ΑΛΕΚΤΟΡ
.
The
Cock
.
Containing
the
first
part
,
of
the
most
excellent
,
and
My-theologicall
Historie
,
of
the
valorous
Squire
Alector
;
Sonne
to
the
Renowned
Prince
Macrobius
Franc-Gal
;
and
to
the
Peerelesse
Princesse
Priscaraxe
,
Queene
of
high
Tartary
.
Though
long
at
length
.
depiction of a cock
A
TRIBVLATIONE
.
Imprinted
at
London
by
Thomas
Orwin
,
and
are
to
bee
solde
by
Edward
White
,
dwelling
by
the
little
North-doore
of
S.
Paules
at
the
signe
of
the
Gun
.
1590.
Amici
cuiusdam
Carmina
in
laudem
operis
.
ADfuit
antiquis
facundia
maxima
linguae
,
Hic
decus
eloquij
;
carminis
alter
habet
.
Tullius
,
Jtaliam
summa
dulcedine
mulsit
;
O
Rhetor
dulci
suauiter
ore
fluens
.
Mantua
,
Virgilium
iactat
,
qui
carmine
dulci
Pascua
descripsit
:
&
Phrigis
arma
viri
.
Hammondum
iactet
,
celebrâtque
Britania
nostrum
;
Cni
,
lepor
in
multa
non
minor
arte
latens
.
Jnsequitur
casùsque
virum
;
seuósque
dolores
;
Permare
,
per
terras
,
deliciásque
diuum
.
Dúmque
sit
eloquij
,
priscorum
Laurea
prima
Fas
erit
Hammondo
,
proxima
quaeque
dare
.
Nec
satis
hoc
Hammonde
,
tibi
?
laus
summa
secundis
?
Proximus
á
primo
,
quisquis
secundus
erit
.
Non
tu
falsa
quidem
metuas
conuitia
vulgi
,
Doctis
nec
satis
est
,
posse
placere
viris
.
Mome
maligne
vale
;
vigeat
,
relegatur
,
ametur
;
Jngenuijque
decus
,
saecula
nulla
tegent
.
A.
S.
Ia
:
Smith
in
praise
of
Alector
.
FIerce
Hercules
resigne
thy
wonted
fame
;
Braue
Hector
,
here
yeeld
vp
thy
high
renowne
;
Achillis
stay
,
and
throw
thine
Armour
downe
;
For
preux
Alector
,
now
must
beare
the
name
Of
valour
,
courage
,
prowës
:
when
all
is
done
:
'T
is
he
alone
,
that
hath
the
garland
wonne
.
Stoope
Pyrrhus
then
,
and
Caesar
strike
thy
sayle
;
Base
Tamburlane
retire
,
and
sound
retrait
:
Not
all
thy
bold
attempts
,
and
conquests
great
.
May
with
Alectors
valour
countervaile
.
For
courage
,
prowës
,
and
deedes
of
cheualree
None
may
the
garland
were
,
but
onely
hee
.
A
Dizain
in
praise
of
the
Booke
.
OF
great
exploits
,
of
mightie
feates
of
armes
;
Of
Heauens
,
of
hell
,
of
doome
,
and
dismall
fates
:
Of
bold
attempts
,
of
murthers
,
hurts
,
and
harmes
;
Of
monsters
rare
,
of
machiuillian
mates
;
Of
wretched
spight
,
of
ouer
mortall
hates
;
Of
diuelish
drugs
,
of
Philtres
,
and
of
charmes
;
Of
countries
strange
,
and
of
their
brutish
states
;
In
briefe
,
who
list
to
read
of
loues
alarmes
?
Let
him
draw
nere
,
this
booke
at
large
imparts
;
Their
seuerall
kinds
,
their
ends
,
and
their
desarts
.
Ia
:
Thornburghe
.
Gent.
The
first
part
,
of
the
most
excellent
and
My-theologicall
Historie
,
of
the
valorous
Knight
Alector
,
Sonne
of
Macrobius
Franç-Gal
,
and
of
the
Queene
Priscaraxe
,
&c.
Of
the
taking
of
Alector
in
the
chamber
of
the
faire
Damosell
Noëmia
Gratian
,
his
inuasion
and
merucilous
defence
,
of
her
slaughter
in
his
armes
,
with
her
taking
,
accusation
,
and
imprisonment
,
and
of
her
sepulcher
&
Epitaph
.
CAP.
I.
The
occasion
of
this
slaughter
appeareth
more
plainly
in
the
3.
Cap.
THE
Pauement
of
white
Marble
in
the
lower
court
of
the
Pallace
of
the
Gratian
Lords
,
and
Citizens
of
Orbe
,
had
changed
the
snowie
hewe
into
sanguilent
red
,
by
the
effusion
of
humaine
blood
;
and
was
couered
in
many
places
with
dead
bodies
lying
round
about
the
valerous
Alector
;
as
the
grasse
abated
by
the
Mower
:
some
being
slaine
out
right
,
and
others
yet
drawing
breath
,
and
yéelding
vp
the
Ghost
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
court
was
all
replenished
with
harnessed
men
,
inforcing
themselues
either
to
take
a
liue
,
or
els
to
slay
the
gentle
Squire
:
who
being
taken
one
morning
by
the
ouer
late
waking
out
of
a
swéete
and
golden
sléepe
,
in
the
chamber
of
the
faier
Noëmia
Gratian
,
and
perceiuing
the
doore
to
bee
broken
vppon
him
,
(
more
for
sauegard
of
the
honor
of
his
Mistresse
,
than
for
feare
,
)
was
lept
downe
out
of
a
windowe
into
the
lower
court
,
clothed
onely
for
haste
in
his
shirt
,
with
a
coate
of
armes
of
Saie
,
with
a
Iassarin
of
cloth
of
Golde
,
and
silke
purple
,
with
a
chaine
of
gold
,
and
a
red
hat
on
his
head
:
the
residue
being
bare
and
naked
,
sauing
with
a
great
and
large
brasen
shield
;
bearing
vpon
gréene
sinople
,
a
Cock
of
gold
eleuant
,
armed
and
spurred
with
gueles
;
and
with
a
faire
,
rich
,
and
most
excellent
sworde
,
whose
refulgent
splendour
died
in
boyling
bloud
,
was
so
terrible
to
his
assaillants
by
the
example
of
the
most
hardie
alreadie
●laine
,
that
they
durst
not
come
nere
him
.
For
his
sworde
was
of
so
fine
and
harde
mettall
,
cutting
and
peircing
like
fire
,
and
in
an
arme
so
mightie
,
that
there
was
no
so
good
armor
which
séemed
not
of
siluered
paper
or
brittle
glasse
,
or
that
was
able
to
defende
their
bodies
from
being
cut
in
peeces
,
if
they
came
within
his
right
stroke
.
Wherefore
they
seeing
that
by
the
approach
and
touch
of
this
redoubtable
sworde
,
the
certein
and
present
death
to
bee
at
hand
,
no
man
durst
come
nere
him
,
but
standing
farre
off
with
fearefull
cryings
,
they
cast
at
him
stones
and
bullets
of
leade
,
darted
Iauelings
,
shot
arrowes
,
and
thrust
at
him
with
long
pikes
,
especially
the
two
brothers
Gratians
germaines
to
the
faire
Noëmia
(
who
taking
impatientlie
and
vnworthie
the
defame
and
dishonour
which
they
imagined
to
be
done
to
their
Sister
,
and
that
by
a
stranger
whome
they
had
so
honourablie
receaued
,
and
so
graciouslie
entertained
into
their
house
and
familie
,
and
desiring
to
reuenge
the
domesticall
outrage
,
and
death
of
their
third
yong
brother
,
whome
they
sawe
lying
slaine
vppon
the
pauement
by
his
ouermuch
hardines
)
assailed
vigorouslie
aboue
the
rest
,
this
yong
Squire
with
great
pushes
of
shaking
pikes
and
boisterous
launces
,
so
right
and
rudelie
,
that
they
molested
Alector
more
than
any
of
th
'others
,
as
in
deed
it
touched
them
most
nere
.
But
he
with
his
good
sworde
and
by
the
nimblenes
and
agilitie
of
his
bodie
,
turned
awaie
their
blowes
so
readilie
,
and
abated
them
so
desperatlie
that
in
little
space
hee
had
cut
a
sunder
sixe
pikes
as
though
they
had
béen
kixes
,
and
disweaponed
the
two
brethren
three
times
.
From
other
blowes
comming
farre
off
as
stones
,
darts
,
and
arrowes
,
they
weare
not
so
surelie
sent
,
but
by
the
legeritie
of
the
Squire
,
at
whome
they
could
haue
no
iust
ayme
,
they
still
failed
:
and
those
which
came
right
,
he
receiued
them
vpon
his
impenetrable
shield
,
which
was
of
such
assurance
,
that
it
made
him
hardie
and
without
feare
,
that
carried
it
.
Notwistanding
in
such
perill
a
great
aduantage
happened
to
him
.
For
in
the
middest
of
the
Court
,
there
was
a
great
piller
of
marble
seauen
foote
high
,
made
in
triangle
wise
,
and
the
sides
railed
in
with
hemiticles
,
making
three
halfe
rounded
meetings
.
Vpon
this
treangled
stone
in
honor
of
the
surname
of
the
Gratian
familie
was
erected
,
the
statues
of
the
three
Graces
,
called
the
Charites
,
in
shape
of
three
naked
virgins
,
holding
one
another
by
the
hand
in
dansing
wise
,
with
their
visages
turned
:
the
one
forthright
,
the
other
sideling
,
and
the
third
right
behinde
.
Betweene
two
angles
of
this
stone
,
in
one
of
the
rondles
,
was
Alector
backed
,
and
retired
in
such
sort
that
he
could
not
bee
taken
neither
strooken
behinde
,
by
reason
of
the
largenesse
and
thicknes
of
the
stone
,
and
hardlie
on
either
side
,
by
reason
of
he
two
angles
which
came
out
of
the
Hemicicle
,
which
defended
him
:
in
so
much
he
had
not
to
defend
himself
against
his
Enemies
,
but
onelie
before
:
which
hee
did
so
brauelie
,
and
with
so
youthfull
corage
and
with
so
hot
and
boyling
a
bloud
,
that
hee
neither
thought
of
nor
feared
the
perill
,
being
emboulded
with
the
vertue
of
the
shield
which
he
carried
,
rauished
from
the
Trophe
,
against
the
spirite
of
hardines
.
See
the
whole
processe
of
this
in
the
19.
Cap.
Withall
which
forces
being
garnished
,
he
enstalled
himselfe
(
in
the
midds
of
his
crying
enemies
,
farre
more
fearing
,
than
approching
nere
him
,
)
like
a
wilde
Bore
grounded
and
set
in
the
wood
against
an
infinite
companie
of
doggs
,
earnestlie
,
but
farre
off
baying
,
yalping
,
houling
and
crying
:
amongst
whome
,
if
any
one
begle
ouer
yong
and
foeble
presumeth
to
assaile
him
in
his
furie
and
heate
,
incontinent
with
his
crooked
and
furious
tusks
hee
setteth
his
gutts
into
the
winde
,
and
his
life
into
the
ayre
,
giuing
example
and
feare
to
all
the
rest
;
whose
nature
is
that
the
one
being
hurt
the
others
runne
awaie
.
Euen
so
were
they
in
great
multitudes
about
Alector
,
crying
,
threatning
,
and
dispiting
him
:
but
not
ouer
passing
the
bodies
of
them
,
who
lay
slaine
before
them
.
Neuerthelesse
the
number
still
increasing
,
he
founde
himselfe
so
charged
with
stones
,
bullets
,
and
bars
of
wood
,
with
shafts
,
arrowes
,
and
darts
:
that
if
the
Goddesse
of
health
her selfe
would
haue
salued
him
,
shee
could
not
.
And
therewithall
issewed
out
of
the
pallace
a
yong
maide
of
singuler
beautie
,
and
of
more
soueraigne
grace
(
and
this
was
the
faire
Noëmia
Gratian
,
sister
germaine
to
the
three
brothers
Gratians
,
the
one
slaine
,
and
the
other
two
fighting
for
reuenge
,
children
of
the
wiseman
Euander
Gratian
,
and
of
the
noble
Ladie
Agathagine
,
the
chiefe
and
auncient
house
of
the
Orbitains
.
)
This
yong
maide
,
who
in
truth
was
the
Mistresse
of
Alector
,
seeing
her
most
dere
friend
,
in
the
middest
of
his
mortall
enemies
brought
to
that
stall
of
bucherie
,
and
so
many
staues
and
arrowes
,
flying
vpon
him
,
that
hardly
shee
could
see
him
vnder
his
shielde
,
(
more
replenished
with
arrowes
,
then
the
back
of
a
hedgehog
with
bristells
)
could
no
longer
stay
her selfe
,
but
moued
by
a
furious
rage
of
loue
;
setting
a
side
all
virginicall
shame
,
al
maidenly
feare
,
and
al
honor
of
her
noble
blood
,
exceeding
the
pastianimitie
of
her
feminine
kinde
,
with
more
than
a
manlike
heart
,
ran
through
the
mortall
weapons
of
her
brothers
and
parents
assaylants
,
vnto
her
friend
the
defendor
of
his
owne
life
,
and
the
honour
of
them
both
.
She
being
vncorfed
with
her
haires
hanging
downe
faire
like
Phoebus
beames
,
with
her
visage
sad
and
bedewed
with
teares
,
neuertheles
replenished
with
hardnes
&
graue
constancie
,
her
faire
bodie
being
more
white
then
the
statues
of
the
Graces
of
Alablaster
,
which
were
there
set
vp
;
and
illuminated
amids
the
white
,
with
a
natural
&
viue
incarnat
;
couered
only
with
her
petticote
vnlaced
,
and
cast
ouer
with
a
light
cloake
of
white
damaske
put
her selfe
betweene
the
two
parties
,
turning
towards
her
friends
and
their
adherents
with
a
hardie
and
boldened
voice
,
shee
began
her
speach
as
followeth
.
"
My
dere
brethren
and
you
my
Parents
and
friends
,
I
beséech
you
cease
your
shooting
,
stay
your
strokes
,
and
listen
a
while
to
me
.
The
assault
which
you
make
here
vpon
this
faire
,
young
,
valiant
,
and
vertuous
Gentleman
(
whom
you
knowe
not
)
is
either
for
the
loue
of
mee
your
Sister
and
kinswoman
,
or
els
for
hate
and
reuenge
of
him
,
your
offendor
as
you
suppose
.
It
is
either
for
the
one
,
or
the
other
,
or
els
for
both
,
by
reason
of
a
certen
sinister
suspition
(
which
ought
rather
to
be
taken
vp
and
concealed
,
than
notoriously
discouered
.
)
If
it
bee
for
the
loue
of
me
,
I
beseech
you
for
my
sake
to
pardon
Alector
his
life
,
honour
,
and
libertie
;
to
whome
(
as
you
your selues
can
tell
)
I
owe
both
life
,
libertie
,
and
honour
:
whereby
he
being
once
dead
it
is
impossible
for
me
to
liue
:
besides
this
in
dooing
him
wrong
,
with
the
vile
vice
of
ingratitude
contrarie
to
your
nature
and
the
surname
of
your
house
,
you
shall
violate
the
holie
right
of
hospitalitie
,
killing
your
guest
in
your
owne
house
,
whom
heartelie
and
worthilie
you
haue
thereinto
receiued
,
and
entertained
.
And
if
the
violence
which
you
do
him
,
is
to
reuenge
any
fore-fault
or
offence
of
youth
,
either
of
his
or
mine
:
you
ought
rather
to
conceale
than
reueale
it
?
If
you
require
vengeance
for
it
,
take
it
of
mee
which
am
cause
of
the
euill
(
if
any
euill
bee
)
and
vpon
my
bodie
and
heart
(
for
his
vertue
)
vowed
vnto
him
:
to
whom
I
shall
be
a
pauoys
and
bulwark
of
defence
,
that
willingly
spared
not
himselfe
for
me
:
yea
and
am
as
readie
and
willing
to
receiue
for
him
your
shot
and
mortall
blowes
,
as
new
I
goe
to
couer
and
imbrace
him
.
"
This
spoken
:
the
faier
and
gratious
Noëmia
with
bodie
and
armes
cast
herselfe
vpon
the
worthie
Squire
Alector
,
imbracing
him
straightlie
,
kissing
him
tenderlie
and
hanging
about
his
neck
most
louinglie
,
their
faces
and
breasts
ioyned
together
(
which
both
of
them
had
naked
)
and
couering
al
her
body
against
the
force
of
his
assailants
.
Which
thing
her
brethren
and
parents
perceiuing
,
and
hauing
vnderstoode
both
her
praier
and
protestation
,
together
naturall
pittie
and
parentage
mouing
them
,
began
alreadie
to
retire
and
lay
aside
their
armes
;
when
a
wretch
and
cursed
springall
(
who
long
time
had
pursewed
the
loue
of
Noëmia
,
and
could
neuer
come
to
one
onely
smiling
looke
,
)
turning
his
sweete
into
sower
,
and
his
loue
and
desire
into
disdaine
and
dispite
,
with
the
great
cherishing
which
he
sawe
her
showe
to
Alector
;
purposed
to
slay
them
both
at
once
:
wherefore
seeing
his
oportunitie
he
let
fly
an
arrowe
fethered
with
light
inconstancie
,
and
hedded
with
a
hed
of
cruell
anger
,
tempored
with
the
venym
of
ielousie
,
thinking
to
dispatch
them
both
at
one
instant
:
but
the
cursed
arrowe
lighting
in
the
right
side
of
Noëmia
passed
through
her
bodie
,
whereby
of
a
soddaine
her
beautifull
flesh
,
smock
,
and
cloke
of
white
damaske
,
changed
their
snowie
hewe
into
a
vermillion
collour
,
and
the
Damosell
feeling
her
inwarde
deadly
wound
,
pirtifullie
cried
out
:
"
Alas
I
am
wounded
to
the
death
for
you
my
friende
Alector
:
briefe
hath
been
the
pleasure
of
our
loues
;
and
sad
the
departure
.
The
flower
of
my
beautie
and
youth
is
as
soone
vaded
againe
,
as
the
morning
rose
,
plucked
vp
and
withered
at
night
:
But
the
death
is
somuch
lesse
grieuous
vnto
mee
,
in
that
I
am
slaine
by
sauing
you
from
that
mortall
stroke
;
and
in
that
I
die
betweene
your
armes
(
my
deere
friend
)
leauing
to
you
therefore
the
reuenge
.
"
At
these
words
her
speach
failed
her
,
and
her
eyes
closing
,
she
inclined
her
mouth
vpon
the
face
of
Alector
:
who
thinking
to
ease
her
,
pulled
out
the
wicked
arrowe
,
but
with
drawing
it
out
,
her
life
with
her
bloud
departed
:
and
this
(
not
long
before
)
so
faire
and
gratious
a
creature
fell
downe
dead
at
the
feete
of
her
friend
Alector
,
so
sad
and
so
inraged
with
fuerie
of
so
villanous
a
shot
,
that
forgetting
himselfe
,
and
the
present
perill
wherein
he
was
,
by
ardant
desire
of
reuenge
:
and
to
recounter
the
murthering
shooter
and
slayer
of
his
Noëmia
,
came
out
of
his
fort
,
throwing
himselfe
like
a
wounded
Lyon
through
the
midst
of
the
multitude
,
breaking
the
preace
,
beating
downe
all
before
him
,
and
with
his
strong
"
shield
repulsing
all
that
he
met
,
furiously
cried
out
:
Traiterous
Archer
,
murtherer
o'
Maidens
,
where
arte
thou
?
Why
presentest
thou
not
thy selfe
before
me
?
Thou
leaud
coward
and
traitor
,
to
the
end
I
may
accompanie
the
most
vnworthie
of
death
that
euer
liued
,
or
that
I
may
fill
my selfe
of
reuenge
with
the
cleerest
of
thy
bloud
?
Cruell
Tiger
;
lurking
Serpent
,
coward
and
wicked
Crocadile
,
that
without
offence
hast
giuen
death
to
the
liueliest
vertue
,
and
after
fliest
away
like
a
waspe
leauing
her
venemous
sting
behinde
her
,
darest
thou
present
thy selfe
vnto
mee
?
"
So
went
Alector
crying
and
furiously
threatning
,
striking
,
and
abating
downe
of
men
,
that
no
man
how
hardie
soeuer
he
were
,
durst
stand
against
him
,
vnlesse
he
ment
to
be
slaine
.
But
whiles
,
through
desperate
rage
he
layed
so
about
him
at
randon
,
striking
vpon
those
whome
were
before
him
,
and
taking
no
regarde
to
those
who
followed
him
,
soddainely
hee
founde
himselfe
assailed
with
sixe
puissant
men
,
who
by
maine
force
toke
from
him
his
shield
,
and
so
consequently
one
parte
of
his
hardines
:
and
albeit
hee
made
much
resistance
to
the
great
hurt
of
his
enemies
,
yet
neuerthelesse
the
multitude
so
oppressed
and
ouer
charged
him
that
his
sworde
fell
out
of
his
hand
,
the
which
one
of
the
brothers
Gratians
tooke
vp
with
the
shield
.
So
was
Alector
taken
and
led
by
force
of
people
to
the
Potentate
,
gouernour
of
the
towne
and
chiefe
Iustice
called
Diocles
who
seeing
this
faire
young
man
of
such
a
liberall
countenance
to
bee
accused
by
so
many
voyces
speaking
against
him
,
the
one
accusing
him
of
Rape
,
another
of
Treason
,
another
of
fornication
,
and
others
of
many
murthers
.
To
all
which
accusations
he
answered
nothing
,
neither
demanded
any
thing
but
the
death
,
to
accompanie
his
most
deere
and
wofull
Noëmia
,
)
would
not
giue
iudgement
headlong
,
but
dooing
the
duetie
of
a
Potentate
(
like
a
most
wise
man
)
knowing
all
these
people
to
be
passionated
,
the
one
partie
with
furie
and
appetite
of
reuenge
,
and
the
other
with
desperation
,
griefe
,
sorrowe
,
enuie
,
and
contempt
of
life
:
aduised
himselfe
to
let
both
parties
coole
vntill
the
next
morning
,
when
by
their
cold
blood
they
might
retourne
to
reason
and
their
right
sense
,
whereupon
adressing
his
speeche
vnto
the
tumultuous
people
,
and
chiefely
to
the
two
brothers
complainants
,
hee
spake
in
this
manner
:
"
Lordes
Gratians
,
to
morrow
the
parties
being
heard
,
I
will
shew
you
right
.
Meane
while
returne
your selues
in
peace
,
and
I
will
keepe
the
offendor
in
sure
custodie
.
"
This
saide
,
they
all
retired
themselues
euill
content
enough
.
Alector
was
then
committed
to
the
keeping
and
custodie
of
the
Capitaine
Palatine
,
and
the
others
departed
to
goe
burie
their
dead
,
amongst
whome
the
foresaide
faire
Noëmia
was
founde
slaine
,
and
buried
with
great
lamentation
of
her
brothers
according
to
the
vse
of
the
countrie
,
euen
in
the
same
place
where
she
was
slaine
,
hard
vnder
the
foresaid
piller
of
the
graces
,
for
the
excellent
giftes
of
spirite
and
bodie
that
in
her
life
time
beyond
fortune
they
had
ennobled
her
withall
,
and
in
the
stone
was
ingrauen
this
Epitaph
.
Lo
here
Noëmia
faire
,
that
constant
Maide
doth
lie
before
these
Graces
who
bewaile
her
want
of
breath
:
That
(
for
Alectors
sake
,
her
stedfast
faith
to
trie
)
hath
felt
the
stroke
of
loue
;
and
dint
of
cruell
death
.
Of
the
accusation
and
processe
against
Alector
,
and
of
his
defence
.
CAP.
2.
THE
next
daie
the
Lorde
Diocles
Potentate
and
chiefe
Iustice
of
Orbe
,
sitting
vpon
the
Tribunall
seate
in
the
great
Basilicq
,
caused
to
appeare
and
come
before
him
the
Gratian
Lords
complainants
,
and
the
Squire
Alector
defendant
,
to
vnderstand
&
iudge
of
the
commotion
and
slaughter
happened
by
their
cause
;
in
the
assistance
of
all
the
Maiestrates
,
Orders
,
and
Estates
of
the
Citie
of
Orbe
and
of
the
greater
part
of
the
people
there
assembled
and
gathered
together
by
reason
of
the
case
so
new
,
strange
,
and
of
so
terrible
example
.
The
two
brothers
Gratians
clothed
in
long
garments
of
mourning
cullour
,
with
visages
sad
and
withered
,
either
for
verie
sorrowe
,
or
els
by
artificial
cunning
of
some
sulphurian
smoke
,
For
oftentimes
an
Hegers
mournefull
cheere
,
Through
fained
shewe
dooth
proue
a
laughter
meere
.
with
shauen
beardes
;
haires
rent
and
torne
;
implored
Iustice
against
Alector
being
there
present
,
a
stranger
,
a
spie
,
a
foyler
of
maidenly
beds
,
a
violator
of
hospitalitie
,
a
raptor
of
virginitie
,
a
theefe
,
and
breaker
vp
of
noble
houses
,
a
troubler
of
publique
peace
,
and
a
bloodie
murtherer
.
Declaring
that
at
the
perswasion
of
their
late
deceassed
sister
Noëmia
Gratian
,
a
gracious
maiden
(
more
peraduenture
than
was
expedient
for
him
)
vpon
the
recite
of
certaine
valiant
feates
of
Armes
(
vnknowing
whether
they
were
truely
or
falsely
giuen
out
)
they
had
receiued
him
into
their
house
,
alwaies
held
noble
of
all
antiquitie
,
and
estéemed
a
house
of
honour
.
This
fained
and
masqued
Gentleman
,
who
vnder
colour
of
a
certaine
courtlike
ciuilitie
,
wherein
he
seemed
to
haue
been
trained
vp
,
and
by
the
allurement
of
a
certaine
beautiful
youth
,
in
him
by
the
giftes
of
nature
shining
:
had
corrupted
the
good
nurture
&
manners
of
their
sister
,
being
a
simple
and
yong
maiden
,
and
the
best
estéemed
of
this
age
,
and
had
tempted
her
honestie
,
euen
vnto
the
entring
into
her
priute
chamber
at
vnlawfull
houres
in
the
night
,
abiding
there
the
whole
night
alone
with
her
(
wherby
may
be
iudged
the
rest
)
:
where
,
after
that
by
reuelation
of
some
domestical
and
faithful
seruants
hee
was
discouered
,
by
breaking
vp
the
dores
,
he
(
by
fraction
of
the
hospital
lodging
villainously
violated
&
polluted
)
was
leapt
downe
through
a
windowe
into
the
lower
court
,
where
againe
hee
hath
committed
many
murthers
,
aswell
vpon
the
domestical
seruants
,
friends
,
and
familiers
,
come
to
their
succour
,
as
of
their
proper
parents
and
alies
;
yea
and
that
hee
had
wickedly
and
cursedly
slaine
the
yongest
of
the
brothers
Gratians
:
and
for
that
cause
their
so
amiable
sister
,
by
rage
of
furious
loue
had
so
lost
her
senses
,
that
she
was
come
miserablie
to
be
slaine
in
his
armes
;
neither
was
it
knowne
by
whome
,
vnlesse
by
himselfe
,
who
by
holding
her
imbraced
,
had
slaine
her
,
as
it
is
very
likely
.
And
thereupon
demaunded
iustice
to
be
giuen
them
,
aswel
for
the
priuate
interest
of
the
persons
of
their
brother
,
sister
,
parents
,
friends
,
and
domesticall
seruants
,
as
also
for
publique
example
of
other
such
like
disturbers
of
their
publique
peace
,
stirers
of
ciuill
discorde
,
and
corupters
of
good
manners
.
Concluding
him
to
be
worthie
of
the
most
ignominious
death
that
could
be
adiudged
.
The
most
wise
and
iust
Potentate
Diocles
hauing
in
great
and
attentiue
silence
heard
and
vnderstood
the
action
and
complaint
of
the
brothers
Gratians
,
only
with
his
left
eare
,
and
hauing
alwaies
held
his
right
eare
stopped
with
the
palme
of
his
left
hand
,
vpon
which
he
had
still
his
head
inclmed
,
following
the
example
of
the
adder
,
&
subtile
serpent
,
who
fearing
the
inchanted
words
of
the
charmer
stoppeth
her
eare
against
the
ground
:
euen
so
did
this
most
wise
iudg
,
who
had
closed
his
right
eare
with
his
left
hand
vnder
colour
of
resting
his
head
,
to
the
end
hee
might
reserue
it
to
heare
the
other
partie
.
And
for
that
cause
turned
himselfe
on
the
other
side
,
holding
his
left
eare
leaning
vpon
his
right
hand
,
and
opening
the
other
to
heare
the
defendant
:
who
,
clothed
in
his
apparrell
which
was
brought
vnto
him
(
except
his
armes
)
with
an
assured
and
liberall
countenance
and
with
a
seemely
face
and
vpright
bodie
,
(
which
alreadie
priuely
had
gotten
him
the
fauor
of
all
)
with
hardie
speech
he
began
his
defence
in
this
manner
.
Equitable
and
iust
Potentate
,
I
knowe
not
if
the
order
of
worldly
things
confound
themselues
,
&
preposterously
reuerse
and
turne
to
a
contrarie
disorder
:
when
before
your
honor
,
I
see
my selfe
innocent
,
&
hauing
receiued
miurie
,
(
for
which
cause
to
mee
belonged
the
complaint
)
am
neuerthelesse
arrested
and
criminally
accused
,
by
those
who
haue
outraged
mee
:
and
who
in
my
behalfe
haue
violated
the
holie
right
of
hospitalitie
:
inforcing
themselues
(
as
much
as
in
them
lay
)
to
haue
murthered
me
in
their
owne
house
,
wherto
they
had
inuited
me
to
lodge
;
and
thereupon
had
slaine
me
,
if
uist
God
,
my
right
,
my
good
sworde
,
and
mine
impenetrable
shield
had
not
saued
mee
.
They
haue
called
me
vnknowne
stranger
,
for
the
which
(
that
I
may
make
my selfe
knowne
to
the
whole
company
)
I
giue
you
to
vnderstand
that
I
am
Alector
,
borne
of
noble
bloud
,
sonne
of
the
most
renowmed
prince
Franck-Gal
,
called
the
old
Knight
of
the
swimming
and
flying
horse
,
sufficiently
knowne
through
out
all
the
world
,
and
of
my
Lady
Priscaraxe
,
Queene
of
Tartary
:
so
that
I
am
a
noble
man
,
and
not
an
vnknowne
stranger
as
they
terme
me
,
but
a
worldling
and
a
Citizen
of
the
worlde
,
and
a
Squire
,
wandring
to
seeke
who
may
giue
me
the
order
of
Rnight
heed
,
and
to
finde
aduentures
in
all
places
,
without
counting
my selfe
a
stranger
in
any
noble
house
which
is
open
to
honest
men
:
as
they
would
be
taken
for
&
esteemed
,
in
causing
themselues
to
be
called
the
Gratians
;
who
for
token
of
graciousnes
,
haue
addressed
the
statues
of
the
three
Graces
in
the
entrie
of
their
lodging
,
towards
whome
at
the
perilous
assault
which
was
made
vpon
mee
thinking
to
saue
my selfe
,
as
with
signes
and
tokens
of
Graces
and
inviolable
franchise
,
I
found
such
grace
,
that
I
haue
there
receiued
more
than
three
hundred
handie
strokes
,
and
many
moe
of
shot
and
stones
;
yea
farre
more
fauorable
were
the
hard
stones
susteyning
and
holding
vp
the
insensible
Charites
of
Alablaster
to
mee
,
than
those
men
who
call
themselues
Gratians
,
hauing
both
sense
and
reason
.
For
they
fought
with
me
to
the
death
,
and
these
defended
mee
and
saued
my
life
:
wherefore
I
say
,
that
the
Gratians
and
their
consorts
are
more
hard
and
vngratious
,
than
the
statues
of
the
Graces
in
Marble
,
that
by
their
cruell
impietie
(
themselues
violated
and
polluted
,
)
haue
caused
the
innocent
bloud
of
their
〈◊〉
sister
to
be
shed
,
and
cruelly
immolated
and
sacrificed
betwéene
mine
armes
before
the
images
of
their
Charites
;
who
(
in
detestation
and
horror
of
so
abhominable
a
sacrifice
,
)
seeme
to
turne
their
faces
from
seeing
such
an
excecrable
forfeit
,
as
the
murther
of
their
fourth
sister
,
the
most
gracious
Noëmia
,
before
their
Diuinitie
;
and
vnder
the
safegarde
and
libertie
of
their
worshipfull
and
inuiolable
images
,
traitcrously
transpeirced
with
a
cursed
arrowe
;
let
she
from
farre
by
a
raskall
,
coward
,
wicked
,
and
traiterous
archer
,
whome
(
if
I
might
knowe
)
I
would
neither
pardon
quick
nor
dead
.
And
in
this
most
euidently
appeareth
,
the
calumnious
insimulation
of
mine
accusers
,
who
intending
to
say
vpon
mee
the
murther
of
their
most
gracious
Noëmia
,
slame
betweene
mine
armes
with
anarrowe
:
whereas
I
my selfe
had
none
other
offensiue
weapons
,
than
mine
onely
sworde
,
wherewithall
I
would
rather
haue
transpeirced
mine
own
heart
,
than
to
haue
offended
or
harmed
her
.
Protesting
before
you
,
that
for
no
other
occasion
,
but
only
in
hope
to
reuenge
mine
own
Noëmia
,
I
doo
here
either
defend
my
cause
or
life
,
&
not
for
pleasure
or
desire
that
I
haue
longer
to
liue
in
this
world
,
desiring
rather
to
bee
with
her
,
or
where
shee
is
,
than
here
to
languish
after
her
being
dead
:
but
before
I
dye
,
cruellie
to
take
reuenge
vpon
the
traiterous
murtherer
,
with
the
same
shaft
that
hee
pierced
her
noble
heart
,
to
the
end
I
may
carrie
her
agreeable
newes
of
reuenge
into
the
other
world
.
But
in
that
they
accuse
me
to
haue
bin
taken
locked
within
the
chamber
of
Noëmia
their
sister
,
and
that
by
breaking
and
manner
of
scaling
I
was
lept
downe
into
the
lower
court
by
the
windowe
.
In
this
I
was
neuer
taken
,
nor
in
doubt
to
be
taken
:
for
being
lodged
in
their
house
(
the
which
for
a
certaine
pleasure
to
them
done
,
in
all
and
by
all
they
had
left
vnto
mee
,
with
all
the
goods
that
were
therein
)
I
did
not
esteeme
the
chamber
of
Noëmia
to
be
interdicted
mee
,
wherein
oftentimes
I
entred
openly
and
not
as
a
theefe
or
wicked
person
to
bezell
her
substance
or
honor
,
or
to
violate
her
bodie
:
but
as
a
Gentleman
,
to
whome
no
Ladie
or
Gentlewoman
of
honor
ought
to
refuse
honest
companie
,
vnlesse
that
as
a
villaine
hee
had
purchased
the
same
with
villanie
;
the
which
shall
not
bee
found
in
mee
:
who
neuer
held
speech
nor
did
act
which
should
displease
her
,
neither
had
any
dishonorable
scandall
nor
sinister
suspition
come
thereof
,
if
they
themselues
had
not
procured
to
defame
their
sister
,
and
to
finde
occasion
to
depriue
her
of
her
dowrie
by
their
insatiable
couetousnes
.
For
the
which
it
is
sufficient
to
be
coniectured
that
they
haue
caused
her
to
bee
staine
in
this
tumult
,
by
a
traiterous
shot
of
an
vnknowne
man
of
their
side
,
who
cannot
be
found
.
But
if
I
see
him
I
shall
knowe
him
well
enough
.
As
touching
the
breaking
vp
of
any
thing
,
not
I
,
but
they
themselues
did
it
,
breaking
violently
the
chamber
dore
,
by
proude
disdaine
to
knock
thereat
,
or
familiar
calling
to
open
it
,
and
(
as
I
belieue
)
to
rob
and
steale
mine
armes
from
mee
which
are
so
faire
and
good
,
as
in
the
end
afterwards
like
theeues
they
did
;
which
neuertheles
as
yet
I
chalenge
of
them
and
desire
they
may
be
sequestred
and
put
into
your
custodie
(
O
Lord
Diocles
)
vntill
the
end
of
iudgement
,
wherein
if
I
hee
adiudged
to
dye
,
neither
my
Lord
and
Father
Frank-Gall
,
nor
the
hardie
spirit
of
the
black
Knight
Gallchalt
,
shall
suffer
peaceably
to
enioy
.
If
I
leaped
downe
at
the
windowe
into
the
lower
court
,
it
was
not
for
conscience
of
any
euill
deede
;
which
hetherto
I
haue
not
committed
,
vppon
the
profe
of
armes
with
the
sworde
and
shield
(
for
as
yet
I
am
not
Knight
)
against
the
two
brothers
and
all
others
who
dare
presume
to
charge
mee
with
villanie
:
neither
yet
by
flying
or
feare
of
their
assault
,
for
I
neuer
had
doubt
of
them
,
as
full
well
I
haue
giuen
them
since
to
vuderstand
:
but
onely
by
descending
without
ladder
or
fraction
,
with
my
hand
set
vppon
the
window
easelie
going
downe
,
to
giue
way
and
place
to
their
furious
insolence
and
threatning
cries
,
and
for
shunning
of
committing
any
act
of
hostilitie
in
a
house
of
hospitalitie
:
and
also
because
I
would
not
giue
any
dishonorable
suspition
to
their
sister
,
whose
honor
if
I
had
not
had
in
more
recommendation
than
they
(
who
haue
brought
it
in
question
)
without
leauing
the
place
,
I
had
well
defended
their
entrie
,
and
haue
sent
them
with
their
parents
like
insensible
fooles
.
But
hauing
these
two
respects
,
I
thought
better
to
stake
my
force
and
hardines
,
and
to
giue
place
to
their
furie
,
than
to
fight
with
mine
hostes
,
and
giue
scandall
to
their
sister
.
And
if
I
had
found
no
impeachment
in
the
court
,
no
drop
of
bloud
had
béen
shed
by
me
in
their
house
.
But
you
know
(
O
iust
Diocles
)
that
it
is
permitted
,
yea
and
necessarie
by
the
righteous
lawe
of
nature
,
to
repulse
force
by
force
,
and
violence
by
violence
.
Wherefore
perceiuing
my selfe
ercluded
from
all
way
of
flying
combat
,
and
finding
my selfe
inuironed
with
a
mightie
companie
of
armed
men
who
had
sworue
either
my
death
or
captiuitie
(
who
am
free
and
sonne
of
free
and
liberall
condition
)
and
assailing
mee
on
euerie
side
without
mercie
or
grace
,
I
retired
my selfe
towards
the
azile
and
sacred
statues
of
the
Charites
and
Graces
,
thinking
there
to
finde
grace
,
franchise
and
safetie
.
Wherefore
,
if
in
defending
my
bodie
,
some
ouer
rash
persons
haue
faine
vnder
my
trenching
sworde
,
I
say
that
it
is
not
I
that
haue
staine
them
,
for
I
neuer
had
will
thereto
,
and
the
iust
lawe
dooth
not
iudge
but
voluntarie
deedes
:
as
for
these
,
they
themselues
like
furious
wilde
Bores
haue
rashlie
come
to
bee
staine
,
and
therefore
of
their
owne
voluntarie
death
I
pleade
my selfe
innocent
.
To
conclude
,
whereas
they
charge
mee
with
violence
and
Rape
,
committed
on
the
person
of
their
sister
:
I
answere
it
is
so
farre
from
trueth
,
as
contrariwise
their
sister
Noëmia
being
by
the
terrible
and
sauage
Centaure
rauished
,
and
without
hope
of
recouerie
from
being
euer
lost
,
I
by
valiance
against
violence
haue
brought
her
home
safe
and
sounde
;
and
so
restored
her
to
her
brothers
.
Whereby
if
it
were
so
that
I
had
subtracted
her
to
mee
,
and
appropriated
her
person
to
my
will
,
yet
haue
I
no
taken
,
but
that
which
ought
to
bee
mine
by
good
conquest
and
right
of
warre
,
for
that
they
lost
her
with
ill
keeping
,
and
I
got
here
againe
from
the
monsterous
Centaure
,
and
therefore
she
should
be
mine
by
vniuersall
right
of
people
.
And
thus
concluding
,
for
mine
absolution
,
I
craue
full
deliuerance
,
and
restitution
of
mine
armes
.
Or
otherwise
,
if
I
be
found
guiltie
of
death
(
which
shall
lesse
greeue
mee
after
the
death
of
my
most
deere
Noëmia
)
most
instantly
I
beseech
you
(
O
Lorde
Diocles
,
and
all
you
the
assistants
)
that
you
will
cause
that
murthcring
archer
to
bee
sought
and
found
out
,
that
so
traiterously
hath
staine
the
innocent
Noëmia
,
and
after
that
you
haue
condemned
him
to
cruell
death
(
as
reason
and
Iustice
require
)
to
put
him
into
my
hands
,
that
I
may
execute
and
take
vengeance
vppon
him
,
to
the
ende
my
soule
after
her
departure
out
of
this
bodie
may
carrie
agreeable
newes
to
the
spirite
of
Noëmia
,
in
witnes
of
the
constant
loue
,
that
in
her
life
and
after
her
death
I
haue
borne
her
.
And
for
faithfull
proofe
of
my
wordes
spoken
and
alledged
in
my
defence
:
let
the
domesticall
seruants
euen
vnto
the
torture
,
bee
examined
and
asked
,
who
kept
her
companie
when
she
was
rauished
by
the
Centaure
,
and
by
mee
deliuered
out
of
his
handes
.
Likewise
let
Arcana
her
familiar
chamber
maide
,
be
examined
,
who
to
all
her
deedes
and
secrets
was
most
priuie
.
The
defense
of
Alector
heard
and
vnderstood
(
which
seemed
not
vnreasonable
)
the
thoughts
of
the
whole
assistance
by
close
fauor
,
accorded
to
his
absolution
and
deliuerance
.
But
the
iust
Iudge
Diocles
who
beleeued
not
easely
in
simple
words
,
by
the
aduise
of
the
Counsel
;
caused
Tharsides
and
Calestan
(
domesticall
seruants
in
the
house
of
the
Gratians
)
to
be
sent
for
,
who
had
been
in
the
companie
and
conduct
of
Noëmia
,
&
present
at
her
rauishment
:
likewise
Arcana
her
secret
damosell
was
sent
for
,
who
appearing
before
the
Potentate
Diocles
,
were
adiured
in
the
name
and
by
the
faith
which
they
ought
to
Soueraigne
Ioue
,
to
tell
trueth
of
all
that
they
knewe
and
had
seene
betwéene
Alector
and
Noëmia
,
with
threaten
of
death
if
they
dissimuled
any
thing
,
or
if
they
concealed
or
disguised
the
truth
of
the
matter
as
it
was
.
These
poore
seruile
persons
so
adiured
,
began
to
looke
one
vpon
another
without
speaking
word
,
either
of
them
fearing
in
himselfe
to
vtter
or
conceale
the
thing
,
whereof
they
might
be
coargued
by
the
other
;
vntill
Tharsides
first
tooke
and
addressed
his
speach
to
the
Potentate
,
in
this
manner
.
A
Narration
of
the
Rauishment
of
Noëmia
carried
away
by
the
sauage
Centaure
;
of
her
recouerie
by
Alector
;
the
beginning
of
their
secret
loue
in
the
den
:
and
the
continnuance
thereof
till
her
death
.
CAP.
3.
MY
Lord
Diocles
and
most
iust
Potentate
,
in
whose
presence
the
most
assured
tremble
,
for
reuerence
of
thy
seuere
iudgement
,
which
receiueth
neither
fauor
,
flatery
,
nor
lying
,
I
protest
puerly
and
entierly
to
vtter
that
which
I
know
without
conceale
or
dissimulation
.
There
are
two
moneths
alreadie
past
or
there
abouts
,
that
my
Ladie
Noëmia
deceased
(
whose
Soule
rest
in
peace
)
was
sent
for
by
my
Lady
Callirhoa
her
cousen
,
to
her
castel
of
the
Greene-head
,
to
accompanie
,
&
passe
the
time
with
her
certaine
daies
,
whiles
my
Lord
Spathas
her
husband
was
gone
twelue
iournies
from
thence
toward
an
Augur
,
beeing
an
ancient
Hermit
of
a
most
straite
life
,
and
a
Diuine
man
,
resident
about
the
horned
rock
,
to
inquire
,
and
knowe
of
this
holy
man
,
of
certaine
ordinarie
and
almost
daily
praies
and
slaughters
which
were
done
in
his
lands
and
woods
;
of
persons
and
beastes
either
staine
,
rauished
,
or
incurably
lost
,
without
knowing
by
whome
,
or
whether
it
were
a
Diuell
,
a
sauage
beast
,
or
a
man
that
committed
these
outrages
.
For
the
bodies
of
those
who
were
found
staine
,
were
stroken
and
pierced
with
arrowes
,
headed
with
the
venemous
teeth
of
Dragons
,
or
else
marked
and
striken
with
round
blowes
without
wound
,
which
gaue
suspition
that
they
were
shot
or
stroken
downe
by
the
hand
of
a
man
.
But
when
any
man
followed
them
who
were
rauished
,
there
could
none
other
trace
be
founde
but
the
footing
of
a
horse
so
soone
vanished
into
the
thicknesse
of
the
wood
,
that
those
who
pursewed
them
oftentimes
found
themselues
lost
.
And
for
that
cause
my
Lord
Spathas
was
gone
towards
this
diuine
Augur
to
vnderstand
and
heare
some
certaine
aduice
of
him
.
In
the
meane
while
my
Ladie
Noëmia
sent
for
by
her
Cousen
Callirhoa
with
the
leaue
of
her
Parents
,
and
three
brethren
who
had
the
charge
and
soueraigne
recommendation
of
her
after
the
death
of
her
parents
,
went
to
the
Greene-head
accompained
with
Calestan
and
mee
;
of
her
hastard
brother
called
Floridas
and
this
her
waighting
maide
Arcana
:
and
there
we
tarried
three
weekes
with
ioyfull
cheere
vntill
the
retourne
of
my
Lorde
Spathas
;
who
brought
no
other
answere
from
the
wise
wan
,
but
this
obscure
probleme
,
afterwards
by
him
found
,
but
ouer
veritable
.
The
cruellrauisher
is
neither
Man
no
Beast
;
Who
of
the
snowie
Hind
shall
shortly
make
conquest
,
By
killing
of
the
Leopard
,
that
sought
her
to
defend
,
And
chasing
of
two
Harts
,
who
durst
him
not
attend
.
But
there
shall
come
a
twise
borne
child
,
whose
worthieforce
Shall
her
redeeme
,
and
stay
this
monster
sanz
remorce
.
And
for
his
fact
receiue
that
flower
as
a
prize
:
Whereof
shall
shortly'nsewe
abundant
plaints
and
cries
.
My
Lord
Spathas
for
that
time
vnderstood
not
this
obscure
answere
,
neuerthelesse
he
could
get
none
other
:
wherevpon
he
returned
as
euill
aduised
as
he
went
,
albeit
hee
kept
this
aenigme
still
in
minde
.
Who
interpreting
the
worst
,
and
fearing
least
the
euill
should
fall
vpon
his
house
,
or
vpon
those
who
were
there
in
,
specially
on
his
faire
Cousin
Noëmia
(
which
he
coniectured
to
be
the
snowie
Hind
)
on
the
next
morning
(
in
an
euill
houre
)
sent
vs
towards
Orbe
.
For
in
passing
by
the
wood
of
Hazards
,
as
wee
rode
cheerefullie
one
morning
vnder
the
shaddow
of
the
great
leaued
trees
,
giuing
eare
to
the
melodious
tunes
of
the
chirping
birds
,
we
heard
a
great
brute
like
the
trampling
of
a
droue
of
beastes
approching
vs
.
And
suddainely
wee
perceiued
a
most
horrible
monster
of
greatnesse
,
grosenes
,
&
enormious
hideur
,
who
vnto
the
lower
part
of
his
belly
had
an
humaine
shape
,
rather
Giantous
than
natural
,
with
a
great
hoarie
head
,
brusking
vp
like
the
brussels
of
a
wild
Bore
,
with
a
visage
fierce
,
and
lookes
feare
full
,
his
mouth
opened
,
discouering
his
great
teeth
,
his
bodie
and
armes
full
of
veynes
couered
with
cleere
haire
,
not
much
vnlike
the
silke
made
of
a
fleese
.
And
the
rest
of
his
bodie
in
the
forme
of
a
great
red
horse
,
exceeding
the
common
bignes
of
other
horses
,
running
,
flinging
,
and
leaping
vpon
foure
horse
legs
strong
and
light
,
right
towards
vs
,
carying
a
great
massy
Club
hanging
at
his
girdle
made
of
a
greene
and
croked
branch
of
hasell
with
his
leaues
,
and
a
number
of
arrowes
at
his
side
,
and
a
bowe
in
his
hand
,
wherewithall
hee
let
flie
an
arrowe
,
and
stew
the
horse
of
Floridas
,
who
feeling
his
horse
to
fall
vnder
him
,
readily
set
foote
on
ground
,
and
hand
to
his
weapon
to
defend
his
faire
sister
Noëmia
(
whom
he
loued
most
decrely
)
against
this
horrible
monstrous
Centaure
,
running
foorth
right
to
rauish
her
.
Wherefore
Floridas
postposing
his
life
to
the
health
of
his
sister
,
came
onely
to
him
with
his
sword
.
But
the
Centaure
gnaying
with
dispitefull
laughter
drew
out
his
grosse
mare
,
and
gaue
him
such
a
heauie
stroke
vpon
the
reines
,
that
hee
broosed
all
his
bones
,
and
then
trode
him
with
his
horsely
feete
till
hee
brake
his
hart
:
Seeing
this
,
wée
fled
,
abandoning
my
Ladie
Noëmia
,
whome
farre
of
(
turning
our selues
)
wee
sawe
rauished
by
the
Centaure
;
who
hauing
mounted
her
vp
behinde
him
,
was
entred
into
the
thick
wood
.
And
after
her
,
her
Damosell
Arcana
running
on
foote
with
her
haire
about
her
eyes
:
for
the
Mule
whereon
she
was
mounted
,
being
afraide
of
the
Centaure
(
as
a
Mule
is
a
phantasticall
and
vmbragious
beast
)
had
throwne
downe
his
charge
,
and
by
maine
running
,
returned
to
the
Castle
of
Greene-head
from
whence
wée
were
departed
.
Whereupon
after
wee
had
lost
the
sight
of
my
Ladie
Noëmia
;
we
came
flying
towards
Orbe
to
declare
vnto
her
friends
this
sorrowfull
newes
.
And
as
for
other
things
I
knowe
none
,
but
that
the
next
daie
after
at
night
we
sawe
her
arriue
,
safe
and
sound
,
whom
wée
supposed
to
haue
béen
vtterly
lost
;
in
the
companie
and
conduct
of
a
right
faire
Squire
,
whome
you
may
behold
here
present
.
Who
euer
since
hath
remained
in
the
house
of
the
Lordes
Gratians
,
behauing
himselfe
most
graciously
towards
all
,
and
most
louingly
with
my
Ladie
Noëmia
;
like
a
young
Gentleman
with
a
faire
Gentlewoman
.
If
there
bee
any
other
thing
I
knowe
,
let
Arcana
be
asked
,
who
ought
to
know
more
:
for
as
touching
my
attestation
Calestan
can
beare
me
witnes
.
Then
arose
Calestan
affirming
the
déed
to
be
so
,
adioyning
therewithall
that
in
flying
,
the
Prophecie
of
the
wise
man
came
to
his
memorie
to
bee
verified
.
For
this
monstrous
Hippocentaure
was
neither
man
nor
beast
,
but
of
doubble
stature
,
rauishing
and
murthering
:
as
for
the
snowie
Hinde
conquered
,
it
was
Noëmia
,
the
Leopard
(
who
is
a
beast
,
bastard
to
the
Lyon
and
the
Pardatide
)
was
Floridas
the
bastard
staine
;
the
two
Harts
did
flie
,
being
them
two
seruants
Tharsides
and
Calestan
,
who
through
feare
had
abandoned
their
dame
by
flight
.
But
of
the
rest
of
the
probleme
,
he
protested
to
vnderstand
nothing
,
as
one
not
knowing
the
consequent
effects
;
whereof
Arcana
may
bee
asked
:
Arcana
then
at
the
commandement
of
the
Iudge
arose
,
and
protesting
by
her
faith
to
report
the
trueth
vpon
paine
of
her
life
began
as
followeth
.
All
that
which
Tharsides
and
Calestan
haue
related
is
according
to
trueth
and
veritie
(
my
Lord
Diocles
)
:
after
whose
flight
and
my
Mules
,
I
being
on
foote
,
knewe
not
what
better
to
doo
than
by
extreame
dolor
,
which
brought
my
desperation
of
life
,
to
runne
after
my
Lady
Noëmia
,
whome
my
soule
could
not
abandane
:
in
following
the
trace
of
the
Centaure
by
an
vnknowne
way
which
I
sawe
him
hold
,
in
crying
and
lamenting
so
high
,
that
all
the
wood
rang
,
&
the
only
Eccho
filled
mine
eares
,
who
with
mee
seemed
to
bewaile
the
misfortune
of
my
Ladie
Noëmia
.
At
my
hautie
cries
&
clamors
in
the
wood
,
I
met
with
a
right
fayre
,
yong
and
braue
Esquire
(
which
was
Alector
whom
you
see
present
before
you
)
mounted
vpon
a
goodly
Courser
,
who
seeing
mee
so
to
run
halfe
out
of
my
witts
,
demaunded
the
cause
of
my
dolor
;
which
when
he
had
vnderstoode
,
he
required
me
to
conduct
him
to
the
place
where
I
had
seene
this
monster
,
saying
that
he
would
deliuer
my
Lady
or
else
there
die
the
death
.
I
comforted
with
this
promise
,
in
so
much
that
I
seemed
to
be
as
light
as
a
hinde
,
ran
before
towards
the
thick
of
the
wood
,
whereinto
I
sawe
this
monstrous
Centaure
enter
,
and
the
Squire
followed
mee
a
gallop
:
vntill
at
length
wee
perceiued
the
Centaure
hauing
discharged
his
pray
,
and
training
her
by
force
into
the
hollowe
of
a
high
Rock
,
enuironed
with
xv
.
great
Okes
right
thick
and
leauie
.
Alector
seeing
him
,
cried
from
farre
:
leaue
that
Maiden
thou
byformed
monster
and
addresse
thy selfe
to
me
,
who
will
chasten
thee
for
thine
outrage
.
The
Hippocentaure
hearing
and
seeing
him
come
with
bridle
losed
and
the
sworde
in
his
hand
,
let
flie
at
him
an
arrowe
wherewithall
hee
had
peirced
him
through
if
he
had
not
been
couered
with
his
impenetrable
shield
.
Wherefore
fearing
least
his
horse
should
be
slaine
,
set
foote
on
ground
,
and
adressed
himselfe
to
the
monster
with
merueilous
hardines
:
whereat
the
Centaure
being
agast
,
babled
against
him
certaine
barbarous
and
sauage
speeches
of
●urious
threatning
,
and
gaue
him
such
a
waightie
blowe
with
his
Club
,
that
made
Alector
(
who
receiued
it
vppon
his
shield
)
to
bowe
,
his
knee
:
but
hastily
getting
vp
againe
,
hee
restored
it
him
so
fiercely
with
a
blowe
of
his
sword
,
so
rudely
set
vpon
his
humaine
ha●…h
,
which
was
his
horsely
shoulder
that
hee
discouered
his
sinewes
with
great
dolor
and
effusion
of
bloud
:
wherewith
the
monster
cast
foorth
a
crie
so
hidious
that
all
the
wood
rang
of
it
,
and
the
wilde
beasts
for
feare
ran
to
hide
themselues
;
and
after
that
lift
vp
his
massie
Club
,
and
let
driue
a
lurdie
blow
sufficient
to
fell
an
Elephant
.
But
Alector
both
light
and
nimble
,
easilie
shunned
his
great
stroake
which
fell
in
vaine
,
and
so
rudely
,
that
the
Centaure
therewithall
had
his
arme
and
hand
astonned
,
so
as
with
great
paine
could
hee
lift
vp
his
massie
Club
any
more
.
The
which
Alector
perceiuing
,
with
his
good
sworde
cut
off
one
of
his
hands
hard
by
the
ioynt
,
which
fell
to
the
ground
with
his
massie
Club
,
which
cauled
the
Centaure
to
cast
foorth
a
more
horrible
crie
than
before
:
and
seeing
himselfe
disarmed
and
dismembred
,
with
the
feare
which
hee
had
of
the
shining
sworde
of
Alector
,
turned
his
hinder
horsely
parts
,
yerking
out
such
strokes
that
the
aire
seemed
to
sparkle
with
fire
.
But
the
valiant
Esquire
prompt
and
quick
to
turne
himselfe
,
shunning
alwaies
the
blowes
;
or
else
bearing
off
with
his
shield
the
furious
yerkes
of
his
heeles
,
stroke
him
ouerthwart
in
his
yerkings
with
such
a
cutting
blowe
,
that
notwithstanding
the
hardnes
of
his
skin
,
and
bruskled
haires
,
he
cut
a
sunder
the
sinewes
of
his
leggs
euen
to
the
discouerie
of
his
bones
;
which
as
yet
were
whole
.
Which
the
Centaure
dolefullie
feeling
,
turned
againe
his
face
,
and
with
great
ire
lept
vpon
Alector
,
thinking
to
haue
beaten
him
downe
with
his
forefeete
.
But
the
gentle
Squire
seeing
so
faire
a
marke
,
forgat
not
himselfe
,
but
with
a
thrust
into
his
horsely
breast
pierced
vnto
his
humaine
heart
.
And
so
this
byformed
monster
beeing
stroken
to
death
,
fell
downe
to
the
earth
with
all
his
foure
feete
,
tumbling
in
his
black
bloud
,
and
giuing
vp
his
last
crie
,
not
altogether
in
humaine
voice
,
nor
altogether
in
horsly
gneyng
,
but
mixed
with
both
,
like
a
man
gnaying
,
or
like
a
horse
brutally
speaking
,
vntill
such
time
as
hee
was
cleane
dead
:
and
at
that
instant
the
Heauens
began
so
to
powre
with
Lightning
,
Thunder
,
and
great
Raines
(
which
as
I
thinke
were
the
Diuels
carying
awaie
the
soule
of
this
monster
)
that
necessitie
constrained
my
Ladie
Noëmia
and
mee
,
at
the
perswasion
and
assurance
of
Alector
to
retire
our selues
into
the
hollow
of
the
Rock
which
was
the
habitation
of
the
Centaure
,
where
we
entred
in
not
without
great
feare
,
agast
at
the
merueilous
combat
,
and
of
the
hardines
and
prowesse
of
the
valiant
Squire
who
comforted
and
assured
vs
right
humainely
.
And
there
within
we
found
much
Venison
,
and
diuers
fruites
of
the
wood
,
which
wee
vsed
that
night
for
the
present
necessitie
.
And
whiles
they
were
eating
,
my
Ladie
Noëmia
(
in
whose
heart
loue
had
alreadie
taken
place
by
regarde
and
admiration
of
the
beautic
,
hardines
,
prowesse
and
graciousnes
of
this
yong
Esquire
,
whome
shee
beheld
with
great
admiration
by
the
light
of
a
most
meruailous
scabberd
of
his
sworde
which
hee
caried
,
so
cleere
in
the
night
and
in
an
obscure
place
,
that
it
gaue
so
much
light
as
a
flaming
brand
;
)
demaunded
him
,
what
good
aduenture
had
brought
him
so
happelie
for
hir
deliuerance
?
My
faire
Ladie
saide
Alector
(
who
on
his
part
was
no
lesse
attaint
with
the
grace
and
beautie
of
Noëmia
,
than
shee
of
his
)
I
knowe
not
well
by
what
way
I
am
come
hether
,
more
to
my
happines
than
your
owne
:
but
this
I
am
certaine
,
that
either
by
some
Hyperborian
winde
,
or
spirite
,
I
haue
been
since
one
moneth
past
,
rauished
vpon
the
Septentrionall
Seas
from
the
top
of
the
wings
of
Durat
Hippopotame
the
great
swimming
and
flying
horse
of
my
Father
Franck-Gall
,
and
carried
by
him
ouer
Lands
and
Seas
by
many
iournies
,
to
the
great
discomfort
and
sorrowe
of
my
said
Father
,
whome
I
knowe
searcheth
mee
throughout
the
Worlde
,
vntill
at
length
this
windie
spirite
reposed
mee
in
a
faire
Garden
of
a
Castle
not
farre
from
hence
:
where
a
young
Damosell
like
you
(
but
not
so
faire
,
and
somewhat
more
aged
)
found
me
,
and
vnderstanding
my
name
,
mounted
mee
on
horseback
,
vppon
that
condition
that
I
should
followe
you
virto
this
wood
,
and
giue
you
aide
if
you
needed
the
same
.
For
an
olde
Witch
the
same
morning
had
told
her
,
that
if
you
were
not
recouered
by
Alector
,
you
would
be
vtterly
lost
.
And
that
the
first
man
which
shee
found
called
bv
my
name
,
shee
should
without
delay
send
after
you
.
Now
thus
it
is
,
that
I
was
no
sooner
reposed
in
the
Garden
,
but
the
Spirite
who
had
carried
mee
about
so
farre
,
at
his
departure
seemed
to
say
to
mee
after
a
whispering
manner
in
my
left
eare
,
entring
into
my
braines
these
words
following
.
Alector
rise
,
and
goe
to
saue
the
snowie
Hinde
From
monsters
hands
,
then
trudge
Franck-Gall
thy
sire
to
find
;
Who
doth
thee
seck
,
on
lofty
seas
,
ytost
with
many
a
wind
.
And
thereupon
entered
into
the
Garden
a
right
godly
Ladie
,
faire
,
yong
and
of
great
grace
,
but
notwithstanding
sorrowfull
,
and
lamenting
her
owne
Cousen
Noëmia
,
lately
departed
from
the
Castle
of
Greene-head
,
(
for
so
was
the
place
named
from
whence
I
came
)
for
the
words
which
the
old
witch
had
told
her
.
This
yong
dame
thinking
her selfe
to
be
alone
and
vnproudied
,
finding
me
in
the
garden
which
was
closed
on
euerie
side
with
high
walles
beyond
the
compasse
of
a
ladder
,
was
not
a
little
abashed
:
but
after
assuring
her selfe
demanded
of
me
,
who
had
let
me
in
?
What
I
was
?
And
what
I
would
haue
.
And
I
answered
,
I
could
not
tell
,
Alector
,
a
horse
.
She
hearing
this
name
of
Alector
,
without
demanding
me
other
thing
,
led
me
into
the
Esquurie
&
gaue
me
leaue
to
choose
the
horse
which
pleased
me
best
,
vpon
the
foresaid
conditions
.
The
which
most
agreeably
accepted
,
I
chose
this
faire
apple
grey
which
you
see
,
(
now
had
he
because
of
the
tempest
put
his
horse
vnder
couert
amongst
the
trées
,
which
Noëmia
and
I
incontinently
knewe
to
bee
the
horse
of
my
Lord
Spathas
.
