Marlowe, Christopher / Nashe, Thomas · published 1594 · first performed or written 1586 [c.1585-1586; possibly 1591] (Annals) tragedy · Children of the Chapel (first) (Oxford's Boys) T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma typicality 0.87 · 512 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T7: hector, troy, achilles, greeks, aeneas, priam, ulysses, troilus, trojan, trojans.
Disquiet Seas lay down your swelling looks, And court Aeneas with your calmy cheer, Whose beauteous burden well might make you proud, Had not the heavens conceived with hellborn clouds. Veiled his resplendent glory from your view, For my sake pity him Oceanus, That erstwhile issued from thy watery loins, And had my being from thy bubbling froth: Triton I know hath filled his trump with Troy, And therefore will take pity on his toil, And call both Thetis and Cimodea, To succour him in this extremity. What? do I see my son now come on shore: Venus, how art thou compassed with content, The while thine eyes attract their sought for joys: Great Iupiter, still honoured mayst thou be, For this so friendly aid in time of need. Here in this bush disguised will I stand, Whiles my Aeneas spends himself in plaints, And heaven and earth with his unrest acquaints. You sons of care, companions of my course, Priam's misfortune follows us by sea, And Helen's rape doth haunt thee at the heels. How many dangers have we over passed? Both barking Scylla and the sounding Rocks, The Cyclops shelves, and grim Cerania's seat Have you o'ergone, and yet remain alive? Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend, And changing heavens may those good days return, Which Pergama did vaunt in all her pride. Brave Prince of Troy, thou only art our God, That by thy virtues freest us from annoy, And makes our hopes survive to cunning joys: Do thou but smile, and cloudy heaven will clear, Whose night and day descendeth from thy brows: Though we be now in extreme misery, And rest the map of weather beaten woe: Yet shall the aged Sun shed forth his air, To make us live unto our former heat, And every beast the forest doth send forth, Bequeath her young ones to our scanted food. Father I saint, good father give me meat. Alas sweet boy, thou must be still a while, Till we have fire to dress the meat we killed: Gentle Achates, reach the Tinder box, That we may make a fire to warm us with, And roast our new found victuals on this shore. See what strange arts necessity finds out, How near my sweet Aeneas art thou driven? Hold, take this candle and go light a fire, You shall have leaves and windfall bows enough Near to these woods, to roast your meat withal: Ascanius, go and dry thy drenched limbs, Whiles I with my Achates rove abroad, To know what coast the wind hath driven us on, Or whether men or beasts inhabit it. The air is pleasant, and the soil most fit For Cities, and societies supports: Yet much I marvel that I cannot find, No steps of men imprinted in the earth. Now is the time for me to play my part: Hoe young men, saw you as you came Any of all my Sisters wandering here? Having a quiver girded to her side, And clothed in a spotted Leopard's skin.
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Disquiet Seas lay downe your swelling lookes, And court Aeneas with your calmie cheere, Whose beautious burden well might make you proude, Had not the heauens conceau'd with hel-borne clowdes. Vaild his resplendant glorie from your view, For my sake pitie him Oceanus, That erst-while issued from thy watrie loynes, And had my being from thy bubling froth: Triton I know hath fild his trumpe with Troy, And therefore will take pitie on his toyle, And call both Thetis and Cimodea, To succour him in this extremitie. What? doe I see my sonne now come on shoare: Venus, how art thou compast with content, The while thine eyes attract their sought for ioyes: Great Iupiter, still honourd maist thou be, For this so friendly ayde in time of neede. Here in this bush disguised will I stand, Whiles my Aeneas spends himselfe in plaints, And heauen and earth with his vnrest acquaints. You sonnes of care, companions of my course, Priams misfortune followes vs by sea, And Helens rape doth haunt thee at the heeles. How many dangers haue we ouer past? Both barking Scilla and the sounding Rocks, The Cyclops shelues, and grim Ceranias seate Haue you oregone, and yet remaine aliue? Pluck vp your hearts, since fate still rests our friend, And chaunging heauens may those good daies returne, Which Pergama did vaunt in all her pride. Braue Prince of Troy, thou onely art our God, That by thy vertues freest vs from annoy, And makes our hopes suruiue to cunning ioyes: Doe thou but smile, and clowdie heauen will cleare, Whose night and day descendeth from thy browes: Though we be now in extreame miserie, And rest the map of weather beaten woe: Yet shall the aged Sunne shed forth his aire, To make vs liue vnto our former heate, And euery beast the forrest doth send forth, Bequeath her young ones to our scanted foode. Father I saint, good father giue me meate. Alas sweet boy, thou must be still a while, Till we haue fire to dresse the meate we kild: Gentle Achates, reach the Tinder boxe, That we may make a fire to warme vs with, And rost our new found victuals on this shoare. See what strange arts necessitie findes out, How neere my sweet Aeneas art thou driuen? Hold, take this candle and goe light a fire, You shall haue leaues and windall bowes enow Neere to these woods, to rost your meate withall: Ascanius, goe and drie thy drenched lims, Whiles I with my Achates roaue abroad, To know what coast the winde hath driuen vs on, Or whether men or beasts inhabite it. The ayre is pleasant, and the soyle most fit For Cities, and societies supports: Yet much I maruell that I cannot finde, No steps of men imprinted in the earth. Now is the time for me to play my part: Hoe yong men, saw you as you came Any of all my Sisters wandring here? Hauing a quiuer girded to her side, And cloathed in a spotted Leopards skin.