not to charge them He had scante sette his menne in araye but his Spialles gaue him warninge that the Persians were cominge in Battayle raye with Banners displaied Oroondates mustred a great Army at Eliphantina but when he sawe that the Aethiopians were so néere and he looked not for them so soone he was forced to take Siene with a fewe Souldiers where he enclosed on euery side for all that he sued for saftie and obteined it accordinge to Hidaspes promise yet was he the falsest man aliue who caused twoo Persians to goe ouer with the Aethiopians vnder coloure that they shoulde enquire and know howe they of Eliphantina would make peace with Hidaspes but in déede to vnderstand whether they made them selues ready to Battaile if he by any meanes could escape whiche fraudulente and guilefull deuise he put then in practise And when he founde them well prouided he leadde them foorthe straighte and protracted no time til he came to his enimies puttinge all his hope in celeritie if he mighte take his enimies vnprouided By this time either Armye had fighte of other and he tooke the fielde firste with al the Persian brauery so that it glistered with theire siluer and gilte Armoure as if all the place had benne on fire For then the Sunne arose and shining vpon the Persians gaue such a wonderful brightnesse from their complet Harneys that it rebounded vpon those that were a greate waie of In the right winge of his Army he placed the Medes and Persians that dwelled not farre of in the Forfrunte whereof wente those that were surely armed the Archers that were lightly Harnessed came behinde them that they might shoote the better beinge defended by them In his left winge were the Egyptians and Aphricanes placed and Slingers and Archers with them too them he charged ofte to breake out and assaile the side of their enimies Battayle Him selfe was in the middest of his maine Battaile sittinge in a Chariote very brauely enclosed therewith rounde about for his better safety before whom were his barde Horsemen vpon truste of whome he ventured to ioyne with his enimies For this is a valiaunt crue and is set before the other Army as if it were a walle that might not be battred They are armed thus A picked fellowe of greate strength putteth vpon him an Helmet accordinge whiche is as sitte for him as if he should put on a Visarde in a Maske this couereth all his head downe to his shoulders sauinge that there be holes left for him to looke out at in his right hande is a greate staffe bigger then a Speare with his lefte hande he ruleth his Horse by his side hangeth a Swoorde and all his body is couered with a Iacke And a Iacke is made thus with pieces of Brasse and Iron as bigge as the palme of a mans hande they make a coate as it were of seales layinge the ende and sides of eche of these vpon other so that the neithermost parte of one goeth ouer the toppe of the other and so they sowe them togeather and this lieth vpon euery parte of the body without any adoo it compasseth euery iointe and neuer letteth a man either to straine out his limmes or drawe them in for it hath sâ—éeues and reacheth from the necke downe to the knées sauing that necessitie forseeth that it be cut of betwixte the thighes as one should sitte vpon his Horse and suche is a Iacke whiche beateth of all Dartes and kéepeth of all manner of blowes Ouer there legges to their knées they pull on a Boate whiche is tied to their Iacke Like vnto this doo they arme theire Horses too aboute his legges they tie Bootes and couer his heade with Frontales of sâ—éele from his backe downe beneath his belly hangeth a clothe with diuerse wreathes of Iron which dothe bothe Arme him by reason of the space that is betwéene it hindreth not his course at all Beinge thus appointed and in a manner throwen into his Armoure he sitteth vpon his Horse mary he leapeth not vp him selfe but other helpe him he is so combred with the waight of his Armoure And when the time of Battayle commeth he geueth his Horse the Raines and spurreth him with his heeles and so faste as he can he rideth vpon his enimies like a man made of Iron or an Image fashioned with hammers His great staffe at the fore end is tied to his Horse necke with a corde and the hinder ende is made faste to the buttockes of the Horse so that in the conflicte it flieth not backe but helpeth the Horsemans hande which doth but guide the same arighte and by that meanes geueth the greater blowe so that it ruÌ„neth through euery man that it hittes and oftentimes it beareth through too menne at one blowe With suche a Troupe of Horsemenne the Persian Army thus appointed the Deputie set forwarde toward his enimies leauinge the fludde euer behinde him foreseinge because he was farre inferiour to the Aethiopian in number that the water shoulde be in stéede of a Wall to him that he might not be compassed aboute with his enimies Likewise Hidaspes broughte on his Army and placed the Souldiers that came from Moroe beinge very cunninge in fightinge hand to hand againste the Persians and Medes in his enimies righte winge He set moreouer against them who were in his enimies lefte winge the Trogloditae whiche came from that Countrie where the Cinamon groweth being light harnished Souldiers and excellente swifte of foote and cunninge Archers But againste the middell warde whiche he hearde was the strongest he set him selfe and his Elephantes with Towres on their backes and the Souldiers that came from the people called Blemmies Seres whome he instructed what they shoulde doo when they came to fight When the token was geuen in the Persian Army with Trumpette but in the Aethiopian with Drumme and Timbrell Oroondates set forwarde as faste as he could but Hidaspes at first went as softely as possible he might by this meane prouidinge that the Elephantes shoulde not be farre from those that shoulde rescue and defende them and that the Horsemen in the middell of his enimies Army should be tired before they came to strokes as soone as they were within daunger of shotte and the Blemmies perceiued that the Horsemen were hasty to comme vpon them did as Hidaspes commaunded and leauing the Seres to sée to the Elephantes they ranne a greate waie before their fellowes towarde the Horsemen that those who sawe them woulde haue thought they had benne madde that beyng so fewe durst incounter with so many and so well Armed Herewithal the Persians spurred their Horses faster then they did before taking their boldenesse in manner for a vantage and thought without more adoo at the firste dashe to dispatche them Then the Blemmies when they were almost come to hande strookes and in a maner stocke vpon their Speares suddainely all at once fell downe crepte vnder
