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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08389	La stratonica, or, The unfortunate queen a new romance / written in Italian by Luke Assarino and now Englished by J.B.; Stratonica. English	Assarino, Luca, 1602-1672.; Burbury, John.; Cartolari, Giovanni Battista.	1651 (1651)	Wing A4016A; ESTC R218449	91,350	186

of those Woods and the scourge of those Countreys They related many murthers done by her they recounted many slaughters of herds of Cattel Every one blessed the wounding Hand and cursed a thousand times the unlucky Beasts The bravery of Antiochus was spoken of by all and inserted in their hearts a wonderful reverence He commanding a fresh Horse to be brought him after he had ordered some horse-loads of his game to be carried along set on towards Damascus Sighs were the Heralds of his coming and Fears the companions of his journey The unfortunate Prince rode perpending if by Fortune his Queen were to be appeased by the Present of those Beasts He studied what means would be the fittest to present them unto her O Gods What does not an enamored Heart ruminate When he arrived at the City the Discourses were great about the danger and the prey The King embracing his Son praised him modestly and heard with much pleasure of the Lords that were with him the Courage and Bravery he had shewn Great Actions have more lustre in yong men then old To be greater in Age is to be less in Admiration for a great Age obliges to grave Things Youth is so Beautiful that even the Actions it does learn of it beautiful Qualities Stratonica being come to behold Antiochus his game shewed very much joy in commending him highly and was glad on his behalf that he had without harm escaped such a danger Her serene Countenance and sweet Presence had the power to deceive a second time the unfortunate Prince He when he had presented her with the prey and passed some fine Complements with her had no opportunity of finding her alone by himself to assure himself if truly she had left her first rigor But when he had a time very fit for this tryal the Queen shewed her self to him very severe and reserved as if that she had not been the Woman that had courted him before in that maner Antiochus would have spoken and put in execution his design determined in the Wood but had not the courage to do it He knew very well the cruelty of his Fate and had not the power to defend himself from it with any thing but silence Lovers resolutions are Mists They condense in the absence of the party beloved but vanish at her presence as at the Suns rayes The will of a Lover like one that is bound may move but not determine actions The unfortunate Youth departed from his Mistress in that maner as if his departure had been liker a flight then a going away He wept not he no longer bewailed his ill fortune his grief was so great that it found no more tears nor words Now he took a pleasure in being desperate for onely in despair he had placed all his hopes He desired to die and the sooner to die he studied how he might leave the Court He feared that a look of Stratonica would one day or other by asswaging his torments make them longer-lived These things designed in his minde made him seem pensive in the eyes of his acquaintance His conceits and witty mirth in Conversation forsook him and every day they saw him more solitary and retired Melancholly now encamping it self in his Face painted in his Eyes a Lead-colour and a paleness in his Cheeks He no longer lifted up his sight towards his cruel Mistress for Nature had taught him not to look on what had killed him Having lost the pleasure of Eating and the case of Sleep Leanness with a horrible extenuation began to consume all his Flesh Onely broken sighs were heard to come from him which resembling Musket-noises informed them with a small report that Death now made a breach in the Rock of his Heart These Mutations being noted by the Court gave matter to various Discourses and Whisperings Every one pitied the disasters of that Antiochus who not onely for being their Prince but for being so good and so just to the vassallages of their Bodies had the power to joyn that of their Mindes They attributed to several Causes the Effect of this his Indisposition Some said it proceeded from weariness and disorder caused by Hunting others affirmed that it grew of some secret Witchcraft This swore it came from his own Saturnine Complexion and Melancholly which in the flower of Youth uses to turn to a hectique Feaver Stratonica who faw in his sad Face the Effects of an unknown disease to encrease every day could do no less but bewail with the Tears of Affection more then Maternal the lost Health of so dear a Son-in-law Though she as obliged by the Laws of Honesty appeared externally rigorous yet internally loved her dearest Prince more then her self And how could she ever hate him who had not offended her in any thing but in serving her too much The amorous Queen remembred point by point all the Favors which the courteous Youth had ever done her O barking Remembrances she said ye truly upbraid my Ingratitudes to me with an eternal Reproach But alas what should I do Heaven forbids me to love him as a Lover my Honor interdicts it I would do it howsoever but what avails it me if when I have done it he hath not returned my Love What can I expect from one who complies not with me Ye see well O Heavens if I have not given him occasions with what prejudice too to my decorum So Stratonica spake to her self and bewailed her self But Seleucus above all as a Father to whom the Interest of an only Son imported the whole sum of his happiness was afflicted in that maner that little less then Antiochus he was pitied of the Court. The good King was distracted in thinking what it was that could ever have reduced to that state his dear Son He consulted his wisest Counsellors he asked Stratonica's opinion and above all he enquired with all diligence of the Troop of Domestiques which attended his Person if by chance the yong Youth had committed any disorder of which might be bred this indisposition He would not ask him himself of it for fear of displeasing him He onely asked him what he had a minde to Every thing my Son is obedient to thy beck so that thou be merry so that thou tell me if any thing discontents thee wherein I may give thee consolation this Scepter can have no greater Glory then to be employed for thee And of what use would this Scepter be to me without thee Alas it can do me no pleasure unless it be supported by thy right hand All my hopes hang on the thrid of thy life Have then a care of thy self O dearest Antiochus Thou seest that at the very same time thou hast a care of me too So spake the disconsolate Seleucus and could hardly forbear weeping The Prince who long had desired occasion to beg leave of his Father to depart from the Court having the opportunity to effect his desire returned this answer Sir What it is that I

