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A14878	The most pleasant and delightful historie of Curan, a prince of Danske, and the fayre Princesse Argentile, daughter and heyre to Adelbright, sometime King of Northumberland Shewing his first loue vnto her, his succeslesse suite, and the low deiections he vnderwent for her sake. His second loue to the same lady vnknowne, taking her for a poore countrie damsell. She (by reason of the vnkindnesse of King Edell her vnckle and gardian) hauing forsooke the court, and vndertooke the profession of a neatheardes mayde. His constant loue (after her long continued vnkindnes) rewarded with her wished consent, their happie nuptials, and mutuall reioycings, his valour and victorious warre with King Edell: and lastly, his peacefull installment in the kingly throne. Enterlacte with many pritty and pithie prayses of beauty, and other amorous discourses, pleasing, smooth and delightfull. By William Webster.	Webster, William, treatise writer.	1617 (1617)	STC 25180; ESTC S111643	29,933	66

should wee looke for such If not where shee was bred in this faire I le For breeeding such our Clime then other Climes More fertile is our times then former times You are the very same yea you are shee Whose Beautie in this Booke is so commended And though your Name not Argentile it be Yet know your selfe is shee that 's here intended These lines were writ for you of them make vse And Beauties praises to your selfe reduce You liuing louely Dame t' was for your sake That this insuing taske I vndertooke Not hers shee'● dead shee 'l no requitall make But at your hands at least for thankes I looke To grace what graceth you I here haue sought Then deigne to grace me with a gracious thought You are faire as was shee but be not tho Coy as was shee O varry you in this I would not for the world you should be so For then as good that you the world did misse Vnlesse your kindnesse should as hers at last Make large amends for your vnkindnesse past Had I prays'd Bountie so perhaps my paine Might haue bene recompenced with reward Then let me not praise Beauty thus in vaine Afford me in requitall some regard You I haue sought to please and I from you Due thankes and due respect expect Adue THE PLEASANT AND delightfull Storie of Prince Curan and the Princesse Argentile THen when our English Ile which now in one Vnited is the more our happinesse Vnder diuided Soueraignety did grone Ichouah shield it from the like distresse Seuen Kings then raigned in this land but now All hearts all knees loue one to one doe bow Then Diria called now Northumberland Was of the foresaid seuen small Kingdomes one Nor was that Scepter sway'd by one mans hand Diuision had the Clime so ouergone Two each a semi-king raign'd ioyntly there In friendly peace for they neere Kinsmen were Edell and Adelbright the Kings were cal'd For each of them the kingly title beares And each is in the kingly throne instal'd Thing seldome seene well after diuers yeares King Adelbright deceast and left his Heire To Edell's ward young Argentile the fayre Yet ere he dyes to Edell thus he spake Edell quoth he my death approacheth neere My Kingly right to thee I doe betake During the nonage of my daughter deare But after it shall be to her resign'd So thou thy selfe to mee by oath shalt binde His oath for this his promise tooke beside To deale with her as if his childe shee were The good King Adelbright soone after dyde For whom young Argentile shed many a teare And time increast her griefe for afterwards Edell nor oath nor honesty regardes The Scepter whole now his hee 'l not deuide Vsurping that that is the Ladies right Though he from that by oath himselfe had tide For in sole soueraignty he found delight By her he knowes he cannot be constrain'd Therefore hee 'l not forgoe what he hath gain'd Meane while the Lady in despight of woes Which still too much afflict her tender heart The fayrest vnderneath the skie she growes Beauty is hers in full and not in part Besides shee 's modest sober gentle chast Her beautie these and these her beauty grac't But when her beauty grew yet more mature All beauties then in her seem'd to combine Her beautie other beauties did obscure As starres eclipsed are by Luna's shine In all the land was none so fayre as shee In all the world a fayrer could not be Her beautie seemeth to be be 〈◊〉 soule It doth in excellence so much exceede Her eye so swayes so rules doth so controule And hend the hearts of men as wind the reede All like all prayse and many loue but few Dispayring of their worth for loue dare sue The richest beauties to adorne this Dame In her fayre treasurie fetcht Nature thence Which neere vnto diuine perfection came They did so much exceed in excellence Shee 's beauties sunne whose beames been fame and praise Go