After dyuerse werkes made translated and achieued hauyng noo werke in hande I sittyng in my studye where as laye many dyuerse paunflettis and bookys happened that to my hande cam a lytyl booke in frenshe whiche late was translated oute of latyn by some noble clerke of frauÌ„ce whiche booke is named Eneydos made in latyn by that noble poete grete clerke vyrgyle whiche booke I sawe ouer and redde therin How after the generall destruccyon of the grete Troye Eneas departed berynge his olde fader anchises vpon his sholdres his lityl son yolus on his honde his wyfe wyth moche other people folowynge and how he shypped and departed wyth alle thystorye of his aduentures that he had er he cam to the achieuement of his conquest of ytalye as all a longe shall be shewed in this present boke In whiche booke I had grete playsyr by cause of the fayr and honest termes wordes in frenshe whyche I neuer sawe to fore lyke ne none so playsaunt ne so wel ordred whiche booke as me semed sholde be moche requysyte to noble men to see as wel for the eloquence as the historyes How wel that many honderd yerys passed was the sayd booke of eneydos wyth other werkes made and lerned dayly in scolis specyally in ytalye other places whiche historye the sayd vyrgyle made in metre And whan I had aduysed me in this sayd boke I delybered and concluded to translate it in to englysshe And forthwyth toke a penne ynke and wrote a leef or tweyne whyche I ouersawe agayn to corecte it And whaÌ„ I sawe the fayr straunge termes therin I doubted that it sholde not please some gentylmen whiche late blamed me sayeng that in my translacyons I had ouer curyous termes whiche coude not be vnderstande of comyn peple and desired mete vse olde and homely termes in my translacyons and fayn wolde I satysfye euery man and so to doo toke an olde boke and redde therin and certaynly the englysshe was so rude and brood that I coude not we le vnderstande it And also my lorde abbot of westmynster ded do shewe to me late certayn euydences wryton in olde englysshe for to reduce it in to our englysshe now vsid And certaynly it was wreton in suche wyse that it was more lyke to dutche than englysshe I coude not reduce ne brynge it to be vnderstonden And certaynly our langage now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken whan I was borne For we englysshe men ben borne vnder the domynacyon of the mone whiche is neuer stedfaste but euer wauerynge wexynge one season and waneth dyscreaseth another season And that comyn englysshe that is spoken in one shyre varyeth from a nother In so moche that in my dayes happened that certayn marchauÌ„tes were in a shipÌ„ in tamyse for to haue sayled ouer the see into zelande and for lacke of wynde thei taryed atte forlond and wente to lande for to refreshe them And one of theym named sheffelde a mercer cam in to an how 's and axed for meâ—e and specyally he axyd after eggys And the goode wyf answerde that she coude speke no frenshe And the marchauÌ„t was angry for he also coude speke no frenshe but wolde haue hadde egges and she vnderstode hym not And thenne at laste a nother sayd that he wolde haue eyren then the good wyf sayd that she vnderstod hym wel Loo what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte egges or eyren certaynly it is harde to playse euery man bycause of dyuersite chauÌ„ge of langage For in these dayes euery man that is in ony reputacyon in his couÌ„tre wyll vtter his coÌ„mynycacyon and maters in suche maners termes that fewe men shall vnderstonde theym And som honest and grete clerkes haue ben wyth me and desired me to wryte the moste curyous termes that I coude fynde And thus bytwene playn rude curyous I stande abasshed but in my Iudgemente the comyn termes that be dayli vsed ben lyghter to be vnderstonde than the olde and auÌ„cyent englysshe And for as moche as this present booke is not for a rude vplondyssh man to laboure therin ne rede it but onely for a clerke a noble gentylman that feleth and vnderstondeth in faytes of armes in loue in noble chyualrye Therfor in a meane bytwene bothe I haue reduced translated this sayd booke in to our englysshe not ouer rude ne curyous but in suche termes as shall be vnderstanden by goddys grace accordynge to my copye And yf ony man wyll enter mete in redyng of hit and fyndeth suche termes that he can not vnderstande late hym goo rede and lerne vyrgyll or the pystles of ouyde and ther he shall see and vnderstonde lyghtly all Yf he haue a good redar enformer For this booke is not for euery rude dna vnconnynge man to see but to clerkys and very gentylmen that vnderstande gentylnes and scyence ¶ Thenne I praye alle theym that shall rede in this lytyl treatys to holde me for excused for the translatynge of hit For I knowleche my selfe ignorant of connynge to enpryse on me so hie and noble a werke But I praye mayster Iohn Skelton late created poete laureate in the vnyuersite of oxenforde to ouersee and correcte this sayd booke And taddresse and expowne where as shalle be founde faulte to theym that shall requyre it For hym I knowe for suffycyent to expowne and englysshe euery dyffyculte that is therin For he hath late translated the epystlys of Tulle and the boke of dyodorus syculus and diuerse other werkes oute of latyn in to englysshe not in rude and olde langage but in polysshed and ornate termes craftely as he that hath redde vyrgyle ouyde tullye and all the other noble poetes and oratours to me vnknowen And also he hath redde the ix muses and vnderstande theyr musicalle scyences and to whom of theym eche scyence is appropred I suppose he hath dronken of Elyâ—ons well Then I praye hym suche other to correcte adde or mynysshe where as he or they shall fynde faulte For I haue but folowed my copye in frenshe as nygh as me is possyble And yf ony worde be sayd therin well I am glad and yf otherwyse I submytte my sayd boke to theyr correctyon whiche boke I presente vnto the hye born my tocomynge naturell souerayn lord Arthur by the grace of god Prynce of Walys Duc of Cornewayll Erle of Chester fyrst bygoten sone and heyer vnto our most dradde naturall souerayn lorde most crysten kynge Henry the vij by the grace of god kynge of Englonde and of Fraunce lord of Irelonde byseching his noble grace to receyue it in thanke of me his moste humble subget seruauÌ„t And I shall praye vnto almyghty god for his prosperoê° encreasyng in vertue wysedom and humanyte that he may be egal wyth the most renoÌ„med of alle his noble progenytours ¶ And so to lyue in this present lyf that
kylled and slayne And the said eneas bare vpon his sholdres his fader Anchises the whiche thenne by olde age and lyuynge many yeres his bloode was weyen colde soo moche that he myghte not walke ne helpe him selfe by moeuynge And thus Anchises trussed vpon the sholdres of his sone eneas helde a coffre well rychely adourned wyth many precyous stones in facyon and manere of a shryne In the whiche were the goddes of Troye and grete and diuerce relykes whiche were the thynges In whiche the famylye of Troye the people and comynalte of Asie hadde fryed theyr socoures and thalegement of theyr anguysshous heuynesses ¶ And Eneas thus charged wyth his fader whome he bare wyth magnanymyte of courage as sayd is broughte his sone yolus by the ryght honde beynge of the age of xij yere soo fayr and so welle composed that it maye leefully be sayd that nature hadde doon her deuoyr and holpen to the procreacyon of suche a fygure for a patrone of mankynde ¶ What shall I saye more of Anchises and yolus lyke as sayd is ensiewed creusa his wyf vncuryously aourned Nothyng appertenaūt to thestate royall hir vysage mate by frequente sources of grete teeris And hir heyr whiche by manuel artyfyces hadde dyligently be enryched lete theym hangynge indyfferently and alle rufflyd on alle partyes Wythout ony hope of amendemente It sholde be an harde thynge to many one to putte in forgetynge her swete firste lyf and now her deploracyon It is a greuous thyng to me to passe ouer so lyghtly the lamentable circumstaūces of her sorowful heuynesses in soo fewe wordis Now here after we shall saye consequently that that comynalte and confusion of people alle bywepte noble vnnoble people men wymmen and children fleeynge ensiwed Eneas soo berynge his fader as sayd ys It were a thynge inhumayne to beholde theym wythoute pyte but yet more pyetous to telle it lyke as it was doon in dede This companye vnhappy yssued oute of a ryght goode and habundaūce place of all thynges concupyssible to thappetyte of theyr desire And so moche incertayne after this dolourous excyle in what regyon myghte happen the ende of theyr maleurouse and vnhappy destynees THis noble companye troian somtyme in reste and now vacabonde and fugytyf by the feeldes dardanike came and aryued in a porte of the see named simoyiz and there ryght pencyf entred into the see and by troblous reuolucyons of the vn̄des or wawes were broughte into the I le of Anchandron and passed thorugh the foreste of yde whiche is in the sayd coūtrey of troye And here we shall finysshe to speke of the sorowful and tedyous fleynge of the poure meschaūte and myserable troians whiche hyder to hadde folowed Eneas Eneas by force of oores and of the wawes of the see arryued in the royalme and coūtrey of Trace lyke as the power of wynde after the dysposicyon of his destenye In to the said place hadde broughte hym In the whiche place of Trace Polydorus hadde be vylaynously slayn by Plasmator kynge of the same Regyon of Trace ¶ In this countrey of Trace Eneas whiche hadde grete tresours of the rychesse of Troye beganne to edyfye a cyte named Eneade takynge it of his name Neuertheles by cause that Eneas sawe the cyte by hym bygonne come not by the dyligence and operacyon of the werkemen to his perfeccyon And that the sayd operacyon and dyffycyle werke myghte not in so shorte space of tyme to come to suche auaunsemente and perfectyon wythoute the dyligence fauour and goode wylle of his goddys the whiche thaugh they hadde ben horryble and cruel and wythoute pyte to the troians to fore the confusion and vtter dystructyon of theyr noble and honorable cyte Neuerthelesse in this caas partyculer they shewde theym selfe fauourable ynough And entendynge to gyue comforte ayde and counseyl to thendemētes and engynes of the werkmen whiche the cyte Eneyde bylded and edifyed And therfor wolde and dysposed Eneas to halowe a daye prefyxed in makynge sacrifyces to his goddis after the solempnyte in suche a caas by the troians accustumed And he hym selfe as prynce and example of his people slewe a white bulle as crystall to fore the face of his goddys And of the bloode that yssued of the same wyth herte deuoute bysprange ryghte humbly and by grete loue and ardour of dylection the hostel vpon the whiche the goddis were sette ¶ How Eneas sacryfied to his goddis in the place where Polydorus had be slayn Capitulo iijo. NOw perauenture it happened that Eneas made the celebracyon of the sacrifyce to fore sayd in the selfe place where as Polydorus hadde be slayne and buryed in the sonde by the see syde By the inhumanyte and wyckednesse of Plasmator In whiche place there hadde be accumyled or heped of sonde a lytyl hylle or mountycle vpon whiche by the space of tyme aboute eyghte or ix yere were yssued oute of the erthe smalle busshes or lityll trees by humydite and hete depely enroted in the erthe and vpon the lytyl hylle growen on heyghte the whiche trees were named in frenshe murtyllers cornyllers And on the side of the hille was an hye plotte so nyghe that it shadowed by grete space the place where as was made the sayd sacryfyce Thoo trees apperceyued by Eneas came thider in entencyon to cutte and hewe doun some of the bowes and braunches for to apparaylle and make fayr the place of his sacrefyce Lyke as we englysshe men doo whan we halowe ony solempnyte in the tyme of somer In strowynge wyth herbes and settynge vp of grene trees and bowes in the chirches and chappellis for to refresshe the people there assembled by cause of the fest solempnyte there to be halowed ¶ How Eneas in makynge the forsayd sacrifyce hewe the troncke of a tree oute of the whiche yssued bloode And how Polidorus declared the sygnyficacyon and the maner of the sayd myracle and the wylle of the goddys Capm̄ iiij ENeas thenne by ardeur of grete deuocyon and for affection that he hadde humbly to halowe this festyuyte as sayd is toke an axe cuttynge on bothe sides And as I suppose it was after the facion of a glayue or guysarme wyth whiche he hewe and smote doun wyth grete myghte those trees for to arraye and make fayr the sayd aulter The whiche trees soo cutte and entamed by the sayd Eneas yssued oute in an habondaunte cours a sourge of blacke bloode droppynge doun to the erthe And on the same axe in manere of grete droppes of bloode by whiche shewynge Eneas was gretly abasshed and dredefull merueyllynge what thynge that myghte sygnyfye And for to haue knowleche of this myracle and of alle the faytte therof The sayd Eneas knelyd doun on bothe his knees bi grete humylyacyon of herte and deuoute affectyon his hondes Ioyned to fore the sayd aulter in makynge requeste vnto the troian goddys and to the goddys of the forestes that they by theyr diuyne and ineffable inspyracyon
the meanes to make Eneas to abyde deuysynge vnto hym â–ª that he oughte to doo soo Seynge and considerynge the wynter that is alle dystempred the grete orages the sygne of Oryon that rendreth the watres to be proude and cruelle Also the shippes that ben alle crased of the grete tornementes that haue hurte theym here byfore saylyng in the see The influences of the heuens so spytefull dyuerse contradyction moeuable one apposite ayenst another causynge dyuersite perturbatyffe in the lowe elementes whiche myghte be cause of his destruction yf he vndertoke ony vyage atte this tyme passinge the see from one lande to a nother By these raysons and other that by the desirous affectyon of thy wylle shalle be vnto the aduysed and shewed to the perfectyon of thys thynge thou shalte mowe peruerte the oppynyon of Eneas for to seiourne in this countrey that byfore was alle determyned for to goo The whiche thynges and other persuasions seruynge to the mater whiche enflamed the corage of Elysse esprysed with brennyng loue towarde Enee gaue a stedfast hope to her sorowfull thoughte leuynge by dyspense abstractyue her first vowes of chastyte promysed ¶ How Eneas aftre grete fortunys of the see arryued in cartage And How dydo for his swete behauoure and fayre spekynge was esprised of his loue Capitulo xiij BOthe togidre of one assente went the two sassustres fore named to the synagoges and temples where bifore the aulters thei offred sacrifices with grete supplycacyons and prayers and slewe sheep weders for to doo sacrefyces destynated vnto the noble goddesse Ceres to Appolyn and to Bachus and specyally vnto Iuno the goddesse of wedlocke whiche is lady mastresse and wardeyne of the connexes or bondes aminicules to whome they offred in pacifique Immolacion a white cowe by twix the hornes of the whiche Dydo by grete deuocyon shedde the fyole fulle of the holi libacion makynge the consecracion ouer the sacryfyce there dedied and doon in diuerse wise by solemnyte merueyllouse aftre the custome that was vsed at that tyme Dydo wyth her suster Aune went In to the temples and symulacres knelynge before the awters makynge requestes and prayers and aftre loked In to the entraylles Interiores of the bestes there slayne For to fuldo the sacryfyce In delyuerynge and sechynge aftre the moeuynge of them the comynge of the future maryage But what ouerserche nedeth more to be enquered wherof thys folysshe thoughte cometh to the woman thus a tysed wyth the swete flamme of loue esprised in to the mary and synewes whiche inseparably goeth thrughe the bones as depe as the. veray hertys roote To goo sekyng wythyn the symulacres the consentynge of lyght whyche is alredy determyned for to be acomplysshed Thys lady hathe norysshed pryuely in her thoughte the wounde of ambycyouse desyre whyche is so procured that she can not hyde it noo lenger She is graffed and myserably sette wauynge and tournynge here and there wythin her cyte embrassed and take wyth loue insacyable in contynuelle thoughte As a personne furyouse lyke as an hynde that is rought to the herte wyth an arowe goeth rennynge by the forestes and mountaynes Thynkyng vpon her sore onely wythoute to conceyue ne comprehende the wele of her abydynge Aftre wyth Eneas goeth thys lady deuysynge thrughe the towne to shewe hym the grete rychesses that she hath broughte from the partyes of Thyre asketh hym hys aduyse of the edyfyces of Cartage cheryssheth and enterteyneth hym to her power in alle thynges that she thynketh to be playsaunt and agreable vnto hym and atte last she yet spekynge her speche deffaylleth alle sodeynly and can not kepe purpos ne countenaunce as a persone transported from her vndrestandynge and ouertake wyth ouer grete loue inestymable Of it that other parte she doeth make grete appareylles for to feeste Eneas ryghte highely in dyuersitees of metes entermedled wyth some Ioyous dysportes playsaunte and in syghte aggreable After she taketh a delectacyon in his talkynge playsaunte requyrynge hym that for her loue he wylle recounte some grete fayttes or other aduentures that he hath seen in hys tyme in the werre of Troye And taketh her Ioye and consolacyon in his swete wordes and drawynge that atysen and enterteyne her in a contynualle thoughte towarde hym Soo that after theyr departynge from eche other that tyme the mone obscure comynge in his ordre supprymeth the lyghte of the sonne and the sterres launchynge theyr bryghte sparkeles excyte the appetyâ—e of slepe The lady that alone entreth to her chaumbre tryste and pencyfulle leuynge her bedde reste syttynge vpon tapysserye werke or other parte alle solitarye and desolate as a thynge habandouned Desirynge the presence of Eneas by Imagynacyon impraynted wyth in the fauntasme of her entendemente Her semeth that she seeth hym there presente heringe after his wordes playsaunte And deuysynge wyth hym and there she passeth ouer a parte of the nyghte in suche medytacyons and contynuell thoughtes ¶ And emonge she taketh in her lappe Ascanyus the sone of Eneas otherwyse callyd Yolus and holdeth hym bytwyxe her armes byholdeth kysseth and colleth hym Considerynge the beaultye and grete delectacyon of the fadre In whiche she is rauysshed by the representynge of his sone And no thynge there ys soo gretely greuable but that it is alle ynoughe facylle vnto her to be experymented for the entreteynynge of her loue wherinne she myghte be deceyued for the grete serche that she doeth wythoute ceasse for to eschew alle thynges that in this caas myghte be nocible and contrarye to her ANd for by cause of the whiche forsayd occupacyon or contynuelle thoughte wherinne she is Inexplycable occupyed as transported and rauysshed Alle the werkes and doynges of Dydo are taryed and lefte in the astate of Inperfection The wâ—rkes of the grete yates toures and othre edyfyces that were begonne for the perfectyon of Cartage be lefte wythout eny more werkyng alle Imperfyt the excercyse of armes is dyscontynued the noble men wexe robuste and rude wythoute excersice of fayttes of werre The brydges poortes and passages ben lefte wythoute warde And the deffences ben voyde add emptye wythoute entreteynynge redy to receyue the enmyes wythoute ony contradyctyon Alle werkes ceassen and appyeren interrupte for defaulte of conductours The stones of the walles that are bygonne whiche appyeren alle awry sette croked bowed and counterfette by cause thei be not fully made and polisshed Shewynge theyr teeth to threte and byte in to the other stonys redy to be masonned whiche oughte to haue be contynued and Ioyned to perfourme the enterprise thus lefte as alle to cutte and perysshed The grasse groweth faste and roteth on theyr heddes theyr teeth ben spredde wyth mosse all to tourne rusty and fulle of lothlinesse The grete edyfyces are lefte vncouered in dyuerse places And shortely alle falleth in to ruyne by cause of her grete furoure ¶ But Iuno the noble goddesse wedded wyff and spouse of Iubyter seeynge that the goode renomme of Elysse myghte
