Three miseries of Barbary: plague. famine. ciuill warre With a relation of the death of Mahamet the late Emperour: and a briefe report of the now present wars betweene the three brothers.
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             Three miseries of Barbary: plague. famine. ciuill warre With a relation of the death of Mahamet the late Emperour: and a briefe report of the now present wars betweene the three brothers.
             Wilkins, George, fl. 1607.
          
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           THREE
           Miseries
           of
           Barbary
           :
           
             
               Plague
               .
            
             
               Famine
               .
            
             
               Ciuill
               warre
               .
            
          
           With
           a
           relation
           of
           the
           death
           of
           Mahamet
           the
           late
           Emperour
           :
           and
           a
           briefe
           report
           of
           the
           now
           present
           Wars
           betweene
           the
           three
           Brothers
           .
        
         
           
             POST
             TENEBRAS
             LUX
          
        
         
           Printed
           by
           W.
           I.
           for
           Henry
           Gosson
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           in
           Pater
           noster
           rowe
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Sunne
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           the
           whole
           Company
           of
           the
           Barbary
           Merchants
           .
        
         
           HAuing
           drawn
           certaine
           Collections
           together
           of
           some
           ,
           the
           best
           and
           maine
           occurrents
           which
           haue
           now
           lately
           (
           and
           not
           many
           yeares
           past
           )
           hapned
           in
           Barbary
           ;
           &
           they
           being
           digested
           into
           a
           Volume
           (
           although
           little
           for
           quantity
           ,
           yet
           delightfull
           to
           be
           perused
           for
           the
           raritye
           ,
           )
           I
           thought
           they
           could
           not
           better
           be
           bestowed
           ,
           than
           vpon
           such
           as
           holde
           commerce
           with
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           know
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Amongest
           which
           number
           I
           make
           bolde
           to
           present
           these
           my
           labors
           to
           you
           onely
           ,
           because
           you
           are
           all
           Brothers
           ,
           and
           men
           that
           most
           worthily
           can
           iudge
           of
           the
           Relation
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           thereof
           .
           The
           chiefe
           and
           farthest
           point
           that
           my
           intention
           seeks
           to
           arriue
           at
           in
           
           this
           ,
           is
           to
           describe
           the
           horrour
           and
           vn-heard-of
           misery
           that
           hath
           falne
           vpon
           that
           Kingdome
           by
           a
           Plague
           :
           to
           the
           intent
           that
           by
           comparing
           our
           sins
           with
           theirs
           (
           being
           altogether
           as
           greet
           if
           not
           greater
           )
           and
           the
           hand
           of
           mercy
           which
           Heauen
           hath
           stretcht
           forth
           ouer
           our
           Nation
           ,
           aboue
           theirs
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           allured
           to
           looke
           into
           our
           soules
           betimes
           ,
           least
           the
           like
           Viols
           of
           Wrath
           bee
           powred
           downe
           vppon
           vs.
           It
           is
           my
           loue
           that
           bestowes
           this
           vppon
           you
           ,
           which
           I
           pray
           receiue
           with
           such
           good
           acceptation
           ,
           as
           with
           my
           best
           affection
           it
           comes
           vnto
           you
           .
           And
           thus
           referring
           my selfe
           to
           your
           censure
           I
           take
           my
           leaue
           .
        
         
           
             Deuoted
             yours
             ,
             
               Geo.
               Wilkins
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Barbary
           .
        
         
           THis
           is
           a
           story
           (
           like
           a
           briefe
           Chronicle
           )
           conteining
           various
           and
           much
           matter
           in
           few
           lines
           :
           It
           is
           but
           a
           little
           bottom
           of
           Tyme
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           holde
           and
           hide
           in
           your
           hand
           ,
           yet
           being
           vnrolled
           (
           to
           the
           length
           )
           it
           reacheth
           to
           the
           beginning
           of
           many
           yeares
           past
           .
           A
           word
           now
           must
           stand
           heare
           (
           as
           in
           a
           Map
           )
           for
           a
           Citty
           ,
           and
           a
           few
           sheetes
           for
           the
           Chart
           of
           a
           spacious
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Understand
           therefore
           that
           Abdela
           the
           Emperor
           being
           dead
           :
           
             Muly
             Mahamet
          
           his
           Brother
           succeeded
           ,
           and
           was
           crowned
           King
           of
           Barbary
           .
           No
           sooner
           was
           this
           dignity
           conferred
           vppon
           him
           ,
           but
           he
           reuenged
           himselfe
           on
           those
           that
           in
           Abdelaes
           raign
           loued
           him
           not
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           their
           counsels
           did
           what
           in
           them
           lay
           ,
           to
           draw
           his
           Brothers
           (
           the
           Emperors
           affection
           )
           from
           him
           ,
           yea
           so
           far
           that
           they
           perswaded
           either
           to
           haue
           his
           eyes
           put
           out
           ,
           or
           bee
           sent
           to
           death
           :
           of
           these
           counsellours
           ,
           these
           three
           were
           chiefe
           ,
           
             Alcade
             Azus
             ,
             Alcade
             Mussa
          
           ,
           and
           
             Alcade
             Bardu
          
           ,
           from
           two
           of
           which
           he
           commaunded
           their
           liues
           :
           but
           because
           his
           state
           needed
           the
           heads
           of
           Wise-men
           to
           hold
           it
           vp
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           he
           was
           not
           generally
           beloued
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           some
           of
           the
           bloud
           Royal
           :
           he
           gaue
           
           
             Alcade
             Azus
          
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           prisoner
           and
           a
           Man
           in
           disgrace
           ,
           aduanced
           him
           vp
           to
           higher
           honours
           then
           before
           ;
           receiuing
           him
           euery
           daie
           into
           his
           bosome
           for
           his
           counsell
           :
           which
           he
           did
           the
           rather
           because
           he
           knew
           that
           Azus
           would
           bee
           prouident
           and
           carefull
           to
           increase
           the
           Emperors
           Bittelmell
           (
           that
           is
           to
           say
           )
           his
           treasury
           .
           Much
           and
           often
           was
           his
           mind
           perplexed
           with
           thoughts
           about
           settling
           his
           Empire
           ;
           his
           cogitations
           fought
           within
           thēselues
           ,
           when
           sometimes
           hee
           would
           (
           in
           his
           owne
           pryuate
           Iudgment
           )
           make
           such
           a
           man
           fit
           to
           be
           of
           his
           secret
           and
           chiefest
           counsels
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           another
           :
           this
           he
           would
           like
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           to
           morrow
           vtterly
           distast
           him
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           he
           resolued
           to
           trust
           none
           of
           his
           owne
           Country-men
           ,
           but
           lay
           his
           hart
           in
           the
           brest
           of
           one
           of
           his
           Elkes
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           Christian
           turned
           Moore
           )
           yet
           (
           vpon
           sounder
           contemplation
           )
           him
           hee
           reiected
           too
           :
           he
           would
           put
           the
           health
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Kingdome
           into
           no
           such
           dangerous
           Physitiaus
           hands
           :
           for
           he
           deliuered
           that
           Mahamet
           (
           his
           GOD
           )
           would
           take
           all
           fauor
           from
           him
           if
           he
           should
           doe
           so
           :
           besides
           he
           that
           had
           forsaken
           his
           owne
           Law
           and
           religion
           ,
           could
           not
           haue
           the
           temper
           of
           constancy
           ,
           to
           serue
           one
           of
           a
           contrary
           religion
           :
           nay
           ,
           how
           euer
           in
           out-ward
           shew
           ,
           these
           Elkes
           or
           Regadoes
           (
           quoth
           hee
           )
           seeme
           Saints
           ,
           and
           holy
           ones
           ,
           to
           me
           they
           may
           proue
           Diuels
           ,
           and
           hold
           it
           no
           conscience
           to
           betray
           my
           bloud
           and
           Kingdome
           .
           Azus
           therefore
           was
           the
           man
           culled
           out
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           by
           the
           Emperor
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Prince
           flourished
           in
           as
           great
           glory
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           of
           his
           predecessors
           :
           the
           blessed
           fruites
           of
           sweete
           peace
           ,
           tooke
           away
           the
           sourenesse
           of
           any
           warre
           (
           either
           forren
           or
           domesticke
           )
           that
           was
           serued
           in
           against
           him
           :
           his
           subiects
           were
           infinite
           ,
           his
           Cittie
           's
           filled
           with
           Nations
           :
           He
           had
           more
           Wiues
           then
           any
           of
           his
           fore-fathers
           :
           his
           Concubins
           were
           fairer
           and
           more
           in
           number
           ;
           he
           was
           as
           happy
           as
           euer
           was
           any
           King
           in
           Barbary
           ,
           in
           the
           flourishing
           multitudes
           of
           his
           people
           :
           and
           as
           infortunate
           as
           euer
           any
           before
           him
           ,
           in
           beholding
           their
           misery
           .
           Fortune
           twice
           had
           her
           pleasure
           vpon
           him
           ,
           first
           in
           lifting
           him
           vppe
           hygh
           in
           her
           loue
           ,
           lastly
           in
           pursuing
           him
           and
           his
           subiectes
           with
           her
           tyrrany
           .
        
