Lucii
Annei
Senecae
Tragedia
prima
quae
inscribitur
Hercules
furens
nuper
recognita
,
&
ab
omnibus
mendis
,
quibus
antea
scatebat
sedulo
purgata
,
&
in
studiosae
inuentutis
vtilitatem
,
in
Anglicum
metrum
tanta
fide
conuersa
,
vt
carmen
pro
carmine
quoad
Anglica
lingua
patiatur
pene
redditum
videas
.
Per
lasperum
Heywodum
Oxoniensem
.
The
first
Tragedie
of
Lucius
Anneus
Seneca
,
intituled
Hercules
furens
,
newly
pervsed
and
of
all
faultes
whereof
it
did
before
abound
diligently
corrected
,
and
for
the
profit
of
young
schollers
so
faithfully
translated
into
English
metre
,
that
ye
may
se
verse
for
verse
tourned
as
farre
as
the
phrase
of
the
english
permitteth
By
Iasper
Heywood
studient
in
Oxford
.
¶
TO
THE
RIGHTE
honorable
Syr
William
Harbert
of
the
honorable
order
of
the
garter
knight
,
Lorde
Harbert
of
Cardyffe
,
Earle
of
Penbrocke
&
one
of
the
Queenes
maiesties
most
honorable
Pryuie
councell
his
daylye
Oratour
Iaspper
Heywood
wissheth
prosperous
health
with
encre●…se
of
honour
and
vertue
.
THe
most
excellent
and
famous
learned
clearke
Erasmus
of
Roterodam
among
so
many
learned
volumes
whiche
he
in
hys
lyfe
tyme
wrote
,
with
such
excellency
,
that
they
yet
do
and
euer
shal
preserue
the
name
and
renowne
of
so
worthye
a
man
,
euen
for
that
onlye
thyng
woon
not
the
least
praise
among
learned
men
,
nor
deserued
least
thanke
of
posteritie
,
that
he
so
well
and
truelye
translated
oute
of
Greeke
into
latin
twoo
tragedies
of
Euripides
,
whereof
the
one
is
named
Hecuba
,
&
the
other
Iphiginia
.
For
as
all
men
that
can
iudge
of
that
work
,
must
needes
highly
commend
him
that
hathe
so
lernedly
done
it
so
muste
all
studientes
of
the
Greeke
tongue
needes
render
him
great
thankes
,
that
hath
opened
them
such
a
gate
therto
When
I
therfore
(
most
honorable
Earle
)
considered
wyth
my selfe
that
suche
a
man
of
whome
the
worlde
yet
after
his
deth
resowndes
,
disdaind
not
sometyme
to
leaue
euen
the
studye
of
the
diuine
scriptures
to
turn
his
pen
a
while
to
the
profite
and
furtherance
of
youth
,
I
thought
it
not
repugnant
to
my
duty
if
I
shold
also
for
a
time
set
a
side
the
bokes
of
old
Philosophers
,
Aristotle
and
Plato
,
and
once
endeuour
to
shew
my selfe
so
louing
to
my
countreye
,
as
to
helpe
for
the
small
talent
that
god
hath
geuen
me
,
to
conduct
by
som
meanes
to
further
vnderstanding
the
vnripened
schollers
of
this
realm
,
to
whom
I
thought
it
shoulde
be
no
lesse
thankful
for
me
to
enterprete
som
latyn
work
into
this
our
owne
tongue
,
then
for
Erafmus
in
Latyn
to
expounde
the
Greeke
,
to
them
that
are
already
good
and
perfite
latinistes
.
Neither
coulde
I
satisfie
my self
,
til
I
had
through
oute
thys
whole
tragedye
of
Seneca
a
graue
and
wise
writer
so
trauailed
that
I
had
in
englysh
geuen
verse
for
verse
,
(
as
far
as
the
englysh
tongue
permitts
)
and
word
for
word
wyth
the
latyn
:
whereby
I
might
both
make
some
tryal
of
my self
,
and
as
it
were
te●…h
the
little
children
to
goe
that
yet
canne
but
creepe
.
