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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06169	A margarite of America. By T. Lodge	Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.	1596 (1596)	STC 16660; ESTC S106883	66,156	96

first slew them And heauen inioies their soules tho earth doth rew them Since beautie then and vertue are departed And faith growes faint to weep in these their fading And vertuous pitie kind and tender hearted Died to behold fierce furies fell inuading Vouch safe ye heuens that fame may haue in keeping Their happy and thrice blessed names for whome Both vertue beautie pittie died with weeping And faith is closed in this marble tombe This register of his loue did Arsinous with many teares write ●pon the toobme of his deceased sonne in law daughter who had no sooner furnished the funeralles but Phidias a page of Philenias who during the mortall debate bloudy massacre had hid himself in a thicket and ouerheard the whole discourse of Arsadachus repaired to the court who calling Arsinous aside with pitious teares discoursed vnto him the whole tragedy in such ruthfull manner as that it was hard to say whether the lad in bewraying it or the father in hearing it were more compassionate The old man certified the truth though scarce able yet smothered his griefes till oportunitie offered suffering the emperour like a wise man to follow his owne course who the next morning assembling his nobilitie forgot not Arsadachus who making semblance to haue but new inteligence of the murther of Minecius his loue repaired to the Court in mourning apparrell and being present when the matter was debated seemed to weepe bitterlie crying out on the emperour for Iustice exclaiming on the iniquitie of time the crueltie of men and tyrany of loue Protomachus was not a little pleased herewith neither was Margarita aggreeued to heare it but Arsinous boyled in choler to see it at last it was found out by a scarfe which Brasidas had let fall and was after taken vp by one of those who fled that he was at the murther whereupon his absence was sufficient to conuic● him and Arsadachus called forth to answere for him in that he was his attendant spake thus Noble emperor the gods that haue placed thee in thy kingdome shal beare me witnes how I grieue this accident willingly would reuenge it and since my follower to my defame hath as it is supposed bin a principall vouchsafe me noble emperour licence for a time to depart to Cusco where I will both discharge my choller purge my griefe and be so reuenged of Brasidas who as I heare is fled and by the token is guilty as all the world shall ring of the iustice and ridde me of suspition The emperour not hearing one that dared say his letters should suffice endeuouring himselfe to seeke the confederates and because by his lookes he perceiued some discontents in Arsadachus he sought al the means he could to please him and remembring himselfe that those good deeds which are done to our self beloued are esteemed as to our selfe he highly promoted Thebion thinking thereby to winne the heart of Arsadachus so that he pretermitted no consultations where Thebion was not chiefe neither bestowed benefits wherein he had no part The yong prince measuring al this according to the corrption of his nature supposed these fauors were but to sound him and that Thebion being wonne by benefits would easily consent to bewray him whereupon he conceiued a deadly hate against him and perseuered it so long till he effected it in this maner to his death For knowing that Margarita deerely loued him ayming all her fashions to his fancies hir behauiours to his humors he began anew to cloake with her shewing her ●o vndoubted signes of assured affection that she seemed in a paradise of pleasure to see his pliantnes and hauing with sweete words trained her to his lewer he attended such an occasion as that he found her alone walking in the priuie garden in her meditations for those that loue much meditate oft where nying her with a courtly salute he thus found her affection Faire Princesse if either my vnfained loue haue any force or your vertuous nature true compassion I hope both my sorrowes shal be pittied and my discontents succored Why what aggreeueth my deere Lord said Margarita and heartily she sighed in saying so is either our court vnpleasant our entertainement vnworthie our ladies vnapt to worke your delights beleeue me good prince if Mosco cannot suffice to please you Europe and the worlde shall be sought to satisfie you Kinde words good madam said Arsadachus act and silence must content me which if you will vnder the faith of a noble and famous princesse promise me I shall be heades man to pray for your happinesse and rest yours vnfained in all seruice and loyaltie Margarita hauing gotten such an oportunitie to please him both vowed and reuowed all secrecie swearing although it were with the hasard of hir life to do whatsoeuer him best liked and conceale whatso it please him to discouer so great is the simplicitie of women who are soone led where they most like Arsadachus finding the iron hot thought good to strike the fruit ripe began to gather the floure springing ceased not to water and thus began to worke her True it is madam that where loue hath supremacie all other affections attend on it so that neither the eie beholdeth neither the sent smelleth nor the eare heareth neither the tongue speaketh any thing but is to the honour of the best beloued this finde I true in my selfe who since I surrendred you the sort of my fancie finde my delights metamorphosed into yours ye so much am I tied vnto you as that danger which either attempteth or toucheth you or any of yours wholly attainteth me The proofe wherof you may perceiue in this that hauing heard through my intire acquaintance with Thebion a certaine resolued determination in him to make your father away by reason of his familiar accesse to his maiestie euerie morning I could not choose but discouer his drift vnto you sweete Princesse whose dangers must needely second your fathers subuersion Thebion said Margarita alas my lord what reason should moue him hereunto since no one is more fauoured by my father then he● can fauour possibly be requited with such falshood Doubt you it said Arsadachus why madam where is greater treason then there where is least mistrust vnder the cleare Christ all lurketh the mortall worme vnder the greene leafe the greedie serpent and in fairest bosomes are falcest hearts Thinke not that liberallitie hath any power in depraued minds for whereas the thoughts hant after emperie hem● are each supposes faith dieth truth is exiled nulla fides regni if you haue read histories you shall finde that they soonest haue supplanted their Princes who haue bin least suspected as may appeare by Giges and other cast therefore hence my deare ladie all thought of excuse and bethinke you of preuention for it is greater wisedome to see and preuent then to heare and neglect Thebion hath conspired and doth conspire resoluing with himselfe to vsurp the empire murther Protomachus banish you all

ceased and Philenia blushed Minecius to cut off these mute melancholies of his mistresse gaue the dagger a new haft turning ouer the leafe to a second discourse ministring Arsadachus by that meanes occasion to court Margarita and himselfe opportunitie to pacifie Philenia who by the carriage of her eie shewed the discontent of her mind In short words Arsadachus so behaued himselfe with his Mistresse that neither Tiberius for his eie neither Octauius for his affabilitie neither Alexander for his scarre nor Cicero for his mole were so much commended noted as the yong Cuscan was for his behauior Lord how demurely would he loooke when he thought most deuillishly how could he fashion himselfe to haunt there where he did most hate to smooth ●holer vnder colour of friendship so that Margarita laughed for ioy to see his grauitie Minecius admired to behold his demeanour but Philenia mistrusted his double and sinister subtilties In a word as the day succeedeth the night and the shutting vp of the euening is followed by the serenitie of the morning so time passed so long til the present day aproched wherein the marriage was to be solemnised whereon the emperor the ●ore to dignifie the nuptials countenanced the marriage with his presence Thither likewise resembled the flower of the nobilitie and Ladies among whom Margarita was not least sumptuous for on that day hir apparel was so admirable hir cariage behauior so execelent that had the wisest Cato beheld her he would haue in some parte dismissed his stoical seueritie hir golden haires curled in rich knots and enterlaced with rich bands of diamonds and rubies seemed to s●aine Apollos golden bush enuirond with hir wreath of chrisolites her eies like pure carbuncles seemed to smile on the roses of her cheekes which consorted with the beautie of the lillie made her beutie more excelent her eies briars like the net of Vulcan polished out of refined threeds of sine ebonie her alablaster neck was encompassed with a coller of orient perle which seemed to smile on her teeth when she opened her mouth claiming of them some consanguinitie her bodie was apparrelled in a faire loose garment of greene damaske cut vpon cloth of tissue and in euerie cut was inchased a most curious Iewell