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A02143	Pandosto the triumph of time. VVherein is discouered by a pleasant historie, that although by the meanes of sinister fortune truth may be concealed, yet by time in spight of fortune it is most manifestlie reuealed. Pleasant for age to auoyde drowsie thoughtes, profitable for youth to eschue other wanton pastimes, and bringing to both a desired content. Temporis filia veritas. By Robert Greene Maister of Artes in Cambridge.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1588 (1588)	STC 12285; ESTC S108586	34,700	55

present This solemne tryumph being once ended the assembly taking their leaue of Pandosto and Bellaria the young sonne who was called Garinter was nursed vp in the house to the great ioy and content of the parents Fortune enuious of such happy successe willing to shewe some signe of her inconstantie turned her wheele and darkned their bright sun of prosperitie with the mistie cloudes of mishap and misery For it so happened that Egistus King of Sycilia who in his youth had bene brought vp with Pandosto desirous to shewe that neither tracte of time nor distance of place could diminish their former friendship prouided a nauie of ships and sayled into Bohemia to visite his old friend and companion who hearing of his arriuall went himselfe in person and his wife Bellaria accompanied with a great traine of Lords and Ladies to meete Egistus and espying him alighted from his horse embraced him very louingly protesting that nothing in the world could haue happened more acceptable to him then his comming wishing his wife to welcome his olde friend and acquaintance who to shewe how she liked him whom her husband loued intertayned him with such familiar curtesie as Egistus perceiued himselfe to bée verie well welcome After they had thus saluted and embraced eche other they mounted againe on horsbacke and rode toward the Citie deuising and recounting howe being children they had passed their youth in friendely pastimes where by the meanes of the Citizens Egistus was receyued with triumphs and showes in such sort that he maruelled how on so small a warning they coulde make such preparation Passing the streetes thus with such rare sightes they rode on to the Pallace where Pandosto entertained Egistus and his Sycilians with such banqueting and sumptuous cheare so royally as they all had cause to cōmend his princely liberality yea the verie basest slaue that was knowne to come from Sycilia was vsed with such curtesie y t Egistus might easily perceiue how both hee and his were honored for his friendes sake Bellaria who in her time was the flower of curtesie willing to shew how vnfaynedly shee looued her husband by his friends intertainemēt vsed him likewise so familiarly that her countenance bewraied how her minde was affected towardes him oftentimes comming her selfe into his bed chamber to sée that nothing should be amis to mislike him This honest familiarity increased dayly more and more betwixt them for Bellaria noting in Egistus a princely and bountifull minde adorned with sundrie and excellent qualities and Egistus finding in her a vertuous and curteous disposition there grew such a secret vniting of their affections that the one could not well be without the company of the other in so much that when Pandosto was busied with such vrgent affaires that hee could not bee present with his friend Egistus Bellaria would walke with him into the Garden where they two in priuat and pleasant deuises would passe away the time to both their contents This custome still continuing betwixt them a certaine melancholy passion entring the minde of Pandosto draue him into sundry and doubtfull thoughts First he called to minde the beauty of his wife Bellaria the comelines and brauerie of his friend Egistus thinking that Loue was aboue all Lawes and therefore to be staied with no Law that it was hard to put fire and flaxe together without burning that their open pleasures might breede his secrete displeasures He considered with himselfe that Egistus was a man and must needes loue that his wife was a woman and therfore subiect vnto loue and that where fancy forced friendship was of no force These and such like doubtfull thoughtes a long time smoothering in his stomacke beganne at last to kindle in his minde a secret mistrust which increased by suspition grewe at last to a flaming Iealousie that so tormented him as he could take no rest He then began to measure all their actions and to miscenstrue of their too priuate familiaritie iudging that it was not for honest affection but for disordinate fancy so that hee began to watch them more narrowely to sée if hée could gette any true or certaine proofe to confirme his doubtfull suspition While thus he noted their lookes and gestures and suspected their thoughtes and meaninges they two séely soules who doubted nothing of this his treacherous intent frequēted daily eache others companie which draue him into such a franticke passion that he beganne to beare a secret hate to Egistus and a lowring countenaunce to Bellaria who marueiling at such vnaccustomed frowns began to cast béeyond the Moone and to enter into a thousand sundrie thoughtes which way she should offend her husband but finding