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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

present This solemne tryumph being once ended the assembly taking their leaue of Pandosto and Bellaria the young sonne who was called Garinter was nursed vp in the house to the great ioy and content of the parents Fortune enuious of such happy successe willing to shewe some signe of her inconstantie turned her wheele and darkned their bright sun of prosperitie with the mistie cloudes of mishap and misery For it so happened that Egistus King of Sycilia who in his youth had bene brought vp with Pandosto desirous to shewe that neither tracte of time nor distance of place could diminish their former friendship prouided a nauie of ships and sayled into Bohemia to visite his old friend and companion who hearing of his arriuall went himselfe in person and his wife Bellaria accompanied with a great traine of Lords and Ladies to meete Egistus and espying him alighted from his horse embraced him very louingly protesting that nothing in the world could haue happened more acceptable to him then his comming wishing his wife to welcome his olde friend and acquaintance who to shewe how she liked him whom her husband loued intertayned him with such familiar curtesie as Egistus perceiued himselfe to bée verie well welcome After they had thus saluted and embraced eche other they mounted againe on horsbacke and rode toward the Citie deuising and recounting howe being children they had passed their youth in friendely pastimes where by the meanes of the Citizens Egistus was receyued with triumphs and showes in such sort that he maruelled how on so small a warning they coulde make such preparation Passing the streetes thus with such rare sightes they rode on to the Pallace where Pandosto entertained Egistus and his Sycilians with such banqueting and sumptuous cheare so royally as they all had cause to cōmend his princely liberality yea the verie basest slaue that was knowne to come from Sycilia was vsed with such curtesie y t Egistus might easily perceiue how both hee and his were honored for his friendes sake Bellaria who in her time was the flower of curtesie willing to shew how vnfaynedly shee looued her husband by his friends intertainemēt vsed him likewise so familiarly that her countenance bewraied how her minde was affected towardes him oftentimes comming her selfe into his bed chamber to sée that nothing should be amis to mislike him This honest familiarity increased dayly more and more betwixt them for Bellaria noting in Egistus a princely and bountifull minde adorned with sundrie and excellent qualities and Egistus finding in her a vertuous and curteous disposition there grew such a secret vniting of their affections that the one could not well be without the company of the other in so much that when Pandosto was busied with such vrgent affaires that hee could not bee present with his friend Egistus Bellaria would walke with him into the Garden where they two in priuat and pleasant deuises would passe away the time to both their contents This custome still continuing betwixt them a certaine melancholy passion entring the minde of Pandosto draue him into sundry and doubtfull thoughts First he called to minde the beauty of his wife Bellaria the comelines and brauerie of his friend Egistus thinking that Loue was aboue all Lawes and therefore to be staied with no Law that it was hard to put fire and flaxe together without burning that their open pleasures might breede his secrete displeasures He considered with himselfe that Egistus was a man and must needes loue that his wife was a woman and therfore subiect vnto loue and that where fancy forced friendship was of no force These and such like doubtfull thoughtes a long time smoothering in his stomacke beganne at last to kindle in his minde a secret mistrust which increased by suspition grewe at last to a flaming Iealousie that so tormented him as he could take no rest He then began to measure all their actions and to miscenstrue of their too priuate familiaritie iudging that it was not for honest affection but for disordinate fancy so that hee began to watch them more narrowely to sée if hée could gette any true or certaine proofe to confirme his doubtfull suspition While thus he noted their lookes and gestures and suspected their thoughtes and meaninges they two séely soules who doubted nothing of this his treacherous intent frequēted daily eache others companie which draue him into such a franticke passion that he beganne to beare a secret hate to Egistus and a lowring countenaunce to Bellaria who marueiling at such vnaccustomed frowns began to cast béeyond the Moone and to enter into a thousand sundrie thoughtes which way she should offend her husband but finding in her selfe a cleare cōscience ceassed to muse vntil such time as she might find fit opportunitie to demaund the cause of his dumps In the meane time Pandostoes minde was so farre charged with Iealousy that he did no longer doubt but was assu●●ed as he thought that his Friend Egistus had entered a wrong pointe in his tables and so had played