speechless And she almost yet still with signes That seem'd expressions of more trouble For leaving her then all the world Within her arms he died she but stayed To be assur'd that he was dead Then with a haste That shew'd a willingnesse to follow him She drew a Viall from her bosom And drank it off before that we could hinder her Whose violence on an enfeebled heart By so much grief with unbelieved haste Wrought Execution Prin. Poor Princesse 't was her hard fate to love She had been else no more concern'd Than those that now survive Mir. And she perhaps as unconcern'd to dye Nothing but a deserving Love Could have taught her a way so glorious To end all cares She now enjoys him too Or else insensible that e're she lost him Prin. Did that young Prince command that day the Army Mir. Yes and as we learnt he was the Heir To the Tartarian Empire Prin. 'T is nothing but a Prince Could have been so unhappy to lose at once His Love his Life his Empire Enter hastily Hyppâ—sus Lysander Hyppasus takes Mironault aside Hyp. My Lord Mir. Ha Hyp. Let not the Princesse see it The Castle is surrounded by a Troop of Souldiers Commanded by Phylanter I fear you are their aim Mir. I Hyp. You may guesse the causes Jealousie and Baseness Think or you 'r lost Mir. Ha 't is very happy Pys. I don't understand that Mir. I 'le presse them nobly Are they many Hyp. They are divided as we guesse The gates are yet kept shut Pys. I 'le go view and inâ—â—antly return Exit Mir. The Devill on the mischief if their aim Be towards me it must be for my life A Parly cannot save me I am resolv'd To sell it Phil. Upon my life Madam there 's some disorder View but the eyes of Mironault Prin. My Lord why are you mov'd Mir. I Madam Prin. Pray Sir let me entreat of you the cause Hyp. Nothing that ought to give you trouble Madam There 's something that requires The presence of my Lord without Prin. If there be any that would speak with him They shall be here dispatcht Hyp. That cannot be Madam Prin. Come my Lord. There 's something I can guesse at if I be not deceiv'd That does assure me I may command you What business breeds this alteration Mir. I dare not disobey you The Castle is surrounded by Phylanter With Troops of Soldiers and as we guesse My life 's their aim Prin. The Castle surrounded and your life their aim It is impossible they dare not think it I will go see their rudenesse Mir. Not for the world they know that you are here And their intents they 'l act unto their power Prin. Is there a better way Mir. Yes any rather than dye tamely Pysa For heaven's sake Sir resolve Phylanter's now Enter Pysander Forcing the gates being denied entrance For all his Souldiers who loudly now Call you A Traitor Upon one side Which I 'le conduct you to it is most probable You may escape Prin. Ah me Mir. May I believe fair wonder of your Sex That though your cruelty designes my fate Yet you 're displeas'd that these should be The Executioners I shall then dare To oppose all their â—uries that my Life May be Love's sacrifice alone forgive me too If I dare own that Love you frown upon You need not scruple to grant this To any that must aske no more And may that peace you give my dying thoughts For ever live with yours Prin. Pray say no more think of your safety Mir. See she weeps With pitty ever dwells forgivenesse too My wishes then are crown'd and I can have No greatâ—r unlesse that it were possible I might hope more and live Prin. O Mironault So much confusion mingles with my thoughts I know not what to say and yet I wish That you might live and cannot be displeas'd Though hope should be the cause Mir. So Saylers in a sinking vessell May see a calm begin This treacherous world Never wants mischiefs to prevent The greatest blessings that are near-approaching To crown man's greedy wishes But I mistake to doubt that Life Which you have given leave I should enjoy Who only have the power of it This shall witnesse Draw How much I covet to preserve What you wish safety to nor is it possible That I should unsuccessfull prove That have no other use for life but love Exeunt Prin. The gods protect and guide you O Phylena What 's to be done Phy. Collect your self dear Madam all may be well Let 's to a window that o're-looks that side Where they intended to break forth Prin. I dare not see him fall Phy. Fear not Madam Heaven will preserve So fair a Life that has your prayers too Prin. Hark they are ingag'd le ts see if it be possible A noise of fighting To give him more assistance than our wishes Exeunt ACT 1. SCEN 5. Enter Mironault wounded A noise Mir. STay hasty drops not to preserve The life that does pursue you But the blest shrine where Mirramente dwells See 't is not my wishes stayes the purple current Man's still most near to dye when he would live And live when he would dye calamity And the more dangerous extream prosperity Commits this violence upon mens wishes Yet since the gods denied for either cause To destroy life or to protect In stead of Choice we should oppose Neglect Hark the noise increases still Noise sure they are lost They fought it nobly though if my ears Deceive me not I hear some comming Enter Hyppasus and Pysander Ha Hyppasus and Pysander Then I am happy in spight of all misfortunes Hyp. Dear Sir you cut your way so nobly We should have reach'd you sooner else Pys. And so we had Sir but two or three good-fellows Still staid us upon conference Mir. Well here 's no staying we must forward But whither Heaven knows 't was an unworthy action Pys. For the honorable part of the story Wee 'l if you please comment upon it hereafter In the mean time 't is more needfull to observe What a condition we are in to help one another Hyppasus would make dainty whistles My bones are already rattles The best house of receipt I know would be an Hospitall A noise again On good Sir Hyp. The most by-ways must guide us Mir. Heaven direct us Pys. O what a speech could I now make Of this frail world But however I 'le not stay now to do it Exeunt ACT 1. SCEN. 6. Enter Princesse Philena Prin. HE cannot sure escape Phy. Rather believe he must there is a bettâ—r fate Reserv'd for so much worth Our hopes are now The policy as well as justice of our hearts You know we did discern how o're the plain Some hasted single and Pylander said they were divided At first you saw how fast he made his way Triumph and Danger waiting on his Sword The villains too like dull opposing clowds Gave way to the fair Sun And then Phylanter
Annot. relateth out of Polybius that the Arcadians generally instructed their youths in Musick and saith It was a custom among the Grecians to sing the praises of their Genii Heroes and Gods So Alexander ab Alexand o l. 4. c. 17. saith They were wont to sing the praises of their gods while the sacrifice was in eating And lib. 2. c. 25. having reckoned up many famous men that were excellent Musicians he addeth that among the Greeks Musici Vates and Sapientes were in equall estimation And that after Supper the Harp was wont to be played on Which when Themistocles refused to take in hand he was for that very cause held the lesse learned He there also affirmeth that the Ancienrs used to chant out the Encomiums of renowned persons Thus our Poet setteth forth Achilles to have been instructed by Chiron and now to give his Mother the usuall entertainment after their Feast And Homer telleth us that he oft practiced this art at the siege of Troy Thus also Dido entertaineth her guests Aeneas Virg. Aen. 1. Cithara crinitus Iopas Personat aurata docuit quae maximus Atlas Hic canit errantem â—unam solisque labores Vnde hominum genus pecudes unde imber ignes Arcturum pluviásque Hyadas geminósque Triones Quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles Hiberni vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet Hairy Iopas then begun And on his Harp what Atlas taught he sung The Moon 's unconstant ways and how the Sun