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A11911	Lucii Annei Senecæ tragedia prima quæ inscribitur Hercules furens nuper recognita, & ab omnibus mendis, quibus antea scatebat sedulo purgata, & in studiosæ iuuentutis vtilitate[m], in Anglicum metrum tanta fide conuersa, vt carmen pro carmine quoad Anglica lingua patiatur pene redditum videas. Per Iasperum Heyvvodum Oxoniensem. = The first tragedie of Lucius Anneus Seneca, intituled Hercules furens, newly pervsed and of all faultes whereof it did before abound diligently corrected, and for the profit of young schollers so faithfully translated into English metre, that ye may se verse for verse tourned as farre as the phrase of the english permitteth by Iasper Heywood studient in Oxford; Hercules furens. English and Latin	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Heywood, Jasper, 1535-1598.	1561 (1561)	STC 22223; ESTC S110867	46,410	186

free awaye But I before the mother wyll this lyttell monster slaye MEG Thou mad man whither goest thow wylte thou thyne owne bloode sheade AM. Th'infant with fathers fyry face astonnyde all for dreade Dyed euen before the wownde his fear●… hath tooke away his lyfe And nowe lykewyse his heauy clubbe is shaken towarde his wyfe He broaken hath the bones her head from blocklyke bodye gone Is quight nor any where it stayes darste thow this looke vppone To long lyude age yf mournyng doo thee greue thou hast then loe The deathe preparde Doo thou thy breast vppon his weapons throe Or ells this clubbe with slaughter staynde of monsters slayne that bee Nowe hyther turne thy parent false vnfytte for name of thee Kyd hens away least he shoulde be to thy renowne a let THE. Which waie y ● father toward thy death dooste thow thy selfe caste yet Or whyther goest thou madde man flee and lye thow cloasely hyd And yet from handes of Hercules this onely myschiefe ryd HER. Tis well the howse of shameful kyng ys nowe quyght ouerthrowne To thee O spowse of greattest Ioue I haue loe beaten downe This offred flocke I gladly haue fulfyllde my wyshes all Full meete for thee and Argos nowe geeue other offryngs shall AM. Thow hast not sonne yet al performde fyll vp the sacrifyse Loeth offryng doothe at th'aultars stande it waytes thy hande lykewyse With necke full prone I gyue my selfe I roon I followe loe Mee sacrifyce what meaneth this his eyes rolle to and froe And heauynesse doothe dull his syght see I of Hercules The tremblyng hands down falles his face to sleepe and quietnes And weery necke with bowed head full faste doothe downewarde shryuke With bended knee nowe all at once he downe to grownde doothe synke As in the woodes wylde asshe cut downe or bulwarke for to make A hauen in seas Lyuste thow or els to deathe doothe thee betake The selfe same rage that hath sent all thy famylye to deathe It is but sleepe for to and froe doothe goe and come his breathe Let tyme bee had of quietnesse that thus by sleepe and reste Greate force of his disease subdewde may ease his greeued breste Remous his weapons seruantes lea●… he madde gette them agayne CHORVS LEt th'ayre cōplain eke y ● parent great of haughty sky fertile lad throughout And wādryng waue of euer mouing freate And thow before thē all which lands about And train of sea thy beams abroad dost throe with glyttryng face makst y ● night to flee O feruent Titan bothe thy settyngs loe and rysyng hath Alcides seene with thee known likewise he hath thy howsē twayn from so great yls release ye nowe his brest O godds release to better turne agayne his ryghter mynde and thow O tamer best O sleepe of toyles the quietnesse of mynde of all the lyfe of man the better parte O of thy mother ast●…ey wynged kynde of hard and pinyng death that brother arte With truth mingling the false of after state The sure but eke the worste foreteller yet O father of all thynges of lyfe the gate Of light the rest of nyght and felowe fytte that comst to kyng and seruant equallye And gentlye cherysshest who weerye bee All mankynde loe that dredfull is to dye thou doost cōstrain lōg deth to learn by thee keepe him fast bound w t heauy slepe opprest Let slōber deps his limmes vntamed bynde Nor sooner leaue his vnryght ragyng brest Thē former mīd his course again may fynd Lo layd on groūd w t full fierce hart yet styll His cruell sleepes he turnes and not yet is The plague subdewde of so great raging yll And on great clubbe the weery head of his He woont to lay dothe seeke y ● staffe to fynde With empty hand his armes owt castīg yet with mouing vayn nor yet all rage of mynde he hath laid down but as w t south wind gre●… The waue once vext yet after kepeth styll his ragyng long though the wind now be Asswaged swells shake of these madde yll tossyngs of mynde returne let pi●…tee And vertue to the man ells let be so his mynd with mouing mad tost euery way Let errour blynde where it begoon hath go for nowght els now but only madnes may Thee gyltlesse make in next estate it stands to hurtles hands thy mischief not to knowe Now strooken let with Hercules his hands thy bosoms soūd thyne armes y ● world alow wer wōt to