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death_n	daughter_n	earl_n	son_n	4,221	5	5.2890	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02073	Alcida Greenes metamorphosis, vvherein is discouered, a pleasant transformation of bodies into sundrie shapes, shewing that as vertues beautifie the mind, so vanities giue greater staines, than the perfection of any quality can rase out: the discourse confirmed with diuerse merry and delightfull histories; full of graue principles to content age, and sawsed with pleasant parlees, and witty answeres, to satisfie youth: profitable for both, and not offensiue to any. By R.G.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1617 (1617)	STC 12216; ESTC S105886	48,526	77

produced Eurimachus who after strict examination was found guilty the greatest witnes against him being the confession of Marpesia The verdict giuen vp the prince could not but giue iudgement which was that within one moneth in the place where he kild Cleander he should be 〈◊〉 Sentence giuen Eurimachus took his mis●…ortune with patience Newes comming to Marpesia of this tragicall euent she fell downe in a sound and grew into bitter passions but in ●…aine My sonne to shewe how he loued Eurimachus caused a Caruer to cut out this sumptuo●…s t●…mbe in this forme wherein after his death hee resolued to burie him so to grace him with extraordinare honor All things prouided and the day of his death being come Eurimachus clad all in blacke veluet came forth mourning in his 〈◊〉 but merrie in his countenance as one that sorrewed for the fault but was not daunted with death After him followed my Sonne the Earles Lords and Barons of the land all in black and I and my daughter Marpesia and the ladies of the court couered with sable vails attending on this condemned Eurimachus being come to the place the deaths-man hauing laid the blocke and holding the axe in his hand Eurimachus before his death vttered these wor●…s Lords of Taprobane h●…re I slew Cleander here must I offer my blond as amends to the soule of the dead Gentleman which I repent with more sorrow then I performed the deed with furie The cause of his death and my misfortune is all one he slaine for bewraying my lo●…es I executed for discouering his death but infortimate I to bewray so priuate a matter to the secrecy of a woman whose hearts are full of holes apt to receiue but not to retaine whose tongues are tru●…pets that set open to the world what they know Foolish is hee that commit●… his life into their lappes or tyes his thoughts in their beauties such is the nature of these f●…ndlings that they cannot couer their owne scapes nor straine a vaile ouer their 〈◊〉 faults their hearts are so great their thoughts so many their wits so fickle and their tongues so slippery the heart and the tongue are Relatiues and if time serues they cannot paint out their passions in talke y●…t they will discouer them with their lookes so that if they be not blabbes in their tongues they will be tatlers with eyes the gods haue greatly reuenged this fault in men letting it ouer-slip in women because it is so common amongst that sex Mercurie for his babbling turned Ba●…tus to an Index or touchstone whose nature is to bewray any metal it toucheth and Tantalus for his little 〈◊〉 in bewraying that Proserpina ate a graine of the Pomegranate is placed in hell vp to the chin in water with continuall thirst and hath apples hang ouer his head with extreme hunger whereof the Poet saith Quaerit aquas in aquis poma fugatia captat Tantalus hoc illi garrula lingua dedit But why doe I delay d●…ath with these friu●…lous discourses of women suffice they are blabs and so turning to the deaths-man laying his necke on the blocke his head was smitten off The execution done his death was lamented and his body solemnly intombed as thou séest all exclaiming against my daughter Marpesiaes little secrecy who in penance of her fault vsed once a day to visite the tombe and here to her loues soule sacrifice many sighes and teares at length Venus taking pittie of her plaints thinking to ease her of her sorrow and to inflict a gentle and meek r●…uenge turned her into this Rose tree As Alcida had vttered these words there was a ship within kenne whose streamers hanging out I iudged by their colours they were of Alexandria whereupon I waued them to léeward the Mariners more than ordinary courteous struck sailes sent their cockhotes a shore the shippers were no sooner a land but I knew them to be of Alexandria and for all my misfortunes basely attired as I was the poore knaues called me to remembrance and their reuerence done asked if I would to Alexandria I told them it was mine intent whereupon taking leaue of my old Oastesse the Cauntesse Alcida with many thankes for my courteous entertainment shee verie loth to leaue me went with the Mariners towards the boate The poore Lady séeing her self alone fell to her wonted teares which the gods taking pittie on before my face turned to a fountaine I wondering at their deities ●…ntred the boate and went to the ship where welcommed and reuerenced of the Master and the 〈◊〉 h●…ng vp all our sayles we made for ALEXANDRIA FINIS