matter provided that I had not wanted the second To be born in Apelles his time and painted by him is to have as it were the priviledge of being twice born That Being which Apelles hath given me envies that of Jupiter because it hath no life that envies this because it is not subject to death The Ambassadors taken up with such like thoughts said 'T was happier to be a Picture and have always the sight of Stratonica then a man and not present in that place Man hath no happier Deceit to feign himself a Deity then the Art of Painting It is a glorious thing to know how to make a Body it would be more glorious to know how to form a Soul but if the Soul were a visible Object so much imitation hath intrenched on sacred things the Painter would give life to his Pictures But the Ambassadors returned to Seleucus among the most memorable things they had seen in their journey related to him the story of that Picture The King beleeving what they said in the praise of Stratonica's Beauty and enticed with the Fame of Apelles his Art was presently on fire for the same A Gentleman to that end was dispatcht to the Painter with order to pay him for that piece any sum he should demand provided he would part with it Apelles as soon as he had heard what Seleucus desired much lamented his ill fortune which always endeavored to deprive him of so precious a Jewel In the end having very well considered what was best to be done he refused the Money and delivered the Picture It is needful to sell dearly to Princes or to give freely to them the first is more secure the latter would be Nobler if many great persons hated not the actions in private men which having more of greatness then the state of a private life requires resemble the actions of a Princely Minde The Picture being come to Seleucus his hands it is impossible to describe his astonishment at it Those Eyes and that Face which were nothing but shadows joyned together darted such a light on the old mans Minde that they dazled his Reason and inflamed his Heart Seleucus grown a Lover what childish things fell not he into what indignities did he not commit Made an Idolater of a Goddess more conceived in Opinion then Essence while he adored the Copy he sighed for the Original He spake to himself and had no Body with him at that time when his business gave him leave to be alone he beheld it reverenced it kissed it being onely so happy in his unhappiness as he could when he pleased satisfie himself with those shadows of Beauty which in being onely shadows were extreamly like Beauty Having thus with the memory of Stratonica oftentimes an occasion of remembring Demetrius and thinking very seriously on the credit and glory he had purchased in the Wars he resolved for the love of his Daughter or as Plutarch rather sayes to strengthen himself with a potent Kings friendship To request her in Marriage Ambassadors being therefore dispatcht to Demetrius he expected the issue of the Embassie with great uncertainty of Minde Demetrius was a very wise Prince though lascivious And though he was then in that condition that it seemed easie to him to aspire to the Empire of all Asia yet considering that nothing was less certain then Martial Expeditions he neglected not the means to fortifie himself with that assistance which he judged to be best against the assaults of all sudden Accidents whatsoever Having therefore understood the Kings minde he not onely was well pleased with the offer of his Alliance but likewise resolved to conduct the Bride himself into his Kingdom The Ambassadors returning to Seleucus with so fortunate an Answer so transported him with joy that he was almost distracted He no sooner had heard that news but he was all a fire to celebrate the Nuptials He therefore gave order to Antiochus his Son to prepare himself speedily with the greatest Princes and Lords of the Court to be gone towards Bursia and from thence to accompany Demetrius and the desired Stratonica Antiochus who was a youth of great hopes and of an age ripe for marriage without doubt seemed fitter for that match then Seleucus but he that with the colour of his hair had not changed yet the vigor of his minde being still in an age that could command in Loves assaults and preferring his own pleasure before his Sons would have her for himself All things being ready Antiochus departed with a very good attendance of the noblest of the Kingdom and carrying with him very fair Presents in less then eight days arrived in Bursia Demetrius who then was come back from the Expedition against Ptolomy there received him with great Demonstrations of kindness and presented him to Stratonica who was lodged in the end of the Pallace His Reception was glorious and the Complements which passed between them confirmed their affection and mutual Devotion The eyes of the Prince which were eager in gazing on Stratonica's face should in reason have caused a sudden fainting in his heart yet his inward alteration was not great were it that Antiochus being yong and not knowing the true value of Beauty was not ripe yet for Love or were it as 't is more credible that Love being to win him by little and little could not with those first flashes kindle a fire which could be perceived All Demetrius his Court was full of joy for so great a Persons coming and many Shows and Feasts were ordained in the City to entertain him the more honorably While they were thus employed in Bursia Seleucus who had no other life but what the hope gave him of soon being in his Mistrisses arms solicited with frequent and indefatigable Posts Antiochus his return The hours of the day too too fleet and soon gone seemed Ages to him He was offended with himself that his Scepter wanted Power to invert the Motions of the Celestial Machines to make that Day instantly come which was to illuminate his Nuptials They are extream in their affections who are in the extremity of fortune A Prince that resembles a God is angry to do things like a man He thinks it a defect if his Power be not as ready in performing as his Will is in desiring whence running to the end of his desires the shortest way he invades and overthrows oftentimes all the humane and sacred respects which do thwart him In the end after three Moneths which were spent by Demetrius in preparing all things needful for the Voyage and expecting a time fit to sayl in he departed with Fila his wife Stratonica and Antiochus and arriving at Nicomedia where a gallant Navy was in order for that purpose he embarqued himself for the coast of Soria 'T was then the Moneth of June from whose serene Majesty the fearful Winds flying durst build no more clouds in the Heavens nor erect any Waves in the Sea The Fleet sayled on