Sidney, Philip, Sir (1554-1586)

The Famous History of Heroick Acts: or, the Hononr [Sic] of Chivalry. Being an Abstract of Pembroke's Arcadia

London

Printed for William Spiller

1701

"But that little availed, for Artesia having in like sort opened the Device to Pamela, she (in whose mind Vertue governed with the Scepter of Knowledge) hating so horrible a Wickedness, and strait judging what was fit to do."

But that little availed, for Artesia having in like sort opened the Device to Pamela, she (in whose mind Vertue governed with the [end page 72] Scepter of Knowledge) hating so horrible a Wickedness, and strait judging what was fit to do; Wicked Woman (said she) whose unrepenting Heart can find no way to amend Treason, but by Treason: Now the time is come that thy wretched Wiles have caught thy self in thine own Net; as for me, let the gods dispose of me, as shall please them; but sure it shall be no such way, nor way-leader, by which I will come to Liberty. This she spake with somewhat louder Voice than she was wont to do, so that Cecrophia heard the noise; who was (sooner than Artesia imagined she would) come up, to bring Pamela to a Window, where she might see a notable Skirmish that happened in the Camp, as she thought among themselves: And being a cunning sister in troubled Waters, strait found by their voices and Gestures, there was some matter of Consequence, which she desired Pamela to tell her. [...]
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Sidney, Philip, Sir. The Famous History of Heroick Acts: or, the Hononr [Sic] of Chivalry. Being an Abstract of Pembroke's Arcadia. London, 1701. <Link to ESTC>

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