a lie is tollerable whiche profitethe the Inuentoure and hurtethe not the hearer While Cariclia spake these thinges and many suche other to this pourpose Cnemon ranne in hastly and declaring a great perturbation by his countenance Theagenes ê™ he I bringe you this Herbe wherewith I praye you dresse your owne woundes But I feare me you must prepare your self to receiue other as great wouÌ„des trauelles as these But he asked of him what the mater was and desired him to telle it more plainely The time aunsweared he will not suffer me for it is to be feared leste wée shoulde féele the stripes before I coulde tel you the circumstances But followe me quickly and Cariclia also and thus he carried them bothe to Thyamis Whom when he founde scouring of his Helmet and sharpening the pointe of his Speare in good time saide he are you in hande with your Armour put them on quickely your selfe and commaunde the other to doo the like For suche a companie of enimies is at hande as I neuer sawe before and are so neare vs that I standinge on the toppe of the nexte Hille sawe them and for that cause came runninge as faste I coulde to tel you of their comminge and haue moreouer by the waie as I came commaunded suche as I sawe to be in a readinesse Thyamis when he he hearde this looked vp and asked where Cariclia was as though he he had benne more carefull for her then for him selfe Whome when Cnemon had shewed to him standinge at the doore carrie her alone ê™ he into the Denne where our treasures are safely keapte so that none sée her And leauinge her charely there couered her face with a muffler as the manner is and came quickely againe As for the warre let me alone with it He bad his Shielde bearer bringe his offeringe that after sacrifice donne to the Goddes they might beginne the battell Cnemon did as he was commaunded and carried Cariclia awaie diuersly lamentinge and ofte lookinge backe vnto Theagenes and at the length put her into the Denne This was no naturall woorke as many are bothe in vnder the Earthe but deuised by the witte of Théeues that followed nature and digged out by their handes very artificially to kéepe theire spoyles And it was made after this sorte It had a very narrowe mouthe and was shut with priuie doores so that euen the Threshoulde was in stéede of a gate when néede required and woulde open and shut very easily the inner part was countermined with diuers ouerthwart waies the whiche sommetime woulde runne alonge by them selues a greate waye sommetime they woulde be entangled like the rootes of trées but in the ende they all leadde to one plaine place whiche receiued a little lighte out of the marishes at a little lofte in the toppe when Cnemon was well experiensed in that place and had put Cariclia into the same and comforted her many wayes but especially in that he promised her that he with Theagenes at nighte woulde comme vnto her and that he would not suffer him to strike one stroke in the battaile but priuelie conueyed him out of the same he lefte her who spake not one woorde but was striken with that mischiefe as if it had benne with deathe in that shée was depriued of Theagenes whome shée loued as her owne soule and wente foorthe and in shuttinge of the outmost doore he weapte a little not onely for that of force he was constrained so to doo but for her sake also in asmuche as almoste he had buried her quicke and committed the ioyfullest name in the worlde Cariclia to night and darkenesse This donne he ranne backe to Thyamis whome he founde very desirous to fighte with Theagenes well armed and makinge those that were with him almoste madde with his earnest Oracion for as he stoode in the middest of them he sayde thus my mates I sée not to what ende it shoulde tende to vse many woordes in exhorting you who néede no incouragement at all but euer haue accoumpted warre the pleasantest life especially for that the suddaine approchinge of our enimies will not permitte vs to vse many woordes for séeinge our enimies doo nowe violently assaulte vs if wée shoulde not with like courrage propulse theire violence it were altogeather a pointe of those that in like case were voyde of Counsell and at theire wittes ende Sithe therefore wée knowe wée fight not for our wiues and children whiche onely in somme were ynoughe to make them plucke vp theire hartes although in déede they are not of greate valewe and wée shall haue all that whiche the Conquerours doo gaine if wée gette the victorie but for our owne liues safetie for warre amonge Théeues is neither taken vp with truce nor ended with league but it muste néedes be that the Victours shall liue those who are ouercommed muste die let vs euen with our hartes and handes haste to méete our cruell enimies When he had sayde thus he looked aboute for his Shielde bearer and called him by name Thermutes but when he coulde not sée him any where gréeuously threatninge him he ranne as faste as he coulde to the landinge place For by this time was the battell begonne and a man mighte sée those