CANTO the Fifth.
The Argument.
The Battel in exact, though little shape,
Where none by flight, and few by fortune scape,
Where even the vanquish'd so themselves behave,
The Victors mourn for all they could not save:
And fear (so soon is Fortune's fullness wain'd)
To lose in one, all that by all they gain'd.
The Battel in exact, though little shape,
Where none by flight, and few by fortune scape,
Where even the vanquish'd so themselves behave,
The Victors mourn for all they could not save:
And fear (so soon is Fortune's fullness wain'd)
To lose in one, all that by all they gain'd.
1.
NOw Hubert's Page assists his wounded Lord
To mount that Steed, he scarce had force to guide;
And wept to see his hand without that Sword
Which was so oft in busie Battel try'd.
NOw Hubert's Page assists his wounded Lord
To mount that Steed, he scarce had force to guide;
And wept to see his hand without that Sword
Which was so oft in busie Battel try'd.
2.
Those who with Borgio saw his want of blood,
Cry'd out, If of thy strength enough remain,
Though not to charge, to make thy conduct good
Lead us to adde their living to our slain.
Those who with Borgio saw his want of blood,
Cry'd out, If of thy strength enough remain,
Though not to charge, to make thy conduct good
Lead us to adde their living to our slain.
3.
Hubert reply'd, Now you may justly boast,
You Sons of War, that Oswald was your Sire;
Who got in you the honour I have lost;
And taught those deeds our Ladies songs admire.
Hubert reply'd, Now you may justly boast,
You Sons of War, that Oswald was your Sire;
Who got in you the honour I have lost;
And taught those deeds our Ladies songs admire.
4.
But he (Wars Ancestour, who gave it birth,
The Father of those Fights we Lombards fought)
Lies there embracing but his length of Earth,
Who for your use the world's vast Empire sought.
But he (Wars Ancestour, who gave it birth,
The Father of those Fights we Lombards fought)
Lies there embracing but his length of Earth,
Who for your use the world's vast Empire sought.
5.
And cold as he lies noble Dargonet,
And Paradine, who wore the Victors Crown;
Both swift to Charge, and lame in a Retreat;
Brothers in bloud, and Rivals in renown.
And cold as he lies noble Dargonet,
And Paradine, who wore the Victors Crown;
Both swift to Charge, and lame in a Retreat;
Brothers in bloud, and Rivals in renown.
6.
This said, their Trumpets sound Revenge's praise;
The Hunters Horns (though terrour of the wood)
Reply'd so meanly, they could scarcely raise
Eccho so loud as might be understood.
This said, their Trumpets sound Revenge's praise;
The Hunters Horns (though terrour of the wood)
Reply'd so meanly, they could scarcely raise
Eccho so loud as might be understood.
7.
The Duke (his fit of fury being spent,
Which onely wounds and opposition bred)
Does weep on faded Oswald, and lament
What was so great in life, is nothing dead.
The Duke (his fit of fury being spent,
Which onely wounds and opposition bred)
Does weep on faded Oswald, and lament
What was so great in life, is nothing dead.
8.
But cry'd, when he the speechless Rivals spy'd,
O worth, above the ancient price of Love!
Lost are the living, for with these love dy'd;
Or if immortal, fled with them above.
But cry'd, when he the speechless Rivals spy'd,
O worth, above the ancient price of Love!
Lost are the living, for with these love dy'd;
Or if immortal, fled with them above.
9.
In these we the intrinsick value know
By which first Lovers did love currant deem;
But Love's false Coyners will allay it now,
Till men suspect what next they must contemn.
In these we the intrinsick value know
By which first Lovers did love currant deem;
But Love's false Coyners will allay it now,
Till men suspect what next they must contemn.
10.
Not less young Hurgonil resents their chance,
Though no fit time to practise his remorse,
For now he cries (finding the Foe advance)
Let Death give way to life! to horse! to horse!
Not less young Hurgonil resents their chance,
Though no fit time to practise his remorse,
For now he cries (finding the Foe advance)
Let Death give way to life! to horse! to horse!
11.
This sorrow is too soft for deeds behind;
Which I (a mortal Lover) would sustain;
So as to make your Sister wisely kind,
And praise me living, not lament me slain.
