The Third part of the Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch Entituled, Amintas Dale. Wherein are the most conceited tales of the Pagan Gods in English Hexameters together with their auncient descriptions and Philosophicall explications. By Abraham Fravnce |
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[When the rebelling broode of th' earth layd siege to the heauens]
When the rebelling broode of th' earth layd siege to the heauens,
And Ioue all in vaine had wasted his ord'nary thunder,
Fire-forging Vulcan contriu'd new darts of a wondrous
Mixture, more violent then Ioues first ord'nary thunder.
And Ioue all in vaine had wasted his ord'nary thunder,
Fire-forging Vulcan contriu'd new darts of a wondrous
Mixture, more violent then Ioues first ord'nary thunder.
When Gods thus victors were all secure in Olympus,
And new-found lightning had plagu'd the rebellius ofspring
Ioue bade fire-cunning black smith, for a friendly requitall,
Aske and haue, what he would, and most sincerely protested
By Stygian waters, that nothing should be denied.
And new-found lightning had plagu'd the rebellius ofspring
Ioue bade fire-cunning black smith, for a friendly requitall,
Aske and haue, what he would, and most sincerely protested
By Stygian waters, that nothing should be denied.
Ould limping Dottrel would needs ask Lady Minerua,
Of peace and of wars chiefe guide and Lady, Minerua,
Ioues ioy, borne of Ioue, Ioue only without any Iuno.
Of peace and of wars chiefe guide and Lady, Minerua,
Ioues ioy, borne of Ioue, Ioue only without any Iuno.
Well, qd Ioue, then speak and speede: if Lady Minerua
Yeeld her selfe to a smith, let a smith take Lady Minerua.
Yeeld her selfe to a smith, let a smith take Lady Minerua.
Vulcan limps on apace, prowd of so louely a Lady
And peareles Paragon: When he came at last to the Pallace,
And there found Pallas, th' ould buzzard gan to be bussing
Th' inuiolate Virgin: th' oulde fumbler gan to be fingring
Th' immaculate mayden: who by and by with a stately
Frowne, and austere looke, his rashnes boldly rebuked.
Black smith intreateth, prowd Pallas stoutly denieth,
Gray-beard contendeth, but manly Minerua repelleth.
And peareles Paragon: When he came at last to the Pallace,
And there found Pallas, th' ould buzzard gan to be bussing
Th' inuiolate Virgin: th' oulde fumbler gan to be fingring
Th' immaculate mayden: who by and by with a stately
Frowne, and austere looke, his rashnes boldly rebuked.
Black smith intreateth, prowd Pallas stoutly denieth,
Gray-beard contendeth, but manly Minerua repelleth.
At last, with striuing and strugling stifly, the sharp-set.
Ould fornicator was now so throughly resolued,
Fully resolued now, and now so fowly resolued,
That the resolued blood contending long for a passage,
Powr'd it self at length on th' earth, in steed of a Pallas.
Ould fornicator was now so throughly resolued,
Fully resolued now, and now so fowly resolued,
That the resolued blood contending long for a passage,
Powr'd it self at length on th' earth, in steed of a Pallas.
Vulcan somewhat coolde, and seeing stately Minerua
Obstinat and peeuish, conuey'd himself to his hammers.
Obstinat and peeuish, conuey'd himself to his hammers.
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But the resolued blood which Pallas prowdly refufed,
Was suckt vp by the earth straight way, and gladly receaued;
Wherof Erichthonius was borne, faire boy to the middle,
But fowle snake downward. Which monster, Lady Minerua
Gaue to the three sisters to be kept, inclosd in a casket,
With strayte commaundment, that none looke into the casket,
None peepe in to the childe, or see so fearful a monster.
Pandrosos and Herse kept tutch with Lady Minerua,
Curius Aglauros would see what might be the matter,
And chest vnclosed, disclosed a boy, with a serpent.
Was suckt vp by the earth straight way, and gladly receaued;
Wherof Erichthonius was borne, faire boy to the middle,
But fowle snake downward. Which monster, Lady Minerua
Gaue to the three sisters to be kept, inclosd in a casket,
With strayte commaundment, that none looke into the casket,
None peepe in to the childe, or see so fearful a monster.
Pandrosos and Herse kept tutch with Lady Minerua,
Curius Aglauros would see what might be the matter,
And chest vnclosed, disclosed a boy, with a serpent.
There was a chattring Chough, which spying down from an elmetree,
Saw all their dealings, and shewd all vnto Minerua:
Who in stead of thanks, this brew-bate crow did abandon,
And tooke Nyctimene transformd to an Owle, for her handmayd.
Thenceforth euery Chough, for a mock, was called a Iack-dawe;
And each prating Iack, beares yet this name of a Iack-dawe.
Saw all their dealings, and shewd all vnto Minerua:
Who in stead of thanks, this brew-bate crow did abandon,
And tooke Nyctimene transformd to an Owle, for her handmayd.
Thenceforth euery Chough, for a mock, was called a Iack-dawe;
And each prating Iack, beares yet this name of a Iack-dawe.
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