wherein al the escapes of Iupiter the wanton delights of Venus and the amorous deceits of Cupid were cunningly wrought Thus attired she attended the bride being hir selfe waited on by a troupe of beautifull dainsels that day Arsadachus though with little deuotion accompanied the Emperour being that day clothed in red cloth of golde betokening reuenge It were a vaine matter to reckon vp the order of the bridegroome the maiestie of his fauorers the maner of the lords and ladies the sumptuousnes of the feasts and triumphs the harmonie and musicke in the temples sufficeth it that by the consent of Arcinous Philenia was betrothed to Minecius who seeing the day welnigh spent the time conuenient to depart to his castell after he had with humble reuerence inuited the emperor his daughter with the other Princes the next day to his festiual which he had prepared in his owne house made all things in a readines and departed hauing receiued by the emperor and Arcinous many rich rewards Arsadachus seeing the long desired houre of his delights at hand stole out of the courte in great secret to his lodging where arming himselfe according as Thebion had giuen him instructions and attended by Brasidas and other Cusca●s his trustie followers he presently posted vnto a groue thorow which the new married couple should needly passe where he priuily hid himselfe and his ambush By that time the bright and glorious light of heauen abasing himselfe by degrees reposed his sweatie steedes in the soft bosome of cleere looking Eurotas and euening the fore-messenger of the night had haled some starres to illuminate the hemisphere when as Minecius in the top of al his felicities accompanied with his faire Philenia and other folowers without either suspect of treason or other trouble entred the wood and through the secretnesse thereof hied them toward their determined abode But al the way Philenia took no comfort dreadfully suspecting the subtile dealings of Arsinous and oft she sighed and often she dropt downe lillies on the roses of her face or rather such sweete teares wherewith the blushing morne enchaseth the soft Hyacinth Minecius seeing her in these passions perswaded her vnto patience but euen as according to the opinion of Aristotle lions beares eagles griffins and al other birds and beasts whatsoeuer are then more egre and cruel when they haue yong ones so Philenia hauing now a second care annexed to her owne safetie which was for her deere husband could not cease to perplexe her selfe and to feare for him Long had they not trauelled but they discouered the ambush and the ambush assaulted them among which Arsadachus greatly disguised as he that enuied the fortunes of Minecius tooke holde on the reines of Phileniaes palfrey whilest Thebion and Brasidas with others with their naked swordes beganne to assault Minecius and his followers He that hath seene the faul●on seizing his keene talents in the flesh of a sillie doue and playing his sharp bill on her soft feathers might haue thought on Arsadachus who no sooner tooke holde on her but pulling the maske from her face enforced many violent kisses on her soft lips whilest she exclaiming on the name of Minecius and crying help repulsed the iniuries with her white hands which were iniuriously offred to her delicate face Minecius suspecting no more then was true and vnable to endure further violence deemed it greater honor to die in defence of his mistresse then beholde the impeach of her credit left his companions who fled and with naked sword smote Arsadachus a mightie blowe on the helme through which he staggered and lost his hold-fast then renewing his mistresse which was almost dead for feare hee boldly spake thus to Arsadachus Traitor and coward that in time of peace goest thus armed and with vniust armes assaultest naked knights if any sparke of honor raigne in thee giue me armes and weapons if thou seek my life take it from me with courage like a knight not by treason like a coward if my Loue I pray thee take these eies from their sight these handes from their sense and this tongue from his speech for whilest the one may see the other fight and the third threaten thou shalt haue no part of that wherein my felicity is reposed thus saying he remounted Philenia whilst he was thus occupied Arsadachus swelling with impatience after he had bin animated by his followers replied thus Soft amorous sir this is no meate for your mowing you best were rather to fall to your prayers then to vse prating to beseech for life then to seech loue for assure thy selfe there is no way with thee but death nor no loue for Philenia but mine This said he gaue Minecius a mightie stroake on