had
then
;
take
courage
then
,
and
if
the
potency
of
your
enemies
dismay
you
,
thinke
what
a
glory
you
shall
get
by
overcoming
of
them
.
The
souldiers
were
so
tickled
with
this
speech
,
that
casting
off
all
thought
of
feare
,
they
began
to
take
into
their
thoughts
the
full
imagination
of
an
assured
victory
,
and
therefore
with
an
unanimous
consent
they
cryed
out
Victoria
Victoria
,
which
the
Duke
of
Medina
hearing
,
hee
tooke
ocasion
thereupon
to
incourage
his
souldiers
,
in
these
or
the
like
speeches
.
Harke
how
yon
dogges
barke
at
the
Moone
,
like
cockes
crowing
on
their
owne
dunghill
,
harke
what
account
they
make
of
our
destruction
,
it
is
therefore
your
parts
my
worthy
friends
and
valiant
souldiers
,
to
bestirre
your selves
like
men
,
that
they
may
have
the
greater
overthrow
,
in
being
overcome
by
those
men
whom
they
esteeme
already
vanquished
.
It
is
not
possible
that
these
villains
can
entertaine
the
least
delight
,
unlesse
it
bee
like
the
Swans
carolling
,
a
sure
presage
of
an
instant
ruine
:
consider
my
friends
with
what
advantage
you
warre
against
them
,
you
have
the
Gods
on
your
sides
,
the
winds
to
helpe
you
,
the
shore
for
your
safety
,
and
Fortune
for
your
friend
,
when
as
all
these
are
against
them
;
for
how
can
the
Gods
helpe
them
that
are
profest
enemies
to
those
celestial
Dieties
,
how
can
the
winds
favour
them
that
imprison
them
to
so
bad
purpose
,
how
can
the
shore
yeeld
them
succour
that
are
enemies
to
all
men
,
and
how
can
fortune
be
their
friend
,
that
make
so
ill
use
of
their
prosperity
,
these
are
such
like
men
as
not
many
yeares
agoe
you
vanquisht
on
the
coast
of
Barbary
,
and
it
may
be
,
they
are
the
relikes
of
those
dispersed
fleetes
,
newly
gathered
to
a
head
and
venturing
againe
to
sea
,
that
they
may
the
second
time
be
overcome
by
you
;
the
power
of
a
just
cause
is
on
your
side
,
and
what
can
be
a
greater
motive
to
whet
on
valour
,
you
have
honest
minds
and
setled
resolutions
,
and
what
can
bee
a
greater
rampire
against
the
feare
of
approaching
danger
.
you
have
the
glory
of
former
victories
in
the
like
kinde
,
and
what
greater
spurre
to
animate
resolution
:
you
have
all
things
necessary
and
convenient
for
the
fight
,
far
off
,
or
neere
at
hand
,
and
what
more
could
you
wish
?
courage
then
,
and
what
advantage
honest
and
true
men
have
against
theeves
and
robbers
,
the
same
assure
your selves
to
bee
on
your
sides
;
aquit
your selves
like
valiant
men
,
and
hearts
rather
then
tongues
,
witnesse
to
your
the
selves
full
assurance
of
a
happy
victory
.
No
sooner
had
he
made
an
end
of
speaking
,
but
hee
commanded
to
give
the
signall
to
the
fight
,
which
was
done
accordingly
,
and
was
answered
with
the
like
from
the
enemies
;
whereupon
both
fleetes
moved
forward
by
the
helpe
of
their
oares
each
bearing
the
sea
before
them
,
till
the
mounting
bellowes
meeting
one
another
seemed
to
fight
together
as
if
they
would
presage
whether
side
should
have
the
victory
by
their
distraction
,
the
Pyrats
had
the
greater
multitude
,
but
the
Spanyards
had
the
stronger
vessells
,
so
that
there
was
small
odds
on
either
side
,
the
ones
multitude
serving
to
resist
the
others
strength
,
&
their
strength
serving
as
a
maine
bulwarke
to
defend
them
from
the
others
multitude
,
now
was
the
battell
begunne
with
whole
showers
of
darts
,
arrowes
,
&
stones
,
sent
from
either
side
,
now
began
all
things
to
bee
in
a
hurly
burly
,
the
sayles
grew
to
bee
full
of
holes
,
as
if
they
would
let
the
winde
loose
from
their
hollow
prisons
;
the
masts
began
to
totter
,
the
upper
workes
of
the
gallies
began
to
cracke
,
and
the
men
began
to
drop
downe
,
washing
the
hatches
with
their
dearest
blood
,
the
sea
began
to
change
colour
,
blushing
to
bee
the
supporter
of
such
massacres
,
horror
was
figured
in
her
proper
colours
,
and
the
fierce
God
of
war
armed
himselfe
in
blood
and
griefly
wounds
:
cruelty
ranged
up
and
downe
the
fleetes
,
leaving
no
squadron
unvisited
,
fierce
balls
of
wildfire
were
thrown
about
,
to
set
fire
on
the
moving
houses
:
at
last
,
as
if
they
had
agreed
upon
it
,
they
resolved
to
board
each
other
,
and
therefore
casting
forth
the
grapling
hookes
,
they
fastned
their
shipps
together
;
but
then
began
as
it
were
a
new
battell
,
for
the
manner
of
the
fight
,
though
nothing
differing
from
the
former
in
cruelty
,
unles
in
that
,
it
was
more
bloody
and
deadly
:
now
beganne
they
to
use
their
swords
&
pikes
▪
sometimes
assailing
the
others
,
and
striveing
to
get
into
their
enemies
shippes
,
sometimes
defending
themselves
and
repulsing
the
others
from
entring
into
theirs
,
shivered
pikes
flew
into
the
aire
,
and
sword
that
once
glistered
like
to
polished
glasse
now
lost
their
colour
and
dyed
themselves
in
a
bloody
scarlet
;
here
might
you
see
a
head
tumbling
on
the
floore
with
the
tongue
still
moving
(
as
it
were
)
cursing
the
sword
that
parted
it
from
the
beloved
body
;
here
an
arme
lopt
off
griping
a
sword
,
as
it
were
threatning
his
enemies
to
the
death
;
here
a
helmet
cleft
in
two
,
there
a
target
broken
in
peeces
;
so
that
it
was
a
wonder
to
behold
the
severall
effects
of
bloody
warre
.
Amongst
all
this
confusion
the
two
Sicilians
behaved
themselves
beyond
wonder
,
as
if
Mars
,
and
his
sister
Bellona
had
assumed
the
shapes
of
youths
&
come
to
aide
the
Spanyards
,
and
not
as
if
they
had
beene
but
pupills
in
the
feates
of
chivalry
,
all
the
while
before
it
came
to
boording
they
stood
still
,
incouraging
on
those
that
wrought
in
the
engines
,
but
no
sooner
were
the
grapling
yrons
cast
out
,
&
the
ships
intangled
together
,
but
they
leapt
both
together
into
the
Admirall
of
the
Pyrats
,
and
in
spight
of
all
opposition
,
with
their
swords
they
laid
about
them
lustily
,
quickly
scouring
the
hatches
and
making
a
way
for
others
to
follow
them
:
which
Martoll
seeing
,
perceiving
that
now
or
never
he
was
to
use
his
uttermost
valour
,
like
a
chafed
bore
,
hee
leapt
to
him
that
was
next
him
,
which
happened
to
bee
Martuvio
,
who
feeling
such
weighty
blowes
fall
so
thicke
on
his
helmet
,
hee
bethought
himselfe
,
that
such
wares
were
not
to
be
hoorded
up
without
repayment
,
hee
leapt
a
little
backe
,
and
bravely
meet
him
.
So
have
I
seene
two
angry
bulles
devide
the
way
between
them
in
an
equall
distance
,
&
then
that
their
meeting
might
be
the
lesse
friendly
,
runne
at
each
with
their
utmost
might
,
that
with
the
fury
of
their
boystrous
shocke
,
the
earth
hath
resounde
,
dand
the
fearefull
heard
stand
amazedly
gazing
at
eithers
savagene
.
With
the
like
fury
did
these
two
valiant
combatants
behave
themselves
,
making
as
much
fire
start
out
of
their
steely
helmes
,
as
Vulcan
when
he●…
beates
new
thunderbolts
on
his
hardned
anvill
,
the
grace
of
the
combat
was
lost
for
want
of
beholders
,
onely
the
Sunne
stood
still
,
wondring
that
the
ones
strength
could
resist
the
others
fury
,
or
his
fury
support
the
others
strength
,
despaire
and
rage
whetted
on
the
furious
Martoll
,
honour
and
fame
animated
the
bold
Martuvio
,
so
that
long
it
was
ere
either
could
get
the
better
of
other
,
but
both
held
up
with
an
equall
courage
.
The
like
combate
was
betweene
Roderigo
and
the
fierce
Folco
the
Pyrats
bold
visea-dmirall
,
so
that
the
bravary
of
these
two
fights
,
farre
surpassed
the
fury
of
the
other
fight
,
strong
assaults
,
and
as
strong
wards
were
not
wanting
on
either
side
,
huge
blowes
and
nimble
avoidances
were
so
frequent
,
that
after
some
time
of
fight
they
grew
well
experienced
in
each
others
manner
of
fighting
,
stiffe
Martoll
and
strong
Folco
used
downe
right
blowes
,
which
ô
huge
,
and
guided
with
so
strong
armes
,
as
would
have
cloven
oakes
had
they
stood
in
their
way
:
nimble
Martuvio
and
sprightly
Rodorigo
,
rather
used
light
avoidances
,
continually
traversing
the
ground
,
that
they
might
both
the
better
avoide
the
huge
blowes
of
their
adversaries
,
and
have
also
the
more
advantage
against
them
.
So
have
I
seene
a
nimble
mastiue
about
to
seize
on
a
savage
bul
,
how
he
comes
creeping
on
the
ground
,
to
get
if
he
can
under
power
of
his
enemies
hornes
,
well
knowing
the
danger
of
his
headstrong
adversary
,
till
finding
oppertunity
hee
fiercely
leapes
at
his
eares
or
nose
,
and
having
gotten
hold
,
gives
not
over
till
hee
have
brought
the
bellower
on
his
knees
:
in
this
manner
this
combat
continued
betweene
them
a
long
time
,
till
at
last
Martoll
(
not
beeing
able
longer
to
abide
the
force
of
his
puissant
enemie
)
fell
downe
dead
at
his
feet
,
as
Folco
did
also
at
the
victorious
Roderigoes
.
Till
this
time
had
the
fight
continued
in
an
equall
ballance
,
Fortune
her selfe
scarce
knowing
on
which
side
the
dice
would
runne
;
but
no
sooner
did
the
Pyrats
see
their
chiefe
Captaines
fal
(
like
huge
towers
)
on
the
bloody
hatches
,
but
their
hearts
died
within
them
,
and
they
stood
still
and
unmou'd
,
like
those
men
that
Medusa's
head
transformed
into
stones
,
upon
this
advantage
the
Spanyards
tooke
fresh
courage
,
and
afresh
boording
them
,
they
entred
almost
without
resistance
,
and
being
whetted
on
with
rage
,
they
made
such
havocke
as
would
have
moov'd
hard
rockes
to
pittie
.
What
pen
is
able
to
relate
the
extreme
confusion
of
that
houre
,
the
Pyrats
cryed
out
mercy
,
the
Spanyards
cryed
out
Victoria
;
yet
could
not
the
ones
cryes
obtaine
mercy
,
nor
was
the
others
victory
without
excesse
of
blood
:
the
sea
chafes
to
see
that
his
waters
were
not
sufficient
to
wash
away
their
blood
,
and
the
heavens
dropt
downe
teares
to
see
the
cruelty
of
the
others
,
who
no
intreaties
could
perswade
to
pittie
,
at
length
the
retreate
was
sounded
;
and
they
that
escaped
the
fury
of
the
slaughter
were
presently
put
to
the
oares
,
that
it
was
had
to
judge
whither
had
the
harder
fortune
,
they
that
were
slaine
in
battell
,
or
they
that
after
the
battell
,
were
reserved
to
slavery
.
Due
thankes
being
rendred
unto
the
Gods
for
so
great
a
victory
,
the
Duke
who
by
chance
had
seene
the
latter
end
of
the
fight
,
between
the
foure
brave
combatants
,
called
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
before
him
,
and
after
a
multitude
of
excessive
praises
for
their
admirable
valour
,
hee
rewarded
their
worths
with
the
honour
of
knighthood
,
whether
he
joyed
more
that
victory
was
wonne
,
or
wonne
by
them
,
I
know
not
;
once
his
joy
was
so
super-exceeding
,
that
he
clasped
them
about
the
neckes
,
and
welcom'd
them
with
so
naturall
a
love
,
as
if
he
had
beene
their
owne
father
;
so
did
their
noble
acts
worke
on
his
pliant
nature
.
Afterwards
every
thing
being
set
in
order
,
they
returned
home
againe
;
where
the
good
Duke
,
not
contented
with
the
honour
that
himselfe
had
done
them
,
presented
them
to
the
King
,
as
two
inestimable
jewells
which
the
whole
world
could
not
out
valour
;
relating
to
him
what
they
were
,
and
how
he
came
by
them
,
with
the
course
of
their
life
since
he
had
them
;
but
above
all
the
rest
,
he
reported
the
manner
of
their
combate
,
above
measure
extolling
their
courage
and
skill
,
recounting
what
blowes
,
what
wards
,
had
passed
as
if
hee
had
not
onely
beene
an
eye
witnesse
,
but
had
also
taken
true
notise
,
of
all
the
blowes
that
passed
betweene
them
;
which
the
King
hearing
,
hee
highly
commended
them
,
and
that
hee
might
nourish
valour
in
them
,
hee
bestowed
on
them
places
of
comand
,
where
wee
will
leave
them
and
returne
backe
to
Sicily
to
see
how
the
wedding
goes
forward
.
The
day
drew
nigh
,
and
every
thing
was
in
a
forwardnesse
,
when
it
fortuned
(
such
is
the
frailety
of
humane
estates
)
that
it
was
crossed
by
an
unlucky
accident
.
Not
farre
off
their
liv'd
two
brothers
,
famous
for
nothing
but
infamie
,
the
one
named
Hormisda
,
and
the
other
Pollipus
,
who
were
so
commonly
noted
for
lewd
livers
,
and
licentious
libertines
,
that
every
man
of
any
good
condition
hated
their
company
,
yet
were
they
strong
and
hardy
,
as
sometime
wee
see
,
nature
gives
her
good
gifts
to
bad
men
,
and
keepes
them
from
those
that
would
imploy
them
to
better
purposes
;
so
was
it
with
them
,
for
their
force
they
imployed
in
oppressing
the
weake
,
and
if
they
were
valiant
,
it
was
only
in
the
executing
of
some
villany
,
rapes
and
murthers
were
common
with
them
,
oppression
and
wrong
were
their
daily
lessons
that
they
never
left
practising
:
abundance
of
wealth
they
had
,
partly
by
inheritance
from
their
ancestors
,
and
partly
gotten
by
extorting
usury
.
These
paire
of
excellent
creatures
happened
to
espie
Callanthia
and
Florella
as
they
walked
in
the
fields
,
and
were
presently
stricken
with
their
love
,
with
violence
whereof
(
their
lustfull
desire
not
being
able
to
comprise
it selfe
in
any
reasonable
limits
)
they
grew
almost
mad
,
for
the
obtaining
of
their
longings
,
love
or
lust
rather
had
so
possessed
their
braines
that
whatsoever
Hormisda
fancied
it
was
still
concerning
Calanthia
,
and
all
Pollipus
imaginations
were
set
on
worke
to
admire
the
excellencies
of
Florella
:
To
speake
to
them
they
thought
it
vaine
,
because
they
knew
themselves
hated
,
and
it
had
beene
dangerous
for
them
,
in
regard
of
many
iniuries
that
they
had
done
old
Clidamas
,
therefore
smothering
their
affections
,
till
they
might
finde
a
time
to
vent
them
,
and
therefore
they
awaited
an
opportunity
which
thus
offered
it selfe
unto
them
.
One
day
ere
the
morne
expected
the
returne
of
Apollo
from
the
bed
of
the
seas
Queene
,
old
Clidamas
roused
up
the
lovers
from
their
early
beds
,
to
hunt
the
stagge
in
the
neighbouring
forrest
,
the
huntsmen
quaintly
attired
all
in
greene
,
with
their
hornes
about
their
neckes
,
and
their
javelins
in
their
hands
,
stood
at
the
entring
of
the
wood
to
welcome
them
with
the
sound
of
their
merry
bugles
,
their
eager
bloodhounds
longing
for
the
pray
,
stood
whining
as
angry
to
bee
kept
so
short
:
the
two
gentlewomen
mounted
on
a
couple
of
swift
palfries
rode
like
a
paire
of
Diana's
nimphes
,
gaurded
with
a
troope
of
lusty
Sylvanes
:
the
game
was
a
foot
,
and
the
following
dogs
with
a
gallant
cry
,
made
the
shrill
Ecco
bable
to
the
woods
,
a
language
that
shee
undestood
not
,
poore
silly
wat
frighted
with
the
noyse
,
stretched
out
his
smal
legs
to
their
utmost
length
,
and
with
a
pace
outstripping
Boreas
,
he
taught
the
lazy
curres
to
passe
themselves
in
swift
careeres
,
the
merry
huntsmen
with
their
lowd
hallowes
encouraged
on
the
eager
persuers
.
