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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08622	Ouid's elegies three bookes. By C.M. Epigrames by I.D.; Amores. English	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.; Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626. Epigrams. aut	1603 (1603)	STC 18931; ESTC S104532	50,037	105

With Caluus learn'd Catullus comes and greete him And thou if falsely charged to wrong thy friend Gallus that car'st not blood and life to spend VVith these thy soule walkes soules if death release The godly sweet Tibullus doth increase Thy bones I pray may in the vrne safe rest And may th' earths weight thy ashes nought molest ELEGIA 9. Ad Cererem conquerens quod eius sacris cum amica concumbere non permittatur COme were the times of Ceres sacrifice In emptie bed alone my mistresse lies Golden hair'd Ceres crown'd with eares of corne VVhy are our pleasures by thy meanes forborne Thee goddesse bountifull all nations iudge Nor lesse at mans prosperity any grudge Rude husband-men bak'd not their corne before Nor on the earth was knowne the name of floore On mast of oakes first oracles men fed This was their meate the soft grasse was their bed First Ceres taught the seede in fields to swell And ripe-earde corne with sharp-edg-d sithes to fell She first constrain'd bulles necks to beare the yoke And vntil'd ground with crooked plough-shares broke VVho thinkes her to be glad at louers smart And worshipt by their paine and lying apart Nor is she though she loues the fertile fields A clowne nor no loue from her warme brest yeelds Be witnesse Crete nor Crete doth all things feigne Crete proude that Ioue her nourcery maintaine There he who rules the worlds starre-spangled towers A little boy drunke teate-distilling showers Faith to the witnesse Ioues praise doth apply Ceres I thinke no knowne fault will deny The goddesse saw Iasion on Candian Ide With strong hand striking wild-beasts brist'led hyde She saw and as her marrow tooke the flame Was diuers wayes distract with loue and shame Loue conquer'd shame the furrowes dry were burn'd And corne with least part of it selfe return'd When well-toss'd mattocks did the ground prepare Being fit broken with the crooked share And seedes were equally in large fields cast The plough-mans hopes were frustrate at the last The graine-rich goddesse in high woods did stray Her long haires eare-wrought garland fell away Onely was Crete fruitefull that plenteous yeare Where Ceres went each place was haruest there Ida the seate of groues did sing with corne VVhich by the wild boare in the woods was shorne Law-giuing Minos did such yeares desire And wisht the goddesse long might seele loues fire Ceres what sports to thee so gneuous were As in thy sacrifice we them forbeare VVhy am I sad when Proserpine is found And Iuno like with Dis raignes vnder ground Festiuall dayes aske Venus songs and wine These gifts are meere to please the powers diuine ELEGIA 10. Ad amicam a cuius amore discedere non potest LOng haue I borne much mad thy faults me make Dishonest loue my wearied brest forsake Now haue I freed my selfe and fled the chaine And what I haue borne shame to beare againe VVe vanquish and tread tam'd loue vnder feete Victorious wreathes at length my Temples greete Suffer and harden good growes by this griefe Oft bitter iuyce brings to the sick reliefe I haue sustain'd so oft thrust from the doore To lay my body on the hard moist floore I know not whom thou lewdlie did'st imbrace VVhen I to watch supplyed a seruants place I saw when forth a tyred louer went His side past seruice and his courage spent Yet this is lesse then if he had seene me May that shame fall mine enimies chaunce to be When haue not I fixt to thy side close layed I haue thy husband guard and fellow played The people by my company she pleas'd My loue was cause that more mens loue she seaz'd VVhat should I tell her vaine tongues filthy lyes And to my losse God-wronging periuries VVhat secret beeks in banquets with her youths VVith priuy signes and talke dissembling truths Hearing her to be sick I thither ranne But with my riuall sick she was not than These hardned me with what I keepe obscure Some other seeke who will these things endure Now my ship in the wished hauen crown'd With ioy heares Neptunes swelling waters sound Leaue thy once powerfull words and flatteries I am not as I was before vnwise Now loue and hate my light brest each way moue But victory I thinke will hap to loue I le hate it I can if not