Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T7: hector, troy, achilles, greeks, aeneas, priam, ulysses, troilus, trojan, trojans.
Whatsoever He be, he's destined to be sacrificed, Some women too must bear him company. This maid that waits on you shall serve the turn. If he be sacrificed, I'll be that woman, Death must not part us two. The gods forbid, Why say you so? Because 'tis fore-decreed I must both live and die with that young man. I praise your courtesy and gentle nature Unto this Grecian stranger, who hath been Companion of your journey, but we cannot Break so the custom of our Country, as To save his life. Then I must perish with him, For know, O king, (perchance I may not dare To call you father) it is cruelty To spare my body, and destroy my heart, He is my heart, my love, my life, and all, My husband by the destinies appointed, And it is sin t'oppose the gods decrees. What will you counsel me to do herein, Sysimethres and thou most reverend Priest, I will be guided by your wisdoms wholly In this affair, Through the exercise of joy The wisest men, ofttimes we see are blinded. For at the first, great King you might perceive The gods liked not this sacrifice which was Ordained, who have every way declared Cariclea your daughter, and brought hither Out of the midst of Greece this reverend man, Who brought her up, to fortify your faith. Moreover it is plain by many signs And secret revelations that the gods Have fore-decreed this couple man and wife, And to that end have freed them from so many And imminent dangers, therefore let us suffer These divine miracles to sink into Our understandings, and from this time forward Do sacrifices more acceptable Unto the gods, who are not pleased with Humane oblations, but the blood of beasts. Since things are thus appointed by the will And pleasure of the gods, since this fair couple Have been preserved by fate from many dangers By Land and Sea, and as should seem reserved For Hymen's instigation, i'll no longer Resist the will of heaven, heavens send you joy, And a most plenteous offspring to succeed you, This is our firm decree, which we'll confirm By sacrifice, and worshipping the gods. O Sun and Moon, whose sacred deities We most adore, since it is fall'n out thus By your decrees, that young Theagines And fair Cariclea are made man and wife, Accept their offerings, and vouchsafe to take them Into the order of your holy Priesthood. Theagines, I do resign unto thee My office, be thou Priest unto the Sun, Wear this white Mitre. And Cariclea thou Wear this of mine, which consecrateth thee Priest of the Moon, adore her Deity. Now is the god Apollo's Oracle Of Delphos verified, which said of them That leaving Greece, and sailing surging streams They should arrive at country's scorched with Phoebus burning beams, Where they as recompenses due that virtues rare do gain, In time to come ere it be long white Mitres should obtain.
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Whatſoe're He be, he's deſtin'd to be ſacrificed, Some women too muſt beare him company. This mayd that waites on you ſhall ſerve the turn. If he be ſacrific'd, Ile be that woman, Death muſt not part us two. The gods forbid, Why ſay you ſo? Becauſe tis fore-decreed I muſt both live and die with that yong man. I praiſe your courteſie and gentle nature Unto this Grecian ſtranger, who hath beene Companion of your journey, but we cannot Breake ſo the cuſtome of our Country, as To ſave his life. Then I muſt periſh with him, For know, O king, (perchance I may not dare To call you father) it is cruelty To ſpare my body, and deſtroy my heart, He is my heart, my love, my life, and all, My husband by the deſtinies appointed, And it is ſinne t'oppoſe the gods decrees. What will you counſell me to doe herein, Syſimethres and thou moſt reverend Prieſt, I will be guided by your wiſdomes wholly In this affaire, Through the exerciſe of joy The wiſeſt men, oft-times we ſee are blinded. For at the firſt, great King you might perceive The gods lik'd not this ſacrifice which was Ordained, who have every way declar'd Cariclea your daughter, and brought hither Out of the midſt of Greece this reverend man, Who brought her up, to fortifie your faith. Moreover it is plaine by many ſignes And ſecret revelations that the gods Have fore-decreed this couple man and wife, And to that end have freed them from ſo many And imminent dangers, therefore let us ſuffer Theſe divine miracles to sinke into Our underſtandings, and from this time forward Doe ſacrifices more acceptable Unto the gods, who are not pleaſed with Humane oblations, but the blood of beaſts. Since things are thus appointed by the will And pleaſure of the gods, ſince this faire couple Have beene preſerv'd by fate from many dangers By Land and Sea, and as ſhould ſeeme reſerv'd For Hymens inſtigation, ile no longer Reſiſt the will of heaven, heavens ſend you joy, And a moſt plenteous off-ſpring to ſucceed you, This is our firme decree, which we'll confirme By ſacrifice, and worſhipping the gods. O Sunne and Moone, whoſe ſacred deities We moſt adore, ſince it is falne out thus By your decrees, that young Theagines And faire Cariclea are made man and wife, Accept their offerings, and vouchſafe to take them Into the order of your holy Prieſthood. Theagines, I doe reſigne unto thee My office, be thou Prieſt unto the Sunne, Weare this white Miter. And Cariclea thou Weare this of mine, which conſecrateth thee Prieſt of the Moone, adore her Deity. Now is the god Apollos Oracle Of Delphos verified, which ſaid of them That leaving Greece, and ſailing ſurging ſtreames They ſhould arrive at Countries ſcorch'd with Phoebus burning beames, Where they as recompences due that vertues rare doe gaine, In time to come ere it be long white Miters ſhould obtaine.