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A43266	The triumphs of love and constancy a romance, containing the heroick amours of Theagenes & Chariclea : in ten books / the first five rendred by a person of quality, the last five by N. Tate.; Aethiopica. English	Heliodorus, of Emesa.; Person of quality.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1687 (1687)	Wing H1374; ESTC R9072	185,782	392

Arsace was enrag'd hereat and commanded her to be struck Carry said she this Victim bound as she is to let her Lover see how gloriously she returns his Constancy command Euphrates to load her all over with Chains and leave them together till the Persian Magistracy shall be assembled to morrow for her Condemnation By this time the Maid that serv'd the Wine was brought in She was an Ionian Slave and the same that by Arsace was appointed to wait on Chariclea Whether therefore she was mov'd with kindness to her or by Divine Impulsion she sigh'd and wept most bitterly O wretched Creature said she and void of all Crime The standers-by being in wonder hereat and urging her to speak plainly she confessed that she her self gave the Poyson to Cybele having receiv'd it first from her to administer it to Chariclea That whether it was through concern at so unwonted a Practice or whether mistaking the Signs of Cybele ordering to minister first to Chariclea she changed the Cups and gave the Poyson to the Old Lady She was therefore led to Arsace as thinking she should please her in clearing Chariclea But when she had given her this account Arsace commanded her also to be taken into Custody as an Accomplice in the fact and to be kept for the next days Session She also summon'd the Persian Magistrates by Messengers to be ready When therefore they were sat early in the morning Arsace gave in her Accusation telling all that had past condoling also with Tears the loss of the person that bred her who was dearer to her than her life appealing to the Judges with how much courtesie she had treated the stranger who in return had done her such Injury Chariclea answer'd nothing to the Charge but confest the Crime affirming that she gave the Poyson adding also that she would likewise have taken off Arsace had she not been prevented For having told her resolutions over-night to Theagenes and conferr'd with him she resolv'd to undergo any manner of Death to depart from a life so full of trouble of implacable Fortune and endless Wanderings she there bid him her last farewel The Bracelet and Jewels with the rest that were expos'd with her which she always secretly preserv'd she now placed next to her Body carrying as it were with her the Rites of her Funeral She therefore own'd every Crime that was alledg'd and more than were charg'd For which reason the Judges hardly forbore from inflicting the outmost Tortures after the Persian manner yet moved with her Youth and Beauty they only sentenc'd her to die by Fire She was therefore seiz'd by the Guards and hurry'd forth beyond the Walls the Beadle continually crying out That it was for Poyson that she suffer'd a vast multitude from the City following them Some of them had seen her led to Tryal others by reason of the rumour spread all over the City came to have a view of her Arsace was also present and sat a Spectator on the Wall For it would have troubled her not to have beheld Chariclea suffer When therefore the Officers had raised a great Pile and set Fire thereunto Chariclea begg'd respite from those that led her saying That she would of her own accord ascend the Pile O Sun and Earth she cryed out O powers above and you that below take Vengeance on wicked Souls you are witnesses that I am Innocent of all that is laid to my Charge But that I my self willingly submit to Death for the intolerable troubles which I sustain Receive me therefore with favour However take vengeance of this Arsace for whose crimes I suffer she is an Adultress and does this to deprive me of my Husband When she had thus spoken the people thouted some saying That she should be reserv'd for another Tryal others endeavouring to rescue her in the mean time she ascended the Pile where for a long while she stood unhurt the Fire rather circling about than approaching her serving only to make her Beauty more conspicuous and adorning the Pile as it were a Nuptial Bed. She passed from one part to another admiring at what happen'd and tempting Death but in vain for the flame still turn'd off from her The Officers in the mean time omitted nothing on their part Arsace also beckning to them from the Wall to do their duty wherefore they heap'd on more combustible matter Neither could they thus prevail The Citizens were troubled thinking there was some Divine Assistance and cry'd out That she was innocent Several approaching to the Pile took off the Torturers Thyamis beginning and encouraging the people thereunto for the clamour had now brought him abroad Being therefore desirous to deliver Chariclea they durst not themselves approach the Fire but call'd to her to come out for that there could be no danger for her to leave the Fire who had continu'd therein without hurt She hearing this and judging herself to be preserv'd by Divine Providence would not be Ingrateful and refuse their favour She therefore leapt down from the Pile As the Multitude for Joy and Amazement shouted out Arsace not able to bear it ran down from the Walls through a little Gate and with a strong Guard of Persians laid hands on Chariclea Then looking sternly upon the People Are you not asham'd said she to rescue from punishment a Woman that is a Witch and Poysoner by her own Confession While you give her aid you do violence to the Persian Laws to the Judges Deputy and King himself You are mistaken in imputing her delivery to the Gods Will you not come to your sences and find that this is the effect of her Witchcraft in which she has such command as even to restrain the power of Fire Assemble therefore to morrow in Common Council and you shall not only hear her Confession but also those of her Accomplices whom I have in Custody Herewithal she led her away herself going next to her and commanding the Guards to keep off the Crowd But the People were enrag'd part of them had thoughts of resistance part of them having still some suspicion of her Witchcraft and the rest fearing the Power of Arsace Chariclea therefore is once more deliver'd to Euphrates and loaded with more Irons reserved for a second Sentence and Execution But still blessing her fortune in seeing Theagenes and conferring with him about what had passed For Arsace had so order'd it out of Malice that the young pair might behold each others misery and be mutually afflicted with each others sufferings For she knew that the torment of the person belov'd more affected the Lover than the party that suffer'd But it was by them esteem'd as an Advantage to see each others Constancy It was some relief to converse together and comfort one another with the consideration that what they endur'd was upon the account of Truth and Vertue After they had till midnight discours'd in such a manner as was proper for Lovers that were never more to

