thynges of theyr straunge aduentures / and after he yssued with grete Ioye Than Appolyn clothed his doughter with ryche aournementes clothes and apparaylled hymselfe at al poyntes And Anthygoras had grete pleasure to se that aduēture Than she began for to tell her fader how she was solde vnto the cursed ruffyen the whiche wolde haue maynteyned her in synne and voluptuousnes / what payne she hadde for to kepe her vyrgynyte / how the prynce Anthygoras had ayded and socoured her for to to kepe her vyrgynyte and to saue her frome that horryble synne of carnal concupyscence So after the complayntes made of the one and of the other they demeaned grete Ioye bytwene them of theyr sodayne encountrynge And at the laste Anthygoras prayed kynge Appolyn instauntly that he wolde gyue vnto hym his doughter Tarcye in maryage / the whiche Appolyn hym ottroyed and graunted for the pleasure that he hadde doone to her in helpynge her for to kepe her body immaculate and vyrgynall / than he sayd to Appolyn I requyre you to gyue me a gyft / and Appolyn graunted hym / and the prynce sayd I demaunde of you vengeaunce to be executed vpon this cursed and meschaunt ruffyen whiche in this wyse hath withholden your doughter / to the whiche request Appolyn accorded lyghtly Than anone Anthygoras ledde Appolyn and his doughter Tarcye in to the cyte with grete magnyfycence and tryumphe And whan they were entred had abyden awhyle Anthygoras the prynce commaunded that all the cytezyns sholde be redy in goodly ordynaunce for to assemble afore kynge Appolyn and his doughter Tarcye And as soone as they were comen he mounted vpon a scaffolde amonge them and sayd as here after foloweth ¶ How the ruffyen that kept Tarcye was brent Ca. xxxii Tarcye The ruffyen Appolȳ Anthygo O Ye cytezyns of this cyte of Mylytayne I Anthygoras prynce of the same and gouernoure for the we le publyke or comune do you for to knowe and vnderstande that ye and I ben in grete peryl syth a lytell space For Appolyn the myghty kyng of Thyre and Anthyoche is aryued with an huge nauye of men armes for to be auenged vpon vs and to put our cyte to mortall ruyne for cause of this cursed ruffyen the whiche hath holden his doughter Tarcye in the bordell publykely and openly in the moost shamefull wyse as esclaue and comyn woman And therfore I lete you wete to th ende that our cyte be not dystroyed for suche an euyll man And anone al the cytezyns sayd Lorde we wyll that he gyuen to Appolyn / that he take vengeaunce on hym at his pleasure rather thā he sholde make our cyte to be dystroyed Than incontynent the ruffyen was brought afore the prynce Anthygoras his hādes boūden behynde hym and there was apparayled a fayre chayre in the myddes of the cyte / and Appolin was made for to sytte therin holdynge his doughter by the hāde than he sayd to all the people there beynge in presence Citezyns of Mylytayne by your grete goodnes and gentylnes ye ben here assembled for to se the Ioy and solace that I haue of my doughter the whiche I veryly supposed had ben deed in the cyte of Tharcye whome I haue this day founde / the whiche this cursed ruffyen hath holden for esclaue and bonmayden And yet it suffysed hym not so to do / but he hath holden her in the publyke bordell as impudyke for to dyshonour and shame her for euer / but yet notwithstandynge his cruell malyce by the grace of god adiutory of you other lordes here present she hath preserued and kept her maydenheed wherof I thāke you cordyally And for that I and my doughter shall be beholden vnto you for to rendre vnto you as grete a pleasure / wherfore I requyre in the way of ryghtwysnes that ye do suche Iustyce vpō hym as belongeth to suche a cursed and meschaūt man for the retaynynge of my sayd doughter Than all the cytezyns sayd with one voyce / we wyll that he be brent in the myddes of the cyte Than anone a grete fyre was made in the market and the ruffyen was bounde to a pyler in the myddes therof / and so with grete payne and shame he fynysshed his dayes before all the people Thā sayd Tarcye to the esclaue that had kept her vyrgynyte and bought her lute / for the we le and seruyce that thou hast done to me I make the free of all seruage and thraldome / and here I gyue the an hondred besauntes of golde to make the a good man Than she gaue to all the women that were in the bordell grete fynaunce and ryches to th ende that they sholde leue theyr synne and go oute of that place After all these thynges done Appolyn arose out of his chayre and sayd to the prynce of the cyte O Anthigoras prynce of grete vertue and replete with boūte I thanke the of the grete goodnes and honoure that thou hast doone to me For by the I haue goten my moost welbeloued doughter And also all you noble cytezyns of mylytayne I thāke and remercy you of the grete debonayrte and