         
           Many
           noble
           and
           notable
           occurrentes
           ,
           presented
           themselues
           to
           the
           eye
           and
           eare
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           during
           his
           Raigne
           :
           of
           which
           to
           write
           as
           they
           deserue
           ,
           were
           to
           adde
           a
           large
           Uolume
           to
           the
           Chronicles
           of
           that
           Countrey
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           (
           as
           one
           hauing
           been
           at
           a
           royall
           banquet
           )
           reserue
           some
           of
           it
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           bestow
           some
           vppon
           others
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           thinke
           will
           be
           sweetest
           in
           going
           downe
           :
           of
           which
           take
           this
           as
           part
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           when
           that
           great
           Armada
           ,
           (
           that
           brought
           terror
           in
           her
           Wombe
           from
           Spaine
           )
           was
           deliuered
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           narrowe
           Seas
           of
           England
           .
           At
           the
           birth
           (
           but
           indeed
           the
           buriall
           )
           of
           which
           inuincible
           Nauy
           ,
           the
           
           Spaniards
           that
           lay
           then
           in
           Barbary
           and
           attended
           on
           the
           Spanish
           Embassadour
           ,
           beguiling
           themselues
           with
           a
           false
           rumor
           ,
           that
           this
           land
           was
           conquered
           ,
           prepared
           for
           triumphs
           ,
           as
           (
           if
           their
           ioy
           had
           bin
           tamely
           begot
           )
           they
           had
           reason
           :
           But
           one
           Maister
           
             Arnold
             Tomson
          
           (
           an
           english
           Marchant
           )
           certifying
           to
           the
           Emperour
           the
           truth
           and
           certaine
           defeature
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Fleete
           :
           the
           English
           men
           that
           were
           there
           ,
           hadde
           likewise
           leaue
           of
           Mahamet
           ,
           to
           expresse
           their
           ioy
           in
           Bone-fires
           ,
           and
           other
           triumphes
           ;
           for
           the
           King
           did
           euer
           loue
           the
           Nation
           of
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           did
           many
           fauors
           to
           our
           Marchantes
           .
        
         
           The
           English
           Embassadour
           lying
           in
           the
           same
           streete
           where
           the
           Spanish
           Embassador
           lay
           ,
           and
           our
           Marchants
           gathering
           togither
           ,
           determining
           to
           ride
           into
           the
           fielde
           ,
           and
           there
           hauing
           put
           themselues
           into
           some
           gallant
           order
           ,
           to
           come
           backe
           into
           the
           Citty
           ,
           in
           a
           triumphant
           and
           ciuill
           manner
           ,
           to
           doe
           honour
           to
           their
           Country
           for
           so
           happy
           and
           vn-heard-of
           a
           victory
           :
           behold
           ,
           before
           the
           Spanish
           Embassadors
           gate
           (
           by
           which
           our
           Country-men
           determined
           on
           horsebacke
           to
           passe
           )
           stood
           a
           company
           of
           Spaniardes
           ,
           (
           with
           some
           Moores
           whom
           they
           had
           hired
           )
           armed
           with
           pike
           and
           shot
           to
           stoppe
           their
           passage
           ;
           betweene
           whom
           what
           happened
           ,
           those
           english
           Marchantes
           the
           then
           were
           hurt
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           maister
           
             Arnold
             Tomson
          
           was
           one
           )
           can
           if
           they
           be
           yet
           liuing
           testifie
           :
           
           and
           for
           those
           that
           were
           then
           slaine
           out-right
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           (
           in
           indignation
           )
           swore
           not
           onely
           that
           they
           who
           did
           execute
           this
           trechery
           vppon
           the
           english
           Nation
           ,
           should
           haue
           Iron
           giuen
           them
           (
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           should
           haue
           their
           throates
           cut
           )
           but
           hee
           would
           also
           certifie
           the
           King
           of
           Spaine
           of
           this
           abuse
           :
           so
           willing
           was
           hee
           to
           doe
           Iustice
           euen
           to
           strangers
           .
        
         
           Another
           accident
           (
           because
           it
           is
           worthy
           note
           for
           the
           example
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           a
           warning
           to
           our
           Countrey-men
           )
           will
           I
           set
           downe
           :
           and
           this
           is
           it
           .
           An
           English
           man
           fallen
           out
           and
           struck
           by
           his
           maister
           ,
           desperately
           resolued
           (
           whilest
           the
           fire
           was
           in
           his
           bloud
           )
           to
           reuenge
           those
           blowes
           on
           his
           body
           ,
           by
           giuing
           wounds
           to
           his
           own
           soule
           :
           and
           thereupon
           he
           presently
           went
           and
           denyed
           his
           religion
           ,
           forsooke
           Christ
           to
           follow
           Mahomet
           ;
           And
           from
           a
           Christian
           turned
           Moore
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           custome
           of
           that
           Countrey
           when
           any
           Man
           wil
           do
           so
           ,
           to
           obserue
           (
           amongst
           others
           )
           these
           ceremonies
           :
           It
           is
           signified
           to
           those
           Christians
           that
           are
           in
           the
           Citty
           ,
           Towne
           ,
           &c.
           that
           such
           a
           one
           will
           be
           an
           Elke
           ,
           or
           turne
           Moore
           ,
           A
           certaine
           equall
           number
           therefore
           (
           aswel
           Barbarians
           as
           Christians
           )
           are
           assembled
           in
           a
           place
           fit
           for
           such
           purposes
           ;
           one
           part
           sitting
           (
           like
           Iudges
           )
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           the
           other
           ,
           opposite
           directly
           against
           them
           :
           the
           Turne-coate
           iust
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           roome
           betweene
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           presence
           of
           both
           ,
           he
           is
           there
           then
           demaunded
           ,
           
           whether
           he
           will
           deny
           the
           law
           of
           his
           owne
           religion
           and
           embrace
           theirs
           or
           no
           :
           It
           is
           offered
           vnto
           him
           his
           free
           liberty
           to
           take
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           :
           nay
           it
           is
           lawfull
           for
           those
           that
           sit
           there
           on
           the
           contrary
           part
           (
           being
           Christians
           )
           to
           vse
           all
           the
           power
           of
           Argument
           to
           winne
           him
           from
           this
           delinguishment
           .
           Thus
           did
           they
           serue
           this
           man
           :
           thus
           was
           he
           three
           seuerall
           times
           ,
           conuented
           before
           them
           :
           and
           three
           seueral
           times
           did
           he
           most
           stifly
           defend
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           defie
           Christ
           :
           no
           Physicke
           of
           Spirituall
           counsell
           doing
           good
           vppon
           him
           ,
           they
           gaue
           him
           ouer
           .
           But
           note
           the
           iudgment
           of
           that
           Captaine
           (
           the
           Lord
           of
           hoasts
           )
           whose
           colours
           of
           saluation
           he
           had
           forsaken
           ,
           within
           a
           short
           time
           (
           after
           this
           Apostasy
           &
           rebellion
           of
           his
           soule
           )
           this
           Traytor
           to
           God
           ,
           happened
           to
           kill
           a
           Man
           :
           for
           which
           fact
           hee
           was
           adiudged
           by
           the
           Ladies
           of
           that
           Country
           ,
           not
           to
           loose
           his
           life
           ,
           but
           (
           which
           was
           worse
           )
           to
           liue
           ;
           But
           how
           to
           liue
           ?
           As
           the
           first
           Murderer
           that
           euer
           drew
           bloud
           of
           Man
           :
           as
           Cayne
           liued
           ,
           wandering
           vp
           and
           down
           ,
           with
           none
           (
           on
           paine
           of
           death
           )
           to
           keep
           him
           company
           ,
           but
           his
           owne
           thoughtes
           which
           were
           tenne
           thousand
           executioners
           ;
           none
           to
           giue
           him
           bread
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           fed
           vpon
           despaire
           :
           none
           to
           quench
           his
           thirst
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           drunke
           the
           poison
           of
           an
           infected
           conscience
           ,
           he
           knew
           he
           had
           killed
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           therefore
           euen
           Infidels
           abhorred
           him
           :
           he
           knew
           he
           had
           forsaken
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Christians
           would
           not
           pitty
           him
           :
           In
           this
           wretehed
           state
           he
           went
           vp
           and
           downe
           ,
           in
           this
           misery
           he
           pyned
           ,
           till
           hee
           dyed
           :
           let
           that
           death
           of
           his
           teach
           others
           how
           to
           line
           .
        
