The Queen's Arcadia (Arcadia Reformed) · chunk 2 of 41
Daniel, Samuel · published 1606 · first performed or written 1605 [Aug 30] (Annals) pastoral · before the Court unassigned nearest T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T21: cupid, venus, love, ceres, diana, fair, nymphs, goddess, bow, damon.
Content Ergastus, and even here will be A place convenient for so fit a work: For here our nymphs, and herdsmen on this Green, Do usually resort, and in this Grove We may observe them best, and be unseen. Come my dear Techne, thou and I must plot More cunning projects yet, more strange designs Amongst these simple gross Arcadians here, That know no other world, but their own plains, Nor yet can apprehend the subtle trains We lay, to mock their rural ignorance. But see, here comes two of their amorous Swains In hot contention, let us close convey ourselves, here underneath this coverture, And overhear their passionate discourse. Colax, this place well such a purpose fits, Let us sit close, and faith, it shall go hard, Unless we make some profit by their wits. Now fond Amyntas, how cam'st thou possessed With such a vain presumption, as thou art, To think that Cloris should affect thee best, When all Arcadia knows I have her heart? And how Carinus canst thou be so mad, T'imagine Cloris, can, or doth love thee, When by so many signs, as I have had, I find her whole affection bent to me? What are those signs by which you come to cast, And calculate the fortune of your hopes? More certain signs, than thou canst ever show. But they are more than signs, that I can show. Why let each then produce the best he can, To prove which may be thought the likeliest man. Content Amyntas, and do thou begin. And I am well contented to begin. First if by chance, whilst she at barleybreak With other nymphs, do but perceive me come, straight looks her cheek with such a Rosy red, As gives the setting Sun unto the West When morrow tempests are prefigured. even so that hue prognosticates her wrath, Which brings to thee, the stormy winds of sighs. And if I find her, with her fellow nymphs Gathering of flowers by some sweet rivers side, At my approach she straight way stands upright, Forgets her work, and down let's slide her lap, And out fall all her flowers, upon the ground. So doth the silly sheep forget to feed, When it perceives the greedy Wolf at hand. And if she meet but with my dog, she takes And stroke him on the head plays with his ears, Spits in his mouth, and claps him on the back, And says, come, come Melampus go with me. She may love what is thine, but yet hate thee. Whilst at a Crystal spring the other day, She washed her lovely face, and seeing me come, She takes up water with her dainty hand, And with a down cast look besprinkles me. That shows that she would gladly quench in thee The fire of love, or else like love doth bear, As did the Delian Goddess, when she cast Disdainful water on Actaeon's face.
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Content Ergastus, and euen here will be A place conuenient for so fit a worke: For here our Nimphes, and heardsmen on this Greene, Do vsually resort, and in this Groue We may obserue them best, and be vnseene. Come my deare Techne, thou and I must plotte More cunning proiects yet, more strange designes Amongst these simple grosse Arcadians here, That know no other world, but their owne plaines, Nor yet can apprehend the subtile traines We lay, to mock their rurall ignorance. But see, here comes two of their amorous Swaines In hote contention, let vs close conuay Our selues, here vnderneath this couerture, And ouer-heare their passionate discourse. Colax, this place well such a purpose fits, Let vs sit close, and faith, it shall goe hard, Vnlesse we make some profit by their wits. Now fond Amyntas, how cam'st thou possest With such a vaine presumption, as thou art, To thinke that Cloris should affect thee best, When all Arcadia knowes I haue her heart? And how Carinus canst thou be so mad, T'imagine Cloris, can, or doth loue thee, When by so many signes, as I haue had, I finde her whole affection bent to me? What are those signes by which you come to cast, And calculate the fortune of your hopes? More certaine signes, then thou canst euer shew. But they are more then signes, that I can shew. Why let each then produce the best he can, To proue which may be thought the likeliest man. Content Amintas, and do thou begin. And I am well contented to begin. First if by chance, whilst she at Barely-breake With other Nimphes, do but perceiue me come, Streight lookes her cheeke with such a Rosie red, As giues the setting Sunne vnto the West When morrow tmpests are prefigured. Euen so that hew prognosticates her wrath, Which brings to thee, the stormie winds of sighes. And if I finde her, with her fellow Nimphes Gathering of flowers by some sweete Riuers side, At my approach she straight way stands pright, Forgets her worke, and downe lets slide her lap, And out fall all her flowers, vpon the ground. So doth the sillie sheepe forgt to feed, When it perceiues the greedy Wolfe at hand. And if she meete but with my dg, she takes And strokes him on the head playes with his eares, Spits in his mouth, and claps him on the back, And sayes, come, come Melampus go with me. She may loue what is thine, but yet hate thee. Whilst at a Chrystall spring the other day, Shee washt her louely face, and seeing me come, She takes vp water with her daintie hand, And with a downe cast looke besprinckles me. That shews that she would gladly quench in thee The fire of loue, or else like loue doth beare, As did the Delian Goddesse, when she cast Disdainefull water on Actaeons face.