Part 30

Where refreshing in a secret ioy with new budding conceits my burning hart, and leauing off vulgar and common follies, I began to consider of the intelligible effect of honest loue, and withall of the cleerenes of the skies, the sweete and milde aire, the delightfull site, the pleasant countrie, the green grasse decked with diuersity of flowers, the faire hils adorned with thicke woods, the quiet time, fresh windes, and fruitfull place, beautifully enriched with diffluent streames, sliding downe the moist vallies betwixt the crooked hils in their grauelled channels, and into the next seas with a continued course softly vnlading themselues.

A ground most healthfull, the grasse coole and sweet: and from the trees resounded the sweete consents of small chirping birds. The flouds and fields of Thessalie must giue place to this.

And there sitting thus togither among the sweete flowers and redolent roses, I fastened mine eies vpon this heauenly shape of so faire and rare a proportion, whereunto my sences were so applied, drawen and addicted, that my hart was ouerwhelmed with extreeme delights, so as I remained senceles, and yet cast into a curious desire to vnderstand and knowe what should be the reason and cause that the purple humiditie in the touch of hir bodie, in the smoothnes of hir hand should be as white as pure milke: and by what meanes that nature had bestowed in hir faire bodie the fragrant sweetnes of Arabia. And by what industrie in hir starrie forehead pampynulated with threds of gold aptly disposed, she had infixed the fairest part of the heauens, or the splendycant Heraclea.

Afterward letting fall mine eies towards hir prety feete, I beheld them inclosed in red leather cut vpon white, fastened vpon the instep with buttons of gold in loopes of blew silke. And from thence I returned vpward my wanton regard to hir straight necke compassed about with a carkenet of orient pearle, striuing but not able to match with the whitenes of the sweet skin. From thence descending down to hir shining breast and delitious bosome, from whence grew two round apples, such as Hercules neuer stole out of the garden of Hesperides. Neither did euer Pomona behold the like to these two standing vnmooueable in hir roseall breast, more white than hils of snowe in the going downe of the sunne. Betwixt the which there passed downe a delicious vallie, wherein was the delicate sepulcher of my wounded hart exceeding the famous Mausolea.

I then being content with a wounded hart full well vnderstanding that mine eies had drawen it dying into all these elegant parts. Yet neuertheles I could not so bridle and suppresse my amorous inflamed sighes, or so closely couer them, but that they would needs expresse my inward desire.

By means whereof she was changed from contagious loue, and striking with hir stolen regards (enuying the same) she turned it vpon me, so as I perceiued an incensing fire pruriently diffusing it selfe through my inward parts and hollow veines: and during the contemplate beholding of hir most rare and excellent beautie, a mellifluous delight and sweete solace constrained me thereunto. Thus disordinately beaten with the importune spur of vnsatiable desire, I found my selfe to be set vpon with the mother of loue, inuironed round about with hir flamigerous sonne, and inuaded with so faire a shape, that I was with these and others so excellent circumstances brought into such an agonie of minde and sicknes of bodie, and in such sort infeebled, that the least haire of hir head was a band forcible ynough to hold me fast, and euery rowled tramell a chaine and shackle to fetter me, being fed with the sweetnes of hir beautie, and hooked with the pleasant baits of hir amorous delights, that I was not able with whatsoeuer cunning deuise to resist the inuading heates and prouoking desires still comming vpon me, that I determined rather to die than longer to endure the same, or in this solitarie place to offer hir any dishonor.

Then againe I was determined with humble requests and submissiue intreaties to say thus:

Alas most delighted Polia, at this present to die by thee is a thing that I desire, and my death if it were effected by these thy small, slender and faire hands, the ende thereof should be more tolerable, sweete and glorious vnto me, bicause my hart is compassed about with such tormenting flames, still more and more cruelly increasing, and burning the same without pitie or intermission, so as by meanes thereof I am bereft of all rest.

And heerewithall intending to put in execution another determinate purpose, behold my hart was tormented with more sharpe flames, that me thought I was all of a light fire. Ah wo is me what wert thou aduised to do Poliphilus? Remember the violence done to Deianira and the chaste Roman lady. Consider what followed them for a reward, and diuers others.