This sorrow is too soft for deeds behind;
Which I (a mortal Lover) would sustain;
So as to make your Sister wisely kind,
And praise me living, not lament me slain.
12.
Swift as Armenians in the Panthers chace
They flie to reach where now their Hunters are;
Who sought out danger with too bold a pace,
Till thus the Duke did them aloud prepare.
Swift as Armenians in the Panthers chace
They flie to reach where now their Hunters are;
Who sought out danger with too bold a pace,
Till thus the Duke did them aloud prepare.
13.
Impatient Friends, stand that your strength may last,
Burn not in blaze rage that should warm you long!
I wish to Foes the weaknesses of haste,
To you such slowness as may keep you strong.
Impatient Friends, stand that your strength may last,
Burn not in blaze rage that should warm you long!
I wish to Foes the weaknesses of haste,
To you such slowness as may keep you strong.
14.
Not their scorns force should your fixt patience move;
Though scorn does more thā bonds free minds provoke:
Their flashy rage shall harmless lightning prove,
Which but fore-runs our Thunder's fatal stroke.
Not their scorns force should your fixt patience move;
Though scorn does more thā bonds free minds provoke:
Their flashy rage shall harmless lightning prove,
Which but fore-runs our Thunder's fatal stroke.
15.
For when their fury's spent, how weak they are
With the dull weight of antique Vandal Arms?
Their work but short, and little is in war,
Whom rage within, and Armour outward warms.
For when their fury's spent, how weak they are
With the dull weight of antique Vandal Arms?
Their work but short, and little is in war,
Whom rage within, and Armour outward warms.
16.
When you have us'd those arts your patience yields,
Try to avoid their couched Launces force
By dext'rous practise of Croation Fields,
Which turns to lazy Elephants their Horse.
When you have us'd those arts your patience yields,
Try to avoid their couched Launces force
By dext'rous practise of Croation Fields,
Which turns to lazy Elephants their Horse.
17.
When false retreat shall scatter you in flight,
As if you back to Elements were fled;
And no less faith can you again unite,
Than recollects from Elements the dead.
When false retreat shall scatter you in flight,
As if you back to Elements were fled;
And no less faith can you again unite,
Than recollects from Elements the dead.
18.
Make Chasers seem by your swift Rallies, slow;
Whilst they your swifter change of figures fear,
Like that in Battels, which t' amuse the Foe
My Grand-sire taught, as Wars Philosopher.
Make Chasers seem by your swift Rallies, slow;
Whilst they your swifter change of figures fear,
Like that in Battels, which t' amuse the Foe
My Grand-sire taught, as Wars Philosopher.
19.
Think now your Valour enters on the Stage,
Think Fame th'Eternal Chorus to declare
Your mighty minds to each succeeding age,
And that your Ladies the Spectatours are.
Think now your Valour enters on the Stage,
Think Fame th'Eternal Chorus to declare
Your mighty minds to each succeeding age,
And that your Ladies the Spectatours are.
20.
This utter'd was with so supream a grace,
That ev'ry heart it empty'd, and did raise
Life's chiefest blood in valour to the Face,
Which made such beauty as the Foe did praise.
This utter'd was with so supream a grace,
That ev'ry heart it empty'd, and did raise
Life's chiefest blood in valour to the Face,
Which made such beauty as the Foe did praise.
21.
Yet 'twas Ambition's praise, which but approves
Those whom through envy it would fain subdue;
Likes others honour, but her own so loves,
She thinks all others Trophies are her due.
Yet 'twas Ambition's praise, which but approves
Those whom through envy it would fain subdue;
Likes others honour, but her own so loves,
She thinks all others Trophies are her due.
22.
For Hubert now (though void of strength as fear)
Advanc'd the first Division fast and far;
Bold Borgio with the next attends his Rear,
The Third was left to Vasco's steddy care.
For Hubert now (though void of strength as fear)
Advanc'd the first Division fast and far;
Bold Borgio with the next attends his Rear,
The Third was left to Vasco's steddy care.
23.
The Duke still watch'd when each Divisions space
Grew wide, that he might his more open spred;
His own brave conduct did the foremost grace,
The next the Count, the third true Tybalt led.
The Duke still watch'd when each Divisions space
Grew wide, that he might his more open spred;
His own brave conduct did the foremost grace,
The next the Count, the third true Tybalt led.
