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A02157	Planetomachia: or the first parte of the generall opposition of the seuen planets wherein is astronomically described their essence, nature, and influence: diuersly discouering in their pleasaunt and tragicall histories, the inward affections of the mindes ... Conteyning also a briefe apologie of the sacred and misticall science of astronomie: by Robert Greene, Master of Arts and student in phisicke. 1585.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1585 (1585)	STC 12299; ESTC S105841	74,857	119

rather the bladder wherein the gall lyeth which the Grecians call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Latins Bilis folliculum or rather Biliosi humoris armariolū And thus much briefly for the Astronomicall description of Mars Now as touching the disposition of the Martialistes They are commonly ouer rash not fearing to rush through sword and fire seeking to mooue immoueable things carying a head without a braine impatient in iniuries doing al things with preposterous aduise beeing variable in their purposes prodigall of their owne and desirous of other means enterprising great matters making of loathsome Sinckes loftie Towers lifting vp their browes euery where touching the heauen with their fingers and speaking tragically as Gyants wearing Haye in their hornes and mingling the heauens with the earth hauing their feathers farre bigger then their neasts carying Waines loden with reprochfull slaunder wearing Nettles in their nose and whetting their teeth vpon bitter Sorrell Inraged as though they were stung with a Briese and more imperious then Phalaris As cruell to them which yeeld as Wolues giuing to those which runne a spurre wearing a bodie without a breast whetting Iron with Iron and putting fire to towe quenching flames with Oyles bearing gall in their mouth fire in their hearts cutting large thongs out of other mens leather As touching the diseases incident to Martialistes they be Tertian feuers Iaundice Phrensies hot Agewes Inflammations Bloodie flix Megrimes hotnesse of Urine and such like which commonly proceede of the quantitie or qualitie of yellowe choller abounding of aduston of blood of fierie and chollericke euaporations Further they which participate of the nature of Mars haue their pulses great and swift Urine yellowe fierie and biting sweate sharpe salt and bitter deiections yellow the tongue commonly drie their dreames of fire burning slaughters strife warres armours and such like Thus I haue described Mars his maligne disposition and meane to confirme my sayinges with a tragicall historie Iupiters Tragedie IN those daies when taking the shape of a man I visited the poore house of Philemon and Baucis coasting diuers Countries happely I arriued in Scithia whereof after Tomyris was Queene beeing nighted in those partes I chaunced on a fayre and sumptuous Pallace scituated hard by the Sea side comming to the gates I found the wicket open whereon was ingrauen this Posie Enteraunce is denied to none Seing such a free passage I passed through the base Court came into y e Hall where I found a yong and beautifull Ladie accompanied with sixe Damosells all ouergrowne with griefe doing Sacrifice as I thought to some of the Gods but drawing more nye I espied the Ladie which by her porte seemed to be Mistresse to them all burning Frankensence vpon Coales and holding the heart of a man in her hand she violently stabo it through in many places which whē she had done two of her Maides presented vnto her two dead mens skulles full of wine whereof when she had drunke a little of either gushing forth aboundaunce of teares she called for a Lute whereon she plaide and warbled out this wofull dittie What more mishap can fret the minde then wish each day to dye And yet to liue in lingring greefe alas such life leade I. Whose life if life thrise worse then death is fraught with such annoy As pinde with care can neuer taste one dram of happie ioy I rue to see that most I wish most hatefull wordes I blenge● My surest ioye to weepe my fill my greatest wealth reuenge Thus doe I leade a haplesse fate Content with woe enricht with hate Assone as she had ended this mornefull Madrigale she gaue the Lute to one of her Maides and the rest ready to depart but casting her eye aside she espied me wherewith she came pacing toward the place where I stoode and with a courteous and princely countenaunce she gaue me a friendly welcome and taking mee by the hande led mee into her bed chamber where supper was alreadie prouided after we had taken our repast I desirous to knowe the straunge maner of her Sacrifice made request to know the cause of her continuall sorrow what both the pearcing of the heart and the drinking of the dead mens skulles did meane She nothing coy to condiscend to a straungers intreatie began her talke in this maner Iupiter In this Countrie of Scithia there raigned a King not long since called Euandrus who by his naturall inclination was wholy addicted vnto martiall prowesse taking such delight in blooddie wars and cruell Skirmishes as he thought himselfe vnfortunate when either his enimies for feare or he for want of some iust occasion was driuen to liue in vnwilling quiet This Euādrus had such happy successe in his