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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[Arcadian Syrinx was a Nymph most noble, amongst all]
Arcadian
Syrinx was a Nymph most noble, amongst all
Naiades and Dryades, that, in olde times highly renowned
Arcadian fountaines and mountains euer aforded.
Naiades and Dryades, that, in olde times highly renowned
Arcadian fountaines and mountains euer aforded.
Fleshly Satyrs, Fauni, Siluani dayly desired
Braue bony Syrinx loue, yet loueles braue bony Syrinx
Fleshly Satyrs, Fauni, Siluani dayly deceaued.
Syrinx tooke noe ioy in ioyes of Queene Cytheræa,
But vowd life and loue, and hart and hand to Diana.
Lyke to Diana she lyu'd, for a virgins lyfe she professed,
Lyke to Diana she went, for in hunting roabes she delighted,
And with bow and shafts stil practysd lyke to Diana;
Onely the diffrence was, that, in-hunting-mighty Dianaes
Bow, was made of gowld, and Syrinx bow of a cornell:
Which noe great diffrence was not so greatly regarded,
But that Nymphs and Gods eu'n so were dayly deceaued,
And hunting Syrinx for mighty Diana reputed,
So nere by Syrinx was mighty Diana resembled.
Braue bony Syrinx loue, yet loueles braue bony Syrinx
Fleshly Satyrs, Fauni, Siluani dayly deceaued.
Syrinx tooke noe ioy in ioyes of Queene Cytheræa,
But vowd life and loue, and hart and hand to Diana.
Lyke to Diana she lyu'd, for a virgins lyfe she professed,
Lyke to Diana she went, for in hunting roabes she delighted,
And with bow and shafts stil practysd lyke to Diana;
Onely the diffrence was, that, in-hunting-mighty Dianaes
Bow, was made of gowld, and Syrinx bow of a cornell:
Which noe great diffrence was not so greatly regarded,
But that Nymphs and Gods eu'n so were dayly deceaued,
And hunting Syrinx for mighty Diana reputed,
So nere by Syrinx was mighty Diana resembled.
Pan, with a garland greene of Pinetree gayly bedecked
Saw this Nymph on a time come back from lofty Lycæus,
And his rurall loue in rurall sort he bewraied.
Saw this Nymph on a time come back from lofty Lycæus,
And his rurall loue in rurall sort he bewraied.
Scarce had he sayd, Bony sweete: but away went braue bony Syrinx,
Went through hills and dales and woods: and lastly aryued,
Where gentle Ladon with mylde streames sweetely resounded,
Ladon stopt her course, Ladon too deepe for a damsell.
Went through hills and dales and woods: and lastly aryued,
Where gentle Ladon with mylde streames sweetely resounded,
Ladon stopt her course, Ladon too deepe for a damsell.
Then, quod Syrinx, Help, deare sisters; let not a virgin,
Immaculate virgin by a rurall Pan be defyled.
Rather let Syrinx be a mourning read by the ryuer,
Soe that Syrinx may be a mayden reade by the ryuer.
By and by Syrinx was turnd to a reade by the ryuer:
By and by came Pan, and snatcht at a reade for a Syrinx,
And there sight and sobd, that the found but a reade for a Syrinx.
Whilst Pan sighs and sobds, new tender reades by the whistling
Wyndes, did shake and quake, and yeelded a heauy resounding,
Yeelded a dolefull note and murmur like to a playning.
Which Pan perceauing, and therewith greatly delighted,
Sayd, that he would thenceforth of those reades make him a Syrinx.
Then, when he had with wax, many reedes conioyned in order,
His breath gaue them life: and soe Pan framed a Pastors
Pipe, which of Syrinx is yet still called a Syrinx.
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Rather let Syrinx be a mourning read by the ryuer,
Soe that Syrinx may be a mayden reade by the ryuer.
By and by Syrinx was turnd to a reade by the ryuer:
By and by came Pan, and snatcht at a reade for a Syrinx,
And there sight and sobd, that the found but a reade for a Syrinx.
Whilst Pan sighs and sobds, new tender reades by the whistling
Wyndes, did shake and quake, and yeelded a heauy resounding,
Yeelded a dolefull note and murmur like to a playning.
Which Pan perceauing, and therewith greatly delighted,
Sayd, that he would thenceforth of those reades make him a Syrinx.
Then, when he had with wax, many reedes conioyned in order,
His breath gaue them life: and soe Pan framed a Pastors
Pipe, which of Syrinx is yet still called a Syrinx.
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