frēdshyp that ye haue done vnto me and vnto my doughter / for by the grace of god and you she hathe yet her vyrgynyte maydenhede And for the goodnes that ye haue doone to me and to her I gyue you frely fyfty charges of syluer They seȳg his fraunchyse and good wyll thanked hym gretely / and for his sake they dyde do make an ymage or statute too his semblaūce all of fyne syluer / set it in the middle of the cyte The whiche statue helde in his hāde a shyppe / bytwene his armes his doughter Tarcie / and vnder his fete he helde the ruffyen in whose hādes was a wrytynge in golden lettres that sayd thus ¶ Appolin the noble kynge of Thyre by his lyberalyte and fraūchyse hath made of newe the walles of the cyte of Mylytayne / and fortefyed it with plente of treasoures and rychesses / for whose loue his doughter Tarcye vyrgyn pudyke and chaste the cytezyns of the sayd cyte hath do to be made this present ymage or statue ¶ Of the maryage of Anthygoras prynce of Mylytayne and of Tarcye kynge Appolyns doughter Ca. xxxiij A Certayne tyme after that Appolyn had gyuē his doughter Tarcye vnto Anthigoras for to be his wyfe as is aforesayd he anounced it to all the cytezyns / wherof they had grete Ioye and thā he prepayred and apparaylled all suche thynges as to the maryage apperteyned / and thā with grete magnyfycēce and glory the espousaylles were made the feest endured .viij. dayes whiche were to longe to tell And whā the feest was determyned Appolyn desyred sore for to retorne in to Thyre / wolde passe throughe the cyte of Tharcye for to be auēged on Tranquyle Dyonyse his wyfe He beynge in this purpose on a nyght he had a vysyō the
cease / haste thou abyden wayted this grete peryll for to do me so moche harme at one tyme / for thou hast put me totally in extreme pouerte / and hast lefte me alone and all naked of goodes and of all esperaūce / cursed be thou Certaynly yf so were that kyng Anthyogus coude do me no harme thou hast done me more than suffycyent for hym / wors than enraged is he that trusteth in thy feate / alas He beyng in this calamynous sorowe sawe comynge towarde hym a fyssher poorely arayed ragged with a blacke mantell and gyrded with a roten corde Appolyn was in many tribulacyons and anguysshes for he hadde doubte / thought / melancoly / heuines / sorowe / hōger / thyrst / and inwarde care / he went and fell downe flat at the fete of the fyssher and sayd Dere broder who someuer thou be I requyre the that thou wylte haue mercy on the poore naked the whiche hath lost all that he had in the body of the see And to th ēde that thou mayst knowe what I am / knowe thou that I am named Appolyn kynge of Thyre the which by fortune and the see is brought in to perdycyon / wherfore I praye the haue compassyon ouer me and that thou gyue me some conforte and helpe of lyuynge This sayd the fyssher behelde hym lōge sawe hym so fayre and gracyous and vnderstode that he was a kynge pyte moeued his spirytes by maner of cōpulcyō to haue compassyon vpon hym / than he ledde Appolyn vnto a lytell hous besyde the see wher as he wtdrew hym whan he had fysshed and gaue hȳ of suche poore meetes as fysshers do ete whan they ben hongry And the better for to accomplysshe his good dedes and for inwarde pyte that he had of hym he gaue vnto hym the one halfe of his blacke mantell for to couer his body with / and sayd vnto hym go in to the cyte of Terme the which is here by and thou shalt fynde some that wyll haue pyte vpon the. And yf thou fynde none that wyll haue pyte vpon the retorne agayne to me here / and for all my pouerte I shall not fayle the of suche as I haue / and yf it so be we two shall take fysshe for to gete our lyuynge But I pray the yf fortune be and that god wyll that thou remoūte vnto thyn estate that thou dyspyse me not of that the whiche I haue gyuen to the that is the one half of my mantell Appolyn sayd / yf I thynke not on the goodnes that thou haste done to me an other tyme may I suffre the daungerous perylles of the see and that I may neuer fynde ony good persone that wyll haue mercy vpon me Thā the fyssher shewed hym the way / and so Appolyn went to the cyte poorely arayed as he was ¶ How kynge Appolyn poorely arayed entred within the cyte of Terme and played with the kynge Ca. x. KYnge Appolyn comen in to the cyte he wyste not what to do / but behelde all about to se the cyte in abydynge the conuercyon of fortune / and as he wente towarde the kynges palays he sawe comynge a yonge man that cryed to the lordes / cytezyns / pylgryms and all other of what estate or degree so euer they were that wolde play with the swerde rebated and at the shelde lete them appareyle theyr feate redy and come to a place that he assygned Whā Appolyn herde this crye he becrye he began for to complayne hymselfe and sayd thus Alas poore caytyf and