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A19170	The life and death of Hector One, and the first of the most puissant, valiant, and renowned monarches of the world, called the nyne worthies. Shewing his jnvincible force, together with the marvailous, and most famous acts by him atchieved and done in the great, long, and terrible siege, which the princes of Greece held about the towne of Troy, for the space of tenne yeares. And finally his vnfortunate death after hee had fought a hundred mayne battailes in open field against the Grecians: the which heerein are all at large described. Wherein there were slaine on both sides fourteene hundred, and sixe thowsand, fourscore, and sixe men. VVritten by Iohn Lidgate monke of Berry, and by him dedicated to the high and mighty prince Henrie the fift, King of England.	Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent. Historia destructionis Troiae.; Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent. Roman de Troie.; Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Troy book.	1614 (1614)	STC 5581.5; ESTC S119764	480,848	336

Owle by night to flie and slay Young children or to beare them cleane away And changlings in their cradles vs'd to leaue The singles of a greedy Wolfe that can As some report himselfe of shape bereaue And when he list take on him forme of man The slimes of water-snailes the which she found With labour great within the Indian ground The liuer of a Hart that liues so long And of a Crow that loathsome carrion beast The which by cause the nature was so strong Had liued then Nine hundred yeares at least The head and bill of all which when she had An admirable composition made To lengthen Aesons aged yeares withall A withered bough the which not long before Downe from an Oliue tree did chance to fall In hand she tooke and with the same did pore And stir the liquor till the sticke waxe greene And sodainly both leaues and buds were seene To spring thereon straight did berrie● beare And where the fire the skum thereof did throw Vpon the earth where it had drop● euen there The ground began as fresh and green to show As it in summer did and flowers to rise Out of the same Wh●h wh●●n Medea spies She tooke a knife and with a courage stout Did cut old Aesons throat where presently His aged bloud did all come gushing out And with the boy ling iuce did new supply Which when to Aesons corps she had powr'd in His haire that was so gray did straight begin To turne and wax as blacke as any coale His leane pale withered skin grew faire and fresh The wrinckles in his face and euery hole Therein were fild with yong and lusty fresh His limbs waxt lith and all his ioynts did grow So supple that he plainly then did show To be a man of yong and youthfull yeares At which when to his sences Aeson came He was abasht but casting off all feares He knew at forty yeares he was the same And as backe from old age to youth he drew A youthfull spirit did in his heart renew By which so strange deuise she did restore King Aeson vnto strength and former youth With wit and reason as he had before In each respect as much if it be truth But be it true or false I haue not spar'd To write it as the story hath declar'd And after on his wife he did beget A valiant Sonne that Iason had to name In whose creation nature did not let To shew hir skill and to incurre no blame For neuer man mord perfectly was form'd Nor with more graces inwardly ado●n'd If I should striue here to describe at will His strength his beauty and his comlinesse His good behauiour and his perfect skill His wisedome vertue and his gentlenes To all and euery one both high and low Like as mine Author plainly doth it show My art and wit therein would be to little His qualities so pleased mens desire That he obtained praise of all the people For young and old each one did him admire Iudge then what he would proue in elder yeares That in his childhood such a one appeares But while he was of age and stature small And far vnfit as then to rule the Land His Vnckle Peleus by consent of all Still held the Crowne and Scepter in his hand From whom in ought he neuer seem'd to vary Nor his prcepts at any time contrary So diligent was he in euery thing To please and serue his Vnckle at a becke As is the child held vnder tutors wing And seareth to incurre his Maisters checke In heart no● outward shew whats'ere him toucht He neuer did repine nor at it grutcht And though his Vncle held his heritage And rul'd his Princely Scepter at his will While he remained still in tender age Yet was he neuer mooued vnto ill Nor once of him a bad conceite to haue In any wise his honour to depraue But Peleus he contrarie mind did beare And ●ullie had his heart to enuie bent Dissembling that in face and outward cheare Which inwardly was whollie his intent Like Adder lurking closely in the grasse To sting all those that throgh the same doth passe His heart and tongue contrary each to other For with pretence of faire and friendly show He seem'd to loue the Son of his deare Brother When inwardly his heart did ouerflow With malice though not outwardly espy'd So cunningly he did his malice hide For no man could by any meanes per●●au● That he to Iason bare an enuinous eie No cause he had but feare he should bereaue Him of his Crowne and regall dignitie And at the time of riper yeares obtaine The right succession of his fathers raigne Which he as then vnjustly occupied And daily did devise how that he might On Iason whome in heart he envied Worke his pretended malice and despight Which made him oft build Castles in the aire Like one that liu'd in feare and great despaire Still compasing some way or meanes to find T' intrap and take his Nephew in a snare Which secretly ●e kept still hid in mind Yet ceased not his engins to prepare Like Sathan cuery minute day and hower Deuising how mans soule he may deuour And as the Sun shines hot when raine is past So did his enuie burne more feruently And vext him sore till he deuis'd at last To execute his wilfull trechery A Lambe in shew a Lyon in his heart Fell Tiger like to play a double part A sugred face but false and bitter mind None might of him conceaue suspition That he should to his Nephew be vnkind And priuily worke his destruction Pretending loue but hatred was the end Description true of foule dissembling frend His bad intent disclosed might not be It was so well conceal'd within his heart So is all close and priuy enmity And yet although he playd so well his part His enuy still encreasing more and more Did inwardly torment and vexe him sore Attending time t' effect and bring about That which he did in heart so much desire And so to be cleane freed from care and doubt The only ioy that enuy doth require But Iason he did not conceaue in mind His Vncle would vnto him proue vnkind Their thoughts were cleane contrary in effect The Cousin simply seeking Vncles good The Vncle he all friendship doth reiect Deuifing how to shead his Nephews blood Pro●ok't by malice and desire of gaine The roots of mischiefe sorrow woe and paine For many Realmes and Cities old do feele The poyson of the serpent Avarice But let all those that cruelly will deale Learne this of me and thinke it good aduic● That what so euer mischiefe they intend It 's sweet at first but bitter in the end And though the world doth flatter for a while Let not the enu●ous man be proud withall For he that thinks another to beguile Perhaps may chance in selfe same pit to fall But let vs enuy leaue as fiend of hell And of King Peleus further to you tell Who all this

