The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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184359right grete afl'amblee of Secyliens that halowed the fl'efte of her goddes whan pluto (awe this fefte he dide do arme xx of his felawfhypp vnder their robes and garnementes And wente in this maner for to fee the feite for to wete yf he myght rynde ony proie this plu 5 to was the gretteft thoei and the mofte lecherous man of all the world And had with bym a geant named Cerberus ynowh ylyke vnto pluto of condicions and of corage but he was moche more {trenger and puyf fant of body Alle the other were grete as geantes and had lerned to do no thyng ellis but for to do harme and euyll And coude none other wife doo Whan than the fe~ cilyens fawe pluto come and his felawes they fuppo fed that hit had be fome of their neighebours that cam for to fee their playes and efbatementis for as moche 15 as they cam clothed in theyr garnementis and fawe none of their armour ne harnoys And they enforced them to fynge 8: dauce but certes their fonges and their daunces were not pardurable ner dured not longe for in comyng vnto them there The kynge pluto cafte his eyen a fide and (awe there the quene of that marches that beheld the fefie. And byher/ her doughter that made a Chapelet of flowres The moder was named Sera And the doughter was callid Proferpyne and was maried vnto a noble man named Orpheus that fat 25 befide her and played on the harpe This proferpyne was pafl'yng mervaillous fayt Anone as pluto had feen her he defired and coueyted her And aduertifed his folke fecretly of her And after cam nyhe and by her And felte bym felf fo furmounted in coueytife of her 30.

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