Call to minde that mighty princes haue beene reiected of their inferiors, how much more then a base and abiect person, but tract of time giueth place to them which expect the bountie thereof. Time causeth the fierce lions to be tame, and whatsoeuer furious beast: the small ant by long trauell laieth vp hir winter foode in the hard tree, and shall not a diuine shape lying hid in a humane bodie take the impression of feruent loue, and then holding the same, shake off all annoyous and vexing passions, hoping to enioy amorous fruits, desired effects, and triumphing agonismes.

The Nymph Polia perceiuing well the change of my colour and blood comming in more stranger sort than Tripolion or Teucrion, thrise a day changing the colour of his flowers, and my indeuoring to sende out scalding sighes deeply set from the bottome of my hart, she did temper and mitigate the same with hir sweete and friendly regards, pacifieng the rage of my oppressing passions, so as notwithstanding my burning minde in these continuall flames and sharpe prouocations of loue, I was aduised patiently to hope euen with the bird of Arabia in hir sweet nest of small sprigs, kindled by the heate of the sunne to be renewed.

FINIS.

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Errors and anomalies noted by transcriber:

This e-text is based on a facsimile edition made from a single copy of the 1592 original. In some places, text is illegible or missing.

"The Italian version" refers to the 1499 text. At time of preparation, page images of this book were available at http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/HP/hyp000.htm and linked pages. Note that the 1592 English translation covers just under half the Italian text. The Italian was consulted in some cases of uncertain readings in the English. The sidenotes have no Italian equivalent.

Oddities of punctuation are as in the original, but missing full stops at paragraph-end have been supplied.

The text often prints in place of , especially when italicized: Phbus; Crsus (twice); Cus The spellings Pasiph (for Pasiphae or Pasiphae:) and Androdus (for Androclus or Androcles) were also left unchanged.

u for n, n for u (inverted letter shown with asterisk): draperie of double Achan*this I behelde Leu*cothoe inclau*strede and compassede about and lose my lou*e courteou*s young women haue you* not seene it circulatin*g iustly most pretiou*s vessell The squ*are base court skinnes, statu*es, tytles, and trophes her name was Mn*emosina vppon eu*erie of those Portes and Gates the first tower or moun*t discouered and come vn*to

