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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10246	Argalus and Parthenia The argument of ye history. Written by Fra: Quarles.	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1629 (1629)	STC 20526; ESTC S112006	79,656	165

ARGALVS and PARTHENIA The Argument of ye History Written by Fra Quarles Lusit Anacreon London Printed for Iohn Marriott in S Dunston's Church-yard fleet street 1629. Tho Cecill sculp The minde of the Frontspiece Reader behinde this silken Frontspiece lyes The Argument of our Booke which to your eyes Our Muse for serious causes and best knowne Vnto her selfe commands should be vnshowne And therefore to that end she hath thought fit To draw this Curtaine t'wixt your eye and it TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE HENRY LORD RICH OF KENSINGTON EARLE OF HOLLAND CAPTAINE OF HIS M aties GVARD AND GENTLEMAN OF THE BED-CHAMBER CHANCELLOR OF THE VNIVERSITIE OF CAMBRIDGE KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER ONE OF HIS MAIESTIES MOST HONORABLE PRIVIE COVNSEL AND GREAT EXAMPLE OF TRVE HONOVR AND CHIVALRY FRA QVARLES PRESENTS AND DEDICATES HIS ARG ALVS AND PARTHENIA To the Reader Reader I Present thee here with a history of Argalus and Parthenia the fruits of broken houres I was a Sience taken out of the O●…chard of Sir Philip Sydney of pretious memory which I haue lately 〈◊〉 vpon a Crab-stocke in mine owne It hath brought ●…orth many leaues and promises pleasing frui●… if m●…leuolent eyes blast it not in the bud This Booke differs from my former as a Courtier from a Churchman But if any thinke it vn●… for one to play both parts I haue presidents for it And l●…t such know that I haue taken but one play-day in sixe Howeuer I should beshrew that hand that binds them all together to make one Volume In this D●…scourse I haue not affect●…d to set thy v●…derstanding on the Rack by the tyranny of strong lines which as they fabulously report of China dishes are m●…de for the third Generation to make vse of and are the meere itch of wit vnder the colour o●… which many haue ventured trusti●…g to the Oe●…ipean conceit of their ingenious Reader to write non-sense and felloniously father the crea●…ed expositions of other men not vnlike some painters who first make the picture then from the opinion of better iudgements conclude whom it resembles These lines ●…re strong enough for my purpose If not for thine yet reade them and your vnderstandings may bee magnified by their weaknesse Reader thou sh l●… in the progresse of this Story meet with a 〈◊〉 S●…licisme which is this Demagoras his so f●…ule a deed ●…ted vpon the faire Parthenia is fully exp●…st and yet the reuenge thereof p●…st ouer in silence wherein as I conceiue I haue not dealt vniustly When Prometheus stole fire from heauen to animate and quicken his artificiall bodies the seuerer Gods for punishment of so high a Sacriledge strucke him not d●…ad with a sudden Thunderbolt but to be more deeply auenged l●…t him liue to be tormented with Vulters continually g●…awing on his Liuor The s●…me kind of torture had Ixion so had Sisyphus so had Tantalus Did then Demagoras fault equall if not exceed theirs and should his punishment be l●…sse H●…d my pen deliuered him dead into your hands what could ye h●…ue had more His accursed memory had soone ro●…ted with his b●…ser name and there had beene an end of him In which respect I haue suffered him to liue that he might stand like a lack-a-Lent or a Shrouing Cocke for eue●…y one to spend a Cudgell at to the wo●…lds end Ladies for in yo●…r 〈◊〉 l●…ps I know this booke will choose to lye which being farre fetched if the Stationer be wise will be most fit for you my suit is that you would be pleased to giue the faire Parthenia your noble ●…ntertainment She hath crost the Seas ●…or your acquaintance and is come to liue and dye with you to whose gentle hands I recommend her and kisse them FR QV. Dublin this 4. of March 1628. ARGALVS AND PARTHENIA The first Booke WIthin the limits of th' Arcadian land Whose gratefull bounty hath inricht the hand Of many a Shepherd swaine whose rurall Art Vntaught to gloze or with a double heart To vow dissembled loue did build to Fame Eternall Trophies of a pastorall name That sweet Arcadia which in antique dayes Was wont to warble out her well-tun'd layes To all the world and with her oaten Reede Did sing her loue whilst her proud flocks did feed Arcadia whose deserts did claime to be As great a sharer in the Daphnean tree As his whose louder Aenead proudly sings Heroick conquests of victorious Kings There if th'exuberance of a word may swell So high that Angels may be said to dwell There dwelt that Virgin that Arcadian glory Whose rare composure did abstract the story Of true perfection modellizing forth The ●…eight of beauty and admired worth H●…r name Parthenia whose vnnam'd descent Can serue but as a needlesse complement To gild p●…rfection She shall boast alone What bounteous Art and Nature makes her owne Her Mother was a Lady whom deepe age More fi l'd with honour then diseases s●…ge A modest Matron strict reseru'd austere Sp●…ring in sp●…ch bu●… liberall of her eare Fi●…rce to her fo●…s and violent where she l kes Wedded to what her owne opinion strikes Fr●…quent quent in almes and charitable deeds Of mighty spirit constant to her beads Wisely suspitious but what need we other Then this she was the rare Parthenia's mother That rare Parthenia in whose heauenly eye Sits maiden-mildnesse mixt with Maiesty Whose secret power hath a double skill By frownes or smiles to make aliue or kill Her cheeks are like two bancks of fairest flowers Inricht with sweetnesse from the twilight showers Whereon those iarres which were so often bred Composed were betwixt the white and red Her haire raught downe beneath her yuory knees As if that Nature to so rare a piece H●…d meant a shadow labouring to show A●…d boast the vtmost that her hand could doe Like sm●…llest flaxe appea●…'d her Nymph like haire But only fl●…xe was not so small so faire H r lips like Rubies and you 'd thinke within In stead of teeth that orient Pearles had bin The whiten●…sse of her dainty n●…ck you know If euer you behold the new-salne Snow Her Swan-like brests were like two little Spheares Wherein each a zure line in view appeares Which were they obuious but to euery eye All liberall Arts would turne Astronomie Her sl●…nder wast her lilly hands her armes I dare not 〈◊〉 to view because all charmes Forbidden are My bashfull Muse descends No lower sleppe He●…e her Commission ends And by another vertue doth enioyne My pen to treate perfection more diuine The chast Diana and her Virgin-crew Was but a Type of one that should ensue In after ages which we find exprest And here fulfill'd in chasts Parthenia's brest True vertue was the obiect of her will She could no ill because she knew no ill Her thoughts were noble and her words not lauish Yet free but wisely waigh'd more apt to rauish Then to entice lesse beautify'd with art Then naturall sweetn sse In her gentle heart Iudgement

is the cause Who hath benumm'd thy heart If e're they goe Beyond their lists Parthenia made them so Withall be sure when ere thou shalt aduance The daughters vertues let the glory glance Vpon the prudent mother Women care not To heare too much of vertue if they share not When thus thou hast prepar'd her melting eare To soft attention closely in the reare Of thy discourse preferre thy sad petition That she would please to fauour the condition Of a distressed louer and afford In thy behalfe a mothers timely word So shalt thou wreck thy vengeance by a wilde And make the mother bawd to her owne childe He paused not but like a rash proiector Whose franticke passion was supreme director Fixt his first thoughts impatient of the second Which might bin betterd by aduise and reckon'd All time but lost which he bestowed not On th' execution of his hopefull plot Forthwith his nimble paces he diuided Towards the Summer Pallace where resided The faire Partheniaes mother boldly enters And after mutu●…ll complement aduenters To breake the yce of his dissembled griefe Thus he complaines and thus he begs reliefe Madam The hopefull thriuing of my suit depends Vpon your goodnesse and it recommends It selfe vnto your sauour from whose hand It must haue sentence or to fall or stand Thirce three times hath the Soueraigne of the night Repaird her empty hornes with borrowed light Since these sad eyes these beauty blasted eyes Were stricken by a light that did arise From your blest wombe whose vnasswaged smart Hath peirc'd my soule and wounded my poore heart It is the faire Parthenia whose diuine And glorious vertue led these eyes of mine To their owne ruine Like a wanton fly I dallied with the flames of her bright eye Till I haue burn'd my wings O if to loue Be held a sinne the guilty gods aboue Being fellow-sinners with vs and commit The selfe same crimes may eas'ly pardon it O thrice diuine Partheni●… that hast got A sacred priuiledge which the gods haue not If thou hast doom'd that I shall be bereauen Of my loath'd life yet let me dye for giuen And welcome death that with one happy blow Giues me more ease then life could euer doe Madam to whom should