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A06619	Gallathea As it was playde before the Queenes Maiestie at Greene-wiche, on Newyeeres day at night. By the Chyldren of Paules.	Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.	1592 (1592)	STC 17080; ESTC S109720	28,216	56

Gallathea As it was playde before the Queenes Maiestie at Greene-wiche on Newyeeres day at Night ❧ By the Chyldren of Paules AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Charlwoode for the VViddow Broome 1592 ¶ The Prologue IOS and Smyrna were two sweete Cytties the first named of the Violet the latter of the Myrrh Homer was borne in the one and buried in the other Your Maiesties iudgement and fauour are our Sunne and shadowe the one comming of your deepe wisedome the other of your wonted grace VVee in all humilitie desire that by the former receiuing our first breath we may in the latter take our last rest Augustus Caesar had such pearcing eyes that who so looked on him was constrained to wincke Your highnesse hath so perfit a iudgement that what soeuer we offer we are enforced to blush yet as the Athenians were most curious that the Lawne wherewith Minerua was couered should be without spotte or wrinkle So haue we endeuoured with all care that what wee present your Highnesse shoulde neyther offend in Scaene nor sillable knowing that as in the ground where Gold groweth nothing will prosper but Golde so in your Majestes minde where nothing doth harbor but vertue nothing can enter but vertue GALLATHEA Actus primus Scaena prima Tyterus Gallathea Tyterus THE Sunne dooth beate vppon the playne fieldes wherefore let vs sit downe Gallathea vnder this faire Oake by whose broade leaues beeing defended from the warme beames we may enioy the fresh ayre which softly breathes from Humber floodes Galla. Father you haue deuised well and whilst our flocke doth roame vp and downe thys pleasant greene you shall recount to mee if it please you for what cause thys Tree was dedicated vnto Neptune and why you haue thus disguised me Tyterus I doe agree thereto and when thy state and my care be considered thou shalt knowe thys question was not asked in vaine Gallathea I willingly attend Tyterus In tymes past where thou seest a heape of small pyble stoode a stately Temple of white Marble which was dedicated to the God of the Sea and in right beeing so neere the Sea hether came all such as eyther ventured by long trauell to see Countries or by great traffique to vse merchandise offering Sacrifice by fire to gette safety by water yeelding thanks for perrils past making prayers for good successe to come but Fortune constant in nothing but inconstancie did change her copie as the people their custome for the Land being oppressed by Danes who in steed of sacrifice committed sacrilidge in steede of religion rebellion and made a pray of that in which they should haue made theyr prayers tearing downe the Temple euen with the earth being almost equall with the skyes enraged so the God who bindes the windes in the hollowes of the earth that he caused the Seas to breake their bounds sith men had broke their vowes and to swell as farre aboue theyr reach as men had swarued beyond theyr reason then might you see shippes sayle where sheepe fedde ankers cast where ploughes goe fishermen throw theyr nets where husbandmen sowe theyr Corne and fishes throw their scales where fowles doe breede theyr quils then might you gather froth where nowe is dewe rotten weedes for sweete roses take viewe of monstrous Maremaides insteed of passing faire Maydes Galla. To heare these sweete maruailes I would mine eyes were turned also into eares Tyte. But at the last our Country-men repenting and not too late because at last Neptune either wearie of his wroth or warie to doe them wrong vpon condition consented to ease theyr miseries Galla. What condition will not miserable men accept Tyte. The condition was this that at euery fiue yeeres day the fairest and chastest virgine in all the Countrey should be brought vnto this Tree heere beeing bound whom neither parentage shall excuse for honour nor vertue for entegrity is left for a peace offering vnto Neptune Galla. Deere is the peace that is bought with guiltlesse blood Tyte. I am not able to say that but hee sendeth a Monster called the Agar against whose comming the waters rore the fowles flie away and the Cattell in the field for terror shunne the bankes Galla. And she bound to endure that horror Tyte. And she bound to endure that horror Galla. Doth thys Monster deuoure her Tyte. Whether she be deuoured of him or conueied to Neptune or drowned between both it is not permitted to knowe and encurreth danger to coniecture Now Gallathea heere endeth my tale beginneth thy tragedie Galla. Alas father and why so Tyte. I would thou hadst beene lesse faire or more fortunate then shouldest thou not repine that I haue disguised thee in this attyre for thy beautie will make thee to be thought worthy of this God to auoide therfore desteny for wisedome ruleth the stars I thinke it better to vse an vnlawfull meanes your honour preserued then intollerable greefe both life and honor hazarded and to preuent if it be possible thy constellation by my craft Now hast thou heard the custome of this Countrey the cause why thys Tree was dedicated vnto Neptune and the vexing care of thy fearefull Father Galla. Father I haue beene