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A96134	A continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia wherein is handled the loves of Amphialus and Helena Queen of Corinth, Prince Plangus and Erona. With the historie of the loves of old Claius and young Strephon to Urania. Written by a young gentlewoman, Meis A.W.	Weamys, Anna, b. ca. 1630.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia.	1651 (1651)	Wing W1189; Thomason E1288_2; ESTC R208978	60,679	228

that felicitie to her that she so long hath wished for and caused vermilion Red to die her cheeks in preparation to receive their welcom Guest and then her earnestness grew impatient of deferrings she longing to prie into Phyloclea's letters therefore sealing up her lips from further questions she directed Clytifon to Amphialus and then she left him Amphialus in the mean time whose bowels earned for Clytifon's return listened to all whisperings So then he seeing the Attendants so busie in their private discourses he enquired whether Clytifon was come just as he entered his presence Then after due civilities passed between them Clytifon delivered up his charge to Amphialus who used many ceremonies before he would presume to touch it but when he was better advised he joyfully imbraced it and by degrees he intruded upon it for first he brake the seal and then he made his protestation Now I do vow and promise before Cupid whose dart hath so cruelly wounded me and before Vènus to whose beautie I am so much a slave never in the least to resist Philoclea's lines but I will shew my dutie to her by my willingness to obey her pleasure And you my Lord Clytifon with this Noble companie are witnesses of this my Protestation Thus concluded he his solemn vow and then he carefully unfolded the treasure of his life with a belief that every fold drew him nearer than other to Paradise and when he read it the curiousest eye could not espie the least motion of discontent to reside in him but he rather seemed as a Conquerour that had suddenly surprised unlookt-for comfort which much conduced to the joy of the beholders And when he had fully delighted his eyes with Philoclea's gracious lines he changed his note from admiring her perfections to blazon his now amorous Phrases of Helena's worth and then the sweet behaviour of Helena to him in his calamitie extended to his memorie which made him extreamly wonder at the hidden virtues of Philoclea's letters for working so great a cure in his understanding therefore now assuring himself the Gods had destined Helena to be his Spouse in pursuance of their pleasure and of his own happiness he sent to her in an humble manner to entreat her companie Which Message poor Queen she heard as joyfully as she could have done had Mercury posted from Heaven to bring her tidings of her transporting thither but yet trembling possessed her delicate bodie and would not leave her before she had presented her self to Amphialus who taking her by the white yet shaking hand gratefully thanked her for her many favours and then telling her he should studie a requital besought her to hear the letter that his Cosin Philoclea had honoured him with But Helena answered with blushes whilest he read the letter thus For her highly-esteemed Cosin the Lord AMPHIALUS Worthie Cosin MIght I partake with the Gods in their interest in you I would not be kept in such ignorance and amazement as I am at this present but I would throughly search what just occasions I have ever given you to hazard your person with such sad apprehensions of my anger as I hear without speedie remedie will deprive you of all future felicitie But laying by all that ambitious thought in earnest Cosin I must needs tell you how without comparison it troubles me that you should think me so severe and unnatural to torment you with a second death for that fault which you have by so many evident signs manifested your self to be innocent of and if you had been guiltie as you are not I should rather choose to mitigate your crime than any way to heighten it But yet I will not profusely let slip that advantage which you have so freely left to my discretion but will use it as an ornament to make you happie yet not in way of authoritie but as a Petitioner I humbly crave of you not to refuse Beautie and Honor when it is so virtuously presented to you by the famous Queen Helena whose love-lines surpasses all others Therefore if you esteem of me prove it by entirely loving of her who I am sure will endow you with all such blessings as may enrich your contentment And now with full satisfaction that you will grant me my request I close up these abrupt lines and am immoveably Your faithfull Cosin and Servant PHILOCLEA Here the sweet Philoclea ended and Amphialus with a low congee began to speak to Helena in this manner Fair Queen what excuse I shall make for my long incivilitie to your singular self I know not nor can I imagin with what confidence to beg of you the perfecting of these compassionate lines therefore for pitie sake accept of my cast-down eyes for my Soliciters and let your goodness plead for my backwardness in submitting to that duty of love to you when the greatest Princes tremble at your sight and worship you as their Image Madam suffer your Answer may be pitifull since I acknowledge mine error My Lord replied Helena there is no cause given here to induce you to renew your grief if my yielding my self to your noble disposal may be valued as a sufficient satisfactory Argument