loue gainst my will Bulles hate the yoake yet what they hate haue still I flie her lust but follow beauties creature I loath her manners loue her bodies feature Nor with thee nor without thee can I liue And doubt to which desire the palme to giue Or lesse faire or lesse lewd would thou might'st be Beauty with lewdnesse doth right ill agree Her deeds gaine hate her face entreateth loue Ah she doth more worth then her vices proue Spare me O by our fellow bed by all The Gods who by thee to be petiurde fall And by thy face to me a powre diuine And by thine eyes whose radiance burnes out mine What ere thou art mine art thou choose this course Wilt haue me willing or to loue by force Rather I le hoist vp saile and vse the winde That I may loue yet though agaist my minde ELEGIA 11. Dolet amicam suam ita suis earminibus innotuissae vt riuales multos sibi pararit VVHat day was that which all sad haps to bring White birds to louers did not alwayes sing Oris I thinke my wish against the starre Or shall I plaine some God against me warres Who mine was cal'd whom I lou'd more then any I feare with me is common now to many Erre I or by my lookes is she so knowne T is so by my wit her abuse is growne And iustly for her praise why did I tell The wench by my fault is set forth to sell. The bawde I play louers to her I guide Her gate by my hands is set open wide 'T is doubtfull whether verse auaile or harme Against my good they were an enuious charme When Thebes when Troy when Caesar should be writ Alone Corinna moues my wanton wit With Muse oppos'd would I my lines had done And Phoebus had forsooke my worke begun Nor as vse will not Poets record heare Would I my words would any credit beare Scylla by vs her fathers rich haire steales And Scyllaes wombe mad raging dogs conceales Wee cause feete fly wee mingle haires with snakes Victorious Perseus a wing'd steedes back takes Our verse great Tityus a huge space out-spreads And giues the viper curled Dogge three heads We make Enceladus vse a thousand armes And men inthral'd by Mermaids singing charmes The East winds in Vlisses baggs we shut And babbing Tantalus in mid-waters put Niobe flint Callist we make a Beare Bird-changed Progne doth her Itys teare Ione turnes himselfe into a Swanne or gold Or his Bulles hornes Europas hand doth hold Proteus what should I name teeth Thebes first seed Oxen in whose mouthes burning flames did breede Heau'n starre Electra that bewail'd her sisters The

our deeds expresse And as a traytour mine owne fault confesse Telling thy mistresse where I was with thee How oft and by what meanes we did agree ELEGIA 9. Ad Cupidinem O Cupid that doest neuer cease my smart O boy that lyest so slothfull in my heart Why me that alwayes was thy souldiour found Doest harme and in thy tents why doest me wound Why burnes thy brand why strikes thy bow thy friends More glory by thy vanquisht foes ascends Did not Pelides whom his Speare did grieue Being requirde with speedy help relieue Hunters leaue taken beasts pursue the chase And then things found do euer further pace We people wholy giuen thee feele thine armes Thy dull hand staies thy striuing enemies harmes Doest ioy to haue thy hooked Arrowes shaked In naked bones loue hath my bones left naked So many men and maidens without loue Hence with great laude thou maiest a triumph moue Rome if her strength the huge world had not fild With strawie cabins now her courts should build The weary souldiour hath the conquerd fields His sword layed by safe though rude places yeelds The Dock in harbours ships drawne from the floods Horse freed from seruice range abroad the woods And time it was for me to liue in quiet That haue so oft seru'd pretty wenches dyet Yet should I curse a God if he but said Liue without loue so sweete ill is a maide For when my loathing it of heate depriues me I know not whether my mindes whirle-wind driues me Euen as a head-strong courser beares away His rider vainely striuing him to stay Or as a suddaine gaile thrusts into sea The heauen-touching barke now neere the lea So wauering Cupid brings me backe amaine And purple loue resumes his dartes againe Strike boy I offer thee my naked brest Heere thou hast strength here thy right hand doth rest Heere of themselues thy shafts come as if shot Better then I their quiuer knowes them not Haplesse is he that all the night lyes quiet And slumbring thinkes himselfe much blessed by it Foole what is sleepe but image of cold death Long shalt thou rest when Fates expire thy breath But me let crafty