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A02151	The pleasant historie of Dorastus and Fawnia VVherein is discovered, that although by the meanes of sinister fortune, truth may be concealed; yet by time, in spight of fortune, it is manifestly revealed. ... By Robert Greene, Master of Arts in Cambridge.; Pandosto	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1636 (1636)	STC 12292; ESTC S103413	39,826	56

THE PLEASANT HISTORIE OF Dorastus and Fawnia Wherein is discovered that although by the meanes of sinister Fortune Truth may be concealed yet by Time in spight of Fortune it is manifestly revealed Pleasant for age to avoyd drowsie thoughts Profitable for Youth to avoyd other wanton Pastimes And bringing to both a desired Content Temporis filia Veritas By ROBERT GREENE Master of Arts in Cambridge Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci. LONDON Printed for Francis Faulkner and are to be sold at his shop in Southwarke neere Saint Margarets Hill 1636. THE HISTORIE OF DORASTVS AND FAWNIA AMongst all the passions wherewith humane minds are perplexed there is none that sogalleth with restlesse despight as that infectious sore of iealousie For all other griefes are either to be appeased with sensible perswasion to be cured with wholesome counsell to be relieued in w●nt or by tract of time to be worne out Iealousie only excepted which is sauced with suspitious doubts and pinching mistrust that who so séekes by friendly counsell to raze out this hellish passion it forthwith suspecteth that he giueth this aduice to couer his owne gui●tines Yea who so is pinched with this restlesse torment doubteth all disturbeth himselfe is alwayes frozen with feare fired with suspition hauing that wherein consisteth all his ioy to be the breeder of his misery Yea it is such an heauy enemy to that heauy estate of matrimony sowing betweene the married couples such deadly séeds of secret hatred as loue being once razed o●t by spightfull distrust there often ensueth bloody reuenge as this ensuing History manifestly proueth wherein Pandosto furiously incensed by a causeles iealousie procured the death of his most louing and loyall wife and his owne endlesse sorrow and misery IN the Country of Bohemia there raigned a King called Pandosto whose fortunate successe in Warrs against his foes and bountifull courtesie towards his friends in Peace made him to be greatly feared and loued of all men This Pandosto had to wise a Lady called Bellaria by birth Royall learned by education faire by nature by vertues famous so that it was hard to iudge whether her beauty fortune or vertue w●n she greatest commendations These two linked together in perfect loue led their liues with such fortunate content that their subiects greatly reioyced to sée their quiet disposition They had not béen married long but fortune willing to increase their happinesse lent them a Sonne so adorned with the gifts of Nature as the perfection of the Child greatly augmented the loue of the Parents and the ioy of their Commons in so much that the Bohemians to shew their inward ioyes by outward actions made Bone-fires and Triumphes thorowout all the Kingdome appoynting Iusts and Turneis for the honour of their young Prince whether resorted not onely his Nobles but also diuers Kings and Princes which were his neighbours willing to shew in their friendship they ought to Pandosto and to win fame glory by their prowesse valour Pandosto whose mind was fraught with Princely liberality entertained the Kings Princes and Noble-men with such submisse courtesie and magnificall bounty that they all saw how willing hée was to grat●fie their good wills making a generall feast for all his Subiects which continued by the space of twenty dayes all which time the Iusts and Turneis were kept to the great content both of the Lords and Ladies there present This solemne Triumph being once ended the assembly taking their leaue of Pandosto and Bellaria the young Son who was called Carinter was n●rsed vp in the house to the great ioy and content of their Parents Fortune enuious of such happy successe willin● to shew some signe of her inconstancy turned her whéele and darkned their bright Sunne of prosperity with the misty clouds of mishap and misery For so it hapned that Egistus King of Sicila who in his youth had béen drought vp with Pandosto desirous to shew that neither tract of time or distance of place could diminish their former friendship prouided a Nauie of ships and sailed into Bohemia to visit his old friend and companion who hearing of his arriuall went himselfe in person and his wife Bellaria accompanied with a great t●aine of Lords Ladies to meét Egistus es●ying him alighted from his horse embraced him very louingly protesting that nothing in the world could haue hapned more acceptable for him then his comming wishing his wife to welcome his old friend and acquaintance who to shew how she liked him whom her husband loued entertained him with such familiar curtesie as Egistus perceiued himselfe to be very well welcome After they had thus saluted and embraced each other they mounted againe on Horsebacke and rode toward● the City deuising and recounting how being children they had passed their youth in friendly pastimes where by the meanes of the Citizens Egistus was receiued with triumphs and shewes in such sort that he maruelled how on so small a warning they rould make such proparation Passing the Stréets thus with such rare sights they rode on to the Palace where Pandosto entertained Egistus and his Sicilians with such b●nque●ing and sumptuous chéere so royally as they had all cause to commend his princely liberality yea the very basest flaue that was knowne to come from Sicilia was vsed with much curtesie that Egistus might easily pereiue how both he and his were honoured for his friends sake Bellaria who in her time was the flowre of courtesie willing to shew how vnfainedly she loued her husband by her friends entertainemet vsed him like wise so familiarly that her countenance bewraied how her heart was affected toward him oftentimes comming her selfe into his bed chamber to sée if nothing should be amisse to dislike him This honest familiarity increased daily more and more betwixt them for Bellaria noting in Egistus a Princely and bountifull mind adorned with sundry excellent qualities and Egistus finding in her a vertuous curteous disposition there grew such a secret vniting of their affections that the one could not well be without the company of the other insomuch that when Pandosto was busied with such vrgent affaires that he could not be present with his friend Egistus Bellaria would walk with him into the garden there they two in priuate pleasant deuices would passe away their time to both their contents This custome still continuing betwixt them a certain emelantholy passion entrring the mind of Pondosto droue him into sundry and doubtfull thoughts First he called to mind the beauty of his wife Bellaria the comelines and brauery of his friend Egistus thinking that loue was aboue all Lawes therfore to be staied with no law that it was hard to put ●●re flax together without burning that their open pleasure might bréed his secret displeasure He considered with himselfe that Egistus was a man and must needs loue that his wife was a woman and therfore subiect to loue and that

Fawnia desiring one of her companions to beare her company went home by the flocke to see if they were well fowlded And as they returned it fortuned that Dorastus who all that day had beene hawking and killed store of game incountred by the way these two maides fraring that with Acteon he had seene Diana for he thought such exquisite perfection could not be found in any mortall creature As thus he stood in a maze one of his Pages told him that the maid with the garland on her head was Fawnia that faire Shepheardesse whose beauty was so much talked of in the Court Dorastus desirous to see if nature had adorned her mind withany inward qualities as she had decked her body with outward shape began to question with her whose daughter she was of what age and how shee had beene trained vp Who answered him with such modest reuerence and sharpnesse of wit that Dorastus thought her outward beauty was but a counterfeit to darken her inward qualities wondring how so courtly behauiour could be found in so simple Cottage and cursing Fortune that had shaddowed wit and beauty with such hard Fortune As thus he held her a long time with chat beauty séeing him at discouert thought not to loose the vantage but strucke him so déepely with an inuenomed shafte as he wholly lost his liberty and became a slaue to Loue which before contemned Loue glad to gaze vpon a poore shepheardesse who before refused the offer of rich Princesse For the perfection of Fawnia had so fixed his fancie as he felt his mind greatly changed and his affection altered cursing Loue that had wrought such a change and blaming the basenesse of his minde that would make such a choyce But thinking these were but passionate toyes that might be thrust out at pleasure to auoyd the Syren that inchanted him hee spurs his horse and had his faire Shepheardesse farewell Fawnia who all this while had marked the Princely gesture of Dorastus séeing his face so well featured and each limbe so perfectly framed began greatly to praise his perfection commending him so long till she found her selfe faulty and perceiued that if she waded but a little further she might slip ouer the shooes She therefore seeking to quench that fire which neuer was put out went home and faining her selfe not well at ease gother to bed where casting a thousand thoughts in her head shée could take no rest for if shée had waked she began to call to mind his beauty and thinking to beguile such thoughts with sléepe shée then dreamed of his perfection Pestered with these vnacquainted passions she passed the night as shée could in short slumbers Dorastus who all this while rode with a flea in his eare could not by any meanes forget the sweete fauour Fawnia but rested so bewitched with her wit and beauty as hee could take no rest He felt fancie to giue the assault and his wounded mind ready to yéeld as vanquished yet hee began with diuers considerations to suppresse his franticke affection calling to mind that Fawnia was a Shepheardesse one not worthy to be looked at of a Prince much lesse to be loued of such a Potentate thinking what a discredit it were to himselfe and what a griefe it would be to his father blaming fortune and accusing his owne folly that should be so fond as but once to cast a glance at such a Country slut And as thus he was raging against himselfe Loue fearing if she dallyed long to lose her Champion stept more nigh and gaue him such a fresh wound as it pierst him at the heart that he was faine to yéeld maugre his face and to forsake the company and get him to his chamber where being solemnly set he burst into these passionate termes AH Dorastus art thou alone No not alone while thou art tyred with these vnacquainted passions Yéeld to fancie thou canst not by thy fathers counsell but in a frenzie thou art by iust destinies Thy father were content if thou couldest loue and thou therefore discontent because thou dost loue O diuine Loue feare of men because honoured of gods not to be suppressed by wisedome because not to be comprehended by reason without law and therefore aboue law How then Dorastus why dost thou blaze that with praises which thou hast cause to blaspheme with curses Yet why should they curse loue which are in loue Blush Dorastus at thy Fortune thy choyce thy loue thy thoughts cannot be vttered without shame nor thy affections without discredit Ah Fawnia sweet Fawnia thy beauty Fawnia Shamest not thou Dorastus to name one vnfit for thy birth thy Dignities thy Kingdomes Die Dorastus Dorastus die Better haddest thou perish with high desires then liue in base thoughts Yea but beauty must be obeyed because it is beauty yet framed of the gods to féed the eye not to fetter the heart Ah but he that striueth against loue shooteth with them of Scyrum against the wind and with the Cockatrice pecketh against the steele I will therefore obey because I must obey Fawnia yea Fawnia shall be my fortune in spight of fortune The gods aboue disdaine not to loue women beneath Phoebus liked Daphne Iupiter Io and why not 3 then Fawnia one something inferiour to these in birth but farre superiour to them in beauty borne to be a Shepheardesse but worthy to be a goddesse Ah Dorastus wilt thou forget thy selfe as to suffer affection to suppresse wisdome and loue violate thine honour How sowre will thy choice be to thy father sorrowfull to thy subiects to thy friends a griefe most gladsome to thy foes Subdue then thy affection and cease to loue her whom thou couldest not loue vnlesse blinded with too much loue Tush I talke to the wind in séeking to preuent the causes I further the effects I will yet praise Fawnia honour yea and loue Fawnia and at this day follow content not councell Doe Dorastus thou canst repent and with that his Page came into the chamber whereupon hee ceased from complaints hoping that time would weare out that which fortune had wrought As thus he was pained so poore Fawnia was diuersly perplexed For the next morning getting vp very early she went to her shéepe thinking with hard labours to passe away her new conceiued amours beginning very busily to driue them to the field and then to shift the folds At last wearied with toyle she sate her downe where poore soule she was more tyred with fond affection For loue began to assault her insomuch that as she sate vpon the side of a hill she began to accuse her owne folly in these termes IN fortunate Fawnia And therefore infortunate because Fawnia thy Shepheards hook sheweth thy poore estate thy proud desires an aspiring mind the one declareth thy want the other thy pride No bastard Hawke must sore so high as the Hobby no fowle gaze against the Sun but the Eagle Actions wrought against nature reape despight and thoughts aboue fortune

disdaine Fawnia thou art a Shepheardesse daughter to poore Porrus if thou rest content with this thou art like to stand if thou climb thou art like to fall The hearbe Anita growing higher then six inches becommeth a weed Nilus flowing more then twelue cubits procureth a dearth Daring affections that passe measure are cut short by time or fortune Suppresse then Fawnia those thoughts which 〈…〉 shame to expresse But ah Fawnia Loue is a Lord who will command by power and constraine by force Dorastus ah Dorastus is the man I loue the worse is thy hap and the lesse cause hast thou to hope Will Eagles catch at flyes Will Cedars stoope at Brambles Or mighty Princes looke at such homely Truls No no thinke this Dorastus disdaine is greater then thy desire He is a Prince respecting his honour 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 die with griefe then to liue with shame Yet in despight of Loue I will sigh to sée if I can sigh out Loue. Fawnia some what appeasing her griefes with these pithy perswasions began after her wonted manner to walke about her sheep and to kéepe them from straying into the Corne suppressing her affection with the due consideration of her base estate and with impossibilities of her loue thinking it were frenzy not fancy to couet that which the very destinies deny her to obtaine But Dorastus was more impatient in his passions for loue so fiercely assailed him that neither company nor Musicke could mitigate his martyrdome but did rather farre the more increase his malady Shame would not let him craue counsell in this case nor feare of his fathers displeasure reueale it to any secret friend but he was faine to make a secretary of himselfe and to participate his thoughts with his owne troubled mind Lingring thus a while in doubtfull suspence at last stealing secretly from the Court without either men or Page hée went to sée if he could espie Fawnia walking abroad in the field But as one hauing a great deale more skill to retriue the Partridge with the Spaniels then to hunt aster such a strange prey he sought but was little the better Which crosse-lucke draue him into a great choller that hee began both to accuse Loue and Fortune But as hee was ready to retyre he saw Fawnia sitting all alone vnder the side of an hill making a Garland of such homely flowers as the fields did affoord This sight so reuiued his spirits that he drew high with more iudgement to make a view of her singular perfection which he found to be such as in that Countrey attyre shee stained all the Courtly Dames of Sicilia While thus he stood gazing with piercing lookes on her surpassing beauty Fawnia cast her eye aside and espyed Dorastus Which sudden sight made the poore girle to blush and to dye her christall cheekes with the vermillion red which gaue her such a grace as she seemed farre more beautifull and with that she rose vp saluting the Prince with such modest courtesies as he wondred how a Country maid could affoord such comely behauiour Dorastus repaying her courtesie with a smiling countenance began to parle with her on this manner FAire maid quoth he either your want is great or a Shepheards life is very swéet that your delight is in such country labours I cannot conceiue what pleasures you should take vnlesse you meane to imitate the Nymphs being your selfe so like a Nymph To put me out of this doubt shew me what is to be commended in a Shepheards life and what pleasures you haue to counteruaile these drudging labours Fawnia with blushing face made him this answer SIr what richer state then content or what swéeter life then quiet We Shepheards are not borne to honour nor beholding vnto beauty the lesse care wee haue to feare fame or fortune We count our attyre braue enough if warme enough and our food dainty if to suffice nature our greatest enemy is the Wolfe our onely care in safe kéeping our flocke in stead of Courtly Ditties we spend the dayes with Country songs our amorous conceits are homely thoughts delighting as much to talke of Pan and his country pranks as Ladies to tell of Venus and her wanton toyes Our toile is in shifting our folds and looking to the Lambes easie labours of sitting and telling tales homely pleasures our greatest wealth not to couet our honour not to climbe our quiet not to care Enuy looketh not so low 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 witty answer of Fawnia so inflamed Dorastus fancy that he commending himselfe for making so good a choyse thinking if her birth were answerable to her wit and beauty that shee were a fit mate for the most famous Prince in the world Hee therefore began to sift her more narrowly 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 Courtly mistresse Sir quoth she beggers ought not to striue against fortune nor to gaze against honour least either their fall be greater or they become blind I am borne to toyle for the Court not in the Court my nature vnfit for their nature better liue in meane degrée then in high disdaine Well said Fawnia quoth Dorastus I gesse at thy thoughts thou art in loue with some country Shepheard No sir quoth she Shepheards cannot loue that are so simple and maids may not loue that are so young Nay therefore quoth Dorastus maids must loue because they are young for Cupid is a child and Venus though old is painted with fresh colours I grant said she age may be painted with new shadowes and youth may haue imperfect affections but what art concealeth in one ignorance reuealeth in another Dorastus séeing Fawnia hold him so hard 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 matter came posting to seeke him séeing that he was gone forth all alone yet before they drew so nigh that they might heare their talke he vsed these spéeches Why Fawnia perhaps I loue thée and then thou must néeds yeeld for thou knowest I can command and constraine Tush Sir quoth she but not to loue for constrained loue is force not loue And know this Sir mine honesty is such as I had rather dye then be a Concubine enen vnto a King and my birth is so base as I am vnfit to be a wife vnto a poore Farmor Why then quoth he thou canst not loue Dorastus Yes said Fawnia when Dorastus becomes a Shepheard And with