Whilst
thus
the
sport
grew
hot
and
every
one
attended
the
game
,
the
false
Hormisda
and
treacherous
Polipus
,
watching
their
time
when
all
the
rest
were
out
of
sight
,
and
the
two
maidens
onely
in
their
viewes
,
of
whom
on
purpose
they
set
a
watchfull
eye
to
marke
what
way
they
tooke
,
before
themselves
could
tell
what
danger
was
neere
them
,
they
violently
seized
on
them
,
and
stopping
their
mouthes
least
their
cryes
should
bewray
them
,
they
carried
them
straight
to
their
castle
;
for
they
durst
not
stay
longer
in
the
wood
for
feare
of
being
spied
:
when
they
had
them
there
in
their
owne
power
,
they
fell
to
comforting
them
,
telling
them
great
stories
of
their
loves
,
what
continuall
torments
they
had
indured
for
their
sakes
,
and
how
much
they
feared
death
,
if
they
did
not
prove
gracious
,
with
many
other
such
dissembling
insinuations
,
which
sounded
to
the
poore
gentlewomens
eares
,
like
the
harsh
clattering
of
weapons
provided
to
murther
them
;
yet
knowing
in
whose
power
they
were
,
and
hoping
for
suddaine
helpe
from
their
two
lovers
,
whom
they
knew
would
never
leave
seeking
till
they
had
found
them
,
and
knowing
moreover
,
the
nature
of
their
jaylors
,
that
they
would
either
by
faire
meanes
or
foule
,
by
consent
or
force
,
obtaine
their
desires
,
wherefore
they
still
framed
such
answers
,
as
still
put
the
suiters
in
good
hope
,
without
any
certainty
of
speeding
,
which
they
perceiving
,
and
understanding
the
difference
betweene
a
willing
and
a
forc't
love
,
as
having
tri'd
both
,
were
the
more
willing
to
give
way
too
;
at
length
wearied
with
their
often
delayes
,
they
urged
them
to
give
consent
,
or
else
they
should
bee
forc't
to
it
.
Which
when
the
gentle
creatures
heard
,
with
weeping
eyes
and
sorrowfull
hearts
,
considering
the
desperatenesse
of
their
estate
,
Calanthia
in
the
name
of
her selfe
and
her
sister
made
this
answer
.
Blame
us
not
(
great
Horsmisda
and
you
renowned
Polipus
)
if
what
wee
account
so
deere
,
we
are
so
loth
to
part
with
,
consider
there
is
nothing
so
precious
to
a
woman
,
as
her
virginity
:
neither
is
there
any
thing
that
shee
can
call
her
owne
after
shee
hath
lost
that
,
then
condemne
us
not
if
selfe
love
make
us
so
chary
of
that
which
is
our
onely
treasure
:
yet
for
your
sakes
(
if
blushes
would
give
me
leave
)
I
would
part
with
it
,
upon
one
condition
,
and
it
is
but
a
small
one
,
that
you
will
grant
us
time
to
bewaile
the
losse
of
our
honour
,
and
afterwards
wee
will
yeeld
our selves
up
to
your
pleasure
:
if
you
refuse
to
grant
us
this
poore
request
,
know
,
this
knife
shall
sooner
end
my
dayes
,
rather
then
you
shall
enjoy
the
least
favour
from
us
,
and
of
this
resolve
your selves
.
This
answer
was
so
pleasing
to
them
who
beleev'd
shee
had
spoken
as
shee
thought
,
and
therefore
kissing
them
over
and
over
,
they
granted
foure
dayes
space
,
(
which
was
the
time
of
their
owne
request
,
and
in
which
they
look't
for
helpe
)
but
the
brothers
bewitch't
with
joy
and
delight
,
thought
verily
that
not
any
man
had
seene
them
,
or
if
they
were
descried
,
trusting
to
the
strength
of
their
castle
,
with
hearts
overcharged
with
delightfull
fancies
,
they
left
the
sisters
together
;
who
being
now
alone
,
and
looking
more
narrowly
into
the
certainety
of
their
approaching
danger
,
it
made
the
salt
teares
trickle
down
their
faire
cheekes
,
sad
silence
lock't
up
their
ruby
lips
,
and
imprisoned
their
griefes
in
the
delicate
prison
of
their
hollow
breasts
,
till
at
last
the
sweet
Florella
(
whose
sweetnesse
surpassed
the
fairenesse
of
the
morning
)
uttered
her
griefe
in
this
dolefull
manner
.
Can
it
bee
that
I
should
indure
all
this
and
live
?
O
then
I
see
the
fates
have
destined
mee
to
too
much
misery
,
O
Polydore
,
why
have
the
Gods
laid
such
a
plague
on
thee
,
(
for
I
know
thou
so
esteem'st
it
)
to
be
rob'd
of
thy
Florella
?
but
more
then
miserable
Florella
,
to
bee
thus
stolen
from
thy
Polydore
;
if
for
any
fault
of
mine
,
ye
Gods
,
ye
have
laid
this
misery
on
me
,
ô
take
a
virgins
heart
,
and
let
them
bee
an
expi●ation
for
my
sinne
,
but
howsoever
let
not
your
anger
light
on
him
,
but
grant
that
if
it
be
my
fortune
to
dye
here
in
this
accursed
Castle
,
hee
may
remember
Florella
,
as
one
that
lov'd
him
dearly
,
but
no
otherwise
.
Let
him
not
pine
himselfe
away
for
me
,
and
whensoever
he
shall
happen
to
set
his
affection
on
any
other
,
ô
let
her
be
as
true
as
I
was
,
but
more
fortunate
;
Callanthia
hearing
her
laments
,
sought
to
comfort
her
in
this
manner
.
Such
is
the
nature
of
our
misery
,
that
to
utter
our
laments
is
dangerous
,
having
so
many
spyes
to
watch
our
doings
,
and
so
many
scoutes
to
overthrow
our
talke
;
let
us
therefore
wisely
smother
up
our
passions
in
our
breasts
,
till
time
shall
serve
that
wee
may
in
more
happy
dayes
have
occasion
to
forget
them
;
for
if
my
heart
presage
not
amisse
,
it
will
not
bee
long
ere
wee
shall
finde
comfort
,
it
cannot
bee
but
our
loves
hearing
of
our
losse
,
will
without
delay
make
search
for
us
,
and
my
father
I
know
will
soonest
suspect
this
place
,
as
harbouring
such
men
,
as
are
aptest
for
such
a
mischiefe
:
therefore
have
I
chosen
so
long
a
time
,
that
wee
might
bee
the
more
sure
of
comfort
.
But
what
if
they
come
not
in
that
time
(
said
Florella
?
)
why
than
wee
must
resolve
to
dye
nobly
(
said
Callanthia
)
for
never
will
I
consent
to
dishonour
my selfe
,
for
feare
of
death
.
Truly
(
said
Florella
)
I
am
yet
of
that
minde
to
,
but
I
know
mine
owne
weaknes
to
be
such
,
that
I
am
not
certaine
how
the
terrour
of
death
will
shake
me
,
and
therefore
if
it
bee
your
pleasure
to
put
mee
to
so
fierce
a
triall
,
I
doe
beseech
you
ô
yee
gods
,
to
give
me
strength
and
patience
to
endure
it
.
Keepe
thee
in
that
minde
still
(
said
Callanthia
)
and
thou
wilt
doe
well
enough
,
with
these
like
discourses
they
passed
away
the
time
,
till
the
foure
dayes
of
their
limitation
were
out
;
and
the
morning
was
the
fatall
day
,
either
of
their
death
or
delivery
:
this
put
the
poore
virgins
to
their
utmost
plunges
,
yet
resolving
themselves
not
to
flye
from
that
their
vertuous
determination
,
they
expected
the
sentence
of
their
deaths
.
The
night
vanisht
,
and
the
early
cocke
(
the
true
herald
of
the
day
)
shew'd
the
approaching
of
the
rosie
morrow
,
when
lustfull
Hornisda
and
his
compeere
Polipus
arose
,
and
doing
(
more
than
usuall
)
devotions
to
the
rising
sunne
,
they
went
to
the
chamber
of
the
sorrowfull
sisters
,
whom
they
found
up
and
ready
,
as
loth
to
be
taken
a
bed
,
by
such
as
they
,
though
they
wish't
it
had
been
otherwise
,
yet
not
caring
much
for
it
,
the
lustfull
brothers
fell
to
dallying
with
them
,
which
they
,
because
they
would
not
give
them
the
least
pleasure
,
being
determined
to
dye
,
rudely
repulsed
,
yet
still
new
batteries
were
layd
to
their
fortes
of
chastitie
,
which
were
still
beate
backe
as
violently
as
they
were
presented
shamelesly
;
at
last
growing
past
patience
by
so
many
(
as
they
call'd
them
)
injuries
,
Hornisda
in
a
great
chase
thus
thundred
.
'T
is
true
I
say
,
that
too
much
familiaritie
begets
contempt
,
else
had
not
our
gentle
loves
beene
refused
,
if
wee
had
used
such
meanes
as
was
becomming
us
,
but
since
faire
meanes
can
worke
nothing
with
such
waspes
as
you
,
wee
will
try
our
owne
way
,
and
see
if
wee
can
get
that
by
force
,
which
wee
could
not
by
intreaty
.
Foule
devill
(
replyed
Callanthia
)
doe
thy
worst
,
't
is
not
thy
terrifying
threats
that
can
dismay
us
or
alter
our
determinations
,
for
know
that
wee
are
resolved
to
dye
rather
than
to
yeeld
to
thy
villanie
.
Yet
you
shall
dye
(
said
hee
)
but
first
will
I
have
my
fill
of
you
,
then
perchance
,
my
sword
shall
bee
so
mercifull
as
to
rid
you
out
of
the
world
,
in
the
meane
time
let
you
and
I
strive
for
masterie
,
and
therewith
he
violently
tooke
her
by
the
haire
,
as
Polipus
did
the
like
to
the
tender
Florella
,
forcibly
dragging
them
to
the
beds
side
,
whil'st
thus
(
poore
soules
)
made
what
shift
they
could
to
defend
themselves
:
and
praying
to
the
just
God
to
lend
them
strength
sufficient
to
resist
those
tyrants
.
Now
was
their
forces
lost
,
and
the
cruel
wretches
had
almost
laid
them
on
the
lothed
beds
,
when
on
a
sudden
they
were
scared
with
the
noise
of
a
hideous
outcry
,
the
castle
was
up
in
an
uproare
,
and
every
man
cryed
arme
,
arme
;
whereupon
,
the
brothers
fearing
what
might
happen
,
and
making
account
that
another
time
might
serve
for
their
mischeivous
purpose
,
they
went
to
see
what
this
suddaine
outcry
pretended
,
when
presently
mounting
on
the
castle
walls
,
they
might
descry
a
troupe
of
armed
men
,
coming
in
all
hast
toward
them
,
whereupon
,
presently
suspecting
who
they
were
,
they
provided
for
their
defence
:
but
wee
must
of
necessitie
a
while
,
looke
backe
to
them
that
wee
left
hunting
in
the
wood
.
Every
man
was
so
earnest
at
the
sport
,
that
no
one
tooke
heed
to
the
two
sisters
,
so
they
were
seiz'd
on
,
and
carried
away
not
being
seen
of
any
,
save
a
poore
shepheard
,
who
knew
the
man
best
,
not
the
woman
.
The
fearfull
stagge
wearied
with
the
continuall
motion
of
so
swift
a
pace
,
began
to
despaire
of
any
longer
safety
by
his
legs
,
and
therfore
turning
his
taile
to
a
tree
,
hee
laid
about
him
with
his
faire
branch
of
weapons
,
so
that
hee
made
the
cruell
blood-hounds
pause
upon
the
fight
,
and
as
it
were
to
take
counsell
whether
it
were
better
to
rebegin
,
or
quite
give
o're
the
battell
:
which
the
hunts-man
perceiving
,
and
finding
by
the
change
of
the
cry
,
that
he
was
at
a
bay
,
they
came
in
,
&
with
their
horns
incouraged
them
,
who
therby
taking
fresh
heart
,
never
gave
over
till
they
had
brought
the
vaunting
champion
on
his
knees
,
than
would
it
have
mov'd
remorse
to
see
the
gentle
beast
lament
his
death
in
many
a
brine
salt
teare
,
as
it
were
blaming
mans
crueltie
,
for
whetting
on
his
enemies
to
kill
him
.
The
sport
was
done
and
every
one
returned
homeward
,
when
(
and
not
before
)
Callanthia
and
Florella
were
mist
,
these
newes
stroke
a
cold
feare
to
the
heart
of
Clianthis
and
Polydore
,
presaging
the
danger
that
was
like
to
fall
unto
them
,
present
search
was
made
,
every
one
taking
a
severall
way
,
and
traversing
the
whole
wood
,
yet
all
returning
without
any
newes
of
any
thing
,
but
that
they
were
not
to
be
found
.
Clianthis
like
a
franticke
man
ranne
about
calling
on
Callanthia
,
and
Polydore
rid
as
hee
had
lost
his
wits
,
crying
nothing
but
Florella
,
yet
neither
could
Clianthis
receive
any
answer
from
Callanthia
,
nor
Polydore
from
Florella
.
Eccho
condoling
these
true
lovers
miseries
,
holpe
them
to
call
,
for
no
sooner
could
Clianthis
call
Callanthia
,
but
the
eccho
would
take
the
word
and
call
Callanthia
,
no
sooner
could
Polydore
cry
out
Florella
,
but
eccho
would
second
him
,
and
cry
out
Florella
,
as
if
shee
would
have
summoned
all
the
powers
in
heaven
and
earth
,
to
the
search
of
Callanthia
and
Florella
.
Thus
long
in
vaine
they
sought
,
yet
would
not
be
perswaded
that
they
sought
in
vaine
,
every
sound
they
heard
seemed
the
answeres
of
their
dearest
loves
,
flattering
their
eares
with
these
imaginations
,
so
long
,
till
at
the
last
they
knew
that
they
were
onely
flattered
,
and
therefore
plainly
perceiving
that
they
were
not
there
to
bee
found
,
with
carefull
hearts
,
and
sorrowfull
thoughts
,
they
returned
home
againe
:
where
contrary
to
their
expectation
,
they
heard
newes
of
them
;
for
Clidamas
as
the
rest
,
wandring
up
and
downe
the
wood
,
hapned
to
meete
with
the
Shepheard
,
of
whom
inquiring
if
hee
saw
any
such
,
hee
made
him
answer
plainely
,
that
they
were
perforce
carried
away
,
by
Hormisda
and
Polipus
;
glad
hee
was
that
hee
had
heard
newes
of
his
daughters
,
yet
was
he
greived
extreamely
to
heare
they
were
in
such
a
place
;
but
making
necessitie
a
vertue
,
hee
went
home
,
and
telling
these
newes
to
the
lovers
,
and
others
that
were
present
,
they
forthwith
consulted
to
regaine
them
by
force
,
for
by
intreaty
they
knew
it
was
in
vaine
to
try
,
to
this
end
they
made
provision
of
men
,
and
convenient
armour
,
with
what
speed
possibly
they
might
.
All
things
heing
provided
,
they
marched
forward
,
and
coming
neere
the
Castle
,
they
were
descried
by
the
watch
,
they
were
no
sooner
under
the
walls
,
but
they
summon'd
a
parly
,
whereupon
they
within
asked
them
what
they
came
for
,
answer
was
made
,
that
they
came
to
redeeme
the
two
faire
sisters
,
Callanthia
and
Florella
,
whom
Hormisda
and
Polipus
,
had
most
villanously
stolne
away
,
which
Hornisda
hearing
,
with
a
countenance
threatning
death
and
destruction
,
he
made
answer
thus
.
The
girles
are
mine
,
fairly
wonne
by
the
force
of
armes
,
and
I
will
keepe
them
maugre
the
proudest
he
amongst
yee
that
dares
say
nay
:
I
would
I
had
thee
in
the
openest
field
in
Sicily
,
(
said
Clianthis
)
I
would
make
that
boasting
tongue
of
thine
give
thy self
the
lye
,
I
would
make
thee
confess
thy selfe
to
be
a
villaine
.
What
in
wordes
(
said
Polipus
)
we
have
them
,
and
will
keepe
them
if
we
can
,
if
not
wee
'l
loose
them
,
let
them
that
sight
best
take
them
:
agreed
(
said
Polydore
,
)
and
so
the
signall
being
given
,
the
assault
began
,
the
ladders
were
set
up
to
the
walls
,
and
the
souldiers
mounted
up
to
the
top
of
them
,
from
whence
they
were
thrust
downe
headlong
by
the
defendants
,
to
receive
their
deaths
kisse
at
the
ground
;
but
the
two
lovers
burning
in
rage
,
and
thinking
the
delay
of
victory
a
kinde
of
overthrow
,
guarding
themselves
with
their
broad
sheilds
,
and
taking
their
trusty
swords
in
their
hands
,
they
valiantly
got
footing
on
the
walls
,
maugre
all
the
resistance
that
could
possibly
be
made
,
where
with
their
swords
they
made
havocke
of
all
that
were
nigh
them
,
making
way
for
their
souldiers
to
follow
them
,
who
without
delay
did
so
,
and
so
became
masters
of
the
wall
:
which
Hormisda
and
Polypus
perceiving
,
and
not
daring
to
encounter
them
for
all
their
vaunting
,
they
fled
by
a
posterne
to
Palermo
,
the
men
of
the
Castle
seing
their
Captaines
were
fled
,
presently
threw
away
their
weapons
,
and
craved
mercy
:
which
was
as
soone
granted
them
.
Things
being
thus
ovdered
,
Clianthis
and
Polydore
,
leaving
the
other
businesse
to
be
managed
by
Clidamas
,
ranne
into
the
Castle
from
chamber
to
chamber
,
seeking
their
loves
,
whom
when
they
found
,
you
may
imagine
what
joy
,
what
kisses
,
what
embraces
passed
betweene
them
,
for
so
blest
a
meeting
;
hand
in
hand
they
went
out
of
the
chamber
,
till
they
came
to
the
sight
of
old
Clidamas
,
who
(
overcome
with
excesse
of
joy
)
ranne
and
tooke
them
about
the
neckes
,
kissing
them
,
and
welcomming
as
if
hee
had
not
seene
them
in
a
long
time
before
,
but
when
they
had
recounting
in
what
danger
they
had
been
,
and
how
neerly
they
had
escaped
ravishing
,
wonder
and
joy
stopt
up
their
speech
,
and
they
stood
like
men
confounded
with
excesse
of
passion
,
out
of
which
they
were
no
sooner
awaked
,
but
yeelding
due
praise
to
the
celestiall
powers
,
that
continually
guard
the
vertuous
,
and
setting
all
things
in
order
,
they
left
that
lothed
place
,
and
returned
home
againe
to
their
owne
habitations
,
attending
the
day
of
marriage
,
till
when
,
we
will
once
againe
leave
and
returne
our
Sicilians
in
the
court
of
Scaine
.
Long
time
they
lived
there
,
dayly
increasing
their
fame
with
new
deedes
of
armes
,
yet
knowne
to
be
no
other
than
the
poore
fishermans
sonnes
of
Tarracona
.
Till
at
the
last
Fortune
offered
them
a
glorious
occasion
,
to
build
an
ever
dying
statue
to
eternize
them
to
all
succeeding
generations
,
and
thus
it
was
.