to ease you that hath ever been my endeavor in all virtuous ways to compass The more may be imputed to my unworthiness answered Amphialus now I am surprized with shame in having so dull an apprehension such a stony heart to refuse so rare a Person as your divine self but the Gods are just for now the wheel of Fortune is turned and if you please to revenge your wrong upon me the instrument you cannot stab me with a sharper spear than your denial Why said Helena do you force me to repeat my real affections to you so often is it your jealousie of my constancie if it be that with thanks to my Goddess Diana I avouch that I never harboured the least unchast thought to scandalize or blemish my puritie Now I may clallenge you replied Amphialus for searching out new sorrows to your self but pardon me dear Madam for my rash presumption with chiding you for one fault when I my self am burdened with so many and beleeve me my highest ambition is to hear your heavenly voice sound out the Harmonie of your love within mine ears and when you vouchsafe me that none can paralel with me in happiness Thus they passed away the day with these and afterwards more fond expressions and amongst them they concluded to make a journey into Arcadia for the greater Triumph to celebrat their nuptials with the other renowned Princes now in the height of their superfluous complements the news of the happy success of Philoclea's Letter had so spread about that such abundance of the Citie flocked to the Palace to see Amphialus that Helena was forced to command the Officers not to let any have admission until some important business they were to consult upon might be accomplished and then she promised free Passage to all This

occasion have I given you to make you hate me have I not ever honoured and loved you far above my self O yes and if I had a thousand lives to lose I would venture them all for your sake But since that is a impossible thing propound to me the most probable way for me to purchase you and I dare undertake it be it never so dangerous But if it be the Princess Philoclea that lies as a block in my way so that I must either continue where I am or else stumble over it and be made quite hopeless yet let me counsel you as a faithfull friend not to engage your affections to one that is so negligent of it but rather bestow it upon me that will accept of it Oh hear me and have pitie on me O Amphialus Amphialus Then she flung her self down upon his bed with a resolution not to stir before she had discerned some sign of life in outward appearance And as she was earnestly looking upon him she espied his eyes a stealing open but immediately with a long fetcht sigh he closed them up again as grieving for their tenderness they could not gaze upon beautie But Helena replying with twentie to his one went on with her love-sick speeches Alas poor Prince said she is it thy hard fortune to receive thy life again in sighs hath such il-favoured spleens no place to settle in but in thy noble breast which shines in goodness Chear up dear Prince and let not thy greatest Foe find cause to tax thee with the least blemish Longer she would have proceeded in her bemoaning of Amphialus had she not been interrupted by the Chyrurgeons that were in the chamber and hearing her voice came instantly to her and kneeling down intreated her to abandon the chamber for as much as her presence and complaints caused disturbance in Amphialus and procured nothing but that which was hurtfull to her own person and then they assured her that if she would forbear his companie they could perfect the cure in half the time that otherwise they should be constrained to be tedious in by reason that her sad speeches would ground such an impression in him in his weakness that it would be as much as their skil could reach unto to keep his wounds from growing worser than better These perswasions of the Chyrurgeons had a very great influence over Helena and she forsaking her former passions guarded her self with a long Robe of wise considerations and departed his chamber without any shew of fondess to the admiration of all beholders Yet she never neglected the care of Amphialus but diligently enquired after his amendment that she might know all passages as punctually as if she had been with him In this golden mean of Patience she continued so long till Amphialus had revived somewhat his decayed spirits the Chyrurgeons had so well overcome his wounds that by degrees he was brought to walk about his chamber but always he would be crossing his Arms knocking his Breast and breathing speeches to himself in so wofull a manner as would make the hardest heart burst into a deluge of tears Yet all this time he never examined by what means he was conveyed thither nor any other question that concerned Helena's or his own condition And so for a great while he imprisoned himself in such ignorance till by the coming of a young Gentleman named Clytiphon son to Kaleander a Noble man of Arcadia his concealed estate and all other circumstances that had happened in Arcadia from his departure from thence were declared to Amphialus wonder and astonishment For this Clytifon was sent as an Ambassadour to Amphialus from his uncle the King of Arcadia to congratulate with him for his recoverie and to certifie him of his Cosins deliverance out of his Castle by the prowess of Prince Pyrocles and Musidorus and how they disguised themselves for the love of Pamela and Philoclea with all the several attempts that they