24.
A forward fashion he did wear a while,
As if the Charge he would with fury meet;
That he their forward fury might beguil,
And urge them past redemption by retreat.
A forward fashion he did wear a while,
As if the Charge he would with fury meet;
That he their forward fury might beguil,
And urge them past redemption by retreat.
25.
But when with Launces couch'd they ready were,
And their thick Front (which added Files in large)
With their ply'd spurs kept time in a Career,
Those soon were vanish'd whom they meant to charge.
But when with Launces couch'd they ready were,
And their thick Front (which added Files in large)
With their ply'd spurs kept time in a Career,
Those soon were vanish'd whom they meant to charge.
26.
The Duke by flight his Manhood thus and force
Reserv'd, and to his skill made Valour yield,
Did seem to blush, that he must lead his Horse
To lose a little ground, to gain the Field.
The Duke by flight his Manhood thus and force
Reserv'd, and to his skill made Valour yield,
Did seem to blush, that he must lead his Horse
To lose a little ground, to gain the Field.
27.
Yet soon with Ralleys he reviv'd the war;
Hubert pursues the Rear of Hurgonil;
And Borgio's Rear with Chace so loos'ned are,
That them the Count does with close order kill.
Yet soon with Ralleys he reviv'd the war;
Hubert pursues the Rear of Hurgonil;
And Borgio's Rear with Chace so loos'ned are,
That them the Count does with close order kill.
28.
And that which was erewhile the Dukes firm Van,
Before old Vasco's Front vouchsafe to flie,
Till with Croation Ralleys they began
In small Divisions hidden strength to trie.
And that which was erewhile the Dukes firm Van,
Before old Vasco's Front vouchsafe to flie,
Till with Croation Ralleys they began
In small Divisions hidden strength to trie.
29.
Then cursing Borgio cry'd, Whence comes his skill,
Who men so scatter'd can so firmly mix?
The living Metal, held so volatile
By thy dull word, this Chymick Lord can fix!
Then cursing Borgio cry'd, Whence comes his skill,
Who men so scatter'd can so firmly mix?
The living Metal, held so volatile
By thy dull word, this Chymick Lord can fix!
30.
He press'd where Hurgonil his fury spends,
As if he now in Orna's presence fought;
And with respect his brave approach attends,
To give him all the dangers which he sought.
He press'd where Hurgonil his fury spends,
As if he now in Orna's presence fought;
And with respect his brave approach attends,
To give him all the dangers which he sought.
31.
So bloody was th'event of this new strife,
That we may here applauded valour blame;
Which oft too easily abandons Life,
Whilst Death is Parent made of noble Fame.
So bloody was th'event of this new strife,
That we may here applauded valour blame;
Which oft too easily abandons Life,
Whilst Death is Parent made of noble Fame.
32.
For many now (belov'd by both) forsake
In their pursuit of flying Fame, their breath;
And through the world their Valour currant make,
By giving it the ancient stamp of death.
For many now (belov'd by both) forsake
In their pursuit of flying Fame, their breath;
And through the world their Valour currant make,
By giving it the ancient stamp of death.
33.
Young Hurgonil's renowned self had bought
Honour of Borgio at no less a rate,
Had not the Duke dispatch'd with those he sought,
And found his aid must flie, or come too late.
Young Hurgonil's renowned self had bought
Honour of Borgio at no less a rate,
Had not the Duke dispatch'd with those he sought,
And found his aid must flie, or come too late.
34.
For he advancing saw (which much him griev'd)
That in the fairest Region of the Face,
He two wide wounds from Borgio had receiv'd;
His beauties blemish, but his valours grace.
For he advancing saw (which much him griev'd)
That in the fairest Region of the Face,
He two wide wounds from Borgio had receiv'd;
His beauties blemish, but his valours grace.
35.
Now cry'd the Duke, strive timely for renown!
Thy Age will kiss those wounds thy Youth may loath;
Be not dismaid to see thy beautie gone;
My Sister's thine, who has enough for both.
Now cry'd the Duke, strive timely for renown!
Thy Age will kiss those wounds thy Youth may loath;
Be not dismaid to see thy beautie gone;
My Sister's thine, who has enough for both.
36.