that dwelled a farre â–ª euen in outer coaste of the Fenne come into theire enimies handes for they who came vpon them burned vp the Boates and Cotages of suche as either were slaine or els fledde out of the Battaile whose eyes also were daseled with the greate and intollerable brightnesse of the fire that burned vp the Kéedes whereof there was greate plentie and theirs cares filled with the greate noyse and tumulte so that now a man might bothe sée and heare the whole manner of the skirmishe those who dwelled there mainteininge the Battaile with all theire power and strengthe and theire enimies beinge more in number and takinge them at a suddaine killed somme of them on the earthe other somme they drowned in the Poole with Boates and houses too of all whiche aswell of those that fought by lande and lake did kill and were killed as also of those who were besette with Fiere and Water arose a marueilous sounde in the Ayre whiche when Thyamis sawe he remembred his dreame wherein he sawe Isis and her Churche filled with fiere and deade menne and supposinge thereby to be meante that whiche he nowe had séene geathered thereof a contrarie interpretation to that he made before that hauinge thou shalt not haue Cariclia as taken awaie by Warre and that he shoulde kill and not wounde her that is with his sworde not with Carnall copulation At lengthe railinge on the Goddes as though shée had beguiled him and thinkinge it not méete that any other shoulde enioye Cariclia commaundinge his men to kéepe their places and mainteine the Battaile as longe as thei might him self fighting in euery parte of the Ilande and diuers times making priuie erruptions out of euery quarter
vpon his enimies thinkinge it also to be good if that waie he could preuaile againste them him selfe as though he wente to seeke for Thermutis doo certaine Sacrifices to his priuie Goddes sufferinge no man to goe with him in haste wente to the Caue Surely a barbarous nature cannot easily be withdrawen or turned from that that he hathe once determined And if the Barbarous people be once in dispaire of theire owne safetie they haue a custome to kill all those by whome they sette muche and whose companie they desire after deathe or els woulde kéepe them from the violence and wronge of theire enimies For that same cause also Thyamis forgettinge all that he had to doo beinge inclosed with his enimies armie as if he had benne caughte in a Nette almoste enraged with loue gelousie anger after he came in haste to the Caue goeinge into the same crieing with a loude voice and speakinge many thinges in the Egyptian tongue as soone as he hearde one speake Greeke to him aboute the entrie of the Caue was conducted to her by her voyce he laied his lefte hande vpon her heade with his sworde thruste her through the body a little beneath the pappes and after this sorrowfull sorte that woman geuinge vp her laste and ghostly grone was slaine But he after he came out and had shut the doore and caste a little grauell thereon with teares saide these espousalles hast thou at my hande and comminge to his Boates founde a greate many ready to runne theire waie as soone as they laide eies on theire Enimies Thermites also comminge to doo sacrifice chidinge him sharpely for that he had offered the moste acceptable offeringe already went with him into a Boate and had an other to rowe them for the Boates that they vse in the pooles will carrie no more beinge but rudely hewed out of the whole Trée Theagenes also Cnemon tooke an other Boate so did all the reste After they had gonne a little from the Ilande and rather rowinge aboute the bankes then venturing into the Déepe they staied their Ores sette theire Boates a fronte as thoughe they woulde haue receiued theire enimies face to face After this prouision goeinge forewarde a little but not mindinge to abide the mouinge of the Waters as soone as they sawe theire enimies fledde and woulde not abyde the firste Clamor and Noise of the battel Theagenes also and Cnemon but not for feare by little and little withdrewe them selues onely Thyamis accompted it a shame to flie and not in minde to liue after Cariclia thrust him selfe into the thickest presse of his Enimies and as soone as they were comme to blowes one cried out this is Thyamis let euery man doo his beste to take him aliue and therewithall they compassed him aboute and helde him enclosed as a ringe in the middeste of them And fought againste them stoutely and to sée howe he wounded somme and killed other somme it was a woorthy sighte For of so greate a number there was none that either drewe his swoorde againste him or elles caste any darte but euery man laboured to take him aliue he fought againste them a greate while but at length he loste his speare by reason that many fell on him at ones he loste also his Harnesbearer who had donne him very good seruice for he beinge deadly wounded as might be gheassed despairinge of his safetie lepte into the poole and with muche adoo did swimme to lande in as muche as no man remembred to pursue him And now had they taken Thyamis and with him thought that they had gotten the whole victorie and although they had loste so many of theire companions yet in asmuche as they had him in theire handes by whome they were slaine they had a greater ioye thereby then sorrowe for all theire deade Frendes and Kinsfolkes Suche is the nature of Théeues that estéeme more monie then theire owne liues and make much of the name of frendshippe and affinitie so farre as Lucre and gaine shall extende Which might easily be gathered by these for they were those who at the Mounte of Nilus called Heracleot fledde for feare of Thyamis and his Companions and were no lesse gréeued for the losse of other mennes goodes then if they had benne their owne and therefore tooke vp aswel all suche as were theire housholdfrendes as also