FAME'S ROLL: OR, THE NAMES of our dread Sovereign Lord King CHARLES, his Royal Queen MARY, and his most hopeful posterity: Together with, The names of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons, Privy Counsellors, Knights of the Garter, and Judges. Of his three renowned Kingdoms, England, Scotland, and Ireland: Anagrammatized and expressed by acrostic lines on their names. By Mistress Mary Fage, wife of Robert Fage the younger, Gentleman. LONDON, Printed by Richard Oulton, 1637. TO THE MOST High and Mighty Monarch, Charles by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Jreland, Defender of the Faith, etc. his most Royal Consort our most gracious Queen Mary, the High and Mighty Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the most illustrious Prince james, Duke of York, the High and mighty Princess Mary and Elizabeth, the Royal posterity of our Sovereign Lord King Charles: And to his Majesty's most Illustrious Allies, the most High and Mighty Prince Christerne King of Denmark: The high and mighty Prince Charles Prince elector Palatine: The high and mighty Prince Henry Prince of Orange, and the most Illustrious Prince De Lorreine Duke Chereuze. PArdon powerful Princes and potent Potentates, my presumption, in pressing into your presence: Impute it to nothing but zeal. It was a law amongst the Persians', that whensoever any man met his Monarch, he should forthwith present him with somewhat as a testimony of that duty always owing unto Majesty. One meeting the Persian King on a time, by the suddenness moved, and having no better for the present, took up one handful of water, and prostrating himself presented the same to the King; which the magnanimous Monarch gratefully accepted, and liberally rewarded him for the same. Take this most magnificent Princes, as a bowl of water from the fount of Helicon; where it comes short, let my desire of perfectness supply. And you most noble Princes of the Netherlands, finding you participators of our English honour, I have made bold likewise with you, presuming upon like hope of pardon, minding your many weighty occasions I remember Virgil, Cum canerem Regibus, Cynthius aurem vellit: Wherhfore with all possible duty to your Majesty, and the rest of you mighty Princes, casting myself at the foot of your Majesty, I rest, Your Majesty's Faithful Subject and honourer of Your most Princely virtues, Marry Fage. TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS Princes, James Duke of Lenox, George Duke of Buckingham; The Right honourable john marquis of Winchester, Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and other the Earls, Anthony Viscount Montague and other the Viscount's; The Right Reverend Father in God, William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and other the Archbishops and Bishops, The right honourable Henry Lord Clifford and other the Barons, Sir Thomas Edmond and other the Knights of the Privy Counsel; The Right honourable Sir john Brampton Kt. Lord chief justice of the King's bench and other the judges. I Have Right noble and worshipful, adventured to present each of you with a glimpse of his own glory naturally innated in your Names: Great assays need great patronage, and this I know will be deemed as a bold deed, if not borne out by your Noble and worshipful Tutelage, for which I have chosen each of you as my Maecenas, countenancers of learning and industry; I shall not need apologise for myself; your names of honour pleads my pardon for your own honour's sake; and you Right worshipful, think it an act of most worship to patronise and pardon, remembering the old said saw, posse, nolle, nobile: I know you have power to frown, but to abstain is truly noble; wherefore adventuring to stand to your several dooms, who are able to judge of all disadvantages, either of sex or want of learning, I take leave and rest, The honourer of your virtues in my Cell, MARY FAGE. FAME'S ROULL. (1) TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. CAROLUS STVARTE. Anagramma. AV! SOL'S TRV TRACE. CHARLES our great Monarch, on my bended knee, AV! much-admiring at your Majesty! Tender I to your sacred Personage Of your most Princely virtues, this true gage: Lustrous your beams of brightness, like true Sol, Veils the beholders eyes, or dazzles all, Shining in glory over all the Earth; Showing your light unto the greatest birth: The several planets of our firmament, Virtue's nobility, their lustre lent, AV! have from you, our true and lively Sun, Relieving with your heat, where ere you come. Thus just true fervour in your person pace, enlivening all things in your SOL'S TRV TRACE. AS Elizeus great, did erst inherit Blessed Elia's graces, doubled spirit, Charles our dread Sovereign, such a crown doth wear, Decked with the glory that did ere appear, Ever on any worthiest Charles to be: For Charles the great, in our great Charles we see: Great Charles the bald, gross Charles, what grace they had, Hath not our Charles the same to make us glad? In Charles the simple; his simplicity Keepeth your wisdom but in memory: Like ground of black, which better doth illuster Many fair works, that thereupon do cluster. Now Charles the Duke of Lorraine, Charles the Earl Of Flanders, Pebbles are to our true Pearl. Put Charles Valerius, Charles Vngarius too; Quenched are their light, when you true lustre show. Right Charles le Beau, the Earl of March may be Some glimmering figure, representing thee: Than comes in Charles the Duke of Florence, and Valorous Charles Lurielberg, with his band, With Charles john, who Constantinople had: And to the number, Naples King let's add, By Writers called Charles, one Andrews son, Charles called the wise, let also here have room: Doubtless but a Medietated part Even of the wisdom in our Charles his heart Fell to his share. Charles then his son had reigned Great King of French, whose son the same attained. High Charles the Duke of Burgundy his grace, Enthroned Charles the eight, who had the place Kingly to sit, over the French to sway; Live all revived in our Charles this day. May Charles the fift not here be pretermitted; Not long ago who with Spain's Realm was fitted, On whom likewise, according to his merit, Placed was the Emperor's Crown, for him t'inherit. Quelled may their virtues seem, when yours in sight Royally glister, giving radiant light, Showing their graces, double double spread, Truly descended on your Kingly head: Valour and wisdom, piety, and all Well have conspired, to crown You Capital. (2) TO THE MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY of the Great MARY. MARIA STVARTE. Anagramma. MET RARA AVIS. Magnanimous great SOL, as he did pace, A RARA AVIS MET, in his true trace; Regarding of YOUR virtues gracious Queen, Innated in your breast, A Rare Bird seen, And SOL'S true lively Bird, an Eagle high, Striving aloft, even unto SOL to fly: The Phoenix rather, than the which no more, Vives on the earth, save one, the only store; And YOUR unsampled graces so abound, Rightly proclaim, SOL hath this Phoenix found: This doth your goodness show, truth granteth it, Entering but this SOL RARA AVIS MET. (3) TO THEIR MOST EXCELlent Majesty of Great Britain's Monarchy. CAROLUS-MARIA-STVARTE. Anagramma. AV! VESTA, TRAC SOL, MARRY. Cheerly firm Vesta, clad in verdant green, AU! is an emblem of our glorious Queen; Rendering a stable, fast, well knitted heart, On our great SOL placed, thence not to departed: Likely an higher Goddess cannot be, Vesta like, ruling in her chastity, Shining in virtues gracious increase. Much glory hath this Vesta, but no peace, Au! doth to her true soul at all remain, Returning till she doth her SOL retain; In whom she doth delight, whom in her pace, Admiring she doth follow in true trace. So Vesta traceth SOL, and did not tarry, Till their united graces they did MARRY, Virtues conjoined thus, SOL in his heat, And Vesta in her chaste, and plenteous great Rare right increase, doth truly multiply, Thrusting so forth a great posterity, Ever to last unto eternity. (4) TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Prince, CHARLES, Prince of Wales. CHARLES STVARTE. Anagramma. SUR ' A SELECT HART. Choice the foundation is, whereon elect, Heavens choose to build, as SUR A HART SELECT. Arts there will flourish, learning will increase, Religion fructify, and blossom peace, Live then most happy Prince, thy HART SELECT Ever will bear a glorious Architect; Sciences here, both moral and divine, Structure may have, making the building fine, The Arts will greatly your great soul adorn, Virtue will highly elevate your horn, And like great CHARLES, fit you for peace, or War, Revealing good to choose, the Ill to bar. Thus SUR A HART SELECT will learning flourish, Enriching you, your Countrymen to nourish. (5) TO THE MOST ILLVSTRIous Prince, JAMES, Duke of YORK. JAMES STVARTE. Anagramma. AV! I SEEM A STAR. I SEEM A STAR Au; may your grace well say, Amongst our glorious STARS, who light display, Making all Europe to behold your light, Evermore fixed fastly in their sight, STARS, when the Sun appears, lie hidden then, Shrouding their light, until the night again, This STAR doth with the Sun his light display, Vesper-like, ushering the glorious day As out, so in; and though his light appear Rather to glimmer yet, then to shine clear: That he is now a STAR the world may see, Each day his light increasing gloriously. (6) TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Princess, MARY, eldest Daughter of our Sovereign Lord King CHARLES. MARY STVARTE. Anagramma. A MERRY STATV. Mirth may with Princes very well agreed, A MERRY STATU then, fair Madam, be; Rightly 'twill fit your age, your virtue's grace; Yielding A MERRY STATU in your face. Smile then, high Lady, while of MIRTH writ I, That so my Muse may with alacrity, Unto your Highness sing without all fear, And a true STATU of your virtues rear: Reaching whereto, that she may higher flee, Thus humbly beg I on my bended knee, Ever A MERRY STATU be to me. (7) TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Princess ELIZABETH, second Daughter to our Sovereign King CHARLES. ELIZABETH STVARTE. Anagramma. AH; BEST TIE TRV ZEAL. ELIZABETH, whose highness name declares Lively God's oath, which he to's people swears, In memory keep great Eliza still, Zealously running up to virtue's hill: AH! the BEST TIE, TRUE ZEAL will always be, Best, firmest, fastest that uniteth thee Either to God, who in a ZEAL most true Thy gracious heart honours with service due, Honouring God by A TRUE ZEAL, BEST TIE, Suing the BEST with his great Majesty; Than if unto your Sovereign Parents dear, Virtuously, a TRUE firm ZEAL you bear, A great deal better, faster you are tied Rightly, then by the bands whereby allied Thou art to them by nature. So likewise Ever BEST TIE, TRUE ZEAL, thy Country cries. (8) TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Princess ANNE, third Daughter of our Sovereign Lord King CHARLES. ANNA STVARTE. Anagramma. A NV NEAT STAR. A STAR remain you in our Firmament, Newly sprung forth, having the lustre lent, Neatly wherewith your excellence doth shine, (Ah still increase you) from that SOL of thine. STAR doth your birth denote you, and your youth Truly averreth you NURSE STAR in truth: Very much likewise doth your little brow Actively set you forth A NEAT STAR now; Reflecting then upon your Excellence, That shows your radiant and sweet influence, Each one doth grant you A NURSE NEAT STAR hence. (9) To the most Illustrious Prince, GEORGE, Duke, marquis, and Earl of BUCKINGHAM, and COVENTRY, Viscount VILLERS, Baron of WHADDEN. GEORGIUS VILLERS. Anagramma. RYS, GORGEUS IVELL. Great gracious Duke, borne unto high advance, Ever be rising by the gracious glance Of thy dread Sovereign, who selected thee, Right Gorgous jewel, his great Pearl to be. Graced by high birth, and his resplendent grace, In solace with your Prince to have a place. Virtue then Gorgeus jewel, still possess, Suiting well with your Grace's happiness. Valour and worth of your great stock inherit, In striving to your Honour, to have merit. Lively still casting forth such radiant rays, Letting the world this Gorgeous Juell praise. Ever still sending forth more glorious light; RYS still O GORGOUS JUELL, to be bright: So shalt thou be thy Sovereign's great delight. (10) To the right Honourable JOHN marquis of Winchester, Earl of Wilts. and Lord St. john of BASIN. JOHN PAWLETT. Anagramma. WHAT PILE NOT? In you who look, and view your grace awhile. O honoured marquis, doubtless sees a PILE, Heroic virtues, Piled on an heap, ne'er leave their Mansion in your soul to keep. Placed here is valour, manliness that's right, Admitting of a sober wise delight, With gravity and wisdom so expressed, Let any show you What should be redressed. Ever increase, and let the Pile still grow, That still your graces may a great Pile show, there's in your Pile what not the world will know. (11) To the right Honourable THOMAS, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Martial and Premier Earl of England, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. THOMAS HOWARD. Anagramma. O WARD MOST-HA? Thou England's Marshal, who great sway dost bear, Having received it from our Sovereign here, O ward, defend, maintain, ensased be Most from all hazard, or affronted by thee, And as a Marshal, Martial in array So well thy men, that they may win the day. Ha! as true Marshal be a ward to most, Oh! still repress the evil in your host, Well as you are, continued such to be, And England's Marshal is advanced on thee; Respecting whose true worth, a challenge here Doth follow with the Ho, your foes to fear. (12) To the right Honourable ABRAH, Earl of OXENFORD. ABRAH VERE. Anagramma. HEAR; BRAVE. Ah thou Brave Hero who in youths young years, Bravely advanced art amongst the Peers, Rare plant of Vere's true stock, o may you have, Active young Spark, a time to grow up Brave, Hear what the Muses wish you, o Brave Sir. Virtue as a Brave Vere, do you prefer, Each one that knows you then, will daily crave Rare Earl, that after you have here been Brave, Eternal joys in Heaven that you may have. (13) To the right Honourable Algernon, Earl of Northumberland, Lord Poynings, Fitz Paine, and Brian, Knight of the Garter. ALGERNON PERCY. Anagramma. PEIRCE ON, ENLARG. Ah honoured Peer, Pierce with your virtues, which Lively abounding in you, make you rich: Great to the Ears of all who hope to hear Each several grace, doth mutually appear Reared in your breast, as trophy of your worth, Nor though the beams thereof have often come forth, On great Northumber's foes casting a terror, Near cease to Pierce on still, so be a Mirror. Peirce on your friends with admiration still, Entire who love you with a firm goodwill; Repress your foes, by Piercing on with grace, Choosing still virtue, spite of envies face: Your fame Enlarge you so by piercing on, Ever so honour you'll attend upon. (14) To the right Honourable GEORGE, Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blackmere. GEORGE TALBOT. Anagramma. O GREATT GLOBE. GREATT GLOBE, which many honours comprehend, Evermore many virtues so intent. On whom Great Britain then casting an eye, Reviewes your worth, and O Great Globe doth cry. Great are the honours, which by birth transcending Entire are on your head, virtue attending. Thus honour honours grace, and grace again A mutual honour doth not thence restrain. Letting the world see, that who grace doth honour, (Blessed soul indeed) hath still transferred upon her, On her who honours grace, honour again Thus round, O Great Globe, still thou dost remain. (15) To the right Honourable HENRY, Earl of Kent, Lord Ruthin. HENRY GRACE. Anagramma. REIGN HYER. Here high advanced sit you an high Earl, Ever adorned with true virtues pearl, ne'er had you reached the honour, had not worth, Regarding of your honours noble birth, Yielded a fruitful shower of virtue's dew, Gracing with virtue, honour fall'n on you, Reign Higher though, here Sir you would not rest, As a great Eagle higher build your nest. Ye Reign your heart up Higher wherein heaven seated Eternally dwells He who you created. (16) To the right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, Strange of Knocking, and of the I'll of Man, Knight of the Garter. WILLIAM STANLEY. Anagramma. ALL SAINT ME WILY. Well may you be a Saint, whose innocence In your Progenitors, without offence, Lived fast unto their Sovereign, and did still Love them with hearty, and a firm good will: In you abides their nature, as their blood, And you as ready are in doing good; Manly indeed as any Stanley, if Such cause should be your Prince should need relief; The which even God forbidden should e'er befall. Admiring at your Grace, they Saint you all: Nathles they know, that as a Dove you are, Likewise doth Wily wit in you appear; Even practising what Christ commanded you, Your Wily wisdom Saintlines' ensue. (17) To the right Honourable Henry Earl of Worcester, Lord Herbert of Ragland, Chepstow, and Gower. HENRY SUMMERSAULT. Anagramma. HE'S NE'ER STORMY. Happy's the Land where patiented Nobles sway, Ever delighting in it every day, None are more wise than such as wisely can Rule the distempers, and the storms in man, Yielding a quiet comfortable rest: Storms raging, whereby reason was oppressed Of several passions being kept in awe, Mutinize not, but yield to reason's law; Entire in such soul doth reason sway, Rightly to reason actions do obey; Such soul are you, the Muses me relate, Entire within who keep a glorious state, Thus He's ne'er Stormy, o great Potentate. (18) To the Right Honourable GEORGE, Earl of Rutland, Lord Rosse of Hamelake, Belvoir, and Trusbutt. GEORGE MANNERS. Anagramma. NOR AS GREEN GEM. Great honoured Peer, and Rutland's Noble Earl, Ever in virtue shining like a Pearl Over all Europe, adding to your birth, Radiant bright beams of your true honoured worth; Gem great and precious, see you are remaining, Ever the rays of virtues beams retaining, Making all Europe stand amazed quite, And wonder much at Rutland's glorious light. Nor as a Green Gem let your lustre be, Not, greenness here betokens Levity. Evermore as a precious Gem remain you, Read, or some orient colour still retain you; So nor as Green Gem, will the world proclaim you. (19) To the Right Honourable FRANCIS Earl of Cumberland, Lord Clifford, Westmoreland, Bromfleet, and Vessey. FRANCIS CLIFFORD. Anagramma. FANCY'S CLIFF ORDER. Fair Music hath a Cliff, and that doth guide Rightly the song, who marks not that, sings wide: And there's a proper Cliff to every thing, Not cared for, an ill event will bring. Chose whatsoever enterprise you will, Ensue the Cliff, or be unlucky still, Seek every thing to act in his right key, Choosing at first the end well to surveyed: Lustrous bright rays of beauty than will shine Into that heart, who is so true divine: Fancy hath each man then, and who doth steer Fancy to a right end, doth wise appear, Ordering his Fancies Clyff on virtue set, Rightly till he a good event hath met; Doubtless so order Fancies Cliff do you. (20) To the Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of Sussex, Viscount Fitzwalter, Lord Egremont and Burnell. EDWARD RADCLIFFE. Anagramma. I WARD FREE, FED, CLAD. Evermore may there riches great increase Double to you, who so acts righteousness; Warding the poor, who want a sure defence; And well regarding oppressed innocence, Rightly proclaiming you a Noble Peer, Devoted unto works of mercy here, Ever hereafter that you may shine clear. Run on blessed soul, who as a Ward most Free Advanceth forth, the poors defence to be: Doing all freely evermore remain, Cloudlike retaining to distil the rain, Letting it fall upon the thirsty ground, In watering earth, which Husbandmen do mound Free Ward you are not only, but you Feed, Feeding the needy, you clad those who need: Ever may numbers of such Nobles breed. (21) To the Right Honourable HENRY, Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Hastings, Hungerford, Botreaux, Moeles, and Molyns. HENRY HASTINGS. Anagramma. SING HE, HIGH STAR. High Star you are, in that you placed stand, Enranked as an Hero of the Land, near to our radiant Sol, in Firmament Radiantly shining: with the beams that lent, You have from that most Peerless orient light. High Star that thus to glister hath delight, Advance the gifts which nature, and thy birth So liberally bestowed on thy worth: That his great honour may be sounded out, In honour that hath brought it so about, Now as a Star, that honoured are you. Give him the praise thereof, as 'tis his due, Sing so, High Star, blazon his praises true. (22) To the Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of , and Lord Fitzwarin. EDWARD BOURCHIER Anagramma. DOVE, BE RICH REWAR. Ever where Dovelike innocence doth bide, Doth rich reward well happen to betide, Who is an innocent and harmless soul, Ah who is it his honour would control! Rather who would not set his helping hand, Desiring such were great ones of the Land, Endeavouring safe to be in their command? But yet if innocence should honour want, O honour there would be nathles not scant; Virtue is such a peerless precious thing, Rightly it honour with itself doth bring: Choose whether men will honour it or not, Honour itself it is, where it doth go: Innocence Dovelike is a Rich reward. Evermore than your soul who it regard, Rightly may be in blessed Elysium starred. (23) To the Right Honourable THOMAS, Earl of Southampton, and Baron Wriothesley of Tichfielde. THOMAS WRIOTHESLEY. Anagramma. HAS MET WORTHY SOIL. Thou Britain's Island, who this Soil possess, Has met a Soil most full of worthiness; On which the seed of honour being sown, Much fair increase of virtue will be grown, And sprouting forth from that most worthy ground: So worthily a worthy Soil that's found. Worth, happy is the Land that here has met, Regarding a fit place for virtues set In it to grow, and flourish with delight. O, will the world say then, worthy soil right! The weeds of wickedness not here are found, Here piety doth only root in ground. Evermore may your Soil worthy remain, Seeds of true worthiness still to retain, Let them increase, and into numbers grow; Ever the true worth of the soil so show: So height has met a worthy soil, we know. (24) To the Right Honourable FRANCIS, Earl of Bedford, and Lord Russell. FRANCIS RUSSELLE. Anagramma. EN! SCYLLA'S REFVS'R. From danger must that prudent heart be free, Rightly that them beforehand will foresee. A wise man sees the plague before it come, Not to be hurt thereby, the fame will shun: Chief intending how to go aside In wisdom, from the trap his foes do hide: So Shipmen, as they pass upon the Seas, Regard, and so avoid the Rocks with ease Vanity 'tis to fall into the pit, So by that means to get quite out of it. Such one, right honoured Lord, you are not, for Ever the Rocks of danger you abhor. Let those who know you then, truth but confess, Lively I you Scylla's Refuser guess, En doth an admiration but profess. (25) To the Right Honourable PHILIP, Earl of Pembroke, and Montgomery, Baron Herbert of Cardiff and Shirland, Lord Parr, and Roosse, of Kendal, Fitzhugh, Marmion, and St. Quinton, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Counsel. PHILIP HERBERTE. Anagramma, HIGH, BET; HELP RIPER. Placed in Hylas honour, sith your honour now Hath free access to him who makes us bow, In titles who hath honoured you full high, Lustring your ancient honour so thereby, Enriched with virtue, finding you to be, Placed you are in's Counsels secrecy. Help then must needs your goodness (as I said) Eternally advanced, be riper made, Reaching forth still a most melifluous hand, Blessing with comfort, poor men in the Land; Ever may good men (one your honour is) Rare honours great increase still, never miss: The more High you, and such as you are, rise, Ever the poor Bet, riper help comptise. (26) To the right Honourable William, Earl of Hartford, and Baron Beauchamp. WILLIAM SEYMOURE. Anagramma. I AM MORE IEW'LLS, VY. With noble Jewels of the inward mind Endued should these be, that from noble kind, Lively descend. And the more noble still, Let ever covet most his soul to fill, Enriching it with this most lasting Pelf, And sure these jewels will outlast on's self, Making one live again when he is dead. Seymoure, great Hertfords' Earl, most nobly bred; Ever you show, that you do well pursue Your Predecessors, jewels, which in you Most lively acted are, so that thereby On you more jewels daily fructify; Virtue in you is so incorporate, Rightly more jewels are you for the State, England calls men to Vy in you her fate. (27) To the right Honourable ROBERT, Earl of Essex, Viscount Hereford, and Bourchier, Lord Ferrer of Chartly, Bourchier, and Louvain. ROBERT DEVEREUX. Anagramma. BEE DUX, OR REVERT. Right Earl of Essex, warlike Devereux son, O you a Captain rightly are become; Blessed by the Muses, who will have it so, Enjoining that you for a Leader go; Raised unto honour, and your Father's merit; That you Sonlike, his virtues may inherit. Dux be you still, and so continued ever, Intending in your valour to persever. Valorous worth descend upon your head, Even from your Predecessors, who though dead, Rightly alive may in their son be said; Envy by virtue making so afraid; Virtues great Champion be, or y'are reverting, Xanthus-like, from your Cadmus' mount departing. (28) To the right Honourable Theophilus, Earl of Lincoln, and Lord Clinton. THEOPHILUS FINE. Anagramma. HO! PULLS HE FINITE? Thou Lincoln's Earl, in honours high advance, Honour'st those, on whom you cast a glance, Enlarging virtues diverse, manifold, On you resplendent, and by fame enrolled, Placed in your heart, and they have placed you High above others, as it is your due, In which estate you honour virtue so, Let any judge herein, whether or no Virtue or you is more advanced thereby: Sent by the Muses, though to you am I Finite to tell you, that all honour here Indeed is, though it do not so appear. Now make the world then, who your virtues know, Ever demand, what, Pulls he finite? ho! (29) To the right Honourable Charles, Earl of Nottingham, and Lord Howard of Effingham. CHARLES HOWARD. Anagramma. HARD, LOW SEARCH. Choice Piece of worth, your nobleness doth show, Hard 'tis to search out sin with awful brow, And nevertheless a low mind to retain, Rightly he cometh of a noble strain, Labouring as he 's set above on high, Even so on sin to have a watchful eye; Searching it out, jest that it should increase, Having withal an humble Lowliness: O Hard is this to search, and yet be Low! Well, nevertheless your honoured self doth so: Armed so against sin, with a search so pure, Rightly iniquity cannot endure. Drawing those hearts by lowliness I'm sure. (30) To the right Honourable, Theophilus, Earl of Suffolk, Lord