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TO thee, renowned Lauriger, I come a happy messenger, From Hedone, Queen Hedone, sweet Hedone, The Goddess of delight and pleasure, The life of life, the worl is best treasure, Perform what I advise, And thou shalt be more wise, Then all the rest that follow Your mighty God Apollo. Apollos to ske torments your brains, Abates your spirits, dries your vain S. Vain is your labour little profit, No quiet by it, no end of it. Oh cast away that laurel bow, And crown thy head with roses now, Now whilst thy frolic youth gives leisure To both thy self in choicest pleasure. Thy time does go, As rivers flow. Ere long, you know, Grey hairs will grow. Then shalt thou sighs, and say with tears, Why lost I so my youthful years? My spring is passed, yet feign I would, (But cannot) bud in winter's cold. Come then before age bids good night, Spend youthful day in sweet delight. No man so learned, wise, or strong, But may be conquered by my song. If he gone? I will not leave him so. A letter from the goddess her self may pierce deeper with him, as it did with Amphibius. Exit. Thou arrest me, who have arrested thy betters? I tell thee, I will be there. I have good friends in A pollos Court. I will not be hired to tarry away. But be before I go, I must deliver a message to you from a great goddess. I oh thee, and thee, and to you all. Hedone, Queen Hedone, sweet Hedone, Dame nature's care, and noblest birth, The I y, and crown of heaven, and earth, The aim, and centre of desire, The fuel of most sacred fire, By me, and this, and this She sends you all her bliss. Among the gods she hath her plam e, They all stand gazing on her face. The clouds worser from her presence fly, It's sunshine where she casts her eye. Where are she treads on earth below, A rose or illy up does grow. Her breath a gale of spi brings: Mute are the Muses when she sings. What ere she touches turns to N ar, What man, but can, and must affect her? No heart so hard, but needs must melt, When once her kindly warmth is felt. She, she vouchsafe, to call you to her, And wooing prays you now to woo her. By study soon, fresh youth does break, The fair grow foul, the strong grow weak: Leave leave this musing bookish trade: Enjoy your selves before youth fade. Time must be gone, Old age creeps on. I have a great deal more to say for myself, and for my Lady Hedone. I hope, I shall be herd. I have but the un oing of many in my days. But I met with so forward a guest, that would beg him own undoing. How well art thou servants worser, when such a Nymph is at thy service? Itell thee, I use little plain dealing. I must shuffle and cut too. Yet will I deal plainly with thee. I have neither skill nor mind to play with thee. I do not refuse, because thou art a stranger, but be cause thou art our friend; Thou a to ours already. What needs we spend by me upon those wanton sparrows, that are in our cage already? S to Ludio, thou art a member of our fa ill Queen He done gets good acces e by thee. Go on with all thy thrifty wares to get in more letters up in our trade. Go to sir G biano, make him pay for thy acquain tance. I Hope to find more game here. Oh yonder's a h . I think he is caught in our net already. So, so, Verily Cup hath blinded him for our purpose. Sacred dispenser of Apollos justice, I hope you will not suffer a poor Nimp to be used so immodest lie. If I must be ransa , I p y you let it be done by a Jury of Muses. The three Graces, empanneld with them, will make up the whole number of twelve good Women, and true.
Plot summary
Plot — Apollo Shroving
The people are summoned to do Shrovetide homage to Apollo and'present any grievances they may have; it is rumoured that many will be indicted for encroaching on the god’s prerogative, Novice gets himself enrolled in Compliment’s school of etiquette, which is currently fashionable. Compliment hopes to be granted a licence to run his school, and asks Lauriger to intercede with Apollo to that end. He tries to cheat his rich pupil Jingle, who ===== PAGE 261 ===== LGo2y. pays monthly fees, by reckoning a month as four weeks, so that there are thirteen months in the year. At Apollo’s court, Compliment is launched into the air with fireworks, and his page Implement is sentenced to a year repairing damaged school books. Jingle is sentenced to spend all his inheritance on bodily pleasure, leaving him with nothing to live on in his old age. Novice is simply sent back to school. Amphibius is in love after receiving an amorous letter from Queen Hedone, delivered by Siren, but his friend Philoponus points out that the address is in a different handwriting from the letter: it is a forgery. In fact, Siren is tempting many votaries of Apollo to apostasy. She also attempts to seduce Lauriger into devotion to Hedone, but he resists her alluring song. At the court, Siren is exposed as an ugly monster. For overestimating his academic abilities, Retro was awarded a three-year penance of only being able to speak backwards. His father seeks Apollo’s clemency, and it is granted. Ludio, who prefers play to his school- work, defends himself learnedly, and is sentenced to an eternity of handling dice without ever being able to play with them.