those that dwelled neare aboute them promisinge them equall parte of theire bootie and that they woulde be Conductors and Captaines to guide them thereunto Nowe why they tooke Thyamis prisoner this was the cause He had a Brother called Petosiris at Memphis who contrarie to the manner and ordinaunce of the Countrie in as muche as he was a yonger Brother had by crafte beguiled him of the Priesthoode And hearinge nowe that his Brother was become a Captaine of certaine Robbers and fearinge leaste that if he gatte good occasion he woulde retourne and manifestly detecte his subtle dealinge and beside this consideringe the voice of many people that supposed he had slaine him because he coulde no where be séene he promised a greate Summe of monie and other goodes to those who woulde take and bringe him aliue Wherewith the Théeues beinge allured no not in the middest of their warre forgettinge theire gaine after one knewe him with the deathe of many of them tooke him aliue and carried him to lande and placed the one halfe of them as a garde aboute him castinge into his téethe diuersly the curtesie that they vsed towarde him although in déede he misliked woorse theire bandes then deathe it selfe and the reste wente to searche the Ilande in hope to finde other Treasures that they sought for But after they had gonne ouer the same and had lefte nothinge either vntouched or vnsearched that was there and had founde nothinge of that they hoped for excepte a fewe thinges of littell valewe if oughte was lefte aboute the mouthe of the Caue while they conueyed the reste into the grounde settinge fire on the Tabernacles when it drewe towarde night and that they might tarry no longer in the Ilande for feare they shoulde falle into the handes of those that escaped out of the Battaile retourned to their owne Companie Here ended the Firste Booke The Seconde Booke AND thus was the Ilande with fire and flame destroyed Theagenes and Cnemon as longe as the Sunne shined vpon the earthe knewe not of this mischiefe for the brightnes of the fire by reason of the Sunne beames in the daie time is muche dimmed But after the Sunne was sette and the nighte drewe on and the fire without impediment mighte be séene a farre of they somme what couragious came out of the Poole and perceiued the whole Ilande to be on fire Then Theagenes beatinge his heade and tearinge his heare saide Farewel ê™ he this daie my life let here al feare dangers cares hope and loue haue ende and be dissolued Cariclia is deade Theagenes is
Letter whiche wée founde in her bosome it maie be that wée shall learne sommewhat beside this in it They were content and he openinge it beganne to reade as foloweth To Cnemon my Maister Thisbe his enimie and reuenger Firste I tel you of the deathe of Demeneta whiche for your sake I deuised againste her the manner howe I brought it to passe if you doo Ransome me I wil tell you betwixte vs twoo Vnderstande that I was taken by one of the Théeues that are of this crewe and haue benne here tenne daies already he saithe that he is the Captaines Harnesbearer but he will not géeue me leaue so muche as to looke abroade and thus he pounished me as he saithe for the loue he hathe towarde me but as farre as I can geather it is leste somme man els should take mée from him Yet for all that by the benefite of the same God I sawe you my Maister yesterdaie and knewe you and haue therefore sente this Letter to you by an olde woman my bedfellowe charginge her to deliuer â–ª it to a bewtifull yonge man beinge a Grecian the Captaines friende Redéeme me I praie thée out of the handes of the Théefe and entertaine your Handmaide and if you will preserue her knowing this first that when so euer I offended against you I was constrained to doo it but in that I reuenged you of your enimie I did it of mine owne frée will but if your anger be so gréeuous againste me that it will not be asswaged vse it towarde me as you shall thinke good so that I maie be in your hande I care not if I die for I couet muche better to be slaine of your handes and to be buried after the manner of the Greekes then to leade a life more gréeuous then deathe or els to susteine suche Barbarous Loue as is more intollerable theÌ„ the hatred of Athens And thus spake Thisbe in her Letter But Cnemon saide Thisbe as reason is thou arte slaine and thy selfe art messenger to tell vs of thy miseries making declaration of them by thine owne deathe Thus hathe the Reuenger as now maie it appeare driuing thée ouer all the worlde not withdrawen her scourge before shée made me whom thou haste iniuried although liuinge in Aegypte to be y e beholder of thy pounishment But what mischiefe was that whiche thou diddest deuise againste me as by thy Letters it maie appeare whiche Fortune woulde not let thée bringe to ende Verily euen nowe also I muche mistruste thée and am in great doubte leste the death of Demeneta be but a tale and that bothe they beguiled me who tolde me of the same and that thou art come by Sea out of Greece to make in Aegypte another Tragedy of mée Will you not leaue saide Theagenes to be too valiant and feare the Shadowes Spirites of deade folkes For you cannot obiecte and saie that shée hather either beguiled me or deceiued my sight séeinge that I haue no parte in this plaie But be sure Cnemon that this body is deade and therefore haue you no cause to doubte But who did you this good turne in killinge her or how shée was brought hither or when I my selfe am in greate maruill As for the reste saide Cnemon I cannot tell But surely Thyamis slewe her as by the sworde whiche laie by her beinge deade wée maie ghesse For I knowe it to be his by the Hilt of Iuory wherein is an Aegle grauen Tell me therfore saide Theagenes how when wherefore he killed her How can I tel you aunsweared Cnemon For this Caue hathe not made me a Soothsaier as doothe