Howard of Walden, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. THEOPHILUS HOWARD. Anagramma. HOST HE HELP YOU WARD. The great jehovah who did e'rst created Heaven, earth, and all, and all doth gubernate, Ever He help you ward the Host, within Of honoured graces, that the world hath seen Placed in the Cabinet of your true heart: He help you ward them, he teach you the art, Into your heart who did the grace instill, Lively your heart with new supplies to fill. Virtue will so a-ward most sure make you, Saving your Country, as a Peer most true. He help you ward the Host, if need there be, Of armed Soldiers, and that destiny Will that the malice of our foes beaten back, A sure defence of men we do not lack, Rightly will he help you to ward the Host, Dear honoured heart, whose name implieth most Entire firm love to God, the surest Post. (31) To the right Honourable EDWARD, Earl of Dorcet, Baron Buckhurst, Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen's Majesty, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. EDWARD SACKVILE. Anagramma. LIVE, WARDED CASK. Ever may you (a Cask or cabinet) Decked with rich precious stones, (which therein set Worthily do adorn your worthy mind) A long and lasting life for ever find; Rightly a Noble Cask you are, wherein Dwells jewels that full long in you have been. See what heroic virtue doth excel, And you shall find it in this Cask to devil: Cask noble then, our Royal virtuous Queen Keeps well in memory what you have been, Views well your virtue: and doth honour you. Your honours great King Charles too doth pursue; Live then O warded Cask, which warded been Even as by virtue, so by King and Queen. (32) To the right Honourable WILLIAM, Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cramborne, Baron Cecil of Effinden, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. WILLIAM CECIL. Anagramma. WILL CLIME CLAY. Well, view you all the world and find it Clay, Enjoyed honours you see fleet away; Loss is all riches, in your wise account, Likewise there's nothing here doth loss surmount; In earth find what you will that had may be, Alas, alas, 'tis brittle Clay you see; Many great Monarches, who have born great sway, Clothed now are with ignorance in Clay. Even this your honour seeing, doth provide Climbing on high, a surer State to bide; In virtue so you fix so firm a stay, Lasting estate you have will not away, Lively proclaiming, that you will climb Clay. (33) To the right Honourable WILLIAM, Earl of Exeter, Baron Burghley, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. WILLIAM CECIL. Anagramma. WELL, I CLYM, I CAL. Well may you stand upon an hill on high, In whom habitual goodness we espy: Lively you that express, who Clym so well. Lustring forth graces, which in you excel. In honour many stand, which not well gained, Admits not long by them to be retained; Many examples of it we might find Chronicles ancient bring unto our mind, Eternising, that honour is a blot, Cursed to such men as deserve it not. In you nathles, who honour well did clym, Lively pourtraying grace to after time, Live and call others to like fate of thine. (34) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Somerset, Viscount Rochester, Baron of Brasepath, and Knight of the Garter. ROBERTE CAR. Anagramma. REREED, ORB-RACE. Rare Orb-race of the world, wherein grace set On honoured birth, is Earl of Somerset; Bright shining prudence, like the Sun's beams clear, Ever disperse; and in your acts appear. Rare Stars do Emblemise the several graces That in your soul inhabit several places, Even shaming of your foes unto their faces, Choosing your soul to think on Heaven I see, And in your body, earth it seems to me, Rightly unto the life is represented Rereed, orb-race then, so mayst thou be contented, Earth, Heaven, and all are ne'er from thee absented. (35) To the Right Honourable JOHN, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron Elesmere, Lord Precedent of Wales, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. JOHN EGERTON. Anagramma. ON HYLAS, NOT EGER. In honour seated, though you are on hy, O You pursue the same not eagerly; High though you are, your thoughts are humble still, Nor can your greatness you pride with ere fill. Ever more Hylas, the more your lowliness, Greatly unto your honour, you express, Eagerly seeking Nobleness to show, Rather than greatness, to the people's view. Titles you like not, truth you do affect: On High, not eager, shows a heart select, Not built for less than a great Architect. (36) To the Right Honourable ROBERT, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Lisley, Baron Sidney, of Ponshurst. ROBERTE SIDNEY. Anagramma. ON YE BEST RIDER. Regard doth true Nobility still cast On such disports whereon true honour's placed, Being less loss of time, more common good Ever achieved. Thus doth true Noble blood. Rare sport of all is worthy horsemanship, That doth true valour in remembrance keep: Entered is valour in a Horse's crest, Such is the fortitude of that brave beast, Ye Rider then, who place therein your joy, Delight in't still; 'tis Noble, not a toy: Never leave off an exercise so good, Ever so fitting to a Noble blood: Ye rider best, on with your manly-hood. (37) To the Right Honourable SPENCER, Earl Northampton, Baron Compton of Compton. SPENCER COMPTON. Anagramma, ON PRESENC COMPT. Sure 'tis the greatest honour of a Peer, (Presuppose that excepted, makes him bear Ensigns of Honour above other men:) Near to the presenc Chamber to be then, Charily eyeing of his Sovereign Prince, Ever beholding him, without offence, Regarding which, the Peers who virtuously Choose above others to walk worthily, O they enjoy the presenc of that Sun Most gloriously, from whence their lustre come. Press then into the presenc, and regard That Majesty, which you doth so reward: On presenc Compt, his estimation high; No man but Kings advance to dignity. (38) To the Right Honourable ROBERT, Earl of Warwick, and Lord Rich of Leeze. ROBERTUS . Anagramma. SO BE TRVER RICH. Rich (honoured Sir) I know in wealth you are, O but my Muse enjoins another care; By too much earthly care, (the souls annoy) Even this sweet care men utterly destroy: Rich be in graces moral, and divine; Thus to be Rich, is truer than in coin, Virtue may last when all your wealth may fleet: So be you truer Rich, is Counsel sweet. Rich thus you are, O but remember yet; In vain to run, unless the Crown to get: Choose to run on the Race you did begin, Hence to be truer Rich indeed you win Even then the greatest Monarch, without sin. (39) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Devonshire, and Baron Cavendish, of Hardwick. WILLIAM CAVENDISHE. Anagramma. SV MY LIVELY ADVANCE. With virtue now, sucked in, in tender years, Innated in you, like to other Peers, Lively advance, Su forth; that as years grow, Likewise may honour to your honour flow: In tender years that every man may view, Admiring it, Lively advance you Sum; Making still hast on virtue's path to tread, Choosing a life that never will be dead, And such an honour too, as all beside Virtues true honour, will not long abide, Even riches likewise virtue is the best, Nothing but that will bring so sure a rest. Desirest then a life that long will last? In honour permanent, wealth not to waste? Seek after virtue then, and find it true, Honour attendant will be still on you, Ever then lively your advance thus so. (40) To the right Honourable JAMES, Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Doncaster, and Lord Hay of Sauley, JAMES HAY. Anagramma. I AM HYLAS SEA. I am hy Sea, may you say very well, Advanced unto honours that excel, Made admirable to the people's eye, Ever who gazing see your dignity; So as in admiration High you stand, Has grace to be admired in the Land; And as High Sea, in honour, so likewise Your virtue's streams let to Hylas Sea arise. (41) To the Right Honourable WILLIAM, Earl of Denbigh, Viscount Fielding, and Baron of Newnhampadox. WILLIAM FIELDING. Anagramma. LIVELY MAN, GVID LIFE. With manliness who art so well indu'de. Ennobled in your soul with fortitude, Lively man needs must be; and that's the man Lively who guide his life in perils can: In quiet wether, sans tempestuousnes, A life to guide sets forth no manliness; Manliness doth in stormy winds consist. Fierce when storms rage's then quietly to rest: In perils to be pressed with manliness Ever to last, and not endure repress, Lively man, shows he is, he life can guide, Duty performing whatsoever betid; Enriched with a gracious content Never decaying, for 'tis permanent. Go on then lively Man, guide life so well, Each one may say none Denbigh could excel. (42) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Bristol, and Baron Digbye, of Sherborne. JOHN DIGBYE. Anagramma. BY HYLAS GIDEON. In sacred stories we recorded find Of Gideon poor, also in humble mind, How God raised him, and set him up on Hylas, Newly his Israel so to save thereby. Doubtful he was, his faith God did increase, In wetting and in drying of his fleece. Great Lord, since you are then advanced Hylas, Be hy in grace, in Gideons' valiancy, In courage let your Magnitude appear, Ever to be accounted, great, good, Peer. (43) To the Right Honourable, LIONEL, Earl of Middlesex, and Baron Cranfielde of Cranfielde. LIONEL CRANFIELD. Anagramma. LION-RACE, LEND, FILL. Lion race in your true Nobility, In fortitude, and magnanimity; On whom reflecting, we must needs behold New acted, many virtues that are old, Ever though like a Lion fierce you be, Live honoured, let your true humanity; Lend let your mercy lustre to your life, Choose Lion courage, against these, who brief Raging against you, would your hurt attempt; And Lion-like have such in great contempt, Nevertheless as Lions will not kill Fiercely, those who are prostrate to their will, In pity pardoning and supplying them; Even so you must relieve the needy men, Lending to some, and filling other too, Doubtless from hence a great reward will flow. (44) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Earl of Anglesey, Lord Daventrey. CHARLES VILLERS. Anagramma. CHARRES ALL IVELS. Charres very well all jewels, may be said, Hearty firm love hath your true honour made; A most entire affection in your Sire Regarded well our King, whom all desire; Long life may long unto his reign succeed, England of him hath evermore great need: So well we love him, that we much affect, Very much loving, where he doth select. In you then finding, for your father's sake, Largely delight our Sovereign doth take, Loving him so entirely as we do, Ever true honour we do wish unto, Rare Imp of worth, your heart to honour pressed, Seated in Charres all juells, so to rest. (45) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of Holland, Baron of Kensington, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Justice in Air of all his Majesty's Forests, Chases, Parks, & Warrens on this side Trent, Constable of the Honour and Castle of Windsor, Groom of the Stool, Lord high Steward of the Queen's Majesty's Revenues, Gentleman of his Majesty's Bedchamber; Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. HENRICUS . Anagramma. reach RICH VINES. Heroic Sir, my Muse presenteth you Even with this counsel, which to say but true, Nobly your worth doth practise; reach rich Vines: Reching implies laborious high designs; join Rich thereto, not aiming at base dross, Choose to reach rich Vines, wherein is no loss. Vines rich do many virtues typify, Spreading, and branching to the heavens high. Rather these Vines branches of Christ may be; In whom dwells all grace; for a Vine is he: Christ then select for yours, and you shall win Hereby to reach rich Vines, as you begin, Eternising the grace you now are in. (46) To the Right Honourable JOHN, Earl of Clare, Lord Houghton of Houghton. JOHN HOLLIS. Anagramma. O! ON HIGH HILLS. In virtue when I see you make such speed, O it doth then no admiration breed, High, on hy hills of honour that you stand; Nature commandeth virtue such a band. Honour on virtue ever should attend, O on hy hills you may for ever wend, Loving of virtue, which doth shine so clear; Likely it is you Earl of Clare appear: Ensue then well what you have well begun, So on hy hills to stand you well have won. (47) To the Right Honourable, OLIVER, Earl of Bullingbrooke. OLIVER SAINT JOHN. Anagramma. NO IL VY, REACH HIGH STONE. O he that sees your virtues manifold Lively expressed, with courage wisely bold Indeed admires, and stands at gaze; and yet Vieth no il, virtue commanding it: Ever still virtue in a new succession, Rightly in you express a new progression. See how your mind aspiring, not proud tho, Admits not of a resting here below In earth your soul placeth no sole delight, Never relying here, to do her right, Choosing a loft to be, and Reaching hy, Thy heart shows plainly set on sanctity, Ever hy precious Stone thy mind reach still. I mean a sure foundation, and no i'll, O then no i'll vy in this peerless Saint, High Stone reach he, he may without restraint, ne'er shall such building so firm placed faint. (49) To the Right Honourable, Mildemay, Earl of Westmoreland, Lord le De spencer, and Burghwash. MILD MAY FANE. Anagramma. IF A MILD MAN. Mild man if you indeed be, noble Sir, Yield then a courteous smiling glance, on he Led by the Muses, that doth here present you Duty obsequious, let it then content you. Mildeman to be nobility befits; And he that Mildness gains, true honour gets Your honour, whether with this Mildness graced, Feign would I had the Muse's truth have traced: Ah they will not reveal't, but bade me say, Now If a mild man, that you are, display E'er long upon their maid some radiant ray. (49) To the Right Honourable HENRY, Earl of Manchester, Viscount Mandevile, Lord Kimbolton, Lord Privy Seal, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Counsel. HENRY MOUNTAGVE. Anagramma. RENV YOU GEMTHAN. High sith you are, in honours high advance, Entered into your Sovereign's gracious glance, Never to be wed out; sith innocence Regarding, you live pure without offence; You as a precious Gem, in people's eye, Making a lustre far off we espy: O your fair justice in your Court admiring, Virtue we praise, are still your like desiring. Now sith that virtue graceth you so much, The same pursue, let all men know ye are such; And still O Gem renu you lustre, than Great as you are; to be termed a good man: Virtue and grace will Chronicle your name, Entering it written on the Roll of fame. (50) To the Right Honourable THOMAS, Earl of Bark-shire, Viscount Andover, and Lord Charleton, Knight of the Garter. THOMAS HOWARD. Anagramma. O, DRAW MOST. HA'! Thy true Nobility, of ancient blood, How it draws most men to thee that love good! O that is true Nobility, which well Most lively shines, in actions that excel; Admired virtues evermore affecting, Showing indeed that they are worth selecting. HA'! such an one your Noble self I see: O that's the reason most draw then to thee, Well viewing of thy virtues, seldom seen Attained in age, in thee had though but green. Rightly indeed they may with admiration Draw most to thee, and joy thy exultation. (51) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl of Cleveland, Lord Wentworth of Nettlested. THOMAS WENTWORTH. Anagramma. AH MOST WORTH WENT. Those who your worthiness have in their eye, How can they choose but worth indeed espy! O those that view your worthiness, must say, Most worth indeed you do to life portray. Ah most worth, when you come, to us is lent; So, when you go, we say, Ah! most worth went. Worth excellent, unto the life portrayed, Entirely in your life is well bewrayed: Nature itself, even most habitually, Thrusteth forth worth to view exceedingly: Worth in you doth not in concealment bide, O you your virtues labour not to hide; Rightly your worth in several virtues spread, Thrivingly is most worth, in orient read. Ha' most worth went! will be when you are dead. (52) To the Right Honourable, EDMOND, Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Sheffield of Butterwike, and Knight of the Garter. EDMOND SHEFFIELD. Anagramma. HE FILLED, FED MOANS. Ever may Mulgraves' Earl, if Muses writ (Darling unto the poor) of your but right, Make all the world admire in seeing thee, On high an Emblem of true charity. Now we may see how charity doth grace Duly great men, who use it in their place. See how much greater still a man doth rise, He may the same still the more exercise: Eternize then your greatness you do mean. Filling and feeding those that hungry been: Filling and feeding them, and you thereby Increasing of your store most gloriously, Ever regarding of the poor, whose moan Lively doth pierce your heart; their inward groan Doubtless hath made you fill and feed each one. (53) To the right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of Danby, Lord Danvers of Dantsey, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. HENRY DANVERS. Anagramma. SE, AND RUN HIGHER. Higher to run, argues a mind that's Hylas, Entirely fixed on Nobility, Never that is contented with a stay, Runneth on still in virtues beaten way; Yet jest that headlong, in a precipis, Devoide of care a man may run amiss, And climbing steep may venture up so high, Near-hand he may in danger be thereby: Virtue adviseth us before to see, that too hastily we runners be. Run thus you do, who see, and then run hire, Sans pride who unto nobleness aspire. (54) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Monmouth, Lord Cary of Lepington. ROBERT CARRY. Anagramma. CARRY BET OVER. Right honoured Peer, of Caries honoured Stem, O by your virtues seek to honour them: Bet is the honour that true virtue brings, Ever then birth, though destinied for Kings: Rare is the wealth, and more enduring sure, That virtue brings; that always will endure. Carry then virtues over, a treasure Bet Ah then the ore that is untried yet! Rightly this, though it hath in fire been tried, In which a treasure true it did abide, Even Carry this bet over, what betide. (55) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of Malerburgh, and Lord Ley of Ley. HENRY LEY. Anagramma. HIGHER LINE. Higher your line is then the common sort, Each one the reason easily may report; Never shall learning, virtue, justice, and Righteousness e'er unrewarded stand. Your mind, as with these graces 'tis endued; Lively is Higher than the multitude: Evermore as it groweth more divine, Yields it forth still a more Higher Line. (56) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Earl of Norwich, and Lord Denny of Waltham. EDWARD DENNY. Anagramma. IN END WARDED. Ever may he without all hazard go Devoid of fear, that's warded 'gainst his foe; Warded with such a certain sure defence, As in the end will guard his innocence; Right Noble Earl, then in your end y'are warded, Danger therefore you well leave unregarded. During your life, see what a ward you have, Ensafing you till tombed in your grave; Nay you are warded in your tomb most sure. Now God and King, you both your wards procure, You in your end are warded most secure. (57) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl Rivers, Viscount Colechester, and Lord Darcy of Chich. THOMAS DARCIE. Anagramma. AD O MAST. Thy Ship is fraught with all things worth esteem, Having what ever men do precious deem: O therein, as in Storehouse, plenteously, Made full of all things by capacity, As on the boards of memory, from Seas, Showing oblivion, virtue's kept at ease. Doth a mast want to lead your Ship along? Ad a rich mast unto your ship so strong. Repelling hazards, that the same may glide Close to your haven of Heaven, where you'd abide: You'll then arrive, then do as a rich mast, Encountering here, with every stormy blast. (58) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Lindsey, and Lord Willowby of Eresby, Lord Great Chamberlain of England, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. ROBERTUS BARTTVE. Anagramma. VERTV'S ABBETTORR. Right noble Peer, great Lindseys' honoured Earl, Of England the Great Chamberlain, a Pearl By Virtue ah so truly your delight, Even placed are you in the people's sight, Rarely to shine, and glister in their eye; Thus destined is it by high Majesty: Virtue sith you affecting love so well, Sure (virtue's fair abettor) you'll excel. By you is Virtue acted, not alone Admiring it yourself; but every one Regarding Virtue, you so far abet; That none e'er craved a defence more bet. Thus happy time, that we such worthies see, virtue's abbettorrs, are right noble ye: Evermore still virtue's abbettorr be. (59) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Newcastle, Viscount Mansfield, Lord Boulsover and Ogle. WILLIAM CAVENDISHE. Anagramma. I CAM WELL, HEAVENLY DY'S. With happiness may you for ever pass Entire the minutes of your honour's glass: Letting the world see, that full well you came, Lively to live, upon the Roll of Fame. In craggy uneven paths you did not strive Attaining honour, in it to survive; Making unhonourable honour's seat: Care to be good you took, not to be great: Advanced to be to honour for desert, Virtue affecting, like a noble heart; Every way thus your heart, in so good frame, Needs must I say full well to honour came, Doubtless who so well honour did attain, I ' th' end a sweet epitome shall gain. So holy living, heavenly needs must die; Heaven truly living unto each man's eye, Ever in your well poised nobility. (60) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of Dover, Viscount Rochfort, and Lord Hunsdon. HENRY CARY. Anagramma. CRY, EARN HY. Heroic heart, your virtues we descrying, Earn hy you do, are evermore in crying: Near we'll deny, that virtue gets on high, Rightly deserving unto heaven to fly: Your virtues honoured Carry, then doth make Choice of your noble self, and you hy take. Admire we nothing then, that you so great, Retain unto yourself so high a seat: Your virtues earning, that reward did get. (61) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Peterborough, Lord Mordant of Turvey. JOHN MORDAUNTE. Anagramma. AD ON, HIGH MOUNTER. In honour high you are a Mounter well; On hy mount on: in goodness still excel, High mounter, so that every man may see Not honour climbing as in virtue thee. Mount thus you do, O but remember tho, On toylesom voyage you on hy must go, Run may you down a Hill, but up again Doubtless will labour, pain, and sweated constrain. Ad then more strength, on hy, more hy to mount, Virtue will you reward, and you may count, None that shall see you but will say the truth; That there proceedeth, an hy mounting youth, Ever replenished with just true ruth. (62) To the Right Honourable HENRY, Earl of Stanford, Lord Grace of Groby, Bonvill and Harington. HENRY GRAYE. Anagramma. HIGHER GAINER. High though you are in honour's favour set, Ever a higher gainer be, more get. Not covetous desirethe Muses mean, Regarding an affection far more clean, Your true Nobility, though near so great, Greater may be, if higher gainer yet. Rightly though many Monarch's you should sway, A higher gainer you may be this way. Your nobleness doth rightly this pursue; Ever a higher gainer, to each view. (63) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl of Winchelsey, and Viscount Maidston. THOMAS FINCHE. Anagramma. AH! FECH IN MOST. The deep foresight, which, noble Earl, in thee Heroickly remaining each may see, On virtue having pitched your noble eye, Making account without it, misery, Although proceeded from most noble stem, Secure to be, you fech in most, of them. Faith firmly fixed, hath to Heaven an eye; Enjoying hope, an anchor sure thereby Never will fail; but yet to be more sure, Charity a true trial doth procure. Ha' then, your soul is well, feching in most Enduring treasure, whereof you may boast. (64) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Kingston upon Hull, Viscount Newarke upon Trent, and Lord Perpoint of Holmes Perpoint. ROBERTE PERPOINTE. Anagramma. O PRIE! NOT BETTER PEER. Rare Peer we pry you, who your virtues see, O pry no better Peer, we say then thee. Better Peer none can be, true worth affecting, Ever found out then you, virtue selecting, Rightly declaring you a Noble Peer, Treasuring virtues, shining in you clear, Ever a lasting treasure so retaining: Peerless you will be, by so Peerless gaining, Eternising your name and memory, Record remaining to posterity. Peerless is virtue, and doth make a Peer, In whom resplendent graces shine most clear; Yourself an Image, rather the selfsame, Not raised but by virtue to your frame; That all the world, seeing your virtues raised, Intend to pry no better Peer to praise. (65) To the Right Honourable ROBERT, Earl of Carnarvan, Viscount Ascot, and Lord Dormer of Wing. ROBERTUS DORMERE. Anagramma. BE-ERR METRODORUS. Rare Metrodorus, we recorded find, One of them had a most assured mind, (Blessed who hath such a friend) fast to his friend; Evermore who did faithfulness intent: Recorded we do find another was Truly endued with a most neat phrase, Very much eloquence he did affect, So, nor Philosophy he did neglect. Do they excel as much as e'er they can, O you are the more true accomplished man. Recorded in your breast I do espy Most fast affection, dwelling constantly: Ever Philosophy hath taken rest, Resting itself within your noble breast, Even Metrodorus you be-err in jest. (66) To the right honourable MOUNT-IOY, Earl of Newport, Lord Mount-joy of Thurveston. MOUNT-IOY BLUNT. Anagramma. I BVILT ON MOUNT. Mounts high above the Earth, are free from wet, On which who builds a sure foundation set, Verily standing firm against each storm: Nor doth the Mount leave truly to perform, The right condition of a good foundation, In one estate that ever keeps its station: O happy's's he, whose house built thereon, Yields not in storms the fall of one poor stone. Built have you thereon, which causeth it Lasting to stand, no part thereof to fleet, Virtue is the firm Mountain, honour is, Newly reared as an house; the end is bliss, That you who so sure built shall not miss. (67) To the right honourable PHILIP, Earl of Chesterfield, and Lord Stanhop, of Shelford. PHILIP STANHOPE. Anagramma. POSTEN HAPPILY. Placed within your breast I do espy, High ensigns of most true Nobility, In you I see that virtues fair increase, Lively acquires unto your soul great Peace; In you nobilliti's most noble Rays, Place still most lively your immortal praise. So then most happily you posten on, That you may be a most selected stone, And virtue happily hath posten you, Now to receive reward that is but due Hourly to your deserts, which virtuously, On high affecting, aught to be on high. Posten you have then happily in deed, Invited thereto by fair virtues seed. (68) To the right honourable NICHOLAS Earl of the I'll of Thanet, and Lord Tufton of