practised to obtain their desired enterprise As their bringing Amaxius to submit to their mercie Pyrocles having granted him his life on condition he would acknowledge it and finally to give him notice that the nuptials of Pyrocles and Philoclea with Musidorus and Pamela were onely deferred for the time they could hear from Amphialus This was the chief of Clytifons Ambassage which he carefully obeyed But before he entered into Corinth the Citie swelled with rumour every one being greedie to know that which nothing concerned them But Clytifon knowing it was not a time of dalliance hastened to the Palace where he was waited for by Helena whose watchfull eyes and attentive ears could not pass by any suspitious whisperings but would always make strict enquirie of the cause of them So now she believing the credible report would needs come down her self attended with a train of Ladies to welcom the Ambassadour to her Court when as soon as she perceived a glimpse of him she perfectly knew him to be that noble Clytifon whom before she had been beholding to for his excellent companie Then whilst she was shewing her courtesie to him for his former civilities he with an humble reverence yet supported with a Garb of Majestie came to her after the manner of an Ambassadour and presenting mightie high commendations to her from all the Princes that resided in Arcadia she besought him to accept of such poor entertainment as her abilitie could make him Then leading him into the Presence it being in the after-noon she commanded a delicate Collation to be set before him which was fulfilled so quickly and so decently that Clytifon could not choose but sit and extol their comely order and within a while fell to eating those rarities that Helena had provided for him but she would not be perswaded to tast of any her troubled mind was too full of jealousies and fears to think of pleasing her appetite Sometime she mistrusted that Basileus had sent for Amphialus to be tried by the Law for his Mother Cecropia's stealing away his Daughters that he might have a fair pretence to take away his life But quickly she vanquished that doubt by another that she imagined to be most probable which was that Philoclea's heart might be mollified and that she under-hand had made choice of Clytifon to be her Proxie in wishing Amphialus to pursue his former Petition to Philoclea that she with the more modestie might grant him his request This fancie of Helena made such a wound within her breast that a thousand of sighs had free passage there and in silence she did think out her complaints until Clytifon had disordered the artificial curiosities with tasting of their goodness and had sufficed his natural hunger Then Helena taking him aside from the companie that came to gaze upon him with many shews of grief she conjured him that if ever he had been real to any friend to shew himself one to her who vowed faithfulness and secresie but yet if it were a matter of such

them perswaded them they were near refreshment when they were environed with their chiefest calamities Here you might see Pamela with her Arms wreathed about Musidorus as if she intended there should be her rest till he had granted her request her cast-down eyes and weepings that bedewed her pure cheeks did witness her abundant sorrow But at last wiping them away she contested with Musidorus and her self on this manner Dear Musidorus do not part from her to whom you have so often plighted your faith If you love me as you vow you do why will you abandon my presence oh do not break my heart with your inconstancie nor stain your other virtues with such a crime as never can be washt away therefore stay or else confute me with your reason and then I shall hate my passion and contemn my self for valuing my interest in your affections above the main treasure so accounted by the heavenly and earthly societie in keeping an honourable and unblemished reputation which if you can do and yet leave me I will never shew my self such a ridiculous lover as to be your hinderance My thrice dearer than my self replied Musidorus do not afflict me with the word Inconstancie if I were guiltie then might you justly tax me with it But far be the thought of infidelitie from me and believe me Ladie Plaxirtus cannot pierce his sword deeper into my heart than these sharp words which proceeded from your sweet lips have done But for my Combat in Armenia that is so necessarie that none can decide the Quarrel unless it be my Cosin Pyrocles and my self by reason of Artaxia Plaxirtus thirsting for our lives they will never suffer Erona to be released from prison before they have vented their malice upon us in as great a measure as their abilitie can give them leave And besides should I refuse it would redound so extreamly upon my renown that every one would be readie to object that since a Woman prevailed over me I am directly cowardized And now dear Ladie I dare presume you will rather let me venture my life in defence of so just a cause than to let it go unrevenged to my deserved infamie Poor Pamela all this while seemed like one in a trance not having power to contradict Musidorus in his pleadings nor yet able to submit her yielding to them but made her tears and sighs her advocates when he with all perswasions sought to comfort her And in the mean time the sweet Philoclea who lay grovelling at her Pyrocles feet and would not be removed expressed her grief in these mournfull complaints Ah me said she that I should be born