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A02151	The pleasant historie of Dorastus and Fawnia VVherein is discovered, that although by the meanes of sinister fortune, truth may be concealed; yet by time, in spight of fortune, it is manifestly revealed. ... By Robert Greene, Master of Arts in Cambridge.; Pandosto	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1636 (1636)	STC 12292; ESTC S103413	39,826	56

Fawnia desiring one of her companions to beare her company went home by the flocke to see if they were well fowlded And as they returned it fortuned that Dorastus who all that day had beene hawking and killed store of game incountred by the way these two maides fraring that with Acteon he had seene Diana for he thought such exquisite perfection could not be found in any mortall creature As thus he stood in a maze one of his Pages told him that the maid with the garland on her head was Fawnia that faire Shepheardesse whose beauty was so much talked of in the Court Dorastus desirous to see if nature had adorned her mind withany inward qualities as she had decked her body with outward shape began to question with her whose daughter she was of what age and how shee had beene trained vp Who answered him with such modest reuerence and sharpnesse of wit that Dorastus thought her outward beauty was but a counterfeit to darken her inward qualities wondring how so courtly behauiour could be found in so simple Cottage and cursing Fortune that had shaddowed wit and beauty with such hard Fortune As thus he held her a long time with chat beauty séeing him at discouert thought not to loose the vantage but strucke him so déepely with an inuenomed shafte as he wholly lost his liberty and became a slaue to Loue which before contemned Loue glad to gaze vpon a poore shepheardesse who before refused the offer of rich Princesse For the perfection of Fawnia had so fixed his fancie as he felt his mind greatly changed and his affection altered cursing Loue that had wrought such a change and blaming the basenesse of his minde that would make such a choyce But thinking these were but passionate toyes that might be thrust out at pleasure to auoyd the Syren that inchanted him hee spurs his horse and had his faire Shepheardesse farewell Fawnia who all this while had marked the Princely gesture of Dorastus séeing his face so well featured and each limbe so perfectly framed began greatly to praise his perfection commending him so long till she found her selfe faulty and perceiued that if she waded but a little further she might slip ouer the shooes She therefore seeking to quench that fire which neuer was put out went home and faining her selfe not well at ease gother to bed where casting a thousand thoughts in her head shée could take no rest for if shée had waked she began to call to mind his beauty and thinking to beguile such thoughts with sléepe shée then dreamed of his perfection Pestered with these vnacquainted passions she passed the night as shée could in short slumbers Dorastus who all this while rode with a flea in his eare could not by any meanes forget the sweete fauour Fawnia but rested so bewitched with her wit and beauty as hee could take no rest He felt fancie to giue the assault and his wounded mind ready to yéeld as vanquished yet hee began with diuers considerations to suppresse his franticke affection calling to mind that Fawnia was a Shepheardesse one not worthy to be looked at of a Prince much lesse to be loued of such a Potentate thinking what a discredit it were to himselfe and what a griefe it would be to his father blaming fortune and accusing his owne folly that should be so fond as but once to cast a glance at such a Country slut And as thus he was raging against himselfe Loue fearing if she dallyed long to lose her Champion stept more nigh and gaue him such a fresh wound as it pierst him at the heart that he was faine to yéeld maugre his face and to forsake the company and get him to his chamber where being solemnly set he burst into these passionate termes AH Dorastus art thou alone No not alone while thou art tyred with these vnacquainted passions Yéeld to fancie thou canst not by thy fathers counsell but in a frenzie thou art by iust destinies Thy father were content if thou couldest loue and thou therefore discontent because thou dost loue O diuine Loue feare of men because honoured of gods not to be suppressed by wisedome because not to be comprehended by reason without law and therefore aboue law How then Dorastus why dost thou blaze that with praises which thou hast cause to blaspheme with curses Yet why should they curse loue which are in loue Blush Dorastus at thy Fortune thy choyce thy loue thy thoughts cannot be vttered without shame nor thy affections without discredit Ah Fawnia sweet Fawnia thy beauty Fawnia Shamest not thou Dorastus to name one vnfit for thy birth thy Dignities thy Kingdomes Die Dorastus Dorastus die Better haddest thou perish with high desires then liue in base thoughts Yea but beauty must be obeyed because it is beauty yet framed of the gods to féed the eye not to fetter the heart Ah but he that striueth against loue shooteth with