myserable kynge what shalte thou do / whyder shalt thou go / thou hast grete cause for to complayne seynge that thou a kynge hast not soo moche as a poore begger or pylgryme / where ben thy treasours and rychesses / where ben thy precyous vestures and clothes / where ben thy lordes and seruauntes thy grete coursers stedes for to ryde vpon thy fote men and pages to cōduyte the where as thou wolde be / thou arte dystytute and vnpurueyed of all thynges belongynge vnto the / for in stede of treasours and rychesses thou hast pouerte and nede / in stede of precyous vestures and clothes thou arte wrapped in a pyece of an olde mantel or cloke / in stede of lordes and seruauntes to reioyce the thou arte all alone in a straunge regyon full of sorowe and dolour of herte / in stede of coursers and myghty stedes to ryde vpon thou goost on thy fete vpon the bare stones in the fylthy stretes and wayes / in stede of fote men and pages to conduyte the thou hast a staffe for feere of beestes goynge amonge poore pylgrymes and beggers whiche take scorne of the / alas thou mayst well complayne thy grete mysfortunes yet neuertheles thou shalt not abyde behynde but put thy selfe forthe amonge the other poore pylgrymes to se the kynge and the maner of his realme yf it happen to playe with some persone In makynge these complayntes with many syghes and teeres the myddaye passed And after dyner the kynge named Archystrates and all the lordes came for to se the play Than they began to playe bothe lordes and other gentylmen a grete whyle Whan Appolyn had longe beholden the playe he demaunded of one and of other of poore estate yf they wolde play for to do pleasure to the company / but of them all none there was that wolde answere hym but dysdeyned to play with hym for his poore clothes and rayment This seynge the kyng Archystrates lorde of the cyte he entred in to the playe accompanyed with many knyghtes squyres and sawe that there was none that wolde playe agaynst Appolyn / he toke vp the swerde and began to smyte fast / and as euyll clothed as Appolyn was he retorned to the kynge and helde hym ryght shorte The lordes seynge Appolyn so poorely arayed smyte vnto the kinge so hardely they wolde haue chased hym away / but the kynge cōmaunded them to lete hym alone The kȳge played yet an other torne / and Appolyn retorned it more styfly Whan the kynge sawe hym play so he merueyled of hym gretely / and sware to the knyghtes by his crowne that neuer in his dayes he had founde none that played soo nymbly and soo expertly as he dyde Whan Appolyn herde how the kynge praysed and commended his playenge to the knyghtes he reioyced gretely / and in maner halfe shamefast and glad he shewed certayne strokes of the shelde or bokeler whiche pleased the kynge moche And whan the playe was fynysshed Appolyn toke leue curtesly of the kynge and departed Whan he was gone the kynge sayd vnto his knyghtes I t were to you by my saluacyon that syth the daye of my natyuyte I sawe neuer a better and more gentyll player at the swerde and shelde than he is to my gre and pleasure / it dyspleaseth me that I knowe not what he is / for myn herte Iugeth hym to be extrayt of some noble house And anone
lordes of his realme sayd vnto them Lordes and frendes knowe ye that I wyll shewe vnto you myn entent wherfore that I haue sent for you The cause is this that I wyl gyue my doughter Archicastres vnto Appolȳ in maryage And therfore dysplease you not / for it pleaseth me and my doughter also And thanked be our lord that she hath chosen a mā so secrete and so intellectyf as he is Whan the barōs vnderstode the wordes of the kynge and the effect of his entent they were accorded were ryght Ioyfull of it The noble kynge seynge the perfyte wyll and true entēt of his baronny he was ryght well pleased and thanked thē saynge that as true subgectes they had accorded vnto theyr souerayne and lyege lorde And that he assygned vnto his barons a certayne day for to come vnto the spousayles of his doughter / for he wolde that they shold be there in the honourablest wyse that myght be ordeyned and had / that they sholde spare for none exspence / and so they dyde Whan the day of the spousaylles was comen the damoysell Archycastres was appareylled and aourned in the moost tryumphaunt maner that coude be deuysed / in clothes of golde set with fyne perles and precyous stones / and owches of grete value And the noble kynge Appolyn was clothed in the same suyte also Than after that the espousaylles was finysshed they reentred in to the palays with grete melody of mynstrelles and musycyens But for to recount of the seruyces that day / the tryumphe and noblesse of that feest the games and dedes of worthynes that was there determyned / of the ryche gyftes that were gyuē to lordes and ladyes it were to longe for to