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My deer Ascanio, in this vision see, Eurymine does thus appear to thee: As soon as sleep hath left thy drowsy eyes, Follow the path that on thy right hand lies, And aged Hermit thou by chance shalt find, That there hath be, time almost out of mind: This holy man, this aged reverent Father, There in the woods, does roots and simples gather: His wrinkled brow, tells strengths passed long ago: His beard as white, as winter's driven snow. He shall discourse the troubles I have passed, And bring us both together at the last. Thus she presents her shadow to thy sighed, That would her person gladly if she might. This vision fully does his powers invade. And when the heat shall but a little slake: Thou then shalt see him presently awake. And I to sleep, as fast as I can High. Eurymine: Ah my good Angel stay: Oh vanish not so suddenly away. Oh stay my Gods, whither dost thou fly? Return my sweet Eurymine, 'tis I. Where art thou speak? Let me behold thy face: Did I not see thee in this very place Even now? Here did I not see thee stand? And here thy feet did bless the happy land? Eurymine: O wilt thou not attend? Fly from thy foe: Ascanio is thy friend. The fearful Hare, so shuns the labouring hound, And so the Dear eschues the Hunt's man wound. The trembling Foul, so flies the Falcons gripe: The Bondman, so, his angry masters stripe. I follow not, as Phœbus Daphne did: Nor as the Dog pursues the trembling Kid. Thy shape it was: alas I saw not thee: That sighed were fitter for the Gods then me. But if in dreams, there any truth be found, Thou art within the compass of this ground. I'll range the woods, and all the groves about, And never rest, until I find thee out.
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.