them of Scyrum against the wind and with the Cockatrice pecketh against the steele I will therefore obey because I must obey Fawnia yea Fawnia shall be my fortune in spight of fortune The gods aboue disdaine not to loue women beneath Phoebus liked Daphne Iupiter Io and why not 3 then Fawnia one something inferiour to these in birth but farre superiour to them in beauty borne to be a Shepheardesse but worthy to be a goddesse Ah Dorastus wilt thou forget thy selfe as to suffer affection to suppresse wisdome and loue violate thine honour How sowre will thy choice be to thy father sorrowfull to thy subiects to thy friends a griefe most gladsome to thy foes Subdue then thy affection and cease to loue her whom thou couldest not loue vnlesse blinded with too much loue Tush I talke to the wind in séeking to preuent the causes I further the effects I will yet praise Fawnia honour yea and loue Fawnia and at this day follow content not councell Doe Dorastus thou canst repent and with that his Page came into the chamber whereupon hee ceased from complaints hoping that time would weare out that which fortune had wrought As thus he was pained so poore Fawnia was diuersly perplexed For the next morning getting vp very early she went to her shéepe thinking with hard labours to passe away her new conceiued amours beginning very busily to driue them to the field and then to shift the folds At last wearied with toyle she sate her downe where poore soule she was more tyred with fond affection For loue began to assault her insomuch that as she sate vpon the side of a hill she began to accuse her owne folly in these termes IN fortunate Fawnia And therefore infortunate because Fawnia thy Shepheards hook sheweth thy poore estate thy proud desires an aspiring mind the one declareth thy want the other thy pride No bastard Hawke must sore so high as the Hobby no fowle gaze against the Sun but the Eagle Actions wrought against nature reape despight and thoughts aboue fortune

commanded them that they should not presume to reade it before they came to the presence of Pandosto unlesse they would incurre the displeasure of Apollo The Bohemian Lords carefully obeying his command taking their leaue of the Priest with great reuerence departed out of the Temple and went to their Ships and as soone as Wind would permit them sayled towards Bohemia where in short time they safely arriued and with great Triumph issuing out of their ships went to the Kings Palace whom they found in his Chamber accompanied with other Noble-men Pandosto no sooner saw them but with a merry countenance he welcomed them home asking what newes They told his Maiesty that they had receiued answer of the god written in a Scrowle but with this charge that they should not read the contents before they came in the presence of the King and with that they deliuered him the Parchment But his Noblemen intreated him that sith therein were conteined either the safety of his Wifes life and honesty vr her death and perpetuall infamy that hee would haue his Nobles and Commons assembled in the Iudgement Hall where the Queene brought in as a prisoner should heare the contents If she were sound guilty by the Oracle of the god then all should haue cause to thinke his rigour procéeded of due desert if her Grace were found faultlesse then she should be cléered before all sith she had beene accused openly This pleased the King so that hée appointed the day and assembled all the Lords and Commons and caused the Quéene to be brought in before the Iudgement Seat commanding that the Iudgement should be read wherein she was accused of Adultery with Egistus and of conspiracy with Franion Bellaria hearing the contents was no whit astonished but made this chéerefull answer IF the Diuine powers be priuy to humane Actions as no doubt they are I hope my patience shall make Fortune blush and my vnspotted life shall staine spitefull discredit For although lying report hath sought to appeach mine honour and suspition hath intended to soyle credit with infamy yet where Vertue kéepeth the Fort report and suspition may assayle but neuer sacke How I haue led my life before Egistus comming I appeale Pandosto to the gods and to thy conscience What hath passed betwéene him and mee the gods onely know and I hope will presently reueale That I loued Egistus I cannot deny that I honoured him I shame not to confesse To the one I was forced by his vertue to the other for his dignities But as touching lasciuious lust I say Egistus is honest and hope my selfe to be found without spot For Franion I can neither accuse him nor excuse him I was not priuy to his departure And that this is true which I haue here rehearsed I referre my selfe vnto the Diuine Oracle BEllaria had no sooner said but the King commanded that one of the Dukes should reade the contents of the Scrowle which after the Commons had heard they gaue a great shoute reioycing and clapping their hands that the Quéene was cleare of that false accusation But the King whose conscience was a witnesse against him of his witlesse sury and false suspected iealousie was ●o ashamed of his rash folly that hee intreated his Nobles to