recount What sholde I make longe processe all thynge was doone so nobly that no man was myscontent / but reioyced gretly of the excellence therof And the feest accomplysshed and done the lordes estates of the realme toke theyr leue of the kynge at Appolyn and at the fayre damoysell Archicastres and retorned with grete Ioy and tryumphe in to theyr countrees and lordshyppes ¶ How tydynges came by a galey to kȳge Appolyn that the kynge of Anthyoche was deed xvj A Certayne tyme after the ryche maryage and espousalles of the noble Appolyn was acheued and done the damoysell Archicastres waxed grete of a doughter wherof the kyng her fader and Appolyn were ryght Ioyous Vpon a certayne day as Appolin came from studye / he and his spouse fayre Archycastres wente for to sporte them vpon the ryuage of the see / and as they walked vnder the shadowe of the boughes they sawe where as came swymmȳge a myghty vessel that aryued at the porte or hauen of the cyte Whan Appolyn hadde seen and beholden it a whyle he sayd fayre loue and lady lete vs go and se yonder fayre vessell / with a good wyll sayd Archicastres / so they wēte vnto the galey And whan Appolyn had longe beholden it and aduysed the maner and speche of the galyotes and by many other sygnes he knewe that it was of his realme of Thyre Thā he demaūded of the patron of whens the galey was / and wherfore it was so decked and arayed with blacke The patrō all sorowfully sayd / we ben of the kyngdome af Thyre Appolyn this herynge was gladde / in a maner sory / for he wyst not wherfore it was comē into the countree / whyder for his socoure or for to dystroy hym And than Appolyn sayd / ye ben of my countree Dere syr sayd the patron I knowe you not / but I pray you tell me yf it please you yf ye knowe ony tydynges of the lorde of Thyre Certaynly sayd Appolȳ I wote wher he is Alas syr sayd the patron for god / yf ye wolde shewe me hym ye myhht do to hym grete honour and to me grete Ioy and pleasure / for we ben comen hyder for to feche hym and to brynge hȳ in to his realme royall of Thyre / for kyng Anthiogus of Anthyoche his doughter for whō our noble kynge is out of his realme coūtree ben deed wretchedly by the thonder that fell vpō them / and all his kyngdomes / lordeshyppes and treasoures be kept for our good kynge Appolyn Than was Appolyn gladde and sayd vnto his wyfe archycastres Swete loue now may ye knowe yf the aduentures that I haue tolde you ben true or not And I praye you hertely as ye loue me that ye be not dyspleased of one thynge that is that I wyll go receyue my preteryte realme the other the whiche ben for me attendaūt and comen by ryght The damoysell than wepyng sayd Appolyn swete lorde and frende I thynke this that yf ye were ferre fro me ye wolde come vnto myn enfauntemēt and delyueraunce of chylde Wherfore I pray you that you leue me not alone / but haue me with you Appolyn seynge and vnderstandynge the parfyte loue that she hadde vnto hym sayd I am content yf it please my lorde youre fader Than wente the damoysell vnto the kynge her fader and sayd Right honoured and redoubted fader reioyce you and be mery / for true it is that kynge Anthiogus of Anthioche and his doughter ben put to dethe by thonder of the heuens for that he enhabyted kept her as paramours / and all his kyngedomes seygnouryes apperteyneth vnto my well beloued husbande lorde Appolyn the whiche wyll go and receyued them / for a galey of his countree is aryued at an hauen here by the whiche hath denounced vnto hym all the fayte / and abydeth tyll hy departe / wherfore I praye you yf it please you for to gyue me lycence to go with hym / for though ye lete go one doughter with the grace of the potencyall goddes we shall retorne twayne The kynge beynge gladde and Ioyfull of the wordes of his doughter of her tydynges he vnto her accorded in all that she wolde And anone he made to ordeyne and apparayle shyppes and dromōdes with all suche thinges as to them necessary was / and many ladyes and damoyselles and her nouryce named Lycordes for to helpe her yf necessyte happened And than Appolyn Archicastres toke leue of the kynge and in goodly aray they mounted vpon the see for to go vnto the realme of Anthyoche and Thyre ¶ How kyng Appolyn entred the see with his wyfe / and how she was delyuered of a doughter Ca. xviij KYnge Appolyn and Archycastres beynge on the see sayled longe with grete tryumphe and Ioye and so longe they exployted by theyr Iourneys that they came in to the hye see / and thā the fayre weder began for to chaunge and the wynde arose makynge grete noyse and it thondred and lyghtned impyteously that all they were sore abasshed Than on a daye after grete trauayle feere and payne Archycastres began for to trauayle of chylde with grete throwes and dyseases was delyuered of a fayre doughter /