halfe speare; Hemispere spellings from Sidenotes in original Sidenote h: (a narow sea by Byzantium... text reads "(a narow sea)" with extra ) Sidenote b: Caucasus a mightie hill text reads "d" for "b" the assending the turning stayers so in original: "then assending"? neuer heard of this: text reads "hard" ...a horsse of Colos. [_________] of an Oliphant, but especially of a most rare and straunge Porche. gap in printed text is about 12 letters wide. Italian text: ...uno caballo, de uno iacente colosso, de uno elephanto, ma praecipuamente de una elegantissima porta. seene or crediblie reported text reads "crebiblie" with a long waued maine text reads "maime" Sidenote: None liue in this world text reads "in in" studdes hanging iewels, stories, and deuises, not an error for "stones". Italian text: di molti sigilli, & bulle, & historiette & fictione the vulgar and common sort of mannalists so in original: "manualists"? courteous, gentle, bening, tractable so in original: "benign"? and wrapt ouer with the same foliature and leafe worke text reads "wirh" an aporne of a Goates skinne so in original: "aprone"? offered yoong and tender sonne so in original: "offered hir"? Sidenote: The bones next the qack in the wing so in original: "back"? this Epigram in Cappitall Greeke Letters text reads "Creeke" vppon a ground of Iasul or blew Saphyrs so in original: "lasul"? with her haire trans-formed text reads "heare" in the disposing thereof as aforesaide text reads "aforesaidel" corrospondent and agreeing with spelling as in original Sidenote: A petiment in corrupt English. reading "petiment" conjectural Sidenote: Anaglipts are cunning carues and grauers. reading conjectural: beginning of each line is missing naglipts / e cunning / arues and / rauers effected by many seuerall workmen text reads "wookmen" Bagistanus must giue place text reads "geue" although the Obelisk of Iupiter text reads "Obelist" asosciated with curious workemanship text has "aso/scociated" at page break, but catchword is "sciated" bright shining lyke goalde reading unclear, checked against Italian his Sonnes Cadus, Foenice, and Cilicia all forms as in original theyr actions and degrees tightlye expressed so in original: "rightlye"? with exquisite / parergie and shadowing Waters, Fountaines, Mountaines, Hilles, woodes, / and beasts, in theyr naturall coulours, and distante one from an other, / with opposite light. layout of original ambiguous, with possible paragraph break after "shadowing". Italian reads: Cum gli exquisiti parergi. Aque. fonti. monti. colli. boscheti. animali. di prauato il coloramento cum la distantia, & cum il lume opposito... shaking her trisulked and three parted tongue so in original: "trifulked"? like and Eele so in original: "an" sorrowe more abounding then poore Pscyphes so in original: "Psyches"? And who shal be the possor so in original: "possessor"? reassuming and gatheringtogether "a" in "gathering" printed upside-down a verie pleasaunt sighte and counttie so in original: "countrie"? for Angles and noble personages spelling as in original for it was rownd about compassed text reads "it it" a I passed on reading unclear: may be "as I" I beheld Egiplie hierogliphies so in original: "Egiptie"? did containe an elegant Cigrued Nimph reading unclear vppon a conuenient frame text reads "conenient" the waters did striue togither and meete text reads "meetes" Prapitiles neuer perfourmed the lyke so in original: "Praxiteles"? a most bewtifull Ladye in hir sleep text reads "in in" and retract towardes hir text reads "towares" I heard a singing company text reads "hard" a great applause among the pleasant flowers text unclear; "among" conjectural the vppermost of curled white sendall text reads "vppermst" stayed theyr nimphish gates text reads "nimpish" (for they seemed to mee... text reads ")for they" nowe vsurped and tyrannized by the insolent Spanyard phrase not present in Italian text sweete pronuntiation text reads "pronuntiaon" Achol ... Genshra names elsewhere spelled "Achoe" and "Geussia" as in Italian compassed about with a Coronice. full stop invisible, but implied by spacing statues of fine mettal text reads "scatnes" with inverted "u" a goodly Fountaine of cleare water, spinnyng from the verie toppe as it were to the foundation, whiche commas invisible, but implied by spacing and turning rounde. full stop invisible, but implied by spacing had made theyr habitation there text reads "habitaon" embost, chased, and engrauen text reads "chafed" of the sumptuous Fountaine, closing ) invisible in original checkers or scutuls and Trigons. full stop invisible, but implied by spacing and in the same two images text reads "and and" the roofe whereof text reads "roote" the Matrone Muemosnia text reads "Muemosnia" agreeable and fitting text reads "agreebale" their solacious and magnificent pleasures text reads "magnicifient" After that she said .... bee committed first four lines of paragraph, at page-end, repeated at beginning of following page when he is in the malignant taile reading unclear: Italian has "cauda" Streight before the triumphant Queene text reads "Sreight" seuen vpon a side in a Nimphish apparrel text reads "Nimpish" Then there at euerie chaunge of course, two Edeabriees reading unclear: Italian has "domicelle edeatrice" And by this appoynted order, there was continually heard melodious soundes, and pleasaunt harmonies, sweete concords with delightfull Musicke presented, odoriferous perfume smelt, and stately viandes plentifully fedde of. reading conjectural: beginning of last three lines missing And by this appoynted order, there was continually heard ____dious soundes, and pleasaunt harmonies, sweete con ___with delightfull Musicke presented, odoriferous per ___smelt, and stately viandes plentifully fedde of. Italian reads: continuamente si udiuano gratissimi soni, si auscultaua lepidissimi concenti, si persentiua delectabile melodia, iocundissimo odoramento, se exhauriua, & lautissima satietate suauissimamente gustando si receueua. Manna, Pineapple kernels, Rose water so in original: Italian has "nuclei pinei". On page 57v, "seme de pine" is translated "seedes of Pines". the floures of Gessamin text reads "flloures" vpon the pauement), closing ) missing in original and so delightfull to the sences text reads "delighfull" shell, fish, Dactilus, with Pistacke, Nut kernels all commas in original The vpper vessell text reads "ypper" a most excellent daunce or game text reads "excel/cellent" at line break The delightfull presence of the Nymphes text reads "delighfull" Secretaries, wee tearme them Bishoppes, and two Knights "wee tearme them Bishoppes" added by translator they apparrelled in gold text reads "thy" shee is rightly called Thelosia. spelling as in original: elsewhere "Telosia" I would haue thee to vnderstande text reads "vnderhande" shee transformeth her selfe against the haire so in original: Italian has "uersipelle" woorke-manshippe hyphen in original at mid-line the conditionate state of this maruellous feate reading unclear: text looks like "seate" but Italian has "fito" wherein I haue satis-fied him hyphen in original at mid-line Tarnia the Queene of the Scythians so in original: Italian has "Tarina" By the Ower looke vpon this text reads "Owe" For thys beeing satis-fied and that I am not yet / satis-fied both hyphens in original Signifying thereby text reads "Sgnifying" The Gate vppon my right hand so in original: Italian has same wording with same illustration her name was Thende so in original: Italian has "Theude" The fift, Epiania. so in original: Italian has "Etiania" or the fayre Psyches text reads "the the" the shady Wooddes of Mensunlone so in original: Italian has "Mesanlone" Shee tooke me by the left hande text reads "toooke" bridling my inconuenient desires text reads "incouenient" and my subdued heart text reads "haert" these had a consort of liuncyers winde Instruments, full of spirite. reading unclear: possibly "liuncyets". Italian text: ... cum mirabili & ueterrimi istrumenti da flato concordi, & cum incredibili spiriti expressi Violets, Cowslops, Melilots so in original the faire Nymph Lara sorting with Argiphon so in original: "sporting"? [Sidenote A: This verse consisted of Strophe, Aristophe, and Epodus.] so in original: Antistrophe? Lyndens or teile trees, in Latin Tili reading unclear reaching from Germany reading conjectural: "r" in "from" invisible [Sidenote A: Hamadryades were nymphs of the wood and Symenides] [Sidenote B: Vertumnus the God of fruits.] unlabeled sidenotes with no space at line end: may be one or two a great square stone like an aulter text reads "and aulter" the clouds full of haile. full stop invisible, but implied by spacing [Sidenote B: ... Mausolus king of Cania.] so in original_