And
wee
vnderstoode
that
shee
who
sent
him
after
vs
,
was
my
Lady
Callirhoa
of
the
castle
of
Greene-head
.
)
Continuing
than
his
purpose
,
I
chose
(
quoth
hee
)
this
faire
apple
grey
who
presently
was
sadled
and
bridled
for
mee
,
and
whiles
that
hee
was
making
readie
,
the
Ladie
of
the
Castle
aduertised
mee
of
a
certaine
monster
.
Thus
being
mounted
,
with
leaue
taken
of
the
Ladie
;
I
promised
to
accomplish
her
commaundement
.
And
vpon
this
horse
euer
since
from
that
place
,
(
for
my
former
iournies
I
could
neiter
marke
norknow
,
no
more
than
the
waie
which
the
bird
maketh
in
the
aire
,
the
serpent
on
the
ground
,
or
the
ship
on
the
sea
)
yea
on
this
horse
haue
I
been
brought
hether
without
finding
any
man
by
the
waie
,
or
creature
of
whome
I
might
aske
newes
of
you
,
which
I
desired
to
knowe
:
but
onely
that
I
met
a
little
mule
fearefull
and
vnbridled
,
which
fled
through
the
wood
right
towards
the
castle
,
who
notwithstanding
at
the
sight
of
my
horse
staied
a
little
and
asked
him
(
as
I
thinke
)
in
the
Caballistic
language
some
newes
of
you
.
But
the
phantasticall
mule
in
his
mulike
speech
answered
Hynha
(
I
know
not
what
it
is
)
and
sodainely
departed
,
running
with
bridle
abated
towards
the
Eastle
from
whence
I
was
come
:
which
gaue
me
suspition
that
some
trouble
was
happened
vnto
you
,
and
for
that
cause
I
hasted
,
vntill
by
the
crie
of
your
Gentlewoman
I
turned
the
bridle
,
and
by
her
hauing
vnderstood
your
trouble
,
came
presently
to
your
succor
,
to
accomplish
my
promise
,
where
I
haue
done
mine
endeuor
as
you
your selfe
haue
seene
.
You
haue
done
so
much
(
quoth
my
Ladie
Noëmia
,
who
alwaies
had
her
eyes
fastened
vpon
him
in
speaking
)
you
haue
done
so
much
and
so
valiently
(
O
noble
Squire
,
deliuerer
of
a
rauished
maiden
)
that
I
shall
finde
my selfe
eternally
bound
to
you
:
yea
I
my selfe
,
my
brothers
,
and
al
their
Gratian
familie
,
confessing
for
this
first
&
ouer
little
gratuitie
towards
you
,
that
I
haue
neither
in
nor
without
me
,
a
thing
worthie
and
sufficient
to
recompence
your
merite
.
What
is
your
name
,
Madame
(
quoth
Alector
)
?
My
name
(
quoth
shee
)
is
Noëmia
.
Noëmia
,
(
quoth
hée
)
whosoeuer
hath
giuen
you
this
name
,
hath
not
failed
conueniently
and
well
to
call
you
:
for
truely
Noëmia
is
as
much
to
say
,
as
faire
:
and
most
faire
are
you
,
yea
and
more
gracious
.
And
for
that
you
alledge
not
to
haue
sufficient
to
recompence
the
pleasure
and
seruice
which
I
haue
done
:
not
for
this
(
which
I
confesse
to
be
little
or
nothing
in
respect
of
your
dignitie
)
but
for
all
the
seruices
and
honors
which
I
desire
and
pretend
to
doo
for
you
in
time
to
come
,
and
for
the
great
and
vnspeakeable
loue
which
I
beare
towards
you
,
I
require
you
Ladie
Noëmia
,
and
demaund
in
recompence
,
a
little
of
that
which
aboundeth
in
you
,
that
is
of
grace
,
vertue
,
mutuall
and
irreuocable
loue
.
For
,
to
be
lou'd
,
and
eke
to
loue
,
The
Gods
you
sent
from
Heauen
aboue
.
And
this
is
the
recompence
which
I
desire
,
the
which
I
pray
you
not
to
refuse
,
vnlesse
you
will
sée
my
bloud
mingled
with
the
bloud
of
this
Centaure
:
whereof
perhaps
you
may
afterwards
haue
so
much
sorrowe
for
the
lesse
of
so
loy
all
a
friend
,
as
presently
you
haue
ioye
of
the
slaughter
of
your
rouishing
enimie
.
The
Ladie
Noëmia
as
yet
yong
and
simple
,
&
one
who
neuer
had
heard
so
much
of
loue
,
at
the
words
of
this
faire
yong
Squire
,
sound
her selfe
cleane
changed
,
mooued
,
and
chafed
with
the
heares
which
she
had
neuer
before
felt
;
and
with
trembling
words
answered
him
thus
;
My
faire
frend
,
albeit
hether
too
I
haue
neuer
felt
nor
knowen
what
loue
should
be
,
whereof
so
much
speach
procéedeth
:
neuerthelesse
now
(
I
knowe
not
by
what
newe
transmutation
)
I
féele
my self
so
changed
,
in
flamed
,
and
affectioned
towards
you
,
(
I
knowe
not
whether
it
be
that
which
we
call
Loue
or
no
)
that
I
cannot
wil
but
what
you
will
:
nor
haue
pleasure
or
contentment
in
other
but
you
;
yea
,
as
though
I
were
wholly
transformed
into
you
:
whereby
I
estéeme
it
the
least
dutie
which
I
can
or
would
do
for
you
,
to
loue
you
who
loue
me
,
and
hath
saued
my
life
.
Wherefore
with
all
my
heart
I
graunt
you
my
loue
,
wherein
none
other
shall
haue
place
during
my
life
:
yours
I
am
by
good
right
,
&
by
your
conquest
;
my
bodie
and
my
life
is
in
your
power
,
and
mine
honour
in
your
hands
:
which
like
a
noble
and
franke
Gentleman
(
as
you
are
)
I
beséech
you
to
saue
.
Alector
so
ioyfull
as
might
be
,
thanked
her
right
affertuouslie
,
laying
on
her
kisses
vpon
kisses
,
passing
from
the
mouth
to
the
hart
,
and
(
as
the
common
saying
is
,
Fire
goeth
into
the
ouen
through
the
mouth
)
enflaming
more
and
more
the
sparkles
of
this
secret
fire
,
laid
together
by
pleasant
touching
with
the
hand
,
lightened
with
the
winde
of
gracious
sighings
,
and
frm
time
to
time
renued
&
sprinckled
with
the
water
of
teares
,
distilling
from
their
two
hearts
,
linked
in
the
presse
of
loue
.
In
such
sort
,
that
by
contemplation
of
that
swéetnesse
,
(
to
tell
the
truth
of
that
which
I
haue
sworne
)
it
caused
the
water
stande
in
mine
eyes
,
and
through
sorrow
of
being
alone
,
I
laid
me
down
to
sleepe
vpon
a
bed
of
leaues
vntill
the
morning
.
And
therefore
,
as
I
would
not
know
anie
thing
of
that
which
passed
betwéene
them
,
so
doo
I
know
nothing
:
but
that
in
my
sléepe
(
I
know
not
whether
I
dreamed
or
not
)
mee
thought
I
hearde
certaine
swéete
complaints
of
my
Ladie
,
entermixt
with
ioy
;
where
uppon
willing
to
arise
and
to
goe
towards
her
,
she
commanded
me
to
sléepe
and
take
my
rest
:
which
willingly
I
did
till
the
next
morning
,
that
the
Sunne
was
alreadi
high
,
and
shined
into
the
Caue
;
and
at
that
instant
rising
,
I
behelde
this
couple
of
faire
yong
persons
,
which
the
Sunne
discouered
,
lying
face
to
face
,
and
halfe
embraced
vpon
a
great
bed
of
mosse
,
which
was
(
as
I
suppose
)
the
Centaures
bed
.
And
as
I
behelde
with
great
pleasure
my
Ladie
Noëmia
,
how
shee
had
gotten
a
newe
and
higher
coulour
than
her
naturall
whitenesse
,
by
her
morning
sléepe
.
The
horse
who
had
no
more
meate
,
began
to
gnay
verie
loud
,
so
that
Alector
lept
vp
,
and
girded
him
with
his
sword
and
shield
,
which
were
néere
him
:
and
my
Ladie
Noëmia
arose
also
,
who
beholding
me
,
became
all
redde
and
shamefast
,
for
hauing
(
as
I
thinke
)
slept
so
long
.
Then
Alector
,
after
that
hee
had
giuen
her
the
Good
morrowe
,
with
a
gracious
accolade
and
amorous
kisse
,
mounted
vppon
his
horse
,
setting
her
before
him
,
as
light
as
a
yong
Goate
,
and
I
mounted
behinde
him
vppon
the
strong
grey
nagge
,
on
whome
these
three
yong
bodies
full
of
youthful
corage
,
weighed
no
more
than
one
onlie
man
:
and
so
wee
returned
towards
the
way
to
Orbe
,
where
by
the
way
wee
found
the
dead
bodie
of
Floridas
,
which
wee
mounted
vppon
the
braunches
of
a
tree
,
to
the
ende
the
Wolues
and
other
sauage
beasts
should
not
deuoure
it
,
&
his
gelting
féeding
with
the
hackney
of
my
Ladie
:
vppon
whom
she
mounted
,
and
I
on
the
gelding
of
Floridas
,
and
so
retourned
wee
to
Orbe
into
the
Gratians
house
,
where
wee
sounde
the
whele
householde
all
troubled
and
vexed
with
sorrowe
,
for
the
death
of
Floridas
and
for
the
losse
of
my
Ladie
Noëmia
:
whom
they
accounted
for
certaine
lost
,
and
my selfe
with
her
which
was
the
lesser
damage
.
Whereupon
they
séeing
vs
returne
whole
and
sound
,
at
the
first
they
were
abashed
,
but
their
abashment
was
soone
turned
into
ioye
and
gratulation
,
chiefely
towards
Alector
of
whome
they
had
by
me
vnderstood
the
noblesse
,
valure
,
prowesse
,
and
honestie
,
the
desperat
rescue
of
their
sister
,
and
the
slaughter
of
the
monstrous
Centaure
.
Whereof
to
be
more
certaine
they
sent
to
fetch
the
bodie
of
Floridas
their
bastard
brother
,
to
the
end
he
might
be
honorably
buried
(
as
afterwards
they
did
)
and
the
bodie
of
the
Centaure
to
haue
proofe
of
mysaying
,
as
also
for
pleasure
of
the
sight
and
vengeance
.
The
which
byformed
body
was
brought
in
a
chariot
with
foure
whéeles
and
foure
horses
,
so
great
,
so
monstrous
,
and
so
to
bee
wondred
at
,
that
the
beastes
of
the
wood
durst
not
approach
,
and
the
men
of
the
towne
scarce
behold
.
The
which
monster
after
they
had
made
shewe
thereof
to
all
the
people
wondering
thereat
,
they
caused
it
to
bee
fleed
,
and
the
skin
to
bee
stuffed
with
many
swéete
and
drie
herbes
,
and
set
it
with
the
foresaide
massie
Club
vpon
one
of
the
gates
of
the
house
,
where
it
séemeth
to
be
yet
aliue
,
and
to
defend
the
entrie
,
with
lookes
so
hidious
and
threatning
,
that
as
yet
may
be
séene
:
to
the
great
honor
&
praise
of
the
vanquisher
that
hath
destroyed
such
a
Diuell
,
the
which
is
Alector
here
present
:
to
whom
the
brothers
Gratians
in
acknowledge
of
benefit
done
to
their
sister
,
offered
and
abandoned
their
house
and
all
that
was
therein
:
which
Alector
accepted
most
agréeably
for
the
loue
of
my
Lady
Noëmia
,
whom
he
loued
right
tenderlie
,
and
whome
oftentimes
hee
came
to
visit
,
cherish
,
and
make
honest
loue
,
without
villanie
,
dishonor
,
or
passing
(
to
my
knowledge
)
the
girdle
.
If
there
bee
any
other
forfeit
,
either
true
,
or
by
false
accusation
intended
,
whereby
so
much
euill
hath
preocéeded
,
I
protest
to
knowe
no
more
than
that
which
I
haue
alreadie
spoken
.
And
therewithall
she
hild
her
peace
.
Consultation
vpon
the
criminall
processe
of
Alector
.
The
commaundement
of
the
Oracle
by
the
Archter
.
The
slaughter
of
the
Prophet
Calliste
,
which
was
cause
of
the
deuouring
Serpent
in
the
Theatre
.
Capitall
sentence
prenounced
vpon
Alector
,
that
he
should
be
deliuered
to
the
Serpent
.
CAP.
4.
DIocles
after
he
had
paused
a
while
vpon
all
these
foresaid
things
,
alledged
,
and
approued
,
retired
himselfe
into
the
Counsell
chamber
,
with
the
principall
of
the
bench
,
where
the
matter
was
diuerslie
discoursed
,
some
consenting
to
the
absolution
of
Alector
,
as
one
that
was
not
conninced
of
any
other
crime
than
of
amorous
youth
,
and
of
worthy
act
in
defence
of
his
bodie
:
others
,
chiefely
the
old
men
,
and
such
as
had
daughters
mariageable
in
their
houses
;
and
to
whom
asmuch
hong
in
their
eye
,
saide
that
it
was
an
euill
example
against
good
manners
,
and
a
great
presumption
of
domesticall
rape
,
deseruing
(
at
the
least
)
punishment
,
if
they
did
but
procéede
according
to
his
owne
confession
.
And
were
it
but
the
homicide
of
so
many
men
staine
by
contumace
rebellion
of
not
obaying
to
Iustice
,
hee
was
culpable
of
death
.
But
other
vnwilling
to
condemne
him
to
death
,
gaue
sentence
that
he
should
be
chastened
with
some
ignominious
and
corporall
paine
,
with
banishment
.
And
as
these
diuers
opinions
were
in
question
and
the
Iudge
Diocles
waying
the
one
with
the
other
,
behold
one
of
the
Ministers
of
the
temple
,
Deacon
to
the
Archier
,
that
is
to
say
to
the
chiefe
Priest
and
Prince
of
the
Priests
of
Ioue
his
temple
,
the
great
and
foueraigne
God
of
Orbe
,
came
from
the
said
Archier
named
in
his
proper
name
Croniel
;
to
speake
secretly
to
the
Potentate
Diocles.
Which
done
he
sodainlie
departed
:
for
it
is
not
permitted
to
such
holy
men
,
to
assist
in
capitall
iudgement
.
The
Deacon
being
departed
,
Diocles
spake
to
those
of
the
Bench
,
and
said
;
My
Lords
,
the
Archier
of
the
Temple
of
Ioue
,
the
holie
man
Croniel
hath
sent
me
word
presently
,
that
he
by
reuelation
which
is
come
to
him
this
last
night
in
watching
and
praying
in
the
Temple
for
the
prosperous
estate
of
our
Common
wealth
,
was
commanded
by
an
Angell
of
Souereigne
Ioue
,
to
aduertise
and
defend
vs
from
giuing
capitall
sentence
vppon
this
yong
straunger
,
other
than
that
which
is
ordeyned
by
Ioue
himself
;
that
is
,
to
put
him
into
the
Threatre
of
the
Sands
,
onelie
with
his
shield
,
sword
,
and
an
arrow
without
a
bow
,
to
fight
with
the
great
Serpent
of
the
Sands
,
so
to
make
proofe
of
his
innocencie
if
he
vanquish
,
or
to
suffer
pain
for
his
offence
if
he
be
ouercome
.
This
diuine
sentence
was
allowed
of
all
,
yea
of
the
most
rigorous
,
who
thought
hee
should
neuer
escape
the
force
,
téeth
,
and
venim
of
the
Serpent
,
and
so
shuld
he
giue
pleasure
to
the
people
,
and
spare
one
of
their
owne
men
:
the
most
iust
hoping
neuerthelesse
,
that
he
who
had
discomfited
the
biformed
Centaure
would
deale
well
enough
with
the
Serpent
,
and
so
deliuer
the
Theatre
and
Towne
of
a
cruell
beast
,
and
inward
enimie
.
Now
is
it
to
be
vnderstood
that
certain
yeres
before
the
Archier
Croniel
,
there
was
in
the
Temple
another
Archier
called
Calliste
,
a
man
of
great
vertue
,
holie
,
and
a
Prophet
;
who
in
the
festiuall
dayes
when
the
people
assembled
themselues
at
the
spectacles
in
the
Theatre
or
at
the
Sands
,
he
would
come
into
the
mids
of
the
people
,
and
openlie
and
eagerlie
reprooue
them
of
their
vsuall
vices
,
and
prophecie
vnto
them
,
that
of
the
iust
bloud
shed
,
the
earth
shuld
bring
foorth
a
terrible
and
cruell
reuenger
,
who
should
deuour
their
entrailes
,
vntill
such
time
as
the
twice
borne
childe
comming
from
towards
the
Pol-Artick
,
deliuered
them
thereof
.
Thus
did
this
holie
man
goe
erving
through
the
Theatre
and
the
Sand
,
so
as
he
hindred
the
plaies
,
comedies
,
spectacles
,
and
other
publique
pastimes
:
insomuch
that
one
day
,
the
people
prouoked
by
commotion
and
populous
furie
,
with
casting
of
stones
chased
him
vnder
a
gutter
or
sinke
of
the
Theater
,
and
therein
stoned
him
,
leauing
his
bodie
in
the
filth
:
which
notwithstanding
the
next
day
(
after
the
populous
furie
passed
)
was
drawen
out
by
the
Ministers
of
the
Temple
,
and
honorably
buried
in
the
entrie
of
the
Gutter
where
he
was
staine
,
in
a
sepulcher
of
blacke
marble
highlie
erected
,
with
his
Prophecie
written
therein
:
which
stopped
vp
the
mouth
of
the
gutter
.
Neuertheles
,
it
hid
not
so
close
the
murder
of
this
holie
man
,
but
within
one
yere
and
a
day
after
,
an
horrible
reuenge
of
that
fact
publiquelie
appeared
:
for
as
the
people
in
great
multitudes
were
assembled
to
behold
the
dancing
of
an
Elephant
,
behold
from
betwéene
the
gutter
stones
&
the
sepulcher
,
issued
out
a
most
horrible
serpent
,
who
flying
vpon
the
people
,
with
his
taile
&
throate
destroyed
a
great
number
,
the
residue
with
terrible
feare
running
out
of
the
Theatre
:
which
thing
euerie
3.
day
hee
vsed
to
execute
on
the
people
,
who
by
no
engine
or
humane
force
could
finde
remedie
,
yea
he
would
spoyle
them
in
their
houses
:
vntill
at
length
they
were
aduised
euerie
wéeke
to
giue
him
2.
capitall
offenders
,
whom
presently
he
would
carrie
into
the
gutter
,
and
hold
himselfe
therewith
content
.
Then
vnderstood
the
people
that
the
Prophecte
of
the
Archier
Calliste
was
pattly
fulsilled
,
but
not
wholly
at
an
end
.
Two
dairs
after
the
processe
of
Alector
,
was
the
time
to
giue
the
Serpent
his
proye
:
wherefore
the
great
Potentate
Diocles
comming
out
of
the
Counsell
&
the
Benchers
standing
about
him
,
and
he
himselfe
set
in
the
iustice
seate
,
&
Alector
being
presented
vnto
him
,
thus
pronounced
sentence
;
The
present
appointed
cause
in
the
criminall
accusation
of
the
Gratians
against
Alector
,
"
being
obscure
and
doubtfull
aswell
on
the
one
part
,
as
the
other
,
to
the
iudgement
of
men
,
is
nowe
by
heauenly
Oracle
sent
to
the
diuine
iudgement
who
shall
condemne
his
fault
by
death
or
showe
his
innocencie
vp
victorie
;
at
the
proofe
of
combat
against
the
Auenger
Serpent
of
the
Theatre
in
the
plaine
of
the
Sands
,
onely
with
his
sword
,
shield
,
and
an
arrowe
without
a
bowe
.
"
Whereunto
wee
will
sende
him
within
thrée
daies
at
the
furthess
.
This
sentence
pronounced
,
was
right
well
allowed
and
receiued
of
all
the
assistance
(
who
demaunded
not
the
death
of
this
yong
Esquire
,
but
bore
him
secret
fauor
,
in
hope
of
some
merueilous
aduenture
of
the
combat
,
as
it
came
after
to
passe
)
as
also
of
the
two
parties
.
For
the
Gratians
thought
verely
that
their
offendor
should
incontinently
be
swallowed
vp
of
the
most
horrible
Serpent
,
who
onely
with
his
venemous
breath
did
slaie
those
who
approached
him
.
Alector
on
the
other
side
trusting
in
his
hardines
,
legeritie
;
and
promesse
,
demaunded
nothing
but
that
the
third
day
were
come
,
and
enquired
after
if
his
sword
and
shield
were
safe
?
To
whome
it
was
answered
,
that
hee
should
not
care
,
but
that
they
should
bee
deliuered
him
the
day
of
the
Combat
.
Wherewithall
he
wonderfullie
reioyced
,
and
thanked
the
Potentate
of
his
clemencie
,
to
the
great
abashment
of
all
the
people
,
who
meruelled
to
see
him
so
assured
in
such
a
mortall
and
present
perill
.
And
so
by
commaundement
he
was
caried
back
to
the
lodging
of
the
Captaine
Palatine
to
be
kept
in
his
guarde
,
where
without
ceasing
he
lamented
his
Ladie
Noëmia
,
speaking
to
her
as
though
she
had
been
present
,
and
promising
her
reuenge
.
And
in
this
his
great
complaint
which
euerie
night
from
thrée
houres
to
thrée
houres
hee
awaked
,
hee
woulde
crie
out
with
a
loude
veice
O
Noëmia
,
O
Noëmia
,
O
Noëmia
!
and
reclayming
incessantly
the
Sunne
to
aduance
the
day
and
time
of
his
Combat
against
the
Serpent
,
wherof
his
care
was
so
small
,
as
the
thought
was
great
how
to
finde
out
the
murthering
Arther
of
his
Noëmia
;
so
remained
hee
there
for
that
time
.
During
the
which
,
the
soueraigne
and
most
iust
Iudge
Diocles
caúsed
diligent
and
secret
enquirie
to
be
made
to
knowe
who
it
was
,
which
in
that
tumult
shot
the
arrowe
,
wherewith
the
faire
,
gracious
,
and
vertuous
Noëmia
was
so
accursedlie
slaine
:
wherewith
,
all
in
generall
were
sad
and
sorrowfull
.
For
in
the
death
of
this
noble
Maiden
,
was
buried
the
flower
of
beautie
,
and
grace
of
all
the
Maidens
of
the
Citie
of
Orbe
:
for
the
which
cause
she
was
deplored
,
bewailed
and
lameueet
in
common
dueil
,
all
the
people
with
one
voyce
crying
vengeance
and
penall
iustice
of
the
murtherer
.
But
for
all
the
diligent
enquirie
that
could
be
made
,
nothing
could
be
found
,
sauing
a
light
presumption
and
suspition
of
a
yong
springall
called
Coracton
,
who
had
sometime
greatlie
wooed
her
,
and
of
her
had
gotten
nought
but
a
conquest
of
refusall
,
for
the
vicious
nature
which
abounded
in
him
:
but
this
presumption
was
not
sufficient
,
chieflie
because
at
her
burying
,
this
gallant
mourned
aboue
all
the
rest
:
msomuch
that
with
force
of
teares
,
he
washed
away
all
suspition
.
The
Iudge
perceiuing
he
could
finde
no
other
thing
,
went
himselfe
in
person
,
(
before
shee
was
permitted
to
be
buried
)
to
see
the
bodie
of
the
faire
Noëmia
,
lying
(
before
the
piller
of
the
3.
Charites
)
with
such
grace
(
albeit
dead
)
that
shee
séemed
swéetelie
to
sléepe
,
more
whiter
than
her
snowie
garments
purplesied
in
bloud
:
wherewithall
hee
himselfe
(
beeing
a
most
seuere
man
)
was
mooued
to
teares
,
and
commanded
the
bloudie
arrowe
to
be
deliuered
him
,
the
which
after
hée
had
beheld
it
,
lift
it
vp
aloft
,
demanding
if
no
man
knew
it
:
but
no
answere
would
be
giuen
.
And
lifting
vp
his
eyes
,
he
beheld
the
Charites
of
alabastre
,
and
saw
that
from
their
slonie
eyes
distilled
aboundance
of
teares
,
lamenting
the
death
of
their
fourth
sister
:
which
he
shewed
vnto
the
people
,
who
of
such
a
miracle
began
to
wéepe
,
and
crie
vengeance
for
the
fact
.
And
amongst
these
enterprises
,
Diocles
aduised
betwéene
the
hands
of
two
Charites
a
little
scroll
,
rowled
vp
,
the
which
hee
secretlie
tooke
without
the
knowledge
of
anie
man
,
and
after
he
had
read
it
,
he
closed
it
in
his
hand
with
the
arrowe
,
and
retired
to
his
lodging
,
giuing
leaue
to
burie
the
dead
bodie
,
which
in
open
mourning
was
enterred
before
the
statues
of
the
3.
Graces
,
with
the
enscription
of
the
Epitaph
,
as
hath
been
before
declared
.
And
the
sepulcher
was
couered
with
flowers
and
perfumes
,
strowed
by
the
people
in
lamentation
of
the
faire
Noëmia
.
The
reuelation
by
night
to
Croniel
Archier
.
The
arriuall
of
Franc-Gal
.
The
foretelling
of
the
blacke
Bird
The
mortall
perrill
of
the
Archier
by
a
Lionnesse
,
slaine
by
Franc-Gall
.
The
reincountrie
and
assemblie
of
the
Archier
and
Franc-Gall
,
with
their
deplorations
.
CAP.
5.
THE
euening
of
that
selfe
same
day
,
the
Archier
Croniel
beeing
in
the
Temple
at
his
nosturnall
meditations
,
as
euerie
night
before
he
was
accustomed
to
doo
:
he
receiued
a
certaine
inward
intelligence
,
that
the
next
daye
after
noone
he
should
goe
towardes
the
sea
side
,
by
keeping
the
way
of
the
sepulcher
of
Thanais
,
and
that
hard
by
hee
should
finde
a
man
who
should
saue
his
life
,
him
he
should
bring
&
lodge
in
his
house
,
and
of
him
should
he
learne
much
.
Croniel
the
next
morning
after
sacrifice
and
dinner
,
tooke
his
bowe
and
quiuer
,
to
passe
the
time
at
shooting
&
chasing
of
beasts
and
birds
in
the
field
:
(
for
seldome
or
neuer
went
he
to
the
plaies
at
the
Theatre
,
by
the
occasion
of
his
predecessor
)
and
taking
with
him
same
vinualls
and
a
little
wine
(
if
so
he
should
noode
it
)
and
so
set
forwards
on
the
way
toward
the
sea
by
the
way
of
Portune
,
to
seeke
out
the
beasts
and
birds
of
the
field
.
Now
the
same
morning
was
arriued
at
the
next
Port
the
magnanimous
Prince
Franc-Gal
Dysir
Macrobe
,
&
his
men
vpon
a
great
Hippopotame
,
being
a
huge
&
merueilous
sea
horse
,
swimming
and
Hying
vpon
the
waters
and
flouds
,
with
the
féete
of
Polype
and
wings
called
Durar
.
This
Franc-Gall
through
seas
and
lands
went
séeking
his
sonne
Alector
,
who
on
the
Septentrion
seas
was
rauished
and
carried
from
him
by
a
horrible
wind
,
The
whole
proces
hereof
is
showen
in
the
21
Cap
he
knew
not
whether
,
and
(
by
fortune
hauing
taken
land
at
the
next
hauen
)
with
his
onely
page
,
held
the
high
way
to
the
great
Citie
of
Orbe
,
where
appeared
to
him
a
blacke
bird
,
like
a
rauen
,
but
somewhat
of
lesser
bodie
,
with
beacke
and
clées
red
;
who
flying
before
him
from
trée
to
trée
séemed
to
sing
in
humane
voyce
these
words
following
.
Come
with
me
,
come
,
come
,
come
,
thou
shalt
goe
to
the
Sands
:
Where
thou
shalt
finde
thy
Sonne
,
come
with
me
,
come
,
come
,
come
.
For
I
a
Prophet
am
whom
thou
no
more
shalt
see
,
Come
with
me
,
come
,
come
,
come
,
thou
shalt
goe
to
the
Sands
.
Franc-Gall
hearkening
to
her
and
taking
her
song
for
an
Augurie
,
followed
her
alwaies
vntil
she
was
flowen
verie
farre
of
,
and
reposed
her selfe
vpon
a
high
trée
attending
him
.
But
the
Archier
Croniel
who
was
vnder
the
trée
,
seeing
the
foule
at
a
faire
aduantage
,
bent
his
bow
,
thinking
to
let
flie
an
artowe
to
haue
killed
her
:
but
as
hee
was
taking
his
marke
with
eager
leuelling
,
behold
a
Lionesse
issued
out
of
an
olde
ruined
caue
which
was
hard
by
(
where
she
nourished
her
yong
)
and
faire
and
softlie
came
stealing
to
assaile
the
poore
Archier
,
who
gaue
no
béen
at
all
sauing
to
his
aforesaid
marke
:
and
therewithal
had
strangled
and
carried
him
to
her
yong
,
had
not
Franc-Gal
(
who
was
not
sarre
off
)
presently
aduanced
himselfe
to
the
succeur
of
the
poore
Archier
with
his
sword
in
his
hand
,
and
the
shield
of
azure
with
the
Senue
of
golde
in
readinesse
.
The
Beast
hearing
the
brute
of
the
sounding
harnesse
(
for
Franc-Gal
was
armed
)
and
the
great
noyse
which
he
made
in
crying
,
turned
fiercelie
against
him
,
and
cast
her
mightie
pawes
vpon
his
shield
,
with
such
a
force
that
shee
plucked
it
out
of
his
hand
:
but
Franc-Gal
so
puissant
as
a
Giant
,
gaue
her
ouerthwart
the
sides
such
a
stroke
with
his
sword
,
that
he
cut
her
bodie
in
two
péeces
;
wherewithall
the
beast
dying
gaue
out
such
an
horrible
crie
that
two
of
her
whelpes
(
so
yong
that
scarce
they
could
créepe
)
issued
out
of
the
ruined
caue
,
crying
after
their
Dam.
Franc-Gal
séeing
them
said
that
of
an
euill
beast
no
yong
ought
to
be
left
,
and
for
that
cause
flewe
them
both
,
and
in
terrour
of
others
(
after
the
manner
of
Aphricke
)
hung
them
vp
by
the
tailes
vpon
a
tree
,
with
the
moities
of
the
bodie
of
their
Dam
,
to
the
great
astonishing
of
the
Archier
:
who
being
releeued
out
of
the
sodaine
feare
which
he
had
by
reason
of
the
Beastes
clawes
,
greatlie
meruailed
of
this
readie
,
sodaine
,
and
vnlooked
for
helpe
and
succour
,
and
of
the
valiauncie
of
this
faire
olde
man
:
for
the
which
he
thanked
him
right
heartelie
,
knowing
for
a
certaine
,
that
it
was
hee
which
by
the
nighthe
reuclation
was
showed
him
,
should
saue
his
life
.
And
for
that
cause
demaunded
him
,
what
good
fortune
had
brought
him
so
happely
to
his
rescue
from
the
death
,
and
what
hee
sought
in
those
Countreyes
?
(
for
by
his
personage
,
armes
and
habit
,
he
knew
him
to
be
a
stranger
)
and
promising
him
all
aide
and
succour
,
in
anie
thing
wherein
be
might
serue
him
.
I
am
come
hether
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
)
by
following
the
augurie
of
a
Bird
,
prognosticating
to
me
,
that
shee
would
conduct
me
to
the
Sands
at
Orbe
:
but
thou
,
by
seeking
to
kil
her
,
hast
caused
me
to
lose
her
;
not
regarding
or
taking
heed
thy selfe
of
the
fierce
and
sauage
beast
which
was
behinde
readie
to
deuoure
thee
,
whiles
thou
soughtest
to
eutrap
and
slay
my
guide
:
which
may
be
an
example
,
that
oftentimes
he
which
is
a
murtherer
in
will
,
is
murthered
himselfe
in
déede
,
the
taker
taken
,
and
the
ender
brought
to
an
ende
.
It
is
truth
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
and
I
acknowledge
it
,
and
I
confesse
that
without
thy
succour
I
had
béen
dead
:
for
the
which
most
heartelie
I
thanke
thée
;
and
in
recompence
of
chasing
away
thy
Birde
which
conducted
thée
,
I
promise
thee
by
the
faith
of
an
honest
man
,
to
lead
thee
whether
thou
wouldest
goe
,
and
to
aide
thée
in
what
I
maye
,
tell
mee
onelie
whether
thou
meanest
to
goe
.
I
pretende
(
quoth
Franc-Gall
)
to
goe
to
the
Sands
at
Orbe
,
there
to
finde
my
faire
and
yong
sonne
Alector
,
being
wel
brought
vp
,
and
a
valiant
Squire
:
whom
the
winde
rauished
and
transported
from
me
beeing
vppon
the
Septentrion
seas
,
whom
I
shall
neuer
sée
againe
,
(
alas
)
as
the
song
of
this
auguring
Bird
hath
presaged
me
.
Notwithstanding
without
him
,
I
neither
can
nor
wil
liue
anie
longer
;
and
therewithall
Franc-Gall
cast
out
great
sighes
from
the
bottom
of
his
heart
)
for
with
him
he
hath
carried
away
my
soule
&
life
,
as
I
haue
foreseene
in
my
dreame
in
Scythia
vpon
the
Lyons
skinnes
.
O
faire
childe
!
O
meruailous
infant
!
fatallie
engendered
,
twice
borne
,
supernaturallie
nourished
,
growen
vp
before
the
time
,
wise
before
age
,
strong
aboue
nature
,
hardy
beyond
humanitie
,
adtienturouslie
fortuned
,
feared
of
the
wicked
,
beloued
of
the
good
,
yea
of
spirites
:
who
by
iealouzie
(
as
I
thinke
)
haue
rauished
and
carried
thee
I
knowe
not
whether
.
Must
I
for
so
small
and
briefe
a
time
of
enioying
the
presence
of
thine
amiable
person
,
so
long
suffer
the
absence
of
thee
,
that
after
my
long
and
tedious
peregrination
heeretofore
spent
,
I
must
nowe
againe
trauerse
the
world
to
seek
thee
,
in
feare
and
doubt
whether
euer
to
finde
thee
?
And
at
this
word
,
the
bloudie
teares
departing
from
the
depth
of
his
heart
enterrupted
his
speach
,
insomuch
that
he
remained
a
little
space
in
silence
,
and
afterwards
to
begin
his
dolefull
speach
againe
in
this
manner
,
turning
himselfe
to
the
Archier
.
And
therefore
my
friend
Archier
,
I
tell
thee
this
,
that
I
haue
lost
a
Sonne
called
Alector
,
engendred
of
Priscaraxe
Queene
of
Tartarie
,
one
of
the
wisest
and
fairest
Dames
vnderthe
Heauens
of
the
Moone
;
whom
I
loue
,
&
desire
to
see
againe
,
(
for
I
haue
not
seene
her
in
moe
than
eight
yeres
)
neither
is
it
lawfull
for
me
to
returne
(
by
reason
of
an
othe
which
I
haue
taken
before
her
)
without
bringing
her
sonne
made
Knight
,
either
by
my
hand
,
or
by
the
hand
of
some
other
.
For
the
accomplishing
whereof
I
haue
alreadie
assayed
,
but
alwaies
failed
,
yea
and
haue
found
my selfe
impotent
and
forlorne
of
my
members
and
tongue
in
going
about
it
:
the
cause
thereof
I
cannot
imagine
,
vnlesse
the
Fates
haue
ordeined
that
his
Knighthood
shall
hee
giuen
him
by
some
other
hand
and
not
by
mine
,
the
soueraigne
graunt
it
may
be
of
a
better
.
God
grant
it
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
but
what
are
these
Fates
and
Destinies
whereof
thou
speakest
?
are
they
anie
puissances
of
Fortune
?
(
which
is
nothing
as
I
think
)
No
,
no
(
quoth
Franc-Gall
)
I
call
the
infaileable
and
immutable
ordinances
of
souereigne
God
that
ruleth
al
with
his
prouidence
,
Fates
.
It
is
right
well
spoken
,
and
most
worthelie
vnderstood
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
and
so
thou
seest
it
is
not
the
will
ordained
by
the
Souereigne
that
he
shall
be
made
Knight
by
thy
hand
,
it
is
to
be
vnderstood
,
that
it
is
reserued
for
a
better
,
without
contrarying
or
being
angrie
therewith
.
No
more
doo
I
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
neither
am
I
sorowfull
,
but
for
that
I
cannot
finde
my
Sonne
Ale●…
without
whom
I
cannot
returne
to
the
Queene
Priscaraxe
his
mother
,
neither
can
hee
without
mee
by
sworne
promise
,
which
I
doubt
mee
can
neuer
be
accomplished
of
either
of
vs
,
as
my
heart
giueth
me
;
remembring
the
presages
,
oracies
,
visions
and
dreames
,
which
haue
giuen
me
such
significating
.
And
herevpon
,
with
greeuous
sighing
he
helde
his
peace
.
Which
caused
the
Archier
to
imagine
,
that
the
faire
Esquier
,
which
hee
vnderstoode
was
condemned
to
fight
with
the
Serpent
of
the
Sands
,
might
well
hee
the
Sonne
,
which
this
faire
olde
man
went
searchng
and
sorrowing
for
:
and
therefore
he
said
vnto
him
;
Thou
strange
man
consolate
thy
spirit
,
for
I
hope
to
shewe
thee
to
morrowe
him
whom
thou
demandest
.
Then
Franc-Gall
reuiuing
out
of
his
deep
thought
,
cast
out
a
great
sigh
saying
;
And
shall
I
then
finde
Alector
carried
away
by
the
winds
,
which
can
not
be
folowed
?
Yea
:
but
I
shall
neuer
see
him
againe
,
for
which
I
must
die
and
ende
my
peregrination
,
rendring
the
fire
,
the
light
,
and
vigor
of
my
life
,
to
him
of
whom
I
haue
receiued
it
,
by
a
termination
of
life
which
is
called
death
,
most
terrible
and
fearefull
of
all
things
:
the
which
is
neere
and
imminent
to
me
,
as
I
see
and
perceiue
in
my selfe
.
For
to
euerie
man
is
giuen
diuinelie
to
foresee
that
which
is
to
come
,
thieflie
when
he
approacheth
to
the
ende
of
his
life
,
when
the
spirit
is
more
nigh
himselfe
,
and
lesse
wrapped
in
terrestriall
things
,
whereby
hee
seeth
and
vnderstandeth
more
cleetelie
and
purelie
:
for
such
is
the
wil
of
the
diuine
prouidence
,
to
the
ende
man
be
not
taken
vnprouided
,
and
die
beastlie
.
Art
thou
then
God
quoth
the
Archier
,
to
knowe
the
things
which
are
to
come
?
God
I
am
not
quoth
hee
,
but
man
,
to
whom
God
hath
giuen
long
life
,
experience
,
science
of
the
starres
,
interpretation
of
auguries
,
and
knowledge
of
my
nigh
ende
,
as
the
diuine
Fates
haue
ordemed
,
my
spirite
prognosticated
,
the
oracles
foreshowen
me
,
and
the
Prophecies
foretolde
me
.
What
other
thing
did
the
dreame
of
my
heart
carried
away
by
the
flying
Basitisque
presage
me
?
the
oracle
of
the
marinall
man
Proteus
,
foretelling
my
departure
without
returne
?
the
vision
of
the
wicked
crowe
at
Tangut
?
of
the
stockdoue
?
of
the
crane
?
and
of
the
vultur
?
the
rauen
resting
vppon
my
head
?
the
mortall
threatning
of
the
spirite
of
Gallehault
,
&
the
song
of
this
lost
blacke
bird
?
Now
see
I
wel
then
my
fatal
hower
to
be
instane
,
and
that
I
must
away
:
let
vs
therefore
,
O
Archier
my
friend
,
be
going
;
and
conduct
me
according
to
thy
promise
,
to
the
Sands
of
Orbe
,
where
I
shall
finde
my
life
,
my
death
,
or
both
.
And
so
they
put
themselues
vpon
the
way
,
the
page
of
Franc-Gall
following
them
.
And
in
going
,
the
Archier
,
who
(
by
signes
and
coniectures
,
but
chieflie
by
the
nightly
reuelation
,
and
diuiue
commanundement
to
come
and
finde
this
stranger
,
preseruer
of
his
life
)
knewe
well
the
next
day
to
showe
him
the
faire
Squire
,
combattor
of
the
Serpent
,
&
to
present
him
for
his
sonne
,
that
he
might
knowe
more
cokens
of
the
matter
,
thus
began
his
speach
.
The
deuise
of
the
two
olde
men
Croniel
and
Franc-Gall
,
held
vpon
the
waie
going
towards
the
Citie
of
Orbe
.
CAP.
6.
O
Stranger
my
friend
,
quoth
the
Archier
,
thou
speakest
so
obscurelie
,
and
thy
talke
so
entermingled
with
destomachall
sobbes
,
deepe
sighes
,
and
sodaine
mutations
,
with
confusion
and
mingling
together
of
Prophecies
,
Fates
,
Oracles
,
and
Miracles
,
that
I
cannot
well
vnderstand
the
discourse
of
thy
farre
and
vagrant
peregrination
searching
thy
sonne
whom
thou
callest
Alector
,
carried
away
(
if
it
be
credible
)
by
the
windes
:
vnlesse
thou
bring
foorth
the
beginning
&
first
causes
of
this
aduenture
,
when
,
and
in
what
place
,
&
how
thou
hast
lost
thy
Sonne
,
what
he
is
,
and
what
thou
art
,
of
what
Nation
and
qualitie
;
for
to
my
iudgement
thou
séemest
not
to
bee
a
man
of
seruile
or
base
condition
,
but
rather
a
franke
and
liberall
Gentleman
,
as
full
well
thou
hast
giuen
mee
to
vnderstand
at
our
first
méeting
:
wherefore
I
beséech
thee
of
curtesie
disdaine
not
to
reckon
vnto
me
thy
fortune
,
and
thy
déere
Sonne
Alectors
,
from
the
beginning
to
the
ende
,
cleerly
and
patiently
without
confusion
or
interruption
of
complaints
.
That
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
can
I
not
well
doo
my
friend
Archier
;
for
,
as
from
the
aier
moued
by
tempest
troublesome
windes
doo
blowe
,
great
showers
of
raine
fall
,
and
thunder
claps
issue
;
euen
so
from
a
tormented
heart
can
nought
procéed
but
sobbes
,
nought
distill
but
teares
,
nought
descend
but
weepings
and
waylings
.
Moreouer
the
time
letteth
me
,
yea
and
the
desire
also
which
I
haue
of
going
to
the
place
whereof
the
bird
sang
,
will
not
permit
me
to
doo
it
,
vppon
whose
tune
neuerthelesse
I
knowe
not
what
to
coitiecture
it
is
so
ambiguous
,
and
séemeth
so
conerarie
in
it selfe
.
And
for
this
cause
,
quoth
the
Archicr
,
oughtest
thou
lesse
to
●efer
the
narration
to
me
of
thy
facts
,
affaires
,
and
aduentures
,
whereof
I
hope
to
giue
thee
some
good
counsell
and
comfort
after
I
shall
well
vnderstand
them
.
And
for
that
the
way
to
the
Sands
(
whereto
thou
pretendest
to
goe
)
is
not
so
short
as
peraduenture
it
seemeth
to
be
,
but
long
enough
from
hence
(
as
I
may
tell
thée
)
for
vs
speciallie
who
are
alreadie
olde
and
heauie
by
age
,
or
rather
destitute
of
the
liuelie
fir●
which
heretofore
hath
susteined
vs
quicke
and
nimble
,
who
now
goe
grauely
and
heauely
:
the
length
of
the
time
and
way
will
suffice
thée
to
reckon
,
and
me
to
giue
care
to
thy
former
fortunes
:
whereof
(
as
God
loue
me
)
I
haue
dolour
and
compassion
with
thee
:
for
beeing
a
man
I
estéeme
no
humane
thing
,
but
that
it
may
touch
me
.
I
heartely
thanke
thée
of
thine
humanitie
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
but
by
how
much
thy
compassion
shuld
be
consolatorie
vnto
me
,
by
so
much
should
the
commemoration
thereof
be
●oiefull
:
and
therefore
it
is
better
for
mée
with
science
to
kéepe
my
profound
dolour
in
my
transpierced
heart
;
than
by
vttering
my
misaduentures
to
renue
my
former
griefes
.
No
no
,
quoth
the
Archier
,
thou
must
not
doo
so
,
but
to
the
concrarie
solace
thy
beauie
heart
,
by
reuealing
thy
griefe
to
him
,
who
without
feeling
it
will
lighten
thée
of
the
one
haife
,
yea
peraduenture
of
the
whole
.
And
therefore
discharge
thy
bodie
of
thy
harnesse
and
mantle
,
by
giuing
it
to
thy
page
,
and
thy
hart
of
thy
passions
by
communicating
of
them
to
me
(
being
a
stranger
,
yet
notwithstanding
a
man
)
:
and
so
shalt
thou
doo
thy selfe
pleasure
,
and
accomplish
my
desire
;
and
thou
eke
by
accompting
it
,
and
I
by
the
hearing
thereof
,
shal
abbridge
and
shorten
the
length
of
our
waye
,
and
forget
our
wearinesse
:
for
as
the
common
prouerbe
goeth
,
In
trauell
,
talke
without
reproach
,
Is
better
than
a
tottering
coach
.
Ha
old
companion
quoth
Franc-Gal
,
I
feele
that
alreadie
to
be
true
in
me
which
thou
hast
said
:
for
thy
humaine
speaches
do
inuite
me
to
ease
my
heart
,
in
vomiting
the
remembraunce
of
my
diuers
aduentures
,
as
well
good
as
euill
,
with
my
present
deliberations
,
&
the
sweete
conceipts
of
my
hope
to
come
,
which
among
other
things
doo
promise
comfort
and
counsell
of
thee
.
And
therefore
now
will
I
take
as
great
solace
and
pleasure
to
discouer
to
thee
my
fortunes
,
as
thou
hast
had
curious
desire
to
enquire
them
of
me
:
hearken
therefore
as
wee
goe
leasurely
,
and
thou
shalt
heare
meruailes
.
Begin
then
peaceablie
,
quoth
the
Archier
,
and
I
will
willingly
giue
attentiue
heede
therevnto
.
Then
Franc-Gal
put
off
his
purple
mantle
whose
cape
was
of
cloath
of
golde
enriched
with
a
great
and
celestiall
Saphir
,
and
tooke
off
from
his
necke
his
shield
carrying
vpon
Azure
a
Sonne
of
golde
,
&
his
helmet
from
his
head
,
whereof
onely
before
he
had
but
lifted
vp
the
visor
,
giuing
it
all
to
his
page
who
followed
him
,
being
a
yong
and
lustie
man
called
Oplophor
.
And
so
remained
Franc-Gall
,
onely
in
his
single
corslet
,
great
and
straight
,
his
bodie
being
of
a
faire
and
vpright
stature
,
exceeding
the
common
forme
of
men
,
and
lifting
vp
a
head
alreadie
halfe
balde
what
with
age
and
bearing
of
his
helmet
,
his
haires
white
and
his
heard
siluered
,
long
,
&
wreathed
like
the
streames
of
a
swift
brooke
,
his
visage
faire
,
and
being
open
,
full
of
redoubtable
serenitie
,
with
a
gracious
dignitie
,
admirable
to
all
the
beholders
,
chieflie
to
the
olde
Archier
,
who
seeing
him
openly
,
esteemed
in
his
heart
neuer
among
mortall
men
to
haue
séene
a
more
faire
creapure
;
sauing
that
the
serenctie
of
his
face
was
somewhat
troubled
with
a
cloud
of
inward
griefe
,
yéelding
foorth
grose
teares
,
which
distilled
downe
his
white
beard
:
which
thing
the
Archier
apperceiuing
,
said
vnto
him
after
this
manner
;
Noble
Lord
,
for
so
thy
apparaunce
doth
declare
,
leaue
I
beséech
thee
these
lamentations
to
women
and
children
,
and
to
soft
and
effeminated
men
,
&
reckon
constantly
to
vs
thine
aduentures
:
for
vnto
a
man
of
such
a
personage
,
as
I
see
thou
art
,
armour
is
more
séemely
than
teares
.
Thou
saist
truth
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
and
speakest
like
a
wise
man
,
and
of
a
high
affaire
:
and
for
that
cause
will
I
suppresse
my
passions
,
and
in
proceeding
on
our
way
,
accompt
vnto
thée
mine
actions
;
and
therefore
giue
eare
.
That
will
I
doo
(
quoth
the
olde
Archier
)
sauing
(
vnder
thy
correction
)
I
will
now
and
then
make
some
short
and
interlocutorious
demaunds
vpon
such
points
,
wherein
I
shall
perceiue
a
more
plainer
intelligence
,
to
be
better
than
a
simple
narration
.
Right
willinglie
,
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
for
by
that
meanes
I
shall
haue
leasure
to
breath
in
my
going
and
speaking
;
and
our
talke
shall
be
more
gracious
being
altred
,
than
continued
;
and
the
matter
better
remembred
and
vnderstood
.
And
therefore
I
pray
thée
feare
not
to
enteriect
incidences
,
and
breake
my
talke
,
where
thou
shalt
sée
thy selfe
not
fully
satisfied
.
And
now
behold
,
I
begin
my
historie
.
A
narration
of
the
ancient
Tower
of
the
three
fatall
Sisters
,
and
of
their
olde
Mother
Lady
Anange
.
CAP.
7.
THere
is
in
the
World
a
certaine
long
way
,
〈◊〉
,
and
little
frequented
,
by
reason
of
the
sharpe
,
blinde
,
and
hard
keeping
thereof
:
the
which
way
notwithstanding
leadeth
to
the
most
ancient
Temple
of
the
Souereigne
.
And
by
which
,
the
renowned
King
Perseforest
tooke
〈◊〉
of
the
architecture
of
that
p●…relesse
Temple
,
dedicated
to
soueraigne
Iehouah
,
which
he
erected
and
edificated
in
the
diabolicall
forest
of
Darmant
,
to
these
and
extermine
the
wicked
spirites
,
who
at
that
time
kept
their
habitation
in
those
solitarie
forests
;
and
to
giue
addresse
to
wandring
Knights
,
who
in
those
pathlesse
woods
●pentsearching
straunge
aduentures
.
At
the
●…ie
of
which
way
,
leading
towards
the
foresaid
soueraigne
Temple
,
was
a
most
ancient
round
Tower
,
builded
before
the
memorie
of
man
:
whose
foundations
were
〈◊〉
deepely
hidden
,
euen
vnto
the
bottomlesse
pitts
,
and
there
under
a
most
horrible
Barathre
or
prison
of
accursed
and
wicked
creatures
.
But
the
top
thereof
was
so
highly
eleuated
,
that
it
seemed
to
exceed
the
heauens
,
and
whereunto
no
earthly
eye
(
were
it
euer
so
sharp
)
could
euer
attaine
:
onely
three
faire
&
ample
stages
might
be
perceiued
,
garnished
with
great
and
mightie
porches
,
engrauen
and
figured
with
infinite
images
,
and
shadowed
with
diuers
and
sundrie
colours
,
mettalls
,
and
precious
stones
of
exceeding
splendor
:
and
for
the
rest
vnprohibited
to
all
people
,
with
open
gates
&
cleere
windowes
.
Within
these
three
Stages
were
dwelling
three
Fates
,
Sisters
germaines
,
and
daughters
to
a
high
,
puissant
and
auncient
Ladie
called
Anange
,
resident
(
as
it
is
said
,
and
helde
for
certaine
)
on
the
highest
top
of
that
Tower
.
〈…〉
her
in
the
first
Stage
,
her
wor●…
her
〈◊〉
and
first
fatall
Sister
called
Cleronome
,
was
〈◊〉
.
〈…〉
Stage
another
fatal
Sister
〈◊〉
Zodore
〈…〉
and
in
the
last
and
lowest
〈◊〉
the
〈◊〉
fatall
Sister
,
who
had
to
her
proper
name
Termame
〈◊〉
.
Thus
were
these
three
fatall
Sisters
germaines
〈…〉
,
resident
with
their
traine
in
the
three
pa●…s
〈◊〉
●…ent
Tower
,
so
well
contriued
and
neere
together
,
that
●…selie
they
might
enter
the
one
into
the
other
:
but
〈◊〉
all
ruled
their
ancient
mother
Anange
.
Vppon
this
point
,
the
olde
Archier
began
to
replie
in
this
sort
:
It
is
a
common
prouerbe
(
quoth
he
)
that
a
good
lier
must
haue
a
good
memorie
,
least
by
forgetting
his
first
talke
he
contrarie
himselfe
in
his
last
.
Wherefore
〈…〉
take
heede
that
in
the
beginning
of
thy
processe
,
th●…
be
not
found
by
thy
forgetfulnesse
a
liar
,
which
〈…〉
I
can
hardly
beare
withall
.
Remember
〈…〉
thou
toldest
me
that
the
foundations
of
the
Tower
●…of
thou
speakest
,
are
so
lowe
as
the
obscure
depths
,
where
the
eye
of
mortall
man
neuer
penetrateth
,
and
that
the
top
thereof
by
his
immensall
height
,
doth
〈◊〉
the
〈◊〉
of
our
humaine
sight
:
how
then
commeth
it
to
passe
,
that
the
depth
of
this
Tower
and
the
things
there
〈◊〉
are
knowen
amongst
men
?
and
how
is
it
euident
that
on
the
top
thereof
the
auncient
Lady
whom
th●…
callest
Anange
,
mother
to
the
three
sisters
inhabiting
in
the
foresaid
three
palaces
is
there
resident
,
seeing
thou
hast
said
the
excell●…ude
of
the
Tower
is
not
to
bee
comprehended
with
the
eye
of
man
?
whereby
it
seemeth
,
that
either
thou
doost
gesse
therof
by
imagination
;
or
els
that
thou
knowest
it
by
reuealation
.
Therein
thou
failest
not
(
quoth
Franc-Gall
)
for
partly
I
haue
knowen
it
by
cleare
and
true
reuealation
by
a
Calodaimon
verie
familiar
with
me
,
who
assisteth
me
in
al
things
,
and
oftentimes
rauisheth
my
spirit
out
of
my
bodie
,
carrying
it
into
farre
and
strange
places
,
and
showing
me
merueilous
things
,
which
no
man
can
tel
vnles
he
had
been
there
present
:
whereof
(
being
returned
againe
to
my selfe
)
I
haue
good
remembrance
,
and
I
haue
reported
that
which
afterwards
hath
been
found
veritable
.
And
thereby
it
happened
,
that
one
day
being
at
the
foote
of
this
Tower
,
contemplating
the
meruailous
workmanship
thereof
,
and
reasoning
with
my selfe
that
according
to
the
exceeding
height
of
it
,
belonged
necessarily
a
foundation
of
terrible
depth
:
whiles
I
was
ouercome
with
this
consideration
,
beholde
from
a
part
of
Heauen
came
flying
towards
me
a
white
feathered
Bird
,
with
her
beake
&
legs
so
red
as
faire
corall
,
her
eyes
of
the
colour
of
fire
,
flaming
in
shew
like
two
precious
carbuncles
:
who
in
kissing
wise
came
and
put
her
beake
into
my
mouth
,
wherewith
by
an
occult
vertue
she
drew
my
spirite
vnto
her
,
leauing
my
bodie
in
the
mean
time
gasping
and
panting
much
like
to
one
in
a
traunce
.
And
so
hauing
eleuated
my
spirite
vnto
the
lower
Region
of
the
aier
,
not
by
flight
vpwards
,
but
as
it
were
turning
&
going
round
about
all
the
climates
of
the
world
(
like
those
who
by
often
winding
clime
the
rude
and
high
mountaines
)
vntill
it
was
eleuate
right
towards
the
North
ouer
an
Island
called
Ireland
,
where
sodainly
this
Bird
left
mee
,
and
let
mee
fall
shooting
like
a
tempest
into
this
Isle
,
in
a
great
hole
or
well
right
deepe
:
where
in
the
middest
of
the
darknesse
,
by
a
little
glittering
of
a
sulphurian
light
,
I
perceiued
the
depth
of
this
round
Tower
,
abased
euen
from
the
superficialitie
of
the
earth
vnto
the
point
centrique
or
centure
of
the
same
:
and
below
a
Barathre
or
eternall
prison
,
where
by
the
infernall
obscuritie
I
could
see
nothing
but
darknesse
dispearsed
vpon
the
face
of
the
depths
:
but
well
might
I
heare
horrible
cries
,
&
fearefull
hurlings
mingled
with
plaints
&
groanes
like
to
men
tormented
,
and
furious
enraged
beasts
fighting
amongst
themselues
,
throwing
and
biting
one
another
in
extreame
rage
.
Whereuppon
through
great
feare
I
leaped
out
afright
so
rudely
,
that
I
mounted
out
into
the
cleare
light
:
where
the
forenamed
white
bird
(
which
in
truth
was
my
Calodaimon
)
came
and
tooke
me
,
demaunding
me
saying
;
Franc-Gal
hast
thou
seene
that
which
thou
desirest
?
Yea
,
yea
,
quoth
I
,
and
heard
fearfull
cries
which
caused
me
to
retire
:
but
I
knewe
not
what
it
should
be
,
vnlesse
it
be
the
eternal
prison
of
the
wicked
Giants
Triphon
and
Briaro
,
with
their
complices
and
followers
,
who
were
not
afraide
to
set
themselues
against
the
Soueraigne
:
vpon
whome
(
being
cast
downe
and
desolated
)
the
mountaines
&
great
rockes
,
which
are
the
foundations
of
the
auncient
Tower
which
thou
didst
behold
,
haue
been
throwen
:
the
which
oftentimes
they
shake
&
cause
to
tremble
by
the
impatience
of
intollerable
paines
,
in
shaking
sometimes
the
foundations
by
the
aboundaunce
of
water
cast
and
throwen
out
by
their
conduct
,
and
other
whiles
by
the
impetuositie
of
the
windes
comming
from
their
despitefull
sighings
:
&
sometime
by
the
violence
of
the
fire
comming
out
of
their
throat
,
and
by
the
inflamed
vapor
of
forceable
ire
and
outragious
wrath
.
Neuerthelesse
for
all
their
forces
they
shall
neuer
bring
it
to
ruine
,
nor
cast
it
downe
,
neither
shall
they
be
discharged
or
come
out
of
this
tenebrous
prison
,
vnlesse
the
infinite
bountie
of
the
vanquisher
surmount
the
obstinate
mallice
of
the
vanquished
,
who
neither
hope
nor
desire
it
,
but
obstinately
please
themselues
with
their
paines
,
as
the
cursed
serpents
feede
themselues
with
their
owne
venime
:
and
therefore
let
vs
leaue
them
in
their
eternall
miseries
.
In
saying
thus
,
he
carried
me
vp
so
high
,
that
hauing
the
elements
and
planets
vnder
my
feete
,
I
found
my selfe
aboue
the
Towre
,
wherein
I
beheld
in
great
sublimitie
vpon
the
pomell
of
the
top
thereof
this
olde
Ladie
,
which
my
Calodaimon
tolde
mee
was
Anange
mother
of
the
three
Sisters
:
and
hauing
intentiuely
considered
her
estate
and
puissance
,
in
a
moment
I
descended
into
my
bodie
,
&
béeing
come
to
my selfe
,
I
remembred
well
the
meruailous
things
that
I
had
séene
,
and
such
as
I
haue
accompted
to
thée
in
truth
.
That
which
thou
hast
accompted
quoth
the
Archier
,
is
wonderfull
,
yet
neuerthelesse
séeming
true
and
credible
in
mine
opinion
:
for
me
verie
same
or
the
like
not
long
since
hath
béen
heard
of
in
this
Region
,
by
a
meruailous
and
supernaturall
aduenture
.
What
is
that
I
pray
thée
,
quoth
Franc-Gall
?
that
I
I
passe
no
〈◊〉
in
my
narration
,
before
I
haue
vnderstood
of
thée
the
example
seruing
for
the
confirmation
of
my
speach
;
which
will
cause
thée
more
easilie
to
giue
credit
to
the
rest
.
Therefore
I
beseech
thée
to
tell
it
me
,
and
I
will
giue
thée
good
audience
.
I
am
●…ght
well
content
,
quoth
the
Archier
,
so
that
the
whiles
thou
remember
the
point
where
thou
leauest
,
of
the
olde
Ladie
Anange
sitting
vpon
the
pomell
of
the
Tower
:
and
therefore
now
take
thy
rest
a
while
,
and
I
by
maner
of
interlecutorie
respiration
will
reckon
to
thee
a
thing
conuenient
to
the
narration
of
thy
ectasticall
vision
and
rauishment
of
thy
spirite
to
the
depth
and
top
of
the
Tower
.
Of
the
loue
of
Mammon
towards
the
saire
Ladie
Thanais
,
of
her
ensircement
,
poysoning
,
and
death
.
CAP.
8.
IN
the
prime
of
my
youth
,
(
about
470.
yeres
passed
)
I
being
of
the
age
of
knowledge
,
as
it
were
49.
yeres
;
there
came
into
these
parts
an
vnknowen
man
,
ill
shaped
and
blacke
like
to
an
Aethiopian
,
neuerthelesse
verie
rich
in
siluer
,
golde
,
precious
stones
,
and
other
mettalls
,
&
for
the
rest
,
of
a
great
and
subtill
spirite
,
and
excéeding
well
learned
in
euerie
science
farre
aboue
all
other
that
he
met
.
This
man
hauing
taken
his
dwelling
in
the
Citie
of
Orbe
,
(
whereto
we
are
now
going
)
and
there
(
by
reason
of
the
store
of
money
that
he
possessed
,
and
for
that
the
Towne
(
by
meanes
of
the
Sea
néere
adiacent
,
and
of
the
riuers
,
ports
and
passages
thereto
adioyning
)
is
very
commodious
for
a
place
of
merchandize
)
he
helde
and
hore
the
state
of
a
merchant
&
Banquer
.
Of
what
merchandize
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
made
he
his
traffique
?
He
was
said
the
Archier
,
a
temporall
merchant
:
for
he
sold
for
time
by
compt
and
measure
.
So
this
temporall
Merchant
called
Mammon
,
holding
a
famous
Banque
in
Orbe
,
became
amorous
of
a
right
faire
and
most
renowned
Maiden
,
of
one
of
the
richest
and
noblest
houses
in
the
Citie
,
which
Maiden
was
called
Thanais
.
This
faire
Mammon
beeing
thus
taken
with
the
loue
of
Thanais
,
began
to
court
her
euill
fauouredlie
enough
,
and
more
imperiously
than
graciously
,
by
vanting
of
himselfe
,
ostentation
of
his
great
riches
and
cunning
,
and
with
dispraysing
and
blaming
of
all
others
,
chiefly
of
the
vertuous
:
besides
that
,
he
sought
to
allure
her
by
rich
gifts
&
presents
,
of
golde
,
of
gemmes
,
rings
and
iewels
,
(
although
by
nature
he
was
verie
couetous
)
but
aboue
all
with
most
faire
and
ample
promises
.