syght of the worlde tyl the enmy of goodnes and mankynde by incessaunt enuy had ouerthroweÌ„ caste her in his snare as here after ensueth in thy story ¶ How by lechery and temptaÌ„cyon of the deuyll the kynge voyled his doughter Ca. ij Lucidas Anthiogê° AS this mayden was comen vnto the age for to be maryed kynges / prynces / dubes / erles / and many other grete and noble estates came for to haue her in maryage The kynge made his counseyle for to be assembled for to knowe what man was moost conuenable for to haue his doughter Durynge this tyme the kynge by euyll enchauffemeÌ„t and by temptacyon of the deuyll fyxed and set his loue on his doughter / and by the inextynguybl persecucyoÌ„s and prouocacyoÌ„s of the enemy he was moeued in his slepe / arose in a mornynge at the sprynge of the day and entred in to his doughters chambre coÌ„maunded all that were there for to yssue out in makynge semblaunt that he wolde speke with her in secrete for certayne thynges to her be houe and prouffite And he abydyng alone with her of ardaunt desyre put hymselfe in bedde with her / and she doubtynge his inhumanyte durst not gaynsay hym And so moche he dyde that he not onely maculed her bedde / but also he bereft the treasure of her vyrgynyte left her dystytute of all consolacyon tenderly wepynge / so yssued out of her chambre Thus as she lameÌ„ted wepte her nouryse entred in to the chambre founde her in grete desolacyon and demauÌ„ded her the cause of her waylynge The poore lady durst not relate it for thabhomynacyon that she had in the fayt The nouryse than began for to say A my moost honourable of me so well beloued lady doughter knowe ye that my lyege lady your moder left you vnto me whaÌ„ she passed this lyfe / I that so moche loue you and haue so derely holden tenderly nourysshed prayeth you for to tell me the cause of your dyscomforte WhaÌ„ the lady herde that she prayed her so swetely she sayd A ryght dere moder and nouryse this same day I haue had the gretest losse of the fayrest and rychest Iewell that I had / that is the treasoure of my chaÌ„bre vyrgynall / for it is corrupte defyled or euer I had ony treaty of maryage The nourysse than sayd / who is he that hath ben so hardy suche a thyÌ„ge to vndertake to the dyshonour of the kynge of his realme / began for to crye / but the lady sayd A my nourysse for god mercy / for yf ye say ony thynge I am but deed you also For suche hath done it that it is not conuenyent for to say And to th ende that ye knowe it was my lorde my fader the whiche this day came hyder / and so she recounted all the maner and fayt vnto her nourysse / and prayed her for to holde it secrete And than the nourysse began for to appease the lady shewynge her that the kynge bare the culpe synne AS this cursed kynge had accoplysshed this horryble synne as it is abouesayd he shewed semblaunce before his people as good and debonayre vnto his doughter / and that he was in mynde for to enquyre for some noble man for to gyue his doughter in maryage / the which thynge he thought not / but he purposed that his doughter shold remayne alway with hym in the inhumayne synÌ„e And to eschewe and cause that none sholde haue her / and for to fere them that shold demaunde her he purpensed a falacious polycy cautelous wyle / and made a preposycyon in this wyse He that shall haue my doughter to wyfe shall be called sapyent worthy to haue a kynges doughter / he that feleth hymselfe vnable and ygnoraunt in the solucyon of my questyoÌ„ lete hym not prease to it / for I shall do smyte of his heed as nought worthy for to haue a kynges doughter The which preposycyon he dyde do set at the gates of the cyte For this preposycyon neuertheles many kynges / dukes / erles / baroÌ„s / other grete lordes put them in dauÌ„ger for the beaute of his doughter dystytute of the solucyon of the kynges qestyon And whan they founde not the solucyon of the questyon the kynge made for to smyte of theyr heedes without mercy accordynge to his preposycyoÌ„ / and made them to be put out of the cyte to th ende that they which came for to haue his doughter myght take exaÌ„ple / for to euyte the demauÌ„de of her ¶ How kynge Appolyn assoyled the questyon of kynge Anthiogus of Anthyoche Ca. iij. THe kynge of Anthyoche aforenamed ledde his lyfe in that abhomynable synÌ„e of lechery by the space of loÌ„ge tyme. So it happened that the renowne of the beaute of the lady passed thrugh the regyoÌ„s adiacent and neyghbours tyll it came to the eeres of Appolyn kynge of Thyre whiche was a maÌ„ fayre / yonge / ioyous / eloquent / and a ryght good clerke / also he was a bacheler This kynge herynge of the damoysell aforesayd toke on hym for to assoyle the questyon And came tofore kynge Anthiogus salued hym honourably WhaÌ„ the kynge of Anthyoche sawe hym he doubted hym more than ony