Scena quinta.
NICANDRO, AMARILLIS.
Nic.
A Heart of flint, or rather none had he
Nor humane sense, that could not pitie thee,
Unhappy Nymph! and for thy sorrow grieve
The more, by how much lesse they can believe
This should befall thee, who have known thee best.
For were it but to see a Maid distrest
Of venerable count'nance, and that show'd
So vertuous and so excellently good;
One that for heav'nly beauty merited
Temples and Sacrifices, to be led
Unto the Temple as a Sacrifice,
Who could behold it without melting eyes?
But he that should consider further, how,
And for what purpose thou wert born; That thou
Art Daughter unto Titiro, and shoud
Have married been unto Montano's bloud,
(Two the most lov'd and honour'd shall I say
Shepherds, or Fathers of Arcadia?)
And that being such, so great, so famous, and
So beautifull a Nymph, and that did stand