Ovid's Metamorphosis / Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Aeneis. By G. S[andys].

Ovid

Date:: [1640]

Credit: Ovid's Metamorphosis / Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Aeneis. By G. S[andys]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$H E toURTH Boo a The daughter of ^CTi(ius. b Bacchui, C 'Terfeuiy whom he expofed with his mother to the mercy of the Sea- Hers b v s, d MedufM Head, c The Cor- goiis were three fifters of whom Medufa was onely mor- call. f A conftel- lation neere the N or- thernc Pole. gA lam Tier fjgne in the Zodiack wherein the Sun is at his high eft. h 1 he Mor¬ ning Star. A r L A s. i The Ton of lapheti k The Suns. Andro¬ meda. [ 1 ty£oliu the ibnneof daugh¬ ter to Htp~ I potes : King of the I windcs. Who, from th* ArgoUan Citie made him flie; And manag'd armes againft a Deitie. Nor him, nor Perfem he for loves doth hold; (Begot on ^ Banae in a fho vvre o{ gold) Yet ilraight repents (lb prevalent is truth) Both to have forc'd the ^ God,^^ and doom'd the Youth. Now is the one inthroned in the skies: The other through Ayr's empty Region flyes; And beares along the memorable fpoylc Of that new Monn:er,conquer'd by his toyle. And as he o’re the LybUn Deferts flew; (grew The bloud, that dropt from ^ Gorgon s head ftraight To various Serpents, quickned by the ground: With thefe, thofe much infefted Climes abound. Hither and thither, like a cloud of raine Borne by crofle v/indes,hc cuts the ayrie Maine ; Far-didant earth beholding from on high • • And over all the ample World doth flie: Thrice fa w ^ cold ArBos^ thrice to g Cancer preft; Oft hurried to the Eaft, oft to the Weft. And now, not trufting to a|^roched night, Vponth' Hejfertan Continent doth light: And craves Ibme reft, till ^ Ltscifer dilplayes Auroras blufh, and ihe Apollo Atlas'^ lapetonides Here Ivvay'd the utmoft bounds of Earth and Seas; Where ^ Titan's panting fteeds his Chariot fteepe. And bath their fiery fect-locks in the Deepe. A thoufand Heards, as many Flocks,he fed In thofe large Paftures,where no neighbours tread. Here to their tree the Ihining branches fute; To thern, their leaves; to thofe, the golden fruit... .. .. Great King, laid Perfemyihv^ birth may move ^ ' Relpecft in thee, behold the fbnne of love: If admiration, then my Aefts admire; Who reft, and hofpitable Rites defire: He, mindefuU of this prophecie, of old By heredThemisofParnajfus told; In time thy golden fruit a prey ftiall prove, v , . . O laphefs fbnne, unto the fbnne of love. This fearing, he his Orchard had inclos’d With folid Cliffs, that all acceflfe oppos'd: The Guard whereof a monftrous Dragon held; ■ And from his Land all Forrainers expeU'd. Be gone, faid he, for feare thy glories prove But counterfeit; and thou no fcnne to/c'W; Then addes uncivill violence to threats. With ftrength the other feconds his intreats: Inftrength inferior; Who fb ftrong as he Since courtefie, nor any worth in me, Vext Perfem faid; can purchafe my regard; Ye t from a gueft receive thy due re ward. With that, Medufds ugly head he drew, Hisovvne revqrfcd. Forthwith, Atlas grew Into a Mountainc equal! to the man: dis haire and beard to woods and bullies ran; dis armes and ftioiilders into ridges fpred; And what was his; is now the Mountaines head: Bones turne to ftones; and all his parts extrude Into a huge prpdigious altitude* (Such wS the pleafiire of the ever-bleft) Whereon the heavens,with all their tapers reft. * Hippotades in hollow Rocks did clofe Thcftrife-full Windes: Bright Lucifer arofe And rous'd-up Lihowt.Perfeus, having ty'd His wings t'his feet,his feuchion to his fide,' Sprung into ayre: below,on either hand Innumerable Nations left: the Land Of tAEthiopeymd th^ Cephen fields fiirvay'd; There, where the innocently wretched maid ' Was for P her mothers proud impietie, ' By unjuft ^ Ammon fentenced to die. Whom when the Heroe faw to hard rocks chain'd; ^ But that warme tears from charged eye-ftrings drain'd, , And light windes gently fann'd her fluent haire. He would have thought her marble: Ere aware He fire attradleth; and, aftoniftit by Her beauty, had alrnoft forgot to fly. Who lighting faid; O feireft of thy kinde (More worthy ofthofe bands which Lovers binde. Then thefe rude gyves) the Land by thee renown'd Thy name,thy birth, declare; and why th.us bound. At firft, the filent Virgin was afraid To ^eake t' aman; and modefty had made A vifard of her hands; but^ they were ty'd: Yet what lEe could, her teares their fountaineshide. Still urg'd, left (he lEould wrong her innocence, As if alham'd to utter her offence, Her Countrie fhe difcovers; her owne name; Her beautious ^ Mothers confidence,and blame. All ye t untold, the Waves began to roare: Th'apparant Monfter (haft'ning to the fhore) Before his breft, the broad-fpred Sea up-beare^ . • The Virgin fhreeks. Her Parents fee their feares. Both mourne; both wretched (but,ftie /uftly fo:) Who bring no aid, but extafies of woe; With teares that fute the time; Who take the leave They loathe to take;'and to her body cleave. You for your griefe may have; ^'the ftranger f^'d; Atimetoolong: fhort isthehoureofaid.. . If freed by me, loves fonne, in fruitfiill gold Begot on Banae through a brazen Hold; ■ . . ^ Who conquer'd Gorgon with the fiiakie haire; And boldly glide through un-inclofed airc: . If for your fbnne you then will me pre fer; Adde to this worth. That in delivering her { ' I'le try (fo favour me the Powers divine) . That flhe, fav'd by my valour, may be mine. They take a Law; intreat what he doth offer: . , And further, for a Do wre their Kingdome proffer. Lo I as a Gaily with fore-fixed prow (Row'd by the fweat offlaves) the Sea doth plow *. Even fo the Monfter fiirroweth with his breft. The foming flood; and to the neere Rock preft; Not farther diftant, then a man might fling A way-inforcing bullet from a fling. Forth-with, the youthfull iffue ofrich lEo wres. Earth pufhing from him, to the blew skie to wres. The furious Monfter eagerly doth chace His fhadow, gliding on the Seas fmboth face.' And as love's bird,when fhe from bdgh furvaics A Dragon basking in Apollo's rayes; Defcends unfeene,and through his necks blew fcales (To fhun his deadly teeth) her talons naile's: So fwiftly ftoops high-pitcht y Inachides Through finging ayre: then on his back doth feaze; And neere fis right fin fheaths his crooked fword Vp to the hilts; who deeply woiinded, roar'd; _ ... .. ...... Ma Now m Sec the Comment. n Where CepheM the the fonne of thnenix then faigned. O yAndrome- da, p Caftopea, (] lupiter whofe tem¬ ple ftood in the Lybi- an Deferts, vifited with fuch diffical- tie by yAlex- ander. r Who durft cotend with the Sea Goddefles for beauty. CTer/eUf. t See the Comment. U Terjeus, begot by lupiter in a golden ^owre. kthe Eagle. y ^erfew the xArgive', the kA rj^ivet fo called of ■ Itiachus their firft King; and of the River whjcb carried his name.$