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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02143	Pandosto the triumph of time. VVherein is discouered by a pleasant historie, that although by the meanes of sinister fortune truth may be concealed, yet by time in spight of fortune it is most manifestlie reuealed. Pleasant for age to auoyde drowsie thoughtes, profitable for youth to eschue other wanton pastimes, and bringing to both a desired content. Temporis filia veritas. By Robert Greene Maister of Artes in Cambridge.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1588 (1588)	STC 12285; ESTC S108586	34,700	55

the storme grewe so great that with much labour and perill they got to the shoare But leauing the Childe to her fortunes Againe to Pandosto who not yet glutted with sufficient reuenge deuised which way he should best increase his Wiues calamitie But first assembling his Nobles and Counsellors hee called her for the more reproch into open Court where it was obiected against her that she had committed adulterie with Egistus and conspired with Franion to poyson Pondosto her husband but their pretence being partely spyed shee counselled them to flie away by night for their better safety Bellaria who standing like a prisoner at the Barre feeling in her selfe a cleare Conscience to withstand her false accusers seeing that no lesse then death could pacifie her husbands wrath waxed bolde and desired that she might haue Lawe and Iustice for mercy shee neyther craued nor hoped for and that those periured wretches which had falsly accused her to the King might be brought before her face to giue in euidence But Pandosto whose rage and Iealousie was such as no reason nor equitie could appease tolde her that for her accusers they were of such credite as their wordes were sufficient witnesse and that the sodaine secret flight of Egistus Franion confirmed that which they had confessed and as for her it was her parte to deny such a monstrus crime and to be impudent in forswearing the fact since shee had past all shame in committing the fault but her stale countenaunce should stand for no coyne for as the Bastard which she bare was serued so she should with some cruell death be requited Bellaria no whit dismayed with this rough reply ● tolde her Husband Pandosto that he spake vpon choller● and not con●●●●ence for her vertuous life had beene euer such as no spot of suspition could euer staine And if she had borne a frendly countedaunce to Egistus it was in respect he was his friende and not for any lusting affection therefore if she were condemned without a●y further proofe it was rigour and not Law The noble men which sate in iudgement said that Bellaria spake reason and intreated the king that the accusers might be openly examined and sworne and if then the euidence were such as the Iury might finde her guilty for seeing she was a Prince she ought to be ●ryed by her péeres then let her haue such punishment as the extremitie of the Law will assigne to such malefactors The king presently made answere that in this case he might and would dispence with the Law and that the Iury being once panneld they should take his word for sufficient euidence otherwise he would make the proudest of them repent it The noble men séeing the king in choler were all whist but Bellaria whose life then hung in the ballaunce fearing more perpetuall in famie then momentarie death tolde the king● if his furie might stand for a Law that it were vaine to haue the Iury yéeld their verdit and therefore she fell downe vpon her knées and desired the king that for the loue he hare to his young sonne Garinter whome she brought into the world that hee woulde graunt her a request which was this that it would please his maiestie to send sixe of his noble men whome he best trusted to the Isle of Delphos there to enquire of the Oracle of Apollo whether she had committed adultery with Egistus or conspired to poyson him with Franion and if the God Apollo who by his deuine essence knew al secrets gaue answere that she was guiltie she were content to suffer any torment were it neuer so terrible The request was so reasonable that Pandosto could not for shame deny it vnlesse he woulde d●e counted of all his subiects more wilfull then wise he therefore agréed that with as much speede as might be there should be certaine Embassadores dispat●●ed to the Ile of Delphost ●●d in the meane season be commanded that his wife should be kept in close prison Bellaria hauing obtained this graunt was now more carefull for her little babe that floated ●● the Seas then ●●●●● full for her owne mishap For of that she doubted of her selfe shee was assured knowing if Apollo should giue Oracle according to the thoughts