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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18257	The unfortunate politique, first written in French by C.N. Englished by G.P.; Cour sainte. Vol. 1, Book 4. English	Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.; G. P., fl. 1638.	1638 (1638)	STC 4876; ESTC S107630	59,395	229

the soule of Cleopatra all divine could ingender so much choller and rancor against a King who never fail'd in his respects justly due to her worth and honor For Alexandra I doe not at all marvell if she rais'd this tempest against me her fierce and high spirit hath still tempted my patience labouring by all sinister waies to avile and disparage my government and to take away perforce a crown with a more puissant hand then those of her fore-fathers hath set upon my head What reason could she pretend Since by the favour of the Romans I doe peaceably stand in a Kingdome which was cast upon me with the consent even of my adversaries I never sought for it my ambition was so regular modest if I had I had been guilty of a crime so horrible that could not come within the thoughts of a mankind-wolfe There is no man would play the villaine meerly for pleasure the Idea of vengeance which is represented to the fancie carries as it were a torch before the offence for to reveale it to the world To what purpose had it beene to attempt the life of Aristobulus Was it to establish my estate That was secure enough already Your favour most noble PRINCE hath conferr'd on me more then all casualities whatsoever shall be able to conquer or ravish from me But I have ever put back the royall house from all promotions How put it back What in calling the disjoynted and scattered kindred within my bosome as much as lay in my power Every man knowes how that Hyrcanus chiefe of the royall family being detained prisoner among the Parthians I stretcht my nerves bent my veines and engaged all my credit to set him at liberty and make him returne to Court where he lives now in contented peace partaking of all the rights and priviledges of Majestie without molesting his head with any care of Civil affairs 'T is well knowne I have shar'd with him my Crowne and my bed with his daughter Mariamne making her Queene of Nations and the spouse of a King I gave the Pontificate to her brother Aristobulus of meere free-will being no way constrained thereunto as being absolute in the managing of my estate and if I have adjourn'd it for a time it was because the age of the child did not tread equall paces with my desires for in effect they have seene him Pontiffie at eighteene yeares of age which was no ordinary favour Alexandra his Mother which caused all this stirre and turmoile ever had full liberty in my Court except the Licence to undoe her selfe which she so oft and eagerly desir'd For what reason had she to thrust her selfe into a Coffin and be carried by night as a dead body to steale away out of my Court and after she had revil'd me in my house now to goe and disparage me abroad among strangers If shee had desire to make a journey to Egypt had she spoke the word it would have sufficed but she pleas'd to surmise false dangers in true safety and to put those into hazard of their lives that made her to live in all security When I had discover'd this imposture I have not let out one harsh distastfull word against her making her to enjoy with case the spectacle of my patience and judging that every foolish offender is sufficiently punished by his owne conscience A short time after followed the lamentable death of the young PRINCE which drew from me bitter teares of compassion for I lov'd him dearly and I am sorry his Mother alter'd the sweetnesse of his good nature and caus'd so much trouble to his younger yeares He died not with me but at his Mothers house and by an accident which no man could prevent died sporting in the water an element that we cannot trust unto where thousands have perished without any treachery died with some pages of the Court with whom he did usually take his pastime 'T was his owne motion that brought him to the water The alacrity of his youth made him play with danger it selfe which none could disswade him from and his dismall fate drowned him It were too hard and unreasonable a taske impos'd upon me if Alexandra would have me be accountable for the youthfulnesse of her son as though I had been his Governour or for the infidelity and inconstancy of the elements as if I were Lord over them This pernicious head delivered this speech with such grace and plausibility that hee tooke off the edge of their spleene Such power hath Rhetorick even in the tongue of a miscreant Loe he is past all danger being as yet but got abord as they say walking in the Court of Anthony with all freedome expecting his sentence of justification In the meane while as he was courteous liberal on occasions by vertue of his donatives hee wonne the hearts of the chiefest men in the Court and made all the accusations to be but the pettishnesse and spleen of a woman misinform'd inform'd M. Anthony himselfe told Cleopatra that she did ill to intermedie so much in forreigne Kingdomes and if that he should offend by her incitement shee might stirre up enemies to the hazard of his estate that Herod was a King and it was not fit to use him as a subject nay it was his happinesse to have him rather for his friend then his foe While matters were a canvasing in Anthony's Court the Mother and sister of Herod fail'd not to observe with all diligent circumspection the actions of the Queene Mariamne and of her Mother Alexandra His Vncle Joseph was Keeper of the Prison and did often visit Mariamne sometimes for businesse and sometimes for complement This man began to be sindged like a butterfly with beames shot from the eyes of this incomparable beauty and did beare a great deal of affection towards her and though hee saw himselfe farre enough from all manner of pretensions yet notwithstanding he took a delight that hee had plac'd his love on so high an object This passion turn'd his braines and made him foolish and talkative being already clowne enough by ill education which made him talke wonderfull ridiculous and foolish For one day when there was a speech made of the affection that Herod beare to his wife Mariamne Alexandra her Mother jeer'd at it very ironically according to her fashion Ioseph who would have the Queene still to entertaine a good liking of her husband his Master whether hee was mad or drunke spake with a loud voice Madam let your Mother Alexandra speak her pleasure but to shew you an evident testimony of the love the King your husband beares you he gave me a charge in case he were put to death himself to kill you also for that he could not be without your company in the other world At this speech the poor Ladies grew pale and wan with feare Alas the Tyrant quoth Alexandra in her heart what will hee doe being alive since that in his death he causeth those to