damsells words deceiue Great ioyes by hope I insy shall conceiue Now let her flatter me now chide me hard Let her inioy me oft oft be debard Cupid by thee Mars in great doubt doth trample And thy step-father fights by thy example Light art thou and more windy then thy winges Ioyes with vncertaine faith thou takest and bringes Yet loue if thou with thy fayre mother heare Within my brest no desert empire beare Subdue the wandring wenches to thy raigne So of both people shalt thou homage gaine ELEGIA 10. Ad Graecinum quod eodem tempore duas amet GRaecinus well I wot thou toldst me once I could not be in loue with two at once By thee deceiued by thee surpriz'd am I For now I loue two women equally Both are welfauor'd both in rich aray Which is the louelyest it is hard to say This seemes the fayrest so doth that to me And this doth please me most and so doth shee Euen as a Boate tost by contrary winde So with this loue and that wauers my minde Venus why doublest thou my endlesse smart Was not one wench enough to grieue my heart Why addst thou stars to heauen leaues to greene woods And to the vast deepe sea fresh water stoods Yet this is better farre then lye alone Let such as be mine enemies haue none Yea let my foes sleepe in an empty bed And in the midst their bodyes largely spread But may soft loue roufe vp my drowise eyes And from my mistris bosome let me rise Let one wench cloy me with sweet loues delight If one can doore if not two euery night Though I am slender I haue store of pith Nor want I strength but weight to presse her with Pleasure addes fuell to my lust-full fire I pay them horne with that they most desire Oft haue I spent the night in wa●●●●esse And in the morne beene liuely 〈◊〉 the lesse 〈◊〉 happy who loues ●●●tuall skirmish layes And to the Gods for that death Ouid prayes Let souldiers chase their enemies amaine And with their blood eternall honour gaine Let Merchants seeke wealth with periured lips And being wrackt carouse the sea tir'd by their ships But when I dye would I might droupe with doing And in the midst thereof set my soule going That at my funeralls some may weeping crye Euen as he led his life so did he dye ELEGIA 11. Ad amicam nauigantem THe lofty Pine from high mount Pelion raught Ill wayes by rough se as wodring waues first taught Which rashly t'wixt the sharpe rockes in the deepe Caried the famous golden-●leeced sheepe O would that no Oares might in seas haue suncke The Argos wrackt had deadly waters drunke Loe country Gods and know bed to forsake Cortnna meanes and dangerous wayes to take For thee the East and West winds make me pale With Icy Boreas and the Southerne gale Thou shalt admire no woods or Citties there The vniust seas all blewish do appeare The Ocean hath no painted stones or shelles The sucking shore with their aboundance swels Maides on the shore with marble white feet tread So farre 't is safe but to go farther dread Let others tell how winds fierce battailes wage How Scyllaes and Caribdis waters rage And with what rocke the feard Cerannia threat In what gulfe either Syrtes haue their seate Let others tell this and what each one speakes Beleeue no tempest the beleeuer wreakes Too late you looke back when with anchor weighd The crooked Barque hath her swift sayles displayd The carefull ship-man now feares angry gufts And with the waters sees death neere him thrufts But if that Triton tosse the troubled floud In all thy face will be no crimson bloud Then wilt thou Laedas noble twinne-starrs pray And he is happy whom the earth holds say It is more safe to sleepe to read a booke The Thracian Harpe with cunning to haue strooke But if my words with winged stormes hence slip Yet Galatea fauour thou her ship The losse of such a wench much blame will gather Both to the Sea-nimphs and the Sea-nimphs father Go minding to returne with prosperous winde Whose blast may hether strongly be inclinde Let Ner●● bend the waues vnto this shore Hether the windes blowe here the spring-tide rore Request mild Zepheres helpe for thy auaile And with thy hand assist thy swelling saile I from the shore thy knowne ship first will see And say it brings her that preserueth me I le clip and kisse thee with all contentation For thy returne shall fall the vowd oblatio And in the forme of beds wee le strow soft sand Each little hill shall for a table stand There wine being fild thou many things shalt tell How almost wrackt thy ship in maine seas fell And hasting to me neither darkesome night Nor violent South windes did thee ought