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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20800	The. xi. bookes of the Golden asse conteininge the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius, enterlaced with sondrie pleasaunt and delectable tales, with an excellent narration of the mariage of Cupide and Psiches, set out in the. iiii. v. and vj. bookes. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by VVilliam Adlington.; Metamorphoses. English	Apuleius.; Adlington, William, fl. 1566.	1566 (1566)	STC 718; ESTC S122394	168,878	272

Goe thou thither and enquire for the hill Tenarus whereas thou shalte finde a hole leadinge to Hell euen to the pallaice of Pluto but take héede that thou goe not with emptie handes to that place of darkenesse but carry twoo soppes sodden in the flower of barley and hony in thy handes twoo halfpens in thy mouth and when thou haste passed a good parte of that way thou shalt sée a lame Asse carriyng of woodde a lame fellowe driuinge him who will desire thée to giue him vp the stickes that fall downe but passe thou on and doo nothinge by and by thou shalt come vnto the riuer of Hell whereas Charon is Ferriman who will first haue his fare paide him before he will carry the soules ouer the riuer in his boate whereby you may sée that auarice raigneth emongst the dead neyther Charon nor Pluto will doo any thinge for nought For if it be a poore man that woulde passe ouer and lacketh money he shalbe compelled to die in his iourney before they will showe him any reliefe wherefore deliuer to carraine Charon one of the halfepens whiche thou bearest for thy passage lette him receaue it out of thy mouth And it shall come to passe as thou sittest in the boate thou shalte sée an olde man swimminge on the toppe of the riuer holdinge vp his deadly handes and desiringe thée to receaue him into the barke but haue no regarde to his piteous crie when thou arte passed ouer the floudde thou shalt espie old women spinninge who will desire thée to helpe them but beware thou doo not consent vnto them in any case for these and like baites and trappes wil Venus sette to make thée lette fall one of thy soppes and thinke not that the kéepinge of thy soppes is a light matter for if thou lese one of them thou shalt be assured neuer to retorne againe to this world Then thou shalt sée a great and meruelous dogge with thrée heades barkinge continually at the soules of such as enter in by reason he can doo them no other harme he lieth day and night before the gate of Proserpina and kéepeth the house of Pluto with great diligence to whome if thou cast one of thy soppes thou maist haue accesse to Proserpina without all daunger she will make thée good chéere and entertaine thée with delicate meate drinke but sitte thou vpon the ground and desire browne bread and then declare thy message vnto her and when thou hast receaued such beautie as she giueth in thy retorne appease the rage of the dogge with thy other soppe giue thy other halfepeny to couetous Charon and come the same way againe into the world as thou wentest but aboue all thinges haue a regarde that thou looke not in the boxe neither be not to curious about the treasure of the diuine beautie In this manner the towre spake vnto Psyches and aduertised her what she should doo and immediatly she tooke twoo halfpence twoo soppes and all thinges necessary and went to the moūtaine Tenarus to goe towardes Hell After that Psiches had passed by the lam● Asse paide her halfpenny for passage neglected the old man in the riuer denied to helpe the wemen spinninge and filled the rauenous mouth of y ● dogge with a soppe she came to the chamber of Proserpina There Psyches would not sitte in any royall seate nor eate any delicate meates but kneelinge at the féete of Proserpina onely contented with course bread declared her message and after she had receaued a misticall secrete in the boxe she departed and stopped the mouth of the dogge with the other soppe and paied the boteman the other halfpēny When Psyches was returned from hell to the light of y ● worlde she was rauished with great desire saying Am not I a foole that knowinge that I carry here the diuine beautie will not take a little thereof to garnish my face to please my louer withall and by and by she opened the boxe where she coulde perceaue no beautie nor any thinge els saue onely an infernall and deadly sléepe whiche immediatly inuaded all her members assone as the boxe was vncouered in such sort that she fel downe on the gronnde lay there as a sléepinge corps But Cupide beinge now healed of his wounde and maladie not able to endure the absence of Psyches gotte him secretely out at a windowe of the chamber where he was enclosed and receauinge his winges toke his flight towardes his louinge wife whome whē he had founde he wiped away the sléepe from her face and put it againe into the boxe and awaked her with the tippe of one of his arrowes sayinge O wretched ●aytife beholde thou wearest welny perished againe with thy ouermuch curiositie well goe thou doo thy message to my mother and in the meane season I will prouide for all thinges accordingly wherewithall he toke his flight into the ayre and Psiches brought her present to Venus Cupide being more and more in loue with Psiches fearing the displeasure of his mother did perce into the heauens arriued before Iupiter to declare his cause then Iupiter after that he had eftsones embrased him gan say in this manner O my welbeloued sonne although thou hast not giuen due reuerēce honour vnto me as thou oughtest to doo but hast rather soyled wounded this my brest wherby the lawes and order of the elementes planetes be disposed with continuall assaultes of terren luxury against al lawes the discipline Iulia the vtilitie of y ● publique weale in trāsforming my diuine beautie into serpentes fire sauage beastes birdes ▪ into bulles Howbeit remēbringe my modestie that I haue nourished thee with mine owne proper handes I wil doo accōplish al thy desire so that thou canst beware of spiteful enuious persons And if there be any excellent mayden of comely beautie in the world remēber yet y ● benefite which I shall show vnto thée by recompence of her loue towardes me againe When he had spokē these woordes he cōmaunded Mercurie to call al the Goddes to counsell and if any of the celestiall powers did fayle of appearance he should be condemned in ten thousande poundes which sentence was such a terrour vnto all the Goddes that the high Theatre was replenished Iupiter began to speake in this sorte O ye Goddes registred in the bookes of the Muses you all know this yonge man Cupide whome I haue nourished with mine owne handes whose raginge flames of his first youth I thought best to bridle and restraine It suffiseth in that he is diffamed in euery place for his adulterous liuinge wherefore all occasion ought to be taken away by meane of marriage he hath chosen a mayden that fancieth him well and hath beriued her of her virginitie lette him haue her still and possesse her according to his owne pleasure then he returned to Venus and said And you my daughter take you no care neither feare