attempts as by his valour courage he had made a conquest of all the kingdoms adiacent to his dominions Libia onely excepted which was possed by a cruell mercilesse Tyrant named Charaxes who seeing that fortune without any checke had long time fauoured Euandrus thought that after great calmes would ensue little stormes that low ebbes followed hie tydes that fortune after so many sweete fauours could not but shewe some sower frownes whereupon he leuied a mightie Hoast and made a suddayne inuasion into the borders of Scithia burning and spoyling all the countrey thinking by his desperate attempt to make the king shrinke and seeke for Truce But the euent fell out contrarie to his expectation For Euandrus hearing howe Charaxes had attempted the Conquest of his Countrie gathered a greate Armie to the number of a hundreth and fiftie thousand Footemen and fower thousand Horsemen manfully marching forwarde to defend his Countrie and withstand the force of his iniurius enemie Wherein Fortune not willing at this time to giue him the foyle shewed him such accustomed fauour that he valiantly discomfited Charaxes and all his Hoste yea and tooke the King himself prisoner retourning into Scythia with such triumphes that his subiects had both cause to feare and honour such a King Charaxes being thus brought prysoner into Scythia Euandrus as he was fortunate in obtayning the conquest so he was fauourable in vsing the victories thinking it as Kingly to pardon as to conquer and as great renowne to be gotten by shewing mercie to professed foes as curtesie to assured frends For he intreated not Charaxes as a wret●hed Captiue but as a worthy Prince entertaining him with such frendly familiaritie as the Lybians had great cause to extoll his clemencie Euandrus bathing thus in the streames of blisse sitting firmely on y e fickle top of prosperity had y e check giuē him by fortune on this wise Hee had by his wife which was the lately deceased three Children two were sonnes borne twinnes at one instant and in such a moment that it was almost hard to gesse which was y e eldest the one was called Fresnitus y e other Rhomphanus his daughter named Lyndana a Ladie of such exquisite perfection and singuler beautie that she stayned not

King commaunded these three companions to be sent for who with humble obeysaunce sitting downe at the table tooke their repast but onely Charaxes whose sorrowe and griefe was such as he could not but chewe vpon his raging choller and feede vpon gall melancholie flattering Loue perswading him to march on for all the first repulse and hatefull disdaine willing him to retyre before any stroake were strooke so might he though he obtained no conquest yet not with disgrace loose the fielde Troubled with these diuers doubts assane as dinner was ended he got him into his Chamber where being alone by him self he began to consider the crooked disposition of Lyndana and her froward crabbednesse in crossing him cōtinually with despightfull ouerthwarts how for desire she requited him with disdaine and for loue with hate that although being a prisence he was courteously intertained by Euandrus yet the vndeserued crueltie of Lyndana was such a hell to his conscience as he would not liue long in such seruile subiection Whereupon he began to feare that the familiar friendship of the King was but a cloake to couer his reuenging minde and that no doubt for all his flatterie he ment to preuent him by vntimely death so that he determined to seeke al meanes possible to escape into his owne Countrie in which determination fortune furthered him in this wise It so fell out that the King who greatly delighted in chasing of the wild Bore went on a time to see some sporte into a Forrest not farre of from his Pallace onely accompanied with Charaxes Frestynus Romphanus three of his Gentlemen they had not long beaten vp and downe the Forrest but they rowsed a mightie great Bore so huge and mo●strous as it halfe amazed the King to see the bignesse and so stout in courage as he would not flee one foote from the Dogges but held them all at a bay hurting diuers of them very sore whereat the King somewhat chaffed wicking his horse and charging his speare ranne furiously vpon him and hit the Bore vpon the shoulder yet pearcing him very little but the Beast afraide with the stroke fled and the Dogs after in chase euery mā preasing to be formost to haue most vew of the sport galloping through the thickets so fast that within two or three howers al the companie was disseuered none remayning with the King but onely Charaxes who seeing that now he might haue occasion to drawe himself out of the Kings daunger began diuersly to coniecture with himselfe what he should doe First he considered with himselfe the great courtesie of Euandrus in vsing the victorie that whereas with rigour he might haue reuenged the burning of his Borders yet ouercome with clemencie he forgot al such in●uries and intertayned him with most frendly familiaritie that being taken prisoner he did not vse him as a captiue but graunted him the libertie of a King These things mooued Charaxes not so much as in thought to giue any offence to his highnesse thinking that if he should reward the courtesie of the King with trecherie not onely his enemies but euen his