under such an unfortunate Planet of unhappie events that dayly afflict me tell me my Pyrocles the cause that makes you so willingly hazard your person in such dangerous attempts if you can tax me with any errors to my self unknown that might work your displeasure O tell me what they are that I may mend and studie some easier waw to punish me than by your intended death But if nothing else may reconcile me to you yet shew your clemencie and let your own blessed hand first end my miserie Here she stopped and perceiving Pyrocles to be in as amazed condition as she her self was not knowing what to do or say to appease her sorrow she premeditated that now or never was her time to keep him with her in safetie and then she suddenly arose from the ground and standing a while in great devotion at last she cried out Now am I readie to receive thy harmless Spear into my heart now shew thy love pitie to me quickly and preserve me not alive to endure such terrour as cannot be charmed away unless you will promise me the enjoyment of your companie But Pyrocles started up and catching her in his arms adviced her not to give way to sorrow the hater of Beautie to rule over her nor yet to mistrust she ever offended him but that she was more pretious to him than the world could be and that he made no question but that he should return again from Armenia to enjoy her with peace and happiness With these and many more such expressions he strived to chear her up But she still kept on bewailing her ill fortune and would not be pacified untill Musidorus came to her and entreated her to go to her Sister Pemela and to shew her discretion by moderating her passion that she might be a motive to reduce her Sister to follow her example who now lay weltering in her tears These tidings perswaded her to defer her own cares that she might in some measure work a cure in her sister whom she valued next to her Pyrocles above all the world And then she would not delay the time with bemoaning herself but hastily went her way supported by the two illustrious branches of the forrest Pyrocles and Musidorus But as she went there represented to her view the two antient Kings Evarchus and Basilius walking to and fro like shadows and looked as they would have done had one come out of the Grave to warn them to prepare themselves in short time to come to them This doleful sight had like to have prevailed over her and made her fall into a Relapse of passion but the rememberance of the task she was going about suppressed those vapours And being come withi the sight of Pamela whose deluge was stayd a little to pause that it might issue more freshly and eagerly at Philocleas presence whom as soon as she espied she perceived her hidden discontent and rebuked one this manner Sister think not your dissembling smiles can entise me to follow your example for I can as perfectly see through you into your grieved heart as if you were transparent and know your pain that now you endeavour to conceal Oh! leave these counterfeits and you will be a farr more acceptable comforter unto me Poor Philoclea could no longer withstand the batteries of Pamela but confessed her forced mirth and then instead of asswaging they augmented one anothers sorrows with such lamentable moans that Pyrocles and Musidorus were forced to give way to Sighs till their thoughts were surprised by the coming of Clytifon who brought them word that the two Kings stayed at the door to speak with them Then they softly went out of the Chamber and were received by Basileus and Evarchus who told them that since it stood so much upon their Honours to endeavour to redeem that distressed Ladie they advised them not to linger in the performance of it for nothing was in their way to cause any delay and the sooner they went the sooner by Apollo's assistance they might return To whose mercie they recommended them and commanded them that when they had obtained a prosperous journey and had vanquished their enemies not to be negligent in sending them word of it that they might be sharers in their joy as well as their sorrow Then after both the Kings had made

to Arcadia to finish your Marriage there in that time I will be your trustie Deputie to order your affairs here in Armenia until you return from thence Then she commanded the corps to be laid in the Hearse and taking leave of the Royal companie she went along with it Now the Princes had time to take notice of Erona's sadness And Plangus who had been all this time courting her to be his Mistress could obtain no favour from her but far-fetcht sighs and now and then Chrystal drops distilling from their fountains These apparent signs of her disconsolate mind grounded a great deal of cares in the hearts of the Princes who bending all their endeavours to insinuate Plangus into her affections they first sifted her with these Questions Whether her being preserved from the crueltie of Plaxirtus was the cause of her discontentment or whether she grieved for her deliverance and therefore hated them for fighting in her defence These Questions put Erona into such Quondaries that she could not for a while determin what to answer But at last she pitcht upon true sinceritie and freely displayed her griefs to them in these terms Do not I beseech you plead ignorance of that which is so palpable Have you not heard how they tortured my Husband Antifalus to death why then do you renew it in my memorie which might have been prevented if you Prince Plangus had shewed your realitie to me as