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death_n	body_n	die_v	life_n	17,544	5	4.8615	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00389	Lucans first booke translated line for line, by Chr. Marlovv.; Pharsalia. English & Latin. 1600	Lucan, 39-65.; Blount, Edward, fl. 1588-1632.; Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.; Thorpe, Thomas, 1570?-1635?	1600 (1600)	STC 16883.5; ESTC S94045	11,895	29

The yellow Ruthens left their garrisons Mild Atax glad it beares not Roman bloats And frontier Varus that the campe is farre Sent aide so did Alcides port whose seas Eate hollow rocks and where the north-west wind Nor Zephir rules not but the north alone Turmoiles the coast and enterance forbids And others came from that vncertaine shore Which is nor sea nor land but oft times both And changeth as the Ocean ebbes and flowes Whether the sea roul'd alwaies from that point Whence the wind blowes stil forced to and fro Or that the wandring maine follow the moone Or flaming Titan feeding on the deepe Puls them aloft and makes thè surge kisse heauen Philosophers looke you for vnto me Thou cause what ere thou be whom God assignes This great effect art hid They came that dwell By Nemes fields and bankes of Satirus Where Tarbels winding shoares imbrace the sea The Santons that reioyce in Caesars loue Those of Bituriges and light Axon pikes And they of Rhene and Leuca cunning darters And Sequana that well could manage steeds The Belgians apt to gouerne Brittish cars Th' Auerni too which bouldly faine themselues The Romanes brethren sprung of Ilian race The stubborne Neruians staind with Cottas bloud And vangions who like those of Sarmata Were open slops and fierce Batauians Whome trumpets clang incites and those that dwel By Cyngas streame and where swift Rhodanus Driues Araris to sea They neere the hils Vnder whose hoary rocks Gebenna hangs And Treuier thou being glad that wars are past thee And you late shorne Ligurians who were wont In large spread heire to exceed the rest of France And where to Hesus and fell Mercury Joue They offer humane flesh and where it seemes Bloudy like Dian whom the Scythians serue And you French Bardi whose immortal pens Renowne the valiant soules slaine in your wars Sit safe at home and chaunt sweet Poesie And Druides you now in peace renew Your barbarous customes and sinister rites In vnfeld woods and sacred groues you dwell And only gods heauenly powers you know Or only know you nothing For you hold That soules passe not to silent Erebus Or Plutoes bloodles kingdom but else where Resume a body so if truth you sing Death brings lōg life Doubtles these northren men Whom death the greatest of all feares affright not Are blest by such sweet error this makes them Run on the swords point and desire to die And shame to spare life which being lost is wonne You likewise that repulst the Caicke foe March towards Roome and you fierce men of Rhene Leauing your countrey open to the spoile These being come their huge power made him bould To mannage greater deeds the bordering townes He garrison'd and Jtaly he fild with soldiours Vaine fame increast true feare and did inuade The peoples minds and laide before their eies Slaughter to come and swiftly bringing newes Of present war made many lies and tales One sweares his troupes of daring horsemen fought Vpon Meuanias plaine where Buls are graz'd Other that Caesars barbarous bands were spread Along Nar floud that into Tiber fals And that his owne ten ensignes and the rest Marcht not intirely and yet hide the ground And that he 's much chang'd looking wild and big And far more barbarous then the French his vassals And that he lags behind with them of purpose Borne twixt the Alpes Rhene which he hath brought From out their Northren parts and that Roome He looking on by these men should be sackt Thus in his fright did each man strengthen Fame And without ground fear'd what thēselues had faind Nor were the Commons only strooke to heart With this vaine terror but the Court the Senate The fathers selues leapt from their seats and flying Left hateful warre decreed to both the Consuls Then with their feare and danger al distract Their sway of fleight carries the heady rout That in chain'd troupes breake forth at euery port You would haue thought their houses had bin fierd Or dropping-ripe ready to fall with Ruine So rusht the inconsiderate multitude Thorough the Citty hurried headlong on As if the only hope that did remaine To their afflictions were t' abandon Roome Looke how when stormy Auster from the breach Of Libian Syrtes roules a monstrous waue Which makes the maine saile fal with hideous sound The Pilot from the helme leapes in the sea And Marriners albeit the keele