perswade Bellaria to forgiue and forget these iniuries promising not onely to shew himselfe a loyall and louing Husband but also to reconcile himselfe to Egistu and Franion reuealing then before them all the cause of their secret flight and how trecherously hee thought to haue practised his death if the good minde of his Cup-bearer had not preuented his purpose As thus hee was relating the whole matter there was word brought him that his young Sonne Garinter was suddenly dead which newes so soone as Bellaria heard surcharged before with extreme ioy and now suppressed with heauy sorrow her vitall spirits were stopped that shée fell downe presently dead and neuer could be reuiued This sudden sight so appalled the Kings senses that hée sunke from his Seate in a swound so as hée was faine to be carried by his Nobles to his Palace where hée lay by the space of thrée daies without spéech His Commons were as men in despaire so diuersly distressed there was nothing but mourning and lamentation to be heard throughout all Bohemia their young Prince dead their vertuous Quéene bereaued of her life and their King and Soueraigne in great hazzard this tragicall discourse of Fortune so daunted them as they went like shadowes not men yet somewhat to comfort their heauy hearts they heard that Pandosto was come to himselfe and had recouered his spéech who as in sury brayed these bitter spéeches O Miserable Pandosto what surer witnes then conscience What thoughts more sowre then suspition what plague more bad then Iealousie Vnnaturall actions offend the gods more then men and causelesse cruelty neuer scapes without reuenge I haue committed such a bloudy fact as repent I may but recall I cannot Ah Iealousie a hell to the mind and a horrour to the conscience suppressing reason and melting rage a worse passion then frenzy a greater plague then madnesse Are the gods iust then let them reuenge such brutish cruelty my innocent Babe I haue drowned in the Seas my louing wife I haue slaine with slanderous suspition my trusty friend I haue sought to betray and yet the gods are siacke to plague such offences Ah vniust Apollo Pandosto is the man that hath committed the fault why should Garinter silly Child abide the paine Well sith the gods meaneto prolonge my daies to increase my dolour I will offer my guilty bloud a sacrifice to those guiltlesse soules whose liues are lost by rigorous folly And with that hée reached at a Rapier to haue murthered himselfe but his Péeres being present stayed him from such a bloudy act perswading him to thinke that the Common-wealth consisted on his safety and that those sheepe could not but perish that wanted a Shepheard wishing that if he would not liue for himselfe yet he should haue a care of his Subiects and to put such fancies out of his mind sith in sores past helpe salues doe not heale but hurt and in things past cure care is a corrosiue Withthese and such like perswasions the King was ouercome and began some what to quiet his mind so that so soone as he could goe abroad he caused his wife to be imbalmed and wrapt in Lead with her young Sonne Garinter erecting a rich and famous Sepulchre wherein he intombed them both making such solemne obsequies at her Funerall as all Bohemia might perceiue he did greatly repent him of his fore-passed folly causing this Epitaph to be ingrauen on her Tombe in Letters of Gold The Epitaph Here lyes intombde Bellaria faire Falsly accus'd to be vnchaste Cleer'd by Apollo's sacred doome Yet slaine by Jealousie at last What ere thou be that passest by Curse him that caus'd this Queene to die THis Epitaph being ingrauen Pandosto would once

vnder her hand Fawnia thought Porrus had béene her father and Mopsa her mother for so was the Shepheard and his wife called and honoured and obeyed them with such reuerence that all the neighbours praised the dutifull obedience of the child Porrus grew in short time to be a man of some wealth and credit For Fortune so fauoured him in hauing no charge but Fawnia that hée began to purchase Land intending after his death to giue it to his daughter So that diuers rich Farmours sonnes came as wooers to his house For Fawnia was something cleanly attired being of such singular beauty and excellent wit that who so saw her would haue thought shée had béene some heauenly Nymph and not a mortall creature In so much that when shee came to the age of sixteene yéeres shee so increased with exquisite perfection both of body and minde as her naturall disposition did bewray that shee was borne of some high parentage But the people thinking she was the daughter to the Shepheard Porrus rested onely amazed at her beauty and wit Yea shee won such fauour and commendations in euery mans eye as her beauty was not onely praised in the Countrey but also spoken of in the Court Yet such was her submisse modesty that although her prayse daily increased her minde was no whit puffed vp with pride but humbled her selfe as became a country maid and the daughter of a poore Shepheard Euery day she went forth with her sleep to the field keeping them with such care and diligence as all men thought she was very painefull defending her face from