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A02135	Greenes Arcadia, or Menaphon: Camillaes alarum to slumber Euphues in his melancholy cell at Silexedra Wherein are decyphered, the variable effects of fortune, the wonders of loue, the triumphs of inconstant time. A worke, worthy the yongest eares for pleasure, or, the grauest censures for principles. By Robertus Greene, in Artibus Magister.; Menaphon	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.; Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601.	1599 (1599)	STC 12275; ESTC S103412	58,429	87

defend her with resistance of a ten yéeres st●ge●yet for I were loth to haue any castle sacht like Troy I pray you tal● me which is Agamemnon Melicertus hearing the youth speaking thus proudly hauing the sparks of honor fresh vnder the cinders of pouertie incited with loue and valour two things to animate the most dastard Thersites to enter combat against Hercules answered thus Vnknowne yongster of Thessalie if the feare of thy hardy deeds were like the diapas●n of thy threats wee would thinke the Castle of longer siege then either our ages would permit or our valour aduenture but where the shelfe is most shallow there the water breakes most high emptie vessels haue the highest sounds hollow rockes the ●owdest ecchoes prattling Gloriosors the smallest performance of courage for proofe whereas swing thou hast made a rape of faire Samela one of her vowed shepherds is come for the safetile of her word● to selfe to chall●nge thée to single combat if thou ouercome mée thou shalt fréely passe with the shepherdesse to Thessalie if I vanquish thée thou shalt feele the burden of thy rashnesse and Samela the sweetnesse of her libertie Pleusidippus maruelled at the resolution of the shepheard but when Domocles heard how if he wonne she should be transported into Thessalie a world of sorrows tumbled in his discontented braine that hee hammered in his head by many meanes to stay the faire Samela for when Pleusidippus in a great choler was readie to throw downe his gantlet and to accept of she comda●● Democles stept vp and spake thus Worthy Mirrors of resolued magnanimity whose thoughts are aboue your fortunes and whose valour more than your reuenewes know that Bitches that puppie in haste bring forth blind Whelpes that there is no herbe sooner sprung vp than the Spattarmia nor sooner fadeth the fruite too soone ripe are quickly rotten that déeds done in haste are repented at leisure Then braue m●n in so weightie a cause and for the conquest of so excellent a Paragon let not one minute begin and end the quarrell but like Fabius of Rome vse delay in such dangerous exploits when honor sits on wreaths of Laurell to giue y● Vie●or his Garland defer it some thrée daies then in solemne manner end the combat To this good motion not only Pleusidippus and Melicertus agreed but all y● company were consenting and vpon pledges of truce giuen they rested But Democle● séeing in couert hee could not conquer and that in despairing loues secrecie was no salue he dispatcht letters to the Nobilitie of his Court with strait charge that they should bée in that place within three daies with 10000. strong This newes came no sooner to the Generall of his forces but leuying so many approued Souldiers hee marched secretly by night to the place Democles in his Letters had prescribed and there ioyfully entertained by the King they were placed in ambash readie when the signall should hee giuen to issue out of the place performe their Soueraignes command Well the third day being come no sooner did Titan arise from the watery couch of his Lemman but these two Champions were readie in the lists accompanied with the rout of all the Arcadian shepheards and old Democles whom they had appointed for one of the Iudges Pleusidippus séeing Melicercus aduance on his shield the waues of the Sea with a Venus sitting vpon them maruelled what the shepheard should be that gaue this Armes and Melicercus was as much amazed to sée strange Thessalian Knight vaunt his Armes without difference yet being so fraught with direful reuenge as they scorned to salute each other so much as with threats they fell toughly to blowes Samela standing on top of a Turret and viewing the combat the poore Lady gréeuing that for her cause such a stratageme should arise in Arcadie her countenance full of sorrow flouds of teares falling from her eyes shee began to breathe out her passion Vnfortunate Samela borne to mishaps forepointed to sinister fortunes whose bloomes were ripened to mischāce and whose fruit is like to wither with despaire in thy youth sate discontent pruning her selfe in thy forehead now in thy age sorrow hides her selfe amongst the wrinckles of thy face thus art thou infortunate in the prime and crossed with contrary accidents in thy autumne as haplesse as Helens to haue the burden of warres laid on the wings of thy beauty And who must be the Champion whose sword must pierce the Helmet of thine enemie Whose bloud must purchace the freedome of Samela but Melicercus if he conquer then Samela triumphs as if shee had beene chiefe Victor in the Olympiades if hee lose euery droppe falling from his wounds into the cētre of his thoughts