Tufton. NICHOLAS TUFTONE. Anagramma. HEON LOFTY NUC AST. New is your Cast, not new the virtues tho. In honour Lofty you exalteth so: Choice graces you did long ago affect, High honours they did unto you select; On you, which as a Cast, most suddenly, Lighted upon your soul heroickly Admiring it, sith without your desire, So nimbly unto honour you aspire. Thus though no gamester but as virtue betted, Verily you a lofty new cast fitted, Fair game you needs must have, who so fair gain, Thus so unlooked for, by one cast retain, O he that virtue hath to be his dice, Needs must that man, without all question rise; Even your nu lofty cast transcends twice since. (69) To the right honourable, RICHARD, Earl of St Alban, and Clanrickard viscount Tunbridge, and Galloway, Baron of Somerhill, and Imanney. RICHARD DE BURGHE. Anagramma. RICH GVARDED HERB. Rich needs must you be, who in honour's seat Installed was, Sir, by your virtues great; Choosing the truest Richeses, therewithal, Honour did likewise to your Honour fall, As Solomon, when wisdom he elected, Richeses, long life, and honour were selected, Descendant on his head, to be his Crown: Dear honoured Lord, 'twill be your great renown, Ever recorded, that you're rich in grace, Best guarded thereby are you in your place, Virtue will raise you, who are virtuous, Rich guarded sure to be, and sumptuous, Guarded like to an Herb that precious is, Had in a garden that no walls doth miss, Even so Rich guarded herb y'are borne to bliss. (70) To the Right Honourable, JEROME Earl of Portland, Lord Weston of Neyland. JEROME WESTON, Anagramma. O WIN MORE REST. In honour when your father seated high, Ever he little rest acquired thereby; Right noble Lord: but you his honoured son, O to yourself more rest than he hath won: More rest and quiet to your mind attained, Ever than he in all his life had gained. With honour is attendant care and pain, Ever almost, who one, doth other gain: Such happiness is yours, to honour pressed; That notwithstanding, you do win more rest. O win more rest still, till the heavens you gain, Never desist for rest to take some pain. (71) To the right Honourable ANTHONY, Viscount Montague of Coudecy. ANTHONYE BROWNE. Anagramma. I NO NEW ROBE THAN. Admired virtues, that in you are old, Noteth your ancient nobleness enrolled; That you a Viscount of most ancient blood, Have as true greatness in you; so true good. O with heroic virtues robbed are you, Nor are the graces which you practise, new: Your heart affecting in your ancient way Ever to walk, nor ever thence to stray. Bravely thus marching, never still to stay, Robed thus, sith your soul with virtue clear, O well adorned, noble doth appear; Well may your body wear the robe not new, Noting to all your honour to be true, Ever so well clad, no new robe then sue. (72) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Viscount Purbeck, Lord of Stoke. JOHN VILLERS Anagramma. ON SILVER HIL. In honour's high advance, on silver hill, O noble Purbeck, 'tis the Muse's will, Heaven, have confirmed it, and it so shall be, (ne'er to be changed) that they have seated thee. Virtue in thee abounding, like a mine, Enjoins no further that we go, true coin Lives here, I mean your virtues truly white, Like unto Silver; nay it is the right: Ever may you who such true wealth possess, Rightly yet covet more, without excess, Standing on silver hill, your happiness. (73) To the right Honourable, WILLIAM, Viscount and Lord Say and Seal. WILLIAM FINES. Anagramma. IN SAFE MY WILLIAM. Well you Insafe, whose very will doth so, In letting still your native Country know, Lightly there lives not any that more safe Loves to see his Country live and laugh; In vain it is not then, that you are raised, Admired who are indeed, and therefore praised Much that your will seeks to insafe your Land. Firm is that Nation where such Lords command, In the Lands safety let your will likewise No sure Insafement want, which still supplies Ever at every hand doth will to frame, Seeking t'insafe the Country by the same. (74) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Viscount Wimbleton, Baron Cecil of Putney, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. EDWARD CECIL. Anagramma. CIVEL CRAVED, LED. Ever may you, who know full civilly, Duly what's fit for true nobility; With wisdom, and Civility to Crave; Accordingly your full desire to have: Rightly you knowing how to crave, may lead Doubtless the King to grant you, what you need, Ensuing your demands by wisdoms lore. Choice wisdom sure you have, ne are you poor In true civility; who wisely know, Craving wherein the King will bounty show: Ever respecting too what crave you may; Long shall you not without a granting stay, Letting the King such wisdom rare survey. (75) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount Rock-savage. THOMAS SAVAGE. Anagramma. AV, MOST SAGE: HA'! That Lords and Peers, who come of noble blood, Having heroic virtues in them good, On the beholders casting admiration, Mainly still eyeing of their most just station; Au! that such men, those virtues were the less, Sage most should be, that argues nobleness. Sage is an herb which comforteth the heart, And solid wisdom resteth in that part: Virtue so much doth in good sage remain; Admired wisdom doth its name retain: Great honoured Lord, thy virtues showeth thee, Evermore Au! a most sage Lord to be. (76) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Viscount Ragley in England, and Viscount Killnltagh in Ireland. EDWARD CONWAY. Anagramma. ONCE WARDED WAY. E'rst noble Conway, you once warded way, Drawing unto our Sovereign without stay; With pity, and with mercy rare excelling, Ah poor complainants, who for grief were yelling, Relying upon you, to you they pray, Drawn by your pity, you ward them the way. Charles our great Monarch, when with nimble eye On you reflecting, pity he did spy Naturally within you to abide; Warding the way; not longer he would hide A way from you his gracious inclination, Your worth deserving, strait your exaltation Ensued by a glorious constellation. (77) To the Right Honourable, PAUL, Viscount Bayning of Sudbury, and Lord Bayning of Hookesley. PAUL BAYNENING. Anagramma. AV! BEGIN PLAYN. Plain low beginnings, though but low they seem, Au! come in time to be of great esteem: Very small drops, by dropping on and on, Long time 'tis not before they pierce the stone. By a small coal once kindled, may succeed A mighty deal of water they may need: In the beginning one poor couple then, Now fructified, is numberless of men. Ever your solid wisdom then in sight, Not without cause wherein you take delight, I cannot but admire, to do it right: Not high but plain beginning you affect, Great will be then th' ensuing Architect. (78) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Viscount Camden, and Baron noel of Ridlington. EDWARD NOEL. Anagramma. LONE WARDED. Ever secure may you for ever bide, Doubtless, who such a ward have by your side, Warded not only by your virtues rare, Admired at in you they should appear, Rightly so acted to the life in you, Declaring your Nobility most true. Now this is a defence and sure great ward: O nevertheless you have another guard, Ever enriched by virtue's ward, that you Lone-warded are, and truly rich to view. (79) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount Wentworth, Baron of Wentworth Woodhouse, New-march, and Overfley, Lord Precedent of the North, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. THOMAS WENTWORTH. Anagramma. WE THAN MOST WORTH. Thou noble Spark, indeed we must confess, Hast in thee a great deal of worthiness: O! none that knows you, but if truth he says, Mildness he must without all question praise, As one fair virtue that in you hath place, So adding unto you a lustrous grace. With wisdom likewise, as a pearl, your soul Endued is, blind folly to control: Not bitterness in you; yet such a rate That men may set a true high estimate, (Weighing the virtues that are in you rare,) On you, and so not to offend you, dare: Rightly his Majesty doth this espy, That made him place you Ireland's Deputy; Ha! needs must we than, most worth in you eye. (80) To the Right Reverend Father in God, William, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. WILLIAM LAUD. Anagramma. VALV, MYLD, VAIL. With greater place, with greater grace should he Inly be clad, who would Christ's Scholar be, Lowliness loving; yet not living so, Like these obscure, who forth no light will show, Endued with mildness should a Bishop be, And ever veiled with true humility, Mild veiled thus, he valu though should have: Lo, these bright graces make a Bishop brave; And your mild carriage, truly Bishoply, Veiled with the cover of humility, Du valu of your worthiness descry. (81) To the Right Reverend Father in God, Richard Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England, and Metropolitan, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. RICHARD NEILE. Anagramma. RELY HYLAS ARDENCE. Reverend high Prelate, well may we rely Indeed upon your hy flamed ardency, Choosing in ardent, truly fervent zeal, Heaven fixed high, who striveth to reveal, According as it is Gods sacred will, Right things to men, thereby their hearts to fill, Doubtless hy ardency thereby declaring. England for Doomsday by God's Word preparing. Now such should Prelates be, ardent on hy, Ever should move men on them to rely, In you sigh such hy ardency we find, Labouring to reveal to us God's mind Ever our hearts relying there we bind. (81) To the Right Honourable, the Reverend Father in God, William, Lord Bishop of London, Lord high Treasurer of England, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. WILLIAM JUXONE. Anagramma. NE, YOU VEIL MY LUX. Why should a woman, who is frail and weak, Into the praises of your virtues break, London's great Prelate, whom true virtue's lore Lively proclaims, thee rich within, not poor; Ensuing which true riches, Charles our King A meet Bird thinks thee in his Church to sing; Marking the just accounts 'twixt God and thee, Intrusteth thee with his high Treasury: Very well mayst thou counsel good be giving; Xenophon like, Philosopher-like living; O! I confess, the Muses lend a light, (Ne, you veil my lux tho: to do you right,) Ever to those who in their laws delight. (82) To the Reverend Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of Durham. THOMAS MORTONE. Anagramma. HO! TO MAN MOTHER REST. The word which you from Gods own mouth afford, Ho! unto man doth bring a resting word; On which who do perpetually rely, May ever in perpetual rest abye: A sinner hath a load, but God's Word blessed Sends unto him a comfortable rest. Many men seem to rest in sin; but than, O, settled rest, they none at all attain: Resting in death the same is like, much rather Than any true rest that such one's do gather; O, unto man the word doth bring more rest: Not letting conscience be by sin oppressed; Ever then in thy preaching we are blessed. (83) To the Reverend Father in God, Walter, Lord Bishop of Winchester. WALTER CURLE. Anagramma. CALL TREW RULE. Well learned are you in God's sacred lore, Ah, who for the true rule doth still implore, Leaning on nothing but on God's blessed Word, That guidance truest, surest doth afford: Ever when as the Carpenter doth square, Regards he a true rule, good work to rear: Call for the true rule still then, whereby youth Virtuously may be trained up in truth; Regarding which, right Reverend Father dear, Let none go forth without this rule, to rear, Ever at all any foundation here. (84) To the Reverend Father in God, john, Lord Bishop of Worcester. JOHN THORNBURGHE. Anagramma. HE BEEN ROUGH THORN. In God's Word, as there is most precious balm Of the true Gilead, sins hot heat to calm, Having refreshment for the soul that's weary, ne'er leading of the poor and solitary; There is so likewise in God's blessed Word Heart-breaking terrors, that do fears afford, On them who sin affect with sole delight Rending and tearing so the heart to fright, Not leaving still to prick the same with fear By godly sorrow, as if thorns were there, Until the conscience once affected rend, Resolving never more on sin t'attend: Great Reverend Prelate, thus God's Word by you Hath power as a rough thorn, to say but true, Ever been he rough thorn, the Muses sue. (85) To the Reverend Father in God, john, Lord Bishop of Chester. JOHN BRIDGEMAN. Anagramma. HEDGE IN MAIN ORB. In hedge the main orb by your diligence, O reverend Father, with true vigilance, Having God's Word so perfect in your mind, None may with fond excuses from you wind. By learning sound, and eloquence divine, Rays of true light let to the heathen shine; In vain let Turks fond Mahomet bethought, Declare then to them what good Christ hath wrought: Greatly the jews by Gods great Word confounded, Ever revealing Christian doctrine sound: May carnal Gospelers too be converted, And showed the good they get when sin's departed: Now hedge in the main orb thus holy hearted. (86) To the Reverend Father in God, George, Lord Bishop of Saint Davids. GEORGE MANNERING. Anagramma. MEN-GRANGER, GO NYE. Granger is one who hath a numerous stock, Ever rejoicing how to feed his flock; O Reverend Father, you the Granger are: Regard then well those sheep, we to your share Granger committer are by the great Pastor, Ever the Bishop of our souls, your Master. Men though you feed, and over them are placed, A Granger by that God who you thus graced, Now men, like sheep, some wander from the way, Nor ever cease (until brought back) to stray; E'er than too far from the commandment Running they stray, Granger, their steps prevent In holy zeal pursue them, and go nigh; Nor leave them off till they're brought back thereby, Granger of men, then feed them plenteously. (87) To the Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Lincoln. JOHN WILLIAMS. Anagramma. Win Holy Alm's: or, Holy Alm's Win In holy alms should Cleargymen excel, O take this Motto then which fits you well; Holy alms win: alms they are holy gain: None bu● the holy, holy things retain. Win holy alms then, and be sure of this, In holy alms you win a holy bliss: Like to the widow, who though all she gave, Lost naught thereby; but thereby all did save, In holy alms proceed; holy alms win A lasting expiation from all sin: May then our Clergy learn which way to get, Storing up heavenly, earthly wealth will fleet. (88) To the Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Salisbury. JOHN DAVENANT. Anagramma. NO HEAD IN VANT. In gifts excelling, though you do excel, O you declare nathles, your soul right well Hath learned in the School of Christ, that you Not of yourself have grace, but for it sue. Decked though your mind be then with many graces, And they inhabit in you, several places, Very well filling of your inward heart, Ever that soundness than doth us impart; Nathles the jewel of them all possessing, Admire I do at Salisburies' great blessing, Not puffed up, no head in vaunt you rear, Thus humble, lowly, still yourself you bear, (89) To the Reverend Father in God, ROBERT, Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. ROBERT WRIGHTE. Anagramma. RIGHT TRUE ROBE. Rightly you Robed are, who do possess, On you the Robe of inward godliness, By outward courage in your life expressed, Ever declaring you most truly blessed: Rightly that Bishopric is blessed likewise, That having you, so great a light doth rise, With true sincerity, and learning pure, Rightly advanced you have Right robe and sure, In that you set forth nothing but what's true, Greatly the true Robe doth belong to you. Having here Righteousness to you obtained, The white true Right Robe you have rightly gained. E'er long in heaven, to which you are attained. (90) To the Reverend Father in God, MATTHEW, Lord Bishop of Norwich. MATTHEUS WREN. Anagramma. WE HAST TRV MEN. Men that they may be holy, true appearing, Attend you preaching, they attend their hearing, That so with haste the Prelacy may make Those that have had false hearts true hearts to take, Hasting to make all false, true, uneven even; Erelong that so they may attain to heaven: Very much hasting by Gods powerful Word, Surely to frame them true unto the Lord. Working their hearts so by contritions frame, Rightly to hast to truth, embrace the same. Ever thus hasting may you still remain, Nor may you cease true men of false to gain. (90) To the Reverend Father in God, GODFERY, Lord Bishop of Gloucester GODFREYE GOOD MAN. Anagramma. GOOD GOD! I FREE MAN. Good God it is, who doth his grace distil On us, that we may well obey his will; David when Israel with pleasing heart, Free offering did unto the Lord impart, Returned the praise to God, who such hearts gave, Ever requesting, that they like might have, Yea that God would in their Imagination Ever keep it in their determination. Good God say you, when as yourself you view, On that great Bounty looking which you show, On him you look, who is the God of Grace, Denoting all Good in him to have place, Making such like him free, whom he selecteth, And I free man, Good God, say you, affecteth, No doubt that heart whom he so well directeth. (91) To the Reverend Father in God, FRANCIS Lord Bishop of Ely. FRANCIS WHITE. Anagramma. WITH FAIR SENSE. Fair is the soul, white with fair Innocence, Rightly that doth expound the Scriptures sense, And voided of all adulterating guise, No sense will give but such as edifies, Choosing that sense that most doth sin destroy, Inviting of the soul to heavenly joy, So taking off the black and stain of sin, With former beauty doth the soul begin Heroickly to shine, and glister white. In deed who thus expoundeth hits it right. Thus be you Reverend Father, with fair senc, Expound God's Word, showing your innocence. (92) To the Reverend Father in God, JOSEPH, Lord Bishop of Excester. JOSEPH HALL.. Anagramma. O! IS ALL HELP. Is help to your own soul, by Theory Of the well practised divinity; So help to others souls you do afford, Ever revealing to them God's blessed Word, Publishing it, that all men who attend, Hearing may thereby save thee in the end. Help unto some your books do well afford, And unto others, like a Reverend Lord, Lively your bounty in their wants appear, Letting such know, that O all help is here. (93) To the Reverend Father in God, WILLIAM, Lord Bishop of Landaff. WILLIAM MURRAYE. Anagramma. LIMB A MERRY LAW; VY. With the Laws terrors that the heart affright, Ensuing him that follows not aright, Living sans guidance of that holy Law, Living without all conscience, fear, or awe, In threatening wise him from his sin to drive, A mingled balm of mercy, to revive, Much terrified thereby, the drooping heart, My Reverend Lord, thou dost full well impart. Very well Law and Gospel mingled right, Rightly the Gospel heals, as Law doth fright. Righteousness most strait doth Law require; And Gods good Gospel no more doth desire, (You preach it well) then good will to descry, Ever you Limb a merry Law, we vy. (94) To the Reverend Father in God, RICHARD, Lord Bishop of Chichester. RICHARD MOUNTAGV, Anagramma. GVARD A RICH MOUNT. Rich are you in the graces that appear Inhabitant, and shining in you clear, Choicely delighting thereby every eye, Hearty loving you so Bishoply; Admiring in your virtues that proceed, Rightly declaring that you're rich indeed; Daily go on, as you have well begun, Mounting still nearer to our glorious Son: O as a mount above the rest; so high, Virtue hath made you o'er the vulgary Now as a mount, you nearer to the Sun, Thereby unto yourself more heat have won; And as a rich mount, if a guard you need, Guarded you are by innocence, and heed, Virtue security will truest breed. (95) To the Reverend Father in God, BARNABAS Lord Bishop of Carlisle. BARNABAS POTTER. Anagramma. SABA BORN, REAPTT. Before your birth, you holy in the womb, A Bishop destined were to become; Rightly as Jeremy, who sanctified, Never but did an holy man abide: And you once borne, the sweet delightful Thus, Born on the mount of Saba, reaptt for us. Admired Frankincense an emblem right, Showing how prayer mounteth to God's sight. Pestilence, thus on embers put, the steam, Of it ascending cleareth from the same, The Emblem of true prayer from fervent heart, That makes all evil from the soul departed, Ever may you and all our Clergy than, Reap the Sabean Frankincense for man. (96) To the Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Saint Asaph. JOHN OWEN. Anagramma. HO, WIN-THE-FIGHT ON. In your pursuit, right worthy Prelate you O may win on; grace having to ensu: Ho though let the learned Muses you excite, Never to leave off thus in doing right. O still by God's Word full of power and strength, Win on till the elect be Won at length: Ever be winning still, of souls to bless, Never cease winning; 'tis your happiness. (97) To the Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Rochester. JOHN BOWL. Anagramma. HONEY BLOW. In you the Sacred sweets of God's blessed Word O settled comfort truly doth afford; Having its sweetness from the God of grace, Never that from repentance turns his face. By the breath than which doth proceed from you, O you do seem to blow an honey dew: With comfort lightning from sins miseries, Like as the honey jonathan in's eyes Entire enlightened with true joys supply. (89) To the Reverend Father in God, WILLIAM, Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. WILLIAM PERCE. Anagramma. PEIRCE, LIMB LAW. With terror thundering to affright the heart, Inbred corruption you caused to departed, Lively you pierce, and to the bottom dive, Letting sin know, he must not there alive Inhabit longer; in each corner you A search most diligently do pursu, Making the sword of God's blessed spirit pierce, Passing unto the heart with vigour fierce, Even limning so the law unto the life, Reviving up again the ancient strife, Cur'st sin with grace that was of yore maintained, Encouraging fair virtue, sin restrained. (100) To the Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Bristol. JOHN SKINNER. Anagramma. SIR KENN ON HY. In your late exaltation I espy, O Sir, that you indeed do ken on hy, Having a nimble, sharp and ready wit, Notable things to note, and how they fit. Sir you do ken on hy, high mysteries; Kenning a searching knowledge doth comprise, In which your diligence is well set forth, Noting you a laborious Bishop, worth, Not to be pretermitted in that place, Excellently yourself you then do grace, Rendering you kenning Sir, so Reverend face. (101) To the Reverend Father in God, GEORGE, Lord Bishop of Hereford. GEORGIUS COKE. Anagramma. O SUCKE GREGORY. Gregory's learning, though a Pope he were, Ever no shame it is at all to bear: O than you suck that fount, whence graciously Rightly came learning unto Gregory; Greatly you study that same sacred Law, In Gregory that bred so great an awe, Very well weighing what in him was good, Sucking that in, but leaving rotten food. Choice learning in this worthy Prelate rested, O he Rome's Primacy full sore detested: Know let the Papists then, not yet the luck Ever they had Pope Gregory to suck. (102) To the Reverend Father in God, EDMOND, Lord Bishop of Bangore. EDMOND GRIFFETH. Anagramma. Doth mend grieff: or Grieff doth mend. Eternally without or blot, or stain, During may you in memory remain; Making the tears be pearls, which men do weep, O teaching them in their right ford to keep, Not for the world to mourn, thence no relief Doth then ensue, thy word doth mend our grieff. Godly's the sorrow, whereto you exhorting Require us, from the worldly care, dehorting, In such a wise, that when this grieff we take, Fairly grieff doth us mend and better make, Fearing to sin this grieff in us doth breed, Ensafing us thereby 'gainst sin at need: Thus as thy Word doth mend our grieff, even so Heavens have ordained that grieff doth mend our woe. (103) To the Reverend Father in God, FRANCIS, Lord Bishop of Peterborough. FRANCIS DE. Anagramma. A FENCED SIR. Fenced are you first with your innocence, Respecting which you love without offence; And then God's Word is a sure fence likewise, Not suffering sin your conscience to surprise, Christ lastly is a most sure fence indeed, In due time ready helping you at need, So fenced is that soul, who fencing her, Doth Innocence God's word and Christ appear, Ever may you be then a fenced Sir. (104) To the Right Honourable, HENRY Lord Clifford, only son of Francis Earl of Cumberland. HENRYE CLIFFORDE. Anagramma. FRIEND OR HYLAS FLEEC. High honoured Lord, and Cumberlands sole heir; Ever may you to poor men Friendship bear, Noting whose inward virtues of the mind, Rightly a worthy friend indeed we found, Your honoured self, whose truly virtuous heart. Ever doth Friendship unto all impart. Charity lively portrayed is in you, Lively expressed in figures very true, In you is nobleness, and Noblemen, Friends best are to the poor and needy then, Free is your heart, the Freeman is best Friend, On whom the poor most often do attend, Respecting which I wonder not, when as Doubtless your worth doth jasons' fleece surpass, Excel it highly although Gold it was. (105) To the Right Honourable HENRY, Lord Abergavenny. HENRY NEVIL. Anagramma. ERNN HIGH JVELL. Heroickly your virtues truly worth Ernn, an hy jewel unto your great birth; Nor can he very well the truth declare, Rightly whether your birth or virtues are, (You Peer of worth) the greatest to our view. Nor is it that the Muses do ensue, Eternising your memory nathles, Virtue, the Muses say, will so you bless, Ensuing they, as you do bring about. Like a true Hero, you will ernn no doubt, Lustrous hy juels, so your fame set out. (107) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Lord Paulet, one of the Sons of john marquis of Winchester. HENRYE PAWLET. Anagramma. I LET HAP RENEW. Here in the world all do hap hazard live, Each where to every man will fortune give, Now a fierce frown, than a fair smile again, Respecting still mutation to maintain, Your greatest floods will have their ebbs, and then Each ebb will wait to have a flood again. Placed are we thus in a troublous world, About that by inconstancy is hurled; Well than may your most firm and constant mind Let hap renew, waiting a better wind, Ever revolving in your head, that when The storm's most fierce, calm's like to come again. (108) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Matravers, eldest Son to Thomas Earl of Arundel. JAMES HOWARD. Anagramma. DRAW HOME SAY. In you, our Marshal's Son, a Warrior borne, Admired virtues seemeth to be worn; Making such lustre that your graces shine, Ever declaring you a most divine, Sage, prudent Peer, whose virtues in the way Home draw you still, and so of you men say: On heaven you fixed are, and that your home, With grace thus guided will at last become, And then a