Apolloes Churche or those that enter into Trophonius Denne which rapte with Diuine furie doo proficie When Theagenes and Cariclia hearde this suddainely lamentinge O Pitho O Delphi cried they wherewith Cnemon was abashed and wiste not what they had conceiued by the name of Pitho and thus were they occupied But Thermutis Thyamis Harnesbearer after he beinge wounded had escaped the battail and sailed to lande when nighte came he gotte a loose Boate and hasted to goe to the Iland Thisbe whom he tooke a fewe daies before froÌ„ Mansicles a Marchant in a narrowe waie at the side of the Hill But after the broile began and the enimies approched when Thyamis sente him to fetche the Sacrifice to the Goddes he desiringe to place her without the daunger of weapons and to kéepe her for him selfe in safety put her priuily into the Caue and for haste lefte her but in the entrie thereof In which place as shée at the first was lefte partly for feare of the present perilles partly for that shée knew not the waies that wente into the bottome of the Caue Thyamis finding her in stéede of Cariclia slewe her To her therefore Thermutis made haste after he escaped out of the battaile as soone as he was landed in the Ilande he ranne to the Tabernacles where beside asshes he founde nothinge But findinge at length the mouthe of the Caue by the stoane and the reade if any were left on fiere he ranne downe in great haste and called Thisbe by name whom after he founde deade and standinge a good while without mouinge in a greate studie at length hearinge out of the inner partes of the Caue a certaine noyse and sounde for Theagenes and Cnemon were yet in talke he straight déemed that they had slaine her was therefore much troubled in his mind could not wel tel what to doo For the Barbarous angre and fearcenesse whiche is naturally grafted in Théeues kindled the more for that he was nowe beguiled of his loue moued him to set vpon them whome he déemed to be the Authours of that murther but for that he neither had armour nor weapoÌ„ he was constrained whither he would or no to be quiet he thought it good therfore not to come vpon them as an enimie at the firste but if he could get any Armour then to set on them after When he had thus determined he came to Theagenes and loked about with eies frowning and terribly bent so that with his contenance he plainely bewraied the inwarde cogitation of his minde They séeinge a man comme in vppon them suddainely soare wounded naked and with a blouddy face behaued not them selues all alike but Cariclia ranne into a corner of the Caue fearinge perhappes to looke vpon a man so deformed and naked Cnemon séeinge Thermutes contrary to his expectation and knowinge him well mistrustinge that he woulde enterprise sommewhat helde his peace and stepped backe But that sight did not so muche feare Theagenes as moue him to wrath who drewe his sword and made as though he woulde strike him if he sturred and bad him stande or els ê™ he thou shalte knowe the price of thy comminge and the cause is for that I knowe thée not nor why thou commest Thermutis came neare him and spake him faire hauinge rather respecte to the
for the shortenesse of the time will not suffer me to be very longe my Daughter is in loue with thée as ouercomme with the better man marry shée suspecteth that the Archepyrate maketh this Banquette to marrye her for he séemed to meane somme suche thinge when he gaue her commaundemente to decke her selfe somewhat finely Wherefore consider howe you maie vndoo that and haue her your selfe For shée saithe shée wil rather die then marrye Trachinus Then saide he be of good chéere for in as muche as I haue benne aswell minded that waie as the Mayde I desired to haue some occasion and meane profered to take that mater in hand a good while agoe Wherefore Trachinus shal suffer me to marry her of his owne frée wil or els he shal haue but a soary Marriage by sufferinge that at my hande that he hathe wel deserued I hasted backe for feare of suspition when I hearde him saie thus and comminge to my Children comforted them and tolde them howe my deuise tooke good effect Within a littell after we wente to Supper Then I when I sawe them well whitled with wine and wantonly bent whispered Pelorus in the eare for I satte nexte him of purpose and sayde haue you séene howe the Mayde is dressed He answeared me no But you may ê™ I nowe if you goe priuely to the shippe for you knowe Trachinus hath geuen contrary commaundement you shal sée Diana her selfe sitte there but so behaue your selfe that you be not ouer bolde to behold her least you purchase deathe to you bothe He tarried not but as if he had some very earnest businesse arose came priuily into the Hulke and when he sawe Cariclia were a Crowne of Lawrell on her head and glister in her Garment garnished with Golde for shée had put on the holy apparell whiche shée brought from Delphi to be a furniture either to her Victory or els bewtie to her buriall suche other thinges aboute her as might beséeme a Marriage well was set on fire as was like he woulde be with that sight in as muche as desire and emulation pricked him forwarde and it was euident by his countenaunce when he returned that he intended to doo some mischieuous thinge for ere he was well sette downe he saide why haue not I the rewarde dewe to him that first â—ourded the enemies shippe Because saide Trachinus yet you haue not asked it neither is that which wée haue gotten diuided Then I wil haue ê™ he the Mayde which is taken prysoner But when Trachinus had saide beside her take what you will Pelorus beganne to saie then doo you disanull and abrogate the Lawe of Pyrates whiche geueth him which firste entreth the enimies shippe and hath for all his mates aduentured him selfe to the moste daungerous parte of the skirmishe leaue to chose what liketh him beste I breake not good