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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$a Daphne fignifies a J^aurel b The Ro¬ manes when they cri - umphed were crownedwith Laurel, the Syiribole of vidory, in that it ever flouriflieth. c An accla¬ mation of Joy. dl he palice where the Senate af- lembled. e See the Comment. f sApoUojti- ther of heal¬ ing as the inventer of P'hyficke, of of the dart¬ ing of his beames. g Thefaly J anciently t^/noma» 10 h Pene'if> i Rivers of A river of Pelopo meft*i, which runs through the territories of ^r^os, I % k Itipiter the fonne of Sa- lurne. \ 1 A lake necre m A moun - tainc o£syir- cadta, where Inachui hath his head. That thus betrayes me to undoing rape. Forth-with, a mimncfle all her Urns pofleft 5 And (lender filmes her fofter fides inveft. Haire into leaves, her Arrnes to branclies p’QW: And late fwift feet,now rootes,are Jpfle then flow. Her graceful! head aleavy topliiftaines: On: beauty throughout all her forme remaines. Still Pheehns loves. He handles the new Plant j And feels her Heart within the barke to pant. Imbrac’t the bole,as he woujd her have done; And kifl: the boughs; the boughs his kiffes fliun. To whom the God: Although thou canft not be The wife I wiflat, yet iTialt tta be my Tree; Our Quiver, Harpe, our Treflfes never (home, My Laurell, thou (halt evermore adome; And ^ Bro wes triumphant, when they I6 fing, And to the ^ Capitol their Trophees bring. Thou (halt defend from Thwnders blafting (broke, «Augufttfs doores, on either fide the Oke. And, as our un-cut haire no change receaves; ^So ever flourilli with unfading leaves. Here ^ P^tm ends. The Laurell all alio wes; In (igne whereof her gratefuJl head flie bo wes. A pleafant Grove within S z^monia growes, Call'd Temfe; wlaich high ragged Clifis inclofe. Tbrpugh this^Penem, pour’d from Pindnsy raves, And from the bottome rowles with foming waves; That by fteepe down-falls tumbling from on hie. Ingender mifts,which fmoke-like, upward flic, That on the dewy fops of trees diftiU, And more then neighbouring woods with noyfes fill. Here, in a Cave, his Qourt and rcfidence ^ The great flood keepes; here juftice doth difpence To (breams, and gentle Nymphs that ftreames frequent. The Floods, that native were,with one confent Firft thither came; as yet, at lelfe-debate, Whether to comfort, or congratulate. Coole ^ Sferchimy (low ^ Amphryfids, i Afidariy Swift i EnifCy that troubled ran. Then, forth-with thofe, who (as their fourfes bend) To Seas their Waves (with wandring, weary) fend. All but old Inachm: who in his Caves Qbfciire recede,with teares augments his waves: ; For Joy mournes as loft; nor yet knows he Whether above or under Earth (he be; But her, whom he not any-where could finde, He thinkesis no where: feare diftrads his minde. As from l^r I athers ftreams the Nymph return’d, ^ SaturnitiSy feeing her in paflion burn d. O Virgin, worthy love! whole bed muft bleflc What God I know not; thoi^h a Man, no lefl'e: Here in thefe Woods, faid he, or thefe repofe, Whil’ft tlms the World with famting fervor glowcs. Nor foare among the Salvages to venter; A God prote<fting, thou raaift fafely enter. Nor one of vulgar ranke; but. He that beares Heavens Scepter, and the clouds with thunder teares; O, file not! for ftie fled. The Paftures pad: Of ^ Lerndy and Lyrems gloomy waft, He in the Aire a fable cloud difplai’d, Caught, and devirginat’s the ftrugling Maid. Meane-while, with won'ittImo doth furvay Thofe duskie Clouds, that made a night of Day. And, finding that they neither tooke their birth From vaporous ftreames, nor from the humid Earth, For her mift Husband fearcheth Heaven: as one. To whom his healths fb often had beene taiowne. Whom when fhe could not finde; Deceiv’d ami, ^ Or wronged, flie faid. Downe from the enamel d skie She Aides to earth. The foggy Clouds with-draw At her coininand.Her coming love fore-law» And changed ” imehis into a Cow; Whofe forme even luno prais’d; demanding how She thither came ? Whofe was (he ? Of what heard ? As ignorant of wto Ihe more then fear d. love faynes (her importunitie to fliift) Her borne of Earth. ® Saturnk begs the gift. What fhould he doe Be cruell to his Love; Or by denying her, fufpicion move^ Shame that perfwades ; and Love doth this difiwade: But, ftronger Love Shame under foote hadhyd; Yet doubts, if he fhould fuch a thii^ deny His Wife and Sifter, Y would the fraud defciy. ObtayiYd; not forth-with feare the Goddefle left ; Diftrufting /az'^',and jealous of his theft, Vntill delivered to Argm guard. ^ A hundred eyes liis head's large circuit ftarr*d; whereof by tunies, at once two onely flept; The other watcht, and ftill their Stations kept. Which way fo-ere he (lands, he Id fpyes; loy behinde him, was before his eyes. By day, Ihc graz’d abroad; p Sa^ under ground. He hous’d her, in unworthy halter bound. On leaves of trees aiid bitter hearhes (he fed. ■ Poore foule! the Earth, not alwaics greene, her bed; Arid of the Torrent drinkcs.With hands up-heav*d She thought to beg for pitty: how deceiv’d! ' Who low'd, when (he began to make her monc; And trembled at the voyce which was her o wne. Vnto the bankes oPinachpts (lie ftrayM; Her Fathers bankes, where five fb oft had playd: - Beholding in his ftreame her horned head, She ftarts; and from her felfe,felfe-frighted,fled. Her Sifters, nor old Inachmyhov knew: Which way fb-ere they went, llie would purfuc. And fuffer them to ftroke her; and doth move Their wonder with her ftrange exprefled love. He Brought her Grafle: She gently lickt his hands. And kift nis palmes; nor,longer,teares withftands. And had fhe then had words,fhe had difplay'd Her Name, her Fortunes, and implor'd his ayde. For words, *1 flie letters with her foot impreft Vpoti the Sand, which her f ad change profeft. Wo's me 1 cry'd Inachm; his arrnes he throwes About her fhowy Necke. O, woe of woes I Art thou my daughter throughout all the Round Of Earth fo fought; that now, *■ not found,art found! • Lefte was thy lofle ; lefle was my mifery. Dumbe wretch (alas I) thou canft not make reply: Yet: as thou canft thou doft: thy lowings fpeake. And deep-fetcht fighs that from thy bofome breakc. I, ignorant, prepar'd thy marriage bed: My hopes,a Sonne-in-law,and Nephewes fed. Now, trom the Heard, thy iflue muft defeend: Nor can'the length of time my fbrrowes end; Accurft in that a God. Death'sTweet reliefe Hard fates deny to my immortall griefe. This faid-k ms Daughter (in that fhape bolov'd) The¬ ft 16, tl^e daughter af Inachm, , o /««•, the daughter of Saturne, p The Sua. q The im- prcflioii of X Cowes foote refembles an 1 in the midft of an O. Rut Ina- chus by this could not diRinguiih his daughter from others: rather fhe writ her name with her foote, as retaining her reafon. r Vnfound a* his daughter but found a dund?e beaffc T« no’i invent ta^reperta et. Others will have it, un¬ fought arc found.$