XXXIII.
[When Priams sonne in midst of Ida plaine]
In this Sonnet the Authour is of opinion, that his Mistres (by
the fatall appoyntement of destinie) was from the beginning
reserued to liue in these times, and to bee the onely
gouernesse & subiect of his thoughtes: whereas: if either
she had bene borne, when Paris was to giue sentence vpon
Ida for bestowing the Golden Apple; she had (as he supposeth)
bene preferred before Iuno, Pallas and Venus, & moreouer
supplied that place in the loue of kinge Priams sonne,
whiche Helen of Greece obteined: or if shee had then liued
when Bacchus tooke Ariadne to wife, she had bene conuayed
in her steede, vnto that place in heau'n, where nowe the
Crowne of Ariadne called
Cuius ortum & occasū memorat Plinius nat. hist. lib. 18. c. 28. & c. 31.
Corona Gnosia doth shine continuallie,
beinge beautified with greate varietie of lightsome
starres.
When
Priams sonne in midst of Ida plaine
Gaue one the price, and other two the foile,
If she for whome I still abide in paine
Had liued then within the Troyan soile,
No doubt but hers had bene the golden ball,
Helen had scaped rape, and Troy his fall.
Or if my Dame had then enioyed life
When Bacchus sought for Ariadnaes loue,
No doubt but she had onely bene his wife,
And flowne from hence to sit with Gods aboue:
For she exceedes his choise of Create so farre
As Phebus doth excell a twinckeling starre.
But from the first all fates haue thus assign'd,
That she should liue in these our latter dayes,
I thinke to beare a sway within my minde
And feede my thoughtes with frendly sweete delayes;
If so it be, let me attend my chaunce,
And fortune pipe when I beginne to daunce.
Assai ben balla a chi Fortuna suona.