Trumpet of your noble name Rung out a loud will be by la●ing fame, Drawing still home till to your haven you came. (109) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Strange, eldest Son of William. Earl of Derby. JAMES STANLEY. Anagramma. SEE MANLY STAY. In your most noble virtues, honoured Lord, A manly stay you very well afford; Manliness seems conveyed unto you Even from the root from which your life you drew, Stanlyes' did ever show such manliness: See then a manly stay you well express, True manhood is a prop, an help, a stay, And sure defence where e'er the same doth sway. Not to the man alone, who doth possess. Lively true fortitude, and manliness Ever entire, but that sweet Land is blessed, Yielding to see a manly stay their rest. (110) To the Right Honourable, Charles, Lord Delaware. CHARLES WEST. Anagramma. SHEW'ST CLEAR. Clear honoured heart, whose virtues all admire, How unto clearness doth thy soul aspire? And admirably, as a noble Peer, Rays of your many virtues thou show'st clear: Lustrous be still, that every man may see, Ever true Clearness doth abide in thee, So showing of your Crystal clearness here; When on the earth you cease to be a Peer, Entered shall you be then on heaven's clear roll, Showing all clearness, yea a Crystal soul, Thus shall you ever bide without control. (111) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Lord Barkly, Baron of Barkly Castle. GEORGIUS BARKLY. Anagramma. LURKE BY GORGIAS. Great honoured Peer, your worthiness in sight Ever doth breed the Muse's great delight: O then ensue your ways, in virtue's path Running, in which you make your allies laugh. Greatly your greatness then by gifts advance, In your true learning show, that ignorance, Virtue's great Peer, cannot in you be found: So Lurk by Gorgias learnedly profound. By accurate wel-stiled declamations, Accompanied with learned grave Orations, Rarely did Gorgias, the Philosopher, Know how his learning wisely to prefer. Lurk then by Gorgias, sith a noble man, You best express the learned Muses can. (112) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Lord Morley, and Mounteagle. HENRY PARKER. Anagramma. ERN HYER PARK. High are their honours who great Parks possessing Esteemed are on Earth to have the blessing; Now you, great Lord, in honoured estimate, Rightly are prised at a noble rate, Yielding you pleasures that nobility, Partake of may, as 'tis your dignity: And ne'retheles your worth and high desert Rightly doth earn an higher Park; your heart Keeps virtues fair enclosed within the same: Earn you an higher Park then, nobler game Rightly then those who noblest beasts keep tame. (113) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Lord Dacres, Baron of Hurstmonseux. RICHARD LENNARDE. Anagramma. LEND, RARE, CHARY END. Renowned Lord, in honour fixed on high, In great advancement, and true dignity, Choice piece of worth, lending with noble hand Help to the poor, in need thereof who stand; Advance still forward, let your charity, Rarely extend itself, though rare it be; Doubtless the stars great glory 'tis, that they Enlighten all things with their lustrous ray. Lend then, magnificent, and noble Lord, Ever your bounty to the world afford, No end there will ensue to one so chary, Nobility advancing truly wary, According to your worth, but a rare end Rightly upon your bounty will attend; Declaring bounteous great nobility End rare shall reach to, who lives charily. (114) To the Right Honourable, Edward, Lord Bewchamp. EDWARD SEYMOR. Anagramma. IS MORE WARDED. Ever right honour, and true nobleness Declared in your virtues, you express, Warding yourself with more than common ward, According to your birth, which high regard Rightly draws to yourself, so that withal Doubtless y'are warded with a double wall. Seeing your high and truly noble birth, Each one confess y'are warded well on earth: Your worthy virtues when we have in eye, Moore warded you are then by birth, we cry: O, then pursue still in the virtuous trade, Rightly whereby more warded you are made. (115) To the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Matravers. HENRYE HOWARD. Anagramma. HE HERE, WARD NIGH. Heroic Sir, whose virtues Heroize, Enriching you with honour's dignities; Nigh needs a ward must be, when your desert, Registered you an Hero, whose high heart Your great immortal honour doth preserve, Enabling you most Hero-like to serve. Hearty still in virtue's way proceed, O then a Nigh ward we shall never need; With your rare virtues there is such a guard, As hardly can there be a better ward: Rightly which viewing, each one loud will cry, Doubtless he Hero, we a ward have nigh. (117) To the Right Honourable, PHILIP, Lord Herbert, Son and heir of Philip Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery. PHILIP HERBERTE. Anagramma. HELP HYLAS BRITE PEER. Pembrok's most peerless son, a high brite peer, Heroic Lord, deign me to call you here, I know the birth from which you are descended, Lively proclaims you hy, this height attended, Is with bright rays of brightness which shine clear, Peerelike which sets you forth a high brite peer. High though you be, yet deign you ne'ertheless, Even bowels of a true Peer to express, Regarding of the poor and sending forth Brightly on them, the brightness of your worth, Each one may say then very well, Rightly do Herbert's hy bright peers excel. That in your very name, help hy bright peer, Expressing forth your bounty shining clear. (118) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Lord Stafford, Baron of Stafford. HENRY STAFFORDE. Anagramma. AFFORD HIGH STERN. High noble Stafford, who from Buckingham, Eternally deserving nobly came, No flattering lines the Muses you afford, Respecting truly whose worth honoured Lord, You well deserve more than can well be said. So then, Right noble Lord, afford your aid, That your high stern may rightly placed be, As is your true deserved dignity: Firm then will say, Stafford did honour earn, Freely when he Afforded an high Stern, O may your honour with your age increase, Resplending forth your truest nobleness. Do then, High Stern, afford true happiness, (119) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Dudley, Baron of Dudly-Castle. EDWARD SUTTON. Anagramma. TEND STOUT WARD. Ever may England in it those retain, Duly regarding, that a most stout vain, Warding the poor from wrong and violence, Admiredly possessed with Innocence, Rightly indeed may a Stout ward befriend him, Duly his country it at all times sending. Stout ward are you Sir, therewithal endued, Virtuously by manly fortitude: Tend then for ever, as a most stout ward, That nation which hath nourished you, it guard. O let your Stoutness it so bravely tend, None may exceed your Nation to befriend. (120) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Stourton, Baron of Stourton. EDWARD STOURTON. Anagramma. NOTE WARDED TOURS. E●naunter malice, with her mischief fell, Doth against thy ennobled virtues swell, Warded are you, and Tours of great defence, Are naked, if no strength they have from hence, Rightly of warded Tours you are the strength, Declaring them most safe to be at length, Else when the fortitude of men they want, Stones and rare buildings are defence but scant, Thus when the Muses worthily do quote, On which reflecting every one may note, Virtue is an impregnable defence, Repelling fiercely every dire offence. Thus warded Tovers by fortitude are warded, Of you, and such as you be, who true guarded, Note every one such should be well rewarded. (121) To the Right Honourable, JOHN Lord Darcy, and Mennell. JOHN DARCIE. Anagramma. ON HYLAS ●●ARED. In each estate there's sour as well as sweet, On high with heat, below with cold we meet: Heaven only is exempted to be free, Not having trouble or Calamity. Dear heart, I do not then with admiration, Admire that in your high, and lofty station, Rough ragged cares, your nobleness do vex; Crowns have their cares which do their hearts perplex. In very truth than you may rightly cry, Ever admired Lord, I cared on high. (122) To the Right Honourable EDWARD Lord Vaux, Baron of Harrowden. EDWARD VAUX. Anagramma. ADV VEXED WAR. Ever that state, that free from war in rest, Doth happily repose, is still most blessed, War evermore delights in broils and blood, Assuredly therefore cannot be good; Rather it very hurtful is indeed, Destroying quite the noble humane seed, Vexing the heart with fearful care, and grief, And never yielding any sweet relief. Vexed war adieu then, we most blessed are, Xerxes ne'er knew this blessing to declare. (123) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord Windsor, Baron of Bradenham. THOMAS WINDSOR. Anagramma. HOW MAN'S STORIED. The Chronicles and histories record, Heroic acts of each most honoured Lord, On which the Ages that succeed do view, Magnanimously noble to pursue, And follow rightly in the honoured trace, Such worthy wits of the true noble Race. Well weigh you this, and in your deep foresight, In history you place a great delight, Noting therein how man is storied, Declared as alive when he is dead, Sir, in the path of virtue, sith that you, O noble peer, so nobly do pursue, Recorded fair your worth will Clio show. (124) To the right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord Ewer, Baron of Whitton. WILLIAM EURE. Anagramma. WEAR MY JVELL. Who hath a jewel excellent and rare, In a triumphant manner will it wear; Letting all see, who view his noble dress Lively portrayed in Him is nobleness; In you a jewel of high estimate, Admired Lord, nay of excessive rate, Making these nobles who the same possess, Ever resplendeth, and your happiness Virtues brave jewel, 'tis indeed to wear, Rightly which to your honour doth adhere, Ever so let that jewel thine appear. (125.) To the Right Honourable, PHILIP Lord Wharton, Baron of Wharton. PHILIP WHARTONE. Anagramma. WHYL IN HOPE RAPT. Placed on high seat of honour's dignity, High in true virtues graced nobility, Indeed your virtuous life to all afford, Live evermore a most admired Lord, In your so hope of happiness, and joy, Peace be to you, freed from all annoy. With this sweet hope, your soul so ravished, How forward in a virtuous path y'are led, Advance still forward, till in hope possessed; Rapt up in hope, you are so heavenly blessed. Thus with your hope, as ravished out of breath, O you do live, as one not fearing death. Not, while in hope rapt thus, for your reward, Ever you still a virtuous life regard. (126) To the Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Willoughbey, Baron of Parham. WILLIAM WILLOUGHBEY. Anagramma. TIE HE ALL MY BIG WILLOW. Well may the Willow grow big in your soil, Enriched well with virtue's Dews, the while; Lightly the Willow with her leaves pale green, Lively i'th' spring rejoiceth like a Queen, In summer prime taketh her great delight, And it loves not, to speak of it aright, Most noble Lord, on barren soil to grow. With beauty excellent its palm doth show In it, although no fruit there is of worth, Lightly it still delighteth to bring forth. Live then, good Lord, still by the dew of grace, O evermore still fructify apace: Verses cannot the praises to you tender, Great Peer, that I of Right to you should tender, Honouring you, within whose Parham hall Branched forth that Beech, which did to me befall. Ever I'll therefore pray that all may vi, Your great big Willow greatly fructify. (127) To the Right Honourable WILLIAM, Lord Paget, Baron of Beandesert. WILLIAM PAGET. Anagramma. I WILL GET A PALM. Well may the Palm be yours, whose learning high Indeed sorts well with your nobility. Logic, with Grammar, Rhetoric, Music rare Lively indeed a noble mind declare, In whom nobility doth truly rise, Admired Sr, for noble qualities; Marking which in you, I must needs confess, Plainly the truth, almost a Peer peerless, And here withal the valour, which in rest, Great Paget, doth within your noble breast, E'er you have said the truth, you'll get a palm, 'Tis got already, and to you befallen. (128) To the Right Honourable DUDLEY Lord North, Baron of Carthlage. DUDLEY north. Anagramma. HIGH LOVED, TENDER. David-like, Sir, your Love your fix on hy, Virtue thus gracing with your dignity, Declaring of your Love to Godward fixed, Letting the same with Charity be mixed, Ever still tender bowels do possess, Yielding help to the poor and comfortless. None more, great Sir, will trumpet out your fame, O then poor folks, who when but heard your name, Running about in every place sound forth, That the Lord North is one of noble worth: High must his Love be needs, who thus below, Extends his Love, a tender heart to show. (129) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Lord Shandos, Baron of Sudley. GEORGE BRIDGES. Anagramma. SO BIGGER REDGE. Great honoured Lord, So great your worthiness, Ensuing they I cannot well express, O noble Sir, your body cannot do Rightly those works your soul would reach unto; Go on, although I cannot well declare, Entering your virtues lively, yet they're rare, Bigger the redges of the heart must be, Right noble Sir, that comprehending thee; In figure to the life can set thee forth, Declaring of your nobleness and worth; Great store of virtues still, and of great grace, Ever remarkable are in your face, So bigger redges to contain your race. (130) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT Lord Peter, Baron of Writtle. ROBERTUS PETER. Anagramma. O TRV PEER-BREST. Raised unto honour which you do inherit, O noble Sir both by your birth and merit, Blessed may we term you, who possess a Breast, Enjoying peerelike qualities which rest Repleatly there; so that we found it true, That there remains a true peer-Brest in you, Virtue's most peerless peerelesly abound, Showing that a true peere-Brest here is found. Parley then practice like a peerless Peer, Each day to make your peerless virtues clear, Than will each one O you true peer breast call, Expressing of each grace in several, Rearing a Trophy of your worth withal. (131) To the Right Honourable, DUTTON, Lord Gerard, Baron of Gerard's Bromly. DUTTON GERARDE. Anagramma. DV REGARD TO TEN. Duly regarding with your noble eye, Virtuously affecting mercy hie, The stream of your compassion doth extend To ten, their need with mercy to befriend; On which I show with a just Du regard, Not heady. rashly, you do such reward. Greatly your wisdom hereby you express, Inclining rightly to those in distress, Regarding such with pity and compassion, According ro your noble inclination, Rightly doth ten to life your noble worth, Decipher rightly, seeing it sets forth Each figure comprehended, you, all earth. (132) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM Lord Spencer, Baron of Wormleighton. WILLIAM SPENCER. Anagramma. EN SAP WILL RECLYM. With blusterous winds though storms a while do rage Ensuing comfort, Muses do presage, Likely to follow; for the storms once past, Likely calms come to comfort us at last: In winter sap within the roots as hiding, Admits no show of joy to trees betiding, Making them drop their leaves, and comfortless Stand for a time as if without redress; Perceiving of the spring though back returning, En which attendant doth require from morning, Now will the sap reclime with joy again, Cheerly will each tree leaves thereon retain; Even so your handmaid prays, my winter past, Rightly serene my summer days may last. (133) To the Right Honourable CHARLES Lord Stanhop, Baron of Harington. CHARLES STANHOPE. Anagramma. OSTAN, REACH HELPS. Charity's Emblem in your Anagram, Heroic Sir, the Muses make your name As other men when suitors come, do pace Running away as if they ran a race. Like them the Muses would not have you be, Enjoining you to stan emblemikely, So fit plaints of poor distressed to hear. So that a noble help you may appear, Thus reaching forth your truly noble hand, According to your place, their helps command. Never shall fame then cease to trumpet forth, High honoured Lord, the trophies of your worth. O then stan still, reach helps and be not weary, Pleasing that God who helps the solitary, Ever you shall not unrewarded tarry. (134) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS Lord Arundel, Baron Wardour. THOMAS ARUNDEL. Anagramma. RUN; AH LEAD MOST. Thou honoured Arundel, in virtues blessed, Hast therein still a progress, and no rest; O none the Muses with thee in thy pace; Much rather they respect you run the Race, Ah that you run and never do give over, So Heaven the Goal, at last you will recover. As honoured Sr, your worth set up on high Resplendent is, and in much people's eye; Virtue cannot be hid in you who great Now stand, as if a mountain were your seat. Do then, most violently seem to tread Ever the path of virtue, and you lead: Led so the most, and be their demi-head. (135) To the Right Honourable CHRISTOPHER, Lord Tenham, Baron of Tenham. CHRISTOPHER ROPER. Anagramma. HO PEER RICH'R, TRORS. Choicely portrayed, in Nobleness I found Heroick Trops, or trophies of the mind, Roper then Tenhams' Baron, you a Peer In nonage though, do very well appear Shining in virtues, that your Ancestors Truly did carry with them to the hearse: O noble Peter, the muses you excite, Peer-like in your young age to have delight: Ho summoning up all your gifts together, E'er to excel your kin, and be best liver, Rather indeed as a true noble Peer, Richer by far let trops in you appear: On whom when Ropers favourers shall look, Perceiving written in you, as a book, Eternal trops of your true noble name, Rightly your honour they will loud proclaim. (136) To the Right Honourable CHARLES, Lord Cranborne, son and heir of William Earl of Salisbury. CHARLES CECIL. Anagramma. CALL RICHESES CELL. Choice virtues that remain within your breast, Heroic heart, show here true riches rest. Armies of graces mustered in array, Ruling within your soul, and bearing sway, Lets the world know plainly, that in you Enriched do abide the riches true: So that the world may you call riches cell, Choicely with grace, in you that devil; Enriched with riches, wherein you abound, Charily treasure in your heart profound Is truer Richeses tho, which there doth devil, Living in virtue which in you excel, Letting all truly call you riches cell. (137) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT Lord Rich, son and heir of Robert Earl of Warwick. ROBERTUS . Anagramma. RECHTO HER RUBYS. Renowned Lord, Ingenuously I grant, Of an high birth you very well may vaunt, By high attempts your high births graces grace, Ever at virtue aim, in chiefest place Reach to herrubies. They are not below: 'tis an high hand, high things must reach, you know: Vainly receive not then Rubbish on earth; Since you may rubies reach, to fit your birth. Reach to her rubies then, let them be hers, I mean fair virtue, whom true worth prefers; Choose Charity, of feigned ones beware: Hers be true rubies; reach them, & do not spare, Ever show hereby that you noble are. (138) To the Right Honourable, BASILL Lord Fielding, Son and heir of William, Earl of Denbigh. BASILL FIELDING. Anagramma. FEIGN LILLIES BED. Blessed is the soul, who still affecting right, As Lillies bed, arrayed is in white, Suiting full well with true nobility, Enriched to be with Lillies purity: Lyllis, saith Christ, wear such a brave array, Loved SALOMON was ne'er so fine as they. Feign after Lillies then, your nobleness, Innated true nobility express; Endeavouring, as you are noble borne, Lilly-like purity so not to scorn. Doing so purity, the greater grace, Innobling so thereby your noble race: Nor will one Lily your fair soul suffice, Greatly on the whole bed who fix your eyes. (139) To the Right Honourable, OLIVER Lord Saint john, Baron of Bletsoe. Son and heir of Oliver Earl of ●ullingbrooke. OLIVER SAINT JOHN. Anagramma. LEARN TO CHOOSE, IN JOY. O happy soul, enjoying joy, and yet Learning in joy a greater Joy to get, Enjoying honour, honouring nathlesse Virtue, as chiefest joy, and happiness: Ever in joy, learn so your joy to use, Rather the heavenly joy indeed to choose. So in your honour you have learned right, Aiming at heavenly joy, yet I'll excite, Enjoining you, because my Muse doth so, Not to leave learning in the way you go: Choose in your joy to be a learner still, To Learn the way to choose true Joy, which will Ever your heart with joy and comfort fill. Enjoy this Learning, choose the better part, O follow mary's practice, honoured heart, Heavens then on you will lasting joys bestow, Near to be lost, a Mary wisheth so. (140) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Montague, Baron of Kimbolton, Son and heir of Henry, Earl of Manchester. EDWARD MOUNT AGVE. Anagramma. MOUNT, WARD DUE AGE. Ever are men in dignity set high, Du age's ward that they may be thereby; Ward than du age, sith you to honour mounted, Are worthily amongst the Heroes counted, Regard age du, not every age regard; Du age defend, be to du age award, Mounted in honour therefore are you high, O that you may help them in misery! Very well by your place du age defending, Never to let foes on their age be rending. Thus well the power you have, you exercise, And so du ages ward doth well arise: Go on still, for, du ages ward to be, Very much honour so will come to thee, Ever du age still warding gloriously. (141) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Cary, Son and heir of Henry Earl of Dover. JOHN CARRY. Anagramma. I CHARY ONE. In solomon I learn, who prudently On his foresight depending, doth foresee How that the Plague will come, and wisely shunning, Not to be hurt thereby, he shows good cunning. Chary Just so you are, O truly wise, Avoiding danger ere it you surprise; Raising a fort of virtues for your fence, Your Chary Buckler, wary Innocence, Entirely shielding you from all offence. (142) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Lord Andiver, son and Heir of Thomas, Earl of Berkshire. CHARLES HOWARD. Anagramma. HE CHOSE ALL REWARD. Choose well you may, for Chose you virtue have, Heroikely true choice have you to save; And he who doth in any goodness grow, Rightly may have a great reward you know Let your firm heart then, by true virtue pressed, Evermore in security find rest, Seeking no further a reward to find. Heaven's ever will reward a virtuous mind, On which rely, and for a truth know this, With virtue is attendant endless bliss, And whosoever Chooseth virtue, he Right way hath found rewarded well to be. Due is reward to virtue as a fee, Ever Choose this, all true reward you see. (143) To the Right Honourable, JAMES Lord Walden, Son and heir of Theophilus Earl of Suffolk. JAMES HOWARD. Anagramma. O I WAS ARMED. Invisible may you be from all harms, And there's great reason, for you're still in arms: Manly you are, and wise, who heedfully Evermore go with noble Armoury, So well avoiding all events may hap, Having a Helmet for your safest Cap; On every part beside well armed to proof, Well, So may you remain secure enough, And both your soul, and body, armed safe, Rightly may stand your ground, at foes may laugh, Deriding them, Oh! I was armed safe. (144) To the Right Honourable, MONTAGUE Lord Bartue, Son and Heir of Robert Earl of Lyndsey. MONTAGVE BARTVE. Anagramma. AV! BE'T ON A TRUGEM. Many clear virtues in you, orient pearl, O rightly show you son to such an Earl; Naturally declaring you to be The Image just of such another he. Au! when your nobleness we do descry, Gr●at Peer, be't on a true I 'em strait we cry,, Virtue so true in you must a true I●m, Ever proclaim you, worthiest amongst men. Be't cannot be, yet even so be it tho, A true and precious gem we ●a● th●●●now; Resplend then forth the Rays o● thy great light, That we may see thee rightly to be bright, Virtues true ge● will e ch●●ne then confess, Ever your merits make you, no whit less. (145) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord Cavendish, Son and Heir of William, Earl of Devonshire. WILLIAM CAVENDISHE. Anagramma. DIES, WILL claim HEAVEN. Well live you here, who ready still to die, Enjoy the world yet, take no joy thereby; Living to grace, and dying to all guile; Lively so Christ doth live in you the while. In sweet perseverance then still abide, And a crown excellent will you betide. Many your virtues are, and their reward, Clearing all scores, is worth a due regard: Attend then in your good life to persever, Virtue convaies a strength to live for ever, E'en when as strength, and nature in you dies, New and true joys you then indeed surprise: Die may the body; but your soul will aim Indeed at higher things, and heaven will claim. So, let your body die, your soul divine Heaven still will claim, and never cease to pine Ever until she lodgeth there, we fine. (146) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord Wentworth, Son and heir of Thomas, Earl of Cleveland. THOMAS WENTWORTH. Anagramma. O SUM THAT NVE WORTH. Those (Sir) who eye your truest worthiness, Hardly do know it at the full t' express; O in Arithmetic 'tis a great sum, May then the ignorant sort overcome, According to the Rules which they ne'er knew, Sum up the worth in you, that shineth nue. Well may they stand, and at your worth admire, Entering to sum it up they'll quickly tire; Nue now it is what will be th' imitation, That groweth now beyond all admiration. Worth, nothing else, no doubt, there is in you: O sand that nue worth then though it be new; Right 'tis then sure, and superexcellent, Truly extending to a large extent, Having therein all possible content. (147) To the Right Honourable WILLIAM, Lord Russell, Son and Heir of Francis Earl of Bedford. WILLIAM RUSSELL. Anagramma. LURE LYLLYS SWARM. Well doth the Lily to the life express, In you the inbred natural pureness, Like as the Lily hath a lively white, Lively so shadows it your nature right: In innocence not with your own content, Aim you at pleasure in the innocent; May still the number of such men increase, Regard who gives wherever righteousness, Virtue or grace they happen to perceive, th' example you unto them leave: Such is your innocence, that you regard Even swarms of Lillies, purity reward, Lure Lily swarm, O do you ever still, Lillies like living with a pure white william. (148) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Lord Brooke, Baron of Bewchamp-Court. ROBERTUS GREVILL. Anagramma. TRULY SURER GLOBE. Rare Globe, indeed a surer Globe are you, O noble Sir, than all the world; 'tis true: Behold the world, and every thing therein, Each thing in great inconstancy is sin; Respecting of your virtues, there I find, That you retain in you a constant mind: Virtue, your mind from worldly things estranging, So brought about that in you there's no changing. Greatly you thus the whole Globe do excel, Right an epitome thereof y'are well: Excelling though in abstract the concreat, Vailing in you the Globe, though