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ARe you then travelling to the temple of Eliza? I am one of her own country, and we adore her by the name of Eliza. That which all true Subjects should: when I was young, and Armed hand; now I am crooked, and upright heart: But what offer you? How long is't since you last beheld her? Peace fool: tremble, and kneel: The Moon sayest thou? Our eyes are dazzled by Eliza's beams, See (if at least thou dare see) where she sits: This is the great Panthaeon of our Goddess, And all those faces which thine eyes thought stars, Are Nymphs attending on her deity. Prithee begin, for I want power to speak. Alack what shall I do? comest thou with me, And weepest now thou beholdest this Majesty? Blame not mine eyes, good father, in these tears. Now isle beg for thee too: and yet I needs not: Her sacred hand hath evermore been known, As soon held out to strangers as her own. Let every one beg once more on his knee, One pardon for himself, and one for me, For I intie'd you hither: Oh deer Goddess, Breathe life in our nombd spirits with one smile, And from this cold earth, we with lively souls Shall rise Like men (newborn) & make heaven found With Hymns sung to thy name, and prayers that we May once a year so oft enjoy this sighed, Till these the ̄ g boys change their curled locks to white, And when gray-winged Age sits on their heads, That so their children may supply their Steads, And that heavens great Arithmetician, (Who in the Scales of Number ways the world) May still to forty two, and one year more, And still add one to one, that went before, And multiply four tennes by many a ten: To this I cry Amen. Good night (deer mistress) those that wish thee harm, Thus let them stoop under destructions arm.
Plot summary
Plot — Old Fortunatus
Fortunatus gets lost in a wood and falls asleep. He is found by Fortune, attended by fallen kings who complain of her capricious control of their destiny. To spite them, she decides to advance Fortunatus’ fortunes, and offers him a choice of six gifts: wisdom, strength, health, beauty, longevity, or riches. He chooses wealth, and she gives him a purse which will always contain ten gold pieces, of legal tender wherever he may be. Fortunatus travels the world, visiting potentates, and bestows bottomless purses on every host. The Sultan of Babylon boats of his collection of treasures, and shows him the finest: an old hat which will transport its wearer anywhere in an instant. By a ruse, the Sultan puts it on Fortunatus’ head, and he wishes himself back home to Cyprus, thereby acquiring possession of the hat. Fortune decides that he has abused her gifts and reminds him that he did not choose long life or wisdom. He will die at the height of his fortunes with his sins black upon his soul, and will have no opportunity to repent. He dies there and then, leaving the purse and hat to his sons. The virtuous Ampedo takes the hat, while his imprudent younger brother Andelocia has the purse. Andelocia goes to England, where the Prince of Cyprus is wooing the King’s daughter, Agrippine; she is also loved by the melancholy French prisoner Orleans. On arrival, Andelocia is bountiful with largesse, which leaves King Athelstan itching to take him down a peg or two, and eager to learn the source of his riches. When Andelocia plans a magnificent banquet for his hosts, Athelstan orders that nobody is to supply him with any fuel: it will end up being a cold, unappetizing meal. Andelocia dances with Agrippine, and she takes him off to get to know him better. She then drugs him and takes the magic purse as he sleeps, leaving behind a copy. On waking, Andelocia finds that the King’s orders leave him unable to provide the banquet, and the Princess has left him without the wherewithal even to try to pay for it. Andelocia returns home to Cyprus and steals the wishing hat from Ampedo. He acquires some jewels by trickery and returns to England posing as a jeweller. Using the hat, he abducts Agrippine and takes her to a hot country. The climate doesn’t agree with her, so he climbs a tree to pick her a juicy apple; but while he’s up there, she puts on the wishing hat and goes home. Andelocia consoles himself by eating the apple, but it is one of the apples of Vice, sweet with a bitter…