Then soon the Youth, Death as an honour gave
To one that Strove to rescue Borgio's life;
Yet Borgio had dispatch'd him to his grave,
Had Gondibert stood neutral in the Strife:
Then soon the Youth, Death as an honour gave
To one that Strove to rescue Borgio's life;
Yet Borgio had dispatch'd him to his grave,
Had Gondibert stood neutral in the Strife:
37.
Who with his sword (disdaining now to stay
And see the bloud he lov'd so rudely spilt)
Pierc't a bold Lombard who imbarr'd his way;
Even till his heart did beat against his Hilt.
Who with his sword (disdaining now to stay
And see the bloud he lov'd so rudely spilt)
Pierc't a bold Lombard who imbarr'd his way;
Even till his heart did beat against his Hilt.
38.
Timely old Vasco came to Borgio's aid;
Whose long experienc'd Arm wrought sure and fast;
His rising oppositions level laid,
And miss'd no execution by his haste.
Timely old Vasco came to Borgio's aid;
Whose long experienc'd Arm wrought sure and fast;
His rising oppositions level laid,
And miss'd no execution by his haste.
39.
And timely where the bleeding Count now fought,
And where the Duke with Number was opprest,
Resistless Tybalt came, who Borgio sought,
But here with many Borgios did contest.
And timely where the bleeding Count now fought,
And where the Duke with Number was opprest,
Resistless Tybalt came, who Borgio sought,
But here with many Borgios did contest.
40.
As Tides, that from their sev'ral Channels haste,
Assemble rudely in th' Ubæan Bay,
And meeting there to indistinction waste,
Strive to proceed, and force each others stay.
As Tides, that from their sev'ral Channels haste,
Assemble rudely in th' Ubæan Bay,
And meeting there to indistinction waste,
Strive to proceed, and force each others stay.
41.
So here the valiant who with swift force come,
With as resistless valour are ingag'd;
Are hid in angers undistinguish'd Fome,
And make less way by meeting so inrag'd.
So here the valiant who with swift force come,
With as resistless valour are ingag'd;
Are hid in angers undistinguish'd Fome,
And make less way by meeting so inrag'd.
42.
But room for Goltho now! Whose valour's fire,
Like lightning, did unlikely passage make;
Whose swift effects like lightnings they admire,
And even the harms it wrought with rev'rence take.
But room for Goltho now! Whose valour's fire,
Like lightning, did unlikely passage make;
Whose swift effects like lightnings they admire,
And even the harms it wrought with rev'rence take.
43.
Vasco he seeks, who had his Youth disdain'd;
And in that search he with irreverend rage,
Revengefully from younger Foes abstain'd,
And deadly grew where he encounterd Age.
Vasco he seeks, who had his Youth disdain'd;
And in that search he with irreverend rage,
Revengefully from younger Foes abstain'd,
And deadly grew where he encounterd Age.
44.
And Vasco now had felt his Gothick steel,
But that Duke Gondibert (through Helm and Head)
The last dire stroke which Vasco ere shall feel
Did give, and sent him to adorn the dead.
And Vasco now had felt his Gothick steel,
But that Duke Gondibert (through Helm and Head)
The last dire stroke which Vasco ere shall feel
Did give, and sent him to adorn the dead.
45.
Here Borgio too had faln, but bravely then
The Count so much reveng'd the wounds he gave,
As Gondibert (the Prop of falling Men)
Such sinking greatness could not chuse but save.
Here Borgio too had faln, but bravely then
The Count so much reveng'd the wounds he gave,
As Gondibert (the Prop of falling Men)
Such sinking greatness could not chuse but save.
46.
When Vasco was remov'd, the Count declin'd
His bashfull Eyes; the Duke thought suddain shame
(From sence of luckless wounds) possess'd his mind;
Which thus he did reform, and gently blame.
When Vasco was remov'd, the Count declin'd
His bashfull Eyes; the Duke thought suddain shame
(From sence of luckless wounds) possess'd his mind;
Which thus he did reform, and gently blame.
47.
Now thy complexion lasting is, and good!
As when the Sun sets red, his Morning Eyes
In glory wake, so now thou setst in bloud,
Thy parting beautie will in honour rise.
Now thy complexion lasting is, and good!
As when the Sun sets red, his Morning Eyes
In glory wake, so now thou setst in bloud,
Thy parting beautie will in honour rise.
48.
These scars thou needst not from my Sister hide;
For as our Father, in brave battel lost,
She first did name with sorrow, then with pride,
Thy beauties loss she'l mourn and after boast.
These scars thou needst not from my Sister hide;
For as our Father, in brave battel lost,
She first did name with sorrow, then with pride,
Thy beauties loss she'l mourn and after boast.
49.
Mine are but Love's false wounds (said Hurgonil)
To what you Vasco gave; for I must grieve
My strength of honour could not Vasco kill,
That honour lost, yet I have strength to live.
Mine are but Love's false wounds (said Hurgonil)
To what you Vasco gave; for I must grieve
My strength of honour could not Vasco kill,
That honour lost, yet I have strength to live.
50.
But now behold vex'd Hubert, who in all
This battel was by ready conduct known,
And though unarm'd, and his spent force so small
He could to none bring death, yet sought his own:
But now behold vex'd Hubert, who in all
This battel was by ready conduct known,
And though unarm'd, and his spent force so small
He could to none bring death, yet sought his own:
51.
And ev'ry where, where Rallies made a Gross
He charg'd; and now with last reserves he try'd
His too slow fate from Gondibert to force,
Where he was Victor and where Vasco dy'd.
And ev'ry where, where Rallies made a Gross
He charg'd; and now with last reserves he try'd
His too slow fate from Gondibert to force,
Where he was Victor and where Vasco dy'd.
52.
The Duke (in Honours School exactly bred)
Would not that this defenceless Prince should be
Involv'd with those, whom he to dying led,
Therefore ordain'd him still from slaughter free.
The Duke (in Honours School exactly bred)
Would not that this defenceless Prince should be
Involv'd with those, whom he to dying led,
Therefore ordain'd him still from slaughter free.
53.
And now his pow'r did gently make him know,
That he must keep his life, and quit the cause;
More Pris'ner to him self than to his Foe,
For life within himself in Prison was.
And now his pow'r did gently make him know,
That he must keep his life, and quit the cause;
More Pris'ner to him self than to his Foe,
For life within himself in Prison was.
54.
His fierce Assistance did not quit the Field,
Till forward marks declar'd they fairly fought;
And then they all with sullen slowness yield;
Vex'd they had found what vain Revenge had sought.
His fierce Assistance did not quit the Field,
Till forward marks declar'd they fairly fought;
And then they all with sullen slowness yield;
Vex'd they had found what vain Revenge had sought.
55.
In the renown'd destruction of this day,
Four hundred Leaders were by valours pride
Led to blest shades, by an uncertain way,
Where lowliness is held the surest Guide.
In the renown'd destruction of this day,
Four hundred Leaders were by valours pride
Led to blest shades, by an uncertain way,
Where lowliness is held the surest Guide.
56.
And twice the Tierce of these consists of those
Who for Prince Oswald's love of Empire bled;
The Duke does thus with thanks and praise dispose
Both of the worthy living, and the dead.
And twice the Tierce of these consists of those
Who for Prince Oswald's love of Empire bled;
The Duke does thus with thanks and praise dispose
Both of the worthy living, and the dead.
57.
Bind all your wounds, and shed not that brave life,
Which did in all by great demeanor past,
(Teaching your Foes a wiser choise of strife)
Deserve a Lease of Nature that may last.
Bind all your wounds, and shed not that brave life,
Which did in all by great demeanor past,
(Teaching your Foes a wiser choise of strife)
Deserve a Lease of Nature that may last.
58.
Love warm'd you with those hints which kindled me;
And form'd Ideas in each lovers thought
Of the distress of some beloved she,
Who then inspir'd, and prais'd you whilst you fought.
Love warm'd you with those hints which kindled me;
And form'd Ideas in each lovers thought
Of the distress of some beloved she,
Who then inspir'd, and prais'd you whilst you fought.
59.
You nobly prompt my passion to desire,
That the rude Crowd who Lovers softness scorn,
Might in fair field meet those who love admire,
To trie which side must after Battel mourn.
You nobly prompt my passion to desire,
That the rude Crowd who Lovers softness scorn,
Might in fair field meet those who love admire,
To trie which side must after Battel mourn.
60.
O that those rights which should the good advance,
And justly are to painfull valour due,
(How ere misplac'd by the swift hand of Chance)
Were from that Crowd defended by those few!
O that those rights which should the good advance,
And justly are to painfull valour due,
(How ere misplac'd by the swift hand of Chance)
Were from that Crowd defended by those few!
61.
With this great Spectacle we should refresh
Those Chiefs, who (though preferr'd by being dead)
Would kindly wish to fight again in flesh:
So all that lov'd by Hurgonil were led.
With this great Spectacle we should refresh
Those Chiefs, who (though preferr'd by being dead)
Would kindly wish to fight again in flesh:
So all that lov'd by Hurgonil were led.
62.
This gracious mention from so great a Lord,
Bow'd Hurgonil with dutious homage down,
Where at his feet he laid his rescu'd Sword;
Which he accepts, but he returns his own.
This gracious mention from so great a Lord,
Bow'd Hurgonil with dutious homage down,
Where at his feet he laid his rescu'd Sword;
Which he accepts, but he returns his own.
63.
By this and thine, said gentle Gondibert,
In all distress of various Courts and war,
We interpledge and bind each others heart,
To strive who shall possess griefs greatest share.
By this and thine, said gentle Gondibert,
In all distress of various Courts and war,
We interpledge and bind each others heart,
To strive who shall possess griefs greatest share.
64.
Now to Verona hast, and timely bring
Thy wounds unto my tender Sister's care;
This Days sad story to our dreaded King,
And watch what veng'ance Oswald's Friends prepare.
Now to Verona hast, and timely bring
Thy wounds unto my tender Sister's care;
This Days sad story to our dreaded King,
And watch what veng'ance Oswald's Friends prepare.
65.
Brave Arnold, and his Rival streight remove;
Where Laura shall bestrew their hallow'd Ground;
Protectours both, and Ornaments of Love;
This said, his Eyes out-weep'd his widest wound.
Brave Arnold, and his Rival streight remove;
Where Laura shall bestrew their hallow'd Ground;
Protectours both, and Ornaments of Love;
This said, his Eyes out-weep'd his widest wound.
66.
Tell her now these (Love's faithful Saints) are gon,
The beautie they ador'd, she ought to hide;
For vainly will Love's Miracles be shown,
Since Lovers faith with these brave Rivals dy'd.
Tell her now these (Love's faithful Saints) are gon,
The beautie they ador'd, she ought to hide;
For vainly will Love's Miracles be shown,
Since Lovers faith with these brave Rivals dy'd.
67.
Say little Hugo never more shall mourn
In noble Numbers her unkind disdain;
Who now not seeing beautie feels no scorn;
And wanting pleasure, is exempt from pain.
Say little Hugo never more shall mourn
In noble Numbers her unkind disdain;
Who now not seeing beautie feels no scorn;
And wanting pleasure, is exempt from pain.
68.
When she with Flowrs Lord Arnold's Grave shall strew,
And hears why Hugo's life was thrown away,
She on that Rival's Hearse will drop a few;
Which merits all that April gives to May.
When she with Flowrs Lord Arnold's Grave shall strew,
And hears why Hugo's life was thrown away,
She on that Rival's Hearse will drop a few;
Which merits all that April gives to May.
69.
Let us forsake for safety of our Eyes
Our other loss; which I will straight inter,
And raise a Trophy where each Body lies;
Vain marks, how those alive the Dead prefer!
Let us forsake for safety of our Eyes
Our other loss; which I will straight inter,
And raise a Trophy where each Body lies;
Vain marks, how those alive the Dead prefer!
70.
If my full Breast, my wounds that empty be,
And this Days toil (by which my strength is gon)
Forbid me not, I Bergamo will see
Ere it beholds the next succeeding Sun.
If my full Breast, my wounds that empty be,
And this Days toil (by which my strength is gon)
Forbid me not, I Bergamo will see
Ere it beholds the next succeeding Sun.
71.
Thither convey thy souls consid'rate thought,
How in this cause the Court and Camp's inclin'd;
What Oswald's Faction with the King has wrought,
And how his loss prevails with Rhodalind.
Thither convey thy souls consid'rate thought,
How in this cause the Court and Camp's inclin'd;
What Oswald's Faction with the King has wrought,
And how his loss prevails with Rhodalind.
72.
The Count and Tybalt take their lowly leaves;
Their slain they sadly, with consuming hearts,
Bear tow'rds Verona, whilst the Duke perceives
Prince Hubert's grief, and thus his tears diverts.
The Count and Tybalt take their lowly leaves;
Their slain they sadly, with consuming hearts,
Bear tow'rds Verona, whilst the Duke perceives
Prince Hubert's grief, and thus his tears diverts.
73.
Afflicted Prince! in an unpleasant hour
You and your living (by blind valour led)
Are captives made to such an easie pow'r,
Shall you as little vex, as Death your dead.
Afflicted Prince! in an unpleasant hour
You and your living (by blind valour led)
Are captives made to such an easie pow'r,
Shall you as little vex, as Death your dead.
74.
The Dead can ne'r by living help return
From that dark Land, which life could ne'r disclose;
But these alive (for whom the Victors mourn)
To thee I give, thee to thine own dispose.
The Dead can ne'r by living help return
From that dark Land, which life could ne'r disclose;
But these alive (for whom the Victors mourn)
To thee I give, thee to thine own dispose.
75.
Be not with honours guilded Baits beguild;
Nor think Ambition wife, because 'tis brave;
For though we like it, as a forward Child,
'Tis so unsound, her Cradle is her Grave.
Be not with honours guilded Baits beguild;
Nor think Ambition wife, because 'tis brave;
For though we like it, as a forward Child,
'Tis so unsound, her Cradle is her Grave.
76.
Study the mighty Oswald vainly gone!
Fierce Paradine, and Dargonet the stout!
Whose Thrids by patient Parcae slowly spun,
Ambition's haste has rashly ravell'd out.
Study the mighty Oswald vainly gone!
Fierce Paradine, and Dargonet the stout!
Whose Thrids by patient Parcae slowly spun,
Ambition's haste has rashly ravell'd out.
77.
But Hubert's grief no precept could reform:
For great grief counsell'd, does to anger grow;
And he provided now a future Storm,
Which did with black revenge orecast his Brow.
But Hubert's grief no precept could reform:
For great grief counsell'd, does to anger grow;
And he provided now a future Storm,
Which did with black revenge orecast his Brow.
78.
Borgio and he from this dire Region haste;
Shame makes them sightless to themselves and dumb;
Their thoughts flie swift as Time from what is past;
And would like him demolish all to come.
Borgio and he from this dire Region haste;
Shame makes them sightless to themselves and dumb;
Their thoughts flie swift as Time from what is past;
And would like him demolish all to come.
79.
Strait they interre th'inferiour of their slain;
Their nobler Tragick load their grief attends
Tow'rds Brescia, where the Camp they hope to gain,
Then force the Court by faction of their Friends.
Strait they interre th'inferiour of their slain;
Their nobler Tragick load their grief attends
Tow'rds Brescia, where the Camp they hope to gain,
Then force the Court by faction of their Friends.
80.
To Bergamo the gentle Duke does turn
With his surviving Lovers, who in kind
Remembrance every step look back, and mourn
Their fellow Lovers Death has staid behind.
To Bergamo the gentle Duke does turn
With his surviving Lovers, who in kind
Remembrance every step look back, and mourn
Their fellow Lovers Death has staid behind.
81.
Some lost their quiet Rivals, some their dear
Love's Brother, who their hopes with help approv'd;
Some such joy'd Friends, as even tomorrow were
To take from Hymen those they dearest lov'd.
Some lost their quiet Rivals, some their dear
Love's Brother, who their hopes with help approv'd;
Some such joy'd Friends, as even tomorrow were
To take from Hymen those they dearest lov'd.
82.
But now to Gondibert they forward look,
Whose wounds, ere he could waste three league of way,
So waste him, that his speech him quite forsook,
And Nature calls for Art to make Life stay.
But now to Gondibert they forward look,
Whose wounds, ere he could waste three league of way,
So waste him, that his speech him quite forsook,
And Nature calls for Art to make Life stay.
83.
His Friends in torment lest they should forsake
Delightfull him, for whom alone they live;
Urge Heav'n uncivilly for calling back
So soon such worth, it does so seldom give.
His Friends in torment lest they should forsake
Delightfull him, for whom alone they live;
Urge Heav'n uncivilly for calling back
So soon such worth, it does so seldom give.