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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35290	Pandion and Amphigenia, or, The history of the coy lady of Thessalia adorned with sculptures / by J. Crowne.	Crown, Mr. (John), 1640?-1712.	1665 (1665)	Wing C7396; ESTC R11653	182,233	309

exceeding the limits both of excuse and charity in blurring so much innocent paper with the pourtraying such ●oul deformities which yet may have thus much use to foil Amphigenia's words-transcending perfections But you may object there is another crime I am guilty of by this long relation and that is detaining Danpion and Periander too long from their Breakfast which Daphins had prepared To that I answer negatively thus viz. It is no such matter for when they saw this bundle of Kitchin-stuff Daphins they had as much mind to break their necks as their fasts and to eat the Kitchin as the stuff that the Wench had dressed for them for she had filled the stuff so with dirt and filth that an Ostriches stomack that can digest Iron would have nauseated it so that they left it to be maunched by the company who indeed most valiantly behaved themselves Bion with teeth-like half Pikes most couragiously slaughtering all that came neer him and Daphins with no less fury chopping it as small as Herbes for the pot and having thus quartered and buryed the enemies that durst assault and scale her chops she now begins to fall hastily to the hot hasty pudding that stood next her which it seems was so hot that she having greedily hoised in by whole sale a woodden ladle full it so parcht her gummes that she was fain to tumble it to and fro in her mouth like one that was mumbling a twit●y ●itmouse not daring to let it go or swallow it Anus seeing her mump and her chops wamble up and down thinking she had mockt her hurles the dish of porridge that she had in her hand at Daphins but it unfortunately hit Bion who enraged with this affront snatches up the nasty pudding and swashes it all about Daphins and her Grandam Daphins mad with this slaps two pound of butter that she had churned that morning upon Bions face so that it clammed so to his eye-lids that it almost blinded him the rest hanging dripping upon his whiskers With that Bion starts up in a rage and sets her head in the ●rumity pot and so intangles her heels in the hangers that poor Wench e're she could recover her self she was just ready to give up the ghost had not her tender-hearted Grandam come and relieved her and clensed her with the dish-clout as well as she was able whilst Bion brusht his beard with a broom besom Danpion and Periander seeing this suffle laughed so vehemently that the old woman was ready to hurl the frumenty-dawbed dish-clout at Periander This is brave quoth the old 〈◊〉 quoth she what can't I do what I will in my 〈◊〉 house By ●uno's petticoats quoth she had I 〈◊〉 you 'd ha' been so unmannerly you should ha' 〈…〉 a dike for me and ne're ha' dirted my sheet with 〈◊〉 ugly hoofs Bion quoth she give him a dust 〈◊〉 teeth and a kick●oth ' tail and turn him out of 〈◊〉 I charge you B'e● Lady quoth Bion that 's the way to have two for it believe me quot● he I love to sleep in a whole skin But by this time came in Moschus and old Thyrsis the shepherd with some other shepherds and Foresters that were the nearest inhabitants to visit old mother Anus and young Daphins and to know if Battus was come home who seeing two such comely personages as Danpion and Periander fell into admiration who they should be Moschus was jealous lest they should be ●uters to Daphins Thyrsis was ambitious that he might have them for his Sons-in-law and therefore comes with abundance of Rhetorick and importunes them to accept of entertainment at his poor Cottage untill Battus should come being informed that they were servants that had lost their way and wanted a guide Danpion and Periander hoping they might meet with better accommodations there than here accepted of his invitation and went along with them leaving Moschus kissing and courting of Daphins Thyrsis greedy of knowing who these persons should be seeing them to be likely and hopeful young men demanded of them their names and whom they served Periander according to the agreement between Danpion and him to change their names called himself Troilus and Danpion Thestilus and told him that they were servants to a couple of Gentlemen that lived the one neer the Court and the other retyred himself in the Country and they two being of acquaintance had incon●iderately travelled together so far into that Forest that they had quite lost their way and intreated no other courtesie of him but if possible to direct them out of the Forest for otherwise they feared if they should stay untill Battus came home they should exceed their time limited and incurr their Masters di●●leasure Truly said Thyrsis this many a long day have I been a shepherd upon these Plains hard by and yet never in all my life did I stray any where unless after a stragling sheep but up and down from one neighbors house to another and none about us knows the way but Battus that I can t●ll of With these and the like discourses they passed away the time until they came to the house that sto●● upon a pleasant plain mantled with the verdant 〈◊〉 and checkered with eye-pleasing Flowers which 〈◊〉 to a little hill upon whose aspiring brow you might survey the Country round which though it abounded with enamel'd Meadows spread with Flora's Tapestry and Pastures for Sheep to graze on watered with bubling Springs and murmuring Streams and all things for a Shepherds life yet it was inriched with invious Woods and Forrests not pervious for any but those well acquainted with the passages so that it seemed like a sweet pleasant spot of ground that they had cull'd out to encloyster themselves from the residue of the turmoiling world Troilus and Thestylus for so they now termed themselves having a while viewed the pretty delightsom prospects that the Country presented to their sight went into the house with Thyrsis where there was his two Daughters Phyllis and Arethusa as busie as Bees running up and down the house to fit it against their Father came home Phyllis was a pretty black wench of a loving nature but proud and coy and though desirous of a Husband yet thought few good enough for her but would lift up her nose and wag her head with many a coy nod as though she lookt higher than such as they and tell them that truly she could live without a Husband whatever they thought Arethusa was fair and modest and mightily itched for a Husband and therefore would cast many loving sheeps eyes at young men that came in but yet if any came to her her foolish bashfulness would not let her consent but she would pule them out all Assoon as these two saw Troilus and Thestylus come in with their Father observing diligently that they were prettier and more proper men than ordinary and hoping they might come as Suters fell inamoured presently with them Phyllis she began to