bear let greuoꝰ strips now smite with cōquryng hād loude cōplainīg cries Let th'aire now here let of dark pole night the quene them heare who ful fiersely lyes That bears his necks in mighty chains fast boūd low lurking Cerberus in dep●…st caue Let Chaos all with clamour sad resound and of broade sea wide open wasting waue And th' ayre that felt thy weapōs better yet But felt them thowgh The brestes with so greate yls as these beset with litle stroake they must not beaten be Let kyngdoms three soūd w t one plaīt cry and thow neckes honowr defence to se His arrowe strong long hanged vp on hye quiuers light y e cruel strypes now smyght on his firce back his shoulders strōg stowt let oken clubbe now stryke poaste of might w t knots full harde his brests loade al about let euen his weapōs so greate woes cōplain Not you poore babes mates of your fathers w t cruel woūd reuēging kings agaī praise not you your lims in argos barriars plaies Are taught to turn w t wepō strōg to smight strōg of hād yet euē now daring loe the weapon of the Scythian quiuer light With steady hand to paise sēt out frō bowe and stags to perse y ● saue thē selues by flyght and backes not yet full maend of cruel beast To Styg●…ā hauens goe ye of shade night goe hurtles souls whō mischief hath opprest Euen in first porche of lyfe but lately hadde And fathers furye goe vnhappy kynde O little chyldren by the way full sadde Of tourneye knowne Goe see the angrye kyngs ¶ The fyfthe Acte Hercules Amphitryon Theseus WHat place is this what region●… or of the worlde what coaste Where am I vnder ryse of sa●…ne or bonde els vttermoste Of th'ycy beare or els doothe here of sea of Hesperye The fardest grownde appoynte a bond●… for th'ocean sea to lye What ayre drawe we●… to weery wyght what grownde is vndersette Of truthe we are returnde from bell whence in my howse downe bette See I these bloudy bodyes hath not yet my mynde of cast Thinfernall shapes but after yet returne from hell at last Yet wander dooth that helly heape before myne eyes to see I am ashamde to grawnte I quake I knowe not what to mee I can not tell what greuous yll my mynde before dooth knowe Where is my parent where is shee with goodly chyldrens showe My noble hartye stomakt spowse why dothe my lefte syde lacke The lyons spoyle whiche waye

patri Vitam dat aliquis non feram vlterius moram Letale ferrum pectori impr●…ssum induam Hic hic iacebit Herculis sani scelus He Iam parce genitor parce iā reuoca manū Succumbe virtus perfer imperium patris Eat ad labores hic quoque Herculeos labor Viuamus artus alleua afflictos solo Theseu parentis dextra contactus pios Scelerata refugit Am. Hanc manū amplector libens Hac nixus ibo pectori hanc ergo admouens Pellā dolores Her Quē locū profugus petā Vbi me recondam quave tellure obruam Quis Tanais aut quis Nilus aut quis persica Violentus vnda Tigris aut Rhenus ferox Tagúsve ●…bera turbidus gaza fluen s Abluere dextram poterit Arctoum licet Maeotis in me gelida transfundat mare Et tota Tethys per meas currat manus Haerebit altum facinus in quas impius Terras recedes ortum an occasum petes Vbique notus perdidi exilio locum Me refugit o●…bis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Obliqua cursus ipse Titan Ce●…berum Meliore vultu vidit ô fidum caput Theseu latebram quaere longi●…quam abditā Quicunque semper sceleris al●…ni arbiter Amas nocentes gratiam meritis refer Vicemque nostris redde me infernis precor Vmbris reductum meque subiectum tuis Restitue vinclis ille me abscondet locus Sed ille nou●…t Th. Nostra te tellus man●… Illic solutam caede gradiuus manum Restituit armis illa te Alcide ●…ocat Facere innocentes terra quae superos solet FINIS THE FYRSTE ACTE Iuno alone ISyster of the thunderer for nowe that name alone remaynes to me Ioue euermore as though deuorste and gone And temples of the hyghest ayre as w●…we shunned haue And beaten out of skyes aboue the place to harlots gaue I muite goe dwell beneathe on grounde for hoores doo holde the skye From hens the beare in parte aboue of y●…ye p●…le full hye A haughty starre the greekysh shypps by seas dothe guyde about Frō this way whēs at spryng tyme warme the days is loased out Europ●…es bearer through the waues of Tyria shynes full bright From th●…s their stormy fearefull flocke to shypps and seas affright The wandryng daughters here and there of Atlas vpwarde swaye With staryng bushe of heare from hens Orion gods dothe fraye And Perseus eke his glyttryng starres of golden glosse hathe heere From hens the twynns of Tyndars stocks doe shyne a sygne full clere And at whose byrth fyrst stoode the grounde that erste went too and fro Nor onely Bacchus nowe hymselfe or Bacchus mother lo Haue clymbde to gods least any parte shoulde from rebuke be free The skyes the Gnossian strumpets crounes doe beare in spight of mee But I of ollde contempts complayne me one dire fierce and shrewde Thebana lande with wicked broode of Ioues base daughters strewde Howe ofte hath it a stepdame made though vp to heauen shoulde rise The conqueryng drabbe Alcmena nowe and holde my place in skies And eke her