the heat of the Sunne with no other vaile but with a Garland made of boughes and flowers Which attire became her so gallantly as she seemed to be the goddesse Flora her selfe for beauty Fortune who all this while had shewed a friendly face began now to turne her backe and to shew a lowring countenance intending as shée had giuen Fawnia a slender checke so shee would giue her a harder mate To bring which to passe she laid her trains on this wise Egistus had but one onely sonne called Dorastus about the age of twenty yéeres a Prince so decked and adorned with the gifts of Nature so fraught with beauty and vertuous qualities as not only his father ioyed to haue so good a sonne but his Commons reioyced that God had sent them so noble a Prince to succéed in the Kingdome Egistus placing all his ioy in the perfection of his sonne séeing that hee was now marriageable sent Ambassadours to the King of Denmarke to intreate a marriage betwéen him and his daughter Who willingly consenting made answer that the next Spring if it pleased Egistus with his sonne to come into Denmarke he doubted not but they should agree vpon reasonable conditions Egistus resting satisfied with this friendly answer thought conuenient in the meane time to break it vnto his sonne Finding therefore on a day fit opportunity he spake to him in these fatherly termes DOrastus thy youth warneth me to preuent the worst and mine age to prouide the best Opportunities neglected are signes of folly actions measured by time are seldome bitten with repentance Thou art young and I old age hath taught me th●t which thy youth cannot conceiue I therefore will counsell thée as a Father hoping thou wilt obey as a child Thou seest my white haires are blossomes for the Graue and thy fresh colours fruit for time and Fortune so that it behooueth me to thinke how to dye and for thee to care how to liue My Crowne I must leaue by death and thou enioy my Kingdome by succession Wherein I hope thy Vertue and prowesse shall be such as though my subiects want my person yet shall see in thee my perfection That nothing either may faile to satisfie thy minde or increase thy dignities the onely care I haue is to sée thee well married before I die and thou become old Dorastus who from his infancy delighted rather to die with Mars in the field then to dally with Venus in the chamber fearing to displease his father and yet not willing to be wed made him this reuerend answer SIr there is no greater bond then duty nor no stricter Law then Nature disobedience in youth is often galled with despight in age The commend of the father ought to be a constraint to the child so parents wills are lawes so they passe not all Lawes May it please your grace therefore to appoint whom I shall loue rather the by deniall I should beappeached of disobedience I rest content to loue though it be the onely thing I hate Egistus hearing his sonne to flie from from the marke began to be some what chellericke and therefore made him this answer What Dorastus canst thou not loue Commeth this Cinicall passion of proud desires or péeuish frowardnes What dost thou thinke thy selfe too good for all or none good enough for thee I tell thee Dorastus there is nothing sweeter then youth nor swifter decreasing while it is increasing Time past with folly may be repented but not recalled If thou marrie in age thy wiues fresh coulours will bréd in thée dead thoughts and suspition and thy white haires her loathsomnes and sorrow For Venus affections are not fed with Kingdomes or treasures but with youthfull conceits and swéet a●ours Vulcan was allotted to shake the trée but Mars allowed to reape the fruit Yéeld Dorastus to thy fathers perswasions which why preuent thy perils I haue chosen thée a wife faire by nature Royall by birth by vertues famous learned by education and rich by possessions so that it is hard to iudge whether her bounty or fortune her beauty or vertue be of greates force I meane Dorastus Euphania daughter and heire to the King of Denmarke Egistus pausing here a while looking when his sonne should make him answer and séeing that he stood still as one in a trance he tooke him vp thus sharpely VVEll Dorastus take héed the trée Alypa wasteth not with fire but withereth with dew that which loue nourisheth not perisheth with hate If thou like Euphania thou bréedest my content and in louing her thou shalt haue my loue otherwise and with that he flung from his sonne in a rage leauing him a sorrowfull man in that he had by denyall displeased his father and halfe angry with himselfe that he could not yéeld to that passion whereto both reason and his father perswaded him But see how fortune is plumed with times feathers and how she can minister strange causes to bréed strange effects It hapned not long after this that there was a méeting of all the Farmors daughters in Sicilia whither Fawnia was also bidden as the mistresse of the feast who hauing attired her selfe in her best garments went amongst the rest of her companions to a merry meeting there spending the day in such homely pastime as Shepheards vse As the Euening grew on and their sport ceased each taking their leaue of other