through through the world like Phabus raies That beauty was but such if it was such That carried Troy to Greece and Greece to Troy Shee 's more then fayre and therefore more then much Will be his ioy that once shall her enioy But he must sayle ere he such Hauen gaine Close by the margent of Caribdis maine Her eye loues Arbor is where beauties meete Her cheeke loues garden is where beauties grow Loue walketh there for there the ayre is sweet Which alwayes when she breathes doth gently blow Her blushing lip her breath for shew for smell The Rose exceedes the Violet doth excell As many as behold her doe admire her In beautie shee all beauties doth out-strip All thoughts commend her and all hearts desire her Yea Nature vvonders at her workmanshippe Admiring her owne skill and cunning great In framing such a beautie so compleat Nature another cannot make more fayre Though to that purpose all her power were ben't No though shee would from fire earth water ayre Extract the quintessence to that ineene For in this Dame there no ingredient lackt That should make beautie perfect and exact Had Iupiter the earth frequented then When her bright beauty grac't the sunne-shine day Or had this Beauties Patragon liu'd when He in the world did wanton sport and play O what would he haue done what not haue done What shapes would hee haue tooke her loue t' haue wonne Surely he would haue thought her loue a feast More pleasing then th'imbracement of his queene And Iuno's iealousie had sure increast If she this peerelesse princesse should haue seene For that his heart was tractable she knew For such attractiue beautie to subdue In this regard she might haue feared much Had this Dames beauty beene to Ioue apparrant But the chast heart of this chast Dame is such That Inno might haue tooke it for her warrant Diana's warrant could not be more strong Touching her selfe concerning such a wrong When Mars in Venus armes was entertain'd Her brests disclos'd her bosome open layde Her deare imbracements had not him restrain'd Nor would he in that Circle fayre haue stayde Had such a one as Argentile past by Her face presented to the War-god's tye Her necke barbrests her hand 〈◊〉 legge 〈◊〉 All corespond the beauty of 〈◊〉 face Who would not might he be prefer'd vntoot With willingnesse her wand like wast imbeace And if her 〈◊〉 cast in a circle were Who would not wish himselfe the Center there Had Hereules falne into such fayre armes So strong they are strength in their fairenesse lyes That though the sounding trumpets shrill alarm's Had cal'd him thence to some great enterprise They would haue held him still still him detain'd Ah who could struggle that were so inchain'd Fayrer was she then I haue sayde she was Nor haue I halfe her beauties worth disclos'd Nor can I door it did so much surpasse But what is vnexprest let be suppos'd And as her beauty so her vertues shinde Men ioy'd heauen ioy'd to see

THE MOST PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFVL HISTORIE of Curan a Prince of Danske and the fayre Princesse Argentile Daughter and Heyre to Adelbright sometime King of Northumberland SHEWING His first Loue vnto her his succeslesse suite and the low deiections he vnderwent for her sake His second loue to the same Lady vnknowne taking her for a poore Countrie damsell She by reason of the vnkindnesse of King Edell her vnckle and Gardian hauing forsooke the Court and vndertooke the profession of a Neatheardes Mayde His constant loue after her long continued vnkindnes rewarded with her wished consent their happie Nuptials and mutuall reioycings his valour and victorious warre with King Edell And lastly his peacefull installment in the Kingly Throne ENTERLACTE With many pritty and pithie prayses of beauty and other amorous discourses pleasing smooth and delightfull By WILLIAM WEBSTER LONDON Printed by Barnard Alsop for Richard Higgenbotham and are to be solde at his shop at the signe of the Cardinals Hatte neere S. Sepulchres Church 1617. TO THE WORSHIPFVL Mr. THOMAS EVErard of Heather in the Countie of Leycester Esq all increase of such Blessings as make this life happie and comfortable and of such Graces as may make the next Blessed and Glorious SYR purposing to impose some taske on my wandring thoughts so to reuerse their somewhat vncomfortable strayings my rasher election suddainly singled out this subiect which though suting too neerely with my braine in barrennes the product is this Pamphlet which perused by some friends of iudgement was pronounced worthy the Presse Wherevnto I the rather referr'd it that dedicating the same vnto you I might at least manifest my remembrance of that loue kindnesse and courtesie which while my residence was in loued Leycester-shire made mee so much affect that Familiaritie which you then pleased to affoord me