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A02124	Greenes carde of fancie Wherein the folly of those carpet knights is deciphered, which guiding their course by the compass of Cupid, either dash their ship against most dangerous rocks, or else attaine the haven with pain and perill. Wherein also is described in the person of Gwydonius a cruell combate between nature and necessitie. By Robert Green, Master of Art, in Cambridge.; Gwydonius	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.; Labé, Louise, 1526?-1566. Debat de folie et d'amour.	1608 (1608)	STC 12264; ESTC S105823	97,810	154

I owe to my father makes mée faint for feare but once to imagine so brutish a fact the loue I owe to Castania constrayneth me to defend the combat if Iupiter himselfe made the challenge And is not fond foole necessitie aboue nature is not the lawe of loue aboue King or Keyzar Father or Friends God or the diuell Yes And so I mean to take it for either I will valiantly winne the conquest and my Castania or lose the victory and so by death end my miseries With that the Trumpets sound and Gwydoniu lustily leaping into the lists fell presently into furious fight with his Father driuing not onely Fernandus and Orlanio but also both the armies into a great doubt For although Clerophontes most cruelly prosecuted him yet he alwaies receiued the strokes but neuer so much as once returned one blow til at last looking aloft spying Castania his courage increased that all feare set aside he carelesly slang away his sword and shield and ran vpon his Father not only tearing from him his Target but violently casting him vpon the ground and spéedily vnlacing his helmet offered to cut off his head with his owne sword but Clerophontes crying out confessed himselfe captiue and graunted his enemy the conquest Wherupon they of Alexandria gaue a mighty showt and Fernandus and Orlanio came downe ready to carrie Clerophontes captiue to the Cittie But Gwydonius first demaunded of Orlanio if he was content to perform that which he promised by proclamation to whō Fernandus answered that both hee would and should or else as he was his friend so he would be his fo Gwydonius hearing this faithfull assertion of the King pulling downe his heauer began to speak in this manner I Let thee Orlanio quoth hée and the worthy king of Bohemia to know that I am Gwydonius sonne and heire to this conquered Clerophontes who for the loue of thy Daughter Castania haue not spared contrary to the law of nature to fight with mine owne Father hoping the destinies by my meanes haue decréed not onely of fatall foes to make you faithfull friends but to finish vp your loue which otherwise could not haue béen performed I haue wonne Orlanio my Fathers Dukedome by victory and thy daughter by conquest the one I had before by inheritance and the other by loue yet I would willingly haue thy good will which if thou grant I hope my father wil both pardon my offence and think well of my proffer Clerophontes kissing and embracing Gwydonius told him his care whas half cured in that such a good captain had wonne the conquest Fernandus and Orlanio stoode astonished at this strange Tragedy doubting whether they dreamt of such a rare deuise or saw it in effect At last Orlanio as one wakened out of a trance with trickling tears imbraced Clerophontes honoring him as his soueraigne and promising not onely to giue Castania to Gwydonius bus also halfe his Dukedome in dowrie Clerophontes thanking him for his curtesie consented most willingly to this motion so that before Fernandus departed the marriage betwéen Gwydonius and Castania Thersandro and Lewcippa was most sumptuously solemnlzed FINIS The Debate betweene Follie and Loue translated out of French by ROBERT GREEN Maister of Artes. The ARGVMENT IVpiter made a great Feast at the which all the gods were commanded to be present Loue and Folly arriue at one instant at the gate of the palace which was shut hauing nothing open but the wicket Folly seeing Loue readie to enter in passeth before which repulse driueth Loue into choler Folly auoucheth that of right she ought to be the foremost Whereupon they enter into disputation of their power dignity and superioritie But Loue not able to get the conquest by words taketh his bowe in hand and shooteth at hir but in vaine for Folly became inuisible and in despight pulleth out Cupids eyes And for to couer this deformity shadoweth his face with a vaile so framed by the Destinies that is was not possible to take it away Venus complayneth of Folly vnto Iupiter who appointeth Apollo Mercury to pleade the case of these two Clients whose discourse being heard hee pronounceth his sentence FOLLIE I Fear greatly that I shal be the last at that feast of Iupiter where all the gods no doubt do attend me And yet me think I sée the sonne of Venus which is as late as I. I will passe before him least they call me sluggish and slothfull Loue. VVHat soole is this that repulseth mee so rudely Take héede least haste make waste and that thy rashnesse cause thée not to cry Peccaui Folly Oh sir blame me not though I make haste for I go before to tell the gods that you come at leisure Loue. Nay that which is easily begun is