It
fortuned
(
besides
the
generall
greifes
which
were
before
taken
)
there
sprang
up
a
new
particular
occasion
of
debate
;
betweene
the
King
of
Spaine
and
Tunis
:
for
as
before
time
,
there
had
beene
a
league
for
entercourse
of
merchants
betweene
the
two
kingdomes
.
It
fel
out
that
upon
some
occasion
of
mislike
,
false
Mariabdela
on
a
suddaine
,
when
they
dream't
of
no
such
treacherie
,
caus'd
all
the
Spanish
ships
that
were
in
his
dominions
,
to
be
seized
on
,
and
the
goods
to
be
confiscated
:
as
for
the
men
,
some
hee
caused
cruelly
to
bee
slaine
,
others
he
made
slaves
,
to
tugge
at
the
oares
in
his
gallies
;
this
indignity
seemed
so
greivous
,
that
the
King
of
Spaine
hearing
of
it
,
sent
his
Ambassadors
to
Tunis
,
to
demand
restitution
of
those
things
that
were
so
spoiled
,
or
else
to
denounce
warre
against
him
;
restitution
was
denied
,
and
their
defiance
was
laught
at
,
as
if
the
denouncers
had
bin
children
,
or
boies
not
worthie
to
be
answered
,
or
regarded
:
for
the
fell
tyrant
strong
perswaded
of
the
truth
of
the
Oracle
,
feared
not
any
danger
,
but
what
came
from
Sicily
,
&
therefore
(
with
a
scornfull
smile
)
hee
made
answer
to
the
Ambassadors
,
in
these
or
the
like
words
.
You
have
spoke
well
,
and
to
a
good
purpose
,
and
I
cannot
but
commend
the
elegancie
of
your
stile
,
but
let
me
tell
you
,
that
you
want
the
cheifest
part
of
rhetorick
perswasion
:
your
oration
in
some
other
man
(
I
must
confesse
)
might
have
begat
a
kinde
of
alteration
,
but
in
mee
,
it
workes
no
more
than
if
I
had
beene
deafe
when
yon
were
speaking
;
for
thinke
not
my
nature
can
be
changd
by
words
,
or
that
what
I
have
once
but
determined
to
doe
,
much
lesse
what
I
have
alreadie
done
,
can
be
altered
either
by
fair
perswasions
or
your
bitterest
menaces
;
what
I
have
done
,
I
meane
not
to
repent
of
,
your
merchants
have
offended
me
,
and
therefore
have
I
punished
them
according
to
mine
owne
will
,
as
being
an
absolute
King
in
mine
owne
dominions
:
What
I
have
got
.
I
'le
keepe
,
and
sooner
shall
hee
have
this
head
from
these
shoulders
,
than
I
willl
consent
to
the
restitution
of
our
poore
device
:
Goe
therefore
,
and
tell
your
King
,
that
I
neither
minde
his
flatteries
,
nor
feare
his
threats
,
when
he
comes
he
shall
be
welcome
,
but
I
doubt
hee
will
bee
so
long
coming
,
that
his
minde
will
be
altered
before
he
set
forward
on
his
voyage
.
With
this
answer
,
the
Ambassadors
being
dismissed
with
as
much
honour
as
was
to
bee
expected
in
so
barbarous
a
place
,
returned
home
againe
,
where
they
reported
the
effect
of
their
ambassage
;
which
the
King
hearing
,
his
heart
was
filled
with
so
just
an
anger
,
that
he
forthwith
proclaimed
open
warres
,
presently
giving
commandement
for
the
preparation
of
galleyes
,
and
other
navall
furniture
,
fit
for
so
weightie
an
expedition
,
as
for
the
leving
of
men
,
both
mariners
and
souldiers
:
the
managing
of
the
whole
businesse
hee
committed
to
the
Duke
of
Midnia
Sidonia
,
who
was
no
way
slacke
in
performing
his
dutie
,
everie
thing
being
in
readines
,
they
set
forward
,
but
they
had
not
gone
halfe
the
way
,
ere
they
met
with
the
huge
fleete
of
bold
Mariabdela
,
who
as
soone
as
the
Ambassadors
were
departed
,
provided
every
thing
fitting
,
as
loth
to
be
taken
tardie
in
such
a
businesse
,
and
therefore
choosing
rather
to
meete
the
enemie
,
than
to
bee
inclosed
in
his
citie
walls
,
he
went
out
to
encounter
them
in
the
mid-way
,
no
sooner
had
the
fleetes
descried
each
other
,
but
they
made
defiance
,
and
the
battell
began
,
wherein
Fortune
(
according
to
her
blinde
wisedome
guided
)
gave
the
victorie
to
the
barbarians
,
for
the
good
Duke
being
overcloied
with
oddes
,
perceiving
he
had
lost
the
greater
number
of
his
ships
,
with
a
heavie
heart
he
sounded
the
retreat
,
and
fled
.
Two
such
other
fleetes
were
set
out
from
Spaine
,
that
returned
home
againe
,
these
misfortunes
greatly
stird
the
resolution
of
the
King
of
Spaine
,
so
that
ignorant
in
himselfe
what
to
doe
,
hee
called
his
counsell
together
to
heare
their
advise
,
what
course
he
should
take
in
this
extremitie
;
the
counsell
being
assembled
,
and
everie
man
commanded
to
speake
his
minde
.
The
Marquesse
of
Santa
Crux
(
who
was
a
man
that
never
from
his
youth
affected
the
warres
)
stood
up
,
and
spake
to
this
effect
.
Had
this
order
beene
taken
before
this
unhappy
difference
was
begun
,
it
might
have
sav'd
the
effusion
of
much
innocent
bloud
,
and
the
expence
of
many
millions
of
crownes
:
which
now
are
vainely
wasted
in
these
bloudy
broiles
;
then
it
should
not
have
been
needfull
to
inquire
whether
it
were
better
to
proceed
any
further
in
this
unfortunate
warre
,
or
quite
to
give
it
over
with
dishonor
and
disadvantage
:
but
since
it
pleased
your
Majestie
then
to
proceed
according
to
your
owne
minde
,
without
the
advise
of
your
counsell
,
(
which
I
wish
to
the
Gods
you
had
not
)
I
will
not
urge
that
point
any
further
,
but
come
to
the
maine
matter
that
is
in
question
.
I
am
not
such
an
enemie
to
warre
,
that
I
should
utterly
banish
it
,
nor
do
I
thinke
so
degenerately
of
souldiers
,
as
to
esteeme
them
of
no
use
,
or
service
in
a
Kingdome
;
for
I
know
that
warre
is
the
arme
of
a
country
,
and
souldiers
are
the
sinews
of
a
common-wealth
;
but
if
this
arme
be
broke
with
unnecessarie
toile
,
if
the
sinewes
bee
stretched
past
their
naturall
length
,
marvaile
not
if
the
whole
bodie
bee
not
out
of
joint
:
the
cheife
end
of
war
is
to
defend
our selves
,
not
to
offend
others
,
and
therefore
peace
is
said
to
be
the
childe
of
warre
,
which
could
not
be
,
if
for
everie
light
occasion
we
should
move
unnecessarie
debates
,
but
to
the
purpose
.
Mariabdela
hath
offred
injury
to
our
merchants
,
revenge
hath
beene
sought
,
and
still
wee
have
come
home
by
the
worst
,
and
yet
wee
inquire
,
what
is
to
bee
done
?
alas
,
what
doe
wee
aile
to
move
such
a
needlesse
question
?
Aske
the
merchant
that
hath
lost
his
venture
,
whether
hee
had
rather
keepe
that
hee
hath
together
,
or
hazard
more
to
a
certaine
ruine
?
can
wee
expect
any
hope
of
victorie
,
now
our
strengths
are
weakned
?
the
best
of
our
ships
are
sunke
and
spoiled
,
the
greatest
part
of
our
treasures
wasted
,
and
the
most
of
our
souldiers
slaine
,
that
could
not
obtaine
it
when
all
these
were
whole
;
but
you
may
say
,
the
fortune
of
the
fight
may
change
,
and
what
wee
could
not
get
by
force
,
wee
may
obtaine
by
some
cunning
stratagem
:
a
weak
confidence
God
knows
,
to
trust
to
fortunes
favour
now
,
that
have
hitherto
had
her
frownes
,
and
a
vaine
toy
to
thinke
to
entrap
Mariabdela
by
a
policie
,
that
hath
beene
all
his
life
time
a
master
in
warres
discipline
.
I
knew
Midnia
,
to
be
a
wise
and
prudent
cheifetaine
,
and
his
souldiers
to
be
men
of
excellent
valour
,
yet
this
same
Midnia
hath
beene
over-reach't
by
Mariabdela
,
and
his
souldiers
have
beene
vanquished
by
the
other
barbarians
:
't
is
true
,
that
chance
carries
a
great
stroke
in
militarie
affaires
,
yet
't
is
a
cold
comfort
,
to
hope
for
a
happie
chance
,
where
there
is
no
likelihood
to
beare
off
the
shocke
:
and
little
cause
have
wee
to
trust
to
fortunes
ficklenes
,
that
lost
her
in
so
good
a
cause
,
but
fortune
is
blinde
;
and
therefore
I
will
speak
no
more
of
her
,
as
not
esteeming
her
worthy
to
be
accounted
of
in
mans
affaires
,
rather
I
judge
that
the
divine
providence
,
for
some
greivous
offences
of
ours
,
have
laid
this
plague
upon
us
:
and
therefore
,
to
strive
further
against
the
gods
,
I
think
you
will
say
't
were
madnes
.
What
should
we
say
,
the
Commons
crie
out
,
for
the
greivous
taxations
raised
upon
them
,
to
maintaine
the
war
,
which
sorting
to
so
unwelcome
an
end
,
cannot
choose
but
be
a
great
greife
to
all
,
the
treasuries
are
drawne
drie
,
the
navy
is
unfurnished
,
widowes
in
every
place
lament
the
losse
of
their
husbands
,
fathers
,
and
mothers
sit
weeping
and
wailing
for
the
untimely
losse
of
their
deare
children
.
Mariabdela
laughes
at
our
teares
,
and
make
the
miserie
of
our
losses
,
the
trophies
to
renowne
his
victory
;
and
for
all
these
expences
,
not
onely
the
first
indignitie
is
not
revenged
,
but
also
it
is
made
greater
by
many
new
and
latter
misfortunes
:
they
being
enriched
with
our
losses
,
and
making
provision
for
themselves
of
our
stores
.
My
advise
therefore
to
your
Majesty
is
,
that
you
would
finde
out
some
honourable
conditions
of
peace
to
be
offered
the
barbarians
,
rather
than
to
continue
the
war
,
that
hath
hitherto
sorted
so
unluckily
on
our
sides
,
and
therewith
he
ceased
.
Whereupon
the
Duke
of
Midnia
,
whose
valour
,
fortune
could
never
diminish
,
though
shee
might
frown
upon
his
actions
,
hearing
he
rose
,
and
making
due
reverence
,
he
spake
to
this
purpose
.
What
honourable
peace
can
the
King
of
Spaine
make
with
Mariabdela
,
when
he
was
the
first
that
provoked
the
Tunisian
to
fight
?
I
grant
this
had
beene
good
counsell
at
first
,
before
the
majesty
of
a
Kingdome
had
beene
ingaged
upon
the
enterprise
,
but
now
,
since
it
hath
proceeded
so
far
,
as
to
the
sterne
deciding
of
the
sword
;
I
hold
it
no
way
honourable
,
for
a
little
losse
,
to
hazard
the
perpetuall
honour
of
a
mightie
Kingdome
,
which
cannot
be
avoided
,
if
wee
give
over
now
so
faintly
,
what
we
begun
with
such
alacritie
;
what
though
we
have
lost
the
fortune
of
a
day
or
two
,
is
that
of
force
to
impoverish
a
whole
Kingdome
?
(
as
you
my
Lord
of
Santa
Crux
would
make
us
beleeve
)
can
the
expence
of
a
million
,
were
it
two
,
empty
the
coffers
of
this
Spaine
?
you
much
undervalew
the
revenews
of
this
rich
Kingdome
,
to
thinke
so
poorely
of
it
;
but
if
it
were
true
,
that
these
warres
have
so
exhausted
the
treasuries
,
that
the
remainder
will
not
suffice
to
furnish
another
fleete
,
is
Spaine
(
I
pray
you
)
growne
so
desolate
,
that
it
hath
no
friend
to
helpe
her
in
an
extremitie
so
urgent
?
what
is
become
of
Italy
,
the
ancient
friend
of
Spaine
?
where
is
spacious
France
?
is
Sicily
vanish't
?
is
Rhodes
perish't
?
is
Malta
drowned
in
the
sea
?
or
is
the
famous
Greece
sunke
into
the
earth
?
can
it
be
that
none
of
these
should
yeeld
us
succour
?
Is
it
possible
,
that
Mariabdela
should
have
done
no
wrong
to
any
of
them
?
did
not
the
fierce
Martoll
(
waged
by
the
King
of
Tunis
)
rescue
the
ships
of
Candy
?
force
the
fleete
of
Malta
,
spoile
the
navy
of
Rhodes
,
and
ransome
certaine
Sirians
bound
for
Greece
,
never
sparing
to
doe
any
villany
,
till
my selfe
with
the
helpe
of
the
brave
brothers
,
overcame
him
;
and
since
his
death
,
have
not
whole
fleetes
of
rovers
bin
set
forth
from
Tunis
,
to
rob
and
spoile
,
so
that
no
merchants
dare
passe
to
and
fro
in
any
part
of
the
straits
,
and
doe
you
thinke
that
all
these
injuries
can
bee
put
in
silence
,
as
would
bee
,
if
these
petty
kings
and
princes
had
but
the
countenance
of
the
great
King
of
Spaine
to
animate
them
,
perhaps
you
would
have
them
come
and
offer
their
service
unto
you
,
unsent
for
,
small
reason
for
that
,
when
you
have
not
sent
them
any
notice
of
your
purposes
,
which
if
you
neglected
(
as
scorning
to
use
the
power
of
your
inferiours
)
it
was
ill
done
,
if
as
trusting
to
your
owne
force
,
to
goe
through
with
the
enterprise
,
you
see
you
are
too
fond
in
that
:
but
never
can
it
be
too
late
to
learne
wisedome
,
and
to
put
in
practise
any
honourable
action
,
it
cannot
be
,
that
if
your
Majesty
send
your
Ambassadors
to
these
Princes
,
to
crave
their
aide
,
they
should
be
denied
,
nay
rather
it
seemes
to
me
,
that
they
will
(
more
than
willingly
)
imbrace
the
motion
,
whereby
,
they
shall
not
onely
redeeme
their
owne
particular
losses
,
but
also
binde
the
great
king
of
Spaine
to
be
their
friend
;
with
the
aide
of
them
,
you
may
furnish
out
another
armie
,
which
shall
not
onely
beate
the
proud
Barbarian
,
but
also
fully
redeeme
the
dishonour
,
and
the
losse
of
the
former
battell
:
you
urge
the
teares
of
orphans
,
the
cryes
of
widowes
,
the
laments
of
parents
,
and
the
wailing
of
freinds
,
as
if
they
were
not
incident
to
the
warres
,
can
it
bee
(
I
pray
you
)
that
a
battell
should
bee
fought
,
and
not
one
slaine
?
and
if
some
bee
slaine
?
can
it
bee
there
should
bee
none
to
bemoane
them
?
or
doe
yee
thinke
there
bee
no
wet
eyes
in
Barbarie
,
as
well
as
here
in
Spaine
.
?
Mariabdela
I
am
sure
bought
not
his
victory
so
cheape
,
nor
am
I
a
man
so
noted
for
cowardise
,
to
give
over
the
fight
for
nothing
;
I
never
fled
before
I
met
with
Mariabdela
,
and
then
,
I
thinke
I
was
vanquish't
,
meerely
and
solely
,
by
the
overpresse
of
multitudes
:
almost
two
for
one
were
slaine
on
their
partie
,
yet
still
they
were
supplyed
with
fresh
ones
,
that
it
amazed
mee
,
to
see
them
spring
up
so
fast
(
like
Hydraes-heads
)
when
one
was
lopt
off
,
two
arose
in
their
places
,
so
that
(
if
I
may
speake
it
without
being
taxed
of
boasting
)
I
thinke
wee
were
overcome
onely
by
being
wearie
of
conquering
;
and
I
suppose
,
that
the
conquerour
lost
more
,
than
wee
that
were
vanquished
:
and
well
might
they
say
with
their
countrie-man
Hanniball
,
many
such
victories
would
undoe
them
.
Consider
I
pray
,
wee
went
(
as
you
know
)
not
past
fifty
gallies
strong
,
when
as
Mariabdela
,
met
us
with
about
two
hundred
,
and
yet
against
such
,
we
held
out
fight
for
the
space
of
five
yeeres
,
without
any
signe
of
disadvantage
:
imagine
what
wee
could
have
done
,
had
wee
beene
of
any
equality
.
These
things
considered
,
(
my
gracious
Lord
)
it
is
my
opinion
,
that
it
were
best
for
your
majestie
,
to
send
your
messengers
to
the
mighty
young
Princes
for
aide
,
wherewith
you
may
raise
such
an
army
,
as
may
quell
the
vaunting
foe
,
and
bring
him
downe
in
spite
of
his
sun-burnt
Moores
:
for
my selfe
I
shall
be
ready
as
I
have
beene
heretofore
,
to
spend
my
best
indeavours
in
your
graces
service
,
so
hee
ceased
;
when
presently
Martuvio
arose
,
and
making
all
humble
reverence
,
he
spake
on
this
manner
.
If
it
shall
not
seeme
too
much
arrogance
(
my
noble
Lordes
)
for
such
younglings
verdites
amongst
so
many
Nestors
,
or
if
wee
bee
not
overhasty
in
speaking
already
,
that
should
rather
bee
seven
yeares
in
hearing
,
I
shall
with
confidence
reveale
a
secret
,
which
hath
long
time
beene
hammering
in
my
head
.
What
you
my
Lords
of
Midnia
,
and
Santa
Crux
have
worthily
spoken
,
hath
its
time
,
but
not
now
;
(
pardon
me
if
I
reject
such
worthy
counsell
)
for
if
what
I
have
thought
,
may
bee
put
in
action
,
neither
needeth
his
Majesty
to
seeke
to
the
Barbarian
for
peace
,
nor
to
continue
the
warre
,
which
hath
already
beene
so
unfortunate
,
and
are
both
so
unluckily
to
succeed
any
thing
well
:
for
what
peace
,
how
little
soever
honour
it
may
carry
with
it
is
to
bee
exqected
from
Mariabdela
?
whose
nature
seemes
to
be
bloudily
desirous
of
warre
,
that
I
suppose
he
did
this
injury
to
the
merchants
,
as
onely
weary
of
an
idle
peace
,
and
thirsting
greedily
after
death
and
spoile
,
and
therefore
it
makes
mee
thinke
,
that
hee
will
bee
so
farre
from
accepting
a
league
of
amity
,
now
hee
hath
once
beene
flesh't
in
victory
,
that
hee
will
rather
come
to
seeke
us
at
our
owne
homes
,
if
wee
once
give
him
over
;
he
wil
with
whole
worlds
of
Moors
,
come
up
and
spoile
the
country
,
and
when
your
Ambassadors
shall
bee
heard
to
treate
for
peace
,
hee
will
bee
thereby
the
more
animated
,
as
thinking
it
to
bee
done
for
feare
.
Hee
is
no
childe
,
to
thinke
that
wee
would
let
him
rest
if
wee
could
choose
,
besides
,
no
honourable
conditions
of
peace
can
bee
concluded
on
,
without
requiring
restitutitution
of
the
wrongs
done
to
the
Merchants
,
and
doe
you
thinke
that
hee
will
heare
it
once
spoken
of
,
now
hee
is
puft
up
with
fame
and
victory
,
that
was
so
farre
off
from
consenting
to
it
before
the
warre
?
never
thinke
that
hee
that
dares
doe
a
villany
,
when
he
knows
not
his
own
strength
,
will
make
any
amends
for
it
,
when
hee
knowes
he
can
defend
himselfe
:
so
for
any
further
proceeding
in
the
warres
,
I
hold
that
to
be
as
unprofitable
too
,
not
because
I
thinke
we
have
no
souldiers
left
,
that
dare
not
fight
,
or
no
commanders
that
dare
valiantly
leade
them
on
,
or
that
I
despaire
of
the
helpe
of
the
neighbouring
Princes
,
but
that
I
am
verily
perswaded
,
that
all
these
together
cannot
make
an
army
potent
enough
to
meete
him
with
two
hundred
sayle
;
as
hee
met
our
fleete
of
fifty
:
and
do
you
thinke
he
can
make
no
more
,
now
hee
hath
taken
so
many
of
ours
,
and
hath
had
so
much
time
to
provide
more
of
his
own
?
He
hath
all
Africk
at
his
command
,
a
country
large
and
wide
,
sufficiently
provided
of
timber
,
to
make
many
fleetes
of
gallies
,
bigger
than
all
our
kingdome
is
able
to
make
,
and
wonderfully
replenished
with
a
world
of
nations
:
't
is
true
as
my
Lord
Admirall
hath
said
,
that
the
onely
advantage
hee
hath
had
against
us
,
hath
been
by
overpresse
of
multitude
,
and
shall
wee
thinke
that
hee
will
at
any
time
want
that
advantage
,
having
such
an
innumerable
company
of
people
that
yet
never
saw
the
sea
?
who
though
they
bee
not
so
experient
in
fights
,
yet
will
they
stand
a
blow
,
and
so
(
as
my
Lord
said
)
wee
shall
bee
againe
vanquished
,
with
wearinesse
of
overcoming
.
I
am
no
coward
,
that
I
dare
not
fight
(
for
bee
it
spoken
without
boasting
)
were
it
put
upon
the
point
,
my selfe
would
encounter
with
the
whole
hoste
of
Mariabdela
,
came
hee
in
his
greatest
power
,
but
what
good
successe
I
should
have
,
your
Lordships
may
imagine
:
but
I
speak
this
,
to
save
the
great
effusion
of
humane
bloud
,
that
must
of
necessity
bee
spilt
in
these
bloudy
actions
,
howsoever
they
speed
.
I
speake
it
to
dry
up
the
teares
of
women
and
children
,
for
the
losse
of
their
husbands
and
fathers
;
I
speake
it
to
stop
the
clamorous
grumbling
of
the
greived
commons
,
that
have
beene
,
and
still
must
bee
,
if
the
warre
continue
,
taxed
and
oppressed
with
subsidies
and
toles
,
that
of
necessity
they
must
bee
drawne
dry
,
or
else
fall
to
flat
rebellion
against
his
majesty
,
which
might
beget
another
danger
greater
than
the
former
.
Yet
would
I
not
have
your
majesty
wholy
to
give
over
the
enterprise
,
for
I
would
not
be
thought
to
think
so
basely
and
poorely
of
the
majesty
of
the
kingdome
of
Spaine
,
but
a
way
is
to
bee
found
out
,
which
may
make
amends
for
all
injuries
,
yet
neither
by
seeking
to
the
Tyrant
for
peace
,
nor
by
vexing
our
selves
with
any
further
broiles
;
but
the
matter
needes
not
much
conference
,
for
my selfe
with
the
assistance
of
my
brother
(
and
therewith
Roderigo
stood
up
too
)
have
found
out
a
way
(
which
if
it
shall
please
your
Majesty
,
and
you
my
noble
Lords
to
countenance
,
)
I
doubt
not
,
but
will
bring
the
Tyrant
Mariabdela
to
make
you
such
recompence
as
you
shall
aske
of
him
,
or
else
hee
shall
forfeite
his
head
to
your
Majesties
clemency
.
The
attempt
in
it selfe
is
dangerous
,
but
what
danger
can
appall
a
minde
greedy
of
honour
?
nor
shall
you
thinke
,
that
wee
have
invented
a
thing
,
wherein
we
shal
have
the
glory
of
the
counsell
,
and
some
other
the
danger
of
the
action
;
for
as
wee
have
beene
the
first
founders
,
so
doe
wee
also
offer
our selves
(
if
it
stand
with
your
Majesties
good
liking
)
to
put
in
execution
our
owne
devices
.
I
have
heard
it
reported
that
the
only
men
in
the
world
that
Mariabdela
fears
,
are
Sicilians
,
moved
therto
by
a
certain
oracle
(
how
true
,
I
know
not
)
that
a
Sicilian
and
none
else
,
shall
bee
his
overthrow
:
and
to
this
end
,
doth
hee
use
all
the
meanes
he
can
to
get
all
Sicilians
into
his
clutches
,
and
having
them
,
hee
cruelly
butchers
them
,
as
for
other
nations
,
hee
entertaines
men
of
all
sorts
into
his
service
,
without
respect
of
any
whatsoever
.
I
will
not
dispute
of
the
truth
of
this
oracle
,
least
I
might
seeme
to
question
the
knowledge
of
the
divine
powers
;
rather
I
think
,
this
oracle
delivered
in
such
plain
words
,
does
as
al
oracles
use
to
doe
,
carry
a
double
meaning
,
so
wrapped
and
clouded
in
ambiguous
obscurity
,
that
onely
the
event
of
all
must
make
it
apparant
:
for
seldome
do
the
gods
give
forth
their
oracles
,
but
the
same
implies
a
quite
contrary
thing
,
than
is
propounded
by
the
bare
words
,
which
is
alwaies
manifested
by
the
event
;
howsoever
,
it
is
not
my
purpose
,
to
enter
into
any
mens
discourse
,
onely
my
intent
is
by
deedes
,
to
make
proofe
whether
the
words
of
the
oracle
,
and
the
meaning
of
it
doe
concurre
together
.
But
to
come
to
the
point
,
my
brother
and
my selfe
,
according
to
a
setled
determination
(
which
wee
still
submit
to
bee
fashioned
on
the
anvile
of
your
grave
wisedome
)
will
as
it
were
in
secret
depart
from
hence
to
Tunis
,
where
by
some
meanes
or
other
,
wee
will
get
admittance
into
the
Kings
service
,
when
if
the
meaning
of
the
oracle
deceive
me
not
,
wee
shall
use
such
meanes
,
as
to
bring
the
Tyrant
away
with
us
to
Spaine
,
else
let
us
dye
forgot
and
unregarded
;
this
if
it
happen
according
to
our
intentions
,
as
the
willing
forwardnesse
of
my
heart
makes
mee
presage
it
will
,
you
may
then
use
your
owne
pleasure
,
whil'st
you
have
him
in
your
power
:
but
if
it
please
the
Gods
that
wee
miscarry
in
the
action
,
it
cannot
greatly
hurt
the
state
,
but
you
may
at
your
pleasure
either
conclude
all
,
with
what
honourable
peace
you
can
,
or
else
if
that
bee
refused
,
you
may
proceed
in
the
warre
,
in
either
of
which
two
businesses
,
our
two
lives
can
smally
shade
you
;
this
is
our
advise
,
which
if
it
please
your
Majesty
to
assent
to
,
shall
before
to
morrow
morning
bee
put
in
practise
:
and
I
beseech
the
Gods
,
that
the
event
may
bee
as
fortunate
,
to
the
good
of
Spaine
and
you
,
as
wee
with
wishing
heartes
,
and
more
wills
to
goe
forward
,
than
to
give
it
over
,
doe
undergoe
the
enterprise
.
No
sooner
had
hee
made
an
end
of
speaking
,
but
a
generall
silence
was
over
the
whole
house
,
every
man
above
measure
,
wondring
at
the
great
courages
of
the
noble
youthes
,
thinking
a
thing
almost
incredible
,
that
such
young
yeares
should
harbour
so
much
valour
,
at
last
the
Marquesse
of
Biscay
,
who
was
a
man
singularly
reputed
for
wisedome
and
courage
,
and
had
all
this
while
attentively
listned
to
the
wordes
of
the
young
man
,
marking
with
what
confidence
hee
spake
,
as
if
the
thing
had
beene
done
already
,
and
not
still
to
doe
,
rose
up
and
spake
thus
.
For
evetmore
blest
bee
the
gracious
Gods
of
Spaine
,
for
sending
hither
two
such
excellent
men
in
so
great
a
danger
,
and
happy
may
that
man
bee
,
that
first
brought
them
into
this
assemhly
.
With
favcur
of
your
Majesty
and
the
honourable
convent
,
it
may
please
your
Majesty
and
you
my
Lords
to
consider
,
that
there
can
bee
no
more
said
in
this
businesse
,
than
what
hath
been
already
delivered
,
for
either
you
must
as
my
Lord
Marquesse
counselleth
,
seeke
out
for
some
honourable
conditions
of
peace
,
which
are
as
hard
to
finde
,
as
they
are
unlikely
to
speed
,
or
you
must
as
my
Lord
of
Midnia
adviseth
,
continue
the
warre
,
and
send
for
aide
to
the
neighbouring
Princes
,
which
way
as
it
cannot
choose
but
bee
chargeable
,
so
it
is
uncertaine
to
what
end
it
will
sort
:
or
if
neither
of
these
please
you
,
you
must
of
necessity
take
hold
of
the
device
of
yong
Martuvio
,
which
as
it
is
in
it self
,
a
matter
dangerous
,
and
hopelesse
ever
to
come
to
good
,
so
being
managed
by
men
of
such
excellent
wisedome
and
approved
,
it
bindes
in
my
breast
a
setled
hope
of
a
successe
,
worthy
the
men
that
undertake
it
.
Mariabdela
wee
know
is
secure
of
his
fate
,
fearing
none
but
Sicilians
,
and
who
knows
but
(
as
Martuvio
urged
)
the
oracle
may
aime
at
some
thing
that
is
specified
by
the
wordes
,
besides
how
easie
a
thing
will
it
be
for
men
brought
up
and
exercised
in
wisedome
,
to
worke
upon
the
nature
of
a
rude
Barbarian
?
whose
onely
wisedome
is
to
feast
and
revell
,
giving
himselfe
over
to
drunkennesse
and
sensuality
,
not
fearing
any
thing
that
may
befall
him
,
because
hee
onely
feares
Sicilians
,
of
whom
hee
hath
none
in
all
his
kingdome
,
they
have
all
things
on
their
side
that
may
animate
them
,
excellent
shapes
to
procure
admittance
,
excellent
eloquence
to
perswade
,
excellent
wisedome
to
insinuate
into
the
secrets
of
the
Barbarian
,
excellent
valour
to
undertake
any
danger
,
that
hath
the
least
shew
of
likelihood
,
and
excellent
fortune
I
hope
,
to
second
their
just
undertakings
.
Stay
not
then
for
second
thoughts
,
but
if
my
counsell
,
which
heretofore
hath
prevailed
with
you
,
may
now
also
bee
of
force
to
perswade
you
;
you
shall
without
delay
put
this
attempt
in
execution
,
and
with
your
continuall
prayers
,
obtaine
a
happy
end
to
so
couragious
an
adventure
,
which
howsoever
,
it
may
advantage
the
state
,
by
bringing
into
your
hands
the
man
that
hath
so
annoyd
it
,
yet
cannot
it
much
hinder
your
proceedings
,
if
it
fall
contrarie
to
your
expectation
:
I
am
not
so
urgent
in
this
businesse
,
as
annoying
the
glory
of
the
men
,
and
therefore
willing
to
put
them
upon
an
adventure
,
that
if
it
succeed
amisse
,
may
bee
their
inevitable
destruction
,
for
the
Gods
bee
my
witnesses
that
my
soule
loveth
them
,
and
I
rather
bite
this
tongue
out
,
than
it
should
bee
such
a
traitor
to
the
state
,
to
give
such
counsell
as
might
rob
the
kingdome
of
two
such
precious
jewells
:
but
my
heart
is
(
I
know
not
how
)
so
fully
perswaded
of
the
good
successe
of
this
so
honourable
action
,
that
I
imagine
,
I
should
do
much
wrong
to
such
excellent
valour
,
if
I
should
bee
a
meanes
to
starve
it
,
by
giving
counsell
to
deprive
it
of
such
honourable
food
to
nourish
.
On
therefore
most
noble
youthes
,
and
may
your
hande
bee
as
ready
to
put
in
execution
,
speed
in
your
successe
,
and
you
may
returne
home
crowned
with
glory
,
honour
,
and
victory
.
This
speech
so
wrought
with
the
whole
assembly
,
that
presently
without
any
more
debating
on
the
matter
,
every
man
gave
his
assent
,
and
the
king
highly
commending
their
worth
,
gave
his
consent
also
.
Now
to
avoide
all
feare
of
revealing
of
the
matter
,
by
meanes
of
spies
,
or
else
by
treacherous
&
malecontented
people
,
(
as
is
too
commonly
seene
in
such
businesses
)
every
thing
was
carried
in
most
admirable
secrecy
:
The
two
brothers
getting
on
a
suddaine
on
horsebacke
,
and
riding
in
all
post-haste
to
the
sea-side
,
where
finding
a
fisher-boate
,
they
presently
went
into
it
,
such
was
their
confidence
in
their
just
cause
,
and
with
it
they
crossed
the
seas
to
Tunis
.
In
the
meane
,
time
the
king
of
Spaine
,
provided
every
thing
for
a
new
army
,
as
if
hee
would
presently
have
gone
on
another
voiage
in
his
owne
person
,
and
in
this
preparation
wee
will
leave
them
.
Our
two
Sicilians
row'd
so
long
,
till
at
last
they
came
to
their
journeyes
end
,
and
were
no
sooner
landed
,
but
they
were
presently
set
upon
by
the
guard
of
the
place
,
and
strict
inquirie
was
made
;
who
,
what
,
and
of
whence
they
were
,
they
made
answer
,
that
they
were
Spaniards
,
and
were
come
to
offer
up
their
service
to
the
King
of
Tunis
,
hereupon
,
presently
they
were
carried
before
the
king
,
who
being
set
in
his
Majestick
state
,
with
a
sterne
countenance
,
asked
who
they
were
?
whereupon
,
Martuvio
(
nothing
daunted
with
his
great
lookes
)
boldly
made
this
reply
.
The
time
has
beene
great
king
of
Tunis
,
when
hee
that
should
have
said
,
wee
two
should
have
come
to
offer
thee
our
service
,
might
have
perchance
received
the
lye
for
his
labour
,
for
wee
were
once
thy
profest
enemies
,
nay
that
if
wee
could
,
and
would
have
cut
thy
head
off
,
had
it
beene
in
the
middest
of
this
royall
pallace
;
wee
are
the
men
,
that
slew
Martoll
and
Folco
,
the
two
swordes
of
Barbary
,
and
have
besides
done
thee
no
small
mischeife
:
but
now
it
so
falls
,
that
wee
that
have
been
thy
profest
foes
,
are
now
become
votaries
,
wee
that
have
done
thee
so
much
outrage
,
are
come
hither
to
seeke
shelter
under
thy
wings
,
for
the
ingratefull
king
of
Spaine
,
not
content
to
leave
our
vertue
unrewarded
,
(
which
hee
ought
to
have
cherished
with
the
best
of
his
indeavours
,
)
hath
gone
further
,
even
to
the
seeking
of
our
lives
,
and
yet
(
good
Gods
)
how
many
wayes
is
that
man
beholding
to
us
!
what
had
become
of
the
poore
Duke
of
Midnia
,
and
his
weather-beaten
fleete
,
when
they
encountred
with
couragious
Martoll
,
before
Zanto
,
if
our
swordes
had
not
ended
the
controversie
,
by
the
death
of
those
brave
men
;
for
whom
,
I
could
weepe
,
to
thinke
that
such
excellent
souldiers
,
should
end
their
lives
to
benefit
thereby
,
so
ingratefull
a
person
,
and
that
by
our
hands
,
to
make
us
so
much
more
miserable
:
by
how
much
it
is
more
wretched
,
to
bee
enforced
to
aske
releife
of
an
enemy
,
than
to
remaine
at
home
,
in
ease
and
tranquillitie
,
besides
,
in
those
latter
fights
in
which
it
pleased
the
Gods
to
favour
mee
,
what
had
become
of
his
whole
people
,
if
our
breasts
had
not
beene
the
bulwarkes
to
their
safe
intreaty
?
in
which
though
it
was
our
fortune
to
loose
the
day
,
yet
I
may
speake
it
withaut
boasting
,
they
that
escaped
alive
,
may
thanke
our
valours
for
their
safeties
,
and
yet
for
these
things
(
for
I
take
the
Gods
to
bee
my
witnesses
that
we
never
injur'd
him
,
)
this
ingrateful
king
,
this
king
(
said
I
)
this
any
thing
,
this
indeed
nothing
,
laid
wait
to
intrap
our
lives
,
but
that
by
speedy
flight
we
prevented
it
.