Performs his course whence men and beasts first sprung The Bears the Hyades and Arcturus sings The cause of showers and why heav'n lightning slâ—ngs Why to the waves the Sun should take his flight Sooner in Winter and prolong the night 219. The victories of Pollux The weapon by which Pollux was victorious was much used by the Antients called Caestus whose description I. C. Scaliger thus giveth At first saith he the Greeks used to fight with naked fists Pugnis addita lora ad inunimenâ—um propterea quòd nudi cùm ferirent saepe plus damni acciperent quà m facerent Ea lora Graeco vocabulo CESTUS dicta 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 enim cingulum Brâ—via initio mox nè excussa exuerentur in ictibus tuâ— cubito tum humero alligabantur Poâ—â—remó ferrum plumbumque assutum est saevissimo spectaculo Cerebrum enim guttur facillimè elidebant Idcirco aurium munimenta induebant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thus he describeth the Caestus to be a piece of a Leather foâ— the safeguard of the hand which when naked received oftentimes more damage by a blow than it gave Lest this Caestus should be shaken off by striking it was fastned not to the arm onely but also to the shoulder At the end of it was sewed a mass of Iron or Lead which rendred the combat a most cruell spectacle Their very brains were oft dashed out for preventioâ— whereof they covered both their â—ars with defences This character Fabricius also confirmeth relating that the form of this Caestuâ— was to be seen in the house of Peter â—embus when he lived at Paduâ— Fuerunt coria bubula saith he quibus plumbum ferrumque inâ—uâ—um est articuâ—s manûs in volam flexae circundata ut pondus suâ—â—inere ferientium manus valerent brachiis alligata And hence he believeth the antiâ—nt Germans took the use of the Gantlet which they wore in war The reason Fabricius giveth why the Caestus were fastned to the arm is in my opinion better then Scaliger's That â—o the hand might be strengthned to bear the weight the better This Fabricius writeth on the Combat between Entellus and Dares Aen. 5. This Exercise as Scaliger saith was at first onely used with bare fists and prizes propounded for it in the Olympick Games Thucyd lib. 1. The invention of Caestus is ascribed to Amycus Clem. Alex. lib. 1. Strom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Amycus the Bebrycian King first found out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lora pugilum that is the Caestus Which very words with others of â—lemens Eusebius useth De praep Evang. l. 10. c. 5. Hence Statius here crudo quo Bebryca caestu Obruerit Pollux i. e. Amycus so called from the place where he reigned Bebrycia which had its name from Bebryx a King in the Pyrenaean Mountains Sil. Ital. l. 3. Siâ—ce it was called Mygdonia after that Bithynia from Bithynius a King there Strabo l. 7. 12. Arianus giveth one of the daughters of Danaus this name who as well as her sister Hypermnestra spared her husband contrary to her father's command and flying with him into this Country gave name to it till fresher merits destroyed the memory of hers There is a Village called Bebryacum by Suetonius in Othone and by Tacitus Annal. 18. seated between Verona and Cremona In the Lipswick Edition it is called Bedriacum by Iosephus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Plutarch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But by reason of the authority of Tacitus and Orosius Ioseph Scaliger saith Ea nihil aliud sunt quám unum nomen multifarià m depravatum At this place Otho was ove come by Vitellius statim saith Suetonius moriendi impetum cepit Yet then had he a reserved Army competent enough to have attempted in another Battle the recovery of his Fortune but he chose rather to let that be the certain advantage of his friends to procure peace from Vitellius than by hazarding them to pull on all their ruines together For which cause Tacitus justly saith Many enjoyed Empires longer but none left them bravelier 220. The monstrous Minoâ—aur fam'd-Theseus slew The Fable is thus The Adultery of Mars and Venus being discern'd by the Sun 's all seeing eye and by him discovered to Vulcan in a Net that he had made for the purpose he caught the Lovers in their embraces Hereat Venus being enraged ever after pursued the race of Phoebus with revenge infecting them with prodigious passions The first that suffered was Pasiphae the wife of Minos she being in love with a Bull was by Daedalus his art inclosed in a Cow of wood and so received the horrid satisfaction of her beastly Lover And from that loathsome embrace came the Minotaur By this Queen Minos had three children Andrâ—geos Ariadne and Phaedra Androgeos after many noble Victories was at last slain by the Athâ—nians and Megarians In revenge of his death Minos having vanqâ—ished the Athenians at Sea imposâ—d on them this punishment that seven Youths and as many Virgins should every year be delivered to be devoured by the Minotaur But Eusebius de praepar Evang l. 5. c. 19. layeth their death to Apollo's charge whose Oracle directed the Athenians to send the Youths to be killed by Minos that the plague might be averted from them which they suffered for the death of Androgeos In the third year of this imposition Theseus son of Aegeus was sent He no less powerfull in person then in forces first obtained a conquest of the
Port bravâ—ly with his two friends Issued like Lightning which 〈◊〉 a Clap And Thunder follow'd too whilst in despigâ—t Of their resistance through their lives He forc'd his way and safety Alb. And so â—scap't Mes. Yes but they are still pursuing the Princesse too When that your son appâ—ar'd as if hâ—r eyes Had borrow'd rage from the afrighting danger That Mironault was in upon her brow Inthron'd it with revâ—ngâ— and so with threats Lâ—ft him unto his fearâ— who by me Desires you to retire straight from Court Whither the Princesse now directs her haste And march with all your forces no other way Is left to make Conditions In the mean time He 's still pursuing Mironault Alb. 'T is unhappy Mess. Necessity has left no other means Without this he bids me tell you You may dye tamely Alb. Well I must go it is the fate of guiâ—ty men That such should seâ—k at safâ—ty througâ— more crimes Men are unhappy when they know not how To value Peace without its losse And from the want learn how to use What they could so ill manage whâ—n enjoy'd Ambition gives this blindnesse yet permits The eyes to gaze upon her tâ—mpting baits But in attempting not what dangers are They see the Throne and not the blazing Star Thus foolish his ungovern'd youth Haâ— made us both alike Who rather than to share a common good Ventur'd through danger at unâ—â—rtain glory Nor could my power or prayers perswade him from it With such a grief the Ruler of the day Shook his illustrious tresses when he heard The ambitious Phaeton make his bold Requeâ—â— who did prefer Before the counsell of the god himself The long'd-for glories of his glittering Throne Yet Phoebus mourn'd the bonds of Nature tye Faster then our own good or honesty Exit ACT 2. SCEN. 2. Enter Princess Phylena Prin. THat I had wings Phylena this revenge Justice it self will follow Phyl. Pray heaven Madam no designer Has been before us Prin. It is my fear Phyl. But yet You may be confident of your father's temper Which does dispence Justice with deliberation Besides your interest Prin. Would we could learn what were become of him They still pursue him sure and heaven preserve His noble life from an untimely fate How the State-rascalls too were pleased VVith the suspition of a trecherous danger And grew as busie as a new wak't Fly At the first news of Summer Phyl. There is a basenesse runs through all their veins And ranckles in their bloods which to their children Descends a loath'd Inheritance Prin. But who are these Enter Amione and Follower Phyl. A