sonne to promysde starres obtayne the woorthye waye At byrthe of whome the staying worlde so long deferrde the daye And Phoebus slowe from mornyng sea begoon to glyster bryght Commaunded long in th'ocean waues to hyde his drowned lyght Yet shall my hates not leaue them so a wrathfull kyndlyng rage His mynde in madnesse shall styrre vp and yre that maye not swag●… Shall euermore all peace layde downe wage warres eternally What warrs what euer hydous thyng the earthe his ennemy Begetts or what soeuer sea or ayre hath brought to syght Bothe dredfull dire and pestplent of cruell flercest myght Tis tierde and taemde he passeth all and name by ylls dothe rayse And all my wrathe he dothe enioye and to his greatter prayse He turnes my hates whyle tedyous tayles to muche I hym beehest He proues what father hym begot bothe the●… where lyght epprect Hath sea and where it showde agayne where ●…an daye dothe crayne And with his brande approchyng neere dothe dye those Aethiops twayne His strengthe vntamde is honoured and god eche where is he Nowe calde in world and nowe more 〈◊〉 of monsters want to me And labour lesse to Hercles is t'accomplyshe all my wyll Then me to bydde at ease he doothe myne imperies fulfyll What cruell hestes of tyraunt nowe so fierce a yong man maye Preuayle to hurte for loe he beares for weapons nowe awaye What once he fearde and put to flyght he armed comes at syde With lyon fierce and Hydra bothe nor lande suffiseth wyde But broake he hath the thresholde lo of that infernall Ioue And spoyles with hym of conquerde kyng be drawes to godds aboue But thats but lyght broke is the league of sprightes that there doo dwell I sawe my selfe I sawe hym loe the nyght nowe gone of hell And Ditis taemde throwe out abroade before his fathers syght His brothers spoyles Why drawes he not ●…ppreste and bounde by myght Hymselfe in chaynes that equall thynges to Ioue by lotte dooth holde And beare the rule of captyue hell and waye to Styx vnfolde Up opened is from lowest ghosts the backewarde waye to shye And sacred secrets of dire deathe in open syght doo lye But he the dredfull denne of sprights breake vp full fiercs and stout Euen ●…uer me doothe triumphe l●… and with prowde hande about The ●…oule black dogge by Grekishe townes he leades from hell awaye When seene was vgly Cerberus I sawe the fadyng daye And fearefull soon euen melykewyse a tremblyng dreade oppreste And lookyng on the fylthy necks of conquerde monstrous beaste I feared muche myne owne behests but lyght thyngs I complayne For heauen I maye be frayde least he may get the hyghest rayne That lowest woon the sceptors from his father wyll he take Nor he to starrs as Bacchus dy●… his waye wyll gently make The waye with ruyne wyll he seeke and be in empty skyes Wyll reygne alone with force displayde his haughtye harte doothe ryse And he that heauen it selfe by force of his myght gotten bee It bearyng learnde quight vndernethe the worlde his headsette he Nor ones his shoulders bowde the payse of suche a myghty mas And mydst of heauen on Hercles necke alone lo settled was His necke vnwryde the starrs aboue and skies dyd onelye staye And me lykewyse oppressyng hym to Gods he seekes the waye Goe Ire goe on and beate hym downe that greate thynges doothe inuent Matche thou with hym and with thy hands nowe thou thy selfe hym rent Suche hates why dooste thou meditate Lette all wylde beastes nowe go And weary Eurystheus nowe be free from geeuyng charges me The Titans daryng once of Ioue to breake the imperye Sende out lette loase the denne abroade of mounte of Sicilye The Doricke lande that with the turn●… of gyant quakes afrayde Let it bryng foorthe the dredefull necke●… of mon●…er vnderlayde Let yet the haughty moone aboue some other beastes beeget But these he ouercame seekst thou a matchet ' Alcides yet Thers none except hymselfe let hym agaynst

and greeuous threats euen bearyng in his face And suche as he of stomacke ys doothe come euen suche of pace Prowde Lycus who the sceptors shakes in bande of other kyng The plentuous places of the towne of Thebes gouernyng And euery thyng aboute the whyche with fertyle soyle dooth goe Sloape Phocis and what euer doothe Ismenus ouerflo●… What euer thyng Cith●…ron seethe with haughty toppe and hye And slender Isthmos yle the whyche betweene two seas dooth lye Lycus Megara Amphitryon NOt I of natiue countrey bowres Possesse the auncient ryght Unworthy heyre nor yet to me are noble men of myght The grandfathers nor stocke renownd●… with titles hy●… of name But noble vertue who so boastes of kynred whence he came Of others vertue makes his v●…wnte but gotte with fearefull hande My sceptors are obtaynde in swoorde dothe all my safety stande What thee thou wottst agaynst the wyll of cytesyns to get The bryght drawne sworde must it defende in forayne counttey set No stable kyngdome is But one my pompe and princely myght May ratifye once ioynde to me with regall torche full bryght And chambers Megara of stocke of suche nobilitee Let vpstarte state of myne take shape I doo not thynke that shee Refuse it wyll or in the bedde