But
the
Maiden
,
to
whome
these
proud
brauados
were
intollerable
,
and
who
had
perhaps
lodged
her
heart
in
some
higher
place
,
reiected
all
his
presents
,
refused
his
offers
,
shunned
his
encountrie
,
&
would
giue
no
eare
to
his
proud
words
;
as
one
whom
she
hated
as
much
as
he
desired
her
,
both
for
his
improbous
and
vngracious
behauiour
,
&
for
his
displeasant
gesture
.
Wherevpon
,
beeing
aduertised
by
one
of
her
Morian
slaues
,
that
she
was
accustomed
euerie
morning
so
soone
as
she
rose
,
to
goe
halfe
vncloathed
with
her
haire
hanging
down
,
to
take
the
aire
in
the
garden
,
to
refresh
and
wash
her selfe
and
visage
,
in
the
siluered
streames
of
the
fountaine
,
which
ranue
through
the
same
:
he
(
for
a
certaine
péere
of
money
,
&
promise
of
redemption
out
of
bondage
,
and
setting
at
libertie
of
this
her
Morian
slaue
)
was
by
her
let
in
to
the
garden
;
where
he
hid
himselfe
in
a
thicke
Arbour
till
the
morning
,
that
his
desired
Thanais
should
come
:
who
according
to
her
accustomed
manner
failed
not
.
Then
he
from
his
embushment
seeing
this
faire
yong
creature
comming
,
couered
with
a
single
peticote
of
light
sattin
,
and
abating
the
deawe
with
her
bare
féete
whiter
than
Alabaster
,
her
fayre
armes
(
naked
and
beautefied
with
liuely
whitenes
)
being
discouered
:
her
breasts
(
borne
out
with
two
apples
of
yuorie
,
or
pappes
of
the
same
coulour
)
lying
open
;
her
head
lightly
trussed
vp
with
a
faire
&
white
kerchiefe
of
fine
linnen
,
behind
the
which
one
might
behold
her
golden
haires
,
whereof
one
part
vntrussed
hong
downe
ouer
her
necke
&
shoulders
,
and
another
part
frisseled
and
curled
descended
wauing
ouer
her
cleare
eyes
,
like
two
peeces
of
siluer
newlie
forged
,
which
being
somewhat
aggrauated
with
ouermuch
sleepe
,
and
séeming
as
yet
neuer
stroken
with
loue
,
made
them
haue
the
greater
grace
.
Mammon
out
of
his
embushment
perceiuing
such
diuine
humanitie
,
with
paine
should
he
desist
or
defer
his
ioyes
from
running
to
imbrace
her
:
notwithstanding
loue
which
in
his
first
mouements
is
neuer
without
feare
,
defended
him
,
and
withheld
him
,
till
such
time
as
Thanais
without
espying
him
was
arriued
at
the
fountaine
:
where
(
as
shee
was
beholding
in
the
reuerberant
clearenesse
of
the
Water
,
the
flower
of
her
fayre
youth
,
making
her selfe
readie
to
wash
her
eyes
,
hands
,
and
vermilion
lips
)
sodainly
behold
Mammon
(
comming
out
of
his
den
)
threwe
himselfe
vnawares
vpon
her
with
opened
armes
,
speaking
to
her
as
amorously
as
he
could
,
and
presented
vnto
her
with
humble
sutes
,
and
affectuous
requests
,
both
his
goods
and
person
;
adioyning
to
his
prayers
,
threatnings
and
outrages
:
in
such
sort
that
séeing
her
obstinate
refusall
,
her
turning
away
of
her
visage
,
and
her
repulsing
of
him
away
with
her
armes
,
with
a
furious
heate
which
inflamed
him
,
he
assaied
to
force
her
,
and
to
rauish
her
of
that
by
violence
,
which
otherwise
he
could
not
obtaine
by
loue
,
hope
of
promises
,
nor
feare
of
threate
nings
.
The
silly
Marden
trembling
with
feare
,
seeing
her
bodie
and
honour
in
danger
by
the
assault
of
this
furious
man
,
cast
foorth
a
loud
crie
,
calling
to
her
aide
two
brothers
which
she
had
,
yong
and
braue
men
,
inhabiting
next
to
the
garden
:
who
vnderstanding
the
fearful
voyce
of
their
welbeloued
Sister
,
sodainly
went
foorth
in
armes
,
with
a
companie
of
seruants
well
prouided
.
Whom
Mammon
seeing
comming
towards
him
with
terrible
furie
,
knew
right
well
,
that
it
was
not
verie
sure
for
him
to
remaine
there
.
Whereuppon
mortall
feare
so
adioyned
lvinges
to
his
light
heeles
,
that
by
a
liuely
course
he
leaped
ouer
the
wal
,
and
saued
himselfe
by
swiftnesse
,
and
escaped
the
hands
of
her
brethren
seekers
of
reuenge
:
who
hauing
lost
the
rauisher
,
tooke
their
wofull
Sister
,
and
consolating
her
with
assurance
,
led
her
into
the
chamber
,
to
reuiue
her
afrighted
spirites
.
Mammon
thus
escaped
from
their
hands
,
found
himselfe
merueilously
confounded
and
troubled
with
the
obstinate
refusall
and
proud
disdaine
(
as
he
thought
)
of
his
welbeloued
Thanais
:
whereby
neuerthelesse
his
ardant
loue
was
nothing
at
all
cooled
or
diminished
,
but
contrariwise
,
more
enflamed
and
augmented
.
For
euen
as
a
Cannon
shot
striking
against
a
rocke
or
hard
wall
,
by
reason
of
so
sharpe
encountrie
,
receiueth
newe
strength
of
impetuous
retire
:
euen
so
the
furious
courage
of
Mammon
hauing
encountred
so
sharpe
refusall
of
faire
Thanais
,
&
so
sore
a
chase
of
her
brothers
,
chafed
himselfe
more
aboundantlie
with
despiteful
anger
,
and
the
furie
of
his
loue
or
rather
of
rage
,
receiued
more
vehement
force
,
by
the
offence
of
so
rude
a
ripulfe
.
Wherupon
there
remaining
no
more
mean
or
hope
of
obtaining
his
desire
;
he
tooke
him
to
his
wicked
artes
whereof
he
was
a
souereigne
Master
,
and
purposed
to
make
her
loue
him
by
force
and
against
nature
,
by
the
vertue
of
a
Philtre
or
louing
poyson
,
which
he
composed
in
an
apple
of
Venus
,
commonly
called
a
loue
apple
,
or
an
apple
of
follie
,
made
with
the
bloud
of
a
wagtayle
,
and
other
drugs
fit
for
that
purpose
,
odorated
with
manie
hote
spices
,
sweetened
in
sugar
thrée
times
baked
,
and
enchanted
with
thrée
wordes
which
he
knewe
to
be
proper
to
the
making
of
the
same
:
in
such
sort
,
that
he
made
an
apple
of
confiture
,
right
sweete
to
the
smell
,
and
right
good
to
the
taste
,
but
most
dangerous
to
the
bodie
and
heart
,
as
the
issue
shewed
.
This
being
done
,
he
practised
with
the
Moriau
slaue
for
money
,
promising
her
affranchment
and
deliuerance
out
of
boudage
,
if
she
would
and
could
finde
the
meanes
to
make
her
Ladie
Thanais
in
some
collation
to
eate
this
apple
,
hauing
such
vertue
,
that
whosoeuer
presented
it
,
should
be
in
fauor
and
grace
of
the
receiuer
thereof
,
and
yeeld
to
the
giuer
great
aduantage
.
The
Morian
slaue
being
couetous
,
and
giuing
ouer
much
beliefe
to
his
faire
words
and
flattering
promises
,
and
presuming
alredie
of
her
libertie
&
franchise
,
which
aboue
all
other
things
she
most
estéemed
and
desired
,
withall
,
of
the
good
will
of
her
mistresse
;
right
willingly
tooke
both
the
money
,
and
the
apple
,
which
was
put
in
a
vessell
of
Christall
,
promising
him
that
she
would
minister
it
to
her
Mistresse
,
with
the
first
opportunitie
;
which
thing
she
delayed
not
to
bring
to
passe
.
For
the
selfe
same
day
that
Thanais
was
so
ouertaken
,
and
put
to
such
distresse
by
Mammon
(
as
it
hath
bin
said
)
she
remained
so
mooued
and
altred
,
that
in
the
Eueuing
at
her
going
to
bed
,
her
heart
began
to
faile
her
:
for
the
aide
whereof
,
her
Slaue
presented
her
with
this
confected
apple
,
which
she
found
verie
delicious
to
the
taste
,
insomuch
that
her
spirites
reuiued
againe
:
and
after
shee
had
dronke
a
little
wine
,
sodainly
shee
fell
into
a
profound
sléepe
,
yet
neuerthelesse
being
troubled
with
dreames
and
terrible
santasies
,
which
she
witnessed
by
the
turnings
of
her
face
,
disorderly
mouing
of
hir
limmes
,
and
profound
sighes
intermingled
from
time
to
time
with
cries
,
in
such
sort
,
that
when
she
awaked
,
she
was
found
to
haue
lost
her
senses
,
transported
of
her
spirites
,
and
become
altogether
foolish
.
Finally
,
after
long
torment
of
bodie
and
mind
,
by
reason
of
the
inflamation
of
that
villanous
apple
,
the
poore
and
miserable
Thanais
died
,
her
bodie
remaining
after
her
death
so
horrible
and
hideous
to
behold
,
that
they
made
no
greater
hast
than
to
goe
burie
her
,
and
to
carrie
her
to
a
sepulcher
in
the
ende
of
a
field
,
apperteining
to
their
fathers
house
,
adioyning
to
the
high
way
where
we
now
are
,
and
verie
neare
to
this
place
,
for
as
I
thinke
,
behold
the
sepulcher
which
alreadie
beginneth
to
appeare
vnto
vs
,
wherein
Thanais
with
her
Morian
slaue
were
buried
.
Who
in
remorce
of
conscience
of
this
her
wicked
ministerie
,
went
and
hanged
her selfe
,
hauing
beheld
the
heauie
aduenture
of
her
traiterous
seruice
,
and
well
knowing
she
could
not
escape
the
handes
of
the
two
brethren
,
who
would
reuenge
the
death
of
their
sister
vpon
her
.
Behold
what
she
got
by
the
promise
of
Mammon
,
shewing
in
effect
that
the
reward
of
sinne
is
death
.
Thus
were
chese
two
bodies
buried
in
this
sepulcher
which
thou
séest
before
vs
,
which
we
may
goe
to
sée
,
and
there
repose
our selues
a
while
and
take
breath
.
In
saying
whereof
,
these
two
olde
men
approached
to
a
sepulcher
of
Maible
,
which
was
at
the
ende
of
a
field
on
the
left
hand
of
the
high
way
.
For
the
custome
at
that
time
was
to
build
their
sepulchers
euerie
man
in
his
proper
ground
,
along
by
the
high
way
side
,
to
the
end
that
trauellers
in
arresting
and
reposing
themselues
vpon
the
stone
,
might
bée
occupied
in
reading
their
Epitaphs
:
which
these
two
olde
men
did
,
turning
towards
the
Tombe
.
And
the
good
Archier
laid
downe
his
bowe
and
quiuer
vpon
the
stone
with
a
bottle
full
of
wine
,
whereof
he
dranke
first
out
of
a
siluer
goblet
which
hee
had
about
him
,
and
after
presented
it
to
Franc-Gal
,
who
receiued
it
with
a
good
will
,
and
drank
to
him
againe
.
These
two
olde
men
being
thus
reposed
vppon
the
lower
steps
of
the
sepulcher
,
made
their
coliation
with
a
morsell
of
white
bread
,
and
the
wing
of
a
rosted
and
spiced
Pheasant
,
which
the
Archier
had
slaine
the
day
before
,
and
brought
with
him
in
a
faire
napkin
for
his
refection
in
the
fields
,
as
ordinarily
he
was
accustomed
to
do
in
going
to
the
chase
:
and
so
they
drank
either
of
them
once
.
And
afterwards
whiles
the
Squire
made
an
ende
of
emptying
the
bottle
,
they
mounted
the
steps
of
the
sepulcher
to
sée
if
they
could
behold
some
Epitaph
,
where
they
found
in
a
stone
of
flourishing
Porphire
variable
of
colours
and
waued
like
the
streames
of
a
swift
Riuer
,
which
was
vpon
the
Tombe
,
a
blacke
knight
of
brown
Marble
engrauen
,
bearing
a
guilded
shield
,
holding
by
the
mane
a
fair
white
mare
of
snowie
Alabaster
,
inforcing
himselfe
to
mount
vpon
her
;
but
the
mare
by
her
figure
shewed
her selfe
so
rebellious
in
flinging
that
he
could
not
,
wherefore
through
anger
he
thrust
her
through
the
body
with
his
flaming
sword
,
out
of
which
wound
in
stead
of
bowells
issued
a
Serpent
,
and
at
the
feete
thereof
was
set
a
Mowle
engrauen
in
Jeate
.
Franc-Gal
was
much
abashed
at
this
figure
,
and
said
that
it
was
notably
made
according
to
the
historie
before
mentioned
:
for
the
stone
of
greene
and
waued
Porphirie
represented
the
garden
and
fountaine
:
the
blacke
Knight
with
the
guilded
shield
signified
the
foule
and
rich
Mammon
:
the
white
Mare
figured
the
faire
Thanais
:
the
Mowle
was
a
token
of
the
Morian
slaue
:
the
holding
of
of
the
Mare
by
the
mayne
,
and
assaying
to
mount
vppon
her
,
signified
the
forcement
which
Mammon
would
haue
done
in
the
garden
:
the
kicking
of
the
white
Mare
represented
the
refusall
of
Thanais
:
the
stroake
of
the
burning
sword
,
was
the
poysoning
apple
,
and
the
wound
her
death
;
but
of
the
Serpent
which
issued
therout
,
he
could
not
coniecture
what
it
betokened
,
vntill
the
Archier
enterpreted
the
same
afterwards
,
as
you
shall
heare
.
Hauing
thus
contemplated
the
figures
vpon
the
sepulcher
,
they
might
perceiue
belowe
vpon
the
stone
of
Porphirie
foure
verses
engrauen
:
whereof
the
first
two
were
written
in
ancient
letters
of
black
colour
,
and
the
two
last
in
red
letters
of
a
sanguine
colour
,
which
seemed
to
them
later
&
fresher
written
than
the
first
,
as
in
truth
they
were
according
to
the
aduenture
which
followed
,
&
the
four
verses
of
the
Epitaph
were
these
.
Here
lyeth
Thanais
who
late
hath
slaine
Loue
,
death
,
and
eake
the
Negro
vaine
.
Mammon
who
causde
her
death
by
force
,
Shall
gender
life
in
her
dead
corse
.
At
these
two
last
verses
Franc-Gal
was
much
abashed
,
and
demaunded
of
the
Archier
,
if
he
knewe
their
signification
?
Yea
(
quoth
he
)
and
I
wil
tell
it
thee
presently
.
Sit
downe
if
it
please
thee
,
and
at
thine
ease
giue
eare
to
the
residue
of
my
Historie
.
Of
the
generation
and
birth
of
the
fatall
Infant
of
leasing
.
CAP.
9.
THese
two
olde
men
being
reposed
on
the
bankes
of
the
sepulcher
,
the
old
Archier
began
the
continuaunce
of
his
tale
in
this
wise
.
After
that
the
two
bodies
of
Thanais
&
her
Morian
slaue
,
were
entombed
,
and
the
ceremonies
,
according
to
the
custome
of
the
Countrey
,
in
dolefull
manner
accomplished
,
each
one
retired
to
rest
.
Onely
Mammon
remained
in
a
terrible
vnquietnesse
,
not
finding
rest
either
of
soule
or
bodie
:
for
the
furies
of
remorce
,
repentance
,
disdaine
,
wrath
,
wayling
,
despite
,
impossible
desire
,
and
rage
of
vnbridled
loue
,
shooke
continuallie
before
the
eyes
of
his
fantasticall
vnderstanding
,
their
burning
&
bloudie
torches
:
in
such
sort
,
that
his
vehement
passions
would
neither
suffer
him
to
sléepe
or
rest
,
especially
the
loue
of
the
deceased
Thanais
,
which
by
so
much
more
was
enflamed
in
him
,
as
the
hope
of
euer
obtaining
his
desire
was
furthest
from
him
.
So
as
when
he
would
settle
himselfe
to
sléepe
,
the
figure
of
Thanais
séemed
to
present
it selfe
before
him
in
such
beautie
and
grace
as
hee
had
séene
her
in
the
garden
.
And
as
louers
forge
dreames
according
to
their
sensuall
appetites
,
and
disordinate
desires
,
he
suddeinly
imagined
,
and
fully
perswaded
with
himselfe
,
that
Thanais
was
not
dead
,
but
by
force
of
the
Philtre
,
onely
falne
into
a
Lechargie
and
swowue
:
and
that
by
going
to
the
place
where
she
lay
entombed
,
he
might
yet
enioy
that
without
let
or
hindrance
,
which
he
so
long
had
desired
.
Vpon
this
,
sléepe
ouercame
him
,
and
a
Phantasine
in
the
the
likenes
of
Thanais
disformed
,
pale
,
and
deadly
,
séemed
to
appeare
vnto
him
,
saying
;
Mammon
thou
sléepest
,
and
I
suffer
in
attending
thée
:
why
comst
thou
not
to
the
place
wher
I
am
,
to
take
without
danger
,
that
which
once
thou
wouldest
with
so
great
perill
rauish
from
me
.
Vpon
this
his
dogge
barked
and
Calyph
his
Page
fearefully
began
to
crie
:
and
he
himselfe
wakening
,
demanded
what
he
ayled
?
For
that
(
quoth
the
page
)
I
haue
séene
a
flying
serpent
issue
from
behind
the
curtaine
of
your
bed
,
and
departing
hereout
by
the
louer
hole
of
the
chimney
.
Mammon
hearing
this
talke
,
and
conferring
this
vision
with
his
dreame
,
found
himselfe
so
disturbed
,
that
through
the
impatience
of
loue
he
arose
,
&
taking
with
him
for
sole
companion
his
onely
page
as
yet
verie
fearfull
,
in
the
beginning
of
the
night
,
came
to
the
place
where
wee
now
are
,
mounted
vp
to
the
sepulcher
,
and
(
with
his
helpe
)
remooued
the
stone
from
the
monument
(
for
at
that
time
these
figures
were
yet
vnplaced
)
and
causing
his
page
to
keep
the
watch
,
least
anie
one
should
come
and
descrie
them
,
he
entred
into
the
sepulcher
,
where
(
in
the
perfourming
of
his
detestable
assignment
)
he
employed
a
great
part
of
the
silent
night
,
whose
obscuritie
and
darknesse
séemed
to
him
sufficient
to
couer
and
cloake
his
villanie
.
Which
beeing
done
,
he
might
heare
the
voyce
of
some
wicked
spirit
speaking
through
the
carrion
carcasse
of
the
Morian
slaue
,
vttering
these
speaches
following
;
Mammon
thou
hast
begotten
a
childe
.
Returne
therefore
to
this
place
,
and
at
this
instant
hower
,
within
two
and
twentie
dayes
to
receiue
the
fruite
of
thy
séede
,
whereof
faile
not
:
for
if
thou
doo
,
our
Prince
shall
not
faile
to
fetche
thée
by
his
Legionaries
to
thy
great
euil
and
torment
.
How
can
this
be
(
quoth
Mammon
)
that
within
thrée
wéekes
the
childe
should
be
growen
to
perfect
birth
,
whereto
nine
moneths
are
requisite
or
at
least
seauen
?
An
euill
wéede
(
quoth
the
sprite
)
commeth
foorth
sooner
than
a
good
hearbe
,
besides
that
thou
must
vnderstand
,
that
when
nature
féeleth
her selfe
to
faile
&
tende
to
corruption
,
then
she
forceth
her selfe
the
more
,
and
aduaunceth
more
faster
to
generation
.
And
for
that
the
Matirce
of
this
dead
bodie
must
die
shortly
,
it
hasteneth
it self
to
bring
foorth
the
fruite
of
thy
séede
before
the
due
time
,
which
thou
must
come
to
receiue
within
thrée
times
feauen
dayes
,
at
the
hower
appointed
:
wherefore
faile
not
;
&
now
get
thée
hence
,
for
thou
hast
no
more
to
doo
here
.
This
said
,
the
voyce
ceased
,
and
Mammon
sore
afraid
issued
out
of
the
sepulcher
,
whereupon
with
the
aide
of
his
Page
Calyph
he
laid
the
stone
,
&
returned
to
his
lodging
,
accompting
these
things
to
his
man
,
who
was
priuie
to
all
his
dealings
,
especially
of
this
his
loue
toward
the
deceased
Thanais
,
and
with
him
consulted
whether
he
shuld
obay
the
Morisquine
spirite
,
and
returne
againe
thether
within
thrée
wéekes
,
or
no
:
which
thing
after
some
deliberation
taken
,
was
concluded
.
And
the
two
and
twentieth
daye
after
,
at
the
same
nightly
houre
,
they
came
to
the
place
and
remooued
the
stone
from
the
monument
;
whereinto
Mammon
entred
,
and
by
the
variable
shining
of
a
blew
sulphurian
fire
,
which
sparkled
betwéene
the
heads
of
the
dead
bodies
,
he
might
perceiue
an
Infant
newly
borne
,
laid
at
the
féete
of
Thanais
,
vppon
the
ende
of
the
winding
shéete
,
betwéene
two
women
of
terrible
aspect
,
&
of
diuers
formes
;
for
the
one
had
a
visage
pleasant
and
laughing
,
but
blistered
with
diuers
colours
like
the
worke
of
a
rich
iewell
enameled
,
and
yet
neuerthelesse
delectable
to
behold
:
and
she
like
a
Fatallesse
(
as
she
was
)
predestinated
the
child
in
this
sort
;
Thou
childe
Desalethes
,
(
for
so
thou
shalt
be
named
,
in
beeing
borne
without
terme
,
&
nourished
without
milke
)
I
foretell
thée
,
that
thou
shalt
be
the
greatest
liar
of
this
world
,
a
simuler
and
dissembler
in
words
and
déedes
,
in
al
false
workes
and
speaches
vnder
apparaunce
and
colour
of
amiable
veritie
,
and
cleane
contrarie
in
couert
thought
to
that
which
thou
shalt
speake
in
open
words
;
euen
as
thy
externall
members
are
faire
,
and
thy
interuall
foule
and
filthie
.
(
As
in
truth
this
childe
named
Desalethes
was
,
his
face
,
neck
,
hands
,
and
all
that
outwardly
appeared
,
being
verie
white
,
faire
,
gracious
to
the
eye
,
pleasant
,
and
alluring
,
holding
the
forme
and
beautie
of
the
mother
:
but
the
rest
of
his
bodie
and
members
which
were
hidden
,
were
swart
and
filthie
,
according
to
the
deformitie
and
obscuritie
of
his
father
.
)
After
that
this
first
Fatallesse
had
thus
sinisterly
presaged
vppon
this
byformed
Brat
,
the
second
Fatallesse
who
was
of
visage
more
sad
,
seuere
,
and
of
colour
pale
,
(
but
white
and
cleanly
)
thus
propounded
his
destime
;
Like
as
you
(
my
sister
Calendre
)
haue
cast
your
sort
vpon
this
childe
,
that
he
shall
liue
so
long
as
hee
continueth
in
his
lying
;
euen
so
I
doo
destine
him
,
that
he
shall
die
for
telling
the
truth
,
and
that
so
soone
as
hee
shall
haue
spoken
it
.
So
be
it
Sister
Clarence
(
quoth
Calendre
)
in
giuing
their
hands
right
and
left
the
one
to
the
other
,
and
so
comoyned
they
laid
them
vppon
the
head
of
the
childe
,
who
at
that
instant
arose
,
as
it
were
of
the
age
of
fourtéen
yeares
,
furiously-crying
;
Mammon
,
thou
honest
man
,
thou
shalt
leaue
me
here
rather
buried
than
borne
.
No
,
no
,
my
deare
sonne
(
quoth
Mammon
)
that
will
I
not
truly
:
and
therewith
imbraced
him
;
and
the
two
Fairesses
sodainely
vanished
away
,
with
the
sulphurian
fire
,
which
turned
to
a
most
stinking
smoke
:
and
at
that
verie
instant
issued
out
of
the
bodie
of
the
Moore
,
the
horrible
voyce
of
a
wicked
spirite
,
thundring
out
these
words
.
That
which
is
thine
take
thou
away
,
And
in
this
place
no
longer
stay
.
At
this
commaundement
,
Mammon
remembring
wel
what
he
had
heard
and
vnderstood
of
the
Destinies
of
his
Sonne
Desalethes
,
tooke
him
by
the
hand
,
and
went
out
of
the
Monument
together
,
whereon
by
the
help
of
Calyph
they
laid
the
stone
againe
.
Which
was
no
sooner
laid
,
but
a
thunder
clap
and
lightning
fell
from
Heauen
vppon
the
plate
of
Porphirie
,
with
the
statues
of
blacke
Marble
,
of
Alabaster
,
and
Ieate
,
in
figure
of
a
blacke
Knight
,
a
yong
Mare
,
and
of
a
Mowle
,
euen
as
we
haue
now
séene
them
.
And
foorthwith
were
found
engrauen
these
two
last
verses
in
bloudie
letters
,
beneath
the
verses
which
the
two
Brothers
of
Thanais
had
first
set
vp
,
written
simply
in
olde
blacke
letters
:
which
two
verses
last
engraued
,
(
as
it
is
shought
with
the
diuels
clawe
)
as
also
the
statues
fallen
out
of
the
aier
,
are
without
either
plaister
or
souldring
so
firmely
affixed
to
the
Porphirie
,
that
it
is
impossible
to
remooue
them
.
All
thost
who
afterwards
saw
and
read
them
haue
remained
meruailously
astonished
,
and
could
not
coniecture
nor
vnderstand
what
they
should
signifie
,
vntil
such
time
as
the
whole
matter
was
discouered
by
Calyph
the
Page
of
Mammon
,
and
that
by
this
aduenture
.
Of
the
first
institution
of
Desalethes
vnder
Doctour
Pseudomanthanon
,
of
the
artes
which
he
insigned
him
,
and
how
his
disciple
profited
:
what
paiment
he
gaue
his
Master
,
and
in
what
manner
he
practised
his
science
.
CAP.
10.
MAmmon
and
his
sonne
Desalethes
being
come
out
of
the
sepulcher
,
the
father
coueted
the
naked
childe
with
his
cloake
,
&
so
tooke
their
way
homeward
with
Calyph
who
followed
them
giuing
care
to
their
talke
:
amongst
the
which
Mammon
by
the
way
asked
his
sonne
Desalethes
if
hee
had
seene
the
two
fatal
sisters
Calandre
and
Clarence
and
vnderstood
their
presages
vpon
him
?
Desalethes
verie
simplie
answered
no.
But
alreadie
hee
lied
according
to
his
naturall
propertie
.
For
he
both
saw
the
two
Sisters
,
and
vnderstood
their
talke
yea
vetter
than
Mammon
,
as
one
that
was
betweene
them
.
The
father
hearing
his
young
sonne
answere
so
simply
,
with
a
white
visage
,
faire
,
sweete
,
and
amiable
,
and
esteeming
that
he
said
truth
(
which
was
nothing
lesse
)
reckoned
to
him
the
presages
that
he
should
not
die
,
but
for
telling
the
truth
,
whose
contrarie
is
lying
:
and
therefore
for
the
conseruation
of
his
durable
life
(
like
a
most
wicked
man
as
hee
was
)
hee
exhorted
him
to
set
all
faith
and
truth
aside
;
and
to
settle
himselfe
continually
to
speake
and
practise
lyings
,
fraudes
and
disloyal
insidelitie
:
whereto
the
simple
babe
answered
,
hee
knewe
not
how
to
lie
,
neither
could
he
doo
it
.
But
therein
he
lied
so
egregiously
and
filthily
,
that
the
aire
therewith
was
infected
,
as
if
it
had
been
with
the
breath
of
a
Basilisque
:
for
he
could
no
more
lie
,
than
the
Basilisque
kill
,
the
Wolfe
deuoure
,
the
water
drowne
,
and
the
fire
burne
,
whose
primitiue
beginnings
were
for
that
intent
.
In
such
sort
,
that
when
he
spake
most
simply
,
he
then
most
of
all
lied
.
Yet
his
father
being
deceiued
in
his
false
&
dissembling
simplicitie
,
beleeued
him
,
and
being
come
to
his
lodging
,
incontinentlie
he
apparelled
him
in
braue
and
sumptuous
aray
(
which
he
could
doo
verie
well
,
being
one
of
the
richest
in
the
Citie
of
Orbe
)
and
decked
him
in
cloathes
of
golde
,
siluer
,
and
and
silke
of
all
kind
of
colours
(
except
white
and
red
)
but
specially
of
changeable
colours
,
and
of
all
seuerall
sorts
of
silkes
,
mettalls
,
and
cloathes
of
tissue
,
embroderie
and
others
,
and
of
all
the
diuers
cuts
and
variable
fashions
,
which
could
newly
be
found
throughout
al
the
Nations
of
the
world
.
Desalethes
thus
apparelled
with
such
rich
and
braue
habites
,
and
for
euerie
day
a
new
change
,
which
couered
his
blacke
laydnesse
,
and
set
out
the
faire
and
white
parts
of
his
visage
,
necke
,
breast
and
hands
,
hee
seemed
so
faire
a
childe
,
so
pleasant
and
gracious
to
all
,
that
euer
ie
one
tooke
of
him
great
pleasure
.
Wherefore
his
father
Mammon
seeing
him
so
desireable
,
loued
him
greatly
,
and
fearing
the
sort
which
hee
had
vnderstood
,
(
which
was
to
dye
for
saying
the
truth
)
and
beleeuing
(
that
which
in
lying
he
had
told
him
)
that
he
knew
not
how
to
lie
:
gaue
him
in
charge
to
be
taught
to
a
right
excellent
Master
,
who
of
that
Art
made
profession
,
not
publiquelie
,
but
priuely
,
and
secretly
;
neither
read
he
but
by
night
.
This
good
Doctor
was
called
Pseudomanthanon
,
most
skilfull
in
the
Artes
of
his
profession
,
which
were
Magicke
,
Cabalicke
,
Thalmud
,
hypocxisie
,
brotherie
,
idolatrie
,
iudiciall
Astrologie
,
Sophistrie
,
Poesie
,
Alchymie
,
Emperie
,
Medicastrie
,
legerdemaine
,
subtiltie
,
pillerie
,
banquerie
,
vsurie
,
interesterie
,
change
,
barterie
,
beggerie
,
falsifying
of
weights
&
measures
,
forgerie
,
hap-lourderie
,
reuerie
,
and
carrionly
gingembrie
,
poysoning
,
cousning
,
dicing
,
brawling
,
mockerie
,
bawderie
,
bitcherie
,
flatterie
,
policie
,
blabberie
,
menterie
,
diuilishnesse
and
damnerie
;
with
such
other
sciences
and
practises
colouring
&
destroying
veritie
.
Of
all
which
,
this
cunning
Doctor
Pseudomanthanon
was
soueraigne
Lord
,
and
a
nightly
ensigner
:
from
whose
schoole
(
as
the
souldiers
issued
out
of
the
belly
of
the
Troyan
horse
)
infinice
numbers
of
cunning
men
chiefly
of
the
Greekes
,
as
Lucian
,
Homere
,
and
as
it
were
all
the
Poets
;
except
Lucan
,
Lucre●
,
Columel
,
Caton
,
Theognis
,
Phocylides
,
Arat
,
and
some
others
,
who
were
banished
.
From
thence
are
likewise
sprong
the
pleasant
volumes
of
Lancelot
of
the
Lake
,
of
Tristram
,
Perseforest
,
Amadis
of
Gaule
,
Palmerin
,
and
such
like
:
but
chiefly
from
thence
is
proceeded
the
first
coppie
of
the
Alcoran
in
the
Arabian
language
,
afterwards
translated
into
Latine
.
To
this
right
cunning
Doctor
,
was
this
fine
disciple
Desalethes
deliuered
to
bee
taught
all
these
good
artes
of
falsitie
and
menterie
;
who
in
verie
little
time
so
studied
,
and
in
so
short
time
aduaunced
himselfe
in
the
science
and
practise
of
these
artes
of
lying
,
that
he
passed
and
surmounted
his
Master
:
and
deceiued
him
often
times
in
his
owne
deceipt
;
specially
in
the
payment
for
his
teaching
:
for
hauing
agreed
with
him
on
this
condition
,
that
he
shuld
pay
him
one
talent
valued
at
500.
crownes
,
in
the
reward
of
his
teaching
,
in
the
first
cause
that
by
menterie
or
finenesse
he
shuld
win
in
turning
right
with
sleight
:
the
accord
being
written
and
signed
,
it
fortuned
that
Pseudomanthanon
seeing
his
scholler
Desalethes
to
haue
well
profited
in
his
artes
,
demaunded
of
him
his
promised
salarie
:
but
Desalethes
denied
it
him
,
telling
him
flatly
,
that
he
ought
him
nothing
.
Whereupon
Pseudomanthanon
called
him
before
a
Iudge
where
he
appeared
.
And
the
Master
after
he
had
made
his
demaund
,
and
showen
the
accord
of
the
bargaine
,
thus
propounded
his
reason
cutting
on
both
sides
in
this
wise
;
O
foole
,
and
euill
aduised
Scholler
,
doost
thou
not
knowe
,
that
necessarily
thou
shalt
be
condemned
to
pay
me
,
whether
thou
winnest
this
matter
,
or
no.
For
if
thou
win
it
,
it
cannot
be
but
by
fine
policie
,
&
wresting
the
law
,
whereby
thou
must
needs
pay
me
according
to
our
accord
and
writing
,
which
is
such
that
at
the
first
cause
by
thee
craftely
gotten
,
thou
shouldest
pay
me
a
talent
:
but
to
the
contrarie
,
if
thou
dost
lose
,
thou
shalt
be
condemned
to
pay
me
by
execution
of
the
Iudges
sentence
;
and
so
canst
thou
not
escape
to
pay
me
.
To
this
,
the
well
learned
scholler
by
a
crooked
pearcing
,
and
contrarie
reason
,
answered
in
this
forme
;
O
good
Master
,
and
subtill
Doctor
,
sauing
thine
honour
:
thou
takest
not
this
argument
by
the
right
end
:
but
contrariwise
as
it
seemeth
to
me
,
I
ought
necessarily
to
be
absolued
of
thy
demaund
,
whether
I
win
this
matter
or
lose
it
.
For
if
I
win
it
,
I
shall
be
quit
by
the
absolute
sentence
of
the
Iudge
:
and
if
that
I
lose
it
,
I
ought
to
paye
thee
nothing
,
according
to
the
accord
set
down
in
thy
writing
:
where
it
is
agreed
,
that
I
should
not
pay
thee
vntill
the
first
matter
that
I
should
get
by
fine
deceipt
:
wherefore
not
winning
this
first
,
if
I
bee
condempned
,
the
condition
of
the
bargaine
beeing
not
come
,
the
bargaine
is
nothing
,
&
I
shall
owe
thee
nought
.
And
thus
(
O
absurd
Master
)
I
cannot
faile
to
escape
thy
pursute
.
The
Iudge
hearing
such
alterations
by
contraries
and
indissoluable
Antistrophes
,
and
not
knowing
what
iudgment
to
giue
,
sent
them
both
for
an
hundred
yeares
and
one
before
Rhadamant
the
infernall
Iudge
,
the
whole
Bench
crying
after
them
in
execration
of
their
knauerie
,
this
sentence
afterwards
most
renowmed
:
Of
an
euill
Crowe
a
naughtie
egge
,
of
an
euill
Master
a
worse
Disciple
.
Behold
how
Desalethes
began
to
practise
the
Science
which
he
had
learned
vnder
his
good
tutor
Pseudomanthanon
,
and
(
which
is
worse
)
vsing
it
in
all
waies
he
could
,
entermedling
in
great
affaires
with
manie
people
,
but
specially
with
the
wicked
,
forsaken
,
incurious
,
carelesse
,
euill
aduised
,
youthfull
and
dishonest
persons
,
with
light
beléeuers
,
and
strangers
of
farre
Countreyes
,
and
with
the
dead
(
who
can
neither
bite
nor
reprehend
)
;
such
were
his
people
for
whom
he
stretched
his
netts
,
counterfetting
the
deuout
hypocrite
,
iudging
another
hardly
,
and
impudently
iustifying
himselfe
,
neuer
swearing
but
when
he
had
a
gainfull
occasion
to
periure
,
wherewithall
easily
he
made
an
ende
of
pleading
and
bridling
the
Mule
.
Likewise
in
buying
without
payment
,
selling
for
readie
money
and
nothing
deliuering
,
receiuing
without
acquittaunce
,
borrowing
without
rendring
,
retaining
the
imposts
,
or
(
if
force
constrained
him
)
rendring
them
diminished
,
hauing
great
waight
and
long
measure
to
buy
,
but
sinall
and
short
to
make
sale
by
,
forging
wills
,
and
seruing
for
all
and
by
all
as
witnesses
and
pawnes
:
a
singular
workman
to
semble
and
dissemble
,
to
counterfet
all
letters
and
signets
,
to
rase
cleanly
and
subscribe
properly
,
to
blanch
parchment
,
&
to
renue
an
antique
seale
,
to
make
a
newe
obligation
with
notarie
and
witnesses
alreadie
deceased
,
of
an
olde
&
prescript
instrument
:
neuer
handling
butter
without
greasie
hands
,
taking
weightie
golde
and
good
money
,
and
rendering
it
light
,
rebased
and
féeble
,
or
els
false
,
clipped
,
chiseled
and
changed
money
for
it
:
mingling
diuers
accompts
together
,
and
hauing
manie
papers
of
vnreasonable
reason
:
opening
all
letters
which
came
to
his
hands
,
to
sée
if
anie
thing
were
in
them
that
could
hurt
or
doo
him
good
,
&
sealing
them
againe
with
the
like
signet
,
(
after
themanner
of
Alexander
the
false
viuine
)
or
holding
&
cancelling
them
if
it
were
expedient
:
spreading
brutes
abroad
of
an
vncercertaine
authour
,
sowing
darnell
and
wicked
suspition
amongst
friends
by
secret
detraction
,
and
false
reports
:
but
aboue
all
things
a
seller
of
Thurim
smoakes
.
For
the
residue
,
the
best
childe
in
the
world
,
a
pleasant
liar
,
a
gracious
flatterer
,
an
assured
boaster
,
well
languaged
,
well
spoken
,
and
a
most
curteous
Curtizan
,
and
for
that
cause
welcome
to
all
companie
:
bringing
his
deceiptfull
words
and
déedes
so
finely
about
like
a
Mercuriall
Vlisses
that
it
was
alwaies
to
his
profite
and
vantage
,
and
without
leauing
anie
thing
wherein
he
might
be
discouered
or
ouertaken
in
.
Sauing
that
an
ancient
man
called
Cron
,
who
alwaies
inuisibly
folowed
him
pace
by
pace
,
and
obserued
al
his
déedes
&
sayings
,
after
he
had
long
time
endured
them
,
he
finally
discouered
and
stirred
against
him
innumerable
people
whom
he
had
all
deceiued
and
desrauded
one
by
another
.
These
by
conference
had
together
knew
and
discouered
the
hidden
lies
,
falsenesse
,
and
wickednesse
,
whereby
they
had
béen
by
him
abused
,
deceiued
and
defrauded
:
some
accused
him
,
and
others
brought
witnes
against
him
with
the
aide
of
olde
Cron
,
who
reuealed
the
greatest
part
of
his
most
secrete
,
hidden
,
and
shamefull
villanies
,
which
he
least
hoped
should
euer
haue
come
to
light
.
Whereof
being
attaint
and
conuinced
(
albeit
no
torture
nor
torments
could
make
him
confesse
or
acknowledge
it
)
he
was
notwithstanding
declared
a
publique
enemie
,
and
condemned
to
loose
his
head
,
and
that
all
his
goods
should
be
confiscate
to
the
Prince
of
Orbe
.
His
Master
Pseudomanthanon
féeling
the
winde
thereof
,
sodainly
vanished
,
&
gained
with
his
héeles
,
taking
his
flight
from
thence
,
and
hiding
himselfe
in
diuers
secrete
places
,
whereas
yet
hee
maketh
profession
of
his
clandestinall
lectures
.
As
for
his
father
Mammon
he
was
banished
and
sent
backe
into
Turquy
,
and
passing
through
Italy
and
Venice
,
and
remaining
there
a
while
,
left
behind
him
some
of
his
séed
,
whereof
afterwards
sprong
vp
manie
children
of
his
generation
,
as
Vliespiegle
the
inuenter
of
subtilties
,
the
gentle
knight
Imbauld
of
Solier
,
and
such
like
exquisite
workmen
.
After
that
the
capitall
sentence
was
pronounced
vpon
Desalethes
he
was
deliuered
into
the
hands
of
the
executioner
,
who
led
him
to
the
place
of
Iustice
,
showing
by
the
way
so
small
repentance
of
his
wickednes
,
that
he
said
with
loud
voyce
,
he
had
not
mericed
a
common
death
,
but
rather
a
publique
enterteinment
of
him
and
his
in
the
pallaice
of
the
Citie
,
and
a
statue
of
gold
vpon
a
Marble
pillar
in
the
common
place
,
for
his
great
vertues
and
good
deedes
:
doubting
not
but
that
after
his
death
they
would
deifie
him
,
and
put
him
in
the
catalogue
of
worthy
and
heroycall
men
,
in
the
heauen
of
Mercurie
,
with
the
Duke
Vlysses
and
Autolie
,
and
that
there
should
bee
composed
a
new
Odyssee
of
his
high
and
worthie
praises
.
But
on
the
contrarie
,
all
the
world
,
yea
those
of
his
owne
faction
reclaymed
against
him
in
execration
,
crying
with
aloud
voyce
,
Take
him
away
,
take
him
away
,
kill
,
kill
the
wicked
man
.
Neuerthelesse
he
marched
brauelie
to
Must-dy
,
(
for
so
was
the
scarfoll
of
red
&
blacke
Marble
in
the
market
place
called
,
where
the
offenders
doo
play
their
last
prize
)
walking
with
a
loftie
gate
,
&
a
visage
so
constant
and
ioyfull
,
as
though
one
had
led
him
to
a
wedding
,
or
some
ioyfull
feast
,
and
that
because
hee
helde
himselfe
certaine
of
his
sort
and
destinie
,
and
that
hée
had
as
yet
neuer
failed
to
lye
;
whereby
he
assured
himselfe
not
to
die
,
and
therefore
the
feare
of
death
made
him
neyther
tremble
,
nor
looke
pale
.
With
this
assurance
he
marched
and
mounted
vp
into
the
place
of
punishment
,
and
when
he
was
vpon
the
scarfoll
Must-dy
,
the
executioner
would
haue
bound
and
blinded
him
:
No
,
no
(
quoth
hee
in
lying
according
to
his
naturall
disposition
)
I
will
neuer
runne
away
,
haue
thou
no
feare
,
for
I
haue
enough
for
vs
both
.
In
saying
thus
,
he
knéeled
downe
before
the
Marble
stone
,
and
whiles
the
Executioner
prepared
his
sharpe
cutting
sword
,
he
turned
his
viewe
openlie
to
all
the
people
:
to
whom
(
that
hee
might
make
his
last
lye
)
hee
sayd
with
a
lowd
voyce
,
Farewell
yee
people
of
Orbe
,
I
goe
now
to
die
.
This
sayd
,
hee
enclined
his
bodie
,
and
the
hangman
who
had
alreadie
prepared
his
sword
,
in
auayling
it
,
with
a
rude
stroke
cut
off
his
head
.
Of
the
flying
head
,
and
abymed
bodie
,
with
their
returne
,
and
reuelations
of
the
things
by
them
seene
,
of
their
death
and
buriall
,
and
of
the
reclosed
depth
.
CAP.
11.
HIs
sort
then
deceiued
him
(
quoth
Franc-Gall
)
when
his
head
was
stroke
of
,
for
thereby
faileth
all
miracles
.
No
,
no
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
but
contrariwise
thereby
came
great
wonders
:
for
after
the
stroke
giuen
,
no
bloud
issued
either
out
of
bodie
or
head
:
but
presently
no
sooner
than
the
sword
was
withdrawen
,
the
bodie
without
head
rose
vppon
his
féete
,
and
leaped
downe
on
the
ground
amongst
all
the
assistants
and
beholders
,
sore
abashed
to
sée
a
headlesse
body
to
runne
:
the
which
impetuously
passing
through
the
prease
(
who
gaue
way
&
retyred
themselues
at
the
strange
spectacle
of
so
monstrous
a
hideur
)
vntill
it
came
to
an
obscure
dungeon
and
profound
goulph
,
which
a
little
before
happened
by
reason
of
a
terrible
earthquake
,
and
had
swallowed
vp
the
great
tower
of
the
clock
and
watch
of
the
citie
into
such
a
profound
depth
,
that
no
cord
with
the
sound
of
a
plummet
could
finde
the
bottome
thereof
;
whereinto
this
headlesse
bodie
cast
it selfe
.
And
at
the
same
instaunt
,
the
head
(
striken
off
aboue
the
necke
)
sprong
vp
from
the
scarfold
thrée
or
foure
times
,
alwaies
mounting
higher
&
higher
:
and
in
this
order
mounting
,
the
carthalages
and
gristles
of
the
eares
sprong
out
with
sharpe
pinnes
,
in
such
sort
that
they
became
wings
without
feathers
like
a
fimdermouse
,
flying
and
carrying
vp
the
head
into
the
aier
so
high
,
that
right
soone
the
sight
thereof
was
lost
;
the
whole
multitude
of
people
remaining
so
much
astonished
,
as
the
meruaile
thereof
merited
:
some
looking
into
the
déepe
pitt
(
where
they
could
see
nothing
)
and
others
lifting
vp
their
eyes
into
the
aire
,
to
see
when
the
head
should
fall
from
the
heauens
.
But
after
they
had
long
mused
on
the
one
and
the
other
,
they
might
heare
a
sound
like
a
winde
vehemently
comming
from
farre
,
and
the
voyce
of
a
spirite
therewithall
,
saying
;
You
men
of
Orbe
,
tarrie
not
for
the
quick
departed
from
hence
to
viewe
the
height
of
heauen
,
and
depth
of
earth
;
but
retire
your selues
,
and
returne
againe
hether
three
dayes
hence
about
this
hower
,
so
il
all
you
see
the
end
of
that
you
looke
for
.
This
said
,
sodainly
a
great
thunderclap
brake
out
of
an
obscure
cloud
,
and
after
that
,
a
mightie
shower
;
which
caused
euerie
one
to
retire
to
his
house
,
attending
the
third
day
after
according
to
the
premonition
of
the
vnknowen
voyce
.
At
which
day
and
hower
a
farre
greater
number
of
people
assembled
thether
than
before
of
all
kindes
of
ages
,
attending
some
miraculous
sigue
,
which
failed
not
to
happen
.
For
as
they
wer
beholding
some
vp
into
the
aire
,
and
others
into
the
bottomlesse
gulph
,
behold
out
of
the
same
they
might
perceiue
the
headlesse
bodie
comming
out
,
and
mounting
vpon
the
foresaid
scarfold
,
there
kneeled
downe
before
the
stone
,
and
the
vaines
(
where
the
head
was
cut
off
)
opened
,
and
began
to
shed
foorth
bloud
:
whereof
the
bodie
tooke
part
in
his
hand
,
and
with
his
finger
writ
vpon
the
stone
certaine
verses
,
which
afterward
were
read
.
And
at
the
same
instant
they
might
perceiue
from
the
height
of
the
aier
,
the
flying
head
to
discend
with
membrane
and
serpentine
wings
,
diminishing
by
little
and
little
vntill
they
came
againe
into
their
naturall
forme
of
mans
eares
,
and
rested
on
the
pillar
vpon
an
yron
pike
,
where
the
heads
of
the
executed
were
accustomed
to
be
set
.
Thus
as
euerie
one
was
attentiuelie
beholding
these
mysteries
with
great
silence
,
the
head
with
a
trembling
,
hollow
,
and
deadlie
voyce
(
neuertheles
incelligible
)
pronounced
these
verses
following
;
The
Pallaices
and
Sisters
three
aloft
in
haughtie
towre
I
late
haue
seen
,
&
beldameke
that
ther
hath
built
her
bowr
.
Aboue
the
which
consists
a
place
,
wheras
those
blessed
wights
Remain
,
who
haue
in
faith
&
troth
taken
their
chief
delights
:
But
I
as
one
deseruing
not
so
high
for
to
aspire
,
(
Because
deceit
and
lying
both
haue
been
my
whole
desire
)
Am
iudged
to
the
depth
.
For
why
,
as
yet
I
neuer
told
The
truth
till
now
:
yet
gainst
my
will
it
is
you
may
be
bold
.
For
I
must
dy
,
&
desprate
death
you
know
(
&
I
may
waile
)
Must
needes
descend
beneath
the
tower
.
Lo
thus
my
speach
doth
faile
.
This
said
,
the
head
in
hideous
tourning
shutting
the
téeth
,
and
closing
the
eyes
,
sodainly
waxed
pale
and
died
:
and
the
bodie
by
and
by
stretching
foorth
it selfe
with
pulling
in
the
veynes
fell
downe
flat
dead
vpon
the
plaine
of
the
red
and
black
Marble
.
Then
was
accomplished
which
was
presaged
by
the
two
fatall
Sisters
Calendre
&
Clarence
at
the
birth
of
this
childe
Desalethes
.
These
verses
pronounced
,
were
heard
and
vnderstood
of
al
the
assistance
,
set
downe
in
writing
or
retained
by
heart
of
manie
,
specially
of
me
,
who
kéepe
them
yet
in
memorie
in
such
sort
as
I
haue
recited
them
.
Hereupon
was
the
publique
Clerke
commaunded
to
mount
vp
to
the
scarfold
of
Must-dy
,
and
looke
on
the
Marble
stone
,
what
markes
,
signes
,
or
letters
the
dead
bodie
had
made
with
his
finger
and
bloud
.
The
Clearke
going
vp
,
found
vpon
the
white
Marble
a
bloudie
writing
of
ten
verses
,
saying
thus
(
as
hee
pronounced
them
with
a
loud
voyce
.
I
haue
both
tast
and
toucht
(
by
tombling
ouer
deepe
)
The
pangs
of
endlesse
paines
:
which
being
thick
&
steepe
Belowe
the
Tower
round
,
haue
their
foundation
fast
.
Whereas
those
wicked
wights
in
prison
strong
arecast
Who
nein
word
ne
deed
haue
taken
ought
delight
But
haue
the
sacred
truth
repugnd
with
all
their
might
.
And
for
so
much
as
I
haue
vsed
all
my
life
,
To
sowe
the
seede
of
lies
,
of
discord
,
wrath
and
strife
,
By
iudgement
t
is
decreed
,
and
vnto
you
be
it
knowen
,
That
corpes
&
head
foorthwith
into
that
gulph
be
throwen
.
This
writing
thus
pronounced
and
vnderstood
,
all
the
Assistants
were
of
the
aduice
that
this
sentence
should
bee
put
in
effect
,
albeit
that
they
remayned
verie
hashfull
of
these
nouels
neuer
before
vnderstood
of
them
,
either
of
the
round
Tower
,
of
the
thrée
Sisters
,
of
the
olde
Dame
,
or
of
the
obscure
and
déepe
prison
,
whereof
we
vnderstand
not
as
yet
the
substance
.
Notwithstanding
the
executioner
being
sent
for
,
and
commanded
by
the
Magistrate
,
tooke
the
dead
and
hideous
head
,
and
drewe
the
bodie
with
an
yron
hooke
vnto
the
déepe
pit
,
whereof
before
we
haue
spoken
,
and
threwe
them
both
therein
:
from
the
depth
whereof
was
presently
heard
a
fearfull
and
lamentable
crie
,
as
it
were
of
innumerable
persons
gréenously
wayling
and
desperately
howling
.
And
therupon
this
depth
closed
in
such
firmnesse
,
that
there
remained
no
apparance
either
of
Tower
,
trembling
,
or
opening
of
earth
;
onely
there
appeared
all
plaine
aboue
the
earth
:
and
no
brute
was
anie
more
heard
,
but
euerie
one
by
reason
of
the
astonishment
remained
in
pleasant
silence
:
and
the
Sunne
began
most
brightfully
to
display
his
beames
,
and
thereafter
ensued
a
right
faire
cleare
and
beautifull
day
,
which
before
had
been
darkened
with
thicke
mystes
,
blacke
clowds
,
and
rainie
weather
.
Beholde
the
Historie
,
wherein
I
haue
made
thée
a
verie
long
,
and
peraduencure
enuious
digression
(
quoth
the
Archier
to
Franc-Gal
)
which
hath
onely
béen
to
confirme
thy
saying
verie
likely
to
be
true
,
and
by
the
vearses
aforesaid
agreeing
with
thy
rehearsall
,
to
confirme
the
talke
which
thou
hast
begun
,
of
the
immensall
Tower
,
of
the
three
Stages
,
of
the
three
fatall
Sisters
,
of
their
auncient
mother
Anange
,
resident
in
the
highest
thereof
,
and
of
the
low
and
blacke
Prisons
vnder
the
foundation
of
the
same
.
Which
talke
as
thou
hast
begun
,
I
pray
thee
goe
on
forwards
,
and
make
an
ende
thereof
if
it
please
thee
.
For
I
haue
great
desire
to
heare
thy
discourse
to
the
ende
,
to
see
if
thereby
I
might
vnderstand
the
substaunce
of
the
vearses
,
which
I
haue
recited
to
thee
,
which
me
seemeth
to
bee
verie
much
agreeing
with
thy
forerehearsed
narration
.
I
am
content
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
but
let
vs
rise
and
●olowe
on
our
way
,
and
in
going
I
will
make
an
ende
of
the
residue
therof
,
to
render
thee
part
of
the
pleasure
which
I
haue
receiued
of
thine
,
which
hath
seemed
neither
long
nor
wearisome
,
but
rather
most
delectable
,
for
the
meruailes
which
thou
hast
recited
therein
,
which
are
verie
conformable
vnto
my
discourse
,
whereby
I
hope
they
shall
be
more
lightened
and
expounded
:
wherefore
let
vs
rise
and
be
going
.
So
these
two
wise
men
arose
,
and
(
forgetting
not
their
armes
,
baggage
,
bowe
,
quiuer
,
bottle
,
cup
,
and
napkin
,
after
they
had
once
againe
regarded
the
miraculous
statues
vpon
the
Tombe
,
and
wished
rest
to
the
spirites
of
the
bodies
there
lying
)
left
the
sepulcher
,
and
betooke
them
to
their
former
way
,
and
first
talke
,
Franc-Gall
thus
continuing
the
same
.
Of
the
auncient
Ladie
Anange
,
of
her
great
authoritie
and
puissance
:
of
the
offices
of
the
three
fatall
Sisters
Cleronome
,
Zodore
,
and
Termaine
,
and
of
the
cierges
which
they
administer
to
the
Pilgrimes
comming
to
the
Soueraigne
Temple
.
CAP.
12.
IN
the
top
of
which
great
round
towre
was
a
comble
in
the
fashion
of
a
round
lanterne
,
so
cléere
as
the
bright
day
,
with
windowes
on
euerie
side
,
in
such
sort
,
that
it
had
prospect
euerie
way
:
&
there
within
was
resident
a
great
Ladie
,
right
ancient
,
and
of
most
redoubted
authoritie
,
hauing
soueraigne
puissance
vpon
all
that
is
below
her
,
and
casting
her
viewe
ouer
all
:
whereby
only
accordingly
as
she
stretched
foorth
,
or
retired
,
raised
or
abased
her
aspect
of
vniuersal
conduct
)
she
aduanced
or
arrested
,
drew
vp
or
put
downe
both
men
and
all
humane
affaires
submitted
to
her
:
without
hindrance
of
anie
,
who
can
by
no
meanes
resist
her
,
neither
she
contrariwise
doo
otherwise
than
she
dooth
:
and
for
that
cause
she
is
called
Anange
,
because
of
necessitie
al
things
must
be
as
she
hath
ordeined
,
and
not
otherwise
:
not
that
she
dooth
anie
thing
with
force
,
violence
or
extortion
either
to
nature
or
reason
,
but
because
all
things
are
gouerned
by
her
onely
regard
,
and
reduced
to
the
final
and
right
point
of
her
eternall
ordinance
;
from
which
she
suffereth
nothing
to
diuert
,
but
incontinently
causeth
it
ineuitably
to
returne
.
So
great
is
the
authoritie
and
puisance
of
this
auncient
Ladie
Anange
:
and
so
did
I
sée
her
in
the
highest
of
the
Tower
,
when
the
white
bird
,
as
I
told
you
before
)
drewe
my
spirite
from
me
with
a
kisse
,
and
eleuated
the
same
vnto
the
height
thereof
.
This
ancient
Ladie
hath
thrée
fatal
daughters
,
named
(
as
it
hath
béen
shewed
)
Cleronome
,
Zodore
and
Termaine
,
resident
below
their
mother
in
thrée
inferiour
stages
of
the
Tower
;
neuerthelesse
both
néere
and
passable
the
one
to
the
other
,
&
there
it
was
their
dutie
to
receiue
the
Pilgrimes
which
would
ascend
vp
to
the
souereigne
Temple
,
whereunto
the
waye
was
verie
difficile
by
reason
of
the
obscure
pathes
,
verie
hard
to
be
kept
without
conduct
,
and
light
going
before
.
For
which
cause
these
thrée
fatall
Sisters
were
there
constituted
in
that
office
to
furnish
the
Pilgrimes
trauellers
with
cierges
,
aswell
to
lighten
them
in
the
waye
wherein
they
are
to
walke
,
as
also
to
offer
their
oblations
to
God
in
the
souereigne
Temple
.
And
they
gaue
and
distributed
them
not
after
one
fashion
,
but
after
diuers
sorts
,
euen
as
by
fortune
,
or
rather
by
secret
ordinance
they
came
to
their
hands
:
some
being
great
and
long
,
some
lesse
,
and
others
verie
small
.
The
first
fatall
Sister
resident
in
the
inferior
Stage
,
gaue
to
euerie
one
his
cierge
,
the
second
lightened
them
,
and
the
third
finally
put
them
out
,
either
before
or
after
they
were
offered
vp
.
Now
these
fatall
cierges
were
like
the
Brand
of
Meleager
,
and
in
them
consisted
the
life
and
death
of
those
who
receiued
them
:
and
they
carried
them
with
such
determination
,
that
so
long
as
they
burned
and
gaue
light
,
the
person
carrying
them
liued
;
and
incontinentlie
so
soone
as
by
the
office
of
Termaine
they
were
put
out
,
at
the
same
instant
ended
the
corporall
life
of
those
who
carried
them
.
For
by
the
ordinance
of
Anange
,
it
was
necessarie
that
once
they
should
bee
extinguished
,
either
by
default
,
or
violence
;
to
the
end
that
in
offering
them
,
their
sauour
might
ascend
to
God
,
who
was
worshipped
in
the
ancient
Temple
,
to
be
receiued
or
reiected
good
or
euill
,
according
to
the
matter
whereof
they
were
made
,
and
according
as
they
had
béen
vsed
and
handled
honestly
and
purely
,
or
foiled
,
broken
,
or
polluted
filthelie
and
villainouslie
.
And
none
,
or
verie
few
were
offered
at
the
sacrifice
during
their
liuely
light
,
but
necessarily
they
must
be
by
the
three
fatall
Sisters
extinguished
,
either
in
default
of
matter
,
or
violent
accident
.
And
yet
neuertheles
,
after
they
wer
once
lightened
,
they
remained
in
the
arbitriall
conduct
,
enterteinment
,
&
gouernment
of
those
who
had
them
in
their
keping
,
with
expresse
defence
of
putting
them
out
,
but
constantly
and
clearly
to
carrie
them
,
vntill
such
time
as
Termaine
had
put
her
hand
thereto
.
Notwithstanding
some
either
by
enuious
disdaine
,
desperation
,
or
other
euill
affection
would
put
them
out
before
the
time
,
and
spitefully
cast
them
to
the
ground
together
with
their
bodies
dying
;
others
would
cut
&
breake
them
in
péeces
of
despite
.
Some
thinking
to
make
them
burne
more
clearely
than
their
substance
and
wyke
would
permit
,
did
trouble
,
snofe
,
reuerse
,
trauerse
and
blowe
them
,
in
such
sort
that
in
a
while
they
consumed
them
,
so
as
they
endured
but
a
short
space
.
Some
others
going
about
to
stuffe
,
annoynt
,
&
grease
them
with
olde
oyles
,
and
other
fat
liquours
,
thinking
to
make
them
last
longer
,
and
adioyne
to
their
first
making
(
being
a
thing
impossible
)
haue
clean
contrarie
to
their
opinion
euflamed
more
aboundantly
,
and
consumed
more
hastely
,
rendring
moreouer
a
smoke
of
most
filthie
sauor
:
but
contrariwise
others
there
were
,
who
held
and
carried
their
faire
cierges
in
a
constant
rightnes
highly
eleuated
,
whereby
they
rendred
light
more
apparant
&
longer
shining
,
aswell
to
themselues
,
as
to
those
who
went
before
and
folowed
them
.
Others
also
adioyned
thereunto
Balme
,
Myrrhe
,
incense
,
&
other
aromaticall
gummes
,
seruing
not
onely
to
their
shining
,
but
also
causing
them
to
leaue
a
most
good
and
gracious
smell
after
their
putting
out
,
and
sacred
offering
in
the
Temple
,
where
by
the
Sacrist
Termaine
they
were
extinguished
,
and
gathered
together
.
Howbeit
all
of
them
came
not
to
the
terme
of
receiuing
in
the
end
of
their
peregrination
,
and
offring
of
their
cierges
by
the
third
fatall
Sister
Termaine
:
but
the
greatest
part
failed
by
the
way
,
either
by
reason
that
the
matter
of
the
light
was
of
so
small
durance
,
as
being
of
pitch
,
rosell
,
or
terpentine
;
or
for
being
too
little
,
or
ouer
small
of
substance
;
or
by
reason
their
wyke
ouer
grose
in
respect
of
the
waxe
,
or
for
that
oftentimes
they
were
violently
put
out
by
casualties
hapning
by
the
way
:
specially
by
the
blustering
of
windes
,
by
hurts
and
embushments
of
euill
encountrie
,
by
raynes
,
waters
,
tempests
,
&
other
like
accidents
,
which
put
out
the
lights
,
and
so
consequently
kill
those
who
carrie
them
:
because
they
were
fatalized
as
hath
béen
showed
before
:
whereby
it
commeth
to
passe
,
that
the
greatest
part
of
the
Pilgrimes
perish
by
the
way
,
and
neuer
arriue
at
the
third
station
of
the
fatall
Sister
Termaine
,
noryet
to
the
Temple
to
offer
and
present
the
sanour
of
their
cierges
.
Thus
were
these
thrée
sisters
resident
in
thrée
lodgings
within
this
great
Tower
,
furnishing
to
the
Pilgrimes
the
cierges
of
their
conduct
,
way
and
life
,
which
the
first
and
highest
presented
them
,
the
second
and
lower
lightened
,
and
the
third
and
last
put
out
and
offered
in
the
Temple
.