ne'er so great: In you dwells God, who every thing did frame, Living in you, a temple for his name, Like surer Globe you truly then became. (149) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Montague, Baron of Boughton. EDWARD MOUNTAGVE. Anagramma. MOUNT. DRAW DUE AGE. Ever may you, admired Sir, increase, Drawing due age unto your happiness; With wisdom walking in a wary way, Admired Lord, that therein you may stay, Rightly we therefore pray, you mounted high, Due age may draw unto your dignity. Mount may you still in years, as in your honour, O virtue is your guide, you wait upon her: Virtue hath length of days in her right hand, Nor doth her left hand cease, but doth command Treasures, whereon the worldlings so do dote, Advantage makes one cut another's throat. Grow unto age, and let due age increase, Virtue's great Peer, filling your heart with bliss; Endless so shall abide your happiness. (150) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord Graye, Baron of Work. WILLIAM GRAYE. Anagramma. I'll LIM WARY AGE. With wisdom warily you so proceed, Ensuing which, a wary one indeed, Likely you are to limb forth wary age, Like a true wise man, wisely to presage Ensuing evil, it be at hand, And tasting wary wisely to withstand, Making in health a preparation well. Grief of hearts-eating sickness to expel: Rightly in life fitting yourself to have, As one day sure you must a death, a grave; You thus in life 'gainst all events prepared, Ever limb forth a wary age well carried. (151) To the Right Honourable, FRANCIS Lord Danecourt, Baron of Sutton. FRANCIS LEAKE. Anagramma. I'll SEA-FRANCK. Frank is the Sea, which Rivers forth doth sand, Running about unto its currents end; And by its bounty Seas have never wanted, Nor is the world of water ever scanted: Choosing the bounty of the Sea in sight, Indeed you hit to imitate it right; So helping of the poor, by the great streams Lively that issue from your noble means, Eternal shall your store, like to the oil, Abide to you, right noble Lord the while, Keeping your frankness, like unto the Sea, Ever that still with store will be. (152) To the Right Honourable JOHN Lord Roberts, Baron of Truro. JOHN ROBERTS. Anagramma. REST ON HYLAS ORB. In honour seated, in the world's eyesight, O noble Lord, your worth hath done you right; Having had Truros' virtue in their eye, Noting a man fitted for dignity. Retained virtue in your noble breast, O truly noble Sir, doth honoured rest, Being advanced in the dignity Ever deserved, that descends on thee. Rest may you ever on your hy orb still, That bear to virtue such a firm good will, So good men shall advancement have their fill. (153) To the Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Craven, Baron of Hamsteede Marshal. WILLIAM CRAVEN. Anagramma. AM ANV IEW'LL, CRY. With virtue's ancient you are endued, In honour's seat you did not then intrude; Likely your virtues lustring forth their light, Lively provoke our King to do you right. In virtues sith you honours had deserved, A peer for honour you might be preserved; Most noble peer sith you a jewel wear, Charles our great Monarch, thought it fit to rear, Rightly a trophy of your noble name, And make this jewel nu be borne by fame, Very well certainly may you declare Each several virtue, that within you rare, Nurse jewel cries, and so doth England's court. (154) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord Falconbridge, Baron of Yarom. THOMAS BELL ASSIZE. Anagramma. AM SOLE blessed, AS ONE. Those who your honour have within their Eye, How can they but admire your dignity! O noble Baron, you to hy advance, Most nobly raised are by one fair glance, Admitted unto you from our True Sol, Such were the virtues did possess you whole. Blessed as a sole one, may you say, am I, Entered that are into such dignity; Lustrously virtue in you do display, Like to the shining of the stars, their Ray, And so enlightening of your soul within, So admirably did your fame begin; Showing itself to call for honours then, In eye of all, amongst the noble men, So nobly you to seat that each may cry, Even as soul Blessed look how he sits on hy. (155) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Lovelace, Baron of Hurley. RICHARD LOVELACE. Anagramma. LOVED ALL RICH RACE. Rich race it is that you delight to run, In which immortal honour you have won, Choosing the path of virtue so to tread, Ha! cry they, how he loved rice rach indeed! Affecting nothing, but what truly rich, Rightly indeed might noble hearts bewitch; Declaring that he had a most Rich mind, Love to Rich things that did so nobly bind; On a race though you did affection set, Virtue's path treading forward so to get, Ever you strive still on the getting hand; Labouring forward, and never still to stand; Aiming according to true nobleness, choicely unto the razes end to press; Ever loved all rich race, your happiness. (156) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Pawlet, Baron of Hinton St. George. JOHN PAWLET. Anagramma. AN HYLAS PLOT WE. In honour set on hy plot, meet for you; O you advanced are to each one's view; Having true honour on your head descended, No foot from virtue's steps that ever tended. Plot of true honour, and high nobleness, Admired Lord, you are I must confess: Wrong had it been unto you, if desert Lustred forth bravely, had not proved by heart; Ever may you, seated on high retain True plot of honour, ever to remain. (157) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord Harvy Baron of Ridbroke, and Baron of Ros in Ireland. WILLIAM HARVEY. Anagramma. AH MY WARY IVELL. Well may you wary be, sith you arise, Enriched as a jewel of great Prize; Lustrous although you be, yet mine you are, Love makes that each one hath in you a share; In which regard, as you a jewel be; And as each one doth claim a share in thee: Moore care a great deal is there to be had, Heroic spark, lest all our hopes should fade: And lest the Luster of thy jewel lost, Rightly may each complain, how he is crossed, Virtue then nobly still retain in you, Evermore so a worthy Jewel true, You shall not fear to stand to every view. (158) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord Brudenell, Baron of Stouton. THOMAS BRUDENEL. Anagramma. HE'll LEND MOST BRAV. That peer to be most brave may truly boast, Having a noble heart, that will lend most. O then most noble Brudenell, y'are right, Most men you lend, to walk by glorious light, A good example, whereby they may tread, Securely virtues steps, if taking heed. Brave that you may be too, you well display, Rightly compassions glorious helping ray; Very much with your bounty such re eeving, Devoid of comfort, who for want sit grieving; Ever your bounteous heart doth larger stretch, Not resting till a larger bound it reach; Eschewing so much as a miser's thought. Let still such bounty from your heart be brought, Lending most bravely be of all men sought. (159) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord Maynard, Baron of Estaines, and Baron of Wicklogh in Ireland. WILLIAM MAYNARDE. Anagramma. VRAMA MILD, VAIL ME. Where liberal Arts, and Sciences divine Enrich the heart, who in their knowledge shine, Lives mildness there; for the mild liberal arts Lend, nay engraft it on the gentle hearts, In whom a residence they hap to gain: And your ennobled heart, where Muse's rain, Much of their mildness doubtless doth retain. Many affirm, that Anagrams declare A hidden nature of the man's whose they're: If true in you, than you affect to be Named in their Rolls who loved poetry; Amongst great Pollio, Gallus, Varus, e'rst Rewarding Poets, yet themselves well versed: Deign then, if that Urania mild vail you, Even me, her handmaid, but your favour due. (160) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord Coventry, Baron of Aylsbrough, Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Counsel. THOMAS COVENTRYE. Anagramma. HA' SO EVEN: COM TRIED. Thinking of worthies, which in times have swayed, Ha! what an one is here to be surveyed! O! it is rare to see a Judge So even! Moore justly guided by the laws of heaven, Ah! then the present Keeper, who to view, So ev'nly passeth in a compass true! Comtri't, who list, so even his beam doth stand! O! 'tis th'admired ev'nes of his hand! Venture your life, it shall on no side sway, Either to one or other, past the way, Not what way pleaseth him; but what is just: Than come and tried who dares. To end, I trust, Rightly an end according to the Laws, Your so even justice, wondered at, will 'cause E'er long to our long suit. And so I pause. (161) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Howard, Baron of Estericke. EDWARD HOWARD. Anagramma. O WARD HE, WARDED. Ever may you, warded by innocence, Doubtless true ward to keep from all offence, Warded by several virtues that defend, As well as if the body armed did tend, Raging fierce foes, who would the same oppress, Doubtless be a sure ward in readiness. Ha! honoured Peer, sith virtue is your ward, O very well you may to ward regard; Warded that since you safely do remain, A sure ward and defence we may retain: Rightly of you, right noble Lord, who pressed, Duly to ward, do rightly ward distressed, Ever that by you we secure may rest. (162) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Lord Goring, Baron of Hurst Perpoint. GEORGIUS GORING. Anagramma. I GORGEOUS RINGG. Great honoured Peer, you as a gorgeous ringg, Eternal honour to our Court may bring, On which beholding how y'are circled round, Rightly no end unto your worth is found; Greatly beset with Juels' ringg like you In many virtues make a glorious show: Virtue the greatest Juell far excelling, See then what Peers our English Courts hath dwelling. Guarded with virtues thus set in a ringg, O noble Hero, your great honours bring: Rightly it will be chronicled of you In learned Poems, and who shall ensue, Noting the worth that in you doth remain, Great Gorgeous ringg will rightly you proclaim. (163) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Mohun, Baron of Okehampton. JOHN MOHUN. Anagramma. MORE NV HONY. I honey make to be the sweet applause Of many men, which due desert doth cause; Honey is sweet, and breedeth great delight Naturally, unto the appetite. more honey then, right noble Sir, that's nu, Of due applause is rendered unto you, Having your due deserts, which doth nu crave, Virtue most rightly its deserts might have: Nurse honey then select, the world you gave. (164) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord Saville, Baron of Pumfret. THOMAS SAVILLE. Anagramma. HA'! AS MOST IVELL. The Peers that in our English Firmament, Having their lustre from our Sun then lent, O as true juells, they each glister forth Most radiant rays of true resplendent worth, And each of them, as 'twere a several ray, Several varieties of lights display. Such are you too, right noble honoured Lord, And you your lustre in the world afford, Very well gracing of our English Court, juell-like that with best of Hero's sort: Live as a Mirror still, and as most, be Lustrous true jewel, that each one may see, Ever with ha'! admiring gloriously. (165) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Butler, Baron of Bramfield. JOHN BUTLER. Anagramma. TRV BELL ON HY. I hear me thinks your sound as a true Bell, On hy ring out, in virtues you excel; High honoured Lord, whose fame proclaims aloud, Noble although you are, you are not proud. Bell-like your virtues thus doth fame declare, Virtue's true Bell indeed who rightly are; That ringeth forth a most loud peal, to call Lovers of virtue, you to follow all: Ever go on, like a true Bell on hy; Rightly call men to true felicity. (166) To the Right Honourable, FRANCIS, Lord Dunsmore. FRANCIS LEIGHE. Anagramma. LIFE reach GAINS. Fair is the life, that is so true upright, Reaching the true gain that doth take delight, Admired Sir, your honour doth the same, Nobly affecting a true noble gain; Choosing while life doth last, to reach that gain, In death, and after, that will you maintain: So you acquire the name of a wise Lord, Like a true dear to best things you afford, Each several minute of your life divine, In which a Mirror to the world you shine; Gains likewise you in earthly things do reach, Here an example to the world you teach; Ensuing in your Life both gains at once. (167) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord Powies Baron of Powies. WILLIAM HERBERT. Anagramma. HE'll LIM A TRUE RUBY. With sparkling fervour, who the virtues see, Innated (Sir) that do remain in thee, Lively declaring your nobility, Lustreth your virtues by your dignity; In which your virtues likewise act their part, And lustre forth your honour, honoured heart, Must needs confess you Limb a Ruby right, Having so precious and true delight, Ever on virtue the true Ruby rare, Richly whereby your virtues dare compare, Betokening a brave heart, that hath not mixed, Extravagant vain thoughts, but by death fixed. Rubies, you know are precious, not a toy, True Rubies Limb you then, such you enjoy. (168) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Herbert, Baron of Chierbury in England, and Baron of Castle-Iland in Ireland, and of the Counsel of war. EDWARD HERBERT. Anagramma. DURED A TRUE HERB. Ever an Herb though but a little seed, Doth vegetably grow apace indeed; With sap of heavenly dew, you watered well, A tree have grown, in virtues that excel, Rendering you a still growing ne'ertheless, Duly till you attain true blessedness. Herbs lively flourishing will still be gree Ever so are your noble virtues seen: Rightly doth green, they say, yield to the eye Best coloured, that doth help the sight thereby: Ever your virtues lend a sweet delight, Right virtuous Sir, unto that happy sight, That must confess you dured a true Herb right. To the Right Honourable, FRANCIS, Lord Cottington, Baron of Hanworth, Master of the Court of Wards, and Liveries, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. FRANCIS COTTINGTONE. Anagramma. ENGRAFT NOT CONCEITS. Fair that your wisdom may to men appear, Rather another man's opinions bear, And rest yourself you will then on your own; Nevertheless you're not so careless grown, Careless to think what may breed good event, In other men's conceits to rest content, So do not you, for a sharp wit you have, Conceits to try, which sordid are, which grave, On which as solid counsel to rely; Than which, but as a fond conceit to fly. Thus neither on your own, or others mind, In flashie fond Conceits at all you bind; Nor do engraft them in your heart to be Grave oracles of your prosperity; The counsel, not conceit, which you have tried, On which you find it best to have relied, Now this your practice doth a precept give, Enjoining that, none on conceits do live. (170) To the Most Illustrious Prince JAMES, Duke of Lenox, Earl of March, Lord Darneley, Methuen, Saint Andrew's, and Aubigny, Admiral, and Chamberlain of Scotland by inheritance, Knight of the Garter, & one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. JAMES STVARTE. Anagramma. MAY SERV STATE. In honour Duke Illustrious you sit high, Admit of serving none save Majesty; May your illustrious self yet nevertheless Evermore serve Majestic Stateliness; Soar's through unto the Earth they lustre lend; Serve unto Sol, and on his rays attend; Thus though a Star you are in our great sphere, Virtue commandeth, that you honour there And serve, attendant with your radiant light, Rightly that Sol who makes your grace shine bright. Thus though your grace we highly estimate, Each soul counts it your grace, you may serve State. (171) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Marquis Hamilton, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, Lord Aven, in Ordail, and Aberberth, Mr of the Horse to his Majesty, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's Honourable Counsel. JAMES HAMILTONE. Anagramma. MAY ON HYLAS SEEM TAL. I see your honour, Marquis honoured, And you may very well hold up your head, Marques admired, sith you are on hy, Entered aloft, on noble dignity; So very well indeed may you seem tall, Having transcendent honours you befall, A Marquis high, in SCOTLAND of great blood, Made Earl of ARRAN, and of CAMBRIDGE Lord, Invested in three several Baronies, Letting your honour yet still higher rise, The Horse's Master to his Majesty, Of GEORGE a Knight you are heroikly, Nor are you from the Privy Counsel barred, Ever tall may you seem thus hy preferred. (172) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Marques Huntly, Earl of Enzi, and Lord Strathbolgy. GEORGIUS GORDOUNE. Anagramma. O EGER SURG ON; O GVID. Great are the passions that in man remain, Ever that strive past reasons bounds to strain: O they are as an eager surge in seas, Respecting no man but themselves to please. Great Marquis then, within this Anagram Enclosed is wisdom; do but act the same, Very much rightly than you do surpass Surely the greatest Prince that ever was. Guide so the eager surges, that do swell; On fairly that they may, repressed well, Reason, as their due guide without delay, Duly affections in you may obey. O he's a Marquis rightly who this can, Virtue will compass it or nothing than; Nothing but virtue passions will confounded, Eager surg then O guide on in its bound. (173) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Marques Dowglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Dowglas, and Kintire. WILLIAM DOUGLAS. Anagramma. I MAY WALL AS GOULD. Well is that land secured, which doth hold In it most noble Peers, who Wall as gold. Likely when Famine comes, and sore distress, Lovers of gold may be in heaviness; In whom though wisdom and the grace's rest, Ah noble soul, he cannot be distressed. Marques most noble then, happy indeed Doth that land rest who hath you at a need; O, a more sure defence it hath thereby, Verily then in greatest armoury: Great SOLOMON reports, how one poor man Labouring wisely, free a City can: And much more sure, than your defence must hold; Sir, than the Country, if't were wholly gold. (174) To the Right Honourable, ARCHIBALDE, Earl of Arguile, Lord Lorne and Kintire, Chief justice of Scotland by inheritance. ARCHIBALDE CAMPEBELL. Anagramma. ALL RICH, ABLE CAMP, BE LED. An able man, which all be led so well, Rightly you must be, and in gifts excel; Camp of rich able men who can command, Having intelligence to understand: In which we rightly do perceive you are Bedecked well with understanding rare, And government likewise you have at will, Leading a Camp which might a Country fill; Doubtless you are a justicer indeed, Ever that govern as you see the need, Correcting, and instructing as the cause, And reason deems according to the laws, Making the Country people so obey, Placed as if in a Camp they kept array, Ensue the course you have begun so well, Best Chronicles your fame aloud will tell, Entering, that you be led a Camp all able, Lively (the after age will think a fable) Like to a man, the work pursue you on. (175) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earl of Crauford, Lord Gleans and Finevin. GEORGIUS LINDSEY. Anagramma. I SAND GORGEUSLY, I Great noble Peer, and honoured Earl of worth, Entered upon the stage from honoured birth, O 'tis no wonder if your virtues sand Rays gorgeously, your nobleness attend; Great virtues do you wait upon as Queen, In whom is naught but gorgeously is seen, Virtue displayeth forth the truest ray, Shining far brighter than the brightest day. Lustrous must needs the beams of virtues than, In you so gorgeous, make a gorgeous man, Nothing displaying but the rays of light, Declaring noble Sir, that you are bright, Sending forth so the rays of grace, that I E'en ●ust confess, you sand most gorgeously, You rightly fitted are to be on high. (176) To the Right Honourable, FRANCIS, Earl of Erroll, Lord Hay, Baron of Slanis, Constable of Scotland by inheritance. FRANCIS HAY. Anagramma. A HIGH FAIR SENC. Fair noble Peer, whose certainest defence Rightly is you retain a hy fair senc; A hy senc 'tis, when as by virtue led, Nobly you seem so to be honoured, Choosing so, high to lead your senc thereby, In you we rightly a hy senc descry; So for a fair senc, virtue is so fair, How can the virtuous possible, but rare, And fair hy beams of virtue to display, Yield forth a fair hy senc, with wondrous ray; Ever so do you, may I truly say. (177) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl Martial, Lord Dunotor Altre, and Marshal of Scotland by inheritance. WILLIAM KEITHE. Anagramma. ALL WIT MEEKLY HY. Wit noble Sir you very well express In setting forth a mind with nobleness, Lordly that with advance so hy Lively doth meet with true nobility In which nathles your meekness so excelleth, A Peer y'are almost Peerless parallelleth, Mighty great Lord, scarce any doth the worth, Kept in your noble breast which you sand forth, Expressing a sage wit in actions wise, Intending still nobly to enterprise, That which may savour all of wit, yet though High in esteem you are, you meek do show, Ever all wit you meekly hy we know. (178) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Sutherland, Lord Strachnaver and Dun Robin. JOHN GORDOUN. Anagramma. GO IN HONOURED. In honour needs must you be, who go in O honoured Peer honoured with what you win: Honour you unto vertu do, the which Now back returning honour make you rich. Great honour you unto the godly do, On whom your honour, honoured Sir you show, Rendering to those in goodness who excel Due noble countenance, where ere they devil. On you when therefore they reflect their eye, Very much honour and true dignity, Never they cease to wish you honouredly. (179) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Marr and Garioch, Lord Erskeine and Breiching, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable privy Counsel. JOHN ERSKEINE. Anagramma. SEE NO HIGHER KIN. I cannot see a higher kin than you, O noble Sir, are now allied unto, Hearing God's word doth make you that you have No terrene honour that is half so brave. Ever saith Christ, who hearkens to my word, Recording it in's heart, and doth afford Such ear thereto, that he doth seek thereby, Keeping the same in grace to fructify; Ever he hath for his most heavenly kin, In Heaven blessed Christ to wash away his sin: Not higher kin I see then yours excelling, Ever in whom true nobleness is dwelling. (180) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Areth, Lord precedent of the Counsel of Scotland, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable privy Counsel. WILLIAM GRAHAME. Anagramma. HAWARY ALL GEMMY. Wary you well may be, who do retain Innated lustre, like a gemmy vein; Light will a gem cast in the darkest night, Likewise will your example do so right, Enlightening men in virtuous way to tread: And thereto by your gemmy lustre led, May you then wary be, jest that you loose Great Peer, the gem that you so wisely chose, Respect the treasure and all wary still, Avoid those thiefs who seek to do you ill; Hence bid them pack, lodge you no sin at home, And so your precious gem will not be gone: May all the world than labour ne'er so much, Ever they cannot show a gem that's such. (181) To the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of Rothes, Lord Lesley and Banbrigh. JOHN LESLEY. Anagramma. SE HOLY LINE. I honour you who have a wholly line, O noble Lord, so nobly you incline; Having a line of virtues in you bred, Noting an Hero, to high honoured bed. Lives Prudence, Temperance, Justice, Fortitude, Entered upon your soul wherewith endued, So lively you do truly lustre forth, Like a great Lord, the trophies of your worth. Entered in you there is beside in fine, Your Faith, Hope, Charity, see holy line. (182) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Morton, Lord Dalkeith and Aberdour, Treasurer of Scotland, Knight of the Garter; and one of his Majesty's most Honourable privy Counsel. WILLIAM DOUGLAS. Anagramma. AH I LIMB GOULD WALLS. Well may you be a Peer most excellent, In whom true gold remains so permanent, Living so truly nobly, that men see Lively the lustre of true gold in thee; In which your mind so rich with grace beset, Admits your body but a cabinet: Much doth the plenty of this gold abound, Declaring you most nobly wise, profound. O you do so much treasure thus possess, Verily y'are your Countries happiness: Gould fare excelling are your virtues, and Like golden walls they compass in your land. Ah, so proceed and limb those gold walls still, So may the land rest safely at her william. (183) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Montros Lord Kinkairne, and Mugdock. JEAMES GRAHAM. Anagramma. AM GEM RAYS, HA'. Indeed Sir, so should true nobility, Actively show gemrayes that sublimely Make bright the world with their light fulgour so Each one may in its clearness, clearly go, Such one is set forth by the precious gem, Gracing a man as come of noble stem, Respecting of his virtues that's the Rays, Admiredly that lightens forth his days, Ha! then may you say who both gems possess, Stand Rays together, so your happiness Mixed in one will reach eternal bliss. (184) To the Right Honourable, ALEXANDER, Earl of Eglentone, Lord Mountgomery. ALEXANDER SETONE, ALIAS MOUNTGOMERY. Anagramma. SO LEAD EVEN ON AS RARE GEM I EXAMINED STOVILY. A valiant Captain and a noble peer, Like a rare gem should be in virtue clear, Ever should he all other men excelling, Xenophon-like have wisdom in him dwelling, And so you rightly have, who lead so well, None may your carriage in the Camp excel; Doubtless a noble Alexander's spirit, Even you right noble Earl do well inherit, Respecting whom, though you no fortune have, Such conquests to obtain as he did brave, Ever his Manhood you may though retain, That teacheth nobly how to lend a train, On ward E'en lead them then as a rare gem, N●ver cease you to be admired of men, E'en so express you your true manliness. And if that any thinking to express, Look ●●●ruly big stoutly examining, I let them do't, manhood, will soundness bring, And you a captain beaten to the war, S●●tably will your manhood true declare. Mount you then forward on en' e lead the men, O let your fortitude be tried then, Virtue's rare gem that you may rarely be, Notably leading with audacity, That so your manhood may not fear the trial, Great worth you then possess without denial. O than your manhood being tried so well, May excellent be said, and 'twill excel, Ever as gold abiding the true touch, Rightly it shall appear that there's no such, You that may lead on as a most rare gem, Examining abiding amongst men. (185) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Casseils Lord Keneday. JOHN KENEDAY. Anagramma. ONE HJ DAY KEN. It is your hap who virtue love so well, On high to be, because you high excel, High virtues you do love, there place your heart, Notable great reward that will impart. Kend. you have virtue that will bring about, Eternal honour you shall have throughout. Now you love virtue, afterwards 'twill be, Eternal high advance will fall to thee: Decreed is honour, noble Keneday, According to your worth on you to stay, Your many virtues shall ken one hy day. (186) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earl of Carceynes, Lord Berredaill. GEORGIUS SAINT CLARE. Anagramma. I GORGEUS CLEAR SAINT. Gorgeous clear Saint your many virtues make, Each one that sees you, Noble Sir, you take, On you Portrayed is unto the life, Rightly a spirit meek without all strife, Graced with fortitude that nobly pressed, Innated is within your noble breast, Very much understanding in you dwells, Sapience too your honour that excels. So innocence within you doth abound, Admiredly, there's few are like you found, In faith you set a sample who divine, Not without hope upon the earth doth shine, Charity too that those may sound be thought Thou hast a precious jewel to us brought. Clear that thy soul as Crystal doth remain, Lively true Saints clear image doth retain, Admiredly the world gazing on you, Return you nothing but what is your due, Entering that y'are a gorgeous clear Saint true, (187) To the Right Honourable, ALEXANDER, Earl of Glencarne, Lord Kilmauris. ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM. Anagramma. AH, RUN AND EXCELLING MAN. Ah noble Alexander, you are coming Lively indeed, you get the goal by running; Ever full well you in your life express Xerxes the Persian, whose great manliness, An Emperor of Persia placed him. Now Sir, your worth being of like esteem, Doubtless may very well obtain the goal, Endeavouring the same with noble soul; Run in your race until the same you win, Charity too excelling man be seen, Virtuously unto the life expressed, Nobly retained in your noble breast; Now run on thus, and man excelling well In grace, let none your virtuous self excel, Nobly so you your foes shall manly quell: Great as you are in Earth, so 'twill befall, Heaven a reward for your great deeds you shall Attain, and happily therein invest, Make your abode in joy for ever blessed. (188) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Buchan, Lord Aughterhous. JAMES ERSKEYNE. Anagramma. SE, SEEK, I REMAIN. I do remain, implies your nature still, A bides the same, and evermore so will; Much what the same as heretofore you were, Ever as fast and firm true love you bear, See then who doth your nature, well may be Encouraged good Peer to seek to thee, Remaining truly nobly minded still. Seek then to you we may, who with good will, Keep ever still a mind most nobly bend, Ever to help the honest innocent: In you, you then seeing such a noble mind, Noble brave Earl, the muses me enjoined, Even seeing you to seek, remaining kind. (189) To the Right Honourable, JAMES Earl of Murrey, Lord of Down, and St Columbfynch. JAMES STVART. Anagramma. AM STARS VIED. I vi the lustre which you forth are sending, And that you are a star it is portending; Many stars rather seem to be in you, Entered aloft to every one's fair view. Stars placed are within the firmament, So those who noble gifts have to them lent, Triumphantly aloft are set as they; Virtue hath made true radiant beams display: And the resplendent stars, which in you shine, Require each one to vied to true divine. ●●is is true honour, and 'tis truly thine. (192) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Athole, Lord Read Castle. JOHN MURRAY. Anagramma. MAY HURRY ON. In virtue's path you hurry on so well, O honoured Peer, that rarely you excel; Hurried forward in zeals chariot still. Now he that hurries with an ardent will, Making direct steps unto virtue high, Virtue will make him hurry presently; Raising him up in honour to transcend, Rightly whose steps did so to virtue tend: And you who hurried on in virtue's way, Yet higher still to honour hurry may. (193) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Nithisdaille, Lord Maxwell, Eskdall and Carleill. ROBERTE MAXWELL. Anagramma. MARBLE EXHORT WELL. Rightly indeed your Marble Innocence, O unexampled Peer, shows your defence, Best placed in virtue is who purest white, Ever but darkly figures, to speak right; Rightly the firmness of the Marble shows The constancy, your virtuous heart pursues: Exhort then Sir by your example well, Moore than some Pulpit-Preacher, who can tell A thousand things, but practiseth not one; Xerxes his stomach in you well is shown, With you remaineth Xenophons' prudence, Entered upon your Marble innocence: Live still, and Marble innocence shall be Lasting defence with sapience unto thee. (193) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earl of Winton and Lord Setone. GEORGIUS SETONE. Anagramma. I SENT GORGEOUS. Gorgeous indeed the same is which you sent, Evermore still in virtuous steps who went; O you who always walk in gorgeous trace, Rightly i'th' end do get a gorgeous race. Greatly your virtues so you make excel, In which respect Fame forth your fame will tell; Virtue enjoins that you who gorgeously Show virtue forth, should have your fame on high. Set forward still, and still sand gorgeous rays, Encouraging the Poets you to praise; That so you who do live in virtue's path, On honoured Trophies may live still and laugh: Making the honour that to you is done, Entered upon Fame's Roll, when you are gone. (194) To the Right Honourable, ALEXANDER, Earl of Linlithgon, Lord Calendar. ALEXANDER LEVINSTON. Anagramma. ANNEX LEND A LUSTER. ●●●exed to the Roll of noble men, ●●●●ing a lustre as the best of them, 〈◊〉 aging a Poet's pen to writ: ●●●ra●es ●ke, your virtues do excite, ●●nex ●u still more virtues on the Roll; 〈◊〉 heart, so to show a noble soul, D●●●ring that as born of noble birth; Enheriting great honours upon earth, Rightly a fitted soul you do possess, Lustring still forth the truest nobleness: Ensue to do still as you nobly do, Vailing most lights, when as your lustre show In virtues endless Schedule so annexed, Nobly your virtues as a noble text: Serve will the same to lend a lustre brave To your deserts, desert enough who have, On which, who ever casting but one eye, Notes, that we lead a lustre gloriously. (195) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Hume, Lord Donglas. JAMES HUME. Anagramma. AH SUM ME HY. I see your virtues, and I wonder not, Admired Sir, that you so hy have got, Many fair graces fixed in your breast, Ever have vowed on high to make you rest; Suming you hy, because you hy deserve Honour's requital, if here will not serve, Virtues have vowed to sum you so on high, Making your name last to eternity, Entering your soul in Heaven most gloriously. (196) To the Right Honourable, JOHN Earl of Perth, Lord Drumond and Stobhall. JOHN DRUMOND. Anagramma. O MEN DVRED ON HY. I see a proclamation notably, On you reflecting, that you dured on high, High are your thoughts, which on high virtue set, Never could lightly be accounted bet. Dured high you then must needs, sith so high mind, Rightly not stained with pride I hap to find, Virtue hath evermore this quality, Much to exalt them who affection hy, On her as on their summum bonum place, Now that unto you it may be more grace, Doth it call men to view your noble face. (197) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Earl of Dum fermeline Lord Fyvie, and V●quarte. CHARLES SETONE. Anagramma. HE'S NOT CARELESS. Carelessness joined with greatness doth not fit, Honour requires we careful be of it, And as a man that stands on steeple high, Rightly by prudence guided Carefully, Looking about and wary of each hand, Endeavouring more safely still to stand, So is't with him that is in dignity. Secure he should not be and Carelessly, Intending not in safety to remain, True nobleness by Carelessness thus stain. O you appear not careless though on mount, Nobly you stand but do the hazard count, Even millions so your honour doth surmount. (198) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Vigtowne and Cumbernauld. JOHN FLEIMING. Anagramma. ME FLYING ON HYLAS In your deserts who so to virtue fly, O noble Earl needs must you be on hy, High virtue is, and as a Loadstone draws, Nobly that soul that's guided by her laws. Fly then on high, Fly after virtue still, Loving the s●me you stand on honour's hill, Ensuing what great virtue, till on high, In endless honour we shall see you fly, Moore honour still will unto you increase, In that you love so well a virtuous peace. Nay, when as death unto you is in highing, Greatly we then shall see you on high Flying. (199) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Kingorne, Lord Glams. JOHN LYON. Anagramma. ON highly ON, or HONEY LYON. I am commanded by the Muses nine, On on most gloriously who nobly shine, highly to praise you highly who affect, Nobly to walk still in a way select. Like to the Lion Samson killed you are, You having in you virtue's honey rare, On high you still and honoured highly fly Nobly, until you reach eternity. (200) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Abercorne, Lord Pasley. JAMES HAMILTON. Anagramma. HA', A MAIN HOST LIMB. I see an host of virtues in array, Army like that most nobly you display, Many great virtues mustered like an host, Entered within you are, you may well boast, So that who sees into your inward soul, He cannot choose but see without control Armies of virtues, ranked, comely, well Main host indeed, all hosts which doth excel In you, you ly● a main host to the life, Lively expressing virtues, that no strife Truly maintain within themselves but one On each depending, war at all there's none, Now thus limb a main host, ha' nobly grown. (201) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Louthian, Lord Newbotill. JEAMES KERE. Anagramma. MEEK RAYS. In meekness rays of splendour do appear, And a meek nobleman he shines most clear: Meekness the greatest on the earth doth grace, Encouraging the poor with smiling face. Since then meekraies you do possess great Earl, Keep still those precious jewels, that rare pearl, Excel with meekness, and let a meek mind, Rays of true meekness always to it join; Ever aver that Louthians Earl is kind. (202) To the Right Honourable, PATRICK, Earl of Tillibarne, Lord Murray. PATRICK MURRAY. Anagramma. MY TRV PARK TRY. Parks are a certain fenced part of ground, A noble man for game with pales doth bound: True Parks your hart, the which is bounded in, Rightly by God's law, which immures from sin; In Parks the beasts which in by pales are penned, Choice several graces in you represent, Kept close within your noble honoured heart, May (Dear Right noble Lord) this Park impart, Virtue's due honour nobly unto you, Rightly, who do such heavenly game pursue, Rightly indeed may those who see you hie, According to your worth my true Park cry, Your virtues each may joy in joyfully. (203) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Roxburgh, Lord Sesford. ROBERTE CAR. Anagramma. ERECT RARE ORB. Rare cunning builder you are, for you erect, O honoured Sir, a glorious Architect; Building a whole Orb of a gracious frame, Enliving virtue in your worthy name, Rarely erecting a rare orb indeed: The soul doth stand for Heaven, where heavenly breed, Entered therein as planets most divine, Clearly indeed within the man do shine: An Earth your body lively doth set forth, Replenished with truly manly worth; Rightly thus building virtue you erect, Ever a most rare orbs sure architect. (203) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl of Kelly visc. Fenton, Lord Dirilton, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. THOMAS ERSKEINE. Anagramma. O MEEK HAS HYLAS REST. The man that is exalted in his pride, Hath no foundation certain to abide. Only by pride man doth contention make, Meekness true wisdom never doth forsake, Afore destruction pride doth go likewise, So a meek heart before a man do rise. Eternal honour then do you abide, Retaining meekness, which doth right betide, Sir with due honour which doth you embrace, Keep meekness then, and keep a noble place, Ever O yet a meek heart has by rest, In endless honours which will you invest, Nay further, when as honour here is gone, Eternal honour you will wait upon. (205) To the Right Honourable WALTER, Earl of Buckleugh Lord Eskdaill. WALTER SCOT. Anagramma. ALL TRUE COST. With true cost are you stored, whose delight, Attendeth still upon the way that's right, Living indeed with such a noble care, That those who know you very well are ware, Each of them seeing well that you may boast, Rightly to be composed all of true cost. So noble Scot, sith you do so abound, Cost truly true most truly in you found, O then you'll easily pardon my amiss, True cost all nobly in your honour is. (206) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS Earl of Melrosse and Haddington, Lord Byning and Byris, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsel. THOMAS HAMILTON. Anagramma. HA' MAN MOST HIGH LOT. The more I look, the more I wonder still, Having in sight how you stand on an hill, On you how Earledoms t'wo at once conferred, Most honouredly you are therein preferred, A Lord two several Baronies you make, Scots privy seal likewise you charge of take. Ha' man say I, you have a most hy lot, And 'tis your virtues raised you, else not Most noble Lord had you attained so hy, Into such honoured place and dignity, Let now the muses give a caveat though, That forward still in virtue's path you go, Onward, when you your razes goal has got, None ●ut will say, ha' man most high by lot. (207) To the Right Honourable, ALEXANDER, Earl of Galloway, Lord Carleis. ALEXANDER STVARTE. Anagramma. AV! EXTEND ALL STAR. Ah, when I see the lustre that you show, Lively set forth true noble, you I know, Extending forth all Starry glorious light, Xanthus I think himself to do you right, Although his lines most silver excel, None of the poets that i'th' world do devil, Duly them weighing ever could them mend, Eternising your praise, his lines must lend, Recording of a subject of that worth, Such as his muse before did ne'er bring forth; Than forward press and still extend all Star, Very much lustre making shine afar, And as all stars your light extend you here, Rays of true beams on you will so shine clear, That your great name kept still in memory, Eternally shall be in dignity. (208) To the Right Honourable, COLLEN, Earl of Seafort, Lord Kintaile. COLLEN MAC-ENZE. Anagramma. MENN ECHO ZEAL. Charity now 'mongst men is grown so cold, Of it to speak men many times are bold; Lively, yet ne'ertheless to Charactrize, Love and to live thereby few men so wise; Ensuing love and charity so well, Nobly and perelike therein to excel. Menn echo zeal within their mouths, but yet A fair expression of it none can get, Choice Peer, than I must praise you worthily: Eternising both zeal and charity, Nobly expressed in your actions rife: Zeal you do act unto the very life, Expressing it by charity as chief. (209) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Anandale, Viscount Anan Lochmabine. JOHN MURRAY. Anagramma. AV; MERRY HONEY. I cannot choose Au! Sir, but much admire On you, who do to honey sweet aspire: Honey most cordial is unto the heart, Natural heat that doth thereto impart. Merry doth honey make, and such you are, Virtue hath made you merry honey bear; Rightly is virtue the sweet honey dew; Rightly the mirth figured thereby are you: And so I found virtue true mirth doth breed, Yielding the greatest comfort at a need. (210) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Landerdale, Viscount Maytland Lord Thirilstone and Lyddington. JOHN MAITLANDE. Anagramma. MAN AN HOLY TIDE. I see your zeal, and 'tis an holy tide, Onward in good things you so forward guide, Holiness doth set forth a sanctity, Never unfit for nobility. Man noteth such an one as natural, Attaining unto goodness cannot fall, In him until an holy tide constrain, To press still forward in a virtuous vain: Lively a tide declareth such a force, As forceth on unto an holy course; Now this the Muses mean an holy tide, Doubtless a noble man 'twas thee did guide, Encouraged not from virtue's path to slide. (2●1) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Carrack, Lord Kinclenyne. JAMES STVART. Anagramma. MAY SUTE STARS. I see your worthiness is excelling, Aided with virtues fit for heavenly dwelling; Mighty great lustre sith you so display, Eternally to suit the stars you may, Showing forth lustre, that so nobly high Suited with nothing but nobility: Than sith your virtues make you fit for Heaven, Very well may you to the stars be even, And suit them well you do, for you display Resplendently still a more glorious ray, Thus you show rightly you the stars suit may. (212) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earl of Kinnowle. GEORGE HAY. Anagramma. O HIGH EAGER AGE. Great noble Captain of the Scottish band, Exactly virtue you do acting stand, Of grave designs, which show you to be high, Rightly well fitted for nobility: Greatly may you your eager heart increase, Eagerly acting still true noble●●●. High Lord, sith you so highly do affect, And virtues high things to yourself select; You eagerly, O on hy age may get, Entering on higher honour Sir with it. (211) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Dumfreeis, Viscount Air, and Lord Sanquhir. WILLIAM CRIGHTON. Anagramma. WIN ALL RIGHT COMLY. Win all should valour in a noble man, In whom true manhood is right comely than, Living in gracing forth nobility, Lively that said, without you cannot be: In you the Muses, then true nobleness, And valour spying thought fit ne'ertheless, Mighty great Lord, to lend a line or two, Craving Sir nothing, but what now you do Rightly indeed, who doth persuade that thing, In which a man is working praises bring Greatly thereto, and it commends thereby: Hence then right noble Lord, it is that I Thus bold have been your honour to excite. O noble Crighton, 'tis most comely right Nobly to win all, showing manly might. (212) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Queenisbury, Viscount Drum lauricke. WILLIAM DOUGLAS. Anagramma. ALL MAY GVYD SLOW. Wilful precipitation is not good, In which is showed more rash than noble blood; Lively true valour, active manliness, Loves sure, yet slowly, though itself t'express In rashness, counsel wants, when slowly done, A thing to ripeness may by counsel come; Marking of which extreme, I found it true, Doubtless more slow, most safe we do pursue: O then it's fitting, that who guides are made, Virtue affecting, should be wise and stayed; Greatly he wisdom shows that bears slow sway, Lose carriage fits not him on whom the stay And welfare doth depend of any land, So as it doth upon its nobles stand. (213) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl and Viscount of Sterling, Secretary of SCOTLAND, and one of his Majesty's honourable privy Counsel. WILLIAM ALEXANDER. Anagramma. MY LEADER WAX IN ALL. Warlike brave Dowglas with a wise slow pace, In the fore ward with valour great did trace: Let Alexander come. And certainly Lively you do express nobility, In all thing waxing stronger by degree, And showing right that you a leader be: May every one still in all goodness grow, And waxing may a sample others show; Led you do valiantly advancing still, Ever true wisdom rightly you fulfil. Xerxes doth seem to be revived again, A●, you so lively follow in his vain: Now to conclude my leader with delight, Daily to war in all I will excite; Eternity will then to you succeed Right noble Peer, where warring shall not need. (214) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl of Elgine, Lord Kinlosse. THOMAS BRUCE. Anagramma. HAS BRUTUS COM? Those who do happen honoured Earl to view, Honour transcended on the head of you; On whom according to your high estate, May grace in print, and honoured estimate, According to the glory now descended, So on your head who goodness so intended. Brute or some worthy may think very well, Raised again from the Elysian cell; Valour and nobleness so truly do Courageously within your heart so flow, Each where has brute come? cry men as you go. (215) To the Right Honourable, DAVID, Earl of Southesk, Lord Carnegy of Kinnard. DAVID CARNEGY. Anagramma. NAY VID GRACED. Doubtless, who vies you, must in earnest say, And very truly sith you grace obey, Virtue hath graced you, and you a vid, In grace and favour ever to abide: Declaring since you love grace so well, Clear honoured Peer, in grace you may excel, Admitted to be graced on the earth, Respecting honour, worthiness and birth: Nay vied grace in earth is not enough, Interpret not in pride I would you puff, Graced great Sir, if here you shall remain, Your great reward for grace, Heaven doth retain. (216) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Traquhair, Lord Traquhair. JOHN STVART. Anagramma. UNTO HIGH STAR. In your high honour meriting on high, O noble Sir, unto high star you fly: High your deserts most noble Lord admit, Not lower than among the stars you sit. Starry your grace's most resplendent are, The light you show, makes me think you a star, Virtue will 'cause eternally your name, According to your merits raised by fame; Raised aloft on high unto hy star, Triumphantly in virtues glorious car. (217) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of Ancram. ROBERT CAR. Anagramma. ORB TRACER. Rightly if that the muses hit it right, O Sir, in travail you should take delight, Betracing of the world about so well, Even Drake the orbs late tracer to excel; Rather indeed, you reading on a Book, Tracing the orbs, in h's history you look. Certes a great world in you needs must be, Admitting the whole orbs placed within thee, Registered all within thy head to be. (218) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Weymes, Lord Weymes. JOHN WEYMES. Anagramma. SHOW MEN JOY. In your great honour free from all annoy, O truly noble Weymes you show men joy; Having your virtues in their clearer sight, Nothing there is can breed them more delight. With joy your wisdom so doth men content; Ever we pray it might be permanent; Your virtuous life doth breed so great delight, Men wish you endless joy you to requited: Eternal joy may unto you succeed, Showing men joy, who do our comfort breed. (219) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Earl of Dalhousie, and Lord Ramsey of Dalhousie. JOHN RAMSEY. Anagramma. RAYS ME ON HY. I cannot wonder that your virtues cry Of you a noble Peer, raisme on hy; High virtues where they devil are not content, Noble themselves in a low Battlement. Raise who possesseth virtue, virtue will, Advancement that man sure shall have his fill, Making him who hath true nobility, Surrounded still with higher dignity; Eternity until the man do reach Your honour, this I shall not need to teach. (220) To the Right Honourable LUCIUS', Viscount Falkland. LUCIUS CAREY. Anagramma. I LUCIUS RACE. Lucius, their race is come on foot again, Virtues of Consuls Viscounts will maintain, Consul what ever Lucius can be found, In any virtuous valour did abound: Very well may you see it now revived, Set in this Lucius to the life enlived. Consuls they were the most, and this great Peer A Viscounts place in Scotland's land doth bear; Replenished were they with brave fortitude, E'en so is likewise Lucius here indeed, You Lucius race may very right be read. (221) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Viscount Dumbar. HENRYE CONSTABLE. Anagramma. HE ON IN BLESSED RACE. How you in a most blessed race do high, Each one may see that hath but half an eye, Near stand you still, but in the blessed race hying, Rather you seem indeed to be in flying, Yea and Heaven to attain by violence, Entered thereto by upright Innocence. Continued then in your most noble course On in your blessed race, win Heaven by force; Never give off, until the Crown that's due Sir, for your virtuous life descend on you: Than that you in a blessed race have run, Ah noble Lord, by the reward is won, Best willbe understood an incitation, Lively you'll hereby give and provocation, Enciting others to your imitation. (222) To the Right Honourable, DAVID, Visc. Stormouth, Lord Scone. DAVID MURRAYE. Anagramma. AV ME? RUDDY RAY. David was ruddy, and like so are ye, A David rightly in the same you be, V●rtue may by the countenance be seen, I'th' face may be di●cerv'd, what one hath been, Doubtless when as a ruddy comely ray, Most noble Sir, a body doth display, Virtue not being in the soul within, Rightly such one tr●e beauty hath not seen, Rightly you though in soul and body rich, An ruddy rays do force most comely reach, You well may be a David and may Reign Eternally Gods praises to maintain. (223) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Visc. Oboyne, Lord Gordon. GEORGJUS GORDON. Anagramma. I GORED ON GORGEUS. Gorgeus it is for noble men who graced Express true manhood which in them is placed, On goring of the foes which would oppress, Rending a way a settled quietness, Gorgeously your ancients gored, and hence, I think you had your name whence doth commence. Virtue with valour likely mixed is, So who hath one, doth tother hardly mis. Go on then in your predecessors way, On follow them, nor from their footsteps stray, Rightly possess the valour that before Decked with your predecessors ever wore, O then we shall indeed but truth confess, Noble you are and full of valiantness. (224) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Viscount Kemnore. JOHN GORDON. Anagramma. GOR'DON ON HY. In honour a conserver of the Land, O my Moecena● you full well may stand, High who although you are, not Idle been, Nobly about the noblest works are seen. Guarding the country you have gored the foes, On which true valour in you nobly shows, Rays of true virtues you so well display, Doubtless therewith you gore your foes away, On gore them still although you be on high, Nobly so be your Country's guard thereby. (225) To the Right Honourable ROBERT Viscount Bell Haven. ROBERT DOUGLAS. Anagramma. ART ORBS GOLD. Rare Gold doth true nobility contain, O there's no truer treasure in the Main, Bost cannot all the earth of any such, Eternally that will abide the touch, Rightly the Gold of Ophir nothing is, To this which purchaseth the truest bliss. Doubtless then thou art orbs rare gold indeed, O noble Lord that doth true riches breed. Virtue is still the best security, Guarding most nobly when thy dignity, Lively assisted Countrymen are safe, And sitting peaceably they'll smile and laugh, So true orbs gold shall be your Epitaph. (226) To the Right Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Archbishop of Saint Andrew's, Primate and Metropolitan of all Scotland. JOHN SPORSWOODE. Anagramma. O SOWED