CALIB

H A, louder a little; so, that burst was well: Again, would, would; house, house your heads you fear Stroke mortal fools; when Calibs consort plays A Huntse-up to her, how rarely does it languell In mine ears? these are mine Organs, The Toad, the Bat, the Raven, and the fell whistling bird, Are all my anthum singing Choristers; Such sapless roots, and liveless withered woods Are pleasanter to me, than to behold the jocund Month of May, in whose green head of youth, The amorous Flora strews her various flowers, And smiles to see how brave she has de knight her girl: But pass we May, as game for fangled fools, That dares not set a foot in Arts dark secret, And bewitching path as Calib has. Here is my mansion, within the rugged bowels of this Cave, This c agge, his Cliff, this den, which to behold Would freeze to Ice the hissing trammel's of Medusa: Yet here inthroned I fit, more richer in my spells And potent charms, than is the stately mountain Queen, dressed with the beauty of her sparkling jems, To vie a lustre against the heavenly Lamps: But we are funke in these Antipades, so choked With darkness in great Calibs Cave, that it can Stifle day, it can and shall, for we do loath The light, and as our deed es are black we hug the night. But where this boy, my George, my love, my life, Whom Calib lately dotes on more than life: I must not have him wander from my love, further than Summons of my eye or beck can call him back again: But it's my fiend got, & deformed issue that misleads him, For which, I'll rap him in a storm of hail, and dash him against the pavement on the rocky den: He must not led my joy astray from me; The Parents of that boy begetting him, Begotten and boar the issue of their death's, which done, The child e Istole, thinking alone to triumph in his death, And bath my body in his popular gore: But Dovelike nature favoured so the child, that Calibs killing Knife fell from her hand, and stead of stabs I kissed I kissed there I lipt boy, and since have brought him up, Cope mate, and fellow with my own sweet son: And now the boy desires to know, what Calib Hath so long concealed from him, his parentage, Which still I must, as I have done, put off, And cast some pleasing game to file that question Out of his thoughts: His heart soars high, fame on his temple plays, And Calib fears her death by Autumes day, For which my light winged spirit of the Air Grand Tarpax, prince of the gristy North: What, ho Tarpax, obey my charms, And with the steel tipped pinions of thy wings, Cut through the Clouds and fly unto thy Calib. Be full resolved of fear, struck sudden doubts: Age makes my span of days seem but and inch, And snows, Like cold December, on my heart: See how I tremble Tarpax, as does the listening Heart, When he hears the feathered arrows sing his funeral dirge. But will my Tarpax tell me? When must I die then? when must Calibs life Be back surrenderd by the hands of death? Age can no longer to me subsistence give: My Taper hath watched long, when will it out? Perform no flattering partly for to delude me: When? would, when my Tarpax? Say on sweet Tarpax. Then know sweet boy that Calib loves thee deer, Witness my pity on thee at thy birth, When thy adulterous mother cast thee off, As fearful least their close lascivious sin Should play the telltale of them to the world: Wherefore thy Mother strove by Art to kill thee, Even in thy first conception, but still my charms I mixed amongst her drug, whose greater poison Proved thy Antidotes, killed what should kill, And in the Casket safe preserved my jemme. Giv't not so gross a title, but list a little more: Thy mother saw the more she strove to kill, The more thou quickenest, and grewest stronger still, Gave over the child-bane pills, and from the world's Quick censuring, screened up the knowledge by obscurity, Save unto me the closet of her thoughts, And and attendant handmaid. But to be brief, Maturity being to ripeness grown, I played Luci aes partly, and snatched thee From the knife, aimed at thy heart; thus having saved Thee, going from thy unnatural Dam I boar thee to life's safety; and since Thou hast a tongue to speak how I have used thee. Urge it no more she did. Base, and Noble too: Both base by thee, but noble by descent; And thou God base, yet mayest thou write true gent: No further satisfaction seek to know, I call thee George, thy surname I must not show. I fear I have said too much: Come George for me. Then thus my George; Thou yet art but and April tender bud: Before that Month in thee be quite expired Look for thy Mother here, and Autumn shaken Leaf, and fallen to the earth, dead and forgotten; Now if thou lovest me, as I hope thou dost, Stay but a little, next puff of wind makes me but kiss the earth, And thou hast freedom; say, is it done? That's my sweet boy; and now to give thee further Trial of my love, to thee alone the ransom shall belong Of six obscured Champions in my cave, a sighed Thou never yet beheldst, my loving boy: Tarpax bring forth those daring Champions That were sent to kill great Calib, And confound my charm. O they are come: This is, my George, the fiery youth of Spain, Called by the name of James: this Anthony of Italy: This the brave Northern Knight, brave Andrew: This Ireland's Patrick: Britons David this: And this the lively brisk cross capering French man Denis: There take they to thee, use em as thou please; Their armour and their weapons too are thine: With which the scarecrows came to fright us hence. Thats my best George, take this charming wand; Make trial of it then against this rock, And with once waving it about thy head, The mortis sinnewed stones shall cleave in sunder, And gape Like and insatiate grave, to swallow up what's theron: And do but wish that it should close again, Give but the other wave, and it is done: There George I give it thee. Would, 'twas Tarpax voice. Oh my fear struck shaken heart. Nay, nothing George: I must a while retire; Be not you absent, a minutes Space shall send me back again. Would, would, would; and when will that be Tarpax? Vanish Like smoke, my fear, come kiss me my Love, Thou hast earned thy breakfast Chuck; here suck thy fill. Hold my Love, it's Suckabus our son; fallen off. Defend me Tarpax: what does ail the boy? Hath George done this? Slave, thou liest: Go call him hither. Villain come back, l'le toss thee in a whirlwind i'th' air else: Come back I say, and learn to put on duty. There stands your sire, you Cur; kneel for a benediction. Cast fear and wonder off my boy, This is thy Father, and a potent spirit, Prince of the grisly North, that muffles us, and ties, And also unties the fiery rude band og Boreas: Then, as becomes thee, show thy reverence to him. Peace sir, begun, go seek out George, And bring him to me presently. Then and Ass sir. Into my Cave my Tarpax, take my some with thee, I'll have a little conference with George. Why then besure I will: Let daylight shine then, and expel those clouds, For here I vow, by that infernal power, By whom I may command to grant what ere it be, Thy full demand, not dangering of our self. This stronger ties our love; thy demand? Say on. That string's not out of Tune, yet still it's touched, And I no longer now can put him off: George, you shall, your suit is granted; But this condition I must have you S ale to, And then we will deliver either's deed. Shield me my Tarpax from the furious boy, That hurries to my death more swifter Than the hight fiery Steeds, that threw Ambitious Phaeton from his pride: defend me then. Hell and confusion. How comes he? armed? O gentle Tarpax, numb his senses so, That he forget the power of his wand, we may be safe. Circle me round, and keep him off a while, While on the outside of this Rock I climb Up by the crags unto the top. Fight sweet spirits, fight, kill but that boy, I'll let open Rivers of my blood to you, And you shall drink your fill. Destroy him Tarpax, let not the villain breath. Now cleaves the Rock, and I do sink to Hell; Roar wind, clap Thunder for great Calibs knell. was thy mother, was? nay is, Though strange it seems to thee, Earth was too base to hold so great a Queen: Didst thou not note the love betwixt George and she?