Seneca his tenne tragedies, translated into Englysh
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Seneca his tenne tragedies, translated into Englysh
Author
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
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Imprinted at London :: In Fleetstreete neere vnto Saincte Dunstans church by Thomas Marsh,
1581.
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"Seneca his tenne tragedies, translated into Englysh." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11909.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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THE SECOND
SCENE.
Chorus.
IF stealth discloasde by blabbing fame,And lusty, pleasaunt, thankfull loue,Of IOVE be true: who fourme did frameOf swan to come from skies aboue,And did enioy the sweete consentOf Ladye LEDAS loues delight:VVho like a Bull his labour spent,Through flowing floods to cary quite,EVROPA slylie stolne awaye:Hee will no doubt leaue raygne of SkyeAnd POPPIES loue disguisd assaye▪
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If hee her soueraygne beauty spye.VVhich hee might wel preferre beforeFayre LAEDAS sugred sweete delight:And DANAE whom hee wonne of yore,Amasde with golden shoure so bright:Let SPARTE now for HELENS sakeOf beauty bragging fame vprayse:Admit the TROIAN heardman makeOf gayned spoyle tryumphant prayse:Fayre HELEN here is stayned quight:VVhose beauty bredde such boyling yre,That earth was matched euen in sightVVith TROIAN towres consumde with fyre.But who is this that runnes with feare opprest?Or els what newes bringes he in panting breast?
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