shippe ther shall be some of the oost after that he shall haue refused me that shal be content to take me but sorowfull caytyue lost who bringeth that in to this folye to thinke that this might be art thou madde or out of thi mynde hast thou lost thi knowlege knowest thou not that the troieÌ„ne folke is alle yssued desceÌ„ded of the forsworne laomedon this laomedon was the first fader that dyde enhabyte the grete troie and brought there a grete nombre of peple that made right faire edifices also multyplied wthin alitell tyme in grete quantite well grete in nombre for the good polycie that they kept also for the fertylyte of the grouÌ„de of that couÌ„treye And by cause that laomedon was all ynoughe occupyed for to make the palayces other edyfices intrinsique of the cyte that hym thought ouer moche diffycile to loÌ„ge a thinge to make the walles closed rouÌ„de aboute the towne he made acoÌ„posicion with phebus neptunê° that ben goddis grete and myghty by the whiche he promysed theym and conuenauÌ„ted by his othe to gyue theym a tonne full of golde yf they were playsed to make the walles rouÌ„de aboute the cyte of troye The whiche goddes hauynge confydence in trustynge his sayd promysse dyde close hit wyth ryght fayre his and grete walles And thus doon they somoned hym for to paye them that whiche he had promysed theym wherof he wolde neuer doo ne paye ony thynge And for this cause they submytted hym to suffre bere susteyne perpetuelly for euer more the detestable hate and reproche of a man forsworne ¶ Of the vysion that Eneas hadde for to departe towarde ytalye Capitulum xxvi THis lady whan she dyde remembre the forsweryng of laomedon of whom the troians are descended made grete doubte to folowe theym and stryuyng wyth in her tryst thoughte to herself sayd in this manere Alas myserable sorowfull what may I doo now oughte I to leue all the fenyces theym that I haue wythdrawen from thyr for to goo wyth the troians or that by puyssauÌ„ce bi my haÌ„de strongly armed I shold geo to destroye their nauye brynge theym to perdycyon wythout fawte I wote not what to saye and me semeth to harde a thyng for to habandouÌ„e my good subgettes whiche by well subtyl meanes grete difâ—â—culte I haue brought out of thyr and out of the lande of fenyce to expose bryng theym now sone in dauÌ„gers of the see to the harde peryll of batayll namly ayenste theym of Troye whom they haue no quarelle Verely whan I me aduy seit is better that I deye as I haue welle deserued And that my sorowe poure myserable be sone fynysshed by swerde O what hast thou doon my swete suster germayne of my teeres emense wepynges thou hast ben the first cause of the grete furoure where I am now in thou hast charged vpon my sholdres all the grete euylles that I bere supporte thou haste absorbed me reclosed in the grete see of amarytude thou haste fouÌ„de me well pesible but thou hast betaken me for to werre ayenst myn owne peas thou hast broughte me from solysitude remysed into resolysitude thou hast taken rest fro me hast brought me in to ryght grete turbacoÌ„n thou hast abolysshed my frauÌ„chise for to entre in to grete seruytude thou hast dyuerted my honour in to dishonest infamye thou hast conuerted my cyte in feâ—re drede perdurable thou hast all puerted my wyttes reduced in to madnesse forsenerie thou haste deliuerde me my traytour peruerse enmye vnder hope of loue benyuolence what eyleth me tryst poure weri full of teeâ—ys O fortune euyll fortuned why haste thou not permytted me suffred that wythout forfayte or ony cryme I myght haue vsed the residue of my dolauÌ„t lyf chastly alone wythoute companye of man as the bestes in the forestes doo lye as it apiereth full of ten all alone by theym selfe Yf thus I had mayntened myselfe I sholde neuer haue come ne falle in the sorowes displaysures coÌ„playntes clamours where I am now in all doled of grete furour forsened more than euer was woman of moder borne vnto this tyme presente but I beleue veritable that it is for to take vengeauÌ„ce of the feyth of the grete othe that I had first promysed to my husbonde sicheus whiche I haue violated falsly broken wylfully wherof I am â—alle in grete tormente replenysshed with langour mortall Alas what harde destynacye happed to me that daye that I was so ferre doled from my wytte so madde to habandouÌ„e my selfe to a man alone For whom I haue loâ—te all in a soÌ„me at one daye at one owre in somoche that I abyde all alone wythout coÌ„panye habandouÌ„ed fro all comfort thus made this fenyce her rewthes her sighynges in suche a sorowe so dolant termes that she fowndred all in teeris duringe the whiche aftre that alle the nauye of eneas was takled well nyghe redy for to departe ther appiered to eneas that nyght that he entred his shippe was leyde a slepe a certayne god in the propre fygure that mercure appiered to hym first for to admonneste him of his departynge in suche manere of semblauÌ„ce of voyce of coloure of heeris of golde as well proporcyned of meÌ„bres fayre facion of yongthe of fayre beaulte that sayde to him in this manere O eneas the sone of a goddesse how art thou so moche forsened to take rest of slepe in this grete dauÌ„ger wher thou art now ynne knowest thou not the fortunes perillous adueÌ„tures that enuyronne that on all sydes seest not thou the tyme couenable for to saylle the swete wyndes propice why coÌ„sumest thy self slepynge without exploityng that in thy vyage thou knowest not what the fayre dydo prepareth for the whiche is tourned in turbacyon thynkyng in herself what frawde or decepcyon or som grete myschef for to doo to the a greuauÌ„ce why feerest thou not lest she doo that to destruction sith that she wyl brynge herself to the dethe thynke theÌ„ne what euylles what harde adueÌ„tures what displaisirs what grete decepcioÌ„s iniuries she ymagyneth ayenst the but more ther is yf thou departe not with all diligence thou shalt soone see the see alle couered wtth vesselles of werre with grete strengthe coÌ„mynge ayenst the with torches lyght And cressettes esprysed of fyre brennyg for to brule and brenne thy nauye And wythout respyte ne remedye thou shal be dystroyed yf thou be fouÌ„de whan the prynge of the day shal be comen Aryse vp quykly without taryenge and abyde here noo lenger For awoman is founde euermore subtylle in alle her dedes As sayth the fable A grete daunger is thenne to the for whom she is thus endulled and fallen in dysperacyon to abyde in hyr iurisdyccyon nor to reside in her contree And to th ende that thou be not
hir fayr cote of dyuerse fygures For to vnbynde the rotes of the spyrite vytalle from the membrees of hir body Whiche were thenne in grete opposicyon and debate one ayenste another By cause that the humydyte radycalle and other complexcyons in proporcyon conuenable coenclyued togyder Dyde receyue the gooste soo that it coude not goo there from by hit selfe wythoute ayde of other Also that hir deth naturalle oughte not to hauen comen yet of longe tyme But by accydente and hardâ— fortune whiche is gladdely euyll and dyuerse to theym that she byholdeth awrye was broughte in to suche dysperacyon not for noo crymynalle cause not for noon other thynge wherof she oughtâ— to suffre dethe nor to endure ony peyne or sufferaunce that she slewe her self And thenne after that arose proserpyne wyffe and spouse to Pluto the ryghte grete god infernalle whiche holdeth vnder her domynacyon the persones that be Inueterate of euyll dayes And they that ben in grete sorowes to whom she admynystred alle the deturpacyons and the hardenesse of olde age as to some while that they be slepynge she setteth white herres on the grounde of their hedes Some she maketh scabbed and full of ytche the feete to be grete and swollen And thenne the gowte or the poplesie the stytches or the paralesye The debylyte or feblenes and of the eyen appayreth the sighte and replenysseth theym alle wyth teeres and the lyddes of the eyen wyth fylthe soo that whan they ryse in the mornynge they muste be wasshed wyth wyne or wyth some other lauatorye And to other she maketh theyr memorye to wexe feble and conuerteth it in to ygnoraunce She taketh from them the puyssaunce that they hadde fyrste and hath awaye fro theym furtyuely by proces of tyme all theyr strengthes one after another by cause noon shalle be aware of her for doubte that she be not deceyued And after she maketh theym croked and boweth theyr bodyes hangynge theyr hedes to the grounde warde alle full of care and as counâ—refete aswell the men as the wymmen to the whiche for to bere to theym a dyffame taketh theyr fayr colour awaye and maketh theym as pale as asshes To other she gyueth rednes wyth a highe coloure ouer excessyue and dyshonneste and the yelowe here 's of theyr heddes she maketh theym to boke lyke rousset or lyke the coloure of an olde bere She after shorteth theyr retentyue brethe and molyfyeth in theym alle theyr bloode And noon otherwyse it ys to be supposed but that she doeth in lyke wyse of alle the remenaunte For she goeth ledynge alle in equall proporcyon and maketh theym dystrybucyon by the temples and in the face of grete ryueles and fromples that putte oute the beaulte of the playsaunte vysage that she sheweth all wyth cordage aswelle in the nek as aboute the temples We haue therof many exemples Nomore therof we wylle now speke It is so lothely to here Also well harde it is to me to telle therof that I haue sayde afore but to th ende that eny gaynsaynge sholde be Imputed ayenst me to haue obmyssed for to dyscute som of the condycyons and euyll operacyons of the cursed proserpyne that is more sore pryckynge than the thorne I haue sette thees here for to vnderstande the other better that men shalle mowe take In lyke conformyte as it is recyted aboue ¶ Of the beaulte of dydo ¶ Capitulum xxix THis proserpyne of whome I speke how be it that of alle her werkes and subtylle artyfyces wherof she is wonte to vse had not in noo wyse wrought for dydo nor hade not yet enprynted in her persone eny sygne of olde age nor other thynge wherby she shulde directely haue pretended vpon her eny ryght Alwayes she wolde force her self to haue for her part the soule of Elysse sayenge that she hadâ—e slayn herself by dysperacion as for cause of furye and of rage whiche is a thinge Inhumayne dependynge of the operacyons and wodnesses of helle that she herself hathe enprynted in her persone Wherunto she hathe subdued and submytted herself Wherfore by reson she oughte to abyde vnder her as we see by example famyler whan som body hathe submytted hymself by oblygacion to the iurisdicyon of some Iuge the saide iuge is capable for to haue the knowlege therof how be it that to fore the oblygacyon was made the persone was exempt of his Iurisdicyon And aftre thees raysons and othre that were to longe to be recouÌ„ted proserpyne sayde that elysse ought to abyde with her as she that had submyted her self to her lawes and Iurysdyctions But the fayre Iris that departed from heuene by the commaundement of the goddesse Iuno descendynge by the clowdes with her gylte feders at the oposyte of the sonne ornated wyth a thousaunde colours Came and sette her self vpon the hede of Dydo And for an aunswere to the adlegacyons of Proserpyne sayde to her thees thynges Thys is of rayson wryton whan eny persone noble is in debate betwene two partyes that the mooste parent heyre of the lynage and that commeth of lawefulle yssue shal be proserred afore that other partye and shalle bere the name awaye wyth hym namely whan he is of the fyrste yssue And also that he hath the gretter parte in the herytage and hath doon many aquysycions amendynges and reparacyons ¶ Now it is soo that the goddesse Iuno whos ryghte for to deffende and kepe I am sent hither hathe produced in her beynge in this possessyons that is to wyte Elysse wherof we vnderstande betwix vs two And hathe made her to be borne hathe brought her to the worlde and hathe alymented and noryshed her from the owre of hyr birthe vnto this tyme present And hathe gyuen vnto her soo many fayre yestes of nature As is beaulte corporelle yongthe well made of her membres eche in his qualyte and ryght egall in proporcyon without eny dyfformyte the hede well sette by mesure vpon the nek fayre herys and long yelowe tresses hangyng betwene two sholders to the heles of her her forehed brod and highe ynoughe the browes traytice and broun and the lydes of the eyen acordyng to the same the eyen grene open by mesure lawghynge and of swete loke afayre well compassed visage ouer the forhede all ynoughe coloured A meane noose not to grete nor to lytell wythout ouer grete openynge A lytell mouthe with roddy lyppes And atte the chickes two lytell pittes one Inlykewyse at the chynne The tethe whyte smalle and well Ioyned togyder A rounde chynne that was not ouer longe A whyte coloure with a byrght hew there with alle some what tendynge to the rede the necke longe ynoughe by goode mesure bygge ynoughe towarde the lowest part and traytyse on the backe syde the throte quycke and without spotte or macule longe armes and smalle the sholders and the backe flat the brestes well sette with a grete space betwix bothe the pappes that be rounde and sette of a heyght smalle
loked behynde hym and sawe not his felawe nor Erialus were wherof he was ryght sore angri And sore sighynge he began to saye O swete felawe where haue I lost the. where myght I seke the And whan he hade said this he retourned ayen bak that waye that he came And he had not gon longe that he herde the noyse of the horses about erialus that his enmyes had taken alredy and aslong as he myght he had deffended him self but alle that he coude doo auaylled him not visus went so longe rennynge tyl that he sawe his enmyes about his felawes whiche they helde Thenne he wist not what to doo nor how he myght delyuere hym from theyr handes And whan he had aduysed hym ynoughe he loked vpon a dart that he helde in his hande and threwe it with alle his strengthe and smotte a knyght betwene two sholders therwith alle so that the yron went thrughe the body of hym whiche felle doune ded to the groūnde frome hys horse Hys felawes that sawe thys loked alle aboute theym and had grete merueylle and wyste not fro whens that myghte come And whiles that they merueylled theym selfe of suche a fortune that was come thus sodaynly to theym Vysus casted ayen a nother darte and smote a nother of theym in the breste and soo slewe hym and fell doun ded afore his felawes that were ther of sore abasshed ¶ How Bolcus slewe eryalus how Vysus his felawe slewe Bolcus Of the deth of the sayd Vysus how the hedes of the sayd two felawes eryalus vysus were brought vpon two speres afore the fortres of Eneas Cap. xlvj THenne beganne bolcus the conestable to be alle forcened wyth grete rage for to knowe fro whom these strokes cam in a grete anger sayd to eryalus who euer hath doon the same the peynes therof shall abyde vpō the with y◠swerde all naked in his fust cam nygh hym wold slee hym whan vysus sawe this he coude no lenger suffre it by cause that he wolde not see hys felawe to be slayn but he began to crye late hym be in peas take me putte me to dethe For he hath forfayte nothyng While that vysus spake thise wordes bolcus smote eryalus wyth his swerde thorugh the body of hym wythoute moo wordes kylled hym And whan vysus sawe the same he ranne ayenste theym alle and adressed hym towarde bolcus wyth his swerde in his fuste and so nyghe he approched hym that whan he dyd ascrye vpon his men that they sholde take hym vysus smote hym wyth his goode swerde thrugh the mouthe that he made hit to come oute at the necke of hym soo that he slewe hym and fylle doun ded afore hym and all his folke His knyghtes that sawe hym thus slayne ranne alle vpon vysus oute of alle sides soo that they gaaffe to hym his deth wounde and neuertheles he defended hym selfe vygoryously as longe that he myghte stande But his enmyes charged hym soo often wyth grete strokes of their swerdes wel sharpe cuttynge that he spred hym selfe vpon his felawe Eryalus and soo fynysshed there his lyff Thenne toke the ytalyens their armures and that they bare and the body of theyr lorde Bolcus amd departe wyth grete heuynesse and wente to the lodges of Turnus ooste And whan they cam they sawe there theym that made grete sorowe grete cryes for theym that were slayn wythin the tentes Whan thenne the daye was come Turnus cōmaunded that alle the ooste sholde be armed And that euery prynce sholde ordeyne his folke for to assaylle the castell And they dyd soo by grete wrathe And thenne turnus made the hedes of eryalus and Vysus to be smytten of from theyr bodyes and sette vpon two speres and broughte theym afore the castell wyth a grete noyse grete callynge for to fere and abasshe the troians therwyth that were wythin wyth Ascanyus the sone of eneas Whan they of the castell sawe theym they were full sory sore tryste and anone they ordeyned theyr folke putte theym in araye for to defende the place And thenne they of the ooste blew vp their trompettes for to gyue a sharpe sawte And taried not but dyde hie theim for to fylle the dyches and for to dresse vp the ladders ayenste the walles And they that were there vpon the walles brake theyr sheldes and theyr pauesses And the hardy knyghtes troians that had lerned for to defende casted vpon theym grete logges wyth sharpe yron atte the ende and gret stones They that cam firste to assawte the place myght not suffre no lenger the strengthe of the troians that were vpō the walles of theyr fortresse For they brake theyr sheldys helmes and theire līmes all to burst they re bodyes whan Mesancus sawe this he made fyre to be cast to theym and Mesapus made the diches to be filled vp the ladders to be sette vpward ayenst the walles ¶ How the assawte was grete atte the gate of the castel ¶ Capitulum xlvij BEfore the gate of the castell was a grete toure and knyghtes were within that deffended it they that were without assailled strongly by grete rudesse and all they that were within deffended theymself ryght well vigorousli but they of the oost made so grete force ayenst them that they dyde sette the toure on afire and whan they of with in sawe the toure that brenned alle in aflame they were aferde to be brente there ynne so that they most nedes habandoūne it And thēne they wolde haue yssued out aienst them of the oost but the toure fille soone doun And thus alle they that were within were ded fauf two of hem Elenor and Elecor And whan elenor sawe hymself amonge his enmyes he ranne vpon theym with his swerde in his hande as he that wolde not escape nor saue his lyffe But elecor that was ryght swyfte lyght fled toward the castel for his waraūt ¶ How Eneas came ayen from palence with moche folke for to socoure his sone his folke ayenst turnus ¶ Capitulum xlviij MAny were there slayne of one part of the other but the assawte was lefte for the nyght that came thenne vpon toke awaye fro theym the light of the daye The troyens kept well theire walles For they knewe well that on the morowe they sholde be assaylled agayn Eeasn thenne that was goon for to seke helpe and socours and had with hym alle the barons and namely the kynge Carton abode not longe after this But that he came wyth .xxx. shyppes well laden wyth men of armes whiche approched soo moche that they came to the socours of theym that awayted sore after theym And that hadde grete nede of helpe whan Turnus vnderstode thyse tidynges he wente agaynste theym wythoute taryenge Alle the sayd shippes entred wythin the hauen excepte the shippe of kynge Carton that was to grete Turnus peyned hymselfe