and time wherein you suffered this great conflict in your Spirits Anon I will inform you he replyed now it is time to appease our appetite and content our belly which drawing us away how great soever the business be we have in agitation is properly called pernitious by the admirable Homer But first following the percepts of the Aegyptian Wisdom let us offer the first fruits of our repast to the Gods a custom I shall never violate and my grief how strong soever it is shall never prevail with me so far as to blot out of my memory the divine powers and the honour I am bound to render them Then pouring on the Earth clear water out of a Vial I offer he said this effusion to the Gods of Aegypt and of Greece to Apollo of Delphos and to Theagenes and Chariclea the best and noblest therefore I think it lawful to number them amongst the Gods With this he wept making a second offering of his tears to sorrow Knemon was amaz'd to hear these names and began to take a stricter veiw of the Old Man How say you Father said he are Theagenes and Chariclea your Children They are replyed the Old Man my Children born without a Mother for the Gods have miraculously been pleased that I should get them by accident and be delivered of them not without the grief and passions of my Soul. My Love though not my Nature was a Father to them so they esteemed and called me But tell me how came you to know them I do not only know them answered Knemon but I am able to assure you they are in health and safe Oh Apollo and all other Gods cryed the Old Man inform me in what part of the world they live I will esteem thee my Preserver and the Equal of my happiest Stars But what will you give me said Knemon For the present said he my thanks a grateful heart accounted the fairest present a wise man can receive I have known some would treasure up this gift as their best riches but if the Gods please I shall recover my own as I have their promise it shall be shortly I will reward you nobly make you a rich Man Said Knemon you promise things future and uncertain I look for present pay Let me know what it is you demand said the Old Man do you see any thing you would have If it be any part of my body I will cut it off and esteem my self the sounder Man. It is only this said Knemon that you will truly relate to me of whence they are their Parents and their Fortunes A great Donative replyed the Old Man There is no other comparable to it though you had asked all the riches of the Earth and Sea but you shall have it only first let us take a little repast for it will be a long time of imployment for us both mine to relate and yours to hear When they had now filled themselves with Nuts Figgs new pulled Dates and such like Fruits whereon the Old Man used to feed for he never eat any thing that had life taken from it they drank the pure ' Water but Knemon pure Wine After they had a while kept silence Father you are not ignorant said Knemon how good a companion Bacchus is how much he delights in Entertainments Verse and Stories he hath now taken up his lodging in my Brain and makes me extreamly covetous of the reward you promised me and therefore Father it is now time you bring these persons upon the Stage I will replyed the Old Man and I wish with all my heart the honest Nausicles had been with us who hath often been earnest with me to discourse these passages but I have still put him off from time to time Where is he said Knemon hearing him name Nausicles He is gone a hunting said the Old Man not to chase Beasts but wilder Creatures that are called Men and Heardsmen but they are Thieves and not without much difficulty to be taken the pernicious Otters live in such an Island of invincible Earth and Water But how have they offended him They have said the old Man robbed him of an Athenian Gentlewoman named Thesbe Oh ho said Knemon and took himself in the manner and so stopped his Speech The old Man asking him what was the matter Knemon diverted him to another consideration I wonder said Knemon under the assurance of what forces he durst fall upon these Robbers the great King replyed the Old man hath made Oroondates his Lieutenant of Aegypt by whose command Mitranes Captain of the Garrisons is billeted in this town for our defence and Nausicles with a great sum of Mony hath procured him to lead his Horse and Foot against the Islanders being in an extream rage that they should take from him this Athenian Woman not only because she is his friend and playeth curiously upon the Lute but principally because as he telleth me he was to carry her to the King of Aethiopia to be near the Queen to pass her time and teach her the fashions and the language of the Grecians the spite to lose so great a remuneration as he expected makes him now use all the Engines of his wit and power to recover her I my self have been a Principal in perswading and encouraging him because so happily I may come to find my Children Enough said Knemon let us now leave talking of Herdsmen and Thieves Lieutenants Captains and Kings for I protest you had almost insensibly stollen away my Mind to a new Matter making a long Preface nothing to my purpose therefore I pray you bring about your Oration to the Path you promised me for methinks I see the Pharian Proteus revived in you not that you turn your self into as many commentitious Species and fluxive Forms appearing and vanishing but that you would transform me and change the Mould of my Imagination I will recount the Truth unto you said the old man without disguises whatsoever you are pleased to think of me but first I will make you a brief Discovery of my own Fortune because theirs depends upon it There City of Memphis is my Countrey my Fathers Name was Calasiris so is mine my present condition is no better than a poor Pilgrim that was sometimes in that City honoured with the Charge of the Chief Priest I had a Wife by the Institutions of our Town but I lost her by the Law of Nature After she was departed from her mortal Body to eternal Rest for a while I lived and felt not Misery commforting my self in my two Sons she had left me but it few years my better Stars having finished their prescribed Circle the Face of my Affairs began to change and Saturn with an ill Aspect beheld our House threatning the Ruine of it which I had wisdom to foresee but no power to prevent for any man may prediscover the immutable Decrees of Fate but no man can avoid them only this good there is in Fore-sight that it