The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.

The tragedy of Meliager, sonne to Oeneus King of Calcedonia.

PArthaons sonne, Oeneus King of calcedonia lande, To all the Gods did institute, and offer with his hande, His sacrifise saue onelye to Diana dyre, whome he For hatred or forgetfulnes remitted, wherewith shee Full greatly gretude, a huge great Bore, did send to waste the lande, That made much spoyle in many a place, and no man might withstand, Untill Oeneus at the last, in mind opprest with greefe, A generall hunt ordeyned had, whereof his sonne was cheefe.

That Meliager hight, with whome, besides his vnckles twayne, That ••oxeus and Plexippus hight, there went as bookes shew plaine, A Uirgin fayre the Daughter, of Iasius great of Fame, Through alf Arcadia where he raign de, Atlanta was her name, who with a stroke she gaue that Bore, Did make him fyrst co bleede, And therefore when the Bore was slaine, to recompence that deede, To her the head and humbles both did Meliager giue. which soone from her his vnckles tooke. so much it did them greeue, Wherewith Meliager sore displeasde, did therefore slay them both, Which when his mother Althea knew, she waxing wondrous wroth, Into the fyre the brand did cast, whereon his lyfe depended, Which being wasted cleane away, then straight his life it ended, For whose dicease his Sisters all, full lamentably mourned, Till they at last amidst their wo, to Turky Hennes were turned.