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The historie of Calanthrop and Lucilla Conspicuously demonstrating the various mutabilities of fortune in their loves, with every severall circumstance of ioyes and crosses, fortunate exploites, and hazardous adventures, which either of them sustained before they could attaine the prosperous event of their wished aimes. By Iohn Kennedie.; Calanthrop and Lucilla
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Kennedy, John, fl. 1626.
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of such base minde That having got thy love will then reiect Thee though at first he seeme to be most kinde Neither know's thou his revenewes nor state Therefore in time rue rather then too late But now Loves king once toucht her heart againe So that she now reputes herselfe ingrate Who could permit her lover to remaine So long in griefe and might the same abate For which in heart she vowes to make amends And ere she loose her loue shee 'l loose her friends For why shee s sure a knight of so good parts As is her knight must loyall bee in love Deceit ne're dwels in noble martiall hearts This maxime skildest Phylosophs approve His birth likewise is sure equivalent Els her to suite could ne're be his intent Yet she remembers beggar Irus sought The constant love of chaste Penelope Which he mongst Peeres of Ithaca deare bought Endymion lov'd the Huntresse Hecate Thus love both Prince and poore man doth controll The gayners ioy the loosers still condole But what though love a beggar did provoke Or yet a shepheard enterprise such aime And rich and poore bee subiect to loves stroke And Cupid with one dart both heale and maime Like to Achilles lance whom it did wound It selfe againe nought else must make them sound What then Lucilla can there be such thing As ever love such operation had To make a base-borne slave looke like a King Though love hath power to make one glad or sad Love in transformes will not prove so vnright To make a Heard or Beggar seeme a Knight Admetus flocks nine winters Cynthius kept And love made Iove in golden showre descend In Danaes lap whilst she faire Lady slept The heat of love those gods made such intend Love likewise hath made Kings themselves abase Yet Indigence still stops Preferments place Since so it is what then should make thee feare Yet try if that his love to thee be such That he esteems no love as thine so deare If it be so thou oughts reward him much Thus then resolv'd she cald her chiefest maid Sophona nam'd and to her thus she sayd MY sweet Sophona greatly need I ayde And none save thou I thinke can serve the turne For wit and truth with secresie conveyde Must onely helpe me to leave off to mourne Her love-sicke heart now secretly doth bleed Whereat she pausd as one sham'd to proceed Which passion wisely Sophona thought good To stop in time before it should accresse To greater height for now her mistresse blood From face to inward parts had swift regresse Whereby it seem'd that love should be the cause Of her stupiditie and shame-fac't pause Thus therefore spake she to Lucilla sweet How now Madam belike you mee mistrust Else sure you would not spare for to repeate To me your griefes if I prove false heavens thrust Me from their blisse so Madam doe notspare To shew to me the cause of all your care Praise to the heavens I likewise can shut vp A secret in the cabine of my heart Neither can Cresus worth my minde corrupt For to reveale the same in any part Speake what you will to heavens I here protest Till time you please it shall not bee exprest But give me leave Madam what if I gesse Your cause of griefe for I did well remarke While as you spake some passion to suppresse You greatly strove I doubt it is loves sparke For why a tim'rous pause your speech made faile Rose-red first waxt your face then ashy-pale And if Madam love doe your heart possesse Give Cupid place his deitie is supreame Rather then vrge an helplesse businesse It 's folly great to strive against the streame Then be content and prove not times abuse But freely shew how I may serve your vse My deare Sophona quoth Lucilla thou Knowst well that hitherto I ever lov'd Thee more then all my maids and shall I vow For why to me as yet thou ever prov'd Most faithfull constant kinde discreete and wise Thee secrets to divulge none can entyse Therefore to thee I 'le tell the simple truth A tale that scarce my heart dare well commit The pretious secret therof to my mouth Indeed Sophona thou the mark hast hit I loue aye me I loue what shall I doe The paines of loue my heart will rent in two Yet let mee tell thee hee 's a worthy one And this last night I secretly ov'r-heard His plaint which might have mov'd a heart of stone To pittie him then went I afterward Alongst the garden gallerie he below Lay fast asleepe so nought at all did know In this meane time I took from off my hand A pretty ring and dropt it on his cloake The posie whereof if hee vnderstand Of black despaire will quench both fire and smoake But though his plaint at first made me relent Yet that I threw the ring I did repent For why I thought I knew not well his worth And to my friends hee likewise was a stranger Yet loue me told valour though hid breakes forth For mee and mine hee put his life in danger In open field vnarm'd and without feare Couragiously alone he kild the Beare Disdaine sayes Honour pusht him thereunto And what he did was not for my respect Loue sayes againe what had he here adoe But for my sake should I him then reiect Reason suggesteth once he told mee plaine I was his earthly ioy and chiefest gaine For kinde Sophona this same is the knight That came from Epire in our companie And when we landed here took his good night Beleeve me woman faith the same is hee That came with vs last time we view'd the Spring This knight I meane on whom I dropt the ring And now Sophona I intreate thee trye If that his love to me be so entire As it appeares likewise if thou canst spye Him all alone I pray thee strive to heare His words remark his gesture and his lookes By these thou'le know if he contentment brookes Sophona kinde worke war'ly I exhort For long will I looke for thy wisht returne 'Cause sure I am thou wilt the truth report And helpe to quench the flames my heart doth burne Madam quoth she let me and that alone No more farewell Madam I will begone SInce she is gone it were no misse to show What cogitations companied the knight For when Lucilla him the ring did throw You know he sleeping was for why his spright Whilst he awoke was vext with griefe extreame For which in sleepe he had a golden dreame Hee dream'd he was into a lovely wood Where prettie birds melodiously did sing Hard by a river where they also stood Trees hearbes and flowers which pleasantly did spring All sorts of beasts here walkt most fearlesly Each thing strove here to satiate the eye In this meane time came Venus and her boy As he surmysd betwixt them was a Lasse Whom they conduct without guide or convoy Thus swiftly marcht they where Calanthrop was Venus then cald alowd brave
a mile right neare To morrow when they come in any case Let vs obscure our selves by the sea side Till they come forth our forces then divide Your forces are some eighteen thousand strong Of beaten Souldiers well expert in warre Who vow to dye or else revenge your wrong To morrow then when Citizens appeare See you attend the place where as they minde To kill the Ladies some shall stay behinde And goe betwixt them and their Citie-gates By this meane shall we stop them to retire Then let them raile on Fortune and the Fates And when they cry for mercie stop your care Till time they yeeld their Citie and their lives To you likewise their children goods and wives It 's well advisde quoth Calanthrop therefore I doe applaud our shippes are out of sight It seemes the gods doe ayd vs more and more Blest be those pow'rs who favour still the right The morne the Burgers came who did intend To kill the Ladies whom the heavens defend Calanthrop and his forces with great rage Ov'r-threw the Burgers who were full of feare Still was he guided by his loving Page Each in his Armie crying still Epire. Now fled the Burgers for to seeke refuge Vnto their Citie where they must not Iudge For why Calanthrops forces were betwixt Them and the towne so forc't them back againe No where about could one their eyes have fixt But they should see numbers of Burgers slaine Heavens quoth Lucilla what moves all this sturre To kill vs two you need small force concurre At last Sophona gave attentive eare For why she marveld what should move them stay Then presently shee heares men cry Epire Madam quoth she we will not dye to day With that Calanthrop cryes vntye vntye Those Ladies else by heavens you all shall dye The which they did not daring to gain-stand Calanthrop doth Lucilla faire embrace And then Sophona now he gives command All who had captives to remove a space Yet see that no man did a Burger kill Till time they knew what was their Princes will Anone the captives they to him present He graciously to mercie them receav'd The captives then their Cities keyes have sent Vnto Calanthrop seeing hee behav'd Himselfe so meekly sparing all their bloods To him they rendred Citie lands and goods Then to the Citie went hee where his forces Receiv'd him and Lucilla ioyfully On foot they stood in armes for now their horses Were put a part yet lookt to carefully So Calanthrop and faire Lucilla went Vnto the Palace with no meane content There hee directs his Souldiers all in armes To keepe their centries carefully each night So should they still be ready for alarmes But see how soone that ere the day grew light Others in stead of those should cent'nel keep That those who watcht already might goe sleepe When they had supt and it was time to rest The Ladies to their chamber he convoyd Thereafter Morpheus so his eyes possest That hee in bed till day one sleepe enioyd Then hee arose and willd his Page goe see If that the Ladies lov'd have companie Or if the Ladies sleeping were or not Or if they counted all their sorrowes past And if their by-past griefe was all forgot For he with them intended break his fast The Page went and awake Sophona found But sweet Lucilla yet was sleeping sound Sophona to the Page most softly spake Asking what rest that night his master got Yet through their speech Lucilla did awake And seeing that it was Philodespot She cald him to her askt him for his Lord. Hee told her hee was well and every word Even as before his Lord did him direct Tell him quoth she he banisht hath my sorrow And that I doe his presence here expect Whilst thus she spake Calanthrop gives good morrow To her and to Sophona for no way His page so stayd hee could endure to stay Cousin quoth she pray who hath sent for you To come into my chamber you 're too bold Madam quoth he I cannot helpe that now If I returne not then in armes he fold His sweet Lucilla who forgave his misse And in her bed disdaind not him to kisse As thus they sport a Lord to him was sent By all the Princes of the Royall blood Intreating humbly he would bee content To cause interre their king for it was good Since he was dead that he were had to grave And so his last honour of them receave The Sepulchre without the Cities wall Was built most richly all of Marble stone Like to an Obeliske thither went all The Lords and Burgers yet with no great moane The corpes they carrie buriall to enioy Calanthrop likewise did the corpes convoy But by the way huge feare all those possest Who bore the corpes the Coffin did so shake A thundring noyse midst lightning then exprest Heavens wrath which made the stoutest heart to quake So each remov'd expecting the event In end before their eyes the Coffin rent Out of the which there came a fearfull beast Like a Chimera was this monster wrought Fram'd like a Lyon was it's head and breast The body thereof like a Goate was thought And like a Dragon was it's filthie taile This beast the whole spectators did assaile And so ran raging whersoere hee lists Amongst those frighted people to and froe Till that brave val'rous Calanthrop resists Him giving him vpon the back a blow Which mov'd the beast finding it selfe to bleed Vnto the Lybian forrests run with speed The beast thus gone Calanthrop and the rest Whose hearts in admiration did abound Now to interre the corpes they thought it best But when they came no corpes was to be found A scroll they found the which they did vnfold And found those following verses writ in gold THis metamorphose heavens doe right impose On wretched Anxifer who it deserv'd This scroll you read is sent for to disclose That cause this tyrant still from honour swerv'd Who was a king and so bare rule above Others yet cherisht vice ne're would reprove For this cause to Chimera is he turnd Whose Lyons crest resembles crueltie And cause in lust not love he ever burnd His Goat-like bodie imports lecherie His Dragons tayle doth evidently show Vnlawfull actions oft in end bring woe Therefore let his example teach each one In Rulers places who conspicuous sit Beware of tyranny for still the mone Of poore oppressed people heavens admit And iustly when oppressors least expect Poure forth their wrath on those who wrong effect If much before each one now more admir'd For why they finde Lucilla had not kild The king as they supposd so they rety'rd Vnto the Citie where the Princes willd Calanthrop to accept the noble Crowne Of Cyrenaica which should much redowne Vnto his honour yet hee did refuse Telling them that he never did such merit Yet will they not admit of his excuse For why they swore none else should it inherit In end into a place most eminent They crown'd Calanthrop