Technogamia, or The Marriages of the Arts · chunk 22 of 64
Holyday, Barten · published 1618 · first performed or written 1618 [Feb 13] (Annals) comedy · at University unassigned nearest T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and · 478 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Fear not, I know already by the Stars 'twill take effect. Farewell; I must to geometre's, or else i'faith he'll Conjure me for staying. FOr the learning of your languages, Sir, I must confess, I do highly approve of it, but I see no such necessity of travailing, beside the danger and expense that must be undergone. O, Sir, I could tell you such wonders, as would inflame you with a desire. As what, I pray you, Sir? Sir, I can impart such rarities of relation unto you, as would amaze you; and yet they are familiar to a traveler. In a City of Greece, I remember I saw the admired net, which Vulcan made to entangle Mars and Venus; and 'tis hanged up in a Temple dedicated to the same god, and by himself was given thereunto, to the terror of all Cuckold-makers for ever. O strange! but, Sir, as I remember that net was invisible. Hum. oh— true Sir, it was invisible, but, Now Sir— it is to be seen. Sir, I will take leave to help a little my Master's memory, not his invention; for by Ioue, Sir, and by the Artemisian Mausoleum, which these eyes, not without amazement, have beheld, 'tis true; thus 'twas, Sir: it can be seen by any honest man; but if any Adulterer casts his eyes towards it, he presently loses his sight, and therefore it is their manner of Trial for those that are accused of adultery. O wonderful! Nay, Sir, in another place of Greece there is a round, close Valley, encompassed with exceeding high Hills; only on one side there is a narrow entrance into it & through the midst of it runs a delicate stream, by the bank of which if a man stand, he shall as perfectly hear the Music of the Spheres, as if he were amongst them: and the cause of this, by the inhabitants is thought to be the height of the Hills: which keeping-in the sound, and bringing it down to the water, does by an aerial resultancy produce a most reciprocal representation of the divine harmony. Oh, that I was not made a traveler! Nay, Sir, moreover it is so sweet, that the hearer can never leave hearing of his own accord, but stands still. O wonderful! but then I pray, Sir, how does he come away? Hum. faith I was told the device of that, but I have forgot. O, Sir, I perfectly remember it, 'twas thus: The inhabitants have, at the foot of the outside of the Hill, digged forth an entrance, and underneath have made a Vault which reaches just to the bank of the River, all along the side of which, they have made a many trapdoors, and so when a man has heard enough, they unbolt the trapdoors within, and let him slide down gently.
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Feare not, I know alreadie by the Starres 'twill take effect. Farewell; I muſt to Geometres, or elſe i'faith he'll Coniure me for ſtaying. FOr the learning of your languages, Sir, I muſt confeſſe, I doe highly approue of it, but I ſee no ſuch neceſſitie of trauailing, beſide the danger and expence that muſt be vndergone. O, Sir, I could tell you ſuch wonders, as would inflame you with a deſire. As what, I pray you, Sir? Sir, I can impart ſuch rarities of relation vnto you, as would amaze you; and yet they are familiar to a Trauailour. In a City of Greece, I remember I ſaw the admired net, which Vulcan made to entangle Mars and Venus; and 'tis hang'd vp in a Temple dedicated to the ſame god, and by himſelfe was giuen thereunto, to the terror of all Cuckold-makers for euer. O ſtrange! but, Sir, as I remember that net was inuiſible. Hum—oh—true Sir, it was inuiſible, but, Now Sir— it is to be ſeene. Sir, I will take leaue to helpe a little my Maſters memorie, not his inuention; for by Ioue, Sir, and by the Artemiſian Mauſoleum, which theſe eyes, not without amazement, haue beheld, 'tis true; thus 'twas, Sir: it can be ſeene by any honeſt man; but if any Adulterer caſts his eyes towards it, he preſently loſes his ſight, and therefore it is their manner of Triall for thoſe that are accus'd of adulterie. O wonderfull! Nay, Sir, in another place of Greece there is a round, cloſe Valley, incompaſſed with exceeding high Hills; only on one ſide there is a narrow entrance into it & through the middeſt of it runnes a delicate ſtreame, by the banke of which if a man ſtand, he ſhall as perfectly heare the Muſike of the Spheares, as if he were amongſt them: and the cauſe of this, by the inhabitants is thought to be the height of the Hills: which keeping-in the ſound, and bringing it down to the water, does by an aëriall reſultancy produce a moſt reciprocall repreſentation of the diuine harmonie. Oh, that I was not made a trauailour! Nay, Sir, moreouer it is ſo ſweet, that the hearer can neuer leaue hearing of his owne accord, but ſtands ſtill. O wonderfull! but then I pray, Sir, how does hee come away? Hum—faith I was told the deuice of that, but I haue forgot. O, Sir, I perfectly remember it, 'twas thus: The inhabitants haue, at the foot of the out-ſide of the Hill, dig'd forth an entrance, and vnderneath haue made a Vault which reaches iuſt to the banke of the Riuer, all along the ſide of which, they haue made a many trap-doores, and ſo when a man has heard enough, they vnbolt the trap-doores within, and let him ſlide downe gently.