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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92908	Troades Englished. By S.P.; Troades. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Pordage, Samuel, 1633-1691?	1660 (1660)	Wing S2527; Thomason E2128_2; ESTC R203504	54,854	140

tying of it up 13 His Ashes lick down They used rather then the Ashes of their Friends should come to any misfortune to bury them safe in their own bowells so Artemisia Queen of Halicarnassus serv'd the ashes of her Husband Mausolus which she drunk mixed with Wine Gellius lib. 10. Upon the Chorus 1 Tempe A pleasant Valley in Thessaly watered with the River Peneus 2 Phthia the Country of Achilles and the Myrmidons who went with him to the war of Troy being a very valiant people and at first sprung from Pismires at the Vote of Aeacus which Jupiter granted because his land was laid wast by a Pestilence Ovid Met. 7. parcum genus est patiensque laborum Quaesitique tenax quod quaesita reservet A people given to spare Patient of Labour what they get preserve 3 Trachin A very stony Countrey by the Mount Oeta 4 Jolcos The Countrey of Jason who ventur'd for the Golden Fleece 5 Or hundred citied Crete An Island at the Mouth of the Aegean Sea famous for an hundred Cities therefore called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} now Candia 6 Gortyne A Town in Crete 7 Tricca A Town in Thessaly 8 Methony A City in Thrace 9 Oetian Woods from the Mount Oeta where Hercules burnt himself 10 Olenus A Town of Elis a Country of Greece watered by the River Alpheus 11 Pleuron Diana's Enemy A City of Aetolia the Country of Meleager whose Father Oeneus when he had sacrificed to other Gods and omitted the rites of Diana she incensed sent a great a Bore who spoyl'd all the Country but was slain at last by Meleagrus 12 Troezen A Maritimate of Peloponesus the Country of Theseus 13 Peleon A Town of Thessalie whose denomination is from the Mountain Peleon the Country of Protheus a Grecian Captain against Troy 14 The third Step It is fabl'd that when the great Gygantomachy was that they heaped one Mountain upon another to come at heaven the first was Pelion upon which they threw Ossa the next was Olympus See Ovid Met. 1. 15 Chiron One of the Centaures very skilful in Medicine and Chyrurgery whose habitation was in this place where he became the Schoolmaster to 16 The Cruel youth Achilles who learned of him Medicine Musick and Horsemanship 17 Carystos An Island one of the Cyclades noted for Marble 18 Chalcis A City of Eubaea divided from Aulis in Baeotia by 19 Euripus the unquiet Sea which ebbs and flowes seven times in the space of twenty four hours Into this Sea Aristotle because he could not find out the cause cast himself with Quia Ego non possum capere te tu capia 〈…〉 me Because I cannot comprehend thee do thou take me 10 Echinae Or Echinides small Islands right against the mouth of the River Achelous 11 Gonvessa A Town in Aetolia 11 Enispae Islands in the Aegean 13 Ptrithados A Village by Attica a Country of Grece 24 Elusis A City not far from Athens from Elusius who kindly received Ceres when she sought after her Daughter Proserpina Here her Sacrifices were yearly performed called Hidden rites because they were performed in the Twy-light with Torches and only by Women whose mysteries it was a great crime to blab or reveal to any 25 Salamin An Island in the Euboick Sea opposite to Athens the Country of Ajax Telamonius 26 Calidonia A City in Aetolia where the Bore mentioned note 11. ranged 27 Bessa and Scarphe two Cities of Thessaly by which runs the River Titaressus 28 Pylus A Town in the West of Peloponesus the habitation of Nestor 29 Pharis A City of Laconia 30 Pisa A City of Elis under the protection of Jove 31 Elis A Country of Greece and also a Town in that Country where the Olympic gains were celebrated every fifth year 32 Sparta The Country of Helena a City in Peloponesus renowned for the Laws of Lycurgus 33 Argos A City in Peloponesus hard by Athens from which the Greecians were called Argolici 34 Pelops Mycena The Kingdome of Agamemnon once under the Regiment of Pelops Son to Tantalus from whom all that Region took its name Peloponesus in which this City stood 35 Nevitus A Mountain in Ithaca 36 Zacynthus An Island under the Government of Ulysses 37 Ithaca The Country of Ulysses an Island in the Ionian Sea full of sharp rocks Upon Act the fourth 1 Dardanian House from Dardanus the son of Jupiter and Electra the founder of Troy from whom as also the region about was call'd Dardania 2 Tethis the Wife of Oceanus the Ladies of the Sea were the Sea Nymphs who attended upon her 3 Thetis was the Wife of Peleus and the Mother of Achilles a great Sea-Goddesse also and could vary shapes at her pleasure See Ovid Met. lib. 11. 4 Peleus The Father of Achilles 5 Nereus The Son of Oceanus and Thetis a Sea God father to the Sea Nymphs of whom they were call'd Nereids 6 The ruine Pest and Plague she was the cause of the ruine and utter overthrow of famous Troy and the losse of many noble Greecians she was Virg. Trojae patriae Communis Erinnys Common Erinnys both to Greece and Troy 7 Thy Husbands Menelaus her former from whom Paris ravish'd her and Paris to whom she had been married 8 Nuptial Taxes It was the Custome of the Romans to use torches at their Weddings from which a certain clammy liquor like Tar issued out they were called Tedas from the tree Teda They were five in number which represented Jupiter Juno Venus Suadela and Lucina which were called the Nuptial or Conjugal powers for the help they afforded the new married Couple 9 Being Venus gift See Note 18. Act. 1. 10 O Paris hand that thus so lightly stroke Who had not wholly slain Achilles For Achilles being drawn into Troy under the prext of marrying Polyxena was slain by Paris 11 A gay troop of Children Some say she had 15 some say 22 others 50. 12 I only her call Childe She had also Cassandra living but she was not her companion being the Priestess of Apollo and so as it were none of hers And therefore she was to be free from the lot as not to have been accounted as among the spoyle but she was alotted to Agamemnon Achilles Arms That was to Vlysses who had the Armour of Achilles in possession being to him alotted by the Greeks from Ajax Telamonius which so enraged him that he slew himself Ovid Met. 13. Upon the Chorus 1 North west wind Corus in the Latin a wind usual in the Sicilian Seas which drives the waters on the Italian Coasts 2 Phryxus for Helles drowning raves When that the golden fleeced Ram Phryxus and Helle were the Children of Athamas King of Thebes and Nepheles their Mother being dead and Athamas having espoused Ino she playing the usual pranks of a Step-mother they were forc'd to fly and taking a golden fleeced Ram which was given them by their Father they adventured to swim over the narrow Freet between Europe

will according to my author finde this vocal Nymphs habitation to be at the foot of the hill or on the sides of the rock 8 Our wounds do flow with blood fresh Torn They did believe that humane blood was pleasing to the defunct which made them not onely use these Praeficae to teare their breasts but also the gladiators were brought into use who unmercifully shed one anothers blood 9 A Sconce for tyred Trojans Hector might be well call'd the safeguard of Troy for whilst he liv'd she was impregnable Virg. O lux Dardaniae spes O fidissima Tencrum O Dardan light O Troy's chief Confidence Hector Cum quo sua Troja sepulta est Conduntur pariter qui periere simul Hector with whom Troy's sepulcher'd they lye Together now who did together dye 10 Twice lost old man He was twice Captivated when a youth and being lead into Greece he was ransomed by his Sister Hesione 11 Thou living but one ill sustain That is by the Death of Hector the Kings Son now the King himself is slain 12 And twice abode th Herculean shaft Without the arrows of Hercules Troy could not have been conquer'd they were fatal to Troy Twice that is this last time and once before when Hercules subdued it See the 2 note of the first Act 13 At great Joves Altar See note 14. Act the first Virg. Aedibus in mediis nudoque sub aetheris axe Ingens ara suit Amid'st the Court under heav'ns Canopy An Altar stood c. 14 Thy Trunk Vir. Aen. 2. Jacet ingens littore Truncus Avulsumque humeris caput c. His body lyeth on the shore without a head Here Virgil alludes to the fall of Pompey whom our author follows 15 Neither Atrides Agamemnon and Menelaus both Sons to Atreus 16 Mycene A City of Peloponnesus built by Perseus in which Agamemnon the Captain general of the Greeks reigned 17 In the shade of th' Elysian wood The habitation of the blessed after death some suppos'd it to be in the Sphere of the Moon others placed it in the Atlantic or Fortunate Islands Homer in Spain Plutarch in Brittain It is supposed the Greeks borrowed their Elysium from the Egyptians who came to the Knowledg of it by the Hebrews so that it was answerable to their Paradise where Pious Souls received all the joys and pleasures annexed to the other life But the Poëts have described the pleasures of Elysium too sensually it may be as Mahomet did his Paradise not but that they knew better but knowing that such sensual descriptions would soonest take with vulgar Capacities Virg. Aenei 6. Devenere Locos laetos amaena vireta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas Largior hic Campis aether c. In joyful places they arriv'd at last And came to Groves where happy souls do rest In pleasant Greens the dwellings of the blest Here larger Skies did cloath the purple rayes The field c. Ogilvius Upon the second Act Scene the First 1 BOth to the war when the Grecians lay at Aulis a City of Baeotia ready to embarque themselves for Troy Agamemnon by chance kill'd Diana's Stag for which being wroth she stay'd their progress with contrary winds till Agamemnon was fain to appease her anger with the slaughter of his daughter Iphigenia on her Altar For which Sacrifice Ulysses was employ'd with his Craft to gain her from her mother which he did by beginning a Mariage betwixt her and Achilles But when she was ready to be Sacrific'd Victa dea est nubemque oculis objecit inter Ossicium turbamque sacri vocesque precantum Supposita fertur mutasse Mycenida Cerva Dian ' doth pity shew Who o're their eyes a cloudy meteor threw And while they prosecute her rites and pray'd Produc'd a hind to represent the Maid Ovid Met. 12. From thence by the Goddess she was conveyed to Taurica c. 2 The Sacred Grove on Ida Sacred to Cybele 3 The Gods below were Pluto Proserpina Minos Aeacus Rathamantus The Furies Parcae Hecate and others 4 Thessalian Prince Achilles 5 The Great Ghost which is meant either because that Ghosts as they held appeared in a larger Size than their bodies or it has respect to the Stature of Achilles which they say was nine Cubits high 6 The Proëm to Troys fatal fall which was when he encounter'd with and overcame Cisseus King of Thrace father to Hecuba and Telephus Prince of Mysia who were coming to the aid of Troy 7 Neptnnian Cycnus He was Nephew to Neptune and invulnerable as Ovid met 12. Removebitur omne Tegminis officium tamen indistrictus abibo Should I display My naked breast thy force could find no way Sand. However Achilles after a long sight throtl'd him with his Knees but his body was not to be found being Converted into a Swan 8 Slow Xanthus A river by Troy called also Scamandrus 9 Great Hector and Troy drawing on the ground when Achilles had slain Hector he tyed him to his Chariot and drew him round about the walls of Troy and the tomb of Patroclus one whom Hector had slain in Achilles Armour He was kept inhumated 12 dayes and was at length Ransom'd by Priamus Homer Il. lib. 23. Troy drawing on the ground for when Achilles had slain Hector he Cri'd out I have overcome Troy in that he was the onely defence and safeguard of the City 10 A Chore of Tritons Sea Monsters whose upper parts were like men their lower like fishes They were the Trumpeters of Neptune and at the Sound of their Concha the Seas see their raging and become Calm Caeruleus Triton cava buccina sumitur illi Tum quoque ut ora dei madida rorantia barba Contigit cecinit jussos inflata recessus Ovid Met. 1. Omnibus audita est telluris aequoris undis Ovid Met. 1. Et quibus est undis audita Coërcuit omnes Blew Triton his wreath'd Trumpet takes and set To his large mouth he Sounded a retreat All Floods it heard that Earth or Ocean knew And all the Floods that heard the same withdrew 11 Hymenaean The Mariage Song from Hymen the God of mariage which the Grecians used to sing with the repetition of Hymenaee as the Romanes did Thalassio Upon the second Scene Act the second 1 Troy with the Earth did lay See note 9 upon the second Act Scene the first 2 At Seyros An Island in the Aegean Sea one of the Cyclades and the Countrey of King Lycomedes In this place Achilles was Conceal'd habited like a virgin and accompaning with Deidamia the Kings daughter he got her with Child by whom he had Pyrrhus he was brought hither by his mother Thetis goddess of the Sea because she had foreseen his fate before Troy but he was drawn hence by the subtle perswasions of Ulysses 3 Lesbos An Island also in the Aegean which Achilles overran before he joyn'd to the rest of the Greeks 4 Nestor's years A man very eloquent who was at the