NO HYLAS PROSE. In love and piety great Bishop high, O how you honour well the Deity; How you do love the people and care so, No prose so hy above their reach to sow. Sow you do God's blessed Word, casting the seed, Preparing so that it increase may breed, On the grounds strength or weakness, having eye, Respecting not to please the sense thereby: Seeking the true and Orthodoxal sense, With plainness and with simple Innocence; On sowing not with high and lofty prose, Only in teaching, seeking to win those Do to God's Word attend, thus it doth fall, Envy those split, Saint Andrew hath a Paul (227) To the Right Reverend Father in God, PATRICK, L●rd Archbishop of Glascowe, Primate of Scotland, and Metropolitan. PATRICK LINDSEY. Anagramma. CLAY, KIND PRIEST. Priest made of clay, a port that God's blessed word A training to, to th' people do afford; 'Tis a most honoured title for a Priest, Rightly, and in a proper sense is Christ, In God's Church, though there are Priests amongst men Chosen, God's secrets to reveal to them, Keeping the name of Priest, which nothing more interpreted, than elder doth implore. Like unto us such is God's mercy, see In's providence, he will these Priests to be, Noting to us that so the works due praise Duly belongs to God, is his always; So than you clay Priest, still remember ye, Even like to us made of the clay you be; Your kindness to us therefore let us see. (228) To the Right Reverend Father in God, David, Lord Bishop of Edinburgh. DAVID LINDESEY. Anagramma. SAY I LEND, DEVID. Deviding of God's word belongs to you, A reverend Prelate who therein pursue, Versed so perfectly in holy writ, In readiness straightway to open it, Declaring as the Apostle doth enjoin, Lending the sense in time and out of time, In faithful manner dealing forth the bread, Not out of order to whom should be fed, Doubtless who thus doth as yourself doth so, Eternal honour unto him shall flow. So to conclude, so lend and so decide, Ever Gods blessed word that may betide, Your commendations on the people's side. (229) To the Right Reverend Father in God, the L. Bishop of Galloway. BJSHOP of GALLOWAYE, Anagramma. SAY FOLLOW A BIG HOPE. Blessed is Galloway where you their Pastor Instruct them still to follow Christ their Master, Saying a big hope ever follow ye, Hope still in God and never hopeless be, O Gods most blessed word hope will maintain, Putting the soul in joy in midst of pain. O then still preach, say follow a big hope, Fitting yourself to follow still God's scope. Great Prelate as you great are, so have care, A great hope to commend you do not spare, Letting the people know a hope that's big, Lively on Christ set is the surest twig, O 'tis a tree of a most sure defence, Well will preserve a man so innocence, And a plain honest heart with it conjoined, Your big hope follow, you the fruit shall find, Eternally abiding in God's mind. (230) To the Right Reverend Father in God, ALEXANDER, Lord Bishop of Dunkeld. ALEXANDER LINDESEY. Anagramma. SIR, ANNEX YE ALL DEED. As you are a learned Prelate and preach well, Lively so strive, that your deeds may excel Ever in action, doing what you preach Xixtus like, than you Reverently do teach. A Reverend Bishop, erst of Rheims he was: Nor did he one jot of the truth let pass, Doing so bravely, that ere truth were lamed, Even be himself would suffer to be maimed, Receiving so the crown of Martyrdom. Let then your deeds after this Bishop come, In whose good parts, although you are proceeding; None live so well, no exhortation needing: Do then most worthy Prelate, let annexed Ever all deeds be to your holy text; Sir, still all deed unto your Word annex ye, Envies foul hags which do so much perplex ye, You'll stop their mouths, and they can never vex you. (231) To the Right Reverend Father in God, The Lord Bishop of Abordine. BISHOP OF ABORDINE. Anagramma. O BE BOND OF HYLAS PRAISE. Bond of hypraise O reverend Father be, Instruct your people very curiously; Showing to them God's sacred Testament, How he his Gospel by his Son then sent: On faith in CHRIST, if that they do rely, Pleasing their GOD, they may be saved thereby, Ever though mind them, faith is still requiring Of those who have it, that some works respiring Faith, may alive and not a dead faith show. Always this Doctrine reverend Sir pursue, Bestir yourself by your example too, On ward to move them as you preach to do; Rightly so you a Preacher always shall Duly a Lecture read unto them all, Instructing them more by your good example, Noted by them, then by ten Sermons ample, Ever bond of high praise on foes you trample. (232) To the Right Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Moray. JOHN GUTHRIE. Anagramma. I GRV THE HONEY. In sweetness fare excelling honey you, And those who hear you drop a pleasing dew: Honey was never any half so sweet, (Not) as God's word with which you them do greet. Greeting them still with God's true grace and favour, Verting from them his wrath, their ill behaviour That they may mend, and so returning they Have of that precious and sweet honey may. Rightly then Sir, when you did preaching show, Indeed you not till then the honey gru, Evermore still this sweetness do pursue, (233) To the Right Reverend Father in God, JOHN, Lord Bishop of Rosse. JOHN MAXWEL. Anagramma. AXE LIMB HUE ON. I sand you here an Axe, you must thereby On hue until the wood you do descry, How good and whether it will timber serve, Noting the bad, and it to burn reserve. May this Axe limb then well, it is God's Word, And will a difference easily afford, Xerxes' like, still pursuing in your strength Well, till the trees be hewed at the length: Each tree resembles men, the Axe GOD'S Word, Lively that hewing on their hearts afford, Lymming them out fit timber for the Lord. (234) To the Right Reverend Father in God, THOMAS, L. Bishop of Brechen. THOMAS SYNSORSE. Anagramma. MOST ROSY SEAS. Thy soul is full of Matter most divine, Having a Sea within the heart of thine, O rather Seas within you do retain, Most plenteously distil you as the rain, And running forth into delicious rills, Softly descending from the rocky hills: So have you Seas but of a strange condition, Yielding forth sweet a rosy disposition, Nor is't in vain, for God's word which you show, Sweetly doth seem learned Sir from you to flow, O sweetly let your rosy seas afford, Rivers enough still making a fresh ford, So show you plainly Gods blessed word will be Evermore still ere a most rosy Sea. (235) To the Right Reverend Father in God, ADAM L. Bishop of Dumblane. ADAM BALLANDON. Anagramma. ON AND DAM BAAL. A Reverend Prelate stored with doctrine well, Dam Baal and Idols, and the people tell, Advertising them what the danger is, Making of Idols how it hinders bliss. Baal the Zidonians Idol doth present All manner Idols that are by it meant. Let then the word of God be powerfully, Lively declared with audacity, And go you on still in your holy course, Nor cease to damn all Idols with a force, Damn Irreligion, Covetise condemn, On as you do, proceed then amongst men, None but will say you damned Baal well then. (236) To the Right Reverend Father in God, JOHN Lord Bishop of Catnas'. JOHN ABERNETHIE Anagramma. THY BE HIGH ARON. I wish the Urim and the Thummim may, On thee Right Reverend Bishop ever stay, High Aaron's lot be thine. And may it be, None in Religion that may out go thee. About the Lords work diligently go, Be careful that you be not over-slow, Ever respect have to the flock of Christ, Regarding them as Gods most holy Priest; Neither then Aron be you less sincere, Endeavouring still upright to appear, That so when Christ your Blessed Master come, Having his flock fed, you may have a room, Into your Master's joy to enter got, Ever so hast thou then high Aaron's lot. (237) To the Right Reverend Father in God, GEORGE L. Bishop of Orhnay. GEORGIUS GRAHAME. Anagramma. HA' GORGEUS GEM RAY. Gorgeous Ray which you illuster forth, Expressing you a gem of peerless worth, O you sand forth a most resplendent ray, Rightly which you out of God's word display; Great gem of endless worth that is and, make It doth of you a gem, who pleasure take, Virtuous good Bishop in that holy Book, Seeking wherein for happiness you look. Gorgeously, Sir, retain your gem ray still, with light your diocese and fill, All eyes that do behold you with the light, Had from the word of God that gem most bright, And of your lustre loose not any jot, Make increment, decreasall make you not. Eterne (hay gorgeous gem ray) is your lot, (238) To the Right Reverend Father in God, ANDREW, L. Bishop of Ardgyle. ANDREW BOYD. Anagramma. HAN DREW BODY. Able wise Bishop your discretion so, Notable is your task to undergo, Doubtless that you by settled argument, Rarely Drew Bodies to remain content, Ever subjected most obediently, With humble heart to serve God faithfully. Body implieth here a carnal man, On whom God's blessed word work wonders can, You than handrew on Bodies carnal men, Devoutly to serve God with spirit then. (239) To the Right Reverend Father in God NIGEL, L. Bishop of Isles. NIGELL CAMPEBOLL. Anagramma. LONG CLAP BELLAMI. Not better Anagram I can present, Inserted with such beauteous true content, Great Bishop of the Isles than this, for here, Entire the beauty is that doth appear, Loving so well the gracious God of Love, Likely the heart of the best sort to move. love it is, and may without offence, Admitted be to devil with Innocence: Most happy is the soul this Love hath got, Perpetual cursed is he hath it not, Enter may then this love and beauty well, Beloved Prelate in a Bishop's Cell: O your great virtues Long hath Cleped you Lively bestrewd with this Loves beauteous dew, Long still to be Clept Bellamy ensue. (240) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE Lord Gordon, Son and heir of George Marques Huntley. GEORGE GORDONE. Anagramma. GO, GO, O DARN EGER. Go on great Lord, and as you are a Peer, Ever a Derner of the times appear. O, it befitteth Peers indeed to be Rightly times Derners, and infirmity Growing with men's abuse, with care and pain Ever by prudent wisdom to restrain. Go on then, and as it befits you well, O as a Derner of the times excel: Rightly perform it Eager with affection, Derne the abuses that by insurrection On stage of this vast world have set their foot, Nobly great Lord set but your hand unto't, Eagerly Derne, or else 'twill be no boot. (241) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Erskeine, son and heir of john Earl of Marr. JAMES ERSKEINE. Anagramma. YE maked YEARS. I sand unto you Sir, now this new year, A new years gift the Muses bade me bear, Meaning no more but that therewith from heart, Ever unto you I should you impart, Seeing the virtues which within your breast, Entered most fayerly nobly there do rest, Rightly declaring you a noble man, Showing such graces as most truly can, Kept in your hearts most closest cabinet, Ever make honour still upon you set, In earth the muses see your grace appear, Nor cease to wish you maken many a year, Enjoining me this message for to bear. (242) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Macgill, one of the Lords of the College of justice. JAMES MACGILL. Anagramma. CALL GEMM SAY I I viewing of the graces that innate, Are as it were within you incarnate, Making your lustre lustrous amongst men. E'en must confess you to be a rare Gem, So sure you are, for virtues precious still, Make their abode within your heart and fill A light disspreading all the Country round, Charity choosing you a most profound Gem of great price and excellency rare, I cannot choose but must confess you are, Lively your Rays display still shiningly, Let all Call you a Gem indeed say I, (243) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Lindesey. JAMES LINDESEY, Anagramma. SEE YE MY ISLAND? I see me thinks the places where you sway, And how your honour causeth to obey, Much like unto an Island, which the sea Ever surroundeth, so that such may be Sea-compassed about with sure defence. Likely it is that Country hath a fence Impregnable, where you do baronize, Nobly then guiding under Charles the wise; Doubtless more sure and safe they are therein, Even then if Sea-surrounded they had been. See ye my Island? very well may ye, Inquire then of men, seeing Sir you be Yourself a more sure fence, then is the Sea. (244) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Forbes. JOHN FORBES. Anagramma. O FINE ROBE! I see the Robes of honour which you wear, O nobly gracing you, fine they appear, How well it fits that fine Robes should be fit, Nobly yourself who finer graces it. Fine are the virtues which in you appear, Ordered in brave array most noble Peer, Replenished with faith, hope, charity, Best ornaments for true nobility, Ever may rightly then to you befall, Such fine Robes Sir to grace you therewithal. (245) To the Right Honourable ALEXANDER Lord Saltoun. ALEXANDER ABERNETHIE. Anagramma. ANNEX BET; TENDER ALL HIE. Annex bet vertus still tender all hie, Lively troops still of true nobility, Expressing bounty to the life so well, Xenius great self your freeness doth excel, And none will say but true nobility Nobly you show in liberality, Declaring you a true Maecenas right, Ever rewarding worthily who writ, Tender all high assays and ever still A noble man express you by your will, Best by your actions full of worthiness, Ever most truly noble you express, Rendering all high as high you are I'm sure, None then will doubt, your honour will endure, Interchange virtues still, and let one grace Truly provoke another on apace. Having your graces thus annexed then, In honour you annexed amongst men, Ever shall truly honoured be 'mongst men. (246) To the Right Honourable ANDREW Lord Grace, Baron of Fovils. ANDREW GRAYE. Anagramma. WE REGARD ANY. A noble man should be the poor man's ward, Nor should he cease on any one regard, Duly according to their several place, Right nobly to extend himself to grace, Even showing so he's a most noble peer, With true respect regarding any here. Great Peer, such one are you, who due regard Rightly extend to any them to ward, Amy Moecenae great, regard but me, You very rightly shall my Pollio be, Eternize shall my Muse your memory. (247) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Ochiltry. JAMES STVART. Anagramma. SLAIN ART, MUSE. If I Encomium of your praise should writ, As you great Sir, I'm sure deserve of right; My Muse must then new art invent again, Eternising your name, old Art to Stain, Such are the noble virtues which adhere So nobly Sir, within the noble Sphere, True Sphere indeed of your most inward soul, Verily that indeed he should control, All arts and sciences men have invented, Rightly that your worth may be represented. Than with these lines I pray remain contented. (248) To the Right Honourable, the Lord Cathcarte LORD CATHGARTE. Anagramma. TRACT EACH LORD. Lovely great Peer, the virtues in your view, Of every Peerless peer you well pursue. Rightly indeed thus like a Nobleman, Do you set forth your souls true lustre than. Choice virtues which each several Lord doth act, Admiredly you follow in your tract, Tracing along by virtue led so well, Honouredly you strive for to excel, Charily still tracing each several Lord, And marking well what nobly they afford, Resplendent honour in their Imitation, Tracing each several Lord of every nation, Expressing of their worth's delineation. (249) To the Right Honourable, JOHN Lord Zester. JOHN HAY. Anagramma. HE HAN JOY. I cannot say more than your Anagram, O noble Hero, sets forth in your mind, How you who virtues so well do affect, Notably do Enjoy a joy select. Han signifieth have, so you have than, A Joy befitting a true nobleman. Your virtue then pursue, and you shall see, Ever you shall Han joy assuredly. (250) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Semple. JAMES SEMPLE, Anagramma. YE SAMPLE SEM. In virtue you do walk so virtuously, Accompanied with true nobility, Most noble Lord that we must truly say, Entering upon your virtues large survey, Sem in uprightness and sincerity Sample ye in your life most virtuously. Erst he a holy father procreated, Many good souls from him generated. Placed in Canan were the holy seed, Let then your virtues and true honoured breed, Evermore in God's blessed Church succeed. (251) To the Right Honourable HENRY Lord St. Char, Baron of Ravensheogh. HENRY SAINT CHAR. Anagramma. ALL CRY ERN HYLAS SAINT. High Saint in virtue and in admiration, Ern still to be by virtuous inclination, None that do live but earnestly desire, Right true nobility should so aspire. You are a nobleman in Scotland true. Such great reward though will to you ensue, Aiming at virtue, that yourself shall be Installed a Saint in truest dignity, Nobler indeed you shall be then by fare, Chosen then if you were an Emperor, Than let the cry of all sorts you exhort, Crying to you, you keep a holy port, Let their loud acclamations to you crying, Into heaven force you as you were in flying, And so you earning an hy Saint to be, Raised shall be an hy Saint triumphantly. (252) To the Right Honourable JOHN Lord Herries. JOHN MAXWEL. Anagramma. WAX MEL ON HY. In you I sweetness infinitely behold, O! honey in your name is well enrolled, Having Wax too a full whole hive to make, Nobly indeed which fates on high do take. May you still Wax in honour more and more, And to a higher pitch of greatness sore, Xanthe the Nymph shall Chronicle your name, With an acrostique and an Anagram, Ever recording a Mellifluous Peer, Lively true with your wax appear. (253) To the Right Honourable, ALEXANDER Lord Elpingstone. ALEXANDER ELPINGSTONE Anagramma. SPRING ALONE EXTEND AL. Alone spring up in virtues, All extend, Letting each know that you are virtues friend, Extend all virtues, extend charity, Xanthus-like, which its colour niggardly, As wretched miser's gold, would never keep, Not, Aristotle saith, that all the sheep, Died are with read that washed are therein. Extend then charity, and do begin Religiously your bounteous hands to spread, Ever shall virtue then lift up her head, Like a true noble Peer you spring alone, Peerelike indeed who are so virtuous grown, Ensue then Charity and grow you still, Nobly with bounty every place to fill, Grow in your liberality, and see, Stout noble Peer you'll ever growing be. Thus cast your bread upon the waters, and O honoured Lord you'll find it in your land, Nobly extend all mercy and you'll see, Even almost all alone you'll spring a tree. (254) To the Right Honourable, SIMON, Lord Lovat. SIMON FRASER. Anagramma. SO IS MAN FREER. So free man you are, is any found, In works of Charity doth more abound? Making still forward a more good progression. O nobly setting forth a disposition, Naturally to freeness so inclined. Few are can sample such a noble mind. who is not with a mind that's Free, A bondman is, and for nobility, So fare 'tis from him that he knows it not, Ever must you then who a most free Lot, Retain be decked with true nobility. (255) To the Right Honourable, JAMES Lord Ogilby. JAMES OGILBY. Anagramma. BY GEMS ALL JOY. In whomsoever the true gems do rest, A noble cabinet is his rare breast, Most neatly treasuring the gems of grace, Expressing lustre in his very face. Such one great Sir are you who do express, O noble and to life your joyfulness, Gems that are rare and superpasse excelling, In your most noble soul enjoy their dwelling. Let still your joy increase, all your joy set, By these true gems increased be fare bet, Your joy confesseth them best gems to be. (256) To the Right Honourable the Lord Borthwicke LORD BORTHWICKE. Anagramma. WORK BY THE LORD. Lustrous your works great Lord must ever be, On Christ that founded are perpetually, Relying then on a foundation sure, Doubtless they must for evermore endure. By the Lord Christ then work, without whose aid, O withal is vain what ever can be said, Regardless all is what ere can be done, That will unto no prosperous ending come. How happy then are you that work so well, Working by Christ to make your works excel! Ensue the work so well you have begun, Christ you will win who doth so nobly run. Keep on your course and then you shall be sure, E'er long your great reward Sir to procure. (257) To the Right Honourable ROBERT Lo●d Rosse. ROBERTUS ROSSE. Anagramma. SE TRV ROSES ORB. with sweetness, Roses-like the scent Of your fair virtues, is most permanent, Being an orb where several grace's lustre, Eve-like to Roses which on rose trees cluster, Re●en●ing forth a sweet and pleasing smell, That breeds a delectation doth excel, Virtue these Roses are, fame is the savour, Sounding aloud their gracious good behaviour. Right noble Lord then sith you so abound, Odorously replete with Roses sound, Seeing an orb of Roses in you true, Sweetly the smell of Roses lively show, Evermore still that goodness yet pursue. (258) To the Right Honourable ROBERT Lord Boyde. ROBERTUS BOYDE. Anagramma. O BIDES TRUE ORB. Round is the circle that your virtues go, O noble Peer, if virtuous deeds do show; Beloved with God indeed Sir that you are, Expressing so your minds fair beauties rare, Rare then must needs your fortitude abide, True orb of graces whatsoever betid, Virtue an orb inhabits within thee, So thee an orb of virtue we decree. Bide noble peer, and do but thou remain, O as thou art, nor constancy do stain; Your virtues then will make men doing right Doubtless confess you bide an orb in sight Ever most true, which breeds most sound delight. (259) To the Right Honourable, john Lord Torphichen. JOHN SANDELANDS. Anagramma. AH ON LANDS I SAND. In honour worth so trumpets out your fame O that you show to have a noble name. Ha' virtue makes that you on lands do sand Noble encomium of the way you bend. So lustre forth most noble 〈◊〉 your worth, And let it lustre for●● your noble birth Nobly adorned wi●● our virtues too, Decking an high b●th, which doth make them show, Eternally masiuch true honour grow, Laud so will m●n your true nobility, Adorned still with greater dignity, Noting whose worth fame hy will sand on land, Declaring unto them to understand E'en that you do an higher state command. (260) To the Right Honourable, ALEXANDER, Lord Spinny. ALEXANDER LYNDESEY. Anagramma. ANNEXED EASILIER LED. Annexed forces duly knit together, Led are with case, albeit none know whether. Each thing conjoined may do very well, Xanthus' streams severed strait the ford will quell. Annex a sort of letter's, you may fra●e Neatly a syllable; disjoin the same, Doubtless they turn to letters bore again. Each syllable annexed may well maintain Rightly a sentence, and the sentence knit, Lively may set forth the exactest wit. In knitting things together thus we see Naturally how firm the knot may be. Doubtless you then in virtue who excel, Expressing it by grace annexed so well, Surely may led to heaven more easily Encountering sin with great audacity, Your life so Sir will reach eternity. (261) To the Right Honourable, PATRICK, Lord Londeres. PATRICK LESLY. Anagramma. LEAPS TRICKELY. Pressed unto Acts of truest nobleness, Admit sometimes from travels sore excess, That you release yourself and liberty, Relieving of your nature take thereby In manliness you though have such delight, Choice are the pastimes that to do you right, Keeping as noble mind in play as works, Entering upon, shows where true manhood lurks. Like then an active man you trickly leap, Expressing what a manly strength you keep, Showed in your trickly leap, yea too I see, Laid in as your most true nobility, You merry Peer with mirth and jollity. (263) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord London. JOHN CAMPEBEL. Anagramma. BEEN HOLY CAMP. In fair Array your virtues mustered are, O Sir, and do an Holy Camp appear: Holiness fitteth true Nobility, Nobly preparing for Heaven's dignity. Camp is your virtues, mustered in array, And truly noble beams they do display: Making one fitted with true heavenly worth, Placed within him for to grace his Birth, Exactly furnished with heavenly mirth, Be as a noble Peer, and holily Express the Purtrait of Nobility: Lively you been an holy Camp we see. (264) To the Right Honourable, Lord Balmerinoch. JOHN ELPINGSTONE. Anagramma. PLY HYLAS SONG SEEN ON. In Music's skill you surely learned are, O very well the Muses do declare, HIGH song you have, and th' Altus you will sing, Nobly so Fame a loud your fame doth ring. Expressing Altus, you show by and by Lively you are raised to Altesie, Placed on hy, that a low Base may be In a fare distance fifteen under thee. Nobly ply on the part you have begun, Go forward still until the praise won. Song doth imply a mind that's cheerly bend, The high part shows one who exalted hent On Honour set, is lifted up on hy: Now seen on hy, ply you hy Song so well, Eternally that so you may excel. (265) To the Right Honourable JAMES, Lord Colveill. JAMES COLVEILL. Anagramma. I'M A CLOSE IVELL. juel-like Peer you a close jewel rare, Admiredly indeed yourself declare; Making your lustre 'cause each one to grant, Ever you may of a close jewel vaunt: So here's the rareness of the jewel seen, Close kept, that chary of the same you been. O this close closet where this jewel chary Locked close the heart, is where it is kept wary. virtue's the juell that is kept so close, Exceeding all nay none we can suppose In Earth that can this juell rare excel: Lustrousl● such that none can parallel, Light it sends forth, as Stars in sky that devil. (266) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Blantyre. JAMES STVART. Anagramma. STAY A TRV SEM. I see the heart sincere, wherewith you vive, And seem another Sem to be alive; Marking whose steps, so truly you them trace, Each man doth judge you Sem by your just pace: Stay them before you go, and let us view. Steps (matchless Hero) you so well pursue, Truth we must needs confess, that you are then Verily the true picture of just Sem, And your good life doth make my thoughts to stay. Rightly a true Sem you are in your way, There doth remain in me no more to say. (267) To the Right Honourable ROBERT, Lord Burleigh ROBERTUS BALFOURE. Anagramma. OUR FATE SV ABLER ORB. Rare Fate have you, whose Fate so nobly bend On the rare abler Orb the heart hath sent: Be living, which you su both night and day, Ever until that orb attain you may; Rarely affecting that true orb so rare, That doth your fate true noble right declare. virtue's that nobler orb which doth beget Surely an abler Orb to follow it. Blessed are you that virtue do pursue, An abler orb than all the world you sue: Likely it is, your fate which follow than Fairly so good a gain, is happy man; Our fate be like to yours so abler orb, Virtue will teach you passions how to kerb. Run on till an abler orb we gain, Eternity then so we shall attain (268) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Holyrudehouse. JOHN BOTHWELL. Anagramma. BOTH ON HYLAS WELL. 