of the hart yet the sentence should goe one her sid● such was the clearenes of her minde in this case But Pandosto whose suspitious head still remained in one song chose out six of his Nobility whom hee knew were scarse indifferent men in the Quéenes behalfe and prouiding all things fit for their iourney sent them to Delphos they willing to fulfill the Kinges commaund and desirous to see the situation and custome of the Iland dispatched their affaires with as much spéede as might be and embarked themselues to this voyage which the wind and weather seruing fit for their purpose was soone ended For within three weekes they arriued at Delphos where they were no sooner set on lande but with great deuotion they went to the Temple of Apollo and there offring sacrifice to the GOD and giftes to the Priest as the custome was they humbly craued an aunswere of their demaund they had not long kneeled at the Altar but Apollo with a loude voice saide Bohemians what you finde behinde the Alter take and depart They forthwith obeying the Oracle founde a scroule of parchment wherein was written these words in letters of Golde The Oracle SVspition is no proofe Iealousie is an vnequall Iudge Bellaria is chast Egistus blamelesse Franion a true subiect Pandosto treacherous his Babe an innocent and the King shal liue without an heire if that which is lost be not founde AS soone as they had taken out this scroule the Priest of the God commaunded them that they should not presume to read it before they came in the presēce of Pandosto vnlesse they would incurre the displeasure of Apollo The Bohemian Lords carefully obeying his commaund taking their leaue of the Priest with great reuerence departed out of the Temple and went ●● their ships and assoone as wind would permit them sailed toward Bohemia whither in short time they safely arriued with great tryumph issuing out of their Ships went to the Kinges pall●●e whom they found in his chamber accompanied with other Noble men Pandosto no sooner saw them but with a merrie countenaunce he welcomed them home as king what newes they tolde his Maiestie that they had receiued an aunswere of the God written in a scroule b●t with this charge y t they should not reade the contents before they came in the presence of the King and with that they deliuered him the parchment but his Noble men intreated him that sith therein was contayned either the safetie of his Wiues life and honestly or her death and perpetuall infamy that he would haue his Nobles and Commons assembled in the iudgement Hall where the Queene brought in as prysoner should heare the contents if shee were found guilty by the Oracle of the

God then all should haue cause to thinke his rigour proceeded of due desert if her Grace were found faultlesse then shee should bee cleared before all sith she had bene accused openly This pleased the King so that he appointed the day and assembled al his Lords and Commons and caused the Quéene to be brought in before the Iudgement seate commaunding that the inditement shoulde bee read wherein she was accused of adultery with Egistus and of conspiracy with Franion Bellaria hearing the contentes was no whit astonished but made this chearefull aunswer IF the deuine powers bee priuy to humane actions as no doubt they are I hope my patience shall make fortune blushe and my vnspotted life shall staine spightfully discredit For although lying Report hath sought to appeach mine honor and Suspition hath intended to soyle my credit with infamie yet where Uertue keepeth the Forte Report and suspition may assayle but neuer sack how I haue led my life before Egistus comming I appeale Pandosto to the Gods to thy conscience What hath passed betwixt him and me the Gods onely know and I hope will presently reueale that I loued Egistus I can not denie that I honored him I shame not to confesse to the one I was forced by his vertues to the other for his dignities But as touching lasci●●●●s lust I say Egistus is honest and hope my selfe to be found without spot for Franion I can neither accuse him nor excuse him for I was not priuie to his departure and that this is true which I haue heere rehearsed I referre my selfe to the deuine Oracle BEllaria had no sooner sayd but the King commaunded that one of his Dukes should reade the contentes of the scroule which after the commons had heard they gaue a great showt reioysing and clapping their hands that the Quéene was cleare of that false accusation but the King whose conscience was a witnesse against him of his witlesse furie and false suspected Iealousle was so ashamed of his rashe folly that he intreated his nobles to perswade Bellaria to forgiue and forget these iniuries promising not onely to shew himselfe a loyall and