leue to speke of Eneas And shalle retorne to speke of dydo And firste to shewe the dyfference of Iohn bochace and of vyrgyle to putte in bryef the falle of the sayd dydo recounted by bochace and after by the sayd virgyle ¶ Here bigynneth thistorye how dydo departed from the couÌ„trey ¶ ca. vjo. That other daye in passyng tyme I râ—dde the fall of noblys of whom IhonÌ„ bochace hath spoken in brief the adueÌ„tures of fortune harde dyuersly excecrable in all destructyue of theyr personis honoures goddes chyuauÌ„ches of whom the soÌ„me haue ben cause of ther harme euyl of the distruccoÌ„n of whiche some be yet and how be it that thei ben pourueyd moche more that it apperteyneth to theym seen theyr scyence prowesse vaillyaÌ„tyse or seruyce after the state their vocacoÌ„n in the whiche eche ought to holde be coÌ„tent like as saith thappostle wythout doyng grief or ony nuysauÌ„ce ne to bere doÌ„mage ne myssaye ony other this notwystoÌ„dyng alwaye they be in awayte delite themselfe to seche often tymes meanes for to grieue to saye wordes detractiues wherof foloweth the perdycoÌ„n of moche peple of them selfe in the ende whiche therin haue medeled ¶ And after certayne space I hadde been in beholdynge the peryllous aduentures and fortunes ryghte sorowfulle of many kynges prynces or knyghtes and many other I fonde the falle of dydo somtyme quene and fouÌ„â—resse of the noble cyte of cartage the whiche in redynge I was abasshed and had grete merueylle how bochace whiche is an auctour so gretly renoÌ„med hath transposed or atte leste dyuersifyed the falle and caas otherwyse than vyrgyle hath in his fourth booke of Eneydos In whiche he hath not rendred the reason or made ony decysion to approue better the his than that other And yf ony wolde excuse hym and saye that he hadde doon hit for better to kepe thonour of wymmen And wolde not treate ne saye thynge of theym dyshoneste but that myghte be to theyr auauÌ„cemente ¶ This reason hath noo place For he hath putte in many places other grete falles ouermoche infamous of some quenes and ladyes and hath not suffyced to hym to speke alle in generall but hath made expresse chapytres In blamynge the complexions of theym By the whiche partyculerly he sheweth the dyssolucyons and peruerse condycyons that ben in the sexe femynyne And for to shewe euydently vpon the sayd caas and falle the dyfference whiche is of vyrgyle and of bocace I haue enterprysed to shewe alle a longe the texte of vyrgyle The causes and occasions of the laste extynctyon and dolourous deth and despyte of the renoÌ„mee of dydo otherwyse callyd or named Elysse or Fenyce ¶ But fyrste and to fore for better and to vnderstande the mater I haue purposed to recyte here the caas and falle after the oppynyon of Iohn bocace whiche sayth as here after shall ensiewe and folowe YF In ony maner fayth oughte to be adiousted vnto the wrytynges and dyctes of olde and auncyente cronycles or historyers Or to theyr letters cronykes and historyes Vnneth maye men fynde ony of soogrete langage ¶ And dygne to yeue magnyfycence and somoche deuyne â— noÌ„mee as to the hye name of Fenyce wherof the rayson maye be this how be it that thauctour putte not precysely dedycte wythoute texte by cause that the Fenyces were the fyrst Inuentours of carecteris dyfferencyng that one fro that other â–ª of whiche were fourmed lettres for to write redyng in remembaruÌ„ce perpetual the thynges that they desireden to late be knowen to theyr frendis or otherwyse for the conseruacyon of theyr dedes fayttes scyences to th ende that they myghte reduyce in souuenauÌ„ce or remembrauÌ„ce by thynspection and lecture of theyr wrytyngys that whiche by lengthe of tyme debylyte of entendement sholde be wythdrawen Or otherwyse sholde haue be forgoten it and put in oublyauÌ„ce that the fenyces fonde to note wyth rede colour or ynke firste the sayd lettres of whiche our bokes ben gretely decorate socoured made fayr We wryte the grete and firste capytall lettres of our volumes bookes and chapytres wyth the taynture of reed coloure THe name thenne and royalme of Fenyce hath be moche hiely decored by merueyllous artes and myryfyke In ioyouse preysynge and laude wherof the clerenes and fame of his ouurages hath ben dyuulged shewed vnto the laste clymate of bondes habited wyth lygnage royalle ¶ Oute of the whiche Fenyce and prosapye auncyenne as it is to byleue by theyr wrytynges yssued a kynge named Belus After the dethe of whome one his sone named pygmaleon succeded hym And obteyned the royalme of the Fenyces ¶ He hadde also a doughter named Elysse whiche afterwarde was named dydo was maryed to one named Acerbe otherwyse called Sychee his vncle was preest of hercules honoured wel in the royame of thyre and the gretest of alle the couÌ„treye after the kyng of the same This gentylman was moche fayr to byholde yonge playsauÌ„t of grete reuerence ryght honorable emonge them of the couÌ„tre of grete audacyte and of name magnyfyque ryght moche byloued of Elysse Thenne his wyf whiche thenne he loued also moche of fyne loue wythout fayntasie whiche sone after fayled by his deth anguysshous wherof thenÌ„e it happed after the Iugemente that to hym was fortunat that he was so brenewrous that he was emonge all other estemed to be most in Ioye gladnes consideryng the beaute and bounte of dydo his wyf And also of grete rychesses of whiche Acerbe otherwyse callyd Sychee was moche endowed hadde preemynence in ryght grete habundauÌ„ce BY the couetyse of whiche goodes rychesses pygmalyon brother of Elysse and kynge of the couÌ„trey was sore esprysed For whiche cause the deth was conspyred of the fayr Sychee the sayd pygmalyon thynkynge in hymselfe to doo slee hym And by this moyen he sholde attayne to th ende of his desire wyll insacyable and full of couetyse And soo to hym selfe he sholde alle vsurpe his grete Innumerable rychesses and lyke as he thought he dyd and dyd do slee Acerbe or Sychee Thenne dydo his swete amyable spouse wyf bare it moche inpacyentli and sorowfully in suche anguysshe of herte that she swowned syncopysed syghed And oute of her fayr swete eyen tendre flowed teeris assyduatly and contynuelly that they better semed two grete sourges wellynge vp grete affluence of teerys whiche ranne doun by hir fayr freshe vylage And thus the sayd dydo suffred grete payne for the grete and harde syghynges heuynesses by cause of the grete horriyle nephande detestable cryme perpetred and commysed in the persone of sychee her swete and late amyable husbonde longe tyme demeaned she suche clamours wythoute ony hope euer otherwyse to lyue And alwaye she considerynge the causes of the sayd cryme and the couetyse of her sayd brother pygmalyon And that many tymes by dremes and other admonestements was ofte tymes incyted
and couÌ„seylled to seche some place sure and secrete And thenne of thobeyssaunce of the sayd pygmalyon for the surete of hir persone she comened wyth the prynces of the same contrey specyally wyth the pryncipall whiche hadde be frendes of Sychee late hir husbonde and shewed to theym the causes by the whiche she hadde conceyued this grete hate ayenste her brother pygmalyon whom she drewe to her part and side and were content to doo alle that whiche by hir sholde be aduysed for to wythstande the cursed enterpryse of hir sayd broder whiche had concluded in him selfe and to fore thought Thenne sone after a wyke Elysse faynynge that she ne myghte no lenger duelle in the hous of Acerbe late her husbonde by cause that she was ouermoche moleste and greued by recordynge continuel in rememarbuÌ„ce pietous of the swete mayntene and semblauÌ„ce of the sayd Sychee her preteryte husbonde But she incyted frequented ofte the places in whiche she had firste seen her true frende and loue sichee And therfore wyth alle the hauoyr and other goodis of the sayd Acerbe that he posseded in his lyfe ryght gladly she welde dispose hir self to goo vnto the royame of fenyce the couÌ„trey of her nayssauÌ„ce and byrthe vnto pygmalion hir brother whiche whan he herde of it was moche Ioyous supposyâ—geÌ„ by that moyen to come to his insacyable and cursyd auaryce for to haue all the rychesses other grodes to fore sayd Forthwyth the sayd pygmalyon sente vnto his suster dydo a flote of shyppes well manned and garnysshed for to brynge wyth her the goodes and rychesses of the sayd royame of Thir in to fenyce vnto hym But dydo by other barate as she then hadde ordeyned and that alwaye thoughte to eschewe and gaynstonde the fraude of hir sayd broder toke and hydde priuely in a certeyn place of her shippe alle the grete tresours hauoyrs of hir sayd somtyme husbonde sichee And in the place where they were she sette many sackes full of brasse coper the whiche alle manyfestely or openly in the presence of alle hir people whiche supposed thenne that it hadde ben the tresour of her late husbonde And dyd it to betaken from thens and to carye and bere hit to the shippe at euyn wyth thoo people whiche to fore is made mencyon And the messagers of the sayd kynge pygmalyon whiche were comen to fetche hir mounted vpon the sayd shyppe for to goo in to fenyce And whan they were well on the waye oute of the lande in the hye see she coÌ„maunded to caste oute the sackes of brasse and coper where they in the ship hadde supposed that it hadde ben the tresours that she broughte wyth her And that doon she sayd to theym wepynge these incitatyf wordes Dere felawes and frendes of our nauye I doubte nothynge but that ye haue the wylle for taccomplysshe that whiche I commauÌ„de you whythoute to aske or wyll to knowe ony wyse this whiche ye haue doon But for to saye telle to you the cause whiche haue moeued me thus to doo I haue moche lieuer to haue loste alle the richesses of Acerbe late my frende husbond the whiche ye haue now drowned wythin the bely of the see than I sholde delyuer theym in to the handes of the ryght cruel kynge Pygmalyon my brother for the whiche rychesses to hane of me after that he hath taken the lyf awaye fro my swete and true husbonde he hath sente you hider for to brynge me to hym wyth his shippes And therfore thynke veryli that it bihoueth you presenly to doo and holde me companye or ells deye or flee from hym ye hane knowen ynoughe his grete and cursid auaryce And how he hath doo slee Acerbe or Syche my late husbonde for to haue of him his tresours wherfor I doubte not that now after the rychesses loste yf we goo to hym he shall be soo surprysed wyth angre and furyouse woodnes whan he shall see hym selfe soo deceyued put fro his entente that he shall moche sore tormente vs and at th ende put vs to dethe the whiche sith that he hath wythdrawen taken awaye hym whiche was alle my we le I shalle take it in gree gladly But I haue compassyon of you whiche in this caas haue no culpe ne blame of the grieuous paynes myserable tormentes of whiche he shall make you to haue by afflyctyon And therfore late vs treate by one acorde yf ye wylle flee from the couÌ„trey of my brother wyth me and eschewe his gret furour I shall abandoune my lyf wyth you my good cytezeyns whiche be here in dangeour of myserable deth And offre my selfe to brynge conducte you in to some other place of surete where as we shall lyue more at our ease in places of Ioyous dwellynge wythoute to haue more drede of hym ne of the grete doubte fere of his cruel tyrannye thus were moeued attyred by thexhortacyon of dydo her swete monicyons and pyetous prayers alle the maronners of one accorde wyth alle the other in the shippe How wel it was to theym moche harde a thynge to habandoune leue the swete couÌ„trey of theyr natiuyte Alle that notwythstaÌ„dyng they accorded greed to doo all hir wyll the prores or forship whiche lay toward the couÌ„tre of thir tourned anone towarde the royame of Cypre for to goo in to that countrey There fonde they the preste of Iubyter wyth his wyf and alle his meyne vaticynauÌ„te of prophecyeng thynges moche merueyllous in pronostycacyon righte happy of their fleeynge and voyage the whiche wyth his wyf and meynage wente anone wyth theym and not knowynge in to what countrey for to soiourne and passe forthe theyr yongthe in some place of peas and of surete for to abide Also to th ende that their name perysshe not wythoute remembrauÌ„ce for faulte of lygnee And a while they abode in the countree whiche were well pleased wyth theyr conuersacyon and maryages of theyr doughters to theym in eschewynge to falle in to olde age not socoured wyth chidren maynage whiche sholde yssue of theyr lygnage for tenhabyte the countrey and maintene theyr name and remembrauÌ„ce perpetuel And in conclusion they decended from their shippes to the lande and at the ryuage of the same they toke in dede lxx maydens and anone putte theym in to their shippes the whiche after the custome auncyen of the cypriens thider comen receyued for to wynne the duete of maryage wyth men of alle couÌ„treys and nacyons that thider came fro alle partyes And syth after made festes and sacryfices to venus the goddesse For after durynge their maryage to be obserued holden and kepte chaste alle the tyme of theyr lyf as yf they offred to the sayd venus theyr laste sacrifyces obsequyes for to goo oute fro hir subiectyon and to be from her exempte from thenne forthon ¶ How dydo arryued in Lybye a straunge countrey and boughte as moche londe or
grounde as she myghte conteyne wythin the space of the hide of an oxe in whiche she buylded and edyfied the cyte of Cartage CapmÌ„ vij ANd from thens departed dydo wyth alle hir nauye in passynge the see and alwaye wythdrawynge fro the sayd londe of fenyce arryued vpon the ryuage of affryque for to repayre hir shyppes And there boughte of thynhabitauÌ„tis of the same countrey as moche lande or grouÌ„de as she myghte enuyronne wyth the hide of an oxe whiche dyd doo corroye well and after dyd doo cutte hit soo in a thonge so smalle and longe that she enuyronned moche more quantyce of the grounde of the sayd countrey than the Inhabytantes sellars supposed sholde euer haue ben In the sayd place durynge the tyme that dydo and her felawshypÌ„ whiche by longe tyme hadde ben in grete trauaylle vpon the see whyche moche hadde greued theym and throwen theym in mani dyuerse couÌ„treys were thenne vnder the proteccyon and swete reconsilyacyon rest they dyd doo repayre theyr nauyre sette it wyth grete peyne alle in poynte wyth alle thynges to theym necessarye Thenne thenhabytanÌ„s and theyr neyghbours by began to treate wyth theym curtoysly and ofte vysited theym wythoute to doo to theym ony grief moleste or thynge that oughte to dysplease theym but wyth all gre and frendlynes wythoute puttynge on theym lothlynes as strauÌ„gers They of the couÌ„tree byganne to holde parlyamente wyth theym and toke amytyes alyauÌ„ce wyth theym admynystred to theym marchauÌ„dyses and dyd alle other thynges whiche is acustumed to be doon bytwene neyghbours and good frendes Thenne dydo hir barons seeyng the fruytful dysposicyon and bounte of the sayd place semed to theym that they oughte to make an ende of their fuyte or fleeynge and anone elysse or dydo to theym dyscouerde the fraude that she had don shewed wherfore she had throwen in to the see the sackes a forsayd ful of brasse coper semynge that hit had ben the tresour of Sychee her late husbonde whiche thenne she shewed to theym wherof then they were moche Ioyous gretly encoraged wyth goode hope concluded anone to buylde edefye a newe cyte there And caste toke the fouÌ„dement for to make a cyte there and there they aboode all to gyder And in soo makyng they fonde wythin the grounde in diggyng to make the fouÌ„dementes the hed of an horse whiche gaaf to theym hardynes courage destyne to preysinge of the place to be propyce and acceptable the whiche was thenÌ„e purposed to be closed enuyroâ—ned wyth wallis autentyke And the cyte was named as some saye Cartage by cause that the cyrcuyte of the place was enuyronned wyth the thonge of a skynne or hyde as to fore is sayd And the castell of the toun was named brose takynge his name of the hide of an oxe whiche they hof Tir called burse â–ª THis cyte in shorte espace for the coÌ„modytees of the same and situacyon plentyuoê° was strongly enhabited wyth moche folke peple Of whom dydo was lady quene and gaaf to theym lawes manere of lyuynge and gouernauÌ„ce of goode maners admynystred entiere iustyce to hir subgettis in hir housholde menaige she mayntened her ryght honestly And the purpose of hir holy chastite she enterteyned kepte wythoute to breke it thus thenÌ„e elysse presidente as quene ouer all the people cam to hir entente desired in stede of wepynges vnmesurable sorowe whiche she had suffrid had ben in gret afflyction in Thir for the nephaÌ„de deth of hir sayd somtyme husbond she was in the place of cartage wel adourned of vertues wherof thenÌ„e hir good fame renomee florysshyng shone resplendysshed merueyllously in the couÌ„treys circuÌ„iacent neyghbours in suche wyse that they whiche had lyued after the maner of that couÌ„tree whiche was all dissonauÌ„t dishoneste in regarde of that of dydo toke the guyse the facons the industries of the cartagyons in leuyng their auÌ„cyent customes whiche anoÌ„ after vanysshed awaye as thei neuer had be vsed But this notwythstoÌ„dynge fortune inpacyente whiche maye not suffre the pesone longe to dwelle prosperous ne good werkes wythout enuye sette imposed vnder the feet of the righte chaste quene thyng slypper lubrik for to make hir to ouerthrowe to brynge hir in to exyle lacrymable fro the place where hir glorye exaltacoÌ„n ought to be replenysshed encreased manyfested for lyke as euery daye the beaulte chastyte prudence augmented vnto all nacoÌ„ns strauÌ„gers ferre nyghe and the delectable name of hir cyte grewe reysed in praysing A certayn kyng of the musitaynes or momydes neyghbour to that couÌ„trey was right feruently esprised in the loue of this quene thenÌ„e beyng wydowe as sayd is of hir firste husbond sychee and sente to some prynces of that cyte whom he requyred to haue this quene dydo in maryage sayenge by grete menaces yf he had her not that he sholde reduce that cyte into ruyne sholde put all the people therof in to exyle This thyng seenge the sayd prynces knowyng the ferme purpos permanable whiche the quene had to eÌ„terteyne hir pudyque chastyte in perpetuall wydowhed durst not at the firste manyfeste the petycion desire of the sayd kyng but by subtyl meanes eÌ„tendyng to drawe from hir som wordes seruynge to theyr entencoÌ„n vpon the whiche they myghte fynde fouÌ„dement rayson indycatyf for to moeue therto the sayd dydo they reported to hir that the kynge for to lede a lyfe more honeste demauÌ„ded them for to haue some prynce of thyre or thyrayn for tenstructe hym in doctrynes good maners condycyons to lyue after the manere of theyr couÌ„tre whiche to hym semed more honest aggreable than his owne whiche for to doo they knew no man coÌ„uenyent ê“pyce for so moche that none of the couÌ„trey but yf he were coÌ„streyned wolde leue his owne londe for to goo vnto suche a kynge that vsed so vyle terryble strauÌ„ge lyf And alwaye yf ther wente none to hym he menaced and thretenyd to make warre fyght wyth theym wherof myght falle other dauÌ„ger grete peryl to their newe cyte The whiche prynces the quene repreued shewynge to theym that for one man onely ought not be cause to lose all thother to habandouÌ„e theyr couÌ„trey lyf accustomed and to vse suche as beestes sauage doo as werkes synystres barbaires O right good cytezeyns yf it happened that one muste deye for the salute we le of your couÌ„trey be ye not coÌ„cluded so to doo suffre For he is right vnhappy that for his partyculer wele wyll leue the publike comyn we le contrary wyse he is blessyd that Ieopardeth hym to the deth for the comen wele of his couÌ„trey ¶ How a kyng neyghbour to cartage dyde demauÌ„de to wyfe the fayr dydo quene yf Cartage the whiche for the loue of hir late husbond had lieuer to slee her selfe than to take