in her selfe a cleare cōscience ceassed to muse vntil such time as she might find fit opportunitie to demaund the cause of his dumps In the meane time Pandostoes minde was so farre charged with Iealousy that he did no longer doubt but was assu●●ed as he thought that his Friend Egistus had entered a wrong pointe in his tables and so had played him false play whervpō desirous to reuenge so great an iniury he thought best to dissemble the grudge with a faire and friendly countenance and so vnder the shape of a friend to shew him the tricke of a foe Deuising with himself a long time how he might best put away Egistus without suspition of treacherous murder hee concluded at last to poyson him which opinion pleasing his humour he became resolute in his determination and the better to bring the matter to passe he called vnto him his cupbearer with whom in secret he brake the matter promising to him for the performance thereof to geue him a thowsande crownes of yearely reuenues his cupbearer eyther being of a good conscience or willing for fashion sake to deny such a bloudy request began with great reasons to perswade Pandosto from his determinate mischief shewing him what an offence murther was to the Gods how such vnnaturall actions did more displease the heauens than deuoide of pity commanded that without delay it should bee put in the boat hauing neither saile nor other to guid it and so to bee carried into the midst of the sea and there left to the wind waue as the destinies please to appoint The very shipmen seeing the sweete countenance of the yong babe began to accuse the King of rigor and to pity the childs hard fortune but feare constrayned them to that which their nature did abhorre so that they placed it in one of the ends of the boat and with a few greene bows made a homely cabben to shroud it as they could from wind and weather hauing thus trimmed the boat they tied it to a ship and so haled it into the mayne Sea and then cut in sunder the coarde which they had no sooner done but there arose a mighty tempest which tossed the little Boate so vehemently in the waues that the shipmen thought it coulde not continue longe without sincking yea

shafte as he wholy lost his libertie and became a slaue to Loue which before containned Loue glad now to gaze on a p●ore shephea●d who before refused the offer of a riche Princesse for the perfection of Fawnia had so fi●ed his fancie as he felt his mind greatly chaunged and his affections altered cursing Loue that had wrought such a chaun●e and blaming the basenesse of his mind that would make such a choice● but thinking these were but passion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that migh● be thrust out at pleasure to auoid the Syren that inchaunted him 〈…〉 his horse and had this f 〈…〉 Fawnia who all this while had marked the 〈…〉 of Dorastus seeing his face 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and each time so perfectly frame● began greatly to praise his perfection commending him so long till she found her sel●e faultie and perceiued that if she waded but a little further she might slippe ouer her shooes shee therefore seeking to quench that fire which neuer was put out went home and ●●●n●ing her selfe not well at ease got her to bed● where casting a ●●sand thoughts in her head she could take no rest for if she wake● she begā to call to minde his beautie and thinking to beguile such thoughts with ●●eepe ●he ●●en dreamed of his perfection pestred thus with these vnacquainted passions she passed the night as she could in short ●●umbers Dorastus who all this while rode with a flea in his eare coulde not by any meanes forget the sweete fauour of Fawnia but rested ●o bewitched with her wit and beauty as hee could take no rest He felt fancy to giue the a●●ault and his wounded mind reap●●te to yeeld as vanquished yet he began with diuers ●on●●●●rations to suppresse this frantick affecti●● ca●●ing to minde that Fawnia was a ●heph●ard one not worthy to bee 〈◊〉 at of a Prince much lesse to bee loued of such a potentate thinking what a discredite it were to himselfe and what a griefe it would be to his father blaming fortune and acc●●●●ng his owne 〈◊〉 that shoulde bee so fond as but once to ●ast a gla 〈…〉 As thus he was raging against ●●mselfe Loue fearing if shee dallied long to 〈…〉 ept more nigh and gaue him such a fresh wounde as it pra●●t him at the heart that he was faine to yeeld maugre his ●a● e and to forsake the companie and gette him to his chamber where being solemnly set hee burst into these passionate ●●armes Ah Dorastus art tho● alone No not alone wosste t●o● art tired with these vnacquainted passions Yeld to fancy thou can●● not by thy fathers coun●●●●e but in a frenzie t●o● art by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THy father were content 〈…〉 ●●● by reason without Lawe● and therefore aboue all Law How now Dorastus why ●●● thou blaze that with maises which thou hast cause to blaspheme with curses Yet why should they curse Loue that are in Loue Blush Dorastus at thy fortune thy choice thy loue thy thou●●●s cannot be vttered without shame nor thy affections without discredit Ah Fawnia sweete Fawnia thy beautie Fawnia Shamest not thou Dorastus to name one vnfitte for thy birth thy