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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02074	Arbasto The anatomie of fortune. Wherein is discoursed by a pithie and pleasant discourse, that the highest state of prosperitie, is oft times the first steppe to mishappe, and that to stay vpon fortunes lotte, is to treade on brittle glasse. VVherein also gentlemen may finde pleasant conceits to purge melancholie, and perfit counsell to preuent misfortune. By Robert Greene Master of Arte.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1589 (1589)	STC 12219; ESTC S105892	36,966	56

suddaine an offence which graunted the desire I haue to heare of your strange happe doth make mee passe manners in being importunate with your Maiestie to heare the tragicall chance of this your strange change Well ꝙ hee since thy desire is such and time allowes me conuenient leysure sit downe and thou shalt heare what trust there is to be giuen to inconstant Fortune Arbasto VNtill I waxt weary of my diademe ꝙ he I was king of the famous Countrey of Denmarke wherein after Bosphorus deceassed for so was my father called I raigned in happie prosperitie comming to the Crowne at the age of one and twentie yeeres beeing so honoured of my Subiects for my vertue and so loued for my courtesie as I did not onely gaine the harts of mine own Countrimen but also win the good wil of strangers I could not complaine of lack in that my greatest want was store I feared not the force of forraine foes for I knew none but were my faithful friendes I doubted no mis-fortune for I coulde sée no waie for me to mishap nay if I had béene wise I might the more haue feared miserie in that I was so fullie pampered vppe with felicitie But I poore wretch was not daunted with anie dread because I sawe no present danger I thought the sea being calme there could come no tempest that from the cléere aire could ensue no storme that quiet ease was not the mother of dissention and that where Fortune once tuned in the strings could neuer be found any discorde But O fond and infortunate Arbasto for so is my name and therfore infortunate in that thou art Arbasto thou now hast tried though by haplesse experience that when Nilus filleth vp his bounds ensueth a dearth when the Angelica is laden with most seede then hee dieth when musicke was heard in the Capitoll then the Romanes were plagued wyth pestilence when Circes proffered most gifts shee pretended most guile and that when Fortune hath depriued thee of moste care then shee meanes to drowne thee in the greatest calamitie for as thus I safelie floated in the Seas of securitie and bathed in the stréames of blysse Fortune thinking at length to giue me the mate began thus to prosfer the check I hauing but one onely brother called Tebaldo whom forced by nature I most entirely loued and liked who soiourned in Frannce as one desirous to see the manners of strange Countries to furnish himselfe wyth al qualities fit for a worthy Gentleman I vnhappily receiued newes that he was cowardly without cause slain in the French Court which so appalled my sences as nature most cruelly exclaimed against Fortune in so much that scorched with the flame of spéedie reuenge contrarie to the counsaile of my nobles with a resolute mind I determined to inuade France and either to bring the whole realme to ruine or els to hazard life and limme in the battell well no perswasion beeing able to driue me from this setled determination I caused my Ships to be rigged and with as much spéede as might be sayled into France with a great nauie where I had no sooner landed my soldiers but as a professed foe crauing no other recōpence for my brothers death but their destruction I burnt their borders fired their forts rased their Townes and Cities to the earth vsing no mercie but this that hauing depriued them of their possessions I also bereaued them of their liues● Pelorus hearing with what violence I had inuaded his lande for so the French king was called fearing that he was not able to withstand my force séeing that Fortune so fauoured my enterprise passed spéedily with hys whole host vnto Orleance whither I hasted being not greatly resisted laying valiantly a strong siege to the citie which after I had diuers times assaulted had so shaken the walls with Cannon shot that they were forced to strengthen them with new counter mures Pelorus halfe daunted with my desperat attempts coueted secretly to conclude a peace to colour therfore this his intent with a false shadowe he spéedily dispatched an Heralde to intreat a truce for thrée moneths which being vnhappily graunted and therefore vnhappily because graunted it was lawfull for them of Denmarke peaceably to