         
         
           But
           leauing
           this
           ,
           let
           vs
           againe
           fixe
           our
           eyes
           vpon
           Mahamet
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           who
           (
           thinking
           it
           would
           be
           as
           great
           a
           glory
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           create
           others
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           a
           King
           himselfe
           )
           did
           (
           by
           the
           aduice
           of
           his
           counsell
           ,
           but
           most
           of
           all
           out
           of
           the
           working
           and
           height
           of
           his
           owne
           spirit
           )
           determine
           to
           diuide
           his
           large
           and
           fruitful
           Empire
           amongst
           his
           Sonnes
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           the
           Wiues
           and
           Concubins
           that
           this
           Emperor
           had
           ,
           three
           onely
           ,
           (
           aboue
           the
           rest
           )
           had
           a
           soueraignty
           ouer
           his
           amorous
           affections
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           three
           ,
           he
           did
           still
           prefer
           one
           before
           the
           other
           .
           
             Lilia
             Isa
          
           was
           the
           fairest
           ,
           and
           her
           did
           he
           loue
           dearest
           :
           shee
           was
           empresse
           ouer
           the
           rest
           ,
           yet
           were
           the
           rest
           Queenes
           ouer
           others
           ,
           shee
           had
           the
           supreame
           commaund
           of
           the
           Kinges
           house
           ,
           and
           none
           commaund
           her
           but
           the
           King.
           
             Lilia
             Ageda
          
           was
           a
           Negro
           ,
           yet
           had
           she
           a
           second
           place
           in
           his
           heart
           .
           
             Lilia
             Myriem
          
           had
           the
           third
           :
           of
           
             Lilia
             Myriem
          
           (
           being
           a
           blacke
           Woman
           likewise
           )
           did
           hee
           beget
           a
           Son
           ,
           called
           Muly-Shem
           ,
           being
           one
           of
           the
           fairest
           Children
           that
           euer
           he
           had
           ,
           but
           this
           Muly-Shem
           offring
           some
           offence
           to
           a
           youth
           that
           attended
           on
           him
           ,
           was
           by
           him
           slaine
           .
           The
           young-man
           afterward
           (
           knowing
           the
           Emperours
           wrath
           )
           killing
           himselfe
           .
           
             Lilia
             Agede
          
           was
           mother
           to
           Muly-Beferris
           ,
           and
           Muly-Sheck
           ,
           (
           the
           youngest
           Brother
           :
           )
           
             Lilia
             Isa
          
           Mother
           to
           Muly-Sidan
           (
           the
           eldest
           .
           )
           Betweene
           these
           three
           were
           these
           late
           ciuell
           warres
           in
           Barbary
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           did
           Mahamet
           make
           diuision
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           afterwarde
           bred
           diuision
           amongst
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           set
           all
           in
           a
           Combustion
           to
           
           
             Muly
             sidan
          
           (
           who
           was
           giuen
           to
           Armes
           and
           to
           loue
           a
           Souldier
           )
           gaue
           he
           the
           Kingdome
           Tadula
           ,
           and
           Taphalet
           :
           to
           Mulibefarris
           (
           whose
           soule
           lusted
           after
           nothing
           but
           sensuall
           pleasure
           )
           gaue
           he
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Sus
           :
           to
           Muly-Sheck
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Fez
           :
           appoynting
           Mustapha
           (
           that
           was
           born
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           turned
           Moore
           ,
           but
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           and
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           a
           Noble
           Spirit
           )
           to
           attend
           on
           Sheck
           as
           his
           Guardian
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           but
           young
           .
        
         
           Before
           we
           step
           any
           farther
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           amisse
           (
           because
           I
           would
           draw
           this
           Barbary-picture
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           life
           and
           delightfull
           colours
           as
           I
           could
           )
           to
           set
           downe
           a
           pretty
           combat
           betweene
           two
           of
           the
           Emperours
           Wiues
           ,
           playd
           before
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           .
           Thus
           it
           was
           :
           Mahamet
           sitting
           one
           morning
           with
           
             Lilia
             Ageda
          
           (
           the
           Negro
           )
           by
           him
           ,
           talking
           mearily
           (
           for
           hee
           tooke
           pleasure
           in
           her
           speech
           ,
           because
           shee
           was
           wise
           :
           )
           In
           comes
           Isa
           (
           his
           fairest
           bedfellow
           )
           and
           seeing
           the
           Blacke-one
           so
           neere
           her
           beloued
           ,
           she
           blushed
           and
           shewed
           anger
           euen
           in
           her
           eyes
           ,
           (
           for
           what
           Woman
           woulde
           not
           be
           angry
           to
           see
           another
           robbe
           her
           of
           the
           loue
           of
           an
           Emperour
           ?
           )
           At
           length
           bowing
           to
           the
           earth
           ,
           she
           fell
           at
           the
           Kings
           feete
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           pretty
           smile
           beganne
           to
           tell
           a
           tale
           of
           the
           Larke
           and
           the
           Crow
           :
           the
           shutting
           vppe
           of
           her
           morrall
           being
           ,
           that
           the
           Larke
           was
           the
           Bird
           of
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           therefore
           might
           be
           bold
           to
           challenge
           the
           mornings
           due
           ,
           and
           all
           Rytes
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           But
           the
           Crow
           was
           the
           Bird
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           the
           morning
           .
        
         
         
           The
           emperor
           vnderstanding
           her
           sweete
           witty
           bitternesse
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Larke
           thee
           ment
           her selfe
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Crow
           ,
           
             Lilia
             Ageda
          
           (
           because
           of
           her
           blacknesse
           )
           was
           so
           delighted
           with
           the
           comparison
           ,
           that
           hee
           gaue
           charge
           none
           should
           euer
           after
           presume
           to
           giue
           the
           Emperour
           his
           good
           morrowe
           ,
           till
           
             Lilia
             Isa
          
           had
           bin
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           was
           Isa
           called
           the
           emperors
           Larke
           ,
           or
           his
           Bird
           of
           the
           morning
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           loose
           one
           poynt
           more
           of
           our
           compasse
           ,
           and
           sayle
           a
           little
           out
           of
           our
           intended
           way
           to
           finde
           out
           in
           what
           feare
           and
           awful
           reuerence
           the
           subiects
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           hold
           the
           anger
           of
           their
           Soueraigne
           :
           to
           vnderstand
           which
           ,
           receiue
           this
           only
           as
           a
           tast
           .
           One
           of
           the
           emperours
           officers
           of
           his
           Custome
           (
           whose
           name
           was
           
             Cidde
             Abdela
             Creme
          
           )
           being
           an
           olde
           Man
           ,
           had
           one
           Sonne
           onely
           ,
           (
           called
           Enhamet
           )
           whom
           he
           tendred
           as
           his
           life
           ,
           being
           the
           hope
           and
           health
           of
           his
           age
           :
           him
           had
           the
           father
           put
           into
           his
           owne
           place
           :
           the
           young
           man
           comming
           in
           a
           morning
           betimes
           to
           the
           Custome-house
           ,
           but
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           officers
           being
           not
           present
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           enter
           (
           for
           euery
           one
           hath
           a
           seuerall
           Key
           ,
           and
           vnlesse
           all
           be
           there
           together
           ,
           not
           one
           can
           get
           in
           )
           he
           determined
           within
           himselfe
           to
           spend
           an
           houre
           (
           til
           the
           rest
           met
           )
           in
           renewing
           the
           emperors
           pallace
           (
           where
           his
           Concubins
           liued
           )
           because
           he
           was
           told
           it
           was
           a
           rare
           and
           rich
           place
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           lawfull
           without
           great
           meanes
           to
           enter
           .
           That
           report
           more
           inflamed
           his
           desire
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           in
           the
           end
           (
           watching
           his
           time
           )
           by
           stealth
           he
           got
           in
           .
        