of the other for his wysdome to hym sayd Appolyn I knowe well wherfore thou arte comeÌ„ All they that haue wyues ben acquyted AppolyÌ„ answered / that that ye saye is the laste ende of the cause / for I haue no wyfe / but I desyre for to haue your doughter in maryage WhaÌ„ the kynge herde Appolyn thus speke he was so abasshed that he wyst not what to do / and thaÌ„ he sayd Appolyn thou knowest not the condycyons to haue my doughter Appolyn sayd I haue sene them wryteÌ„ at the portall of this cyte / and therfore the ryght shall be sene yf it please god The kynge of Anthyoche than had grete indygnacyon euyll wyll towarde kynge Appolyn / and vnto hym sayd Appolyn take hede vnto my questyon for it is doubtable / and here it is ¶ Grete synne do I vse / the flesshe of my moder I abuse I demaunde broder dere / yf I touche my fader nere I as husbande to my wyfe bynde / and agaynst nature I do kynde APpolyn vnderstandynge the questyon wtdrewe hym a lytell praynge god with good herte / so moche he dyde that he fouÌ„de the solucyoÌ„ / than came to the kynge and sayd Kynge of Anthyoche herkeÌ„ to my solucyon The kyng was ryght dolente of his wordes / and Appolyn sayd In that thou sayest that thou vsest synÌ„e thou sayest sothe / for thou holdest thy doughter in synÌ„e as I vnderstaÌ„de Anthiogus doubtynge that by Appolyn his synÌ„e shold be dysclosed he sayd vnto hym furyously Certes AppolyÌ„ thou arte ferre fro my questyon / well thou hast deserued for to lose thy heed / but of a specyall grace I gyue the .xxx.
answered / ye be well founde noble kynge of Thyre Tell me now by thy fayth how thou art comē in to these regyons / for me thynketh that thou arte troubled in thy courage Truely sayd kynge Appolyn I shall tell it the. Knowe thou that I haue payed and assoyled a questyon vnto the kynge of Anthyoche and demaunded his doughter in maryage the whiche he entreteyneth for his paramours and therfore he maketh me to be pursued for to make medye Wherfore yf thou mayst do so moche that I may abyde here a certayne space of tyme thou shold do me a grete pleasure Syr sayd Tranquyle this cyte is so lytell and thy puyssaunce is so grete that thou mayst not be lodged in it And an other cause is also / for the famyne and honger is so grete that none may exteme the vehemēte payne that we endure sustayne / for we haue none esperaūce nor no good trust for to haue ony adiutory and conforte / but onely in the cours and torne of fortune Than Appolyn answered and sayd Tranquyle my dere frende rendre graces and thankes vnto our lord of the good fortune that hathe made me for to aryue here at the porte of this cyte / for I shall gyue vnto this cyte an hōdred thousande charges of wheet corne / vpon the condycyon that ye holde me secretely within your cyte And whan Trāquyle herde hym say so he fell downe prostrate at his fete and sayd Lorde yf thou gyue vnto the poore cyte famysshed for honger socours we not onely shall holde the secretely within the enclose of our sayd cyte but we shall be all well content for to lyue and deye with the. Whan the noble kynge Appolyn sawe his frende Trāquyle so lye grouelyng on the grounde petyously wepynge for the persecucyon of the cyte he lyke a curteys kyng and humble prynce toke hym vp from the grounde and set hym on his fete cōfortynge hym saynge Ha Tranquyle myn olde good frēde be of good conforte and make glad chere for I shall not fayle you as longe as I may lyue Thā Tranquyle thāked hym hyghly and anone went and tolde vnto the gouernoures of the cyte how kynge Appolyn of Thyre was aryued at the hauen and what he had sayd promysed ¶ How kynge Appolyn delyuered the cyte of Tharcye fro grete famyne and honger Ca. viij WHā the lordes and chefe of the cyte herde this they were surprysed with grete Ioye anone they assembled togyder in counceyle for to wyte what were to be done / and than they concluded for to go in goodly ordynaūce to mete the kynge / and whan they came to his presence they fell too the grounde gracyously besechynge his highnes for to helpe them delyuer theyr cyte from the mortall plage of honger / and he toke them vp promysynge helpe so that they wolde kepe hȳ in theyr cyte secretly / whiche they promysed to do Than they brought hȳ in to the cyte with grete honour reuerence Appolyn thā in the myddes of the cyte in a place before all the people moūted vpon a scaffolde and sayd vnto the cytezyns of Tharcye whiche susteyned and suffred grete famyne of honger I Appolyn kynge dystytute of Thyre dooth you for to knowe and vnderstande that I wyll fulfyll and furnysshe your cyte with wheet for the same pryce that I bought it in my realme to th ende and on condycyon that ye holde kepe me secrete in your cyte where as I am / I thynke that in tyme future ye wyll not put in oblyuyon yf euer I haue done you ony