my sad words appeale But you Al●… to whom should I reueale My dying thoughts but vnto you that gaue Being to her that hath the power to saue My wasted life The language of a mother Moues more then teares that trickle from another With that a well dissembled drop did slide From his false eyes The Lady thus replyde My Honorable Lord If my vntimely answer hath preuented Some further words your passion would haue vented Pardon my haste which in a ruder fashion Sought onely to diuide you from your passion The loue you beare Parthenia must claime The priuiledge of mine eare and in her name Though from an absent mind as yet vnknowne Returne I thankes with intrest of my owne The little iudgement that the gods haue lent Her downy yeares though in a small extent Does challenge the whole freedome of her choyce In the resignement of a mothers voice The sprightly fancies of a virgins mind Enter themselues and hate to be confinde The hidden Embers of a louers fire Desire no bellowes but their owne desire And like to Dedalus his forge if blowne Burnes dimme and dyes blazes if let alone Louers affect without aduisement that Which being most perswaded to they hate My Lord adiourne your passion and refer The fortune of your suite to time and her Like to a Pinace is a louers minde The Saile his fancy is A storme of winde His vncontrouled passion the Stea●…'s His reason Rocks and Sinds are doubts and feares Your storme being great like a wise Pilot beare But little Saile and stoutly ply the Steare Leaue then the violence of your thoughts to me My Lord too hasty Gamesters ouersee Goe moue Parthenia and let Iuno's blessing Attend your hopefull suite in the suppressing Loues common euills and if her warme desire Show but a sparke leaue me to blow the fire Goe lose no time Louers must be laborious My Lord goe prosperous aud returne victorious With that Demagoras prostrate on the ground As if his eares had heard that blessed sound Wherewith the Delphian oracle acquites The accepted sacrifice performes the rites Of quicke deuotion to that heauenly voice Which fed his soule with the malignant ioyes Of vow'd reuenge vp from the floore he starts Blesses the tongue that bles●… him and departs By this time had the heauen-surrounding Steeds Quell'd their proud courage turn'd their fainting head Into the lower Hemispheare to coole Their flaming nostrills in the Westerne poole When as the dainty and mollitious ayre Had bid the Lady of the Pallace share In her refined pleasures and inuited Her gentle steps fully to be delighted In those sweet walkes where Flora's liberall hand Had giuen more freely then to all the land There walked she and in her va●…ious minde Proiects and casts about which way to finde The progresse of the yong Partheniaes heart Likes this way then a second thought does thwart The first Likes that way then a third the second One while she likes the match and then she reckon'd Demagoras vertues now her feare entices H●…r thoughts to alter then she counts his vices Sometimes she cals his vowes and oathes to minde Another while thinkes oathes and words but winde She likes dislikes Her doubtfull thoughts doe vary Resolues and then resolues the quite contrary One while she feares that his maligne aspect Will giue the virgin cause to disaffect And then propounds to her ambitious thoughts His wealth the golden couer of all faults And from the Chaos of her doubt digests Her feares creates a world of wealth and rests With that she straight vnfixt her fastned eyes From off the ground and looking vp espyes The faire Parthenia in a louely bowre Spending the treasure of an euening houre There sate she reading the sweet-sad discourses Of Charicleas loue the entercourses Of whose mixt fortunes taught her tender heart To feele the selfe same ioy the selfe same smart She read she wept and as she wept she smil'd As if her ●…quall eyes had reconcilde The extremes of ioy and griefe she closde the booke Then op'ned it and with a milder looke She piti●…s louers musing then a while She teaches smiles to weepe and teares to smile At length her broken thoughts she thus discouers Vnconstant state of poore distressed louers Is all extreame in loue No meane at all No draughts indifferent either honey or Gall Hath Cupids Vniuerse no temp'rate Zone Either a torrid or a frozen one Alas alas poore louers As she spake Those words from her disclosed lips there brake A gentle sigh and after that another With that steps in her vnexpected mother Haue ye beheld when Titans lustfull head Hath newly di●…'d into the seagreene bed Of Thet is how the bashfull Horizone Enfore'd to see what should