passe into the Cittie and for them of Orleance quietly to come into our Campe. While thus the truce continued I beeing desirous to take a viewe of the French Court accompanied with my Nobles went to Pelorus who willing to shewe his martiall courage by vsing courtesie to his foe gaue me very sumptuous and courteous entertainment But alas such desaster hap ensued of this my fond desire that death had béene thrise more welcome thē such endles distresse For Pelorus had onely two daughters the eldest called Myrania the yongest named Doralicia so faire and well featured as Venus would haue beene iealous if Adonis had liued to sée their beauties But especiallie louely Doralicia and therefore more louely because I so entirely loued was so beautified with the gifts of nature and so adorned with more then earthly perfection as she séemed to be framed by nature to blemish nature and the beauty had skipt beyond her skil in framing a péece of such curious workmanshippe for that which in her respecting her other perfections was of no price woulde be counted in others a pearle her greatest want woulde in others bee thought a store so that if any thing lacked in her it was not to be sought for in any earthly creature This Doralicia beeing appointed by vniust Fortune to be the instrument of my fall accōpanied with her sister Myrania and other Ladies came into the Chamber where her father I was at parle whose gorgious presence so appaled my sences that I stood astonished as if with Perseus shield I had béene made a sencelesse picture not knowing from whence this suddaine and vncertaine passion should procéed yet this fond affection I felt to rule my fancie that as the Dormouse can not shut his eies as long as he lieth in the beames of the Sun as the Deare can not cease from braying where the herbe Moly groweth so could not I but stare on the face of Doralicia as long as her beauty was such an heauenly obiect Shee narrowlie marking my gazing lookes straight perceiued that I was galled therfore to shewe how lightly she accounted of my liking passed out of the Chamber with a coye and courtlie countenance but Myrania as one perceiuing and pittying my passions séemed with her lookes to say in hart Arbasto farewell These two Goddesses beeing gone féeling my minde somewhat perplexed I tooke my leane of Pelorus and departed Comming home to my Tent fraught with a thousand toyish fancies I began to coniecture what should be the cause of these contrarie motions the effect I felt the occasion I could not find applying therfore a contrary salue to my sore it did rather increase than cure the maladie for companie was a corsiue not a comfort thinking Musick shoulde be a

of the trée Alpina though it be wet looketh alwaies dry●● and a wyse louer be she neuer so much tormented behaueth herselfe as though shee were not touched Yea but fire cannot be hidden in the Flaxe without smoake nor Muske in the bosome without smell nor looue in the breast without suspition Why then seeke some meane to manifest thy looue to Arbasto for as the stone Draconites can by no meanes bee polished vnlesse the Lapidarie burne it so thy minde can by no medicine be cured vnlesse Arbasto ease it alas Arbasto sweete Arbasto And with that she fetcht such a groaning sighe that one of her Maydes came into the Chamber who by her presence putting her from her passions sate so long by tyll tyred with drousie thoughts she fell into a slumber Fortune frowning thus vppon her as I supposed and fawning vpon me I set my foote on the fairest sands althogh at last I found thē most fickle thinking I must needes tread the Mesures right when Fortune piped the daunce but though I threw at all yet my chance was hard for Pelorus trifling for truce pretended treason making a shew of fear fought subtilly how to ouerthrow me by deceit saying that in ruling of Empires there is required as great pollicie as prowesse in gouerning an estate close crueltie dooth more good than open clemencie for the obtayning of a kingdome as well mischiefe as mercie is to be practised that better he had commit an inconuenience in breaking his oth than suffer a mischiefe by keeping his promise setting downe the staffe therefore on this secure periurie thus it fell out After two or thrée daies were passed accompanied onely with Egerio and a fewe of my guarde I went to Orleance determining both to conclude a peace and to demaunde Doralicia in marriage where no sooner I arriued and was entered in at the gates of the Citty but I found Pelorus and al his men in Armes which sight so appalled my sences that I stood as one trans-formed fearing that which presentlie I found true for Pelorus hauing his force inflamed with furious choller