Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1528 [1519-1528] (Annals) comedy T24 Apollo, Phoebus and the Muses typicality 0.74 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T24: apollo, phoebus, midas, muses, ears, play, hedone, gods, siren, time.
Right far to long as now were to recite The ancient estate wherein ourself hath rained What honour what laud given us of very right What glory we have had duty unfaind Of each creature which duty hath constrained For above all goods sins our father's tale We Iupyter were ever princypale. If we so have been as truth it is in deed Beyond the compass of all comparison Who could presume to show for any meed So that it might appear to human reason The high renown we stand in at this season For sins that heaven and earth were first created Stood we never in such triumphant estate. As we now do where of we would report Such part as we see meet for time present Chiefly concerning your perpetual comfort As the thing self shall prove in experiment Which highly shall bind you on knees lowly beute Soolly to honour our highness day by day And now to the matter give ear and we shall say. Before our presence in our high parliament Both gods and goodesses of all degrees Hath late assembled by comen assent For the redress of certain enormities Bred among them thorough extremities Abusede in each to other of them all Namely to purpose in these most special. Our foresaid father's Saturny and Phoebus Aeolus and Phebe these four by name Whose natures not only so far contrarious But also of malice each other to defame Have longe time abused right far out of frame The dew course of all their constellations To the great damage of all earthly nations. Which was debated in place said before And first as became our feather most ancient With beard e white as snow, his locks both cold & hot Hath entered such matter as served is intent Lauding his frosty mansion in the firmament To air and earth as thing most precious purging all humours that are courageous. How be if he allegeth that of long time passed Little hath prevailed his great dilygens Full oft upon earth his fair frost he hath cast All things hurtful to banish out of presence But Phoebus' intending to keep him in silence When he hath laboured all night in his powers His glaring beams maryth all in two hours, Phoebus' to this made no manner answering Where upon they both than Phebe defied Each for his part laid in her reproving That by her showers superfluous they have tried In all that she may their powers be denied Where unto Phebe made answer no more Than Phoebus to Saturn had made before. Anon upon Aeolus all these did flee Complaining their causes each one a row And said to compare none was so even as he For when he is disposed his blasts to blow He suffereth neither son shine, rain nor snow They each against other, and he against all three Thus can these four, in no manner agree.
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RYght farre to longe as nowe were to recyte The anciēt eſtat wherin our ſelfe hath reyned What honoure what laude gyuen vs of very ryght What glory we haue had duty vnfaīd Of eche creature which duty hath cōſtrayned For aboue all goodes ſyns our fathers tale We Iupyter were euer princypale. ☞Yf we ſo haue ben as truth it is in dede Beyonde the compas of all comparyſon Who coulde preſume to ſhewe for any mede So that it myght appere to humayne reaſon The hye renoume we ſtande in at thys ſeaſon For ſyns that heuen and erthe were fyrſt create Stode we neuer in ſuche tryumphant eſtate. ❧As we nowe do where of we wolde reporte Suche parte as we ſe mete for tyme preſent Chefely concernynge your perpetuall conforte As the thynge ſelfe ſhall proue in experymente Whiche hyely ſhall bynde you on knees lowly beute Soolly to honour our hyenes day by day And nowe to the mater gyue eare and we ſhall ſay. ☞Before our preſens in our hye parlyament Bothe goddes and goodeſſes of all degrees Hath late aſſembled by comen aſſente For the redres of certayne enormytees Bred amonge them thorowe extremytees Abuſede in eche to other of them all Namely to purpoſe in theſe moſte ſpecyall. ¶Our foreſayde fathers Saturny and Phebus Eolus and Phebe theſe foure by name Whoſe natures nat onely ſo farre contraryous But alſo of malyce eche other to defame Haue longe tyme abuſed ryght farre out of frame The dewe courſe of all theyr conſtellacyons To the great damage of all yerthly nacyons. ¶Whiche was debated in place ſayde before And fyrſt as became our fether moſte aunciente With berd e whyte as ſnowe, his lockes both cold & hote Hath entred ſuche mater as ſerued is intent Laudynge his froſty manſyon in the fyrmament To ayre and yerth as thynge moſte precyous Pourgynge all humours that are contagyous. ¶Howe be yf he alledgeth that of longe tyme paſte Lyttell hath preuayled his great dilygens Full oft vpon erthe his fayre froſt he hath caſt All thynges hurtfull to banyſhe out of preſens But Phebus entendynge to kepe him in ſylens When he hath labored all nyght in his powers His glarynge beames maryth all in two houres, ☞Phebus to this made no manere anſwerynge Where vpon they bothe then Phebe defyed Eche for his parte leyd in her reprouynge That by her ſhowres ſuperfluous they haue tryed In all that ſhe may theyr powers be denyed Where vnto Phebe made anſwere no more Then Phebus to Saturne had made before. ☞Anone vpon Eolus all theſe dyd fle Complaynynge theyr cauſes eche one a rowe And ſayde to compare none was ſo euyn as he For when he is dyſpoſed his blaſtes to blowe He ſuffreth neyther ſonne ſhyne, rayne nor ſnowe They eche agaynſte other, and he agaynſt all thre Thus can theſe foure, in no maner agre.