Wee
come
therefore
to
thy
imperiall
Majesty
,
as
the
Roman
Coriolanus
,
did
to
his
enemies
the
Volscians
,
&
if
it
shall
please
thy
Majesty
,
to
commit
any
charge
of
trust
to
us
,
wee
make
no
doubt
,
but
as
Coriolanus
was
the
sorest
enemy
to
Rome
,
so
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
shall
prove
the
greatest
opposites
to
ingratefull
Spaine
.
These
words
so
bewitched
the
tyrants
affection
,
that
hee
was
on
fire
to
entertaine
them
,
hee
saw
no
cause
to
feare
,
they
were
not
Sicilians
,
their
speech
,
their
garments
,
their
lookes
,
and
all
their
gestures
,
openly
proclaimed
them
Spaniards
:
their
sparkling
eyes
full
of
revengefull
fire
,
their
menacing
speeches
,
repleate
with
deadly
threatning
,
their
constant
and
unmov'd
gesture
answering
to
their
lookes
and
speeches
,
did
evidently
manifest
a
deadly
hatred
to
their
native
countrie
:
their
bold
adventuring
in
so
small
a
vessell
,
argued
the
necessity
of
their
flight
.
Valiant
hee
knew
they
were
,
for
hee
himselfe
had
had
experience
of
their
force
,
and
hee
esteem'd
them
to
bee
wondrous
wise
,
as
choosing
rather
to
put
in
hazard
the
clemency
of
their
enemy
,
than
to
tarry
at
home
with
a
certaine
assurance
of
destruction
,
nor
did
hee
want
presidents
of
the
like
kinde
to
warrant
his
acceptance
of
them
,
til
he
had
heard
of
Coriolanus
the
Romane
,
and
his
flight
to
the
Volscians
,
and
what
followed
thereupon
;
hee
remembred
Themiostcles
the
Athenian
,
and
his
escape
to
the
king
of
Persia
,
as
also
Alcibiades
the
Athenian
,
and
his
departure
to
the
Lacedemonians
:
and
why
should
not
the
revolt
of
these
two
brave
Spaniards
,
be
as
fortunate
to
him
,
as
that
of
Coriolanus
to
the
Volscians
,
of
Themistocles
to
the
Persians
,
and
of
Alcibiades
to
the
Lacedaemonians
?
Upon
these
considerations
,
and
withall
building
upon
his
oracle
,
he
bade
them
heartily
welcome
,
telling
them
they
should
injoy
as
much
safety
in
his
court
,
as
they
had
found
treachery
in
the
court
of
Spain
,
&
that
they
should
find
,
when
occasion
served
to
imploy
them
,
in
the
mean
time
,
they
should
be
dear
to
him
,
and
alwayes
neere
about
his
person
.
The
good
fortune
at
the
entrance
of
their
enterprise
,
put
our
two
gallants
in
an
assured
hope
of
an
absolute
conclusion
;
and
therefore
,
with
attractive
greedines
they
expected
opportunitie
to
put
something
of
their
businesse
in
practise
,
much
honour
was
done
them
by
the
rude
Barbarian
,
and
highly
respected
were
they
of
all
men
,
because
every
body
knew
it
was
the
kings
pleasure
they
should
bee
so
respected
:
the
king
himselfe
exceedingly
favouring
them
,
as
being
bewitched
with
their
insinuating
speeches
,
not
knowing
that
hee
hatched
serpents
to
sting
himselfe
to
death
,
yet
did
they
not
want
enemies
,
who
laboured
what
they
could
to
bring
them
into
displeasure
with
the
king
,
some
envying
that
strangers
should
bee
so
highly
advanced
above
the
native
people
,
others
emulating
their
glory
in
deedes
of
armes
,
hating
all
worthinesse
in
others
,
because
they
had
none
to
bragge
off
in
themselves
,
but
others
of
a
more
subtile
and
acute
ingenuitie
,
deepely
suspected
that
this
might
be
some
subtle
practise
from
the
cunning
Spaniard
,
and
therefore
they
used
all
diligence
,
to
pry
into
their
actions
,
if
perchance
,
they
could
learne
any
thing
,
to
make
their
suspition
seeme
a
certainty
.
But
our
supposed
Spaniards
used
themselves
so
warily
,
that
they
failed
of
their
purpose
,
yet
neverthelesse
,
they
ceased
not
to
observe
them
more
narrowly
,
not
sticking
at
last
to
unfold
their
suspition
to
the
king
,
using
many
reasons
to
perswade
him
to
looke
more
neerely
to
himselfe
,
than
to
trust
his
safety
to
the
faith
of
them
,
that
were
borne
his
enemies
,
but
hee
lull'd
in
securitie
by
their
pleasing
his
humours
,
would
not
listen
to
any
such
complaints
.
This
could
not
bee
so
closely
carried
,
but
the
two
strangers
understood
it
,
and
therefore
wisely
considering
,
that
though
now
they
were
fully
possessed
of
the
kings
favour
,
yet
the
tide
might
turne
,
and
hee
might
bee
wrought
to
injure
them
,
they
resolved
betweene
themselves
,
that
it
was
time
to
put
in
practise
their
adventure
,
to
which
effect
,
the
surest
way
(
as
they
thought
)
was
,
that
an
army
should
bee
brought
from
Spaine
thither
,
but
than
they
wanted
meanes
to
certifie
the
king
of
Spaine
of
their
purpose
,
but
fortune
that
would
not
suffer
such
designes
to
perish
in
the
blossome
,
provided
them
of
a
meanes
for
that
too
.
It
fortuned
that
a
merchant
of
Genoa
,
at
that
time
residing
in
Tunis
,
was
at
that
time
providing
to
return
home
to
his
owne
country
,
with
him
they
agreed
to
carry
a
letter
for
them
,
and
to
convay
it
to
Spaine
,
which
hee
readily
consented
to
,
and
accordingly
performed
.
These
newes
being
on
this
manner
brought
to
the
king
of
Spaine
,
without
any
the
least
suspition
in
the
Barbarian
of
any
such
practise
,
an
army
was
forthwith
levied
,
and
set
forth
under
the
conduct
of
the
Duke
of
Midnia
,
in
the
meane
time
,
the
two
brothers
,
so
wrought
with
the
king
of
Tunis
,
that
hee
had
promised
them
the
conduct
of
an
army
,
to
bee
lead
against
Spaine
,
but
this
newes
of
this
new
army
,
quite
put
out
such
determinations
for
now
it
was
fitter
to
looke
to
his
owne
defence
,
than
to
the
assayling
of
others
:
and
therefore
with
all
speed
possibly
hee
prepared
his
navy
to
meete
them
,
some
there
were
,
that
counselled
him
to
leave
the
Spaniards
at
home
,
(
as
it
seemed
)
presaging
what
afterward
proved
to
bee
true
,
but
hee
would
not
by
any
means
heare
of
any
such
thing
,
yet
did
hee
(
for
the
more
security
as
hee
thought
)
take
them
into
his
owne
gally
,
because
he
would
bee
sure
alwayes
to
have
an
eye
on
.
In
this
manner
,
they
met
with
the
enemy
,
who
presently
gave
them
battell
,
and
the
sigstht
was
fierce
on
both
sides
;
in
the
heate
whereof
,
and
when
the
ships
of
either
partie
had
boorded
each
other
,
and
were
fast
grapled
together
,
the
two
brothers
(
who
were
placed
as
I
said
before
,
in
the
kings
owne
ship
)
thinking
now
or
never
,
to
bee
the
time
they
had
so
long
looked
for
:
on
a
suddaine
,
they
tooke
the
Barbarian
in
their
armes
,
and
violently
threw
him
into
the
ship
that
was
next
them
,
where
before
hee
could
rise
againe
,
hee
was
taken
and
carried
under
hatches
,
the
brothers
in
the
meane
time
,
shewing
what
they
were
,
violently
set
upon
the
Barbarians
in
that
ship
,
making
a
way
for
the
Spaniards
,
who
presently
boorded
her
.
This
chance
so
terrified
the
poore
Africans
,
that
they
knew
neither
what
to
say
or
doe
;
and
the
cry
went
in
an
instant
,
that
the
king
was
taken
:
whereupon
,
being
infinitely
amazed
,
and
in
this
amazement
▪
the
Spaniards
furiously
assaulting
them
,
they
lost
all
courage
,
and
therefore
,
with
what
speed
they
could
,
ungrapling
themselves
,
in
a
most
confused
order
they
fled
,
and
were
as
fast
pursued
by
the
enemie
,
who
tooke
and
kill'd
as
many
as
they
overtooke
,
in
this
sort
,
they
rested
not
,
the
one
party
flying
,
and
the
other
following
,
till
they
came
to
the
haven
of
Tunis
,
where
the
Barbarians
,
presently
getting
a
shore
,
made
a
fresh
resistance
,
to
stop
al
the
Spaniards
from
landing
,
but
smally
had
it
advantaged
them
,
being
already
beaten
,
and
their
enemies
the
conquerours
,
had
not
presently
a
flagge
beene
put
out
:
for
the
Lordes
of
the
countrey
,
who
were
left
as
governours
of
the
place
,
while
the
king
was
at
the
warres
,
hearing
of
the
overthrow
,
and
of
the
captivity
of
the
king
,
and
now
fearing
the
surprizall
of
the
towne
,
they
chose
rather
,
to
stand
to
such
conditions
of
peace
,
as
the
enemy
should
propose
to
them
,
than
by
their
further
obstinacies
to
procure
an
inevitable
destruction
,
to
themselves
,
and
to
their
whole
countrey
.
Upon
these
considerations
,
the
flagge
of
truce
was
put
forth
,
which
was
answered
with
the
like
from
the
enemy
,
whereupon
,
it
came
to
a
treaty
,
and
conditions
were
made
,
that
the
Barbarians
should
make
such
satisfaction
,
both
for
the
wrong
done
to
the
merchants
,
and
for
the
charges
the
Spaniard
had
beene
at
in
these
present
warres
,
and
for
the
redemption
of
their
king
,
as
the
king
of
Spaine
should
impose
:
and
to
that
end
,
their
Ambassadours
should
forthwith
goe
with
them
to
Spaine
,
and
for
security
of
this
,
they
should
entertaine
into
the
city
,
till
the
conditions
were
performed
,
such
a
company
of
souldiers
,
as
the
Lord
admirall
should
thinke
sufficient
,
for
the
guard
of
the
place
;
this
if
they
would
not
agree
to
,
they
should
stand
to
the
hazard
of
the
fight
,
necessity
so
urged
them
,
that
of
force
these
conditions
were
excepted
:
only
they
desired
that
they
might
bee
no
more
troubled
with
their
king
,
who
was
so
fell
a
tyrant
,
that
they
were
not
able
longer
to
indure
him
,
and
therefore
,
they
requested
the
Duke
,
that
since
it
was
his
fortune
to
have
him
in
his
hands
,
hee
would
bee
pleased
to
use
such
meanes
with
the
king
,
as
that
the
tyrant
might
no
more
trouble
them
,
and
if
hee
would
take
such
an
order
,
they
would
wholy
submit
themselves
to
his
governement
,
rather
choosing
to
bee
commanded
by
a
stranger
,
than
such
a
monster
.
Every
thing
being
ordred
,
in
a
most
convenient
maner
,
and
a
garrison
of
souldiers
put
into
the
towne
;
the
Duke
of
Midnia
,
with
the
two
noble
youthes
,
and
the
prisoner
king
of
Tunis
,
and
the
Ambassadors
of
the
towne
returned
homeward
,
where
they
were
received
with
the
loud
clamours
and
shoutes
of
joy
,
of
the
overgladded
people
,
every
where
they
came
,
shewes
and
triumphes
were
presented
them
,
and
all
of
them
,
some
in
one
sort
,
and
some
in
another
,
setting
forth
the
honourable
actions
of
the
noble
Sicilians
:
in
this
pompous
manner
,
they
came
at
last
to
the
court
at
Sivill
,
where
they
were
entertained
by
the
king
in
most
loving
manner
,
especially
the
two
brothers
,
whom
with
the
armes
of
love
hee
imbraced
,
calling
them
his
protectours
and
defenders
,
imputing
those
things
to
their
honour
and
fame
,
that
they
of
duty
ought
to
have
performed
.
Thus
liv'd
these
two
in
honour
and
credit
,
every
man
highly
esteeming
them
,
as
the
onely
mirrours
of
admirable
valour
,
and
singular
wisedome
in
that
age
.
This
honour
done
to
the
overthrowers
made
the
Barbarian
beyond
measure
mad
,
and
his
fortune
so
contrary
to
his
expectation
,
made
him
to
doubt
of
his
oracle
,
yet
did
he
not
absolutely
despair
of
it
,
till
the
Ambassadours
being
dismissed
,
and
every
thing
being
agreed
upon
,
and
hee
seeing
no
hope
of
escape
,
hee
began
then
utterly
to
taxe
the
Gods
of
falshood
,
impiously
blaspheming
those
powers
for
so
deluding
him
.
After
some
time
(
at
the
request
of
the
brothers
)
hee
was
brought
to
the
kings
presence
(
where
to
vindicate
the
Gods
of
such
injury
as
hee
had
offered
them
)
they
told
him
plainely
that
they
were
Sicilians
,
relating
to
the
king
,
and
the
rest
of
those
that
were
present
,
their
countrey
,
kindred
,
and
family
,
and
how
they
were
stolne
from
Sicily
by
the
Pyrats
,
and
afterwards
with
them
cast
away
upon
the
coast
of
Spaine
,
where
they
were
found
by
fisherman
of
Tarragona
,
this
newes
as
on
the
one
side
,
it
amazed
the
king
,
with
such
an
accident
,
so
on
the
other
side
,
it
much
more
madded
the
Barbarian
,
cursing
himselfe
for
neglect
,
for
being
overreach't
in
such
manner
,
and
therefore
,
what
with
shame
of
his
overthrow
,
and
with
new
torment
of
conscience
,
for
his
old
wickednesse
,
hee
desperately
abstained
from
food
,
and
so
dyed
by
famine
,
nor
was
his
death
lamented
of
any
,
but
rather
it
much
joyed
the
heart
of
the
Tunisians
,
to
heare
that
hee
was
sure
enough
for
ever
troubling
them
any
more
.
In
the
meane
time
,
the
two
famous
youthes
,
burning
in
desire
to
see
their
native
countrey
,
their
parents
,
and
kindred
,
humbly
requested
the
king
to
grant
them
his
Majesties
licence
to
depart
for
a
time
to
Sicily
,
to
see
whether
their
father
and
mother
were
alive
or
no
,
and
afterward
they
would
returne
,
and
spend
their
lives
in
his
graces
service
.
This
so
reasonable
request
,
the
king
soone
consented
to
,
and
therefore
willingly
,
hee
gave
them
licence
to
depart
at
their
pleasure
,
and
withall
gave
them
his
commendatory
letters
to
the
governors
of
Sicily
,
to
receive
them
as
men
whom
hee
highly
favoured
.
Humbly
therefore
,
taking
their
leaves
,
(
after
due
provision
of
every
thing
for
their
journey
)
they
departed
to
Tarragona
,
where
they
inquired
for
old
Sancho
their
foster-father
,
whom
having
found
,
they
rewarded
with
rich
gifts
,
which
did
not
so
much
glad
the
good
old
man
,
as
it
did
joy
him
to
see
them
,
whose
lives
hee
had
saved
,
in
such
honour
and
dignity
;
there
they
tooke
shipping
,
and
departed
to
Sicily
,
in
which
journey
,
wee
will
for
a
while
leave
them
,
and
returne
once
againe
to
our
wedding
,
which
wee
left
in
so
good
forwardnesse
.
But
fortune
,
as
it
seem'd
willing
to
shew
what
authority
shee
had
in
lovers
proceedings
,
once
more
laid
a
stumbling
blocke
to
crosse
their
happinesse
;
Hormisda
and
Polypus
,
(
those
two
brothers
in
mischeife
)
who
(
as
you
heard
before
)
left
the
Castle
to
the
conquering
lovers
,
never
left
their
flight
,
till
they
came
to
Palermo
,
a
city
not
farre
off
,
where
there
dwelt
an
aunt
of
theirs
,
named
Andriana
,
a
woman
so
well
skill'd
in
ill
,
that
shee
was
the
tutresse
to
her
forward
nephewes
:
aged
shee
was
about
fiftie
,
but
of
crabbed
conditions
,
and
testy
of
nature
,
that
the
pettish
favour
of
her
angry
wrinckled
face
,
shewed
her
to
bee
farre
older
than
indeed
shee
was
.
Her
continuall
practise
was
to
entise
youth
to
any
evill
,
and
when
shee
failed
of
her
intents
,
shee
would
sit
feeding
herselfe
with
despite
and
anguish
,
other
mens
adversity
was
as
a
cordiall
to
her
,
but
their
prosperity
poyson'd
her
:
shee
practis'd
physicke
,
but
to
what
purpose
I
know
not
,
for
there
were
few
that
knew
her
,
that
would
venture
under
her
hands
for
a
cure
;
so
that
generally
shee
was
despised
and
contemned
,
as
a
woman
of
the
most
wretched
conditions
of
the
whole
city
.
To
this
gracious
mistresse
,
did
these
two
(
striplings
in
her
art
)
come
for
shelter
,
who
though
shee
were
crabbed
to
others
,
ye●
did
shee
love
them
intirely
,
mov'd
thereto
perhaps
by
the
congruitie
of
their
conditions
:
and
therefore
welcoming
them
,
shee
inquired
of
their
estate
,
and
what
chance
had
driven
them
to
Palermo
?
but
when
shee
knew
the
cause
,
her
heart
was
so
full
of
revengefull
anger
,
that
shee
could
not
speake
in
a
good
while
,
her
teeth
chattered
in
her
head
,
and
her
eyes
stared
,
as
if
they
would
have
leapt
out
,
to
seeke
those
over-happy
couples
:
at
last
anger
gave
place
to
words
,
and
therefore
taking
her
kinsmen
by
the
hands
,
and
seating
them
by
her
,
shee
thus
spake
unto
them
.
Since
the
death
of
your
good
uncle
(
my
deare
nephewes
)
I
have
not
entertained
news
that
was
so
displeasing
to
me
,
to
see
that
fortune
should
so
much
foole
you
,
as
to
bring
you
to
the
goale
of
happinesse
,
and
then
to
leave
you
,
and
turne
to
your
enemies
.
Trust
mee
nephewes
,
I
could
bee
angry
with
you
,
for
loving
,
for
what
is
love
?
that
hee
should
have
power
over
you
,
that
are
men
of
a
more
austere
condition
,
then
those
that
are
Cupids
Votarists
;
but
more
angry
I
am
,
in
that
being
so
deeply
in
love
,
as
you
were
,
you
would
suffer
your selves
to
bee
so
gull'd
by
a
couple
of
wenches
:
had
you
them
not
in
your
owne
power
,
to
doe
with
them
what
you
pleased
?
and
yet
must
you
needes
stand
to
their
courtesie
,
that
would
not
yeeld
to
your
prswasion
,
now
by
the
crisped
lockes
of
sterne
Hecate
,
you
were
too
blame
,
too
childish
;
you
should
rather
have
shewed
your selves
like
men
,
and
as
you
surprised
them
well
and
cunningly
,
so
you
should
have
proceeded
accordingly
,
and
not
used
such
intreaties
to
such
peevish
sluts
:
who
now
that
they
are
free
,
will
laugh
at
your
folly
,
and
boast
themselves
in
your
indiscretion
,
vaunting
of
their
wits
in
beguiling
two
men
so
well
skill'd
in
Venus
art
,
as
Hormisda
and
Polipus
.
It
was
not
well
nephews
,
it
was
not
well
,
and
I
could
chide
you
for
it
,
but
that
I
see
you
penitent
and
ashamed
of
your
owne
weaknesse
,
but
shall
these
roysters
boast
themselves
thus
?
shall
they
say
Hormisda
and
Polypus
are
overcome
?
and
Andriana
cannot
helpe
them
?
no
,
rather
will
I
move
hell
,
and
call
all
those
powers
to
my
aide
,
rather
will
I
send
the
furies
with
their
whips
of
steele
to
scourge
them
,
till
they
fall
to
despaire
,
and
hang
themselves
,
were
not
that
a
sweet
revenge
,
nephewes
?
trust
mee
,
were
I
to
choose
;
no
other
way
would
I
revenge
my selfe
,
but
by
their
deathes
:
but
I
see
unwonted
pitty
appeare
in
your
eyes
,
and
you
that
were
wont
to
delight
in
nothing
so
much
as
blood
,
now
me
thinkes
started
at
the
name
of
death
.
O
then
I
see
,
love
hath
such
mastery
over
you
,
that
nothing
but
the
fruition
of
those
sweetes
of
love
can
satisfie
you
,
and
is
it
so
indeed
?
well
then
,
though
I
hate
this
foolish
compassionate
love
in
you
,
whom
in
my
minde
,
it
fitted
rather
to
laugh
at
their
downefall
,
than
to
desire
their
company
,
yet
since
I
hope
,
that
after
you
have
had
your
wils
on
them
,
your selves
will
be
their
fatal
executioners
,
I
am
contented
for
this
once
,
to
mollifie
my
hardned
nature
,
and
to
beate
my
brains
for
a
way
to
work
your
desires
.
These
kind
wordes
so
fired
their
hearts
,
that
they
thanked
their
aunt
,
promising
if
shee
would
performe
this
,
that
afterward
they
would
bee
wholly
at
her
commandement
,
whereupon
,
shee
thus
began
againe
.
It
is
a
hard
matter
nephewes
,
to
compasse
your
desires
,
it
being
a
thing
altogether
impossible
,
for
man
or
devill
to
change
the
will
of
any
,
and
therefore
you
must
not
expect
that
they
can
bee
wrought
to
love
you
,
but
you
must
determine
,
that
when
you
have
them
in
your
power
againe
,
(
which
is
all
I
can
performe
for
you
)
you
must
banish
al
lenity
from
you
,
and
be
nothing
mov'd
with
their
teares
or
intreaties
;
now
to
worke
this
,
a
new
way
must
bee
invented
,
because
I
thinke
they
will
not
bee
so
foolish
hereafter
,
to
trust
themselves
so
without
company
,
and
to
attempt
to
take
them
perforce
,
were
a
matter
of
much
difficulty
,
if
not
impossibility
.
I
have
therefore
invented
a
meanes
,
whereby
in
spite
of
all
the
world
you
shall
enjoy
Callanthia
and
Florella
;
get
mee
presently
without
delay
,
two
paire
of
gloves
,
rich
and
costly
,
such
as
you
thinke
may
fit
their
hands
,
these
will
I
so
charme
with
magicke
spells
,
and
forcible
incantations
,
that
whosoever
drawes
them
on
,
shall
suddainely
fall
into
so
deepe
a
sleepe
,
that
all
signe
of
life
shall
bee
extinguished
in
them
,
till
they
are
pull'd
off
againe
.
These
inchanted
gloves
,
shall
one
of
you
in
some
disguise
,
present
to
the
two
wenches
,
as
from
their
sweet-hearts
(
but
see
you
choose
your
time
wisely
,
that
you
bee
not
intrapped
in
your
owne
subtility
)
which
they
shall
no
sooner
have
pull'd
on
,
but
drowsie
sleep
will
take
possession
on
their
eyes
,
and
then
I
hope
I
shall
not
need
to
instruct
you
how
you
should
use
them
:
this
(
if
you
play
your
parts
as
well
as
I
will
mine
)
cannot
choose
but
bee
a
plot
thriving
and
fortunate
.
This
plot
was
so
pleasing
to
the
nephewes
,
that
thanking
their
aunt
exceedingly
for
her
good
counsell
,
they
presently
fetch
't
the
gloves
,
with
which
the
devill
and
shee
wrought
so
throughly
,
that
somnivolent
power
,
was
transfused
into
them
;
which
was
no
sooner
done
,
but
Hormisda
having
by
diligent
inquiry
,
found
a
time
when
the
two
lovers
were
at
their
owne
castle
,
in
the
disguise
of
a
serving-man
,
went
to
present
their
giftes
to
the
beauteous
sisters
.
Fortune
so
favoured
him
,
that
he
found
them
walking
together
,
all
alone
,
in
a
little
grove
,
which
as
it
was
out
of
sight
of
their
fathers
house
,
yet
was
it
within
hearing
,
and
therefore
they
feared
no
treachery
there
,
the
false
Hormisda
,
finding
them
so
conveniently
,
applauding
highly
his
good
fortune
,
went
boldly
to
them
,
and
with
an
humble
reverence
,
presented
them
with
the
gloves
,
with
these
speeches
.
My
noble
masters
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
,
humbly
kisse
the
hands
of
their
beauteous
mistresses
,
and
by
mee
their
servant
,
present
your
Ladyships
with
these
gloves
,
though
farre
too
meane
to
be
worne
upon
such
delicate
handes
,
earnestly
requesting
you
,
to
pardon
their
whole
dayes
absence
,
from
your
wish't
presence
:
protesting
it
hath
beene
,
as
a
tedious
winter
of
perpetuall
frost
,
to
bee
kept
so
long
from
the
comfortable
sunne
of
your
faire
beauties
,
such
is
the
urgency
of
their
present
businesse
,
that
they
must
of
necessity
endure
this
torment
,
till
to
morrow
morning
,
and
then
they
will
delay
no
longer
,
to
tender
you
their
service
,
in
the
meane
time
,
not
to
bee
thought
altogether
unmindefull
of
you
,
they
have
sent
me
their
unskillfull
messenger
,
to
make
their
excuse
:
but
least
my
unlikely
presence
,
might
worke
no
beleife
in
your
easie
nature
,
they
have
intrusted
mee
with
the
delivery
of
these
gloves
,
as
an
instance
that
I
came
from
them
,
kissing
them
before
they
parted
with
them
,
and
desiring
you
to
put
them
on
,
that
those
gloves
that
kist
their
lips
,
might
bee
so
happy
as
to
kisse
your
hands
.
The
gentlewomen
,
could
not
choose
but
smile
to
see
,
with
what
a
shamefac't
bashfulnesse
,
the
fellow
delivered
his
message
,
as
seeming
to
bee
an
unskillfull
rhetorician
in
the
art
of
love
;
and
therefore
taking
the
gloves
of
him
,
they
bade
him
returne
their
thankes
to
their
masters
,
and
tell
them
,
that
had
they
not
sent
a
good
oratour
to
make
their
way
,
they
should
surely
have
beene
well
chidden
for
their
negligence
,
but
now
they
would
pardon
them
,
if
they
would
keep
their
words
,
and
not
faile
to
see
them
on
the
morrow
,
and
therewith
they
drew
on
the
gloves
,
which
were
so
fit
for
them
,
that
they
much
commended
their
skill
in
choosing
them
,
the
transformed
servingman
,
having
done
his
message
,
humbly
taking
his
leave
,
told
them
hee
would
carry
their
answers
to
his
masters
.
Hee
had
not
gone
farre
,
but
looking
behinde
him
,
hee
might
perceive
them
to
bee
laid
downe
on
the
grasse
,
the
vertue
of
the
charme
having
so
wrought
on
them
,
that
they
were
not
able
to
goe
any
further
,
and
therefore
yeelding
to
necessitie
,
they
laid
them
downe
:
which
hee
well
seeing
,
call'd
forth
his
aunt
&
brother
,
(
who
stood
not
farre
off
in
a
thicket
)
requiring
their
aide
to
beare
them
away
,
but
the
wretched
Audriana
,
excellently
well
skill'd
in
mischeife
,
feeling
their
breath
and
pulse
,
and
perceiving
all
to
bee
quiet
as
shee
wished
,
stayed
them
with
this
gracious
counsell
.
Rash
beginnings
(
nephewes
)
make
as
untoward
an
ending
,
and
a
hasty
bitch
you
know
brings
but
blinde
puppies
:
wise
men
should
consider
of
their
actions
,
before
they
undertake
them
,
and
see
what
successe
or
feare
of
danger
they
carry
with
them
,
and
not
runne
headlong
on
without
discretion
,
as
if
fortune
must
needes
favour
you
,
howsoever
you
order
your
proceedings
.
I
speake
this
(
nephewes
)
as
taxing
your
overhasty
forwardnesse
,
in
a
matter
of
so
great
moment
;
for
what
could
you
get
by
thus
conveying
them
away
,
but
an
assured
destruction
?
for
you
would
bee
the
first
that
would
bee
suspected
for
stealing
them
,
as
having
done
it
before
:
therefore
my
counsell
is
,
that
you
stay
till
they
are
buried
,
and
then
you
may
at
pleasure
take
them
out
of
the
tombe
,
and
use
them
without
suspition
;
besides
,
how
would
my
heart
leape
within
mee
,
if
wee
could
by
some
quaint
meanes
,
accuse
their
sweethearts
of
their
death
,
and
bring
them
to
death
for
it
.
O
it
would
make
mee
young
againe
,
which
mee
thinkes
were
easie
to
bee
brought
o
passe
,
would
you
follow
my
counsell
,
and
behave
your selves
resolutely
&
like
men
!
Not
far
off
the
two
lovers
are
coming
hitherwards
,
I
descried
them
now
against
they
come
hither
,
goe
you
and
raise
the
officers
and
the
people
to
apprehend
them
,
as
guilty
of
poysoning
them
,
which
you
must
constantly
avouch
;
as
for
my selfe
I
will
not
bee
seene
in
it
,
that
it
may
carry
the
more
shew
of
truth
,
and
when
they
come
to
see
their
sweete-heartes
,
they
shall
not
onely
finde
them
(
as
they
will
suppose
)
dead
,
but
also
they
shall
bee
apprehended
,
arraigned
,
condemned
,
and
executed
for
their
deathes
,
whilest
you
two
,
void
of
all
manner
of
feare
,
may
freely
injoy
the
sweet
imbraces
of
your
loves
,
and
I
may
fat
my selfe
with
joy
for
the
happy
overthrow
of
two
such
couples
.
This
counsell
was
so
well
liked
,
that
it
was
presently
put
in
practise
,
for
the
two
brothers
perceiving
the
gentlemen
to
bee
neere
at
hand
,
ranne
in
all
haste
to
the
towne
,
with
a
loud
outcry
,
strongly
accusing
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
,
for
the
poysoning
of
Callanthia
and
Florella
,
which
they
constantly
avouched
themselves
to
have
seene
,
as
they
went
that
way
by
chance
;
this
strange
accident
amazed
all
men
,
especially
such
as
knew
the
persons
that
were
so
taxed
,
yet
their
constant
accusation
of
them
,
upon
their
owne
knowledge
,
moved
a
beleife
in
them
,
yet
mixt
with
admiration
for
so
rare
a
chance
:
officers
therefore
and
a
guard
being
appointed
,
then
they
went
directly
to
the
place
where
they
found
the
two
gentlemen
,
and
old
Clidamas
(
whom
their
outcry
had
called
forth
)
wofully
lamenting
the
losse
of
two
such
excellent
creatures
,
blaming
the
crueltie
of
death
and
fortune
,
for
crossing
so
happy
a
marriage
,
as
would
have
beene
in
the
conjunction
of
so
excellent
paires
:
seldome
is
it
seene
,
that
greife
goes
alone
,
but
commonly
one
falls
upon
the
neck
of
another
,
and
so
it
was
here
,
for
the
guard
upon
the
sight
of
the
Gentlemen
,
presently
apprehended
them
on
suspition
of
murder
,
for
poisoning
the
two
gentlewomen
:
which
Hormisda
and
Polipus
(
being
disguised
)
constantly
maintained
to
bee
true
,
as
having
themselves
seene
the
deede
done
.
This
was
strange
newes
to
the
distracted
lovers
,
and
as
strange
it
was
to
old
Clidamas
,
for
though
hee
was
strongly
perswaded
of
the
integritie
,
and
vertue
of
his
sonnes
,
and
knew
by
experience
,
that
they
lov'd
his
daughters
exceedingly
,
yet
the
unmov'd
gesture
of
the
accusers
,
his
ignorance
of
them
,
as
not
knowing
them
,
made
him
wonder
,
yet
could
hee
not
bee
perswaded
;
but
that
they
were
false
,
and
therefore
he
told
the
officers
,
that
they
were
mistaken
,
and
tooke
wrong
persons
,
that
the
accusers
eyes
had
deceived
them
,
taking
one
for
another
,
that
the
gentlemen
and
his
daughters
were
contracted
together
,
and
within
three
or
foure
dayes
should
have
beene
married
,
had
not
this
untimely
chance
hapned
,
and
therefore
it
was
not
to
bee
credited
,
that
they
should
so
sudainely
bee
changed
from
dying
for
their
loves
,
if
it
should
have
beene
denied
them
,
to
flat
poysoning
them
,
which
could
not
be
done
but
for
a
mortall
hate
:
but
all
would
not
doe
,
for
the
accusers
were
instant
and
urge
their
assertion
;
and
the
officers
beleeved
,
and
therefore
without
any
more
reply
,
they
carried
them
away
to
Palermo
to
prison
,
yet
before
they
went
,
they
desired
Clidamas
not
to
beleeve
any
such
report
,
protesting
that
they
were
,
as
cleare
of
the
fact
,
as
they
were
grieved
for
the
losse
of
their
espoused
wives
:
requesting
moreover
,
that
he
would
for
their
sakes
,
whom
ever
he
had
affected
,
keepe
the
bodies
unburial
,
till
the
truth
of
the
whole
matter
,
should
bee
made
manifest
,
this
he
promised
to
performe
,
so
with
teares
on
eitherside
,
they
departed
,
they
to
prison
,
and
hee
home
,
with
his
supposed
dead
daughters
to
his
owne
house
.
The
day
of
triall
was
within
two
dayes
after
,
which
being
come
,
and
the
Iudges
seated
according
to
the
custome
,
the
prisoners
were
placed
at
the
barre
,
where
pleading
not
guilty
,
and
putting
themselves
to
the
triall
of
the
law
,
the
accusers
were
commanded
to
stand
forth
and
speake
,
whereupon
,
Hormisda
stood
forth
,
and
spake
thus
.
It
may
seeme
a
strange
matter
(
reverent
Iudges
)
for
us
,
that
are
meere
strangers
in
this
place
,
to
accuse
them
of
such
eminent
note
as
these
two
are
reported
to
bee
,
and
of
a
crime
so
monstrous
and
hainous
,
but
our
consciences
told
us
,
that
if
wee
kept
such
a
deed
of
darkenesse
privy
to
our selves
,
wee
should
make
our selves
also
guilty
of
the
fact
,
and
therefore
wee
thought
it
better
to
accuse
them
,
then
to
carry
about
with
our selves
the
tedious
gripings
of
a
guilty
conscience
;
for
alas
,
what
else
would
it
have
benefited
us
,
to
have
them
perish
?
they
being
men
so
farre
from
doing
us
any
injury
,
that
I
know
not
whether
wee
have
seene
them
heretofore
or
no
,
and
therefore
farre
bee
it
from
you
,
to
imagine
that
wee
should
accuse
them
out
of
spleene
or
anger
,
whom
now
first
of
all
wee
know
:
and
I
would
to
God
it
had
not
beene
our
hap
so
to
have
knowne
them
,
then
should
we
perchance
have
beene
safer
,
and
avoided
the
envy
of
the
over-affectionate
multitude
,
for
accusing
them
great
in
their
favour
:
for
you
are
not
ignorant
my
Lordes
,
what
a
burthen
we
have
brought
upon
our selves
,
wee
incurre
the
malice
of
the
people
,
what
more
violent
?
we
adventure
rude
and
simple
,
against
men
of
excellent
eloquence
and
attracting
rhetorick
,
and
what
more
hopelesse
?
we
undergoe
the
sharp
censure
of
the
law
,
if
wee
should
bee
overthrowne
,
and
what
more
dangerous
?
yet
such
is
our
setled
confidence
,
in
the
justice
of
our
owne
cause
,
&
the
trust
we
have
in
your
uprightnesse
,
that
wee
dare
adventure
all
these
,
and
as
many
more
,
in
the
discharging
our
soules
of
so
heavy
a
weight
,
as
the
concealing
of
so
impious
a
murder
May
it
please
your
Lordships
,
therefore
to
understand
,
that
upon
the
day
of
this
bloody
deed
,
my
friend
here
and
my selfe
,
travailing
towards
Palermo
,
and
passing
through
a
little
grove
,
suddainely
heard
a
cry
,
and
the
neerer
we
appoached
to
it
,
the
more
perfectly
we
perceived
it
to
be
a
womans
voice
,
and
therefore
making
hast
,
wee
might
sometimes
by
fits
,
hear
these
or
some
like
speeches
,
as
gentle
loves
have
pitty
on
us
,
bee
not
so
unmercifull
,
to
staine
your
faire
hands
,
in
our
innocent
bloods
,
these
words
made
us
mend
our
pace
,
to
see
if
wee
could
(
as
manhood
willed
us
)
save
the
lives
of
the
women
,
from
such
bloody
butchers
;
wee
were
no
sooner
come
into
sight
,
but
wee
might
behold
,
the
two
gentlewomen
(
that
are
now
dead
)
kneeling
at
the
feet
of
these
two
,
(
men
I
cannot
call
them
)
who
with
their
daggers
in
one
hand
,
and
a
cup
of
poison
in
the
other
,
stood
over
them
with
menacing
looks
and
threatning
gesture
,
offring
them
deadly
poison
,
or
they
should
feele
the
sharpnesse
of
their
merciles
daggers
,
which
we
seeing
,
presently
cried
out
to
them
to
hold
their
hands
,
and
desist
from
so
unmercifull
a
deed
,
withall
with
our
swords
drawne
offring
to
inforce
them
,
if
they
would
not
give
over
,
but
they
(
as
we
then
proved
,
and
since
have
heard
)
being
men
approved
in
warre
and
fights
,
presently
grew
too
hard
for
us
,
&
would
have
charmed
our
tongues
for
ever
babling
,
if
our
legs
had
beene
no
better
than
our
hands
:
but
the
Gods
bee
thanked
wee
outranne
them
,
and
so
saved
our selves
,
they
had
no
sooner
chased
us
,
but
they
returned
againe
to
their
former
businesse
;
wee
being
now
safe
from
their
swordes
,
willing
to
save
the
Gentlewomen
,
and
yet
not
daring
to
come
into
their
sight
any
more
,
resolved
that
my
friend
should
runne
to
the
towne
to
fetch
helpe
,
whil'st
I
getting
as
nere
as
I
could
,
observed
their
actions
:
so
wee
parted
,
and
I
closely
creeping
along
a
banke
,
came
within
hearing
of
them
,
when
I
might
heare
one
of
the
Gentlewomen
,
thus
speake
.