Agamemnon And true and lawfull heire thereto by right Though Clytemnestra sought his destruction And disposed him thereof hy might Which hauing sayd Duke Nestor hastely Stood on his feet and for him did reply And said that he would for Horestus sake That had don nought but that which shold be don And lawfull was his quarrell vndertake Against all those that held opinion Contrary therevnto but none repli'd To him againe for euery man espi'd That Horestus had reason so to do And therefore all agreed and gaue consent To Crowne him King and did proceed thereto Which don they did dissolue their Parlament And so Horestus by his subiects true Was crowned King againe with honor due To his estate and after that was made Good friends with old King Menalus againe Whereof King Idi●●us being glad That friendship long betweene them to maintaine By mediation twixt them brought to pas That Hermion that Helens daughters was By Menalus was maried vnto King Horestus and by that alliance So made and surely knit betweene them two They ceased all their strife and variance And afterward did liue and raigne in peace And more and m●re in honors did encrease Meane time Egistus daughter Exion Whom he on Queene Clytemnestra had begot Did fall into such desperation That she all worldly pleasures cleane forgot And did endure so great extreamity That she did hang her selfe vpon a tree But here I must digresse and turne my stile From Horestus to King Ulisses and Of his most strange adventures speake a while Which endurd both on the sea and land Who when he did to Greece againe repaire A while he found the weather cleare faire And then againe when as the skies did frowne And did begin to thunder to raine He was vpon the seas cast vp downe And had no more ships with him then but twaine The which like marchant ships were furnished That he might sayle the safelier without dread Yet nerethelesse for all his policy The wind so much contrary gainst him was That he was forced by extremity To fall vpon the shoare land whereas King Thelamon that was so falsely slaine By night within his bed some time did raigne Where he no sooner got vnto the land But he was tane and into Prison throne And bound with Iron chaines both foot and hand Because he murthered King Thelamon As they suspicion had but he del●so With them that at the last they let him go But yet with losse of all that ere he had Within his ships and after that againe He put to sea and was exceeding glad To haue escaped so but all in vaine For Fortune so contrary to him was That as he on the seas along did pas Vnhappily he fell into the hand Of Naulus who watch long his coast had layd To spoyle the Greeks that thereon chanst to land And by him there against his will was staid And into cruell prison cast againe Because he did suspect that he had slaine Pallamindes his Son but being bold Of spirit and of wit and wisedome great So smothly for himselfe his tale he told That he againe at liberty was set And out of Naulus danger safely got But by what me anes the story telleth not And hauing well escaped from the same He trauailed in simple poore array A foot throughout the land till that he came To King Idumeus court and there did stay Who seeing him in such a meane estate And barely clad did wonder much thereat Yet nerethelesse disdaind him not therefore But welcomed him with glad ioyfull cheare And honord him although he came so poore And when they two alone together were Ulisses his complaint vnto him made And told him what vnto him chanced had And in this wise with sad and heavy cheere Vnto him sayd my Lord the gentlenes You shew to me that thus distessed heere Vnto you came imboldneth me t' expresse The manner of my fortunes and to tell You how in what sort they on me fell First when I did the Troian land forsake With wind at will which at that time did blow And entred ship my course for Greece to take I sayled to an Isle I did not know Cald Mirma which with all things did abound That are to be desird wisht or found And which for gold or siluer may be bought Wherein for certaine time aboad I made And all the while I staied wanted nought That needfull was for man with me had The treasure which I won in Troy men Good store to serue my turne withall when I did perceiue that Isle to be so sound And wholsome aire I purposely did stay Therein and all that while no creature ●ound That once molested me Till on a day When we did find the weather faire still And wind to blow according to our will We went abord straight did put to seas And in a little space made so good way That we ariued at Clanstafages Where with our ships we for a while did stay And had the wind weather cleare faire But who may put his trust in wind or aire For in good hope to haue a pleasant skie And roome at will as I had found before And entred ship and fast againe did hie To sea where when for three daies and no more I ●ayled had with wind still at my backe At last it turn'd about th' aire waxt blacke And such a hideous tempest did arise Vpon the sea that I was in despaire To loose my life it thundred in such wise And lightning flasht so fast out of the aire And in that sort being driuen to and fro In danger great and knew what to do It was our chance at last to spie out land Whereto we made and found the same to be An Island cald Cicile and out of hand Cast anker forth with great extreamitie And got to shoare with labor sore and paine Wherein at that same time two kings did raigne Whereof the one was cald Sorigones Who vnto vs prou'd cruell and vnkind The other had to name King Coclopes Who likewise had a fierce bloody mind Both brethren and both like for difference none Betweene them was for bad condition For both of them at once vpon vs set And cruelly a prey of vs did make And all the goods out of my ships did fet And forcibly the same from me did take And left me nought wherewith my selfe t'relieue But that which most of all my mind did grieue Was that when they perceiud I had no more Left in my ships for them away they went And vnto vs such cruell minds they bore That they their Sons two mighty Giants sent Downe to our ships the one 〈◊〉 The other huge and strong Poliphe●●●s Who being both of body mighty great And therewith all exceeding tall and strong In fierce and cruell wise vpon vs set And did assayle vs so that ere t' was long A hundred of my men they slew that were Not