The Forrest of Fancy Wherein is conteined very prety Apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, Songes, Sonets, Epigrams and Epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. With sundry other deuices, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable [by H. C.] |
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Of one Cianippus, who in his dronkennesse deflowred his owne daughter ciane.
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Of one Cianippus, who in his dronkennesse deflowred his owne daughter ciane.
Of Siracuse cianipBecause that he did offer,
His Sacrifise to all the Gods.
and none to Bachus proffer,
Was stroke with such a drunckennesse,
that meeting in the darke,
His Daughter Ciane, her deflourde,
but what did follow marke,
and know who did the deede,
From of his finger plucke his ring,
whereby she saw with speede,
That it had bene her Father deare,
and after when the Citty,
Was plagued all for this soule facte,
and that by sentence wittie,
Of th'oracle it willed was,
the Authour of the act,
For to be sacrifised vp,
for this foule fylthy fact,
Whereas none knew who it should be,
or what did cause the same,
Ciane with afflicted minde,
remembring it did frame,
Her Fathers death, who being dead
herselfe she also slue,
And on his corpes her corpes she cast,
for euery man to view.
Finis.
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