Second IOHN who made of KINGS fifteen Hee to attain to Glory 's utmost hight Began a Taske exceeding strength terrene Whose weight is now by my weake shoulders born To seek the Cradle of the purple MORN 61. He sends fit Messengers from his owne Court Through SPAINE FRANCE celebrated ITALY There to imbarque in that illustrious Port Where was interr'd of old PARTHE NOPE NAPLES which Fortune made her Tennis-Court By severall NATIONS held successively To place it glorious no more change to feel In sov'raign SPANIARDS who can fix her wheel 62. Away they sayle through the CALAERIAN DEUP Passe by the RODIAN ISLAND' 's sandy Bay Along the Coast of ALEXANDRIA keep For POMPEY'S death infamous to this day They travayle MEMPHIS and those Lands which steep Themselves in NYLE To ETHIOPIA They mount which EGYPTS upper part doth lock Where CHRIST hath feeding an out-lying Flock 63. The ERYTHREAN SEA they likewise crost Which dry-foot past the seed of ISRAEL The NABATHEAN MOUNTAYN'S sight they lost So named from the Son of ISHMAEL The oderiferous SABEAN-COAST Inricht with Teares which from the Mother fell Of fayre ADONE and BLEST ARABIA trac't Throughout the STONY balking and the WAST 64. The PERSIAN GULPH they enter To This neer Great BABEL'S Ruines are yet visible Swift TIGRIS mingles with EUFRATES heer Brothers That with their Fountain's glory swell Hence they proceed in quest of INDUS cleer From which great things Posteritie shall tell Of Troops that through long Seas shall passe thereto Which even by Land nigh TRAIAN durst not doe 65. Of INDIA TARFE and CARMANIAN HILLS The strange and uncoth Nations they beheld Noating the sev'rall Customes sev'rall Skills Which sev'rall Regions doe produce and yeild But from such Distant parts joynd to the Ills Of so rough journeys Men return but seld In fine there did These dye they stuck fast there For back they come not to their Country deare 66. Seems gracious HEAV'N reserv'd for Thee alone EMANUEL and for thy great desart So hard a worke For Thee with thoughts high-flown Inspir'd and cut out fit to act this part MANUEL succeeding IOHN both in the Throne And in the haughty purpose of his Heart When first he took on Him the Kingdoms Charge The Conquest undertook o th' OCEAN large 67. Hee as a person whom the noble thought Of th' obligation he inherited From his Fore Fathers who intirely sought The Realm's advancement hourly combated When PHEBUS quitting the supernal Vault Vnto the low ANTIPODES was fled And setting starrs which in his place arose With twinckling eyes invited to repose 68. Extended now upon his golden Nest Such are the Beds where thoughts tumultuous brood And there revolving in his silent Brest The obligation of his place and blood Slumber possest his Eyes nor dispossest His Heart of Cares which made that station good For his tyr'd Lidds whilst sleep resisted shutts MORPHEUS a thousand shapes before him putts 69. So high above ground seems he lifted heer That his proud Crown the Firmament doth peirce From whence new worlds before his eyes appeer Nations of num'rous people strange and fierce And yonder to the springing MORNING neer As through the Ayre his visual Raies disperse Hee sees farr off from high and antient Mountains Melt down a payre of deep and crystall Fountains 70. With Birds of monstrous Forms wild-beasts and Flocks One of those Mountains was inhabited Where thousand savage Trees with leavie Locks The intercourse of people hindered The shaggie Forrest and the craggie Rocks's Inextricable Knots demonstrated That to those days of ours from ADAM'S sin No humane Foot had ever trod therein 71. Out of these Waters as to Him appeares Addressing towards him their hasty pace Two Fathers rise both wondrous struck in yeares With Rustick both yet venerable Face Their Snowy Curles distill in silver Teares Which bathe their Bodyes down in every place Taun'd were their Skins and rusty Their Beards kept Rough and unshorn with which the ground they swept 72. The Temples of their heads were trimly bound With health-restoring Druggs and Fruits unknown The one lookt weather-beaten and halfe-drownd As if a longer voyage Hee had gone And fierce ev'n at his Fountain underground Seem'd to have stoln from a remoter one As from Arcadian plains ALPHEO sly TO ARETHUSA'S bed in SICILY 72. This as the more authoriz'd of the Twain Spake thus farr off unto the King O Thoâ—… For whose high Crown and Empire soveraign Much World is kept that 's hâ—…d from the world now Wee through the Earth so fam'd whose Necks in vain Strave others wholly to their yoaks to bow Are come to wish thee send some Men That may Receive large tributes we to Thee must pay 74. I am illustrious GANGES born and nurst In PARADICE where is my mother-spring My Mate That from the Cliffes thou seest doth burst Nor other Cradle knows is INDUS KING Yet a severe Warr shall we cost thee first But Thou persisting in the end shalt bring By Victories prodigious to the Bitt All these viewd Nations humbly to submit 35. The Holy and illustrious River sed No more But in a moment vanisht Both. EMANUELL wakes surpriz'd with a strange dread And earthquake in his Bosome PHEBUS goeth In the meane time his glittring Cloke to spred Over the WORLD buried in downe and sloath AURORA came who when she forth doth rush Strikes Lilies pale and makes the Roses blush 36. The KING in hast to councell calls his Lords To them the figures of the Vision shows To them repeates the Holy Elder 's Words Whence in them all great admiration grow's A NAVY is resolv'd on by the BOARD'S Vnanimous Voate In which magnanimous Those Whom hee shall find to plough the OCEAN blew Must seek new Nations out and Clymates new 37. I who despayr'd to see put in effect What had so long been tumbling in my mind For my presaging Soule could nere be checkt From prompting great things to mee of this kind Comprize not for what cause for what respect Or for what merit he in mee could find But the good King was pleas'd to pick out mee To be this weightie enterprize's Key 38. And with Intreaties and with sugard phraise Which are the pow'rfullest commands of KINGS He sayd to me Through deep and rugged ways VERTUE attains the best and noblest things A Life well lost or hazarded to Bays Of everlasting Honour persons brings For if to sordid Feare it never bends The shorter 't is the Farther it extends 39. You have I chose and all the rest set by To a Taske fit for you to undergoe A Taske Heroick difficult and high Which for my sake you will think light I know I could not suffer more but thus reply O my dread LEIGE through swords through firâ—… through snow For Thee to venture only is Annoy When I consider life is such a Toy 90. One following Cryes O Son the only gage The prop the stay the comfort and the joy Of this my weake unprofitable Age
stripd and white the ground Which some cast queintly under one arm had Others about their Middles streightly bound All else from the waste up remain'd unclad Their weapons Skeyns and crooked Faulchions Round Terbants upon their heads and as they row'd Resounded Timbrels in an antick Mode 48. Waving their hands and kerchers These made signe To those of LUSITANIA to stay But the swift Prows already did incline To come to Anchor in the Island 's Bay Land-men and Sea-men in this work All joyne As all their labours should have end that day They haule the Roapes strike strike the crew resounds The salt Sea stricken with the Anchor bounds 49. They were not Anchor'd when the uncouth Folke Already by the Cordage did ascend Their jovial countenances wellcome spoke To whom the Lordly Chiefe did courteous bend Bids streight the Boards be spread the Bottles smoke With that rich juice which is the Poet's frend Ours pow'r it into Bowles and All They fill The burnt by PHAETHON spare not to swill 50. They ask and still the cheerie Bowle goes round In the Arabick-language WHENCE THE FLEET Who and of whence the men and WHITHER BOUND And through what Seas It came where now they see 't Hereto the valiant LUSITANIANS found Such answers as were proper and discreet We are the PORTUGHESES of the WEST We go to seek the Countreys of the EAST 51. All the great OCEAN have we sail'd and crost To the Antartick from the Artick Strand Gone all the Round of AFFRICK'S spacious Coast We have felt many a Clyme seen many a Land We serve a potent King who hath ingrost His Peoples loves so that at his command With cheerful faces not vast Seas alone But we would pass the Lake of ACHERON 52. And 't is by that comand we travel now To seek the Eastern Land which INDIES laves By that this distant Ocean-Sea we plough Where none but Monsters sayl'd the horrid Waves But now 't is reason We should likewise know If Truth have found a Harbour in your Caves Who you are what this Land in which you dwell Or if of INDIA you can Tydings tell 53 We are one of the Isle replying said Strangers unto this People Law and Place The Natives being such as Heav'n hath made Without the light of Reason or of Grace We have a Law of TRUTH which was convay'd To Us from that New-light of ABRAM'S Race Who houlds the World now in subjection due By Father GENTILE and by Mother JEW 54. This little Isle a barren healthless Nook Of all these Parts is the most noted Scale For such as at QUILOA'S Traffick look Or to MOMBASSA and SOFALA sayle Which makes Us here some inconvenience brook To gather for a mortal life and frayle And to inform you in one word of All This little Isle Men MOZAMBIQUE call 55. And now since you come seeking through long toyle INDIAN-HYDASPES and the Spicy Strand You shall have such a Pilot from this Isle As through the waves the way doth understand 'T were also good you here repos'd a while And took in fresh provisions from the Land And that our Governour did come Aboard To see what else may need for Him t' afford 56. This the Barbarian and retreated then Into his Boates with all his companie Departing from the Captaine and his Men With demonstrations of due Courtesie Mean time APOLLO in the Sea did pen The golden day and down to sleep doth lye Leaving his Sister so much Torch to burn As may suffice the World till he return 57. With unexpected joy their hearts on floate Blithely they pass the Night in the tyr'd Fleet To think that in a Country so remote The news so long desired they should meet Within themselves they ruminate and noate The mens odd fashion and admire to see 't Or how a People of their damned way Could take such root and bear so vast a sway 58. The silver Moon 's reverberated Ray Trembled upon the Chrystal Element Like Flow'rs in a great Meade at middle May The stars were in the azure Firmament The furious Winds all husht and sleeping lay In drowzy Hyperborean Caves dark-pent Yet those of the Armada do not sleep But in their turns accustom'd watches keep 59. And when AURORA left her Spicy Bed Shaking her deawy locks the Earth upon And drawing with a lilly-hand the red Transparent Curtains of the waking Sun To work go All over the Decks to spred The shadowing Sailes and all their Streamers d on To entertain with feasting and with joy Advancing in his Barge the Isle's VICE-ROY 60. Merrily sayling he advanc't to see The Lusitanian-Frigates in the Road With fresh provisions from the Land For Hee Still hopes they are of that inhumane Brood Which from their mountains neer the CASPIAN SEA The fruitful Lands of ASIA overflow'd And by permission of the POW'R DIVINE Usurpt the Empire of GREAT CONSTANTINE 61. The Captaine with a meen benevolent Receives the MOORE and all his company Things of great price he doth to Him present For such Occasions carryed purposely Gives him Preserves and gives him of that queint Unusual liquor which gives jollity The MOORE receives it all in courteous part But what he Eats and Drinks most glads his heart 62. The nimble Lusitanian Mariners Upon the shrowds in admiration hung To see a mode so different from theirs And barb'rous gibbrish of that broken Tongue No less confus'd the subtle MOORE appears Eying their colour habit and ships strong Then asking all things This amongst the rest If happily they came from TURKIE prest 63. Moreover to behold desireth Hee The Books of their Religion Law and Faith To see if with his own the same agree Or that of CHRIST as he suspects he saith And that he All may note and All may see He prays the Captain shew him what he hath Of Armes which by his Nation used are When with their Enemies they go to War 64. To whom the valiant Captaine made reply By one well verâ—…ed in that Bastard-Tongue Illustrious Lord I shall to thee descry My Self my Faith and th' Armes I bring along Neither of Turkish-blood nor breed am I Nor of a Countrey that delights in wrong In fair and warlike EUROPE was I born I seek the famous Kingdoms of the MORN 65. We worship HIM who is by every Nature Invisible and visible obay'd HIM who the Hemispheres and every Creature Insensible and sensible hath made Who gave Us his and took on Him our feature Whom to a shameful death his own betray'd And who from HEAV'N to Earth came down in fine That Man by HIM from Earth to HEAV'N might climbe 66. Of this GOD-MAN sublime and infinit The Books which thou desir st I have not brought For that in Books we need not bring that Writ Which written in our Hearts we have by rote For th' Arms whereof thou hast desir'd to git A sight with all my heart I do allow 't To see them as a Friend For well I know
Lusitanian prowess and rare parts For an illustrious Name is a strange Spell To attract Love and good Report hath darts Thus he prepares their way with a sweet smell And takes up lodgings in the Peoples hearts Now all MELINDE is on fire to see What kind of men these valiant souls should bee 59. From thence he parteth to MOMBASSA straight Where what to do the Ships uncertain stand To bid them without question or debate Leave that Foes Harbour and suspected Land For wicked plottings of infernal hate In vain are Force and Courage to withstand In vain to extricate our selves is Wit If HEAV'N do not both prompt and second it 60. Now sable NIGHT had finisht half her Race And in the Heav'n the Stars with borrow'd light Supply'd the Moon 's as She her Brother's place And sleeping now was Mortals who le delight Th' illustrious Captain who had all that space Been kept awake about the last day's fright Gave then to his tyr'd Eys a little sleep The rest by Quarters did their Watches keep 61 When in a Vision he did HERMES see And fly he bid him LUSITANIAN fly The Ambush of a wicked King which Hee Hath laid to make thee yet obscurely dye Fly for the wind and Heav'n Both favour Thee Thou hast the Ocean calm serene the skye And not far of another King to frend On whose reality thou mayst depend 62. Look for no better entertainment here Then what was giv'n by THRACIAN DIOMED Whose Horses us'd to bloody Provendere He with the Bodies of his strangers fed Th' infamous Altars of BUSIRIS where His Guests inhumane humane offrings bled Unless thou quit it look for in this place Fly a perfidious and a cruel Race 63 Steer straight alongst the Coast and thou shalt light Upon a Countrey where more Truth resides Close there where burning SOL at constant hight The night and day with equal line divides Then shall a King receive with much delight Thee and thy men and give to you besides Safety and Treatment worthy of a King One who the Fleet shall unto INDIA bring 64. Thus HERMES and the Captain parting woke He rowz'd out of his Nest in a great fright Perceives the circumfused darkness broke With a shot Ray and stream of divine light And seeing it imports Him and his Folke From that infamous LAND to take their flight Commands the Master with a spirit new To hoyse the sayles unto the Wind that blew 65. Set sayl he cride set saile to the large Wind Heav'n is our Guide and GOD our course directs These Eys saw the Express he was so kind To send from his high Court to guard our steps At this the Mariners before behind As with one motion spring upon the Decks They towe the Anchors in to the ship-side With that rude strength which is the Sea-mans pride 66. The self-same time they did their Anchors weigh Hid in the mask of night the trech'rous MORE Sawing their Cables husht and silent lay So to destroy them being run ashore The CHRISTIANS though there shone not the least Ray Yet in their heads the Eyes of Lynces wore The other finding how they were awake With Wings and not with Oares away did make 67. But now did the sharp Keels go cutting through The liquid Element of silver pure The Wind 't was a side-wind gently it blew With motion calm and steddy and secure Discoursing on their dangers past they chew As they sayl on for 't is not easie sure To pass in silence a deliverance So great and brought about as 't were by chance 68. The burning Sun had finisht one Career Began another of his annual Race When as far off as they could ken appeer Two Vessels creeping on the Water's face Knowing they must be MOORS who coast it there Forthwith ours veer their Sayles to give those chace One as more nimble or as frighted more To save her People ran herself ashore 69. Her Fellow not so light to make away Into the hands of those of LUSUS falls Without or MARS to board her or to play On her bruiz'd sides black VULCANS horrid Balls For she being weakly man'd nor built for Fray At sight of his own Men the Master falls His courage and his sayles His wisest course Had he resisted he had far'd the vvorse 70 Then GAMA who did this but to procure A Pilot for the INDIES so long sought Amongst those MOORS thought to have found one sure But found he was deceived in that thought There 's not a man of them That can assure Under what part 't is of the heav nly Vault This All can tell him That MELINDE'S nigh Where he may finde a Pilot certainly 71. The goodness of that KING the MOORS extol His bounteous nature and his Breast sincere The greatness like the goodness of his Soule With other parts which win him love and feare The Captain easily believes the whole Concurring with that very Charactere HERMES had given in his sleep before So goes bid by the dream and by the MORE 72. That gladsome season 't was in which returns Into EUROPA'S Ravisher the Sun Putting new lights in both his gilded Horns Whilst FLORA pours out AMALTHEA'S one And now that glorious Planet turn'd the Morn's Red finger to that moving Feast whereon HE who was dead the soul-sick world to heal To it 's Redemption rose to put the Seal 73. When to that distance from the which their Eys Might reach MELINDE the Armada came Adorn'd with Tapistrie triumphant-wise As that day's holiness it well became The Standart trembles and the Streamer flyes The Scarlet Wast-cloaths at a distance flame The Drums and Timbrels sound Thus they that BAR Like CHRISTIANS enter and like MEN OF WAR 74. With People hid is the Melindian shore That come to see the joyful Fleet. More kind Are These more humane and of truth have more Then Those of all the Countreys left behind The Lusitanian Navy drops before The heavy Anchors which fast rooting find One of the MOORS they took is sent on Land To let the KING their coming understand 75. The KING who was already by report Of those of LUSUS'S gallantry possest The Captain 's so frank entrie in his Port Takes as a favour from so brave a Guest And with true heart and in most courteous sort Both individual from a noble Brest Bids the man pray them much to come on Land Where they shall have his Realms at their command 76. Th' offer as real is as it appears The words full of unfeign'd Sinceritie Which the KING sent the noble Cavaleers Who had past so much Land and so much Sea He sends them more Live-sheep aboard fat Steers And Poultry cram'd by Houswifes industrie With all such Fruit as then in season was And the good will the Present did surpass 77. The well-pleas'd Moor who with this Errand went The Captain pleas'd receiv'd with what he brought And instantly another Present sent Unto the KING far fetcht and dearly
to be slain 40. Many are posted to the Stygian Wave Into whose Bodies entred Steel and death Of St. IA GO there the MASTER brave Dyes fighting stoutly to his last of breath Another MASTER dire of CALATRAVE Pulls Troops down with him to the shades beneath The Renegade PEREYRAS likewise dye Reneaguing HEAVEN and their Destiny 41. Went thousands of the Vulgar without noat And nobles too unenter'd in FAME'S rolls Where that lean dog still gapes with triple throat Which never can be fill'd with humane souls And more to humble them who when on float Thought the whole World must stoop to their controlls The high Castilian Standart now doth fall And kiss the foot of that of PORTUGALL 42. With deaths with groans with blood with gashes dire The battail cruel above measure grows The multitude of men that here expire Makes all the Flow'rs in colour like the Rose All fly or dye Now out of breath was Ire Now Valour lost an Arm for want of Foes Now routed sees himself CASTILIA'S King And quits the purpose he from home did bring 43. The Field he leaves unto the Conquerer Glad that he did leave him his life too The poor remainder follow To whom Feare Gave wings not Feet nor did they run but flew The loss of so much men and Treasure there Profoundly in their silent hearts they rue Hiding the smart the sorrow and the soyle To have Another triumph in their spoyle 44. Some Him with open mouth blaspheam'd and curst Who first invented War mankind to quell In whose obdurate Breast Ambition first And Covetise of others goods did dwell Nor car'd for feeding his hydropick Thirst How many silly soules were pack't to Hell Who taught the way to shorten humane lives To orphan Children and to widow Wives 45. Victorious JOHN upon the place stays out In martial glory the accustom'd days With Offrings then and Pilgrimage devout To Him That gave the Conquest gives the Praise But NUNIO minding what he was about As He That knows a lasting Fame to raise No way like Arms which all the world command Passes his Troops to the Trans-Tagan Land 46. To Him his stars so favourable were That the success applauded the designe For he both conquers and the spoyls doth weare Of Andalusian Countreys That confine The Betick Standard of SEVILIA there Under which divers neighb'ring great ones joyn With small resistance at his feet soon falls Quell'd by the force and name of PORTINGALS 47. With these and other Victories opprest A tedious while were the CASTILIANS brave When Peace and now by both desired Rest The vanquisht People from the Victors have After the KING OF HEAV'N for ever blest To the Foe-Kings in holy marriage gave Of ENGLISH SISTERS the unequall'd pair Illustrious lovely beautiful and Fair. 48. But long that Breast inur'd to bloody Broile To live without a Foe could not sustain So having none upon the Land to toyle Goes to extend his Conquests ore the Maine This is our first of Kings who doth exile Himself from SPAIN to make the AFFRICANE By force of Arms perceive the diff'rence great Betwixt CHRIST's Law and that of MAHOMET 49. Behold on curled THETYS'S silver flood Their wings a thousand swimming Eagles beat To catch the swelling wind a moving wood Where the World 's utmost bounds ALCIDES set MOUNT AVILA he takes and the Walls good Of noble CEUTA outing MAHOMET With his blind Worship and secures all SPAINE From Treason of another JULIANE 50. Death envies so great Bliss to PORTUGALL As to injoy the Ages it desires This worthy Prince and takes him from Earth's Ball To add a new Voice to the Angells's Quires But that GOOD POW'R which Him to Heav'n did call Left his large off-spring to supply their Sire's Lamented want PRINCES who shall command Augment and with new Vertues deck the Land 51. King EDWARD was not of the happiest though The while that He the Regal Throne did fill For moody TIME goes blending joy with woe And with alternate Hand gives good for Ill. Who ever Happiness did constant know Or FORTUNE with one face continue still Yet to this KINGDOM she and ev'n this KING More of her honey gave then of her sting 52 He saw his Brother Captive good FERNAND Who had a Soul so publike and so brave That for his Troops distrest in AFFRICK-LAND Himself a Pawn unto the MOORS he gave Where when his ransome was in his own Hand He born a Prince would rather dye a slave Then that for Him we CEUTA should restore Freedom he lovd but lov'd his Countrey more 53. CODRUS because the Foe should not o'recome Deviz'd a noble Stratagem to dye To save the martial discipline of ROME Did RFGULUS to Death with Torments flye Ours distant fear to keep his Countrey from Invites himself to endless slavery CODRUS nor CURTIUS so much wonder'd at Nor loyal DECII did so much as That 54. But EDWARD'S onely Son ALPHONSO hight A lucky Name to our HESPERIA Who the prowd threatnings of Barbarian night In bord'ring Lands low as the dust did lay Would have been doubtless an unconquer'd Knight Had he forborn t' invade IBERIA AFFRICK will tell you 't was impossible To overcome a King so terrible 55. To pull the golden Apples was his hap Which none before him but ALCIDES bit On the feirce MOOR he such a Yoake did clap From which they cannot rest their Necks out yit The Palme and Lawrell green his Temples wrap Of Victories he at the Seige did git Of Pop'lous TANCER Strong ALAGER'S Towers And tough ARZILA o're the Barb'rous Powers 56. Infine the ever-conqu'ring PORTINCALL'S The succours beaten entring These by force Threw to the ground the adamantine walls And All that thwarted their Victorious course Wonders deserving Pens whence liquor falls Immortalizing with it's Nectar source Wrought private Swords in this Exployt of fame Exalting more the Lusitanian name 57. But after taynted with Ambition And Rule 's sweet Thirst though soure to Him at last FERNANDO he invades of ARRAGON About the Kingdom of CASTILIA vast Of the proud NATIONS which depend thereon A num'rous Hoast t' oppose him is a masst From CADIZ to the lofty PERYNEE All which the King FERNANDO did obey 58. The young PRINCE IOHN disdayns it should be said Hee is the only idle Man in SPAINE And therefore his ambitious Sire to ayd Resolves forth with nor is his Ayd in vaine The Battayle's bloody period undismayd Hee sees and with a brow serene and plaine The warlike Father put to totall Rout Yet leaves the Son the Victory in doubt 59. For the sublime and truly Royall son Gay Knight undaunted consident and high Having vast spoyle to the Adversary done Stays one whole day the Field to justify Thus was OCTAUIUS CAESAR overthrowne And Victor his companion ANTHONY When They or Those who noble IULIUS kil'd Reveng'd themselves in the Philippick Feild 60. ALPHONS o mounted to high Heav'n serene The Prince That then the Scepter swayd of right Was
to'ther Pole doth run Now tost now calm'd A sufferer in all Times By want and plenty equally undone I saw both BEARES the little and the Great Despight of IUNO in the Ocean set 16. To tell thee all the dangers of the DEEP Which humane Judgment cannot comprehend Suddain and fearfull storms the Ayre that sweep Lightnings that with the Ayre the Fire doe blend Black HURRACANS thick Nights THUNDERS that keep The VVorld alarm'd and threaten the last End Would be too tedious indeed vain and mad Though a brasse Tongue and Iron lungs I had 17. I saw those things which the rude Mariner Who hath no Mistresse but Experience Doth for unquestionable Truths aver Guided belike by his externall sence But ACADEMICKS who can never err Who by pure Wit and LEARNING'S quintessence Into all NATURES secrets dive and pry Count either Lyes or coznings of the Eye 18. I saw as plain as the sun's midday light That fire the Sea-man saints shining out faire In time of Tempest of feirce winds despight Of over-clowded Heaven 's and black despayre Nor did wee all lesse wonder and well might For t was a sight to bristle up the Hayre To see a sea-born Clowd with a long Cane Suck in the sea and spout it out againe 19. I saw with these two eyes nor can presume That these deceiv'd mee from the Ocean breathed A little Vapour or a eriall Fume With the curld wind as by a Turnor wreathed I saw it reach to Heaven from the salt spume In such thin Pipe as those where springs are sheaâ—…hed That by the Eye it hardly could be deemed Of the same substance which the Clowds it seemed 20. By little this and little did augment And swell'd beyond the Bulk of a thick Mast. Streightning and widening like a Throat it went To gulp into it self the water fast It wav'd upon the wavy Element The top thereof impregnated at last Into a Clowd expanded more and more With the great load of Water which it bore 21. As a black Horse-leech mark it in some Pool Got to the Lip of an unwary Beast Which drinking suck't it from the water cool Upon another's blood it self to feast It swells and swells and feeds beyond all Rule And stuffs the paunch a rude unsober Guest So svvell'd the Pillar vvith a hideous Crop It self and the black Clovvd vvhich it did prop. 22. But vvhen that novv 't is full the Pedestal Dravvs to it self vvhich in the Sea vvas set And flutt'ring through the Ayre in shovv'rs doth fall The couchant Water vvith new vvater vvet It pays the vvaves the borrow'd Waves but all The Salt thereout did first extract and get Novv tell me SCHOLARS by your Books vvhat skill Dame NATURE us'd these waters to distil 23. If old PHILOSOPHERS vvho travayld through So many Lands her secrets out to spye Had viewd the Miracles vvhich I did vievv Had sayled vvith so many winds as I What writings had they left behind vvhat nevv Both Starres and Signs bequeath'd to Us What high And strong Influxes What hid Qualities And all pure Truths vvithout allay of Lyes 24 But vvhen that Planet vvhich her Court doth keep In the first sphere five times vvith speedy Race Had since our Fleet vvas vvand'ring on the DEEP Shevv'd sometimes half and sometimes all her Face A quick-eyd Lynx cryes from the Scuttle steep LAND LAND vvith that upon the decks apace Leaps the transported Crew their Eyes intent On the Horizon of the ORIENT 25. At first the dusky Mountains of the Land Wee made like congregated Clowds did look Seen plain the heavie Anchors out of hand Wee ready make Approach'd our sailes we strook And that we might more cleerly understand The parts remote in which we were I took The ASTROLABE a modern Instrument Which with sharpe Judgment SAGES did invent 26. We disembarke in the most open space From whence themselves the rasher Land-men spread Greedy of Novelties through the wyld Place Which never Stranger 's Foot before did tread But O not passing the Land 's sandie Face To find out where we are with Sea-men bred Stay taking the Sun's heigth by th OCEAN curld And with my Compasse trace the painted World 27. We found we had already wholly past Of the halfe-Goate halfe Fish the noted Gole Between the same and that cold Countrey plac't If such there be beneath the SOUTHERN Pole When loe lockt in with my Companions fast I see a NATIVE come black as the Cole Whom they had took perforce as in the Wood Getting out Honey from the Combe he stood 28. He comes with borrour in his looks as Hee Who of a snare like this could never dreame Hee understood not Us neither Him VVee More savage then the brutish POLYPHEME Of COLCOS'S glistring Fleece I let him see The mettle which of mettles is supreme Pure Silver sparckling stones continuing suite But in all these was unconcern'd the Bruite 29. I bid them shew him lower prized Things Beades of transformed crystall a fine noyse Of little Bells thridded on tawdry strings A red Cap Colour which Contents and joys Streight saw I by his looks and beckonings That he was wondrous taken with these Toys Therewith I bid them they should set him free So to the Village nigh away went Hee 30. But the next morn whilst yet the skyes were dim All naked and in colour like the shades To seek such Knacks as had been given to Him Loe by the Craggs descending his Camerades Where now their carriage to us is so trim So tractable and plyant as perswades VELOSE with them to venture through the Cover The Fashions of the Countrey to discover 31. VELOSO says his pledge shall be his Blade And walks secure in his own Arrogance But having now away a good while stayd And I out-prolling with my countenance To see what signs for our Advent'rer made Behold him comming with a vengeance Down from the Mountain-top towards the shipps And faster homeward then he went he skips 32. The long-boate of COELLIO made hast To take him in but ere arrive that could An ETHIOPIAN bold his weapon past Full at his bosome least escape he should Another and Another too Thus chac t VELOSE and those farr off That help him would I run when just as I an Oare lift up A Troop of Negroe's hides the mountain-top 33. A Clowd of Arrows and sharpe stones they rain And hayle upon us without any stint Nor were These uttered to the Ayre in vain For in this leg I there receiv'd a dint But wee as prickt with smart and with disdayne Made them a ready answeare so in print That I believe in earnest with our Rapps Wee made their Heads as crimson as their capps 34. And now VELOSO off with safety brought Forthwith repayre we to the Fleet agin Seeing the ougly Malice the base Thought This false and brutish people hid within From whom of INDIA so desired nought Of Information could we pick or win But that it is remote
What NYMPH can such a heavy love abide 54. How ever Wee to save the sea a part In so dire War will take it into thought How with our honour we may cure his smart My Messenger to mee thus answer brought I That suspect no stratagem no Art How easily are purblind Lovers caught Feel my selfe wondrous light with this Returâ—… And fann'd with Hopes with fresh dâ—…sire doe 〈◊〉 55. Thus fool'd thus cheated from the warr begun On a time DORIS pointing where to meet I spy the glitt'ring forme i th' evening dun Of snowy THETYS with the silver feet With open Armes farr off like mad I run To clip therein my Ioy my Life my Sweet And clipt begin those orient Eyes to kis That Face that Hayre that Neck that All that is 56. O how I choake in utt'ring my disgrace Thinking I Her embrac'd whom I did seek A Mountain hard I found I did embrace O'regrown with Trees and Bushes nothing sleek Thus grapling with a Mountain face to face Which I stood pressing for her Angel's cheek I was no Man No but a stupid Block And grew unto a Rock another Rock 57. O Nymph the fayrest of the OCEAN'S Brood Since with my Features thou could'st not be caught What had it cost to spare me that false good Were it a Hill a Clowd a Dreame or Thought Away fling I with Anger almost wood Nor lesse with shame of the Affront distraught To seek another World That I might live Where none might laugh to see me weep and grieve 58. By this my Brethren on their Backs were cast Reduc'd unto the depth of misery And the vain Gods all hopes to put them past On Those That Mountayns pyl'd pyl'd Mountains high Nor I that mourn'd farr off my deep distast HEAU'N HANDS in vain resist in vain FEET fly For my design'd Rebellion and Rape The vengeance of pursuing Fate could scape 59. My solid flesh converteth to tough Clay My Bones to Rocks are metamorphosed These leggs these thighs behold how large are they O're the long sea extended were and spred In fine into this CAPE out of the way My monstrous Trunk and high-erected Head The GODS did turn where for my greater payn THETYS doth Tantalize me with the MAYN 60. Here ends And gushing out into a Well Of Tears forthwith he vanish from our sight The black Clowd melting with a hideous yell The OCEAN sounded a long way forthright I in their pâ—…esence who by miracle Had thus far brought us ev'n the ANGELLS bright Besought the LORD to shield his Heritage From all that ADAMASTOR did presage 61. Now PHLEGON and PYROUS pulling come With other Two the Charet of the DAY When that high LAND to which this Gyant grum Was turn d doth to our Eyes it self display Doubling the point we take another Rumb And coasting plough the Oriental Sea Nor had we plough'd it long when underneath A little in a Second Port we breath 62. The People That this Countrey did possess Though they were likewise ETHIOPIANS All Did more of humane in their meens express Then Those into whose hands we late did fall Upon the sandy Beach with cheerfulness They meet us and with Dances Festival With them their Wives and their mild Flocks of Sheep Which fat and faire and frisking they did keep 63. Their Wives upon straw-Pillions black as Jet Slow-paced Oxen like EUROPA ride Beasts upon which a higher price they set Then all the Cattle of the Field beside Sweet madrigalls in Ryme or Prose compleat In their own Tongue to rustick-Reed apply'de They sing in Parts as gentle Shepherds use That imitate of TYTIRUS the Muse. 64. These and no less was written in their Faces Love and Humanity to Us afford Bringing us Hens and Muttons in the places Of Merchandizes which we had Aboard But for in fine our men could spye no traces By any Sign they made or any word From their dark Tongue of what we wisht to know Our Anchors weigh'd to Sea again we go 65. Now had we giv'n the toâ—…her demi wheel About black AFFRICK And the burning Hoope That girts the World inquiring with my Keel To the ANTARTICK POLE I turn'd my Poopâ—… By that small Isle such emulous Thoughts we feel Discover'd by a former Fleet we Soope Which sought the CAPE OF TEMPESTS and â—…hat found Pitcht here a CROSS our then DISCOV'RIEâ—…'S Bound 66. Thence many nights and many sadder days Betwixt rough Storms and languid Calmes we grope Through the great Ocean and explore new ways No Lanthorn to pursue but our high Hope One time above the rest as danger Plays At Sea the PROTHEUS with strange Waves we cope So strong a Current in those parts we meet As ev n obstructs the passage of our Fleet. 67. More violent without comparison As our reculing Vessels plain did shew The Sea was That did there against us run Then the fresh Gale that in our favour blew NOTUS disdaining much to be out-done By That and as he thought on purpose too To affront Him puffs blusters reinforces His angry Blasts and so we pass THE COURSES 68. The Sun reduc'd the solemnized Feast On which a KING laid in a Cratch to find Three Kings did come conducted from the EAST In which ONE KING three KINGS at once 〈◊〉 joyn'd That day took we another Pâ—…rt possest By People like to Those we left behind In a great River Giving it the Name Of that great-day when thereinto we came 69. Here fresh Provisions of the Folks we take Fresh-water from the River But in summ No guess concerning INDIA could we make By People unto Us as good as dumb See King how many Countreys we did rake Without a door found out from that rude 〈◊〉 Without descrying the least Track or 〈◊〉 Of the so much desired ORIENT 70. Imagine Sir in what distress of mind How lost we went how much perplext with Cares Broken with Storms and All with Hunger pin'd Through Seas unknown through disagreeing Ayres So far from hope the wished LAND to find As ev'n with hoping plung'd into despaires Through Climates rul d by other heav'nly SIGNES And where no Star of our acquaintance shines 71. The food we have too spoyl'd and what we crave As nutriment ev'n turn'd into our Bane No Entregens no news to make us wave Our Griefs or feed us with a hope though vaine Think'st Thou if this choyce band of soldiers brave Were other then of Lusitanian straine They had obedient held to this degree Unto their King and his Authoritie 72. Think'st Thou they had not risen long ago Against their GEN'RALL cross to their desire Turning Free-booters forced to be so By black despair by Hunger and by Ire If ever Men were try'de These are since no Fatigue no suffâ—…rings were of force to tyre Their great and Lusitanian excellence Of loyalty and firm Obedience 73. Leaving in fine the sweet fresh-water Flood And the salt Waves returning to divide Off from the Land a prety space we stood Our
illustrious Actions more and more Such as contend in honorable deeds The Spur of high Applaeuse incites their speeds 93. Those glorious Things ACHYLLES did in War With ALEXANDER sank not half so deep As the GREAT TRUMPET That proclam'd them fat And neer He envies this This makes him weep The Marathonian Trophies Larums are Which suffer'd not THEMISTOCLES to sleep He said no Musick pleas'd his ear so well As a good Voyce that did his prayses tell 94. VASCO DE GAMA takes great payns to show Those NAVIGATIONS which the World up-cryes Deserve not in such gorgeous Robes to go As his which doth astonish Earth and Skyes True But that WORTHY who did foster so With Favours Gifts Rewards and Dignities The MANTUAN MUSE made that ENEAS sing And set the ROMAN GLORY on her wing 95. SCIPIOS and CAESARS Portugal doth yeild Yeilds ALEXANEDRS and AUGUSTUSSES But with those lib'ral Arts it doth not guil'd Them though which would file off their roughnesses OCTAVIUS made compt Verses in the Feild Fiillng up so the blanks of Business Forsaken FULVIA will not let me lye Through CLEOPATRA'S charms on ANTâ—…ONY 96. Brave CESAR marches conquering all FRANCE Nor was his Learning silenc't by his drumme But in this hand a Pen in that a Lance To th' eloquence of TULLY he did come SCIPIO whose Wit in other's Socks did dance Wrote plays ev'n wirh that Hand which had sav'd Rome Our HOMER doted ALEXANDER so That th'ILIAD was his constant Bedfellow 97. All That have ere been famous for COMMAND Were learned too or lov'd the Learned All In LATIUM GREECE or the most barb'rous Land But only in unhappy PORTUGALL I speak it to our shame the cause no grand POETS adorn our Countrey is the small Incouragement to such For how can He Esteem That understands not POETRIE 98. For This and not for want of Ingenie VIRGIL and HOMER are not born with Us Nor will ENEAS and ACHYLLES bee This feirce Hee pious if the World hould thus But which is worst of all for ought I see FORTUNE hath shapt our Lords so boysterous So rude so carelesse to be knâ—…wn or know That they like well enough it should be so 99. Thankt let the Muses be by our DE GAME To my deer Countrey that my zeale was such As to commend her noble Toyles to FAME And her great deeds with a bould hand to touch For Hee That 's like him only in his name Deserves not of CALIOPE so much Or TAGUS'S Nymphs That They their golden Loom Should leave to carve his ANCESTORS a Tomb. 100. Love to my Brethren and to do things just Giving all â—… ortingal-Exploits their dues To serve the Ladies to procure their gusts Are th' onely spurr and int'rest of the MUSE Therefore for fear of black Oblivion's Rust Heroick Actions let no man refuse For by my hand or some more lofty strain VERTUE will lead him into HONOUR'S Fane End of the fifth Canto Sixth Canto STANZA 1. THe Pagan King could never entertain The NAVIGATORS well enough he thought The friendship of the Christian King to gain Of men whose courage had such wonders wrought It troubled him his lot should be to raign So far from EUROPE with all good things fraught And that his happy Station had not bin Where HERCULES the Mid-Land-Sea let in 2. With Games Masks Revels Gambals on the Green With Moorish-Dances their sport natural With jovial Fishings such as EGIPT'S Queen Pleas'd the out-witted ANTHONY withal When Carbonadoed Fish were hang'd unseen On her dropt Hooks he treats the PORTINGALL Each day with Bauquets of unusual Fare With Frits with Foules with Flesh with Fishes rare 3. But now the Captain seeing time spend fast And that the fresh Wind wooes him to be gon From the indulgent Land taking in hast Th' appointed Pilots and Provision Resolves to quit it of the Ocean vast Having no little Portion yet to run His leave now takes he of the PAGAN free Wâ—…o prays from All a lasting Amitie 4. He prays them more that Port such as it is That all their Fleets would visit when they pass For greater good he doth not wish then this To give such men his Realm and all he has And whilst he breathes whilst what he has is his Whilst the least sand is running in his Glass He will be always ready to lay down For such a King and People Life and Crown 5. GAMA went not behind in Complement And weighing Anchor without more delay To the rich Kingdoms of the ORIENT Which he so long had sought pursues his way Now a direct and certain Course he went The Fleet this Pilot means not to betray Which therefore from the hospitable shore Goes now securer then it came before 6. The Oriental Billows they divide Now in the Indian Seas and spying than Th' Alcove whence PHEBUS rose as from a Bride See their desires fullfill'd within a span But spightful THYONEUS grudging the Tyde Of Happiness which then to smile began On PORTINGALS who well had earn'd the same Repines fumes curses and with Rage doth flame 7. He saw the Stars unanimous to make Of LISâ—…ON a new ROME and that in vain It was for Him to hope alone to shake That which the SUPREME POWER did ordain Desp'rate in fine OLYMPUS doth forsake To seek below what There he could not gain Enters the humid Realm and to the Court Of Him that bears the Trident doth resort 8. In the abstrusest Grottoes of the DEEP Where th' OCEAN hides his head far under ground There whence to play their pranks the Billows creep When mocking the lowd Tempests they resound NEPTUNE resides There wanton Sea-Nymphs keep And other Gods That haunt the Seas profound Where arched Waves leave many Cities dry In which abides each watry Deity 9. The never fadom'd Bottom doth expand A Levell gravell'd o re with Silver fine Where lofty Turrets rise from drayned Land Of Massive stuff Transparent crystalline To which the neerer you shall hap to stand The less will you be able to define If it be crystal which your Eye suâ—…vays Or diamond which cast such glorious Rays 10. The Gates are Massive Gold richly imbost With ragged Pearlez in their Mother-shell In goodly Sculpture wrought of wondrous cost On which vext LIBER'S eyes did feed and dwell Where first old CHAOS in it own selfe lost Varied with proper shadowes doth excell Then the FOVVR ELEMENTS transcribed faire From that foule Copy in their Colours are 11. There active FIRE got highest on the wing Which without matter did it selfe sustayn Till to give Soule to ev'ry living Thing By bold PROMETHEUS from the Sun t was tane Next subtle AYRE with the invisible Ring Gaping for places importuning vain Now vacant in the world which that doth not Step streight into though nere so cold or hot 12. Warted with Mountains then was the low EARTH In her green gown shadow'd with fruitfull Trees Giving those Creatures to which she gave hirth Such sustenance as best with each
glaze 50. Now they approach with slow and solemn pace The beautiful and oderiferous Bow'rs Which barr'd the prospect of the Royal Place In structure sumptuous though not high in Tow'rs For They their nobler Buildings interlace With fanning Groves and aromatick Flow'rs Thus liv'd enjoying that rude â—…eople's King In City Countrey and in Winter Spring 51. On the fair Frontispieces Ours descry The subtlety of a Daedalian Hand Fig'ring the most remote Antiquity In lasting Sculpture of the INDIAN-LAND So lively are presented to the Eye Those Ancient Times That They who understand From learned Writers what the Actions were May read the Substance in the Shadow There 52. Appears a copious Army which doth tread The Oriental Land HYDASPES laves By a sleek ruddy Warriour was it led Fighting with leavy Javelins curl'd in waves NYSA stood by her Founder by Her slid The River's self washing her winy Caves So right the God that THEBAN-SEMâ—…LE Had she been present would have cry'de ' T is Hâ—…E 53. Farther a vast Assyrian multitude That drank whole Rivers e're they quencht their thurst A Woman Captain with rare Form indude And of a Valour great as was her Lust. By her side never cold her Palfrey chew'd The foaming Bit and fiery paw'd the â—…ust Her NINUS'S Rival with whom yet 't was done More innocently then she lov'd her Son 53. Yet farther trembled in the fancied wind The glorious Ensignes GREECE triumphant bore The worlds THIRD MONARCHY spreading from YND One con'qur'ing wing to the Gangetick shore A young man led them of a boundless mind From head to foot wiâ—…h Lawrells cover'd ore Who would not bee so high his Thoughts did rove The son of PHILIP but the son of IOVE 54. The LUSIANS feasting with these Acts their eyes The CATUAL unto the Captaine sayd The time draws neer when oâ—…her Victoryâ—…s Shall blot these out which thou hast now survayd Heer shall be graven modern Histories Of a strange people that shall us invade Such our deep Sages find to be our doom Poring into the things which are to come 55. By the black Art they doe moreover tell That to prevent so great approaching Ill By humane wisdome t is impossibel ' For vaine is earthly wit against Heav'n's will But say withall Those strangers shall excell So much in Martiall and in civill skill Thâ—…t through the World it will in after story Be sed The Conqu'rers are the Conquerds glory 56. Discoursing thus they enter the gilt Hall â—…here leanes that EMPEROR magnificent On the rich Cowch which take it worke and all Could not be matcht beneath the Firmament His Face and posture that Majesticall And this secure his Fortune represent His Robes are cloth of gold A diadem Upon his head with many a flaming gem 57. An old man at his elbow with grave meen Upon the knee did ever and anon Of a hot plant present him a leaf green Which as of custome he would chaw upon Then did a Bramen of no mean esteem Approach DE GAMA with slow motion To presant Him unto the MONARCH great Who there before him nods him to a seate 59. DE GAMA seated neer to the rich Bed His Eyes keeping off with quick and hungry The SAMORIM upon the Habit fed Of his new Guests their uncouth hew and Guyse With an emphatick Voyce fâ—…om a deep head Which much his embassie did authorize Both with the King and all the People there The Captain thus accosts the Royall eare 60. A potent King who governs yonder where Hev'n s ever-rolling wheeles the day adjourn Benighting earth with earth that Hemisphere Which the sun leaves mourning till his Return Hearing from FAME which makes an Ecchoâ—… there How this IMPERIALL CROVVN by Thee is worn The sum'd up Majestie of INDIAN LAND Would enter with thee into Friendship 's Band. 61. And through long windings to thy COURT send me To let the know that whatsoever stores Goe on the Land or goe upon the sea From TAGUS there to NYLâ—…'S inriched shores All that by Zeland Merchants laden be By tributary Ethiopian-MORES From seething River or from frozen Barr Heapt up and centerd in his Kingdom are 62. Then if thou wilt with leagues and mutuall Tyes Of Peace and Freindship stable and divine Allow commerce of superfluities Which bounteous NATURE gave his Realms anâ—… Thine For Trade brings Opâ—…lence and Rarieties For which the Poor doe sweat the Rich doe Pine Of two great fruits which will from thence redound His shall the glory thine the Gain be sound 63. And if it so fall out that this fast knot Of Amitie be knit between you two He will assist thee in all adverse lot Of Warr which in thy Kingdom may insue With Soldiers Arms and Shipps and coldly not But as a Brother in that case would doe It rests that thou resolve me in the close What he may trust to touching this propose 64 This was the Errand of the Captain bold To whom the Pagan Monareh answer'd thus Ambassadours from such farr parts we hold No little honour to our Crown and Us Yet shall not in this case our will unfold Till with our COUNCELL we the thing discuss What this King is informing our self well The people and the Land whereof you tell 65. In the mean time repose you from the Quoyle Of labour past and nauseating Seas Whom we will back dispatch within a while With such an answear as shall not displease Now Night Task mistresse of all earthly Toyle Gives humane labours wonted stint to ease Exhausted lims with sweet Vicissitude Eyes with the leaden Hand of sleep subdude 66. In the most noble lodgings of the Court The PRIMERE MINISTER of INDIAN LAND With the Applause of people of each sort Did feast DE GAMA and his valiant Band The CATUALL that he may make report To his dread Leige who gave him in command To find it out which way the strangers came What Laws what Faith what Countrey and what name 67. Soon as he spyes the fired Axel-tree Of the fayre Delian youth the day renew Sends for MONSAYDE upon Thorns to bee At large informed of this NATION new Prompt and inquisitive he asks if Hee Can give him full Intelligence and trew What thâ—…se strange people are for he did heare That to his Country they are neighbours neer 68. A punctuall accompt of every thing He knew of them he charg'd him to afford As that which was a service to the King Whereby to judge of the propos'd accord MONSAâ—…DE answers That which I can bring Of light thereto is spoken in a Word Thus much I know they are of yond same SPAâ—…N Where PHEâ—…US and my Nest bathe in the Mayn 69. By them a certain Prophet is ador'd Born of a pure and incorrupted Mayd Conceiving by the Spirit of the Lord The Lord of life by whom the world is swayd Of them that which my Parents did Record Was that of bloody Warr the noble Trade To it's full pitch by their strong Arm is wound Which
Founder's Glory is his Seed's disgrace 41. Others there are with wealth and Pow'r that flow Above their Banks nor nobly born nor faire The fault of KINGS who on one Minion throw Sometimes more then a thousand worthier share Of These wouldst thou behold the Pictures No It is a vanity their Friends can spare As monstrous Creatures MYRRORS fly or break So these men hate the PICTURE that doth speak 42. I not deny but some whom I could name Deriv'd from great and worthy Ancestry By high and honorable Parts proclame And correspond with their nobility Who if the light of their Fore-Fathers Fame Their brighter Vertue do not clarify Yet keep it in they do But of this Crew The PAINTER tells me there are very few 43. Thus PAUL DE GAMA blazons those great deeds Which there in various Ink are written faire Which by a Master's hand whose skill exceeds In so cleer Perspective there painted are Th' intentive CATUAL distinctly reeds The History as legible as rare A thousand times he askt a thousand heard The Battails delicate which there appear'd 44. But cleft was now the Sun 's ambiguous light Between the one and t'other Hemisphere In neither was it day in neither night But morning's twylight here and Ev'nings there When from the warlike Ship the FAVOURITE And noble NAYRES to the City steer To court dull sleep which broods all living Things Of sable Night under the downy wings 45 Mean time the famous Augurs of the Land Who falsly think or so are thought at least To see by magick all things beforehand In entrails of a sacrificed Beast Do their black office at the King's command To scrutinize what shall befall the EAST By the arrival through the hansell d Maine Of these unheard of Guests from unknown SPAINE 46. Of Lyes the Father shews them here signes true That a strong â—…oake which they should ne're remove Their endless Bondage shall this People new Theâ—…r wealth s consumption and their people's prove The frighted AUGURS with pale horror flew To tell the KIâ—…G that which infernal JOVE Made legible by their astonisht Eyes In the red letters of the Sacrifice 47. Confirming This T' a Priest a zealous one And pâ—…llar of the Law of 〈◊〉 Whose Bosome with that Gall did over-run Wherewith both Sects against CHRIST's Law are set In that false Prophet s shape who from the Son Of Bond-mayd HAGAR did descend the yet Inraged BACCHUS and who never cleers His filthy stomack in a Dream appeers 48. And guard you guard you People mine quoth He From Ills provided for you by the Foe That cuts a passage to you through the Sea Guard you before the danger neerer â—…row Th amazed MOOR starts from his Rest to see Who gave him this â—…larum Thinking Tho 'T is but a Dream like common Dreams in deep Of Night returns into the Arms of sleep 49. BACCHUS returns and says Knowst thou not MORE The great Law-Giveâ—… who the ALCORAN Shew'd thy Fore-Fathers without which Thy store Would fail and half thy Flock be CHRISTIAN Rude do I watch for Thee and doest thou snore Well those white Guests I'â—… have thee to know than Shall bring great dammage to that Law my Pen Deliver'd over unto stupid Men. 50. Now whilst this People's strength is not yet knit Think how ye may resist them by all ways For when the Sun is in his nonage yit Upon his morning Beauty Men may gaze But let him once up to his Zenith git He strikes them blind with his Meridian Rays So blind will ye be if ye look not too t If ye permit these Cedars to take root 51. This said both he and sleep vanish at once The MOOR remains rockt in his Bed with fright Th'infused poyson working in his sconce He starts and to his servants cryes a light When the new light which doth precede the Sun's Disclos'd it self Angelical and white The Chief of that vile SECT he did convoke To whom his Dreame in every point he spoke 52. Then sev'ral and cross Reasons they discourse As they from others or themselves dissent Secret way-layings open Feâ—…d and Force And sev'ral ways of each they do invent But when those seem'd too fine and these too course To take a middle way is their intent To do their buis'ness with anâ—…ther's Hand They mean to bribe the Grandâ—…s of the Land 53. With Gold and other Presents underhand The ruling men they to their Partie gaine Giving them speciously to understand These Guests will put a period to their Raigne That of lewd Vagabonds they are a Band Who plying to and fro the Western Mayne Live on Pyratick spoyle without in fine Or KING or LAWS or humane or divine 54. O how a Perfect KING it doth behove To chuse his FAVOURITES and COUNCELL such As are lin d through with VERTUE and her love As feel of 〈◊〉 a true inward touch For He who in the highest Orb doth move Of things remote can onely have so much Intelligence whereby to judge as They That are his outward Organs will convey 55. Nor ev'n on VERTUE let him so much doâ—…e T'adore't in picture or without Controule T'imploy't as some who in a simple Coat Have trust an Hypocrite a preying Fâ—…ule And if a Saint indeed hee 'l speak by rote In worldly matters For the Dâ—…ve like soule Seeld with an ANGEâ—…L'S Quill hath Eyes to find The way to Heav'n but to the Earth is blind 56. But here these avaritious CATUALâ—… Who did that Pagan-Kingdom rule and sway Brib'd by infernal People to play false The Portingal-Dispatches did delay Now the wise Leader of the PORTINGALS Of all the Indian Prince can do or say Caring for nothing back with him to bring But news of this discov'rie to the King 57. In this alone takes pains For well he knew When he should carry back this news alone That Navies Arms and soldiers would insue From MANUEL who fills the Regal Throne With which to CHRIST and Him he would subdue The Globe of Earth and Sea That Himselfe s one Sent out but as a Dove as a Line hurld To spy and sound this OCEAN and this WORLâ—… 58. Resolv'd he is the Pagan King to find And pray dispatch that he may take his leave Which now he sees those spightful People mind If they can help it he shall ne're receave The King who with suggestions of that kind Was shook and startled you must needs conceave Too creduâ—…ous to ev'ry AUGUR'S word Much more to All and when the MOORS concurr'd 59. Freez'd with this fear hath his ignoble Brest On t'other side the sacred Thirst of Gaine A Vice in Him that 's Paramount the râ—…st Kâ—…ndles a fire which thaws that Frost againe For his advantage he sees manifest If he with cleer intentions entertaine â—…nd with firm Actiâ—…ns cherish and pursue The League which PORTUGAL invites him to 60. His COUNCELL then commanded to attend He found no One that did in this comply Because on Those who should their