THYR. Sir, these shepherds Are come to entertain your majesty With their devices, as their custom is; In which sometimes, until my fortune chang'd, I bore a part. EUAR. Let them be feasted all, And study something new to celebrate These nuptials, which I will have proclaim'd Throughout my kingdom: and, Eubulus, see That everything be fitted for their honour. Come, let us to the temple, that we may With holy sacrifice appease the gods, Whose great decrees, though we did strive to hinder, Yet are they now fulfill'd. It is in vain T' oppose the Fates, whose laws do all constrain. THE EPILOGUE TO THE KING AND QUEEN. To you, most royal pair, whose lives have brought Virtue in fashion, and the world have taught, That chaste innocuous sports become the stage, No less than civil manners do the age, We dedicate this piece, but yet with fears To have displeas'd so chaste, so tender ears; Which if you free us from, we'll call this play No more the Shepherds', but our Holiday. FUIMUS TROES: THE TRUE TROJANS _EDITION._ _Fvimvs Troes, Æneid. 2. The Trve Troianes, Being a Story of the Britaines valour at the Romanes first invasion:_ _Publikely represented by the Gentlemen Students of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford._ _Quis Martem tunicâ tectum adamantinâ_ _Dignè scripserit?_ _London, Printed by I. L. for Robert Allott, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare in Pauls-Churchyard, 1633. 4o._ INTRODUCTION Dr Jasper Fisher, a gentleman's son, born in Bedfordshire, and entered a Commoner of Magdalen Hall in 1607, is declared by Wood[249] to be the author of this play. He afterwards took the degrees in arts, became divinity or philosophy reader of Magdalen College; rector of Wilden, Bedfordshire about 1631, and at length doctor of divinity. Besides this play he published some sermons. Oldys in his MSS. notes says he was blind. At what time he died is unknown. The title of this performance does not inform us when it was acted, nor is it spoken of as a republication.[250] Langbaine mentions no other edition but that of 1633, [nor is any other known, or believed to exist]. FOOTNOTES: [249] "Ath. Oxon.," i. 619. [250] All the acts close with songs by the Druids; and at the end of Act iii. is one in the Scottish dialect. Hence a conjecture has been hazarded, either that the author was a Scotchman, or that the song was introduced to please King James. If so, the play must have been written and represented before 1625; but there is no evidence that James was ever present when it was performed.--_Collier._ DRAMATIS PERSONÆ MERCURY. } FUR. CAMILLUS. } Livius, lib. 5 BRENNUS. }