Diana of George of Montemayor (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1598 Excerpt: ...of them all, whom so vnfainedly he loued. The Nymphcs not oncly procured it for themselues, buttodelightthemallingenerall. And Parifiles his anger being now past with that which Feliciahzd toldhim, and shaking off his former ladncs, byenioyingthc presence of his daughter, wasnolesie ioyfullthen the rest. But Stela, and Criminc were in siispence, betweene solace and sorrow, comfort and care, being cheered on the one side by the hope that Felicia promised them, and by knowing that those louers were onely by her meancs recured; but fad on theother, that by imagination they could notfinde ouwsome wayor remediefor their paines and paffions, which were so strange, that though to their owne content theycrauedit, yet they could notdeuise how to their ownewils and desires they might enioy it. For both of them equally loued DeUcius and Partheniw. but SteU especially, who desired not tohzuc Deliaut loue her, if Parthemm forgather; not esteemed of Parthemm his loue, if Delicittshad despised her. Onely Del: ata amids such sportes and pastimes ( as were offered there) was far from all comfort, by finding himfclfe absent from his deere friend Parthemtu, without whose presence he cared not to enioy his sorrowfull life. And the danger besides (which shall bee heerafrer spoken os) wherein heknew his deere friend to be, waseuery howerso sensibly represented to his grecuous thoughtes, that he was many times determined to goe and deliucr him, or else to die in that resolution; but that he was prohibited on bnthconeside, andhad no force on the otherto forsake Stela, the ioy and light of his darke and monrnfull life.The scldome cnioying of whose woonted sweetc sight, and discontinued speech with her, by reason of old Parijilcs, appkd more matter to the heauie burden of his greefe: S