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A31021 Erotopaignion, or, The Cyprian academy by Robert Baron of Grayes-Inne, Gent. Baron, Robert, b. 1630. 1647 (1647) Wing B889; ESTC R17390 80,576 172

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top so that in Summer time the scorching Sunne could not offend any with intemperate heat there were such delicate shaddowes and in the Winter the chilly and sharpe windes found no passe the trees were so high and thick round about these ran silver streames whose sweet murmur as they gently tumbled over their beds of pebble stone did much adorne the pleasant solitarinesse of the place Opposite to the front of this strong structure was a large parke which for cheerefull risings of the ground for groves and rowsings for the Deere and for chrystall Rivolets of cleere water might compare with any In the Hall cost and invention strove for mastery so many Stories did so successively succeed one another that the most curious spectators eye though his admiration might dwell in each peece could find no cause of stay untill hee had overlook'd them all here he did recreate his active fancy with this varietie of pleasing objects Here might he perceive the ruddy bloud drawne out of Daphne's tender leggs by the enjurious thornes as she over-hastily fled from persuing Phaebus and her dishevell'd haire seemed to play with the warme breath of her following lover There might he behold sorowfull Venus bemoaning the violent death of her boreslaine minion Adonis and striving to wash away the clottered blood from his worried carkesse with her pearly teares which dropt from her tender eyes like a continued chaine of pearle ●gushing forth in such abundance as if her rubie blood had changed its naturall course and colour to run forth at the wide open sluces of her eyes She kist his pale lipps as if she would willingly have melted her sad heart to have restored them to fresh colour and breath into him another soule fit for her love Here might he espie Leander beating the swelling Helispont●ck waves with his weary limbs swimming to his expecting Hero whose painted torches seemed to burne as bright as those reall torches which by this time had inherited the set-Suns office There might hee discrie the rude mouthes of Acteons dogs fill'd with white foame greedy to dismember their brutified master and delacerate his limbes instead of the innocent beast he persued There griefe in the stead of gaine paine in the roome of pleasure seemed to bath its selfe in his sorrowfull eyes By this time our Spectators appetites began to solicite them in behalfe of their stomacks the colerick lookes knockt the trumpets sounded to supper and when the tables were with-drawne the Ladyes servants for the better entertainment of Flaminius being ambitious to exhibite all their forces to performe any thing that might conduce to his contentment presented him with this pastorall PROLOGVE Flambio APelles coveting to please your sight Prepos'd those various objects of delight To recreate your sent Her 's choyce perfumes Of unctious Narde and Aromatick fumes Our cost-neglecting cookes to please your tast Have drest choyce cates and veands of the best And to delight your tooth we all conspire To adde what 's corispond with that desire Lastly this pastorall our wits prepare Even as second course to feed your eare Expect no polish't linos no sublime straines But rurall Speech such as is vs'd 'mongst Swaines ACTUS 1. SCENA 1. Gripus Hegio VVHen gaudy Flora in her prime Observing it was Summer-time With fragrant flowers of each day Had made our mother Tellus gay The new borne plumed minstrills fills The si●iling heaven and ecchoing hills With chirping musick ev'ry grone Was made their quire Olympick Iove Commanded Aprels balmy shoures To refresh the March bred flowers And May perfection in each field To Aprels suckling babes to yield The spring p●●●umed this brood whose sm● The Phenix nest might paral●ll Now did approach the festivall Of god Silvanus nuptiall To his groue haunting Clarida Then all the Faun●s keept holyday The nimble faries danc't and all The dieties agresticall Cl●ius and kind Phisipile Vow'd loving Man and wife to be So Clodin did to Colatine So Serin to his Eglatine So Cloris did to Coridon And so delt sheapheards many a one At length imploring love to be So propitious vnto me To Mira the faire sheapheardesse In courteous wise I did addresse My hand my heart my cap my coyne With all the good I could conjoyne But she coy thing refus'd to prove What gentle Hymen is or loue As pevish Daphne fled away From the illustrator of the day Even so my sight coy Mira flies My sighes she slights my suit denies When glorious Sol hath turn'd his back And all the world is hung with black Sleepe natures soft-nurse flyes my eyes My mind 's ore-cast as are the skies I 'de rather fill a barne full then a bed More profit t is to have a crooked plough Still going then a tottering cradle rocke But more then that these I terme foolish men But foolish is the Amorists ep●hite Ou peut a peine aymer ensemble estre sage One scarse can be both wife and love together That ere will trust their honour in a Barke Made of so ●●ight weake bulrush as woman Apt every fleeting minute for to sincke it And how can●… thou expect fidelity In the disloyall sex call'd feminine Remember fiftie sisters Belus daughters Who all save one made of their husbands slaughters And both th' Atrides had their envied lives Endanger'd by the falsehood of their wives Euriphile false Hag her husband sould To Polinyces for a chaine of gould And Queene Euridice conspired How to deliver to grim visag'd death Her re●all Lord and husband to enthrone In his voyd roome her fancied Sonne in Law The fierce Medea did delacerate Absyrtus tender members to escape Her Fathers pursute if we may rely On the report of sage Antiquity Grip. Thou pleadst against thy selfe I le turn the point Of thy last daggar into thine owne breast Thou sayst Medea tore in twaine her brother Absyrtus t is confest ' t●as to discover Her ardent and firme setled desire To follow Jason ungratefull Jason Who after that left her and all her charmes To clap another Lady in his armes So have I seene a Horse-leach oft embrace Cleave to and hang upon some bloud-swoln face Till its owne turne be serv'd it holdeth fast Untill his panch be full then drop at last But to our ta●ke Penelope liv'd chaste Though twice five years her royall Lord was gone Did not Aeneas flie and leave his sword To let out over-credulous Dido's bloud When as Hiero blam'd his wife 'cause she Never inform'd him of his stinking breath I thought quoth she that all mens breaths smelt so Arria when Petus was condem'd to dye First stab'd her selfe then giving him the steele This wound deare Petus grieves me not quoth she But that which thou must give thy self grieves me The Minians wives having obtained leave To say valete to their dying Lords Exchang'd their habits and expos'd themselves In their escaped Spouses roomes unto The penalty of the offended Law Dona the partner of her husbands woe With him