not alwaies lightly ended for before you escape me I wil reuenge this thy iniurious iesting Follie. Let mee goe fond Loue and state mée not for as it is a shame to quarrell with a woman so it is more discredit to take the foile Loue. The foile What boasting brags be these Who hath euer aduentured to despise me much lesse to defie me But doest thou know what I am Folly Thou art Cupid the Sonne of Venus Loue. How darest thou then vaunt thy selfe against mée which how little so euer I bee am the most redoubted of all the gods Folly Thy words are great whatsoeuer thy works be but tell me what or wherein lieth this thy great power Loue. The heauens and the earth fond foole are witnesses of my words there is no place where I haue not left Trophées in signe of triumph Looke into heauen and demand if anie of the gods haue escaped my hands Begin with olde Saturne Iupiter Mars Apollo and end with the demi gods Satyres Fawnes and Syluans Nay the goddesses themselues will not shame to confesse somewhat Looke vpon the earth and sée if thou canst finde one which hath not béene foyled by my meanes Behold in the furious Seas how Neptune his Tritons doe pield me obeisance Yea and lastly looke into Hell it selfe if I haue not forced Pluto that infernall Prince to steale away Proserpina the daughter of Ceres And to that end thou doubt not with what engines I haue atchieued these victories behold this bowe and these arrowes only which haue wonne me these worthie conquests I haue no néede that Vulcan do temper my tooles I am not accompanied with the Furies Harpies to cause me to bée feared before the combat I haue not to do with Chariots Souldiours Captaines men of armes nor great troupes of Horsmen without the which mortall men cannot triumph No I haue no other counsaile munition nor aide but my selfe When I sée mine enemies in the fielde I present my selfe with my bowe and let flie my boltes and the victorie is alwaies gotten at the first stroke Folly I excuse thy youthfull yéeres poore Cupide or else I woulde blaze thée for the most presumptuous patch in the world It séemeth by

more than inough knowing that to straine further than the sléeue would stretch was but to make the arme bare and to skippe beyond a mans skill was to leape but not to knew where to light to auoide therfore hastinesse in hazarding he fell a slumbering in the carelesse seat of securitie But as it is impossible for a man to sléepe by the Viper and not bée inuenomed to gaze vpon the Cockatrice and not be infected to stare vpon the Sunne and not bee dazeled to looke vpon Medusas head and not be transformed to wade in the waues and not be drenched to handle coalss and not be scorched so it was as impossible for yong Gwydonius to gaze vpon the beauty of Castania and not be galled to sixe his eyes vpon her feature and not be fettered to sée her vertuous qualities and not be inueigled for her curtesie had so encountred him her modesty had so amazed him and her chary chastity so inchaunted him that whereas he came to Orlanio his Court frée from affection he was now become a seruile slaue to fancie before a foe to lust now a friend to loue yes he felt such an alienation of his senses and such a strange Metamorphosis of his minde as reason was turned to rage mirth to mourning ioy to annoy delight to despight weale to woe blisse to hale in fine such contrary passions so perplexed this doubtfull Patient as maugre his face hée yéelded the forte to fancie and puld in the former flagge of defiance intreated for truce and began to enter parle with Cupide on this manner O Gwydonius quoth hée what strange chaunce nay what rare chaunge what solemne motion nay what sodaine madnesse what foolish frenzie or rather what frautike affection hath possessed thee Is thy lawlesse liberty turned to a slauish captiuitie Is thy fréedome fettered Are thy senses besotted Is thy wit inueigled Wert thou of late a defier of Venus and art thou now a defender of vanity Didst thou of late renounce beauty as a foe and wilt thou now embrace her as a friend Is this the carefull kéeping of thy fathers commaundement Or is this thy diligent duty in obseruing the counsaile of thy olde sire Clerophontes Hast thou so soon forgot his fatherly precepts or committed to obliuion his friendly aduertisement Did hee carefully warne shee to beware of loue and wilt thou carelesly wed thy selfe to lust Did hee shewe thee what poysoned bane is hidden vnder the painted baytes of beauty and wilt thou bee haled to the hooke O haplesse case nay rather if the chary charge thy father gaue thee will bée no constraint if his counsaile will not commaund thée if his warning will not make thee wary nor his aduise be thy aduisement yet let imminent perils and insuing dangers be a precious preseruatiue against future calamities Cōsider with thy selfe Gwydonius what difference is betwéen fréedom and bondage betwéene liberty and captiuitie mirth and mourning pleasure and paine rest and care happinesse and heauinesse and so far doth hee which is frée from affection differ from him which is fettered in fancie Why but Gwydonius why doest thou thus recklesly rage against reason Why dooest thou thus fondly exclaime against thine owne welfare Why dooest thou condemne thy selfe of that crime whereof thou art not guiltie Thy Father warned thee to beware of sickle fancie but this thy liking is firm affection His counsaile was to perswade thee from lewd lust but not from lawfull loue from vanitie not from vertue yea his will was to wishe thée from liking such a lewd miniō who had neither birth wealth nor vertue but a little fading beauty to be either her credite or thy countenance not to warne thee from louing such a chast maiden nay a péerlesse Princesse whose birth may countenance thy calling whose power may promote thee whose liuinges may inrich thée whose vertue may aduance thée yea in obtaining whom thou shalt gain both honour and perhappes the inheritance of a Dukedome Doest thou thinke then Gwydonius in winning so worthy a péece to purchace thy fathers displeasure nay assure thy selfe hee will not onely be content with thy chance but hee will thinke thou hast runne a happier race than Hyppomanes did in winning Atlante Content thée which thy chance Why Gwydonius art thou so fond a foole as to count the Castle conquered that as yet thou hast not compassed to suppose the Citie sacked which thou hast not besieged to think the Bulwarke beaten which as yet thou hast not battered or to count the Lady wonne whome as yet thou hast not wooed Nay Gwydonius if thou weigh thy case in the equal ballance thou hast more cause of feare than of hope of doubt than of assurance of missing thy pretence than of obtayning thy purpose The Faulkon Gwydonius seldome pearketh with the Merline the Lyon seldome lodgeth with the Mouse the Hart seldome féedeth with the Pricket Aquila non capit Muscas and a Dame indued with Nobilitie vouchsafeth not to match with a man of meane gentility Of meane gentilitie Gwydonius Yea truely for Castania rather thinketh thee sprong of some poore peasant than of anyprincely personage Besides alas Fortune her selfe denieth me any such fauour my good will as yet hath deserued no such guerdon my desire is farre aboue my desertes my ambition aboue my condition and the poor stay of wandering Gwydonius farre vnfit for the princely state of worthy Castania But put case she did will as I did wish that shee were pricked in the same veine caught in the same snare trapped with the like traine and fired with the like fancy yet the Duke her father will neither condescend to her minde nor consent to my motion neither thinke well of her liking nor of my loue nay if he should but once heare of such recklesse folly as he hath wrought my promotion so he would work my confusion as he hath béen my friend so he woulde bée my foe and in troth Gwydonius not without cause For art thou so voyd of vertue or vowed to vice so nursed vp in vanity or nulled vp in villany as to require his liberalitie with such disloyaltie to returne the trust which he reposeth in thée with such treason Tush Loue is aboue Lord or Lawe friend or faith Where Loue leadeth no maister is made account of no king cared for no friend forced of no duty respected but all things done according to the qualitie that is predominant Why Gwydonius what doubts are these that thou thus dreamest on Why doest thou cast beyonde the Moon and fear before thou art in daunger to fall knowing that Loue and fortune desireth not them that are dastards nor careth for them that are cowardes The Captaine that retyreth from the walles before hée hath the repulse shall neuer returne a conquerour the Souldiour that fainteth before the battaile be fought shall neuer vaunt himselfe of victorie Hée that feareth euery tempest is not fit to be a trauailer Hée that doubteth euery waue shall

stead of some braue Gentleman I strike some filthie lurden And it shall happen I doubt that they shal be most fortunate in their loue so that by patrimony presence or wealth they shall soonest winne the fauour of women and by this meanes my kingdome shall come to ruine when men sée in it such disorder and cuill gouernment Venus hauing long sought Cupid now meeteth him I Haue carefully long sought thée my déere sonne maruelling what the cause should bee that thou hast not béene present at the banket of Iupiter Who is greatly incensed against thée not only for thy absence but for the cōplaints which are powred out against thée by sundrie poore artificers laboring men peasants slaues hand-maids old men and toothlesse aged women crying all vnto Iupiter that they loue thinking themselues greatly iniured in this respect that the passion which is proper to worthy and Noble men should be inflicted vpon them which are of the base and vilest sort Loue. Had not the great misfortune which is chaunced vnto me happened I had neither béen absent from the banquet nor their gréeuous complaints had not béene inserred against me Venus Why And art thou hurt Who hath thus vailed thine eyes Loue. Folly hath not onely pulled them out but also hath put this band before mine eyes which can neuer be taken away Venus O cursed enemy of all wisedome O haplesse wretch vniustly called a goddesse and more vnrightly tearmed immortal hast thou depriued me of my chiefest delight and felicity O disaster loue O dissolute mother O wofull Venus who séest thy sonne thy ioy and only care thus cruelly depriued of his sight Well since thy mishappe is so great I vowe that euery one that shall loue what fauour or happy successe soeuer he shall haue shall not be without some care trouble or calamitie that he vaunt not himselfe to be more happie than the sonne of Venus Loue. Cease off good mother from these sorrowful complaints and redouble not my griefe by these dolorous discourses suffer mee to beare mine owne misfortune and wish not euill vnto them which shall be my subiects Venus Well let vs then go to Iupiter and complaine of this cursed inchantresse The third Discourse Venus It euer thou haddest pittie of my plaintes most iust Iupiter when thou sawest me labour to saue my sonne Aeneas from the furie of the raging seas and to defend him from other dangers in the which hée was present at the siege of Troy If my teares for the death of my deare Adonis moued thee to compassion The surpassing sorrow that I doe conceiue for the great iniurie offered to Cupid I hope shall mooue thée to pittie If teares wold suffer me I would bewray the cause of my sorrow but behold my son in what plight hee is and thou shalt easily perceiue the cause of my complaint Iupiter Alasse my béere daughter what doe these teares preuaile knowest thou not what fatherly affection I haue alwaies borne thee what doest thou distrust that I will not succour thee or that I cannot Venus No I neither doubt the one nor distrust the other only demaund iustice against Follie the most outragious Furie in the worlde which hath thus grieuously abuted Cupid Folly Most mightie and soueraigne Iupiter behold I am here ready to answere to Venus complaints and to debate my right against Cupid Iupiter Folly I will neither accuse nor excuse thée vntill I haue heard the defence of the one as well as the plaint of the other least I should be thought partiall neither for the more auoiding of iniustice in the matter will I suffer you to pleade your owne causes but Venus choose you one of the Gods and Folly take you another Venus I choose Apollo to defend my cause Follie. And I Mercurie to maintaine my right Iupiter Then Apollo Mercurie prepare your selues to plead well in your clientes cases and Apollo since you take the plaintifes part let vs heare what you can say Apollo THe common people right soueraign Iupiter although their minds be sotted and almost senselesse yet they haue alway had loue in such sacred estimation that they haue carefully rewarded them with the titles of honor and dignitie which haue excelled in that holy affection estéeming this onely vertue if so rightly it may bee tearmed sufficient of a man to make one a God The Scythians for this cause canonized Pilades and Orestes erecting temples vnto them and calling them the Gods of amitie Castor and Pollux were made immortall by this meanes not in that they were brothers but in that which is rare their loue was inuiolable How hath same blazed abroad the loue of Dauid and Ionathan the amitie of Pythias and Damon and of Titus and Gisippus But the better to make manifest the force of loue and amitie I will alledge the saying of Darius who opening a Pomgranate being demanded whereof hee would haue as manie as there were graines wtin answered of Zopyres this Zopyrus was his faithful friend by the meanes of whom he conquered Babylon I remember also a certaine Syrian demaunding a mayd in mariage being willed to shewe of what wealth hee was said that he had no other riches but two friendes esteeming himselfe rich inough with such possessions to craue the daughter of a great Lord in marriage Did not loue cause Ariadne saue Theseus life Hyperminestra redéeme Linceus frō danger and Medea frée Iason from perill Haue not many poore soldiers béen aduanced to high dignities by the meanes of loue Yea doth not all pleasure and profit procéed to man by loue causing him to looke with an amiable countenance to speake pleasantly and to bee curious in his gestures although by nature he be dull sottish and of a fierce looke What causeth a man to go braue and fine in his apparell seeking euerie day new fashions but loue What procureth Gentlewomen to haue their haire frizled crisped embrodered with gold to be dressed after the Spanish French or Italian fashion but Loue Painting their faces if they be foule with liuely colours But if they be faire they so carefully kéepe their beautie from the parching heate of summer from the chilling cold of Win●ter from the winde raine and aire as they remaine almost euer young not so much as forgetting to haue theirshooes made fine and neate because the curiousnesse of men is such as they leaue not to looke from the crowne of the head to the sole of the foote to haue their gemmes iewels ouches rings perfumed gloues what not In fine what beautie or brauerie is in the apparell either of man or woman all procéedeth of Loue. Shall I say that Musicke was onely inuented by loue yea truly for either it mitigateth the passions wherewith men are perplexed or else augmenteth their pleasure so that daily they inuent diuerse kindes of instruments as Lutes Citrons Violls Flutes Cornets Banderas wheron they play Madrigalls Sonnetts Pauins Measures Galliardes and all these in remembrance of Loue