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A02120	Greenes Orpharion VVherin is discouered a musicall concorde of pleasant histories, many sweet moodes graced vvith such harmonius discords, as agreeing in a delightfull closse, they sound both pleasure and profit to the eare. Heerein also as in a diateheron, the branches of vertue, ascending and descending by degrees: are covnited in the glorious praise of women-kind. VVith diuers tragicall and comicall histories presented by Orpheus and Arion, beeing as full of profit as of pleasure. Robertus Greene, in Artibus Magister.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1599 (1599)	STC 12260; ESTC S103410	40,070	64

one Carracter resembling the Emeraulde that neuer looseth the first impression nor admitteth any other well here I could neyther finde Venus nor heare of her but scoffinglie those girles told me she was either in Ida or in Erecinus desirous to loose no time I hasted from Alcydalion to Ida where I could see no steps of a Goddesse but only the ancient monument of Troy cōsumed to cinders there I noted the end of loue the reward of lust the trophes of Venus the follies of women in Helena that brought Priamus his sonnes and so famous a Cittie to confusion From thence I posted to Erecinus the Mountaine was greene and pleasant to the eye the stones that appeared higher then the grasse séemed like Iacinthes the mosse was flowers the very rubbish below pearles so y e nature seemd to haue conquered art and art nature and a supernaturall glory both in musing at the gorgeous scituation of this deuine Mount looking if eyther there were Palace or Temple dedicate to Venus I sawe none but casting mine eye into the bordring vale I saw a Shepheard grasing of his flockes Desirous to learne of the man any newes of the Goddesse pacing downe from the Hyll I went and saluted him in this manner Shepheard so I name thee for thy flockes more maist thou be for Apollo kept Midas sheepe and Mercury taken the shape of a Heardman but measuring thy degrée as present thou seemest I craue so much fauour at thy hands as to tell mee whether Venus is resident about this mount of Erecinus or no I haue beene at all her places of abode and this is the last of all her earthly mansions This Shephearde hearing me salute him so curteouslie laying downe his pipe and his hooke aunswered thus bluntly Friend what I am it little reckes thée thou seest my fouldes and then why standest thou vpon higher titles In calling me shepheard or Swaine thou giuest me my due if my degrée be greater my sheepe may serue for thy excuse to thy question as it sauours of folly so I thinke best to aunswer it with silence yet for I see thy thoughts to be full of passions and thy face the map of sorrowes the two notes of a Louer if I knew my counsaile might profite thee or my experience warne thee I would bestow a little wast time while my Sheepe grase so hard to holde thee chat Hearing the Shepheard beginning so roughly to conclude so gently willing to be auditor to his Country precepts I aunswered him thus Shepheard if thou be no better for thy talke makes me suspect higher Know that I haue tolde many cares numbred many passions felt many sorrowes vttred many sighes shed many teares since Venus entertained me with Roses at the first afterwarde beate me with Nettles I haue found loue to be a Laborinth a fury a hell wherein men aliue féele worse paines then those ghostes that pay Charon hier for his ferriboat gréeued thus yet as one in a lunacie I neuer fore-sawe my miseries I heard many counsailes and read many preceps but al in vaine yet for that time hath many chaunces the Fates their Canons tied to opportunitie Fortune her decrées variable and loue many accidents I will humbly craue what thou hast offered promising to be attentiue and not ingratefull as farre as a strangers abilitie may gratifie The Shephearde without further promising or longer delay began thus Thou seest that I sitte heere féeding my flocks by Erecinus whether daily resorte multitudes of amorous Pilgrims suing to Venus for releefe of their passions but how she vsed these fond and perplexed patients as it pitties mee to rehearse so it wil grieue thee to heare Those youthes whose yeeres more then their mindes are fryed with a small flame of ordinarie fancie rather inserted by nature then inferred by loue such she entertaineth most sumptuously as fittest obiects for her to worke vpon putting oyle in the flame fire to flax and beautie as the balefull obiect to youth for she knowing the olde verse to bee too true for her to disproue Quod latit ignotum est ignoti nulla Cupido that what is secret from vs we neuer desire to inueagle them with her charmes she present beutie excellent by nature yet far more gorgious by arte faire faces smiling lookes alluring gestures swéet spéeches these are the baites that she layes to intrap youth is so fond that he cannot but taste resembling the poore Mouse that feedeth soonest on the most infectious Rosalger respecting the colour not the confection after once shée hath gotten youth limed fast on her twigges then Cupid vseth them as marks and at euery shoote galleth to the quicke that the woundes cannot be cured till eyther we finde remedie by repentance which oft cōmeth too late or haue a quittance by death which they thinke commeth too soone Others that haue beene stale stayers in her Court spending their time in sighes teares and many dispayring passions such shée feedeth on with delayes giuing thē one day an incarnatiue to heale and the next day a contrary medicine to fester choking theyr sences with perfumes and straight stifling them with Hemlock suffering theyr Ladies in the morning to wash their temples with Rose-water and at night to quaffe to them gall and vinegar shadowing smiles with frownes sower lookes with wanton actions fettering them with the wings of hope but hanging dispaire at their heeles least soaring too hie they should seaze catch their pray suppose she sets thē on the top of her whéele where poore man I know thou desirest to be plaste and for their long trauell she giues them with Ixion a clowde a faire dame I mean as shee bestowed vpon Paris yet shalt thou finde that she fetcheth all her virgins from the fountain of Alcydalion beleeue me Pilgrim I will not warrant theyr maidenheads because thou seest they haue many eyes and many harts which haue many fancies and many lures and trust me Pilgrime many causes must needes bring out some effects But leauing these doubts as may not once haue entrance into Louers thoughts and affirming that all are virgins that come from Venus for Diana hath so few in her traine that she marries not one in seauen yéeres whē the louer hath what he long sought for he findes not the fairest Christall but hath his staine the brightest topar but hath his spot the richest Gold but hath his ore and the purest creature feminine I meane but hath her common imperfection either proud without profite and thats a purgation for the Purse or fayre without wit and that is to marry a woodden picture with a golden creast full of fauour but flattering and so he may reape many kisses and little loue shrewish deceitfull wilfull fond new fangle and what not nay perhaps proue so light in the braines that she make him swell in the browes that as he hath beene in his youth a votary to Venus so in his age he may proue a companion to Vulcan and

thée no like a Princesse that were captiue but euen as a Quéene that is sole mistres and soueraigne of my affections thy beauty hath cōquered that hart which had made conquest of thy Country subdued him who before womans feature neuer vanquished then Argentina take pitty of him that for thy loue is so passionate consent that I may enjoy thée as my paramour and thou shalt be honourd as shée that is best loued of the King of Sycilia I could Argentina y ● seest obtaine by force what I sue for by intreatie but I couet rather to possesse my selfe of thy louely consent then by constraint yéeld therefore what I request and héere before the Lords of Sycilia I promise to grant whatsoeuer thou shall commaund so it touch not my Crowne nor thy Husbande though to the danger of my person fréely without exception Argentina as one nothing dismaid returnd him this answere I not deny Marcion thou hast subdued Corinth and deposed the King which I attribute rather to his bad fortunes then thy prowesse or chiualrie but in all thy conquest thou shalt neuer boast thou hast conquered either Philomenes or hys wife Argentina séeing we are only ouercom not vanquished in that both of vs remaine contented and kéepe our minds vntoucht thou art inchaunted with my loue no Marcion but perhaps thou art fed with lust neuer hope that Argentina will minister any meanes to appease the flame although thou shouldst inforce her to consent by the most extreame torments Philomenes liues so long wil loue not thée but him whom I vowed to be true vnto for euer yet thy last condition hath somwhat perswaded me that if thou graunt what I request I will consent not only to be thy paramour but thine for euer the king was so glad of this that he iterated with an oath to performe her demauud then this it is quoth Argentina Tomorrow morning thou shalt shut thy selfe into a secret place wherof my selfe wil kéepe the key there for thrée dayes thou shalt fast without tasting any thing so aslake hunger or thirst this time thou shalt pray to the Gods for the remission of our sinns which we shal offend in by breach of matrimony then at the terme of thrée days thou shalt fréely take the vse of my body before thou eat any meat otherwise if thou faile but as much as Proserpina to taste a graine of the pomgranet thou shalt neuer after question me of loue thus doo and I grant to like thée or els here is my head let that pay my raunsom Marcion was so setted in her beauty that he thought it nothing to vndertake this taske and therfore promised before his Lords to fast three daies and then to lye with her before he eat any meat or els neuer to motion her any more of loue whereupon the next day the Princesse shut him vp till the date was expired in which thrée dayes he felt such torments such pinching hunger and extreme thirst that he cursed loue and exclaimed against beauty as a charme y t made men senceles willing to giue for one crum the Diadem of Corinth well the terme expired all the Nobles were assembled sat in the great hall expecting what euent shold fall either of y e kings fast or of Argentinas request at last Argentina sent the key to one of the Lords that the king might come into the Hall whether she presently would repaire the Lord went to the chamber doore and no sooner put the key to the lock but Marcion started vp and cryed for meat the Lord vnlockt and saw the king glance at him with such a fierce looke that he was afraid and started back villaine quoth Marcion hast thou brought me any meat and with that running as a mad man into the hall flinging in fury among the Lords Why Gentiles quoth he sit you héere without meat why are not the tables spread doo I allow such niggardly allowance or wil you famish him that fostereth you all At this he was in a rage Argentina apparailed in her richest robes came pacing that she looked more like an Angell then a mortall creature insomuch that euery eye directed their glaunces at so heauenly an obiect except Marcion who at her sight sat as a man greatly amated hauing her mayde followe her with a dish of meat crumd Argentina with a smiling countenance taking him by the hand sayd thus Redoubted Conquerour according to promise I am come in the presence of these Lords to offer my self subiect to your highnes plesure ready to goe whither your grace shal conduct me Marcion at this cried out thinkst thou Argentina that famisht men haue minde on beauty or is hunger to be satisfied with loue no no tis true Marcion Sine Cerere baco friget Venus reason could not subdue lust but fasting hath set it on a non plus but what is that the mayde carries meat my Lord quoth she for your honour after and with that she blusht Marcion no sooner heard her name meate but he leapt to the mayde puld away the dish saying farwel fond loue and welcome that wherof one morsel is worth a monarchy Argentina giue me leaue to eate for thou hast conquered Marcion in his own folly and with that he fell to his meat wherwith after he had somewhat appeased his hunger sitting him in his seat royal he began to parle with his Lords of Argentinas pollicy highly extolling the constancy of so true a wife and so far entred into consideration of the chaunce of fortune and fall of Princes that rising from his throne he went and embraced and kist Argentina not only praising her for her redy inuention to perswade him from his vanity but for her sake sent for her husband and yéelded him his Crowne and his Kingdome and liuing his sworn friend returned home into Sycilia NO sooner had Arion ended his tale but Mars taking opportunity said we sée by this euent that as women haue their vanities whereby to be checked so they haue their vertues redounding greatly to their praise beeing both affable and constant although that single instance of Orpheus his Lidia did inferre the contrary And so quoth Apollo would Venus serue for an instance if you mean of constancy for no doubt if you may be iudge al beauty shal be vertue all women shal be Saints now quoth Iupiter Apollo by your leaue to take Mars his part we oft rightly to think of women seeing so oft we seeke their fauors speak to them by intreaties for their loues otherwise we should proue our selues very ingrate to beat thē with rods that feast vs with banquets to proffer them Scorpions that giues vs no worse then their own selues Liuely spokē quoth Mercury but Iuno likes you neuer the better for this flattery as supposing you haue sued to more then contented her or becommed you but in my opinion Arions tale paints out a paragon a matchles mirrour as wel for constancy as the other for cruelty these extremes therfore infer no certain cōclusions for they leaue a mean betwéene both wherein I think the nature of women doo consist neither so cruel but they wil grant nor so constant but they will yeeld rather oft-times proue too curteous then too vnkind Sée quoth Mars how péeuishly you conclude to taunt them still of vnconstancy well Mercury quoth he thou art subtill canst by thy fallacions prooue what thou wilt but yet this I set down for mine own opinion that women the more beautiful they are the more curteous the more constant y e fuller of excelent qualities and rather vertues and by the Riuer of Stycks I swere and with that he rose in a choller this I will approoue against him that dare maintaine the contrary though not with my pen yet my sword at this the Gods smild and Mars in such a rage clapt his hand on the boord that I awoke not knowing what became of the Gods or of Arions soule only I remembred their tales BEing thus awakt I lookt about mee and still sate my Shepheard how now good fellow quoth I haue I not taken a lusty nap thy Pipe sounded so swéetly and there I had such a dreame as I would not haue lost for much for I hope it wil after more profit me then all my iourny I haue past to Erecinus I am glad quoth the Shepheard my pipe did thée so much pleasure and if thy slumber hath presented thée any visions note them for al dreames that men sée in Erecinus prooue true and with that standing vp me thought he had wings on his head shoulders and féete he bad me farwell tooke his flight then I knewe it was Mercury Whereupon calling to mind the occasion of my iourney I found that either I had lost loue or loue lost me for my passions were eased I left Erecinus and hasted away as fast as I could glad that one dreame had rid me of fancy which so long had fettred me yet could I not hie so fast but ere I could get home I was ouertaken with repentance FINIS Robert Greene.