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A73334	The excellent historye of Theseus and Ariadne Wherein is declared her feruent loue to hym: and his trayterous dealynge towarde her: written in English meeter in co[n]mendacion of all good women: and to the infamie of suche lyght huswyues as Phedia the sister of Ariadne was: which fled away w[ith] Theseus her sisters husbande: as is declared in this history. By Thomas Vnderdowne.	Underdown, Thomas.	1566 (1566)	STC 24517; ESTC S124908	10,262	35

praye you what was the cause that Penelope was so muche honoured in her tyme and left eternal memorie of her good renowne to vs after her death What trade of lyfe led shee when Vlysses was at the Siege of Troye shee beynge a Quene dyd paynfullye spyn and keepe her howse and for all the knot of gentell Woers that she had she neuer left her worke to dallye and toye with them thoughe her Husband were awaye .xx. yeares What dyd the wicked Torquyne fynde the good Ladye Lucres doynge when he came to rauysshe her If ye knowe not O ye amorous Ladyes to you I speake I wyll tell you shee sat spynnyge with her Maydes and beyng deflowred shee neither gaue Torquyne thankes for his good wyll nor reward for his paynes but flewe her selfe because her Husbandes bedde was defyled Let these to Ladyes be Examples to you O ye Ladyes enamorous howe you shall occupye your selues in your Howses they were no vyle women for the firste was Quene of Ithaca thother a Consuls wyfe of Rome But I suppose you cannot away with spinnynge for that vtterlye taketh awaye all vayne thoughtes and occupyeth the minde with honest studyes for all the Senses be moued by it the eyes with seyeng that the threde be well twyned the eares with hearynge the sownde of the wheele the hands with turnyng it aboute so that no place is voyde of doing somwhat wherby no yl can tary or raigne in the hart thus much I haue said because Ariadnes idlenes caused al her griefe for if she had not bē idle she had not gone out of her chamber if she had not gon out of her chamber she had not come to the Laberynthe wherein Theseus was if shee had not gone to the Laberynthe she hadde not hard his complaint if she had not hard his complaint she had not loued him if she had not loued him she had ben safe frō the chaunce whiche happened to her as in the Historye shal be declared Ydlenes is therfore the ground of all vice ouerthroweth quyte all the foundations of Vertue But as I haue said of these two I might speake of many mo but this is ynough if it be wel vnderstanded But to leaue this and come to the Historye agayne from the whiche I haue a lytle dygressed if thou looke for an example of paynfulnes take them all and thynke with howe great paines they slewe and subdued the fel Monster Mynotaurus If thou desire to here of vnmercyfulnes of Parentes cast thou eyes to Theseus who lost his father Egeus through his defaut But because it is but lytle touched in this Historye I wyll pretermyt that Yf myserye call to mynde Aryadne left in the wildernesse and to be short of all vnhappynes let her be a Paterne I might apply eche of these to diuers other cōmen places but thē I should make my Entry greater then my whole Howse I wyll therfore leue the rest to be scanned of thee gentle Reader if I shal perceiue that this is welcome to thee hereafter as occasion shall serue thou shalt encourage me to do the more Thus hopynge that thou wilte take in good parte whatsoeuer is said herein I byd thee farewell desirynge thee if oughte bee amysse frendlye to correcte it or gentlye to admonysshe mee therof Farewell ¶ A Rule for Women to brynge vp their Daughters YE Mothers that your Daughters wyll brynge vp and nurture well These Rules do keepe them obserue Whiche I shall here nowe tell ¶ If they wyll go or gad abrode their legges let broken bee Put out their eyes if they wyll looke or gase vndecentlye ¶ If they their eares wyll gyue to bark what other men do saye Stoppe them vp quyte if geue or take then cut their handes awaye ¶ If they dare lyghtly vse to talke their lyppes together sowe If they wyll ought lyghtly entende lette Grasse vpon them growe ¶ And at a worde if she be yll let her yll aunswers haue And for her dower geue sharpe wordes and for her house a graue ¶ Therfore ye Mothers if ye vse and kepe my Rules in mynde Daughters you shall haue none at all or those of Phenyx kynde ¶ Finis ¶ The Historie of Theseus and Ariadne THere dwelt somtyme in Crete a kyng that mightie Minos hight Who had to wife Pasiphae a passyng wylye wight This carefull Quene