him false play whervpō desirous to reuenge so great an iniury he thought best to dissemble the grudge with a faire and friendly countenance and so vnder the shape of a friend to shew him the tricke of a foe Deuising with himself a long time how he might best put away Egistus without suspition of treacherous murder hee concluded at last to poyson him which opinion pleasing his humour he became resolute in his determination and the better to bring the matter to passe he called vnto him his cupbearer with whom in secret he brake the matter promising to him for the performance thereof to geue him a thowsande crownes of yearely reuenues his cupbearer eyther being of a good conscience or willing for fashion sake to deny such a bloudy request began with great reasons to perswade Pandosto from his determinate mischief shewing him what an offence murther was to the Gods how such vnnaturall actions did more displease the heauens than deuoide of pity commanded that without delay it should bee put in the boat hauing neither saile nor other to guid it and so to bee carried into the midst of the sea and there left to the wind waue as the destinies please to appoint The very shipmen seeing the sweete countenance of the yong babe began to accuse the King of rigor and to pity the childs hard fortune but feare constrayned them to that which their nature did abhorre so that they placed it in one of the ends of the boat and with a few greene bows made a homely cabben to shroud it as they could from wind and weather hauing thus trimmed the boat they tied it to a ship and so haled it into the mayne Sea and then cut in sunder the coarde which they had no sooner done but there arose a mighty tempest which tossed the little Boate so vehemently in the waues that the shipmen thought it coulde not continue longe without sincking yea

shafte as he wholy lost his libertie and became a slaue to Loue which before containned Loue glad now to gaze on a p●ore shephea●d who before refused the offer of a riche Princesse for the perfection of Fawnia had so fi●ed his fancie as he felt his mind greatly chaunged and his affections altered cursing Loue that had wrought such a chaun●e and blaming the basenesse of his mind that would make such a choice● but thinking these were but passion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that migh● be thrust out at pleasure to auoid the Syren that inchaunted him 〈…〉 his horse and had this f 〈…〉 Fawnia who all this while had marked the 〈…〉 of Dorastus seeing his face 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and each time so perfectly frame● began greatly to praise his perfection commending him so long till she found her sel●e faultie and perceiued that if she waded but a little further she might slippe ouer her shooes shee therefore seeking to quench that fire which neuer was put out went home and ●●●n●ing her selfe not well at ease got her to bed● where casting a ●●sand thoughts in her head she could take no rest for if she wake● she begā to call to minde his beautie and thinking to beguile such thoughts with ●●eepe ●he ●●en dreamed of his perfection pestred thus with these vnacquainted passions she passed the night as she could in short ●●umbers Dorastus who all this while rode with a flea in his eare coulde not by any meanes forget the sweete fauour of Fawnia but rested ●o bewitched with her wit and beauty as hee could take no rest He felt fancy to giue the a●●ault and his wounded mind reap●●te to yeeld as vanquished yet he began with diuers ●on●●●●rations to suppresse this frantick affecti●● ca●●ing to minde that Fawnia was a ●heph●ard one not worthy to bee 〈◊〉 at of a Prince much lesse to bee loued of such a potentate thinking what a discredite it were to himselfe and what a griefe it would be to his father blaming fortune and acc●●●●ng his owne 〈◊〉 that shoulde bee so fond as but once to ●ast a gla 〈…〉 As thus he was raging against ●●mselfe Loue fearing if shee dallied long to 〈…〉 ept more nigh and gaue him such a fresh wounde as it pra●●t him at the heart that he was faine to yeeld maugre his ●a● e and to forsake the companie and gette him to his chamber where being solemnly set hee burst into these passionate ●●armes Ah Dorastus art tho● alone No not alone wosste t●o● art tired with these vnacquainted passions Yeld to fancy thou can●● not by thy fathers coun●●●●e but in a frenzie t●o● art by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THy father were content 〈…〉 ●●● by reason without Lawe● and therefore aboue all Law How now Dorastus why ●●● thou blaze that with maises which thou hast cause to blaspheme with curses Yet why should they curse Loue that are in Loue Blush Dorastus at thy fortune thy choice thy loue thy thou●●●s cannot be vttered without shame nor thy affections without discredit Ah Fawnia sweete Fawnia thy beautie Fawnia Shamest not thou Dorastus to name one vnfitte for thy birth thy dignities thy Kingdomes Dye Dorastus Dorastus die better hadst thou perish with high desires then liue in base thoughts Yea but beautie must be obeyed because it is beauty yet framed of the Gods to feede the eye not to