very friendes and subiects would despise him as an vnthankfull person But as he was thus vertuously perswaded by the good inclination of his minde so he was inforced by a secrete rancour to imagine that to bee captiue in setters of golde was to liue in a glistering miserie so that he thought no meanes howsoeuer vnlawfull it was to be neglected for the recouering of his former freedome which hellish thought ouercomming his former intent draue him into such a desperate minde that seeing the King ride before him he charged his Bore speare and came thundring so fast vpon Eurandrus that before he could turne his horse he runne him quite through and threw him out of the saddle dead vpon the ground when he had committed this hainous and bloudy fact drawing the King into a thicket he spurred his horse and coasted out of the Forrest and with as much speede as might bee fled out of the confines of Scithia and so secretly and safely within short space arriued in Libia But leauing Charaxes to his good lucke againe to Frestynus and Romphanus who with great sport so hotly pursued the Bore that within three or fower howers they killed him and sent him to the Court by two of the Gentlemen there present which done missing the King their father they straight thrust into the thicke of the Forrest to goe seeke him but coasting and coursing through ech holt lawne finde him they could not yet not leauing of to hallowe and to blowe their hornes but they could not heare any replye except the chatting Eccho who alwaies returned them the last ende of their measures At last Rhomphanus began to perswade his brother Frestynus that no doubt the King Charaxes were gone to the Court vpon which perswasion they both went home where they no soner arriued but they met their sister Lyndana who asked where her father was Is not the King then quoth Frestynus come home we haue this day beene hunting the Bore and in the middest of our chase we lost the sight of the King and Charaxes whom since wee could neuer see nor heare Pray God quoth Lyndana that Libian traitor hath not by any sinister meanes procured his mishap This sodaine motion so troubled the minds of the two Princes that they were perplexed with diuers passions fearing that which afterward to their great mishap proued but too true Wherevpon they caused a troupe of Gentlemen to goe in quest of the King and they two accompaning the rest came to the Forrest where euery man as loue and duetie bound them did their indeuour to be the first that should finde out their leage and Soueraigne But Fortune willing to shewe her dismall despight brought it so to passe that after a long time they had laboured in vaine Romphanus happened to passe by that thicket wherin the King lay dead and casting his eye aside espied a dead corps all weltered and bathed in blood which haplesse sight so amazed Romphanus minde that daunted with the terrour of such a fearful spectacle he had not the power to alight from his horse to looke who it should be that was so cruelly murthered but stood still gazing as one in a traunce til one of the Gentlemen came by who seing Romphanus so amazed and espying the dead body alighted and perceiued straight it was their King and soueraigne Euandrus then gushing forth streames of teares he wailed and wrong his hands cursing and accusing that day as most dismall and infortunate Romphanus seeing that it was his father fell from his horse in a pasme and was hardly recouered by the Gentlemen yet at last comming to himself pulling out the Bore speare for as yet it remained in the wound he would haue ended his daies with violent death as meanes to cure his vnspeakable greefe had he not bene hindered by him that was present who perswaded

by force and yet I intreate thee by prayers for that I know constrained fancie is like to the Lute string which retched to hye cracketh before i● giueth any sound Sith then Lyndana thy beautie ha●h inchaunted my affections and bewitched my senses yeeld to graunt loue for loue and become my Concubine so shalt thou enioy a trustie louer and saue thine owne life otherwise if through froward wilfulnesse thou deny my request thou art like to end thy dayes in endlesse miserie Thyne as thou vsest him Charaxes of Lybia THe Herault taking the heads and the Letter went with all speede to Syraaca the cheefe Citie of Scithia where being admitted to the presence of Lyndana hee first requested her on his knee that although hee brought his message from a most mercilesse Tyraunt yet it would please her grace to pardon him as a seruant and with that presented the heades and the Letter This strange sight strooke such a desire to reuenge into the heart of Lyndana that as one nothing amazed she tooke her brothers heades and kissed them and without chaunging countenaunce or letting fall one teare deliuered them to one of her Ladies and then opening the Letter read the contents which after she had throughly perused she put in her Pocket and tould the Herault that he should not onely haue an answere but also retourne without harme charging her seruants with great courtesie to entertaine him This straunge demennour of Lyndana draue the Heralt into a great maze that such a Princely valour should bee shrowded vnder so beautifull a creature Well Lyndana withdrawing