very handsom person Prin. Extreamly fair I swear she bends this way she kneels Amio. Excellent Princesse Pardon the rude griefs of a distressed Maid That throws her at your feet for your clear eyes VVhich sends a comfort upon pleased beholders To see and pitty you that nature gave Perfections above all 't is you alone VVe must believe excells in goodnesse too Nothing that 's ill can have so fair a dwelling You shall have still a Virgin 's prayer That yours may ne're successlesse fly To those above that those fair blossoms Never have cares for to disturb their calmnesse Or force a wrincle on those snowy plains But may the beauty of a peace within Preserve and equall those your outward luâ—â—res Prin. Rise pretty Maid you should have ask'd and tri'd VVhether at first I had been worth these prayers She must be very good that does deserve ' em See Phylena flowers I swear she rises weeping Receive not so much sweetnesse from fresh drops As she from those Her grief adds to her sweetnesse VVhat is it gentle Maid you would desire Promise your self if I can help you in 't Amio. The gods reward you Let me but blush And I will say the act may too he is too near That I should tell you more And yet me-thinks He does deserve as much as I can say And his cause named to my poor heart Seems eloquence enough to move a pitty Pardon my disturbed passions Prin. Nay fairest Maid You injure me and your own hopes together To keep me in suspence I would as willingly Yield you my aid as you could haste to ask it For the bleâ—â— subject of your fair opinion Amio. I do not doubt your goodnesse pardon the throng Of all my tedious griefs Know then You best of Princesses for sure his name Has reach'd your ears the unhappy Mironault That much deserv'd to live is like to fall By bloody and unworthy hands Prin. O Phylena I 'me lost aside In that beauty is all my comfort buried Phyl. Madam what do you mean Madam for heaven's sake why Madam Prin. I prethee let me go thou art too cruâ—ll I shall enjoy peace undisturb'd hereafter Phyl. But hear her out and do but search the truth Then I will let you die I would not for the world Any should guesse the cause Prin. Alas Phyl. Why if they do they cann't condemn the grief Prin. O Phylena when Love has entred in the outward Forts Yet there is still a small reserve of Reason Which Love laughs at rather than thinks it worth His rage or storming for he knows it must Perish and starve when the râ—lief Of all the nobler Faculties are kept out By the insuiting Conqueror who 〈◊〉 All the attempts I 〈◊〉 would make against him Amio. I see I am decrâ—ed to all misfortunes she speaks as no minded That I should now disturb you too who heaven knows I willingly would please Why do you turn Away your head How often have I heard His prayers sent to heaven for your joys Tâ—at now denies to look upon his woes I 'le kneâ—l again for in such a cause It were impiety to 〈◊〉 successe lesse Nothing but Seas and Winds are deaf to prayers And Beasts to mercy who would expect A hidden â—orm in undisturbed skies Or in that clearer breast a cruelty If you deny I 'le grow a fixed Monument Still to upbraid your rigour Prin. O Phylena why do you let me languish In her beauty dwells an undoing lustre Phyl. What mean you Madam can you believe The world can shew a subject for your jealousie Amio. I see I grow a trouble I durst have sworn You had been more charitable How often have I heard The now unpittied Mironault affirm You were the treasure of this world's perfections And wondred any thing but your fair self Should know what joys were Perhaps you too Believe as much or else you could not think All his unpittied miseries are just Had Nature Given you a Brother and your early loves Blest undisturb'd from Nature's â—ruitfull Cradle You would have begg'd as now His hopelesse sister does But sure I should have pittied more And yet perhaps our interests makes us partiall Yes I could wish I had your power to try Phyl. Now Madam Prin. Forgive me gentle Maid it was the power Of thy told griefs that seiz'd my faculties And left me able
Sir Kin. Look here Symathocles this Amazon has begg'd it Sym. She does the better Sir if there be danger From her fair name we all shall fight in safety Kin. Well take your course on more intelligence Move as you please Exit King Sym. Excellent Princesse How happy I am now to be your Soldier Let those be judge that would be sure of victory So fair a Cause fought by so fair a Generall Can never be forsaken By Victory or Fortune Prin. I thank you Sir nor can I think my self Lesâ—e happy in so brave a Soldier if you please For to dispatch before for some intelligence Wee 'l instantly away Sym. With all speed Madam Exit Syma Manent Princess Amione Amio. Excellent Princesse Which way to tell you all my heart returns I know not the gods in blessings thank you Who still assist the innocent and mean Because they made them so Prin. I thank you gentle Maid from hence my friend You cannot cheat my confidence you 'l deserve it So does your Brother all my best assistance I reckon it my happinesse to procure Your joyes and safety than I may then Have mine more perfect Amio. Now all the powers defend they should not be You never sure broke yet an houres repose With a disâ—turbing dream in that calme harbour All thoughts have been secur'd from storm May they be ever so Prin. Thy brother's cause deserves as much as that A thousand blushes stop me aside Besides thou mayest be much deceived the shipâ— wrack past The calmest waters may concead thâ— fate As well as the insulting waves Amionâ— weeps Why docst thou weep Amio. To hear you have been sad O Madam Pardon me to say Amundiscerned power Joynes my 〈◊〉 to your grief Forgive me that I cannot chuse but dare To accompany you in any thing There 's something tells me that I ought to lovâ— you More then the world does yet that 's very much Prin. When I first saw thee dearest maid I could have sworn as much And yet thou didst not please me thon Come I shall disturb thee 't is on unkindnesse Not to be pardon'd to let thee share my griefs Amio. Now you afflict me more Is there a way To be a friend and stranger to your breast Though 't is ambition to be an humble one 'T is vertue not your greatnesse crowns my wishes And I shall fear that you will think me only A friend to that or else not worth the other Prin. I do not doubt thy Love the story will Disturb me when I tell it perhaps thee And yet it must return to me unhelpt Amio. How do you know the meanest thing in nature May bring an unexpected aid Gyants that passe And lets the obstacles alone do lesse Then dwarfs that do remove them as they are Shut in your breast fed with that pretious food How can they ever starve they may at last Consume your stock of joyes he does like you That would defend within a fair built Fort His enemies against his pressing friends And patiently destroyed by those he saved If you believe me worthy the gods have then Finish't their parts for they decreed us most To one anothers aid So to encrease Our joyes that way and lessen all our cares For still imparted comforts do increase And grief divided to a friend grows lesse Our natures too are like o're charged springs Willing to vent themselves and so are you Had I but as much worth as you have trouble Prin. I am not proof against thy perfect kindnesse I will keep nothing from thee but be sure You quickly understand me my blushes too Will tell thee half the storie what dos't guesse Amio. That you should have no cares Prin. Can love have any Amio. What in this world shall ever be so happy I hope it is not that Prin. And why Amio. A thousand times I have heard my brother pray That day might never be I wish as he does too Prin. Your Brother would not have me then How innocent she is aside Amio. He thinks it were unreasonable That one alone should make the world unhappy Weighing their own misfortunes from his joy's I hope it is not that Prin. 'T is that I swear Love has caused all my trouble And if thy brother thinks me such a blessing Why doth not he then wish it Amio. Alas he dares not welcome such a thought He onely dares to wish none else should have you But who must be so happy Prin. Your Brother Amio. Madam Prin. Wonder no more I could have told When I first saw thee that me-thought I lov'd thee As I would do a sister yet I was jealous too Nay I shall blush as much as thou canst wonder Yet he deserves my Love sure you did then Read a confusion in me and I am still Disorderd by my fears Amio. O Madam Pardon me to say the gods have justly so Decreed that it should be for I have heard Him sit and please himself with stories of you Till he has made his griefs too monstrous And I thought then too prodigall of comfort Yet now I think 't was all but due to you And though I am turnd of his religion too And can think nothing superstition in 't Yet you may spare the sacrifice Prin. Sweetest maid I have some reason to believe he loves me He cannot sure dissemble Wert thou ne're yet in love Amio. Never Prin. Pray that thou never mayst or that it ne're Have fears for it's Companions night will wear Disturbing blacknesse and not quiet shades The light will be too cheerfull whilst you fare Like an impatient Sea-man that would faâ— Attain the Port the gentlest calm Makes mad and crossing storms disturbs But from our own experience thus we raise Advices that are chid and and scorn'd by Fate Who oftnest sends what we least wish and makes What we most cover most unfortunate But now to his relief for time Persues his course with an impartiall haste And my revenge must sit upon his wings You Powers above what now is just assist Their thoughts were poor that trifled time and wisht Exeunt ACT. 3. SCEN. 1. Enter Mironault Solus Miro TO be still subject to calamities We all must bear yet not esteem it hard Our frailty sets this odds from higher powers And their dis-orders are appeas'd by ours It is a hard injunction of the gods To set our natures and our selves at odds When they afflict though due unto our crimes Yet they give to the nature that repines Though if we use it well none but they give That blessing that we are displeas'd to live 'T was life first cousned man and did entice By knowledge its fair gift to cheat him twice Man was a happy stranger to himself When he believ'd his ignorance his wealth Did these Extreams our knowledge ne're employ VVe should have lesse of cares though lesse of joy For in the mind they never gain a height From their own natures but each others weight
in the dust But for my new design ha 't is odd To throw my self into the power of them As if 't were meannesse or something poorer fear Yet let it dye Studies Enter Amione Hyp. Pys. Ha she comes A Persian's cold devotion thus Receives new warmness from the rising Sun It must be so He that would hide Love kindled once within Rakes but his fire up to keep it in Hyp. We take our leaves now Madam for we see There 's one attends you from the Lord Phylanter Exe. Hip. Pysan Phyl. Madam my Lord Phylanter sent me hither In his own language to present you Safety Great as you merit Amio. I thank you Sir he has obliged me nobly Had he forgot his crimes I should forget He were an enemy Phyl. He bid me tell you farther That he had waited on you here himself But that he fear'd to injure your fair eyes That should be onely pleas'd with welcom objects Amio. Ha perish you easie thoughts that start aside At hearing of that name yet when you think of him I may forgive you if you then Frighten your selves And yet it may be Love ruines of Love And lightning are alike For what would willingly resist They both consume I shall attend you Sir If you please to lead the way Exeunt ACT 5. SCEN. 4. Enter Albertus Lycespes Albert. COntinue still worthy Lycespes To let him know repentance needs no blushes Or that 't is necessary for Fate or us To persue cruell actions yet with a gentle hand That no distraction mingle with his nature For he is young and youth's unsetled furie Is ready still to act Lyc. I have Sir with a gentle hand Toucht all the storie of this madnesse And find him too like an experienc't gamster Asham'd to have been cheated but resolv'd Wisely no more to venture at that game Our whole designs must needs therefore now Aime but to bring us off and yet prepare Not to want courage in the meanest Fortune Albert. 'T is all that can be said in our Conditions In order therefore to our sad affairs Wee 'le instantly dispatch a Trumpet To offer fair conditions or any thing That may not sound like mercy from another That 's an unworthy way to adde To other's fames in ruining our own And yet our whole desires shall be low Indeed they must for the extremity Of every unresisted Fate makes poor Their thoughts that were as rich before Exeunt ACT. 5. SCEN. 5. Enter Phylanter Amione Amio. YOu have now Sir performed that civill part That alwies shall enforce me to esteem The Lord Phylanter and may this Sir Tell you my thanks She offers him money Phyl. Madam reward can not be due To this small service though I may do What may perhaps seem to deserve Something of that nature but I must first Desire you to prepare for to believe Not ill of him that thinks your wrongs Deserve devotions greater than his trust Amio. What mean you Sir Phyl. Would it not be worth a reward at least That you might have within your power The ease of all your hard misfortunes Amio. Certainly 't were the sound bears greater joy Than possibility Phyl. I know sometimes that Treason seems But ugly in the justest cause Though I believe that never yet A power like yours commanded it Amio. Still I understand you not pray to the matter Phyl. To be short then know Phylanter loves you Your seeming kindnesse will have power To draw him where you please for to my breast He has committed all his thoughts And bid me judge when I should see you Whether he had not cause for all his passions Indeed he has so much his crimes are greater Nor is it more injustice to his trust Than due to you to tell you if you please That I may bear some feigned kindnesse from you I 'me sure 't will bring him any where That you may easily surprise him Amio. But do you think he has lost his reason so To trust himself without his guards And his surprisall then will not be easie Phyla Alas his reason 's like an helplesse friend Left and forsaken and nothing but your name Must be forgiven that would attempt to lessen His thoughts from what he has done you need not fear He can be over-wise that loves so much Nor will his reason tell him that 't is due To all his kindnesse Amio. Nor is it sure Phyl. But to his former storie 't is and present actions For though repentance onely at your name Has power in his thoughts yet he contemns To have that Virtue on a meaner score His crimes to all the world besides continue Amio. And they may better be the punishers Phyl. I grant you were it in their power As 't is in yours and they would then Do sure as much for you 'T is but the least command from you My life on 't I bring him where you think best He may be with moâ—t case surpris'd Amio. But should not you consider That though this punishment be due from me The treacherie's unjust in you aside How much it is the businesse of mankind To make a bargain for their honesty Whilest she turns away and speaks he throws off his disguise and â—ays his sword drawn with the hilt towards her And yet not think how little that will yield To others which they make so cheap Man 's like a barren and ingratefull soil That seldom pays the labour of manuring How has Philanter injured him or I obliged him That I could at first upon a lesser score Share with his crimes and on a meaner now Basely dislike as if his choice were just Whose equall ease accepts and forfeits trust I 'le tell him too 't is base how fain would Love Tell his own story through a nobler cause And blushes sure as well as I. It should be for Phylanter Ha! Deceive me not fond eyes it cannot be she turns and sees him I owe amazement now so much It must arrest me Phyl. Wonder not fair Amione nor fear I 'le beg your pitty that contemn my own And yet for many reasons think I love you Though I believe my time will hardly give Me leave to reckon them Onely consider That I durst here avow it I could have faln It s true as nobly with my fellows But much more happier here I would have weigh'd it too More leisurely in reason's scales till a thought Of you broke in and ended the dispute I have at my own rate procured my happinesse Nor have I done lesse sure for you 't is the first service And likely too to be the last I e're shall do you Amio. O Phylanter you should not trust Revenge and all your crimes at once In any power though I perhaps Shall fear to be a murtherer so to make My self as bad as you Phyl. Why I confesse I willingly Would be as good as you but that 's a lesson Hardly to be learn'd and yet it looks Much like the way to
smiles His fame most presseth his declining state And former glories add unto the weight Too hasty now his early fame he found And blames those wreaths with which his Youth was crown'd Of Pontick or Corycian Victories Now when he thinks his flaming blushes rise Thus greatest minds consuming Age destroys And Life survives our Empires and our Joys Unlesse life with those joys together flow And a swift fate prevent ensuing woe To Fortune Shame succeeds In the best state Let none conâ—ide unlesse prepar'd for Fate Another instance of the mutability of Fortune was that great Souldier Hannibal whose prophetick spirit was sensible of this almost fatall necessity as we may see in that incomparable speech which Livy maketh him speak to Scipio advising not to trust the gods and Fortune too farre telling him that what Scipio was then himself had been after the battels at Trasâ—emene and Cannae and that Fortune had never yet deceived him Thus he spake to move his enemy to accept peace conceiving no argument of more force then the consideration of the vicissitude of human affairs And his words though then flighted Scipio himselfe afterwards found true and had sad experience both of the inconstancy of Fortune and of the ingratitude of his Country To these I might adde the examples of Marius Caesar and infinite others out of the stories of former â—imes with more prodigious ones of our own age Habet has vices conditio mortalium saith Pliny in his excellent Panegyrick ut adversa ex secundis ex adversis secunda nascantur Occultat utrorumque semina Deus plerunque bâ—norum malorumque causae sub diversa specie latent The condition of mortalls hath these changes that adversity should spring out of prosperity and prosperity out of adversity The sâ—eds of both God concealeth and for the most part the causes of good and evill things lie hid under a different species Herodotus relateth how Amasis King of Aegypt counselled his friâ—â—â— Polycrates King of Samos That he should interrupt the course of his â—elicity by casting quite away something that he held most dear and the losse wherèof would most afflict him Plutarch De consol ad Apollonium telleth us that Theramenes one of the thirty Tyrants at Athens being at Supper with many friends the house where they were suddenly fell down and he onely escaped Many upon this gave him the name of Happy But he crying out asked For what sadder death Fortune had reserved him And indeed the Torments he endured before his end added him to the nâ—mber of those examples which serve to admonish prosperous persons of the uncertainty of their Estate Seneca Troad act 2. Violenta nemo imperia continuit diu Moderata durant Quóque forâ—una altiâ—s Evexit ac levavit human as opes Hâ—c se mag â—s supprimere felicem decet Variósque casus tremere metuentem Deos Nimiùm faventes None violent Empires long enjoy secure They 're moderate conditions that endurâ— When Fortune raiseth to the greatest height The happy man should most suppresse his state Expecting still a change of things to find And fearing when the gods appear too kind It is an excellent Character that Macrobius giveth of Fortitude Tolerare fortiter vel adversa vel prospera To bear with courage either adverse or prosperous Fortune in Somn. Scipionis l. 1. c. 8. And perhaps it may aime at our sense In the best condition without distemper to exspect the worst This dreading invidiam Numinis was the cause why that mighty Emperour Augustus used once a year cavam manum asses porrigentibus praebere as Suâ—tonius in his Life relateth c. 91. To beg with his open or hollow hand the most opprobrious way of begging On which place see learned Casâ—ubon giving reasons from the generally received opinion thus elegantly expressed by Erasmus in his Philodoxus Saepe mecum admirari soleo seu Fortunae seu Naturae e invidentiam quae nihil omnino commodi largitur mortalibus quod non aliquo temperet incommodo i. e. I have often wondred with my self at the envy either of Fortune or Nature who never dispense things convenient to mankind which are not tempered with some inconvenience For this Philip of Macedon kept a Youth whose office was every Morning thrice to salute him thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Philip thou artâ—a man Aelian var. hist. l. 8. c. 15. I will end all with a passage of Diodorus Siculus Biblioth hist. lib. 3. Thus rendered by Merick Casaubâ—n in his Cause of evils Neverthelesse God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hath not afforded unto men any entire happinesse without some blemish or envy but to these his blessings he hath annexed somewhat that is hurtfull which might serve to admonish them who through continuance of worldly blessings are wont to grow into a contempt of the Gods Whether our Poet had an eye to this opinion I cannot say Certainly his words seem to look that way and so my discourse is excused from impert inency 195. Pholoe A woody mountain of Arcadia having a Town of its own name Plin. l. 4. c. 6. 207. So tired Castor Statius here compareth Achilles to Castor whose beauty he maketh as bright as his own starre He and Pollux were the sons of Tyndarus and Leda And their amity was so great that they never differed either in matter of Power or Counsell For which Hyginus saith Iove translated them into Stars Servius in Aeneid 6. saith that Helen and Pollux were begotten by Iupiter in the shape of a Swan and from him drew immortality but that Castor was the son of Tyndarus and so mortall but by the extream kindnesse of his brother and the concession of Iupiter mortalitv and immortality was equally divided betwixt them Virgil Aen. 6. Sic fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit The fable arose from the Stars one whereof ever riseth at the setting of the other as if the fare and fall of one redeemed his fellow That these brethren were ever watchfull for the Roman Common-wealth Valerius Maximus proveth by many examples lib 1. c. 8. Also Pluâ—arch in the Life of Paulus Aemylius relateth their meeting of L. Domitius and how they gave him in charge to make known to the Senate and people of Rome that they were victorious which as yet they were uncertain of And then as Suetonius in the beginning of Nero's life writeth though Plutarch mentioneth it not to evidence their Divinity they changed his hair fâ—om Black to Red. And thence came the name of Aenobarbus which continued to one of the greatest families in Rome 216. Sings the acts of Heroes Maturantius saith it was a custom among the Greeks to sing the actions of famous persons to the end that others might be inflamed to a generous imitation of them So Scipio was excited to great aâ—chievements by gazing on Statues erected to the memory of renowed men Musick was ever much honoured Epaminondas among other things was famous for it Iacobus Crucius in lib.
winding Ivy crown'd If Bacchus in these Ornaments was dress'd And Jove himself nor Ceneus mind depress'd Thereby then suffer thus at my desire Th' appointed time Fate threatneth to exspire Then I 'le restore thee to the Centaur's cave By all the joyes and glory youth can have I do conjure thee now If I for thee Shar'd with a Mortall my Divinity If by the Stygian arming waves I stood And dip'd I wish all o're thee in the flood Suffer thy selfe thus now to be conceal'd The mind 's not hurt with what the body 's heal'd Why dost thou frown and turn away thy face Needst thou to blush Is gentlenesse disgrace By our known streams I do assure thee too Chiron nor doth nor shall know what we doo His breast in vain she tries where rougher seeds Were sown and stories of his Father's deeds Thus a proud horse with vigorous blood inflam'd And heat of youth contemneth to be tam'd But doth through fields and unto rivers flie O'rejoy'd with his affected liberty He scorns to yield to the restraining Bitt And wondreth at his fellows that submit What God with craft inspir'd the Mother's mind And unto softnesse her rough Son inclin'd By chance to Pallas on the shore that day The Syrians did their sacred offerings pay Hither the King with his fair daughters came Though seldome seen unto the holy flame The image of the rigid Pow'r they crown'd With fragrant wreaths her spear with garlands bound All wrondrous fair Their youthfull blossoms grâ—w Now like ripe fruit as fit for gathering too But as the Sea-nymphs are by Venus looks Excell'd by Cynthia's those of lesser brooks So from her Sisters such lov'd victories Were challenged by bright Deidamia's eyes Her rosy looks did vanquish'd Jewels shame And on her purple garments threw a flame She might compare with Pallas when she takes Her gentlest looks and layes aside her snakes At this fair Object the fierce Youth remains Fix't like a Statue and receiv'd Love's flames Nor would th' insulting passion be conceal'd His sparkling eyes the inward fire reveal'd Like 〈◊〉 Massagetans red liquor mixt With milk or purple stains on ivory fixt Such mixture his new kindled passions bred His checks now pale but straight with blushing red At length not brooking to be so delay'd Th' advancing Youth was by his Mâ—ther stay'd Like a young Bull to rule tâ—e herd design'd His horns not yet with full perfection twin'd When Love first kindleth in his savage brâ—ast Those ruder passions for some snowy beast He somes at mouth whilest th' exspecting swains Joy at the certain witnesse of his flames His knowing Mothâ—r finding the fit time Was now thus said Canst thou dear Son repine With this fair crue to share unknown delights Can Pelion or cold Ossa shew such sights Oh that my cares were thine that thou would'st give A young Achilles in mine arms to live At this with blushes gentler he remain'd And though he yielded yet she still constrain'd A womans dresse doth now the youth enclose And his strong arms he learns how to compose His hair 's not now neglected as before And on his neck she hangs the chain she wore Within rich robes his-steps confâ—ned now Move in a gentler pace and he 's taught how To speak with a reserved modesty Thus changing Wax which nimble fingers plie First rendered soft by active heat inclâ—â—es Unto that form the workman's hand designes So Thetis to another shape convey'd Her Son Nor needed she to what she said Have added more For in his beauty too All things appear'd which to the sex were due Yet as they went along she still renews Her words and hâ—r instructions thus pursues Dear Child in gentle looks compose thy face And imitate each motion and each grace Thou seest these beauties wear or else I fear Unto the King our cous'nage may appear This said still as they go some Ornament Her busie fingers mend Thus Cynthia went From hunting with her Mother toil'd with sport And with her quiver to her Father's Court Her arms now hid her garments losely flow'd And in a better form her hair bestow'd Then to the King her Son the goddesse brings And thus the Altars witnessing begins Receive Achilles Sister as thy guest Are not her Brothers looks in hers express'd She in her quiver and her bow delights And like the Amazons scorns marriage-rites Achilles is enough to be enjoy'd By me Let this in these rites be employ'd Let thy best care of her allay my fears Errors are incident to tender years Let her not rove the woods nor Gymnick game Frequent lest with her cloathes she put off shame Let her still live with this fair company Nor ever let thy sâ—ores unguarded lie Thou saw'st the Trojans lately without cause Did violate the world 's observed Laws This said the unknown Youth the King receives Who finds out fraud when 't is a God deceives And further rendreth all his thanks as just To her who thought him worthy such a trust The pious troup with fixed eyes amaz'd Upon his beauty and proportion gaz'd So much excelling others then invites Their company unto their sacred rites So the Idalian birds that nimbly flye Through yielding air in a known company If to the flock a stranger joyn his wings He with himself an admiration brings At last acquainted all with joy receave The stranger and the aire together cleave The lingring Mother still yet loth to part Now takes her leave repeating all the art She taught before and what she more could tell And with her whispered wishes bids Farewell Then takes the waves her looks still backward bends And to the shore these gentle wishes sends Dear earth which hold'st my dearest joy to thee Committed with a fearfull subtilty Be ever happy and in silence just To me as Creet to Rhea in her trust Long may thy glories last and may thy name Grow greater then the wandring Delos fame Lesse hurt by storms then all the Cyclades That break the billows of th' Aegean seas Let thy name be the Sailer's sacred vow Yet to thy shores no Grecian ships allow Tell Fame with thee no warlike spears are found But headlesse ones with Ivy-garlands Crown'd Whilst Mars the parted Worlds such rage doth give Here let Achilles like a Virgin live ANNOTATIONS on the II Book of STATIUS his ACHILLEIS 5. THrace Thetis considering with her self whither she might with most safety convey her Son in the first place feared Thrace conceiving that it would be an hastening of his destiny to commit him to that warlick people Whose Country received its name from the son of Mars or as Stephanus saith à regionis asperitate quam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Graeci appellant So Pomponius witnesseth that this Region is obliged neither by aire nor soil especially near the Sea The roughnesse of the place wrought a like disposition in the Inhabitants And hence haply it is said that Mars was here nourished It is confined on the West by
saith were open places and calleth them Proseuchas Of which Juvenal Sat. 3. 296. In quaâ—e quaero proseucha On which words the Scholiast and Lubine say Proseucha signifieth a place where Beggars use to inhâ—biâ— For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is Orare to beg or pray Yet the Scholiast immediately addeth Est Proseucha locus Iudaeorum ubi orant Mr. Mede also citeth a place of Philo Iudaeus in his de legat ad Caâ—um where he commendeth the exceeding clemency of Augustus Caesar in allowing the Jewes their Proseucha's But he denieth not but that under that name Philo comprehendeth Synagogues also Politian Miscell cap. 30. saith the word is used pro Templo Synagoga Judaeorum Some held the Jewes had no Synagogues before the Captivity and their reason perhaps is the silence of the Scripture which mentioneth them not till the Jewes were returned from Babylon This Mr. Mede taketh notice of and letteth it passe for currant But as for Proseucha or consecrated Groves he proveth them to be near as antient as Joshuah shewing the Oak of Shechem to have been such an one and not a single Tree as the common interpretation rendreth it That Trees were in these Proseucha's may be gathered from another place of Philo cited by the same wâ—â—thy Author where relating the outrage of the Gentiles at Alexandria against the Jewes there dwelling in the time of Caius he saith Of â—â—me of the Proseucha's they cut down the Trees others they demolished to the very foundations This also is implied by that of Juvenal Sat. 6. 542. Arcanam Iudaea tremens mendicat ad aurem Interpres legum Solymarum magna sacerdos Arboris And Sat. 3. 12. he complaineth that the Jews had leave to live in the wood which had been sacred to the Mâ—ses Whence this joyning of Trees and Jews together but from their having their Proseucha's ordinarily set with them I could set down many Texts of Scripture which directly distinguisheth between these Groves and Temples as Psal. 74. 7. though not rendred so in the Vulgar Translation So Gen. 13. 4. it is said that Abraham went unto the place of the altar which he had made at first and there called on the name of the Lord. Which is explained by Gen. 21. 33. a place expresse to our purpose And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord the everlasting God Luk 6. 12. we meet with one of these praying-places There it is said of Jesus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He went out into a mountain to pray and continued there all night praying to God So Beza rendreth the place Abiit in monâ—em ad precandum pernoctavit illic precans Deum which certainly will not seem a just interpretation to any eyes but it would be much more genuinely translated in proseucha Dei than taking 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for a Genitive case of the Object in precatione ad Deum And in this sense withoâ—t doubt the word is to be understood Act. 16. 16. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—untibus nobis ad proseucham or locum orationis Beza here also translateth it ad precationem But v 13. it is said that Paul and his company went on the Sabbath day out of the city Philippi by a river side where prayer was wont to be made If the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be here taken for prayer neverthelesse it importeth a place where it was used and that by a river's side And it could not be a Temple because they went out of the city to it and Temples always stood in Cities Therefore I judge the word most properly to be taken for a place that is a Proseucha or grove These Daemons taught the Gentiles in imitation of the Jews to use such places of devotion Hâ—rein abominable ceremonies were practiseâ— as frequently appeareth in Scriptuâ—e and therefore were they forbidden See Isa. 57. 5. Hos. 4. 13. Ezek 6. 13. Thus much of Groves Now for â—acchus and his rites I â—â—all first set down the Fable which hath more reflexion on the truth than is generally conceived The Poets say that Semele desiring to embrace Iupiter as Iuno was wont and being burnt for her ambitioâ—s appetite Iupiter caught his little imperfect Infant fâ—om within her and having sewed it up within his own thigh kept it there till the time was compleat that it should have lien in the womb Then issuing forth he was bred up by Nymphs and became the inventer of Wine Of which see Eusebius de prâ—eparat Evang. lib. 2. cap. 2. who there speaketh of another Bacchus the son Iupiter and Proserpine much antienter than the son of Semele But this is rather from others fancies than from proofs either of his own or theirs As little will it be necessary to take notice of the endeavouts of Macrobius to make Bacchus all one with Apollo Sat. l. 1. c. â—8 Which opinion is condemned by Eâ—sebius de praepar Evang. l. 3. c. 13. It will be onely in some small manner convenient to take some sleight notice of some Physicall applications of the Fable Bacchus they say was feigned to proceed from his father's thigh because Vines prosper best in a warm soil His lips were anointed with Hony by the daughter of Aristaeus for the Antients held Wine a friend to Eloquence He continueth still young for Wine preserveth the heart from cares which are a greater cause of wrinckles and gray hairs than age Hence also was he called Liber Other reasons of which name see in Plutarch Quâ—st Roman qu. 25. Many other appellations of his see in Ovid Metam l. 4. Aelian Vâ—r. hist. l. 3. c. 41. Alex. ab Alex. l. 6. c. 4. Natal Com. l. 5. c. 13. Pier. Hieroglyph l. 27. Gyrald Syntaâ—m 8. All which having no relation to the truth I forbear to meddle with For declaring who Bacchus was and what his rites and ceremonies were I hold it reqâ—isite to shew who Saturn the â—ather of Iove was by whom Bacchus was begotten and herâ—iâ— I shall wholly follow learned Bochartus Saturn he accurately proveth to be Noah Foâ— as the Scripture styleth a Souldier a man of war Josh. 5. 4. a murderer a man of blood 2 Sam. 16. 7. c. so it styleth Noah onely a man of the earth that is an Husbandman Which title Saturn had and was as Noah believed the first planter of Vineyards Therefore to him they attribute the use of the Reap-hook and picture him with one Plutarch Quaest. Rom. 42. Macrob. Saturn l. 1. c. 7 10. And as if Noah by his being a man of tâ—e earth had indeed married the eaâ—th Saturn was said to 〈…〉 huâ—band of Rhea which seemeth to be derived of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to flow an â— signified the earth which is the seat of moisture For according to antient Philosophers all Rivers are generated and have their courses under-ground This Virgil sheweth Georgâ— 4. who saith That when Aristaeus was admitted into his
Priests of Bacchus cut themselves in honour of Liber or Bacchus Thus have I made it appear that the worship of Bacchus was exactly the same with his father Jupiter's and both no other than that of Heroes and Daemons And herein was there an imitation of the worshippers of the true God as may be gathered from Ier. 41. 5. There came certain men from Shechem from Shiloh and from Samaria even fourscore men having thâ—ir beards shâ—ven and their clothes rent and having cut themselves with offerings and incense in their hand to bring them to the house of the Lord. And because the Lord saw that this would be converted to Daemon-worship it was therefore perhaps forbidden in the above-quoted places of Leviticus and Deut. 14. 1. 254. Doth not Sperchios A river in Thessalie to which Peleus promised his son Achiâ—â—es his hairs if he returned safe from the Trojan war Maturantius saith it was a custom to offer the hair of Youths to the gods of Rivers because moisture is the cause of encrease But I read of no such custom I have rather given an understanding of this in the precedent Note where I shewed that the cutting off of hair was a sacred ceremony performed to Heroes or Daemons And no River antiently being thought to be without a Deity Peleus vowed the hairs of Achilles to Sperchios that is he promised he should be worshipped by him with the performance of that Daemon-rite And these words of Achilles which Homâ—◠〈…〉 maketh Achilles speak over the body of his dear Patroclus shew that Peleus had built Temples to Sperchios 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In vain Sperchios Peleus vow'd to thee At my return to Greece these Locks from me Besides a Hecatomb should then be paid And on thine altars fifty Weathers laid Near to those fountains where thy Temple 's rais'd And odors on thy fragrant altars b'az'd So Peleus vow'd But he 's unsatisfiâ—d And since my â—ountry I am now deni'd For ever thâ—se hairs to the Stygian shade In my Patioclâ—s hand shall be conveyâ—d This said in his friends hand his hair he press'd Whilst every one affected grief express'd Alexander ab Alexandro lib. 5. cap. 25. saith This Ceremony was performed by the Delian Youths and Maids over the Hyperborean Virgins the Men laying their hair on the Sepulchers the Virgins upon the Tombs And lib. 3. cap. 7. that it was used by the Barbarians not onely in â—unerals but in any great adversity and that the Persians at funerals non â—antum seipsos sed equos jumenta tondebant But that the Romans and the Greeks were wont for expressing their grief to let their hair grow and onely their women to shave theirs Hence it appeareth that the Antients thought it the greatest expression of grief to take away those Ornaments which they preserved in conditions of better satisfaction That which he saith of the Greeks is to be understood of the later Greeks who by letting their hair grow long did expresse an alteration from content And because that could be no expression in women they still â—etained the old custom of cutting off their hair In these later times it hath been usuall to neglect our selves when the World or Fortune have seemed unkind to us letting our hair grow to rudenesse and undecency quitting vanity upon no other cause but misfortune nor ceasing to care for our selves till Fortune appear carelesse of us â—04 Lucina Juno and Lucina are taken for the same Macrob. Saturn l. 1. c. 15. And Alexander ab Alex. lib. 6. c. 4. giveth Juno the name of Lucina and Opigena quòd parturientibus opem ferat Therefore haply was she held the goddesâ—e of Marriage Viâ—g Aen. 4. 59. Iunoni ante omnes cui vinc'la jugalia curae and â—uno most of all Propiâ—ious to the marriage-thrall And after ver 166. et pronuba Iuno But the confusion of the names of the Heathen gods I will not here stand upon having spoken something thereof else-where The etymology of Lucina Ovid thus deliveteth Fastor l. 2. dedit haec tibi nomina Lucus Aut quia principium tu dea lucis habes Parce precor gravidis facilis Lucina pâ—ellis Maturumque utero molliter aufer onus From sacred groves they thee Lucina call Or else because thou givest light to all Spare kindest goddesse every teeming Maid And gently too their fruitfull wombs unlade Mr. Selden Syntagm de Astoreth condemneth those who seek the etymology 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Lucina from the Greek and he deriveth 〈◊〉 from the Arabick word Alileth which signifieth Night The 〈◊〉 also from Lailah that is Night called this goddesse Lilith which may be rendred Noctiluca or Nocturnus daemon To keep this Daemon away from women in travell the Jews at this day are wont to write this charm on the walls of the chambers where they are ADAM CHAVAH CHUTZ LILITH Be far hence Lilith Perhaps the Moon was adored by women in that condition by reason that it maketh their labours easier when it is at the full Ier. 7. 18. she is called the Queen of heaven The women knead their dough to make cakes to the Queen of heaven Some testimony of that custom remaineth in these days cakes being still commonly made at such times and the children themselves being called by the name of Cake-bread The Fourth BOOK The Argument The Grecians at the last Achilles find Who is betray'd to what the fates design'd Fair Deidamia mourns her Love with tears Whose theft had more of joy though more of fears ULysses now through the Aegean seas Chang'd as he pass'd the scattered Cyclades Olearos and Paros hid they by Lâ—mnos next sail and lessen as they flye The Isle of Naxos Samos bigger grew And Delos made the Ocean lesse in view Here they with offerings did the God implore For to confirm what Calchas told before Apollo heard From Cynthus-top kind gales Ended their doubts and stretch'd their swelling sails Their ship in safety rode For Iove forbid Thetis to strive to hinder what Fate did Who griev'd she could not being so confin'd On loath'd Ulysses throw waves swell'd with wind Now Phoebus near his journeyâ—'s end arrives And to the waves his sweating Horses drives When Scyros shew'd Ulysses bids them all Furl up their sails At his Command they fall And with united strength to reach the shores The sinking wind the Youths supply with Oars Now all perceiv'd that Scyros they had found And saw the shore with Pallas Temple crown'd Leaving their Ship the Heroes went on shore And there the kind Tritonia they adore When wise Ulysses lâ—st the City might At sight of all his Troup receive affright Commands them all within the ship to stay Whilst they alone-attempt the rocky way But