         
         
           Where
           being
           ,
           and
           staring
           vp
           and
           downe
           ,
           it
           chanced
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Women
           saw
           him
           ,
           who
           presently
           screeked
           out
           ,
           and
           ranne
           crying
           ,
           A
           man
           ,
           a
           man
           :
           for
           you
           must
           note
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           one
           of
           them
           spy
           a
           Man
           ,
           (
           except
           the
           Eunuches
           that
           attend
           them
           )
           and
           doe
           not
           call
           for
           helpe
           ,
           it
           is
           death
           to
           her
           :
           and
           what
           Man
           soeuer
           rudely
           presume
           to
           haue
           a
           fight
           of
           thē
           ,
           it
           is
           death
           to
           him
           .
           It
           was
           knowne
           by
           inquiry
           ,
           (
           vpon
           her
           noyse
           )
           that
           it
           was
           Enhamet
           the
           Customers
           Sonne
           ,
           who
           had
           thus
           offended
           the
           lawes
           :
           the
           Emperor
           being
           giuen
           to
           vnderstand
           so
           much
           ,
           made
           an
           oath
           he
           should
           dye
           for
           it
           .
           Immediately
           vpon
           this
           (
           by
           occasion
           of
           some
           busines
           )
           comes
           the
           olde
           Man
           
             (
             Enhamets
          
           Father
           )
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           supposing
           it
           hadde
           beene
           about
           his
           Sonnes
           pardon
           ,
           and
           his
           indignation
           being
           now
           a
           little
           cooler
           )
           suddainely
           demaunded
           of
           him
           what
           that
           Man
           deserued
           ,
           that
           durst
           breake
           into
           the
           place
           where
           his
           Emperours
           Concubins
           were
           :
           
             Cidde
             Abdela
          
           (
           not
           suspecting
           the
           offender
           )
           answered
           ,
           that
           hee
           deserued
           the
           sharpest
           sentence
           of
           death
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           Law
           would
           adiudge
           him
           .
           Be
           thou
           then
           (
           quoth
           the
           Emperor
           )
           thine
           owne
           Sonnes
           condemnation
           :
           As
           thou
           hast
           iudged
           him
           ,
           so
           let
           it
           be
           .
           But
           the
           King
           beholding
           death
           sitting
           in
           the
           olde
           Mans
           face
           at
           that
           doome
           ,
           grew
           pittifull
           ,
           and
           (
           for
           loue
           he
           bare
           the
           Father
           )
           forgaue
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           which
           mercy
           notwithstanding
           ,
           
             Abdela
             Creme
          
           not
           truely
           laying
           holde
           of
           ,
           but
           mistaking
           the
           Noble
           spirit
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           imagining
           that
           this
           fauor
           so
           strangely
           extended
           was
           but
           a
           snare
           to
           intrap
           his
           owne
           
           life
           ,
           because
           offences
           of
           that
           nature
           were
           neuer
           before
           pardoned
           in
           any
           :
           home
           hee
           comes
           ;
           with
           sorrow
           in
           his
           afflicted
           looks
           ,
           and
           his
           heart
           euen
           murdered
           within
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           cruelty
           of
           his
           owne
           thoughtes
           :
           his
           Sonne
           demaunded
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           so
           strange
           and
           suddaine
           distemperature
           ,
           but
           his
           Father
           giuing
           no
           answer
           ,
           sends
           for
           cordes
           ,
           shewes
           them
           onely
           insteade
           of
           speech
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           this
           dumb
           Tragedy
           fall
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           he
           causeth
           him
           before
           his
           owne
           eyes
           to
           bee
           strangled
           :
           great
           were
           the
           lamentations
           of
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           and
           aboundant
           were
           the
           teares
           he
           let
           fall
           to
           soften
           his
           Fathers
           heart
           :
           a
           mighty
           conflict
           was
           there
           in
           the
           poore
           old
           mans
           bosome
           ,
           betweene
           naturall
           piety
           to
           a
           Child
           ,
           and
           naturall
           feare
           of
           a
           Soueraigne
           :
           but
           the
           last
           of
           the
           two
           preuailed
           :
           and
           hauing
           bestowed
           vpon
           the
           dead
           body
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           graue
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           hee
           caused
           the
           Act
           to
           bee
           registred
           downe
           for
           his
           owne
           safety
           ,
           alledging
           that
           howsoeuer
           the
           Emperor
           (
           when
           he
           heard
           this
           blacke
           and
           vnnaturall
           deed
           reported
           )
           would
           happily
           bee
           moued
           vnto
           wrath
           ,
           yet
           inwardly
           he
           would
           be
           highly
           contented
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           Mahamet
           being
           thus
           feared
           and
           loued
           of
           his
           subiects
           ,
           wanted
           nothing
           that
           (
           according
           to
           humane
           Iudgement
           )
           could
           make
           a
           Prince
           happy
           :
           pleasure
           was
           his
           slaue
           and
           waighted
           on
           him
           whensoeuer
           he
           lusted
           for
           her
           company
           :
           Riches
           flowed
           into
           his
           houses
           of
           treasure
           in
           large
           &
           Goldē
           streams
           :
           his
           Court
           was
           ful
           of
           counsellors
           ;
           his
           Cittyes
           full
           
           Merchants
           ,
           his
           Castles
           full
           of
           souldiers
           :
           he
           was
           a
           mightie
           King
           himselfe
           ,
           &
           had
           sonnes
           that
           were
           as
           mightie
           as
           hee
           ,
           their
           Dominions
           were
           ample
           ,
           they
           were
           full
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           all
           thinges
           that
           maintaine
           men
           .
           It
           seemed
           that
           the
           Father
           lost
           much
           of
           his
           imperiall
           state
           and
           dignitie
           ,
           when
           hee
           placed
           his
           three
           sonnes
           (
           like
           three
           great
           lights
           )
           to
           shine
           equally
           in
           his
           kingdome
           ,
           considering
           that
           all
           the
           beames
           of
           maiestie
           that
           came
           from
           them
           ,
           might
           (
           if
           he
           had
           pleased
           )
           haue
           beene
           sent
           foorth
           from
           the
           centred
           glory
           of
           his
           owne
           head
           ,
           but
           euen
           this
           borrowed
           reflexions
           of
           theirs
           ,
           made
           his
           brightnes
           the
           greater
           :
           and
           his
           sonnes
           yeelding
           acknowledgement
           of
           all
           their
           royaltie
           to
           flow
           from
           him
           ,
           did
           (
           like
           Riuers
           paying
           tribute
           to
           the
           Sea
           )
           seeme
           not
           a
           whit
           the
           lesse
           for
           such
           homage
           and
           fealtie
           .
        
         
           Fortune
           hauing
           turnd
           the
           wheele
           of
           this
           Emperours
           fate
           along
           time
           with
           steddie
           hand
           ,
           had
           now
           brought
           it
           about
           to
           the
           vppermost
           point
           &
           highest
           ,
           on
           which
           she
           meant
           he
           should
           sitte
           :
           he
           should
           be
           no
           more
           her
           darling
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shee
           tooke
           her
           fauours
           from
           him
           .
           Or
           to
           speake
           of
           a
           power
           that
           cōtrolls
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           whose
           very
           finger
           throwes
           downe
           kingdoms
           to
           vtter
           confusion
           ,
           or
           holdes
           thē
           vp
           in
           their
           greatnesse
           ,
           whether
           the
           generall
           sinnes
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           deserued
           it
           ,
           or
           whether
           the
           people
           were
           punisht
           for
           the
           particular
           faults
           of
           the
           king
           and
           his
           Courtiers
           ,
           as
           many
           times
           it
           falls
           out
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           hapned
           to
           the
           Grecians
           ,
           for
           
             Quicquid
             delirant
             Reges
             plestantur
             Achini
          
           :
           or
           for
           what
           other
           faultes
           soeuer
           ,
           the
           rodde
           of
           vengeance
           was
           made
           
           readie
           :
           it
           is
           in
           man
           to
           thinke
           vppon
           and
           feare
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           examine
           ,
           yet
           sure
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           fire
           catching
           hold
           at
           first
           but
           of
           some
           meane
           cottage
           ,
           in
           some
           one
           end
           or
           corner
           of
           a
           Cittie
           ,
           hath
           oftentimes
           (
           ere
           the
           furie
           of
           it
           could
           bee
           put
           out
           )
           swallowed
           vp
           in
           his
           flames
           ,
           the
           goodliest
           and
           most
           beautifull
           buildings
           that
           stoode
           euen
           fardest
           out
           of
           reach
           ,
           so
           did
           the
           clowdes
           of
           infection
           burst
           open
           their
           vaines
           ,
           and
           let
           fall
           the
           poyson
           of
           them
           ,
           on
           this
           kingdom
           of
           Barbary
           .
        
