The Golden Age, or The Lives of Jupiter and Saturn · chunk 2 of 36
Heywood, Thomas · published 1611 · first performed or written 1610 [1609-1611] (Annals) classical legend or myth · Queen Anne's Men · Red Bull T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.73 · 481 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Descend proud upstart, tricked up in stolen weeds Decked in usurped state, and borrowed honours, Resign them to their owner, that's to me. Titan keep off, I charge thee near me not, Lest I thy bold presumption seal with blood. A Crown's worth tugging for, & I will ha''t Though in pursuit I dare my ominous Fate. Down with the usurper. Saturn here shall stand, immovable; upheld by Vesta's hand. Am I not eldest? ay but youngest in brain. Saturn the crown hath ceased, and he shall reign. Am I a bastard, that my heritage Is wrested from me by a younger birth? Hath Vesta played th'adulteress with some stranger? If I be eldest from Uranus loins, Your maiden Issue, why am I debarred The law of Nations? am I Vesta's son? Why doth not Vesta then appear a mother? Was younger Saturn bedded in your womb, Nearer your heart than I, that he's affected And I despised? If none of these, then grant me, What justice wils, my interest in the Crown: Or if you make me outcast, if my Mother For get the love she owes, I shall abandon The duty of a son. If Saturn prove Unnatural, I'll be no more a brother, But maugre all that have my right withstood, Revenge my wrongs, & make my way through blood. Titan we both acknowledge thee a brother, And Vesta's son, which we'll express in love, But since for many virtues growing in me That have no life in you, the Queen, the Peers, And all the people, with loud suffrages, Have shrilled their Auees high above the clouds, And styled me King, we should forget their loves Not to maintain their strange election. Advise you therefore, since this bold adventure Is much above your strength, to arm yourself, In search of future honours with our love, For what can Titan do against a people? Saturn adviseth well, list to his counsel. If my own land prove thus unnatural, I'll purchase foreign aid. Rather compound. Let Titan make demand of any thing Saving our Crown, he shall enjoy it freely. Titan, your brother offers royally, Accept his love. To lose a Crown includes The loss of all things. What should I demand? This grant him Saturn, since thy insinuation Hath wrought him quite out of the Cretans hearts, That Titan's warlike issue may succeed thee. Lycaon well advised, he during life, Shall reign in peace, no interruption, Shall pass from Titan to disturb his reign, So to our Giant race thou wilt assure The crown as due by right inheritance. To cut off all hostile effusion Of human blood, which by our difference Must needs be spilled upon the barren earth, we'll swear to this accord. Conditioned thus, That to deprive all future enmity In our succeeding Issue, thy male children Thou in their Cradle strangle. Kill my sons?
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Descend proud vpstart, trickt vp in stoln weeds Deckt in vsurped state, and borowed honours, Resigne them to their owner, that's to me. Tytan keep off, I charge thee neere me not, Lest I thy bold presumption seale with bloud. A Crown's worth tugging for, & I wil ha't Though in pursute I dare my ominous Fate. Downe with the vsurper. Saturne here shall stand, Immoueable; vpheld by Vestaes hand. Am I not eldest? Ey but yong'st in braine. Saturne the crowne hath ceas'd, and he shall reigne. Am I a bastard, that my heritage Is wrested from me by a yonger birth? Hath Vesta plaid th'adulteresse withsome stranger? If I be eldest from Vranus loynes, Your malden Issue, why am I debar'd The law of Nations? am I Vestaes sonne? Why doth not Vesta then appeare a mother? Was yonger Saturne bedded in your wombe, Neerer your heart then I, that hee's affected And I despis'd? If none of these, then grant me, What Iustice wils, my interest in the Crowne: Or if you make me out-cast, if my Mother For get the loue she owes, I shall abandon The duty of a sonne. If Saturne prooue Vnnaturall, I'le be no more a brother, But maugre all that haue my right withstood, Reuenge my wrongs, & make my way through bloud. Tytan we both acknowledge thee a brother, And Vestaes sonne, which wee'le expresse in loue, But since for many vertues growing in me That haue no life in you, the Queene, the Peeres, And all the people, with lowd suffrages, Haue shrild their Auees high aboue the clouds, And stil'd me King, we should forget their loues Not to maintaine their strange election. Aduise you therefore, since this bold aduenture Is much aboue your strength, to arme your selfe, In search of future honours with our loue, For what can Tytan do against a people? Saturne aduiseth well, list to his consell. If my owne land proue thus vnnaturall, I'le purchase forrraine aid. Rather compound. Let Tytan make demand of any thing Sauing our Crowne, he shall enioy it freely. Tytan, your brother offers royally, Accept his loue. To loose a Crowne includes The losse of all things. What should I demand? This grant him Saturne, since thy insinuation Hath wrought him quite out of the Cretans hearts, That Tytans warlike issue may succeed thee. Lycaon well aduis'd, he during life, Shall reigne in peace, no interruption, Shall passe from Tytan to disturbe his reigne, So to our Gyant race thou wilt assure The crowne as due by right inheritance. To cut off all hostile effusion Of human bloud, which by our difference Must needs be spilt vpon the barren earth, Wee'le sweare to this accord. Conditiond thus, That to depriue all future enmity In our succeeding Issue, thy male children Thou in their Cradle strangle. Kill my sonnes?