in regard wherof my loue leades me to present this to your patronage and your affection to Poesie makes mee presume of your acceptance the grace you giue a Verse in reading it makes it pleasing if it be but passable therefore I doubt not your liking And if this which is not vnlike gaine your approbation I shall not passe for the Censures of such as are more apt to finde fault then able to finde a faulte Had I but the name of a Poet and opinion on my side I should relye therevpon as Caesar on his Fortune yet doth not my obscuritie discourage mee but rather the contrarie for Fame is rather to be ventred for then ventred An instigation to the writing hereof was the commendation which I heard a Iudicious diuine giue of a yong Student in diuinity for his dexteritie in English Poesie who affirming it to be an ornament to any profession I was thereby induced to reduce that affection I bore it to practise And in publishing the same I haue imitated Apelles who hauing drawne a picture pleasing to himselfe hang'd it in open viewe that he might heare the verdite of others Nor is it vnlike but I also shall haue a shoo-maker Censuring the Legge when his skill extends but to the latcher So referring it to your fauourable suruey and kinde acceptance I humbly desire Almightie God to Crowne you and your adopted-selfe with his best blessings in this life and with Immortall glory in the next Your Worships Kinsman to be commanded in a more acceptable seruice WILLIAM WEBSTER The Author to his Patron T To wish your hapinesse if that could giue H Happinesse vnto you I 'de make you blest O On Earth so long as you on Earth shall liue M May you bee euen of Earths best things possest A And may you ioyes enioy when this life 's ended S Such as can but by Saintes be apprehended E Euer may you and your Posteritee V Vntill dissolu de shall be this mortall frame E Euen till this world shall cease a world to bee R Retaine the lustre of this ancient Name A And be chiefe Pillors to support the same R Repaire and grace that House from whence to mee D Deriued is in part my Pedegree To M. Iohn Euerard Senior Gentleman YOu sole suruiuer yet the eldest brother Of fower and of a Sister my late Mother Who next before you tendred Natures debt Which yet you owe and long may owe it yet What i st your Courage keepes you still aliue To be the first and yet the last of fiue Sure t' is your valour Deaths approach thus stayes Which was admir'd in your more youthfull dayes If in a mortals lookes may boldnesse lye Which may the pale Horse-ryder terrifie Then it may be he shunnes because he feares you And vntill Age subdue you thus forbeares you Your oft-tryde valour valour oft did trye Which now intombed in your Age doth lye And if your grauitie thinke not vnsit Let these lines be the Epitah for it As for your Vertues they yet liue and they Shall be remembred in your Epitah TO THE READER READER Let not thy gentle eye disdaine To walke along my lines so smooth so plaine Delightfull walkes they happily may proue So they may catch thy liking I thy loue This volume though not large at large discouers The fortunes of a payre of princely Louers Prince Curan and the Princesse Argentile He stranger she a natiue of our Isle He one for lineaments and gifts of mind Such as the like to him was hard to find And sure if to be amorous be no blot To vertue then his vertues had no spot And shee a dame whose beauty so excell'd That in those dayes shee was not paralell'd And if she were not coy more then shee should No imputation could on her take hold How loue from Lordlinesse doth him debace And makes him to supply a peasants place And how his loue to shunne th' assaults of loue From Court to Cottage doth her selfe remoue These things are here discourst and here is showne How he the second time loues her vnknowne How long he wooes her how at last he sped Though not till then when all his hopes were dead Then how he conquered him in bloudie fight That wrongfully vsurpt his Ladyes right Then which his former taske was farre more hard This last was easie with the first compar'd T' was more to him his Ladyes loue to gaine Then to giue end vnto a tyrants raigne To conquer her affections was a thing More hard to him then to vncrowne a King Nay all the weapons in these wars imployde Against the Prince not him so much annoy'd As did his Ladies angry frownes for those Could daunt him more then all his armed foes How he was rays'd vnto a Kingly throne That low deiections long had vndergone Concludes this booke which read vnto the end Perhaps to thee it may it selfe commend Thus of thy wishes wishing thee possest For kind acceptance onely Thine I rest W. W. TO THE FAIRE READER OF THE FAYRER SEX YOu louely DAME whose beautie is as much As was this louely Dames faire Argentile For in the world where