Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Neville, Alexander · published 1581 · first performed or written 1563 (Annals) tragedy unassigned nearest T53 The crown: kingship claimed, resigned an · 496 words
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You wish the thing to know, which you will wish unknown at length. Why so? a simple remedy of little force and strength Is ignorance of our estate when dangers us betide. But what? wilt thou so great a good for common safety hide? Irksome Medicines and perilous in sickness I abhor: And I likewise at subjects hands disdain to take a dorre, Speak out with speed, or else by proof of torment thou shalt find How dangerous a case it is to gall a PRINCE's mind. kings often use to wish untold, which they bade tell before. Go to, dispatch and cease in time to vex me any more. Except that thou forthwith to me this heinous deed disclose: The gods I do protest, to death for all thou only goes. O pardon me most noble king. O let me hold my pes, Of all the graces Princes grant, what favour may be less? As though the silence hurts not more both king and country's weal: Then speech oft times: which subjects thoughts to Prices both reveal? Dispatch at once, stir me no more thou know'st my guise of old. Silence denied, what privilege may silly Subject hold? A traitor he is, who silence keeps, when king commands to speak. Then pardon my constrained speech, sith silence for to break You me compel. A doleful tale (O king) my tongue must tell, And which I fear your majesty will not interpret well. Was ever man rebuked for that, that he was bid to say? Well than since needs I must: I am contented to obey. A wood there is from City far, enhanced with stately trees: Where many a plant, and her be doth grow, which Phoebus never sees: With ever during bushes green, the Cypress there doth rise, And puts his old and lofty had withing the cloud Skies. The ancient Time eaten Oak with crooked bended limbs. The Teyl tree fine: The Alder which in Neptune's kingdoms swims, The bays with bitter berries eke the Elms dear friends to Vynes And many a noble tree besides, as myrtles, 〈...〉 Amidst them all, one tree there is with large out 〈...〉 Whose roaring sound, & craking noise the lesser woods ycharms, And overshades them all: a Tree of monstrous huge estate, Beset with fearful woods: there is that dire, and dreadful gate, That leads to loathsome limbo Lake, and pits that ever flow. Where choked miry mud doth stream with slimy course full flow. Here when the priest was entered in with comely aged pace, He stayed not: No need there was, for night was still in place. Than all the ground wide open gapes, & smothering vapours rise, And fire and smoke, & stifling stink, mounts up unto the skies. The Priest with wailing werde yclad, his fatal red out took: And entering in, in black Array, full often times it shook. With heavy cheer and doleful pace: his hoary hair was twined
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You wiſh y• thing to know, which you wil wiſh vnknown at length. Why ſo? a ſimple remedy of litle force and ſtrength Is ignoraunce of our eſtate when daungers vs betyde. But what? wit thou ſo great a good for common ſafety hide? Irkeſome Medcines and perilous in ſcknes I abhorre▪ And I likewyſe at Subiects hands diſdayne to take a dorre, Speake out with ſpeed, or elſe by proofe of torment thou ſhalt find How daungerous a caſe it is to gawle a Princes mynd. Kinges often vſe to wiſh vntolde, which they bad tel before. Go to, diſpatch and ceaſe in time to vexe me any more. Except that thou forthwith to me this einous deede iſcloſe: The gods I do proteſt, to death for al thou onely goes. O pardon me moſt noble king. O let me hold my pes, Of al the gracis Princes graunt, what fauour may be leſſe? As though y• ſilence hurts not more both king and countries weale: Then ſpech oft tymes: which ſubiects thoughts to Prices both reueale? Diſpatch at once, ſtir me no more thou knowſt my guiſe of olde. Silence denied, what priuileage may ſlly Subiect holde? A iraytor he is, who ſtlēce keepes, whē king cōmaunds to ſpeake. Then pardon my conſtrayned ſpeach, ſlth ſilence for to breake You me compell. A dolefull tale (O king) my tongue muſt tell, And which I feare your maieſty will not interpret well. Was euer man rebukt for that, that he was bid to ſay? Well than ſince needes I muſt: I am contented to obay. A wood there is from City farre, enhaunſt with ſtately trees: Where many a plant, and her be doth grow, which Phoebus neuer ſees: With euer during buſhes greene, the Typreſſe there doth ryſe, And puts his alde aud leffty had withing the cloude Skyes. The auncient Time eaten Oke with crooked beded lims. The Tel tree flue: The Alder which in Neptunes kingdoms ſwims, The Bayes with bitter beries eke the Elmes deere fiends to Vyn And many a noble tree beſides, as Mrtels, Amidſt them all, one tree there is with large out Whoſe roring ſound, & craking noyſe the leſſer woods And ouerſhades them all: a Tree of monſtrous huge , Beſet with fearefull woods: there is that dyre, and dreadfull gate, That leades to lothſome Lymbo Lake, and pyts that euer flowe. Where choked miry mud doth ſtreame with ſlimy courſe full flowe. Here when the prieſt was entred in with comely pace, He ſtayed not: No neede there was, for night was ſtill in place. Than all the ground wyde open gapes, & ſmouthe ring apours ryſe, And fyre and ſmoke, & ſtyfling ſtink, mounts vp vnto the Shyes. The Prieſt with wayling werde clad, his fatall red out ooke: And entring in, in blacke Aray, full often times it ſhooke. With heauy cheere and dolful pace: his hoary hare was twynde