the sayd kynge Capitulo viij ANd thenne seeyng the sayd wordes seruynge right wel to theyr purpoos to hir preiudyce Notefyden vnto the quene how the sayd kyng had requyred her in maryage and had made to theym the sayd menaces in caas that they wolde not soo accorde to hym The whiche knowleche to be achieued in the sentence by her pronouÌ„ced And that she her selfe was cause of her perdicyon byganne moche strongly inflegyble lamentacyon to calle longe by dolour and excessyue sorowe the swete name of Acerbe hir preterit husbond But in the ende they hadde determyned consyderynge that hit myghte be none other wyse but she muste promyse to make this maryage the whiche she accorded to theym and helde for greâ—ble And demaunded Induces and space of thre monethes In whiche tyme she sholde doo her dylygence for to accomplysshe alle theyr wylles In this tyme durynge as it maye be presupposed yf ony deffence was in the cyte whiche was not sette and ordeyned in couenable fortyfycacyon She dyde it incontynente to be sette in poynt And after this she blamed longe her beaulte in cursyng it by grete execracyon wyth the grete enuye that fortune hadde vpon her and the Ioyous aduentures and prosperous whiche were in late tyme comen to her So that the grete playsaunce whiche she hadde taken with the swete reste of her thoughte in whiche that she had repelled thauaryce of hir brother by her well happy fleeying and her noble cyte edyfied newely whiche thenne was accomplysshid wyth grete people enhabyted alle subgette and obeyssauÌ„t vnto the lawes of her seygnorye thenne conuerted and chaunged in to grete anguysshe myserable After whan the terme of thre monethis approched the lady whiche was falle ayen in lacrymous and playnynge sorowes whiche she had hadde in tyme passed for the deth of Sychee her somtyme husbonde Dyde doo hewe doun and gader to gyder a ryght grete multytude of busshes and woode for to make a cruel fyre terryble and merueyllous in the hieste place of the cyte and faynynge to make sacryfyce in the pyetous commemoracyon playsaunte to the pryue goddys for the laste obsequyes of the funeralle seruyce of Acerbe of Sychee her sayd husbonde In payenge the extreme tribute of remembraunce yteratyue ne other wyse in ony maner the fagottis or woode clouen and broken toke the swerde in hir honde mounted vp alle on hie vpon the woode redy for to sette on fire in the presence of all the peple byholdyng by grete admyracyon what she wold doo bigan to say my ryght good citezeyns after your ordynauÌ„ce I goo to the â—â—n that is to saye that she was disposed to goo marye her to the kyng fornamed sodaynly all attones she lete her selfe falle vpon the poynt of the swerde whiche termyned ended in that hour hir lyf Thenne for the deth hir iÌ„nocente blood whiche maculate bysprange all theym that stode by she â—â—tyrped all thynges sinystre whiche had mowe torne in prudyce of the cyte peple of cartage for the reffuse of the same maryage yf any wolde haue gaynsayd it The whiche thyng seenge they of cartage coÌ„sideryng the charge soo cruel whiche the sayd sorowful lady had suffred for to kepe hir cyte cytezeyns vnhurt exempt from oppressyoÌ„s of the peple barbaryke in whom they were subcoÌ„bed bi cause of the sayd mariage yf ony had be made maden grete wepynges right long lamentacoÌ„ns in lacrymous playntis syghynges bywaylienges other sorowfull wordes ThenÌ„e all the peple were coÌ„cluded brought to by cause of the deth of theyr quene dydo bywayllyng halowyng funerall exequyes contynuel by many dayes longe tyme after bi grete waillynges inpyetous remembrauÌ„ce of theyr ryght goode quene whom they callyd from thenÌ„e forth on moder of theyr couÌ„trey enforced theym to attribute all honours humaynes deuynes by manere of the cruelte of hir deth whiche hath broughte thynges welle fortuned to the prosperous lyf of hir cytezyns was by theym in pyetous commemoracyon recompensed And after that they hadde ryght affectuously recoÌ„mauÌ„ded her vnto the souerayn goddis and inferyours that she myghte be blessyd as longe as cartage sholde abyde inuyncyble And they shold make temples aultres dedyed halowed in hir name In whiche she sholde be enbraced honowred as a goddesse ¶ A comendacyon to dydo CapmÌ„ ix O the fortytude viryle of wymmen or loos pryce of chastyte femynyne digne worthi of honour celebreed magnyfied in grete loange preysynge wythoute ende perpetuel thou louest haste lieuer to submyse to fortune aduenturous of deth cruel for to kepe thy pudyke chastyte vnhurte wythoute ony spotte than to rendre or yelde thy selfe in applycacoÌ„n of lyf perysshable to dyshonoure ne to make foul the holy purpose of thy castymonye by thuÌ„true note of lubryke slypper luxurye O quene ryght venerable wyth one onely stroke thou haste wylled to termyne and fynysshe thy labours mortall By whiche thou hast goten fame renoÌ„mee eternal of the grete kyng barbaryn by whom he is repressed fro his lybidynous desire the couÌ„trey is in surety delyuerd from bataylle by thy ryght dolorouse deth whiche hathe quenched the playsauÌ„t fygure of thy grete beaulte by thy fruytful deth placable to thenhabytants of thy noble cyte hast distylled the blood resplendysshanÌ„t yssuynge alle oute of thy beeste chast not corrupte in tytle flourysshynge of thy loange preysynge good renoÌ„mee of whom the spyrite by thy lyf fynysshed so moche made fair wyth sorow myrifyke was traÌ„slated to the sieges coÌ„trees therto ordeyned after thi demerites To the thenne in all affection crayntyue I addresse my thoughte deprecatyue Yf in ony wyse that haste strengthe or puyssaunce towarde the goddys of hyghe magestye in theyr pryue mansyon whyche for the wylle some thynge ded that it maye playse the to entende to the correction of the maners lubryke InconstauÌ„te and euyl of our matrones inpudike and folyshe and to rendre theym from theyr lacyuyte in to pudike mystike and shamefaste chastyte and in to benygne very obedyence so moche that they abyde wyth the in thy name and fame venerable The whiche wythoute ende knowyng eternelly we maye see by thy merytes thoneste of chaste clennesse maternalle to be augmented growe in honour THe whiche caas here presupposed is in accordaunce ynoughe whiche speketh of the lygnage and maryage of dydo Of the deth also perpetred by pygmalyon kynge of Thir in the persone of Sychee firste husbonde of the sayd Elysse or dydo And after of her departynge of the maner of doynge How after she bare awaye the tresours of her somtyme husbonde Acerbe and of her comynge in to Lybye vpon the ryuage of the see in the place where she byganne firste to edyfye Cartage And of the fortunes aduenturouse whiche happened in that soo makynge that byfelle to her and to theym of theyr companye ¶ But for to shewe the difference
that I fynde of the deth of the sayd dydo I shall reherce here after now in a nother maner whiche is to be presupposed was moeued of the grete hate euil wyll that Iune the goddesse coÌ„ceyued ayenst parys his freÌ„dis parents alyes and by cause of ouer sodayn iugemeÌ„t that he made whan he gaaf thapple to venê° as the moste fayrest of theym all to him holden moost dere bycause of whiche bate whan eneas sone of venus nygh kynnesman of paris wold departe from troye after the siege of the same for to goo into the coÌ„quest of the prouynce of ytaly to hym ê“mysed by the goddis at request of his moder Iuno the ryght noble goddesse wyllynge tempesshe and lette his gooynge dyd doo calle and assemble yolus and Neptunus goddis of the wyndes and of the see prayenge exhortynge theym moche swetely that it myghte playse eche of theym to putte theym in payne doo theyr deuoyr to empesshe the goynge of the sayd enterpryse and makynge to breke and destroye alle the nauye in plongynge vnder the water and parellys ayenst the roches for hastely to drowne and destroye alle the hooste of Enee the sone of venus whiche enforced hym to make werre in the goode royalme of ytalye whiche was in his desire pryncypally aboue alle other In whiche thynge soo doynge she wolde rewarde theym wyth suche guerdons as apperteyneth to grete and hie goddys to be stypended and shall doo honoure to theyr frendes and treate theyr lygnage and veray alyes and socoure theym wyth alle hir myghte whiche that the goddys hadde graunted to hir right gladly And they made theyr preperacyon eueryche in his regyon for to warre vpon Eneas ¶ How Iuno for tempesshe thooste of Eneas whiche wolde haue goon in to ytalye prayd the goddys of wyndes that eueryche by hym selfe sholde make concussyon and tormente in the ayer Capitulo xo. ENeas thenne sailynge bi the see was recountred by yolus whiche smote wythin the saylles grete assaultes effortes bataylles in many maners And made to come the foure windes to gyder one ayenst another wyth all theyr sequele Of whom was surprysed all the nauye and terryble troubled ¶ There myghte ye see sayles rente Cordes and ropes broken And crampons of yron wrythen a sondre and plucked oute the shyppes vassaylles lyfte vppe highe in the ayer and after pluÌ„ged in the see in suche wyse that neuer was seen suche a merueylle On that other syde cam vpon theym Neptunus wyth all his vorages wawes alle full of scume as a wulfe enraged brayeng in the botome of the see his grete gulle or throte wyde opene redy to swolowe to deuoure alle thooste cryenge brayenge vnder the shippes temppestes horrible of the woode see oute of whome yssued in to thayer on hie a clowde and after decended impetuously vpon the flote whiche semed somtyme alle to be drowned couerde wyth water And anone after they were lyfte vp on hie wyth the wawes whiche sodaynly braken departe that alle the nauye descended nyghe to the bottom of the see whiche were anone recuyelled by other wawes remysed in a momente vp on highe and separed transported in to dyuerse places And in dyuerse wyses were tormented wythoute hope of socours Longe tyme dured this troublous tormente whiche caused grete fere drede vnto the couÌ„treys nygh neyghbours also ferre of This assemblee the whiche after grete losse perdicyon as well of Anchises fader of Eneas as other dyuerse and also fortunes whiche longe be to recyte passed The nauye arryued almoste alle to broken vpon the coste of the see of lybye nygh the sayd place of Cartage whiche Elysse dyd doo edyfie by grete and subtyll moyens of the whiche I passe ouer And in descendynge and comynge a lande in to that countrey was reculed and receyued by dydo And opteyned her grace for to soiourne for to refresshe alle his people and his nauie ¶ In whiche doynge he toke grete acqueyntaunce and ofte repayred vnto the palays and wyth the ladyes byhaued him soo queyntli swete and curtoys plesaunte and amyable fayr and wel byspoken merueyllous hardy in fayttes a grete enterpryser loued of alle men preysed of his people he was moche noble and a ryght fayr persone by cause wherof dydo toke grete playsir in his conuersacyon and deuysed wyth hym moche gladely wherof folowed that she was greuously hurte wyth the darte of loue And the wounde nourysshed by longe tyme enbraced wyth the swete assemble inuyncible in hyr stomacke considerynge the grete vertues of whiche his persone was decorate his noblenes honour of the peple of Troye his grete beaulte swete langage whiche she eÌ„prynted in her remembrauÌ„ce that her membres refuseden the swete reste of slepe And kepte this thoughte in her selfe by ryght longe tyme in suche a wyse that in a mornynge after that the lyghte of the daye rebouted putte a backe the shadowe of the nyghte aboute the lampe and the sonne rysen for to shyne on the erthe ¶ How dydo couÌ„seyllid wyth hir suster anne CapmÌ„ xj THis lady bythoughte herselfe and purposed to dyscoure and manyfeste her faytte vnto one hir suster whiche was named in that tyme Anne sayenge to hir in this manere Anne my suster and frende I am in ryght gret thoughte strongely troubled and incyted by dremes admonested whiche excyte my courage tenquire the maners lygnage of this man thus valyauÌ„t strong puyssauÌ„t whiche deliteth hym strongly to speke in deuysing the hie fayttes of armes perillys dauÌ„gerous whiche he sayth to haue passed ne weli hither comyn to soiourne in our couÌ„treys I am so persuaded of grete admonestments that all my enteÌ„dement is obfusked endullyd and rauysshed I byleue certaynly that the man of whome I speke to you ys nyghe kynne and parent of the goddis or that verytable by one comyn asseÌ„tmente they haue assembled theym selfe to destyne his birthe in delyuerynge and gyuyng to hym allone alle the highe vertuouse yeftes whiche nature hath of custume partyculerly to yeue to dyuerse creatures and maye be supposed that she hathe produced hym in excellent dygnyte for to make one fayer chief werke to thexemplayre of alle other For they whiche ben borne of basse parentage ben ouer moche ferdeful conuerte in theyr fayttes and drede theym fleynge and kepe theym oute of the palayces courtes of grete lordes And yf it happen theym to entre anone they retourne or hide theym in corners vnder the tapytes or byhinde the grete fote of the yaâ—e for to yssue and goo oute first wythoute makyng ony bruyt or medlynge ne seche nothyng but thyssue for to flee yf there were ony medlee ne neuer by theym was there ony valyanÌ„ce proued as it is sayd But god forbede that it may be sayd of Eneas that fortune vaynquyssheur of grete bataylles comynge to the chief of alle enterpryses to haue reproche