louing husband but also to reconcile himselfe to Egistus and Franion reuealing then before them all the cause of their secrete flighte and how treacherously hee thought to haue practised his death if the good minde of his Cupbearer had not preuented his purpose As thus he was relating the whole matter there was worde brought him that his young sonne Garinter was sodainly dead which newes so soone as Bellaria heard surcharged before which extreame ioy and now suppressed with heauie sorrowe her vitall spirites were so stopped that she fell downe presently dead could be neuer reuiued This sodaine sight so appalled the Kinges Sences that he sanck from his seate in a soūd so as he was fayne to be carried by his nobles to his Pallace where hee lay by the space of three dayes without speache his commons were as men in dispaire so diuersly ●●●sed there was nothing but mourning and lamentation to be heard throughout al Bohemia their young Prince dead their vertuous Queene bereaued of her life and their King and Soueraigne in great hazard this tragicall discourse of fortune so daunted them as they went like shadowes not men yet somewhat to comfort their heauie hearts they heard that Pandosto was come to himselfe and had recouered his speache who as in a fury brayed out these bitter speaches O Miserable Pandosto what surer witnesse then conscience What thoughts more sower then suspition What plague more bad then Iealousie Unnaturall actions offend the Gods more than men and causelesse crueltie neuer scapes without reuenge 〈…〉 recall I cannot 〈…〉 the conscience suppressing reason and inciting rage a worse passion then phrensie a greater plague than madnesse Are the Gods iust Then let them reuenge such brutishe crueltie my innocent Babe I haue drowned in the Seas my louing wife I haue slaine with slaunderous suspition my trusty friend I haue sought to betray and yet the Gods are slacke to plague such offences Oh vniust Apollo Pandosto is the man that hath committed the faulte why should Garinter séely childe abide the paine Well sith the Gods meane to prolong my dayes to increase my dolour I will offer my guiltie bloud a sacrifice to those sackles soules whose liues are lost by my rigorous folly And with that he reached at a Rapier to haue murdered himselfe but his Péeres being present stayed him from such a bloudy acte perswading him to think that the Common-wealth consisted on his safetie and that those shéepe could not but perish that wanted a shéepheard wishing that if hée would not liue for himselfe yet he should haue care of his subiects and to put such fancies out of his minde sith in sores past h●lp salues doe not heale but hurt●nd in thinges past c●re care is a ●●rāsiue with these and such like perswasions the Kinge was ouercome and began somewhat to quiet his minde so that assoo●e as h●● could goe abroad hée caused his wife to bée embalmed and wrapt in lead with her young sonne Garinter erecting a rich an● famous Sepulchre wherein hée intombed them both making such sollenme obsequies at her funeral as al Bohemia might perceiue he did greatly repent him of his forepassed folly causing this Epitaph to be ingrauen on her Tombe in letters of Golde ¶ The Epitaph Here lyes entombde Bellaria faire Falsly accused to be vnchaste Cleared by Apollos sacred doome Yet slaine by Iealousie at last What ere thou be that passest by Cursse him that causde this Q●eene to die THis Epitaph being ingr●uen Pandosto would once a-day repaire to the Tombe and there with watry plaintes bewaile his misfortune coueting no other companion but sorrowe nor no other harmonie but re●entance But leauing him to his dolorous passions at last let vs come to shewe the tragicall discourse of the young infant WHo béeing tossed with Winde and Waue floated two whole daies without succour readie at euery puffe to bée drowned in the Sea till at last the Tempest ceassed and the little boate was driuen with the tyde into the Coast of Sycilia where sticking vppon the sandes it rested Fortune minding to be wanton willing to shewe that as she hath wrinckles on her ●●owes so shée hath dimplés in her chéekes thought after so many sower lookes to lend a fayned smile and after a puffing storme to bring a pretty calme shee began thus to dally It fortuned a poore mercenary Shéepheard that dwelled in Sycilia who got his liuing by other mens flockes missed one of his shéepe and thinking it had stra●ed into the cou●rt that was hard by sought very diligently to ●ind that which he could not see fearing either that the Wolues or Eagles had vndone him for hée was so poore as a shéepe was halfe his substaunce wandered downe toward the Sea cliffes to sée if pl●chaunce the shéepe was browsing on the sea Iu● whereon the●●reatly