good / I tell you that the kynge of Anthyoche pursueth me of a pursuyte mortell and therfore haue I left my realme and am come hyder secretly with such shyppes as ye se for to be socoured of you Thā the cytezyns remercyed thanked him of the grete goodnes that he them offred So they gaue hym the pryce that he demaūded / and Appolyn gaue them plente and habundaunce / that none he rendred to them theyr money to th ende that it shold not be sayd that he were a marchaunt and no kynge And whā he had gyuen all this fraūchyse and boūte to them they in remembraunce of hym and for an extreme colaudacyon made an ymage or statue of clene golde vnto his semylytude and semblaunce and situate it in the myddes of the cyte vpon an hygh colomne or pyler / the whiche ymage or statue helde in his ryght hāde a shefe of whete / with his lyft fote he put corne in to the mesure And at the fete of the sayd ymage vpō the pyller was wryten in letters of golde a clause vercyfyēge in this wyse Tharcye cyte by Appolyn kynge of Thyre was furnyshed / by his fraunchyse it was releued / with wheet and corne he hathe it fostred / and frō the swerde of honger he hathe it delyuered / and from the stroke of dethe he hathe it preserued ¶ How kynge Appolyn of Thyre sayled towarde the cyte of Terme where as his shyppes peryshed nygh vnto the porte / and all his men drowned and he onely preserued by a fyssher Ca. ix THan whan Appolyn kynge of Thyre hadd so Iourned longe tyme in the cyte of Tharcye it fortuned on a daye that he was in company with the auncyent man Tranquylle and his wyfe named Dyonyse the whiche sayd vnto kynge Appolyn that it were thynge vtyle expedyent he for to withdrawe hym and retray in to some other countre / for longe tyme it was syth he came thyder / for lōge contynuaunce in a place maketh reuelacyon and knowlege to the persones adiacent and neyghbours Appolyn herynge the counceyle of them toke leue ioyously of all the cytezyns the which were sory for his departynge / and entred in to his shyppes and mounted on the see for to goo to the cyte of Terme that was in the coūtree of Pentapolytayns / thynkynge there to be sure / for the cyte was pleasaunt strōge And whan he was vpon the see with his thre shyppes they exployted so moche that wtin thre dayes they approched nygh to the cyte of Terme And they beynge there that ayre chaunged / the wyndes waxed furyous / the weder torned in to grete tempestes and blastes heuynge the fee rorynge with tempestyous wawes and droue the thre shyppes here and there agaynst the rockes and sande / and all to roue and sparpeled thē in thousandes of pyeces / bothe maste / sayle / and stere / drowned all within them bothe man and goodes without remyssyon saufe all onely Appolyn that saued hymselfe vpon a poost and all naked came to the see side And whan he was out of the peryll of the see he torned hym towarde the place were as his shyppes men were drowned and with lachrymate chekes tēderly he sayd O fortune ingenyous of mē / fals / fekyll / and vnstedfast euer tornynge and varyenge as a feder in the wynde without
forthwith he dyde sende them vnto Archycastres his doughter by Appolyn the whiche after salutacyon made presented them vnto-Archycastres saynge All the souerayne celestyall goddes gyue you good lyfe and Ioye The kynge your moost wel beloued fader greteth your ladyship by me symple and vnworthy seruaunt sendynge you these rolles for to certyfye whiche of the two prynces ye seme best vnto your honour and preemynence And whan the damoysell sawe herde the noble Appolyn speke so demurely and sawe the goodly countenaunce of hym and his behauoure she hadde grete Ioye and sayd Gentylman how ben ye comen here al alone without company or felawshyp Madame sayd Appolyn My lorde the kynge your fader sent me hyder with these two rolles and prayeth you that ye sende bryefly the responce Than the damoysell toke the rolles of Appolyn and began for to rede them / and whan she had redde theym she stode styll and sayd no worde / and than she behelde Appolyn in castynge a grete sygh and after she sayd vnto hym By the faythe of your body wolde ye not haue grete dolour in your herte yf I toke you to husbande and leue all other lordes for your sake Appolyn the whiche thought no harme answered and sayd Certes madame I sholde haue grete Ioye yf ye hadde suche a prynce to your make as vnto your hyghnes apperteyneth for there can none be to bountefull for your persone / for yeare parfyte in beaute / bounte / and scyence Certaynly sayd the damoysell Archicastres yf that ye loued me as moche as I loue you at the herte and courage ye wolde not saye as ye do for nothȳge And whan she hadde fynisshed her wordes she toke paper penne and ynke and by grete hardynesse of loue that enbraced her herte towarde Appolyn she wrote a lettre