Sir sayde Trachinus this but I leaue to another whiche willeth that place be geuen to the Captaines For my parte I loue the Mayde woonderfully well and meane to take her to my wife And I saye plainely it is reason that I chose before you and if you doo not as the Lawe willes you you shall repent it with a blowe of this potte Then saide Pelorus to those that were by you sée what is the rewarde of our trauell so shall any of you hereafter be put beside your due What els might any man sée there Nausicles you might haue compared those men so suddainely moued to the Sea so blinde and foolishe a quarell drawe them to so greate a broyle beinge with Wine and anger almoste made starke madde Some tooke this mans parte some his one sorte would haue the honour geuen to the Capitaine an other saide that the lawe and ordinance might not be broken At length Trachinus bente him selfe to caste a potte at Pelorus but he preuented him for he was prouided before and thrust his Dagger to his harte and there laye he wounded to deathe Betwéene the reste was a cruell battell for as they mette they spared not them selues some to reuenge the Capitaine other to defende Pelorus his right so that they wayled al a like and fought with Battes Stoanes Pottes and Tables But I wente a greate way of and from the toppe of a little Hill looked vpon them out of all daunger Neither was Theagenes and Cariclia frée from this warre in as much as they dooinge as was agreed vpon he came with a swoorde and ioyninge to one side behaued him selfe as if he had benne distraught shée when she sawe the battel begonne shotte out of the shippe in such sorte as shée neuer missed one spared none but Theagenes shée shotte into no one parte of the Battayle but him shée hilte that shée first spied for that shée was not séene but did easily sée her enemies through the fire so that they knewe not what mishappe that was but some supposed it a plague sentefrom Heauen vntil euery man was slaine Theagenes onely lefte fighting hande to hande with Pelorus a stoute man and practized in many Murthers Now could Cariclias shootinge doo no more seruice shée was sory that shée could not helpe him and afrayde leaste shée shoulde loose him now they twoo were come to hande blowes but at length Pelorus was not hable to stande againste him for though that Cariclia with her déede could healpe him no more yet with her woorde shée comforted him crying out Nowe my harte plaie the man then was Theagenes farre too good for Pelorus as though her voyce had made him stronge and bolde and declared what was the rewarde of that battayle For then he plucked vp his harte whiche was sore wounded before and leapt neare Pelorus and with his swoorde stroke a full blowe at his head but missed thereof for that he auoyded the blowe a little but he cutte his arme from his shoulder therewith he fledde Theagenes pursued him what followed I cannot tell but that he returned againe and I sawe him not for that I tarried on the Hill and durste not be oner bolde to walke in the nighte in a place so full of enimies but Cariclia espied him wel yenoughe for I perceiued when it was day that he laie like a deade man and shée sate by him and wepte and declared that shée would kil her selfe but shée helde her hande for a litle hope that shée had of his life But I vnhappy man could not speake to them nor know the trothe nor comforte their calamitie before that as greate mishappes by Lande as these were by Sea happened to vs without any delaie For as soone as I sawe the daie appeare and was comminge downe the Hill I spied a companie of Théeues of Egypt runne from a Mountaine whiche stretcheth that waye by séeminge and by this time had taken the yonge couple and within a while after carried them awaie and what so euer els they coulde out of the Shippe I spake to no pourpose a farre
When they were out of the Deputies house Euphrates tarried behinde and Bagoas with the Horsemen that came with him tooke many of their Irons and leaft them no moe but so many as mighte kéepe them safely not annoye or hurte them and sette them vpon Horses and goinge rounde aboute them wente as faste as they could to Thebes When they had ridden all the nighte after and till thrée a clocke at after noone the nexte daye and neuer alighted and then not hable to abide the heate of the Sunne as is like in the middest of the Sommer in Egypt and hauinge a wil to sléepe but most for that they sawe Cariclia wery of ridinge they meante to ride somewhat aside to ease them selfes and bayte their Horses and lette the Maid reste There was a little Hill vpon the banke of Nilus aboute the whiche the water wente not kéepinge his straighte course but was turned in manner halfe round so that it made the place like a little Ilande that whiche was thus compassed with the water was full of ranke Grasse by reason that it was so néere the water so that it was very good for Cattel and Horse to féede in it was shadowed moreouer with trées of Persia and greate Figge trées and suche other as doo commonly growe aboute Nylus There Bagoas and his company alighted and vsed the trées in stéede of a Tente and did eate meate him selfe and gaue Theagenes and Cariclia somme too who at the firste woulde eate none sayeinge It was néedelesse for them to eate whiche shoulde by and by be slaine but that he compelled them in a manner and perswaded them as well as he coulde that there was no suche matter and be tolde them that they shoulde be carried to Oroondates and not be killed When the heate of the daie was paste and the Sunne shined on theire side and out of the Weaste there came one on horsbacke to Bagoas who for hast that he made panted him selfe and his Horse had sweatte so muche that he coulde scante sitte vpon him And when he had saide sommewhat to Bagoas secretely he made no more haste but helde downe his heade a litle and as