as his death to him so shall it be to me the end of my loues my life and my liberty As stil she was about to goe forward in her passion the trumpet sounded and they fell to fi●ht in such furious sort as the Arcadians and D●mocles himselfe wondred to sée the courage of the Shepheard that he tyed the Knight to such a ●ore taske Pleusidippus likewise féeling an extraordinary kind of force séeing with what courage the Knight of the Shepheards fought began to coniecture diuersly of the warre and to feare the euent of the combat On the contrary part Melicertus halfe wearied with the heauie blowes of Pleusidippus stood in a maze how so yong a wa● should be so expert in his weapon Thus debating diuersly in their seuerall thoughts at length being both weary they stept backe and leaning on their swords tooke breath gazing each on other At last Pleusiddippus burst into these spéeches Shepheard in life though now a Gentleman in armor if thy degree be better I glory I am not disgraced with the combate tell me how ●●rest thou so farre wrong 〈◊〉 as to beare mine armes on thy shield Princocks quoth Melicercus thou lyest they be mine owne and thou contrary to the law of Armes bearest my Crest without difference in which quarrell séeing it concerneth my honour I will reuenge it as farre as my loues and with that he gaue such a charging blow at Pleusidippus helme that he had almost ouer-turned him Pleusidippus left not the blow vnrequited but doubled his force insomuch that the hazard of the battell was doubtfull and both of them were ●aine to take breath againe Democles séeing his time that both of them were so weakened gaue the watch-word and the ambush lept out slaughtered many of the Shepheards put the rest to flight tooke the two Champions prisoners and sacking the Castle carryed them and the faire Samela to his Court letting the Shepheardesse haue her liberty but putting Melicertus and Pleusidippus into a déep and darke dungeon Where leauing these passionate Louers in this Catastrophe againe to Doron the homely blunt Shepheard who hauing béene long enamoured of Carmela much good wooing past betwixt them and yet little spéeding at last both of them met hard by the

so loue is pricked forward with distresse Samela is shipwracked Menaphon reléeue● her shée wants he supplies with wealth he s●es for loue ●yther must shee grant or buy ●eniall with perpetuall repentant● In this hope 〈◊〉 the poore shepheard and with that Menaphon laid his head downe on the pis●ow and tooke a sound nap sléeping out fancie with a good slumber As soone as the Sun appeared the shepherd got him vp and 〈◊〉 fat with this hope went merrily with his men to the folds and there 〈◊〉 ●orth his sheep after that he had appointed where they should graze returned home and looking when his guests should rise hauing slept ill y● last night went roundly to his breakfast by that time hee had ended his 〈◊〉 Lamedon was gotten vp and so was Samels Against their rising Carmela had 〈◊〉 her cookerie and Men●phon●yred ●yred in his ru●●et Ia●ket his redde sleeues of chamlet his blew 〈◊〉 his round ●●ops of countrey cloth bestirred him as euery ioynt had béene fat to a sundry office Samela no sooner came out of her Chamber but Menaphon as one that stai●●ed piety for his passions had her good morrow 〈…〉 louers look Samela knowing the fowle by the Feather was able to cast his disease without his water perceiued that C●pid had caught the poore shapheard in his 〈◊〉 and vnlesse he ●aught quickly to breake out of the ●hare would make him a 〈…〉 faire lookes shee gaue him and with a smiling sorr●● discouered how shee grieued at his misfortune ● yet 〈◊〉 him wel to breakfast they went Lamedon Samela sed hath but Menaphon like the Argiue in the 〈…〉 of Arabia liued with the contemplation of his mistris ●●a●ty the Salamender liues not without ●●re the H●rring from the water the Mo●e from the earth nor the C●●eleon from the ayre nor could Menaphon 〈◊〉 but in ●●ght of his Samela whose breath was perfumed ayre whole eies were 〈◊〉 wher in he delighted to daily whose heart the earthly paradise wherein he desired so ingrasse the 〈◊〉 of his loue and affection thus did the poore shepheard ●athe in a kind of blisse while his eye f●●●ing on his mistris face surfeited with the 〈◊〉 of her perfection So long hee gazed that at length breakfast was ended and he destrous to do her any seruice first put her childe to nurse and then led her forth to see his folds thinking with the ●●ght of his flocks to inueigle her whose minde had rather haue chosen any misfortune then haue deigned her eies on the face and feature of so low a pesant Well abroad they went Menaphon with his Shéep-hooke fringed with crewell to signifie he was chiefe of the Swaines Lamedon and Samela after plodding thus ouer she gréeue fields at last they came to the mountaines where Menaphons flocks grazed and there he discoursed to Samela thus I tell thée faire Nimph these plaines that thou seest stretching Southward are pastures belonging to Menaphon there growes the Cinque●●ile and the Hiacinth the Cow●●ip the Primrose and the Violet which my ●locks shal spare for flowers to make thée Garlands the milke of my Ewes shall be meate for my pretty wanton the