         
           If
           euer
           the
           Plague
           in
           any
           place
           got
           his
           true
           name
           ,
           there
           he
           had
           it
           .
           At
           the
           beginning
           it
           strooke
           (
           like
           an
           Arrowe
           )
           on
           the
           head
           but
           of
           one
           Citty
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           short
           time
           after
           ,
           it
           fleme
           from
           Cittie
           to
           Citty
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           stucke
           in
           the
           very
           hart
           of
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           Death
           came
           (
           like
           a
           tyrannous
           Usurper
           )
           to
           the
           Court
           gates
           ,
           &
           threatned
           to
           depose
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Hee
           that
           before
           sate
           in
           his
           throne
           of
           maiestie
           ,
           greatly
           feared
           of
           other
           Nations
           round
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           strongly
           garded
           by
           his
           owne
           ,
           is
           on
           the
           suddaine
           daunted
           ,
           and
           (
           beeing
           accounted
           one
           of
           the
           mightiest
           amongst
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           earth
           )
           is
           ready
           to
           submit
           to
           him
           ,
           with
           whom
           euen
           Infants
           doe
           euery
           howre
           fight
           hand
           to
           hand
           .
        
         
           See
           the
           authoritie
           ,
           fame
           and
           terror
           of
           that
           Inuader
           (
           Death
           )
           hee
           strooke
           but
           vp
           an
           Allarum
           in
           this
           Emperous
           Pallace
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           trembled
           through
           feare
           thereof
           :
           his
           conceites
           that
           stood
           before
           like
           so
           many
           aged
           Oakes
           ,
           bowed
           presently
           to
           the
           earth
           like
           so
           many
           ranks
           of
           young
           
           Willowes
           :
           yet
           his
           Cittie
           's
           shooke
           at
           the
           voyce
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           at
           an
           Earth-quake
           .
           And
           so
           hardly
           did
           the
           pestilence
           pursue
           Mahamet
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           sleep
           for
           it
           in
           one
           place
           twice
           together
           :
           euery
           night
           was
           he
           compelled
           (
           for
           safety
           )
           to
           flye
           vnto
           a
           contrary
           lodging
           .
        
         
           As
           his
           Court
           remoued
           so
           did
           the
           plague
           :
           whersoeuer
           the
           one
           kept
           his
           standing
           house
           ,
           there
           the
           other
           pitched
           vp
           his
           Pauilion
           as
           a
           proud
           and
           daring
           Challenger
           to
           all
           commers
           .
           Insomuch
           that
           sicknesse
           in
           the
           end
           (
           though
           weake
           of
           himselfe
           )
           wrastled
           with
           so
           many
           that
           were
           neere
           and
           about
           the
           Princes
           person
           ,
           and
           still
           got
           the
           better
           of
           thē
           ,
           that
           Mahomet
           had
           not
           men
           to
           remoue
           those
           tents
           which
           hee
           was
           inforced
           to
           carry
           vp
           and
           downe
           with
           him
           for
           his
           owne
           houshold
           to
           lye
           in
           :
           fourescore
           Barbarians
           (
           being
           all
           attendants
           and
           Officers
           in
           Court
           )
           falling
           euery
           night
           ,
           in
           this
           mortal
           and
           pestiferous
           massacre
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Emperour
           for
           want
           of
           Seruants
           was
           glad
           to
           take
           chained
           slaues
           from
           the
           Oare
           (
           out
           of
           their
           gallies
           )
           and
           to
           make
           them
           his
           guard
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           strange
           alteration
           is
           here
           of
           a
           Court
           ?
           He
           that
           had
           seene
           this
           prince
           so
           royally
           attended
           ,
           so
           maiestically
           attyred
           ,
           with
           such
           God-like
           reuerence
           kneeled
           vnto
           :
           so
           guarded
           ,
           so
           followed
           ,
           so
           circled
           round
           with
           a
           Nation
           in
           number
           infinite
           :
           Would
           that
           Man
           haue
           euer
           thought
           that
           such
           a
           Prince
           could
           haue
           beene
           driuen
           out
           of
           his
           stately
           pallaces
           ,
           and
           beene
           glad
           to
           lye
           abroade
           in
           the
           fields
           ?
           Or
           that
           he
           shold
           euer
           submit
           to
           such
           humility
           ,
           
           as
           to
           put
           his
           life
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           slaues
           and
           miserable
           Captiues
           ?
           The
           onely
           dispised
           wretches
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           :
           the
           beggerliest
           :
           the
           most
           discontēted
           ,
           the
           worst-minded
           to
           him
           &
           his
           Nation
           :
           yea
           ,
           such
           whom
           he
           knew
           could
           haue
           been
           glad
           to
           cut
           his
           throat
           ,
           to
           ransome
           themselues
           from
           the
           bondage
           and
           Hell
           of
           the
           gally
           ?
           Yet
           euen
           these
           most
           forlorne
           Creatures
           ,
           (
           which
           before
           like
           Oxen
           were
           yoaked
           by
           the
           Neckes
           with
           Iron
           )
           was
           this
           great
           Monarch
           faine
           to
           make
           much
           of
           ,
           and
           to
           turne
           them
           into
           his
           best
           and
           fayrest
           courtiers
           .
           So
           easily
           and
           so
           low
           can
           the
           hand
           of
           Heauen
           pull
           downe
           the
           mightiest
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           stoope
           euen
           to
           the
           weakest
           .
        
         
           The
           hart
           being
           thus
           sicke
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           whole
           body
           (
           thinke
           you
           )
           in
           danger
           to
           perish
           ?
           The
           eye
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           being
           so
           much
           blemished
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           Uniuersall
           land
           dwell
           in
           darkenesse
           ?
           Was
           it
           possible
           that
           the
           Court
           should
           pyne
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Citties
           should
           flourish
           ?
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           Alasse
           !
           Full
           houses
           were
           emptied
           there
           of
           whole
           families
           :
           whole
           streetes
           of
           their
           housholds
           :
           yea
           ,
           euen
           the
           Citties
           themselues
           were
           left
           desolate
           of
           inhabitants
           .
        
         
           Had
           all
           the
           Artifiers
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           layed
           by
           all
           other
           worke
           ,
           onely
           to
           haue
           made
           Coffins
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           all
           haue
           builded
           roomes
           fast
           enough
           ,
           for
           the
           dead
           to
           dwell
           in
           :
           For
           sicknesse
           was
           euen
           weary
           of
           throwing
           downe
           bodies
           ,
           and
           Death
           euen
           glutted
           with
           killing
           them
           .
           Doe
           but
           imagine
           how
           the
           World
           shewed
           ,
           when
           all
           Creatures
           that
           were
           drowned
           in
           the
           Uniuersall
           floud
           ,
           lay
           heaped
           
           together
           ,
           after
           the
           waters
           were
           shrunke
           into
           the
           earth
           ,
           such
           a
           
             Mount
             Caluary
          
           was
           Barbarie
           :
           the
           carkases
           of
           vnburied
           men
           were
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           a
           far
           off
           they
           might
           be
           taken
           for
           hills
           ,
           yea
           so
           numberlesse
           were
           they
           ,
           that
           it
           seemed
           as
           if
           all
           the
           Nations
           vppon
           earth
           had
           sent
           their
           dead
           thether
           ,
           and
           that
           Barbarie
           had
           beene
           the
           common
           Church-yard
           .
        