it were mused at that which was tolde him and after saide Straungers be of good chéere you are reuenged of youre enimie Arsace is deade who when shée hearde that you were gonne hanged her selfe preuentinge of her owne will Deathe whiche necessarily should haue ensued For shée coulde not haue escaped Oroondates and the Kinge without pounishmente but either shée shoulde haue ben put to deathe or continual shame al her life after Suche woorde doth Euphrates sende by this messenger Wherfore be merry because I knowe wel yenoughe you haue hurte no body and shée that hurte you is deade Thus saide Bagoas to them not speakinge Greeke very well but lettinge many false phrases escape him yet he staied not but tolde them for that he was partely gladde him selfe because he was scante contente with Arsaces frowardenesse who while shee liued plaied the Tyrant and also to cheere and comforte the yonge folkes For he hoped that Oroondates woulde accepte well of his paines whiche was a harde matter if he coulde keepe the yonge man well whose comelinesse woulde staine al the other Courtiers and the Mayde of suche singulare bewtie to be his wife after Arsaces deathe Theagenes and Cariclia were very gladde these newes thanked the mighty Goddes and Iustice therefore For then they thoughte they shoulde haue no more paine though they had neuer so ill lucke séeinge that their mortall enimie was deade So great a pleasure haue somme thought it were to die so that they mighte die with theire enimies destruction When it drewe towarde nighte and the heate beganne to abate so that it was better to trauaile in they set forwarde and roade al that euening and the night and the nexte morninge makinge the more haste to take Oroondates at Thebes if they might but they loste their lobour For after that one of the Hoste met him tolde him that the Deputie was not at Thebes but that he was sente to take vp al y e Souldiers that were in wages though they were any where in Garrison bring them to Siene whither he willed them to goe for all was in trouble and hurly burly and it was to be doubted that the Citie was taken by reason that the Deputie came too late and the Aethiopian Army vsed suche celeritie that it was there before any newes came that it was comminge Bagoas leafte his intended iourney to Thebes and wente to Syene And beinge nowe almoste there he fell into the Aethiopian Scoute a valiaunte crewe of lusty Souldiers that were sent before to spie the Countrie that the great Army haue safe passasse who at that time as wel because of the nighte as also for that they were not very skilfull of the Countrie for so they had commission to laie theire Ambushment where so euer they sawe any commodious place hidde them selues vnder certaine Bushes for their owne defense and the better to grieue their enimies too and slepte not Early in the morning when thei hearde Bagoas and the other Horsemenne ride by and sawe that they were but a fewe they suffered them to ride on and when they knewe certainely that none folowed them they brake out with a greate noyse and pursued them Bagoas and the other Horsemenne that were with him beinge amazed as wel with their suddaine crie as also for that they knewe them to be Aethiopians by their colour and them selues not hable to withstande the number for they were a thousande sente to scanne the Countrie in lighte Harneis tarried not so muche as to looke them in the faces but fledde not so faste at the firste as they mighte because they woulde not haue their enimies thinke that they would flée in haste These chased them and sente out aboute twoo hundred of the people called Trogloditae The Trogloditae are a people of Aethiopia that liue in Husbandrie They boorde vpon the Arabians They were very fwifte of Nature and practise the same from their youthe They neuer weare heauy Armoure but vse Slinges in battaile and suddainely inuade their enimies and so indamage them If they perceiue that they be too weake they flée theire enimies neuer pursue them for that they knowe they are ouer swifte and will hide them selues in euery corner Thus these ouertooke the Horsemenne beinge them selues on foote and wounded them in casting out of their Slinges But when thei returned vpon them they would not abide by it but fled backe by litle and litle to their felowes whiche when the Persians perceiued they despised them because they were no moe wherefore thei chased thē as faste as they might and when they had folowed them a litle then roade they forewarde againe with as muche spéede as they coulde and spurred their Horses and gaue them all the Raines at will By whiche meanes somme
Daughter euen at the very Aulters and haue brought him that brought her vp out of the middest of Greece as it had benne of pourpose They haue feared and troubled the Horses and Bullockes too that stoode before the Aultars whereby they declared that the greater Sacrifices whiche haue benne vsed emonge our Auncesters shoulde nowe cease and be vsed no more And beside declared this yonge Greeke to be the Maydes Husbande whiche may be the ende and conclusion of this Comedie Lette vs therefore suffer these diuine Miracles to sinke in our mindes and be healpers of theire will and doo more acceptable Sacrifices to them and leaue murtheringe of menne and woomen for euer hereafter After Sisimithres had saide thus so lowde that all mighte heare him Hidaspes who vnderstoode also the tonge wherein he spake tooke vp Theagenes and Cariclia and sayde Séeinge that these thinges benne thus appointed by the wil and pleasure of the Goddes I thinke howe séemeth it to you that be here also that it is not good to striue againste them Wherefore before them who haue preordained this and you also whiche séeme with your consente to followe their fates and destintes I wishe that these twoo may increase and growe in wedlocke and geue them leaue