bewayled sore her husbandes absence longe She did lament with pensiue thought her iniurie and wronge And moste for that dame Venus sport she wanted suche a space There was no man in all her Court that could deserue her grace They were eche one to base of bloud or of to lowe degree As that they might obtayne or haue so peerelesse a Ladie And why she did mutche more esteeme her honour and her fame Then that she list to hasard them with sutche reproche and shame Thus did therfore her broylyng breast inuent to put in vre Least that her ardent secrete flames shuld not be kept in sure A Cowe of wodde for to be made shee did therfore deuise Compacte with connyng handycrafte and perfite Artifice For Dedalus the Carpenter did frame it in sutche sorte As it once seene you would in dede a very Cowe reporte For it one were within the wood the gynnes were trimmed so That if they were pluckt aright the Cowe would walke or go This worke when it was finisshed the quene for her solace would oftimes get into the same and sitte in it a space Tyl that the Gynnes she could once turne and rule them as she lyst Then she to worke her wanton wyll begyns as she thynkes best Somtymes she goes somtimes she ronnes somtymes she lyeth styll And finally she doth eche thynge that pleases her wicked wyll Then smellynge oyntments doth she take and doth annoynt this Cowe For to prouoke the boysterous Bull as women knowe well howe This done she goeth into the same the Bull also is brought And there betwixt the Bull and Cowe is pretie pastime wrought Pasiphae thus hath her wyll except I be beguylde Soone after this congresse was done the Quene was founde with childe Shortlye after the kynge retournde and did lye by this quene And she was great of kynge and Bull at once as then was seene For when she should be brought to bed came foorth a Monster fell That had both shape of man and beast as auncient Stories tell The Fame of this deformed Beast harde Countreies neare and farre And for bycause two formes he had men called him Mynotare This furyous Feende this hungry thing would eate nought els but men Wherfore from all the sorye Landes that Mynes conquerd then There cōmeth many men by lotte this hungrye Beast to feede And howe they speede for to reherse ywys it is no neede Till at the last noble Theseus Good king Egeus sonne Who for his sake from Turrets top In sea headlong did ronne Came into Crete to Laberynthe Wherin this monster was There for to ende his

THE Excellent Historye of Theseus and Ariadne Wherein is declared her feruent loue to hym and his Trayterous dealynge towarde her Written in English Meeter in Cōmendacion of all good women and to the Infamie of suche lyght Huswyues as Phedra the sister of Ariadne was which fled away with Theseus her Sisters Husbande as is declared in this History By Thomas Vnderdowne ¶ Imprinted at London by Rycharde Iohnes and are to be sold at his Shop ioynyng to the Southwest Doore of Paules Churche 1566 28. of Ianuarie ¶ The Preface to the Reader SEynge the pricke wherevnto the Lyne of oure lyfe guydeth vs is knowledg of thynges wherof we are ignorant that of all knowledges none is more estimable or worthy for those that acknowledge them selues by the names of men then the Science of the Natures and qualyties of thynges and of Natures the best moste excellent is the acquaintaunce with Mankind and knowledge of his condicions I haue thought it good gentell Reader to set before thyne eyes Thistorie of Theseus Aryadne the whiche though the Style and Meetre be to base for so perfyte a Paterne of so many thynges yet by the perswasions earnest request of diuers and those my verye frendes I haue gyuen it thee wherin thou maiste beholde as in a Glasse almoste all maner of dealynges for sundry kindes of purposes As if thou seeke for true loue looke vpon Ariadne who aduētured her fame body goods to go with Theseus If thou seeke for good counsell howe to eschewe the blasynge brandes of the fyerye flames of loue see Phedra If Crafte Dissimulacion Perfidye Periurye or forgetfulnes of good turnes behold Theseus If thou craue an Example of vnnaturall lust lechery or as I mought say incest let Phedra come before thyne eyes who hauynge no respect to honestie fame ire of the Goddes nor kynred entysed the vnconstant Theseus to forsake her Sister and loue her Certaynly in that she was a woman she deserued pardon but in that shee was a Sister shee deserued perpetuall ignomynie and euerlastynge shame dishonour And seynge the Sister maye not truste her Sister sithe bothe came oute