with me despyse to lye But yf with proude vnbrydled mynd●… thee stubberne doo denye Then quyght I purpose to destroye the house of Hercules The hate of men wyll then my pryde and peoples speache oppres Chiese knacke of kyngdome is to beare Thy subiects hares eche one Lets proue her then chaunce gyuen hath To vs a place alone For she her head in folde of daple full sadde and wofully Enwrapt the gods that are her guydes for succour stands faste by And at the syde of her doothe leane A●…cides father trewe MEG What thyng dothe this destroier of our stocke agayne a newe Prepare what proueth he LY. O queene That name renowned hye And title takste of regall stocke full gentle and easyly A lyttle while receyue and beare my woords with pacient eare If alwayes men eternall hates shoulde one to th'other beare And rage beeg●…on out of the harte shoulde neuer fall awaye But th'happy still shoulde armour holde th'unhappye styll obaye Then shall the battayles nothyng leaue with wyde fieldes then the lands Shall lye vntyllde with vnderlayde to housen fyrybrande Then ashes deepe shall ouer whelme the buried people all Expedient is to conquerour to wyshe that peace befall To conquerde needefull partener of the kyngdome come to me Letts ioyn our mynds take here this pledge of faythe and truthe to thee My ryght hand touche Why whishtest thou with cruell face and moode MEG Shoulde I abyde that I the hande sprinkte with my fathers bloode Shoulde touche and double death enbrewde of bothe my bretherne naye Fyrst shall sonne ryse extinguishe quyght And weste shall bryng the daye Fyrst faithfull peace betweene the snowes and fyres there shall bee tryde And Scylla shall t'Ausonius fyrste ioyne his Sicilyan syde And fyrst the fleeyng floude that with swyfte turnes of course deothe flowe Euripus with Euboik waue shall stand full styll and slowe My father th'empire brethern howse Thou haste me cleare berefte My countrey to what may bee more one thyng to me is lefte Then brother father kyngdome house that deerer is to me The hate of thee the whyche to me with people for to bee In commune woe I am howe greate ys myne allonely parte Rule on full proude beare vp full hye thy sprights and haughty harte Yet god the prowde behynde theyr backes dothe followe them to wreake I knowe the The bane kyngdomes What shoulde I the mothers speake Bothe suffryng and aduentryng gylts what double myschefe donne And myxed name of spouse at once of father and of sonne What bretherns double tents or what as many roages also The mother prowde of Tantalls broode congealde in mournyng lo And sory stone yet flowes with teares in Phrygian Sipylye Hymselfe lyke wyse erectyng vp his skaled head awrye Euen Cadmus measuryng throughout th'Illyrian landes in flyght Behynde hym lefte of body drawne long slyniye marks in syght All these examples wayte for thee rule thou as lykes thy wyll Whyle thee our kyngdoms woonted fates doo call and ofte hapte yll LY. Goe ●…o these fierce and furious woords thou woman madde refrayne And imperies of princes learne of Hercles to sustayne Though I the sceptors gotten by the force of warre doo beare In conquryng hande and all doo rule without the lawe his feare Whiche armes subdue a fewe words yet to thee nowe speake I shall For this my cause thy father dyd in blouddy battayle fall Thy bretherne fell the weapons keepe n●… measurable staye For neyther easyly tempred bee nor yet repressed maye The drawne swoordes yre the battels doth the bloude delyght out shed But he yet for his kyngdome fought we all togyther led With wycked luste yet th'ende of warre ys nowe complayned loe And not the cawse but no we let all remembrance therof goe When conquerour hath weapons left the conquerds parte shoulde bee To leaue his hates No●… I that thou with lowly bended knee Me raignyng worshyp shouldst require Euen this dooth me delight That thou thy myseries doost beare with mynde so s●…oute vpright Thou for a kyng a sp●…use arte meete letts ioyne our bedd●… anone MEG A trēblng cold doth run throughout my bloudlesse lyms eche one What heinous thing comes to myne eares I fearde not then at all When all peace broake the noyse of warre dyd by the citie wall ●…sounde about I bare all that vnfeare fully to see I feare the weddyng chambers nowe I captyue seeme to mee Let heauy chaynes my body greeue and ●…ke with hunger long Let lyngryng death be slowly brought yet shall no force full strong My truthe subdue for euen thyne own●… 〈◊〉 wyll I dye LY. Doth then thy husband drownd in hell geue thee this stomacke hye MEG Thehells alowe he toucht that he The heyght agayne myght get LY. The heauy payse oppresseth hym Of all the earthe full great MEG He with no burdeyn shall be prest that heauen it selfe ●…ustaynde LY. Thou shalt be forst M●… He wo●…s not how to dye that is constraynde LY. Speake what may rather I prepare then weddyng newe for th●… More ●…oyall gyft ▪ MEG Thyne owne death els or ells the death of mee LY. Then shalt mad woman dye MEG I shal then to my husbande go LY. More then my sceptors is to thee a seruant loued so MEG Howe many hath this seruant ●…ayne of kyngs with handye stroake LY. Why do●…he he yet a kyng then serus and styll ●…ustayne his yoake MEG Take once away the harde behests whats vertue then at la●…e LY. Doo●…e thou it vertue counte to bee to beasts and monsters caste MEG ●…is vertues part to tame the thyngs that all men quake to knowe LY. Hym great thyngs braggyng darknes deepe o●… 〈◊〉 presse full lowe ME. There neuer may frō grownd to stars an easye