commaunded his Captaines to lay hold on me and to carrie mee to close prison swering that no lesse than the losse of life should mittigate his furie And raging in this choller after he had lodged me vppe in Lymbo he went with al his Armie to the Campe wher finding my soldiers secure as men little doubting of such mysfortune he made such a monstrous and mercilesse slaughter as of fiftie thousand he left fewe aliue those which remained he plagued with al kind of slauerie returning home with his shameles triumph hee commaunded that in the mids of the Cittie there should be made a great scaffold wherupon within ten daies I should be executed these heauie and haplesse newes béeing come to myne eares such sorrowfull passions perplexed my mind as after floods of brinish teares I burst forth into these bitter termes O infortunate Arbasto quoth I and therefore the more infortunate because Arbasto art thou not worthy of thys mishap which wilfully sought thine owne miserie canst thou accuse the Gods which didst striue against the Gods canst thou condemne Fortune which hast warred against nature and Fortune No no in suffering reason to yeeld vnto appetite wisedom vnto will and wit vnto affection thou hast procured thine owne death and thy Souldiers destruction Loue yea loue it is that hath procured thy losse beautie that hath bred thy bale fancie hath giuen thée the foyle and thine owne witlesse wil that hath wrought thy woe the more is thy paine and the lesse thou art to bee pittied was there none to like but Doralicia none to choose but thy foe none to loue but thine enemie O vile wretch fraught with carelesse follie And with that as I was readie to exclaime against my curssed destenie I heard the pryson doore open where I saw presently to enter Myrania Doralicia and Madam Vecchia who séeing me sit in such sorrowfull dumpes began to smyle at my dolor and to laugh at my mishappe which wilfullie thrust my selfe into such miserie thinking therefore to agrauate my griefe by rubbing a fresh my sore Doralicia began to gall me on this sort Hearing Arbasto quoth she that you were come to prosecute your sute playing the good Captaine that for the first foyle giueth not ouer the field I thought good to giue you a smiling looke in recompence of your flattering loue least if I should not be so curteous to so kind a Gentleman the world should account me ingratefull It is truth sister ꝙ Myrania it séemes he is a passing amorous louer but it is pittie he hath verie ill luck he chooseth his chaffer well but yet is an vnskilfull chapman for if he buy at such an vnreasonable rate he is like sell howe hee can to liue by the losse Tush quoth Madam Vecchia he playeth like the Dragon who sucking bloode out of the Clephant killeth him and with the same poysoneth her selfe so Arbasto séeking to betray others is himselfe taken in the trap a iust rewarde for so vniust dealing and a fit reuenge for so rechles an enemie And yet ꝙ Doralicia his purpose hath taken small place for whatsoeuer his mind was his malice hath wāted might wherin he resembleth the Serpent Porphirius who is ful of poyson but béeing toothlesse hurteth none but himselfe Surelie whatsoeuer his chaunce be hee hath made a verie good choice for he preferreth swéete loue before bitter death and the hope of euerlasting fame before the feare of momentarie mis-fortune he shall now for his constancie be canonized in Denmark for a saint and his subiects may boast say that Arbasto our King died for loue Egerio séeing that extremitie of griefe woulde not suffer me to vtter one worde not able anie longer to abide these frumpes crost her with this chollerick replie Gentlewoman ꝙ he although I so terme you rather to shew mine own curtesie than to decipher your conditions it séemeth Nurture hath taught you very few manners or nature affoorded very smal modestie that séeing one in distresse you should laugh at his dolor and where the partie is crossed with mishap you would with bitter tants increase his miserie if he be your foe he hath now the foile he is taken in the snare his life hangeth in the ballance Though your father be without pietie yet in that you are a woman be not without pittie Hate him if you please as hee is your enemie but despise him not as he is Arbasto a king and your haples louer we are captiues not to a woorthy conquerer but to a wretched caitife not vanquished by prowesse but by periurie not by fight but by falshood who in our liues to thy fathers losse won continuall fame and by our death to thy fathers discredite shall purchase vnto him perpetuall infamie Doralicia not willing to suffer him wade anie further cut him short in this manner Sir quoth she if bragges could stand for payment I