But
as
the
Poet
diuinely
singeth
;
By
fatall
sort
all
things
doo
fall
to
ruine
and
decay
:
From
ill
to
worse
,
and
at
the
last
consume
&
weare
away
.
Euen
so
commonly
it
falleth
out
,
that
the
first
munistcences
are
larger
and
more
liberall
than
those
which
followe
;
as
all
naturall
things
are
best
at
the
first
.
So
commeth
it
to
passe
that
the
cierges
which
haue
béen
first
presented
,
haue
béen
fairer
,
longer
,
and
greater
,
better
fashioned
,
and
of
better
waxe
,
and
so
consequently
of
longer
indurance
&
cléerer
light
.
Likewise
the
first
men
who
receiued
them
,
were
found
more
greater
&
stronger
(
like
Giants
as
they
were
)
to
carrie
and
eleuate
them
:
yea
and
more
wise
and
apt
to
conduct
and
mainetaine
them
,
as
those
who
knewe
well
that
their
life
and
death
depended
thereupon
:
which
they
would
neither
dispraise
,
despite
,
nor
haue
in
sorrowe
,
but
estéemed
,
honoured
,
and
kept
them
right
dearlie
,
as
the
gift
and
grant
of
the
great
King
of
all
kings
,
in
whose
honour
they
would
render
it
againe
to
him
in
his
Temple
in
offer
of
their
last
voyage
,
and
to
the
termination
of
the
last
fatall
Sister
Termaine
,
to
whom
all
in
a
manner
happely
arriued
without
anie
mal-encounter
,
trouble
,
or
hurt
.
Of
the
Macrobians
,
their
vertue
and
great
age
,
of
the
long
lift
of
Franc-Gal
,
and
causes
thereof
.
CAP.
13.
BUt
amongst
all
those
great
light
bearers
,
the
most
prudent
&
most
aduised
of
spirite
,
and
the
most
strong
and
durable
of
bodie
,
haue
shewed
themselues
to
be
the
blood
of
the
Macrobians
;
who
were
children
of
a
good
,
sage
,
rich
,
and
noble
laborer
called
Kamat
,
and
of
a
vertuous
and
excellent
Lady
and
singular
good
Huswife
,
called
Madame
Sophroisne
:
who
accompanied
not
themselues
with
rascals
,
but
on
the
contrarie
estéemed
it
great
honour
and
noblesse
to
employ
bodie
,
members
,
and
spirite
to
all
honest
and
fruitefull
labor
and
excerior
exercise
of
the
bodie
,
and
interior
and
temperate
moderation
of
the
minde
.
And
thereby
haue
sprung
of
their
bloods
,
most
mightie
Kings
,
Princes
,
and
valiant
Knights
.
Cyrus
the
most
renowmed
King
of
Persia
from
them
descended
,
and
tooke
therein
great
glorie
;
Agathocles
King
of
Sicilia
thereof
vaunted
;
The
good
Romaine
Consull
Marcus
Curius
thereby
held
himselfe
honoured
;
and
the
worthie
Knight
Serran
thereof
made
his
brauados
:
the
rich
King
Hugon
labouring
in
his
golden
chariot
,
thereby
kept
amagnificall
estate
,
to
showe
that
he
was
extract
of
so
high
and
generous
a
race
,
as
that
of
the
noble
Lord
Kamat
and
the
vertuous
Ladie
Sophroisne
;
whose
successors
were
called
Macrobians
,
men
engendred
of
good
lawfull
and
shamefast
blood
,
vnder
good
consteflation
,
well
and
temperately
nourished
with
the
first
and
best
fruites
of
their
most
wholsome
and
fertile
Region
,
scituate
in
the
high
Aethiopia
,
betwéene
the
East
and
the
South
,
vnder
the
most
temperate
Climate
of
Meroë
,
abounding
in
all
goodnesse
,
in
swéete
and
wholesome
waters
,
and
in
a
most
pure
and
beautifull
aier
,
like
a
continuall
Spring
;
people
of
a
most
faire
forme
of
bodie
,
of
members
strong
and
boisterous
,
of
good
and
liberall
spirite
,
louing
and
exercising
iustice
,
equitie
and
liberalitie
:
reuerently
honouring
age
,
their
fathers
,
mothers
,
parents
,
and
betters
,
their
auncitors
,
and
God
aboue
al
,
who
is
auncienter
than
all
things
,
and
elder
than
time
it selfe
.
Such
were
the
Macrobians
,
to
whom
by
fortune
or
rather
by
prouidence
,
happened
the
first
,
best
,
and
most
durable
cierges
,
which
they
carrying
,
keeping
and
gouerning
wisely
,
liued
two
,
three
,
and
foure
times
so
long
as
other
men
.
And
to
me
which
am
of
their
race
,
befel
one
,
deliuered
me
by
Cleronome
,
long
,
straight
,
well
waxed
and
tempered
,
durable
,
and
of
cleare
light
.
Where
is
it
then
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
hast
thou
offered
it
vp
alreadie
?
or
hath
it
failed
or
gone
out
by
the
way
.
No
no
quoth
Franc-Gall
,
for
if
it
were
our
I
should
then
bée
dead
.
Shewe
it
me
then
quoth
the
Archier
,
that
I
might
sée
the
fashion
thereof
.
Then
Franc-Gall
smiling
said
vnto
him
thus
,
show
me
also
thine
that
Cleronome
gaue
thée
in
the
beginning
of
thy
Pilgrimage
.
Mine
(
quoth
hee
)
I
haue
none
that
I
knowe
of
,
for
I
am
no
Pilgrime
,
neither
haue
I
anie
remembrance
that
euer
any
cierge
was
giuen
me
.
Neither
hast
thou
remembrance
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
)
of
thy
first
shirt
,
which
neuerthelesse
hath
béen
deliuered
to
thee
;
so
likewise
hath
thy
vitall
light
been
giuen
to
thée
,
as
mine
hath
béen
to
me
;
but
they
are
vnuisible
to
our
corporall
eyes
,
for
euerie
one
carrieth
them
not
vppon
him
,
but
within
himselfe
.
Of
whose
flame
we
féele
the
naturall
heate
;
which
faileth
when
they
be
extinguished
:
by
their
light
we
sée
outwardly
and
vnderstand
inwardly
how
we
ought
to
guide
them
in
our
peregrination
,
wherein
we
be
Pilgrimes
from
our
youth
,
and
by
diuers
wayes
,
aduentures
,
and
dangers
doo
bend
our
course
toward
the
soueraigne
Temple
,
where
wee
are
promised
rest
,
as
if
it
were
to
the
retourne
of
our
proper
and
paternall
house
.
How
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
I
had
thought
we
had
not
had
other
light
than
the
dayly
Sunne
,
the
Moone
,
and
nightly
starres
,
and
the
burning
fire
to
conduct
vs
.
Thou
art
not
sufficiently
aduised
for
so
good
an
Archier
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
)
for
when
this
light
(
which
in
the
beginning
is
giuen
vs
by
Cleronome
for
our
conduct
)
commeth
once
to
be
put
out
,
then
wee
sée
and
knowe
nothing
,
albeit
wee
haue
our
eyes
open
,
and
that
the
Sunne
,
the
Moone
,
the
Starres
and
the
cléere
light
of
candles
and
torches
shine
vppon
vs
.
Wherefore
thou
maist
well
vnderstand
,
that
neither
our
light
which
we
vse
in
our
pilgrimage
,
nor
the
cierge
of
our
sight
,
life
,
and
way
,
which
was
giuen
vnto
vs
by
the
first
Fatall
Sister
Cleronome
,
consisteth
of
those
externall
lights
.
I
vnderstand
well
nowe
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
oh
how
thou
hast
lightened
the
eyes
of
my
vnderstanding
,
and
illuminated
my
light
with
the
clearnesse
of
thine
!
Well
,
at
this
instant
begin
I
to
knowe
my selfe
,
and
thy
mystirall
&
secret
talke
,
which
is
verie
profitable
and
delectable
vnto
me
:
wherefore
I
pray
thée
(
if
it
shall
not
be
ouer
tedious
vnto
thée
)
to
goe
forward
vnto
the
ende
thereof
.
Marke
well
then
quoth
Franc-Gall
.
After
that
I
had
receiued
of
Cleronome
,
this
faire
cierge
great
,
streight
,
full
of
good
matter
,
well
made
,
and
garnished
with
manie
swéet
and
flagrant
sauours
,
and
that
the
second
fatall
Sister
named
Zodore
had
lightened
it
with
a
cléere
and
liuely
fire
:
I
carried
it
high
and
straight
without
doing
it
force
or
iniurie
,
in
such
sort
that
it
hath
alreadie
lasted
and
conducted
me
900.
yeares
and
more
,
continually
flaming
,
and
in
most
illustrious
manner
shining
aswell
before
as
behinde
me
,
round
about
me
,
below
me
,
and
aboue
me
,
yea
euen
vnto
the
heauens
.
By
the
cleare
light
whereof
I
haue
walked
,
&
by
the
benefit
of
the
long
daies
,
yeres
,
and
worlds
,
wherein
I
haue
liued
,
I
haue
séene
a
farre
off
the
gouernance
of
things
both
before
and
behinde
me
:
although
I
sée
not
the
one
so
well
as
the
other
,
because
I
must
tourne
my
head
a
tene
side
to
beholde
them
.
Likewise
I
haue
beholden
the
circumstances
aswel
on
the
right
side
as
on
the
left
:
together
with
the
things
which
haue
falne
vnder
my
féete
,
and
the
imminent
perils
which
haue
hong
ouer
my
head
,
from
the
high
point
of
my
Saturnian
Planet
whereunder
I
was
borne
.
And
all
this
by
length
of
the
time
haue
I
seene
through
the
resplendaunt
brightnesse
of
my
cierge
,
by
the
which
I
haue
viewde
the
causes
of
things
,
and
the
consequences
and
progresse
of
of
the
same
:
and
as
I
was
not
ignorant
of
the
antecedents
,
so
compared
I
the
similitudes
,
adioyning
to
the
present
the
things
to
come
,
so
that
thereby
I
haue
foreseene
the
whole
course
of
my
Peregrination
,
which
hethertoo
hath
been
long
,
durable
,
and
diuers
,
through
strange
countryes
and
regions
of
the
East
,
West
,
North
and
South
;
not
without
suffering
of
manie
labours
,
trauels
,
fortunes
and
strange
aduentures
.
Of
the
preuision
of
the
Cataclysme
,
of
Durat
Hippopotame
the
sea
horse
,
whereon
Franc-Gal
surmounted
the
waters
,
whereby
he
was
sirnamed
Cocke
,
and
of
his
encountrie
with
Priscaraxe
a
my-serpentlike
woman
.
CAP.
14.
FOr
one
day
eleuating
my
cierge
towards
Heauen
,
I
perceiued
an
exorbitation
of
the
eight
Sphere
,
from
the
West
vnto
the
East
,
&
contrariwise
from
the
East
vnto
the
West
,
approching
and
drawing
together
aboue
the
center
of
Aries
and
Libra
,
not
in
stretching
wise
,
of
the
right
course
in
length
,
but
of
exorbitant
moueing
in
height
and
bredth
,
by
equation
approching
and
drawing
together
,
making
two
small
circles
of
exorbitance
:
wherby
after
long
progression
of
time
,
this
exorbitant
mouing
was
come
to
the
point
of
the
small
circle
:
the
Zenith
being
regarded
by
the
Signe
of
Pisces
and
Aquarius
,
of
the
Planets
,
of
Orion
and
Hyades
:
then
knewe
I
well
by
proofe
,
that
the
Cataclysme
of
inundation
should
be
shortly
.
Wherefore
for
the
auoyding
of
all
perills
that
might
happen
,
I
tooke
in
the
great
riuer
of
Nylus
in
Aegypt
a
yong
Hippopotame
,
that
is
a
watrie
horse
,
hauing
head
and
bodie
like
a
horse
,
but
without
comparison
farre
exceeding
in
greatnes
,
strength
and
belly
other
terrestrial
horses
,
hauing
legs
accordingly
,
sauing
that
the
feete
finished
in
large
and
flat
cartilages
in
the
fashion
of
a
goose
foote
,
for
swimming
the
better
:
neither
had
he
onely
foure
feete
like
a
terrestriall
horse
,
but
manie
and
a
great
nomber
,
wherewithall
hee
cleaued
the
flouds
,
and
swomme
like
a
Dolphin
:
as
for
his
tayle
,
it
was
great
,
long
and
full
of
scales
like
a
great
fish
,
flat
in
his
hinder
latitude
,
wherwith
he
beat
the
waters
,
&
turned
himselfe
most
readely
to
what
side
he
would
by
the
mouing
thereof
:
his
head
he
had
eleuated
great
and
puissant
,
carrying
in
his
throate
foure
great
,
crooked
,
and
cutting
teeth
.
This
horse
Hippopotame
such
as
I
haue
described
to
thee
,
and
which
thou
maist
yet
behold
at
the
next
Port
,
where
I
haue
left
him
with
my
men
:
(
for
hee
is
so
great
and
mightie
,
that
he
is
able
to
carie
easily
many
persons
,
and
other
liuing
creatures
,
albeit
he
be
a
most
wicked
and
dangerous
beast
,
specially
when
hee
hath
dronke
too
much
.
Neuertheles
I
handle
and
tame
him
so
well
,
that
I
make
him
rideable
thorough
all
waters
,
yea
and
mayne
seas
,
after
that
I
haue
armed
him
with
conuenient
harnesse
on
all
sides
.
Besides
this
,
by
a
certaine
art
wherof
I
haue
the
knowledge
and
experience
,
I
open
his
sides
,
and
plant
in
him
great
wings
,
by
the
aid
whereof
wheu
he
hath
spred
them
in
the
winde
,
he
goeth
faster
vppon
the
waters
than
the
fowle
in
the
aier
)
.
This
great
horse
Hippopotame
being
thus
prepared
to
serue
me
when
néed
should
require
,
one
day
eleuating
my
light
,
I
perceiued
alreadie
the
cataracts
of
heauen
open
,
the
water
pot
of
Aquarius
turned
vp
side
downe
,
the
sign
of
Pisces
in
exaltation
,
Orion
with
his
sword
cutting
the
clowds
,
and
the
most
stinking
hogs
and
the
goose
behinde
me
,
to
noyce
the
open
depths
,
&
vnbounded
seas
.
At
this
great
brute
lifting
vp
my
head
,
I
beheld
a
great
and
meruailous
brook
of
waters
impetuously
comming
to
fal
vpon
the
Region
and
way
wherein
I
walked
,
and
to
ouerwhelme
with
waues
all
the
pilgrimes
passengers
in
the
way
,
in
putting
out
their
cierges
and
liues
;
wherfore
the
soonest
that
it
was
possible
for
me
,
I
tooke
prouision
of
victualls
sufficient
for
certaine
dayes
for
me
and
mine
who
were
most
able
to
mount
with
mee
vppon
my
Hippopotame
,
by
the
foreknowledge
that
I
gaue
them
of
this
brooke
which
I
saw
comming
,
whereby
some
beléeued
me
and
fled
to
the
mountaines
,
others
would
not
,
and
so
were
enclosed
with
the
flouds
.
I
was
no
sooner
mounted
,
but
my
Hippopotame
was
eleuated
vppon
the
waters
,
which
couered
all
the
face
of
the
earth
,
and
stiffled
all
the
creatures
therein
.
Then
began
my
marinall
horse
to
swim
with
his
flat
féete
and
to
spread
his
wings
,
which
hauing
once
taken
the
aire
and
winde
,
transported
vs
into
diuers
Countries
and
Regions
at
the
pleasure
of
the
windes
,
waues
,
and
horse
,
to
the
great
maruell
of
the
people
,
who
hauing
gamed
the
vppermost
top
of
the
barraine
mountaines
,
sawe
vs
ride
vpon
the
waues
,
a
thing
of
them
neuer
before
soene
:
wherefore
through
great
maruell
which
they
tooke
thereat
,
they
cried
to
vs
of
all
sides
with
lowde
voyces
,
Gal
,
Gal
,
Gal
,
which
in
their
Armenian
language
signifieth
,
Surmounting
the
waters
:
by
admiration
thereof
,
that
they
saw
me
great
and
puissantly
mounted
on
horsbacke
vpon
the
profound
waters
,
as
it
were
on
firme
land
;
whom
I
went
and
visited
,
because
I
found
that
the
greater
part
of
them
were
vnprouided
of
victualls
,
and
hunger
starued
vpon
the
barraine
tops
of
those
high
mountaines
,
and
distributed
vnto
them
part
of
those
things
whereof
I
had
made
prouision
,
especially
of
wine
,
wherof
I
had
great
plentie
,
I
succoured
those
which
wanted
to
comfort
their
heart
,
for
there
is
nothing
that
so
soone
slaketh
extreame
hunger
as
the
liquour
of
wine
.
And
because
that
I
gaue
them
it
liberally
(
be
it
spoken
without
vaunt
or
reproach
)
they
gaue
me
the
title
of
Frank
,
which
in
the
Celtique
language
signifieth
liberall
and
hardie
,
so
that
afterwards
the
name
of
Franc-Gal
remained
to
mee
.
Haddest
thou
then
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
anie
other
name
before
than
Franc-Gal
?
Yea
(
quoth
he
)
my
proper
name
was
Dysir
,
but
afterwards
I
was
alwaies
called
Franc-Gal
,
which
name
displeaseth
me
not
at
all
.
Now
tell
mee
Franc-Gal
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
howe
could
thine
Hippopotame
carrie
thée
so
manie
dayes
with
out
being
wearie
,
or
plunging
himselfe
in
the
waters
,
and
drowning
of
thée
and
thine
?
Because
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
)
his
nature
is
such
,
that
so
long
as
he
hath
aier
and
winde
,
according
to
his
wings
and
his
féete
in
the
water
,
he
mainteineth
himselfe
in
his
vigour
,
and
getteth
more
and
more
force
,
and
new
legeritie
,
fearing
nothing
but
fire
&
stones
:
and
is
neuer
perillous
or
dangerous
,
but
when
hee
drinketh
ouer-much
.
Wherefore
my
soueraigne
care
hath
alwayes
béen
to
kéepe
him
from
his
contrarie
element
,
fire
,
stones
,
and
ouermuch
drinking
:
for
the
rest
he
is
of
the
nature
of
the
Camelion
,
liuing
of
the
aire
and
of
his
watrie
element
:
and
so
quiet
,
that
when
we
haue
landed
,
and
hée
retired
his
féete
,
and
abased
his
wings
,
hee
remaineth
still
,
without
either
kicking
or
biting
,
and
of
as
peaceable
rest
,
as
he
is
of
terrible
legeritie
and
dangerous
passage
when
his
féete
are
in
the
water
,
and
his
wings
in
the
aire
,
and
his
crooked
téeth
out
of
his
throate
.
Behold
what
my
horse
Hippopotame
called
Durat
is
,
vpon
whom
I
surmounted
the
waters
,
whereby
the
name
of
Gal
was
imposed
vpon
me
.
After
that
the
inundation
of
this
great
Riuer
was
come
downe
,
and
the
Cataclysine
had
taken
end
:
being
wearie
of
riding
amongst
the
fishes
,
I
came
one
day
and
landed
in
the
Region
of
Scythia
called
East
Tartaria
:
where
hauing
recreated
my
spirites
with
the
sinell
of
the
new
earth
lately
discouered
,
and
hauing
refreshed
my
bodie
with
meate
and
wine
,
féeling
my selfe
wearie
of
trauell
,
&
beaten
with
continuall
showers
,
I
laid
me
downe
vpon
the
ground
on
sixe
Lions
skins
sowed
together
,
which
for
that
time
serued
me
against
the
stormes
,
and
there
I
fell
in
a
profound
sléepe
.
During
the
which
,
this
vision
came
to
me
:
It
séemed
to
me
,
that
before
me
grew
a
faire
plant
of
a
flower
called
double
Solsie
,
otherwise
named
the
friend
of
the
Sunne
,
which
altogether
séemed
to
encline
towards
me
,
till
that
it
had
couered
my
legs
.
Wherefore
séeing
this
faire
double
flower
bending
towards
me
,
desire
forced
me
to
gather
it
both
branch
and
roote
,
and
therfore
with
my
dagger
I
digged
it
vp
:
but
vnder
the
roote
thereof
I
found
a
serpents
egge
,
which
being
broken
,
there
issued
out
the
thickin
of
a
Basilisque
,
otherwise
called
a
Cockatrice
;
which
incoutinentlie
becomming
feathered
and
waxing
great
,
flewe
away
,
carrying
my
heart
with
him
which
he
had
taken
out
of
my
bodie
:
wherewithall
afright
,
I
waked
,
and
founde
my selfe
imbraced
and
clasped
bodie
and
legs
,
by
some
bodie
casting
it selfe
vpon
me
;
which
all
at
once
I
perceiued
to
be
a
yong
maiden
all
naked
,
&
of
a
great
height
,
whose
shape
of
bodie
surmounted
the
common
sort
,
and
of
an
excellent
beautifull
face
,
with
bright
golden
haires
,
&
glimmering
like
Phoebus
beames
,
her
face
white
,
and
coloured
with
red
like
to
Aurora
,
hereies
grey
and
comely
suruaulted
with
little
browne
eye
lids
,
hernecke
streight
and
well
proportioned
,
her
breast
large
&
highly
eleuated
with
two
round
and
incarnate
dugs
,
her
rains
broad
,
her
belly
round
white
and
faire
.
But
her
lower
parts
,
in
stéed
of
thighes
,
legs
and
féet
,
finished
in
a
long
serpentlike
taile
,
of
diuers
colours
like
shining
mayle
,
wherewith
she
linked
her selfe
betwéene
my
legs
,
and
with
her
faire
naked
armes
,
embraced
me
so
about
the
neck
&
body
,
that
I
could
scarce
be
rid
from
her
without
violence
to
so
faire
a
creature
(
as
she
séemed
by
her
superiour
parts
)
so
louingly
kissing
me
:
which
withdrewe
me
from
giuing
her
anie
outragious
repulse
.
But
on
the
contrarie
part
this
Serpentlike
tayle
wherewithall
I
felt
my selfe
interlaced
,
gaue
me
hideous
feare
,
&
abhomination
of
a
creature
so
monstrous
:
wherefore
tenderly
I
rid
me
of
her
embracements
and
linkings
,
and
taking
her
by
the
hand
,
asked
her
what
she
was
,
and
what
she
would
with
me
.
I
am
(
quoth
the
Maide
right
graciously
)
daughter
of
Phoebus
and
Rhea
,
created
lately
in
this
present
place
by
vertue
of
the
Sunne
heating
the
earth
,
as
yet
sumie
with
the
late
inundation
,
and
animated
with
a
good
ayrie
spirite
,
who
by
the
first
information
rendred
my
Essence
perfect
:
except
,
that
forsomuch
as
the
Sunne
and
man
doo
engender
man
in
their
proper
and
humane
forme
,
and
that
I
(
being
not
engendred
of
the
séede
of
man
,
but
onely
of
the
Sunne
and
of
the
terrestrial
humor
heated
by
the
Sunne
)
could
haue
but
onely
the
superiour
part
after
the
humaine
forme
,
and
the
inferiour
part
such
as
the
earth
could
fashion
in
the
forme
of
a
Serpent
,
neuertheles
not
venymous
,
(
although
they
say
,
that
venym
lyeth
in
the
tayle
)
but
of
good
nature
and
not
hurtfull
,
as
thou
shalt
wel
know
:
furthermore
my
name
is
written
on
my
right
arme
,
which
I
neither
knowe
,
nor
shall
knowe
but
onely
by
thée
:
for
,
for
thee
,
and
of
thée
to
conceiue
fruite
,
I
am
newly
sent
into
the
world
.
I
vnderstanding
this
talke
,
looked
vppon
her
right
arme
,
wherein
I
perceiued
her
skin
in
certaine
places
gylded
like
the
thigh
of
Pithagoras
,
in
form
of
Persian
letters
,
declaring
this
name
Priscaraxe
.
Of
which
name
well
vnderstanding
the
good
signification
,
and
considering
this
so
faire
and
gracious
creature
(
albeit
monstrous
,
but
for
good
cause
)
I
spake
vnto
her
in
this
sort
;
My
swéete
hart
Priscaraxe
(
for
so
is
your
name
written
,
which
I
pray
remember
well
)
I
knowe
now
that
in
a
luckie
hower
I
haue
met
with
you
,
and
for
that
good
fortune
I
will
not
refuse
you
:
and
forsomuch
as
I
haue
found
such
singular
beautie
&
good
grace
in
your
vpper
parts
,
without
disdaine
of
your
lowe
,
terrestriall
,
&
serpentlike
vnvenimous
parts
,
I
accept
you
for
mine
,
and
will
be
wholly
yours
.
In
saying
thus
,
I
embraced
and
kissed
her
,
and
for
the
pleasure
&
kindnesse
which
I
found
in
her
,
I
remained
in
her
companie
32.
daies
:
at
what
time
she
felt
her selfe
to
haue
conceiued
,
and
to
be
with
childe
,
which
was
her
chiefe
and
souereigne
desire
.
Of
the
leaue
taken
by
Franc-Gal
of
Priscaraxe
,
elected
and
constituted
Queene
in
high
Tartarie
,
of
the
homages
and
fealties
taken
of
the
people
assembled
,
and
of
the
creation
of
the
order
of
her
Knights
.
CAP.
15.
THe
time
being
come
that
Priscaraxe
felt
herselfe
to
be
with
childe
,
I
determined
to
leaue
her
,
albeit
that
departure
from
pleasure
be
grieuous
:
and
notwithstanding
her
couersation
&
companie
was
most
agreeable
and
delectable
to
me
;
yet
neuerthelesse
,
the
earnest
desire
of
accomplishing
a
vniuersal
peregrination
,
which
of
long
time
I
had
enterprised
,
moued
me
the
more
,
specially
beeing
so
well
accommodated
with
my
good
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
,
verie
proper
to
passe
the
seas
and
hugie
streames
,
being
sure
to
finde
enough
of
others
to
passe
on
firme
land
and
trauerse
the
regions
.
For
estéeming
the
whole
earth
(
giuen
to
the
sons
of
men
for
habitation
by
the
souereigne
Lord
,
who
for
himselfe
hath
reserued
the
Heauen
of
Heauens
)
to
be
but
a
house
and
domicile
of
humane
creatures
:
I
accompted
my selfe
vnworthie
of
the
name
of
a
man
,
and
of
the
houshold
of
mankinde
,
if
I
shuld
not
haue
seene
and
knowne
all
the
parts
of
this
vniuersall
house
:
and
for
that
cause
had
I
enterprised
the
circuite
and
passing
about
the
whole
terrestriall
world
.
For
the
performance
whereof
,
it
was
vnnecessarie
for
me
to
arrest
my self
at
pleasures
,
but
rather
the
most
swéetly
I
could
,
to
depart
from
my
welbeloued
Priscaraxe
:
wherfore
one
day
being
alone
with
her
,
after
accustomed
solace
,
I
began
this
talke
with
her
.
My
most
deare
Priscaraxe
,
there
is
no
companie
howe
faire
and
good
soeuer
it
be
,
but
it
must
in
the
ende
finallie
depart
,
either
by
death
or
otherwise
;
but
mortal
departure
is
more
grieuous
than
any
other
,
because
it
is
without
any
hope
of
returne
:
but
voluntarie
departure
is
alwaies
consolatorie
amongest
vs
that
liue
,
in
hope
they
shall
once
againe
see
and
be
vnited
together
.
Wherefore
the
separation
of
vs
twaine
being
once
necessarie
,
will
we
,
or
nill
wee
,
it
seemeth
to
mee
,
that
it
bee
better
voluntarily
made
betweene
vs
,
being
now
liuing
,
in
good
health
and
in
perfect
amitie
;
than
to
abide
till
wee
bee
constrained
to
depart
by
death
in
grief
&
sadnes
.
And
for
that
cause
I
haue
thought
good
to
signifie
thus
much
vnto
you
,
that
within
these
few
daies
I
must
depart
from
your
most
louing
companie
.
At
this
word
Priscaraxe
touched
to
the
heart
like
a
sauage
beast
wounded
to
the
quicke
,
cried
out
:
O
God!
who
would
haue
thought
it
?
wherwith
,
shee
enclined
her selfe
vpon
my
breast
,
her
voice
and
spirit
through
anguish
halfe
cleauing
a
sunder
,
and
after
a
long
preclusion
&
gathering
together
of
her
spirites
(
which
of
sodaine
dolour
were
vanished
away
)
she
thus
pursued
her
talke
:
who
would
haue
beléeued
(
alas
)
that
from
so
noble
nature
,
could
haue
issued
such
inhumanitie
that
after
these
pleasures
by
thée
receiued
thou
woldst
haue
left
her
,
who
begins
but
now
to
féele
them
?
O
Franc-Gal
!
is
this
the
franchise
whereof
thou
bearest
the
name
?
For
pleasure
to
render
me
grief
,
for
honour
dispraise
,
for
graciousnesse
ingratitude
,
and
for
loue
death
?
Alas
my
deare
Lord
and
friend
(
if
thou
wilt
permit
me
to
vse
this
name
)
consider
and
beléeue
for
certaine
,
that
by
thee
I
am
with
childe
,
yea
&
that
of
a
merueilous
Son
,
as
the
destinies
of
my
originall
haue
pronounced
.
Consider
then
that
a
better
part
of
thée
,
remaineth
enclosed
and
conioyned
with
my
bodie
:
which
being
not
able
to
liue
without
thée
,
must
of
force
die
;
so
shalt
thou
be
a
murtherer
both
of
me
and
partly
of
thy selfe
.
But
I
beléeue
not
(
most
dear
Lord
and
friend
)
that
thou
hast
so
hard
a
heart
:
wherefore
telme
(
I
beseech
thée
)
in
truth
whether
these
be
thy
words
,
or
but
dreamed
by
my
fearfull
imagination
,
which
would
the
Gods
it
were
?
And
in
saying
this
,
shee
cast
her
armes
about
my
necke
in
embracing
,
familiar
kissing
,
&
bedeawing
my
face
with
the
teares
which
she
shed
.
Then
albeit
I
was
greatly
compassioned
,
yet
permanent
and
constant
in
mine
intention
,
I
said
thus
vnto
her
;
Priscaraxe
my
most
deare
friend
,
although
my
departure
from
thée
bee
as
sorrowful
,
as
my
conuersation
with
thée
pleasant
;
yet
is
it
so
that
there
is
nothing
more
certain
,
than
that
within
foure
daies
I
shall
depart
from
thée
:
for
so
it
is
necessarie
aswell
for
me
,
as
for
the
rest
of
the
world
,
to
circuite
which
,
&
the
things
therein
conteined
,
I
haue
an
immutable
desire
,
as
also
to
accomplish
a
certain
vow
of
pilgrimage
that
I
haue
made
to
the
soueraign
temple
,
which
I
neuer
saw
,
neither
know
where
to
finde
:
but
I
haue
vowed
,
&
it
behooueth
me
to
doo
it
;
neither
will
I
cease
trauelling
till
I
haue
found
it
.
Why
then
(
quoth
she
)
lead
me
with
you
,
&
leaue
me
not
here
desolate
in
danger
of
beasts
,
&
men
almost
wild
,
more
dangerous
than
sauage
beasts
:
who
séeing
me
(
imperfect
of
humane
nature
,
finishing
in
forme
of
a
Serpent
,
enemie
to
humane
kinde
)
will
kill
or
burne
me
as
a
monster
,
and
with
mee
the
fruite
which
is
come
of
your
séede
,
in
my
wombe
,
euen
your
Sonne
,
as
yet
vnperfectly
formed
:
of
whom
the
vaticinations
haue
promised
so
great
things
,
that
onely
might
moue
me
to
accept
perpetuall
companie
with
you
in
your
farre
voyages
.
My
great
friend
Priscaraxe
(
quoth
I
)
if
I
shuld
condiscend
to
your
request
,
made
by
simplicitie
and
ignorance
of
things
,
and
that
I
should
accord
to
your
demaund
in
leading
you
with
me
:
truly
,
vnder
colour
of
friendship
and
humanitie
,
I
should
be
a
most
cruell
and
vnnaturall
enemie
to
you
,
&
put
you
,
your
child
and
mine
,
to
the
hazard
of
cruell
death
.
For
how
long
the
wayes
be
,
how
intollerable
the
trauells
,
how
fearefull
the
dangers
,
truly
your
tender
age
and
weake
kinde
can
hardly
gesse
:
besides
that
,
according
to
the
forme
which
you
haue
,
you
are
not
able
to
trauell
without
legs
on
the
land
,
nor
ride
on
my
horse
Hippopotame
on
the
waters
.
For
aboue
all
,
his
nature
is
that
he
carrieth
no
female
kinde
,
but
he
casteth
and
drowneth
it
and
all
the
charge
therewith
:
&
so
should
you
giue
annoyance
to
your selfe
,
to
me
,
&
mine
,
and
put
vs
all
in
mortall
perill
.
Wherefore
it
is
necessarie
that
you
remaine
here
in
peace
and
sure
rest
,
where
before
my
departure
I
wil
cause
you
to
haue
not
onely
assurance
of
your
honor
and
life
,
but
also
authoritie
and
reuerence
to
your
person
.
And
esteeme
not
your selfe
abandoned
of
me
,
seeing
that
of
my
proper
blood
(
as
you
assure
me
)
I
leaue
you
another
Me
,
that
is
the
child
engendred
by
me
in
you
;
who
shall
(
vnlesse
my
augurie
deceiue
me
)
be
valiant
,
hardie
,
and
liverall
;
and
therefore
so
soone
as
he
is
borne
(
if
percase
I
be
absent
)
cause
him
to
be
named
Alector
.
For
he
is
engendred
vnder
my
Planet
,
and
shal
be
borne
of
the
daughter
of
Phoebus
in
his
plaine
flower
,
extract
out
of
the
serpents
egge
,
which
is
your
bodie
hauing
the
forme
of
a
Basilisq
,
that
is
to
say
Royall
.
And
so
shall
be
accomplished
the
dreame
which
I
phantasied
when
I
found
my selfe
first
embraced
of
you
.
Wherefore
,
leauing
you
a
childe
of
my
bodie
,
you
ought
not
to
thinke
me
wholly
seperated
from
you
.
Besides
that
,
be
you
assured
,
that
so
soone
as
I
haue
atchieued
an
ende
of
my
Peregrination
,
which
shall
bee
so
soone
as
possibly
I
may
)
I
wil
returne
againe
to
you
with
great
ioy
:
and
so
I
promise
you
by
the
faith
of
an
honest
man
and
of
a
true
friend
.
And
in
signe
of
this
faith
promised
,
I
giue
and
leaue
you
this
ring
of
golde
,
empaled
with
a
most
fine
flaming
Carbuncle
giuing
light
in
darknesse
:
whose
nature
by
composition
and
casting
in
worke
vnder
this
Syderation
is
such
,
that
if
I
be
prisoner
or
locked
in
anie
straight
,
it
will
become
pale
like
the
light
of
a
raynie
Sunne
;
if
I
be
sick
,
it
wil
be
heauie
like
lead
;
if
I
be
dead
,
it
will
wholly
lose
the
splendor
,
and
become
blacke
like
a
dead
coale
:
but
if
I
be
in
libertie
and
in
health
,
it
will
hold
his
viue
colour
shining
as
presently
you
sée
it
.
Of
al
which
effects
,
the
signification
is
written
in
these
words
,
Tant
,
que
viuray
.
Wherefore
my
most
dearly
beloued
,
I
leaue
you
,
and
giue
you
this
ring
for
assurance
and
gage
of
my
faith
,
(
as
the
Ring
is
a
proper
Symbole
of
loue
and
faith
)
praying
you
in
this
confidence
and
sure
hope
of
my
return
,
for
the
loue
of
me
to
kéepe
,
and
often
to
behold
it
with
curious
inspection
of
my
behauiour
.
And
this
said
,
I
put
the
ring
vpon
her
finger
,
&
kissed
her
,
which
she
receiued
both
graciously
and
amiably
,
but
with
abundance
of
vnfained
&
heartie
teares
:
neuerthelesse
somewhat
consolated
vppon
hope
of
my
faithfull
promised
returne
,
shee
appeased
and
comforted
her selfe
.
Now
during
the
while
that
I
tarried
with
her
,
I
passed
away
my
time
principally
in
two
things
;
the
one
was
to
get
from
the
mountaines
,
rocks
,
and
caues
,
such
dispersed
and
wandring
men
,
women
,
&
children
,
as
for
feare
of
the
Cataclysme
were
fled
for
sauegard
vnto
the
high
places
:
where
they
were
become
barbarous
,
and
almost
sauage
.
Whome
neuerthelesse
by
sweete
language
and
some
good
deedes
I
drew
vnto
me
in
the
plaine
field
,
&
caused
them
to
taste
the
fruites
of
the
earth
,
chiefly
of
grapes
,
which
at
that
time
wer
ripe
(
for
it
was
about
the
time
of
Autumne
)
and
ensigned
him
how
to
plant
and
dresse
the
vineyards
,
to
mollifie
them
,
and
to
draw
the
sweete
liquor
of
wine
from
them
,
&
thereof
gaue
them
to
taste
,
which
they
found
merueilous
good
and
delicate
:
the
like
did
I
of
other
fruites
of
the
earth
,
as
of
wheat
and
other
séedes
.
For
before
they
liued
with
acornes
and
flesh
,
like
wilde
bores
,
wolues
,
&
rauening
beasts
;
yea
some
liued
with
mans
flesh
,
and
dranke
nothing
but
simple
water
,
or
els
the
milk
of
beasts
,
which
alreadie
they
knewe
well
to
feede
in
the
pastures
of
the
mountaines
.
Likewise
I
taught
them
to
cut
and
felwood
,
to
square
stones
,
to
temper
fat
earth
,
and
therewithall
to
builde
houses
and
villages
along
the
water
side
for
their
dwellings
,
and
sure
defence
of
their
persons
and
cattell
,
against
the
iniurie
of
raine
,
winde
,
and
stormes
,
and
against
the
violence
of
sauage
beasts
,
and
to
assemble
themselues
by
nombers
in
redoubtable
defence
against
those
fierce
and
sauage
creatures
:
exhorting
them
to
ciuil
and
honest
companie
,
to
mutuall
aide
,
and
not
one
to
outrage
and
harme
another
,
to
chastize
and
punish
those
who
hurt
one
another
by
common
accord
,
and
for
the
executing
of
Iustice
to
constitute
a
wise
Gouernour
ouer
them
,
to
whom
,
al
with
one
consent
shall
beare
reuerence
as
alreadie
they
had
done
to
me
.
All
which
things
they
willingly
tooke
and
learned
like
men
who
are
fellowlike
creatures
,
and
easie
to
be
disciplined
,
and
thus
they
assembled
in
great
numbers
round
about
my
lodging
along
the
faire
Riuer
of
Tanais
,
bearing
honour
and
obedience
to
me
.
The
other
part
of
my
pleasure
and
daily
pastime
was
to
tame
manie
wilde
horses
(
which
in
that
Region
are
excellent
)
and
to
exercise
my selfe
in
hunting
and
shooting
:
whereby
I
slewe
great
numbers
of
Beares
,
Bulls
,
Buffles
,
wilde
Bores
,
Harts
,
Lyons
,
Panthers
,
rauening
Wolues
,
Pardalides
,
Mustells
,
Powle
catts
and
other
beasts
of
most
faire
and
soft
skin
,
whereof
there
was
great
numbers
,
and
caused
them
to
be
fleaed
,
drest
and
perfumed
by
two
of
my
men
,
who
could
both
doo
it
verie
well
,
&
ensigne
others
.
Of
these
faire
skins
I
caused
braue
apparell
to
be
made
for
my
Ladie
Priscaraxe
(
who
before
was
clothed
onely
in
linnen
)
of
so
proper
a
fashion
,
that
they
set
foorth
the
fairest
of
her
humanitie
outwardly
,
as
the
necke
,
the
breast
,
and
wrists
:
The
first
inuention
of
trained
gownes
,
&
causes
why
.
but
beneath
her
girdle
they
couered
al
the
rest
of
her
lower
parts
,
with
an
ample
stole
hanging
downe
to
the
ground
before
,
and
with
a
long
trayne
trayling
on
the
ground
behinde
,
and
couering
her
serpenticall
tayle
:
in
such
sort
that
those
rude
and
simple
people
apperceiued
nothing
,
being
giuen
to
vnderstand
that
this
long
trayne
behinde
the
garment
was
a
marke
and
token
of
feminine
noblenesse
,
which
was
measured
according
to
the
length
of
the
tayle
;
which
opinion
remained
yet
vnto
this
day
.
These
braue
garments
thus
made
of
so
faire
and
variable
skins
,
and
ioyned
and
laced
together
with
rich
buttons
,
costly
chaines
,
claspes
of
golde
,
and
precious
stones
,
gaue
to
Prriscaraxe
an
admirable
ornament
of
beautie
,
with
increase
of
authoritie
and
opinion
of
nobilitie
,
couering
her
lower
serpenticall
parts
so
honestly
,
whereon
shee
b●re
and
turned
her self
so
cunningly
and
so
easely
,
that
she
séemed
to
treade
little
inferiour
to
a
young
and
want
on
wench
;
and
thereon
would
encline
her selfe
at
pleasure
in
low
reuerence
and
humilitie
to
whom
and
where
it
appertained
:
and
likewise
to
raise
her selfe
right
of
stature
more
high
than
the
common
sort
,
as
it
did
become
her
,
which
got
her
great
maiestie
and
dignitie
,
yea
opinion
of
diuinitie
.
Hauing
thus
adorned
her
with
habits
&
honour
,
I
assembled
al
the
people
in
a
large
medow
round
about
me
(
who
degan
alreadie
to
be
somewhat
ciuill
)
and
at
the
sound
of
certaine
musicall
instruments
which
my
men
had
,
manie
others
descended
from
the
mountaines
as
yet
halfe
wilde
,
●nd
ioyned
themselues
to
the
troupe
:
and
there
beeing
●ounted
vpon
a
platforme
made
of
boords
,
and
beeing
set
●pon
a
bench
with
the
faire
and
well
orned
Priscaraxe
,
af●er
I
had
with
my
hand
and
mouth
giuen
them
signe
of
●ilence
,
with
a
high
and
cléere
voice
,
I
began
this
short
O●ation
.
You
haue
known
by
experience
(
my
friends
)
how
much
your
former
sauage
life
is
amended
and
bettred
in
al
goods
and
commodities
,
by
the
societie
and
humane
agréement
amongst
your selues
in
amitie
,
peace
,
and
iustice
:
assuring
you
(
that
by
how
much
the
more
you
doo
vse
and
exercise
it
)
by
so
much
shall
you
be
from
day
to
day
encreased
with
goods
and
felicitie
:
and
shall
be
are
rule
ouer
sauage
beasts
and
cruell
monsters
,
which
heeretofore
haue
infested
you
,
surmounting
you
in
hardines
,
force
and
legeritie
,
and
were
to
you
verie
redoubtable
.
On
the
contrarie
side
,
if
you
plucke
vp
,
contrarie
,
and
outrage
one
another
,
you
shall
be
made
a
proy
to
them
,
and
your
bodies
their
pasture
,
and
meate
for
the
blacke
and
rauening
birds
of
the
Heauens
.
For
by
accord
little
things
become
great
,
and
through
discord
the
great
doo
lessen
,
perish
and
fall
to
nought
.
Wherefore
aboue
all
things
I
admonish
you
to
ciuill
societie
,
concord
,
faith
truly
holden
,
mutual
amitie
,
euiting
of
outrage
,
punishing
of
the
offenders
by
equitable
iustice
,
the
conseruatrix
of
your
common
wealth
.
Which
cannot
be
better
administred
nor
distributed
than
by
one
sole
head
&
Prin●e
to
be
obeyed
and
authorised
of
all
.
And
therefore
it
is
expedient
to
choose
amongst
you
one
of
your
Nation
,
a
man
of
good
vnderstanding
and
naturall
iudgement
,
well
orned
with
corporall
sense
and
members
,
good
,
sage
,
iust
,
temperate
,
knowing
all
,
and
knowen
of
all
:
to
whom
you
shall
owe
all
honour
,
reuerence
,
soueraigne
right
and
puissance
,
by
homage
and
faith
to
him
giuen
.
And
therefore
choose
amongst
you
him
whom
you
like
best
,
and
after
he
be
informed
of
the
office
and
dutie
of
his
principalitie
,
I
wil
crow●
him
for
your
King
.
At
this
word
,
al
began
to
crie
with
one
voyce
,
Franc-Gal
soit
nostre
Roy
,
aultre
Roy
ne
voulons
con
Franc-Gal
:
Let
Franc-Gal
be
our
King
,
we
will
haue
n●
other
King
but
Franc-Gall
.
The
crie
with
the
beckening
of
my
hand
appeased
,
I
answered
them
thus
;
That
cannot
be
(
my
friends
)
for
Franc-Gal
is
not
of
your
Nation
,
but
a
stranger
come
hether
by
aduenture
:
and
knowe
yee
that
strange
Kings
haue
seldom
béen
good
to
the
people
of
wh●
they
tooke
not
their
originall
:
besides
,
Franc-Gal
can
not
resist
the
immutable
ordinances
of
the
auncient
Ladie
Anange
of
the
vniuersall
Tower
,
who
hath
destined
him
to
visite
other
people
and
nations
of
the
world
:
for
he
can
be
with
you
no
longer
than
the
day
&
hower
present
.
Choose
therefore
among
you
the
best
,
wisest
,
and
the
most
vpright
which
you
think
to
be
in
the
multitude
,
and
present
him
to
me
mounted
;
whom
after
I
haue
informed
of
his
office
,
I
will
(
with
your
consent
)
establish
and
crowne
him
King
.
At
this
answere
,
the
poore
Tartarians
remained
sad
and
sorrowfull
:
neuertheles
they
assembled
themselues
in
24.
bands
,
and
out
of
euerie
band
(
after
consultation
)
was
sent
one
man
to
speake
for
al
:
so
were
there
found
24.
excellent
men
aboue
all
others
,
in
person
,
speach
,
and
spirite
;
who
méeting
together
to
communicate
the
will
of
the
people
,
they
were
found
all
(
a
great
maruell
and
signe
of
accord
)
of
one
aduice
,
that
is
to
say
,
to
referre
to
me
the
election
of
their
King
,
whom
they
would
hold
firme
,
stable
,
and
inuiolable
:
affirming
and
swearing
thereto
by
the
winde
,
&
by
their
Acinac
,
which
after
their
vsage
is
as
much
to
say
,
as
By
life
and
death
.
Hauing
thus
heard
the
relation
&
delation
of
these
24.
I
thanked
them
and
the
whole
multitude
for
the
good
opinion
they
had
of
my
iudgement
.
Then
rising
on
my
féete
with
the
fair
Priscaraxe
whom
I
held
by
the
right
hand
to
the
sight
of
all
the
people
,
with
a
lowde
voyce
I
began
as
followeth
.
Ye
men
of
Scythia
,
séeing
you
referre
to
me
the
honour
of
this
election
,
and
haue
so
instantly
desired
me
beeing
a
straunger
for
your
King
;
for
both
which
I
thanke
you
:
knowe
that
I
will
giue
you
a
King
in
séed
extract
from
my
bloud
,
whom
as
yet
neuer
mortal
man
hath
séene
;
together
with
a
Quéene
of
your
countrey
and
generation
:
that
is
,
this
present
yong
Ladie
Priscaraxe
,
of
such
forme
&
beautie
as
you
sée
.
(
At
these
words
Priscaraxe
enclined
her selfe
lowe
bending
her
tayle
in
signe
of
humble
thankes
,
with
right
agréeable
modestie
:
then
with
a
sodain
turne
of
her
taile
,
she
raised
vp
her selfe
in
most
high
forme
,
surmounting
euen
the
Giantlie
height
of
Franc-Gal
himself
,
which
gaue
her
great
apparance
of
royall
maiestie
)
.
And
to
the
end
(
quoth
I
)
you
esteeme
not
her
originall
nobilitie
small
:
knowe
that
she
is
extract
and
borne
of
your
land
and
countrie
(
which
is
not
small
,
vnlesse
you
esteeme
your
natiue
soyle
small
)
and
she
is
engendred
of
Phoebus
,
whom
you
so
much
honour
and
worship
:
she
hath
likewise
an
illustrat
spirit
of
vnderstanding
,
and
she
is
illuminated
with
a
most
cleere
prudence
,
and
shall
iustlie
and
wiselie
rule
and
gouerne
you
:
her
name
is
Priscaraxe
,
the
signification
whereof
you
may
well
vnderstand
what
it
importeth
.
And
if
you
desire
a
man
king
,
knowe
ye
that
in
her
and
within
her
bodie
you
haue
one
engendred
by
me
(
whom
you
haue
so
required
)
extract
from
the
most
auncient
and
illustrate
bloud
of
the
Macrobians
:
who
,
in
my
iudgement
will
not
foreligne
his
father
.
And
therefore
so
soone
as
he
shall
bée
borne
,
(
if
peraduenture
I
be
not
returned
hether
againe
,
as
I
hope
I
shall
)
I
pray
you
and
ordaine
that
you
call
him
Alector
:
and
that
you
take
and
crowne
him
with
this
Helmet
to
him
destined
.
And
therewithall
I
shewed
them
a
verie
little
crest
of
a
Helmet
,
decked
with
faire
Rubies
which
was
ordeined
for
Alector
:
&
foorthwith
I
brought
out
a
rich
Crowne
of
gold
,
wrought
with
flowers
,
and
enriched
with
gemmes
of
all
illustrate
colours
,
in
saying
vnto
them
;
behold
the
royall
Crowne
prepared
by
my
will
,
and
with
good
iudgement
for
my
Ladie
Priscaraxe
heere
present
,
a
most
faire
,
wise
,
and
noble
woman
,
daughter
to
Phoebus
,
extract
out
of
your
land
and
countrie
,
and
being
now
great
with
a
man
childe
engendred
by
Franc-Gall
Macrobius
:
aduise
your selues
whether
you
will
take
her
for
your
Queene
or
not
?
Wee
accept
her
(
answered
all
the
multitude
with
one
crie
)
we
accept
her
and
take
Priscaraxe
for
our
Queene
and
Soueraigne
Ladie
.
Then
lifted
I
vp
the
Crowne
on
high
in
the
sight
of
them
all
,
and
so
easilie
set
it
vpon
the
comelie
head
of
the
faire
Priscaraxe
,
whose
haires
were
according
to
the
Crowne
,
sauing
that
more
naturallie
they
were
browned
,
cresped
,
and
chaungeable
:
which
being
by
her
gratiouslie
receiued
,
she
humblie
abased
her selfe
by
turning
her
taile
,
and
after
that
arose
vp
straight
and
higher
than
of
custome
in
heroycall
restance
with
visage
full
of
maiestic
;
neuerthelesse
amiable
and
gracious
:
ouer
and
aboue
her
naturall
beautie
,
she
was
attaint
with
a
comelie
red
shamefastnesse
eleuated
by
the
fire
of
modestie
,
intermingled
with
ioye
,
and
and
lightened
aboue
with
the
glittering
splendor
of
golde
,
and
the
gemmes
of
the
rich
crowne
set
vppon
her
head
:
wherby
her
forme
appeared
to
the
Assistants
so
faire
,
Empirelike
,
and
almost
diuine
,
that
euerie
one
as
it
were
mooued
with
one selfe
spirite
cried
out
,
Viue
la
Royne
,
vine
la
Royne
Priscaraxe
:
&c.
God
saue
the
Queene
,
let
Queene
Priscaraxe
liue
,
&
welcome
be
the
fruite
of
her
bodie
,
the
future
King
Alector
.
Thus
cried
the
whole
multitude
at
the
crowning
of
Priscaraxe
so
high
,
that
the
aier
,
mountaines
,
hills
,
dales
,
valleyes
,
and
flouds
ringed
again
with
the
resonant
reclaime
of
Eccho
.
The
noyse
ceased
,
I
addressed
my
speach
againe
to
them
saying
:
Yee
people
of
Tartarie
,
séeing
you
haue
chosen
and
consented
to
the
election
of
my
Ladie
Priscaraxe
,
to
be
from
hencefoorth
your
Quéene
,
Princesse
,
and
soueraigne
Ladie
,
and
therby
haue
irreuocably
transported
in
royall
right
,
the
supreame
puissance
of
your
persons
and
substance
:
come
therefore
now
and
doo
her
faith
and
homage
.
Whereto
all
incontinentlie
obayed
,
and
first
of
all
the
24.
chiefe
men
presented
themselues
on
their
knées
,
and
gaue
their
faith
of
homage
and
obedience
in
the
white
hand
of
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
,
giuing
others
example
to
doo
the
like
;
who
refused
it
not
,
but
willingly
&
with
a
good
heart
came
to
doo
homage
to
their
new
Quéene
:
bringing
with
them
in
signe
of
honor
,
some
boughes
from
the
trées
,
some
garlands
of
sauage
flowers
,
some
branches
of
the
vineyeard
,
others
wheaten
eares
,
&
bunches
of
gréene
grasse
:
which
they
strowed
rounde
about
their
faire
Queene
:
insomuch
that
the
whole
platforme
was
strowed
,
and
the
Queen
all
couered
with
wilde
saffron
and
other
flowers
of
the
medow
,
which
verie
graciously
she
receiued
,
and
after
the
homages
done
,
she
arose
in
excellent
straightnesse
,
and
made
them
this
oration
no
lesse
short
than
sweete
.
Scythian
Tartarians
,
sithence
at
your
request
the
most
noble
Prince
Franc-Gal
hath
constituted
and
crowned
vs
Queene
of
this
Region
,
of
you
the
Inhabitants
therein
,
and
of
all
that
which
is
in
your
substaunce
,
bodies
&
goods
:
like
as
you
haue
called
and
taken
vs
for
your
Queene
,
so
doo
we
receiue
you
for
faithfull
men
and
good
subiects
,
promising
you
Iustice
amongst
your selues
,
&
defence
against
all
your
enemies
,
by
the
grace
and
wisedome
giuen
vs
from
the
Soueraigne
,
by
the
commandement
and
counsel
of
my
Lord
Franc-Gal
,
and
by
the
forces
and
aides
of
our
members
,
that
is
of
all
of
you
in
generall
,
conditionally
that
you
keepe
your
plighted
faith
to
vs
,
which
being
the
foundation
of
Iustice
,
entertaineth
and
encreaseth
the
societie
&
fellowship
of
men
.
At
this
conclusion
euerie
one
bent
their
knees
and
heads
in
signe
of
reuerence
and
obedience
,
and
beeing
risen
,
lift
vp
vp
their
heads
and
hands
in
signe
of
good
will
and
readinesse
to
doo
the
commandement
of
their
Queene
,
&
soueraigne
Ladie
.
Hereupon
I
caused
to
come
before
me
and
the
Queene
,
the
24.
chief
men
who
were
the
fairest
,
strougest
,
most
burliest
,
the
best
and
assented
and
speached
in
the
whole
multitude
,
and
who
had
the
gifts
&
grace
most
abundantly
:
and
demaunded
of
them
if
they
would
not
willingly
employ
their
liues
for
the
defence
of
their
Countrey
,
Common
wealth
,
royal
Iustice
,
and
of
the
faith
&
homage
which
they
had
promised
to
their
Queene
?
wherevnto
all
with
one
consent
answered
,
that
willingly
they
would
.
Then
caused
I
them
to
giue
their
faith
bare
headed
,
and
kneeling
in
the
hand
of
the
Queene
:
which
being
receiued
with
othe
of
obedience
,
to
sustaine
&
defend
her
towards
and
against
al
:
she
gaue
to
each
of
them
a
ring
of
golde
in
signe
of
the
honour
of
Knighthood
,
which
they
receiued
anon
after
,
and
about
their
necks
I
put
a
coller
of
golde
,
whereat
a
Sunne
of
golde
hung
;
saying
vnto
them
I
doo
ennoble
you
,
be
ye
noble
men
,
you
and
your
posterities
for
euer
:
conditionally
that
you
commit
no
treason
or
fellonie
against
your
Soueraigne
.
Wherefrom
they
all
answered
that
they
would
kéepe
themselues
,
and
thanked
me
humbly
for
their
enoblishing
,
and
of
the
honorable
presents
receiued
of
me
and
the
Quéene
,
vowing
their
bodies
and
liues
for
her
and
me
.
And
all
this
was
done
vpon
the
Pretoire
of
Gazons
in
open
sight
and
regard
of
all
the
people
,
who
from
far
beheld
this
mysterie
knowing
not
what
it
was
,
nor
to
what
ende
,
and
meruailed
all
thereat
,
finding
it
notwithstanding
verie
faire
,
&
hoped
asmuch
to
be
done
and
giuen
to
them
:
but
the
common
and
ancient
Prouerb
saith
,
Not
all
,
nor
by
all
,
nor
to
all
;
and
therefore
I
commanded
them
to
seperate
themselues
in
small
companies
by
9.
and
9.
and
to
place
them
in
the
medowe
,
and
the
24
,
round
about
the
Pretoire
:
which
willingly
they
did
,
&
disposed
themselues
by
9.
and
9.
in
a
companie
.
Being
thus
ordeiued
,
I
sent
to
euerie
fellowship
a
quarter
of
roasted
venison
,
3.
loaues
of
bread
,
and
a
great
wooden
tankard
full
of
wine
,
made
with
grapes
,
honnie
,
and
water
:
declaring
to
them
,
that
it
was
the
first
liberalitie
of
the
Quéene
towards
them
at
her
coronation
,
&
inuiting
them
to
be
merrie
and
make
good
chéere
:
which
they
did
,
as
also
the
24.
noble
men
which
were
about
the
Pretoire
,
to
whom
we
likewise
sent
such
meate
as
we
were
serued
withall
.
At
the
end
of
the
banquet
,
I
tooke
my
cup
of
golde
full
of
wine
,
&
after
I
had
presented
it
vnto
the
Quéene
,
(
who
tasted
first
of
it
)
I
lift
it
vp
and
gaue
signe
and
token
that
I
drank
to
all
in
ioy
of
my
spéedie
departure
:
and
they
likewise
on
the
other
side
by
shewing
a
signe
of
great
ioy
,
pledged
me
with
gladsome
acclamation
.
The
crie
ended
,
and
the
multitude
appeased
,
I
descended
with
the
Quéene
,
and
caused
24.
of
the
sauage
horses
which
I
had
tamed
to
be
brought
in
,
together
with
24.
morrions
of
yron
,
and
as
manie
corslets
,
made
of
the
skinnes
of
wilde
bores
and
bulls
,
which
I
had
taken
in
hunting
,
and
caused
to
be
dressed
in
an
hearbe
called
Aarons
Oxe
,
being
an
herb
verie
strong
,
sharp
,
cutting
,
hardning
and
binding
leather
in
a
little
season
:
likewise
24.
shields
made
of
Tillac
,
strengthened
with
the
sinewes
of
harts
and
bulls
;
and
24.
launces
garnished
at
the
ende
with
leopards
téeth
in
stead
of
yron
:
together
with
24.
swords
whereof
I
alwaies
caried
a
good
number
with
me
,
the
which
I
put
into
the
hands
of
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
.
These
things
made
readie
,
I
caused
mine
owne
men
to
ride
the
horses
,
to
make
them
bend
,
turne
,
to
giue
the
carréere
,
to
caper
,
to
mount
,
to
leape
,
and
to
fling
,
thereby
giuing
example
of
discipline
to
the
24.
strong
men
so
to
gouerne
and
handle
them
.
Then
caused
I
them
there
to
bée
harnessed
with
the
corslets
,
and
the
morrions
vppon
their
heads
,
and
then
to
all
and
euerie
of
them
I
gaue
the
Accolade
,
&
made
them
Knights
.
The
Quéene
girded
their
24.
swords
about
them
and
their
shields
,
and
I
presented
to
either
of
them
a
launce
and
a
horse
,
whereon
easily
they
mounted
without
putting
foote
in
the
stirrop
:
for
they
were
ridden
naked
,
and
handled
easelie
enough
for
their
first
riding
,
together
for
that
they
were
well
tamed
and
accommodated
.
After
that
,
for
their
first
exercise
and
pastime
,
I
caused
them
to
iust
and
turney
with
my
men
:
where
,
after
they
had
encountred
with
their
launces
,
they
laid
hands
on
their
swords
,
which
they
neuer
before
had
handled
,
&
found
them
meruailous
faire
in
their
glistering
splendor
;
beeing
ioyfull
to
handle
such
weapons
flaming
like
the
Sunne
.
Whereby
they
skirmished
so
couragiously
,
that
in
the
end
the
sport
had
turned
into
quarrell
,
had
I
not
caused
them
to
cease
,
and
euerie
one
to
take
his
armes
againe
:
exhorting
them
oftentimes
to
like
exercises
without
strife
,
and
to
all
the
duties
of
knighthood
,
but
specially
to
susteine
&
defend
their
Queene
Priscaraxe
:
of
whom
(
with
a
last
kisse
and
streight
embracement
without
power
of
speaking
of
one
word
to
her
,
nor
she
to
me
,
by
meanes
of
the
great
sorrowe
of
heart
)
I
tooke
my
leaue
,
and
of
the
24.
knights
,
&
of
all
the
people
.
All
which
followed
and
accompanied
me
vnto
the
port
and
hauen
,
where
my
people
(
hauing
trussed
vp
all
my
baggage
)
were
alreadie
gone
to
prepare
my
good
and
great
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
:
whereupon
being
mounted
with
my
companie
,
he
stretched
out
his
long
flat
féete
,
and
raised
his
wings
in
the
high
aier
:
where
hauing
once
receiued
winde
,
presently
he
carried
vs
from
the
land
into
the
high
seas
beholding
neuerthelesse
the
shore
,
where
the
Scythian
men
,
and
the
24.
new
knights
,
followed
vs
with
their
sight
so
farre
as
they
could
sée
vs
,
together
with
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
;
whome
I
had
left
with
a
transpierced
heart
,
whom
I
neuer
since
haue
séene
,
and
am
in
doubt
neuer
to
sée
more
.
The
apparition
and
foresaying
of
Proteus
,
the
returne
of
the
Queene
Priscaraxe
,
her
childbearing
,
&
the
double
birth
of
Alector
,
his
crowning
,
nourishing
,
and
manners
.
CAP.
XVI
.
HOw
so
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
did
thy
Quéene
Priscaraxe
die
then
?
No
,
no
,
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
)
but
(
as
I
haue
since
vnderstood
by
a
messenger
and
letters
which
shée
afterwards
sent
me
)
after
she
had
followed
me
with
her
eye
,
vntill
she
had
lost
the
sight
of
me
,
shee
remained
with
sorrowe
and
auguish
,
colde
,
stiffe
,
and
as
it
were
past
her selfe
,
planted
vpon
the
sea
side
like
a
statue
of
stone
,
till
they
might
sée
the
sea
moue
and
boyle
,
and
from
the
bottome
rise
out
on
the
foming
water
a
great
troupe
of
Phocques
or
sea
calues
:
and
after
them
launched
from
the
deapth
a
great
Seaman
,
olde
and
ancient
to
looke
on
,
with
long
grey
haires
,
white
beard
,
and
monstaches
;
dropping
with
salt
water
,
his
skin
yellow
,
rough
and
full
of
scales
,
his
armes
sinned
with
the
finnes
of
fishes
,
his
body
naked
in
humaine
forme
vnto
the
nauell
,
the
residue
finishing
in
a
grosse
and
great
tayle
of
a
fish
,
wherewithall
he
beate
the
water
,
and
made
it
bound
vp
in
sprinckling
,
and
bedewing
all
his
Phocques
which
hée
chased
before
him
with
a
great
wand
made
of
a
Whales
bone
which
he
carried
in
his
hand
:
who
beholding
Priscaraxe
with
his
gréen
and
ougly
eyes
,
foretold
her
these
propheticall
verses
which
I
haue
here
written
in
the
barke
of
a
trée
.
