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death_n	know_v	life_n	love_v	8,582	5	6.6638	4	true

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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

as a thing vnfit for louers and be she as high of degree as any in Taprobane court her Eurimachus and if thou misse it is but the hap that louers haue As shee should haue prosecuted her talke her brother who was stalking to kill a Déere came by and espying them at so priuate and familiar chat frowned commanding Eurimachus as halfe in anger to get him home hee leauing his sport accompanied my daughter to the court These louers thus parted were not long ere they met where Eurimachus following the precepts of Marpesia began very boldly to giue the assault she very faintly for fashion sake making a womans resistance but the batterie was so freshly renewed that Marpesia yeelded and there they plighted a constant promise of their loues vowing such saith and loyaltie as the troth of two louers heart might afford In this happie content they liued along while till Marpesia blabbing the contract out to a gentleman of the court it came to her brothers and her mothers eare who taking the matter grieuously had her strictly in examination Marpesia confessed her loues and maintained them on the contrary side they perswaded with promises and threatned with bitter spéeches but in vaine for Marpesia was resolued and tolde for a flat conclusion Eurimachus was the man and none but he Whereupon my sonne seeing no means could preuaile to remoue her affection he thought by taking away the cause to raze out the effects and therfore he sent for Eurimachus whom after he had nipped vp with bitter taunts he banished from the Court. This being grieuous to the two louers yet the assurance of each others constancie and the hope in time to haue the Prince reconciled mitigated some part of their martyrdome and Marpesia to shew to the world shee was not fleeting whatsoeuer her friends said discouered the grief she conceiued by his absence openly for she went apparelled in mourning attire Well Eurimachus thus banished went home to his father who for feare of the prince durst not entertaine him which vnkindnesse had doubled his griefe that he fell almost frantike and began to leaue the company of men as a flat Timonist in which humor meeting with the Gentleman that bewraid their loues he fought with him and slew him and buried him so secretly as the care of his owne life could deuise Well Cleander was mist but heare of him they could not Postes were sent out messengers through all Taprobane but no newes so that diuerse did descant diuersly of his departure some said he was vpon secret displeasure betweene him and the Prince passed out of the land others that he was slaine by theeues some that hee was deuoured by wild beasts Thus debating of his absence he was generally lamented of all the court But leauing the supposition of his death againe to Marpesia who taking the exile of Eurimachus to her heart began to growe into great and extreme passions and for griefe of the minde to bodily disease that she fell into a Quartaine which so tormented her as the Physicians said ther was no hope of life nor no art to cure her disease vnlesse her minde were at quiet whereupon her brother fearing his sisters life recalled home Eurimachus admitted him into great fauour and gaue frée grant of his good-will to their marriage Upon this Marpesia growing into a content in short time amended After shee had recouered her health shee dayly vsed the company of Eurimachus very priuately and familiarly but she found him not the man he was before for before he was exiled no man more pleasant nor more merrily conceited now none more melancholly nor fuller of dumps vttering farre fetcht sighes and vncertaine answers so that it discouered a minde greatly perplexed Marpesia noting this being on a day all alone with Eurimachus in his chamber shee sought with faire intreaties and sweete dalliance to wring out the cause of his sorrowes protesting if shee could euen with the hazard of her life redresse it if not to participate in griefe some part of his distresse Eurimachus that loued her more than his life although hee knew womens tongues were like the leaues of the Aspe tree yet thinking her to bee wise after a multitude of mortall sighes hee discoursed vnto her how hee had ●…aine Cleander and that the remembrance of his death bred this horror in his conscience Marpesia hearing this made light of the matter to comfort Eurimachus promising and protesting to kéepe it as secret as hitherto she had been constant But shee no sooner was parted from her best beloued but shee was with childe of this late and dangerous newes laboring with great paines till shee might vtter it to her Gossips where we may note sonne I speake against my selfe that the closets of womens thoughts are euer open that the depth of their heart hath a string that stretcheth to the tongues end that with Semele they conceiue and bring forth oft before their time which Marpesia tried true for sitting one day solitarie with a Ladie in the court called Celia shee fetcht many pinching sighes which Celia marking desired her to tel her the cause of that late conceiued grief as to a friend in whose secresie she might repose her life Marpesia made it somewhat coy and charie a great while insomuch that Celia began to long and therefore vrged her extremely Marpesia could keep no longer and therfore vsing this preamble began to play the blabbe If I did not Madam Celia take you for my second selfe and thinke you to bee wise and secret I would not reueale a matter of so great importance which toucheth me as much as my life to conceale Women you know hauing any thing in their stomake long while they haue discourst it to some friend taking you therefore for my chiefest and hoping all shal be troden vnder foote know Madam that Eurimachus hath slaine Cleander and that is the cause that makes him thus melancholy Mary God forbid quoth Celia It is true Madam quoth Marpesia and therefore let whatsoeuer I haue said be buried in this place With that I came into place and they broke off their talke Celia longing to be out of the chamber that shée might participate this newes to her Gosips as soone as opportunity gaue her leaue went abroad méeting by chance another Gentlewoman of the Court calling her aside tolde her if she would be secret and sweare not to reueale it to any one she would tell her strange newes the other promising with great prot●…station to bee as close as a woman could bee Celia told her how Eurimachus was the man that ●…lew Cleander and that her authour was Marpesia They were no sooner parted but this newes was told to another that before night it was through the whole court that Eurimachus had slaine Cleander whereupon the Prince could doe no lesse though very loth for his s●…sters sake but cause him to be apprehended and cast into prison then assembling his Lords and Commons

