A poore Knight his Pallace of priuate pleasures Gallantly garnished, with goodly Galleries of strang inuentio[n]s and prudently polished, with sundry pleasant Posies, & other fine fancies of dainty deuices, and rare delightes. Written by a student in Ca[m]bridge. And published by I. C. Gent |
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And thus shee sayd, but salted sighes, would let her say no more,
And trickling teres ran down by stremes, wherof she had great store
And flatling fell before the Gods, and mighty Ioue his throne,
And ofte shee dubled forth these wordes, regard my piteous mone.
Wherwith the Gods began to weepe, and euery one was moued,
For Venus in that parte of heauen, of all the Gods was loued.
At last the Father of the Gods, tooke vp his louing daughter,
And kissed her with louely lippes, these wordes hee vtred after.
Ah Venus, Venus, take good cheere, Dian shall not preuaile,
Wee will resist her martial might, when as shee shall assaile.
And Cupid hee, whom shee detests, shall lead thy hoste to feeld,
And I my selfe will wend with thee, to make her for to yeeld.
Yea all my mates and faithfull frends, I hope will bee content,
Perdy my Lorde (quoth euery one) wee yeeld to this intent.
Then Mars began to smile, and then, the Gods did rise together:
And euery one in cumly sorte, did welcome Venus thyther.
Then Mercury did sound the trumpe, that all the Heauens did ringe,
The noyse therof, great feare no doubt, to all the earth did bring.
Then Pelion gan to shake for feare, and Ossa trembled sore,
Olimpus with the mighty Alpes did neuer so before.
But mighty Mars did shake his hed, hee leapt and ran for ioy,
And kissing Venus oft hee sayd, thy foes I will distroy.
By this the Gods he furnished, and armed at all neede,
And Ioue himselfe rides first in ranke, vpon a barbed steede,
The Goate suffiseth for his badge, whose milke hee loued well,
When milde Melissa gaue him sucke, which then in Crete did dwell.
Then Mercury doth sound agayne, and all the Gods assemble
And as before, so Heauen and earth beginneth againe to tremble,
Amonge the gods which present were, olde Priasus did resort,
Who with Dianas Champions, did thinke to make some sporte.
A garden spade this God did bring, euen as his custome was,
Bedeckt with crownes of smelling flowres, hee rid vpon an asse.
The Gods rid on before apace, for Venus made great haste,
And Pryasus was left behinde, hee could not ride so fast.
His Asse did trot so harde (alas) and put him to such paine,
Hee thought the iorney was to longe, and turned backe agayne.
Then Morpheus turnd himselfe and sayd, it is no time to stay,
To follow them vnto the Campe, let vs no more delay.
Wherfore I thankte him much that time, for longe I wisht to see,
The royall tentes of Cupids Court, with all their dignitie.
And trickling teres ran down by stremes, wherof she had great store
And flatling fell before the Gods, and mighty Ioue his throne,
And ofte shee dubled forth these wordes, regard my piteous mone.
Wherwith the Gods began to weepe, and euery one was moued,
For Venus in that parte of heauen, of all the Gods was loued.
At last the Father of the Gods, tooke vp his louing daughter,
And kissed her with louely lippes, these wordes hee vtred after.
Ah Venus, Venus, take good cheere, Dian shall not preuaile,
Wee will resist her martial might, when as shee shall assaile.
And Cupid hee, whom shee detests, shall lead thy hoste to feeld,
And I my selfe will wend with thee, to make her for to yeeld.
Yea all my mates and faithfull frends, I hope will bee content,
Perdy my Lorde (quoth euery one) wee yeeld to this intent.
Then Mars began to smile, and then, the Gods did rise together:
And euery one in cumly sorte, did welcome Venus thyther.
The noyse therof, great feare no doubt, to all the earth did bring.
Then Pelion gan to shake for feare, and Ossa trembled sore,
Olimpus with the mighty Alpes did neuer so before.
But mighty Mars did shake his hed, hee leapt and ran for ioy,
And kissing Venus oft hee sayd, thy foes I will distroy.
By this the Gods he furnished, and armed at all neede,
And Ioue himselfe rides first in ranke, vpon a barbed steede,
The Goate suffiseth for his badge, whose milke hee loued well,
When milde Melissa gaue him sucke, which then in Crete did dwell.
Then Mercury doth sound agayne, and all the Gods assemble
And as before, so Heauen and earth beginneth againe to tremble,
Amonge the gods which present were, olde Priasus did resort,
Who with Dianas Champions, did thinke to make some sporte.
A garden spade this God did bring, euen as his custome was,
Bedeckt with crownes of smelling flowres, hee rid vpon an asse.
The Gods rid on before apace, for Venus made great haste,
And Pryasus was left behinde, hee could not ride so fast.
His Asse did trot so harde (alas) and put him to such paine,
Hee thought the iorney was to longe, and turned backe agayne.
Then Morpheus turnd himselfe and sayd, it is no time to stay,
To follow them vnto the Campe, let vs no more delay.
Wherfore I thankte him much that time, for longe I wisht to see,
The royall tentes of Cupids Court, with all their dignitie.
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