passage be LY. Of whom be got the housen then of godds through pearceth he AM. O wretched wyfe of Hercles great thy woords a whyle now spare My parte it is the father of Alcides to declare And his true stocke yet after all of man so stoute as this So famous deedes and after all Appeasde with hande of his What euer Titan rysen vp Doothe see orels at fall And after all these monsters taemde and Phlegrey sprynkled all With wycked bloude and after godds defended all on hye Is not his father yet well knowne Or Ioue doo we beelye Beleeue it yet by Iunoes hate LY. why dooste thou sclawnder Ioue No mortall kynred euer maye bee myxte with heauen aboue AM. To many of the godds in skyes is this a common trade LY. But were they euer seruantes yet before they godds were made AM. Of Delos yle the shepherde los the flocks of Pherey fed LY. But through all coasts he wandred not abroade as banyshed AM. Whome straying mother fyrst brought foorth in wandryng lande to syght LY. Yet Phoebus dyd no monsters feare or beasts of cruell myght AM. First dragon with his blood embrewde the shafts of Phoebus loe Howe greeuous ylls euen yet full yong he bare doo yow not knoe Frō mothers wombe the babe out throwne with lyghtnyng flame from hye Euen next his lyghtnyng father stoode foorthwith aboue in skye What he hym selfe that guydes the starrs and shakes the cloudes at wyll Dyd not that infant lurke in denne of hollowe caued hyll The byrthes so great full troublous price to haue lo●… allways ought And euer to be borne a God with coste full greate is bought LY. Whome thou a myser seeste thou mayst Knowe hym a man to bee AM. A myser hym denye ye maye whome stoute of harte ye see Ly. Call we hym stoute from shoulders hye of whom the lyon throwne A gyfte for mayden made and eke his clubbe from hande fell downe And paynted syde with purple weede dyd shyne that he dyd weare Or may we hym call stoute of harte whose staryng lockes of heare With ointmēt flowde who hāds renownde and knowne by prayses hye To sownde vnmeete for any man of tymber dyd applye With barbarous mytar cloasyng in his forhed rownde about AM The tender Bacchus dyd not blushe abroade to haue layde out His brayded heares nor yet with hande full softe the Thyrsus lyght For to haue shooke what tyme that he with pace vnstoute in syght His long traynde barbarous garmēt drew with golde full fayre to see Styll vertue after many woorkes is woont releaste to bee LY. Of this the house of Curitus destroyde doothe wytnesse beare And virgins flockes that brutyshly by hym oppressed weare No Iuno dyd commawnde hym this Nor none Eurystheus loe But these in deede his owne woorks are AM. Yet all ye doo not knoe His woorke it is with weapons of his owne hande vanquyshed Bothe Eryx and to Eryx ioynde Anteus Lybian ded And aultars whiche with slaughter of the straungers flowyng fast Busyris well deserued bloode lykewyse haue droonke at last His deede it is that he that met the wownde and swoorde is flayne Constraynde to suffre deathe before those other Geryons twayne Nor one allonely Geryon dothe with one hande conquerde lye Thow shalt among these he whych yet with none adulterye Haue wedlocke hurte LY. What is to Ione to kyng is leefull thyng To Ioue thou gaufts a wyfe thou shalt nowe geue one to a kyng And euen of thee shee shall it learne to bee a thyng not newe Her husband euen approuyng it the better man t'ensewe But y●… she stubberne to be matcht with me denye it styll Then euen by force a noble chylde Of her beget I wyll MEG O Creons ghosts and all ye godds of th'howse of Labdacus And weddyng torches blasyng bryght of wycked Oedipus To this my weddyng geue ye nowe our woonted destenies Now now ye bloody daughters all of Egyptes kyng lykewyse Bee here whose hands desyled are with so muche bloude out spylt One daughter lacks of Danaus I wyll fyll by the gylt Ly. Because that stubburnely thou dooest refuse my weddyng so And fearste a kyng thou shalt know what the sceptors nowe maye do Enbrace thyne aultars yet no god shall euer take away Thee from my handes no not although with worlde vpturned may Alcides victor yet agayne to gods aboue returne The wodos on he apes togyther cast let all their temples burns Euen throwne vpon theyr heds his wyfe and all his flocke at laste With vnderlayed fyre let one wood pyle consume and waste AM. This only bowne I father of Alcides aske of thee Whiche well may me beseeme to craue that I fyrst slayne may bee LY. Who all appoynts with present deathe to haue theyr punyshment He tyrant wotts not how to bee more sundry greeues inuent Restrayne the wretched man from death commaunde that th'happy dye I whyle with beames preparde to burne the pyle