And
therewithall
Franc-Gal
pulled
out
of
his
bosome
,
a
roule
of
a
white
Phylire
,
wherein
were
written
certaine
verses
,
which
he
read
,
and
pronounced
to
the
Archier
in
this
sort
.
Like
as
the
time
,
onee
being
past
,
cannot
returne
againe
;
Euen
so
the
man
which
now
departs
(
though
it
be
to
his
paine
)
Vnto
this
place
,
no
more
shall
come
.
For
why
in
countries
strange
The
destinies
appointed
haue
,
that
he
long
time
shall
range
.
Wherefore
thou
Queene
Priscaraxe
now
,
no
longer
him
attend
:
For
once
within
eight
turnes
of
Moone
;
there
shal
of
thee
descend
,
A
fayre
and
noble
bird
;
the
which
shall
be
of
double
birth
:
And
at
the
last
(
as
King
)
he
shall
bee
crownd
with
ioie
&
mirth
.
Yea
he
a
worthie
Knight
shall
be
,
and
of
such
valurerare
,
That
euen
his
lookes
shal
cause
the
proud
,
&
stronger
sort
to
feare
:
By
vertue
of
an
inward
spirite
,
that
shall
be
him
assinde
Or
rather
(
to
discrie
the
trueth
)
descend
to
him
by
kinde
.
Yet
nathles
thou
shalt
(
of
him
)
haue
little
cause
to
ioy
:
Yea
short
the
time
shall
be
,
that
thou
with
him
shalt
play
or
toy
:
For
scarsely
fledgd
,
with
wings
yspread
,
his
soaring
flight
shall
take
By
cutting
of
the
Ayre
,
and
shall
his
proper
nest
forsake
A
loftier
seate
for
to
obtaine
.
Wherefore
when
time
shall
come
That
he
will
needs
from
thee
depart
,
doo
not
withstand
his
dome
:
For
if
thou
wouldst
,
thou
canst
not
striue
,
against
the
wil
and
minde
Of
the
superiall
powers
,
who
haue
this
lot
to
him
assinde
.
But
now
(
O
Priscaraxe
)
hencefoorth
(
it
shall
with
thee
proceede
:
Leauing
three
Faons
in
Gal
his
nest
,
extract
of
Peacocks
seede
)
Thou
shalt
depart
out
of
this
soyle
,
to
seeke
with
moestfull
cheere
The
flagrant
flowre
of
withered
tree
,
whome
thou
dost
loue
so
dere
.
And
then
not
finding
that
thou
seekest
by
long
and
lingring
paine
,
The
perfect
shape
of
humane
kinde
,
&
new
name
shalt
obtaine
:
And
with
a
worldly
King
(
as
Queene
)
thou
shalt
a
while
remaine
In
blis
full
ioy
,
vpon
the
coast
of
fruite
full
Aquitaine
.
And
of
thy
seede
shall
come
the
first
of
all
those
worthie
wights
Which
after
to
the
house
of
Lux
,
shall
giue
their
shining
lights
.
By
twelue
faire
signes
,
so
shalt
thou
liue
in
perfect
rest
and
peace
Till
at
the
length
through
curious
care
who
will
not
seeme
to
cease
(
Because
thereof
thou
takest
name
)
to
cast
her
eye
aside
And
that
disclose
,
which
thou
hast
sought
,
with
al
thy
care
to
hide
.
And
when
those
secrets
thine
shall
be
disclosd
,
in
mornefull
wise
Thou
shalt
depart
that
sappie
soyle
,
pearcing
the
heauens
with
cries
.
Still
loosing
more
&
more
the
forme
and
figure
of
thy
Syre
And
shalt
vnto
thy
Mothers
shape
thy selfe
at
once
retire
.
Now
therefore
get
thee
to
thy
house
,
&
see
thou
looke
not
backe
,
With
carefull
eye
keepe
thou
thy
child
,
that
nought
he
seem
to
lack
,
And
if
thou
wouldest
learne
his
name
,
that
doth
these
things
discrie
:
Knowe
that
it
is
olde
Protëus
,
which
neuer
yet
made
lye
.
These
diuine
verses
pronounced
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
,
continuing
his
purpose
)
the
old
man
plunged
himselfe
to
the
bottome
of
the
Sea
with
his
troupe
of
Sea
calues
,
so
that
nothing
remained
to
be
séene
but
the
troubled
superficialitie
of
the
water
,
and
this
paper
of
the
barke
of
a
white
Phylire
trée
,
swimming
to
the
shore
,
which
was
taken
vp
and
kept
,
and
afterwards
sent
to
mee
written
in
such
verses
as
thou
hast
heard
.
After
then
that
this
prophecie
was
pronounced
and
vnderstood
,
the
knights
who
were
about
the
Quéene
,
and
had
séene
,
heard
,
vnderstood
,
and
kept
the
prognostication
of
Protëus
,
●ame
towards
her
to
comfort
her
,
and
leade
her
in
,
with
all
the
people
consolating
her
,
and
so
two
or
those
knights
tooke
her
by
the
armes
to
comfort
&
lead
her
away
.
So
they
returned
backe
,
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
sliding
so
easily
vpon
her
serpenticall
taile
(
being
hidden
and
couered
vnder
her
long
trained
gowne
)
that
her
going
séemed
diuine
,
yea
like
the
Gods
(
who
go
without
moouing
féete
or
knées
)
:
the
rather
because
she
was
so
well
apparailed
,
richly
decked
,
and
crowned
with
this
illustrate
crowne
,
that
it
made
her
to
shine
like
the
daughter
of
Phoebus
.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
Pallaice
which
I
had
caused
to
bee
begun
,
and
well
aduanced
,
the
Quéen
Priscaraxe
(
hauing
sent
away
the
multitude
populare
,
who
had
folowed
her
in
admiration
&
reuerence
,
&
thanking
them
of
their
paines
)
retired
into
her
lodging
,
and
all
the
people
into
their
houses
and
cabins
.
But
the
24.
knights
made
their
habitation
the
honestest
that
they
could
,
round
about
the
Palaice
royal
,
to
be
alwaies
readie
at
the
commandement
of
the
Quéen
:
who
(
for
honour
and
for
pledge
of
their
fidelities
towards
her
)
tooke
12.
yong
boyes
,
and
12.
yong
maides
of
the
children
of
the
24.
knights
,
of
either
of
them
one
to
her
seruice
,
whom
she
caused
to
be
clothed
and
decked
with
faire
skins
and
precious
iewels
,
which
I
had
left
her
:
gouerning
and
maintaining
her self
in
such
sort
,
that
she
was
beloued
and
honored
of
all
.
And
the
popular
people
of
all
their
fruits
,
milch
cattle
,
venisons
,
foule
,
fish
,
and
to
be
briefe
of
all
that
they
got
by
proy
or
conquest
,
would
giue
her
the
first
presents
,
likewise
did
the
Gentlemen
knights
,
who
aboue
all
things
honored
and
serued
her
,
and
made
her
to
be
feared
of
her
subiects
,
by
their
ordinarie
exercises
of
armes
&
cheualrie
,
which
they
vsed
euerie
day
before
her
Pallaice
,
continuing
and
encreasing
better
and
better
.
The
Quéene
in
the
meane
season
became
greater
and
greater
,
insomuch
that
at
the
ende
of
eight
moneths
being
one
night
a
bed
in
her
secret
chamber
all
alone
(
as
one
who
for
her
lower
parts
kept
her self
the
most
couert
that
might
be
,
so
as
therwas
none
but
two
damsels
onely
,
the
one
called
Piste
,
and
the
other
Siope
,
that
were
priuie
to
her
serpents
form
)
the
anguishes
and
paines
of
childbirth
came
vpon
her
:
where
after
long
fluxions
of
great
dolour
,
she
brought
forth
a
great
lumpe
in
the
figure
of
a
long
round
egge
,
farre
excéeding
in
bignes
the
egge
of
an
Ostrich
;
of
substance
,
skinnie
,
white
,
cleare
,
and
shining
like
a
transpiercing
christall
,
so
as
with
in
she
might
behold
a
most
faire
childe
swimming
in
cleare
water
:
whereof
this
massie
lumpe
was
full
,
and
the
childe
wound
and
wrapped
vp
,
in
the
midde
thereof
.
Which
the
mother
séeing
knewe
not
what
to
doo
,
either
to
breake
this
lumpe
to
take
out
the
naked
childe
which
she
long
desired
,
and
whereunto
motherly
loue
sollicited
her
,
or
els
to
leaue
it
whole
for
feare
of
hurting
the
fruit
within
it
,
which
mortall
feare
forbad
her
.
Wherefore
at
length
she
concluded
to
let
nature
worke
:
and
for
that
cause
she
kept
it
alwayes
in
naturall
heate
neare
to
her
bodie
and
naked
flesh
,
and
in
the
most
hot
and
couert
places
;
in
the
night
shée
put
it
in
her
bed
,
and
in
the
day
vnder
her
furres
,
vntill
the
end
of
nine
dayes
,
that
in
holding
it
betwéene
the
palmes
of
her
hands
(
which
are
of
most
temperate
heate
)
and
warming
it
with
her
breath
,
beholding
still
the
enclosed
:
sodainely
it
began
to
vnfould
the
members
,
stretching
out
the
bodie
,
armes
,
and
legges
,
and
to
turne
round
,
in
such
sort
that
it
brake
the
shell
wherein
it
was
enclosed
,
and
so
came
foorth
into
the
hands
of
the
mother
,
who
receiued
with
great
ioy
this
child
twise
borne
,
crying
in
the
infants
voyce
for
the
new
sent
of
the
ayre
,
at
the
voyce
whereof
the
two
familiar
damosels
Piste
and
Siope
came
in
,
who
tooke
it
and
washed
it
with
water
and
wine
luke warme
:
and
being
once
washed
,
it
appeared
so
faire
as
it
was
merueilous
to
behold
,
&
so
white
as
snowe
,
with
frizled
haires
as
yellow
as
gold
,
the
bodie
great
and
strong
as
it
were
of
the
age
of
three
yeares
,
strayning
it self
,
and
incontinently
going
alone
:
and
which
is
more
,
it
began
to
laugh
and
play
with
the
damosels
,
and
so
soone
as
it
saw
the
Sunne
it
lift
vp
the
head
and
eyes
,
in
knowledge
of
his
mothers
Syre
,
and
saluted
it
by
and
by
with
loud
voyce
:
but
somewhat
lisping
in
singing
these
words
,
I
salute
thee
.
Whereat
the
Quéene
and
damsels
began
to
laugh
hartely
,
although
they
were
verie
much
abashed
thereat
:
the
rather
for
that
hee
was
borne
booted
with
buskins
of
siluered
skales
and
spurred
with
gilded
spurs
,
in
token
that
he
should
be
a
magnanimious
knight
.
And
it
is
verie
like
,
that
for
so
much
as
he
was
borne
with
such
armes
,
that
nature
(
for
not
hurting
the
body
of
his
mother
)
had
prouided
this
shelly
vessell
to
emlose
him
withall
.
Who
after
he
was
clensed
,
hée
was
brought
and
rendred
to
his
mother
,
who
receiued
him
with
great
ioy
,
and
remembring
the
name
which
his
father
had
ordeyned
,
called
him
after
this
maner
;
Alector
faire
child
,
the
Soueraigne
encrease
in
thée
vertue
,
honor
,
liberalitie
,
hardines
,
and
prowesse
,
for
of
beautie
thou
hast
not
fayled
:
and
therewithall
shée
kissed
him
right
tenderly
.
The
Childe
as
it
were
vnderstanding
her
voyce
,
began
right
gratiously
to
smile
,
and
by
a
swéete
laughter
began
to
acknowledge
his
mother
,
who
caused
to
call
and
assemble
the
24.
knights
,
with
a
sufficient
number
of
the
common
people
,
to
whome
shée
shewed
the
faire
childe
,
declaring
to
them
that
it
was
conceiued
by
Franc-Gal
,
whereof
they
were
all
glad
;
and
accepted
him
for
their
King
to
come
,
and
for
that
cause
in
their
presence
,
put
vpon
his
head
the
vermilion
crowne
which
Franc-Gal
had
left
for
him
,
which
becommed
him
the
most
properest
that
might
be
,
and
he
planted
it
so
naturallie
on
his
head
,
that
it
neuer
after
from
thence
departed
.
After
this
the
Quéene
presented
him
her
vermillion
nib
of
her
white
dug
,
that
he
might
suck
,
but
he
obstinately
refused
it
;
and
when
she
would
instantly
haue
applied
the
end
thereof
to
his
mouth
,
he
turned
away
his
face
,
and
began
to
crie
aloude
this
Phrigian
word
Beco
,
beco
,
which
is
as
much
to
say
as
bread
,
bread
:
then
did
they
present
him
bread
,
which
he
eate
together
with
rosted
flesh
,
with
a
good
appetite
,
and
likewise
both
chéese
and
fruite
;
and
dranck
without
difficultie
both
milke
,
and
wine
of
honey
.
Wherefore
from
that
day
forwards
,
hee
was
norished
with
whole
meates
.
wherewith
he
grew
and
fortified
so
great
,
membrous
,
and
strong
,
that
he
grew
thrée
time
so
much
as
other
children
,
in
such
sort
that
at
siue
yeares
end
hee
was
as
corpulent
,
puissant
and
right
of
his
members
,
and
as
prudent
and
aduised
in
his
spirit
,
as
though
hee
had
béen
fiftéene
yéeres
fully
compleat
.
And
from
that
time
,
he
began
to
tame
horses
,
to
runne
the
hart
,
to
hunt
the
wilde
boare
,
to
breake
lances
against
the
ground
,
to
skirmish
,
wrastle
,
vault
,
leap
,
throw
the
bar
and
stone
,
to
runne
the
stade
,
swim
in
the
water
,
to
assault
and
clime
high
trées
and
walls
;
in
such
sort
that
of
all
the
young
squires
of
20.
yeares
age
there
was
not
his
match
,
although
hée
had
not
full
sixe
;
chiefely
in
hardines
of
enterprise
:
nor
more
vertuous
in
franchise
&
liberalitie
,
especially
towards
the
damosels
of
the
Quéene
,
and
all
other
young
and
faire
maides
and
women
:
towards
whom
he
began
alreadie
to
be
so
enclined
and
giuen
,
that
he
could
not
bée
withdrawne
their
companie
;
so
addicted
was
he
to
present
the
humble
seruice
of
his
gentle
person
to
young
and
faire
damosels
and
other
maides
and
women
:
yea
and
by
reason
of
the
entier
familiaritie
which
hée
had
with
his
mother
(
being
one
of
the
fairest
exeatures
in
the
world
)
he
assayd
to
returne
to
the
place
,
from
whence
he
was
issued
.
Which
thing
the
Quéene
perceiuing
,
and
fearing
least
his
ouer
hardy
youth
through
ignorant
simplicitie
should
doo
some
outrage
to
honour
and
nature
,
like
a
most
wise
woman
,
determined
to
reare
him
out
of
his
nest
,
and
to
send
him
into
some
place
where
he
might
finde
me
.
Of
the
perigrination
of
Franc-Gal
,
through
the
world
:
of
the
newes
receiued
from
Priscaraxe
,
his
letters
and
presents
sent
back
to
her
,
to
Alector
,
and
to
the
foure
and
twentie
Knights
,
and
what
issued
thereof
.
CAP.
XVII
.
NOw
was
I
entred
into
the
fift
yeare
of
my
perigrination
:
where
,
leauing
Tartary
scituated
in
the
great
land
of
Jmans
,
I
mounted
on
the
Sea
vpon
my
great
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
in
the
harborles
goulph
of
Pont
Euxin
,
and
hauing
passed
the
large
Propon
tide
therof
,
and
entred
into
the
Mediterran
Seas
by
the
straights
of
Hellespont
&
the
arme
of
S.
George
,
I
visited
(
towards
the
East
and
South
vppon
the
coast
of
Asia
Minor
)
Natholica
,
Phrygia
,
Pamphilia
,
Cilicia
,
Caramania
,
Suria
,
Aegypt
,
and
the
seauen
mouthes
of
Nilus
,
Lybia
,
and
Barbary
euen
to
the
Mount
Atlas
.
And
towards
the
North
and
West
,
I
discouered
La
Maree
de
Peloponnesse
,
and
after
that
passing
the
hill
of
Isthma
I
boorded
the
famous
ports
of
the
noble
towns
of
renowmed
Greece
,
aswel
in
the
seas
of
Negropont
,
as
of
Archipel
:
without
leauing
one
Isle
,
neither
Rhodes
,
Candy
,
Lango
,
Methelyn
,
nor
Malto
,
nor
the
disperced
Isles
,
where
my
Hippopotame
aboorded
not
,
and
brought
mee
where
I
might
discend
.
Likewise
in
the
firme
lands
of
Macedonia
,
of
the
gulph
of
Larthe
of
Epidaure
or
Albany
,
and
of
the
foote
of
the
smoking
Mountaines
.
In
which
place
my
cierge
of
sight
,
life
,
and
way
,
had
like
to
haue
béene
extinguished
,
and
I
and
all
my
people
in
perill
and
danger
.
For
from
these
Acroceraunes
and
lightning
mountaines
,
arose
a
multituds
of
wicked
spirits
aswell
ayrie
as
watrie
,
deing
enuious
(
as
is
credible
)
of
the
good
aduancement
of
humaine
kinde
,
or
rather
of
my
ouer
hardy
experience
in
daring
to
attempt
and
proue
their
elements
of
water
and
ayre
being
vnaccustomed
to
man
;
and
beyond
the
course
of
his
condition
:
which
damageable
diuels
with
the
wicked
winds
of
Cecias
and
of
Turbin
,
heaped
together
ouer
mee
and
round
about
mee
,
grosse
cloudes
like
great
mountaines
,
one
linked
in
another
,
black
,
leuid
,
heauie
,
sulphurian
,
hot
colds
,
and
coole
heats
,
beating
and
striking
the
one
against
the
other
in
fearefull
breakings
,
whereby
and
whereout
aboundant
and
often
fire
flashes
,
&
coruscations
procéeded
,
horrible
thunders
abounded
,
redoubtable
lightnings
issued
,
and
most
hard
and
penetrable
stones
fell
,
together
with
wrastling
winds
and
sounding
tempests
.
By
and
through
al
which
perilous
moliments
these
wicked
Cacodemones
enuious
of
the
prosperitie
of
man
,
so
sturred
&
vnquieted
the
waues
of
the
seas
,
that
sometimes
they
were
eleuated
aboue
the
clouds
,
and
of
a
soddaine
againe
into
the
very
bottomes
,
fighting
and
breaking
their
waues
,
and
séeking
aboue
al
to
thrust
my
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
against
the
craggie
rocks
&
stony
cliffs
,
or
els
to
burne
him
with
their
hot
and
ardent
lightnings
which
2.
things
were
the
chiefest
&
greatest
to
be
feared
.
But
he
holpe
himselfe
so
well
,
with
his
flat
féet
and
with
his
strong
and
puissant
tayle
,
ruling
the
torment
of
the
waues
that
he
saued
both
himself
and
vs
,
who
were
trembling
with
feare
of
the
present
death
hanging
ouer
our
heads
.
And
albeit
these
tempestuous
sprites
did
so
charge
him
with
al
their
force
that
they
made
him
to
abate
&
strike
his
wings
,
and
so
tormented
,
heated
,
and
altred
him
,
that
hee
was
constrained
to
drinke
,
wherby
he
became
(
according
to
his
nature
as
hath
béen
said
)
more
dangerous
,
furious
,
vntractable
,
and
perilous
,
insomuch
that
what
with
force
of
sodaine
leapings
,
rude
flingings
,
prompt
windings
,
&
often
risings
,
hee
had
almost
drouned
vs
in
the
Ambracian
gulph
.
But
I
kept
him
so
uarrowly
,
hild
his
bridle
so
closely
,
&
his
cruper
so
highly
,
that
I
made
him
rise
vp
&
spring
out
into
the
plaine
seas
.
And
then
came
to
my
memory
the
auncient
lady
Anange
who
by
viue
imagination
aduised
mee
to
beare
vp
the
cierge
giuen
mée
by
Cleronome
,
&
lightned
by
zodore
.
The
which
hauing
reared
on
high
,
&
ventiled
to
make
it
burne
more
high
and
cleere
I
might
behold
two
celestial
lights
,
procéeding
from
the
highest
,
to
come
&
ioyne
with
my
light
:
by
vertue
of
that
which
together
with
mine
endeuor
,
knowledge
,
&
strength
al
this
wicked
&
wandring
sprits
,
ayry
and
watry
,
al
aduerse
and
trauerse
winds
,
flotes
,
waues
,
hoystings
,
sinkings
,
thunders
,
lightnings
tempests
&
al
other
torments
departed
at
an
instant
,
&
returned
to
the
tops
of
those
Acrocerean
mountains
,
whereas
yet
they
rage
,
&
diuelishly
lighten
:
wherby
they
are
called
of
nauigators
the
hils
of
diuels
.
These
wicked
spirits
retired
into
their
Acroceranicall
castles
,
the
Sea
in
the
space
of
two
houres
being
setled
,
became
so
tranquil
,
calme
,
quiet
and
equall
,
that
it
séemed
nothing
but
a
field
of
glasse
;
sauing
that
on
the
top
thereof
floated
the
neasts
of
some
Sea
birds
,
builded
cloased
,
and
enterlaced
with
vigne
twigs
and
eares
of
corne
,
by
such
naturall
architecture
,
that
with
paine
could
a
man
break
them
with
the
blowes
of
a
hatchet
,
&
of
such
faire
and
artificiall
building
that
no
basketmaker
or
topiarie
workman
could
fashion
the
like
.
And
this
was
in
the
time
of
the
Brume
about
the
14.
of
December
and
wintrie
Solstice
when
the
Sunne
entreth
the
Tropick
of
Capricorne
;
wherby
I
knew
that
the
birds
swimming
in
those
faire
nests
were
called
Halcyones
,
who
in
this
time
doo
build
,
couer
,
and
hatch
their
yong
:
to
which
birds
,
nature
hath
granted
thus
much
grace
and
priuiledge
,
that
for
the
space
of
14.
dayes
,
the
waters
and
winds
séeme
to
obay
them
,
and
in
this
time
(
which
is
the
sorest
part
of
winter
)
to
appease
their
rigor
,
and
to
moderate
themselues
,
in
such
peaceable
tranquilitie
,
that
the
ayre
and
Seas
are
in
rest
,
and
perigrinations
sure
,
which
I
think
to
be
done
by
a
secret
fauour
of
nature
to
this
little
bird
;
whereat
I
was
much
ameruailed
,
&
could
not
finde
the
cause
for
what
vtilitie
either
of
the
world
,
or
of
this
creature
:
the
most
wise
Lady
dame
Nature
was
so
fauorable
to
these
little
birds
,
as
in
this
peruerse
time
to
giue
them
the
tranquilitie
,
which
she
refuseth
to
affoord
vnto
men
;
which
to
my
thinking
is
vnworthily
done
.
Wherefore
eleuating
my
cierge
higher
to
consider
the
cause
more
metaphysicallie
,
I
supposed
the
cause
of
this
tranquilitie
,
to
be
the
returne
of
the
Sonne
(
who
is
the
most
illustrate
Lord
,
and
ruler
of
the
inferiour
things
)
into
the
Tropick
of
Capricorne
.
But
as
I
was
resoluing
on
this
poynt
,
behold
a
voyce
which
séemed
to
issue
out
of
the
mouth
of
my
horse
,
saying
:
T
is
not
as
thou
dost
think
,
Franc-Gal
,
this
calme
&
quiet
space
Of
wind
and
seas
,
ordayned
is
in
figure
,
signe
and
grace
Of
one
,
I
mean
the
child
of
peace
,
the
high
&
Soueraignes
sonne
Who
in
the
time
of
quiet
rest
into
this
world
must
come
.
To
bring
to
them
th'
eternall
peace
,
that
will
receiue
the
same
With
ioy
;
or
els
refuse
it
to
their
owne
confused
shame
:
Ne
yet
is
this
tranquilitie
in
fauour
or
respect
Of
this
small
bird
,
who
by
foresight
this
calme
doth
not
neglect
To
close
&
hatch
her
tender
yong
,
when
stormy
winds
do
cease
,
To
show
that
wealth
doth
most
abound
in
time
of
rest
&
peace
,
Inquire
therefore
no
higher
cause
,
ne
make
no
more
a
doo
:
But
keepe
thy
course
,
and
take
the
time
while
time
dooth
serue
theretoo
.
And
hereupon
the
voyce
ceased
,
which
séemed
to
procéed
out
of
the
throte
of
my
horse
:
whereat
I
was
sore
abashed
and
astonished
,
and
for
that
cause
I
demanded
and
saide
,
how
commeth
it
to
passe
Durat
,
and
when
and
where
hast
thou
learned
to
speake
and
prophecie
?
But
he
answering
me
not
one
word
,
turned
his
head
toward
the
West
,
and
tooke
his
direct
course
with
enlarged
féet
,
and
wings
hoysted
vp
,
so
that
within
a
while
I
arriued
at
the
ports
of
Dalmace
and
Sclauonia
in
Illyrica
,
and
so
passing
through
the
vnsatiable
throtes
of
Scilla
and
Charibdis
alongst
the
coast
of
Messina
and
Rliegium
,
I
discouered
the
Isles
of
Sicilia
,
Sardinia
,
Corsica
,
&
all
the
coast
of
Apulia
,
Calabria
,
Naples
,
Italy
,
and
entred
into
the
arme
of
furious
Adriatieum
;
where
at
that
time
the
rich
towne
without
land
was
vnfounded
:
Venice
.
and
so
passed
by
the
coast
of
Lygorne
,
and
ouertooke
the
ports
de
la
Luna
,
passed
by
the
happie
Gaule
Narbonnoys
,
and
from
them
coasted
the
occident
sea
Hispaignia
vnto
the
pillers
of
the
high
mountaine
Calipe
and
Abyle
,
where
the
great
Oeean
Sea
maketh
way
to
passe
into
the
Mediterrane
Sea
,
and
seperateth
it selfe
into
the
great
Asia
,
the
rich
Aphricque
and
the
populous
Europa
.
And
in
all
the
places
where
my
Hyppopotame
tooke
land
,
there
let
I
him
repose
certaine
daies
:
and
in
the
meane
while
,
vpon
other
terrestiall
horses
,
or
on
foote
(
as
thou
séest
me
now
,
if
the
way
were
not
long
)
I
trauersed
the
countries
and
Mediterrane
Regions
,
visited
the
townes
&
people
to
learne
&
know
their
languages
,
lawes
,
manners
,
and
fashions
of
liuing
commending
them
if
they
had
wealth
,
and
helping
them
if
they
had
lesse
,
according
to
the
wisdome
which
the
soueraigne
had
giuen
vnto
me
.
In
recompence
wherof
I
returned
from
them
loaden
with
honours
,
graces
,
riches
,
presents
,
substance
,
and
victuals
;
wherewith
I
charged
my
good
horse
Durat
for
the
prouision
of
my
voyage
.
Now
as
I
was
reposing
my selfe
,
one
day
arriued
a
messenger
come
towards
me
on
the
behalfe
of
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
,
who
had
followed
,
and
sought
me
by
sea
and
land
continually
and
all
places
,
demanding
Franc-Gal
the
great
old
knight
vpon
the
flying
and
swimming
horse
,
of
whom
he
had
heard
newes
in
al
places
by
euident
tokens
,
yet
neuertheles
he
had
erred
&
wandred
by
sea
two
whole
yéeres
before
he
could
méet
me
:
vatil
such
time
as
I
arresting
at
Cales
he
had
means
to
finde
me
,
where
he
presented
me
letters
of
credit
sent
by
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
conteining
partly
that
which
before
I
haue
reckoned
to
thée
,
without
forgeting
the
faire
child
Alector
who
was
twise
borne
,
the
maner
how
,
&
his
suddaine
grouth
:
but
aboue
all
things
shee
sent
mee
word
,
how
that
ordinarily
beholding
euery
day
and
houre
,
the
ring
which
I
had
left
with
her
,
wherein
was
set
the
changeable
Carbuncle
,
oftentimes
she
had
found
it
somewhat
changed
,
one
while
being
pale
,
another
while
darke
,
another
while
clere
&
shining
:
but
that
in
the
4.
yeare
of
my
departure
the
14.
of
the
Moneth
of
December
(
which
was
the
day
wherein
I
was
tormented
in
the
gulfe
of
the
Diabolicall
mountaines
)
in
beholding
my
ring
,
she
perceiued
it
very
pale
,
ashy
,
&
almost
extinct
of
all
the
light
.
And
thereupon
she
had
dispatched
this
messenger
to
go
séeke
me
through
all
seas
&
lands
,
&
to
enquire
of
my
health
,
well
doing
,
&
fortunes
;
and
to
reckon
to
me
hers
,
such
as
had
hapned
to
her
since
my
departure
,
requiring
me
right
affectuously
to
returne
shortly
.
And
for
that
she
willed
me
to
giue
faith
and
credit
to
the
words
of
the
bearer
,
very
curiously
I
asked
him
of
such
things
,
as
had
hapned
since
my
departure
:
wherto
he
answered
me
very
assuredly
,
beginning
at
the
apparition
of
Protëus
the
old
man
of
the
sea
,
of
his
prophecie
written
in
the
barke
of
a
trée
,
which
he
deliuered
mee
,
and
is
that
which
thou
hast
séene
,
(
O
Archier
)
vnderstood
and
read
.
Then
rehearsed
he
me
the
exercises
of
the
knights
,
the
honors
,
duties
and
presents
done
to
the
Quéene
:
her
childbirth
,
the
doubble
natiuitie
of
Alector
,
his
coronation
,
nurture
,
maners
&
exercises
,
and
his
soddaine
aduancement
&
growing
.
Whereof
I
had
such
ioy
at
the
heart
,
that
I
could
conceiue
no
greater
.
Finally
he
recounted
to
me
from
poynt
to
poynt
all
things
in
manner
&
forme
,
as
I
haue
made
the
narration
:
thus
hauing
heard
al
,
I
caused
him
to
rest
himself
,
&
made
him
good
chere
for
certaine
daies
.
And
the
whiles
I
writ
an
answere
to
my
most
welbeloued
Priscaraxe
,
willing
her
to
maintaine
her self
alwaies
in
royall
authoritie
and
maiestic
,
with
sure
and
ioyfull
hope
of
my
returne
,
if
death
,
sicknesse
or
prison
did
not
let
me
:
mary
it
was
first
requisit
for
me
(
by
force
of
my
destinies
)
to
circuit
and
compasse
the
roundnes
of
land
and
sea
,
vntill
such
time
as
by
continual
going
forwards
,
I
was
returned
to
the
place
where
from
I
departed
,
which
could
not
be
done
so
shortly
,
praying
her
the
whiles
to
entertaine
her selfe
with
her
knights
and
people
,
in
peace
and
Iustice
,
in
vertue
and
honour
,
norishing
and
bringing
vp
her
sonne
Alector
well
and
nodly
,
causing
him
diligently
do
exercise
all
honest
and
vertuous
actions
meet
&
worthie
for
a
young
prince
,
which
should
be
the
greatest
pleasure
that
I
could
of
her
either
looke
for
or
receiue
.
The
letter
after
this
tenour
closed
&
sealed
,
I
writ
another
shorter
to
the
24.
Knights
in
generall
,
willing
and
commanding
them
inuiolately
to
kéepe
their
faith
and
obedience
promised
&
sworne
to
their
Quéene
Priscaraxe
,
to
aid
&
assist
her
in
the
maintenance
of
Peace
&
Iustice
,
&
honorably
to
kéep
the
noble
estate
of
Cheuasry
&
exercise
of
armes
.
And
for
the
better
maintenance
thereof
,
I
sent
than
in
a
little
barke
for
that
cause
expresty
made
&
apparresled
;
24.
stéeled
&
acomplet
armors
of
double
mettal
,
&
so
many
triangled
&
guilded
shields
azured
&
painted
with
diuers
coulors
and
figures
of
armory
with
proper
●…uises
,
&
as
many
strong
lances
of
Sapin
headded
with
yron
:
and
therewithall
24.
paire
of
spurres
,
the
vsage
whereof
they
had
not
as
yet
experimented
albeit
they
had
seene
a
certaine
forme
of
spurres
borne
with
Alector
.
As
for
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
I
sent
her
a
double
coller
of
grosse
round
pearles
,
&
so
Alector
a
right
faire
sword
of
fine
Chalybian
azure
(
forged
by
the
Chalybes
,
people
in
Hispania
being
singular
workmen
in
yron
and
stéele
)
damasked
:
the
gard
and
hilts
being
of
hard
stéele
wrought
with
wreathed
serpents
by
a
most
subtill
linking
amelled
and
guilded
vpon
the
skale
,
their
eyes
being
of
little
cleere
Saphirs
the
poygne
being
of
of
Lycorne
&
the
pommell
of
massie
gold
wrought
with
the
head
of
a
lyon
,
the
two
eyes
being
two
rubies
,
&
heares
of
the
fringe
of
fine
gold
wreathed
&
hanging
down
:
&
the
top
of
the
pommell
was
fastned
with
a
grosse
diamond
:
the
scabard
was
couered
with
the
skin
of
an
Adder
,
the
fayrest
and
best
remarked
that
a
man
might
possibly
fée
;
all
traced
naturallie
with
lines
of
gold
,
or
at
least
séeming
to
bée
guilt
,
so
blew
as
Azure
,
so
red
as
blood
,
gréen
like
the
emerald
,
violet
in
flowre
,
and
white
like
the
coulour
of
Iuorie
:
and
betwéene
the
lines
in
the
black
spot
,
it
was
mayled
with
lesser
skales
like
siluer
:
whereby
it
appeared
by-day
so
fayre
and
rich
,
that
no
work
of
siluer
and
gold
might
compare
to
this
naturall
orfauorie
:
and
that
which
is
more
,
by
night
it
was
so
cléere
as
a
lampe
rendring
light
and
splendor
sufficient
to
sée
seauen
paces
round
about
it
:
for
such
was
the
naturall
proprietie
of
the
Adder
as
I
perceiued
one
night
,
when
to
take
my
rest
I
was
gone
aland
on
the
coast
of
Barbary
,
where
by
the
proper
cléerenes
and
nightlie
splendor
thereof
,
I
discouered
this
kinde
of
serpent
.
Wherewithall
being
after
my
first
sléepe
awakened
,
and
merueiling
to
sée
in
the
sand
such
a
strange
remoouing
lightning
,
I
drew
neere
it
,
and
beholding
it
to
be
a
kinde
of
serpent
;
I
set
my
foote
on
her
head
and
slew
it
:
neneuerthesesse
for
all
it
was
slaine
,
yet
did
not
the
skin
thereof
lose
the
splendor
,
but
remained
shining
,
albeit
not
altogether
so
liuely
and
farre
off
shining
,
as
it
did
being
aliue
:
yet
was
it
of
naturall
substance
so
clere
and
shining
that
all
the
circumstances
of
the
place
by
two
great
faddomes
were
lightned
and
easie
to
be
séene
.
Wherefore
hauing
reposed
there
al
the
night
,
in
the
morning
I
beheld
the
Adder
so
shining
by
night
,
and
séeing
the
skin
thereof
so
faire
,
so
variable
,
speckled
,
barred
,
and
mailed
with
gold
,
siluer
,
azure
,
purple
,
sindal
,
and
all
other
faire
collours
,
I
caused
it
to
be
fleane
,
clensed
&
tanned
in
the
barke
of
Cassia
and
Cinamom
,
and
afterwards
made
thereof
a
scabard
for
the
good
and
rich
sworde
which
I
sent
to
my
Sonne
Alector
,
with
the
other
presents
:
which
being
laid
in
chests
of
Sapin
,
I
caused
them
to
be
put
in
a
little
barke
well
victualed
and
furnished
with
Marriners
,
&
other
things
thereto
necessarie
.
So
giuing
to
the
messenger
a
rich
Cassock
of
crimson
veluet
buttoned
with
gold
,
a
doublet
of
yellowe
waterie
silke
chamblet
,
and
a
hat
of
Albany
couered
with
cléere
blew
silke
veluet
,
brodred
and
barred
with
circles
in
snares
of
loue
,
and
knit
strings
of
thred
of
gold
,
with
a
fair
bowe
of
Bubalins
horne
,
and
a
quiuer
of
a
Tayzōs
skin
ful
of
arrowes
,
fethered
with
rauens
fethers
,
I
licensed
him
to
depart
,
and
sent
the
letters
&
verball
answere
by
him
,
with
commandement
to
declare
that
which
he
had
séen
of
mine
estate
.
So
departed
hee
and
went
his
way
,
and
sayled
without
any
hard
encountry
,
torment
,
or
ill
aduenture
,
till
hée
arrined
in
Scythia
;
where
he
hauing
taken
lande
,
mounted
vp
into
the
pallace
of
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
:
to
whom
(
as
I
haue
vnderstood
since
by
my
Sonne
Alectors
arriuall
with
me
)
hee
presented
my
letters
,
presents
,
and
giftes
sent
to
her
,
to
Alector
,
and
to
the
24.
Knights
,
who
were
assembled
in
the
Quéenes
chamber
to
heare
newes
of
Franc-Gal
(
which
is
I
my selfe
)
whom
they
hold
for
their
Soueraigne
.
The
letters
vnderstood
,
they
accorded
very
gladly
thereunto
,
and
receiued
the
presents
most
agréeably
:
specially
Alector
who
could
not
fill
himselfe
with
pulling
out
,
beholding
and
shaking
his
excellent
faire
sword
.
The
messenger
being
in
the
order
that
I
had
apparrelled
him
in
,
and
ready
in
the
audience
of
all
the
assistance
,
recited
all
that
hee
had
séen
and
vnderstood
of
mée
,
with
the
great
honors
and
praises
of
my
vertues
,
prowesse
,
worthy
reuengances
,
meritorious
liberalities
,
Iustice
,
&
good
ensignements
,
which
he
heard
reported
of
me
through
all
the
places
where
I
had
passed
,
and
where
he
had
followed
mee
:
whereof
they
were
all
most
glad
,
specially
my
Lady
Priscaraxe
,
who
,
with
a
swéete
remembrance
mixed
with
sorrow
and
ioy
,
could
not
absteine
from
weeper
;
ing
incessantly
before
all
the
knights
;
who
after
the
message
declared
,
comforted
and
consolated
her
:
and
she
the
more
to
encrease
her
ioy
,
put
the
rich
double
coller
of
Margarites
(
which
I
had
sent
her
)
about
her
neck
,
and
inuited
the
24.
Knights
to
supper
,
who
departing
from
thence
,
went
to
arme
themselues
in
the
new
harnesses
which
I
had
sent
them
,
and
to
put
on
their
spurres
which
they
neuer
before
had
vsed
,
and
mounting
on
horsuark
went
to
Iust
and
proue
their
new
armours
,
which
merueillously
pleased
them
,
aswel
for
the
brightnes
of
the
burnished
yron
flaming
like
the
sonne
,
as
also
for
the
sound
and
clattering
of
the
harnesse
,
and
for
the
beautie
of
the
helmets
and
shields
painted
and
guilded
.
But
if
there
were
no
man
to
whome
these
habillements
of
such
hard
and
impenetrable
yron
,
and
of
such
refulgent
splendor
,
séemed
braue
:
yet
was
Alector
cleane
rauished
with
admiration
,
in
such
sort
that
forgetting
all
wantonnes
and
loue
,
he
desired
nothing
more
,
than
to
be
made
Knight
,
to
the
end
he
might
weare
such
warlike
habits
,
and
see
himselfe
once
armed
and
mounted
on
horseback
,
garnished
with
shielde
and
speare
,
as
for
a
sworde
he
could
haue
no
fairer
nor
better
,
than
that
which
I
had
sent
him
.
In
these
thoughts
and
desires
Alector
beheld
the
Knights
,
being
al
armed
in
white
,
and
to
proue
their
spurres
began
to
prick
their
horses
,
who
(
being
not
long
before
sauage
,
neuer
accustomed
to
bee
tickled
in
that
order
)
began
to
runne
with
the
bridle
betwéene
their
teeth
,
to
fling
,
and
leape
so
rudely
that
a
man
could
sée
nothing
in
the
Meadowe
but
Knights
abated
to
the
earth
and
vnbridled
horses
running
through
the
field
.
Notwithstanding
they
mounted
agame
,
and
pricking
their
horses
more
moderatly
,
accustomed
them
by
little
and
little
to
the
spurre
and
bridle
.
So
Iusted
they
certaine
houres
,
and
fought
with
swords
,
hatchers
of
armes
and
clubs
,
hauing
most
great
pleasure
to
heare
their
hard
armor
so
to
sound
,
and
to
giue
one
another
such
great
blowes
without
hurt
.
Thus
Iusting
and
fighting
a
space
for
their
exercises
,
euerie
one
went
to
disarrue
himselfe
,
and
afterwards
came
all
to
supper
into
the
pallate
where
the
Queene
made
them
right
good
and
ioyfull
chéere
.
And
after
much
talke
at
supper
held
of
mee
,
of
my
liveralitie
towards
them
,
and
of
the
beautie
and
bountie
of
the
armes
wherewithall
I
had
garnished
them
,
in
whose
brighenes
they
beheld
their
valour
,
as
Ladies
doo
their
beauties
in
Christall
glasses
:
vppon
sure
confidence
therein
,
they
enterprised
and
expedition
to
goe
make
Warre
vppon
the
monsterous
and
fearce
beasts
kéeping
their
Caues
in
the
Mount
Imaus
,
who
from
day
to
day
issuing
out
of
their
hollowe
rockes
spoyled
their
cattell
,
and
destroyed
their
flockes
:
and
from
thence
to
passe
the
foresaid
mount
of
Imaus
to
fight
with
the
Giants
of
India
:
who
oftentimes
accustomed
to
enter
vpon
their
marshes
,
and
to
rauish
their
fayre
wiues
and
children
.
And
vpon
this
concluded
deliberation
(
which
afterwards
was
accomplished
)
euerie
one
retyred
himselfe
to
rest
.
But
Alector
who
had
gotten
the
flea
in
his
eare
,
with
the
desire
which
he
had
to
be
made
Knight
,
and
to
beare
fayre
white
harnesse
,
could
not
sléepe
:
for
,
the
gneying
of
horses
,
the
bruit
of
armour
,
the
clattering
and
brusing
of
lances
,
and
the
blowes
and
strokes
of
swords
,
which
hee
thought
alwaies
to
heare
,
awakened
him
vncessantly
;
neither
did
hee
ought
but
studie
whether
hee
might
depart
before
day
without
taking
leaue
of
his
mother
to
goe
séeke
out
Franc-Gal
his
Father
,
whose
renowme
pricked
him
forward
more
than
any
other
thing
:
but
consioering
on
the
other
side
that
it
should
bee
villanie
and
dishonour
to
himselfe
,
and
griefe
to
the
Quéene
his
carefull
Mother
:
Motherlie
pittie
and
naturall
honestie
willed
him
to
demand
lycence
of
her
,
which
hee
hoped
(
his
intent
considered
)
should
not
be
deuied
him
:
and
vpon
this
resolution
hee
slept
till
the
morning
;
which
being
come
he
spéedily
arose
and
appareled
himselfe
,
and
so
came
against
the
rising
of
the
Quéene
to
giue
her
the
Boniour
,
and
in
humble
reuerence
presenting
himselfe
to
her
on
his
knées
,
hée
began
his
pretended
suite
in
this
manner
.
"
Madam
,
the
birds
of
Heauen
holding
of
the
elementarie
purenesse
of
the
ayre
,
and
resenting
in
part
somewhat
of
the
celestiall
diuinitie
;
following
nature
the
surest
guide
(
as
by
experience
I
haue
seene
)
doo
couer
and
nourish
in
their
nests
their
young
ones
during
the
time
that
they
be
small
,
naked
,
vnfethered
,
and
not
able
flie
:
but
when
they
be
great
,
puissant
and
able
to
defend
and
saue
themselues
from
other
birds
of
pray
,
and
that
they
be
once
fledge
and
fethered
sufficiently
to
beare
and
eleuate
their
bodies
in
the
ayre
then
doo
they
disnest
them
;
and
after
they
haue
taught
them
to
slye
about
their
nest
,
they
leade
them
euery
day
further
and
further
,
&
finally
at
length
let
them
flie
without
way
or
trace
,
through
the
emptie
séeming
field
of
the
ayre
at
their
voluntary
pleasure
,
and
fréely
abandon
them
with
as
little
thought
by
assurance
of
their
greatnesse
,
as
before
they
had
care
and
affection
of
their
smalnes
by
reason
of
their
infirmitie
:
and
so
send
them
at
aduenture
,
albeit
they
sée
the
immensall
space
in
the
ayre
of
a
1000.
wayes
,
vnmarked
,
and
without
signe
or
token
as
the
earth
is
,
and
neuer
hope
either
their
returne
,
reuision
,
or
reknowledge
.
Yea
and
when
as
yet
they
would
not
leaue
their
nests
,
but
liue
idly
therein
like
Cokoes
,
their
parents
beate
them
with
their
wings
,
gripe
them
with
their
clawes
,
and
nib
them
with
their
bills
vntill
such
time
as
they
haue
chased
them
by
force
out
of
their
nests
;
wherein
no
bird
of
good
fught
ought
or
wil
remaine
after
it
be
flegde
,
&
sufficiciently
fethered
to
rise
in
the
ayre
:
this
I
haue
spoken
Madam
;
and
to
aduance
my selfe
further
to
speake
in
your
honorable
presence
,
youthfull
shame
,
motherly
reuerence
,
and
childish
feare
doo
defend
me
:
but
I
knowe
your
wisdome
to
be
so
great
,
that
you
vnderstand
well
enought
whereto
my
spéeches
doo
tend
.
"
Then
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
,
who
by
an
occult
and
ingenious
prudence
giuen
her
by
Phoebus
her
Syre
,
knewe
what
he
would
haue
saide
,
by
the
only
opening
of
his
mouth
:
and
who
was
not
ignorant
,
that
by
this
gentle
figure
of
the
bird
,
her
dere
Sonne
Alector
demanded
of
her
priuie
leaue
to
go
search
strange
aduentures
,
and
Franc-Gal
his
Father
:
could
not
abstaine
from
shedding
foorth
grosse
ceares
in
harkening
too
,
and
beholding
her
Sonne
speaking
on
his
knées
before
her
,
vnder
such
humble
and
figuratrue
spéech
of
the
bird
,
not
daring
openly
to
discouer
the
request
of
his
desire
,
which
sufficiently
hee
declared
vnder
the
image
of
the
birds
:
which
brought
the
Quéene
in
memory
of
a
dreame
which
she
had
the
night
before
,
wherein
it
seemed
to
her
,
that
her
little
sparrow
which
in
delices
she
had
nourished
so
tame
that
it
would
flye
round
about
the
house
reasonable
farre
off
,
but
so
soone
as
shee
called
it
,
it
would
at
her
call
returne
and
come
to
her
fist
:
and
in
her
sleepe
she
had
seene
it
soddainely
to
become
a
right
faire
and
great
bird
of
braue
and
diuers
plumage
,
with
a
face
of
horne
,
a
bearde
of
flesh
,
neck
and
legs
like
to
a
Griphon
,
breasted
like
a
Lyon
,
and
sighted
like
to
an
Eagle
,
which
departed
from
her
further
and
further
,
and
would
not
returne
,
for
all
the
calling
shee
could
make
:
but
flew
so
farre
and
so
high
that
shee
lost
altogether
the
sight
thereof
.
Moreouer
there
appeared
to
her
in
vision
,
that
shee
lost
three
other
in
a
cage
to
goe
séeke
this
:
and
through
great
desire
to
followe
it
,
two
great
and
large
wings
were
giuen
her
,
wherewithall
being
carried
into
diuers
places
to
séeke
her
sparrowe
,
she
could
not
finde
it
:
but
in
the
end
she
rested
and
reposed
herselfe
vpon
the
high
tower
of
a
strong
castle
,
where
her
wings
fel
of
,
and
her
serpents
tayle
turned
into
humaine
legs
and
féete
:
and
thereupon
waking
the
vision
vanished
away
:
whereof
wel
vnderstanding
the
signification
and
fore
thinking
of
that
which
would
follow
,
neuertheles
knowing
that
the
assigne
of
the
celestiall
ordinances
must
be
fulfilled
,
together
fearing
lest
the
vnbridled
wantonnes
of
Alectors
youth
,
and
the
ouer
familiar
conuersation
of
the
great
Sonne
with
the
young
mother
without
husband
,
might
bréed
either
criminall
incest
or
defamed
suspition
,
she
resolued
her selfe
(
as
before
she
had
determined
)
not
to
hinder
his
departure
,
but
rather
honestly
to
license
him
to
goe
,
vnder
good
occasion
of
sending
him
towards
his
father
.
Wherefore
taking
him
by
the
hand
&
making
him
arise
,
she
said
thus
vnto
him
:
"
Alector
my
fayre
Sonne
,
my
déere
Sonne
Alector
:
if
I
shed
teares
be
thou
not
abashed
:
for
hauing
passed
short
time
with
ioy
in
the
company
of
my
Lord
Franc-Gal
thy
father
,
I
somewhat
consolated
my selfe
to
haue
such
a
pawne
of
him
and
his
promised
returne
,
as
is
thy
person
engendred
of
his
bloud
.
But
now
séeing
thou
art
enclined
to
abandon
mee
and
followe
him
,
and
that
by
celestiall
destiny
it
must
néeds
be
so
,
féeling
my selfe
at
this
instant
as
it
wer
bereaued
both
of
husband
and
Sonne
the
two
déerest
persons
to
mée
in
this
world
,
no
meruaile
it
is
though
I
bée
sad
,
for
the
anguishes
of
perpetuall
want
do
already
enuiron
my
soule
;
my
heart
telleth
me
,
and
my
dreames
presage
me
that
I
shall
neuer
see
either
of
you
both
againe
.
Notwithstanding
sith
I
am
not
ignorant
that
childishnes
and
puerilitie
being
ouer
past
,
and
youth
entring
it
is
neither
honest
nor
expedient
for
a
young
man
which
is
extract
and
come
of
a
noble
race
to
remaine
vnglorious
specially
vnder
his
mothers
wing
,
but
rather
followe
the
vertuous
steps
of
the
father
,
if
so
he
bee
(
as
is
Franc-Gal
thy
Lord
and
Syre
)
and
with
hardines
of
the
execution
of
his
enterprises
to
search
the
immortall
honor
by
happie
pursuits
of
great
fortunes
and
strange
aduentures
,
whereto
the
supernall
powers
doo
call
and
conduct
him
:
whereto
then
being
eternally
ordained
,
as
I
cannot
so
will
I
not
resist
it
.
Wherefore
my
faire
Sonne
Alector
,
my
déere
Sonne
Alector
from
henceforth
I
giue
thée
licence
(
albeit
to
my
great
sorrowe
and
heart
griefe
)
and
libertie
to
depart
to
morrow
morning
without
letting
me
know
or
vnderstand
thereof
,
for
mine
eyes
and
heart
will
not
serue
to
feele
and
sée
it
.
On
this
condition
that
(
hauing
found
by
séeking
through
the
world
,
thy
Father
Franc-Gal
whose
renowme
will
ensigne
thée
where
to
find
him
)
thou
take
the
order
of
Knighthood
of
him
,
for
of
a
more
wise
,
valiant
and
vertuous
man
thou
canst
not
receiue
it
.
And
the
soonest
that
is
possible
for
thee
,
to
leade
and
bring
him
towards
me
and
thy selfe
with
him
,
for
so
shalt
thou
promise
me
:
"
In
this
speaking
she
put
foorth
her
hand
,
and
Alector
kissing
it
(
with
his
owne
first
)
couered
it
with
great
reuerence
,
promising
and
swearing
by
his
faith
,
to
doo
the
Queenes
commandement
to
the
vttermost
of
his
power
.
This
done
,
said
,
promised
,
and
permitted
Priscaraxe
gaue
to
her
déere
Sonne
two
fayre
shirts
as
white
as
snowe
,
as
sweete
as
balme
,
a
fayre
vermillion
hat
of
purple
lether
checkered
,
a
fayre
coate
to
ride
in
(
made
with
the
needle
)
of
diuers
colored
silks
,
wrought
with
embrothered
fethers
naturally
painted
like
the
Orientall
birds
,
with
great
large
and
hanging
sleeues
,
and
a
fayre
Iacket
aboue
that
,
wrought
and
friaged
with
golden
thred
waued
,
all
which
was
made
and
wouen
with
her
owne
proper
hands
;
and
taking
from
her
neck
a
most
precious
and
rich
chaine
of
gold
,
put
it
about
the
neck
of
her
Sonne
Alector
to
showe
that
he
was
come
of
noble
bloud
,
and
so
most
tenderly
and
pitiously
kissing
him
she
bad
him
,
adew
;
for
she
had
no
more
power
to
speak
to
him
,
but
retired
into
her
secret
chamber
that
shee
might
wéepe
her
fill
,
and
by
force
of
teares
let
out
the
anguishes
and
sorrowes
which
oppressed
her
heart
.
Alector
on
the
other
side
mooued
and
naturally
compassioned
with
the
dollor
of
his
Mother
,
yet
neuertheles
right
glad
for
hauing
obtained
leaue
,
returned
to
his
chamber
which
was
within
the
Quéenes
Pallace
,
and
preparing
al
his
trinkets
,
caused
the
fayrest
and
strongest
horse
that
hee
could
choose
to
be
made
readie
,
trussed
vp
a
little
male
,
&
after
he
had
rested
and
slept
certaine
houres
in
the
night
he
arose
before
day
,
and
apparrelled
him
in
al
that
which
the
Queene
had
giuen
him
,
and
so
mounted
on
horseback
,
and
departed
all
alone
,
without
speaking
or
bidding
farwell
to
any
person
,
taking
his
way
by
land
(
for
the
Sea
was
as
yet
to
him
vnknowne
)
vpon
his
left
hand
towards
the
East
,
leauing
Europa
on
his
right
hand
,
choosing
Asia
and
entred
into
Suria
,
passed
the
riuer
of
Euphrates
to
goe
into
Persia
and
the
Indes
,
where
hee
encountered
with
such
aduentures
as
hee
afterwards
told
mee
,
and
as
thou
shalt
hereafter
vnderstand
.
The
processe
of
the
peregrination
of
Franc-Gal
through
the
World
,
with
the
discouerie
of
the
Seas
,
Isles
and
land
.
CAP.
XVIII
.
WHiles
these
things
were
this
a
dooing
in
the
interior
Scithia
,
after
I
had
sent
back
the
messenger
which
founde
me
in
Calis
,
I
mounted
on
my
good
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
,
vpon
whome
(
leuing
Hispania
and
Mauritania
which
I
had
suffciently
visiired
)
I
entred
and
passed
boldly
the
straight
of
Iuberaltar
or
of
Hisphal
&
came
into
the
great
Ocean
Sea
which
dooth
conteine
in
his
compasse
the
whole
earth
.
Then
taking
my
way
on
the
right
hand
towards
the
North
,
riding
ouer
the
great
fishes
&
Britanicall
whales
,
I
coasted
the
riuages
of
the
exterior
Spayne
,
of
Portugall
,
of
the
Ocean
Gaules
,
of
the
great
Isle
of
Albion
,
called
great
Brittaine
of
England
,
Scotland
,
Iuuerne
,
Ireland
,
the
Islands
of
Orcades
,
and
the
vtermost
Thule
.
From
thence
returning
on
the
right
hand
towards
the
West
,
I
went
to
see
the
lands
of
Corterar
,
of
Terra
Florida
,
the
country
of
Chamaho
Temistitan
,
Beraigne
and
Peru
,
abounding
in
gold
and
precious
stones
;
Cuba
,
the
lands
of
the
black
Moores
where
the
birds
bee
greene
,
the
trees
red
:
the
Isles
of
the
Gyants
,
and
the
countrey
of
the
cruell
Canibals
deuourers
of
men
,
without
forgetting
the
Isles
lying
in
that
Occidentiall
Sea
,
as
the
fortunate
Isles
;
the
Isles
of
Canary
and
Madera
:
Zipangre
and
the
7448.
Isles
of
the
Occidentall
Archipelagus
.
Then
takin
my
returne
by
the
Meridionall
,
and
passing
vnder
the
Tropic
of
Cancer
through
the
Hesperian
goulfe
,
I
coasted
all
the
interior
Libya
,
and
entred
into
the
farre
of
Magatian
,
and
into
the
peaceable
Seas
without
torment
,
and
so
went
to
view
the
happie
land
of
Calensuan
.
From
thence
I
returned
by
the
coast
of
Affrick
towards
the
South
,
and
passing
vnder
the
Equinoctiall
,
I
came
to
coast
the
high
&
low
Aethiopia
,
the
Nigrites
,
the
Realm
of
Gambre
and
Senegue
vnto
Capa
de
bona
esperanza
,
and
so
to
the
Troglodites
habiting
vnder
the
earth
.
From
thence
coasting
Arabia
and
the
lands
nigh
the
red
sea
I
passed
alongst
the
Realmes
of
Goa
,
Canouer
,
and
Calecut
,
and
so
visited
the
great
noble
&
rich
Isle
of
Taprobane
,
Perne
,
the
Isles
of
Malucques
,
and
the
two
Iaues
:
and
hauing
compassed
the
black
Realmes
of
Quiola
,
Melinde
,
Scilam
,
and
Habest
,
I
vizited
Zaphal
the
Isle
of
the
golden
mynes
,
and
came
to
the
Realm
of
Quinsag
,
and
so
entred
into
the
Barbarian
Sea
,
and
from
thence
into
the
Indian
seas
.
I
passed
the
Realm
of
Cathay
,
and
entred
into
the
high
India
,
and
tooke
land
at
Tangut
to
repose
my selfe
a
while
,
hoping
anone
after
to
trauerse
the
region
of
Bator
and
to
come
into
Tartary
,
and
so
hauing
made
the
whole
Tonrne
of
the
lands
,
seas
,
and
Isles
,
to
render
my selfe
againe
to
my
most
welbeloued
Priscaraxe
.
And
knowe
(
O
Archier
)
that
ouer
and
about
all
these
marinall
iournies
,
in
euerie
countrie
and
Region
where
I
landed
,
I
trauersed
the
firme
lands
most
commonly
on
other
earthly
horses
,
to
knowe
the
diuersitie
of
the
townes
,
countries
,
and
manners
of
men
:
reforming
them
if
they
were
barbarous
,
and
bringing
them
to
ciuilitie
if
they
were
sauage
and
cruell
,
ensigning
them
Religion
of
honor
to
their
Soucraigne
,
Vertue
,
Faith
,
Iustice
,
Temperance
and
Marriage
.
Likewise
teaching
them
to
know
the
good
fruites
,
plants
,
trées
,
rootes
,
hearbs
,
graines
,
and
metcalls
which
they
had
in
their
regions
and
knew
not
:
ensigning
them
also
hushandry
,
and
to
till
their
grounds
,
vinyards
,
and
gardens
,
with
the
workinanship
&
making
of
garments
and
houses
:
and
by
force
of
armes
chastening
the
wicked
and
obstinate
,
dooing
violence
and
outrage
to
other
men
:
likewise
purging
the
country
of
monsters
,
of
euil
&
dangerous
beasts
:
and
dooing
infinite
other
acts
of
vertues
which
should
be
ouer
long
to
reckon
,
and
loathsome
to
thée
to
heare
,
and
to
my self
lesse
honorable
to
declare
my
praises
by
mine
own
mouth
.
But
thus
it
fell
out
,
that
by
these
my
merits
and
good
déedes
,
I
got
the
fauor
,
loue
,
and
good
will
of
all
the
Princes
&
people
of
the
world
:
receiuing
of
them
innumerable
riches
,
presents
,
&
precious
gifts
,
of
all
the
best
and
excellentest
things
which
were
in
their
countries
and
Region
,
but
aboue
all
I
got
to
my selfe
an
eternall
good
renowme
:
whereby
being
knowne
,
reclaimed
,
&
beloued
through
the
world
,
my
Sonne
Alector
serching
me
,
could
not
faile
to
vnderstand
newes
of
me
euery
where
:
enquiring
alwaies
for
the
great
old
Knight
vpon
the
swimming
and
flying
horse
:
who
finally
came
and
found
mee
at
Tangut
,
hauing
trauersed
other
terrestriall
,
waies
,
than
I
had
passed
,
before
I
came
into
the
Scythian
Region
where
I
engendred
him
vpon
Priscaraxe
,
as
I
haue
recited
to
thée
before
.
The
Voyage
of
Alector
seeking
his
Father
,
the
newes
which
hee
had
of
him
after
hee
had
been
rauished
at
the
Riuer
of
Tygre
,
where
hee
slew
the
rauening
Woolues
.
Of
the
taking
of
the
shield
at
the
Trophie
,
of
his
fall
,
and
of
the
inuisible
laugher
.
CAP.
XIX
.
WHiles
I
was
in
my
farre
trauels
,
Alector
was
on
the
other
side
trauersing
the
regions
of
Asia
Minor
,
the
great
Mountaine
of
Tor
,
the
flouds
of
Tygre
and
Euphrates
:
but
in
passing
the
Tygre
being
a
rauishing
floud
,
and
impetuous
like
an
arrow
(
whereof
it
beareth
the
name
)
his
horse
,
for
all
his
strength
and
force
hée
had
,
was
neuerthelesse
rauished
by
the
running
streame
of
the
water
,
which
he
could
not
withstand
,
and
was
carried
into
Armenia
to
the
foote
of
a
mountaine
,
where
hée
tooke
land
:
and
after
hee
had
shaken
his
eares
,
maine
,
taile
,
and
whole
body
to
cast
of
the
water
,
he
began
to
neigh
aloud
.
At
this
neighing
two
rauening
Wolues
deseended
from
the
mountaines
séeking
their
pray
vpon
the
neighing
beast
,
and
with
wide
and
open
throate
,
threatned
nothing
but
to
deuoure
him
,
howling
most
horribly
.
The
horse
naturallie
knowing
his
enemies
,
began
to
snort
and
fling
furiously
,
in
such
sort
that
he
stroke
one
of
the
wolues
which
would
haue
fastned
on
him
behinde
&
haue
lopen
vpon
his
croup
,
whiles
the
other
assailed
him
before
.
But
the
gentle
horse
,
séeing
the
one
,
and
feeling
the
other
,
gaue
such
a
fling
with
his
two
heeles
against
his
brest
,
so
rudelie
,
that
he
sent
him
stre
foote
back
to
the
earth
,
amased
,
with
his
sides
broosed
.
And
with
that
rude
fling
it
behoued
Alector
to
fall
to
the
ground
:
who
fearing
more
his
horse
than
his
owne
person
,
arose
spéedilis
with
his
good
sword
naked
in
his
hand
,
and
presented
himself
before
the
great
rauening
wolfe
,
who
perceiuing
him
,
left
the
horse
,
and
flew
vpon
Alector
,
throwing
one
of
his
pawes
vpon
his
head
,
thinking
to
haue
stroke
him
downe
,
and
after
to
haue
strangled
him
with
faire
téeth
:
but
hee
found
the
gréene
hat
of
lether
hard
and
strong
,
which
defended
him
from
hurting
his
head
,
and
yet
for
all
that
hee
plucked
it
of
and
left
him
bare
head
.
