The Spanish Tragedie by Thomas Kyd [Prologue] Enter the GHOAST OF ANDREA, and with him REUENGE.GHOAST. When this eternall substance of my souleDid liue imprisond in my wanton flesh, Ech in their function seruing others need, I was a courtier in the Spanish court: My name was Don Andrea; my discent, Though not ignoble, yet inferiour farTo gratious fortunes of my tender youth, For there, in prime and pride of all my yeeres, By duteous seruice and deseruing loue, In secret I possest a worthy dame, Which hight sweet Bel-imperia ...
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The Spanish Tragedie by Thomas Kyd [Prologue] Enter the GHOAST OF ANDREA, and with him REUENGE.GHOAST. When this eternall substance of my souleDid liue imprisond in my wanton flesh, Ech in their function seruing others need, I was a courtier in the Spanish court: My name was Don Andrea; my discent, Though not ignoble, yet inferiour farTo gratious fortunes of my tender youth, For there, in prime and pride of all my yeeres, By duteous seruice and deseruing loue, In secret I possest a worthy dame, Which hight sweet Bel-imperia by name.But in the haruest of my sommer ioyesDeaths winter nipt the blossomes of my blisse, Forcing diuorce betwixt my loue and me;For in the late conflict with PortingaleMy valour drew me into dangers mouthTill life to death made passage through my wounds.When I was slaine, my soule descended straightTo passe the flowing streame of Archeron;But churlish Charon, only boatman there, Said that, my rites of buriall not performde, I might not sit amongst his passengers.Ere Sol had slept three nights in Thetis lap, And slakte his smoaking charriot in her floud, By Don Horatio, our knight-marshals sonne, My funerals and obsequies were done.Then was the fariman of hell contentTo passe me ouer to the slimie strondThat leades to fell Auernus ougly waues.There, pleasing Cerberus with honied speech, I past the perils of the formost porch.Not farre from hence, amidst ten thousand soules, Sate Minos, Eacus and Rhadamant;To whome no sooner gan I make approach, To craue a pasport for my wandring ghost, But Minos in grauen leaues of lotterieDrew forth the manner of my life and death."This knight," quoth he, "both liu'd and died in loue;And for his loue tried fortune of the warres;And by warres fortune lost both loue and life.""Why then," said Eacus, "convey him henceTo walke with lovers in our field of loueAnd the course of euerlasting timeVnder greene mirtle-trees and cipresse shades.""No, no!" said Rhadamant, "it were not wellWith louing soules to place a martialist.He died in warre, and must to martiall fields, Where wounded Hector liues in lasting paine, And Achilles Mermedons do scoure the plaine."Then Minos, mildest censor of the three, Made this deuice, to end the difference: "Send him," quoth he, "to our infernall king, To dome him as best seemes his Maiestie."To this effect my pasport straight was drawne.In keeping on my way to Plutos courtThrough dreadfull shades of euer-glooming night, I saw more sights than thousand tongues can tellOr pennes can write or mortall harts can think. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an
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