encreaseth hye Wyll hym with vowyng sacrifyce that rules the seas entreate AM. Oh chiefest powre of godde and oh of heauenly thyngs so great The guyde and parent eke with whose throwne thunderboltes doo shake All thyngs humane throughout the worlde of kyng so cruell slake The wycked hande but why doo I to godds in vayne thus crye Where euer thou be heare me soon why starte so sodaynlye The temples thus with mouyng sha●… Why roareth out the grownde The noyse of hell from bottome deepe byneathe hath made a sownde We herde are loe it is the sownde of Hercules his pace Chorus O fortune hatyng men of stoutest brest howe yll rewards dost thou to good deuyde Eurystheus raynes at home in easye rest Alcinenaes sonne in euery battayle tryde To mūsters turns his hand y t skies did stay and cruell neckes cuts of of hydous snake And apples bryngs frō systers mokt away whē e●…ce to slepe his watcheful eies betake Did dragon set ryche fruite to ouersee he past 〈◊〉 Scythiā bowres y ● stray abroade And those that in their coūtreis strangers be and hardened top of frolen freat he croade And sylent sea with banks ful dūme about the waters hard w●…t ther their floods to flo And where before y t ships full sails spred out is worne a pathe for Sarmates wyld to go The sea doth stand to moue in course again now apt to beare the ship now horsmen bold The quene y t there doth ouer wydows rayn y t girds her wōbe w t girth of glittryng gold Her noble spoile from body drawne hath she shield bands of brest as white as snowe Acknowlegyng the conquerour with knee w t what hope drawne to hedlēg hell alowe S●… bolde to passe the vnreturned wayes s●…st thou Proserpines rayne of Sicylye With southern wid or western ther no se as aryse with waue and swellyng surges hye Not there of Tyndars stocke y t double brood two starrs the feareful ships do aide guide with gulph ful blak doth stād y t slothful flood and whē

pale deth with gredyteeth so wide Unnūbred natiōs hath set down to sprights with one boate man all ouer feryed bee God graūt thou maist of hl subdue y t tights And vnreueked webs of systers three There kyng of many people raigneth hee who whe thou didst w t Nestors Pylos fight Pesti●…erous hāds applide to matche w e thee weapon bare with triple mace of might And prickt with litle wound he fled awaye and lorde of death hymselfe did feare to dye Breake fate by force let the syght of daye to sory sprights of hell apparentlye and porche vnpast shew way to gods aboue the cruel lords of sprights with plesant song And hūble bown ful wel could Orpheꝰmoue while he Eurydicen them craues among The art y t drew woods birds stones at w●… which made delay to flouds of flitting flight At soūd wherof the sauage beasts stood styll with tunes vnwōt doth ghosts of hel delight And cleerer dothe resounde in darker place wepe with teares did gods of cruell brest And they which fautes with to seuere a face do seeke former gylt of ghosts out wrest The Thracian daughters wails Eurydicē for her the iudges weeping sitte also We cōquerd ar chief kyng of death said thē to godds but vnder this cōdition goe Behynd thy husbands back kepe y ● thy way looke thou not backe thy wyfe before to see Thā the to sight of gods hath brought y t day and gate of Spartane Taenare present bee Loue hates delay nor coulde abyde so long his gyfte he loste while he desires the syght The place y t coulde be thus subdewd w e song that place may soone be ouercom by myght THE THYRDE ACTE Hercules QComfortable guyde of lyght and honour of the skye That cōpassyng both hemyspheres with flamyng charyot hys Thy radiant head to ioyfull landes about the worlde doste bryng Thou Phoebus pardon geue to me yf any vnlawfull thyng Thyne eyes haue seene commanded I haue here to lyght out fette The secretes of the worlde and thow of heauen o guyder grette And parent eke in flashe out throwne of lyghtnyng hyde thy syght And thou that gouernest the seas with seconde sceptors myght To bottome synke of deepest waues who so from hye dothe see And dreadyng yet with cowntnance newe the erthe defylde to bee Let hym from hens turne backe his syght and face to heauen vpholde These mōstrous syghts to shoon let twain this mischiefe great beholde He who it brought and she that badde for paynefull toyles to me And labours long not all the earthe thowght wyde ynough may be For Iunoes hate thyngs vncome to of all men I dyd see Unknowne to sonne and spaces wyde that darke and shadesull bee Whiche woorser poale geeues dyrer Ioue to raigne and rule theryn And yet yf thyrde place pleasyd more for me to enter yn I there coulde raigne the Chaos of eternall nyght of hell And woorse then nyght the dolefull godds I haue that there dood ●…ll And fates subdude the deathe contemnde I am returnde to lyght What yet remaynes I sawe and showde the spryghts of hell to syght Appoynte yf ought be more doste thou my hands so long permyt Iuno to ceasse what thyng bydst thou to be subdued yet But why doo cruell sowldyars holde the holy temples wyde And dreade of armour sacred porche beset on euery syde Amphitryon Hercules Theseus DOo