Alector
in
the
meane
while
slept
not
,
but
with
his
good
sworde
gaue
such
a
stroke
vpon
the
care
of
the
beast
,
that
he
stroke
it
off
with
part
of
the
head
,
and
the
stroke
falling
vpon
his
shoulder
,
cut
off
his
foote
&
right
leg
.
Where
with
all
the
beast
being
enraged
,
began
hideously
to
howle
,
and
so
as
Alector
(
thinking
that
hee
had
slaine
the
beast
)
slooped
downe
to
take
vp
his
hat
to
couer
his
head
,
the
rauening
Wolfe
through
mortall
rage
caught
him
by
the
arme
which
he
had
naked
,
with
his
sharp
teeth
,
so
straightly
,
that
with
the
paine
hee
felt
,
almost
his
heart
had
failed
him
:
but
his
noble
hardines
caused
him
to
take
courage
,
whereby
he
gaue
such
a
thrust
with
his
sworde
into
the
body
and
heart
of
the
beast
,
that
with
the
issuing
of
the
bloud
his
life
departed
,
and
force
failed
:
his
téeth
notwithstanding
remaining
in
Alectors
arme
,
through
mortall
conunision
so
faslned
,
that
hee
could
not
recouer
it
from
the
dead
beast
,
hauing
but
one
hand
wherewith
to
help
himselfe
.
His
horse
on
the
other
part
had
so
trampled
the
other
Wolfe
with
his
forefeete
,
so
beaten
him
with
his
hinder
heeles
,
and
so
pressed
his
neck
with
fayre
teeth
,
that
he
had
made
an
ende
of
killing
him
,
the
Wolfe
lying
dead
stretched
out
vpon
the
earth
,
and
the
horse
afterwards
snorting
and
neighing
.
At
the
noyse
whereof
issued
a
fisherman
out
of
his
house
which
was
thereby
;
because
he
got
his
liuing
with
catching
of
fish
vpon
the
riuer
,
with
nets
,
hookes
,
and
a
little
boate
.
This
good
fisherman
séeing
these
two
rauening
Wolues
dead
,
was
merueilously
astonished
at
the
valure
which
he
sawe
to
be
in
so
young
a
person
,
and
sore
compassioned
of
the
euill
which
hee
saw
him
suffer
.
Wherefore
he
approached
nere
him
with
salutation
and
gentle
speach
,
and
by
force
of
his
hands
,
and
strokes
of
a
betle
vpon
the
iawes
of
the
Wolfe
,
and
with
a
knife
which
he
had
abouthin
,
hee
opened
the
téeth
of
the
Wolfe
,
and
deliuered
the
arme
of
Alector
,
who
séeing
his
victory
at
the
first
combat
with
his
sworde
which
he
had
euer
made
,
through
great
ioy
he
began
to
sing
aloud
&
cléere
in
the
Scythicq
language
,
Cokolostis
,
which
is
to
say
,
Victorious
.
And
thereupon
the
Fisherman
led
him
to
his
cottage
and
washed
his
wounds
in
warme
wine
and
Miske
with
sage
:
applying
thereto
leaues
of
the
hearb
Peoesne
,
with
the
skin
cut
from
the
Wolfes
foote
,
which
hee
flead
off
whiles
it
was
hot
,
wherewith
hee
couered
his
arme
so
iust
,
as
though
it
had
been
a
sleeue
made
expressy
for
it
.
In
the
meane
while
an
olde
wife
which
hee
had
,
put
some
fish
into
the
pot
to
boyle
,
and
other
some
vppon
the
gridion
to
roast
:
then
spread
shee
on
the
ground
a
large
Hearts
skin
cut
round
,
and
set
thereon
Barlie
Bread
reasonable
white
,
baked
vppon
a
tyle
,
with
dried
Raysins
and
Apples
,
with
Wine
made
of
Hony
and
water
,
enuiting
simplie
their
Guest
to
eate
and
drinke
;
whereto
hee
accorded
most
willingly
as
one
that
had
neede
thereof
.
Whereupon
they
sat
downe
with
their
leggs
a
crosse
about
this
fayre
table
cloth
without
seame
,
where
the
olde
wift
serued
them
with
boyled
and
rosted
fish
,
and
with
store
of
fruite
.
So
they
eate
and
dranke
at
their
ease
,
deuising
of
the
adueuture
,
and
how
the
impetuous
flood
had
carried
him
,
vnknowing
in
what
country
hee
was
.
The
Fisherman
tolde
him
that
he
was
at
the
foote
of
the
mountaines
of
Armenia
.
Then
Alector
demanded
of
him
,
if
hee
knewe
no
newes
of
mee
,
giuing
him
tokens
of
my
swimming
and
flying
horse
.
The
Fisherman
tolde
him
,
that
aboue
two
yeares
passed
hee
had
seene
mounting
against
the
riuer
such
a
great
and
huge
horse
,
carrying
diuers
persons
and
other
things
,
but
amongst
the
rest
,
a
strong
,
great
,
and
fayre
personage
armed
with
the
skins
of
Lyons
vpon
a
white
harnesse
,
carrying
a
great
shield
with
a
Sunne
of
gold
in
a
fleld
of
Azure
:
and
afterwards
that
he
had
vnderstood
,
how
this
great
man
had
discomfetted
and
ouerthrowne
a
great
companie
of
theeues
which
robbed
and
spoyled
the
whole
Region
:
for
which
cause
the
countrey
had
done
him
great
honor
.
As
touching
the
fact
,
hee
spake
troth
,
for
in
my
voyage
by
Sea
,
coasting
the
riuages
:
all
the
mouthes
of
the
Riuers
which
I
founde
,
I
was
accustomed
to
enter
them
,
to
sée
and
knowe
the
Townes
and
Countries
lying
there
about
in
the
continent
:
whereby
it
happened
that
passing
the
Persian
gulph
alongest
Arabia
,
and
viewing
the
mouthes
of
this
fayre
Riuer
Tygre
falling
into
the
Sea
,
I
entred
into
the
same
,
and
so
mounted
against
the
streames
.
And
by
fortune
apperceiuing
a
Carauanne
of
Arabian
theeues
and
robbers
,
who
vnder
the
conduct
of
a
puissant
and
valtant
(
but
a
wicked
)
Knight
,
enfested
the
whole
Countrey
.
In
so
much
that
hauing
vnderstood
the
popular
complaints
,
I
landed
with
my
men
(
whereto
those
théeues
had
likewise
fainedly
enuited
vs
,
to
rob
and
spoyle
vs
)
and
so
set
vpon
this
Cauaille
&
euill
harnessed
company
with
such
hardines
and
exployt
,
that
of
a
great
nomber
of
them
,
there
remayned
but
fiue
,
who
saued
themselues
by
flight
,
and
wee
pursued
them
to
Mount
Caucasus
,
where
wee
ouerthrew
them
all
,
together
with
the
great
Knight
,
who
bearing
a
shield
with
a
Cock
of
gold
,
defended
himselfe
so
long
as
hee
could
,
and
yet
neuertheles
would
neuer
render
himselfe
.
Wherefore
with
a
great
stroak
of
my
sword
,
I
cloue
his
head
in
twaine
,
and
then
hong
I
vp
their
armes
&
the
shield
aboue
them
all
,
vpon
an
old
trée
which
was
in
that
place
in
the
forme
of
a
Trophie
:
&
caused
the
valiant
Knight
to
be
buried
at
the
foote
therof
,
who
through
obstination
to
my
great
grief
had
caused
himself
to
he
slaine
.
And
so
for
that
time
we
purged
the
countrie
.
This
done
,
one
night
I
returned
into
the
Persian
sea
by
the
other
mouth
of
Tygre
(
for
it
emptied
it self
into
the
sea
by
two
mouthes
,
the
one
notwithstanding
,
not
far
distant
from
the
other
)
&
tooke
my
way
towards
Madagascar
Zanzibar
,
and
the
Isles
of
the
Grifons
.
Alector
hearing
this
news
of
me
,
was
wonderful
glad
,
wherefore
rising
from
the
table
he
thanked
his
host
&
hostis
for
their
gentlenes
.
And
for
that
he
had
found
the
sléeues
which
was
made
of
the
skin
of
the
Wolfes
leg
to
be
very
fayre
,
and
wel
beséeming
him
(
for
hee
had
his
armes
naked
,
for
so
much
as
the
sléeues
of
his
coate
did
not
couer
him
,
but
were
open
and
hanging
by
like
a
coate
of
armes
)
he
required
the
fisherman
to
slea
the
other
leg
for
his
right
arme
,
and
to
slea
and
giue
him
both
the
skins
of
the
Wolfes
,
which
the
good
man
most
willingly
performed
:
and
Alector
more
willingly
arcepted
them
and
thereof
made
fayre
bardes
for
his
horse
,
saying
that
he
had
well
merited
to
haue
part
of
the
spoyle
,
for
that
he
had
béen
participate
of
the
danger
,
and
done
his
dutie
in
the
fight
.
Wherein
this
yong
youth
well
declared
that
he
was
come
of
a
franke
and
noble
nature
and
birth
:
hauing
thus
harnessed
and
barded
his
horse
with
these
fayre
skins
of
the
rauening
Wolfe
,
hee
mounted
vpon
him
and
tooke
leaue
of
his
hoste
;
hauing
vnderstood
that
I
had
gained
the
heigth
he
determined
to
follow
me
,
and
to
mount
vp
against
the
impetuous
riuer
of
Tygre
,
not
by
the
rauishing
way
which
had
so
carried
him
away
,
but
by
the
surest
way
of
the
land
.
And
rode
so
long
by
many
iournies
,
that
one
day
at
Sonne
going
downe
he
found
himselfe
at
the
foote
of
one
side
of
the
mount
Caucasus
in
a
plaine
deuided
into
thrée
high
waies
:
where
was
a
place
of
reasonable
space
&
ample
enough
,
and
in
the
mids
a
Trophie
erected
vpon
the
body
and
branches
of
a
great
olde
and
dead
tree
,
charged
with
all
sorts
of
harneys
,
Launces
,
swords
,
and
shields
.
In
contemplation
whereof
,
Alector
who
had
a
singular
pleasure
in
armes
,
alighted
,
letting
his
horse
feede
on
the
fayre
grasse
which
was
about
the
trée
,
and
with
great
contemplation
began
to
behold
these
sorts
of
armes
hanging
vppon
the
Trophie
of
the
tree
.
But
aboue
all
the
rest
,
his
eyes
following
his
affection
,
were
most
fixed
vpon
one
fayre
and
great
shield
made
in
forme
of
an
egge
and
couered
with
a
plate
of
brasse
whereon
was
eleuated
a
Cock
of
gold
,
armed
and
spurred
with
Gules
in
a
damasked
field
of
greene
synople
,
the
Cock
being
raised
on
his
tiptoes
,
beating
his
wings
,
and
looking
vp
a
loft
.
This
shield
so
pleased
this
young
Alector
(
as
youth
is
delighted
with
such
pleasant
pictures
)
that
he
concluded
to
take
it
off
and
carrie
it
away
for
the
couerture
and
ornament
of
his
body
,
as
also
he
would
haue
done
the
other
armes
,
but
that
hee
fame
them
ouer
great
for
the
corpulence
of
his
age
:
as
also
for
that
he
had
béen
aduertised
,
that
to
put
on
harnesse
before
he
was
knighted
,
appertained
not
vnto
him
.
Wherefore
considering
that
he
was
but
an
Esquire
to
whome
it
is
lawfull
to
carrie
a
shield
,
as
armes
of
defence
and
not
of
offence
;
and
ignorant
that
the
Trophies
are
inuiolable
like
to
Sepulchres
,
through
simple
affection
and
desire
,
mounted
vpright
on
his
horse
,
and
reaching
as
high
as
he
could
with
the
poynt
of
his
sworde
tooke
downe
the
shield
which
hong
on
the
highest
of
the
shield
,
his
horse
apperceiuing
a
fayre
fountaine
running
at
the
foote
of
the
mountaine
amongst
a
sort
of
trees
,
and
being
a
thirst
of
his
daily
trauell
,
stole
away
from
vnder
his
master
to
goe
drinke
,
wherewithall
Alector
fell
downe
with
his
naked
sword
in
his
hand
and
the
shteld
after
him
.
And
at
the
same
instant
he
might
heare
a
great
laughter
of
one
who
mocked
him
with
open
throate
.
Whereby
thinking
that
there
had
béen
some
body
hid
there
about
,
who
with
laughing
had
mocked
him
at
his
fal
,
he
sodainly
arose
,
put
the
shield
about
his
neck
and
the
sworde
in
his
hand
(
as
he
was
of
nature
cholerik
enough
and
proude
,
and
as
glorious
of
sodaine
rising
as
shamefull
of
his
fall
)
with
a
fierce
and
long
voyce
,
sayde
:
what
art
thou
that
laughest
,
and
mockest
me
in
secret
,
as
though
it
were
at
a
lubber
,
for
being
falne
not
of
féeblenes
or
ill
attempt
,
but
by
the
stealing
away
of
my
horse
who
hild
me
vp
.
Laugh
not
,
nor
mock
not
,
but
onely
come
and
showe
thy selfe
in
place
,
and
thou
shalt
be
very
highly
mounted
if
I
lay
thee
not
a
long
more
rudely
than
I
my selfe
am
falne
.
At
these
words
the
other
began
to
laugh
more
louder
than
before
:
wherewithall
Alector
being
more
moued
;
how
commeth
it
to
passe
(
quoth
hee
)
that
there
is
such
mockers
,
in
this
countrie
?
Ah
villainous
mockers
,
coward
and
ouer
hardy
,
thou
laughest
,
and
darest
not
showe
thy selfe
,
but
I
will
finde
thee
well
enough
,
and
guard
thee
well
from
laughing
.
And
so
(
ful
of
impatient
indignation
)
he
went
searching
from
one
part
to
another
this
faire
laugher
,
who
so
much
more
continued
:
and
when
Alector
was
in
one
place
,
hee
might
heare
him
laugh
in
another
right
against
him
:
and
when
hée
went
the
other
,
it
seemed
that
he
laughed
on
the
other
side
,
so
as
this
inuisible
laughter
,
caused
him
with
hot
fury
to
run
here
and
there
from
one
side
to
another
,
dispising
,
threatning
,
prouoking
,
and
beating
the
bushes
and
brakes
with
great
strokes
of
his
sword
laid
on
in
vaine
through
dispitefull
wrath
,
vntill
such
time
as
the
night
ouertooke
him
being
very
black
and
obscure
.
Wherefore
Alector
being
wearied
and
trauelled
with
running
and
turning
,
with
casting
and
flinging
of
his
strokes
in
vaine
,
as
also
with
hunger
and
thirst
which
he
had
suffered
a
great
while
,
apperceiuing
the
obscure
night
to
approach
,
and
fearing
to
lose
his
horse
,
bethought
him
to
leaue
his
laughter
,
doing
him
no
other
harme
,
neuertheles
threatning
and
assuring
him
that
the
next
day
hee
would
finde
him
and
make
him
change
his
laugbing
into
weeping
;
whereat
this
ridiculous
spirit
(
as
he
was
)
began
yet
more
louder
to
laugh
and
in
good
earnest
:
for
Alector
was
well
guarded
that
night
from
finding
his
laughter
the
next
day
.
Seeing
therefore
that
he
profited
nothing
in
tormenting
himselfe
to
seeke
after
him
,
he
tooke
a
Hare
which
he
had
stroken
and
slain
in
a
bush
,
thinking
that
it
was
his
mocker
,
and
by
the
cléerenes
of
the
scabbard
of
his
sword
made
of
the
Adders
skin
(
as
I
haue
declared
before
)
he
followed
the
trace
of
his
horse
towards
the
mountaines
,
while
he
came
to
the
tuft
of
trees
where
he
found
his
horse
laide
in
the
grasse
vp
to
the
belly
,
eating
and
reposing
himselfe
by
a
fayre
and
cléere
fountaine
,
issuing
from
the
foote
of
the
mountaine
.
Then
his
choler
being
passed
,
he
said
,
that
his
horse
after
his
kinde
was
wiser
than
himselfe
,
who
after
his
labor
tooke
rest
and
food
,
whereas
he
trauailed
in
vaine
and
hunger
.
Wherefore
his
sword
put
vp
into
his
scabbard
,
and
the
shield
(
which
so
much
pleased
him
)
put
about
his
neck
,
and
the
thongs
very
straight
knit
and
locked
for
feare
of
loosing
it
:
he
toke
his
Hare
,
flead
,
&
panched
her
,
&
then
washed
his
hands
in
the
spring
,
and
dranke
(
for
with
chafing
himselfe
with
choler
and
trauell
,
hee
was
very
thirsty
)
and
so
hauing
pulled
his
Hare
in
peeces
,
eate
the
flesh
rawe
(
which
was
no
nouels
to
him
)
somuch
as
he
pleased
,
and
til
he
was
satiscted
:
then
went
hée
againe
to
drinke
,
to
wash
his
mouth
hands
and
face
with
the
cleere
water
of
the
fountaine
,
and
being
thus
refreshed
hee
laid
him
down
vpon
his
shield
by
his
horse
,
where
being
wearie
with
daylie
trauaile
,
he
fell
into
a
profound
sleepe
.
The
apparition
by
night
of
the
great
black
Knight
challenging
his
shield
of
Alector
,
what
the
Knight
was
,
and
of
the
talke
passed
betweene
them
:
and
how
this
black
Knight
carried
Alector
away
in
the
ayre
towards
his
Father
at
Tangut
,
and
let
him
fall
laughing
.
CAP.
XX.
TOwards
midnight
as
Alector
was
in
his
most
prosound
sleepe
,
him
thought
hee
heard
a
fearefull
voyce
,
which
in
frightful
wise
said
vnto
him
:
Alector
thou
theefe
,
theese
Alector
and
sacrileger
,
restore
me
my
shield
which
thou
hast
taken
and
strooken
downe
from
the
violated
Trophie
against
all
right
,
and
after
for
recompence
hast
sought
to
beate
me
with
the
strokes
of
the
sword
:
restore
it
me
I
bid
thee
.
At
these
words
Alector
wakened
with
fright
,
and
arose
in
haste
:
and
so
hee
might
apperceiue
before
him
,
a
great
black
and
fierce
Knight
with
a
pale
visage
like
one
who
had
beene
dead
long
time
before
:
yet
neuertheles
one
foote
and
armed
in
all
parts
with
some
of
those
armes
which
hee
had
seene
the
day
before
vpon
the
Trophie
,
saue
only
that
he
wanted
a
shield
.
Which
great
black
Knight
,
said
to
him
againe
thus
:
Alector
,
theefe
,
sacrileger
,
and
periured
,
thou
hast
robbed
mee
of
my
shield
,
polluted
&
violated
the
sacred
Trophie
:
and
thou
being
none
other
than
an
Esquire
against
the
vow
of
nobilitie
hast
taken
armes
against
me
,
who
am
or
haue
been
a
Knight
,
seeking
with
all
thy
power
to
kill
mee
:
yea
thou
hast
slain
and
(
which
is
worse
)
eaten
one
of
my
companions
of
housh
old
:
and
now
doost
thou
think
to
escape
thus
with
thy
rape
and
sacrilegious
theft
?
Restore
mee
my
shield
.
Alector
vnderstanding
himselfe
thus
iniured
not
in
his
beard
(
for
beard
as
yet
had
he
none
sauing
that
of
flesh
and
blood
)
but
in
his
face
and
visage
,
was
merueilously
chafed
in
his
skin
:
yet
neuertheles
waighing
the
reasons
of
the
black
Knight
(
which
soemed
to
him
not
vnreasonable
)
like
a
youth
well
taught
(
as
he
was
)
answered
him
thus
:
I
haue
not
stolne
the
shield
,
but
haue
taken
it
openly
as
a
thing
publickly
abandoned
of
all
men
,
&
in
the
open
sight
of
all
men
which
would
haue
beholden
me
,
yea
of
the
laugher
who
mocked
at
my
fal
,
and
after
hid
himself
.
I
knowe
not
whether
it
were
thine
owne
or
not
:
for
if
I
knew
?
But
well
,
I
am
no
sacrileger
,
at
the
least
wittingly
,
for
I
neuer
knew
til
now
,
what
a
Trophie
was
:
neither
whether
it
were
sacred
or
prophane
,
truth
it
is
I
haue
taken
the
shield
,
because
it
séemed
to
mee
fayre
,
and
necessary
for
mee
and
my
body
,
&
hanging
there
vnprofitably
vpon
an
old
trée
,
the
which
notwithstanding
I
am
ready
to
render
to
him
,
to
whome
it
shal
be
shown
me
iustly
to
appertaine
;
otherwise
not
,
for
it
fitteth
me
well
.
And
to
say
that
I
haue
falsified
the
oath
of
a
noble
Esquire
,
and
committed
fellony
towards
the
order
of
Knighthood
;
I
haue
not
done
it
,
neither
would
doo
it
.
Truth
it
is
.
I
sought
with
my
sword
a
foolish
laugher
,
and
scoffer
,
who
(
as
it
séemed
to
me
)
mocked
at
the
fault
which
my
horse
made
me
:
which
laugher
I
wel
heard
,
but
I
could
neuer
see
nor
finde
him
:
sauing
that
in
a
bush
(
where
me
thought
I
heard
him
laugh
)
with
a
strokeof
my
sword
cast
at
aduenture
I
killed
a
fat
Hare
,
which
there
was
set
.
I
knew
not
whether
that
Hares
laugh
in
this
countrey
or
no
,
but
this
I
am
sure
of
,
that
I
was
laughed
and
mocked
at
,
&
that
I
haue
eaten
her
with
a
good
appetite
.
As
for
thy
companions
which
thou
saist
I
haue
slaine
and
eaten
:
I
knowe
not
who
they
be
,
for
I
neuer
saw
them
,
vnlesse
they
bee
Hares
,
and
that
thou
thy selfe
art
some
Diuell
of
a
Hare
,
for
thou
séemest
to
me
not
much
more
hardy
:
and
the
common
saying
is
,
that
Diuels
doo
wittingly
transform
themselues
by
the
fields
into
hares
.
Wherfore
shew
me
thine
eares
,
and
tel
me
what
thou
art
:
whether
thou
be
a
Hare
or
a
knight
,
which
are
verie
contrarie
.
For
a
knight
rideth
on
horsback
and
is
armed
,
hardy
and
valiant
,
or
at
leastwise
ought
to
be
:
and
the
Hare
goeth
on
foote
,
is
very
searefull
,
&
by
nature
vnarmed
of
al
defence
,
both
of
hornes
,
teeth
,
clawes
,
poyson
,
hardnes
,
and
all
,
sauing
of
a
certaine
feareful
legerity
:
which
is
the
cause
that
hee
is
the
most
fearefullest
beast
amongst
all
other
creatures
,
and
a
pray
to
the
Eagles
of
the
aire
,
and
dogs
of
the
earth
,
and
Chamarins
of
the
water
:
yet
should
he
not
find
it
,
especially
in
the
dog
daies
&
eleuation
of
the
Eagle
;
wherefore
telme
if
thou
be
a
knight
,
or
a
Hare
,
or
a
diuel
,
or
the
laugher
and
mocker
of
whom
I
would
willingly
reuenge
my self
if
I
could
méste
with
him
.
I
am
no
Hare
(
qd
the
great
black
knight
)
but
the
hare
which
thou
hast
slaine
and
eaten
was
my
companion
;
for
he
kept
company
with
me
in
my
sepulcher
:
I
am
not
fearefull
(
for
no
man
can
doo
mee
more
harme
)
neither
was
I
euer
,
but
haue
béen
in
my
time
a
worthie
knight
,
hardy
,
&
enterprising
great
things
,
of
nature
franck
&
liberal
,
extract
out
of
the
noble
linage
of
the
Macrobians
,
&
called
Gallehault
,
as
witnesseth
my
shield
which
thou
bearest
,
wherein
is
a
Cock
regarding
high
towards
heauen
,
whereby
I
would
signifie
my
high
enterprises
and
hardines
:
and
of
such
vertue
is
the
shield
that
whosoeuer
carrieth
it
,
shal
neuer
haue
feare
or
doubt
:
&
it
is
that
which
maketh
thée
now
so
assured
against
me
.
Now
it
happened
mee
thus
,
that
for
my
great
frankenesse
and
excessiue
liberalitie
(
which
is
called
prodigalitie
)
I
became
very
poore
,
and
yet
neuertheles
I
would
alwaies
maintaine
my
greatnes
and
magnificence
,
for
the
atchiuing
wherof
,
I
was
constrained
for
want
of
mine
own
to
take
of
other
mens
.
Wherefore
hauing
assembled
to
me
a
great
company
&
carrauanne
of
Arabinas
,
wicked
people
,
&
apt
to
do
euil
,
I
destroyedal
this
countrie
with
robberies
,
assaults
,
rauishments
spoylings
&
thefts
,
kéeping
with
my
men
al
the
waies
,
corners
,
and
passasses
,
with
the
ports
of
riuers
and
seas
,
taking
away
the
armes
,
horses
,
rings
,
iuels
,
stuf
,
apparrel
,
gold
,
siluer
,
&
merchandize
of
such
as
we
took
,
selling
their
bodies
for
slaues
,
or
abusing
them
luxuriously
if
they
pleased
vs
.
Neuertheles
this
life
(
whereto
proud
pouertie
had
brought
me
)
pleased
me
not
,
but
I
had
it
in
abomination
:
and
for
that
cause
I
determined
,
that
after
I
should
be
gotten
vp
againe
insubstance
,
to
haue
killed
all
my
companion
théeues
to
the
end
they
should
doo
no
more
euill
,
and
to
retire
my selfe
,
and
returne
to
my
former
honorable
,
liberall
,
and
lesse
prodigall
life
.
But
of
this
paine
,
one
of
my
great
vncles
of
the
Macrobians
called
Franc-Gal
which
is
thy
Father
,
deliuered
mee
:
whom
I
knowe
thou
goest
to
seeke
,
and
whom
I
will
cause
thee
to
sée
to
morrow
,
in
recompence
of
the
pleasure
which
he
did
in
deliuering
mee
from
the
wicked
life
which
I
led
.
For
being
mounted
vppon
an
Hypoppotame
,
which
is
a
great
flying
and
swimming
horse
in
the
Riuer
of
Tygre
with
some
companie
of
valiant
men
;
for
so
much
as
wee
were
many
mo
in
nomber
,
wherein
wee
trusted
,
wee
inuited
them
by
fayned
courtesie
to
take
land
and
come
and
rest
with
vs
,
which
they
did
,
being
aduertised
before
what
people
we
were
,
and
for
that
cause
they
searched
vs
.
Whereupon
incontinently
as
they
were
descended
well
armed
and
weaponed
,
they
flong
vppon
vs
with
such
fury
and
valour
,
that
notwithstanding
the
great
resistance
which
I
made
,
all
my
Arabians
were
slaine
and
discomfetted
by
the
great
prowesse
of
Franc-Gal
,
being
halfe
a
Giant
,
who
stroke
not
a
blowe
without
laying
two
or
three
on
the
ground
.
So
were
the
takers
taken
,
and
the
spoylers
spoyled
,
except
foure
who
through
their
legeritie
fled
,
and
I
after
them
.
But
that
saued
vs
not
:
for
Franc-Gal
who
by
soueraigne
force
and
naturall
agilitie
ran
faster
than
any
horse
or
hart
followed
vs
not
running
but
flying
(
as
it
séemed
)
vnto
the
place
,
where
not
able
in
hast
to
gaine
the
mountaine
,
and
seeing
him
alone
,
wee
returned
fiue
against
him
,
and
I
my selfe
more
than
any
other
resisted
him
:
as
for
my
companions
,
hee
had
sone
cut
them
in
peeces
;
but
I
hild
him
tack
reasonable
long
and
hardy
enough
in
the
vertue
and
couerture
of
my
shield
desending
my selfe
with
great
courage
:
whereupon
he
seeing
my
hardines
and
noble
heart
,
he
sommoned
me
often
times
to
render
:
but
I
being
enuious
of
my
wicked
life
answered
him
,
that
as
then
I
had
neuer
bowed
,
and
that
it
was
deerer
for
me
to
dye
,
than
either
to
require
mercie
or
receiue
it
.
Wherefore
he
perceiuing
my
obstination
;
ah
(
quoth
he
)
there
is
none
lost
but
such
as
are
obstinate
,
and
in
saying
so
,
hee
gaue
me
such
a
stroake
with
his
sword
,
that
he
cloue
my
head
in
twaine
.
At
these
words
the
great
black
Knight
plucked
off
his
helmet
and
showed
to
Alector
his
clouen
head
,
in
such
sort
that
one
might
perceiue
the
braines
consumed
with
wormes
,
then
puting
on
his
helmet
againe
,
hee
continued
his
tale
,
saying
:
with
this
great
stroake
I
fell
downe
dead
:
and
Franc-Gal
vnarmed
me
and
my
fellowes
also
,
whose
carcases
he
left
as
food
for
the
beasts
of
the
earth
and
fowles
of
the
ayre
:
but
my
body
hee
caused
to
be
buried
at
the
foote
of
the
great
withered
tree
in
the
meddowes
her
about
,
and
laid
a
stone
vpon
a
graue
.
Then
hung
hee
vp
our
armes
in
the
Trophie
of
the
great
tree
and
my
shield
aboue
all
,
which
thou
hast
taken
off
,
therefore
restore
it
mee
.
Alector
then
answered
him
;
Gallehalt
,
sith
that
my
Lord
and
Father
(
as
thou
thy selfe
hast
confessed
)
hath
conquered
by
force
of
armes
the
shield
of
thee
,
thou
hast
no
more
title
in
it
,
but
by
right
of
heyre
,
it
appertaineth
to
me
who
am
his
sonne
,
and
for
that
cause
willingly
I
will
not
for
goe
it
,
vnlesse
it
be
by
greater
force
than
mine
,
but
will
keepe
it
so
long
as
I
can
for
thy
sake
who
art
my
kinsman
,
and
hast
not
any
more
neede
thereof
:
as
also
for
the
honor
of
my
Father
who
hath
valiantly
conquered
it
,
and
for
the
beautie
and
vertue
which
I
see
and
feele
to
be
in
it
:
and
therefore
goe
rest
thy selfe
in
thy
sepulcher
,
and
let
me
sléepe
in
peace
.
The
Gallehault
in
a
terrible
and
feareful
voyce
saide
vnto
him
horribly
;
Restore
me
my
shield
.
And
in
so
saying
the
great
black
knight
(
which
was
a
spright
in
the
forme
of
Gallehault
)
tooke
the
shield
with
both
his
hands
,
which
Alector
had
surely
fastned
and
buckled
about
his
shoulders
,
and
which
the
more
he
hild
and
embraced
.
Wherefore
this
vmbragious
black
Knight
lifted
vp
the
shield
in
the
ayre
by
a
certaine
force
and
spirituall
puissance
,
and
carried
vp
Alector
also
who
was
fastned
to
the
shield
,
and
at
an
instant
caused
him
to
loose
ground
,
and
raised
him
vp
so
high
in
the
ayre
,
that
his
horse
,
(
which
hee
might
perceiue
by
the
light
of
the
cléere
mome
,
and
whom
he
bewailed
to
loose
,
séemed
to
him
but
a
little
Hare
lying
vpon
the
grasse
,
by
reason
of
the
farre
distance
and
height
that
the
phantastical
Knight
had
eleuated
him
,
carrying
him
through
the
lesser
region
of
the
ayre
by
the
field
,
whereat
this
Esquire
was
fastned
&
hanging
(
for
it
was
not
lawful
for
the
knight
to
touch
his
person
)
causing
him
to
trauerse
the
ayre
and
winds
,
striuing
the
one
against
the
other
so
rudely
,
that
with
great
paine
could
hee
fetch
his
winde
,
for
that
the
sodaine
mouing
tooke
away
the
facultie
of
taking
breath
:
in
so
much
that
in
three
or
foure
howres
hée
had
carried
him
more
then
twelue
hundred
miles
from
the
place
where
hee
had
found
him
:
and
a
little
before
day
he
abased
himselfe
the
height
of
a
launce
from
the
ground
ouer
a
fayre
green
and
soft
meddow
,
where
the
black
Knight
shooke
the
shield
to
shake
off
Alector
,
but
hee
had
so
well
buckled
it
,
and
held
it
so
fast
imbraced
,
as
though
it
had
beene
borne
and
vuited
with
his
bodie
and
armes
.
And
yet
neuerthelesse
for
all
the
shaking
,
Alector
was
not
a
whit
astonished
,
but
remained
assured
as
though
hee
had
beene
on
firme
ground
,
through
vertue
of
the
shielde
which
he
would
not
leaue
,
saying
thus
.
Or
ere
I
shall
it
leaue
,
I
will
be
slaine
:
Els
with
,
or
on
thy
back
returne
againe
.
Hee
had
not
so
soone
spoken
the
word
,
but
hee
felt
the
shield
loosed
by
the
black
Knight
,
and
hee
fell
downe
vppon
the
grasse
all
astonished
,
aswell
for
the
change
of
the
ayre
,
as
for
the
fall
which
was
reasonable
high
.
Wherewithall
this
Spirite
of
the
black
Knight
who
had
brought
him
thether
for
his
good
,
and
who
tooke
pleasure
to
chafe
the
hot
bloud
of
his
hardie
youth
,
began
to
laugh
far
greater
and
louder
then
euer
he
did
,
in
the
same
voyce
which
hee
had
heard
him
laugh
the
day
before
.
Wherewithall
Alector
beeing
irrited
,
arose
on
his
feete
in
great
anger
,
saying
:
Hay
my
Lord
Diuell
the
laugher
:
it
is
then
thou
gentle
Gallhea
,
that
mockest
and
laughest
at
mee
when
by
misaduenture
I
fell
to
the
earth
like
a
lubber
:
but
if
I
could
catch
thee
:
Is
this
euill
done
to
laugh
without
dooing
other
harme
(
quoth
the
spright
)
thou
threatnest
mee
vainelie
and
with
iniurie
,
for
hauing
done
thée
a
good
turne
,
for
if
I
would
,
it
is
not
yet
one
houre
passed
,
but
that
I
might
haue
let
thee
falne
from
aboue
the
clouds
vppon
the
hard
rocks
:
where
contrariwise
,
I
haue
let
thee
fall
downe
easily
vppon
the
grasse
and
soft
ground
,
for
not
hurting
thee
.
And
if
I
haue
a
little
plaide
the
Frog
with
thee
,
to
laugh
at
the
fire
of
thy
pleasant
youth
,
it
hath
not
béene
for
thine
euill
,
but
for
thy
good
.
For
I
am
thy
Kinsman
,
and
I
loue
thee
,
and
take
delight
to
helpe
thee
,
as
hereafter
thou
shalt
vnderstand
,
at
such
time
as
thou
shalt
haue
neede
of
mee
.
And
knowe
that
it
was
I
which
chased
thy
horse
to
the
fountaine
,
to
make
him
steale
from
vnder
thee
,
and
to
make
thee
fall
with
the
shielde
.
For
which
the
poore
innocent
beast
is
now
well
punished
,
for
the
sauage
beasts
of
mount
Caucas
are
descended
in
great
nomber
at
the
sent
of
his
fresh
flesh
,
and
haue
deuoured
and
eaten
him
:
as
likewise
they
would
haue
done
thee
,
(
being
not
able
to
saue
thy selfe
with
all
thy
force
and
hardines
)
if
I
had
not
transported
thee
from
that
place
,
where
I
haue
dwelt
two
yeares
and
more
,
conuersing
about
the
tree
and
Trophie
,
alwaies
in
watch
to
hearken
and
attend
thy
comming
,
and
to
saue
thee
my
shielde
,
which
belonged
to
none
but
thee
.
And
all
those
that
haue
assayed
to
take
it
before
thy
comming
,
I
haue
cast
them
downe
headlong
,
and
ruinated
them
after
diuers
waies
,
and
after
another
order
then
thou
art
falne
:
in
somuch
that
they
returned
no
more
to
take
it
downe
.
For
I
kept
it
for
thee
,
and
I
giue
it
thee
,
carrie
it
with
thee
,
and
keepe
it
well
,
so
it
shall
stand
thée
in
great
stead
many
times
.
Now
is
my
wrath
and
guard
atchiued
,
I
wil
returne
to
my
repose
,
where
I
shal
alwaies
be
readie
to
ayde
thée
in
thy
extreame
necessities
.
Salute
in
my
behalfe
thy
father
Franc-Gal
whom
through
my
meanes
thou
shalt
fee
this
day
;
for
if
I
had
not
this
night
brought
thee
more
then
1200.
miles
,
thou
hadst
neuer
seen
him
,
reccon
vnto
him
the
things
which
thou
hast
seene
,
and
showe
him
this
shield
.
Tell
him
that
Gallehault
Macrobe
whom
he
knoweth
,
sendeth
him
word
,
that
very
shortly
hee
will
visit
him
,
to
reuenge
the
mortall
wound
which
he
receiued
of
him
:
to
God
I
commend
thee
.
And
thus
as
Alector
would
haue
thanked
him
,
and
demanded
an
interpretation
of
his
sayings
,
he
sawe
him
soddainely
changed
into
a
long
and
cleere
flame
of
fire
like
a
tayled
commet
,
flying
through
the
ayre
more
swifter
than
the
shot
of
a
Crosse
bowe
,
mounting
still
towards
the
higher
Region
through
the
which
hee
had
béene
brought
,
and
followed
him
still
with
the
eye
vntill
he
had
lost
the
sight
thereof
.
Wherevpon
knowing
not
what
other
thing
to
doo
,
hee
laid
him
downe
with
his
shield
vpon
the
grasse
,
and
remembring
in
himself
the
calke
which
he
had
had
with
Gallehault
the
great
black
Knight
with
the
clouen
head
,
hee
fell
a
sleepe
in
the
fresh
of
the
morning
,
a
little
before
the
breake
of
the
day
,
at
such
time
as
all
liuing
creatures
take
sleepe
,
by
reason
of
the
moystnes
of
the
night
falling
.
The
sad
Augure
that
happened
to
Franc-Gal
,
his
encounterie
with
his
Sonne
sleeping
:
the
mutuall
knowledge
and
talke
held
betweene
them
.
The
killing
of
Troluat
the
Sea
monster
.
Their
departure
from
Tangut
,
and
the
losse
of
Alector
carried
away
by
the
wind
,
and
the
lamentacion
of
his
Father
:
and
thereupon
the
arriuall
of
the
two
old
men
at
Orbe
.
CAP.
XXI
.
THis
night
I
had
not
well
slept
by
reason
of
an
euill
Augure
which
was
happened
to
me
the
day
before
:
for
as
I
was
at
a
windowe
in
the
pallace
of
Tangut
where
I
was
lodged
,
there
came
flying
towards
me
a
young
Doue
carrying
in
her
bill
a
branch
of
bay
leaues
which
she
presented
to
my
hands
and
rested
vpon
my
sist
:
and
as
I
did
contemplate
and
behold
how
iollie
she
was
decked
with
feathers
violet
,
changeable
,
and
guilded
round
about
her
neck
like
an
enameled
chaine
,
I
saw
comming
towards
me
two
great
birds
of
pray
:
the
one
a
Rauen
croking
,
who
rested
vpon
my
head
,
the
other
a
red
Vultur
who
rauished
away
the
Doue
with
his
clawes
very
far
off
,
and
high
,
insomuch
that
I
lost
the
sight
thereof
,
and
auon
after
he
came
flying
by
mee
againe
carrying
alwaies
the
Doue
with
him
,
which
me
thought
was
become
a
storke
,
carrying
in
her
bill
a
turning
and
wreathing
serpent
.
And
therevpon
came
an
Eagle
who
toke
the
Doue
letting
the
serpent
fall
to
the
earth
starke
dead
,
and
the
Vultur
flying
away
in
the
ayre
,
the
Eagle
carried
away
the
Doue
(
resembling
a
stork
)
so
long
that
I
sawe
him
no
more
.
But
the
Rauen
who
was
vppon
my
head
,
beate
mine
eyes
with
her
wings
and
would
not
depart
,
vntill
forceably
I
chased
her
away
with
the
blowes
of
mine
armes
and
hands
:
so
that
at
length
shee
was
forced
to
arise
crying
and
croking
in
mortall
threatning
wise
.
This
Augurie
(
which
of
a
trueth
was
very
sinister
and
of
an
euil
presage
to
me
)
did
so
trouble
mee
,
and
represented
vnto
mee
so
many
cursed
significations
,
that
I
could
not
sléepe
in
all
the
night
:
wherefore
being
wearie
of
my
vnquietnes
,
I
arose
before
day
,
&
hauing
deliberated
to
depart
very
shortly
,
I
went
towards
the
Sea
to
see
how
my
Hippopotame
fared
:
wherevpon
it
happened
that
in
passing
through
the
meddow
(
being
yet
somewhat
dark
)
I
perceiued
a
far
off
a
certaine
long
light
stretched
out
nere
the
ground
,
yelding
such
a
brightnes
that
one
might
well
sée
that
there
was
one
laid
thereby
,
and
still
me
thought
I
had
séene
this
light
before
that
time
.
Wherefore
approching
more
nere
,
and
Aurora
already
hauing
chased
away
the
darkenes
of
the
night
,
I
saw
a
most
fayre
yong
man
sléeping
ful
swéetly
:
at
the
first
sight
of
whom
,
mine
entrailes
moued
within
me
,
and
I
might
perceiue
that
he
was
laid
vpon
the
gréene
shield
of
brasse
with
the
Cock
of
golde
,
which
partely
I
knewe
to
bee
that
which
I
had
before
time
hanged
vpon
the
Trophie
,
meruailing
much
how
he
should
come
by
it
.
For
after
I
had
hong
it
vpon
the
trée
,
and
séeing
it
so
fayre
,
I
had
great
desire
my selfe
to
haue
carried
it
away
,
and
did
my
endeuor
to
haue
plucked
it
downe
againe
,
but
it
was
in
vaine
:
for
I
might
aswell
haue
plucked
vp
the
trée
by
the
roote
,
but
a
grey
Crowe
iugging
ouer
mée
,
cryed
:
Labor
no
more
to
gaine
the
shield
,
For
t'
is
ordained
for
a
twise
borne
Child
.
Which
when
I
vnderstood
I
left
off
,
estéeming
that
it
should
neuer
happen
to
any
;
for
as
a
man
dieth
but
once
,
so
is
hée
borne
but
once
.
And
thereupon
I
remembred
my selfe
of
the
double
birth
of
Alector
which
the
messenger
had
accounted
to
mée
,
and
therefore
I
imagined
that
the
fayre
Esquire
might
bee
my
Sonne
Alector
:
considering
also
the
sworde
which
hee
wore
,
which
incontinently
I
knew
to
bée
the
same
that
I
had
sent
him
with
the
shining
scabberd
,
which
was
that
which
I
saw
first
glister
,
beholding
likewise
his
rich
apparrell
,
and
the
chaine
of
gold
about
his
neck
,
which
were
tokens
of
noblenesse
.
Besides
this
I
saw
the
streaks
of
his
face
resembling
the
forme
and
beautie
of
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
,
yea
more
fayre
and
more
admirable
,
and
remembring
with
my selfe
moreouer
,
of
the
fodaine
and
great
growth
,
that
I
was
informed
of
his
aduanced
youth
.
All
which
things
conferred
together
,
I
assured
my selfe
for
certaine
,
that
this
young
Esquire
was
my
Sonne
Alector
,
which
made
my
heart
to
throb
and
mine
ryes
to
shed
teares
through
pittie
and
Fatherly
loue
.
And
thus
as
I
beheld
him
through
amorous
affection
,
hée
began
to
stretch
out
his
armes
and
to
open
his
eyes
so
cléere
as
fine
cristall
,
and
séeing
me
before
him
,
sodainely
hee
arose
on
his
féete
,
and
after
an
honest
reuerence
hee
began
his
speech
with
the
first
word
of
trueth
saying
to
me
thus
:
good
Father
what
would
you
,
that
thus
peaceably
haue
ouertaken
me
sléeping
,
and
thus
atteutiuely
beholden
mee
.
Fayre
Sonne
(
quoth
I
)
for
that
me
thinks
I
should
knowe
thée
,
and
yet
haue
I
neuer
séene
thée
before
this
present
houre
for
the
which
I
render
thanks
to
the
Soueraigne
.
And
the
first
word
which
thou
hast
vttered
in
reuerence
of
mine
age
(
as
I
thinke
)
in
calling
me
by
the
name
of
Father
,
is
issued
out
of
thy
mouth
by
naturall
instinction
,
for
I
am
thy
Father
,
and
thou
my
Sonne
borne
of
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
.
You
are
then
Franc-Gal
(
quoth
Alector
)
the
great
olde
Knight
with
the
swimming
and
flying
horse
?
For
other
Father
will
I
not
acknowledge
vnder
the
Heauens
:
Franc-Gal
am
I
for
certaine
(
quoth
I
)
and
to
put
thée
in
more
assurance
come
with
me
,
and
I
will
show
thee
my
swimming
and
flying
horse
.
To
this
hée
most
willingly
agreed
,
so
went
wée
deuifing
together
vnto
the
sea
side
,
where
I
showed
him
my
great
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
,
the
which
he
séeing
so
great
,
so
puissant
and
merueilous
,
that
a
hundred
terrestriall
horses
were
not
comparable
vnto
him
,
hee
was
astonished
,
desiring
greatly
to
be
mounted
vpon
him
,
in
lamenting
his
own
which
the
sauage
beasts
had
eaten
.
Then
knowing
for
certain
that
I
was
his
Father
Franc-Gal
,
hee
prostrated
himselfe
on
his
knées
in
humble
reuerence
before
me
,
acknowledging
me
and
saying
:
my
Lord
and
my
Father
,
behold
here
your
humble
Sonne
Alector
which
my
Lady
&
Mother
the
Quéene
Priscaraxe
,
hath
sent
your
O
how
truly
hath
Gallehault
the
great
black
knight
spoken
and
kept
promise
,
who
told
me
that
this
day
hee
would
set
mee
in
such
a
place
where
I
should
sée
my
Lord
and
Father
Franc-Gal
:
without
the
aide
of
which
good
spirit
,
it
had
béene
impossible
for
mee
euer
to
haue
found
you
through
so
many
long
and
diuers
errors
.
Hereupon
I
enquired
of
him
,
who
was
that
Gallehault
Knight
,
and
that
good
spirit
who
had
adressed
him
to
me
?
and
in
our
returning
and
going
towards
Tangut
hee
accounted
to
mée
all
his
adueutures
,
and
the
conquest
of
the
faire
shield
in
such
sort
as
I
haue
recited
it
:
whereby
I
vnderstood
that
it
was
the
great
and
valiant
Knight
,
the
théefe
which
I
has
ouerthrowne
and
slaine
against
my
will
through
his
owne
obstinate
courage
,
and
buried
at
the
foote
of
the
Trophie
,
and
then
I
knew
that
the
shield
was
destinated
to
Alector
,
but
that
the
black
Knight
threatned
to
sée
me
shortly
,
yea
and
to
reuenge
his
death
;
that
gaue
mee
a
sad
signification
,
with
the
euill
auguries
which
I
had
the
day
before
.
But
the
great
ioy
I
had
to
see
my
Sonne
Alector
so
fayre
,
so
well
borne
,
brought
vp
,
and
taught
,
and
of
so
happie
a
beginning
,
made
mee
forget
all
ill
coniectures
,
and
to
set
a
side
all
doubts
and
feares
of
infortunes
which
hong
before
mine
eyes
,
and
which
as
yet
are
not
ended
.
And
so
deuising
,
we
returned
to
the
palace
where
my
men
attended
me
,
vnknowing
but
that
I
was
yet
in
bed
,
because
in
the
morning
at
my
departure
,
I
had
firmed
my
chamber
doore
,
and
was
issued
without
the
knowledge
of
any
one
,
for
euery
man
slept
soundly
.
Being
thus
returned
to
the
Pallace
,
after
I
had
declared
to
my
men
who
and
what
Alector
was
,
all
of
them
receiued
him
with
great
ioy
,
with
admiration
of
his
beautie
and
good
grace
,
dooing
to
him
most
great
honor
and
reuerence
,
yea
more
than
to
my selfe
(
as
many
doo
rather
worship
the
Sunne
rising
,
than
going
down
)
for
the
which
I
was
neither
sorie
nor
enuions
;
for
his
great
beautie
,
vertue
and
honestie
,
did
well
merit
it
:
hereupon
the
tables
were
couered
,
and
wee
went
to
dinner
most
gorgiously
.
And
amongst
other
communications
which
were
held
at
the
table
,
Alector
declared
to
me
the
great
grief
that
Priscaraxe
had
of
my
long
tarrying
,
and
of
the
earnest
desire
which
shee
had
of
my
returne
,
for
the
accomplishing
whereof
she
most
affectuously
required
me
by
him
,
which
he
also
on
his
part
most
earnestly
desired
,
saying
that
hee
had
promised
and
sworne
to
the
Quéene
his
Mother
,
neuer
to
returne
againe
to
her
,
vnles
he
brought
me
with
him
:
beséeching
me
with
humble
reuerence
to
doo
him
the
fauor
to
satisfie
his
promises
.
Wherefore
,
I
who
was
no
lesse
affectionated
towards
the
Mother
and
Sonne
,
than
they
towards
me
,
deliberated
,
and
made
him
promise
assuredly
to
depart
the
next
day
:
and
for
that
cause
I
commanded
my
men
to
trusse
vp
harnesse
and
baggage
,
to
appoint
and
make
readie
my
good
horse
Durat
:
which
they
did
with
great
and
good
diligence
.
The
whiles
I
and
Alector
went
to
take
leaue
of
the
King
of
Tangut
,
rendering
him
thanks
for
his
hospitalitie
:
who
on
the
contrarie
,
thanked
vs
of
the
good
succor
which
I
and
my
people
had
done
him
with
our
great
Hippopotame
against
a
horrible
monster
of
the
Sea
called
Trolual
,
so
great
as
a
little
Isle
in
the
Sea
,
or
a
great
mountaine
on
the
earth
:
who
,
at
euerie
ful
moone
would
cast
himself
into
the
hauens
,
ports
and
créekes
,
deuouring
and
destroying
all
that
he
met
,
and
swallowing
vp
men
women
and
children
aliue
,
yea
horses
,
kine
,
and
other
beasts
.
This
monster
Trolual
séeing
our
great
Hippopotame
going
vpon
the
Sea
,
and
we
mounted
vppon
him
,
thrusting
and
breaking
the
waues
before
him
,
lanched
himself
with
terrible
impetuositie
against
vs
and
our
great
horse
,
where
he
thought
to
haue
had
aboundant
pray
:
but
he
found
mauchat
maurat
,
or
maurat
mauchat
:
A
Prouerbe
in
France
when
one
meeteth
with
his
match
.
for
our
Hippopotame
(
who
is
the
most
hurtfull
creature
and
greatest
dooer
of
harme
in
all
the
world
,
when
he
is
puised
thereto
with
violence
)
as
the
Trolual
opened
his
mouth
so
large
as
the
arch
of
a
gate
to
haue
swallowed
him
vp
and
vs
therewith
:
hee
caught
him
with
his
two
great
teeth
before
by
the
lip
,
in
raysing
him
out
of
the
water
so
high
as
we
were
,
wherby
presently
I
thrust
my
launce
into
his
throate
,
with
the
poynt
sticking
&
fastning
in
his
roofe
,
and
the
great
end
planted
in
his
iawe
belowe
;
so
as
the
monster
found
himselfe
fast
in
the
téeth
of
mine
Hippopotame
,
gagged
with
the
launce
,
and
not
able
to
shut
his
mouth
for
the
paine
of
the
yron
piercing
his
sensible
parts
:
the
which
one
of
my
men
called
Cetophon
apperceiuing
,
with
a
merueilous
hardines
and
readines
,
with
his
naked
sword
in
his
hand
leaped
into
the
deapth
of
the
monsters
throate
so
far
,
that
he
found
out
his
verie
entrailes
and
heart
,
which
he
hurt
and
wounded
with
so
many
blowes
of
his
sword
,
that
he
might
féele
the
monster
weakened
:
wherefore
sodainely
he
retired
himselfe
out
of
this
monsterous
body
,
and
rendred
himselfe
to
vs
againe
.
The
horse
Durat
in
the
meane
while
flinging
with
his
féete
,
and
training
with
his
téeth
this
monster
vnto
the
shore
:
who
through
anguish
of
death
,
beating
the
water
with
his
tayle
had
(
like
a
tempest
)
moued
and
disquieted
all
the
Sea
,
boyling
and
dyed
with
the
aboundance
of
bloud
which
hee
shed
:
so
as
three
stades
round
about
,
it
séemed
to
bee
the
red
sea
betweene
Arabia
and
Aethiopia
:
when
we
were
arriued
at
the
shore
,
Durat
,
let
goe
the
monster
Trolual
vppon
the
sands
,
whome
by
reason
of
his
waight
hee
could
no
longer
draw
,
because
his
life
was
fayled
and
through
dead
,
to
the
great
Ioy
of
all
the
people
dwelling
about
the
Sea
coasts
.
And
this
was
the
cause
why
the
King
of
Tangut
and
all
his
people
rendred
vs
so
many
thankes
with
most
rich
and
houourable
presents
.
This
selfe
same
euening
Alector
stirred
vp
with
a
most
ardent
desire
and
impatience
of
longer
tarrying
,
with
most
earnest
expostulation
,
humbly
prayed
me
for
the
first
request
of
the
Son
to
his
Father
,
that
if
I
loued
him
,
at
the
selfe
same
houre
I
should
make
him
Knight
,
which
I
as
one
that
could
not
refuse
to
do
any
thing
for
him
,
easily
yelded
to
his
request
,
for
the
accomplishment
whereof
,
going
about
to
speake
the
solemne
words
and
to
lift
vp
mine
arme
to
giue
him
the
accolade
,
all
humaiue
puissance
failed
me
,
as
though
I
had
had
the
paisie
,
of
tongue
,
arme
,
and
all
the
parts
of
my
bodie
:
and
when
Aleft
off
,
my
puissance
and
force
came
againe
to
mee
,
and
as
I
would
haue
proued
to
reiterate
the
same
twise
or
thrise
,
so
often
this
paisey
came
vpon
me
;
whereby
I
coniectured
that
either
the
time
serued
not
thereunto
,
or
ets
that
I
was
not
he
ordained
of
the
heauens
that
should
giue
Alector
the
order
of
Knighthood
.
And
therefore
for
that
time
I
left
off
to
make
any
more
proofe
,
deferring
it
till
another
time
and
place
to
my
great
shame
,
and
no
lesse
sorrowe
of
Alector
:
in
this
fearefull
confusion
all
of
vs
went
to
rest
,
and
the
next
day
wée
mounted
vppon
the
great
horse
Hippopotame
betaking
our selues
to
the
high
Teptentrionall
Seas
:
where
Durat
stretched
out
his
large
stoating
feete
,
and
reared
his
wings
,
carrying
vs
away
so
lightly
that
he
rather
seemed
to
flye
that
goe
.
Whereof
Alector
(
who
neuer
had
ridden
ouer
the
fishes
)
was
so
much
〈◊〉
and
glad
as
cóuld
bee
:
wherefore
through
great
desire
of
discouering
the
furthest
part
of
the
immensall
space
of
the
Seas
,
like
a
young
,
greedy
,
and
nimble
youth
as
he
was
,
he
mounted
(
now
goe
I
〈◊〉
my
mortall
griefes
)
hee
mounted
(
alas
)
hee
mounted
to
the
top
of
one
of
the
wings
of
my
horse
Dura●
,
armed
alwaies
with
his
sword
and
shield
which
hee
would
neuer
abandone
.
And
as
hee
was
perched
in
the
highest
,
beholding
on
the
one
side
the
mountaines
of
the
region
of
Bator
,
and
the
hils
Anubies
,
which
seemed
to
flye
from
vs
:
and
on
the
other
side
the
great
Seas
without
bottome
or
shore
:
and
I
fea●ing
least
he
should
fall
,
called
on
him
to
descend
.
But
behold
(
alas
)
beholde
,
a
strong
winde
arose
from
the
Hyperborian
parts
,
or
rather
a
strong
Steay
and
wicked
trouble
some
spirit
who
taking
him
by
the
shield
,
eleuated
into
the
ayre
my
deer
Soune
Alector
crying
from
the
ayrie
Region
so
loude
as
he
could
helpe
〈◊〉
my
Lord
Franc-Gal
,
help
mee
my
most
dere
Father
otherwise
you
shall
lo●e
mee
,
and
I
you
,
for
Gallehault
carrieth
me
away
.
In
saying
these
words
,
in
my
presence
and
view
he
was
suddainelie
transported
towards
the
land
ouer
the
high
Mountaines
,
Townes
and
Regions
,
so
as
at
an
instant
I
lost
the
sight
of
him
.
And
as
though
he
had
carried
away
my
heart
and
my
soule
with
him
,
I
remained
of
extreame
dollor
cold
and
pale
,
readie
to
cast
my selfe
from
the
top
of
my
horse
into
the
Sea
,
had
not
my
men
kept
me
who
by
all
meanes
possible
comforted
mee
,
showing
●…ee
,
that
〈◊〉
he
was
carried
to
the
land
,
there
was
lesse
danger
,
and
greater
hope
of
recouering
him
againe
,
in
seeking
towards
that
part
whereto
I
saw
him
carried
.
At
their
words
hauing
recouered
my
sprites
,
and
come
againe
to
my selfe
,
I
cried
out
saying
:
O
how
true
ye●
how
too
true
of
signification
was
the
phantasticall
vision
which
happened
to
mee
at
my
my
first
arriuall
in
Scithia
at
my
returne
from
the
Indies
beyond
the
Ganges
in
the
golden
Regions
,
whereof
I
ensigned
the
ignorant
people
the
valeur
and
vsage
:
and
where
I
lay
sleeping
vppon
the
Lyons
skins
in
the
place
where
my
Lady
Priscaraxe
came
and
found
mee
first
dreaming
,
how
the
Marygold
enclined
towards
mee
:
which
was
thou
O
Priscaraxe
daughter
of
Phoebus
,
and
the
Basilisq
couered
in
the
roote
,
who
after
●lew
away
,
carrying
my
heart
with
him
:
which
is
thou
O
Alector
Basilisq
,
little
King
,
and
royal
child
,
it
is
thou
that
being
eleuated
by
some
Spirite
amorous
of
thee
and
enuious
of
mee
,
hath
rauished
thée
through
the
ayre
into
a
strange
land
,
carrying
away
my
heart
,
which
is
my
soule
,
my
thought
,
and
my
life
.
O
heauens
!
O
Gods
!
Wherefore
doo
you
not
content
your selues
to
permit
misfortunes
to
happen
,
without
sending
of
vs
other
prodigions
and
significations
to
our
double
torment
?
first
with
the
feare
,
and
after
with
the
euill
.
For
what
other
thing
threatned
the
rauishing
Vultur
,
the
speckled
Doue
comming
towards
mee
with
the
gréene
branch
of
bay
leaues
,
but
only
the
rauishing
of
my
fayre
Alector
carrying
in
signe
of
noblenes
a
chaine
of
gold
,
and
come
towards
me
with
good
newes
?
But
of
this
that
I
saw
him
become
a
storke
discomfiting
the
serpent
,
I
cannot
coniecture
what
it
should
signifie
,
(
but
onely
his
pittie
and
childly
loue
,
which
is
naturall
to
this
bird
:
)
and
the
warres
against
those
which
are
wicked
.
And
that
once
againe
(
in
spight
of
the
sinister
Rauen
resting
on
my
head
,
which
threatneth
me
of
my
nere
death
)
I
shall
sée
thée
,
though
but
a
while
.
Wherefore
I
sweare
and
make
a
bow
that
I
shall
neuer
cease
trauelling
and
searching
the
world
,
and
neuer
returne
towards
thée
(
O
Queene
Priscaraxe
)
till
I
haue
found
thy
Sonne
and
mine
;
that
with
both
of
vs
thou
maist
receiue
ioy
of
our
presence
,
as
I
think
thou
hast
had
great
sorrowe
in
our
absence
.
Then
turned
I
my
Hippopotame
towards
the
land
,
whereto
I
had
séene
Alector
carried
,
which
was
vpon
the
coasts
of
Issedon
,
of
the
Gangeticq
Indies
,
of
Siues
,
of
the
silken
lands
,
and
regions
of
gold
.
To
trauerse
the
which
I
entred
one
of
the
mouthes
of
the
great
riuer
Oechardes
,
coasting
the
Nubian
lake
in
searching
all
those
countries
,
vntill
I
came
to
the
next
port
,
where
I
tooke
land
at
the
singing
of
a
bird
which
sayd
thus
:
Get
thee
to
Orbe
and
thou
shalt
finde
in
deede
,
The
sturdie
stroke
ywith
the
Serpent
vile
:
Where
if
thine
eye
tuke
not
full
chary
heed
It
may
perchance
his
sight
from
thee
exile
.
The
which
hauing
well
obserued
,
and
enquiring
the
way
to
Orbe
,
I
haue
found
thée
(
O
Archier
)
in
a
good
houre
,
who
hast
solaced
mee
with
thy
good
and
pleasant
talke
,
and
with
thy
sweete
patience
in
hearing
my
sad
and
discomfortable
discourses
:
but
a
sorrowfull
and
passionated
heart
,
findeth
it selfe
verie
much
alledged
,
if
it
may
get
some
Sympathicthi
person
to
whome
it
may
declare
his
dolors
,
as
I
haue
done
to
thée
(
O
good
old
man
)
who
hast
patiently
giuen
eare
to
the
rehearsall
of
my
diuers
and
finister
aduentures
,
with
compassion
and
condoliance
,
as
thy
teares
themselues
doo
witnes
:
(
and
thereupon
the
Archier
,
wept
pittifullie
)
and
in
this
patience
and
communication
of
thy
good
talke
and
companie
,
(
for
the
which
I
thank
thée
)
thou
hast
conducted
mee
hether
to
this
place
,
which
as
I
think
is
the
towne
of
Orbe
:
(
and
at
that
instant
they
entred
into
the
gate
of
Orbe
.
)
It
is
truely
the
Citie
of
Orbe
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
where
is
the
faire
Theatre
,
and
the
magnifical
temple
of
God
Ioue
,
wherof
(
for
not
dissembling
with
thée
)
I
am
the
Arch-priest
and
great
sacrificer
,
hauing
neere
to
the
temple
a
most
ample
and
fayre
lodging
where
I
dwell
ordinarily
,
well
garnished
(
thanks
be
to
GOD
)
with
all
things
necessarie
to
the
life
of
man
:
where
I
beséech
thée
in
honour
of
Ioue
Xenios
to
take
thy
lodging
and
right
of
hospitalitie
with
mée
,
for
the
night
draweth
on
,
and
it
is
time
to
drawe
towards
rest
,
where
wee
may
after
at
our
ease
atchieue
the
residue
of
our
talke
.
This
offer
presented
by
the
good
old
Archier
with
his
entier
heart
.
Franc-Gal
refused
not
,
but
willingly
accepted
of
it
,
thanking
him
for
his
gentle
hospitalitie
,
and
went
with
him
:
his
Squire
Oplophor
following
him
,
who
of
such
and
so
long
sermons
willingly
fed
not
himself
,
thinking
it
long
that
they
were
not
already
housed
.
