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A03845	An epitome of the history of faire Argenis and Polyarchus, extracted out of the Latin, and put in French, by that great and famous writer, M. N. Coeffeteau Bishop of Marseilles. And translated out of the French into English by a yong gentlevvoman. Dedicated to the Lady Anne Wentvvorth; Histoire de Poliarque et d'Argenis. English	Coeffeteau, Nicolas, 1574-1623.; Man, Judith.; Barclay, John, 1582-1621. Argenis.	1640 (1640)	STC 1396; ESTC S104485	26,786	88

might end the Combat and end their differences by the death of the one or the other After a great conflict they were separated twice But both aspiring to the victory and being impatient at this succour out of rage and despite threatned their souldiers to fall on them if they had the audacity to hinder them any more They beginne their conflict the third time but they appeared so wearied and weakned by reason of the losse of their blood that it was thought the Conquerour should have no great cause to glorifie himselfe of his victory at the end of the Combat In the end neverthelesse Poliarchus who had some advantage upon the Sardiot for the last blow finding out a place through the defect of His Armour thrusts His sword through His throat and sacrifices Him to the Princesse of Sicily's wrath Radirobranes whose soule was already upon His lips thrust Himselfe on Poliarchus and fell downe upon Him but being bereaved of life Poliarchus disingag'd Himselfe by little and little from under this body and appeared victorious in the Head of His Troopes The Moores know not what Trophies to erect to the French Princes vertue their Queene avouches that Her Sonne and She owe unto His courage all the remainder of the good fortune which they have in the world Going to visit Him when He was sicke of the wounds which He had received in the Combat after many praises said to the Conquerours glory She speaks unto Him of the happy purchase which Her Sonne had made in Sicily and in few words gives Him to understand that Meleander holding Himselfe extreamely obliged unto His valour had offered Him His Daughter in marriage At this word all Poliarchus His wounds did bleed afresh and seemes by the palenesse of His face that His soule is going to abandon His body as being weary to dwell in it But this is not all here 's a mightier wave which comes to encounter Him to banish out all patience from His soule The Queene had conjurd Her Sonne by Her letters that He should make a journey into His Kingdome before He married the Princesse of Sicily and to induce Him to make this voyage had represented unto Him the mis-fortunes whereof His State was threatned by the K. of Sardany's Army There He is come and led to Poliarchus His chamber whōHe had cruelly offended Poliarchus feared not this encounter at all because the Moore bore another name in Sicily then in His Kingdome but knowing His Rival remēbers what the Queene had told Him touching Her Sons marriage with Argenis Griefe so over-mastered His senses that at this sight all full of rage he turn'd His head on the other side shews tokens of His spight and receaves no better countenance of the Moore who resolves to avenge Himselfe of the obstacle which He gives to His Nuptials imagining that the delay wch Argenis had ask't was for His sake They come to words which testifie the great adversion which they have against each other The Queene much astonied brings forth Her Son out of the sick mans chamber chides Him for His incivility represents unto Him the obligation wch He hath to the French Prince and by way of reproach gives Him to understand that He shall be for ever blamed to have so unworthily used an outlandish Prince unto whōHis Crown is so strictly oblig'd In the meane time examining exactly the cause of so cruell a hatred who had made Poliarchus to resolve to take Sea thus sicke and ill as He was She finds out that it was Iealousie which they had each of the other concerning Argenis which had stirred up this storme That comforts Her beleeving She had found the meanes to agree them without much trouble She speakes to both the Princes Imperiously to Her Sonne Courteously unto that of France She conjure Them to referre the decision of their differences unto Meleander And I will cause said She unto Poliarchus that you shall have the Faire Argenis and that my Son shall not loose Her This promise as an Oracle with two faces doth astonish the Princes but the respect which they bare to the Queene obliges them to beleeve Her and to give a true Faith unto Her words and stay with patience what the event will be whereof both the one and the other seemed to hope well Thus Poliarchus is conjured to remaine in the Court of Mauritania to cause His wounds to be healed and in the meane time the Moore lands His Navy in Sardany full of factions by the death of their King He conquers it with little trouble He comes backe Victorious to meet the Queene his Mother which at Poliarchus His intreaty dispatches them both with Her letters to goe and decide their difference before Meleander unto whom they had referred it by Her Counsell She gives a Cabinet unto Her sonne to carry unto Meleander the pretious stones which were in it were of an inestimable value but that was not the secret Having taken leave of the Queene the two Rivall Princes hoise up saile shewing no signe of anger against each other They arrived much about one time in Meleanders Court Argenis hath notice that Poliarchus is so neere unto her This joy had transported Her if rage had not cross't it when She heard that He had made Her Father Umpire of Her marriage Is it then said She all the esteeme He makes of me to put Himselfe thus in hazard to lose Me And if my Father who hath an inclination for the Moore gives Me unto Him doth he thinke that I will ever consent thereunto Before that shall happen steele or poison shall put Me out of the world I shall have more courage then He my death shall blot out all the Trophies that this Moore goes fancying in his minde and Poliarchus shall know that I can love more constantly and truly then He At least if My sexe takes away the meanes to dispute against Him the glory of Armes nothing shall hinder Me to take from Him that of Constancy This list is open to all the couragious spirits without distinction of sexe and I shall not be the first Virgin who hath surpassed men in fidelity In the meane time the two Lovers are favourably receaved at Court where Poliarchus began to reassume His luster and as it were to darken a little the Prince of Mauritanias glory they go to salute the King who at first sight makes them the best welcome which they can desire Poliarchus was the first which made His complement in few words But the Moore having presented those letters with the Cabinet whereof His Mother had charged Him to give unto Meleander saw Himselfe ingaged in a longer discourse At the opening of the letters the King changed colour having read them very exactly and with an extraordinary attention He tooke a little Golden Key which the Queene of Mauritania had inclosed in them and opened the Cabinet where He found things which did ballance His Spirits in such sort that among'st the