conteynynge the feruent desyre and amourous prouocacions of her mynde and sealed it with a knotte of loue / and than she gaue it vnto Appolyn her loue for to bere it to her fader / and the wrytynge sayd thus MY moost redoubted and of me moost honoured my lorde my fader syth that it hath pleased your grace for to wryte your mynde and voluntary goodnes vnto me your humble doughter and handmayden for myn honour and felycyte that is for to put me to the choyse of one of the two noble prynces for to elect and take to lorde and make / I indygne sauf onely by the feate of your hyghnes wherof I inwardly thanke you But knowe ye that I wyll and yf it please your haboundaunt bounte haue hym the whiche hath passed the daungerous vndes and perylles of the see / all other to refuse And meruayle you not of me so symple a vyrgyn without shame dyshonoure to haue wryten vnto you my wyll whiche I durste not shewe by the relacyon of my tonge ¶ How Appolyn bare lettres vnto the kynge Ca. xv Kynge Appolyn AS the lettre was made and sealed Appolyn receyued it of the fayre damoysell Archycastres and toke his leue of her ryght curteysly / she of hym full amourously / and lothe for to haue hym out of her felawshyp And whan he came before the kynge he delyuered hym the lettre Whan kȳge Archycastres had receyued it he went a lytel asyde redde it / whan it was redde he torned hym to the two prynces sayd Whiche of you hathe passed the perylles of the see Than answered one of them I am he The other prynce this herynge was moeued with anger sayd How darest thou say say suche thynges before the kynge and me For thou I haue ben nourysshed togyder all our lyfe dayes without separacyon and neuer we entred in to the see / how mayst thou than haue passed the perylles of it Whan the kynge vnderstode that it was none of them twayne he sayd Appolyn Rede ye this lettre for to se yf ye can vnderstande that the whiche I can not Appolyn at the kynges commaundement redde the lettre and founde that it spake of hym / than he waxed all reed and drewe hym asyde Than the kyng sayd / haue ye founde the tenoure of the lettre / Appolyn answered neuer a worde The kȳge behelde his countenaunce and sawe that he sayd no worde / he aduysed hym of the perylles of the see that Appolyn had passed and than he knewe perfytely that the lettre spake of hym and the loue that his doughter Archycastres had to hym / wherof he had grete Ioye in saynge vnto Appolyn / wherfore are ye ashamed of the endytynge of this letttre for I haue grete pleasure of that that my doughter wylleth the thȳge that I desyre Notwithstandynge that I neuer shewed nor durst tel ne make relacion to her of it Whan they hadde fynysshed theyr communycacyon the kynge wente towarde the two kynges sones and sayd Truely I tolde you that ye were not comen in a good season forcause of the infyrmite sykenesse of my doughter Archycastres / wherfore ye may retorne in to your countrees / and whan she is guarysshed and hole I shal sende for you for at this tyme ye can not spede This heryng the two prynces they were not well content And than they toke leue of the kynge honourably and retorned in to theyr countrees vnpurueyed of theyr entencyons Than the kynge Archycastres toke Appolyn by the hande and entred ioyously in to the palays so in to the chambre of the fayre damoysell Archycastres And as sone as she espyed her fader she salued hym honourable / and he rendred her salutacyon and sayd My moost welbeloued doughter whom haue ye chosen for your lorde and husbonde The damoysell herynge thexamynacyon of her fader espouentably kneled downe afore hym and sayd O myghty kynge and fader syth it hath pleased you for to knowe my mynde and femynyne volunte the whiche is reasonable / knowe ye therfore that I hadde leuer haue hym the whiche hath passed the daungerous passages of the see that is Appolyn than ony kynge or prynce that lyueth in this worlde And of one thynge the whiche I shall tell you I beseche you for to pardon me and that ye wyll accepte my petycyon / that is that yf ye gyue me not vnto hym certaynly ye shall lese me and neuer durynge my lyfe shal I haue Ioye and consolacyon without the presence of his persone And for his loue I haue suffred many infyrmytees and greuous afflyccyons of ardaunte desyres of loue syth the fyrst tyme that he played before the barony in your presence vpon my harpe without that euer ony knewe it The kynge herynge the amourous and pyteous wordes of his doughter sayd Ha welbeloued doughter know you certaynly that that the whiche pleaseth you dyspleaseth me not / and all your pleasure shall be fulfylled in this poynt at your owne desyre ¶ How kynge Appolyn espoused the fayre damoysel Archycastres the kynges doughter of Terme Ca. xvi THan incontynent kynge Archycastres sent for all the barons and grete