her selfe into her Chamber tooke Penne and Incke and retourned him this aunswere Lyndana of Scithia to the Tyrant Charaxes disdaine CHaraxes if thy fortune were not better then thy valour or thy trech●●ie more then thy courage my Fathers mishap had bene lesse and thy misfortune more But such is thy vilanous mynd as like the Bastard Wolues of Syria thou sparest not to pray on dead Carion Thou reprouest my Father for vsing the victorie and thy reproch cons●teth in thy Conquestes For thy iustice is tyra●nie and thy martiall prowesse rechlesse treason Thou hast slaine my Father and murthered my two brethren and what glorie shalt thou gaine but infamie and discredit yet the gods haue spared my life that I may reuenge thy loathsome discourtesie Uilde coward doest thou thinke to conquer Scithia no no vnlesse my quarel were worse or thy courage better thou shalt knowe and finde I will plague thy trecherous cru●ltie with most despitefull miserie Thou hast sent me my brother heades but I hope shortly to pull out thy heart which shall gaine me honour for dispatching such a traitour Doe thy Counsaile wish thee to take my life no doubt hardie men that will beate them which are absent But thy loue and affection is such as no meanes but death can hinder thy fancie Trueth thou art like vnto them which liking the fruit cut downe the tree and which louing the Egs killeth the foule But would to God thou wert in loue and that thy desire were as great as my disdaine then false Traitour shouldest thou knowe with what liking I would requite thy loue But disdayning to write vnto so vile a wretch I defie thy force and protest I liue to hate and hope to reuenge Thy protested foe Lyndana Princesse of Scythia THE Herralt hauing receiued the Letters hasted back againe to the Campe where being ariued he deliuered them to Charaxes who vnripping the Seales found how little Lyndana either passed for his loue or threats Whereupon falling from desire to disdaine and from loue to hate he made a sollempne protestation to ra●e the walles of Syranca within two daies to spare neither olde nor yong and as for Lyndana no torture should bee sufficient to requite her crueltie Herevpon he marched forward with his Hoast toward the Citie and within two daies incamped about it laying siege very nye to the walles and on the next morrowe with battering Peeces rammes of Iron assayed to beate it downe The which Lyndana perceiuing willing rather to ende her daies by vntimely death then to fall into the hands of such a Tyraunt assembled all the Citizens and there exhorted them to be valiaunt and to consider that Charaxes had first slaine their Lorde and Soueraigne Euandrus then his two sonnes Frestynus and Romphanus and now ment not onely to spoyle her and the whole Countrie but also to put them and their wiues and children ●o the edge of the sworde so that it were better for them to dye valiauntly in the fielde and so preuent insuing mishap then to fall into the handes of such a Tyraunt and liue in perpetuall miserie This perswasion of a woman so animat●d the Scythians mindes that they became not onely resolute but desperate preferring death before captiuitie and choosing rather to perrish in combat with glorie then yeeld to Charaxes with slauish discredite And hereupon setting themselues in aray they valiauntly issued out of the Citie Lyndana standing in a Turret vpon the walles to incourage them the more minding if her Citizens were ouercome to throwe her selfe headlong from the top of the Tower The Libians seeing them issue out smyled at their rash folly and marching forward thought to haue daunted them at the first dash but the Scythians manfully rushed vpon their enemies end in short time made such slaughter of the Libians that they were faine to retyre the Scythian Horsemen pursuing so hotly that they brake the ranckes and Charaxes seeing his Soldiours goe to the wor●t began to flie but he was followed by two noble men of Scythia so fast that he was taken aliue all the rest of his Soldiours without mercie put to the edge of the sworde that there was not so much as one left to carie newes home to Libia Lyndana seeing this vnlookt for Conquest reioyced greatly but especially when she sawe Charaxes taken prisoner whom after she had in her custodie she put to death with fondrie kindes of tortures and taking out his heart aliue worketh her endlesse reuenge on it in this maner and to satisfie her loue to her Brethren drinketh wine out of their skulles Thus sir quoth the Ladie you heare the straunge maner of my Sacrifice which I haue and wil vse to my perpetuall content Saturne Iupiter Mars Soll. Venus Mercurie Luna Iupiter had no sooner ended his Tragedie but Mars rising vp from his Seate began with furious tearmes to taunt Iupiter in this sort Mars IVpiter your tragedie with his bitter and wofull euents hath not driuen such passionate impressions into the mindes of these sacred Gods but that they can affoorde to laugh at your foud and phantasticall applications seeing in coueting to conquer the victorie returneth to an other mans glorie and shooting at the Fort you faint in the weakenesse of your owne force As though most wilfull wise Iupiter it came through my infectious influence that Euandrus was slaine by the vilanous trecherie of