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Come hither Iris. Iris I know I do thy service prove, And ever since I was the wife of Jove Thou hast be ready when I called still, And always most obedient to my will: Thou seest how that imperial Queen of love, With all the Gods, how she prevails above, And still against great Juno's hests does stand, To have all stoop and bow, at her command: Her Doves and Swans, and Sparrows, must be graced. And on Loves Altars, must be highly placed. My starry Peacocks, which does bear my state: Scar sly aloud within his palace gate: And since her self, she thus preferred does see, Now the proud huswife will contend with me: And practiseth her wanton pranks to play With this Ascanio, and Eurymine. But Love shall know, in spite of all his skill, Juno's a woman, and will have her will. Iris, on thee I do impose this task, To cross proud Venus, and her purblind Lad, Until the mother, and her brat be mad, And with each other, set them so at ods, Till to their teeth they curse, and ban the Gods. Then mark the course which now you must pursue. Within this overgrown Forest, there is found A dusky Cave, thrust low into the ground: So ugly dark, so dampy and steep, As for his life the sun durst never peep Into the entrance: which does so affright The very day, that half the world is night. Where fennish fogs, and vapours do abound: There Morpheus does dwell within the ground, No crowing Cock, nor waking bell does call, Nor watchful dog disturbeth sleep at all. No found is herd in compass of the hill, But every thing is quiet, whished, and still. Amid this Cave, upon the ground does lie, A hollow plancher, all of Ebony Covered with black, whereon the drowsy God, Drowned in sleep, continually does nod: Go Iris go, and my commandment take, And beat against the doors till sleep awake, Bid him from me, in vision to appear, Unto Ascanio that lies slumbering hear. And in that vision, to reveal the way, How he may find the fair Eurymine. Dispatch it then, good Iris out of hand. My Peacocks and my Chariot shall remain, About the shore, till thou return again.
Plot summary
Plot — The Maid's Metamorphosis
Considering Eurymine too low-born to be a suitable match for his son Ascanio, Duke Telemachus orders two of his gentlemen to escort her from the court and murder her. In the event, however, Phylander persuades his colleague that they have no obligation to follow unlawful orders. They plan to present the Duke with an animal’s heart, claiming it to be hers, and Eurymine agrees to live away from the court in country exile. She meets a forester and a shepherd, each of whom wants her to live with him; when they become competitive, she agrees to accept a cottage from the forester and a flock of sheep from the shepherd. Ascanio goes into the woods looking for Eurymine. Juno finds him asleep and, eager to prove her superiority to Venus, arranges for him to dream of where to find his love. Meanwhile, Eurymine meets Apollo, who is also attracted to her. To save herself from rape, she claims to disbelieve his claims of godhead, and asks him to prove himself by working a miracle: specifically, she asks him to change her sex. He does, but with an associated curse: as a man, she will fall hopelessly in love with another man, and long to be a woman again. Ascanio learns from an echo that Eurymine is nearby but inaccessible, and the hermit Aramanthus, who is also a dispossessed prince, explains her metamorphosis. This disappoints not only Ascanio but also her country admirers, and Aramanthus recommends that she should ask the Graces to intercede with Apollo on her behalf. Apollo eventually agrees and restores her original gender. Telemachus has a change of heart and sends Phylander to bring Eurymine back from the forest. Apollo reveals that she is in fact Aramanthus’ long-lost daughter, and so of royal blood: her status is after all no obstacle to her marriage with Ascanio.