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DIomedes flourishing with great fame and glory in the Troian warres, and in high fauour with Pal∣las was by her instigated (beeing in∣deed forwarder then he should haue bene) not to forbeare Venus a iote, if he encountred with her in fight, which very boldly hee performed, wounding her in the right arme. This presumptuous fact hee caried cleare for a while, and being hono∣red and renowned for his many he∣roicke deeds; at last returned into
his owne countrey, where finding himselfe hard besteed with dome∣sticke troubles, fled into Italy, be∣taking himselfe to the protection of Forreiners, where in the beginning he was fortunate and royally enter∣tained by King Daunus with sump∣tuous gifts, raising many statues in honour of him throughout his do∣minions. But vpon the very first calamity that hapned vnto this na∣tion whereunto he was fled for suc∣cor: King Daunus enters into a con∣ceipt with himselfe that he had en∣tertained a wicked guest into his fa∣mily, and a man odious to the Gods and an impugner of their Diuinity, that had dared with his sword to assault and wound that Goddesse, whom in their religion they held it sacrilege so much as to touch. Ther∣fore, that he might expiat his coun∣treyes guilt (nothing respecting the duties of hospitality, when the bonds of Religion tyed him with a more reuerend regarde) suddenly slew Diomedes, commanding with∣all 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉
time in their senses and memo∣ries.