of one belye and sucked of one pappes what other wyll be so mad or so muche without reason as to trust a woman whose dishonest partes haue hitherto and yet do so properlye playe their Pageantes as no tonge can tell no Pen can wryte nor any harte comprehende I wyll not that any honest and vertuous Woman be towched with that I mynde to saye but they onely who in readynge hereof shall by anye meanes fynde them selues agreeued And I wyll touche no poynt but onelye Beautie For yf I shoulde saye what I haue seene reade and harde a yeare were to lytell to tell of their trickes Assuredly he that desyreth a fayre woman armeth him selfe to a right great and dangerous aduenture and why a fayre woman is nothynge but a gasynge stocke of ydell folkes an earelye wakynge for them that bee lyghte and she that is desired for her Beautie in her youthe maye hope too haue but a sorye lyfe in her age An infallyble Rule it is that shee that is desyred for her fayrenesse is hated for her sowlenesse and Beautie of trouthe is not perpetuall but fadeth as the flowers and greene grasse Also he that hathe a fayre woman must suffre her pryde for Beautie and Pryde go alwaye together Also hee must suffre her expences for beautie in the face and folye in the head be two wormes that fret the lyfe and consume the goodes Also hee must suffre her Ryotes for a faire woman wyll that none but shee haue her commaundementes in the Howse Also bee muste suffre her nyce Mynions for a fayre woman wyll passe her time in pleasures Also hee muste suffre her Presumption for euerye fyne and fayre womā wyll haue preeminence before all other at a worde he that hath a fayre woman is apparelde with as great peryll as euer was Cartha with Scipio Ierusalem with Titus or Rome with Brennus No man complayneth that the Goddes among his destenies haue giuen him a foule wife let euery man chuse as him lyst The noble Armynus of Carthage for the space of fourescore yeres wherin he ruled the cōmon wealth there was as straunge to women as famyliar to his Bookes And this age passed his frendes desired him instantlye to take a wyfe that the memorye of so perfyte a wyse man might remayne to the posterytie and the more earnest they were the more he resisted sayd If she be fowle I shall abhorre her if she be fayre I must take hede to her if she be ryche I must suffer her if she be poore I must mayntayne her if she be a shrew I can not forbere her and the least plague of these is sufficient to slaye a. M. men But let vs see how they of olde tyme passed their dayes let vs consider whither the Grafts that were slipped from these trees be any whyt degenerated from the olde stocke Myrrha lay with her father Byblys caused her brother Cannus for vniuste and vnnaturall lust to be banyshed Medea slewe her Brother Absyrtus therby to scape her fathers danger ▪ folow Iason into Grece and this our Phedra left her sister in a vast forest a pray to the fierce and cruel Beastes and ran away with her Husbande I speake not of any light fault but of suche wherby the fawties haue gotten them no lesse reproch in their time thē shame with vs by beynge Examples of so filthy factes As for those that lyue nowe with vs I feare me thei shal be as yll reported of tyme to come as they be hated nowe with wise and auncient men their lookes be so loftie their gate so stately their apparell so disguised their courage so hawtye that you may muse to here of their maners gestures and behauiours no lesse then thei were Monsters or thinges wherin Nature eyther had erred or woulde not shewe her force And where in time passed all that was done otherwyse then honestie permitted was done very secretely Now I know no cause why they that be dyffamed do as muche reioyce in their naughtines as they aforetime were ashamed of their misdedes I can alledge no reason why suche thyngs shoulde come to passe nowe rather then in tymes paste but that oure women lyue so yedellye that they eschewe all honeste laboure and whollye addicte them selues to vnhonest ydlenesse For this is certaine where the handes is occupyed there the harte muste needes do somwhat and if I saye not true let any man alleadge when euer there were moe ydell Women in the whole worlde then is nowe in the small Circuit of Englande I reade howe diuers haue ben cōmended for kepynge them selues close in their Howses vsynge them selues discretelye with companye moderatelye with their Housholde decentlye with their Husbandes But neuer was any lauded for leadynge of an ydell lyfe You ydle Dames whersoeuer you be tell me I