         
           When
           Vespasian
           besieged
           Ierusalem
           ,
           Famine
           fed
           vpon
           the
           Cittie
           within
           ,
           and
           warre
           without
           ,
           yet
           did
           the
           Iewes
           choose
           rather
           to
           steale
           forth
           ,
           and
           trust
           the
           doubtfull
           mercy
           of
           an
           Enemie
           ,
           then
           to
           perrish
           vnder
           the
           crueltie
           of
           their
           owne
           countrymen
           .
           At
           length
           ,
           such
           multitudes
           of
           them
           got
           daily
           through
           the
           gates
           ,
           that
           Tytus
           (
           to
           be
           ridde
           of
           them
           ,
           &
           fright
           them
           from
           comming
           )
           crucified
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           sixt
           the
           bodies
           so
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           round
           about
           the
           Cittie
           ,
           before
           their
           walls
           ,
           as
           a
           terror
           to
           those
           within
           :
           so
           that
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           (
           they
           pressing
           forth
           for
           all
           this
           continuallie
           vppon
           him
           )
           there
           coulde
           be
           found
           neither
           wood
           enough
           for
           Crosses
           to
           nayle
           them
           vpon
           ,
           nor
           ground
           enough
           whereon
           to
           set
           Crosses
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           miserie
           fell
           vpon
           this
           royall
           kingdom
           of
           Barbarie
           ,
           for
           the
           people
           in
           it
           were
           strooke
           downe
           so
           fast
           by
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           that
           the
           liuing
           were
           not
           able
           to
           inter
           the
           dead
           ,
           neither
           could
           there
           be
           found
           ground
           sufficient
           enough
           (
           about
           theyr
           Citties
           )
           to
           affoord
           them
           buriall
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           earth
           did
           not
           (
           as
           in
           other
           Countries
           )
           couer
           and
           burie
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           buried
           and
           couered
           the
           earth
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           muster
           the
           dead
           together
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           view
           of
           this
           disordered
           Armie
           .
           In
           Morocco
           the
           cheefest
           
           Cittie
           of
           Barbarie
           ,
           died
           in
           one
           yeere
           seauen
           hundred
           thousand
           Moores
           ,
           and
           seauen
           thousand
           seauen
           hundred
           Iewes
           ,
           as
           by
           bills
           daily
           sent
           to
           the
           Emperour
           did
           appeare
           .
        
         
           What
           Nation
           in
           the
           Worlde
           would
           not
           haue
           trembled
           ,
           hearing
           of
           such
           an
           invinsible
           host
           marching
           against
           them
           ,
           yet
           Death
           with
           one
           Arrowe
           slew
           all
           these
           .
           In
           the
           Cittie
           of
           Far
           ,
           died
           (
           the
           same
           yee●e
           fiue
           hundred
           thousand
           ,
           beside
           those
           that
           fell
           in
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           Yea
           so
           terrible
           and
           fierce
           was
           Death
           in
           his
           execution
           of
           those
           in
           Morocco
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           space
           of
           one
           day
           and
           a
           night
           ,
           hee
           slewe
           there
           with
           his
           owne
           handes
           ,
           foure
           thousand
           ,
           seauen
           hundred
           and
           odde
           .
           A
           mercilesse
           and
           tragicall
           conquest
           ,
           an
           inglorious
           victorie
           ,
           for
           he
           made
           them
           away
           in
           their
           beddes
           .
        
         
           O
           what
           a
           number
           of
           graues
           must
           haue
           beene
           opened
           ,
           if
           all
           these
           thousands
           should
           haue
           had
           their
           rites
           of
           buriall
           ?
           Howe
           many
           fathers
           for
           children
           ,
           wiues
           for
           husbands
           ,
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           for
           Parents
           ,
           and
           kinsfolkes
           for
           friends
           ,
           should
           heere
           haue
           wept
           ,
           if
           the
           dead
           had
           beene
           paid
           their
           due
           lamentations
           ?
           But
           Mourning
           heere
           had
           so
           wasted
           it selfe
           ,
           that
           it
           quite
           forgot
           truly
           howe
           to
           mourne
           .
           Sicknes
           &
           griefe
           grew
           so
           familiar
           with
           men
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           ridde
           of
           such
           lothsome
           company
           ,
           they
           sought
           out
           Death
           ,
           when
           they
           knewe
           not
           where
           to
           finde
           a
           Graue
           .
        
         
           O
           thou
           beautiful
           Kingdome
           ,
           how
           couldest
           thou
           chuse
           but
           looke
           vnlouely
           ,
           hauing
           so
           many
           children
           dead
           in
           thy
           wombe
           ?
           how
           could
           thy
           body
           be
           otherwise
           
           then
           vnwholesome
           ,
           hauing
           so
           mortall
           a
           disease
           running
           vppon
           thee
           ,
           yea
           ,
           all
           ouer
           thee
           seuen
           years
           together
           !
           And
           O
           your
           Citties
           that
           were
           the
           fairest
           Daughters
           to
           so
           Noble
           a
           Mother
           ;
           What
           shrikes
           ,
           and
           soule-afflicting
           passions
           did
           not
           you
           breath
           forth
           ,
           seeing
           all
           your
           Marchants
           (
           that
           had
           wont
           to
           court
           you
           bee
           your
           loues
           )
           and
           forsaking
           you
           to
           see
           your
           buildinges
           stand
           in
           their
           wonted
           height
           ,
           but
           robbed
           of
           their
           wonted
           ornamentes
           !
           to
           see
           Foxes
           and
           wilde
           Beastes
           (
           instead
           of
           Men
           )
           inhabiting
           in
           your
           goodliest
           streetes
           and
           meeting
           daily
           vpon
           your
           Exchanges
           !
           A
           more
           then
           Widdow-like
           lamentation
           must
           you
           needes
           put
           one
           ,
           to
           behold
           your selues
           vtterly
           bereaued
           of
           those
           that
           were
           your
           best-beloued
           :
           What
           Kingdome
           (
           thogh
           neuer
           so
           farre
           remoued
           )
           is
           not
           heauy
           at
           the
           heart
           ,
           hearing
           these
           sad
           stories
           of
           your
           sorrow
           ?
           
             
               —
               Quis
               talia
               fando
               ,
            
             
               Mirmydonum
               ,
               Dolopumùe
               ,
               aut
               Durimiles
               Vlissi
            
             
               Temperet
               àlachrimis
               ?
            
          
           Your
           enimies
           cannot
           bee
           so
           barbarous
           as
           not
           to
           yeeld
           to
           your
           condolement
           .
           We
           will
           therefore
           no
           longer
           let
           out
           your
           teares
           within-doores
           ,
           nor
           no
           more
           stand
           wondring
           to
           see
           all
           your
           buildinges
           shew
           like
           so
           many
           hearses
           ;
           but
           will
           suruay
           your
           filds
           abroad
           ,
           &
           try
           if
           they
           can
           afford
           any
           better
           cōsolation
           ,
           Alasse
           they
           cannot
           :
           calamity
           there
           trauels
           vp
           and
           downe
           in
           the
           same
           wretched
           habilyments
           ,
           that
           she
           weares
           within
           the
           walled
           Citties
           ,
           People
           fly
           in
           numbers
           vp
           to
           the
           Mountaines
           ,
           to
           dwell
           amongst
           beastes
           ,
           and
           to
           dispossesse
           them
           of
           
           their
           inheritance
           :
           they
           flie
           thinking
           Death
           would
           not
           follow
           them
           ,
           but
           hee
           like
           a
           politicke
           Generall
           ,
           lay
           so
           close
           in
           Ambush
           at
           their
           returning
           backe
           to
           their
           Citties
           ,
           that
           he
           cut
           them
           off
           faster
           then
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           &
           left
           their
           bodies
           to
           be
           a
           pray
           to
           those
           beasts
           ,
           who
           not
           many
           daies
           before
           ranne
           into
           their
           Caues
           as
           beeing
           afraid
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           O
           what
           a
           miserie
           was
           it
           ,
           to
           see
           high-wayes
           strewed
           with
           dead
           and
           infected
           carkases
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           had
           beene
           sacked
           ,
           and
           the
           enemie
           had
           had
           all
           the
           people
           in
           execution
           ?
           A
           rich
           and
           abundant
           haruest
           couered
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           but
           the
           Husbandmen
           in
           steade
           of
           filling
           their
           Barnes
           ,
           were
           busied
           in
           filling
           vp
           graues
           :
           the
           fruites
           which
           the
           ground
           brought
           forth
           ,
           shee
           herselfe
           did
           againe
           denoure
           .
           A
           strange
           haruest
           was
           it
           ,
           for
           Corne
           was
           had
           in
           without
           Reapers
           ,
           it
           was
           gathered
           &
           sowed
           againe
           all
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           for
           the
           Earth
           did
           now
           play
           the
           good
           Huswife
           ,
           shee
           saued
           all
           to
           herselfe
           ,
           and
           yet
           euen
           in
           sauing
           it
           ,
           did
           she
           spill
           all
           :
           there
           were
           not
           handes
           enough
           to
           gather
           the
           foode
           ,
           which
           she
           out
           of
           her
           plenteous
           lappe
           bestowed
           amongst
           her
           children
           ,
           nor
           mouthes
           enough
           to
           eate
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Country-Lasse
           sate
           not
           nowe
           singing
           by
           her
           Milking-payle
           ,
           for
           the
           poore
           beastes
           ran
           bellowing
           vp
           and
           downe
           with
           swolnevdders
           ,
           mourning
           before
           their
           Maisters
           doores
           ,
           because
           they
           could
           not
           be
           eased
           of
           their
           burdens
           .
        
         
           The
           Pestilence
           hauing
           thus
           (
           like
           a
           mercilesse
           Inuader
           )
           destroyed
           both
           Citties
           &
           Uillages
           ,
           and
           hauing
           oftentimes
           made
           the
           greatest
           Lords
           in
           the
           
           kingdome
           stoope
           to
           his
           commaund
           ,
           and
           determining
           to
           conclude
           his
           conquest
           ,
           with
           taking
           the
           Generall
           ouer
           so
           great
           a
           Nation
           prisoner
           ,
           did
           at
           the
           last
           set
           vpon
           the
           Emperour
           Mahamet
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           with
           her
           venemous
           breath
           kild
           him
           .
           Which
           glorious
           victorie
           beeing
           gotten
           ,
           Death
           and
           his
           Liefetenant
           (
           Sicknes
           )
           beganne
           to
           sound
           a
           retra●te
           ,
           to
           march
           from
           their
           walls
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           them
           liue
           in
           quiet
           .
        
         
           No
           sooner
           were
           their
           backes
           turnd
           ,
           but
           againe
           in
           multitudes
           came
           the
           people
           downe
           from
           the
           Mountaines
           ,
           and
           as
           all
           Riuers
           (
           when
           Land-waters
           haue
           opprest
           thē
           )
           flie
           to
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Sea
           for
           safety
           ,
           so
           did
           the
           Nation
           of
           this
           great
           Empire
           ,
           frō
           all
           parts
           thereof
           come
           marching
           ioyfully
           ,
           (
           and
           yet
           fearefully
           )
           to
           fill
           vp
           &
           make
           good
           againe
           theyr
           disinhabited
           houses
           .
           What
           stories
           are
           now
           tolde
           of
           lamentable
           Funeralls
           ?
           what
           friends
           and
           kinsfolkes
           are
           missing
           ?
           what
           sorrowe
           there
           is
           for
           so
           much
           Acquaintance
           lost
           ?
           what
           gladnes
           to
           meete
           with
           any
           ,
           whom
           they
           heard
           or
           doubted
           were
           in
           their
           graues
           ?
           Their
           Citties
           doe
           now
           looke
           with
           cheerefull
           countenaunces
           ,
           streetes
           are
           filled
           with
           men
           ,
           houses
           with
           families
           :
           euery
           one
           applies
           himselfe
           to
           his
           former
           labour
           ,
           euery
           Merchant
           to
           his
           trafficke
           .
           But
           behold
           ,
           in
           the
           heate
           of
           all
           this
           Sun-shine
           ,
           when
           no
           wrinkle
           could
           be
           seene
           in
           the
           browe
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           when
           all
           was
           calme
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           lay
           safely
           snorting
           on
           their
           secure
           pillowes
           ,
           a
           seconde
           storme
           burst
           out
           of
           the
           clowdes
           ,
           a
           second
           &
           a
           more
           fearefull
           :
           God
           poured
           another
           vengeance
           on
           the
           
           heads
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           he
           sent
           Famine
           to
           breath
           vpon
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           suck
           the
           life-blood
           out
           of
           theyr
           bosoms
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           that
           before
           durst
           not
           come
           neere
           one
           another
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           beeing
           infected
           with
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           are
           now
           ready
           to
           lay
           hold
           each
           of
           other
           ,
           and
           to
           turne
           their
           owne
           bodies
           into
           nourishment
           .
           The
           Plague
           was
           mercifull
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           dispatching
           them
           quickly
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           this
           tyrant
           put
           thē
           to
           lingering
           deaths
           .
           They
           had
           once
           more
           meate
           then
           mouthes
           ,
           now
           they
           had
           many
           mouthes
           and
           no
           meate
           .
           O
           Hunger
           !
           how
           pittilesse
           art
           thou
           ?
           a
           monster
           thou
           art
           of
           a
           most
           strange
           condition
           ,
           for
           ,
           how
           small
           a
           thing
           will
           appease
           thee
           ,
           and
           yet
           what
           wilt
           thou
           not
           destroy
           to
           satisfie
           thy
           rauenous
           appetite
           ?
           thou
           art
           most
           cruell
           to
           them
           that
           most
           seeke
           to
           relieue
           thee
           ,
           and
           when
           thou
           hast
           nothing
           to
           feede
           vpon
           ,
           thou
           plaiest
           the
           murderer
           ,
           and
           eatest
           vp
           thy selfe
           .
           How
           tirannous
           hast
           thou
           shewed
           thy selfe
           to
           this
           great
           Nation
           ?
           thou
           hast
           heard
           children
           crying
           for
           bread
           to
           their
           Parents
           ,
           yet
           wouldest
           not
           relieue
           them
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Parents
           went
           mourning
           and
           pyning
           vp
           and
           downe
           that
           they
           wanted
           foode
           themselues
           .
           Men
           that
           were
           strong
           of
           body
           ,
           didst
           thou
           by
           thy
           sorcerie
           bring
           so
           lowe
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           scarce
           stand
           on
           their
           legs
           :
           Weomen
           that
           had
           fresh
           blood
           in
           theyr
           cheekes
           ,
           and
           were
           louely
           to
           be
           lookt
           vppon
           ,
           didst
           thou
           make
           leaue
           ,
           and
           turnedst
           them
           into
           Anatomies
           .
        
         
           O
           Famine
           ,
           thou
           cruellest
           executioner
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           ,
           thou
           dishonest
           guest
           ,
           for
           into
           what
           house
           soeuer
           thou
           commest
           ,
           thou
           destroiest
           all
           that
           is
           set
           
           before
           thee
           :
           thou
           traytor
           to
           Plentie
           ,
           enuious
           hag
           ,
           malicious
           Witch
           ,
           that
           with
           thy
           vnsauorie
           breath
           blasteth
           whole
           fieldes
           of
           Corne
           :
           away
           ,
           gette
           thee
           gone
           ,
           the
           hand
           of
           Heauen
           keepe
           thee
           from
           landing
           vpon
           the
           English
           share
           ,
           hide
           thy
           head
           for
           shame
           ,
           in
           the
           graues
           of
           those
           whom
           most
           vnmercifullie
           thou
           hast
           slaughtered
           ,
           bee
           buried
           there
           for
           euer
           :
           for
           if
           thou
           shouldest
           set
           footing
           vpon
           this
           little
           Ile
           ,
           thou
           wouldest
           quickly
           turne
           it
           into
           a
           great
           Land
           of
           miserie
           .
        
         
           But
           was
           the
           terrible
           Iudge
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           satisfied
           with
           punishing
           this
           people
           twice
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           had
           their
           offences
           towardes
           him
           deserued
           no
           more
           blowes
           ?
           It
           seemes
           they
           had
           run
           into
           a
           most
           proude
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           had
           sworne
           in
           his
           indignation
           to
           be
           reuenged
           vppon
           them
           for
           it
           :
           for
           loe
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           his
           rage
           comes
           nowe
           in
           a
           consuming
           fire
           ,
           it
           is
           wrapt
           vp
           in
           clowdes
           of
           lightning
           ,
           and
           the
           thunder
           of
           it
           breakes
           into
           Ciuill
           warre
           .
           The
           three
           sonnes
           of
           so
           great
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           shine
           now
           like
           three
           Meteors
           in
           the
           firmament
           ,
           all
           in
           steele
           ,
           their
           Courts
           now
           are
           Campes
           ,
           and
           none
           are
           Courtiers
           but
           Souldiers
           .
           Three
           Brothers
           beeing
           all
           three
           Kings
           ,
           are
           vp
           in
           Armes
           ,
           only
           to
           make
           of
           three
           but
           one
           ,
           miserie
           vpon
           miserie
           .
           They
           that
           escaped
           the
           stripes
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           were
           eaten
           to
           death
           by
           Famine
           ,
           they
           that
           saued
           themselues
           out
           of
           the
           Iawes
           of
           Famine
           ,
           are
           now
           in
           danger
           to
           perish
           on
           the
           Sword.
           
        
         
           O
           noble
           France
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           bid
           thee
           onely
           to
           tell
           the
           horror
           ,
           the
           terrors
           ,
           the
           vnbounded
           mischiefe
           
           and
           calamity
           that
           come
           marching
           in
           with
           intestiue
           Broyles
           ,
           thou
           needest
           to
           say
           nothing
           ,
           but
           to
           open
           thy
           bosome
           ,
           and
           shew
           those
           deepe
           scars
           which
           thine
           owne
           sons
           haue
           set
           there
           .
           There
           are
           teares
           yet
           in
           thine
           eyes
           ,
           for
           those
           sad
           funeralls
           which
           the
           Ciuill
           sworde
           prepared
           .
           The
           Low-Countries
           haue
           beene
           in
           labour
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           yet
           deliuered
           of
           that
           Monster
           :
           if
           they
           could
           not
           expresse
           the
           paynes
           and
           pangs
           that
           followe
           this
           inward
           disease
           of
           a
           kingdome
           ,
           this
           griefe
           about
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           Land
           ,
           this
           very
           Earth-quake
           that
           hath
           power
           to
           ouer-turne
           Townes
           and
           Towers
           ,
           wee
           haue
           too
           many
           leaues
           in
           our
           own
           Chronicles
           ,
           spotted
           with
           the
           inuenomed
           Inck
           of
           Ciuill
           discord
           .
           Too
           many
           of
           our
           Kings
           haue
           beene
           too
           famous
           by
           that
           miserie
           :
           too
           many
           of
           our
           noblest
           Families
           ,
           haue
           shaken
           their
           ancient
           Houses
           by
           that
           thunder
           .
        
         
           This
           fire
           of
           Discention
           hath
           now
           taken
           holde
           of
           Barbarie
           ,
           a
           kingdome
           full
           of
           people
           ,
           abundant
           in
           riches
           ,
           flowing
           with
           Arts
           and
           trafficke
           with
           all
           Nations
           :
           how
           happy
           therefore
           are
           we
           ,
           that
           haue
           peace
           in
           our
           Citties
           ,
           and
           plentie
           in
           our
           fieldes
           ?
           yet
           doubtlesse
           ,
           our
           sinnes
           are
           in
           number
           infinite
           ,
           in
           nature
           abhominable
           ,
           wee
           deserue
           as
           little
           pardoning
           as
           they
           ,
           yet
           is
           our
           wickednes
           as
           blacke
           and
           detestable
           as
           theirs
           .
           Let
           vs
           therfore
           stray
           aside
           awhile
           ,
           and
           by
           comparing
           the
           heauy
           afflictions
           which
           the
           Diuine
           Iusticer
           hath
           layd
           vpon
           other
           Countries
           in
           times
           past
           ,
           acknowledge
           an
           incommensurable
           loue
           and
           mercy
           of
           his
           ,
           to
           this
           Iland
           of
           ours
           ,
           nowe
           in
           these
           present
           dayes
           .
           For
           in
           the
           yere
           of
           Christ
           81.
           
           and
           in
           the
           yeere
           188
           ,
           the
           breath
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           was
           so
           strong
           ,
           and
           so
           contagious
           ,
           that
           in
           Rome
           there
           died
           daily
           two
           thousand
           people
           .
           In
           the
           yeere
           254
           ,
           fifteene
           Prouinces
           of
           the
           Romaine
           Empyre
           were
           almost
           cōsumed
           with
           the
           like
           calamitie
           .
           Nay
           in
           Constantinople
           the
           rage
           of
           the
           disease
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           yeere
           530
           ,
           there
           fell
           euery
           day
           (
           for
           many
           dayes
           together
           )
           fiue
           thousand
           ,
           &
           sometimes
           tenne
           thousand
           .
           Within
           tenne
           yeeres
           after
           that
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           in
           
             Anno
             540
             ,
          
           )
           there
           began
           an
           vniuersall
           plague
           ouer
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           which
           continued
           50
           yeeres
           with
           hot
           violence
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           yeere
           1359
           ,
           so
           mortall
           a
           blow
           did
           Death
           giue
           to
           Italy
           by
           infection
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           scarce
           left
           tenne
           of
           a
           thousand
           .
           And
           to
           Rome
           (
           in
           the
           yere
           1521
           )
           that
           shee
           made
           graues
           for
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           .
           Millan
           likewise
           ,
           Padua
           and
           Venice
           ,
           in
           the
           yeres
           1576
           and
           77
           ,
           opened
           the
           Earth
           to
           receiue
           into
           her
           womb
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           dead
           carkasses
           ,
           that
           were
           left
           breathlesse
           in
           each
           of
           those
           Citties
           ,
           by
           the
           tyrannie
           of
           this
           pestiferous
           disease
           .
           And
           in
           Bohemia
           (
           beeing
           but
           a
           small
           kingdome
           )
           there
           died
           three
           hundred
           thousand
           the
           same
           time
           .
           In
           the
           yeere
           1596
           ,
           fel
           such
           a
           plague
           in
           Constantinople
           ,
           that
           it
           strooke
           downe
           in
           sixe
           moneths
           space
           ,
           seauen
           hundred
           thousand
           persons
           .
           And
           this
           misery
           was
           seconded
           by
           so
           terrible
           a
           Famine
           ,
           that
           a
           penny
           loafe
           of
           breade
           of
           English
           mony
           ,
           was
           worth
           a
           crowne
           in
           golde
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           people
           were
           worse
           consumed
           thē
           before
           by
           the
           Pestilence
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           now
           set
           forth
           some
           of
           our
           owne
           home-borne
           
           tragedies
           wrought
           by
           the
           Plague
           ,
           of
           which
           take
           this
           as
           Prologue
           to
           the
           rest
           .
           In
           the
           raigne
           of
           K.
           Edward
           the
           third
           ,
           the
           Infection
           spred
           it selfe
           in
           the
           
             East
             Indies
          
           ,
           amongst
           the
           
             Tartars
             ,
             Saracens
          
           and
           Turks
           ,
           which
           had
           a
           hand
           ouer
           them
           by
           the
           space
           of
           7
           yeeres
           :
           and
           this
           vengeance
           which
           was
           poured
           downe
           from
           heauen
           vpon
           this
           people
           ,
           strooke
           their
           soules
           into
           such
           amazement
           and
           terror
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Heathen
           (
           with
           the
           very
           feare
           thereof
           )
           offred
           to
           be
           conuerted
           and
           turne
           Christians
           .
           Shorthe
           after
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           Passengers
           from
           one
           Prouince
           to
           another
           ,
           the
           same
           mortall
           plague
           was
           dispersed
           in
           many
           Christian
           kingdoms
           ,
           &
           (
           amongst
           others
           )
           brought
           into
           England
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           so
           forcible
           all
           ouer
           the
           Land
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           men
           ,
           but
           also
           beasts
           ,
           birdes
           and
           fishes
           were
           smitten
           there-with
           ,
           and
           found
           dead
           with
           botches
           vpō
           them
           .
           Yea
           ,
           such
           a
           massacre
           did
           it
           make
           amongst
           the
           liuing
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           scarceable
           to
           burie
           the
           dead
           .
           At
           which
           time
           ,
           (
           with
           the
           rest
           that
           then
           died
           of
           the
           Plague
           ,
           )
           Henry
           Duke
           of
           
             Lancaster
             ,
             Blanch
          
           Dutchesse
           of
           Lancaster
           ,
           and
           the
           Earle
           of
           Warwick
           ended
           their
           liues
           .
           So
           that
           in
           one
           yeere
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           plot
           of
           ground
           of
           13
           Acres
           compasse
           (
           then
           called
           Spittle-croft
           ,
           and
           nowe
           the
           Charter-house
           )
           were
           buried
           50000.
           persons
           ,
           besides
           all
           them
           that
           were
           then
           buried
           in
           the
           Church
           yards
           &
           diuers
           other
           places
           .
           Our
           late
           calamities
           infliced
           vpon
           vs
           for
           our
           sinnes
           are
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           the
           eyes
           of
           many
           people
           are
           yet
           wet
           with
           mourning
           at
           burials
           ,
           the
           rod
           is
           stil
           held
           ouer
           vs
           ,
           the
           stripes
           of
           it
           are
           euen
           nowe
           to
           bee
           seene
           sticking
           in
           our
           flesh
           .
        
         
         
           Yet
           you
           see
           howe
           the
           Great
           Father
           of
           Nations
           ,
           keepes
           vs
           vnder
           his
           wing
           ,
           he
           is
           loth
           to
           chide
           ,
           more
           loath
           to
           strike
           vs
           ,
           let
           vs
           not
           therefore
           ,
           like
           foolish
           haire-braind
           children
           ,
           prouoke
           him
           too
           often
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           to
           anger
           ,
           least
           he
           take
           vp
           his
           triple
           Mace
           of
           hote
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           bruze
           our
           people
           ,
           as
           hee
           hath
           already
           stretcht
           out
           his
           Arme
           to
           smite
           those
           of
           Barbarie
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .