syght of the worlde tyl the enmy of goodnes and mankynde by incessaunt enuy had ouerthroweÌ„ caste her in his snare as here after ensueth in thy story ¶ How by lechery and temptaÌ„cyon of the deuyll the kynge voyled his doughter Ca. ij Lucidas Anthiogê° AS this mayden was comen vnto the age for to be maryed kynges / prynces / dubes / erles / and many other grete and noble estates came for to haue her in maryage The kynge made his counseyle for to be assembled for to knowe what man was moost conuenable for to haue his doughter Durynge this tyme the kynge by euyll enchauffemeÌ„t and by temptacyon of the deuyll fyxed and set his loue on his doughter / and by the inextynguybl persecucyoÌ„s and prouocacyoÌ„s of the enemy he was moeued in his slepe / arose in a mornynge at the sprynge of the day and entred in to his doughters chambre coÌ„maunded all that were there for to yssue out in makynge semblaunt that he wolde speke with her in secrete for certayne thynges to her be houe and prouffite And he abydyng alone with her of ardaunt desyre put hymselfe in bedde with her / and she doubtynge his inhumanyte durst not gaynsay hym And so moche he dyde that he not onely maculed her bedde / but also he bereft the treasure of her vyrgynyte left her dystytute of all consolacyon tenderly wepynge / so yssued out of her chambre Thus as she lameÌ„ted wepte her nouryse entred in to the chambre founde her in grete desolacyon and demauÌ„ded her the cause of her waylynge The poore lady durst not relate it for thabhomynacyon that she had in the fayt The nouryse than began for to say A my moost honourable of me so well beloued lady doughter knowe ye that my lyege lady your moder left you vnto me whaÌ„ she passed this lyfe / I that so moche loue you and haue so derely holden tenderly nourysshed prayeth you for to tell me the cause of your dyscomforte WhaÌ„ the lady herde that she prayed her so swetely she sayd A ryght dere moder and nouryse this same day I haue had the gretest losse of the fayrest and rychest Iewell that I had / that is the treasoure of my chaÌ„bre vyrgynall / for it is corrupte defyled or euer I had ony treaty of maryage The nourysse than sayd / who is he that hath ben so hardy suche a thyÌ„ge to vndertake to the dyshonour of the kynge of his realme / began for to crye / but the lady sayd A my nourysse for god mercy / for yf ye say ony thynge I am but deed you also For suche hath done it that it is not conuenyent for to say And to th ende that ye knowe it was my lorde my fader the whiche this day came hyder / and so she recounted all the maner and fayt vnto her nourysse / and prayed her for to holde it secrete And than the nourysse began for to appease the lady shewynge her that the kynge bare the culpe synne AS this cursed kynge had accoplysshed this horryble synne as it is abouesayd he shewed semblaunce before his people as good and debonayre vnto his doughter / and that he was in mynde for to enquyre for some noble man for to gyue his doughter in maryage / the which thynge he thought not / but he purposed that his doughter shold remayne alway with hym in the inhumayne synÌ„e And to eschewe and cause that none sholde haue her / and for to fere them that shold demaunde her he purpensed a falacious polycy cautelous wyle / and made a preposycyon in this wyse He that shall haue my doughter to wyfe shall be called sapyent worthy to haue a kynges doughter / he that feleth hymselfe vnable and ygnoraunt in the solucyon of my questyoÌ„ lete hym not prease to it / for I shall do smyte of his heed as nought worthy for to haue a kynges doughter The which preposycyon he dyde do set at the gates of the cyte For this preposycyon neuertheles many kynges / dukes / erles / baroÌ„s / other grete lordes put them in dauÌ„ger for the beaute of his doughter dystytute of the solucyon of the kynges qestyon And whan they founde not the solucyon of the questyon the kynge made for to smyte of theyr heedes without mercy accordynge to his preposycyoÌ„ / and made them to be put out of the cyte to th ende that they which came for to haue his doughter myght take exaÌ„ple / for to euyte the demauÌ„de of her ¶ How kynge Appolyn assoyled the questyon of kynge Anthiogus of Anthyoche Ca. iij. THe kynge of Anthyoche aforenamed ledde his lyfe in that abhomynable synÌ„e of lechery by the space of loÌ„ge tyme. So it happened that the renowne of the beaute of the lady passed thrugh the regyoÌ„s adiacent and neyghbours tyll it came to the eeres of Appolyn kynge of Thyre whiche was a maÌ„ fayre / yonge / ioyous / eloquent / and a ryght good clerke / also he was a bacheler This kynge herynge of the damoysell aforesayd toke on hym for to assoyle the questyon And came tofore kynge Anthiogus salued hym honourably WhaÌ„ the kynge of Anthyoche sawe hym he doubted hym more than ony of the other for his wysdome to hym sayd Appolyn I knowe well wherfore thou arte comeÌ„ All they that haue wyues ben acquyted AppolyÌ„ answered / that that ye saye is the laste ende of the cause / for I haue no wyfe / but I desyre for to haue your doughter in maryage WhaÌ„ the kynge herde Appolyn thus speke he was so abasshed that he wyst not what to do / and thaÌ„ he sayd Appolyn thou knowest not the condycyons to haue my doughter Appolyn sayd I haue sene them wryteÌ„ at the portall of this cyte / and therfore the ryght shall be sene yf it please god The kynge of Anthyoche than had grete indygnacyon euyll wyll towarde kynge Appolyn / and vnto hym sayd Appolyn take hede vnto my questyon for it is doubtable / and here it is ¶ Grete synne do I vse / the flesshe of my moder I abuse I demaunde broder dere / yf I touche my fader nere I as husbande to my wyfe bynde / and agaynst nature I do kynde APpolyn vnderstandynge the questyon wtdrewe hym a lytell praynge god with good herte / so moche he dyde that he fouÌ„de the solucyoÌ„ / than came to the kynge and sayd Kynge of Anthyoche herkeÌ„ to my solucyon The kyng was ryght dolente of his wordes / and Appolyn sayd In that thou sayest that thou vsest synÌ„e thou sayest sothe / for thou holdest thy doughter in synÌ„e as I vnderstaÌ„de Anthiogus doubtynge that by Appolyn his synÌ„e shold be dysclosed he sayd vnto hym furyously Certes AppolyÌ„ thou arte ferre fro my questyon / well thou hast deserued for to lose thy heed / but of a specyall grace I gyue the .xxx.
he called one of his gentylmen and badde hym for to go and se yf he myght fynde the poore man that played at the shelde hym and brynge hym to the courte Than the gentylman departed and founde Appolyn / and whan he sawe hym apparayled in so vyle and poore vestures he retorned without saynge of ony worde and went to the kynge and sayd Syr that man that ye demaunde ought and semeth to be a fyssher or elles a rower in a galey or els some shyppe swayne How knowest thou it sayd the kynge Certaynly his habyte or clothynge demonstreth and sheweth it by reason Ha sayd the kynge the habyte maketh not the relygyous man / and therfore incontynent retorne thou to hym and tell hym that I demaunde hym Than the gentylman retorned as the kynge commaunded hym founde Appolyn syttynge wepynge for his departynge from so noble a company and sayd to hym Aryse and come and speke with the kynge for he demaundeth the. This herynge Appolyn he wyped his vysage / and for to obey vnto the kynge he arose all sorowfull and folowed the gentylman vnto the gate of the kynges palays / and than he sayd vnto the gentylman Frende I wyll not entre for ony thynge for there within is none but men of worshyp grete estates / and to me for to entre within a palays royall so euyll arayed it were grete scorne and shame But goo vnto the kynge and praye hym to tell the his wyll and I shall abyde the here The squyre went vnto the kynge sayd Syr the poore man that ye demaunde is at the gate wyll not entre / for he sayth that he shall be ashamed for to come in to suche a noble court as yours is in so euyll foule clothȳge Than the kynge commaunded that he sholde haue one of his robes that he sholde be well clothed / and so it was done Whan kynge Appolyn was well appoynted he entred in to the palays / whan he came in to the hall he made reuerence ryght honourably vnto the kynge and vnto all the lordes and assystentes Thenne the kynge ryght curteysly welcomed hym and badde hym sytte saynge / thou shalte soupe this daye with me amonge my knyghtes Appolyn than beynge shamefast lete hȳselfe somwhat to be prayed but at the laste he sate hym downe at the table / and wtout etynge he behelde the noble company of lordes and grete estates for he had ben accustomed for to lyue in nobles and to be nourysshed in honour Thus as be loked all about a grete lorde that serued at the kynges table sayd vnto the kynge Certes syr this man wolde gladly your honour for he dooth not ete but beholdeth hertely your noble magnyfycence and is in poynt to wepe Certaynly sayd the kynge peraduenture he hath lost mo goodes than these ben / and therfore he hath remembraunce of theym now ¶ How kynge Appolyn souped in the kynges hall Ca. xi AS he sate and behelde the kynge bad hym ete and be mery better thinges and greter gyue you god And in saynge these wordes came in the kynges doughter accompanyed with many ladyes and damoyselles whose splendente beaute were to longe to endyte / for her rosacyate coloure was medled with grete fauour She dranke vnto her fader and to all the lordes / and to all them that had ben at the play of the shelde And as she behelde here and there she espyed kynge Appolyn than she sayd vnto her fader Syr what is he that sytteth so hye as by you / it semeth by hym that he is angry or sorowfull The kynge sayd I can not tell what he is my lefe doughter / but I sawe neuer so nimble and pleasaunt a player at the shelde and therfore haue I made hym for to come soupe with my knyghtes And yf ye wyll knowe what he is demaunde hym / for peraduēture he wyll tell you sooner than me And whan he hathe tolde you ye may tell hym some thynge gyue hym some good / for me thynke that he is departed frome some good place / and I thynke in my mynde that some thynge is be fallen hym for the whiche he is sory This sayd the noble damoysell wente vnto Appolyn sayd Fayre syr graunt me a boone And he graunted her with good herte / she sayd vnto hym All be it that your vysage be tryst heuy your behauour sheweth noblesse and facundyte / and therfore I pray you to tel me of your affayre and estate Appolyn answered / yf ye demaūde of my rychesses I haue lost them in the see The damoysell sayd I pray you that ye tell me of your aduētures that I may vnderstōde you playnly ¶ How Appolyn fell in conceyte with the kynges doughter of Terme for playenge on the harpe Ca. xii APpolyn herynge the wyll of the damoysell began for to tell his aduersytees and vnfortunate aduentures had vpon the see and elles where And whan he had ended his parlement he began for to wepe tenderly with many sadde syghes Whan the kynge sawe hym so wepe he sayd vnto his doughter Certaynly ye haue doone euyll / for thorow your wordes he hathe renouelled and begon his dolours Wherfore I wyll that for to appease all his sorowes and persuacyons ye gyue hym of myn all that it pleaseth you Whan the damoysell Archycastres vnderstode that she had puyssaunce for to gyue hym what she wolde she had grete pleasure / anone she came vnto Appolyn and sayd Leue thy wepynge from hensforthe / for syth it hath pleased vnto my fader that I gyue the of his goodes I shall make the ryche Appolyn all wepynge thanked her humbly sayd Honourable lady I thanke you of the worshyp that ye wold me more than I am worthy Durynge this tyme the kȳge came to his doughter and sayd Fayre doughter I praye you play a lytell vpon your harpe for to reioyce this gentyl man brȳge hym out of his heuy thoughtes in to lyghter The damoysel anone sent for her harpe / and whan it was comen she sowned so swetely as in the worlde had not ben her parayle Appolyn behelde her ryght amourosly sayd neuer aworde Than sayd the kȳge vnto hym Gentylmā what do ye thynke / eche man reioyceth of the feest of my doughter and ye say nothynge how say ye playeth she not well Syr sayd Appolyn your doughter sowneth meruaylously well and syngeth armonyously But yet for feere of your dyspleasure and hers yf I helde the harpe I coude shewe you where she fayleth Than the mayden gaue her harpe vnto Appolyn the whiche began to sowne to swetely that echone meruayled of his fayre playenge sayng that he was parfyte in the arte Than was the damoysell soo amourous on Appolyn that it may not be recounted / and than she sayd vnto her fader Ye haue promysed me that al that I wolde gyue vnto this gentylman sholde contente you Truly sayd the kynge I
forthwith he dyde sende them vnto Archycastres his doughter by Appolyn the whiche after salutacyon made presented them vnto-Archycastres saynge All the souerayne celestyall goddes gyue you good lyfe and Ioye The kynge your moost wel beloued fader greteth your ladyship by me symple and vnworthy seruaunt sendynge you these rolles for to certyfye whiche of the two prynces ye seme best vnto your honour and preemynence And whan the damoysell sawe herde the noble Appolyn speke so demurely and sawe the goodly countenaunce of hym and his behauoure she hadde grete Ioye and sayd Gentylman how ben ye comen here al alone without company or felawshyp Madame sayd Appolyn My lorde the kynge your fader sent me hyder with these two rolles and prayeth you that ye sende bryefly the responce Than the damoysell toke the rolles of Appolyn and began for to rede them / and whan she had redde theym she stode styll and sayd no worde / and than she behelde Appolyn in castynge a grete sygh and after she sayd vnto hym By the faythe of your body wolde ye not haue grete dolour in your herte yf I toke you to husbande and leue all other lordes for your sake Appolyn the whiche thought no harme answered and sayd Certes madame I sholde haue grete Ioye yf ye hadde suche a prynce to your make as vnto your hyghnes apperteyneth for there can none be to bountefull for your persone / for yeare parfyte in beaute / bounte / and scyence Certaynly sayd the damoysell Archicastres yf that ye loued me as moche as I loue you at the herte and courage ye wolde not saye as ye do for nothȳge And whan she hadde fynisshed her wordes she toke paper penne and ynke and by grete hardynesse of loue that enbraced her herte towarde Appolyn she wrote a lettre conteynynge the feruent desyre and amourous prouocacions of her mynde and sealed it with a knotte of loue / and than she gaue it vnto Appolyn her loue for to bere it to her fader / and the wrytynge sayd thus MY moost redoubted and of me moost honoured my lorde my fader syth that it hath pleased your grace for to wryte your mynde and voluntary goodnes vnto me your humble doughter and handmayden for myn honour and felycyte that is for to put me to the choyse of one of the two noble prynces for to elect and take to lorde and make / I indygne sauf onely by the feate of your hyghnes wherof I inwardly thanke you But knowe ye that I wyll and yf it please your haboundaunt bounte haue hym the whiche hath passed the daungerous vndes and perylles of the see / all other to refuse And meruayle you not of me so symple a vyrgyn without shame dyshonoure to haue wryten vnto you my wyll whiche I durste not shewe by the relacyon of my tonge ¶ How Appolyn bare lettres vnto the kynge Ca. xv Kynge Appolyn AS the lettre was made and sealed Appolyn receyued it of the fayre damoysell Archycastres and toke his leue of her ryght curteysly / she of hym full amourously / and lothe for to haue hym out of her felawshyp And whan he came before the kynge he delyuered hym the lettre Whan kȳge Archycastres had receyued it he went a lytel asyde redde it / whan it was redde he torned hym to the two prynces sayd Whiche of you hathe passed the perylles of the see Than answered one of them I am he The other prynce this herynge was moeued with anger sayd How darest thou say say suche thynges before the kynge and me For thou I haue ben nourysshed togyder all our lyfe dayes without separacyon and neuer we entred in to the see / how mayst thou than haue passed the perylles of it Whan the kynge vnderstode that it was none of them twayne he sayd Appolyn Rede ye this lettre for to se yf ye can vnderstande that the whiche I can not Appolyn at the kynges commaundement redde the lettre and founde that it spake of hym / than he waxed all reed and drewe hym asyde Than the kyng sayd / haue ye founde the tenoure of the lettre / Appolyn answered neuer a worde The kȳge behelde his countenaunce and sawe that he sayd no worde / he aduysed hym of the perylles of the see that Appolyn had passed and than he knewe perfytely that the lettre spake of hym and the loue that his doughter Archycastres had to hym / wherof he had grete Ioye in saynge vnto Appolyn / wherfore are ye ashamed of the endytynge of this letttre for I haue grete pleasure of that that my doughter wylleth the thȳge that I desyre Notwithstandynge that I neuer shewed nor durst tel ne make relacion to her of it Whan they hadde fynysshed theyr communycacyon the kynge wente towarde the two kynges sones and sayd Truely I tolde you that ye were not comen in a good season forcause of the infyrmite sykenesse of my doughter Archycastres / wherfore ye may retorne in to your countrees / and whan she is guarysshed and hole I shal sende for you for at this tyme ye can not spede This heryng the two prynces they were not well content And than they toke leue of the kynge honourably and retorned in to theyr countrees vnpurueyed of theyr entencyons Than the kynge Archycastres toke Appolyn by the hande and entred ioyously in to the palays so in to the chambre of the fayre damoysell Archycastres And as sone as she espyed her fader she salued hym honourable / and he rendred her salutacyon and sayd My moost welbeloued doughter whom haue ye chosen for your lorde and husbonde The damoysell herynge thexamynacyon of her fader espouentably kneled downe afore hym and sayd O myghty kynge and fader syth it hath pleased you for to knowe my mynde and femynyne volunte the whiche is reasonable / knowe ye therfore that I hadde leuer haue hym the whiche hath passed the daungerous passages of the see that is Appolyn than ony kynge or prynce that lyueth in this worlde And of one thynge the whiche I shall tell you I beseche you for to pardon me and that ye wyll accepte my petycyon / that is that yf ye gyue me not vnto hym certaynly ye shall lese me and neuer durynge my lyfe shal I haue Ioye and consolacyon without the presence of his persone And for his loue I haue suffred many infyrmytees and greuous afflyccyons of ardaunte desyres of loue syth the fyrst tyme that he played before the barony in your presence vpon my harpe without that euer ony knewe it The kynge herynge the amourous and pyteous wordes of his doughter sayd Ha welbeloued doughter know you certaynly that that the whiche pleaseth you dyspleaseth me not / and all your pleasure shall be fulfylled in this poynt at your owne desyre ¶ How kynge Appolyn espoused the fayre damoysel Archycastres the kynges doughter of Terme Ca. xvi THan incontynent kynge Archycastres sent for all the barons and grete
lordes of his realme sayd vnto them Lordes and frendes knowe ye that I wyll shewe vnto you myn entent wherfore that I haue sent for you The cause is this that I wyl gyue my doughter Archicastres vnto Appolȳ in maryage And therfore dysplease you not / for it pleaseth me and my doughter also And thanked be our lord that she hath chosen a mā so secrete and so intellectyf as he is Whan the barōs vnderstode the wordes of the kynge and the effect of his entent they were accorded were ryght Ioyfull of it The noble kynge seynge the perfyte wyll and true entēt of his baronny he was ryght well pleased and thanked thē saynge that as true subgectes they had accorded vnto theyr souerayne and lyege lorde And that he assygned vnto his barons a certayne day for to come vnto the spousayles of his doughter / for he wolde that they shold be there in the honourablest wyse that myght be ordeyned and had / that they sholde spare for none exspence / and so they dyde Whan the day of the spousaylles was comen the damoysell Archycastres was appareylled and aourned in the moost tryumphaunt maner that coude be deuysed / in clothes of golde set with fyne perles and precyous stones / and owches of grete value And the noble kynge Appolyn was clothed in the same suyte also Than after that the espousaylles was finysshed they reentred in to the palays with grete melody of mynstrelles and musycyens But for to recount of the seruyces that day / the tryumphe and noblesse of that feest the games and dedes of worthynes that was there determyned / of the ryche gyftes that were gyuē to lordes and ladyes it were to longe for to recount What sholde I make longe processe all thynge was doone so nobly that no man was myscontent / but reioyced gretly of the excellence therof And the feest accomplysshed and done the lordes estates of the realme toke theyr leue of the kynge at Appolyn and at the fayre damoysell Archicastres and retorned with grete Ioy and tryumphe in to theyr countrees and lordshyppes ¶ How tydynges came by a galey to kȳge Appolyn that the kynge of Anthyoche was deed xvj A Certayne tyme after the ryche maryage and espousalles of the noble Appolyn was acheued and done the damoysell Archicastres waxed grete of a doughter wherof the kyng her fader and Appolyn were ryght Ioyous Vpon a certayne day as Appolin came from studye / he and his spouse fayre Archycastres wente for to sporte them vpon the ryuage of the see / and as they walked vnder the shadowe of the boughes they sawe where as came swymmȳge a myghty vessel that aryued at the porte or hauen of the cyte Whan Appolyn hadde seen and beholden it a whyle he sayd fayre loue and lady lete vs go and se yonder fayre vessell / with a good wyll sayd Archicastres / so they wēte vnto the galey And whan Appolyn had longe beholden it and aduysed the maner and speche of the galyotes and by many other sygnes he knewe that it was of his realme of Thyre Thā he demaūded of the patron of whens the galey was / and wherfore it was so decked and arayed with blacke The patrō all sorowfully sayd / we ben of the kyngdome af Thyre Appolyn this herynge was gladde / in a maner sory / for he wyst not wherfore it was comē into the countree / whyder for his socoure or for to dystroy hym And than Appolyn sayd / ye ben of my countree Dere syr sayd the patron I knowe you not / but I pray you tell me yf it please you yf ye knowe ony tydynges of the lorde of Thyre Certaynly sayd Appolȳ I wote wher he is Alas syr sayd the patron for god / yf ye wolde shewe me hym ye myhht do to hym grete honour and to me grete Ioy and pleasure / for we ben comen hyder for to feche hym and to brynge hȳ in to his realme royall of Thyre / for kyng Anthiogus of Anthyoche his doughter for whō our noble kynge is out of his realme coūtree ben deed wretchedly by the thonder that fell vpō them / and all his kyngdomes / lordeshyppes and treasoures be kept for our good kynge Appolyn Than was Appolyn gladde and sayd vnto his wyfe archycastres Swete loue now may ye knowe yf the aduentures that I haue tolde you ben true or not And I praye you hertely as ye loue me that ye be not dyspleased of one thynge that is that I wyll go receyue my preteryte realme the other the whiche ben for me attendaūt and comen by ryght The damoysell than wepyng sayd Appolyn swete lorde and frende I thynke this that yf ye were ferre fro me ye wolde come vnto myn enfauntemēt and delyueraunce of chylde Wherfore I pray you that you leue me not alone / but haue me with you Appolyn seynge and vnderstandynge the parfyte loue that she hadde vnto hym sayd I am content yf it please my lorde youre fader Than wente the damoysell vnto the kynge her fader and sayd Right honoured and redoubted fader reioyce you and be mery / for true it is that kynge Anthiogus of Anthioche and his doughter ben put to dethe by thonder of the heuens for that he enhabyted kept her as paramours / and all his kyngedomes seygnouryes apperteyneth vnto my well beloued husbande lorde Appolyn the whiche wyll go and receyued them / for a galey of his countree is aryued at an hauen here by the whiche hath denounced vnto hym all the fayte / and abydeth tyll hy departe / wherfore I praye you yf it please you for to gyue me lycence to go with hym / for though ye lete go one doughter with the grace of the potencyall goddes we shall retorne twayne The kynge beynge gladde and Ioyfull of the wordes of his doughter of her tydynges he vnto her accorded in all that she wolde And anone he made to ordeyne and apparayle shyppes and dromōdes with all suche thinges as to them necessary was / and many ladyes and damoyselles and her nouryce named Lycordes for to helpe her yf necessyte happened And than Appolyn Archicastres toke leue of the kynge and in goodly aray they mounted vpon the see for to go vnto the realme of Anthyoche and Thyre ¶ How kyng Appolyn entred the see with his wyfe / and how she was delyuered of a doughter Ca. xviij KYnge Appolyn and Archycastres beynge on the see sayled longe with grete tryumphe and Ioye and so longe they exployted by theyr Iourneys that they came in to the hye see / and thā the fayre weder began for to chaunge and the wynde arose makynge grete noyse and it thondred and lyghtned impyteously that all they were sore abasshed Than on a daye after grete trauayle feere and payne Archycastres began for to trauayle of chylde with grete throwes and dyseases was delyuered of a fayre doughter /
thynges of theyr straunge aduentures / and after he yssued with grete Ioye Than Appolyn clothed his doughter with ryche aournementes clothes and apparaylled hymselfe at al poyntes And Anthygoras had grete pleasure to se that aduēture Than she began for to tell her fader how she was solde vnto the cursed ruffyen the whiche wolde haue maynteyned her in synne and voluptuousnes / what payne she hadde for to kepe her vyrgynyte / how the prynce Anthygoras had ayded and socoured her for to to kepe her vyrgynyte and to saue her frome that horryble synne of carnal concupyscence So after the complayntes made of the one and of the other they demeaned grete Ioye bytwene them of theyr sodayne encountrynge And at the laste Anthygoras prayed kynge Appolyn instauntly that he wolde gyue vnto hym his doughter Tarcye in maryage / the whiche Appolyn hym ottroyed and graunted for the pleasure that he hadde doone to her in helpynge her for to kepe her body immaculate and vyrgynall / than he sayd to Appolyn I requyre you to gyue me a gyft / and Appolyn graunted hym / and the prynce sayd I demaunde of you vengeaunce to be executed vpon this cursed and meschaunt ruffyen whiche in this wyse hath withholden your doughter / to the whiche request Appolyn accorded lyghtly Than anone Anthygoras ledde Appolyn and his doughter Tarcye in to the cyte with grete magnyfycence and tryumphe And whan they were entred had abyden awhyle Anthygoras the prynce commaunded that all the cytezyns sholde be redy in goodly ordynaunce for to assemble afore kynge Appolyn and his doughter Tarcye And as soone as they were comen he mounted vpon a scaffolde amonge them and sayd as here after foloweth ¶ How the ruffyen that kept Tarcye was brent Ca. xxxii Tarcye The ruffyen Appolȳ Anthygo O Ye cytezyns of this cyte of Mylytayne I Anthygoras prynce of the same and gouernoure for the we le publyke or comune do you for to knowe and vnderstande that ye and I ben in grete peryl syth a lytell space For Appolyn the myghty kyng of Thyre and Anthyoche is aryued with an huge nauye of men armes for to be auenged vpon vs and to put our cyte to mortall ruyne for cause of this cursed ruffyen the whiche hath holden his doughter Tarcye in the bordell publykely and openly in the moost shamefull wyse as esclaue and comyn woman And therfore I lete you wete to th ende that our cyte be not dystroyed for suche an euyll man And anone al the cytezyns sayd Lorde we wyll that he gyuen to Appolyn / that he take vengeaunce on hym at his pleasure rather thā he sholde make our cyte to be dystroyed Than incontynent the ruffyen was brought afore the prynce Anthygoras his hādes boūden behynde hym and there was apparayled a fayre chayre in the myddes of the cyte / and Appolin was made for to sytte therin holdynge his doughter by the hāde than he sayd to all the people there beynge in presence Citezyns of Mylytayne by your grete goodnes and gentylnes ye ben here assembled for to se the Ioy and solace that I haue of my doughter the whiche I veryly supposed had ben deed in the cyte of Tharcye whome I haue this day founde / the whiche this cursed ruffyen hath holden for esclaue and bonmayden And yet it suffysed hym not so to do / but he hath holden her in the publyke bordell as impudyke for to dyshonour and shame her for euer / but yet notwithstandynge his cruell malyce by the grace of god adiutory of you other lordes here present she hath preserued and kept her maydenheed wherof I thāke you cordyally And for that I and my doughter shall be beholden vnto you for to rendre vnto you as grete a pleasure / wherfore I requyre in the way of ryghtwysnes that ye do suche Iustyce vpō hym as belongeth to suche a cursed and meschaūt man for the retaynynge of my sayd doughter Than all the cytezyns sayd with one voyce / we wyll that he be brent in the myddes of the cyte Than anone a grete fyre was made in the market and the ruffyen was bounde to a pyler in the myddes therof / and so with grete payne and shame he fynysshed his dayes before all the people Thā sayd Tarcye to the esclaue that had kept her vyrgynyte and bought her lute / for the we le and seruyce that thou hast done to me I make the free of all seruage and thraldome / and here I gyue the an hondred besauntes of golde to make the a good man Than she gaue to all the women that were in the bordell grete fynaunce and ryches to th ende that they sholde leue theyr synne and go oute of that place After all these thynges done Appolyn arose out of his chayre and sayd to the prynce of the cyte O Anthigoras prynce of grete vertue and replete with boūte I thanke the of the grete goodnes and honoure that thou hast doone to me For by the I haue goten my moost welbeloued doughter And also all you noble cytezyns of mylytayne I thāke and remercy you of the grete debonayrte and frēdshyp that ye haue done vnto me and vnto my doughter / for by the grace of god and you she hathe yet her vyrgynyte maydenhede And for the goodnes that ye haue doone to me and to her I gyue you frely fyfty charges of syluer They seȳg his fraunchyse and good wyll thanked hym gretely / and for his sake they dyde do make an ymage or statute too his semblaūce all of fyne syluer / set it in the middle of the cyte The whiche statue helde in his hāde a shyppe / bytwene his armes his doughter Tarcie / and vnder his fete he helde the ruffyen in whose hādes was a wrytynge in golden lettres that sayd thus ¶ Appolin the noble kynge of Thyre by his lyberalyte and fraūchyse hath made of newe the walles of the cyte of Mylytayne / and fortefyed it with plente of treasoures and rychesses / for whose loue his doughter Tarcye vyrgyn pudyke and chaste the cytezyns of the sayd cyte hath do to be made this present ymage or statue ¶ Of the maryage of Anthygoras prynce of Mylytayne and of Tarcye kynge Appolyns doughter Ca. xxxiij A Certayne tyme after that Appolyn had gyuē his doughter Tarcye vnto Anthigoras for to be his wyfe as is aforesayd he anounced it to all the cytezyns / wherof they had grete Ioye and thā he prepayred and apparaylled all suche thynges as to the maryage apperteyned / and thā with grete magnyfycēce and glory the espousaylles were made the feest endured .viij. dayes whiche were to longe to tell And whā the feest was determyned Appolyn desyred sore for to retorne in to Thyre / wolde passe throughe the cyte of Tharcye for to be auēged on Tranquyle Dyonyse his wyfe He beynge in this purpose on a nyght he had a vysyō the
his moost beloued wyfe and espouse on lyue the whiche with his owne handes he hadde casten into the see / well may ye thynke that he had grete lyesse and Ioye / his sorowes were torned to myrthes and consolacyons He fyrst was vnfortunate lost londes / rychesses / wyfe / doughter / and al his other goodes / now he hath founde all agayne Thus the Ioye was so grete amonge theym that it can not be estemed / and anone it was spredde ouer all the countre that the abbesse had founde her husbande / wherof they of the cyte had grete Ioy / and put an other abbesse in her place And there they soiourned a certayne tyme and after they toke theyr leue thankynge the cytezyns and so departed mouÌ„ted vpon the se ¶ How Appolyn was crowned at Anthyoche / after retorned to the cyte of Tharcye caused execucyon to be done vpon Tranquyle Dyonyse his wyfe Ca. xxxvi Dyonyse Tranquyle APpolyn beynge vpon the see with his wyfe his doughter exployted so moche that they ariued at the cyte of Anthyoche / in the whiche cyte the crowne of the realme was kepte for Appolyn And there he was crowned with grete solempnyte and tryumphe was honourably receyued as to a kynge apperteyneth And than he departed thens retorned to his owne realme of Thyre where as he was also receyued with grete reuerence / and the feestes endured .viii. dayes for the loue of the quene and her doughter And for his welcome home he gaue vnto Anthygoras the sayd countree Than afterwarde they retorned vpon the see went so longe by theyr Iourneys that they aryued at the cyte of Tharcye / where as they were welcomed with grete Ioye And than Appolyn sent for Tranquyle and Dyonyse his wyfe / whan they were comen he went in to the myddes of the cyte stode vnder the ymage that was made to his symylytude / and torned hym to the people and sayd O you cytezyns of Tharcye ye haue caused me to endure many trybulacyons And they answered all nay lorde / but we alwayes haue sayd that the crowne of this cyte shold remayne to you for the benefaytes that in tyme past ye haue doone vnto vs / we ben all content for to lyue and deye with you And that ymage shall be for euer a memoryall of your goodnes Therfore I sayd it sayd Appolyn / for whan I went last out of your cyte I left and gaue my doughter with grete ryches to nourysshe vnto Tranquyle Dyonyse his wyfe whan I retorned to fetch her they wolde not rendre her to me Dyonyse that herynge began for to saye How sholde we haue rendred her to you whan she was deed / and your owne selfe felt the sauour that came from her whan ye redde the superscrypcion of the monument that the cytezyns dyde make for the honour of her and the loue of you Than Appolyn was somwhat moeued with impacyence whan he herde how falsely she made her excuse and made to call forthe his doughter Tarcye tofore al the people / and than he sayd to her My fayre doughter now must ye bere wytnesse and recorde of your dethe Than the maden came tofore Dyonyse and sayd God saue the Dyonyse I am Tarcye whiche is rysen from dethe vnto lyfe Whan the cursed woman herde her speke thus she began for to tremble for feere and wyst not what to say Than Tharcye commauÌ„ded for to brynge forthe thesclaue that sholde haue put her to dethe And as soone as she was comen Tarcye sayd to her Theophyle knowe thou that I am Tarcye of whome thou wolde haue smyten of the heed / wherfore I am comen hyder for be auenged and do the same to the. And therfore tell here openly who commaunded the so to doo And thesclaue sayd / certaynly it was Tranquyle and Dionyse his wyfe / and so tofore the cytezyns he recounted al theyr fayte and false preposycyon of theym Whan the cytezyns herde and vnderstode this they cryed all with one voyce brenne them / brenne them And incontynent without longer abydyng was made two grete fyres and in the one they put Tranquyle / and in the other Dyonyse his wyfe / and thus they fynysshed theyr dayes for theyr falsenes Than they wolde haue brent thesclaue / but Tarcie saued her lyfe and sayd For that thou suffred me to saye my prayers I was delyuered from dethe / therfore I wyll that thou be saued / also I gyue the an C. besauntes of golde / make the fre of all seruage / wherof she thanked her / went her waye makynge grete Ioye that she was so escaped ¶ How Appolyn was crowned kynge of Penthypolytayne / after his wyfes fader Ca. xxxvii AFter al these thyÌ„ges abouesayd Appolyn thaÌ„ked humbly the cytezyns abode there halfe a yere / and he toke his leue honourably mounted vpon the see and came to the cyte of Terme where as his wifes fader reygned And whan he knewe that his sone Appolyn and his doughter Archycastres came to hym he went met them with a grete coÌ„pany of lordes welcomed theym hyghly And there they abode a yere in grete Ioye solace And at the ende of the yere kynge Archystrates deyed for aege / and Appolyn honourably made hym to be entyered But or he deyed he gaue to Appolyn the cyte and dyademe of Terme whiche he receyued and was crowned with grete nobles and magnyfycence / and the other parte of his realme he deuyded after his pleasaunce / and gaue the one halfe therof vnto Archycastres his doughter / and the other halfe he gaue to Tarcye the wyfe of Anthygoras / and after that the doole was made a yere And at the ende of the yere euery persone began for to reioyce them And vpon a daye as Appolyn and his wyfe were talkynge of one thynge and other done in tymes past he bethought hym on the poore fyssher the whiche hadde gyuen hym the halfe of his mantell / and forth with he sente for hym The poore man was sore afrayed whan he herde the maundement of the kynge for he thought nomore on it / and so he came all heuely afore hym / and thaÌ„ Appolyn sayd to the quene Here is the man by the occasyon whome I recouerd that whiche I hadde lost in the see For he gaue me the one halfe of his mantell / and shewed me the way for to come to this cyte / where as I was well receyued of my lorde your fader whome god pardon And than he toke the fyssher by the hande and sayd Be ye not remembred how ye saued me and conforted me whan I had loste my shyppes was caste naked on the see syde / the poore man sayd yes my lorde Certes sayd Appolyn I sayd to you that yf euer I came to myn aboue I sholde thynke on you / incontynent he gaue hym .i. besauntes of golde / and thre fayre houses in the cyte / so that he that was the poorest was made the rychest Than he sent for hym that had brought hym tydynges from Anthyoche that kynge Anthyogus was deed / and made hym ryche in lykewyse as he dyde the other ¶ How kynge Appolyn dysceased and his wyfe also / and how theyr sone possessed theyr realmes Ca. xxxviii BY processe and length of tyme kynge Appolyn had a sone by his wyfe Archycastres the whiche was kynge and reygned after theym in the realme of Thyre Than they retorned in to Anthyoche lyued there the space of .lxxiiii. yere in grete Ioye noblesse / peas and tranquylyte And thus in his lyfe he was kynge of Thyre of Anthyoche / and of Terme / and of dyuers other realmes the whiche he helde and mayteyned in good peas durynge his lyfe And durynge his dayes he wrote and put in remembraunce the fortunes and peryllous aduentures the whiche vnto hym were happened and comen / and he compyled .vi. volumes of bokes / of the whiche one remayned in the temple of Dyane in the londe of Ephesym The seconde in the cyte of Terme The thyrde in the cyte of Anthyoche The fourthe in the cyte of Mylytayne The fyfth in the cyte of Tharcye And the syxte in his realme gentyll of Thyre After all these thynges and many other he dysceased out of this worlde / and in deyenge he enbraced his wyfe and kyssed her in takynge his loue And she for veray pure sorowe and loue enbrac d hym and makinge grete lamentacyons and complayntes she gaue vp her spyryte with hym / wherfore the realmes made grete doles and sorowe And than they were bothe taken vp and layde in an arche of golde and they were sepultured accordinge to theyr estate And thus it pleased almyghty god to call theym to his reygne and to fynyssâ—â— theyr regall nobles whiche myght not alway endure ¶ Thus endeth the moost pytefull hystory of the noble Appolyn somtyme kynge of Thyre newly translated out of frensshe in to englysshe And enprynted in the famous cyte of London in the Fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de worde In the yere of our lorde M. d. and .x. the .xxviii. daye of the moneth of February The fyrst yere of the reygne of the moost excellent and noble prynce our ryght naturall and redoubted souerayne lorde kynge Henry the .viii. wynkyn de worde