heavens bounty that was now left her Your Majestie is not ignorant how that fortune made mee the daughter and mother of a King but Herod hath reduc'd me to the ranke and condition of Maid-servants I am not ambitious of my suffering which I had rather dissemble then with ostentation repeat but all that a slave can endure in a Galley doe I undergoe in a Kingdome by the in humanity of a son in law who having snatcht the Diadem into his hands would faine deprive me also of life Wee are all the day among spies knives and the apprehensions of death which would doe us lesser harme if it were more suddain Reach out your assisting hand to the afflicted and grant us some small obscure nook within your Realme while we expect this tēpest to be blown over while we wait the dawning of some hope and some light of comfort to shine againe on our affaires The glory will remaine yours ours the eternall commemoration of your piety Cleopatra having received these Letters made answer without delay and invited her to come down to Aegypt with all speed convenient and her son with her telling her that she held it an honour for her to bee able to serve for an harbour to the afflictions of such a Princesse Departure is fully resolved of but the meanes to contrive it was a piece of difficultie Poore Io knew no way to steale her selfe away from this Argus who had so many eyes upon her at last as the wits of women are nimble for inventions especially in cases that neerely concern them shee without imparting her intention to any body no not to her daughter Mariamne fearing lest her too soft and tender nature would advise her to continue still within the bounds of patience rather then to undergoe so dangerous and wearisome a voyage shee I say consorting the businesse onely to her own fancy caus'd two Coffins by an unlucky omen to be provided for to put her selfe and her son in thinking by this meanes to delude the diligence of the Guard where in they were to bee conveyed to the sea-side where lay a Shippe ready to waft them and so to save her life through the dominions of death But by misfortune one of her servants named Esop one of those that should have carried the Coffin going to visit one Sabbion a man well affected to the house of Alexandra hapned to let fly some speeches touching this adventure of his Mistris as thinking hee had talkt to one that was privie to all her secrets Perfidious Sabbion had no sooner pumpt out the whole story from this groom but he repaires straight to Herod to disclose all that hee had heard judging this to bee a very expedient course for to purchase a reconciliation for hee was a long time suspected to bee of the faction of Alexandra Herod when he received this intelligence multiplies the number of his spies and sentinells The poore Lady is apprehended and taken out of the Coffin as out of the Sepulchre of the dead condemned to live a longer captivity all abasht chafing for that the Comoedy sorted not to a wisht effect thinking that since shee mist her ayme shee should not desire to live any longer Yet notwithstanding Hered whether it was that he feared the great name of Cleopatra or that he would not startle Alexandra that hee might oppresse her by some more facile way did nothing to her for the present He kept close within himselfe dissembling over the matter without speaking one word thereof though hee saw the clouds to gather thick and ready to burst into thunder and tempest This royall Divell that had rid so many soules out of the world by Martiall Law and force of Armes would now send away one in sport Vpon a day in sommer as hee dined with unhappy Alexandra fayning all that had past to be buried in deep oblivion tells her that in favour of youth hee would play the young man and invites Aristobulus his brother in law to play at Racket or some such exercise The match is made the emulation growes hot the young Prince being earnest at his game had not plaid long before he was all in a sweat as many other Lords and Gentlemen were Behold they runne all to the waters which did glide along neere the place of recreation Hered who well knew the custome of Aristobulus and presupposed that hee would not fayle to goe and fling himselfe into these cold bathes doth villanously complot with some youngsters who under colour of sporting should make him drinke more water then should serve to quench his thirst All things succeed according as hee had forecast Aristobulus seeing others in the water strips himselfe of his cloathes and beares ' them company hee had no other intent but to swim play and skirmish on this element alwaies dangerous though not so treacherous as Herod The poore sacrifice frisks leaps nothing aware of the misfortune that attended him But the execrable murtherers knew it wel forespying their opportunity at this fatal sport they stifle the poor Pontifie under the mercilesse waters being the 18 yeare of his age and the first of his Pontificate This faire sun which arose with such splendor and applause sets under the waters never to rise again but with the palenes of death in 's visage O humane hopes where or what be yee Meere dreames of waking men aëry phantasmes of flitting fire that shine only to be extinguished and in extinguishing bereave us of light leaving us a bad stench and the sorrow of your losse This Prince in whom was built a new all the hopes and glory of the roy all house of the Hasmoneans This Prince that should have reunited the Miter and the Diadem and revived the honour of a race quite extinct behold him now by accursed treason stifl'd under water in such an age and of so comely a personage that they made this accident by so much the more full of pitty by how much it was more desperate of all remedy At this newes all the City of Ierusalem was in such amazement as if Nebuchadnezar being returned from the other world stood again before her gates Every where there was nothing but teares and lamentations but horrour and astonishment out-cries and the image of death You would have said that each house carried forth to buriall their first borne as had been seen long before to fall out in Egypt But above all others Alexandra the pitious mother afflicted her selse with sorrow that would admit of no consolation Sometime shee bemoan'd lying prostrate on the dead corps of her son seeking within his eyes those two ecclipsed luminaries and on his cold lips for some remnant of life Sometimes she roles her eyes like some franticke Priestesse of Sacchus crying for fire sword halters and precipices that shee might put a period to her life and miseries Heavie Mariamne though the patientst of all yet had much adoe to withstand the violent assault of