Alas
deare
love
!
what
chance
hath
so
suddainely
converted
thy
earnest
love
,
to
so
deadly
hate
?
what
hath
poore
Callanthia
done
,
to
incite
Cleanthes
to
this
tyranny
?
alas
my
love
,
tell
mee
my
fault
,
that
before
I
dye
(
if
I
must
needes
dye
)
I
may
repent
me
of
it
if
I
can
,
if
not
,
I
may
the
more
willingly
receive
my
death
,
as
having
done
a
fault
which
Cleanthes
cannot
forgive
,
To
which
,
hee
made
this
answer
,
Plague
of
my
heart
(
said
hee
)
thy
life
is
the
onely
fault
that
I
finde
in
thee
,
and
of
that
I
would
faine
purge
thee
,
either
by
this
precious
potion
,
or
letting
thee
blood
with
this
daggers
point
,
and
why
is
my
life
become
a
fault
(
said
shee
?
)
because
whilest
I
live
(
said
hee
)
I
shall
never
bee
happy
,
for
mine
eyes
have
beheld
so
tempting
a
beauty
,
that
I
am
dead
till
thy
death
release
mee
of
that
fond
contract
,
that
formerly
I
made
with
thee
.
Nay
then
t
is
time
that
I
were
dead
,
(
said
she
)
that
am
a
hinderer
of
Cleanthes
happinesse
,
and
is
this
your
doome
too
(
said
the
other
gentlewoman
to
her
false
friend
)
it
is
(
said
hee
)
and
therefore
dispatch
,
and
either
drinke
this
poyson
,
or
feele
the
sharpnesse
of
my
daggers
point
,
and
therewith
they
thrust
the
cups
to
their
mouthes
,
holding
their
daggers
at
their
breasts
,
but
the
poore
gentlewomen
not
knowing
which
to
choose
,
and
inforced
to
choose
one
;
dranke
the
poyson
,
and
so
died
:
oft
did
my
heart
bid
mee
to
goe
and
rescue
,
yet
I
durst
not
adventure
mine
own
life
to
save
an
others
.
No
sooner
were
the
two
gentlewomen
cold
and
dead
,
but
my
friend
returned
with
officers
from
the
towne
,
but
too
late
,
for
they
were
past
all
helpe
,
the
two
murderers
no
sooner
perceived
them
coming
,
but
thinking
no
body
had
seene
the
deed
done
;
they
fell
upon
the
dead
bodies
,
lamenting
their
deaths
with
many
a
fained
sigh
,
and
many
a
teare
forcibly
wrung
from
their
relentlesse
eyes
.
Thus
my
Lords
you
have
heard
the
truth
of
all
,
which
how
strange
soever
it
seemes
,
yet
if
you
consider
the
force
of
prevailing
lust
,
what
power
it
hath
over
mans
affection
,
it
will
not
seeme
a
thing
impossible
,
for
two
such
youg
men
to
bee
overcome
with
lust
,
and
being
overcome
,
to
be
drawn
by
it
to
worke
such
outrage
.
Consider
my
Lords
,
that
they
which
could
do
such
a
villany
,
could
dissemble
it
,
&
they
that
could
so
well
dissemble
,
can
as
stiffely
deny
the
fact
,
it
being
now
their
onely
safety
;
for
I
do
not
thinke
they
are
so
fond
to
hope
for
mercy
,
after
the
doing
of
an
act
so
foul
,
and
consider
that
when
wee
would
have
saved
them
,
and
could
not
,
wee
doe
now
our
best
indeavours
to
bring
the
actours
to
due
punishment
,
that
such
a
vile
and
inhumane
deed
,
may
not
want
a
deserved
recompence
.
This
hee
spake
with
so
setled
and
unmov'd
a
countenance
,
that
he
possessed
the
hearts
of
the
whole
bench
,
with
a
ful
belief
of
what
he
spake
:
yet
that
the
custome
of
the
law
might
proceed
according
to
the
custome
,
the
prisoners
were
commanded
to
speake
for
themselves
,
what
they
could
,
whereupon
Cleanthes
thus
spake
.
Were
thy
sword
as
valiant
as
thy
tongue
,
I
would
desire
these
Lords
that
the
justice
of
the
cause
might
onely
bee
decided
by
our
swords
,
then
would
I
make
thy
false
tongue
unsay
,
what
it
hath
now
spoken
,
or
send
thy
blacke
soule
to
the
lowest
hell
to
teach
those
lying
spirits
a
new
way
to
falshood
:
but
since
thou
hast
cunningly
confest
thy selfe
too
weake
,
I
scorne
to
offer
thee
a
combat
,
rather
will
I
fight
with
thee
at
thine
owne
weapon
;
and
though
my
tongue
bee
not
so
voluble
as
thine
,
yet
shall
thee
pure
sincerity
of
my
hearty
innocence
,
out
ballance
the
faire
colours
of
thy
slanderous
rhetoricke
.
What
ere
thou
art
,
thou
art
as
farre
from
my
knowledge
,
as
thy
spotted
soule
is
from
goodnesse
,
onely
I
know
thee
to
bee
false
and
wretched
,
hired
it
may
bee
for
some
bribe
,
to
accuse
innocent
men
,
or
if
thou
dost
it
of
thy selfe
,
thou
art
so
farre
below
mee
,
that
I
cannot
imagine
an
occasion
why
thou
shouldest
doe
it
,
nor
know
I
how
to
answer
thee
as
thou
deservest
.
To
answer
to
his
accusation
with
an
absolute
negation
,
(
though
it
were
sufficient
in
respect
of
the
clearnesse
of
our
consciences
)
yet
in
respect
of
your
satisfaction
(
worthie
Lordes
)
it
might
seeme
lame
,
as
wanting
due
proofes
to
make
it
goe
upright
.
To
answer
therefore
,
to
this
false
accusation
,
I
absolutely
deny
it
to
be
false
,
for
consider
reverent
Iudges
,
the
persons
accusing
,
men
of
no
note
,
insomuch
that
I
think
there
is
no
man
in
this
whole
assembly
,
that
hath
any
knowledge
of
them
,
so
that
for
ought
I
or
any
man
else
know
,
they
may
bee
men
of
so
wicked
conversation
,
that
they
are
not
to
bee
beleeved
,
but
of
that
I
am
not
now
to
dispute
,
next
consider
my
Lordes
the
persons
accused
,
men
(
that
if
it
may
bee
lawfull
for
us
to
speake
in
our
owne
praise
)
have
also
been
reputed
vertuous
and
honest
,
never
before
tainted
with
the
least
crime
,
but
esteemed
among
the
best
and
most
vertuous
people
of
this
countrey
,
and
among
them
not
as
the
underlings
of
all
,
but
as
men
of
cheife
note
and
reckoning
,
but
that
is
not
now
to
availe
us
,
for
wee
are
accused
,
and
these
are
our
accusers
,
but
of
what
doe
they
accuse
us
?
of
the
deathes
of
Callanthia
and
Florella
,
good
Gods
!
how
miserable
are
wee
two
of
a
suddaine
become
,
not
onely
to
be
deprived
of
the
lives
of
our
lifes
,
our
dearest
spouses
,
but
to
bee
also
accused
as
men
so
voide
of
grace
and
pitty
,
nay
of
valour
and
manly
constancy
,
as
not
onely
on
a
suddaine
to
hate
,
but
also
so
cruelly
to
murder
those
our
so
deare
spouses
,
good
Gods
what
should
I
say
if
this
be
beleeved
!
who
shall
bee
free
from
slanderous
accusations
?
whom
will
not
desperate
villains
for
gaine
or
malice
dare
to
accuse
?
if
it
bee
beleeved
that
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
were
the
deaths
of
Callanthia
and
Florella
,
who
will
not
feare
to
love
,
least
his
love
should
miscarry
,
and
hee
bee
condemned
for
the
fault
,
for
were
they
not
our
dearest
treasures
?
could
wee
live
one
day
from
their
sight
?
were
they
not
our selves
?
and
how
say
you
then
?
that
Callanthia
kneeled
at
Cleanthes
his
feete
,
begging
for
mercy
and
could
not
obtaine
it
:
as
if
Cleanthes
should
have
sought
for
pitty
from
himselfe
,
and
been
denied
it
,
how
say
you
that
Cleanthes
preferred
the
beauty
of
another
before
Callanthia's
,
as
if
Cleanthes
should
love
any
ones
face
more
then
his
owne
,
how
will
you
perswade
that
Cleanthes
should
poyson
Callanthia
,
as
if
Cleanthes
should
bee
drawn
to
poison
himselfe
,
and
how
will
you
make
any
one
believe
,
that
Polydore
was
of
that
minde
too
,
as
if
Polydore
should
bee
as
madde
as
Cleanthes
to
poyson
himselfe
,
if
you
can
believe
this
?
what
will
you
not
believe
?
or
if
you
will
not
believe
this
to
bee
false
?
I
can
onely
foresee
what
will
follow
,
but
know
not
how
to
avoide
:
for
wee
can
say
no
more
in
our
defence
then
this
,
that
none
loved
any
better
then
wee
did
them
,
and
therefore
none
so
unlikely
as
wee
to
murder
them
.
This
speech
though
it
were
in
it self
true
;
and
bred
a
like
working
in
the
hearts
of
many
,
yet
weighed
with
the
others
vehement
asseverations
,
and
reproofes
,
it
seemed
of
small
force
to
them
that
were
of
indifferent
affection
to
either
,
which
the
Iudges
pondring
and
overwaighing
of
the
plaintiffes
truth
,
hee
proceeded
to
sentence
in
this
manner
.
It
is
a
hard
matter
in
so
difficult
a
cause
,
to
give
a
right
sentence
,
it
is
therefore
the
duty
of
the
accusers
,
to
bring
in
a
true
evidence
,
else
it
will
redound
to
their
owne
shame
and
ignominy
:
consider
therefore
,
you
that
are
the
plaintiffes
,
that
if
you
falsly
accuse
these
gentlemen
,
their
blouds
will
bee
required
at
your
hands
,
and
you
shall
dearely
pay
for
it
,
you
also
that
are
heere
accused
,
if
you
bee
guilty
of
the
crime
?
I
would
advise
you
openly
to
confesse
it
,
and
disburthen
your
soules
of
so
cumbersome
a
trouble
,
as
I
know
the
smoothering
of
such
a
sinne
will
bee
,
but
if
you
know
your selves
innocent
?
you
shall
bee
sure
of
an
unspeakeable
joy
at
your
deathes
,
and
that
is
all
the
comfort
I
can
give
:
for
wee
have
not
eyes
that
can
pierce
into
the
bottomes
of
mens
hearts
,
wee
are
to
judge
by
the
outward
appearance
,
and
●ccording
to
the
evidence
that
is
brought
against
you
,
now
therefore
considering
,
your
accusers
,
doe
heere
accuse
you
of
this
murder
,
not
by
meere
probability
,
by
plaine
demonstration
,
as
having
themselves
seene
the
deed
done
,
which
you
doe
not
cleare
your selfe
off
,
but
onely
by
certaine
likelihoods
,
as
how
unlikely
it
is
for
men
of
your
ranke
and
quality
,
to
doe
such
mischeifes
to
persons
whom
you
so
dearly
affected
,
indeed
it
is
something
unlikely
,
but
not
a
matter
of
impossibility
,
and
therefore
hearing
what
either
side
hath
or
can
say
,
I
thinke
it
the
safest
way
to
judge
according
to
the
great
appearance
of
truth
.
Since
therefore
,
you
two
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
,
have
beene
here
accused
,
arraigned
,
and
convicted
,
of
the
murder
of
Callanthia
and
Florella
,
I
then
pronounce
your
sentence
,
that
you
be
had
from
hence
,
to
the
great
market
place
,
and
there
a
scaffold
being
erected
,
you
shall
upon
it
lose
your
heades
,
and
the
Gods
shew
mercy
on
your
soules
.
The
sentence
was
forthwith
put
in
execution
,
for
a
scaffold
being
errected
in
the
market
place
,
the
two
condemned
gentlemen
(
with
a
sufficient
guard
)
were
brought
unto
it
,
where
being
mounted
up
,
they
desired
the
officer
that
was
appointed
to
see
the
execution
done
,
that
hee
would
grant
them
so
much
respite
,
till
they
might
send
to
the
house
of
old
Clidamas
,
to
bring
thither
the
bodies
of
his
dead
daughters
,
that
they
might
take
their
last
farewell
of
them
:
to
this
the
officer
willingly
consented
,
and
one
was
sent
to
fetch
them
.
Old
Clidamas
,
who
all
this
time
had
kept
his
house
,
as
in
suspence
what
should
become
of
his
two
friendes
,
now
that
hee
heard
of
their
condemnation
,
and
the
message
they
had
sent
unto
him
,
rising
up
and
saying
nothing
but
,
O
justice
,
how
are
thy
blinde
eyes
abused
!
hee
tooke
the
dead
bodies
,
and
laid
them
both
upon
one
beere
,
apparrelled
still
as
they
were
at
first
,
and
with
them
went
to
the
city
,
and
coming
to
the
scaffold
,
and
taking
his
friendes
about
the
neckes
,
it
was
a
good
while
ere
teares
would
let
him
speake
,
at
last
speech
made
an
eruption
to
this
purpose
.
How
is
it
,
O
yee
Gods
!
that
yee
have
no
way
to
defend
the
innocent
?
must
it
needes
bee
that
a
guiltlesse
life
must
be
lost
for
a
deed
that
some
other
blondy
villaine
hath
committed
?
if
it
be
so
then
?
at
least
grant
me
this
boone
,
that
the
truth
of
this
mistery
,
may
at
one
time
or
other
be
more
evidently
knowne
to
all
the
world
,
that
though
they
lose
their
lives
,
yet
their
fames
may
live
in
everlasting
memory
:
for
thinkes
my
deare
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
that
I
beleeve
this
accusation
?
no
,
no
,
my
heart
is
as
free
from
any
such
suspicion
,
as
your
hands
and
hearts
I
know
were
farre
from
doing
a
deede
so
misbecoming
you
,
and
may
your
soules
take
as
much
comfort
after
death
,
as
mine
is
farre
from
thinking
any
harme
in
you
.
These
words
were
spoken
by
him
so
affectionately
,
that
it
mov'd
all
his
hearers
to
pitty
and
compassion
,
but
the
gentlemen
with
undaunted
hearts
,
testifying
that
his
thoughts
did
not
deceive
him
,
thanked
him
for
his
good
opinion
of
them
,
nothing
doubting
but
time
would
make
it
more
cleare
to
bee
a
truth
infallible
.
And
therewith
they
went
to
take
their
last
leaves
of
their
dead
mistresses
,
and
therefore
approaching
neere
the
beere
,
&
discovering
their
faces
(
which
death
could
not
rob
of
those
innate
perfections
,
that
liberall
nature
had
bestowed
on
them
in
their
births
,
Cleanthes
(
while
Polydore
did
the
like
to
Florella
)
tooke
his
farewell
of
his
senselesse
Callanthia
in
these
laments
.
Could
that
dead
tongue
of
thine
,
(
O
lovely
corpes
of
my
once
deare
Callanthia
)
relate
the
story
of
thine
owne
destruction
I
know
it
would
pronounce
mee
as
guiltlesse
of
thy
death
,
as
thou
in
death
art
beautifull
,
but
since
it
hath
so
pleased
the
Gods
,
that
those
pleasing
oracles
are
silenc't
,
by
whose
mischievous
hands
I
know
not
,
let
thy
soule
freely
pardon
thy
Cleanthes
,
for
leaving
thee
alone
when
this
wretched
deede
was
done
,
which
else
my
presence
might
have
prevented
,
and
therefore
have
the
Gods
laid
this
just
plague
up-mee
,
and
I
acknowledge
my selfe
,
worthily
to
indure
this
shame
for
such
a
negligence
.
Yet
I
beseech
thee
by
those
chaste
kisses
that
oft
have
past
betweene
us
,
by
those
firme
troth-plights
,
which
have
unfeignedly
beene
registred
in
the
bookes
of
our
true
hearts
,
pardon
mee
this
fault
,
that
when
our
two
soules
shall
meete
in
the
happy
shade
of
faire
Elysium
,
mine
may
not
be
chidden
away
from
thine
,
but
wee
may
with
eternity
of
joy
,
renew
those
loves
never
to
have
ending
there
,
which
here
are
abnoxious
to
so
many
casualties
,
that
wee
may
sit
together
hand
in
hand
,
and
with
a
fulnesse
of
joy
,
recount
the
laborinth
of
our
haplesse
love
.
