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Andromeda liberata. Or the nuptials of Perseus and Andromeda. By George Chapman.
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
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generation shine Thus Perseus sayd and not because he sau'd Her life alone he her in marriage crau'd But with her life the life of likely Race Was chiefe end of his action in whose grace Her royall father brought him to his Court With all the then assembled glad resort Of Kings and Princes where were solemniz'd Th' admired Nuptialls which great Heau'n so priz'â— That Ioue againe stoopt in a goulden showre T' enrich the Nuptiall as the Natall howre Of happy Perseus white-armd Iuno to Depos'd her greatnesse and what she could do To grace the Bride Bride-groome was vouchsafâ—â— All Subiect-deities stoopt to and the Shaft Golden and mutuall with which loue comprest Both th'enuied Louers offerd to and kist All answerablie feasted to their States In all the Starres beames stoopt the reuerend Fates And the rere banquet that fore ranne the Bed With his presage shut vp and seconded And sayd they sung verse that Posteritie In no age should reproue for Perfidie Parcarum Epithalamion O You this kingdomes glory that shall be Parents to so renownd a Progenie As earth shall enuie and heauen glory in Accept of their liues threds which Fates shal spin Their true spoke oracle and liue to see Your sonnes sonnes enter such a Progenie As to the last times of the world shall last Haste you that guide the web haste spindles haste â—ee Hesperus with nuptiall wishes crownd â—ake and enioy In all ye wish abound Abound for who should wish crowne with her store â—ut you that slew what barren made the shore You that in winter make your spring to come Your Summer needs must be Elisium â— race of mere soules springing that shall cast â—heir bodies off in cares and all ioyes taste Haste then that sacred web haste spindles haste Ioue loues not many therefore let those few That his guifts grace affect still to renew For none can last the same that proper is To onely more then Semideities To last yet by renewing all that haue More merit then to make their birth their graue As in themselues life life in others saue First to be great seeke then lou'd then to last Haste you that guide the web haste spindles haste She comes ô Bridegroom shew thy selfe enflam'd And of what tender tinder Loue is flam'd Catch with ech sparke her beauties hurle about Nay with ech thoght of her be rapt throughout Melt let thy liuer pant thy startled heart Mount Loue on earthquakes in thy euery part A thousand hewes on thine let her lookes cast Dissolue thy selfe to be by her embrac't Haste ye that guide the web haste spindles haste As in each bodie there is ebbe and flood Of blood in euery vaine of spirits in blood Of Ioyes in spirits of the Soule in Ioyes And nature through your liues this change imploies To make her constant so each minde retaines Manners and customs where vicicitude reignes Opinions pleasures which such change enchains And in this enterchange all man doth last Haste then who guide the web haste spindles haste Who bodie loues best feedes on dantiest meats Who fairest seed seekes fairest women gets Who loues the minde with loueliest disciplines Loues to enforme her in which verity shines Her beauty yet we see not since not her But bodies being her formes who faire formes beare We view and chiefely seeke her beauties there The fairest then for faire birth see embrac't Haste ye that guide the web haste spindles haste Starres ye are now and ouershine the earth Starres shall ye be heereafter and your birth In bodies rule heere as your selues in heau'n What heer Detraction steals shall there be giuen The bouÌ„d that heer you freed shal triumph there The chaine that touch't her wrists shal be a starre Your beauties few can view so bright they are Like you shal be your birth with grace disgrac't Haste ye that rule the web haste spindles haste Thus by diuine instinct the fates enrag'd Of Perseus and Andromeda presag'd Who when the worthy nuptial State was done And that act past which only two makes one Flesh of each flesh and bone of eithers bone Left Cepheus Court both freed and honoured The louing Victor and blest Bride-groome led Home to the Seriphins his rescu'd Bride Who after issue highly magnifi'd Both rapt to heau'n did constellations reigne And to an Asterisme was turn'd the chaine That onely touch't his grace of flesh blood In all which stands the Fates kinde Omen good APODOSIS THus through the Fount of stormes the cruell seas Her Monsters and malignant deities Great Perseus made high and triumphant way To his starre crownd deed and bright Nuptiall day And thus doe you that Perseus place supply In our Ioues loue get Persean victorie Of our Land Whale foule Barbarisme and all His brood of pride and liues Atheisticall That more their pallats and their purses prise Then propagating Persean victories Take Monsters parts not aucthor manly parts For Monsters kill the Man-informing Arts And like a lothed prodegie despise The rapture that the Arts doth naturalise Creating and immortalising men Who scornes in her the Godheads vertue then The Godheads selfe hath boldnesse to despise And hate not her but their Eternities Seeke vertues loue and vicious flatteries hate Heere is not true sweete but in knowing State Who Honor hurts neglecting vertues loue Commits but Rapes on pleasures for not Ioue His power in thunder hath or downeright flames But his chiefe Rule his Loue and Wisedome frames You then that in loues strife haue ouercome The greatest Subiect blood of Crhistendome The greatest subiect minde take and in Both Be absolute man and giue that end your oth So shall my sad astonisht Muse arriue At her chiefe obiect which is to reuiue By quickning honor in the absolute best And since none are but in Eternitie blest He that in paper can register things That Brasse and Marble shall denie euen Kings Should not be trod on by ech present flash The Monster slaine then with your cleere Seas wash From spots of Earth Heauens beauty in the minde â—n which through death hath all true Noblesse shinde FINIS