So
entred
they
into
the
towne
at
the
east
gate
called
port
Physe
(
for
the
Citie
of
Orbe
was
great
and
excellent
fayre
,
such
as
hereafter
shall
be
described
)
so
went
they
forwards
through
a
great
,
long
,
large
,
and
streight
stréet
(
where
euery
one
in
passing
by
did
reuerence
to
the
Archier
)
vntill
they
came
into
a
most
large
place
where
the
foure
great
stréets
of
the
foure
principall
gates
met
together
,
and
in
the
mids
of
the
place
was
the
great
Dome
or
temple
builded
round
,
the
fayrest
and
most
magnisteal
which
possibly
was
to
be
séene
,
and
so
high
,
that
the
top
thereof
séemed
to
excéede
the
clouds
.
At
the
instance
of
the
Archier
they
entred
therein
,
&
before
the
altar
which
was
in
the
mids
they
knéeled
downe
with
adoration
and
thanks
giuing
,
lifting
vp
their
eyes
and
looking
vp
towards
heauen
through
a
rounde
lanterne
which
was
right
ouer
the
altar
in
the
top
and
midst
of
the
pinacle
,
where
infinit
lampes
were
hanging
burning
and
shining
night
and
day
,
which
set
foorth
the
place
most
worshipfull
and
princelike
.
Their
prayers
done
they
arose
,
and
by
a
little
dore
in
the
temple
whereof
the
Archier
had
the
key
,
they
entred
into
a
fayre
house
which
was
the
Archiers
dwelling
,
very
sumptuous
and
magnificall
,
where
they
entred
into
a
fayre
and
great
hall
hong
with
rich
tapistrie
,
with
large
and
high
windowes
glassed
with
imagerie
,
and
houing
prospect
into
fayre
gardens
and
orchards
.
In
which
hall
briefely
the
tables
were
couered
,
and
water
brought
in
,
and
they
two
fitting
downe
alone
,
were
serued
with
delicate
and
exquisit
meates
.
Franc-Gal
séeing
none
set
but
them
twaine
,
asked
where
the
Mistresse
of
the
house
was
?
The
mistresse
of
the
house
(
quoth
the
Archier
)
is
none
other
then
Reason
and
Sapience
,
sent
by
the
Soueraigne
,
by
whome
all
this
house
is
ruled
and
gouerned
:
for
being
from
my
natiuitie
vowed
to
sacred
things
(
which
ought
purely
to
bee
handled
)
neither
my
body
nor
heart
consenting
,
haue
euer
been
polluted
with
woman
,
nor
other
fleshelie
attouchings
,
nor
shall
not
be
I
hope
.
For
hauing
by
diuine
grace
kept
the
virginicall
puritie
wherein
I
was
borne
,
vntill
this
present
age
,
which
is
foure
hundred
and
fiftéene
yeares
,
till
white
snowes
and
colde
frosts
which
lye
on
the
tops
of
the
mountaines
,
sufficiently
declare
that
there
shall
not
bée
much
more
heate
belowe
in
the
valleys
.
And
for
so
much
as
by
reuelation
made
in
the
assembly
of
the
people
,
I
was
constituted
Archier
,
that
is
to
say
Prince
or
chiefe
of
the
sacreds
,
and
not
an
Archer
shooter
,
although
for
the
auoyding
of
idlenes
the
Mother
of
all
vices
,
commonly
I
exercise
my selfe
to
shoote
in
a
Bowe
at
the
beasts
and
birds
estranged
from
men
,
in
which
act
thou
foundest
mée
,
and
sauedst
mée
from
the
beast
enemie
to
man
,
of
whome
I
tooke
no
héede
.
And
so
I
was
and
am
yet
Arch-priest
and
principall
sacrificer
of
the
temple
of
Ioue
.
By
whose
reuelation
and
admonition
.
I
knew
of
thy
comming
into
this
countrey
before
I
saw
thee
,
and
to
encounter
and
receiue
thée
I
was
sent
by
him
to
the
place
where
thou
didst
stude
mée
:
the
rest
,
I
will
communicate
vnto
thée
to
morrowe
:
for
now
the
houre
of
nightly
prayer
calleth
me
to
mine
office
,
get
thée
to
rest
in
peace
.
This
spoken
the
Archier
went
to
the
temple
,
wherein
he
entred
all
alone
,
about
the
first
Vigile
of
the
night
making
fast
the
doore
after
him
.
On
the
other
side
two
Ministers
with
two
candlesticks
of
siluer
and
two
cierges
of
pure
and
swéete
waxe
conducted
Franc-Gal
into
a
faire
chamber
al
wanscotted
with
Cypres
,
and
said
him
in
a
bed
of
Ebonie
garnished
with
clothes
of
red
veluer
with
fringes
of
sattain
,
the
curtaines
of
taffatie
changeable
white
and
black
,
and
the
teasterne
of
gréene
and
broune
,
sowed
with
teares
of
siluer
.
At
all
which
things
Franc-Gal
(
who
was
one
of
the
wisest
men
in
all
the
nine
ages
)
tooke
great
héed
,
with
obseruation
of
the
euill
presage
which
all
these
things
shewed
in
signification
of
his
death
nere
at
hand
for
he
knew
vs
well
that
the
Cypres
was
a
funerall
&
sepulchear
trée
,
and
that
the
cerges
belonged
to
buriall
that
the
Ebonie
was
a
good
sinking
to
the
bottome
of
the
waters
:
the
red
fringed
with
sky
colour
,
to
be
the
vermillion
life
turning
into
leadie
and
mortall
heauines
:
and
the
changeable
curtaines
of
white
and
black
to
be
a
signe
of
change
from
light
to
darkenes
,
&
from
life
to
death
.
Wherefore
Franc-Gal
who
was
of
singular
and
almost
diuine
wisdome
,
remembring
his
oracles
,
visions
,
threatnings
sent
him
by
the
spirit
of
the
black
Knight
,
the
Augurie
of
the
Rauen
,
&
rauishment
of
his
Son
Alector
,
knew
by
foresight
that
his
death
was
ordained
,
and
which
hee
concluded
to
bee
neere
at
hand
without
any
feare
or
sorrowe
,
saying
onely
that
he
had
not
séene
his
welbeloued
Priscaraxe
and
his
deere
Sonne
Alector
once
before
his
death
.
For
the
humaine
condition
of
mortall
men
is
such
,
that
neuer
man
(
how
infortunate
soeuer
hee
bee
)
dieth
without
sorrowe
of
some
thing
left
imperfect
.
Notwithstanding
Franc-Gal
after
many
and
diuers
thoughts
tormenting
his
heart
,
finally
concluded
to
that
which
was
necessarie
,
and
humbly
to
submit
himselfe
to
the
diuine
immouable
ordinances
:
and
with
this
resolution
after
long
waking
he
fell
into
a
doubtfull
sleepe
about
the
second
crowe
of
the
Cock
,
a
little
before
the
breake
of
day
at
such
time
as
the
moisture
of
the
night
falling
either
into
dew
or
hoarie
frost
,
bringeth
drousie
sleepe
vpon
all
creatures
.
The
mornings
Adoration
of
the
Orbitans
,
the
discription
of
the
temple
,
and
the
manner
of
prayer
and
sacrifice
.
The
Sermon
of
the
Archier
and
chiefe
Priest
,
and
the
common
prayer
of
all
in
Musick
.
CAP.
XXII
.
THe
next
day
after
the
Sunne
was
vp
,
the
Archier
led
Franc-Gal
to
the
the
temple
,
whose
gates
were
already
open
,
&
the
people
come
thether
in
great
multitudes
to
the
morning
adoration
:
Franc-Gal
went
on
one
side
of
the
altar
knéeling
downe
to
prayer
,
and
the
Archier
remained
before
the
altar
prostrate
in
long
and
silent
prayer
with
the
heart
and
not
with
the
mouth
.
Likewise
all
those
who
came
into
the
temple
presently
adored
him
whome
they
sawe
not
,
in
prayers
of
onely
thought
without
mouing
of
tongues
or
lips
,
but
with
their
eyes
eleuated
on
high
in
most
déep
and
admirable
silence
,
for
the
emperiall
reuerence
of
the
place
,
which
was
in
perfect
roundnes
mounted
vpon
thirteene
pillers
onely
,
but
so
great
and
massiue
by
reason
of
their
height
(
which
séemed
to
reach
vp
to
heauen
)
that
the
thirtéene
arches
were
most
large
and
spacious
:
with
the
top
and
round
pinacle
ouer
the
mids
by
a
great
round
hoale
of
thrée
fadom
in
the
diameter
,
giuing
open
view
and
prospect
to
the
heauens
:
and
the
curtaines
of
the
walls
composed
on
thirtéen
porches
with
galleries
erected
one
aboue
another
,
whereto
they
mounted
by
foure
vices
of
stayres
,
found
out
at
the
third
,
seaueuth
,
tenth
and
thirtéenth
piller
;
and
in
these
galleries
whose
windowes
were
of
clere
glasse
open
behinde
and
carued
before
,
were
builded
seats
of
marble
to
sit
in
,
and
desks
before
to
knéele
and
leane
vpon
.
The
lower
part
also
was
round
about
garnished
with
seates
and
vaults
of
Cedar
,
Ebanie
,
Cypres
,
white
Arabie
,
browne
nut
trée
,
and
all
other
wood
meete
for
workemanship
;
which
bancks
and
seates
were
assigned
for
the
women
to
sit
in
.
As
for
the
beautie
and
magnificence
internall
of
the
temple
,
it
was
not
like
to
a
grange
or
desolate
house
voyde
of
ornament
,
but
it
was
in
all
parts
filled
and
repaired
with
many
diuers
and
fayre
figures
,
images
,
statues
,
and
paintings
of
stone
,
wood
,
iuorie
and
other
things
,
guilded
,
siluered
,
azured
,
and
coulored
with
all
fayre
and
illustrate
pigments
and
mettalls
:
which
images
and
statues
naturally
and
liuely
represented
,
not
onely
the
beroycall
persons
of
men
and
women
of
vertue
:
but
also
all
beasts
,
birds
,
and
fishes
,
which
flye
,
go
,
or
swimme
in
the
earth
,
ayre
,
or
waters
.
Neither
were
the
liuing
creatures
onely
pictured
,
but
also
the
insensible
creatures
which
are
in
the
two
inferior
elements
:
each
one
hauing
his
seuerall
deuise
in
short
writing
appoynted
,
according
to
their
naturall
propertie
,
in
attestation
of
the
greatnes
puissance
,
glory
and
grace
of
the
Soueraigne
God
whome
they
named
Ioua
.
As
for
example
.
Vpon
the
statue
of
the
man
was
written
.
Of
straightnes
God
hath
giuen
thee
a
gift
,
That
thou
to
heauen
thine
eyes
shouldst
lift
.
Vpon
the
statue
of
the
woman
.
Thou
art
endewd
with
beautie
and
grace
,
That
vertue
in
thee
might
haue
a
place
.
Vpon
the
statue
of
the
Elephant
.
Of
bounty
and
great
puissance
,
Is
our
great
God
his
essence
.
And
belowe
.
God
to
the
good
dooth
not
denay
,
Both
prudence
,
force
,
and
life
for
ay
.
Vpon
the
figure
of
the
Serpent
.
He
that
is
borne
to
doo
euill
,
Shall
be
condemned
to
the
Diuell
.
Vpon
the
bird
Phoenix
.
One
onely
of
himselfe
hath
beene
,
Whom
neuer
man
as
yet
hath
seene
.
Vpon
the
Dolphin
carrying
Arion
on
the
Seas
.
The
friend
of
man
,
is
God
:
whose
grace
Doth
him
defend
in
euerie
place
.
Vpon
the
figure
of
the
Nightingale
.
Each
spirit
in
earth
and
heauen
aboue
,
Singeth
to
Ioue
praises
of
loue
.
Vpon
the
Palme
tree
.
The
lower
fortune
dooth
thee
abace
:
The
higher
to
heauen
lift
vp
thy
face
.
Vpon
the
flower
de
Lis.
Whom
vertue
hath
endued
,
With
honour
is
renued
.
Vpon
the
Rose
.
A
pure
soule
as
I
suppose
,
To
God
is
like
a
fragrant
Rose
.
Vpon
the
Marygold
.
Towards
the
Sonne
diuine
,
Turne
thou
both
spirit
and
eyne
.
Thus
with
such
images
,
statues
and
simulachres
,
of
men
,
birds
,
beasts
,
serpents
,
fishes
,
trées
,
plants
,
and
other
things
naturally
and
liuely
portrayed
,
grauen
,
erected
,
cut
,
&
diuersely
figured
,
with
painting
,
colouring
,
guilding
,
siluering
,
and
gemining
,
the
interior
part
of
the
temple
was
so
illustrately
decorated
and
enriched
and
séemed
so
light
some
,
fayre
,
delectable
,
and
honorable
to
behold
and
so
instructiue
in
the
inscriptions
,
with
the
contemplation
of
these
fayre
things
(
outwardly
showing
and
declaring
the
glory
of
God
and
by
the
windowes
of
the
eyes
,
entring
into
the
vnderstanding
to
illuminate
the
same
)
that
they
rauished
the
interior
spirites
with
an
ineffable
admiration
of
the
bountie
,
greatnes
,
and
puissance
of
God
,
yelding
the
temple
so
deuout
,
religious
,
reuerent
,
adorable
and
Emperiall
,
that
those
who
entred
therein
found
themselues
transumed
,
and
diuinely
rauished
as
it
had
beene
in
a
trance
.
Such
was
the
interior
ornament
of
the
Temple
,
in
the
middest
whereof
was
the
place
of
Sacristee
eleuated
vpon
thirtéene
stayres
of
Marble
and
porphirie
of
all
coulors
,
and
aboue
that
was
the
Altar
erected
,
builded
and
wrought
after
the
rusticall
fashion
with
all
kinde
of
rude
stones
in
the
propertie
and
naturall
fashion
,
without
cut
,
worke
,
or
pollishing
of
mans
hand
.
And
vpon
that
was
laid
euen
and
leuell
a
fayre
,
great
and
large
table
of
artificiall
emerauld
in
forme
foure
square
,
hauing
thirtéene
foot
in
euerie
square
,
and
set
iust
right
vnder
the
clere
window
or
lauterne
of
the
temple
whereon
neuertheles
miraculously
neuer
raine
fell
,
neuer
wind
perceiued
,
nor
neuer
any
tempest
touched
.
About
the
altar
were
set
nine
chaires
guilded
,
conered
and
garnished
with
silke
veluet
,
which
were
the
seats
of
the
Ministers
seruing
at
the
altar
,
and
on
the
East
side
right
opposit
to
the
great
doore
(
which
was
Westward
)
there
was
thrée
pillers
of
Iasper
nine
foote
high
set
triangle
wise
,
in
such
sort
that
one
was
before
towards
the
altar
,
and
two
behind
;
vpon
which
pillers
was
set
a
tabernacle
of
sweete
wood
,
wrought
,
carued
and
guilded
with
fine
beaten
Golde
,
and
open
behinde
,
and
within
the
same
a
very
fayre
chaire
of
Iuorie
.
This
tabernacle
was
the
pulpet
,
whereas
the
propheticall
word
was
showne
vnto
the
people
by
the
Archier
;
such
was
the
Dome
and
Temple
of
Ioue
in
the
Citie
of
Orbe
,
which
hereafter
we
wil
describe
.
After
then
that
the
Archier
being
chiefe
Priest
,
his
nine
Ministers
,
together
with
Franc-Gal
and
the
people
were
entred
into
the
Temple
,
they
prostrated
themselues
on
their
faces
and
from
time
to
time
held
vp
their
eyes
and
hands
to
heauen
,
&
so
continued
their
adorations
and
mental
prayers
about
one
houre
in
great
silence
,
the
Archier
and
chiefe
Priest
arose
,
and
after
hee
had
turned
to
the
people
,
and
vniuersally
saluted
and
blessed
them
,
he
was
by
thrée
of
his
ministers
mounted
into
the
pulpit
vpon
the
foresaide
thrée
Iasper
pillers
:
where
after
hee
had
a
while
lifted
vp
his
eyes
to
Heauen
in
high
conception
of
thought
,
he
addressed
himselfe
to
the
people
with
a
cleere
and
intelligible
voyce
,
after
this
manner
.
"
You
people
of
Orbe
who
are
here
gathered
together
to
heare
of
mee
(
who
am
but
a
voyce
crying
in
the
temple
)
the
great
magnificences
of
God
:
that
you
may
vnderstand
them
and
comprehend
them
in
your
soules
,
that
you
may
praise
them
,
heare
them
,
and
thanke
him
for
them
;
his
infused
grace
for
the
accomplishing
hereof
forthwith
be
giuen
you
,
with
his
benediction
.
"
"
The
Soueraigne
God
Ioua
,
which
Was
,
Is
and
Shal
be
,
a
name
which
is
aboue
all
names
,
and
which
appertaineth
to
none
other
but
him
:
first
hath
made
you
of
nothing
,
which
is
an
especiall
gift
of
his
marueilous
puissance
,
that
you
aboue
all
other
things
know
that
of
him
you
hold
your
being
and
first
essence
.
And
after
that
he
hath
created
you
,
not
ignoble
bodies
,
as
stones
and
mettals
;
not
insensible
plants
,
as
hearbes
or
trees
;
not
brutal
,
deformed
,
cruel
or
monsterous
beasts
;
as
if
it
had
pleased
him
,
he
might
haue
formed
you
but
Asses
,
ill
shapen
pottage
pots
,
villanous
Todes
,
cruell
rauishing
wolues
,
or
monsterous
imaginations
:
but
he
hath
created
you
men
,
fayre
&
right
,
loking
vp
to
heauen
,
whereby
you
hold
the
roote
of
reason
which
he
hath
giuen
you
:
by
whom
you
are
made
like
to
himself
,
&
by
him
formed
to
his
own
image
.
Besides
this
,
he
hath
made
al
other
creatures
,
the
elements
,
yea
the
celestiall
bodies
themselues
,
and
heauens
for
you
,
and
for
your
vse
and
seruice
:
the
earth
,
to
sustaine
&
nourish
you
quick
,
and
receiue
you
when
you
be
dead
:
the
ayre
,
to
keepe
your
soule
in
life
:
the
waters
,
for
your
vsage
,
cleansing
,
and
nauigation
:
the
fire
,
to
reuiue
your
heate
,
and
for
your
light
:
the
Starres
,
for
tokens
and
influences
:
and
the
heauens
,
to
receiue
your
soules
which
hee
hath
giuen
you
immortall
,
through
spirituall
priueledge
aboue
all
other
creatures
,
who
being
once
dead
,
nothing
remaine
more
of
them
.
All
beasts
he
hath
condemned
with
their
heads
enclining
towards
the
earth
,
in
signe
that
they
be
subiect
and
seruiceable
to
you
who
are
directly
eleuated
:
some
for
your
help
,
as
horses
,
oxen
,
asses
,
and
cammels
,
yea
the
great
and
strong
Elephant
dooth
serue
and
obay
you
:
the
others
for
meate
and
nourishment
,
who
by
their
deathes
conserue
your
liues
.
See
you
not
the
good
fishes
both
of
riuer
and
Sea
,
swimming
in
your
porrages
,
brothes
,
sauces
,
and
iuce
?
Doo
you
not
see
the
flesh
,
fat
,
and
entrailes
of
beasts
aswell
sauage
as
tame
,
to
enter
into
your
kitchins
;
and
the
foules
of
the
ayre
to
fall
into
your
dishes
;
and
all
trées
,
hearbs
,
plants
,
cornes
,
séeds
,
fruites
and
rootes
to
bee
giuen
you
for
nourishment
and
medicine
?
And
all
this
of
the
grace
of
God
,
and
to
his
glory
,
as
the
workemanship
,
figures
,
and
statues
of
this
temple
doo
show
you
for
visible
examples
:
whose
architecture
&
building
is
made
to
the
paterne
and
imitation
of
the
vniuersall
world
,
which
is
the
true
temple
of
soueraigne
Ioue
,
whose
bounty
and
glory
all
these
things
doo
witnes
and
set
forth
.
Consider
then
ye
Orbitans
,
and
acknowledge
how
many
and
how
large
benefits
,
the
most
great
and
most
good
blessing
of
God
hath
enlarged
you
with
,
to
whome
you
can
restore
nothing
:
for
what
thing
can
you
offer
him
,
that
is
none
of
his
,
whose
throane
is
heauen
,
and
earth
his
footestoole
?
what
then
would
this
most
great
and
good
Lord
aske
you
which
is
your
owne
,
and
in
your
power
to
giue
him
,
for
such
infinite
goodnes
whereof
hee
hath
béen
your
author
and
giuer
:
with
certaine
promises
and
infallible
premonstrance
of
more
greater
and
more
durable
hereafter
,
yea
euerlasting
,
such
as
he
bestoweth
vpon
the
superior
and
blessed
spirites
,
which
ordinarely
assist
him
in
endles
praise
and
glorification
of
his
bountie
and
puissance
,
before
the
throan
of
his
diuine
maiesty
?
What
requireth
he
of
you
?
Or
what
can
you
giue
him
of
your
own
?
He
desireth
no
other
thing
of
you
(
my
friends
)
but
a
very
small
retribution
and
acknowledge
,
neuertheles
he
will
that
it
proceede
from
you
and
from
your
hearts
.
Hee
will
nothing
of
you
for
so
many
and
infinite
benefits
,
but
onely
a
simple
and
little
gramertie
,
one
onely
thanks
giuing
and
one
collaudation
and
glorification
to
the
benefactor
:
the
which
we
would
gladly
doo
to
any
mortall
man
,
for
any
small
pleasure
that
he
should
haue
done
vs
.
But
hée
will
that
this
recognisance
,
this
thanks
giuing
and
retribution
of
glorie
bée
giuen
him
of
your
owne
proper
,
pure
,
and
best
of
the
heart
,
without
fayning
or
dissimulation
,
which
cannot
be
hidden
from
him
.
For
without
comparison
hee
séeth
more
cléerelie
into
our
thoughts
than
wee
doo
see
into
these
exterior
things
,
wherein
our
corporall
senses
may
be
deceiued
,
but
hee
not
,
because
hee
is
a
most
pure
and
simple
Spirite
.
Wherefore
(
my
friends
)
in
humble
and
hartie
thankes
giuing
for
so
many
benefits
which
hée
hath
alreadie
best
owed
vpon
vs
,
which
he
daily
dooth
,
and
promiseth
to
doo
in
time
to
come
:
chiefely
for
that
hee
hath
this
day
reuealed
by
mee
that
this
Citie
and
common
wealth
shall
bee
presently
deliuered
of
a
great
euill
wherewith
it
is
troubled
:
for
these
infinit
of
benefits
let
vs
render
vnto
him
all
together
with
one
heart
and
true
zeale
,
with
one
faith
thought
,
and
will
,
and
with
one
speach
and
voyce
,
thanks
,
honour
,
glorie
,
and
praise
for
euer
and
euer
world
without
end
.
"
This
Sermon
finished
,
the
pontificall
Archier
and
his
nine
Ministers
with
diuers
voyces
musicallie
according
,
in
quauering
Trebles
,
deepe
Basses
,
sweete
Tenors
and
sharpe
Contratenors
,
together
with
Organes
,
Lutes
,
Harpes
,
Violes
,
Psalterions
,
Recorders
and
all
sorts
of
Musicall
instruments
no
lesse
harmonious
than
religious
,
the
hands
and
tunes
according
with
their
voyces
,
song
these
words
and
sentences
following
.
O
Soueraigne
God
of
great
insinitie
,
Blessed
be
thou
for
our
humanitie
:
Doo
not
refuse
to
heare
the
harmonie
Of
this
vnite
accorded
companie
:
Crying
to
be
heard
from
thy
sublimitie
.
The
gentlenes
of
thy
diuinitie
Our
aduerse
fate
with
fortune
dooth
supplie
.
Honor
and
praise
to
thee
O
Lord
on
hie
:
Who
art
the
giuer
of
our
wealth
and
store
Grace
,
praise
,
and
thanks
,
we
yeeld
to
thee
therefore
.
The
pontificall
Archier
and
his
Ministers
hauing
sung
this
Psalme
of
thanks
giuing
in
example
:
all
the
people
answering
,
sung
with
great
deuotion
the
same
words
in
like
tune
,
accords
,
and
sounds
of
instruments
.
And
after
this
fayre
song
in
deuout
prayer
,
magnificall
praise
,
and
reuerent
thanks
giuing
to
the
Soueraigne
God
Ioue
,
was
song
vniuersally
by
all
the
assistants
in
the
Temple
in
harmonious
accord
not
onely
of
voyce
and
words
,
but
also
of
one
faith
and
intelligence
in
heart
:
euerie
one
of
them
came
with
great
reuerence
and
presented
himselfe
at
the
Altar
,
humblie
offering
in
signe
of
recognizance
of
the
diuine
benefits
,
that
which
they
thought
best
:
some
ornaments
and
vessels
of
silner
and
golde
,
of
christall
,
stone
,
and
precious
wood
,
and
other
matter
of
valew
;
some
emptie
,
and
others
full
of
swéete
liquors
,
balmes
,
myrrhe
,
incense
,
perfumes
and
odorements
,
of
the
sauor
whereof
all
the
people
breathed
:
others
offered
clothes
of
silke
,
wooll
and
flaxe
,
of
all
sorts
and
coulors
:
others
brought
white
bread
,
hot
cakes
,
and
smoking
pasties
:
other
vessels
and
flaggons
of
the
best
wine
they
had
,
but
aboue
all
things
they
offered
willingly
their
first
fruites
and
their
first
borne
,
whome
they
presented
to
God
,
and
the
Archier
,
gaue
them
back
againe
in
exchange
and
redemption
of
some
fowles
or
little
innocent
beasts
:
as
of
a
payre
of
Piggions
or
Turtle
Doues
,
or
of
a
Lambe
or
white
Rid.
Likewise
offered
they
the
first
fruites
of
their
Wheats
,
graines
,
trees
,
vines
,
plants
,
and
gardens
,
in
acknowledge
of
the
benignitie
of
GOD
which
euerie
yeare
gaue
them
encrease
.
And
if
they
were
of
handie
crafts
,
they
presented
the
first
of
their
workes
and
most
excelletest
peeces
of
their
labors
,
in
attestation
that
they
held
their
inuention
of
the
Spirite
of
GOD
.
All
which
guifts
beeing
placed
and
set
vppon
the
Altar
,
the
Archier
blessed
;
in
praying
Ioue
to
extend
his
hand
ouer
them
in
benediction
,
and
yerely
multiplication
.
Then
the
ministers
gathered
them
together
,
taking
for
the
Archier
and
themselues
that
which
séemed
to
them
best
(
for
hee
which
serueth
at
the
Altar
must
liue
of
the
Altar
)
and
distributing
the
rest
to
the
poore
,
aged
,
sick
,
lame
of
body
,
depriued
of
sense
,
and
to
the
poore
widowes
and
orphelins
,
aswell
of
the
towne
,
as
of
the
countrey
,
being
receiued
,
lodged
and
nourished
,
in
a
great
common
lodging
called
Vaniah
:
but
the
fayrest
and
best
was
reserued
for
the
nourishing
&
honest
entertainement
of
such
persons
as
had
well
merited
of
the
common
wealth
of
Orbe
in
what
thing
soeuer
.
For
such
persons
as
by
vertue
,
prowesse
,
counsaile
,
deuotion
,
or
other
meritorious
act
,
had
done
any
great
good
to
the
common
wealth
:
were
honorably
remunerated
,
by
estate
,
nourishment
and
publique
entertainement
in
a
pallace
called
Prytan
as
hereafter
shall
bee
declared
.
Beholde
how
ordinarely
the
goods
of
the
temple
were
distributed
by
the
order
of
the
chiefe
Priest
:
who
,
hauing
done
his
office
and
the
people
retired
home
,
or
where
they
thought
best
,
returned
into
his
lodging
,
leading
with
him
his
guest
Franc-Gal
;
for
whome
hee
tooke
great
care
,
by
reason
of
a
vision
and
reuelation
which
appeared
to
him
the
euening
before
,
and
was
such
as
followeth
.
The
vision
of
the
Archier
in
the
Temple
,
signifying
the
death
of
Franc-Gal
.
The
assembly
of
the
Magistrates
and
people
in
the
Pretorian
Basilique
.
The
oracle
of
the
Charites
found
written
in
their
hands
:
with
the
iudgement
and
preparation
of
Alector
against
the
serpent
.
CAP.
XXIII
.
THe
first
night
that
Franc-Gal
was
receiued
into
the
house
of
the
Archier
,
after
they
had
supped
,
and
talked
,
and
that
he
was
conducted
into
his
resting
chamber
,
which
seemed
so
mest
full
vnto
him
,
as
hath
béen
showne
:
the
Archier
according
to
his
custome
went
to
the
temple
to
his
euening
prayers
,
where
as
he
was
praying
,
generally
for
all
,
but
especially
for
his
guest
Franc-Gal
that
he
might
heare
good
newes
of
that
which
he
sought
for
:
it
séemed
to
him
of
a
sudaine
to
heare
the
deadly
hissing
of
an
Adder
,
and
the
intempestiue
crowe
of
a
Cock
,
for
as
yet
it
was
not
the
second
Vigile
of
the
night
.
And
hereuppon
through
the
lanterne
in
the
top
of
the
the
temple
,
hee
might
perceiue
a
light
,
resembling
a
most
clere
Starre
to
fall
vpon
the
Altar
,
which
no
sooner
had
toucht
the
table
of
emerauld
,
but
it
kindled
and
arose
in
a
high
and
right
flame
,
which
neuerthelesse
mounted
decreasing
:
and
incontinently
after
this
Starre
followed
a
Swan
as
white
as
snowe
,
who
rested
her selfe
hard
by
this
celestiall
fire
,
and
with
the
sweete
blast
of
Zephyrus
began
her
deadly
song
,
which
shee
is
accustomed
by
nature
to
sing
vpon
the
banks
of
the
crooked
riuer
of
Mcander
when
shee
is
reposed
vpon
the
wet
grasse
,
and
perceiueth
her
death
at
hand
:
and
in
singing
distilled
from
her
eyes
aboundance
of
teares
which
fell
vpon
the
Starrie
fire
,
and
quenched
it
by
little
and
little
:
the
swanne
likewise
afféebling
both
in
voyce
and
life
,
according
as
the
fire
deminished
:
in
such
sort
that
at
the
last
teare
which
the
swanne
shed
,
she
died
,
and
the
fire
vanished
flaming
vp
into
heauen
from
whence
it
was
descended
.
By
this
vision
,
the
Archier
incontinently
vnderstood
,
that
the
latter
end
of
Franc-Gal
was
nere
at
hand
,
and
that
hee
should
shortly
dye
through
some
dolorous
or
ioyfull
cause
.
Wherefore
in
the
morning
before
his
entrie
into
the
Temple
,
hee
went
to
visit
him
,
but
hee
found
him
not
in
his
chamber
;
whereon
looking
out
at
the
windowe
he
perceiued
him
walking
in
the
garden
very
pensiue
,
whereinto
he
went
and
saluted
him
:
Franc-Gal
saluted
him
againe
in
a
voyce
very
low
and
hidden
.
Then
the
Archier
asked
him
wherefore
he
was
risen
before
day
,
and
had
not
taken
his
rest
at
his
ease
?
My
rest
(
quoth
Franc-Gal
)
is
very
nere
,
so
far
as
I
vnderstand
by
many
presages
,
but
chiefely
this
night
through
the
phantasie
of
mine
vnquietnes
,
which
haue
not
suffered
me
to
repose
:
to
the
end
they
might
prepare
a
durable
sléepe
for
mee
,
without
waking
vntill
the
reuolution
of
the
world
.
And
therefore
let
vs
goe
to
the
Temple
to
pray
and
giue
thanks
to
him
,
who
hath
permitted
our
being
till
this
present
:
so
went
these
two
good
wise
men
right
to
the
temple
to
accomplish
the
sacrifice
,
such
as
hath
alreadie
been
reested
.
Which
being
done
the
greatest
part
of
the
people
assembled
themselues
at
the
great
Basilique
Dicaste
,
where
Diocles
bore
rule
as
Potentate
of
Orbe
,
with
all
the
Benchers
,
Magistrates
,
Lords
,
and
notable
Citizens
.
Before
whome
was
brought
this
young
Squire
Alector
who
(
by
the
Gratians
)
had
béen
accused
of
so
many
crimes
,
whereby
the
death
of
their
fayre
sister
Noëmia
was
happened
:
the
which
Alector
but
thrée
daies
before
had
béene
adiudged
by
sentence
of
the
diuine
Iustice
,
to
proue
his
innocencie
,
by
fighting
with
the
great
serpent
of
the
Sands
.
This
young
Squire
comming
before
the
face
of
the
magistrates
,
of
the
whole
iustice
,
and
of
the
Potentate
,
shewed
himselfe
so
assured
and
braue
,
as
they
séemed
to
bee
seuere
and
graue
,
demanding
at
that
instant
Iustice
against
the
murthering
Archer
of
his
fayre
and
welbeloued
Noëmia
,
whome
he
bewailed
without
ceassing
:
for
the
rest
,
neither
hauing
nor
showing
any
thought
or
care
either
of
his
proper
person
,
life
,
or
death
,
sauing
onelie
that
hée
might
reuenge
his
fayre
Noëmia
.
Then
Diocles
the
Potentate
showed
to
all
the
benchers
of
the
counsaile
,
the
little
bill
which
the
day
before
he
had
found
betwéene
the
hands
of
the
statues
of
Alablaster
of
the
thrée
Graces
,
wherein
these
verses
were
written
.
The
Arrowe
being
in
the
hand
Of
vanquisher
,
reuenger
of
His
Ladies
death
,
the
vengeance
shall
,
From
Heauen
aboue
descend
vpon
The
murtherer
of
Noëmia
fayre
.
And
shortly
after
that
shall
end
,
The
Pilgrims
life
and
voyage
long
,
Through
fearefull
fright
and
sudaine
ioy
.
This
bill
,
being
first
declared
from
whence
it
came
and
in
whose
hands
it
was
found
;
was
taken
for
a
diuine
token
,
and
allowed
of
all
with
common
sentence
that
the
arrowe
wherewith
Noëmia
was
staine
,
should
bee
put
into
the
hands
of
Alector
to
see
what
would
happen
.
Who
being
called
into
the
Iudgement
place
was
demanded
of
Diocles
,
if
hee
remembred
not
the
condemnation
of
combat
with
the
serpent
,
whereto
he
had
béen
adiudged
?
and
whether
he
disposed
not
of
himselfe
to
obay
the
sentence
.
Yes
(
quoth
he
most
hardlie
and
assuredly
)
and
I
thank
you
too
for
the
honor
which
you
doo
mee
:
neither
wish
I
any
better
,
but
that
the
traiterous
murtherer
of
Noëmia
were
also
ioyned
with
the
serpent
,
that
of
them
both
I
might
make
a
sacrifice
of
reuenge
vnto
the
Spirite
of
my
deceased
Noëmia
.
May
it
therefore
please
the
heads
of
Iustice
to
garnish
me
with
mine
armes
,
which
are
my
good
sword
,
with
the
lyberian
scabbard
shining
,
and
my
shield
with
the
hardie
Cock
,
which
I
brought
from
the
Trophie
of
Gallehault
.
Showing
thereby
that
all
beasts
by
nature
are
muniated
with
their
owne
proper
armes
aswel
for
defence
as
offence
.
"
The
Lyons
(
quoth
hee
)
haue
their
griping
pawes
,
the
Elephants
their
trunkes
,
the
Harts
and
Bulls
their
hornes
and
foreféete
:
the
horses
haue
their
biting
before
and
yerking
behind
;
the
Bores
their
tusks
,
the
Tortoyes
and
shell
fishes
their
hardnes
,
the
Bées
their
sling
,
the
Scorpions
their
tailes
,
the
Serpents
their
venym
,
tongue
,
and
deadly
teeth
;
onely
man
is
borne
without
armes
,
as
a
creature
of
peace
,
vnles
with
their
owne
handie
worke
and
labor
they
obtaine
,
or
conquer
them
:
as
I
haue
gotten
this
sworde
of
my
Fathers
gift
,
and
therefore
proper
to
me
;
and
my
shield
by
mine
owne
conquest
:
which
armes
onelie
(
for
others
appertaine
not
to
mée
being
but
a
simple
Squire
)
I
require
to
be
restored
and
put
into
my
hands
,
that
I
may
not
be
found
a
naked
man
and
vnarmed
of
all
weapons
aswel
offensiue
as
defensiue
against
this
terrestiall
enemy
of
man
,
armed
with
malice
,
subtiltie
,
force
,
nimble
lightnes
,
piercing
téeth
,
dangerous
tail
&
mortal
poyson
:
besides
that
,
with
hard
shayles
on
his
lubrick
skin
:
whereas
I
being
naked
and
vngarnished
of
all
defence
against
such
and
so
well
armed
an
enemie
:
if
I
be
ouercome
,
it
shall
be
mine
owne
euill
and
damage
in
particular
;
but
in
generall
it
shall
be
the
shame
,
reproach
,
and
coniusion
of
those
men
who
heereafter
shall
bee
staine
and
deuoured
by
the
most
wicked
of
all
beasts
:
whom
Soueraigne
God
(
which
you
call
Ioua
)
hath
condemned
to
be
troden
vnder
the
féete
of
man
,
vnto
whom
power
is
giuen
to
tread
vpon
the
Aspic
and
Basilisque
,
and
to
foyle
with
his
feete
the
Lyon
and
Dragon
:
which
you
shall
see
come
to
passe
,
(
GOD
giuing
mee
the
force
)
if
you
restore
mee
mine
armes
,
which
haue
bin
vniustly
taken
from
me
,
and
the
which
I
here
demand
before
your
Iustice
.
"
The
Potentate
and
all
the
Magistrates
were
amerueiled
,
not
onely
at
the
braue
hardines
of
Alector
(
which
naturally
might
come
of
the
fire
of
his
age
)
but
much
more
of
his
liberall
eloquence
and
reasonable
wisdome
before
age
,
albeit
he
were
farre
yonger
than
they
tooke
him
to
bee
.
Wherefore
presently
they
caused
his
armes
to
be
brought
forth
,
deliuering
to
him
his
good
sword
with
the
scabberd
of
the
shining
serpents
skinne
,
and
his
greene
shield
with
the
Cock
of
Golde
;
which
he
recetued
with
so
great
ioy
,
as
they
bad
béene
taken
from
him
with
great
sorro
we
and
lamentation
.
And
besides
that
,
the
Potentate
Diocles
following
the
aduertisement
of
the
Archier
,
and
the
Oracle
written
by
the
Charites
,
put
into
his
hand
an
arrow
being
bloudy
halfe
way
to
the
feathers
:
which
he
tooke
,
and
after
he
had
beheld
it
a
long
time
(
as
one
which
he
had
somewhat
knowne
to
haue
pulled
out
of
the
body
of
Noëmia
)
demanded
what
arrowe
it
was
?
And
what
hee
should
doo
with
it
?
To
whome
it
was
answered
,
that
it
was
the
same
arrowe
wherewith
Noëmia
was
staine
,
and
that
he
should
doo
with
it
as
the
fencer
dooth
in
the
Sands
.
Then
cried
he
with
a
loude
voyce
to
all
the
assistance
,
if
there
were
any
that
would
challenge
it
against
him
?
But
no
man
answered
word
.
Wherefore
hee
fastned
it
vnder
his
girdle
,
and
sayd
:
Now
my
Lords
let
vs
go
when
it
pleaseth
you
,
séeing
I
haue
mine
armes
,
I
am
ready
to
fight
against
this
dragon
and
publique
enemie
,
and
to
reuenge
the
priuat
iniurie
of
murther
if
the
traytor
may
be
found
.
Then
the
Potentate
sent
foure
trumpets
through
all
the
streats
of
the
towne
to
crie
and
publish
to
the
people
that
at
noone
,
a
hardie
and
valiant
champion
should
fight
with
the
Dragon
of
the
sands
in
hazard
and
perill
of
his
lift
,
for
the
publique
wealth
,
and
expition
of
certaine
manslaughter
by
him
perpetrated
,
and
by
his
cause
happened
;
and
for
that
cause
who
soeuer
would
,
should
come
and
sée
it
.
At
this
crie
all
the
Citizens
prepared
themselues
to
go
sée
this
dilectable
and
profitable
spectacle
:
where
were
founde
a
greater
number
of
people
than
euer
were
at
the
sands
for
out
assemblie
.
To
which
place
Alector
was
conducted
by
400.
Souldiers
,
deputed
to
guarde
and
esose
the
steld
:
at
this
tumult
Franc-Gal
and
the
Archier
who
after
dinner
sat
at
the
windowes
of
the
great
hall
looking
into
the
streat
were
moued
to
demand
what
it
was
,
and
hauing
vnderstood
the
cause
,
determined
to
goe
thether
(
albeit
the
Archier
was
not
after
times
found
at
such
sports
)
neuerthelesse
he
was
enuites
to
goe
,
in
hope
to
see
the
reuelation
come
to
passe
which
was
showed
to
him
of
the
publique
health
.
As
for
Franc-Gal
he
was
come
thether
for
none
other
cause
,
but
onely
to
finde
his
Sonne
at
the
Sands
of
the
Theatre
according
as
the
black
Auguring
bird
had
foretold
him
.
So
went
these
two
wisemen
together
to
this
new
spectacle
.
A
description
of
the
Citie
of
Orbe
,
of
the
Basilique
,
Hyppodrome
,
Prytan
Theatre
,
Sands
and
other
places
.
CAP.
XXIIII
.
THe
Citie
of
Orbe
was
so
called
for
the
round
forme
and
fashion
of
the
same
:
scituated
vpon
a
little
high
mountaine
,
yet
neuertheles
verie
large
,
in
halfe
roundnes
like
to
a
demie
Globe
in
such
sort
as
the
mids
was
the
highest
&
most
prospectiue
castilie
descouering
round
abouts
,
and
descending
not
headlong
but
by
little
&
litttle
pleasantly
going
downeward
in
such
sort
as
neither
mounting
nor
descending
one
could
scarce
apperceiue
the
eleuation
of
the
mids
nor
vneuenes
of
the
sids
,
so
easily
descended
it
vnto
the
outwardmost
walls
wherewith
it
was
enclosed
in
perfect
circularitie
,
founded
and
builded
of
the
hard
stones
of
the
Rock
,
of
the
hight
of
30.
fadomes
and
of
the
thicknes
of
thrée
:
ramped
with
19.
grosse
bulwarks
with
their
knights
and
false
loope
holes
,
and
garnished
with
towers
and
places
of
sentinells
,
and
enuironed
in
stead
of
ditches
with
a
great
riner
called
Cloterre
,
carrying
great
vessells
charged
and
laden
with
all
sorts
of
merchandise
,
comming
from
al
the
parts
of
the
world
.
For
they
entred
and
went
out
of
the
Citie
of
Orbe
by
foure
principall
ports
,
the
one
orientall
called
Port
Physe
,
another
occidentall
called
Port
Thane
the
third
meridionall
called
Port
Valentine
,
and
the
last
Septentrionall
called
Port
Passante
,
and
looke
how
many
gates
it
had
,
so
many
bridges
it
had
,
that
is
to
say
:
the
little
bridge
,
the
bridge
without
guarde
,
the
bruting
bridge
;
and
the
trembling
bridge
:
through
and
ouer
which
ports
and
bridge
they
entred
and
issued
into
the
citie
or
stelds
there
abouts
,
(
for
they
had
no
suburbs
)
the
territory
of
which
fields
conteined
a
great
countrey
in
compasse
,
deuided
into
foure
regions
according
to
the
particion
and
ports
of
the
Citie
,
but
of
far
different
qualitie
&
temperature
.
For
in
the
territorie
appertaining
to
Port
Physe
the
ayre
was
swéet
by
reason
of
Zephyrus
comming
from
the
west
,
and
tendring
his
last
breath
in
this
eastwardly
region
,
the
hearbs
,
plants
,
and
trées
were
alwaies
in
flower
&
gréennes
:
the
people
were
gracious
and
louing
,
contented
with
a
little
,
not
dooing
much
other
thing
but
dance
,
leap
,
gamball
,
run
,
sing
,
pipe
and
play
vpon
instruments
,
court
,
contract
marriages
,
or
to
aduance
them
or
borrowe
for
the
time
to
come
to
compose
ballads
,
songs
,
sonnets
,
rounds
,
to
search
nouelties
,
to
chase
beasts
and
sowles
,
to
fish
and
to
cloth
themselues
in
colours
and
to
mainetaine
themselues
without
care
or
thought
:
for
they
were
all
of
them
either
infants
,
boyes
,
or
yong
folke
of
the
one
and
the
other
seye
.
●…nd
when
they
had
passed
their
youth
;
they
made
their
transmigration
into
the
territory
of
Port
Valentine
which
was
meridionall
,
of
a
hot
ayre
,
inspired
with
the
southerne
or
Etesian
winds
.
And
in
the
region
of
this
gate
grew
aboundance
of
fruites
of
the
trée
,
as
also
grasse
&
pasturing
,
with
wheate
and
other
corne
of
all
sorts
.
In
such
sort
that
on
that
side
the
port
one
could
sée
nothing
but
mowers
,
hay-makers
,
reapers
,
haruest
folk
,
fruicterers
,
merchants
,
trauellers
,
trafficquers
,
men
of
armes
running
at
tilt
,
Philosophers
disputing
,
and
vsurers
lending
vpon
reuenew
of
the
fruites
to
come
;
there
might
one
behold
store
of
cattell
in
the
stelds
,
aboundance
of
bées
,
butter
flyes
and
emmits
:
and
albeit
the
region
was
very
hot
and
drie
,
yet
the
people
so
much
the
more
refreshed
themselues
with
the
fayre
flaggons
cooled
in
the
cléere
and
niueall
fountaines
.
From
thence
they
passed
to
the
Septentrionall
Port
Passant
,
where
the
ayre
was
diuers
,
vnconstant
,
cloudie
,
cold
,
moyst
,
and
troubled
with
contrarie
winds
:
for
the
rest
,
a
good
countrey
&
verie
cultine
yelding
peaches
,
grapes
,
nuts
,
&
filberds
,
where
one
could
sée
nothing
but
gathering
of
grapes
,
pressing
of
wines
,
tunning
them
&
laying
them
into
the
cartes
:
neuerthelesse
the
people
of
this
countrey
were
almost
al
grey
.
The
other
region
of
Port
Thane
subiect
to
the
cutting
westerne
winds
was
very
sterile
and
barraine
,
sauing
that
there
was
great
store
of
fat
cattaile
,
wildfoule
,
and
venison
,
&
this
was
the
territorie
where
the
greatest
there
was
kept
,
neuerthelesse
commonly
in
close
houses
where
they
kept
their
banquets
,
marriages
and
mummeries
.
There
killed
they
continually
store
of
hogs
and
shotes
,
making
therof
sauciges
,
chitterlings
and
puddings
:
whereof
as
also
of
other
things
they
sent
presents
&
newyeares
gifts
one
to
another
,
for
their
entertainement
in
mutuall
loue
and
friendship
:
and
in
this
soils
ordinarily
dwelt
the
old
men
,
who
after
they
had
serued
God
in
the
morning
,
passed
the
rest
of
the
day
in
drinking
,
warming
,
talking
,
playing
at
cards
,
at
glit
,
primero
and
flux
,
or
els
with
the
tables
at
checker
,
dames
,
lourch
,
and
tictat
.
Such
were
the
foure
ports
and
foure
finages
of
the
Citie
of
Orbe
,
where
the
inhabitants
by
the
ordinance
of
the
Magistrates
of
the
towne
passed
all
the
yeare
,
and
made
their
transmigration
from
one
port
and
region
to
another
:
for
if
they
were
wearie
of
the
heats
of
Port
Valentine
,
they
went
and
refreshed
themselues
in
the
Ice
of
Port
Thane
,
and
passe
the
time
there
in
sedentarie
playes
.
And
if
they
were
cloyed
with
the
mists
and
cold
of
Port
Passaul
,
they
would
go
dance
amongst
the
flowers
of
Port
Physe
:
for
such
power
had
the
Citizens
of
the
towne
,
wherein
notwithstanding
it
was
continually
temperat
,
by
reason
of
the
concordant
discord
of
the
winds
,
temperatures
,
and
qualities
of
euerie
port
,
and
of
his
adiacent
territorie
,
the
which
made
an
equall
concurrence
at
the
closing
of
the
towne
:
which
(
as
hath
béen
beforesaide
)
was
in
perfect
roundnes
mounting
by
little
and
little
vnto
the
nauel
or
mids
,
where
was
edificated
the
temple
of
Ioue
(
before
discribed
)
in
the
great
place
,
where
the
foure
great
streats
of
the
towne
met
,
being
builded
verie
ample
and
large
with
singular
fayre
and
magnificat
edifices
,
and
trauersed
with
a
hundred
smal
streats
turning
round
and
alwaies
descending
in
leuell
with
the
foure
great
streats
,
the
buildings
were
of
such
straight
leuell
,
that
from
the
temple
one
might
view
plainely
to
the
foure
ports
of
the
Citie
,
and
from
the
foure
ports
to
the
Temple
.
Before
the
which
was
a
most
fayre
and
great
fountaine
:
of
liuely
,
siluered
,
clere
,
and
wholsome
water
,
the
spring
thereof
neuer
defailing
,
but
yéelding
foorth
aboundance
of
water
through
12.
figures
in
manner
and
fashion
to
the
12.
signes
of
the
Zodiac
:
which
made
a
brooke
alwaies
encreasing
and
turning
about
the
lanes
and
streats
of
the
whole
towne
,
aswell
for
the
watring
and
common
vse
of
men
and
beasts
,
as
also
for
the
purging
and
clensing
of
the
streats
and
houses
;
which
spring
and
winding
brooke
being
come
downe
vnto
the
latter
and
lowest
circular
streat
alongst
the
inwardmost
wall
,
by
how
many
springing
heads
it
increased
by
so
many
pipes
it
emptied
it selfe
into
the
great
riuer
of
Cloterre
,
wherein
was
made
bounds
&
sluces
to
open
and
shut
as
occasion
should
serue
:
which
sluces
being
shut
,
all
the
streats
would
stand
full
of
water
,
wherewithall
they
being
washed
by
opening
againe
of
the
sluces
all
the
filthines
and
scauage
of
the
town
was
sent
through
the
foresaid
sluces
into
Cloterre
,
and
by
that
meanes
the
Citie
on
all
sides
was
kept
cleanly
and
fayre
.
At
the
foure
corners
of
the
great
and
large
market
place
were
foure
stately
and
publique
edifices
,
that
is
to
say
:
the
great
Basilique
Dicast
,
the
Pallace
Prytan
,
the
Hippodrome
,
and
the
Theatre
:
the
Basilique
Dicaste
,
was
the
iudiciall
Pallace
,
or
hall
of
iustice
wherein
were
decided
all
causes
and
controuersies
aswel
ciuill
as
criminall
.
In
the
same
was
a
long
,
large
and
ample
hall
whose
mounting
was
of
marble
stayres
,
and
whose
entrance
was
by
two
gates
on
either
side
.
This
great
hall
was
lofted
and
paued
with
sutable
artifice
all
of
white
and
black
marble
:
the
loft
being
duble
was
sustained
by
40.
pillers
of
grey
stone
,
viz.
12.
on
either
side
&
12.
in
the
mids
parting
the
two
lofts
,
and
two
in
the
vpper
end
of
the
hall
and
two
below
.
At
euerie
piller
was
fastned
and
set
a
rich
and
braue
statue
of
a
Legislator
of
some
noble
Iustice
passed
with
the
inscription
of
his
name
and
title
of
honour
,
and
vpon
the
middle
pillers
were
fastned
twaine
,
on
either
side
one
.
Betwéene
the
pillers
on
either
curtaine
of
the
wall
,
on
the
highest
towards
the
arch
of
the
loft
were
fayre
glasse
windowes
,
decorated
,
painted
&
illustrated
with
ancient
Histories
,
memorable
examples
,
excellent
and
singular
sentences
and
executions
of
Iustice
:
and
beneath
were
fixed
great
brasen
tables
wherein
with
grosse
letters
legible
a
far
off
,
were
engraued
,
all
their
lawes
:
according
to
which
(
being
once
receaued
in
the
common
wealth
of
Orbe
)
the
Citizens
gouerned
themselues
.
And
for
this
reason
were
these
lawes
engraued
in
tables
of
brasse
that
none
might
pretend
ignorance
of
the
lawes
:
at
one
ende
of
the
foresaide
hall
was
a
Parquet
or
place
of
audience
closed
with
yron
barres
wrought
and
siluered
,
with
two
rowes
of
seats
with
their
desks
and
footestooles
:
the
one
on
high
wherein
were
placed
the
Orators
and
aduocats
and
the
other
belowe
wherein
the
pledors
sat
,
the
complainants
on
the
one
side
and
the
defendants
on
the
other
.
Aboue
and
ouer
against
the
end
of
this
Parquet
was
eleuated
a
high
Tribunall
,
all
made
of
Ebonie
wrought
and
réeled
verie
artificially
,
on
both
sides
of
which
Tribunal
were
24.
seats
somewhat
lower
,
that
is
to
say
:
12.
on
the
right
hand
and
12.
on
the
left
:
whereon
the
24.
Assesors
and
principall
counsellors
sat
in
cloth
of
veluet
;
and
in
the
Tribunall
,
sat
the
Potentate
and
chiefe
Iustice
:
which
Tribunall
in
stead
of
crimson
veluet
or
cloth
of
gold
,
was
hong
and
couered
with
the
hideous
skin
of
a
dead
man
,
which
was
sometime
a
Potentate
and
wicked
Iudge
,
and
who
for
his
tranuersing
of
iustice
and
abusing
of
his
Soueraigne
office
had
béene
flean
quick
,
and
his
skinne
in
stead
of
tapisterie
put
vpon
the
Iustice
seate
to
giue
example
to
those
who
afterwards
should
sit
therein
,
not
to
doo
any
iniustice
worthie
of
so
sharpe
a
punishment
.
On
the
two
sides
of
the
foresaide
Tribunall
was
placed
reasonable
high
,
two
statues
,
the
one
of
golde
which
was
the
image
of
Iustice
cut
and
sigured
with
a
virginicall
visage
,
neuerthelesse
of
a
vehement
and
redoubtable
regarde
,
the
light
of
her
eyes
sharpe
and
pricking
,
neither
humble
nor
fierce
,
but
representing
a
certame
dignitie
of
reuerend
sadnes
:
this
statue
was
of
Golde
to
signifie
that
as
the
Gold
is
incorruptible
,
so
Iustice
ought
to
bee
:
and
as
it
is
soft
and
plyable
,
so
ought
Iustice
to
be
more
soft
and
mercifull
than
rigorous
and
more
bending
to
equitie
.
The
statue
was
figured
a
Virgin
,
because
that
Iustice
ought
to
be
entier
,
inviolated
and
vncorrupted
,
she
was
of
face
seuere
sad
and
constant
,
in
signe
that
Iustice
ought
not
to
giue
care
to
swéete
words
,
prayers
,
flatteries
nor
praises
:
her
regarde
was
fierce
and
vehement
,
to
giue
terror
to
the
euill
,
and
confidence
and
assurance
to
the
iust
and
good
.
On
the
other
side
was
a
statue
of
fine
Cristall
clere
and
white
,
portracted
all
naked
,
which
was
the
statue
of
Veritie
:
in
signe
that
Iustice
is
or
ought
to
bee
accompanied
with
Veritie
,
who
of
her selfeis
clere
and
cuident
,
pure
and
without
spot
,
and
for
that
cause
she
was
portraicted
of
white
and
most
glistering
Christall
,
and
in
forme
of
an
naked
body
,
for
Veritie
will
haue
no
couering
of
fraude
or
dissimulation
but
sheweth
her selfe
as
she
is
.
Thus
you
may
perceiue
what
their
great
hall
of
this
Basilicq
Dicaste
with
the
Parquit
and
iudicial
seate
were
:
adioyning
to
the
vpper
ende
whereof
on
the
right
and
left
hand
were
two
bodies
of
a
house
,
membred
with
many
chambers
,
and
amongst
the
rest
in
either
house
was
a
right
fayre
chamber
in
fashion
of
a
foure
squared
hall
,
garnished
round
about
with
settles
belowe
,
and
with
rich
capistrie
aboue
:
For
the
rest
cleane
emptie
of
other
things
sauing
with
tables
and
chayres
about
them
:
and
both
these
chambers
had
entrance
into
the
Parquit
of
the
great
Balican
hall
,
the
chamber
on
the
right
hand
being
called
the
counsell
chamber
:
because
thether
the
Potentate
and
Assesors
retired
themselues
when
any
doubtfull
iudgement
was
remitted
to
the
counsaile
.
In
the
mids
thereof
,
was
a
large
table
of
marble
round
and
Polygonal
.
For
this
table
held
25.
entrangulared
spaces
,
euerie
one
of
a
foote
and
a
halfe
broade
,
and
about
the
same
so
many
chaires
made
brauely
of
common
wood
.
But
one
amongst
the
rest
being
more
large
was
made
of
Cedar
,
wrought
and
guided
with
fayre
figures
,
with
a
footestoole
that
hee
which
set
vpon
it
might
sit
somewhat
higher
than
the
rest
,
and
a
cloth
of
estate
and
a
pillowe
of
veluet
whereon
on
the
Potentate
and
President
did
sit
in
the
mids
of
this
Marble
table
,
was
a
little
piller
of
Christall
,
and
on
the
same
a
statue
of
like
matter
Diaphane
which
represented
the
Image
of
Prudence
in
a
feminine
forme
,
not
naked
but
couered
with
a
long
Cristallin
stole
,
embrodered
with
damasquines
of
Gold
,
and
séemed
with
Golden
Starres
.
Neuerthelesse
shee
had
three
heads
that
shee
might
bee
better
brayned
and
more
sage
,
the
one
was
olde
regarning
the
things
past
,
another
of
meane
age
considering
things
present
,
and
the
third
young
,
foreseeing
things
to
come
.
In
her
right
hand
shee
hild
a
Lydian
stone
which
some
call
a
touch
stone
,
and
with
her
left
hand
shee
presented
a
little
table
of
Golde
wheren
weere
written
these
words
in
Greeke
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Which
is
as
much
to
say
.
Prudence
is
alwaies
a
great
Treasure
.
And
vpon
the
table
of
white
marble
was
engrauen
in
black
this
sentence
in
lattin
letters
.
Primum
consultò
opus
est
,
deinde
maturè
opus
est
facto
.
That
is
to
say
:
Take
counsaile
first
,
and
then
performe
it
speedily
.
In
this
chamber
was
the
counsaile
held
,
and
for
that
cause
called
the
counsaile
chamber
;
the
other
chamber
on
the
left
hand
was
called
the
chamber
Sphragide
,
because
that
in
it
was
signed
and
sealed
all
acts
,
instruments
and
exploites
of
Iustice
,
written
by
faithfull
personages
thereunto
deputed
,
and
by
solemne
oath
sworne
:
this
chamber
was
like
the
oother
,
sauing
that
it
had
two
long
tables
of
the
length
of
the
hall
alongst
the
wall
,
with
glasse
windowes
aboue
,
and
long
benches
beneath
with
seats
seperated
and
distinct
by
little
spaces
like
to
the
seats
of
the
quire
in
acanonicall
Church
,
and
therein
were
set
the
Pragmaticall
writers
in
two
ranks
on
the
one
side
and
the
other
of
the
two
walls
,
neuerthelesse
but
onely
on
one
side
of
the
tables
which
was
in
the
hench
side
next
to
the
walls
:
the
other
side
of
the
tables
being
empty
sauing
that
they
had
two
mounting
steps
,
whereby
those
who
had
there
to
doo
might
the
easier
come
to
the
two
tables
.
At
the
head
of
this
hall
was
another
table
of
black
marble
and
against
the
wall
a
settle
with
seats
,
wherein
sat
two
sealers
which
had
the
view
and
application
of
the
writings
,
and
the
kéeper
of
the
seales
who
cancelled
or
sealed
them
according
as
hee
iudged
them
lawfull
or
not
,
the
marke
of
the
seale
was
a
hand
open
and
in
the
palme
thereof
an
eye
regardant
.
In
the
mids
of
this
chamber
there
was
likewise
(
as
in
the
other
)
a
piller
made
in
the
fashion
of
a
rock
of
Lazurine
stone
,
and
vpon
the
same
a
statue
of
burnished
yron
in
a
feminine
figure
hauing
one
hand
against
her
brest
about
her
heart
,
and
the
other
stretched
foorth
presenting
it
with
her
open
palme
,
and
this
was
the
Image
of
Faith
or
fidelitie
firme
and
infringeable
like
yron
and
constant
like
a
rock
,
holding
and
performing
that
which
is
promised
with
heart
and
déede
:
in
the
rock
was
engrauen
in
gréeke
letters
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Which
is
to
say
.
Beleeue
nothing
vnles
it
appeare
.
And
in
latine
letters
was
written
.
Fides
fundamentum
Iusticiae
.
Which
signifieth
that
Faith
is
the
foundation
of
Iustice
.
At
the
two
corners
of
the
other
ende
of
the
great
Basilican
hall
,
were
conioyned
two
grosse
towers
of
hard
stone
,
builded
after
the
rusticall
fashion
strong
and
thick
,
not
windowed
,
but
loope
holed
like
the
holes
made
for
a
cannon
straight
barred
with
yron
and
barbicanes
,
with
small
light
.
Whereinto
was
no
entrance
but
through
a
little
wicket
with
two
dores
of
yron
,
barred
and
boulted
comming
out
of
the
great
hall
:
and
these
two
towers
were
with
thrée
roomes
,
the
one
in
the
ground
very
déep
,
without
window
or
light
,
&
that
was
called
the
Barathre
:
the
middle
out
of
the
ground
,
receiuing
a
little
shimmering
light
through
the
hoales
before
named
,
and
this
was
called
Latumie
:
the
third
was
aboue
,
hauing
barred
windowe
and
lettices
,
whereby
those
who
were
put
therein
might
both
sée
and
bée
séene
,
and
for
that
cause
it
was
called
the
Cage
.
Within
these
two
towers
were
locked
all
malefactors
either
in
the
déepest
middlemost
or
highest
,
according
to
the
waight
of
their
offences
:
beneath
the
great
Basilican
hall
was
a
vault
closed
with
strong
wals
on
all
sides
,
sauing
it
had
a
small
doore
with
bares
of
yron
,
and
a
windowe
grated
with
yron
to
giu
light
,
within
which
vault
(
which
was
called
Criptoportique
,
and
no
lesse
wider
nor
larger
than
the
great
hall
,
and
for
cause
builded
with
many
small
chambers
)
were
put
the
ciuill
prisoners
or
captiues
,
vnder
the
charge
of
a
keeper
béeing
a
sufficient
honest
man
:
as
on
the
contrarie
,
for
keeping
the
Towers
,
two
rude
and
barbarous
gaolers
were
appoynted
.
And
also
the
keeping
of
the
two
Chambers
both
Councell
and
Sphragide
was
committed
to
two
Consiergs
men
right
auncient
and
wise
,
both
for
the
custodie
of
them
,
and
apparrelling
of
the
hall
and
Parquet
when
necessitie
required
.
And
at
the
two
gates
of
the
great
hall
were
ordained
two
porters
to
open
and
shut
them
at
sunne
rising
and
going
downe
,
according
to
the
Equinoctiall
time
.
Such
was
the
Basilican
Dicast
of
the
iustice
of
Orbe
,
wherein
Diocles
the
Potentate
sat
as
president
,
right
ouer
against
the
which
was
the
Hippodrome
a
great
egall
and
vniformed
place
being
in
length
187.
paces
and
a
halfe
,
and
in
breadth
62.
paces
and
a
halfe
,
in
fashion
soure
squared
,
not
equilaterall
but
farre
more
longer
than
large
,
all
enuironed
with
triple
galleries
erected
one
aboue
another
with
arches
susteyned
with
little
carued
pillers
;
and
this
was
the
place
,
where
men
on
horseback
ran
for
the
best
game
for
the
ring
,
and
there
was
the
place
of
Iustice
and
triall
of
armes
on
horseback
with
lance
,
sword
,
hatchet
,
and
club
.
At
one
of
the
ends
of
the
Hippodrome
was
the
barrers
wherein
the
horses
were
enclosed
,
beating
the
ground
with
their
feete
,
and
forcibly
staying
till
the
signe
of
running
were
giuen
by
the
trumpetors
at
the
commandement
of
the
Iudges
:
at
the
other
end
was
a
scaffold
of
marble
stone
flue
degrées
of
height
and
feats
thereon
for
the
sayrest
damosels
of
the
towne
to
sit
,
assigned
thereunto
by
ordinarie
exthange
to
giue
and
deliuer
the
prize
of
honour
and
valour
to
the
best
doers
,
according
to
the
sentence
of
the
Iudges
who
had
their
places
in
a
lower
porch
in
the
mids
of
the
Hippodrome
,
betwéene
the
rancks
of
the
galleries
:
and
on
the
other
side
right
ouer
against
them
were
mounted
the
trumpets
,
who
at
the
commandement
of
the
Iudges
sounded
to
giue
signe
.
And
so
soone
as
the
barriers
were
open
,
the
gallant
light
horse
issued
out
to
the
course
,
and
the
Knights
to
the
lifts
to
iust
:
euerie
one
assaying
to
carrie
away
the
prize
and
honor
,
being
no
les
pricked
forward
by
the
sharp
regard
of
the
fayre
maydens
,
then
their
horses
were
moued
with
the
sound
of
trumpets
and
prick
of
the
spurs
:
and
thus
you
may
perceiue
what
the
Hippodrome
was
.
The
third
building
was
the
Prytan
or
publique
house
of
the
citie
:
in
theforefrunt
whereof
was
a
large
lower
court
,
and
from
thence
one
mounted
by
10.
stayres
of
ston
into
a
right
great
and
large
hall
garnished
all
along
the
walls
with
benches
,
and
at
either
end
a
great
chimney
aboue
the
benches
,
the
walls
were
couered
with
bookes
and
rastles
,
whereon
were
hanged
al
sorts
of
armes
,
swords
,
lances
,
corselets
,
morraines
,
and
other
harnis
in
abundance
.
In
this
hal
the
people
assembled
in
the
last
wéeke
of
December
to
change
the
magistrates
of
the
yere
before
,
and
to
chuse
new
for
the
yeares
following
,
and
to
take
aduise
what
was
to
be
done
for
the
vtilitie
of
the
common
wealth
.
Ouer
and
beside
this
great
hall
there
was
a
walking
place
squared
,
and
cléere
on
all
sides
with
many
windowes
.
Through
this
was
a
way
into
another
lesse
hall
both
close
&
secret
with
a
treble
port
,
and
three
vshers
to
guard
them
.
Where
the
politick
gouernours
of
the
towne
(
who
were
12.
in
number
)
consulted
and
concluded
the
waightie
affaires
concerning
the
common
wealth
of
Orbe
.
Nere
to
this
part
of
the
building
was
another
great
court
,
and
in
the
mids
thereof
a
fountaine
with
two
cesternes
whose
top
being
of
alablaster
cast
out
water
,
through
thrée
pipes
in
great
aboundance
:
beyond
this
court
on
the
back
side
of
this
publique
house
,
was
another
great
and
large
part
,
braue
,
sumpruous
and
magnifical
,
comprehending
two
great
hals
,
the
one
below
eleuated
;
notwithstanding
eyght
stayres
high
on
the
one
side
,
and
on
the
other
side
in
the
fashion
and
forme
of
a
ladder
:
the
other
aboue
of
like
greatnes
hauing
their
kitchins
and
offices
on
the
one
side
,
the
other
opening
with
treble
windowes
into
the
court
;
which
two
halls
were
garnished
with
tables
of
Cedar
,
and
with
stooles
and
chayres
sutable
round
about
them
,
and
two
gréene
beds
of
repose
;
the
residue
being
hanger
with
rich
and
fayre
capistries
:
wherein
those
who
dwelt
there
came
to
eate
,
drinke
,
walke
and
deuise
one
with
another
,
that
is
to
say
,
such
as
by
any
good
work
,
or
profitable
inuention
,
either
by
wisdome
,
valour
,
liberalitie
or
other
vertuous
act
,
both
honorable
and
profitable
to
the
Citie
had
well
merited
of
the
common
wealth
.
For
whom
in
prize
of
honour
and
fauor
,
this
fayre
lodging
was
appropriated
,
where
they
were
at
the
common
expence
,
nourished
and
entertained
gorgiously
with
dayly
banquets
in
the
foresaid
halls
,
serued
with
officers
and
seruants
(
at
the
common
expence
)
withall
,
meates
and
dishes
,
in
rich
vessel
of
gold
siluer
and
christal
,
and
with
prerious
lyunen
:
besides
this
,
they
were
accompanied
euerie
day
with
the
most
apparant
and
noble
Lords
and
Ladies
of
the
towne
,
recounting
vnto
them
often
times
their
meritorious
good
déeds
with
praise
and
thanks
.
Moreouer
they
receiued
euerie
morning
euery
of
them
a
fayre
flower
(
according
to
the
season
)
with
humble
reuerence
&
a
swéet
kisse
of
the
most
fayrest
maidens
of
the
citie
.
And
to
retire
themselues
priuatly
apart
,
was
ordeyned
a
great
gallerie
transuersing
the
foresaid
halls
and
parted
into
24.
chambers
,
all
garnished
a
like
with
rich
beds
of
imbrodery
with
tables
&
tressels
wrought
and
furnished
with
tapistrie
&
delicious
linnen
,
euery
chamber
hauing
adioyning
vnto
it
a
wardrop
&
cabin
,
with
a
page
proper
and
ready
to
serue
them
:
the
prospect
of
which
chambers
was
partly
easterly
and
partly
southerly
,
into
the
most
ample
gardens
,
bowers
,
and
medowes
,
where
the
birds
continually
delighted
them
with
their
swéet
&
melodious
songs
:
all
which
was
done
at
the
expence
publique
of
the
Citizens
.
Besides
this
euery
yeare
was
made
in
the
great
hall
below
a
Panegyricall
oration
in
the
honor
and
praise
of
the
wel
deseruers
of
the
common
wealth
,
all
which
things
were
done
and
maintained
in
the
Prytan
house
,
to
moue
and
giue
courage
to
al
vertuous
young
men
to
do
such
acts
,
whereby
they
might
get
such
fauour
and
meritorious
praises
as
that
they
might
be
nourished
&
nobly
entertained
at
the
expence
of
the
common
wealth
,
in
reward
of
their
desert
&
good
déeds
which
they
estéemed
a
most
great
honor
procéeding
of
iust
cause
,
as
in
trueth
it
was
:
and
thus
you
may
perceiue
what
the
Pritan
was
.
Now
resteth
the
Theatre
and
the
Sands
whose
proportion
was
in
fashion
,
like
to
an
egg
,
conteining
2000.
paces
about
,
the
wals
wherof
being
of
diuers
coulored
marble
,
were
deuided
in
thrée
ranks
of
admirable
arches
below
,
in
the
middest
&
aboue
,
eleuated
of
an
incredible
height
,
euery
ranke
conteyning
72.
arches
:
among
those
aboue
,
were
placed
so
many
fayre
statues
as
there
were
pillers
to
vpholde
the
arches
:
beside
,
ouer
and
aboue
the
rankes
of
arches
,
was
another
ranke
with
72.
large
and
ample
windowes
giuing
light
to
the
halls
about
the
Theatre
whereby
the
people
might
looke
in
and
out
of
the
same
:
the
entrance
whereof
was
through
12.
gates
into
the
place
,
where
for
the
ascending
vp
,
were
eleuated
45.
seats
of
stone
,
the
highest
whereof
had
compasse
1098.
foote
,
and
the
twentieth
seate
after
in
descending
which
was
the
middle
degrée
had
726.
foote
in
compasse
,
and
the
lowest
and
last
of
all
had
300.
foote
in
compasse
:
whereby
a
man
may
coniecture
what
the
other
42.
seates
did
conteine
in
compasse
,
wherein
25000.
people
might
sit
at
their
ease
to
beholde
the
pastimes
,
euerie
one
of
them
hauing
one
foote
and
a
halfe
for
his
place
,
without
reckoning
the
largenes
of
the
12.
gates
.
At
the
foote
of
these
degrees
was
the
Orchestre
,
wherein
sat
the
Lordes
and
Magistrates
,
and
before
them
a
little
belowe
was
the
place
and
platforme
where
for
the
solace
of
the
common
people
and
to
win
their
fauor
,
the
richest
and
notablest
Citizens
oftentimes
did
vse
and
exercise
all
manner
of
playes
and
pastimes
.
In
the
same
proportion
right
before
and
in
the
sight
of
the
Theatre
was
a
great
long
large
and
ample
place
emptie
and
discouered
:
which
was
called
the
Arenes
because
the
ground
was
strawed
all
ouer
with
sand
,
to
the
end
that
both
beastes
and
men
might
haue
furer
footing
which
came
thether
to
the
chace
,
to
fight
for
the
best
game
,
or
for
the
exercise
of
their
bodie
,
for
wrastling
,
running
,
leaping
,
casting
the
barre
,
or
for
fighting
with
cudgells
or
sharpe
swords
,
naked
or
armed
,
or
to
chace
and
fight
with
all
sortes
of
fierce
and
cruell
beastes
.
At
the
end
of
which
place
was
the
sepulchre
of
the
ancient
Archier
Caliste
,
before
the
mouth
of
a
cloaque
or
gut
where
the
great
Serpent
abode
,
against
whome
Alector
the
same
day
should
fight
.
Such
was
the
Theatre
and
Sands
of
Orbe
:
and
of
such
magnificence
was
these
foure
noble
buildings
at
the
foure
corners
of
the
market
place
,
where
the
foure
great
streates
met
in
the
highest
of
the
Citie
:
and
where
the
most
Emperiall
Temple
of
Ioue
was
placed
,
the
exuberant
fountaine
,
and
the
fayre
and
holy
lodging
of
the
Archier
,
and
his
Ministers
,
together
with
the
house
called
Vaniah
which
is
as
much
to
say
as
the
nourishment
of
our
Lord
:
for
therein
were
nourished
the
poore
,
olde
,
sick
,
lame
,
impotent
,
and
fraile
pedple
,
together
with
the
poore
Widowes
and
Orphanes
,
with
the
goods
offered
to
God
in
his
temple
.
Besides
all
this
,
there
was
diuerse
other
publique
places
,
as
porches
and
walking
places
aswell
in
raynie
weather
as
in
fayre
:
the
foure
markets
,
viz.
the
wheate
market
,
the
wine
market
,
the
flesh
market
,
and
the
fish
market
;
and
the
fift
market
of
fruites
,
eggs
and
white
meats
.
Moreouer
there
was
yet
another
great
and
large
porch
full
of
seats
and
desks
,
entermingled
with
walking
places
and
galleries
,
and
a
high
pulpet
of
whole
stone
cut
and
carued
,
which
was
the
place
of
reading
and
disputation
of
all
sorts
of
artes
and
sciences
,
and
all
at
the
publique
charge
of
the
Citie
.
Furthermore
at
the
foure
gates
were
foure
fayre
keys
vpon
the
riuer
side
of
Cloterre
which
went
round
about
the
Towne
,
at
which
keys
ordinarilie
ariued
great
boats
charged
with
all
forts
of
Merchandize
,
comming
from
all
parts
,
and
not
onelie
by
riuer
,
but
by
land
with
Waggons
,
Mules
.
Cammells
,
and
other
horses
.
For
the
receite
and
bestowing
of
the
which
,
were
appointed
round
about
the
keys
great
ware
houses
,
and
at
euerie
keye
a
great
porch
,
wherein
the
Merchants
of
all
Countreys
and
Nations
assembled
together
,
and
kept
generall
exchange
of
Golde
Siluer
and
Money
with
writings
,
letters
,
answeres
,
bills
of
exchange
and
recariage
,
and
all
sorts
of
negotiation
.
Thus
you
see
and
behold
the
discription
of
the
renowmed
Citie
of
Orbe
;
which
hath
beene
set
downe
here
by
way
of
digression
:
after
which
extrauagance
we
must
returne
againe
to
our
matter
,
which
was
of
the
combat
betweene
Alector
and
the
serpent
of
the
Sands
.
Of
the
Combat
and
Victorie
of
Alector
against
the
Serpent
.
Of
the
arrowe
throwne
vp
into
the
ayre
with
imprecation
,
of
the
fall
thereof
in
flaming
wise
vpon
Coracton
,
and
of
his
horrible
death
.
CAP.
XXV
.
THe
people
of
Orbe
the
same
day
assembled
themselues
in
greater
numbers
than
euer
had
béen
séene
before
,
not
onelie
for
the
meruaile
of
the
Combat
,
but
also
to
expect
the
hope
of
the
publique
weale
according
to
the
reuelation
with
the
Archier
had
showne
them
in
the
moruing
:
whereby
there
was
so
great
a
multitude
of
people
,
aswell
Citizens
as
strangers
,
that
all
the
degrees
were
full
,
all
the
windowes
arches
and
galleries
,
yea
all
the
pinacles
and
tops
of
the
walls
were
charged
with
people
.
Amongst
the
rest
came
also
the
two
wise
men
Franc-Gal
and
the
Archier
Croniel
,
for
whome
(
by
reason
of
his
Bishoplike
dignitie
)
was
reserued
the
most
honorable
seate
in
the
Orches
tree
,
from
whence
he
might
best
beholde
and
most
openly
discouer
all
the
sauds
and
Theatre
.
He
who
knew
his
place
went
to
sit
downe
,
leading
and
ioyning
with
him
Macrobius
Franc-Gal
,
vpon
whom
vniuersally
al
the
Theatre
cast
their
eyes
,
and
all
those
before
whom
he
passed
arose
and
enclined
their
heads
in
signe
of
reuerence
to
him
:
brought
singular
admiration
of
the
reuerend
dignitie
of
his
face
,
full
of
probable
maiestie
which
they
saw
him
in
his
visage
:
and
in
the
more
than
royall
comlines
,
forme
,
fashion
,
streightnes
,
height
,
greatnes
and
giantly
ioynture
of
this
so
fayre
and
soheroical
an
olde
man
that
their
worshipfull
Arch
Priest
Croniel
with
so
great
honor
led
with
him
:
specially
so
armed
(
for
hee
carried
his
armour
with
him
)
and
clothed
with
so
rich
a
cloake
of
purple
and
with
his
precious
and
illustrate
shield
of
azure
with
the
Sonne
of
Gold
.
To
be
briefe
the
whole
assistance
of
the
Theatre
through
great
admiracion
of
him
had
their
ententife
regard
vpon
Franc-Gal
.
Hereupon
the
trmupets
sounded
and
Alector
was
set
into
the
Sands
clothed
only
with
his
purple
hat
on
his
head
,
and
his
iagged
Gallican
coate
of
armes
,
with
his
Iasseran
fringed
with
Gold
,
and
armed
with
his
good
sword
with
the
Lyberian
scabbard
,
and
with
his
gréen
shield
with
the
Cocke
of
Golde
,
together
with
the
slaughterous
arrowe
:
for
the
rest
so
fayre
,
that
he
séemed
to
be
made
and
formed
to
be
beholden
of
all
;
young
,
vigorous
,
membrous
,
well
set
,
great
,
tall
,
and
of
a
hardy
and
assured
countenance
,
in
such
sort
as
there
was
none
(
specially
of
the
young
Ladies
and
Maidens
)
but
pittifully
beholding
him
,
lamented
that
so
fayre
a
young
gentleman
should
bée
set
into
so
mortall
a
danger
,
whereout
(
as
they
thought
)
it
was
impossible
that
hee
should
escape
:
neuerthelesse
hee
walked
brauely
attending
his
enemie
.
Now
was
it
the
day
and
houre
that
the
dragon
was
accustomed
to
receiue
his
ordinarie
foode
,
whereupon
smelling
presently
he
fresh
humaine
flesh
be
issued
out
of
his
Cloaque
behinde
the
Sepulchre
of
Caliste
lifting
vp
his
dragonlie
head
with
flaming
and
piercing
eyes
,
with
his
great
and
open
throate
,
full
of
venemus
téeth
set
in
triple
order
,
and
casting
out
a
horrible
hissing
with
thrée
viberant
tongues
,
which
gaue
a
mortall
feare
vnto
all
the
assistants
of
the
Theatre
,
sauing
vnto
the
hardie
Alector
,
against
whome
the
serpent
with
great
turnings
and
windings
came
to
deuoure
,
thinking
verilie
at
the
first
mouch
full
to
haue
swallowed
him
vp
,
which
all
the
beholders
thought
likewise
.
Amongst
whome
Franc-Gal
beholding
this
fayre
yong
youth
so
cloathed
,
armed
,
and
put
into
so
mortall
a
perill
,
incontinently
knew
that
it
was
his
sonne
,
and
therewithall
through
hideous
feare
hee
became
so
white
and
pale
as
an
image
of
plaister
,
stiffe
like
a
statue
of
stone
,
&
cold
like
vnto
a
piller
of
brasse
:
for
the
which
he
had
presently
Aqua
Vitae
cast
into
his
visage
&
into
his
mouth
:
whereby
recouering
againe
his
spirits
hee
cast
forth
a
most
high
&
dolorous
cry
,
saying
:
ah
fayre
Son
Alector
,
Alector
my
déere
child
!
Who
is
hée
that
hath
vniustly
condemned
thée
being
an
innocent
child
vnto
so
horrible
&
péereles
a
combat
?
Is
this
the
fore
sage
of
the
funestriall
bird
,
which
showed
mée
that
at
the
Sands
I
should
finde
thée
?
Alas
!
In
déede
I
haue
found
thée
,
but
by
and
by
I
shall
sée
the
lost
:
whereby
I
shall
finde
the
foresaying
ouertrue
and
cursed
,
which
tolde
me
that
I
should
finde
thée
,
but
neuer
after
sée
thée
,
as
in
trueth
I
shal
,
for
the
Oraconicall
belly
shall
be
thy
Sepulcher
:
yea
so
shall
it
be
mine
,
for
with
thée
will
I
dye
or
else
saue
thée
from
so
strange
a
death
.
This
saying
he
cast
off
his
Cloake
,
drew
out
his
great
and
large
sword
,
embraced
his
fayre
Celestiall
shield
with
the
Sunne
of
Gold
,
and
would
with
al
his
force
haue
descended
into
the
Sands
to
succor
his
sonne
:
but
the
400.
men
of
armes
who
enclosed
the
field
,
with
slood
him
:
through
whom
neuerthelesse
he
had
by
his
vallour
passed
,
had
not
the
Archier
béen
,
who
with
instant
praiers
and
tokens
hild
him
:
declaring
vnto
him
that
by
no
meanes
hee
ought
to
striue
against
the
iudgement
of
the
Potentate
of
Orbe
,
which
also
by
any
humame
force
hee
could
not
,
praying
him
to
haue
patience
and
good
hope
in
the
bountie
and
reuelation
of
the
Soueraigne
God
Ioua
,
by
faith
in
whome
hee
assured
him
that
Alector
shoud
depart
conquerer
:
who
in
the
meane
while
fought
valiently
with
his
monstrous
enemie
:
and
hauing
vnderstoode
the
crie
of
Franc-Gal
and
apperceiuing
the
shield
with
the
sunne
,
knew
that
his
father
was
there
present
;
who
with
all
his
force
would
haue
helpt
him
:
whereby
his
courage
encreased
and
his
forces
redoubled
by
the
presence
of
his
genitor
,
to
whome
hee
cried
:
"
My
Lorde
my
Father
trouble
not
your selfe
,
neither
haue
doubt
of
me
,
but
assure
your selfe
that
within
a
while
I
will
come
to
salute
and
imbrace
you
,
being
once
victorious
of
this
wicked
beast
,
in
the
meane
while
your
onely
presence
and
sight
shall
be
my
sufficient
ayde
.
"
This
hardie
and
confident
speach
hild
Franc-Gal
,
aboue
other
things
;
neuerthelesse
trembling
like
a
leafe
at
euery
assault
the
serpent
made
,
who
was
aboue
thréescore
foot
in
length
and
a
yard
in
greatnes
about
,
with
a
profound
throate
and
gaping
.
Who
séeing
himselfe
frustrate
of
his
purpose
,
and
that
his
inuasions
were
imployed
in
vaine
,
by
reason
of
the
legeritie
and
swift
turning
of
the
vigorous
Alector
,
was
chafed
in
his
colde
nature
,
and
so
prouoked
that
his
throate
was
all
swolne
with
horrible
venyin
,
which
hee
had
gathered
together
through
spightful
anger
that
he
found
resistance
in
one
onelie
man
.
Wherefore
hée
wound
himselfe
into
a
great
roule
,
and
soddainely
by
plunging
out
himselfe
hee
would
assayle
Alector
,
who
readily
leaping
aside
lent
him
great
blowes
ouerthwart
the
bodie
:
and
giuing
him
many
wounds
;
but
not
déepe
enough
by
reason
of
the
hardnes
of
his
seales
:
wherewithall
hée
raised
the
Sand.
Neuerthelesse
once
hée
rouled
vp
his
long
tayle
so
impetuously
wherewithall
hée
whipped
Alector
(
who
tooke
not
good
heede
of
it
)
with
a
blow
so
violent
,
that
hée
stroke
him
to
the
ground
,
and
soddainely
turned
his
head
and
great
throat
to
haue
deuoured
him
.
Then
Franc-Gal
was
out
of
countenance
,
his
spirit
was
troubled
,
and
his
knées
fayled
him
:
likewise
all
the
people
became
sad
,
estéeming
Alector
for
ouercome
and
lost
;
but
the
couragious
Champion
séeing
the
deadly
throat
of
his
enemie
open
ouer
him
,
with
his
right
hand
gaue
him
such
a
prick
,
that
hee
made
a
déepe
wound
in
his
throat
whereout
did
spring
black
bloud
and
thick
red
venym
in
great
aboundance
:
and
with
his
left
hand
couered
himselfe
with
his
shield
.
The
furious
serpent
perceiuing
in
the
shield
the
figure
of
a
goloē
Cock
highly
eleuated
(
which
naturally
he
feareth
)
&
smelling
withall
the
sauor
of
the
scabberd
which
was
made
of
the
skin
of
a
kinde
of
Serpent
,
what
with
suddaine
feare
,
and
with
the
paine
he
felt
of
the
wound
in
his
throate
,
he
quickly
retired
himself
,
in
such
sort
that
the
gentle
champion
had
leasure
to
rise
&
pursue
his
enemy
,
who
fearing
the
shield
,
the
Liberian
scabbard
,
&
the
poynt
of
the
sword
which
he
had
felt
to
the
quick
,
would
not
cast
himselfe
vnaduisedly
vpon
Alector
,
but
began
to
play
againe
with
his
tayle
to
strike
him
to
the
ground
.
But
Alector
who
once
had
bin
stung
therewith
before
;
tooke
better
héed
,
&
euery
time
that
the
serpent
stroke
at
him
with
his
taile
,
hee
would
nimbly
spring
vp
into
the
ayre
,
in
such
sort
that
his
strokes
were
imployed
in
vaine
vpon
the
sands
:
which
caused
this
dragonlike
monster
to
chafe
in
his
fury
,
and
with
great
ire
turned
his
head
toward
Alector
,
who
still
put
before
him
the
shield
which
he
knew
to
be
a
feare
vnto
him
:
and
for
that
hee
sawe
that
the
blowes
of
his
sworde
would
but
little
preuaile
vpon
his
hard
skin
,
he
thrust
the
steely
poynt
of
his
good
sword
so
firmely
into
his
scales
,
that
it
ran
so
déep
in
&
pierced
so
rudely
,
as
Alector
could
not
pluck
it
out
againe
:
&
the
serpent
being
a
beast
of
merueilous
force
,
in
turning
himselfe
with
a
strong
pluck
snatched
it
out
of
his
hand
.
Then
new
feare
assailed
Franc-Gal
&
al
the
beholders
,
losing
the
short
ioy
which
they
had
receiued
of
the
two
wounds
made
in
the
throate
&
back
of
the
serpent
where
at
bloud
&
venym
issued
most
aboundantly
:
&
for
that
they
knew
not
whether
they
were
deadly
or
not
,
they
remained
doubtful
betwixt
feare
and
hope
.
In
the
meane
while
the
serpent
being
impatient
of
his
dolorous
griefe
which
he
felt
,
turned
his
head
towards
his
back
,
and
biting
with
his
toeth
the
hilts
of
the
sworde
whose
point
sticking
fast
gréeued
him
,
so
much
plucked
at
it
,
and
with
force
of
anger
so
wrong
it
,
alwaies
widening
&
tearing
the
wound
,
that
at
the
length
he
pluckt
it
out
and
cast
it
on
the
sands
,
not
without
great
losse
of
the
most
part
of
his
téeth
.
And
then
perceiuing
his
enemy
vnarmed
,
he
cast
himself
furiously
vpon
him
:
Alector
not
hauing
any
thing
wherewith
to
defend
him
,
presented
him
his
shield
:
&
remembring
the
arrow
which
hee
had
stuck
at
his
girdle
,
pulled
it
out
readily
and
placed
it
so
betwéen
the
iawes
,
of
this
wicked
beast
;
that
he
could
not
shut
his
téeth
to
gripe
the
arme
of
Alector
,
for
the
more
he
stroue
with
it
,
the
faster
it
stuck
:
moreouer
he
found
himself
grieuously
offended
with
the
body
of
the
arrow
which
made
of
Asse
,
being
an
Alexit
herian
wood
,
and
naturally
contrary
to
the
serpents
kinde
.
Wherupon
this
monstrous
dragon
retired
in
wreathing
himselfe
horribly
through
the
great
dolor
&
anguish
which
he
felt
:
not
only
of
the
wounds
,
&
arrow
;
but
also
of
the
wood
therof
being
wholy
against
his
nature
&
kind
,
for
the
plucking
out
whereof
he
had
neither
féet
nor
hands
:
wherefore
he
thrust
into
his
mouth
,
the
end
of
his
taile
,
which
auailed
him
nothing
being
ouer
féeble
and
hauing
lost
his
force
by
reason
the
seale
of
his
back
was
broken
.
Whereupon
this
monster
finding
himselfe
thus
wounded
,
ouercharged
with
the
wood
and
head
of
the
shaft
contrary
to
his
kinde
,
affeabled
of
his
force
,
and
his
aduersary
nere
at
hand
carrying
the
Cocke
and
scabbard
where
were
so
fearefull
vnto
him
,
and
who
againe
had
recoueted
his
sword
,
would
no
more
assaile
him
,
but
retyring
himself
by
turning
and
wreathing
as
fast
as
it
was
possible
for
him
,
sought
to
enter
againe
into
his
Cloaque
,
which
hee
could
not
spéedily
doo
because
the
breaking
of
his
back
hindred
his
former
legeritie
whereby
he
thought
to
haue
entred
his
hoale
:
the
which
Alector
séeing
,
and
knowing
his
great
aduantage
by
the
crye
and
brute
of
the
beholders
ioyfully
clapping
their
hands
,
got
before
,
and
cut
off
the
way
to
this
flying
monster
,
by
turnning
his
head
with
great
stroakes
of
his
sword
vpon
his
iawes
and
on
his
taile
when
he
began
to
resist
him
with
it
,
so
strongly
and
so
often
that
by
little
and
little
the
Serpent
began
to
ware
so
feeble
,
and
his
fiercenes
so
to
diminish
,
that
not
able
longer
to
hurt
,
he
sought
wholly
to
slye
.
In
such
sort
that
the
gentle
Squire
came
before
him
,
and
without
feare
thrust
his
arme
with
the
sword
so
far
into
his
throate
that
it
pierced
his
heart
.
The
serpent
féeling
thereby
his
deadly
wound
,
began
through
extreame
paine
and
anguish
to
turne
&
winde
in
cruel
wise
.
Alector
then
being
ioyfull
,
and
séeing
his
white
belly
vncouered
which
was
without
seales
,
thrust
in
his
sword
a
foote
belowe
his
throat
,
and
so
cut
it
down
to
his
nauell
:
in
such
sort
,
that
with
the
bloud
,
venym
,
fat
&
intestines
there
issued
out
of
the
belly
of
this
deuouring
serpent
the
body
of
a
man
all
consumed
,
whome
he
had
but
two
dayes
before
swallowed
downe
,
the
bones
onely
remayning
like
an
Anotomy
,
wrapt
in
some
paeces
of
bloudie
and
filthie
clouts
.
And
the
serpent
a
little
before
being
the
terror
to
a
whole
towne
,
who
had
made
so
many
trooked
turnes
and
windings
,
and
giuen
so
many
blowes
with
his
venymous
taile
,
and
that
had
eaten
so
many
people
,
being
then
vanquished
,
slaine
,
ripped
and
constramed
to
voyde
that
which
he
had
deuoured
,
and
all
by
a
young
man
:
did
that
(
being
dead
)
which
neuer
in
his
life
time
he
would
doo
:
that
is
,
he
stretched
himselfe
out
right
like
a
falue
piller
,
and
occupying
in
his
so
lying
a
great
part
of
the
Sands
.
Alector
beholding
him
in
this
wise
began
to
say
:
"
O
wicked
beast
when
thou
canst
no
longer
harme
,
thou
doost
that
which
is
right
&
good
.
If
thou
in
thy
life
time
haddest
mainteyned
thy selfe
so
right
,
as
thou
hast
conformed
thy self
at
thy
death
,
so
many
people
had
not
by
thée
béen
deuoured
,
nor
thou
slaine
.
"
And
in
saying
so
,
he
mounted
vpon
him
with
his
feete
,
and
trode
vpon
the
head
of
the
dead
serpent
,
in
singing
for
ioy
with
a
high
and
clere
voyce
and
face
lifted
vp
to
Heauen
an
Epinic
song
of
victorie
which
hee
had
learned
in
the
Polonian
language
passing
through
that
countrey
,
when
as
the
spirit
of
Gallehault
carried
him
away
:
to
the
great
consolation
of
the
people
,
&
incredible
ioy
of
Franc-Gal
his
good
father
.
This
done
he
put
vp
his
sword
:
and
then
pulled
the
arrow
out
of
the
serpents
throate
:
the
which
he
holding
in
his
hand
,
and
viewing
it
red
with
the
fresh
bloud
of
the
serpent
,
and
as
yet
stayned
with
the
old
bloud
of
his
Lady
Noëmia
slaine
,
could
not
but
cast
out
with
a
profound
sigh
three
great
teares
without
wéeping
,
&
these
words
.
"
O
murthering
Archer
that
with
this
arrowe
hast
traiterously
slaine
the
innocent
Noëmia
Gratian
the
fourth
of
the
Graces
before
their
worthie
statues
,
and
betwéene
mine
armes
,
and
who
through
an
euill
conscience
of
thy
wicked
deed
darest
not
manifest
thy self
,
thinking
by
occult
dissimulation
to
escape
the
iust
vengeance
:
I
beseech
the
Soueraigne
God
Ioua
,
who
in
this
temple
before
vs
is
worshipped
,
that
the
bloud
of
the
innocent
which
I
see
yet
on
this
arrow
,
may
fall
with
cruel
vengeance
vpon
thee
,
that
thine
iniquitie
may
descend
vpon
thy
head
,
to
the
terrible
example
of
al
enuious
traitors
and
spoylers
of
the
innocent
.
"
This
spoken
he
darted
vp
the
arrowe
into
the
ayre
with
such
impetuositie
,
&
accompanied
(
as
it
is
credible
)
with
the
vertue
of
some
superior
power
,
that
it
mounted
with
an
vnspeakeable
legeritie
so
high
,
that
all
the
assistants
who
had
their
view
still
towards
heauen
lost
the
sight
thereof
,
attending
when
it
should
fall
,
longer
than
an
houre
with
great
merueiling
.
And
seeing
it
not
to
fal
,
they
descended
into
the
Arenes
to
behold
the
horrible
body
of
the
serpent
lying
vppon
the
sands
,
so
enormious
,
hideous
and
fearefull
(
albeit
hee
was
dead
)
that
the
greater
part
of
the
multitude
durst
not
approach
him
,
but
behild
him
a
far
of
:
sauing
onely
the
vanquisher
Alector
which
contemplated
him
in
his
length
,
greatnes
and
terrible
forme
,
armed
with
impenttrable
hardnes
,
with
the
deadly
venym
of
sharp
teeth
,
with
catching
without
letting
goe
,
with
a
deuouring
throat
,
&
consuming
belly
,
and
with
the
miserable
remainders
of
his
deuorations
.
And
hereupon
considered
the
grace
of
force
and
hardines
which
the
Soueraigne
had
bestowed
vpon
him
to
ouercome
such
a
monster
who
hild
so
notable
a
towne
in
so
miserable
a
subiection
:
neuerthelesse
hauing
some
doubt
of
his
death
and
whiles
hee
sought
very
curiously
on
all
sides
,
behold
a
voyce
issuing
out
of
the
carren
corps
of
this
monster
,
sounding
so
high
&
great
,
that
it
was
heard
through
the
whole
Theatre
in
these
words
:
Sonne
of
Franc-Gal
which
now
hast
ouerthrowne
,
The
reuenger
of
Calistus
lately
slaine
:
To
thee
full
heauie
newes
,
by
me
is
showne
That
thou
shalt
be
transformde
for
this
thy
paine
.
These
spéeches
being
cried
high
and
déepe
like
the
thick
sound
of
a
thunder
bolt
was
heard
of
all
,
who
ran
to
sée
what
it
was
,
but
nothing
appeared
;
for
the
serpent
was
stark
dead
,
and
this
voyce
proceeded
not
from
the
beast
but
from
some
spirite
,
to
giue
aduertisement
or
terror
to
Alector
of
that
which
was
to
come
:
whereto
he
tooke
then
no
great
heede
for
admiration
of
this
monster
and
great
ioy
of
his
victory
.
And
thus
as
the
whole
multitude
were
about
him
and
the
Serpent
in
contemplation
,
astonished
at
the
enormitie
of
the
one
and
vertue
of
the
other
:
behold
the
arrow
an
houre
before
darted
by
him
towards
Heauen
,
with
a
great
bruit
fell
downe
from
thence
againe
in
a
flaming
fire
,
cutting
the
high
region
with
a
sharpe
sounde
and
lightning
,
with
such
impetuositie
amids
the
fearefull
multitude
,
that
it
fell
vpon
the
head
of
a
young
man
named
Coracton
borne
in
Orbe
of
better
house
than
name
,
who
being
stroken
therewith
,
and
attaint
with
this
Celestiall
fire
vnquenchable
fell
downe
to
the
ground
,
where
through
the
intollerable
paines
and
heate
wherewith
hee
felt
himselfe
burned
,
he
lay
tumbling
and
groueling
in
the
sands
horriblie
crying
:
"
Mercie
,
mercie
Noëmia
,
Mercie
Franck
Alector
,
for
I
am
the
cursed
Coracton
that
through
malicious
enuie
and
enraged
iealosie
haue
traiterously
slaine
the
fayre
Noëmia
with
the
proper
arrow
that
now
pierceth
and
burneth
my
braynes
and
entrailes
.
Mercie
,
(
O
Soule
of
Noëmia
)
content
thy selfe
with
more
lighter
reuenge
:
what
canst
thou
doo
more
to
me
,
if
the
death
be
too
little
for
me
?
O
Alector
,
for
the
loue
of
Noëmia
(
which
was
so
deere
vnto
thee
)
I
require
of
thee
this
last
gift
,
that
with
thy
sword
(
the
reuenger
of
euil
)
thou
wilt
vouchsafe
to
abridge
my
life
,
and
rid
mée
out
of
the
torment
wherein
I
burne
.
Now
truely
(
quoth
Alector
,
who
would
haue
bin
sory
that
the
death
of
his
Noëmia
should
haue
bin
reuenged
with
any
other
hand
,
than
his
owne
)
this
graciousnes
shall
not
be
denied
thee
,
but
it
shall
not
be
with
my
good
sword
,
because
it
is
vnworthie
to
be
stayned
with
so
wicked
a
bloud
,
"
and
therewithall
he
tooke
a
halberd
out
of
the
hand
of
one
of
the
400.
men
which
kept
the
field
,
and
therewith
gaue
him
such
a
blow
vpon
the
head
that
hee
cloue
it
in
twaine
,
the
braines
all
sprinckling
about
the
sands
burnt
and
smokie
.
Neuerthelesse
for
all
this
the
Celestiall
fire
and
the
arrowe
which
had
entred
into
his
body
ceased
not
to
follow
and
burne
him
vntill
the
head
,
corps
,
entrailes
,
flesh
bones
and
sinewes
were
cleane
consumed
into
stinking
ashes
,
together
with
the
murthering
arrow
.
Such
was
the
diuine
vengeance
that
fell
vpon
the
traitor
and
enuious
paricide
Coracton
,
wherewithall
the
people
were
astonished
in
feare
and
terror
of
the
great
vertue
and
more
than
humaine
puissance
supernaturally
giuen
to
this
young
Esquire
,
who
forthwith
was
taken
by
the
Potentate
Diocles
accompanied
with
all
the
Assessours
,
Magistrats
,
and
Lords
of
the
towne
,
and
led
into
the
chiefest
place
of
the
Theatre
:
wher
(
with
Croniel
the
pontifical
Archier
)
was
Franc-Gal
,
so
rauished
with
ioy
for
the
health
&
victorie
of
his
sonne
Alector
,
that
he
was
beyond
himself
not
knowing
whether
hee
were
man
or
spirit
,
quick
or
dead
,
sensible
or
vnsensible
.
And
neuertheles
his
son
Alector
came
before
al
the
multitude
&
saluted
him
with
humble
reuerence
&
childly
cherefulnes
saying
vnto
him
:
"
My
most
honorable
Lord
&
father
,
thanks
be
vnto
the
soueraigne
,
that
beyond
al
my
hope
&
in
spight
of
the
rauishing
transport
of
the
wicked
spirits
,
we
are
againe
assembled
,
&
vnited
together
,
and
so
shal
continue
if
God
please
,
who
hath
vouchsafed
to
grant
me
a
sight
of
you
after
so
long
a
depart
,
&
you
to
finde
me
after
so
long
&
vncertain
a
search
:
which
I
verily
beleeue
you
haue
made
.
Franc-Gal
understanding
his
sonn
answered
him
thus
:
Alector
my
most
dere
child
,
the
soueraigae
God
Ioua
increase
thee
with
vertue
,
hardines
&
honor
.
"
Then
beholding
his
shield
,
and
eleuating
his
eyes
to
heauen
,
began
againe
his
speach
,
saying
:
"
Thanks
be
vnto
the
Soueraigne
and
to
thée
most
high
sonne
,
for
that
before
my
departure
out
of
this
mortall
life
(
which
shal
be
very
soone
)
wherein
I
haue
liued
nine
ages
&
more
,
I
sée
before
me
my
most
déere
Sonne
Alector
borne
of
my
Lady
Priscaraxe
Quéene
of
Tartary
,
and
haue
seen
his
first
prowesse
,
promises
of
farre
greater
in
tune
to
come
,
with
his
first
honors
done
vnto
him
in
a
strange
countrey
,
yea
&
that
amongst
his
enemies
such
as
had
vowed
his
mortall
destruction
:
my
child
I
pray
the
soueraign
Ioue
that
the
order
of
knighthood
may
bee
giuen
thee
by
some
valiant
and
magnificall
man
:
for
of
me
thou
hast
fayled
the
receining
therof
:
&
when
as
thou
shalthaue
receiued
it
,
perseuer
to
honour
Soueraigne
Ioue
,
and
to
giue
him
praises
euerie
houre
both
day
and
night
.
Lift
vp
thy
spirit
and
eyes
towards
heauen
from
whence
thou
hast
taken
original
,
and
thy
courage
to
high
enterprises
;
hardines
,
prowesse
&
honour
alwaies
accompanie
thee
;
vertue
,
freedom
,
and
liberalitie
neuer
abandon
thee
;
be
freend
to
the
good
,
an
enemie
&
reuenger
to
the
wicked
.
My
Sonne
,
the
hand
of
the
most
puissant
,
most
great
and
most
good
God
blesse
thee
,
and
my
fatherly
blessing
take
thou
in
a
good
houre
.
"
Saying
this
he
put
his
hand
vpon
the
head
of
his
sonne
:
and
then
adressing
his
speach
to
the
Croniell
Archier
,
hee
said
thus
:
"
I
likewise
thanke
thee
(
most
vertuous
Archier
,
for
thy
faithfull
conduct
,
honest
company
,
and
of
thy
good
and
veritable
foretellings
,
which
haue
consolated
me
,
and
giuen
me
to
vnderstand
that
the
end
of
my
perigrination
is
at
hand
,
and
that
shortly
the
vaticination
of
Proteus
shall
bee
accomplished
:
I
haue
liued
and
perfected
the
course
which
nature
hath
giuen
me
.
To
be
briefe
my
great
Image
shall
goe
vnder
the
earth
,
and
the
flame
of
my
Cierge
remount
vp
to
Heauen
from
whence
it
came
,
cause
my
departure
to
be
signified
to
my
faith
full
companions
who
are
at
the
next
port
with
my
Hippopotame
but
aboue
al
send
word
into
Tartary
to
the
Queene
Priscaraxe
to
let
her
vnderstand
of
my
departure
,
to
the
end
she
stay
no
longer
for
mee
.
"
Croniell
promised
him
to
accomplish
his
request
,
if
the
mortal
thing
should
chance
to
happen
,
which
seemed
to
him
neither
to
bee
ready
nor
nere
at
hand
,
considering
at
that
present
hee
was
both
in
perfect
health
and
bigor
.
In
the
meane
while
the
Magistrates
,
lords
&
multitude
with
great
silence
beheld
these
two
persons
strangers
,
the
father
and
the
sonne
,
in
great
admiration
of
their
heroycal
comelines
,
and
equall
and
like
beautie
according
to
the
difference
of
their
ages
:
together
with
their
excellent
magnanimities
,
valiant
facts
and
aduenturous
déedes
,
and
of
their
fortunate
encountrie
,
and
mutuall
knowledge
the
one
of
the
other
in
that
place
of
the
Theatre
:
in
such
sort
that
either
without
speach
or
mouing
,
vniuersally
they
held
their
immutable
eyes
vpon
Franc-Gal
and
Alector
.
Then
Croniel
the
Archier
sayd
:
"
Yee
men
of
Orbe
,
who
vpon
these
2.
strange
men
doo
cast
your
view
in
great
admiration
,
know
yee
,
that
our
Soueraigne
God
Ioua
hath
sent
them
into
these
regions
from
far
Septentrional
countries
for
the
publique
health
of
our
citie
,
and
destruction
of
our
domestical
and
internall
enemie
,
whom
you
your selues
and
in
your
presence
haue
séene
slaine
and
discomfited
by
the
sonne
of
this
wise
man
:
who
likewise
before
hath
deliuered
the
woods
and
fields
round
about
vs
from
the
danger
of
the
terrible
Centaure
whom
he
slew
,
and
deliuered
the
fayre
Noëmia
from
his
hands
:
which
afterwards
was
the
occasion
of
the
scandale
that
now
hath
turned
to
our
great
common
good
,
for
therewith
we
are
bound
to
him
,
and
owe
the
greatest
and
chiefest
honor
and
praise
next
vnto
God
.
To
whome
:
first
of
all
let
vs
goe
and
render
thanks
in
his
temple
,
where
we
wil
deuise
further
with
what
prise
of
honor
wee
shall
acknowledge
the
merit
of
this
young
man
.
Al
the
people
general
answered
hereto
.
So
be
it
.
"
Of
the
thanks
giuing
in
the
Temple
,
the
publique
praise
,
the
prize
of
honour
assigned
;
with
the
ciuill
crowne
giuen
to
Alector
.
Of
the
death
of
Franc-Gal
,
the
lamentation
for
him
,
his
elenation
and
translation
,
of
the
losse
of
Hippopotame
;
and
of
the
bird
sent
away
as
a
messenger
.
CAP.
Vlt.
AT
these
words
the
Archier
betwéene
the
Father
and
the
Sonne
went
right
to
the
temple
;
whereto
hée
was
followed
of
the
Potentate
,
Magistrats
,
Lords
,
and
the
greater
part
of
the
people
.
And
being
come
thether
there
were
set
on
the
highest
degree
before
the
altar
,
thrée
chayres
.
In
the
middlemost
the
Archier
tooke
his
place
,
in
the
two
others
Franc-Gal
and
Alector
were
placed
,
and
the
Potentate
with
the
other
Lords
,
counsellors
,
and
other
Magistrates
,
betooke
them
to
their
accustomed
seats
.
This
done
,
all
of
them
following
the
example
of
their
Bishop
bowed
their
knées
and
enclined
their
heads
in
silent
prayer
and
thanks
giuing
:
and
afterwards
rising
vp
,
at
the
suite
and
imitation
of
their
Priest
Croniell
and
his
ministers
,
with
the
founds
of
all
forts
of
instruments
according
with
the
voyce
,
in
harmenious
Musick
they
sung
this
song
following
.
Thanks
be
to
Ioue
our
great
and
Soueraigne
Lord
,
Who
hath
vs
brought
out
of
these
mortall
dangers
:
Honor
and
praise
we
people
him
afford
,
That
hath
vs
saued
by
the
hands
of
strangers
.
O
blessed
spirits
,
and
sacred
Angels
bright
Vouchsafe
now
to
present
before
his
throne
Our
gratefull
psalme
and
song
of
sweet
delight
Acknowledging
that
through
his
grace
alone
The
worthie
child
and
Sonne
of
vertuous
syre
Hath
slaine
our
foe
,
that
did
our
death
conspire
.
After
this
psalme
sung
with
great
ioy
and
iubilation
,
the
Bishop
Croniell
spake
vnto
all
the
assistance
in
this
manner
:
"
This
day
haue
you
soene
(
my
Lords
&
friends
)
that
thing
accomplished
which
not
long
since
I
haue
showed
vnto
you
by
diuine
reuelation
which
is
vnfaylable
:
that
is
,
the
publique
health
,
with
our
deliuerance
from
the
common
terror
and
vniuersell
danger
,
by
the
ouerthrow
of
the
serpent
;
which
this
young
and
valiant
Esquire
Alector
sonne
of
the
sage
Franc-Gal
,
hath
slaine
,
to
the
extreame
hazard
and
perrill
of
his
life
.
So
as
by
this
most
vertuous
act
he
hath
restored
your
whole
citie
to
the
wonted
securitie
:
for
the
which
all
in
generall
owe
him
thanks
and
honour
,
and
not
onely
to
him
with
vouchsased
to
accomplish
the
meritorious
act
of
so
great
a
praise
:
but
also
,
to
his
father
,
who
for
vs
and
the
common
wealth
of
this
citie
hath
brought
into
the
World
a
Sonne
of
such
vertue
.
Now
haue
wee
an
ancient
order
and
a
most
laudable
custome
,
not
to
bee
ingratefull
to
the
well
meritors
of
our
common
wealth
,
but
ouer
and
aboue
our
verball
regratiation
,
to
reward
&
honour
them
with
some
notable
publique
déede
,
and
some
guift
of
honorable
prize
:
wherefore
prepare
your selues
to
yeeld
this
fauorable
grace
towards
these
two
strangers
,
who
to
my
thinking
haue
well
desetued
the
same
.
"
At
these
words
all
the
multitude
cried
with
one
voyce
:
we
yéeld
thanks
to
Alector
our
perseuer
,
who
hath
exposed
his
life
for
vs
against
our
internall
mortall
enemie
,
and
that
hath
deliuered
vs
from
his
dangers
:
moreouer
we
giue
thanks
vnto
his
bertuous
father
Franc-Gal
who
hath
sent
vs
such
a
worthie
Sonne
:
and
we
likewise
declare
both
of
them
worthie
of
the
rights
of
our
citie
of
Orbe
,
to
be
set
amongst
the
estates
of
the
Prytan
,
and
particularly
the
ciuill
crowne
to
be
set
vppon
the
head
of
Alector
as
a
deliuerer
of
the
citie
;
then
quoth
the
Bishop
:
are
you
all
of
this
minde
,
will
and
consent
?
Who
answered
with
one
voyce
,
yea
:
then
the
Archier
caused
to
bee
brought
by
his
ministers
,
a
most
fayre
crowne
of
gold
,
fashioned
like
to
the
leaues
of
an
Oake
enamiled
with
greene
,
and
the
bayes
of
waightie
rubies
,
and
the
acornes
of
sine
emeraulds
,
which
when
he
had
taken
it
in
his
hand
,
he
turned
towards
Franc-Gal
and
Alector
,
saying
vnto
them
in
this
wise
:
My
Lord
Franc-Gal
a
man
most
vertuous
,
and
thou
Alector
Esquire
most
valerous
,
the
citie
of
Orbe
vniuersally
thanketh
you
for
their
wholesome
deliuerance
out
of
the
danger
and
publique
euill
:
in
acknowledging
whereof
the
Lords
Magistrats
and
all
the
people
do
grant
vnto
you
being
strangers
all
the
rights
and
priuileges
of
this
citie
,
and
from
hensforth
receine
you
for
cittizens
and
Patrices
of
this
towne
of
Orbe
,
in
assigning
to
you
the
estate
of
Prytan
,
so
great
and
honorable
,
that
it
is
onely
ordeyned
for
the
excellent
benefactors
,
who
haue
wel
deserued
of
the
common
wealth
.
Ouer
and
aboue
the
which
,
for
especial
honor
of
thy
vertue
(
Alector
)
of
thy
magnanimity
,
&
valiant
victory
ouer
the
monstrous
serpent
of
the
sands
the
internall
enemy
of
the
citie
,
for
thy
worthie
reuenging
of
Noëmias
death
,
&
slaughter
of
the
sauage
Centaure
our
external
enemy
,
for
the
excellent
prize
of
honor
for
these
thy
valiant
acts
,
they
present
thée
with
this
rich
crown
,
acknowledging
thée
for
the
liberator
of
their
citie
.
In
this
saying
he
lifted
vp
the
faire
and
rich
crowne
and
set
it
vpon
the
head
of
Alector
,
who
receiuing
it
graciously
with
a
shamefast
rednes
,
resembled
to
one
of
Phoebus
morning
beames
:
his
Father
Franc-Gal
beholding
him
so
affectionatly
and
fatherly
with
an
extreame
interior
ioy
at
the
honour
wherein
hee
saw
his
Sonne
,
(
a
little
before
as
an
offendor
condemned
)
tooke
such
a
suddaine
ioy
after
the
extreame
dolors
and
deadly
feares
which
hee
had
not
long
before
conceiued
aswell
by
his
dreames
,
oracles
,
visions
,
augures
,
and
proper
prognostications
,
as
also
of
the
perill
wherein
he
had
séen
his
sonne
vnhoped
for
in
combat
with
the
serpent
,
that
his
soule
was
almost
out
of
himselfe
through
the
violence
of
the
vnspeakeable
aduentures
,
diuers
encountries
,
suddaine
chances
vnlooked
for
,
and
strange
mutations
from
sorrow
into
hope
,
from
hope
into
trauaile
and
dolor
,
from
trauel
into
doubt
,
from
doubt
into
feare
,
from
feare
into
vnhoped
ioy
,
and
from
ioy
into
incredible
admiration
:
by
which
diuers
contrarie
,
and
striuing
passions
being
perturbated
he
resembled
a
liuing
body
in
a
rauished
soule
(
as
in
trueth
he
was
,
)
neuerthelesse
such
a
new
ioy
shined
in
his
merrie
vermilion
face
full
of
gracious
chéerefulnes
:
that
it
witnessed
the
pleasure
which
he
receiued
of
the
happy
houre
,
and
honour
of
his
crowned
sonne
,
as
already
from
his
infancie
he
had
an
euident
signe
.
Alector
then
séeing
him
thus
repleat
with
ioy
,
demanded
if
the
crowne
were
properly
appertaining
to
him
:
and
it
was
answered
yea
.
Then
he
lifting
it
from
his
owne
head
,
set
it
vpon
the
head
of
his
Father
Franc-Gal
:
who
,
through
sodaine
mutation
(
which
is
perilous
and
oftentimes
deadly
)
from
feare
into
assurance
,
and
from
sorrowe
into
vnhoped
ioy
,
being
alreadie
halfe
beyond
himselfe
,
and
féeling
this
sonnelie
pittie
to
crowne
him
,
through
excessiue
ioy
and
loue
,
could
no
longer
kéepe
his
rauished
spirit
from
flying
away
through
vehement
exultation
:
and
at
the
same
instant
was
séene
a
long
,
streight
and
a
most
pure
and
clere
flame
issuing
out
of
his
eyes
,
and
mounting
towards
heauen
through
the
top
of
the
temple
,
which
in
trueth
was
the
light
of
his
cierge
put
out
the
last
day
of
his
peregrination
in
the
temple
of
the
Soueraigne
God
:
according
to
the
ordinance
of
the
ancient
Lady
Anange
,
and
of
her
thrée
daughters
Cleronome
,
Zodore
,
and
Termaine
,
who
as
then
ended
the
cierge
of
his
life
,
sight
and
way
:
in
such
sort
that
he
remained
stif
,
and
departed
in
the
same
habitude
of
ioyfull
and
pleasant
face
which
he
had
,
when
(
with
the
extremitie
of
loue
and
ioy
)
the
crowne
was
set
vpon
his
head
by
his
dere
sonne
Alector
:
in
such
sort
that
none
thought
he
had
giuen
vp
the
Ghost
but
onely
the
good
Croniell
who
before
had
reuelation
of
his
departure
:
and
who
by
conferring
the
visions
and
oracles
together
and
vnderstanding
priuatly
his
speaches
doubted
the
worst
.
Wherefore
hauing
signified
so
much
to
the
people
,
in
the
presence
of
them
all
he
lifted
vp
his
head
by
the
chin
calling
him
thrée
times
by
his
name
;
but
it
auailed
not
,
for
there
remained
neither
life
,
soule
,
nor
spirit
in
him
,
his
Sonne
Alector
more
sorrowful
of
his
fathers
death
,
than
before
he
had
béen
ioyfull
of
his
new
glorie
,
embraced
,
accolled
,
kissed
,
called
and
cried
to
him
,
but
hee
might
easilie
perceiue
him
to
be
nothing
but
a
statue
of
flesh
seperated
from
the
soule
:
whereupon
through
great
heauines
and
sorrowe
which
stroke
him
at
the
heart
hee
swounded
in
the
chayre
,
in
such
sort
as
it
was
thought
that
both
Father
and
Sonne
had
béen
dead
,
the
whole
multitude
being
astonished
of
so
suddaine
a
mutation
from
ioy
into
sorrow
,
and
from
life
into
death
.
Neuerthelesse
with
the
help
of
those
who
stoode
by
,
Alector
came
againe
to
himselfe
beginning
with
hauty
cries
to
lament
his
Father
,
to
the
great
commiseration
of
the
whole
multitude
,
who
thus
dolorously
heard
him
crie
:
Alas
Franc-Gal
my
Lord
&
Father
,
haue
you
brought
mee
into
this
World
,
to
haue
no
more
acquaintance
with
you
,
but
only
three
dayes
at
Tangut
and
one
onely
day
at
Orbe
?
Alas
must
it
chance
thus
,
that
hauing
trauelled
so
many
lands
and
Seas
to
séeke
me
who
was
carried
away
by
the
wind
,
you
must
finde
me
here
in
mort
all
perrill
to
your
griefe
,
suddaine
and
short
ioy
,
and
vnlooked
for
death
?
O
my
most
dere
father
,
wel
haue
I
attended
to
be
made
knight
of
your
haud
,
for
of
a
more
worthie
a
man
I
can
neuer
bee
made
.
Wel
I
sée
now
that
if
I
would
be
a
sonne
any
longer
,
I
must
goe
séeke
another
Father
:
this
saying
hée
fell
downe
againe
,
neuerthelesse
he
was
by
the
Ministers
spéedily
taken
vp
,
and
by
the
Archier
consolated
,
who
showed
vnto
him
the
good
and
long
life
of
Franc-Gal
his
Father
,
tegether
with
his
happie
death
in
extreame
ioy
and
felicitie
,
without
féele
of
paine
or
sorrowe
,
his
glory
of
immortall
renowne
gotten
through
the
whole
world
,
which
should
redound
perpetually
to
his
successors
.
For
the
better
manifesting
whereof
(
tending
onely
to
the
end
to
consolation
)
he
turned
his
speach
to
the
people
,
and
by
manner
of
an
oration
funebrall
,
hee
declared
what
Franc-Gal
was
,
his
noble
race
,
his
vertuous
acts
and
déeds
,
his
benefactions
to
all
vniuersally
(
in
ripping
vp
his
whole
life
)
and
his
strange
aduentures
as
he
had
vnderstood
them
of
Franc-Gal
himselfe
and
as
they
haue
béen
before
declared
and
shown
.
This
oration
being
well
vnderstood
,
all
the
people
vniuersally
merueiled
at
such
a
vertuous
and
heroycal
personage
,
making
for
him
a
publique
and
common
mourning
from
the
highest
Magistrate
to
the
lowest
of
the
poore
people
:
who
bore
such
reuerence
to
this
most
vertuous
deceased
Fran-Gal
that
they
would
not
willingly
loose
the
sight
and
presence
of
him
,
nor
hide
so
noble
a
body
vnder
the
earthly
darkenesses
.
And
therefore
by
the
aduice
of
all
the
wise
men
and
consent
of
all
the
people
,
and
at
the
common
expence
and
charges
was
made
a
great
Tabernacle
of
most
fine
christall
in
fashion
of
a
tower
,
wherein
was
enclosed
the
body
of
Franc-Gal
,
scituated
in
a
chayre
,
the
crowne
on
his
head
,
in
the
same
forme
,
habitude
,
and
countenance
of
ioy
,
that
he
deceased
in
.
In
this
estate
they
eleuated
him
vppon
foure
pillers
of
guilt
brasse
on
the
north
side
of
the
Altar
,
whereby
they
might
alwaies
haue
him
in
their
sight
as
a
very
Image
of
vertue
:
where
hee
remayned
whole
in
his
former
beautie
for
the
space
of
400.
yeares
after
,
vntill
such
time
as
the
world
began
to
commit
Idolatrie
to
him
,
wherewithall
the
Soueraigne
Ioue
being
●…rited
,
one
day
hee
caused
it
to
bee
lift
vp
by
foure
angelicall
spirits
,
and
transported
into
such
a
place
,
that
afterwards
it
was
no
more
séene
.
These
funebrall
things
being
accomplished
,
the
next
day
the
Archier
conducted
Alector
towards
the
Hauen
,
where
they
found
Franc-Gal
his
companie
attending
their
Master
,
to
whom
Alector
(
who
by
them
incontinently
was
knowne
and
cherished
)
commanded
to
discharge
al
the
goods
being
vppon
the
Hippopotame
,
that
they
might
bee
conueyed
to
the
towne
of
Orbe
.
Which
when
they
had
done
,
hée
shewed
vnto
them
this
sorrowfull
newes
,
willing
them
no
longer
to
attend
their
prince
,
for
that
he
was
dead
,
where
at
all
of
them
being
astonished
demanded
of
him
saying
:
Is
Franc-Gal
dead't
And
hee
answered
them
absolutely
:
Franc-Gal
is
dead
.
At
these
words
Franc-Gal
is
dead
,
the
horse
Durat
Hippopotame
began
to
moue
(
as
one
hauing
vnderstanding
and
intelligence
of
the
death
of
his
Master
)
and
shaked
his
wings
,
féete
,
tayle
,
head
and
body
with
such
a
violence
,
that
the
Sea
arose
round
about
:
and
in
this
torment
there
issued
out
of
the
déepe
Sea
the
olde
man
Protëus
,
who
cried
aloud
,
neuer
man
hensforth
shall
ride
vpon
thee
.
In
this
saying
he
led
the
horse
into
the
loftie
Stas
,
where
,
in
the
sight
and
to
the
great
sorrow
of
all
the
beholders
,
hee
sonke
him
in
the
deapth
,
in
such
sort
that
neuer
after
hee
was
seene
.
The
people
of
Franc-Gal
seeing
what
had
happened
,
and
that
they
were
both
without
conduct
and
meanes
to
ride
on
the
Seas
,
followed
Alector
as
their
Master
till
that
they
came
to
Orbe
,
carrying
with
them
the
goods
and
riches
of
their
late
Master
,
that
they
might
present
them
to
his
entire
body
,
and
sée
him
in
his
tabernacle
:
and
as
they
were
thus
ready
to
returne
,
behold
a
bird
passing
by
,
came
and
rested
on
the
shoulders
of
Croniell
,
who
knowing
this
bird
to
be
sent
him
by
diuine
ordinance
,
tooke
her
in
his
hands
,
and
hauing
written
in
a
white
leafe
these
verses
:
Priscaraxe
Queene
of
Tartary
,
no
longer
dooattend
The
comming
of
Franc-Gal
:
for
why
,
his
life
with
ioy
hath
end
.
The
onelysecing
of
his
childe
Alector
full
of
grace
With
honor
crownd
in
vertue
milde
,
hath
wrought
this
dolefull
cace
.
He
bound
it
to
her
neck
,
commanding
her
in
the
name
of
Ioua
the
name
of
the
soueraigne
God
,
to
be
a
faithfull
messenger
,
and
to
carrie
this
letter
to
Priscaraxe
Quéene
of
Tartary
and
so
let
her
flye
with
his
benediction
:
and
the
bird
as
one
hauing
vnderstood
his
commandements
incontinently
tooke
her
flight
ouer
the
Seas
and
septentrionall
parts
in
such
sort
that
within
a
while
the
companions
of
Franc-Gal
,
Alector
and
Croniell
,
lost
the
sight
of
her
,
and
returned
to
Orbe
,
where
,
what
they
did
shall
bee
declared
in
the
Second
part
.
And
how
Alector
was
transformed
by
phantasie
into
a
bird
,
and
afterwards
restored
to
his
former
shape
,
made
Knight
,
with
his
facts
and
heroycall
déeds
.
Likewise
the
message
done
by
the
bird
to
Priscaraxe
,
of
her
dolors
,
decliningand
trasmigration
into
Aquitaine
,
and
all
that
happened
to
her
there
:
moreouer
of
the
passage
of
Alector
into
France
vnto
the
obscure
valley
afterwards
called
by
him
Vau
ieur
,
and
of
his
notable
and
worthie
dooings
.
Finally
his
posteritie
vntill
the
comming
of
the
pensiue
Pilgrime
.
All
this
shal
be
shown
in
the
Second
part
and
thus
shall
ende
the
First
.
Though
long
at
length
.
FINIS
.