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spirit_n	brave_a	young_a	youth_n	27	3	8.1167	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19965	Daphnis and Chloe excellently describing the vveight of affection, the simplicitie of loue, the purport of honest meaning, the resolution of men, and disposition of fate, finished in a pastorall, and interlaced with the praises of a most peerlesse preincesse, wonderfull in maiestie, and rare in perfection, celebrated within the same pastorall, and therefore termed by the name of the shepheards holidaie. by Angell Daye. Altior fortuna virtus.; Daphnis and Chloe. English	Longus.; Day, Angel, fl. 1575-1595.; Amyot, Jacques, 1513-1593.	1587 (1587)	STC 6400; ESTC S112592	83,708	118

sides and nowe the monstrousnesse of the euill doone didde trouble them more and more But Eudrome beeyng of his owne disposition a youth of verye good nature they deuised amongest them-selues for to call hym also to councell about this enterprise The case beeing made knowen vnto him Eudrome seeing their excessiue sorrowe and mone made recomforted them and aduised as most meete that the matter were first made knowne vnto their yong Maister whome hee assured vnto them to be of louing and most kinde condition and that vppon their submission made hee woulde not sticke so farre foorth to pittie them as that by his good and fauorable conceit some one thing or other for redresse might there be the better prouided Lamon not withstanding was not yet idle but slipped and cropped the hanging boughes and twigges rounde about the garden hee didde what hee coulde by all the arte and cunning hee had to make the hauocke seeme lesse insomuch as by hys diligent looking too and attendaunce hee hadde reasonablie amended the matter in diuers places Their yo●…ng Maister according vnto appointment came the next day whose name was Astile and wyth him brought to accompany him for his disporte a parasiticall gester whose name was Gnatho The gentleman was yet verye yoong vpon whose chinne the tender downe hadde scarcelie crept and therewithal of most gentle and friendlie condicion bee was no sooner entred the grounds but Lamon Myrtale his wife togither with yoong Daphnis fell prostrat at his feete desiring his fauour and forgiuenesse and that beeing campassionate vppon the olde yeares of his bondman hee woulde indeuour so farre as he might to withdraw his fathers rage and displeasure from them Astile rewed the miserable complaint and the better to relieue them out of their woonted distresses and sorrowes hee promised that at his fathers comming hee woulde endeuour to make some prea●…ye excuse of the matter and for to take the cauie and choice occasion thereof wholly vppon him-selfe They thankefully heere-vppon tooke his agreement and endeuouring by all the meanes possible to cont●…nt him both Lamon and Daphnis with diuerse notable presents did afterwardes entertaine him they praied God also in respecte of their disabilitie that it would please him of his goodnesse to requi●…e him Nowe Gnatho this parasite being a right belli-god a villaine by nature and one that loued none but where hee might be fedde nor cared for any but onelye for his profite seeing the sweete and naturall fauour of this yoong Daphnis beganne as an vnnaturall beast so against nature become wanton ouer him The paunch-filled rascall seeing that Astile was a braue yong gentleman tooke pleasure in hunting and to haunt the fields abroad with his hawks and spaniels deuised from time to time sundry shifts whereby to ridde himselfe of his company And in these spaces would he haunt the heards of yong Daphnis one while hearing him sound his flute and another while sing thoght there was no felicitie in the world so great as to be accompanied with his pleasure The wretch mouing to the goat-heard manie questions perceiuing his simplicity and vnacquainted disposition to villanous purposes one time by watching his goings and cōmings wold haue found means in forcible maner to abuse him But the in●…inuat condition by nature and his former birth planted in the imbold●…ed spirits of the yoong youth with a maner of sweltring kind of disdaine shooke the raskall off and that so tudelie as his pampered drunken carcas squatted against the ground with the pezant and vnweldie burden thereof The parasiticall tricker perceiuing the vnmollified spirit of the braue goatheard and weieng there withall the maner of his vnexpected colour and courage such as seldome falleth in those that by nature are borne to be slaues thought that in his natiuitie the stars and planets were vnto him too sinister in that vnto a mind fauor so correspondent they yeelded an estate condition so mightilie different Neuerthelesse though in so forcible maner he dared no more to affaie the youth yet for all that withdrew he not frō him his sensuall beastlie disposition but considering that the lad was but the sonne of Lamon reputed therefore thought as a 〈◊〉 to belong vnto his lord he deemed with himselfe to practise another deuise more colourable whereby when time should serue he might the easter attain●… to that his wretched and most abhominable desi●…e This could he not immediatlie bring to passe for that the old man with his wife children and familie were now all arriued at this his countrie dwelling In the first two daies after whose arriuall there was nothing but feasting and banketting Dionysophanes was the old mans name and Clearista his wife After then that he had rep●…sed himselfe by the space of two daies he then began to visit his herberies his gardens walks and other 〈◊〉 and pleasant deuises in all which he found no fault at all saue onelie the spoile which before you heard of which yoong Astile had ere this to him execused and taken the matter vpon himselfe where with Dionysophanes held himselfe contented Then walked he forwards to see the heards and flocks at the sight of which companie of so manie strangers Chloe ●…ashfull on a sudden and being in the fields as she that had neuer bin accustomed to their view stole awaie secretlie and hid hir selfe in the 〈◊〉 but Daphnis stood still awaiting their comming Lamon then pointing out vnto his maister his goats and sheepe that so daintilie had beene fe●… and increased added further vnto him that the youth standing by was his goate-heard who by his dilligent care and attendaunce had thither to conducted them Dionysophanes and Clearista beholding the excellent fauor and sweete gestures of the youth who furnished in euery condicion as a heardseman and hauyng a faire large skinne of a hee goate smoothelie dressed with the haire fastened vnto his necke and hanging ouer his shoulders thought that there appeared in him a kinde of beautie more commendable farre than customably was to bee seene in euery other sheepeheard Daphnis beganne to make vnto them musike vppon his flute and with diuers and excellent layes and ditties of the sheepeards ●…o entertaine them all which of the company Generallye but Clearista especiallie was in him both rewarded liked and highly commended besides commaunded shee him and likewise Dionysophanes his Maister expres●…y enioyne●… him not to bee absent from the house during their abode and continuaunce in the country but alwayes there to attend them All this vnto the vile and beastly conceipt of Gnatho di●…de but adde fire vnto the flame who beeing wholie dedicated vnto luxurie and his bellie was not able to containe himselfe within l●…mits but taketh Astile on a time a tone side and thus c●…utelously the better to accomplishe his purpose deliuereth vnto him I haue Sir heere-tofore neuer in my life yeelded appetite or liking to any thing so much as to quaffing companye and aboundaunce of