and dye thine enemy if for no other cause yet for that thou hast dared to court Fiordespine Thy mortall enemy Fiordespine of Taprobane AFter that Telegonus had read this letter saw●…ed with such peremp●…ory disdaine hee fell in a trance lying in his bed as a dead carcase but when he was come to himself hee fell into such extreme passions that his father and his friends comming into the Chamber thought him possessed with some spirit the Physician felt his pulses and found hee had a sound body whereupon they did coniecture it was loue and to verifie the same after he had raised himself vp in his bed with a gastly looke he cryed nothing but Fiordespine fetching such gréeuous grones déepe sighes that all the chamber fell into teares whereupon the old Earle hauing his haire as white as snowe came himself trudging to the Court telling the ex●…me pas●…ion of his son entreating Fiordespine that she would so much as vouchsafe to come to his house onely with her presence somewhat to mitigate his sonnes passions but such was the pride and disdaine of my daughter that neither theteares of the old Earle the intreaty of my son nor my command could preuaile with her insomuch that the old man returned comfortlesse and sorrowing Well Telegonus lying thus distrest by the space of a weeke at last faining himselfe to amend would needes walk abroad that he might be solitary and stumbled weake as hee was into this vale and to this place where sitting downe he fell into these pa●…ons Infortunate Telegonus whose stars at thy ●…irth were in some cursed aspect why didst thou not perish at thy birth or how did fortune frowns that thou wert not 〈◊〉 in thy swadling cloathes now growne to ripe yéetes thou feelest more miseries than thou hast liued moments ah loue that labyrinth that leadeth men to worse dangers then the Mynotaure in Greece loue that kindlest desire but allowest no reward inconstant Venus whose sacrifices sauour of death whose lawes are tyrannous whose fauours are misfortunes strumpet as thou art for I disdaine to call thee goddesse thou and the bastard brat thy sonne shew your power your deitie reuenge my blasphemies how you can for how great soener your choller be my calamitie cannot bee more Mercilesse women whose faces are lures whose beauties are baites whose lookes are nets whose words are charmes and all to bring men to ruine But of all cruell Fiordespine borne of a Tyger and nursed of the shee Wolues in Syria whose heart is full of hate whose thoughts are disdaine whose beautie is ouerlaid with pride Let Venus if shee haue any iustice or Cupid if he haue the equitie of a god make thee loue where thou shalt be mislik●… Alas Telegonus cease not with these praiers the reuenge is too easie but cry to the bitternesse of thy passions that they quit thy reue●…ge against Fiordespine and with this his spéech ceasing hee beat himselfe against the ground in such pitifull sort that the gods tooke compassion and resolued a reuenge But while hee lay thus perplexed his father mist him and taking some of his Gentlemen with him sought him and found him in this Malley passionate and speechlesse The rumour of Telegonus distresse came to the Court whereupon I and my sonne with my other two daughters so intreated Fiordespine that she granted to go see the Gentleman walking therfore to this place here we found him accompanied with his friends all signi●…ying with teares how they greeue●… at his mishap Telegonus no sooner sawe Fiordespine but turning himselfe vpon the grasse with a bitter looke hee first gaz'd her on the face then lifting vp his eyes to heauen gaue a great sigh as though his heart-strings had broke which Fiordespine percei●…ing tri●…mphing in the passions of her louer shee turned her backe and ●…miled Scarce had she fram'd this scornefull countenance but Mercury sent from the gods in a sh●…pheards attir●… strooke her on the head with his Caduceus and turned her into this marble picture which we amazed at and Telegonus noting turning himselfe on his left side groned forth these words the gods haue reuenged and I am satisfied and with that hee gaue ●…y the ghost The old Earle gréened at the death of his sonne taking vp his body departed I sorrowing at the Metamorphosis of my daughter wept but to small effect for euer since she hath remained as thou seest a wonder to the world and a perpetuall griefe to me Thus sonne hast thou heard the discourse of my daughters misfortune which hath not been so delightfull for thee to heare as greeuous for me to reueale but seeing I am entred into the discoueries of their ills no sooner shall wee haue taken our repast but I will shew thee what fortuned to her second sister Eriphila for I knowe the nature of men is desirous of nouelties and with that taking mee by the hand we went home to her Cottage The second Discourse W●…e had no sooner diued with our homely delicates tempring our times with prattle of Fiordespine but Alcida rose vp and walked to a Groue hard by a place inter seamed with shrubbes but placed between two hills like the supposed entrance of hell as there seemed that melancholy Saturne●…ad ●…ad erected an Academie Entring into this Groue so thicke as Phoebus was denied passage wandring awhile by many vncoth paths at last wee came into a fairs place where was a goodly Spring the situation round enuironed with 〈◊〉 hard by this fount stood two Cedars tall and straight on whose barke was curiously 〈◊〉 certaine 〈◊〉 Embleames on the one was 〈◊〉 Mercury throwing feathers into the winde and vnder was written these verses The richest gift the wealthy heauen astords The pearle of price sent from immortall Ioue The shape wherein we most resemble gods The fire Prometheus stole from lofty skies This gift this pearle this shape this fire is it Which makes vs men bold by the name of wit By wit we search diuine aspect aboue By wit we learne what secrets science yeelds By wit we speake by wit the mind is rul'd By wit we gouerne all our actions Wit is the Load st●…rre of each humane thought Wit is the toole by which all things are wrought The brightest Iacynth hot becommeth darke Of little steeme is Crystall being crack●… Fine heads that can conceit no good but ill Forge of that breedeth ruine to themselues Ripe wits abus'd that build on 〈◊〉 desire Do burne themselues like flyes within the fire On the other ●…edar was cut very cunningly Cupid ●…idwing bladders in the ayre the poesis vnder written was this Loue is a locke that linketh noble mindes Faith is the key that shuts the spring of loue Lightnesse a wr●…st that w●…ingeth all aw●…y Lightnesse a plague ●…hat ●…ancie cannot brooke Lightnesse in loue so bad and base a thing As foule 〈◊〉 to greatest States do bring As I was reading these v●…rses from the thicket there came a bird flittering of colour