you protested you would by Policie set him at liberty but all was neglected and Antifalus was barbarously murdered and yet you are not ashamed to presume upon my weakness in pretending you are my Servant that you may the second time deceive me Longer she would have chidden Plangus but that he falling down humbly begged she would have consideration upon him and heare him Then with silence she admitted him and he declared how that according to his promise made to her Sacred self he did prosecute so faithfully that he brought all things to a readiness and might have been perfected but that the timorous Antifalus discovered the whole Plot the same night it was to be put in execution And this without any scruple he would take his oath was true Erona considered very much of this saying of Plangus and Pyrocles and Musidorus watching their opportunity just as she was replying interrupted her and told her they were confident she might give credit to what Plangus had spoken and if she durst rely upon their advice they would recommend him to her for her Husband as soon as the greatest Monarch in the world These Princes seconding Plangus in his excuses mitigated Erona's pensivenes so that cheerfully she yielded her self to be at Pyrocles and Musidorus disposing for said she I am bound by so many Obligations to you that I cannot suffer my requitall to be a refusall Onely I desire that Prince Plangus may approve the truth of his words with an Oath as he himself hath propounded Which he willingly did upon that condition and she accepted of him as her betrothed Husband And Cupid by degrees so skillfully drew her affection to him that she was as firmly Planguses as ever she was Antifaluses to the abundant joy of all their friends Now Pyrocles and Musidorus imployments being in every particular accomplished as well as could be wished They remembring the charge of Evarchus to them together with the cares of their sorrowfull Ladies they presently sent a Post to Arcadia to signifie the news of their safety but yet there remained the care of dispatching their Armie into their native Countrey Macedon And as they were conferring which way they might compass that matter of such consequence quickly Kalodolus being at the counsel put in his verdict which was liked very well and instantly put in practice for he having a special friend in whom he very much confided he advised that he might be trusted to be General in Plangus room that they might orderly go home and after they were payd their due to dismiss them and let them go to their own Houses When all this was performed they commanded all conveniences to be prepared for their own accommodation about their return to Arcadia but for curiosities they would not stay for them but limited a day for their departure In which time Erona imployed her inventions about a Present for Pamela and Philoclea which she was verie ambitious of they being the mistresses of Musidorus and Pyrocles to whom she acknowledged her self infinitely engaged and without delayance she set all her Maids to work the Story of their love from the fountain to the happy conclusion which by her busie fancie she shadowed so artificially that when it was perfected and she had shewed it to the Princes they vowed that had they not known by experience those passages to have been gone and past they should have believed they were then in acting in that piece of workmanship Now all the work was ended their necessaries were in a readiness fair and temperate weather bespake their fuller happiness All these so well concurring enticed the Princes to begin their journey And Fortune dealing favourably conducted them safely and speedily to the Arcadian Court Where they were received with such joy by their Consorts and Parents especially and by all in general as it would make two large a storie to recount all their discourses with their affectionate expressions that passed between the Royal lovers Passing by all other give me leave to tell you it was a prettie sight to see the four Ladies Pamela and Philoclea with Helena and Erona admiring one anothers perfections all of them having the worst opinions of themselves and the better of their neighbours Therefore to decide the controversie Philoclea entreated her Pyrocles to make a motion to Musidoru's Plangus and Amphialus to spend their judgements upon them Pyrocles immediately obeyed her but esteemed best of their own mistresses Pyrocles liked Philoclea best became her sparkling eyes pure complection and sweet features were crowned with such modest courtesie that she ravished all her Beholders and perswaded them they were in Paradise when they were in her heavenly Angel-like companie Earth not affording her fellow Musidorus avouched his fair Pamela was always clad with such a Majestie as bespake her a Queen in spite of the Destines yet that Majestie was so well composed with Humility that it seemed but an out case to a more excellent inward virtue Then came Plangu's turn who said that in his judgement Erona deserved to be extolled in the highest measure for though her splendor was something darkened by her sadness and sufferings yet under that veil her brightness did appear to shoot forth beams of goodness to every one that did approch her Presence Amphialus was last who protested there could not be a lovelier creature than Helena was so adorned with all gifts of Nature that he verily believed if she had tempted Adonis as Venus did he could not in the least have denied her And he assured