The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ouidius Naso, In Englishe Verse set out and translated by George Turberuile ... with Aulus Sabinus Aunsweres to certaine of the same |
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The Argument of the sixt Epistle, entituled Hypsiphyle to Iason.
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 | The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ouidius Naso, In Englishe Verse |  |
The Argument of the sixt Epistle, entituled Hypsiphyle to Iason.
The Oracle pronounsteto Pelyas, that hee
Should then in daunger stand of death
when he did chaunce to see
One barefoote, doing rytes
vnto his Fathers ghost:
T'was Iasons hap to meete him,
that by hap his shoe had lost
In flood Auaurus foord.
The Vncle waying than
The prophecie, to stande in doubt
of dreadfull death began,
To Colchos he perswades
the lustie youth to fleete
To fet the golden Fleese
a spoyle for such a Gallant meete,
In hope the daungers would
the wanton wight deuourde
Sir Iason with a troupe of Greekes
through chocking chanell scourde.
At Lemnos he at length
and all his route arriude,
An Yle where cursed women had
their husbandes lyues depriude.
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did entertaine the Greeke
And all his traine for courtesie
they neuer saw the like.
There two yeares he soiournde,
his Mates at last bespake
Their Captaine, and perswade him thence
his voyage on to take.
The Queene was great with Babe,
away the Grecians go,
Ariude at Colch he wanne the Fleese
Medea looude him so.
The conquerour conueyes
the Mayde with him to Greece:
Which Queene Hypsiphyle hearing off,
and of his prettie peece,
Repynde at Iason sore,
that Medea had possest.
The place which shee had wonne before
by vsing well hir guest.
She ioyes at his returne,
the Witch shee felly hates,
And thus with ioyfull Iason in
hir Pistle shee debates.
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