to reioyce either other that they maye engender and haue Children And if you shall thinke it good lette this decrée be confirmed with Sacrifice and lette vs fall to woorshippinge of the Goddes The Army consented thereto and with clappinge their handes gaue a Signe that they were contented with the matche Hidaspes then came to the Aulters and ready to beginne Sacrifice saide thus O Sunne our Lorde and Lady Moone for as muche as Theagenes and Cariclia are declared to be Man and Wife by your good willes I am sure you will accepte of theire Offeringes and suffer them to doo Sacrifice to you This saide he tooke of his owne Miter and Persinas which were the notes of their Priesthoode and sette one vpon Theagenes head whiche was his owne and the other vpon Cariclias that was Persinas When this was donne Caricles remembred him selfe of the Oracles answeare at Delphi and sawe that fulfilled in déede whiche was promised before of the Goddes Whiche was that after they fledde from Delphi they shoulde come at lengthe to Countrie scortche with burninge Phebus beames VVhere they as recompences dewe that vertue rare doo gaine In time to come ere it be longe white Miters shall obtaine Thus after they had on these white Miters and were made Priestes by the voice and opinion of Hidaspes aud had donne Sacrifice very well they roade in Chariottes drawen with Horses Hidaspes and Cariclia in one Sisimithres and Caricles in an other and Persina with Cariclia in the thirde but theirs was drawen with twoo white Oxen to Meroe with greate ioie and melody of Instrumentes of Musike to accomplishe the secreter affayres of Wedlocke in the Cittie for more solemnities sake Thus endeth the Aethiopian History of Theagenes and Cariclia the Authour whereof is Heliodorus of Emesos a Cittie in Phoenicia Sonne of Theodofius whiche fetcheth his Petigrée from the same The ende of the tenthe and laste Booke of Heliodorus Aethiopian History Cnemon his excellent tale His honest disposition The Athenians feaste called Quinquatria Demeneta inuentethe howe to greeue Cnemon Aristippus â—rathe against Cnemon VVeemeÌ„s wrath neuer hath ende Cnemon deceiâ—ed by Thisbe Cnemon boundâ— Aristippus Orâ—tion against his sonne Cnemon â—ewe friendes in extremitie He telleth foorth Charias bringeth Cnemon 〈◊〉 of Demencias Death Though Iustice deferreth longe yet shee striketh soare at laste Aristippus is sorowful for the losse of his Sonne Demeneta loued Cnemon better when he was gonne â–ª Demeneta accuseth Thisbe Tokens of a guilty conscieÌ„ce Thisbe with like crafte deceiueth her Misiers as before shee had Cnemon Thisâ—e accuseth Demeneâ—a to her Maister Arestippus The Monumente of the Epicures Demeneta is taken Dementas Deathe woorse then her former Life Twoâ— reasons why the Cockes crowe Memphis Dreame His Interpretation thereof The Oration of Thyamis to his mates The dewtie of a good Captaine Thyamis desireth to haue Cariclia for his share to make her his wife Thyamis asketh Cariclia her opinion and coÌ„sente to the Marriage Cariclias answeare The duetie of a woman in the presence of â—enne Cariclia seemeth to consent but taketh a delaie finely Shee appointeth the place of her Marriage Thyamis is scante contente to driue of the mater so longe Sight oftentimes moueth a man to doo sommewhat contrarie to good teÌ„perance and therefore Thyamis shunned this sight Theagenes is offended with Cariclias Oration Her wittie answeare to him Theagenes is not al satisfied with the answeare Cariclia taketh in very good parte his doubtfulnes of her stedfastnesse The propertie of a gentle answeare in yeeldinge talke Procrastination is sommetime profitable What lie is beste to be borne withall Cnemon telleth Thyamis of their Enimies at hande Cariclia carried to be keapte in the Theeues Denne where their treasure was The propertie of that Denne The Oration of Thyamis to his companions Howe VVarre with Theeues is ended The description of theire Battaile The nature of a Theefe VVhy Thyamis is taken aliue Thyamis throughe the deathe of many of his enemies is taken aliue Theagenes thinkinge Cariclia to be brent lamenteth Cnemon comforteth Theagenes Theagenes bewaileth a dead body and thought it had benne Cariclia Theagenes woulde haue slaine himselfe The ioye of Theagenes and Cariclia Too muche mirthe oftentimes tourneth to woe Thisbe is noâ— becomme an Harlot and is hated of Arsm Aristippus bannished from Athens Thisbies Letter to Cnemon Howe Thisle came into that Ilande Barbarous Loue woorse then hatred Thyamis his worde Trophynus Denne Thisbe taken by Thermutis Thyamis killed her in steede of Cariclia Cariclias dreame Cariclias exposition of her dreame Cnemons exposition of Cartclias dreame VVhy our Parentes be likened to a praier of eies Cnemons aduice as touching their present affaires A good Captaine causeth disordered people to liue orderly Necessitas plus posse quà m pietas solet Seneca Chemmis a Towne of Aegypte by Nylus Thermutis is slaine Why the Theeues lette their heare growe Longe heare dothe becomme â—â—uers well Thought maketh a man in maner blinde yea and deafe and doumbe too Miseries make a man sommetimes change his apparaile It is a greate paine to concele any mishappe longe Iupiter hospitalis A pretye similitude Homer calleth the bellie pernitious Calasiris will not forgette to doo Sacrifice to the Goddes for any trauaile and this is euery good mannes duety also Calasiris Sacrio ficeth to Theagenes and Cariclia Theagenes and Cariclia Calasiris children without a Mother A wise man couÌ„pteth thaÌ„kes a greate rewarde Bacchus pleased with mery Songes and Tales Groondates Deputie of Aegypt The VViues of Greece haue their drinkingâ— Gossippes Calasiris borne at Memphis he telleth him all his whole life passed Saturne an vnlucky Planete and neuer good VVhat misteries be tollerable and what vntollerable The beginnings of