O Prisceria, if overpressed with many suspicious thoughts, if
made partaker of the infernal tortures in Phlegethon, if subject to
the punishment of the daughters of Danaus, or affixed to the tor-
ture that martyreth Titius, 1 I should be confirmed by this only
benefit in opinion, and made constant in all misfortunes, yea,
even to overcome the insupportable travails of the sisters, and be
enabled with constancy to subdue all torments whatsoever, by
remembrance only of one gracious regard. It is neither thy
father's rancor sweet Prisceria, nor distance of place, nor any one
occasion whatsoever, can either sequester me of my hope, nor thee
of the possession of thy wished : cast off therefore all doubt of
after dole, and assure yourself, that as this pleasure hath his origi-
nal this present instant, so by my means ere long it shall be
continued for everlasting memory. Passing the time in such like
pleasures, and ministering a remedy unto each other's torments, I
cannot tell, whether by the iniquity of destiny, or otherwise :
Soldyvius learning out Forbonius* departure and suspicious of his
forward attempts, at that very instant arrived at Farnusium, when
the two amorous couple, little doubting 2 his sudden approach,



\ Prometheus, the Titan.
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