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The historie of Calanthrop and Lucilla Conspicuously demonstrating the various mutabilities of fortune in their loves, with every severall circumstance of ioyes and crosses, fortunate exploites, and hazardous adventures, which either of them sustained before they could attaine the prosperous event of their wished aimes. By Iohn Kennedie.; Calanthrop and Lucilla
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Kennedy, John, fl. 1626.
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1626
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confesse I hope You must giue place to Vulcans thundring clap Neptune likewise for all his boundlesse scope Is not content such in his bosome wrap For sure the habite of immod'rate heat Will watry Tethys to repine excite Now Vulcans selfe into their hearing roares And terribly midst fierie flames appeares Thorow the clowds he in his chariot soares At such a sight the hearts of humans feares And now twixt Aeole and the god of flouds He lights and leaues his Chariot mongst the clouds My friends quoth Vulcan will you play me so Shall I 've no part in faire Lucilla here In rationall and sensitive you know And vegitative creatures still I beare A part with you why then not so in this Who count before their Hoast they count amisse But yet you may perhaps mistake mee much To dominiere in such I doe not use So then I trust since that my humour 's such Me as copartner you will not refuse By nature shee participates of all Vs foure yet t'one must she be most in thrall Let 's therefore trye who hath this rule supreame Vesta shall bee disburdned of this charge Melancholie in her is not extreame Nor yet shall he who rules the rivers large Beare soveraigne rule so let him not contest For flegme in age it selfe best manifest Then Neptune thus spake in a chafing rage I hope one Venus Vulcan may suffice Lucilla's wit her choler doth asswage Therefore to him doth not belong this prize To Aire then yeeld her as we ought in dutie Since Sanguines onely doe possesse such beautie Thus then agreed Vulcan for Aetna makes Aeole doth still 'bove sea or earth abide For hee you know a locall mansion lackes Neptune returnes to rule his waters wide Vesta prepares herselfe to give account How farre her yearely increase doth amount BVt now to faire Lucilla must I turne Whom maids in rich apparrell gladly cloath Shee homeward tends whereat the woods doe mourne Calanthrop likewise wood and fountaine both Bids now farewell and in Lucilla's quest He goes which if attaind he thinkes him blest Ov'r hilles and vales through meads and dales hee runnes No steepie mountaine may his passage let At last hee sees her and at first two Sunnes Of which the brightest on the earth is set Hee thinkes he sees his obiect him deceives Againe hee lookes a womans face perceives But such a face the earth yeeldes not another For matchlesse beautie and behaviour brave No Naiad Driad no nor Cupids mother In lovelinesse compare with her may have Nature her made in Venus mould to sit Amending now what shee did then omit LVCILLA HER Description Even such she was Her haires gold wyre vnâ—wynd Resemble right which carelesly shee hung In greene silke-lace with silver wrought confynd Over her shoulders but her face no tongue Can giue the due her brow is Cupids throne Where hee vnseene delights to sit alone Her eyes like sparkling starres in frostie night Her nose even such as lovely Leda had Her partie-coloured cheekes grac't with delight Like Lillies mixt with Rose in Crymson clad Her lips sweet Rubie-red box-like inclose Her pearle-like teeth till she to smile dispose Her breasts as white as those two Swannes which draw Venus by coach to Paphos lovely hold Her hands like hers Achilles aeath fore-saw Yet could not brooke the touch of water cold For though she dipt the boy the flood beneath His heele kept dry which was in end his death Her feet like Thetis which none can remarke The print therof even where she newly walkt Her pace like Iuno's when in Ida parke With Pallas and the Queene of Loue she talkt In fine her better Nature never wrought Her shape can hardly be conceiv'd by thought THis rare admir'd sole quintescence of kinde With all her maids were now come to a place Hard by the sea where as they vse they finde Their Bark and Boat-men waiting but their pace Hath been so swift that through great heat even there They 'r forc'd sit downe to breathe and take the aire Now Calanthrop approches to be briefe For Cupid wounded vnawares his heart He sees their aime and sees it to his griefe He findes their Barke this aggravates his smart Yet at the Boat-men doth hee now enquire If they 'l transport him and receiue his hire Whereto they answer Good sir please you heare This Barke belongs vnto the loveliest Dame That this day liues who now belike is neare Vnto this place and wee her servants came Her to attend els willingly we would Receiue you sir if any way we could My friends sayd hee tell me where is your course If so in friendship I intreat you may For it is like that by a briefe discourse You giue content and I be pleas'd to stay In court'sie sir so much will wee you show To yonder land lyes opposite we goe There comes the Lady so if you acquire Her owne consent without reproach wee can Yeild you content so lest the time expire Put forth your sute for bee assur'd no man Shall you refuse to trannsport without wage For you 're but one and yonder comes a Page This Page delivers him two letters sent By some his friends which doth import great haste Yet 't is too late for now his heart was lent Els-where for his affections all were plac't In faire Lucilla who her Barke stands by And now to enter doth herselfe apply Whilst Boat-men striue to make their Barke cohere To land for their faire Ladies greater ease A maid comes running with exceeding feare And to her Lady thus spake Madame please I 've seene a man or Incubus belike And as she spake her breast with hand did strike Looke how a maid confynd in narrow way 'Mongst steepie rockes finding a Dragon sleep How tim'rously shee 'l stand yet no delay Her frighted heart can brooke for now to weepe Doth nought availe right so with feare now fild Shee ran away as though shee thought be kild But now the Mar'ners to relate begin Vnto Lucilla how a brave youth sought By them to haue transport her Barke within Take what they pleas'd for hire he cared nought A Gallant braue a stranger we him thinke Loe yonder comes he ' longst the river brinke Now Calanthrop a thousand wayes is vext Strange cogitations doe him so turmoyle He cannot stay to goe he is perplext Lest through presumption he receiue the foyle But goe he must how ere she him repute Loue so commands thus doth he her salute FAirest on earth wil't please you to allow Me who 's a stranger for to haue transport Into your comp'nie I solemnly vow If you be pleas'd to grace me in such sort In your defence command so when you list I 'le hazard life and if I dye I 'me blest For know deare Lady my adoes are great Even such wherein consist my blisse or baile So if I stay the Destinies doe threat Me with such death as makes my heart to quaile Even such a death that whilst