be sound Ship wracke themselues euen so the Citty left All rise in armes nor could the bed-rid parents Keep back their sons or womens teares their husbands They stai'd not either to pray or sacrifice Their houshould gods restrain thē not none lingered As loath to leaue Roome whom they held so deere Th'irreuocable people flie in troupes O gods that easie grant men great estates But hardly grace to keepe them Roome that flowes With Citizens and Captaines and would hould The world were it together is by cowards Left as a pray now Caesar dòth approach VVhen Romans are besieg'd by forraine foes With slender trench they escape night stratagems And suddaine rampire raisde of turfe snatcht vp Would make them sleepe securely in their tents Thou Roome at name of warre runst from thy selfe And wilt not trust thy Citty walls one night VVel might these feare when Pompey fear'd and fled Now euermore least some one hope might ease The Cōmons iangling minds apparant signes arose Strange sights appear'd the angry threatning gods Fill'd both the earth and seas with prodegies Great store of strange and vnknown stars were seene VVandering about the North and rings of fire Flie in the ayre and dreadfull bearded stars And Commets that presage the fal of kingdoms The flattering skie gliter'd in often flames And sundry fiery meteors blaz'd in heauen Now spearlike long now like a spreading torch Lightning in silence stole forth without clouds And from the northren climat snatching fier Blasted the Capitoll The lesser stars Which wont to run their course through empty night At noone day mustered Phoebe hauing fild Her meeting hornes to match her brothers light Strooke with th' earths suddaine shadow waxed pale Titan himselfe throand in the midst of heauen His burning chariot plung'd in sable cloudes And whelm'd the world in darknesse making men Dispaire of day as did Thiestes towne Mycenae Phoebus flying through the East Fierce Mulciber vnbarred Aetna's gate Which flamed not on high but headlong pitcht Her burning head on bending Hespery Cole-blacke Charibdis whirl'd a sea of bloud Fierce Mastiues hould the vestall fires went out The flame in Alba consecrate to Joue Parted in twaine and with a double point Rose like the Theban brothers funerall fire The earth went off hir hinges And the Alpes Shooke the old snow from off their trembling laps The Ocean swell'd as high as Spanish Calpe Or Atlas head their saints and houshold gods Sweate teares to shew the trauailes of their citty Crownes fell from holy statues ominous birds Defil'd the day and wilde beastes were seene

towne with one poore church set them at oddes Caesars and Pompeys iarring loue soone ended T' was peace against their wils betwixt them both Stept Crassus in euen as the slender Jsthmos Betwixt the Aegean and the Ionian sea Keepes each from other but being worne away They both burst out and each incounter other So when as Crassus wretched death who stayd them Had fild Assirian Carras wals with bloud His losse made way for Roman outrages Parthians y'afflict vs more then ye suppose Being conquered we are plaugde with ciuil war Swords share our Empire fortune that made Roome Gouerne the earth the sea the world it selfe Would not admit two Lords for Julia Snatcht hence by cruel fates with ominous howles Bare downe to hell her sonne the pledge of peace And all bands of that death presaging aliance Iulia had heauen giuen thee longer life Thou hadst restrainde thy headstrong husbands rage Yea and thy father to and swords thrown down Made all shake hands as once the Sabines did Thy death broake amity and trainde to war These Captaines emulous of each others glory Thou feard'st great Pompey that late deeds would dim Olde triumphs and that Caesars conquering France Would dash the wreath thou wearst for Pirats wracke Thee wars vse stirde and thoughts that alwaies scorn'd A second place Pompey could bide no equall Nor Caesar no superior which of both Had iustest cause vnlawful t is to iudge Each side had great partakers Caesars cause The gods abetted Cato likt the other Both differ'd much Pompey was strooke in yeares And by long rest forgot to manage armes And being popular sought by liberal gifts To gaine the light vnstable commons loue And ioyed to heare his Theaters applause He liu'd secure boasting his former deeds And thought his name sufficient to vphold him Like to a tall oake in a fruitfull field Bearing old spoiles and conquerors monuments Who though his root be weake and his owne waight Keepe him within the ground his armes al bare His body not his boughs send forth a shade Though euery blast it nod and seeme to fal When all the woods about stand bolt vp-right Yet he alone is held in reuerence Caesars renowne