attentiue to heare and by your patience am ready to aunswer Destenie may be deferred not preuented and therefore it were better to offer my selfe in tryumph then to be drawne to it with dishonour Hath nature as you say made mee so faire aboue all and shall not vertue make mee as famous as others Doe you not knowe or dooth ouercarefulnes make you forget that an honorable death is to be preferred before an infamous life I am but a child and haue not liued long and yet not so childish as I desire to liue euer vertues I meane to carry to my graue not gray haires I woulde I were as sure that destiny would light on me as I am resolued it could not feare me Nature hath giuē me beauty Vertue courage Nature must yeeld mee death Vertue honor Suffer mee therefore to die for which I was borne or let me curse that I was borne sith I may not die for it Tyte. Alas Gallathea to consider the causes of change thou art too young and that I should find them out for thee too too fortunate Galla. The destenie to me cannot be so hard as the disguising hatefull Tyte. To gaine loue the Gods haue taken shapes of beastes and to saue life art thou coy to take the attire of men Galla. They were beastly gods that lust could make them seeme as beastes Tyte. In health it is easie to counsell the sicke but it 's hard for the sicke to followe wholesome counsaile Well let vs depart the day is farre spent Exeunt Actus primus Scaena secunda Cupid Nimph of Diana Cupid Faire Nimphe are you strayed from your companie by chaunce or loue you to wander solitarily on purpose Nimph Faire boy or god or what euer you bee I would you knew these woods are to me so wel known that

Neptune if Venus can do any thing let her try it in this one thing that Diana may finde as small comfort at thy hands as Loue hath found curtesie at hers This is shee that hateth sweete delights enuieth louing desires masketh wanton eyes stoppeth amorous eares bridleth youthfull mouthes and vnder a name or a worde constancie entertaineth all kinde of crueltie shee hath taken my sonne Cupid Cupid my louely sonne vsing him like a prentise whypping him like a slaue scorning him like a beast therefore Neptune I intreate thee by no other God then the God of loue that thou euill intreate this Goddesse of hate Neptune I muse not a little to see you two in this place at this time and about this matter but what say you Diana haue you Cupid captiue Diana I say there is nothing more vaine then to dispute with Venus whose vntamed affections haue bred more brawles in heauen then is fitte to repeate in earth or possible to recount in number I haue Cupid and will keepe him not to dandle in my lappe whom I abhor in my hart but to laugh him to scorne that hath made in my virgins harts such deepe scarres Venus Scarres Diana call you them that I know to be bleeding woundes alas weake deitie it stretcheth not so farre both to abate the sharpnesse of his Arrowes and to heale the hurts No Loues woundes when they seeme greene rankle and hauing a smooth skinne without fester to the death within Therefore Neptune if euer Venus stoode thee in steed furthered thy fancies or shall at all times be at thy cōmaund let eyther Diana bring her Virgins to a continuall massacre or release Cupid of his martyrdome Diana It is knowne Venus that your tongue is as vnrulie as your thoughts and your thoughts as vnstaied as your eyes Diana cannot chatter Venus cannot chuse Venus It is an honour for Diana to haue Venus meane ill when she so speaketh well but you shal see I come not to trifle therefore once againe Neptune if that be not buried which can neuer die fancie or that quenched which must euer burne affection shew thy selfe the same Neptune that I knew thee to bee when thou wast a Sheepe-hearde and let not Venus wordes be vaine in thyne eares since thyne were imprinted in my hart Neptune It were vnfitte that Goddesses shoulde striue and it were vnreasonable that I shold not yeeld and therefore to please both both attend Diana I must honor her vertue deserueth no lesse but Venus I must loue I must confesse so much Diana restore Cupid to Venus and I will for euer release the sacrifice of Virgins if therefore you loue your Nimphes as shee doth her Sonne or preferre not a priuate grudge before a common griefe aunswere what you will doe Diana I account not the choyse harde for had I twentie Cupids I woulde deliuer them all to saue one Virgine knowing loue to be a thing of all the vainest virginitie to be a vertue of all the noblest I yeeld Larissa bring out Cupid and now shall it be saide that Cupid saued those he thought to spoyle Venus I agree to this willinglie for I will be warie howe my Sonne wander againe But Diana cannot forbid him to wounde Diana Yes chastitie is not within the leuell of his bowe Venus But beautie is a fayre marke to hit Neptune Well I am gladde you are agreed and saie that Neptune hath delt well wyth Beautie and Chastitie Enter Cupid Diana Heere take your sonne Venus Syr boy where haue you beene alwaies taken first by Sapho nowe by Diana howe hapneth it you vnhappie Elphe Cupid Comming through Dianaes woodes and seeing so manie fayre faces with fonde hearts I thought for my sport to make them smart and so was taken by Diana Venus I am glad I haue you Diana And I am gladde I am ridde of him Venus Alas poore boy thy VVinges clypt thy brandes quencht thy Bowe burnt and thy Arrowes