Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T33: daughter, marriage, father, love, davus, matter, son, chremes, wife, mother.
It doth declare your parents and your Country, And all your fortunes, thus I read it to you Verbatim as it stands, give your attentions. My daughter, the sun being author of our stock, is witness that for no misdeed, I have cast thee forth, and concealed thee from thy father Hydaspes sight, yet I would have myself excused to thee, if thou happen to live, and to him that shall find thee if the gods procure any, and therefore I declare the cause of thy exposition, after king Hydaspes had been married to me ten years, and we had never a child, we happened one time to rest us after dinner in a gallery where hung rare pictures and images, amongst which were those of Perseus and Andromeda portrayed as when he first redeemed her from the rock, at this time your father lay with me, swearing that by a dream he was commanded so to do, and I by and by perceived myself to be with child: but thou wert borne white which colour is strange among the Aethiopians. I knew the reason, because I looked stead fastly upon the picture of Andromeda naked, and by that means, conceived a thing like to her, yet I determined to rid myself of shameful death (counting it certain that thy colour would procure me to be accused of adultery, and that none would believe me when I told them the cause) and to commit thee to the unstableness of fortune, which is a great deal rather to be wished for then present death, or to be called a bastard: and telling my husband that thou wert straight dead, I have privily laid thee forth with the greatest riches that I had for a reward to him that shall find thee and take thee up: above all things remember that thou seek among thy jewels for a certain ring, which thy father gave me when we were first made sure, in the hoop whereof is a princely posy, the stone is a Pantarbe of secret virtue, consecrated in the place where it is set. The gods preserve thee my dearest daughter, and grant us a happy meeting. A strange but blessed discovery hast thou made Of fair Cariclea's royal pedigree (Right reverend father) which before lay buried Deep in the obscure vault of ignorance. Now princely virgin raise thy glorious head Above the clouds, and give thy conquering beauty Command to pull the thunderer from his seat To serve thee here on earth or in Olympus Where thou shalt please to dwell, and rest not here, Let Mars be fettered, Mercurie a slave, And bright Apollo dazzled with the sight Of beams more splendent than his own, fall down And worship thy appearance, offering thee His throne to sit upon. Theagenes, Fie, be not such a vain Idolater The gods may plague you for it. plague me for Adoring queen Caricles deity? They are unjust then, for themselves commit The same Idolatry as well as I.
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It doth declare your parents and your Countrey, And all your fortunes, thus I read it to you Verbatim as it ſtands, give your attentions. My daughter, the ſunne being authour of our ſtoke, is witneſſe that for no miſ-deed, I have caſt thee forth, and concealed thee from thy father Hydaſpes ſight, yet I would have my ſelfe excuſed to thee, if thou happen to live, and to him that ſhall finde thee if the gods procure any, and therefore I declare the cauſe of thy expoſition, after king Hydaſpes had beene married to me ten yeeres, and we had never a child, we happened one time to reſt us after dinner in a gallerie where hung rare pictures and images, amongſt which were thoſe of Perſeus and Andromeda portrayed as when he firſt redeem'd her from the rocke, at this time your father lay with me, ſwearing that by a dreame he was commandd ſo to doe, and I by and by perceived my ſelfe to be with child: but thou wert borne white which colour is ſtrange among the Aethiopians. I knewe the reaſon, becauſe I looked ſted faſtlie upon the picture of Andromeda naked, and by that meanes, conceived a thing like to her, yet I deermined to rid my ſelfe of ſhamefull death (counting it certaine that thy colour would procure me to be accuſed of adulterie, and that none would believe me when I told them the cauſe) and to commit thee to the unſtablenes of fortune, which is a great deale rather to be wiſhed for then preſent death, or to be called a baſtard: and telling my huſband that thou wert ſtraight dead, I have privilie layd thee forth with the greateſt riches that I had for a reward to him that ſhall find thee and take thee up: above all thinges remember that thou ſeeke among thy jewels for a certaine ring, which thy father gave me when we were firſt made ſure, in the hoope whereof is a princelie poſie, the ſtone is a Pantarbe of ſecret vertue, conſecrated in the place where it is ſet. The gods preſerve thee my deereſt daughter, and grant us a happy meeting. A ſtrange but bleſt diſcoverie haſt thou made Of faire Caricleas royall pedegree (Right reverend father) which before lay buried Deepe in the obſcure vault of ignorance. Now princelie virgin raiſe thy glorious head Above the clouds, and give thy conquering beautie Command to pull the thunderer from his ſeate To ſerve thee here on earth or in Olympus Where thou ſhalt pleaſe to dwell, and reſt not here, Let Mars be fetter'd, Mercurie a ſlave, And bright Apollo dazled with the ſight Of beames more ſplendant then his owne, fall downe And worſhip thy appearance, offering thee His throne to ſit upon. Theagenes, Fie, be not ſuch a vaine Idolater The gods may plague you for it. plague me for Adoring queene Caricles deity? They are unjuſt then, for themſelves commit The ſame Idolatry aſwell as I.