fatter the heart Ah but he that striueth against Loue shooteth with them of Scyrum against the winde and with the Cockeatrice pecketh against the steele I will therefore obey becaue I must obey Fawnia yea Fawnia shal be my fortune in spight of fortune The Gods aboue disdain not to loue womē beneath Pho●bus liked Sibilla Iupiter Io and why not I then Fawnia one something inferiour to these in birth but farre superiour to them in beautie horne to be a Shepheard but worthy to be a Goddesse Ah Dorastus wilt thou so forget thy selfe as to suffer affection to suppresse wisedome and Loue to violate thine hononour How sower will thy choice be to thy Father for●●●full to thy Subiects to thy friends a griefe most gladsome to thy foes Subdue then thy affections and seaseto loue her whome thou couldest not loue vnlesse blinded with too much loue Tushe I talke to the wind and in seeking to preuent the causes I further the effectes I will yet praise Fawnia honour yea and loue Fawnia and at this day followe content not counsaile D●● Dorastus thou canst but repent and with that his Page came into the chamber whereupon hee ceased from his complaints houing that time would weare out that which fo●●une had wrought As thus he was pained so poore Fawnia 〈◊〉 diuersly perplexed for the next morning gett●●● 〈◊〉 very earely shee went to her sheepe thinking with hard 〈◊〉 to passe 〈◊〉 her 〈…〉 poore soule she was more tryed with 〈…〉 beganne to assault her in so much 〈◊〉 as she 〈◊〉 vpon the side of a hill she began to accuse her o●●e folly in these 〈◊〉 INfortunate Fawnia and therefore infortunate because Fawnia thy shepherds hooke sheweth thy poore 〈◊〉 thy proud desires an aspiring mind the one declareth thy 〈◊〉 the other thy pride No bastard hauke must so●re so hie as the Hobbie ●o Fowle gaze against the Sunne but the Eagle 〈◊〉 wrought against nature reape despight and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aboue Fortune disdaine Fawnia thou art a shepheard daughter to poore Porrus if thou rest content with this thou art like to stande if thou climbe thou art sure to fal The Herb Anita growing higher 〈…〉 weede Nylus flodding more then twelue cubits procureth a dearth Daring affect●●● that passe measure ar● cut shorte by time or fortune suppresse then Fawnia those thoughes which thou 〈◊〉 to expresse But ●● Fawnia loue is a Lord who will comm●●● by power and constraine by force Dorastus a● Dorastus is the man I loue the woor●e is thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the lesse 〈◊〉 hast thou to hope Will Eagles catch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 will Cedars stoupe to be brambles or mighty Princes ●●●●● at such homely tru●●es No no thinke this Dorastus 〈…〉 hee is a Prince respecting his 〈◊〉 thou a beggars brat forgetting thy calling Cease then not onely to say but to thinke to loue Dorastus and dissemble thy loue Fawnia for better it were to dye with griefe then to liue with shame yet in despight of loue I will sigh to see if I can sigh out loue Fawnia somewhat appea●● her griefes with these pithie perswa●●●s began after her 〈◊〉 manner to walke about her shéepe and to 〈…〉 the very ve●●inies did deny herto ●●erine But Dorastus was more impatient in his passions for loue so fiercely assayled him that neither companie nor musicke could mittigate his martirdome but did rather far the more increase his maladie shame would not let him craue counsaile in this case nor feare of his Fathers displeasure reueyle it to any secrete friend but hee was saine to make a Secretarie of himselfe and to participate his thoughtes with his owne troubled

mind Lingring thus awhile in doubtfull suspence at last stealing secretely from the court without either men or Page hée went to sée if hée coulde espie Fawnia walking abroade in the field but as one hauing a great deale more skill to retriue the partridge with his spaniels then to hunt after such a straunge pray he sought but was little the better which crosse lucke draue him into a great choler that he began both to accuse loue and fortune But as he was readie to retire he sawe Fawnia sitting all alone vnder the side of a hill making a garland of such homely flowres as the fields did afoord This sight so reuiued his spirites that he drewe nigh with more iudgement to take a view of her singular perfection which hée found to bée such as in that countrey attyre shée stained al the courtlie Dames of Sicilia While thus he stoode gazing with pearcing lookes on her surpassing beautie Fawnia cast her eye aside and spyed Dorastus with sudden fight made the poore girle to blush and to die her christal chéeks with a vermilion red which gaue her such a grace as she séemed farre more beautiful And with that she rose vp saluting the Prince with such modest curtesies as he wondred how a country maid could afoord such courtly behauiour Dorastus repaying her curtesie with a smiling countenance began to parlie with her on this manner FAire maide quoth he either your want is great or a shepheards life very swéete that your delight is in such country labors I can not conceiue what pleasure you should take vnlesse you meane to imitate the nymph●● being you selfe so like a Nymph To put me out of thi 〈…〉 me what is to be commended in a shepherdes l●●e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pleasures you haue to counter●●aile these drudgi●g laboures Fawnia with blushing face made him this ready aunswere SIr what richer state then content or what swéeter life then quiet we shepheards are not borne to honor nor beholding vnto beautie the lesse care we haue to feare fame or fortune we co●●t our attire braue inough if warme inough and our foode dainty if to suffice nature our greatest enemie is the wolfe out only care in safe kéeping our flock in stead of courtly ditties we spend the daies with cuntry songs our amorous conceites are homely thoughtes delighting as much to talke of Pan and his cuntrey prankes as Ladies to tell of Venus and her want on toyes Our toyle is in shifting the fouldes and looking to the Lambes easie labours oft singing and telling tales homely pleasures our greatest welth not to ●●ouer out honor not to climbe our quiet not to care Enuie looketh not so lowe as shepheards Shepheards gaze not so high as ambition we are rich in that we are poore with content and proud onely in this that we haue no cause to be proud THis wittie answer of Fawnia so inflamed Dorastus fancy as he commended him selfe for making so good a choyce thinking if her birth were aunswerable to her wit and beauty that she were a fitte mate for the most famous Prince in the worlde He therefore beganne to sifte her more narrowely on this manner FAwnia I sée thou art content with Country labours because thou knowest not Courtly pleasures I commend thy wit and pitty thy want but wilt thou leaue thy Fathers Cottage and serue a Courtlip Mistresse Sir quoth she beggers ought not to striue against fortune nor to gaze after honour least either their fall be greater or they become blinde I am borne to toile for the Court not in the Court my nature vnfit for their nurture better liue th●● in meane degrée than in high disdaine ●●ll 〈◊〉 Fawnia quoth Dorastus I gesse at thy 〈◊〉 thou art in loue with some Countrey Shephearde No sir quoth she shepheards cannot loue that are so simple and maides may not loue that are so young Nay therefore quoth Dorastus maides must loue because they are young for Cupid is a child and Venus though olde is painted with fresh coloures I graunt quoth she age may be painted with new shadowes and youth may haue imperfect affections but what arte concealeth in one ignorance reuealeth in the other Dorastus seeing Fawnia helde him so harde thought it was vaine so long to beate about the bush therefore he thought to haue giuen her a fresh charge but he was so preuented by certaine of his men who missing their maister came possing to séeke him séeing that he was gone foorth all alone yet before they drewe so ●ie that they might heare their talke he vsed these spéeches Why Fawnia perhappes I loue thée and then thou must néedes yéelde for thou knowest I can commaunde and constraine Trueth sir quoth she but not to loue for constrained loue is force not loue and know this sir mine honesty is such as I hadde rather dye then be a Concubine euen to a King and my birth is so base as I am vnfitte to bée a wife to a poore farmer Why then quoth he thou canst not loue Dorastus Yes saide Fawnia when Dorastus becomes a shepheard and with that the presence of his men broke off their parle so that he went with them to the palace and left Fawnia sitting still on the hill side who séeing that the night drewe on shifted her fouldes and busied her selfe about other worke to driue away such fond fancies as began to trouble her braine But all this could not preuaile for the beautie of Dorastus had made such a déepe impression in her heart as it could not be worne out without cracking so that she was forced to blame her owne folly in this wise AH Fawnia why doest thou gaze against the Sunne or catch at y e Winde starres are to be looked at with the eye not reacht at with the hande thoughts are to be measured by Fortunes not by desires● falles come not by sitting low but by climing too hie what then shall al feare to fal because some happe to fall No lucke commeth by lot and fortune 〈◊〉 those thréedes which the destinies spin Thou art fau●●●● Fawnia of a prince and yet thou art so fond to reiect desired fauours thou hast deniall at thy tonges end and desire at thy hearts bottome a womans fault to spurne at that with her foote which she greedily catcheth at with her hand Thou louest Dorastus Fawnia yet séemest to lower Take h●●de if hée retire thou wilt repent for vnles hée loue thou canst but dye Dye then Fawnia for Dorastus doth but iest the Lyon neuer prayeth on the mouse nor Faultons stoupe not to dead stales Sit downe then in sorrow ceasse to loue and content thy selfe that Dorastus will vouchsafe to flatter Fawnia though not to fancy Fawnia Heigh ho Ah foole it were séemelier for thée to whistle as a Shepheard then to sigh as a louer and with that shè ceassed from these perplexed passions folding her shéepe and ●ying home to her poore Cottage But such was the incessant sorrow