dignities thy Kingdomes Dye Dorastus Dorastus die better hadst thou perish with high desires then liue in base thoughts Yea but beautie must be obeyed because it is beauty yet framed of the Gods to feede the eye not to fatter the heart Ah but he that striueth against Loue shooteth with them of Scyrum against the winde and with the Cockeatrice pecketh against the steele I will therefore obey becaue I must obey Fawnia yea Fawnia shal be my fortune in spight of fortune The Gods aboue disdain not to loue womē beneath Pho●bus liked Sibilla Iupiter Io and why not I then Fawnia one something inferiour to these in birth but farre superiour to them in beautie horne to be a Shepheard but worthy to be a Goddesse Ah Dorastus wilt thou so forget thy selfe as to suffer affection to suppresse wisedome and Loue to violate thine hononour How sower will thy choice be to thy Father for●●●full to thy Subiects to thy friends a griefe most gladsome to thy foes Subdue then thy affections and seaseto loue her whome thou couldest not loue vnlesse blinded with too much loue Tushe I talke to the wind and in seeking to preuent the causes I further the effectes I will yet praise Fawnia honour yea and loue Fawnia and at this day followe content not counsaile D●● Dorastus thou canst but repent and with that his Page came into the chamber whereupon hee ceased from his complaints houing that time would weare out that which fo●●une had wrought As thus he was pained so poore Fawnia 〈◊〉 diuersly perplexed for the next morning gett●●● 〈◊〉 very earely shee went to her sheepe thinking with hard 〈◊〉 to passe 〈◊〉 her 〈…〉 poore soule she was more tryed with 〈…〉 beganne to assault her in so much 〈◊〉 as she 〈◊〉 vpon the side of a hill she began to accuse her o●●e folly in these 〈◊〉 INfortunate Fawnia and therefore infortunate because Fawnia thy shepherds hooke sheweth thy poore 〈◊〉 thy proud desires an aspiring mind the one declareth thy 〈◊〉 the other thy pride No bastard hauke must so●re so hie as the Hobbie ●o Fowle gaze against the Sunne but the Eagle 〈◊〉 wrought against nature reape despight and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aboue Fortune disdaine Fawnia thou art a shepheard daughter to poore Porrus if thou rest content with this thou art like to stande if thou climbe thou art sure to fal The Herb Anita growing higher 〈…〉 weede Nylus flodding more then twelue cubits procureth a dearth Daring affect●●● that passe measure ar● cut shorte by time or fortune suppresse then Fawnia those thoughes which thou 〈◊〉 to expresse But ●● Fawnia loue is a Lord who will comm●●● by power and constraine by force Dorastus a● Dorastus is the man I loue the woor●e is thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the lesse 〈◊〉 hast thou to hope Will Eagles catch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 will Cedars stoupe to be brambles or mighty Princes ●●●●● at such homely tru●●es No no thinke this Dorastus 〈…〉 hee is a Prince respecting his 〈◊〉 thou a beggars brat forgetting thy calling Cease then not onely to say but to thinke to loue Dorastus and dissemble thy loue Fawnia for better it were to dye with griefe then to liue with shame yet in despight of loue I will sigh to see if I can sigh out loue Fawnia somewhat appea●● her griefes with these pithie perswa●●●s began after her 〈◊〉 manner to walke about her shéepe and to 〈…〉 the very ve●●inies did deny herto ●●erine But Dorastus was more impatient in his passions for loue so fiercely assayled him that neither companie nor musicke could mittigate his martirdome but did rather far the more increase his maladie shame would not let him craue counsaile in this case nor feare of his Fathers displeasure reueyle it to any secrete friend but hee was saine to make a Secretarie of himselfe and to participate his thoughtes with his owne troubled

winde for the space of a day and a night that the maryners lay and slept vpon the hatches but on the next morning about the breake of the day the aire began to ouercast the winds to rise the seas to swel yea presently there arose such a fearfull tempest as the ship was in danger to be swallowed vp with euery sea the maine ●●ast with the violence of the wind was thrown ouer boord the sayles were torne the tacklings went in sunder the storme raging still so furiously that poore Fawnia was almost dead for feare but that she was greatly comforted with the presence of Dorastus The tempest continued thrée dayes al which time the Mariners euerie minute looked for death and the aire was so darkned with cloudes that the Maister could not tell by his compasse in what Coast they were But vpon the fourth day about ten of the clocke the wind began to cease the sea to wax calme and the sky to be cleare and the Mariners descryed the coast of Bohemia shooting of their ordnance for ioy that they had escaped such a fearefull tempest Dorastus hearing that they were arriued at some harbour sweetly kissed Fawnia and bad her be of good cheare when they tolde him that the port belonged vnto the cheife Cittie of Bohemia where Pandosto kept his Court Dorastus began to be sad knowing that his Father hated no man so much as Pandosto and that the King himself had sought secretly to betray Egistus this considered he was halfe afraid to goe on land but that Capnio counselled him to chaunge his name and his countrey vntil such time as they could get some other Barke to transport them into Italy Dorastus liking this deuise made his case priuy to the Marriners rewarding them bountifully for their paines and charging them to saye that he was a Gentleman of Trapalonia called Meleagrus The shipmen willing to shew what friendship they could to Dorastus promised to be as secret as they could or hee might wish and vppon this they landed in a little village a mile distant from the Citie where after they had rested a day thinking to make prouision for their mariage the fame of Fawnias beauty was spread throughout all the Citie so that it came to the eares of Pandosto who then being about the age of fifty had notwithstanding yong and freshe affections so that he desired greatly to see Fawnia and to bring this matter the better to passe hearing they had but one man and how they rested at a very homely house he caused them to be apprehēded as spies and sent a dozen of his garde to take them who being come to their lodging tolde them the Kings message Dorastus no whit dismayed accompanied with Fawnia and Capnio went to the court for they left Porrus to keepe the stuffe who being admitted to the Kings presence Dorastus and Fawnia with humble obeysance saluted his maiestie Pandosto amased at the singular perfection of Fawnia stood halfe astonished viewing her beauty so that he had almost forgot himselfe what hee had to doe at last with stearne countenance he demaunded their names and of what countrey they were and what caused them to land in Bohemia Sir quoth Dorastus know that my name Meleagrus is a Knight borne and brought vp in Trapalonia and this Gentlewoman whom I meane to take to my wife is an Italian borne in Padua from whence I haue now brought her The Cause I haue so small a trayne with me is for that her friends vnwilling to consent I intended secretly to conuey her into Trapalonia whither as I was sailing by distresse of weather I was driuen into these coasts thus haue you heard my name my country and the cause of my voiage Pandosto starting from his seat as one in choller made this rough reply Meleagrus I feare this smooth tale hath but small trueth and that thou couerest a foule skin with faire paintings No doubt this Ladie by her grace and beauty is of her degree more meete for a mighty Prince then for a simple knight and thou like a periured traitour hast bereft her of her parents to their present griefe and her insuing sorrow Till therefore I heare more of her parentage and of thy calling I wil stay you both here in Bohemia Dorastus in whome rested nothing but Kingly valor was not able to suffer the reproches of Pandosto but that he made him this answer IT is not meete for a King without due proofe to appeach any man of ill behauiour nor vpon suspition to inferre beléefe straungers ought to bee entertained with courtesie not to bee intreated with crueltie least being forced by want to put vp iniuries the Gods reuenge their cause with rigor Pandosto hearing Dorastus vtter these wordes commanded that he should straight be committed to prison vntill such time as they heard further of his pleasure but as for Fawnia he charged that she should be entertained in the Court with such curtesie as belonged to a straunger and her calling The rest of the shipmen he put into the Dungeon Hauing thus hardly handled the supposed Trapalonians Pandosto contrarie to his aged yeaxes began to be somwhat tickled with the beauty of Fawnia in so much that hee could take no rest but cast in his old head a thousand new deuises at last he fell into these thoughtes HOw art thou pestred Pandosto with fresh affections and vnfitte fancies wishing to possesse with an vnwilling mynde and a hot desire troubled with a could disdaine Shalt thy mynde yeeld in age to that thou hast resisted in youth Peace Pandosto blabbe not out that which thou maiest be ashamed to reueale to thy self Ah Fawnia is beautifull and it is not for thine honour fond foole to name her that is thy Captiue and an other mans Concubine Alas I reach at that with my hand which my hart would faine refuse playing like the bird Ibys in Egipt which hateth Serpents yet feedeth on their egges Tush hot desires turne oftentimes to colde disdaine Loue is brittle where appetite not reason beares the sway Kinges thoughtes ought not to climbe so high as the heauens but to looke no lower then honour better it is to pecke at the starres with the young Eagles then to pray on dead carkasses with the Uulture tis more honourable for Pandosto to dye by concealing Loue their to enioy such vnfitte Loue. Dooth Pandosto then loue Yea whome A maide vnknowne yea and perhapps immodest stragled out of her owne countrie beautifull but not therefore chast comely in bodie but perhappes crooked in minde Cease then Pandosto to looke at Fawnia much lesse to loue her be not ouertaken with a womans beauty whose eyes are framed by arte to inamour whose hearte is framed by nature to inchaunt whose false teares knowe their true times● and whose sweete wordes pearce deeper then sharpe swordes Here Pandosto ceased from his talke but not from his loue for although he sought by reason and wisedome to suppresse this franticke