for war was lesse he restles Shaming to striue but where he did subdue When yre or hope prouokt heady bould At al times charging home making hauock Vrging his fortune trusting in the gods Destroying what withstood his proud desires And glad when bloud ruine made him way So thunder which the wind teares from the cloudes With cracke of riuen ayre and hideous sound Filling the world leapes out and throwes forth fire Affrights poore fearefull men and blasts their eyes With ouerthwarting flames and raging shoots Alongst the ayre and not resisting it Falls and returnes and shiuers where it lights Such humors stirde them vp but this warrs seed Was euen the same that wrack's all great dominions When fortune made vs lords of all wealth flowed And then we grew licencious and rude The soldiours pray and rapine brought in ryot Men tooke delight in Iewels houses plate And scorn'd old sparing diet and ware robes Too light for women Pouerty who hatcht Roomes greatest wittes was loath'd and al the world Ransanckt for golde which breeds the world decay And then large limits had their butting lands The ground which Curius and Camillus till'd Was stretcht vnto the fields of hinds vnknowne Againe this people could not brooke calme peace Them freedome without war might not suffice Quarrels were rife greedy desire stil poore Did vild deeds then t' was worth the price of bloud And deem'd renowne to spoile their natiue towne Force mastered right the strongest gouern'd all Hence came it that th'edicts were ouerrul'd That lawes were broake Tribunes with Consuls stroue Sale made of offices and peoples voices Bought by themselues solde and euery yeare Frauds and corruption in the field of Mars Hence interest and deuouring vsury sprang Faiths breach hence came war to most men welcom Now Caesar ouerpast the snowy Alpes His mind was troubled and he aim'd at war And comming to the foord of Rubicon At night in dreadful vision fearefull Roome Mourning appear'd whose hoary hayres were torne And on her Turret bearing head disperst And armes all naked who with broken sighes And staring thus bespoke what mean'st thou Caesar Whether goes my standarde Romans if ye be And beare true harts stay heare this spectacle Stroake Caesars hart with feare his hayre stoode vp And faintnes numm'd his steps there on the brincke He thus cride out Thou thunderer that guardst Roomes mighty walles built on Tarpeian rocke Ye gods of Phrigia and Iûlus line Quirinus rites and Latian Joue aduanc'd On Alba hill ô Vestall flames ô Roome My thoughts sole goddes aide mine enterprise I hate thee not to thee my conquests stoope Caesar is thine so please it thee thy soldier He he afflicts Roome that made me Roomes foe This said he laying aside all lets of war Approcht the swelling streame with drum and ensigne Like to a Lyon of scortcht desart Affricke Who seeing hunters pauseth till fell wrath And kingly rage increase then hauing whiskt His taile athwart his backe and crest heau'd vp With iawes wide open ghastly roaring out Albeit the Moores light Iauelin or his speare Sticks in his side yet runs vpon the hunter In summer time the purple Rubicon Which issues from a small spring is but shallow And creepes along the vales deuiding iust The bounds of Jtaly from Cisalpin Fraunce But now the winters wrath and wat'ry moone Being three daies old inforst the floud to swell And frozen Alpes thaw'd with resoluing winds The thunder hou'd horse in a crooked line To scape the violence of the streame first waded Which being broke the foot had easie passage As soone as Caesar got vnto the banke And bounds of Italy here here saith he An end of peace here end polluted lawes Hence leagues and couenants Fortune thee I follow Warre and the destinies shall trie my cause This said the restles generall through the darke Swifter then bullets throwne from Spanish slinges Ordarts which Parthians backward shoot marcht on And then when Lucifer did shine alone And some dim stars he Arriminum enter'd Day rose and viewde these tumultes of the war Whether the gods or blustring south were cause I know not but the cloudy ayre did frown The soldiours hauing won the market place There spred the colours with confused noise Of trūpets clange shril cornets whistling fifes The people started young men left their beds And snatcht armes neer their houshold gods hung vp Such as peace yeelds wormeaten leatherne targets Through which the wood peer'd headles darts olde swords With vgly teeth of blacke rust fouly scarr'd But seeing white Eagles Roomes flags wel known And lofty Caesar in the thickest throng They shooke for feare cold benumm'd their lims And muttering much thus to thēselues complain'd O wals vnfortunate too neere to France Predestinate to