eyther ells my great desyres delude and mocke myne eyes Or hath the tamer of the worlde and greekes renowne lykewyse For sooke the silent howse besette with cloude full sadde to see Is this my soone my membres loe for ioy amased bee Oh sonne the sure and sauegarde late of Thebes in mysery See I thy bodye true in deede or els deceyude am I Mo●…t with thy spright art thou the same●… these brawnes of armes I knowe And shoulders and thy noble handes From body hye that growe HER. Whens father happs this vglynes And why in mournyng cladde Is thus my wyfe howe happs it that with fylthe so fowle bestadde My chyldren are what myserye doothe thus my howse oppresse AM. Thy father in la●…e is slayne the kyngdome Lycus doothe possesse Thy sonnes thy parent and thy wyfe to deathe pursueth he HER. Ungratefull land dothe no man come that will an ayder be Of Hercles howse and this behelde so greate and heynous wrong Hath th' ayded worlds but why weare I the daye in playnt so long Let th'enmy dye and this renowne let strengthe obtayne in haste And of Alcides enmyes all let Lycus be the laste I dryuen am to goe to shedde the blood of enmye out Watche Theseu that no sodayne strength beeset vs heere about Me warres requyre enbracyng yet deferre O father deare And wyfe deferre them Lycus shall to hell this message beare That I am nowe returnde THE. Shake of O queene out of thyne eyes This weepyng face and thou sens that thy sonne is safe lykewyse Thy droppyng teares refrayne yf yet I Hercles euer knewe Then Lycus shall for Creon paye the paynes to hym full dewe Tis lyght he shall he doothe and thats to lyght he hathe it doone AM. Now god that can them bring to passe speede well our wyshes soone And come to helpe our weary woes O noble harted mate Of my stoute sonne of his renowne declare vs all the rate Howe long a waye doothe leade to place where sory sprights doo dwell And howe the harde and heauy bonds the dogge hathe borne of hell THE. The deedes y ● doost constrayne to tell that euen to mynde secure Are dredfull yet and horryble scant yet the truste is sure Of vitall ayre sore blunted is the sharpnesse of my syght And dulled eyes doo scant sustayne to see th'vnwoonted lyght AM. Yet Theseus throwghly ouercome what euer feare remaynes In bosome deepe nor doo thou not of best frute of thy paynes Beguylde thy selfe What thyng hath once to suffre beene a care To haue remembred it is sweete those dredfull happe declare THE. All ryght of worlde and thee lykewise I pray that bearste the rayne In kyngdome wyde and thee for whome All rownde about in dayne Thy mother throughout Aetna sowght that secret thyngs alowe And hydde in grownde it freely may bee lawfull for to showe The Spartane lande a noble toppe of hyll aduaunceth hye Where Taenarus with woodes full ●…hycks the sea doothe ouerlye The house of hatefull Ditis here his mowthe doothe ●…pen sette And rocks of hyll about doothe gape and with a denne full grette A huge and gapyng clefte of grownd●… with iawes full wyde doothe lye And way full broade to people all dothe spredde to passe therby Not straight with darkenes dothe begynne The way that blyndes the syght A lyttle lyngryng bryghtnes lo behynde of late lefte lyght And dubtfull glyttryng yet of sonne afflicted falles alowe And mocks the syght suche lyght is woont vndoubtedly to showe The dawne of day or twylyght els at edge of euenyng tyde From hens to hollowe places

bryng lett●… vapour fa●…e and ●…ume smoke vp full hye Let rownde abowt the poplar tree my heares nowe bewtifye Let th'olyue bowe thee hyde with braunch●… accustomde in our lande Thescu for foorthwith reuerence the thundrer shall my hande THE. O godds the buylders of the towne and whiche of dragon fell The wylde woods denns and noble wa●… lykewyse of Dirces well And Tyrian house enhabite eke of straunger wandryng kyng HER. Caste into fyres the trankencense AM. Sonne fyrste thy handes flowyng with blouddy slaughter and the deathe of enmye puryfye HER. Would god the blood of hatefull he●… Euen vnto godds on hye I myght out shedde for lycour loe more acceptable none Myght th'aulters stayne nor sacrifice more ample any one Nor yet more plentyfull may bee To Ioue aboue downe caste Then kyng vniust AM. Desyre that nowe thy father ende at laste Thy labours all lette quyetnesse At lengthe yet gyuen bee And re●… to weery folke HER. I wyll the prayers make for mee And Ioue full meete yn his due place Lette stands the haughty skye And lande and ayre and lette the starres dryue foorthe eternallye Their course vnstayde let restfull peace keepe nations quietlye Let labour of the hurtlesse lande all yron nowe occupye And sooprdes lye hydde let tempest none full vyolent and dyre Disturbe the sea let from the skyes no flashe of lyghtnyng fyre Fall downe whyle Ioue full angry is nor yet with wynter snowe Encreased floode the grownde vpturnde and fieldes quight ouerthrowe Let poysons cease and from hensfoorth let vp from grownde aryse No greeuous herbe with hurtfull sappe nor fierce and fell lykewyse Let tyrantes raygne but yf to syght some other mischiefe bryng The grownde yet