it fit He should returne in His Kingdome But that He should not forget to cause His greatnesse to appeare by bringing so faire an army from His Countrey that among'st the obstacles which might oppose themselves to their designe He should be able to free Her from those cares and troubles which Their separation causes that in the meane time Shee will indeavor to change Her Fathers anger and bring Him againe in His favour Which She imagines will not be very difficult considering the esteeme which He makes of His vertue Poliarchus having read this letter could not tell what to resolve The imagination of the perill and feare to be discovered caus'd Him to apprehend the journey to Court where he doubted not but His enemies were watching to surprise Him Arsidas and Timoclea fearing least He should miscarry represented Him the danger yet greater then it was But the desire He had to see Argenis made Him despise all the hazzards which they represented He then calls aside His deare friend and declares unto Him that He had rather expose Himselfe to His enemies rage then to goe out of Sicily and not see the Princesse Arsidas seeing the ardour of His passion in lieu of opposing fortifies it by the assurance which he gives Him to runne the same hazard They take leave of Timoclea unto whōPoliarchus protested to be so much obliged that it is out of His power to acknowledge the innumerable courtesies which she hath heap'd upon Him conjures her to believe that at least she hath a Crowne and a King at her devotion assures her that Hee will returne into Sicily so well accompanied that the greatnesse of His birth shall not bee doubted and that then He shall have some manner of meanes to acknowledge the good offices which His trusty friends have done him and then addes that He is going to make use of the perriwigge and beard whereof she had made Him a present to disguise Himselfe Thus with an extreame sorrow He takes His leave of this vertuous Lady which did shed an Ocean of teares at His departure He soone after arrived at Court with Arsidas His Conduct where immediately after He gives notice unto Argenis of His coming the joy which She received thereat cannot be exprest but seeing Him with a forme so different from that of Poliarchus She did shed some teares seeing in what danger He did precipitate Himselfe for Her sake on the other side the contentment which She received to see before Her eyes that which She held most deare in the world caused Her presently to leave off Her teares It was in the Temple in the middest of the devotions and sacrifices where they saw each other but it was impossible to continue this practice full of danger any longer Argenis sent Him word by Arsidas that Hee should with expedition saile into France to raise there with promptitude an army able not onely to overcome the Kings enemies but also all Sicily Arsidas undertooke to fraight a ship for that voyage under colour that he had another to make in Italy They imbarque themselves intending to hold their course towards France but the fates disposed otherwise of it In the meane time the Warre is kindled afresh and the Confederates having reunited their forces caused all the State to rebell against the King who had but foure Holds remayning in one of which being scituat in an Island He retired Himselfe with Argenis and the choyce of his trustiest Servants In this distresse Fortune brought forth new causes of trouble unto Poliarchus and the Princesse The yong King of Sardany and Corse taken with Argenis's beauty whereof the glory as well as the pictures had flowen throughout all the Universe makes a puissant Army takes His course towards Sicily and arrives with His Navy neere unto the Towne where Meleander had retired Himselfe The sight of so many Sayles frights all the Kings party as if they had beene new enemies arrived to dissipate the relickes of His fortune But the King of Sardany sends to Meleander gives Him assurance of His Army and declares Him that taking that interest which He ought in the common case of Kings He was come to assist Him and to helpe Him to chastise His subjects rebellion This new joy causes Him to open His Gates and the King Himselfe prepares to goe and receive Him in His owne shipping But being desirous to take away all suspition unto Meleander and His He commands His Navy to remaine in the roade till they had newes of Him and with a small traine goes to meete with Meleander who with a great freedome leapes into His Ship to honour Him so much the more After the complements the King of Sardany to witnesse that He had no lesse confidence then that of Sicily goes in His Gally and went in company together towards the Towne where Meleander receives Him with as much magnificence as the state of His affaires would permit Having courted a while He hastens the warre and being enflamed with the love of Argenis whom He had found much fairer then Her picture wishes for nought else but Combats desiring to make Himselfe remarkeable in them to shew Himselfe worthy of the love of so faire a Princesse Archombrotus is jealous of this new Rivall doth protest in His heart He will never yeeld Him this glory which He could not suffer that it should be enjoyed by another which was better then He who was Poliarchus These yong Cavalleers edg'd on by their passions doe wonders against the enemies But the Moore was so happy that having saved Meleanders life He with His owne hand slew the chiefe of the factious Neverthelesse the forces which the King of Sardany had brought which doubtlesse had opened the way unto the Victory seemed exceeding considerable unto the King and Court of Sicily Being all returned in the place where Faire Argenis was the onely subject of so many heroicall actions jealousie inflames it selfe the Moore though covertly imployes all his industry to chase the Princesses favour who hath His sollicitations in disdaine and detests in Her heart so visible an infidelity which tends onely to make a shamefull wound in Her constancy The King of Sardany asketh Her in marriage openly unto Her Father who dares not refuse Her after so powerfull a succour wherewith He hath newly oblig'd Him Neverthelesse knowing that His Daughter had no inclination for that Prince He makes use of all manner of artificiall delayes to feede Him with vaine hopes without breaking with Him fearing least being moved with His refusall He should turne His armes against Sicily But where art thou Poliarchus Some few months before He had shipp'd himselfe in that Vessell which Arsidas had caused to be prepar'd to sayle towards the Gaules but He was beaten with such contrary winds and His Ship was so much persecuted with tempestuous stormes that He was constrain'd to abandon it and put Himselfe under the mercy of the waves in a little Cock-boat which went and