with one of her Gentlewomen being abroad in the lanes espsed him thus solitary stealing therefore behind him to heare what humor the man was in heard him sing to his Lute this mornefull madrigall Rest thee desire gaze not at such a Starre Sweet fancy sleepe loue take a nappe a while My busie thoughts that reach and rome so farre With pleasant dreames the length of time beguile Faire Venus coole my ouer-heated brest And let my fancy take her wonted rest Cupid abroad was lated in the night His wings were wet with ranging in the raine Harbour he sought to me he tooke his flight To drie his plumes I heard the boy complaine My doore I oped to grant him his desire And rose my selfe to make the Wagge a fire Looking more narrow by the fires flame I spyed his quiuer hanging at his backe I fear'd the child might my misfortune frame I would haue gone for feare of further wracke And what I drad poore man did me betide For foorth he drew an arrow from his side He pierst the quicke that I began to staŕt The wound was sweete but that it was too hie And yet the pleasure had a pleasing smart This done he flyes away his wings were drie But left his arrow still within my brest That now I greeue I welcom'd such a ghest He had no sooner ended his sonet but Marpesia perceiuing by the contents that it was meant of her stepped to him and draue him thus abruptly from his passions If you grieue Eurimachus for intertaining such a ghest your sorrow is like the raine that came too late to beléeue loue is such an vnruly tenant that hauing his entrance vpon courtesie he will not bee thrust out by force you make me call to mind the counterfait of Paris when he was AEnones darling for Phidias drew him sitting vnder a Béech trée playing on his pipe and yet teares dropping from his eyes as mixing his greatest melody with passions but I see the comparison will not hold in you for though your instrument bee answerable to his yet you want his luke-warme drops which sheweth though your musike bee as good yet your thoughts are not so passionate but leauing these ambages say to me Eurimachus what may she bee that is your Mistresse Eurimachus amazed at the sight of his Ladie more then Priamus sonne was at the view of the three goddesses sate still like the picture of Niobe turned into marble as if some strange apoplexy had taken all his senses Gaze on her face hee did speake hee could not in so much that Marpesia smiling at the extremity of his loues wakened him out of this trance thus What cheere man hath loue so witched thy heart as all thy sences haue left their powers is thy tong tied as thy heart is fettered or hath the feare of your mistris cruelty driuen you into a cold palsie if this be the worst comfort your selfe for women will be true and if shee be too hard hearted let me but know her and you shall see how I will prattle on your behalfe what say you to me what makes you thus mute By this Eurimachus had gathered his sences together that rising vp and doing reuerence to Marpesia he thus replyed Madam it is a principle in Philosophy that Sensibile sensui superpositū nulla fit sensasio the colour clapt to the eye hind●…h the sight the flower put in the nostrill hindreth the smell and what of this Philosophicall Gnigma quoth Marpesia I dare not madam quoth Eurimachus infer what I would but to answere more plainly Endimion waking and feeling Phebe grace him with a kisse was not more amazed than I at your heauenly presence fearing if not Acteons fall yet that I had committed the like fault for at the first blush your excellency draue me into such a maze that I dreamed not of the Lady Marpesia but of some goddesse that had solaced in these woods which supposition made me so mute You fly still quoth Marpesia from my demand playing like the Lapwing that cryeth farthest from her nest I asked who it was that you loued so as to honour her with such a sonet It was Madam to kéepe accord to my lute not to discouer any passions for all the amordelayes Orpheos 〈◊〉 on his harp were not amorous nor euery sonet that Arion warbled on his instrument vowed vnto Venus I am too young to loue for feare my youth be ouerbidden fancy being so heauy a burden that Hercules who could on his shoulder sustaine the heauens groned to beare so weighty a lode If then Madame I striue aboue my strength especially in loue I shall but with the Giants heape Peleon vpon Ossa passions vpon passions so long till I be ●…rooken to death with loues thundering bolt therefore Madame I dare not loue Marpesia who determined to sound the depth of his thoughts tooke him before hee fell to the ground and made this reply Trust mee Eurimachus your looks your actions your sighes and gesture argues no lesse than a louer therefore seeing we are alone none but we thrée I le haue you once in shrift and therefore I coniure you by your Mistresse fauour and beautie to tell me whether you be in loue or no. You straine me so hard Madam quoth Eurimachus that I am in loue and loue so farre in mee as neither time nor fortune can raze out the name of my mistresse Madam pardon for in naming her I discouer mine owne presumption hauing aymed so by the meanes of aspiring loue as her excellency crosseth all my thoughts with disdaine For Madam giue me leaue to say making no compare that the Graces at her birth did agree to make her absolute I hauing soared so high as the sunne hath halfe melted my feathers I feare with Icarus to fall into the Ocean of endlesse miseries for be her disdaine neuer so great yet my desire will neuer belesse scorne she I should looke so hie affection will not bate an ounce of his maine but seeing the dice be in his hands will throw at all But Madam so farre I am out of 〈◊〉 to haue but one fauour at her hands as I passe euery day and houre in as 〈◊〉 perplexed estate as the ghosts greened by the infernall furies and with this the water stood in his eyes which Marpesia not able to brooke began to salue thus I will not Eurimachus be inquisitiue of your Mistresse name sith you haue yeelded a reason to conceale it but for your loues that are lodged so hie feare not man the Black-smith dared to couet faire Venus the little Sparrow pecketh sometimes wheat the Eagle taketh stand and the little Mouse feedeth where the Elephant hath eaten hay loue as soone stoopeth to visite a poore cottage as a Palace to dare I tell thee Eurimachus in loue is the first principle and Helena told Paris Nemo succenset amanti Thou must then to Paphos and not vse bashfulnesse in Venus temple sacrifices serue at her altars