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Inscriptions and Greek: The Greek text uses an asymmetrical form of Pi that is easily confused with Gamma, and an Upsilon that resembles Tau. The Arabic text could not be transcribed.

+LICHA SOLIBIKOS LITHODOMOS O:RTHOSEN ME+ The first Lambda is upside-down. Probable correct reading: +LICHAS HO LIBIKOS LITHODOMOS O:RTHO:SEN ME.+

+GUMNOS E:N. EI ME: AN THE:RI- ON EMEKALUPSEN. ZE:TEI. HEU- RE:SE:DE. EASON ME.+ Probable correct reading: +GUMNOS E:N, EI ME: AN THE:RI-/ON EME KALUPSEN. ZE:TEI. HEU- RE:SE: DE. EASON ME.+

NVDVSESSEM, BES- TIA NIME TEXIS- SET, QVAERE, ET INVE NIES. MESI- NITO. Reading with corrected spacing and punctuation: NVDVS ESSEM, BES-/TIA NI ME TEXIS-/SET. QVAERE, ET INVENIES. ME SI-/NITO

+HOSTIS EI. ALBEEK TOU DE TOU THE:SAUROU, OSNON ANA RESKOI. PARAINO: DE HO:S LABE:IS TE:N KEPHALE:N, ME: HAPTOU EO:MATOS.+ Probable correct reading: +HOSTIS EI, LABE EK TOUDE TOU / THE:SAUROU, HOSON ANARESKOI. PARAINO: DE HO:S LABE:IS TE:N / KEPHALE:N, ME: HAPTOU SO:MATOS.+

...QVANTVNCVN- QUE LIBVERIT HVIVS THESAVRI SVME AD MONEO... Correct spacing: ADMONEO.

+THEOIS APHRODITIKAI TO: O: EROTI DIONISOS YKAI DE: ME:TRA EK TO:N IDIO:N MYTRI SUMPATHESTATE:+ Probable correct reading: +THEOIS APHRODITE:I KAI TO:I HUIO:I ERO:TI DIONUSOS KAI DE:ME:TRA EK TO:N IDIO:N ME:TRI / SUMPATHESTATE: