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The day is clear, the Welkin bright and grey, The Lark is merry, and records his notes; Each thing rejoiceth underneath the Sky, But only I whom heaven hath in hate: Wretched and miserable Sacrapant, In Thessaly was I born and brought up, My mother Meroe hight a famous Witch, And by his cunning I of his did learn, To change and altar shapes of mortal men. There did I turn my self into a Dragon, And stole away the Daughter to the King; Fair Delya, the Mistress of my heart: And brought his hither to revive the man, That seems young and pleasant to behold, And yet is aged, crooked, weak and numb. Thus by enchanting spells I do deceive, Those that behold and look upon my face; But well may I bid youthful years adue: See where she coms from whence my sorrows grow, How now fair Delya where have you been? Ah Delya, fairer art thou than the run ning water, yet harder far than steel or Adam mant. I Delya, fit & ask me what thou wilt, thou shalt have it brought into thy lap. Delya I am glad to see you so pleasant, well fit thee down. Spread table spread; meat, drink & bred Ever may I have, what I ever crave: When I am spread, for meat for my black cock, And meat for my read. Here Delya, will ye fallen to. Yea. A chine of English beef, meat for a king And a kings followers. Yea. A cup of neat wine of Orleans, That never came near the brewers in England. Yea. Yea a Friar indefinite, & a knave infinite. Hold thee there Friar, Exit Friar. But soft who have we here, Delia away begun. Delya away, for beset are we, But heaven or hell shall rescue her for me. I, and thou to Calypha. Away with him into the open fields, To be a ravening pray to Crows and Kites: And for this villain let him wander up & down In nought but darkness and eternal night. Hence villain hence. Now I have unto Delya given a potion of for getfulnes, That when she comes she shall not know his Brother's: Lo where they labour Like to Country slaves, With spade and mattock on this enchanted ground. Now will I call his by another name, For never shall she know his self again, Until that Sacrapant hath breathed his last. See where she comes. Enter Delya. Come hither Delya take this Good, Here hard at hand two slaves do work and dig for gold, Gore them with this & thou shalt have enough. Well said, thou plyest these Pioneers well, go get you in you labouring slaves. Come Berecynthia, let us in likewise, And hear the Nightingale record his notes. She hath forgotten to be Delya, But not forgotten the same she should forget: But I will change his name. Fair Berecynthia so this Country calls you, Go ply these strangers wench they dig for gold How now, what man art thou that sits so sad Why dost thou gaze upon these stately trees, Without the leave and will of Sacrapant? What not a word but mum, Then Sacrapant thou art betrayed. What hand invades the head of Sacrapa ̄ to? What hateful fury does envy my happy state? Then Sacrapant these are thy latest days, Alas my veins are numbed, my sinews shrink, My blood is pierced, my breath fleeting away, And now my timeless date is come to end: He in whose life his actions hath been so soul, Now in his death to hell defends his soul. away with them, Go carry them straight to Sacrapantos cell, There in despair and torture for to dwell; These are Thenores sons of Thessaly, That come to seek Delya their sister forth: But with a potion, I to her have given, My arts hath made her to forget her self. He removes a turf, and shows a light in a glass. See here the thing which does prolong my life With this enchantment I do any thing. And till this fade, my skill shall still endure, And never none shall break this little glass, But she that's neither wife, widow, nor maid. Then cheer thy self, this is thy destiny, Never to die, but by a dead men hand. Exeunt.
Plot summary
Plot — The Old Wives Tale
PLOT Lost in the woods, three pages encounter Clunch the smith, and accept the hospitality of his cottage. One of them goes to bed with him while his wife, Madge, tells the others a tale. Delia, the daughter of the King of Thessaly, has been abducted by the sorcerer Sacrapant, who can only be killed by a dead man, and whose power depends on a light in a glass which can only be broken by a woman who is neither wife, widow, nor maid. Delia's two brothers come to England in search of her, and meet Erestus. They give him alms and he prophesies to them. He too is a victim of Sacrapant, who has transformed him into an old man by day and a bear by night, and driven his betrothed lady, Venelia, out of her mind. The brothers enter Sacrapant's domain, but are imprisoned by Furies and set to work digging for gold. Delia, forgetting her identity under the influence of a potion, is appointed as their overseer. Others are also searching for Delia. One is the wandering knight Eumenides, another the braggart Huanebango; the former gives generous alms to Erestus, but the latter refuses. Eumenides happens upon a fight between Wiggen and the parish officials, who are refusing to bury Wiggen's dead brother Jack; Eumenides resolves the dispute by giving all his remaining money to pay for the funeral. Huanebango attempts to force his way into Sacrapant's cell, and is ejected by the Furies; Sacrapant strikes him deaf and Corebus blind. Lampriscus has two daughters, one ugly in looks and the other in temperament. Erestus advises that they should fetch water from the well of life and there see their fortune. Zantippa, the ill-tempered one, maltreats the well's spirit, a head, but finds the unconscious, newly deaf Huanebango lying beside it: her future husband will be unable to hear her shrewish words. Celanta, the ill-faced one, becomes the blind Corebus' wife. She treats the head in the well better, and is rewarded with corn and gold. The despairing Eumenides meets Jack, and accepts him as a companion. At a tavern, the knight will not eat because he cannot pay, but finds his purse miraculously full of money. He vows to give Jack a half share in everything he gets on his travels. Jack renders Eumenides resistant to Sacrapant's magic by stopping his ears, then invisibly takes the enchanter's sword and garland. Sacrapant falls dead. Eumenides digs up the glass light, but is unable to break it; that falls to Venelia, who, being betrothed but unwed, is neither maid nor wife, and so…