broke Cupid I but it skilleth not I beare nowe myne Arrowes in mine eyes my Winges on my thoughts my brandes in myne eares my bowe in my mouth so as I can wounde with looking flye with thinking burne with hearing shoote with speaking Venus VVell you shall vp to heauen with mee for on earth thou wilt lose me Enter Tyterus Melebeus Gallathea and Phyllida Neptune But soft what be these Tyterus Those that haue offended thee to saue their daughters Neptune VVhy had you a faire daughter Tyterus I and Melebeus a faire daughter Neptune Where be they Meleb. In yonder Woods and mee thinkes I see them comming Neptune Well your deserts haue not gotten pardon but these Goddesses iarres Meleb. Thys is my Daughter my sweete Phillida Tyterus And this is my faire Gallathea Galla. Vnfortunate Gallathea if this be Phillida Phill. Accursed Phillida if that be Gallathea Galla. And wast thou all thys while enamoured of Phillida that sweete Phillida Phill. And couldest thou doate vpon the face of a Maiden thy selfe beeing one on the face of fayre Gallathea Neptune Doe you both beeing Maidens loue one another Galla. I had thought the habite agreeable with the Sexe and so burned in the fire of mine owne fancies Phillida I had thought that in the attyre of a boy there could not haue lodged the body of a Virgine so was inflamed with a sweete desire which now I find a sower deceit Diana Nowe things falling out as they doe you must leaue these fond fond affections nature will haue it so necessitie must Gallathea I will neuer loue any but Phillida her loue is engrauen in my hart with her eyes Phillida Nor I any but Gallathea whose faith is imprinted in my thoughts by her words Neptune An idle choyce strange and foolish for one Virgine to doate on another and to imagine a constant faith where there can be no cause of affection Howe like you this Venus Venus I like well and allowe it they shall both be possessed of their wishes for neuer shall it be said that Nature or Fortune shall ouer-throwe Loue and Fayth Is your loues vnspotted begunne with trueth continued wyth constancie and not to bee altered tyll death Gallathea Die Gallathea if thy loue be not so Phillida Accursed bee thou Phillida if thy loue be not so Diana Suppose all this Venus what then Venus Then shall it be seene that I can turne one of them to be a man and that I will Diana Is it possible Venus What is to Loue or the Mistrisse of loue vnpossible Was it not Venus that did the like to Iphis and Iauthes howe say yee are ye agreed one to bee a boy presently Phillida I am content so I may imbrace Gallathea Gallathea I wish it so I may enioy Phillida Melleb. Soft Daughter you must know whether I will haue you a Sonne Tyterus Take mee with you Gallathea I will keepe you as I begatte you a Daughter Melleb. Tyterus let yours be a boy and if you will mine shall not Tyterus Nay mine shall not for by that meanes my young sonne shall lose his inheritance Melleb. Why then gette him to be made a Maiden and then there is nothing lost Tyte. If there bee such changing I woulde Venus could make my wife a Man Melleb. Why Tyterus Because shee loues alwaies to play with men Venus Well you are both fonde therefore agree to thys changing or suffer your Daughters to endure harde chaunce Melleb. Howe say you Tyterus shall wee referre it to Venus Tyte. I am content because she is a Goddesse Venus Neptune you will not dislike it Neptune Not I Venus Nor you Diana Diana Not I Venus Cupid shall not Cupid I will not Venus Then let vs depart neither of them shall know whose lot it shal be til they come to the Churchdore One shall be doth it suffise Phillida And satis-fie vs both dooth it not Gallathea Galla. Yes Phillida Enter Rafe Robin and Dicke Rafe Come Robin I am gladde I haue mette with thee for nowe wee will make our Father laugh at these tales Diana What are these that so malepartlie thrust themselues into our companies Robin Forsooth Madame we are fortune tellers Venus Fortune tellers tell me my fortune Rafe We doe not meane fortune tellers we meane fortune tellers we can tell what fortune wee haue had these twelue monthes in the Woods Diana Let them alone they be but peeuish Venus Yet they will be as good as Minstrils at the marriage to make vs all merrie Dicke I Ladies we beare a very good Consort Venus Can you sing Rafe Baselie Venus And you Dicke Meanely Venus And what can you doe Robin If they duble it I will treble it Venus Then shall yee goe with vs and sing Hymen before the marriage Are you content Rafe Content neuer better content for there we shall be sure to fill our bellies with Capons rumpes or some such daintie dishes Venus Then follow vs Exeunt The Epilogue Galla. GOE all t is I onely that conclude al You Ladies may see that Venus can make constancie ficklenes courage cowardice modestie lightnesse working things impossible in your Sexe and tempering hardest harts like softest wooll Yeelde Ladies yeeld to loue Ladies which lurketh vnder your eye-lids whilst you sleepe and plaieth with your hart strings whilst you wake whose sweetnes neuer breedeth satietie labour wearinesse nor greefe bitternesse Cupid was begotten in a miste nursed in Clowdes and sucking onelie vpon conceits Confesse him a Conquerer whom yee ought to regarde sith it is vnpossible to resist for this is infallible that Loue conquereth all things but it selfe and Ladies all harts but their owne FINIS