In
the
meane
time
,
O
give
mee
leave
to
dew
thy
cold
hands
,
with
these
warme
drops
of
love
,
the
onely
tribute
of
my
dying
constancy
,
and
therewith
he
pull'd
of
her
gloves
,
and
putting
her
hands
to
his
eies
moistned
them
with
his
true
teares
,
and
thus
proceeded
:
now
may
you
close
your selves
in
peace
my
happy
eyes
,
having
imbalm'd
those
precious
hands
of
hers
,
that
inrich't
every
thing
that
touch't
her
:
and
you
pale
lips
of
my
Callanthia
,
O
give
me
leave
to
kisse
you
,
and
though
I
expect
not
the
like
comfort
from
you
,
that
I
was
wont
to
have
,
when
(
like
a
bold
theefe
)
I
have
stolen
that
odoriferous
breath
,
silently
creeping
through
your
ruby
doores
,
whilst
mine
eyes
were
gazing
in
hers
,
to
see
if
they
perceived
me
,
yet
let
mee
take
of
you
the
last
kisse
that
I
am
likely
ever
to
take
from
you
;
and
therewith
laying
his
lippes
to
hers
,
hee
might
sensibly
perceive
the
warme
breath
come
stealing
forth
,
whereat
not
a
little
amazed
,
hee
felt
againe
,
and
still
hee
felt
it
more
fresh
and
warme
,
therefore
calling
suddainely
to
old
Clidamas
,
hee
bade
try
if
he
could
feele
nothing
.
By
this
time
the
charme
being
remov'd
,
the
vitall
spirits
became
to
get
the
mastry
over
drowsie
sleepe
,
and
she
began
to
open
the
faire
windowes
of
her
eyes
:
when
looking
round
about
her
,
not
knowing
where
she
was
,
or
how
she
came
thither
,
seeing
her
father
by
her
almost
distracted
with
amazement
,
and
her
lover
standing
bound
before
her
,
and
herselfe
lying
dead
,
so
the
wonder
had
almost
made
her
to
dye
in
earnest
,
that
was
before
but
dead
in
shew
.
You
may
better
imagine
(
gentle
reader
)
then
I
can
any
way
expresse
the
overflow
of
joy
,
that
was
then
on
all
sides
,
but
stil
the
wonder
remained
,
when
the
gentlewomen
being
asked
,
how
shee
came
into
that
case
?
could
answer
nothing
,
but
that
on
such
a
day
,
a
servant
of
Cleanthes
and
Polydore
brought
to
either
of
them
a
paire
of
gloves
,
which
they
had
no
sooner
put
on
,
but
they
fell
asleepe
,
but
what
hapned
since
,
they
knew
not
,
this
was
as
strange
as
the
rest
to
the
two
gentlemen
,
neither
could
they
imagine
who
it
should
be
,
that
should
deliver
such
a
present
in
their
names
,
yet
by
her
wordes
gathering
that
the
sleeping
power
lay
in
the
gloves
,
they
went
and
pull'd
off
the
gloves
from
the
hands
of
Florella
,
which
was
no
sooner
done
,
but
shee
also
awaked
,
to
the
no
little
comfort
of
the
father
and
the
lovers
,
and
the
wonderfull
amazement
of
all
the
beholders
.
This
suddaine
accident
hapning
so
contrary
to
their
expectation
,
wrought
as
strange
an
effect
in
Hormisda
and
Polipus
,
for
seeing
the
exceeding
affection
,
and
extreamity
of
joy
these
lovers
welcomed
one
another
with
,
as
if
they
had
been
raised
indeed
from
death
to
life
,
they
presently
turned
from
their
malicions
purposes
,
not
only
resolutely
determining
never
to
use
any
more
waies
to
hinder
their
happinesse
,
but
also
angry
with
themselves
for
having
done
such
a
deed
,
as
denied
them
any
part
in
this
generallity
of
joy
,
and
therefore
that
they
might
testifie
their
penitence
,
by
an
open
cnofession
of
so
open
a
crime
,
they
came
before
them
vpon
the
scaffold
,
and
discovered
themselves
,
and
earnestly
intreated
their
pardons
,
truly
discovering
the
whole
course
of
their
proceedings
,
desiring
them
,
that
as
they
themselves
had
tasted
the
effects
of
love
,
they
would
so
consider
the
like
in
them
,
and
judge
of
them
with
what
lenity
and
charitie
they
could
,
this
newes
coming
to
the
governours
eare
,
who
presently
coming
to
the
place
,
and
hearing
the
story
related
againe
,
set
the
two
gentlemen
at
liberty
,
and
committed
Hormisda
and
Polipus
,
and
the
mischeivous
Audriana
to
close
prison
,
till
it
should
bee
knowne
what
should
further
bee
done
with
them
.
These
things
being
finished
,
Clidamas
with
his
lovely
company
returned
home
,
and
as
soone
as
the
appointed
day
came
,
the
two
couples
consumated
their
joyes
in
a
happy
marriage
,
all
the
day
was
spent
in
variety
of
delight
and
pleasure
,
and
the
most
part
also
of
the
night
,
which
being
ended
,
every
one
prepared
to
bed-ward
,
when
presently
they
were
stayed
by
a
gallant
sound
of
cornets
,
but
we
must
returne
a
while
to
our
Sicilians
on
the
sea
.
So
long
they
sailed
,
till
they
arriued
at
Sicily
,
not
long
before
this
marriage
,
they
went
presently
to
the
governour
,
and
shewing
their
letters
,
they
were
according
as
their
dignitie
required
,
entertained
with
him
,
they
stayed
till
they
had
learned
as
much
as
they
desired
,
wherefore
hearing
their
father
lived
,
and
their
sisters
were
shortly
to
bee
married
to
such
worthy
men
,
they
determined
to
reveale
themselves
at
the
wedding
in
some
gratefull
manner
,
for
which
purpose
they
thought
a
masque
to
bee
the
fittest
meanes
,
and
therefore
discovering
to
the
governour
what
they
were
,
and
their
whole
determination
,
they
requested
him
to
furnish
them
with
gentlemen
fit
for
such
a
businesse
,
which
hee
both
for
their
owne
sakes
,
whome
by
this
little
acquaintance
hee
began
to
affect
,
as
also
for
the
expresse
commandement
of
the
king
to
use
them
nobly
,
as
also
for
his
own
liking
of
the
plot
performed
accordingly
.
In
the
meane
time
,
divers
firme
reports
had
beene
brought
to
the
governour
,
by
the
keepers
of
the
prison
,
that
Hormisda
and
Polipus
were
wonderfull
penitent
for
their
former
offences
,
never
ceasing
night
and
day
to
punish
themselves
,
with
abstinence
and
teares
,
so
that
it
was
wonderfull
to
see
those
men
,
that
were
but
a
little
before
,
so
obdurate
in
wickednesse
,
to
be
now
so
penitent
for
their
obduratenesse
.
These
newes
made
the
Governor
much
compassionate
them
,
and
considering
that
their
fact
,
howsoever
heinous
,
could
not
in
law
finde
with
death
,
and
willing
to
nourish
vertue
in
so
good
beginnings
,
and
if
it
might
bee
,
to
beget
a
friendship
betweene
them
and
the
other
,
hee
thought
it
would
not
be
amisse
,
to
prefer
them
to
be
actours
in
the
masque
,
as
knowing
them
to
be
men
not
unskilfull
in
such
qualities
,
and
therefore
first
revealing
his
intents
to
the
brothers
,
who
readily
consented
to
it
,
he
sent
for
them
,
and
told
them
of
his
determination
,
which
they
with
a
multitude
of
thanke
embraced
,
as
a
most
gracious
favour
.
Every
thing
being
prepared
for
the
purpose
,
they
came
into
the
bride-house
,
with
a
noise
of
cornets
in
this
maner
.
First
entered
,
bearing
torches
four
water-nimphs
in
long
garments
of
blue
silk
,
fringed
with
silver
,
&
wrought
about
the
borders
with
green
weeds
growing
in
the
water
,
after
the
followed
Triton
,
in
a
garment
of
silver-plate
,
wrought
like
unto
fishes
scales
,
his
bases
were
of
blue
taffata
powdered
with
scolap-shells
,
on
his
head
he
wore
a
cap
made
after
the
fashion
of
a
scolap-shell
,
the
rest
whereof
was
a
dolphin
,
bearing
the
great
musition
Arion
on
his
back
,
to
shew
that
fish
hath
delight
in
musick
,
in
his
hand
he
carried
a
trumpet
,
made
of
a
rams-horn
,
after
him
came
a
set
of
cornets
,
apparelled
in
scales
,
&
blue
silke
bases
,
after
them
more
torch-bearers
like
the
former
,
after
them
two
pages
,
attired
in
watchet
sattin
,
curiously
embroidered
with
gold
and
pearles
,
upon
their
legs
,
buskins
of
white
spanish
leather
,
spotted
with
gold
,
and
tied
together
with
white
riband
,
between
them
they
bore
a
little
table
,
wherin
was
curiously
painted
the
whole
story
of
the
two
gentlemen
,
from
their
shipwrack
,
to
their
returne
to
Spain
from
Tunis
,
that
which
went
before
as
their
stealing
by
Pirats
they
left
out
,
least
the
thing
might
be
too
soone
knowne
,
and
the
fulnesse
of
joy
might
bee
anticipated
,
after
them
followed
Neptune
in
a
garment
of
sea-green
,
curiously
set
with
rubies
and
diamonds
,
so
that
they
seemed
like
the
shining
of
the
start
,
when
one
beholds
them
in
the
water
,
the
skirts
of
his
garment
was
embroidered
with
white
,
prettily
resembling
the
foame
which
the
sea
makes
,
when
it
meets
with
the
resisting
shore
,
upon
his
head
hoe
wore
a
silver
crescent
,
to
shew
his
obedience
to
that
planet
,
on
his
shoulder
,
he
bare
his
trident
of
silver
,
set
with
saphires
and
jaspires
,
and
others
gems
of
the
the
like
value
,
on
either
side
of
him
came
two
gentlemen
,
alike
attired
in
crimson
velvet
cunningly
embroidered
with
blue
silke
,
in
the
fashion
of
a
net
,
and
here
and
there
intermixed
with
little
fishes
,
in
which
the
workman
had
shewed
such
skill
,
that
as
the
garment
moved
,
the
fishes
seemed
to
dance
and
lea
pin
the
net
,
shewing
the
wearers
to
be
gallant
fishermen
,
and
posing
the
beholders
,
to
judge
whether
the
richnes
of
the
robe
,
or
the
excellency
of
the
worke
were
to
be
prefered
,
after
them
followed
two
sea-gods
,
in
garments
of
skie-coloured
sattin
,
embroidered
with
silver
and
pearl
,
last
of
all
followed
foure
torch-bearers
like
the
former
,
in
this
maner
they
came
into
the
roome
,
where
the
Pages
delivering
up
their
tablet
to
the
brides
The
masquers
prepared
themselves
for
the
first
measure
,
which
was
performed
in
most
exquisite
maner
to
the
sound
of
cornets
,
that
being
done
certaine
loose
dances
passed
betweene
the
masquers
and
the
gentlewomen
,
and
they
being
finished
,
they
addrest
themselves
to
the
second
measures
,
at
the
end
whereof
,
sorting
themselves
as
they
were
at
their
entrance
,
Triton
spake
in
this
manner
.
Loe
from
the
watry
bed
of
Amphitrite
,
Neptune
himselfe
comes
to
adorne
this
night
,
Attended
by
his
sea
-
Gods
,
and
relates
,
By
me
his
herald
Triton
,
the
strange
fates
Of
these
two
gallants
,
hither
come
to
know
,
Whether
they
may
be
entertain'd
or
no.
Two
children
erst
stolen
from
the
Italian
shore
Were
shipwrackt
on
the
waters
,
but
before
The
angry
waves
could
bring
relentles
death
.
Neptune
commands
the
Winds
with
gentle
breath
,
To
waft
them
to
the
land
,
where
they
were
found
By
a
poore
fisher
,
walking
on
the
ground
,
Who
kept
them
with
him
,
till
in
tract
of
time
The
King
sent
for
them
,
where
their
youthful
prime
Was
spent
in
vertuous
actions
,
doing
things
Worthy
such
men
,
as
are
observ'd
by
Kings
.
But
after
many
noble
deeds
of
fame
,
They
now
returne
to
Italy
againe
,
But
first
they
came
to
honour
this
faire
night
,
And
beauteous
brides
,
preferring
their
delight
Before
their
private
purposes
,
but
yet
Their
father
here
beholds
them
,
which
may
get
A
milder
censure
for
them
,
but
before
Wee
proceed
further
.
You
whose
aged
boare
Crowns
your
fair
head
with
silver
,
must
be
wrought
To
answer
to
a
question
.
These
have
brought
Neptune
and
wee
to
waite
on
them
tonight
,
Before
they
glad
their
father
with
their
sight
.
The
question
is
,
whether
in
doing
so
,
They
have
deserved
a
reproofe
or
no
?
All
this
while
Clidamas
at
musing
on
the
maner
of
this
story
,
entertaining
thoughts
of
his
lost
sons
,
hee
knew
it
was
not
impossible
for
the
Gods
to
preserve
them
,
&
the
words
of
the
speech
lively
pointed
out
their
history
,
only
their
country
danted
him
,
but
that
he
thought
might
be
a
trick
of
poetry
to
say
one
thing
and
meane
another
,
yet
would
he
not
give
too
much
to
his
fancy
,
least
proving
contrary
,
it
might
prove
to
his
greater
grief
,
and
perceiving
Triton
to
have
finished
with
that
request
,
he
thus
returned
his
answer
,
To
answer
you
in
your
owne
Poetical
straine
,
(
trust
me
gentle
Triton
)
is
more
then
my
tired
braine
can
performe
,
such
fancies
rather
fits
young
heads
,
then
such
frostbitten
trees
as
I
am
,
but
yet
not
to
send
you
away
without
your
answer
,
thus
in
plain
dunstable
prose
I
give
my
verdit
,
that
if
the
gentlemens
father
be
here
in
presence
(
as
you
say
he
is
)
they
do
not
only
deserve
no
reproof
,
but
also
commendations
,
in
choosing
a
time
to
reveale
themselves
in
,
which
will
make
the
fulnesse
of
joy
the
more
,
by
how
much
the
company
of
participators
will
be
greater
.
This
judgment
given
,
they
all
forthwith
unmask't
themselves
,
and
Hormisda
(
who
had
with
his
vizar
put
off
Neptune
)
taking
the
two
gentlemen
in
his
hands
,
came
with
them
before
old
Clidamas
,
and
kneeling
before
him
,
spake
in
his
owne
person
thus
.
I
cannot
blame
you
to
wonder
to
see
us
,
that
were
but
a
little
before
your
deadly
enemies
,
so
rudely
to
presse
into
your
presence
,
but
we
trust
that
as
our
penitent
teares
have
made
our
peace
in
heaven
with
those
powers
above
,
so
this
gift
which
wee
here
present
to
you
,
will
beget
a
friendly
league
of
amity
betweene
us
,
that
were
once
such
mortall
foes
.
Know
then
that
Italy
is
turn'd
to
Sicily
,
and
these
two
Italian
gentlemen
,
are
become
to
be
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
,
the
two
lost
sons
of
Sicilian
Clidamas
,
stolen
in
their
nonage
by
Pyrats
,
and
since
passing
such
fortunes
,
as
they
themselves
can
better
then
I
relate
unto
you
,
and
therefore
if
you
meane
to
stand
to
your
owne
judgment
,
it
is
your
part
to
welcome
,
as
their
wisedome
in
so
fit
a
time
electing
deserveth
.
The
good
old
man
hearing
this
,
and
perceiving
plainly
,
that
his
former
thoughts
proved
true
prophets
of
what
ensued
,
he
arose
presently
&
running
to
them
,
he
caught
them
about
the
neckes
,
crying
out
are
yee
come
,
more
he
would
have
spoke
,
but
his
overflowing
joy
,
breaking
into
whole
flouds
of
teares
,
stopped
his
utterance
,
long
it
was
ere
hee
revived
out
of
this
extasie
,
at
last
remembring
himself
,
and
giving
them
his
blessing
,
hee
turned
to
Hormisda
and
Polipus
,
greatly
rejoycing
at
their
good
conversion
,
&
thanking
them
for
so
gracious
a
present
,
&
entertaining
them
most
willingly
into
his
friendship
,
whil'st
in
the
meane
time
the
new
come
strangers
,
were
welcomed
of
their
sisters
and
their
new
brothers
in
law
,
and
by
course
of
the
whole
assembly
,
a
firme
league
also
of
never
dying
amity
was
concluded
betwixt
the
bridegromes
and
the
two
converted
brothers
,
All
this
joy
was
poison
to
the
envious
Audriana
,
who
seeing
the
good
successe
of
her
enemies
,
and
that
her
nephews
also
had
forsaken
her
,
and
lothed
her
for
her
wickednesse
,
malice
and
envious
spleen
so
wrought
on
her
,
that
of
meere
spite
she
died
,
her
death
was
not
only
not
lamented
of
any
,
but
also
came
as
a
happy
newes
to
the
whole
company
,
especially
to
her
nephewes
,
as
not
knowing
the
strength
of
their
new
resolution
,
if
it
should
bee
battred
by
the
force
of
her
inveterate
malice
.
In
this
fashion
they
lived
together
sometime
,
til
their
urgent
affairs
called
Martuvio
and
Roderigo
to
keep
promise
with
the
king
,
taking
leave
of
father
,
brothers
,
and
sisters
,
and
returning
into
Spaine
,
where
they
lived
in
much
renowne
and
glory
.
Whil'st
old
Clidamas
lived
among
his
sons
and
daughters
,
till
he
saw
himselfe
made
a
grandfather
by
them
,
and
then
paying
his
due
debt
to
extorting
nature
,
he
left
many
weeping
eies
for
his
death
,
and
was
in
much
honour
buried
by
his
sons
in
law
,
who
long
after
with
their
faire
wives
,
lived
in
joy
and
felicity
,
making
of
an
involved
laborinth
of
growing
love
,
a
most
happy
and
fortunate
conclusion
.
FINIS
.