Whiche
thing
when
I
had
broughte
to
passe
,
&
fully
finished
thys
little
worke
,
I
thought
with
my self
how
gretly
it
mighte
auail
me
,
to
haue
the
authoritie
of
som
noble
man
,
my
shield
against
the
sting
of
euil
tongs
.
wherfore
when
I
considered
that
your
honor
so
gretly
fauoured
lerning
,
that
ye
vouchsafed
to
send
vnto
the
vniuersitie
of
oxford
,
of
which
I
am
a
membre
,
your
derest
&
eldest
son
my
lord
Henry
whom
I
haue
there
well
knowen
,
and
so
to
trade
him
in
time
of
tender
yeres
,
that
hysriper
age
,
might
bothe
geue
your
honor
cause
to
ioy
in
him
&
vs
to
thank
your
honor
for
him
,
I
haue
presumed
vpon
hope
of
pardon
formi
boldnesse
,
the
rather
for
his
sake
to
dedicate
this
simple
worke
vnto
your
honour
,
as
well
to
signifie
the
poore
good
wyll
of
a
scholler
,
as
also
to
render
to
your
honor
most
humble
thankes
,
that
it
hath
plesed
so
honorable
an
Erle
to
honor
our
vniuersitie
of
Oxforde
,
with
the
presence
of
such
a
yong
lord
so
worthye
a
Gentleman
.
The
whiche
my
attempt
I
truste
your
honour
wil
for
this
the
rather
pardon
,
that
although
this
simple
woorke
,
which
I
here
offer
be
farre
vnworthy
to
be
of
your
honor
receiued
,
yet
is
it
a
meete
gift
for
me
to
present
:
who
as
I
am
a
schol
ler
,
so
can
I
geue
nothing
but
a
schollers
gifte
,
namelye
the
practise
of
my
pen
,
the
which
beseching
your
honour
none
otherwise
to
accept
them
Christ
accepted
the
two
mites
whiche
the
poore
woman
offred
in
the
temple
,
I
end
with
praier
to
hym
,
for
the
prosperous
continuance
and
encrease
ofyour
lordshippes
honorable
estate
and
dignitie
.
FINIS
.
The
Argument
of
this
Tragedy
.
IUno
the
wife
and
sister
of
Iupiter
,
hatyng
his
bastarde
broode
,
cometh
down
from
heauen
,
complaining
of
all
his
iniuries
done
to
her
,
deuising
also
by
what
despite
she
maye
vexe
his
base
sonne
Hercules
.
And
hauyng
by
experience
proued
,
no
toiles
to
be
too
hard
for
him
,
findeth
the
meanes
to
make
his
owne
hand
his
owne
vengeance
.
Hercules
therfore
returning
now
from
hell
(
from
whens
he
was
enioyned
to
fet
Cerberus
.
)
And
findynge
that
the
tyrant
Lycus
had
inuaded
his
countrey
,
destroieth
the
tyrant
.
For
the
which
victorie
as
he
sacrificeth
to
his
goddes
,
wrathefull
Iuno
strikes
him
into
a
sodain
fransy
:
wher
with
he
beynge
sore
vexed
,
thynkyng
to
slea
the
children
and
wife
of
Lycus
,
in
stede
of
them
,
killeth
his
owne
wife
and
children
in
his
madnesse
.
This
doone
he
sleapeth
.
Iuno
restoreth
to
hym
agayne
his
wittes
.
He
beyng
wakte
,
seing
his
wife
and
children
slain
by
his
owne
hande
,
at
laste
also
woulde
kyll
hymselfe
.
¶
The
speakers
.
-
Iuno
-
Chorus
-
Megara
-
Lycus
-
Hercules
-
Theseus
-
Amphitryon
.