w●ll of the fat wethers that séeme as sine as the fléece that Iason fetch● from Colchos shall serue to make Samela webs withall the mountaine toys shall be thy morning walke and the sha●●● Vallies thy euenings Arbour as much as Menaphon owes shall be at Samelaes command if she like to liue with Menaphon This was spoken with such déep affects that Samela could scarce kéep her from smiling yet she couered her conceit with a sorrowfull countenance which Menaphon espying to make her merry and rather for his owne aduantage séeing Lamedon was asléepe ●●oke her by the hand and sate downe and pulling forth his pipe began after some melodie to carroll out this roundelay Menaphons roundelay When tender ●wes brought home with Euening Sunne Wend to their folde And to their holds The shepheards trudge when light of day is done Vpon a tree The Eagle Ioues faire bird did pearch There resteth he A little flye harbour then did search And did presume though others laught thereat To pearch whereas the princely Eagle sate The Eagle frownde and shooke his royall wings And charg'de the Flye From thence to hye Afraide in haste the little creature s●ings Yet seekes againe Fearefull to pea●ke him by the Eagles side With moody vaine The speedy post of Ganimede replide Vassall auant or with my wings you dye Is 't fit an Eagle seate him with a flye The flye craued pittie still the Eagle frownde The silly flye Readie to dye Disgracde displacde fell groueling to the ground The Eagle saw And with a royall minde said to the flye Be not in awe I scorne by me the meanest creature dye Then seate thee here the ioyfull flye vp s●ings And sate safe shadowed with the Eagles wings As soone as Menaphon had ended this ronndelay turning to Samela after a country blush hes began to court her in this homely fashion what thinke you Samela of the Eagle for this royall déed that he falsified the old Prouerbe Aquila non capit muscas But I meane Samela are you not in opinion that the Eagle giues instance of a princely resolution in preferring the safetie of a flye before the credit of her royall maiestie I thinke Menaphon that high minds are the shelters of pouerty Kings seats are couerts for distressed persons that the Eagle in shrowding the flye did well but a little forgot her honor But hold thinke you said Samela is this proportion to be obserued in loue I gesse no for the 〈◊〉 did it not for loue but for succour Hath loue then respect of circumstance Els it is not loue but lust for where the parties haue no simpathy of estates there can no firme loue be fixt discord is reputed the mother of diuision as in nature this is an vnrefuted principle that it faulteth which faileth in vniformitie Hee that grafts Iilliflowers vpon the Nettle marreth the smel who couets to tie the lamb and the lion in one tedder makes a braule equall fortunes are loues fauorites and therefore should fancy be alwaies limited by Geometricall proportion lest if yong matching with old fire and frost fall at a combate and if rich with poore there ha● many dangerous and brauing obiections Menaphon halfe nipped in the pate with this reply yet like a tall souldier stoode to his tackling and made this answere suppose gentle Samela that a man of meane estate whom disdainfull fortune had abased in tending to make her power prodigall in his mis-fortunes being feathered with Cupids bolt were snared in the beautie of a Quéene should he rather die then discouer his amors It Quéenes quoth she were of my minde I had rather die then perish in baser fortunes Venus loue● Vulcan replied Menaphon truth quoth Samela but though he was polt-footed yet he was a god Phao inioyed S●pho he a ●erriman that liued

affoord so as for his dissolute life hee seemed another Heliogabalus deriuing his securitie from that grounded tranquilitie which made it prouerbiall to the world No heauen but Arcadia Hauing spent many yéeres in this varietie of vanitie Fame determining to apply her selfe to his fancie s●nnded in his eare the singular beautie of his daughter Samela he although hée were an old Colt yet had not cast all his wanton téeth which made him vnder the brute of being sicke of a grie●ous Apoplexie steale from his Court secretly in the disguise of a shepheard to come and séeke out Samela who not a little proud of her new flocke liued more contented then if shée had béene Quéene of Arcadie and Melicertus ioying not a little that shee was parted from Menaphon vsed euery day to visite her without dread and court her in such Shepheards termes as hee had which how they pleased her I leaue to you to imagine when as not long after she vowed marriage to him solemnely in presence of all the Shepheards but not to be solemnized till the prophecie was fulfilled mentioned in the beginning of this Historie Although this penance excéeded the limits of his patience yet hoping that the Oracle was not vttered in vaine and might as well albeit he knew not which way be accomplished in him as in any other was contented to make a vertue of necessitie and await the vtmost of his destinie But Pleusidipp●s who by this time had perfected his policies exchanging his garments with one of the Heardgroomes of Menaphon tracing ouer the plaines in the habite of a shepheard chanced to meet with Democles as hee was new come into those quarters whom mistaking for an old shepheard he began many impertinent questions belonging to the Sheep-cotes at last hee asked him if hee knew Samelaes shéepfold who answering doubtfully to all alike made him halfe angry and had not Samela passed by at that instant to fill her bottle at a spring néere the foot of the Promontory he should like enough haue had first handsell of our new Shepheards shéephooke But the wonder of her beautie so wrought with his wounded fancie that he thought report a partial spreader of her prayses and same too vase to talke of such formes Samela espying this faire shepheard so farre ouergone in his gazing stept to him and asked him if he knew her that he so ouerlookt her Pardon me faire shepheardesse said Pleusidippus if it be a fault for I cannot chose being Eagle-sighted but gaze on the Sunne the first time I sée it And truly I cannot chuse but compare you to one of Aesops Apes that finding a Glow-worme in the night tooke it for a fire and y●● séeing a face full of ●eformitie● mistake it for the Sun Indéed it may vs mine eye● made opposite to such an obiect may faile in their office hauing their lights rebated by such brightnesse Nay not vnlike quoth Samela for else out of doubt you would sée your way better Why quoth Pleusidippus I cannot go● not of the way 〈…〉 I méete such glistering Goddesses in my way How now Sir Paris are you out of your Arithmoticke I thinke you haue lost your wits with your eyes that mistake Arcadie for Ido and a Shepheardesse for a Goddesse How euer it please you quoth Pleusidippus to ●●rogate from my pr●wasse by the title of Paris know that I am not so farre out of my Arithmeticke but that by mistiplication I can make time of one in an houres warning or bee as good as a cipher to fill vp a place at the worst hand for my wit sufficeth be it neuer so simple to proue both re and voce that there can be no vacuum in rerum natura and mine eyes or else they dec●iue me will enter so farre in art as niger est 〈◊〉 albo and teach me how to discerne twixt blacke and white Much other circumstance of prattle passed betwéene them which the Arcadian records doe not shew nor I remember sufficeth he pleaded loue and was rep●lst which droue him into such a choler that meeting him supposed Shepheard who lying vnder a bush had al this while euer-heard them hee entred into such termes of indignation as Ioue shaking his earth-quaking hayre when h● sate in consultation of Licaon Wherefore Democl●s perceiuing Pleusidippus repulst who was euery way graced with the ornaments of nature beganne to cast ouer his badde penny-worths in whose face age had surrowed her wrinckles except he● should lay his Crowne downe at her féete and tell her hee was King of Arcadia which in Common-wealth● respects séeming not commodi●ns hee thought to turns a new leafe and make thisyoung Shepheard the meanes to perfect his purpose He had not farre from that place a strong Castle which was inhabited as then by none but Tilsmen and Heardgr●mes thither did be perswade Pleusidippus to carry her perforce and ●●ert that by constraint that he could not atchiue by entreaty who listning not a little to this counsaile that was neuer plotted for his aduantage presently put in practice what hee of late ga●e in precepts and waiting till the euening that Samela should fold her shéepe hauing giuen hi● men the watch-word ma●ger all the shepheardes adioyning he mounted her behind him and being by Democles directed to the Castle hee made such ha●orke among the stubboorne Heardsmen that will they nill they he was Lord of the Castle Yet might not this preuaile with Samela who constant to her olde shepheard would not entertaine any new loue which made Plousidippus thi●●lle all his Haruest lost in the reaping and bl●mish all his delights with a mournfull drooping But Democles that lookt for a mountaine of Gold in a Mole-hill finding her alone beganne to discourse his loue in more ample mann●r then euer Pleusidippus telling her how hee was a King what his reuenewes were what power hee had to aduance her with many other proude vaunts of his wealth and prodigall termes of his treasure Samela hearing the name of a King and perceiuing him to be her Father stood amazed like Medusae Metamorphosis and blushing 〈◊〉 with intermingled sighes beganne to thinke how iniurious Fortune was to her shewne in such an incestuous Father but hee hote-spurred in his purpose gaue her no time to deliberate or consider of the matter but required either a quick consent or a present deniall She told him that the Shepheard Mdicertu● was alreadie intitled in the ine●rest of her beautie wherefore it was in vaine what hee or any 〈◊〉 th●● could plead in the way of perswasion ●●ee thereupon entring into a large field of the basenesse of shepheards and royalties of Kings with many other assembled sembled arguments of delight that would haue fetche Venus from her Sphere to dispo●● but Samela whose mouth could disgest no other meate saue only her swéet Melicertus ashamed so long to hold ●arley with her father about such a matter flung away to her withdrawing Chamber in a dissembled rage and there after