notte contryste ayenste her grete desire embrasid wyth the swete flamme of loue Considerynge also that the goodely and grete chere of Dydo myghte be cause to make Eneas to abyde in Cartage wythoute to passe eny ferther towarde ytalye wolde speke to the goddesse Venus for to doo conuencyon of Eneas wyth the sayd Dydo and thenne byganne to saye vnto her by a maner of derysion the wordes herinne wrytten Certes Venus thou and thy sone Cupydo are gretely to be praysed and ye shall doo a grete conqueste wherof ye shall be hadde in perpetuell renommee yf a woman myghte be by you two vaynquysshed wherof the motyue that hath attysed you to that the cause whi ye haue ynoughe induced elysse to condescende to the loue of eneas ys to my semyng come for the drede that ye haue of the tyrauntes and of theym of affryque also of theym of the highe walles of our cytee of cartage For the wyhyche drede to pease ye wyll doo alyaunce wyth theym by meanes of the maryage of dydo wyth eneas whiche thyng myght be broughte to effecte so that ye wyll be fauorable and gracyous towarde eneas wythoute to bere hym fro hens forthe eny moleste or lettynge And for alle debates to accorde and pease and to brynge alle noyes atte an ende I gyue myn assente to a peas eternalle for the constructyon and makynge of the sayd maryage as ye doo desire to the whiche shalle mowe dydo eassyly acorde durynge this that the grete furour enflaÌ„med wyth brennyng desire of loue esprysed wythin her sinewes perse the bones of her presently thenne of one comyn assent we Iuno and venus goddesses shall haue all the domynacyon gouermente entierly of thise two peoples that is to wytte of the troians in soo moche as toucheth theym of Eneas that shalle be taken in dowayr to Dydo for her maryage and lyke wyse them of Thyre that are comyn wyth Elysse shalle thenne be subgette vnto Enee the whiche we shalle Ioyne togydre And of theym two we shalle make alle one people Wherof Cartage shalle be peopled and also the countrey THe whiche thynges thus sayd Venus that doubted leest Iuno wolde accorde the forsayd maryage to the entente that Eneas sholde abyde in Caâ—tage for this cause and sholde leue the enterpryse by hym made to goo and conquere the royalme of Ytalye that Iuno sayd that she hadde in her gouernaunce was well gladde seynynge to vnderstonde otherwyse the entencyon of the sayd Iuno wheronto she purueyd welle after warde And aunsuerde vnto her sayenge he that wolde gaynsaye this alyaunce and wyth the Iuno to steyne for to lette thy deliberacyon sholde well be oute of his wytte Yf thou woldeste accomplysshe by effecte this that thou mayntenest be thy wordee but I am not well certayne yf Iubyter the puyssaunte god that hath the dysposicyons of alle thynges in his hande shalle be contente that the tyryns and the troians shalle people in comyn this cyte of Cartage wythoute some deuysion And also yf our maryage and alyaunce for to speke shalle be vnto hym aggreable And by cause thenne that vnto the Iuno that arte his wyffe and flawe apperteyneth more better than to ony other to knowe of hym hys playsure Thou shalte vndertake this charge yf hit playse the to goo wythout taryeng and I shall folowe the all of nyghe Wherof Iuno takynge in hande the conduytte of this werke was wel coÌ„tent sayd in this manere syth that I haue taken the charg of this werke I wol telle and shewe clerly howe the thynge shalle mowe be broughte aboute Eneas and dydo sore taken wyth his loue haue purposed for to goo chasse and hunte the wilde bestes incontynent that the sonne makynge to morowe hys rysynge shal haue transmysed hys shynynge bemes for to Illustre clere alle the erthe And whan they shal be to the vttir moost of the game welle chaffed aftre the bestes I shalle sodaynly make the ayer to wexe obscure and alle blacke replenysshed with hayle rayne and horryble tempeste by the ayer and by the erthe wyndes and grete orages I shall girde alle the heueus wyth thondres lyghtnynges choruscacyous and merueyllouse tourmentes that shalle rayne the countrey ouere ryghte Impetuously so that alle the ayer shalle seme to be couered wyth the nyght fulle blak and obscure Thenne shalle alle the hunters flee awaye and othre fro the sayde chasshe wyth so grete haste that they shalle not wene to fynde sone ynoughe a place for to be in sauete And by thys manere I shalle doo that the duke Eneas and Dydo fleynge the wedrynge shalle rendre hemself bothe togydre alle alone as by veraye destynacye and by rencountre of aduenture vndre agrete hylle withyn a caue atte the ende of the forest And there they shalle fynde me Iuno that am lady of the maryages and doo couple them two wyth my sone hyemen whiche is named the god of weddynge And therfore yf I wyst that thou venus were not of accorde fo the maryag of eneas to dydo I shulde make hym fyrst to departe wythout eny respyte ¶ Of the grete tempest and storne atte maryage of theym ¶ Capitulo Decimoquinto UEnus was thenne welle contente wythoute ony contradyctyon and byganne to laughe strongly of the perfytte begylynge that Iuno hade fonnde soo soone for to accomplysshe this maryage Wherof she was syn after welle deceyued by cause that she made it to couertely and close wythoute testymonage and wythoute the knowleche of Iubyter The whiche enterprise thus made after that the sprynge of the daye and the poynte of the sonne hadde putte awaye the nyghte tenebrose the brackener hadde dystourned the herte in to his busshe and caste his trayne The hunters wylle that men spredde and sette the deffences putte theym in grete appareylle for to goo to the woode where as sholde be the chasse Assembled theyr rennynge houndes two and two togyder and chose theym one from the other for to assorte theym beste in thepathes Some wyth the brakkenere for to be atte the reysynge of the beeest for to renne after The other for to be sette atte the relesse and the other for to entermedle and redresse theyr brackes retches and bloode houndes for to take the beste better wyth force Toke theyr staues and theyr hornes and other thynges necessarye for to full make and acâ—omplysshe the better a fayr dysporte in huntynge bebouynge to a chasse royalle ¶ And after of a nother parte the barons the knyghtes and esquyers of the noble quene Dydo dyde putte theym in araye and came there to the palayse alle redy waytynge that she sholde come oute for to mounte vpon her fayr palfrey whiche wyth other for her ladyes and gentyll women was in the courte alle preste appareylled and couered wyth a grete cloth of purpre gnawyng his bytte garnysshed wyth botones of golde alle charged wyth the scume of the horse
And soone yssued oute the lady moche nobly accompanyed that hadde a grete mauntelle of veluet cramoysin pourfylled rounde aboute wyth brawdrye moche enryched wyth preâ—yous stones after the custome and manere of that tyme â— Her herys bounden wyth thredes of golde and her ryche gâ—rdell that appyered moche precyous alle a boue her raymentes She hadde also a fayr tarcays couered wyth fyne cloth of damaske alle fulle of arowes and therwythalle the bowe for to shoote to the wylde beestes and otherwyse atte her playsaunce Thus appoynted she mounted on horsebacke for to goo to the sayd chasse wyth hir barons knyghtes and her gentyll women and also the lytylle Yolus or ascanyus that hadde putte hym selfe in poynte for to conduytte the quene wyth his fadre Eneas the whiche wyth a ryght grete and fayer companye ridynge afore the lady appyered aboue all the other wythout ony comparyson the moste fayre Lyke as the beaulte of the god Appollo that is the sonne doeth appyere and shewe vpon the flode of Exanco whan he cometh in wynter in to the cyte of Pathere in lycye to gyue his anuswers and kepe the courte of his grete godhede And fro thens whan the. syx monethes of the wynter ben passed and that he wylle retourne in to the Isle of Delon for to make semblable his aunsuers duryng the syx monethes of the somer the places partyculer of Crete as Agatyrse and Dryopes doo ryse and goo ayenste hym for to see his grete beaulte whan he comynge casteth his bemes vpon costes and mountaynes of the countrey in manere of golden here 's descendynge from his hed and as the lighte of torches sparklynge well enflammed wherby alle thynges renewen them at his commynge as the trees that to theym maken garlandes of leues grene the erthe taketh a newe cote full subtyly weued aftre the werke of fyn gras powdred with floures of a hundred thousande maners of colours The byrdes renewen they re swete songe gracyouse The bestes becomen fyers and of proude manere The ayer purifyeth and clenseth hym selfe for to receyue the Impressyons of influences of this god Apollo to his newe commyng whiche is so fayre and sore desyred of all thynges Lyke wyse in alle excellence surmounted the yonge yolus all the other that were in the ladies felauship for to goo to the sayd chasse And when they were come in the dales and narowe wayes of the busshes vpon theire courses for to destourne the bestes that yssued oute of theire dennes with grete effortes rennyge in the playne valleyes and mountaynes by dyverse places the one opposyte to the othre in confusion merueyllouse The lytyll A scanius or Yolus that in this toke grete playsure ranne aftre vpon a corrageous hors alwayes redy for to râ—nne so that he ouer ranne often the bestes and was before them And some tyme abode behynde alle wrothe of the grete cowardyse of these bestes Desyrynge to recountre a wylde bore or some lyon that fledde not for to fyghte with hym ¶ Durynge the tyme of the whiche chasse And that alle the assistents were departed And stronge chaffed rennynge aftre the bestes In many and dyuerse countrees Iuno the goddesse wyllynge accomplysshe the maryge of Eneas to dydo thrughe suche meanes as ben spoken here aboue byganne to make the ayre to be troubled And to couere the blewe cote of the heuens azured with cloudes blacke and obscure full of wynde Impetuouse of rayne and of heyle of thondre tempeste alle medled togydre Of the whiche the forsayde hunters apperceyued them not nor made no force for it withstandynge the grete entermyse and besy occupacion that they had Inhande to the poursiewte and destournynge of the bestes wherof euery of hem was atte astryffe who sholde doo best for to be praysed and acquyred the grace of the ladyes vnto the tyme that the sayde cloudes were well thyk gadred with the stronge wedrynge that surprised them all atones and soubdaynely enuaysshed them and tormented Rygth asperly with rayne mysell and grete heyle stones amonge Aftre cam a stronge wynde lowe by the grounde that agetted theym in suche a wyse that they were lyfte vp on hyghe fro the grounde and were caste backewarde forewarde and atte eyther side whan they wende to haue drawen hem selfe one towarde other by the thondre and tempeste that descended doun from the clowdes and ranne by the grounde alle enfaÌ„med in suche moeuynge and perturbacyon that it appiered of prymeface that the heuens were broken and parted a sondre wheroute yssued fyre ardaunte whiche Illumyned attones alle the erthe And aftre that this lighte was goon the ayer retourned in to a grete derkenesse for the grete Impetuosite of the orage as thoughe it had be nyghte For the whiche cause the tyryns and the troiens wyth the hunters and other of the sayd chasse and also the lityll Yolus sone to the sone of Venus that is Eneas and neuew of dardanus his grete vncle whyche was the first prynce that edyfied Troye were constrayned for to flee and to seche euery one after hys power some vyllages or habitacyons for to wythdrawe theym selfe whiles that the fallyng of the reyne russhynge doun from the mountaynes descended in to the valeyes Also of a nother parte the quene dydo and Eneas in fleeynge founden a caue vnder a grete roche in the whiche they hidde theym selfe bothe togyder alone ther the goddesse Iuno quene and patronesse of the coÌ„mocyons nupcyalle by the assente of venus that lyghtened the torches fo to receyue hiemen the god of weddynge accompanyed wyth the erthe moder to the frrste goddes whiche for to doo this hadde prepared that secrete place and the reyny wedre therto propyce and conuenable whan they hem selfe goddesses of the watres fontaynes russhyng doun in grete haboundauÌ„ce from the toppe of the mouÌ„taynes assembled made thenne the forsayd maryage of Eneas and of dydo wythoute other wytnesses to be by but the god the goddesses that be declared aboue wherof folowed after that this daye was the firste cause of the grete euylles and deth of dydo the whiche coude neuer be dysmoeuyd from the same by her grete vertues and merytes ne her laudable renoÌ„me and wolde not kepe her secrete as she dyde afore but in publique for to gyue a coloure to her falle confessed hym to be her husbonde And therof was grete spekynge made that sone ranne thoroughe the cyties of Lybie and of Affryque wherby arose one euylle goddesse callyd fame or renoÌ„mee whiche is more lighte than ony other thynge and by mobylite vygorouse encreaseth her forse in rennynge Atte the firste she is ryght lityll for doubte that she hath to be seen and anone after she maketh her selfe grete and mounteth vp in to the ayer And in vyagynge thrughe the landes hideth her 〈◊〉 bytwyx the clowdes And thenne she vttreth and sayeth alle that she wylle by cause that she is ferre from the pâ—riyâ—â— And it is
not to be merueylled yf she be wycked as I sayâ— for she was wickedly begoten and for an euyll occasyon the erthe granmodre of the godde was ones wrooth wyth theym And for to doo hem a grete Iniure engendred two horryble monstres the fyrst hight Seceo and the seconde Antheledo whiche were geauntes stronge and puyssaunt aboue alle othre men of that tyme and exempt from the subiectyon of alle the dyuynite and had a suster named renommee orfame that was the last procreated and in signe of a mocke was to her youen the facultee and power for to reherce and saye alle thinges that sholde come in her mouthe and to speke eyenst all folke be it kynges princes or lordes or othre knyghtes ladyes gentyll wimen marchauntes labourers and maydens goddes gddesses they re sequele withoute hauyn grewthe ne regarde to â—o manere of lâ—synge no more than to the trouthe of the dede to her were gyuen wynges alle of fedders and fete and handes and body and hede wherof was made a monstre fulle terrible that hath as many eyen in her hede euermore wakynge and alle wyde open as she hathe fedders vpon her and asmany eerys mouthes and tonges in lykewyse that speken stylle without ceasse And for her talkynge neuerthelesse cesseth not to herkeÌ„ and bereth well awaye that that she hereth Alle the nyght she fleeth betwix the clowdes and renneth ouer the erthe spred abrode rushynge and makyng grete noyse as thondre tempestes nor can neuere wake so longe that she can gete luste to slepe She sette herself somtyme atte the gates of the townes castelles fortresses and of grete lordes houses with theporters and mynystres for to questyone them what rewle is kept in the towne of the astate of the kynge and of the priÌ„ces and of they re moost famylyer seruauntes After she goeth vp in to the hall and somtyme within the chambre and hyde hersef in cornes and behynde the tapytes a nother tyme vpon the highe pynacles and toures and wyth theym that kepe the day watches whiche beholden alle the towne ouer nothynge is there so secrete be it in house or in strete but it is sone manyfested vnto her The grete cytees bygge townes she doeth trouble somtyme wyth sorowe and yre by her reportâ—nâ—e Alle is goode for her and alle is to her paye Alle thynges wherof she aduyseth herself be it good or euil trouth or lesynge she telleth and reporteth alle to her guyse This meschyne of whome I speke that Ioyeth her to recyte aswell the euyll as the goode and more lesyng than trouth byganne to renne by the townes cytees casâ—elles â—ther places recountyng vnto all them that she fonde hew Eneas of the lynee of the troians was come in Cartage of whom the fayr dydo had enamoured herself and bothe togydre helde hemselfe alle the winter passynge the tyme in grete playsauÌ„ces festes playes sportynges all occupyed In theyr delices wythout to puruey to the gouernaunce of theyr royalmes lordshypes as though they had forgoten it alle dedycated to theyr playsures wylles how be it that it was other wyse And in passynge throughe the landes reportynge all thise tidynges was aduertysed that the kynge Yarbas resident in the same contrey and sone adressed her seâ—fe towarde hym the streyght cours And to hym recounted the manere How dydo hadde esprysed her owne herte wyth the loue of Enee and alle the thynges here a fore wryten wherof this Yarbas that was kynge of the grete Libye hadde a grete dyspyte by cause that this lady hadde somtyme refused hym that was a grete lorde and of the lynee of the goddes sone to god Iupyter a renouse that men adoured in Lybye and of one Nyuyse goddesse of the fontaynes doughter to Gazamas that had be rauyshed This Yarbas was ryghte deuote and in his tyme had construed edyfyed and made an hondred temples wythin his royalme wyth an hondred othre sacraryes in whiche he had consecrated the fyre brennyng without ceasse that he called the daye watche pardurable of the godde And made there contynuelly so many sacryfyces that the erthe alle there about was alle made fatte and molyfyed wyth the blode of the bestes that were there Immolated to the honoure of the goddes And replenyshed wyth alle manere of good odours swete smellynge for the grete haboundaunce of the garlandes made of floures that he gadred in that place And whan he was adcerteyne◠〈◊〉 the dooynge of dydo and 〈◊〉 Eneas he was therof vtterly dysplaysed wherby agrete acumulacyon of yre and wrathe he begate wythin the roote of hys herte and as tryste sorowfulle and besyde hymself wyst not to whom complayne but onely that he wente in to the temple before the awter and in Ioynyng his handes togydre made the prayer and requeste that foloweth ¶ O Iupyter almyghty god for whome folke of Moryenne where is made the roughe tapysserye in pycture alle dyuerse haue made an assemble magnyfyque of metes and of wynes for to kepe a solempnelle feste in the worshyp of thy godhede knowest thou not oure sorowe hast thou for euer determyned to solace and dysporte thy self euermore wyth the thondre and weddrynges for to gyue vnto vs tremoure and feere wylte thou feere vs onely wyth thy fyres by the sodaynly sente throughe the cloudes in grete tempeste and murmure and occupye thy self alle to that wythout rightwisnes to be by the made vnto euery chone How Yarbas complayned hym to Iupiter of eneas that edefyed the cyte of Cartage and how Iupyter sente sodaynly Mercuryus towarde eneas for to make hym to retorne in to the couÌ„trey of ytalye ¶ Capitulo xvj WE coÌ„playne to thy ryghtwysnesse of a woman whiche is come in to the lymytes of our londe habandonned as lost named fenyce or dydo that hath take vpon her to edyfâ—e a cyte of lityl pryce that she doo to be called cartage to the whiche by curtoysie we haue gyuen londe habytable lawes for to gouerne her peple and haue required her ofte tymes to be our wyf spouse but therof she made none acoÌ„pte and hath habandonÌ„ed hersilfe in alle manere poyntes to receyue the false eneas as maister lord of alle her londe The whiche seductor of ladies as parys that enwedded the fayr heleyne kepeth himself in maner as a woman in their companye wyth his longe here 's that he maketh to be enoynted kemed for to be yelow as golde makyng theym to be bouÌ„den in a coyffe rouÌ„de a boute his hed wythout to thynke vpon none other thynges but only the delites of wymeÌ„ly loue wherin he is contynuelli ocupyed wyth her and we that alle the tyme of our lyf haue serued to thy temple doon many sacrifyces oblacyons to thi lawde praysinge are dyspysed habandouned wythoute to bryng there from some rewarde or a vauÌ„tage the whiche yarbas makyng this his complaynt and prayer wrthin the temple byfore the awters