shall let it make haste and any monstrous thyng If it prepare let yt bee myne but what meanes this myd daye The darknes haue encloasde abowt lo Phoebus gothe his ways With face obscure withowt a clowde who dryues the daye to flyght And turnes to east from whence doth now his dusky h●…d the nyght Unknown bryng forth whēce fyl the 〈◊〉 so many rownde about Of daytyme starres lo here beholde my labour fyrst full stoute Not in the lowest parte of heauen the lyon shyneth bryght And feruently dothe rage with yre And byttes prepares to fyght Euen now loe he some starre wyl take ▪ with mouthe full wyde to see He thretnyng stands and fyres out blowes and mane vp rustleth he Shakyng with necke the haruest sadde o●… shape what euer thyng And what soeuer wynter c●…llde in frosen tyme doothe bryng He with one rage wyll ouerpasse of spryng tyme bull he wyll Bothe seeke and breake the neckes at once AM. What is this sodayne yll Thy cruell cowntnance whether sonne Doste thou caste here and there And seeste with troubled daselde syght false shape of heauen appere HER. The land is taemde the swellyng seas theyr surges dyd asswage The kyngdomes lowe of hell lykewyse haue felte and knowne my rage Yet heauen is free a labour meete for Hercules to proue To spaces hygh I wyll hee borne of hawghtye skyes about Let th'ayre be skaelde my father dooth me promyse starrs t'obtayne What yf he it denyde all th'earthe can Hercles not contayne And geeues at length to godds me calls of owne accorde beholde The whole assembly of the godds and dooth theyr gates vnfolde Whyle one for bydds receyuste thou me and openest thou the skye Or els the gate of stubborne heauen drawe after me doo I Do I yet doubte I even the bonde●… from Saturne wyll vndoe And euen agaynst the kyngdome prowde of wycked father loe My grandsyre loase let Titans nowe prepare agayne theyr fyght With me theyr captayne ragyng stones with woodes I wyll downe smyght And hye hylles topps with Centaures full in ryght hande wyll I take With double mountayne nowe I wyll a stayre to godds vp make Let Chiron vnder Ossa see his Pelion mowntayne grette Olympus vp to heauen aboue in thyrde degree then sette Shall come it selfe or ells bee caste AM. Put farre awaye from thee The thowghts that owght not to be spoake of mynde vnsownde to see But yet full great the furyows rage asswage and laye awaye HER. What meaneth this the gyantes d●… pestiferous armes assaye And Tityus from the sprights is fledde and bearyng torne to see And empty bosome lo howe neere to heauen it selfe stoode hee Cythaeron falles the mountayne hye Pallene shakes for feare And torne are Tempe he the toppes of Pindus cawght hathe here And Oethen he some dredfull thyng threatnyng doothe rage abowt Crinnys bryngyng flames with strypes she soundes nowe shaken out And burned brandes in funeralls loe yet more neare and neare Throwes in my face fearce Tisyphone with head and vgly heare With serpents sette nowe after dogg●… fet owt with Hercles hande That emptye gate she hathe shette vp with bolte of fyry brande But lee the stocke of enmiows kyng doothe hydden yet remayne The wycked Lycus seede but to your hatefull father slayne Euen nowe this ryght hande shall you send●… let nowe his arrowes lyght My bowe owt shoote it seemes the shaftes to goe with suche a flyght Of Hercles AM. Whether doothe the rag●… and fury blynde yet goe His myghty bowe he drewe with hornes togyther dryuen loe And quyuer loaste great noyese makes with byolence sente owt The shafte and quyght the weapon flewe his myddle necke torowghowt The wownd yet left HER. His other br●…ods I ouerthrowe wyll quyght And corners all What stay I yet to me a greater fyght Remaynes then all Mycenes loe that rockye stones shoulde all Of Cyclops beeyng ouerturnde with hande of myne downe fall Let shake bothe here and there the house with all stayes ouerthrowne Let breake the poasts and quight let shrinke the shaken pyller downe Let all the palayce fall at once I here yet hydden see The sonne of wycked father AM. Loe his flattryng handes to thee Applyeng to thy knees doothe craue his lyfe with pyteous mone O wycked gylte full sadde and eke abhorde to looke vppone His humble ryght hande caught he hath and ragyng rownde abowt Him r●…lled twyse or thryse hath cast his head resoundeth owt The sprynkled howses with the brayne of hym throwne owt are wet But shee poore wretche her lyttle sonne in bosome hydyng yet Loe Megara lyke one in rage doothe from the corners flee HER. Thowgh runnagate in bosome of the thundrer hydde thou bee This ryght hande shall from euery where Thee seeke and bryng to syght AM. wher goest thow wretch what lurkyng denns seek●…e thou to take or flyght No place of sauegarde ys yf once bee Hercles styrde with yre But doo thou rather hym enbrace and with thy meeke desyre Assaye t' asswage hym MEG Husbande spare vs I beseeche thee nowe And knowe thy Megara this sonne thy cowntenaunce doothe showe And bodyes pytche beholdst thow how his hands vp lyfteth hee HER. I holde my stepdame followe on dewe penawnce paye to mee And bownden Ione from fylthy bond●… delyuer