he had had desiryng abowe all thynges to flee leue this swete contrees of cartage for to 〈◊〉 a place of surete thynkyng in hymselfe te be in dauÌ„ger of his persone as longe as he dwelleth there wythstaÌ„dyng the inuectyue monycyons doon to hym by the coÌ„manÌ„dement of the goddis knowe not what to doo so moche he is esprysed of sodayn sorowe immense nor by what wayes he maye notyfye thees thynges to Dydo ne what termes he shall take at the begynnyng of his wordes hymself to valyde to gyue a coloure to his byfalle abode longe in this thoughte doubtouse and varyable wythoute to sette his purpose to condescende to ony parte of that he wold do vnto the ende that it semed hym for the best to calle thre of hys knyghtes One named Nestor a nother Sergeste and the thirde is the stronge Cloant to whome he commaunded that alle secretly they sholde doo make redy his shyppes assemble they re folke take they re armeures and alle other appareylle for to depart incoÌ„tynent that he shold ordeyne And that they sholde doo this couertly in dyssymulyng their goyng to th ende that yf it were aperceyued by some waye men shold wene that it were a manere of a feynynge ¶ How dydo knowyng the departyng of eneas ranne thrugh the cytee of cartage as a woman disperate and from herselfe Capitulum xvij THe felawes right gladly dyd fulfylle ryght soone the coÌ„maundement of eneas the whiche trowynge that dydo sholde neuer haue thought vpon the brekyng of soo grete a loue nor that he wolde habandoune leue her stro of wyth hymself by what wayes he myghte signyfie it vnto her in what wordes or what hour and in what maner moost honeste for to gyue her lesse sorowe But the quene dydo atysed of the grete couetyse enflaÌ„med wyth desirouse loue that can neuer be sacyate ynoughe felte firste this barate by cause that the fyne louer that alwayes kepeth hym selfe wythin his warde and fyndeth noo thynge soo sure but that he putteth it in a doubte can not be lyghtely deceâ—uyd For fame that euyll goddesse reporteth vnto her that Eneas made his nauye to be armed and repayred wherby she ymagyneth fyrste that he dyde soo for to departe and goo oute of her lande IncoÌ„tynente as alle furyouse oute of her wytte toke to styre her selfe raÌ„ne thrugh the citee of carâ—age as a mad woman as thyas the grete prestresse dyd in tyme passed whan she wente to incyte and somen the matrones and yonge maydens to renne furyously and wythout shame thrughe the towne by nyghte to the feest and sacryfyces of the goddes Bachus and Venus atte the daye of theyr solempnyte ¶ How dydo sorowfully bewaylled the departynge of Eneas by swete and amyable wordes CapituluÌ„ xviij ANd thus rennynge aboute she recounted Eneas to whom by grete dyscomforte reforced wyth merueyllouse sorowe wherof her herte was surprysed in gret accumylacyon of extreme dysplaysur she sayd these wordes halfe by manere of a reproche in dolaunte lamentacyons rewthes and complayntes O ryght dere eneas sedycious ryght cruel how haste thou had the herte so vntrue to thynke so grete a treson as for to wyll departe out of my lande sodaynly wythout to make me a knowen therof Is there thenne nothyng in the worlde that can make the to abyde here nother the grete loue that is bytwyx vs bothe wherof we haue somoche loued eche other the grete reâ—uel that I haue doon to the the grete ayde socours the worshyp that the hast had of me whan I receyued the in to my londe that tyme that thou come firste to me as a man exyled and naufraged nor the deth horryble cruell that for the I must receiue wherof I shall redyly slee my selfe at thoure of thy departyng nor the paynes traueylles that thenne I shall must endure O man of all other the moost forcened oute of thy wyt doled out of the sure waye how in this harde wedder of wynter that the wyndes ben in their furye the see full of tempest of grete voraygeouse wawes the tyme alle indisposed more than euer it was hast thou purposed to mouÌ„te vpoÌ„ the see to flee from my psence for to goo with a lityl puissauÌ„ce to werre and bere greuaunce to ytalye a strange londe wher from thou shalt be sone expelled at thys tyme For yf thy wille were to goo to troye thyn owne londe yf she were yet in her beyng that thou were well sure to be there honestly receyued yet thou oughtest not to goo there nor to take the see now wythstandynge the dauÌ„geours aforsayd Alas fle thou not from me therof I requyre the admonest the for pyte of the sorowe that I bere and for the grete teeris flusshyng douÌ„ from myn eyen that this to doo incyten somone the. by the swetnes by â–ª thy well wyllynge and by the yeftes alle other thynges that I haue doon vnto the. alle at thyne owne wyll in suche a wyse that no thynge I haue reserued for my selfe but that it was alle habandouned vnto the more redyli than to myn owne body By oure kyssynge and swete cullyâ—ge by oure byhauynge and louely countenaunces by our Ioyes and playsures delycyouse in fyne loue bytwyx vs mutuell wherof we haue loued eche other soo that in noo wyse my dyligente thoughte hadde neuer no wylle to be cruell anemste the. but hath be atte alle tymes desirous for taccomplysshe wythout ony gaynsayng alle the I knewe was to thy playsur And thenne yf I haue deserued to haue some good of the yf thou euer toke playsauÌ„ce in ony thyng that by me cam playse the thenÌ„e to haue mercy of this poure desolate frende that shalle be sone broughte to the poynte mortalle and my cytee dispeopled and to grete ruyne delyuered by thyn infortunate goynge And wyll chaunge thy courage yf my requeste and prayers can haue place of merite to acquyre mercy ayenst the. thou seest that the folke of Lybye the cruell tyraunâ—es of Myronde and they of the cytee of Thyre that many tymes I haue offended hate and haue enuye atte me for the my â— chastyte pudyque and alle hee praysynge is there loste And my fyrst fame goode renomme wherbi I was electe taken vp to the sterres as a veraye goddesse is now by thy departynge sodaynly extyncted why wolde thou thenne habandoune and leue me thy kynde loue dyscomforted redy to deie for to flee passinge by this couÌ„trey lyke as an hoste that lightly forgeteth his lodgynge and the place that he goeth fro departeth Ioyously wythout to haue eny rewthe ther unto haa I perceyue well that of the I wende to haue my fâ—eÌ„de my true husbaÌ„de espouse no thing abideth with me nowe but onely the name of an hoste what can I wayte for nowe O what recomfort may I haue that am voyde from alle hope and noon other is there but to falle in
to the handes of Pigmalion my cruelle brother kyng of Thyre that shalle comme take my cyte and put alle to destructyon and brynge me to mendycyte Or that Yarbas kynge of Ecctuses that I haue so oste indygned for to auenge hys Iniuryes shalle reduce me in to captyuite Atte leste yf afore thy harde departynge I had had of the som lynee or som lytell Eneas that I myght haue seen often playnge in my halle for to take theratte som comforte wheryn I shulde haue take my dysport thinkynge vpon the remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of the Ioyfull playsaunce that I haue had of thy presence whyche shulde asswage the harde dysplaysaunce that I shalle haue of thyn absence I shulde thynke that I were not so sore wasted nor alle togydre habaundouned as presently I am ¶ How dydo alle in arage complayned her to Eneas and to the goddes ¶ Capitulo xix OF the whiche wordes Eneas not moeuyng hym self in nowyse but in holdyng hys syght alwayes Inmobyle atte anothre syde than vpon dydo sighynge sore in his herte for the loue that he had hadde to her sayd in this manere Certes quene I answere not but that thou haste deserued of me moche more of goodes than I can nombre or by som wyse thynke ne telle and so shall I remembre elysse as longe as lyffe shall abyde wythin me and by cause that thou hast spoken first I wyll telle shewe vnto the that I wold not haue departed furtyuely out of thy land vnkonwen to the. but sholde haue sygnyfied it vnto the Also I am not come hider determyned to wedde the nor neuer toke presuÌ„pcoÌ„n in me for to do so nor to take aliauÌ„ce wyth the for suche a cause And yf the goddes wolde suffre that I myghte vse my lif to myn appetyte to be at my fre wyll I shold take habytacoÌ„n in the grete troye wyth my kynsmen other that are there abyden escaped from the distructoÌ„n And yet sholde troye be made vp agayn by me but the god Appollo of the cytee of tymbre wyth the oracles in short preceptyue of the lande of lycye coÌ„manÌ„den me to goo in to ytalye and syth that it muste be thus doon it is my lande my desire to accomplyshe alle theyr wylle And it semeth that thou oughte not in no wyse to reprehende me ne to haue enuye vpon the troians of theyr goynge in to ytalye a strong lande out of theyr nacyon sith that thou art of thire come from the meane regyons of fenyce to enhabyte in libye to take thy playsure in thy grete edyfyces of cartage that thou doost make presently for to preside in hit forsakyng the swete grouÌ„de moder to thy byrth For to a peple yssued out of strange lande is licyte to seke strange places for theyr dwellynge And it sholde be a shame to me that haue enterprysed the coÌ„quest of ytalye to reside in this land of lybie wythoute to acoonplishe my wyage whiche thynge for to doo I am incyted in dremys by the soule of my fader Anchisis the whiche atte alle tymes that the nyght obscure couereth the landes of her shadowes humyde whan the sterres togyder maken theyr rysyng apyereth byfore me vndre the speche of a terryble ymage strongely indygned and ayenste me sore moeued Also of a nother side I am sore conturbed wyth a drede merueyllous for the grete Iniurye that I doo to my dere sone Ascanius whiche by my longe taryenge I doo pryue of the possession of the royame of ytalye wherof the successyon is vnto hym due of ryghte heredytalle and by veraye destynacy after my deth but there is no more by cause that thou shalte not wene that of my selfe I haue enterprysed this besines for to leue the yet in trouth and also I swere it by thy hedde and also by my owne that Mercurye the gret messager and grete Interpretour of the goddys hath ben hastely sente fleyng by the ayer from Iupyter souerayne god whiche hath brought me maundemente for to departe alle incontynent I haue seen hym manyfestly in lyght of godhed to entre the walles of thy cytee all clerly of hym herde his voys wyth myn â—erys properly wherfore it ought well to suffyce the wythoute to presse me wyth wordes ony more sith that the goynge and enterpryse that I muste doo in ytalye is not of myn owne wylle IN sayeng the whiche wordes by eneas dydo lokyng at one side torned hir eyen sodaynli wythout to speke neuer a worde as a persone furybouÌ„de furyous and or euer that she coude saye ony thyng as rauysshed helde her sighte all mobyle wythout to areste it vpon one thynge of a long while and after by gret yre gadred by inmense sorow intrysinque wythin her hert sayd to hym in this wyse o man right false and vntrue that what someuer men sayen was neuer borne of no goddesse nor procreated of royalle lynee comyng of the puissaunt dardanus fyrst founder of the grete cyte of troye but arte engendred of Cancasus whiche is a mouÌ„tayne terryble in ynde all ful of harde stones of dyuerse fygures of merueyllous height that recheth almost vnto the heuyns soo that neuer ony birde myghte passe ouer where groweth hungre that was neuer satyffyed to â—xstirpe waste alle the goodes comyng oute of the erth The whiche how be it that she hath chosen there her habytacoÌ„n for to deuoure all thynges that comyn vnde her All this nethelesse suffiseth her not but sendeth donÌ„ her colde messagers as snowe froste heyle tempeste transported caste of the ayer by the colde wyndes into the lowe regyons and after doeâ—h peryshe the trees the herbes the corne all other thynge growyng oute of the grouÌ„de and this doon whan she hathe no thyng more he parforseth hyr self wyth hir grete teeth to ete the rotes vnder the grouÌ„de that haue hidde hemself wythin the entraylles of ther the their moder for to achieue that all were brought to destrucsyon as thou wylte doo of me in folowyng the coÌ„dycions of the subsiduous modre that hath made the to be norysshed and fedde wyth the mylke of the tygres of Yrcanye that are made wythoute to haue pyte of ony thynge that is borne in this worke what holdeth me but that I shalle sone goo fro my wyttes replenysshed of grete madnesse why is it that I dssymule to goo alle oute from my wyttes wherto wylle I thenne kepe my selfe noâ— lyue more from hens forth syth that this euyll man a traytour for what wepynge that I make dayneth not gyue oute one only syghe nor torne his eyen to loke ones vpon me nor haue no pyte of me his sorowfull loue for to styre hym to one sighynge only or to atere desceÌ„dyng out of his eyen what I ought to do ne what parte to torne me what I may saye to what ende shold my wytte mow begynne nor where to haue recours I wote not O goddes celestial
wise That I shulde not haue come by noo waye to thys greuouse tourment of mortalle sorowe where I am so ferre come In to the bytternes of grete myserie that by noo wyse I can not bere it noo lenger socorus to the must I theÌ„ne seke my swete suster my right dere frende saue my body saue me my lyf and for to doo this I praye requyre the. that one message only it playse the for to do for me towarde that traytour that man of euyl corag that hath loued the gretly and hath vtterd his secretes vnto the entierly so that thou knowest this condicoÌ„ns his dedes the places the houres mouementes and the oportunyte of the tyme moost propyâ—e for to speke wyth hym Goo thenne and ne my suster wyth all humylite to requyre myn eÌ„mye mortall the false eneas whiche is ayenst me so fyers shewynge vnto hym pietously how I haue not be in no wyse thynkinge nor consentyng in the cursed yle of Aulite whan of one assente all the grekes folke swore that troye shold be distroyed The harde conspyracion of the same grete excysion was made ferre from my lande and neuer socours ne comforte by me nor of my supporte was gyuen to theym for to doo that my shippes nor my armye were neuer sente thyder for to gyue greuaunce to the twians nor neuer of me came euyll vnto them nor no thyng that was to theym nuysible Also I haue not rented vyolated ne broken the pyramyde of his faders sepulture I neuer dyde amys nor neuer offended ayenst hym wherby he ought to leue me aside InfestauÌ„ce obprobâ—e ne vytupere to anchises whan he liued that called hym fader of Eneas nother to his soule after his deth were neuer â—on of my behalue Alas why suster in shewynge thyse thynges vnto hym wyte of hym why he hath me in suche indygnacyon that he refuseth to lene his eeres for to vnderstande my wordes that ben soo iuste and resonable as thi self knowest O he wylle now goo soo hastely atte this tyme whiche is so dauÌ„gerouse atte leeste that it maye playse hym to grauÌ„te a yefte to me his sorowfull loue that is onely that he wylle tarye and dyfferre his departynge vnto the newe tyme that the swete wyndes shalle putte hemselfe vp in pacifycacoÌ„n of the see pestilencyall that thenÌ„e shalle permytte hym facely lightly for to do his vyage safly I do not somone hym for taccomplysshe his premyse simulatyue of the mariage of vs two nor that he leue his purpose for to goo in to ytalie but I requyre only that he putte this thyng in delaye for a certayn space of tyme Duryng the whiche I may induce my self to sorow that infortune admynystre to me my sorowes by proces of tyme one after a nother wythout to suffoke me now vtterli in to the depe see of amaritude wythout ony reysing so doo I praye the my suster hauinge of me remeÌ„brauÌ„ce that it playse the to goo make vnto hym this my present requeste thus doynge I shalle make the myn heyre to enioye receyue after my deth the renues of all my londe ¶ How eneas brake the oken tree for the grete loue of dydo Capitulum xxii The whiche thynges thus sayd by dydo Anne her sâ—ster went incontynent towarde eneas to make vnto hym her feble legacoÌ„n the whiche he wold noâ— grauÌ„t by cause that the dyuyne coÌ„mauÌ„dementis inhibytores that had stopped his eeres of pite were coÌ„trarie to the same and many goynges comynges were there made of the sayd aÌ„ne from one parte to thother that fynably were all frustratoire and percisted eneas like as a grete oke tre aÌ„tyque inuetered of many yeres among the grete stones harde strongely roted whiche is ofte caste of many wyndes orages wherof the foure wyndes happen ofte to assemble togider one ayenst the other for to ouerthrawe hym douÌ„e wyth their grete blastes taken his hie brauÌ„ches whiche they shake bowe uÌ„to the grouÌ„de make hem to braye â—rie by impetuouse moenynges tendyng to distroye hym vtterli wherof the gret trone auÌ„cient that the more that he is olde hie brauÌ„ched spacyouse grete the more thicke depper ben his rotes spred wyth in therthe related bytwyxth harde roches abydeth euer styl ferme moeueth by no wyse In lyke wyse dyd semblable Eneas that how be it the he was strongli impelled in his corage by the persuasioÌ„s harde lameÌ„tacoÌ„ns confyte in pietous teeres reÌ„nyng douÌ„e the swete face of dydo that he somoche derly had loued by her was restored from deth to lyf from aÌ„guisshe calamyte in to right grete prosperite wherof the remeÌ„brauÌ„ce greued hym ryght sorowfully by incytacoÌ„n compatyble whiche admoÌ„nesteth hym to socoure this dolant lady the whiche by her suster maketh hym to be induced to doo the same by many exhortacoÌ„ns pyetous remoÌ„strances excytatiue of all well wyllyng noryce of loue in dylectoÌ„n mutuelle of swete charite condolauÌ„t ouer them that ben affliged all this nethelesse the resolucoÌ„n intrinsque of his courage is euer reduced to thobeyssauÌ„ce of the goddes to their deuyne coÌ„mauÌ„dementes the whiche all thise thynges reiecte from hym he enterprised for tacoomplysshe after his power ANd what wylle the swete fenyce fouÌ„drynge in teeres the for ony thyng that she may saye do or thynke can not coÌ„uerte the courage of eneas she taketh her reâ—ours to wyshe deth ouer moche noyeth her to lyue lenger in this worlde fleeth all moÌ„dayn playsurs fleeth recoÌ„forte all companyes fleeth the palayces her chambre arayed fleeth the lyghte of the daye fleeth the sone the heuyn shynynge In her closet hideth herseâ—f sore sighyng makynge grete sorowe But yet for to augmente more her sorow in desperacoÌ„n thus hid makynge her secret sacrifyces wyth the lyght of the fyre breÌ„nyng eÌ„flamed vpon her pouldres of frakenceus wherof she decored her oblacoÌ„ns for to Immole byfore thawtres of her temples she sawe aperceyued horryble thynges that made her fulsore affraied moche more than she was to fore that is to wite the holy waters dedicate to the sacrfice became blacke obscure chauÌ„ged in horrible licoure And also apperceyued how the good wynes of swete odour ordeyned for the lybacions or washynges of the sacryfices were coÌ„uerted tourned in spece of bloode cruell all dede almost rotyn whiche for certayne was to her a harde thinge to beholde wherof agrete malencolie enuaded theÌ„ne her herte her wittes all ynoughe troubled of the thynges precedent whiche thinges she kept clos shette withynne the shryne of her sorowfull thoughte without to notyfye them to eny body lyuynge alle were he neuer so gretly her frende not oneli to her suster anne that afore had well knowen all her secrete thoughtes other pryue thinges amonge the whiche she hadde a lytell sacraire of marbell made in manere of a temple in remenbrauÌ„ce of Sycheus that his
brother pygmalyon had puâ—te to destruction whiche duryng the maryage of hem two dede hauÌ„te there full oste and made it to be welle ornated hanged with fayre tappytes white crowned well rychely with crownes of golde well enameylled right curiously proprely kerued of other somptuouse thynges in grete honoure reuerence out of the whiche sacrayre wthin the temple aforsayde after that this dydo had vtterly submytted dedicate her self to eneas out of the place of maryage in brekynge her first feithe promysed to sycheus her semed that she herd come ther out often some veyces of her sayde late husbande Sycheus hym complaynynge and blamynge her by cryes and lamentacyons in right grete wepynges quarellouse plaintes and after atte euen about the gooyng vnder of the soÌ„ne whan the derk night taketh the landes vnder her gouernance she beynge alle alone in her sercrete and pryue houses vnderstode herde at euery owre the owle whiche is a byrde fleyng by nyght ferynge the lyghte of the daye wherof the song termyneth in pyetous extermynacoÌ„n whiche dooth quake fereth thertes of the hereers constristeth theym wyth a sorowfull mynde wherby it is sayd that he is a byrde mortalle or otherwyse denouÌ„cer of mortalite And coÌ„uerseth often in the chircherde vpon the temples symulacres in places that ben solitare pestyleÌ„cious this byrde aboue declared cam almost euery nyght vpon the temples hie pynacles of the palayce cyte of elysse in syngyng of fyne manere in grete draughtes of a longe brethe his right sorowfull songe soo that ryght often he moeued of dydo the corage in to grete teres sobbynges malencolyouse full of trystesses merueyllouse thoughtes and of another side come to her remembrauÌ„ce the grete iustyces dyuynacoÌ„ns presagyous aruspycyous vnto her tolde soÌ„tyme denouÌ„ced by the anguryes prenostycatures of her harde and aduerse fortunes that to her were frustred wherof the most parte she had well knowen approued to haue ben veritable that contryste her alwayes to sorowe more than afore After whiles that she is lieng in her bedde wenynge to slepe take some reste horrible dremes cruel comen to fore her in hir mynde that tormente her in tremoure merueyllous her hert semeth somtyme that eneas foloweth her of nyghe as alle forcened replenysshed wyth rage tormented in furoure for to distroye her vtterly subcombe her in to persecucyon extreme And after seeth herselfe lefte all alone wythout companye goyng by longe wayes dystroied deserte vnhabyted as a woman loste vagauÌ„t aboute the landes vnknowen to her where she goeth After wyth this dreme cometh to her aduyse that her cyte and landes of Cartage are all dystroied and tourned in exyll wherfore she fleeth for doubte to be taken and retourneth towarde the marche of thyr wenynge for to come to a place of sauete but sodaynly coÌ„meth tofore her in her remenbrauÌ„ce the grete Iniurye that she hathe doon to the tyrynes withdrawen theire folke and taken theire goode and alle the rychesses of sycheus the whiche to be had pygmalion kynge of alle the lande made hym to be slayne and mordred falsly wherfore she doubteth lest asmoche shulde be doon to her yf she went thidre And thus she remayneth in this poynt desolate without eny hope of some refute to haue as all tourned from herself for grete sorowe in to a rageouse franesye euen thus as was the sone of pantheus cardynus whan in his grete furyosite was conuerted and tourned by Acho out of his witte so that hym semed that he sawe the felawes of the Emmendes and alle theire excercyte that is to wite Thesypho Megere and Atheleto thei thre furyouse goddesses infernalle incytatyue to alle euyll thynge that dystroyen and bryngen alle to nought kutten and choppen breken and marren alle the werke and subtyll artyfyce that men haue made Clotho and also Latheser that neuer ceassen to spynne and weue To sette to gyder and to coagule alle natures for generacyon Wherof are produced alle the creatures that out of the erthe ben heued vp to the ayere Of another syde she sawe also to her semynge two sonnes shynynge one by another that presente hemself by symulacyon wythin the fantasme of her entendement alle troubled in grete confusyon of dysplaysures and sorowes excessyue alle dyuerse in contrary qualyte And the two thebes grete citees merueyllouse that appieren in aduysion to be bifore her eyen whiche to her semyng are bothe proprely one lyke another How be it that there was neuer but one whiche akyng of grece called cadinus made sotyme that fouÌ„de first the lettres the arte of writyng whiche he sent in to diuerse couÌ„trees pryncipally in the land of fenice where he made scriptures grete bokes cronicles lerned the folke to rede to write wherof right grete lawde was to him at tribued to haue fouÌ„de by subtyll artyfice suche a manere of waye that men may doo knowe all his wille notyfie it to whome he will by one symple lettre be it nyghe or ferre be it of peas or of were of amyte or of eny other thing without to departe himself from his place but onely by a messager whiche is sent ther whiche haply shalle knowe nothing of the matere alle be he dombe or specheles yf he take the lettre vnto hym whome it is dyrected vnto howe be it that he were atte roome or in nauarre in hongary or in englande he shall therby vnderstande the desyre of hym that hath sente suche a messager vnto him wherbi yet atte this owre with a good right a Iuste cause is lefte of the god cadynus here in erthe his grete loenge and good renoÌ„mâ—e that neuer shal be eytyncted nor anychiled nor here after abolished But in token of this that the first lettres wherof he was inventour came out of fenyce equypared to purpre coloure By cause that in that countrey were the pourpre clothes fyrst made and the coloure founde We wryte yet in oure kalenders the hyghe festes wyth rede lettres of coloure of purpre And the grete capitalle lettres of the bygynnynge and princypal of the psalmes and chapytres wythin oure bookes ben alle mayde fayre ther wythalle ¶ But yet the grete trybulacon of Elysse is equypared to that of horrestes the sone of Agamenon welle ofte recyted in the comedies senoyses makynge mencyon Howe In sygne of vengauÌ„ce of the dethe of hys fader And turpytude dyshonest of clytemestra his moder after thoccysion of her that he torned himself in to furrosite him semed that he sawe incessanÌ„tli his saide moder clitmestra or ê“serpine of hell the gret goddesse or the moder of the emeÌ„des that I haue named aboue all enflamed in the face with fire breÌ„nyng the hed all full of right grete serpentes graffed there vpon as thike as heerys that pursued hym at alle houres in alle places for to distroye
that is to sacryfye hir self with funerailles mortalle by fyre horrible knewe not that she was accensed nor esprised in her corage of so grete afurour nor that her sorowe had be wers than was that that she suffred atte the dethe of her late husbonde Sycheus And went and determyned her self for to fulfille the commaundemnt of her sayd suster Elysse and to doo alle by ordre that that she had charged her for to doo The whiche thinges thus doon of the queene dydo willyng to procede to her sayd sacryfice went to see the place where the grete fyre shulde be kendled whiche she founde alle redy made garnissed with agrete quantyte of logges and vnder hâ—m and rounde aboute grete foison of drie fagottes other small wood for to kendle the fyre lyghtly toke herself for to encence it and to susfouÌ„ge the place And crowned it with garlandes made of herbes and braunches that men haue of costume to putte vpon the corces of the dede bodies vpoÌ„ they re graues and tombes and also ouer the ymage and fygure of eneas that she had doo make after the femblaunce of hym for to be brente ther with her And toke the swerde that he had left with her that she hidded in the same place for to accomplysshe the werke that she thought for to doo Aftre she welde goo with the sayde prestresse to her sacryfice of magique that she had ordeined to be doo and were the temples and awtiers welle prepared and garnyshed of oblacions and other thinges necessayre and conuenable to this present obsequye And thenne came out the olde witche of charmouse magyque in her raymentes made in dyuerse maneres alle her hed shauen for to fuldoo her sacrifyces Atte the begynnynge of whiche she inuoqued and called thre tymes by hidous wordes thre hundred goddes infernall and the grete habitacyon of hell sempyternalle wych their confusion the moder of magyque in her triple proporcyon and the thre faces of the mone that shyneth by the quarfours somtyme wyth two grete hornes and somtyme as it were cutte by the myddes Another tyme she appyereth alle rounde wherof many one ben meruâ—yled By cause that they ygnore the causes the whiche yf they knewe theym they sholde not happely merueylle Also from wythin it is obscured moche more in some places than in some other So that men myghte saye that it encloseth that it is the tryple fygure of the vierge dyane wherof maketh her Inuocacion this lady olde magicienne And thus dooynge she dide asperse the place with the waters obscure venemouse and blak representyng the lycoure of the hydous fontaynes of helle After she maketh to be brought to her certayne herbes freshe and newe mowen taken by nyght whan the mone shyneth with sercles of coper wherof the Iuse is passyng venymouse and of coloure alle blake And with this she taketh the lytell skynne that remayneth of the secondyne within the forhed of the lytell foole that must be scraped awaye from hys forhed whan he is newly borne afore that the moder lycketh it of wherof after that doon he shalle not be knowen of his sayde moder as it is sayde so that she refuseth to gyue hym souke as it were not her owne And also it is named and called the skynne mortalle loue bi cause that after the saide prestresse the foole shal neuer haue luste to souke hys moder but yf she liketh or eteth the secondying or atte leste that same skinne that he hathe in his forhede and men shulde saie that by the same cause shulde procede the moderly loue yf it were not that inclynacion naturelle purposed ageynst the same But alle that is sayde aboue made the forsayde magycyenne Dydo beynge ther present that helde in her handes a grete stone alle rounde with one fote bare and the other hosse on Alle vngyrde and vpon her knees as a vassall that doeth homage to his lorde of a parfytte corage as she that is redy to Immole herself vnto all the goddes in syght of alle the sterres that ben coulpable of her falle by their coniunctions and moeuynge and influences celestyalle that sygnyfye and denounce the dysposycion secret of the deuine prouydence saynge that yf ther be eny mercyfull god and pyteous that medleth hym to receyue and behelde the consideracyon of louers that maketh theim to enterteyn well togider wythoute varyaunce that it wyll playse hym for his pyte to corrige and punysshe th offence that Eneas hath coÌ„mytted ayenste her and wylle retrybue hym iustely alle after his demeryte After alle the whiche sacryfices oblacyons prayers requestes thus made in grete deuocyon and affectyon synguler as aboue is sayd and that the tyme after the daye is paste and goon whiche is couenable in all landes for the bodyes humayn that haue traueylled to take reste that thenne is to theym playsaunt and agreable was come to his ordre that tyme that the grete woodes and forestes the see also and all thynges that ben cruell nuysyble take in hem selfe reste and slepe And whiles that the sterres ben in theyr courses well yocked whan alle the feldes ben in silence the byrdes and bestes brute and whan the grete poundes and ryuers alle thynges aquatyque the busshes and the large playnes and alle that the erthe conteyneth are in grete ceasse and in reste vnder the grete mauntell of the nyghte that gyueth triews to alle labours and by slepyng maketh swete alle peynes and traueylles that men hath suffred afore Alle this neuerthelesse she fenyce clysshe or dydo that thenne abydeth desolate and alone wythoute companye can not by no wyse induce herselfe to gyue a reste vnto her eyen by a lityll slepe wherby she myghte aswage the presente anguysshes that she bereth atte her herte but redoublen her sorowes amd her trystesses enforce more vpon her the fore loue reneweth hym selfe that torneth soone to madnes whan it can not be recouered ¶ How dydo made her lamentacyons repreuynge the periuremente of Laomedon Capitulum xxv THis lady by grete distresse tourmenteth alto renteth her self aftre she thinketh in her courage what she may do alas sayth she poure wery where shalt thou mowe become must I nowe thenne sith that I am alle ashamed that I habandoune my selfe and retourne towarde theym that firste haue requyred me and that I requyre humbly the companye of the myrouÌ„des and of theym that so ofte I haue caste in to dyssdayne and refused to haue me in maryage Certes I ought not to doo the same and bettre it were to me for to folowe the nauye of the troyens and to submytte myself alle togydre to theire mercy They haply shalle haue recordaunce of the grete aydes and bene faytes that ben comen vnto theym by me For often coÌ„meth in mynde to theym of good recordauÌ„ce the benefayttes that somtyme were doon vnto theym And supposed that eneas weld not haue me nor take me in to his
the other in prson in right grete seruage captyuyte they shal be solde as wylde bestes iniuried defoyled beten Theyr fayâ— doughters their vyrgynes shall be habandouÌ„ed to men by force deflowred and to a ryght grete shame deliuered vyolated ayenst their wylle A hondred thousande euylles shall be appareylled for theym more than men can recouÌ„te ne telle Thenne shall my shame be socoured the maâ—ulates taken from me by Hanyball that shall be borne of myn asshes whiche shal be a man of grete power of grete renomee preu hardy cheualrouse aboue all men that shall be in his tyme. so that me more shal be therof as longe as heuyn erthe shall last but in the meane while I make a request to you all after to your children whan they shall be borne to all their lygnage that of theym shall come vnto th ende of the worlde that they make werre by armes by bataylles by see by londe by assawtes shippes ayenst that traytours troians aslonge as they shall lyue that the see whiche is in oure lond the ryuages portes the wawes be to them repulsyng coÌ„trare rebel euer more thise thynges sayd by dydo enraged from hir good wytte troubled in courage more than euer she was esprised fro all partes sekyng meanes moost subtil to th eÌ„de of her myserable lyf whiche she can support no lenger soo weri she was of it wyllyng to fynde som meane to voyde oute of hir castel all them that were there as she had of custume whan she wold do sacrifyces that she myght abyde alone for to delyuer herself soon to deth that she were not eÌ„peshed there froÌ„ she dyd call psently a good olde woman the made herself to be called barthe the whiche long tyme afore whan she dwelled in thyr was noryce as it was sayd of hir late husbond Sicheus and kept herself yet alwayes styll wyth the sayd Elysse as are wonte to doo thise auÌ„cyent good ladyes wyth theire firste mastresses but she called not her owne noryce that had kepte her in her childhode by cause that she was decessed in the regyon of fenyce And sayd in this maner to the for sayd barthe for to be ryddyd of her My good moder barthe goo lyghtly towarde my suster anne telle her that she make hast for to rise araye herself as it was of custome whaÌ„ men wolde doo sacrifyce and that she brynge wyth her proÌ„ptely the shepe other bestes wyth the other pynacles dedycated to the sacryfice that long agoo I dyde shewe to her And also it behoueth of thy parte for to admynystre the werkes that thou take the vestymentes the myter vpon thy hede for to fulmake thoblacyon to pluto the grete god of hell admyrall of the styge whiche is a grete pouÌ„de of fyre breÌ„ninge that renneth thrugh all helle composed made of brymston of pitche this immolacoÌ„n I haue purposed to doo vnto hym wyth my besy thought for to put an ende my grete tribulâ—coÌ„ns care eÌ„nuyouse for the whiche cause I wylle kindle a grete fire for to breÌ„ne the raymentes of eneas his ymage that are lefte wyth me wherwyth I shall do sacrifyce to â— grete flood infernall to th ende he be moeued wyth hate ayenst hym whaÌ„ by deth his trist soule shal be delyuerd to him after thise thynges this said barthe went hir waye hastely as her olde age myght suffre it lefte there her mastres dido the quyuered shoke of grete rage eÌ„â—red into a grete fraÌ„sie desiryng taccomplysshe the purpos of hir deth wherof the dredfull remeÌ„brauÌ„ce redy to be executed troubled hir in suche wyse that it made all hir wyttes to torne in to a wyked kynde and in a mynde for to destroye the first composicoÌ„n coagulate in couenable proporcion for the entreteynyge of the spiryte vitall wherof her fayre eyen greue and lawghynge were incontynent tourned in to a ryght hidouse lokynge mobyle sangwynouse to see the swete balle of the eye whiche is the veraye receptacle interyor of lyght visible and Iuge of the colours by reflection obgectyf whiche she bryngeth vnto the Impression cogytyue of the entendement wherof she maketh a present to the suppost indicatyf discernynge without interualle the differences abstractyue adherynge to theyr subgecte was sone made obscure her lyght empesched from the veraye Iugyng in parfyt knowlege her tendre chykes and vysage that afore was playsaunt debonnayre of sangwyne coloure to urnyng vpon white becam alle pale sodaynly in hydouse manere all mortyfied for the cruelle deth wherof the harde angwysshes had enuahyshed her alredy with grete furye betaken cast went mouÌ„ted the degres sll highe vpon her palayce tyl that she came ther as the wode was assembled for to kendle ther a fyre In whiche place the habilemeÌ„ts the bed the other thinges with the Image of eneas also his swerde were brought for to be breÌ„te cast out of memorye the whiche dydo alle thus vexed troubled in her wittes drewe the swerde out of the shethe for to murder slee herself bâ—t or euer she wolde doo this she dide loke vpon the habilimeÌ„tes the bed other remenauÌ„t that by other tymes afore had plaised her soo moche theÌ„ne she began somwhat for to lacryme syghe vpon the bed where she put herself inproferryng her last wordes in this manere O right swete dispoillynges plaisauÌ„t well loued honoured of me soÌ„tyme asloÌ„ge as god fortune wolde I beseche you take my sowle and delyuere her out of thys care And from these sorowfulle peynes in whiche I am absorbed in the grete viage of heuynes I haue lyued vnto this tyme presente and haue fynysshed the cours of my lyffe that fortune had gyuen to me It is now tyme presently that the ymage of my semblaunce be sent vnder the erthe I haue had of peynes and traueylles by my brother pygmalyon that made to deye cruelly my first husband sycheus Wherof I haue ben ynonghe auenged by me and holde me content therof I haue edified my cite fayre noble puissaunt and riche I haue seen the walles and batelmentes the deffenses accomplysshed O felycyte merueillouse wherof I shulde be well happy and aboue alle other honoured well loued and holden fulle dere yf the nauye of the troyens had not come wythin my stremes of the see O hard coÌ„mynge and cursed recepcion intrynseque false dauÌ„gerouse and full of grete dispite that hathe brought me in to confusion O tryste machynacyon of trayson approued full of frawdulouse induction that hath delyuered me to ashamefull dethe whiche shall come to me sodaynly and presently without taryenge And ascryed wyth a hyghe voyce saynge in thys wyse Must I thenne deye thus falsly wythout to be auenged of that traytour theffe and cruell by whome I am vitupered so sore and defyled Nowe thenne sith it is so I
will soone deye hastly and sende my goost sodaynly vnto the lowe shadowes I shulde deye more gladly yf Eneas were here present for to see the dethe and grete tourment that for hym I muste endure to th ende that he were therof contryste in remembraunce pardurable aslong as that his lyffe shall laste and syth that otherwise it can not be I goo to my dethe whiche to hym shal be inputed and represented by the inspeccyon of the grete fyre that soone shal be kendled in this place ¶ Hw dydo full of grete rage and dyspourueyed of witte slewe herself with the swerde of eneas And how be it that aboue is made meÌ„sion of this ocsicoÌ„n it was nothing but for to shewe the diuersite of fortune And here the execucyon of the dede is shewed ¶ Capitulum xxviij THe whiche thynges thus made sayde without eny more langage dydo full of rage seased thenne the swerde of eneas whiche she helde the poynte vpward vpon hit dede cast her self so that the swerde entred within her brest vnto the bake of her This lady thenne felle doune to the grownde sore hurt with a wouÌ„de mortall wherof she lost her speche labourynge sore harde atte the entree of her dethe so cruell as many one doo whan they be atte the poynt of dethe that tormente hemself strongli for the harde distresse that they haue atte the partynge of the spyryte of lyffe fro the bodye that wyl not leue the membres pryncipall of whom he is susteyned but yf it be by grete violence atte leste whan the cause is meanely sodayne not all mortyfied attones all thus was this sorowfull lady founde on the gronude that coude not ryse her handes her persone alle couered defyled with blood without mesure the swerde that dropped yet of bloode and alle blody laye by her wherof a grete sorowe a grete crye and grete clamour was thenne attones sodaynly made thrughe alle the palayce that perced the walles tours vnto the myddes of the toune ther shulde ye haue seen make grete lamentacyons grete cryes grete playntes and grete moone wymen wepe sighe makyng sorowe all the peple was all forsened with wrathe wherof the cytee was sore moeued in grete desolacyon by suche wise forme as though the enmyes capitalle of the towne had entred by force of armes wythin the same for to brynge theym alle to destruction or as that the grete and auncyent towne of thyr that hath nourysshed theym and the same cyte of cartage had be bothe embrased wyth fire alle kyndled in a flaÌ„me By the whiche grete noyse and disaraye anne the suster of dydo that was goon sone for to make redy the thynges that neded for to make the sacrifyce vnderstandyng thenne well that the sorow grete moone that was made thrughe alle the towne was for her suster dydo that had slayne herselfe wherof she all atones forsened as a persone that ys madde out of her mynde toke herselfe for to renne as faste as she myghte passyng thrughe the multytude of the people that was there smytynge her brestes wyth her handes fustes and alle to cratched her face wyth her nayles And cryed alle highe pyetously made grete â—ewthes and lamentacyons callyng vpon dydo sayeng in this wise My righte swete suster alas what haste thou doo and by what maner rayson hast thou broughte thi selfe thus to eternall perdycyon and hast deceyued me wyckedly falsely wyth a bytter deth whiche I wolde gladly haue suffred endured wyth the Alas what nede was it to me to make redy the sacrifyces fyth that a fyre for all other obsequyes a swerde well sharpe slyped myghte haue broughte the two susters to deth bothe ardnes wythout to haue be departed one from the othre Alas what shalle I saye ne what begynnynge maye I now take for to make my mone Why haste you thus dyspraysed me that am thy suster and trye felawe alle my lyf I haue honoured worshiped serued praysed the and eke moche loued the. For to folowe the I haue alle habandouned I haue knowen thy werke I haue knowen thy wyll and also thy secretes thou wolde neuer hide from me Alas now what furye hath taâ—en the atte this nede whiche is the sorowe mortalle for to haue caste me thus abacke from thy presence by cause that I sholde haue had not knowen this faicte Alas yf I myght haue knowen thesame thynge veraye trouthe I wolde haue deyed with the O what sorowe I doo supporte whan I haue lost alle my force and noon ther is that me recomforteth but of alle sydes is brought to me peyne traueylle without mesure the grete wrathe and the grete care that wrongly and magre myself I doo endure whan I me recorde of the Iniure that my suster hath falsly doon not onely to me but hathe defyled vylaynsly the good name and the enhauÌ„synge of the cytee that she hathe couÌ„mysed and submysed to a grete vilete shame for alle tymes shal be recyted the enormyte of this fowlle befalle whiche euer shal be imputed to a grete infamye wherof they of cartage shalle haue a blame that shalle torne vnto them to a grete diffamye And moche more bycause of theire good fame that was knowen that had be well entreteyned and in grete worshp susteyned yf my suster had mayntened and kept herself wythout dysperacyon Wherof alle hope aswell to theym as to me failleth by her that hath extyâ—cted oure goode renommee brought vs in a grete blame nowe be we without pastoure as the sheep that is habauÌ„douÌ„ed Now thenne sith that it is thus come lete vs loke to her wounde and in her face yf she is thrughly passed and thenne she toke her vp bytwene her armes and with ryght grete sorowe and heuynesse wasshed the blode awaye from about the sore and made it clene fulle swetly wyth hir owne raymentes And perceyued and knewe that yet some spyryte of lyffe was wythyn the persoune of Dydo that forced her self for to open her eyen And thre tymes made her effort to reyse her self vpon her elbowe But her strengthes sorefa ylled of the dethe that alredy hadde her alle in her rewle myght not therto suffyse but that she muste falle ayen attones vpon her bedde where she hadde be layd And knowynge that she wasted alle awaye she dyd forse her owne selfe for to open her eyen to see the lyghte of the daye that gryeued her sorowe well harde and sharpely and by suche a wyâ—e that she entred incontynente in grete peyne to the extreme angwysshe of the dethe where she was ryght longe Wherof Iuno the noble goddesse conseruatyue of yongthe that hadde pyte of the longe sorowe mortalle in whiche was constytuted the fayr Elysse or dydo sente towarde hir for to brynge atte an ende hir Immense trystesse hir noble messager named Yris whiche as some saen is the rayen bowe wyth
trouthe For whiche cause I leue it and wryte not of it Whan Eneas had taken his reste there awhile he and his folke departed from thens And went so moche that they came in ytalye in a grete forest where the ryuer of the tonyre renneth and falleth there in to the see thenne coÌ„manuded eneas his maryners that they shulde sette hym alonâ—e there and alle his folke and they dyde somoche that they came and entred wthin the hauene for they sawe the countrey fayre and delectable and the forest grete and full of bestes Of this lande was lorde kynge latynus that had noon heyre but afayre doughter that was named lauyne The kynge latyne her fader was of grete age and many one had requyred his doughter to be theire spouse And amonge other a bacheler of ytalie shulde haue had her whiche was called turnus that was moche preu and hardy but kynge latyne wolde not gyue her to hym though the pucelle was in age able to be maryed to a prynce of a lande ¶ Here It is shewed how many kynges had ben In ytalye afore that eneas came ther fyrst ¶ Capitulum xxxiiij Afore that Eneas was come in to ytalye there had be seuen kynges that successyuely hadde kepte the londe The firste was Lanus whiche dyde enhabyte there firste peopled the contree and after hym Saturnus but this was not the fader of Iupyter of whom the auctours speken After saturnus was Pyrrus kynge of thys londe after hym came Famus and after hym his sone Latynus that thenne was a lyue and kepte the royame There reygne lasted a hondred fyfty yeres afore that Eneas wedded Lauyne by whom he had the royame And after theym regned eneas in ytalye and they that yssued of hym foure hundred and seuen yeres vnto romulus tyme and thenne seuen kynges reygned there after hym that is to whyte Pympeyns Iulyus us hostylius Marcus ancus Pryscus tarquynus Suluyus Tullyus Lucyus thyse kynges reygned two hundred xlo. yeres vnto Brutus that fyrste was made consulle of the londe And fro brutus theym that after hym reygned vnto Iulyus cesare that was the fyrste emperour was v. hondred iiij yeres ¶ Now wyll I telle of eneas of his folke that assone as that they were come a londe they sette hemselfe atte dyner made trenchers of brede for to putte theyr mete vpon For they had nother dysshes ne trenchers and atte laste they hadde soo lytell brede that they ete alle theyr trenchers and all that was lefte And whan ascanyus sawe this he began to lawgh And soone whan eneas vndrestode it he wyste well that he was come in to the contre that the goddes had promysed to hym For his fader hadde tolde hym in a vysion that where he sholde happe to ete the releef or brokelyngrs of his borde there sholde be his dwellynge place Eneas hadde this thyng sore faste in his mynde And whan he sawe that this was soo fallen he was right gladde in his corage and sayd to his folke that he wyste well for certayne that they were in the royame that the goddes hadde promysed vnto theym and that theyr traueyll sholde be fynysshed there Thenne they made grete Ioye togyder and broughtte oute theyr goddes from the shyppes that they hadde broughte wyth theym oute of Troye and to theym they made sacryfices and their orysons prayers that they wolde helpe theym Thenne demaunded Eeneas of som folke that he met by the waye who kepte the contrey and who was lorde therof And they tolde hym the kynge Latyne that was sore auncyente and hadde no children but a doughter and that dwelled not ferre from thens that is to wyte atte Lawrence ¶ How Eneas bygan to buylde his fortresse vpon the Tonyre Capitulum xxxv NOw shalle I telle you why this cyte was called Laurence for she was fyrste named Lamyna kynge Latynus hadde a brother that was called Lauynus that sounded the same cyte and sayd that after his name she sholde be called lamyna and whan he was ded the cyte apparteyned to kynge latyne that made it more stronge than it was a fore and was alwayes called Lamyna tyll that it happed that a laurell tree grewe there vpon a hyghe toure wythin the cyte â–ª And therof it fortuned that kynge latyne dyde calle this towne Laurence whiche he loued ryght moche For it was the chief cite of alle his royame whan eneas vnderstode that the cyte where the kynge of the londe dwellynge was soo nyghe and that this cyte was soo noble and soo well peopled he was ryght gladde therof And after he loked abowte hym where a place was moste strong and there he broughte alle his ooste and rounde aboute this place he dyd make diches barreys for to defende hemselfe if nede were And for certeyne wythin a lityll space of tyme they made the place so stronge that thei doubted no body that coude hurte theym nor take theym vnbeware ¶ How Eneas sente his messagers towarde kynge Latyne Capitulum xxxvij WHan Eneas had begonne his fortresse he called to hym a hondred of the wysest men that were in his ooste for to sende theym towarde kyng Latynus in his cyte of Laurence for to requyre hym of peas of alyaunce and that he was not arryued in his londe for to doo to hym nor to the contrey ony doÌ„mage but besoughte hym that he wolde not lette hym of that he had enterprysed to make a castell vpon his grouÌ„de that was begoÌ„ne For he made this for to rest hym and his folke and for to dwelle wythin his royame by the commauÌ„demente of the goddes wythoute to doo hym ony hurte nor greuaunce The messagers wente soo longe wyth theyr ryche presente that they bare from Eneas to kyng Latynus and wyth garlandes vpon theyr hedes made of olyue tree and also in theyr handes brauÌ„ches of the same that peas and loue sygnyfieth that they came to the cyte of Laurence where they fonde alityll wythoute the towne a grete feest of yonge men that proued and assayed theyr streyngthes in dyuerse wyses Thenne entred the troians wythin the yates of the towne and one of the Iouencellys that thus dyde sporte hym selfe there wente a pase afore theym and cam shewed to kyng latyne how that a companye of noble men and to his semyng of ryght hygh astate were entred wythin his cyte for to come speke wyth hym that they semed well to be riche pesable folke for they bare brauÌ„ches of olyue tre in their handes the kyng coÌ„mauÌ„ded anone whan he knewe of it that they sholde be broughte vnto hym And so it was doon The messagers come before the kynge Latyne to whom they made reuerence prudently and hym dyde salue in they re lordes byhalue The kynge that satte highe in his throne withyn hys halle where as were purtrayed fulle rychely alle the kynges of his lynage connyngly made how they hadde kept
hem redy vpon the walles for to deffende theym of their enmyes well and vigorously and visus eryalus two valiauÌ„t knyghtes hardy kept the gate turnus that was well horsid came eight felawes with him vnto the walles called saide that yf there was eny man that to him wolde fight in the playne that he sholde come out and that he sholde haue no harme but onely of him body to body And they of wythin ansuered not wherfore he lauÌ„ched theym his dart ouer the walles went agayn In the playne felde for to make a tourne of grete chiualrye he the other eyght that were come wyth hym ascryed theym of the castell wyth an hie voys and sore merueylled that they were of the troians soo coward that they wolde not iuste wyth soo fewe a folke as they were and whan he sawe that thei wolde not come oute of theyr castell He wente rounde aboute it where he myghte ride for tosee and knowe of what parte the place myghte sonest be take And whiles that he dyde thus approched the ooste that came towarde the fortresse Turnus apperceyued the shyppes that were nyghe the shore for the men to come a lande wherof he hadde grete Ioye and coÌ„maunded soone that the shyppes of the troians sholde be sette all in a fyre by cause that thei of the castelle sholde not flee thyderwarde for to saue theym selfe They dyde thenne as turnus hadde coÌ„maunded and brenned alle the shyppes sauffe some of whom the cables brak escaped away wherof they of the â—ost had grete merueylle turnus sayd that the castell must be take wyth stregthe of armes And also he knewe well that Eneas was not there but came faste ayenste hym accompanyed of Palas and of many other knyghtes Whan the nyghte cam on turnus ordeyned xviij knyghtes for to make good watche of whom Mesapus was chieff and thenne they made grete Ioye and ete dranke made goode chere The troians byhelde theym and garnysshed theym selfe in the best wyse that they coude Menestus segestus that Eneas had made constables hadde theyr folke wel ordeyned for to fyghte and for to defende the fortresse And made redy for to sende to Eneas But noo body durste not auenture for to goo to hym by cause that they knew not the contrey ¶ How Vysus and Eryalus made theym redy for to entre vpon the oost of Turnus ¶ Capitulum xliij WHan came toward the mornynge the ytalyens that assured were not doubted of ony body that myght greue hem felle aslepe alle fulle of metes and of wynes Thenne visus that kept the gate bethough hymself and sayde to hys felawe Goode brother loke how the ytalyens be welle assured In theyr tentes there is nowe no lyght atte alle and they be alle a slepe I wylle goo In to they re oost for to make slawghter of theym And after I shalle goo to Eneas In pallence For I shalle fynde well the waye thyder and yf I may brynge thys myn entrepryse to purpos I shal be rewarded ryght welle therfore Whan Eryalus vnderstode hys felawe that spacke soo he ansuered hym anone in thys manere Ha a goode and true felawe we haue be so famylier and haue hadde so goode felyship togyder and nowe ye wyll vndertake this thynge without me ye shalle knowe that without my companye ye shalle nowhere goo They bothe togyder went to Ascanyus and to the other that were in couÌ„ceylle for to wyte whom they myght sende to Enas Thenne spake visus and sayde how they had entreprysed the waye for to goo to eneas and whan Ascanyus vnderstode theym he toke theym in his armes alle wepynge and sayde to theym O ye knyghtes who shall mowe yelde to you so grete a meryte of so grete hardynes the ye haue enterprised for to doo the goddes shall rewarde you first therfore after my fader eneas also my self that neuer shalle forgete thesame whiles that I shall lyue and also I telle you that yf ye brynge me my fader agayn I shall neuer haue so grete a lordsip but that ye shalle haue part of thesame and ye shall be proferred In alle maneres ¶ Hw visus and eryalus entred in the teÌ„tes of turnus oost made grete slawghter destruccion ¶ Capitulum xliiij WHan vysus and eryalus his felawe were armed arayed they yssued oute of the gates moche richely appareylled and well mounted vpon two goode horses stronge able and well rennynge And thus they entred in to the lodges of theyr enmyes whom they fonde a slepe Thenne spake Vysus to Eryalus and sayd felaw myn this thyng so moneth vs for to proue oure hardynes Now holde the behynde kepe that none escape and I shalle goo forthe and shalle make large the waye And whan he hadde that sayd he loked wythin a tente and sawe a kynge lyenge that was grete frende wyth kyng Turnus For he entermytted hymselfe for to telle that that was to come of many other thynges The same dyde vysus smyte his hede of and thenne they made grete occysion soo that no bodye durste moeue for they sawe theym armed and theyr swerdes all blody Thus lasted this euyll aduenture almoste to the daye thenne came they to Mesapus tente sawe fyre lighte thenne sayd vysus good felawe late vs take on our waye for it is almost daye we haue hurte our enmyes ful sore and also we be wery thenÌ„e went they awaye left there moche rychesse that they myghte haue taken yf they had wolde but they wente oute of the tentes walked streighte the waye towarde palence for to goo to eneas then lorde that was departed thens alredy wyth palas the valyaunte and noble knyghte ¶ How the two felawes loste eche other in the forest whaÌ„ the knyghtes of laurence chased theym ¶ CapituluÌ„ xlv ANd whilis that they wente faste awaye from the tentes Foure hondred knyghtes were yssued oute of lawrence all armed wente to turnus for to bere tâ—dynges from the kynge Latyne And whan they werre comen nyghe the tentes they sawe ouer atte the other syde the two felawes that went the waye to Palence Also they per ceyued theym by theire helmes that they hadde on they re hedes that resplendyshed ayenst the mone Bolcus thenne went ayenst theym and called Abyde ye And telle me what ye be and from whens ye comme They answerde not but withdrewe theymself toward the forest And than botcus and his men spored there horses and chassed theym bul they were alredy withyn the forest Where as they lost eche other ryghte soone For vysus dyde putte hym self in tyl a path and was soone goon ferre from hys enmyes And Eryalus entred in to a thilkke busshe where he founde nothre pathe nor noo waye atte alle and so he coude not flee ferre from hys enmyes that chassed hym Vysus that alredy was escaped sauf