've read of Pride to which the soul aspires, Of greatness too, wherein most men's desires, Having affection upon honour set, No pains foreslow the hearts desire to get. Blessed is the Soul when elevated hie, On God she meditates advisedly: The Body blessed is, when virtues shining Han taken been, Presages that divining Well do foreshow, that to hy dignity E'er long that body shall advanced be. Let soul and body then thus hy excel, Lively you see, on hy they both are well. (269) To the Right Honourable, JOHN Lord Madertie. JOHN DRUMONDE. Anagramma. DON MURED ON HY. I see so noble actions by you done, O, I must needs say you are a noble one: High are you sure, for you on high are mured, Nobly in good, who hath so well endured. Don's that in Spain, have so high dignity, Rightly you put down with Nobility: Virtue, you so in your good life do frame, Most honourable you do make your name, On which relying, you are mured so hy, Never to fall from your great dignity: Do as you have done then, and mured still, Eternally in honour bide you william. (270) To the Right Honourable, JAMES Lord Cooper. JAMES ELPINGSTONE. Anagramma. I'll EVEN STRONG PALM. Ise even strong Palm, you say, and you shall have it: Ah Sir, the gods unto deservers gaveit; 'Mongst which deservers, seeing that you are, Every way your worth let Palm declare. Such Palms were given, as signs of honours had, Earned by those, who by Mars were victors made: Likely than you, whom muses do befriend, Palm giving you, who Countries good do tend. Ensue with valour then as you begun Nobly at first, till you the Palm had won, That as you have the Palm, and earned it well, Showing true manhood doth within you devil: That you who got t●e Palm of victory, O nobly may retained true dignity. None but will say your valour doth excel, E'en you have earned strong Palm, which fits you well. (271) To the Right Honourable, JOHN Lord Cranstone. JOHN CRANSTONE. Anagramma. RACE ON HYLAS STONN. I doubt not, noble man, your virtues rare: O you an high and precious stone declare. High in your honour, precious in esteem, Noble, sith each one may your actions deem. Choicely then, Noble Peer, the race pursue, Right Noble, wherein entered each may view A fair progression, you have well begun, Nobly pursuing till the prize won; So a true noble stone you noble show, That each one may you for a hy stone know. On in your race, 'twill thee at last succeed Nobly a hy stone, so will be indeed, Each one confessing you are a noble seed. (272) To the Right Honourable, OGILBY Lord Deskforde. OGILBY DESKFORDE. Anagramma. O SEEK GLYD BY FORD. O seek on still in the fair way you go, Glide by the Ford, that streaming doth o'erflow In your fair heart, guiding you still along, Live, while you live within the world, (among Beastly men, who have conversations vild) Yielding forth fruit becoming God's best child. Doubtless the Ford is that sweet stream of grace, Entering into your heart that flows apace: Such is the path that you should seeking be, Keeping the way to heaven still warily: Fellow on still in this most blessed way, O still pursue on forwards, do not stay; Reaching at last, you such reward shall win, Doubtless, that to repent you'd ne'er begin: Ever then seek this way, glyd by this ford. (273) To the Right Honourable, CAR, Lord jedbrough. CAR JEDBROUGH. Anagramma. BROCH RARE GUIDE. Choice Noble Lord, who a rare guide indeed, Advanced yourself to be of noble breed, Rightly Broch you the blood of enemies Raging, that would your Country's life surprise: Expressing so, you are a rare guide, wise, In good way go you forward, and as guise, E'en of a rare guide rightly doth require, Do so, and we'll no more of you desire: Beholding after ages than shall be, Right Noble Lord, but to example thee: On whom, in Histories when they shall read, Viewing your worth; oh a rare guide indeed: Guide rare then, broach, and fear not to begin, Heaven so by virtuous valour you may win. (274) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord Kintyier. JAMES CAMPEBELL. Anagramma. PLACE BE-SMILES ME It is a virtuous life which place be-smiles, And virtue never any soul beguiles. Mighty great Lord, then seeing in great place Entrance you had by virtue, which doth grace So well your birth, though from a high descent, Choicely indeed it you hath honours lent: Ah then advance you forward into grace Mainly, sith you be-smiled are by place: Placed by virtue; sith you are on high, Embarked in the ship of dignity, Bestir yourself, and still this grace pursue, Ennobled Lord, that hath ennobled you, Lustre then, showing me, show honoured wight Lively indeed, place hath be-smiled you right. (274) To the Right Honourable, ARCHIBALD, Lord Naper, Baron of Marcheston. ARCHIBALD NAPER. Anagramma. RICH AND REAP ALB. Alb like white innocence with riches great, Rare is it when these two together meet; Christ saith, It is most hard for a rich man, Heaven's blessed Kingdom happy to attain. If riches do increase, saith David, see, Be careful that your hearts not on them be: All which reveal's, that who do riches reap, Likely they cannot innocency keep. Doubtless, then noble Peer, you have no Peer Nobly, that riches have not reaped here Alone, but with them Albe of innocence, Peerless indeed, must therefore be the fence, Excelling noble Peer, you have thereby Reaped riches, and white Alb, O dignity. (276) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS Lord Cameron. THOMAS FAIRFAX. Anagramma. AH FIX MOST A FAR. Thomas his faith it seems you have attained. Heart having fixed on that which not obtained One only glimpse, you yet believe to be, Most earnestly expecting certainly, A sure possession of that settled state, Setting the same at an high estimate. Fix then your heart still on the things not seen, And matchless yet they of a certain been: In earnest covet them, and though they're far, Xenius is one of the na●es of jove, and signifies bounty. Righty true faith, as near will them declare: Fix then a steadfast and firm confidence, And second you the same with innocence, Xenius great self will then be your defence. (277) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord Newburge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, & one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. EDWARD BARRET. Anagramma. ADD TRVER BRAV. Ever may you, right noble Sir, be brave, Decked with resplendent honour which you have, With answerable worth on you conferred, According to your great and true high merit. Reaching e'en up unto our Sovereign's ear, Deriving you a star to glitter here. Brave Lord, though you in Bravery abound, Add to be truer brave, and still be found, Reaching at higher graces, which will grave, Right true impression of a mind most brave; Ever thus add still braver brave to be, Till you obtain the heavenly bravery. (278) To the Right Honourable, WALTER, Lord Forfare. WALTER ASTON. Anagramma. ALL A TRV STONE. We all are stones, in Christ's best building set, And the more hewn and polished, still the bet: Living stones, called in God's blessed book; Than, Noble Sir, when on your grace I look, Entering into your virtues large survey, Rightly all a true stone I must you say: All a true stone your virtues nominate, Sir, that for heavenly buildings were created: Than still remain a true stone for the Lord; O still unto the building do afford New fresh additions, polished by God's Word. (279) To the Right Honourable, DONALD, Lord Reoay. DONALD MACKIE. Anagramma. I AM LANDED OAK Doubtless, your fortitude did lively show, O noble Oak, that you Okes strength pursue, Noting that through the shipwreck of the Sea, A landed Oak you come assuredly: Long have the stormy tempest you endured, Doubtless, more solace y●u yourself procured Entering upon the earth out of the Sea, Most lively heart of Oak, so strong you be; Ah noble Sir retain your strength within, Choicely defending still ●o strength to win: Keep you in heart the noble fortitude, You honoured soul wherewith you are endued, Each than will grant, you came oak when y'are viewed. (280) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Lord Dalzelle. ROBERTUS DALZELLE. Anagramm. BEST DOLER TRV ZEAL. Rightly true dole is that which is expressed Out of an ardent and a zealous breast: Best doler, or best dole give he that can Executes it as a most zealous man, Relieving of the poor, because in zeal That he doth seem their miseries to feel: Virtuous thus his zealous heart affected Seeks, that no work of love should be neglected. Dedicated this the Muses do to you, And 'tis because that zeal you do pursue; Leading your life by true zeal guided well, Zealously showing that you do excel. Excel so still, for you best doler be, Led by your zeal along to charity. Led others on by your example so Ever, that zealous men may many grow. (281) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord of Almond. JAMES LEVINSTONE. Anagramma. ON AT SEEMLY VINES. In the vines virtue growth discernible, Admiredly is to be imitable: Make a fair shadow next its branches do, Each noble man should this attain unto: Shadowing the poor, the feeble, and distressed, Letting them safe, free from oppression rest. Each vine will climb still upward by a stay: Virtue who hath, to Heaven climb upward may. In vines is fruitfulness, so should ensue Nobly to those in whom fair Virtue grew; So Grapes in press do precious wine bring forth, Thus was Christ's blood when he was on the earth. On then as seemly vines, which yield forth so Noble variety of graces to Enrich a soul where grace doth nobly flow. (282) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Lord of Kirkubright. ROBERTUS MACKLELLAN. Anagramma. EKE CAN BLAME TRV ROLLS. Register noble Lord, what will afford? O your true worthiness well to record: Behold true valour mixed with wisdom well, Excelling, rare, within your soul doth devil: Variety of wisdom you express, That fitteth well with honour's nobleness. Virtue of prudence is a virtue rare, So where it dwells true worth it doth declare. Mark noble Peer, where fortitude innated, A noble man to be he was created. Chastity doth on temperance attend: Kept all, though to produce but little end; Lustred by justice, if they are not tho; Entered, may prudence in a worldling flow Lively, may fortitude and temperance Lustringly brave a worldlings fame advance. Ah justice, 'tis that makes a perfect soul, Nobly your virtues then can blame true roll. (283) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Lord Forrester, Baron of Corstorphin. JOHN FORESTER. Anagramma. I REST F HORN. I see you are a noble Forester: O noble Sir, who a free horn prefer; Having free horn, which you so freely wind, Now rending in the Air when game you find. Free horn you rest, which doth imply you sound On blowing shrilly, that the woods around Reverberate an Echo each to other, Received from your breath their common mother. Ensue your game Sir, and thus free be still, So at the last you'll hap to have your will: The game well kept together you shall win Entire praises who so well begin: Resting so Sir you were a free horn seen. (284) To the Right Honourable LINDSEY, Lord ●alcarras. LINDSAYE BALCARRAS. Anagramma. AS RARE SAIL CAN build. Like jubal Cain, the first that e'er made Tent, I'll you compare, who now so do invent Not much unlike for matter, 'tis the same During-like stuff, whereof your sail you frame. Sails made are of Pouldavis, and the wet Admits no harm to it, but makes it bet; Yielding a fair expulsion from the weather, Ensafes the ship, and them also together. Build you yourself like to your sail to be, Admitting so of settled certainty Like to the sail drive on a right course still, Chose on a good way, and withal your skill, Affecting rightly to be in the right, Rightly you'll then in virtuous things delight: Right may men say then, you your soul can build As rare a sail as that which ship doth wild, Sailing you on to Christ, your comfort still. (285) To the Right Honourable, FORBES, Lord Petsligo. FORBES PETSLIGO. Anagramma. GO FOR BEST PILES. For best piles go, your fence to make the stronger; O be best piled, you'll endure the longer: Rest on best piles, and still your mind high flying, Be every day upon best piles relying: Endeavouring still for best piles so to go, Such best piles may ensafe you from a foe. Piles best go for, such piles are actions best, Enfranchising the man where best piles rest. The best piles are pious Nobility, Secured by best pile of great Sovereignty. Likely you safe, then for the best piles go, In getting the best pile y'are happy so: Go for the best piles then, and you shall se● O'er all the best piles, which is best to thee. (286) To the Right Honourable, the Lord FRASER of Muckoll. LORD FRASERE. Anagramma. LORDS FEE RARE. Lord's fees are rare, for Lords fees rare should be O noble Hero, for an Angel's fee Requires each petty Counsellor, and then Doubles a Lords fee these as much again Expressing the rare prowess of the mind, Fare from most Lawyers this fee we do find, Raking now here, now there for fees they rook, Admitting only thus, 'tis in my book. Sir, your Lords fees shows you most truly wise, Endeavouring always not to covetise: Rather indeed most nobly you do show Expected crop of grace, your field will flow. (287) To the Right Honourable, the Lord johnstoun. LORD JOHNSTOUN. Anagramma. UNTO LORDS ON HY. Lo, by the Muses nine charged am I, O noble Peer unto the Lords on hy, Respecting each according to his place: Declare must I how them the Muse's grace. I know them not, 'tis true; but yet the Muses Have skill enough, and Learning's Art infuses On rather into those who have a will Nobly their works with Heroes acts to fill. So, since I am commanded thus to wright, These letters will not blush, if they not right On: as their Letters teach, so I do frame Unto hy Lords each several Anagramme: Nor do I Satyrize within the same. (288) To the Right Honourable the Lord Olyphant. LORD OLYPHANT. Anagramma. O LORD PLANT HY. Looking Sir still upon your mighty name, O I durst scarcely writ an Anagramme; Raising so many terrors in my brain, Do still admire the virtues you retain. O Lord plant hy, sith you so noble are, Lively by growing a great plant appear: You growing a great plant, shall never be Placed as food for Elephantines fee. HIGH you'll grow still, and a great Tree at last, (A plant though at the first) if you grow fast: Nor shall their afterwards be any want True noble Lord in such a noble plant. The Nobility of Ireland. (289) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earl of Kildare. GEORGE FITZE-GERALDE. Anagramma. FIRE EGER ZEAL GET GOD. Great Lord, that of the Irish in first place Entering, do first appear, and show your face: O you a good beginning do begin, Reaching zeals eager fire you blessed been. Great fervour is in zeal, for it is fire Entered in him who doth so high aspire. Fire is true zeal, and therefore they who cold In virtue are, zeal doth not in them hold: 'Tis eager fire, not raked in ashes dead; Zeal eager fire will have its fervour spread. Ever then eager zeal pursue, and then Getting of zeal, you get your God again. Eager zeal, fire, and God is fervour too, Rightly then each the other reacheth to. Advance then forward, eager zeal once gotten, Live like a Peer, be ne'er of God forgotten. Doubtless, who doth zeals eager fire pursue. Ever gets God; Sir, you shall find this true. (290) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Ormond and Ossery. JAMES BUTLER. Anagramma. A TRV SMILE BE. I think Sir your most true Nobility Admitteth well of noble courtesy, Making me laugh when as I think you smile, Encouraged to writ to you the while. Seeing a true smile in your face appear, Be unto me true smile, the weather clear, Virtue affecting with serenity. T'ru smile, most noble Peer, extend on me, Lively, the Muses then aloud will shout, Expressing Butler affable no doubt, Raising a true smile, though upon a rout. (291) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of Thomond. HENRY O-BRYEN. Anagramma. O BREN, I ERN HY. Heroickly your virtues we discern, Evermore striving highly, like King Bren: None ever could this Bren in valour pass, Reading of times, in which he septered was: You, though this Brens' great valour parallel, Or rather may be said it to excel, Bearing the valour then, which Bren possessed, Rightly may you to honour be addressed. You earn hy Bren, whose virtues when you act, Erne by Bren still, and let each Noble fact Note your deserts, in some more learned tract. (292) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Castle-haven, and Lord Audley, Baron of Highleigh, in England. JAMES TOUCHET. Anagramma. YOU MEET CHASTE. joined unto your true Nobility, Advanced high is noble chastity, Meeting wherewith, you show you are a man, Excellently that moderation can Show to the life; so you do Chasteness meet; Thus than is your soul, who married (sweet) O to the Lord the world will not retain, Virtue will ever beat it back again. Chastity bears hate to Adultery. Hatred your soul bears to Idolatry: Express then to the life, that your chaste heart Truly meets Chastity, thence will not part. (293) TO the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earl of Desmond, Viscount Callen, second son of William Earl of Denbigh. GEORGE FIELDING. Anagramma. GLORY seeing EDG. Glorious great Lord, your edge to virtue bend, Ever with glories fee shall be content, O true edge, that on virtue thus is set, Raised is by glory, which true edge hath met. Glory an edge is ever seeing well, Edging the soul in glory to eFcell: seeing the edge ever on edge to rest, Enjoying glorious honour 'mongst the blessed Eternally in heaven, in glorious state, Lauding his God who did his good created: Duly that true edge may to grace remain, In earth will glory fee, true edge retain. Now you, great Lord, whose edge on virtue is, Glory your fee in earth, in heaven ne'er miss. (294) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Earl of Cork. RICHARD boil. Anagramma. BE RICHLY ADORED. Rich virtues draw rich coin, rich coin again, Enriched honours nobly do maintain Choice virtues, honour meant, and you then Having the one, the other have again Adored, richly may you noble be, Richly advanced unto rich dignity, Drawn thereunto by virtue, which hath drawn (Blithe merry Lord) you honoured as your own; O, no Idolatrous fond adoration You seek, 'tis only virtuous veneration; Lending due honour virtue, where we see Exalted in your heart, there place to be. (295) To the Right Honourable, RANDALL, Earl of Antrim. RANDALL MAC-DONELL. Anagramma. NO CELL-MAN DARED ALL. Rare manhood is by activeness expressed, And Hermit-like, not in his Cell doth rest, No Cell man ere dared all; a stirring man, Doubtless, is he, that glory reach at can. A man was borne not for himself alone, Life, who lent him a part, may challenge one, Likewise another part he will confess, Most due unto his Country, than the less, And that which doth remain, is his alone, Cell-men rob Countries, and themselves each one, Doting so on a solitary life, O, as for that they will forsake their wife. No Cell-man ere dared all, but cowardly, E'en at a pinch, do from their Country fly, Living in Cells: but you, great Lord, not so, Lustrously, who your manhood truly show. (296) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Earl of West Meath. RICHARD NV GENT. Anagramma. GARDEN NV RICHED. Rich is your garden with your several plants, In which, your virtue's soul finds truest haunts, Charity lively flourishing doth grow, Hanging forth boughs to shadow poor below, And droppeth thence sweet Ne●ar of relief, Refreshing those in misery and grief: Doubtless, your garden, though it be but new, No rich plants want in any soil that grew. Virtue hath planted it a garden great, Growing with several sorts of fruit : Enter the garden then of your bright soul, No garden, ne'er so rich, can it control, True Paradise it seemeth to enrol. (297) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Earl of Roscomman. JAMES DILLONE. Anagramma. MEED I ALL ZION. In truest holiness you so proceed, As that you seem all Zion, Sir, to meed. May men meed Zion, which doth signify Exact abiding of the Deity. Surely we cannot, merits are to show: Doubtless, such honour to attain unto, In God's account, the end by imputation, Likely 'tis we merit, may relation, Leading us to Christ, in whom most blessed, Only our merits have their meed to rest: Now then in him, all Zion meed you may, Entered therein, God's glory he'll display. (298) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of London Derry. ROBERTUS RIDGEWAYE Anagramma. BET WARY GVIDER ROSE. Rose, a bet wary guide, your worthiness, O better well you do yourself express, Better than ancient times, because you show Exactly, virtues portray to the view. Risen a bet guider; guide himself who can, Truly he's fit to guide another man: Virtue hath taught you so the reinss to bear, Showing what passions most we aught to fear. Risen a bet wary guider, when you rose, In whom true wariness you well disclose, Declaring that you, as a guider rare, Guiding still warily, yourself declare: Evermore wary guider still more bet, With rashness never any thing we get, Ah then ensue you grace, which wary maketh, Yielding forth virtue, who so not forsaketh, E'en a bet wary guide the world him taketh. (299) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of East Meath. WILLIAM BRABAZONE. Anagramma. WARLY BEAM I BLAZ ON. With Herald skill you seem t'adorn your worth, In that you blazon, and to life set forth, Leaving behind you a dread character, Lively imprinting dreadful signs of war, In sound of Trumpet, causing men to wonder, Amazing them, when as they hear the thunder, Made by the noise of drum when it doth rattle, Betokening all's at hand to go to battle. Rending the Air then with the Ordnance roar, And so producing still amazement more; Beams of the Ensigns then bravely displayed, Advanced with Soldiers not to be dismayed: Zealously stirred up with stomaches hot, One force unto the other now hath got: Now blazon warly beam, you do see right, Each one that sees you, thinks that you will fight. (300) To the Right Honourable, DAVID, Earl of Barrimore. DAVID BARRY. Anagramma. AV I DID BAR. Drawing true manhoods courage as in war, Admired Hero, you abuses bar: Virtue so aid you, that you would repel, If he came in your way, the devil of Hell; Devoid of fear for aught that he can do: Barring his bold attempts you bravely show, And noble forces you therein discover, Repelling him who all the world runs over; Reaching more sway than Alexander got, You barred Belzebub, what barred you not? (301) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Earl of Carbery. RICHARD VAUGHAME. Anagramma. HAVE ME A CHARY GVID'R. Rightly a chary guider you may be In virtue's steps, sith walking we you see Charily guiding of yourself that so, Having the mastery, you may undergo, And reach unto by a more easy way, Ruling of others with more noble sway. Do then your chary guiding still ensue, Each one will say, a chary guide are you. Virtue a medium is, and on each side A twofold by-path from the way doth guide, Virtuous Charity the virtue is: Going on one side, we see covetise; Have on the other side then but an eye, And you shall look on prodigality. Much wariness we need then, and we see Indeed a wary guider had of thee. (302) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Downe. WILLIAM POPE. Anagramma. ALL WILI POMP. Wily as Fox you show yourself to been, Innocent as the Dove you will be seen Living in wiliness, so ever still Loving of innocence with hearty william. In this your wiliness you make progression, And honour falls unto you by succession: Marking your wily steps, all do confess, Pomp you deserve to grace your nobleness. On whom because not nocent, wily you People to 'cause all pomp your worth ensue, Each weighing wily you all pomp in view. (303) To the Right Honourable, LUKE, Earl of Fingaule. LUCAS PLUNKET. Anagramma. NV CASKET PULL. Looking upon your honour's Casket rare, Virtue seems juels therein to declare, Casket, or Cabinet in them do keep As close enclosed, that which erst the deep Sea covered over, and now inclos'dd it is, Placed in a noble Casket as his bliss. Lighting thereon, who hath attained the same Verily, such a Casket you proclaim, New framed for juels choice that are in you, Kept as in Casket in your heart so true; Each one perceiving this, pulls this nu casket, True worth in you, they see you cannot mask it. (304) To the Right Honourable, NICHOLAS, Viscount of Gormanston. NICHOLAS PRESTON. Anagramma. RICH STOREN PALS ON. Nobly great Sir, you are enriched with store, In viewing which, there's none will judge you poor: Choosing then so your store security, Have you got pales to keeped more warily. On paling so your store with such defence, Likely there's none can take your store from thence: And it is closed up so fast within, Surely who steals it, may an Empire win. Placed this store of grace within your heart, Resting so surely there, not to departed: Ever paled in by Gods most sure defence, So mounded that it cannot be had thence. Than God pales on rich storens that hath place On, rather in your heart, pressed by God's grace Naturally appearing in your face. (305) To the Right Honourable, DAVID, Viscount of Fermoy. DAVID ROTHE. Anagramma. O I DVRED HATE. Dure hate you did, and so shall any do Advanced, to whom deserved honours flow. Virtue's attendant Envy always is, Invying evermore at others bliss: During all hate then, you no more endure Rightly, than eyes too piercing, which procure On whom soever they do fix their eyes, That presently doth envy thence arise. Hence then be not discouraged at all, Envy at others, as yourself, doth fall. (306) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Viscount Mountgarret. RICHARD BUTLER. Anagramma. TRV RICH LEAD'R BE. Rich for the most part leaders be, and so Indeed great Sir we do behold you too: Choice leaders are they though who do ensue Heroickly to be accounted true. And few true leaders in the world are found, Reaching their own, their Country's good they wound, Declaring if they by the journey get, Except some few none makes the Country bet. But you as a rich leader, y'are so; see, Virtue hath made you a true leader be: Than be you still a leader rich, and true, Lively your Countries good that doth ensue; Expressing which, your Country then will say, Rightly a true rich leader y'are in faith. (307) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Viscount Grandison. WILLIAM VILLARS. Anagramma. I WILL VAILL MARS. With courage Sir your heart doth so excel, Indeed you seem the god of war to quell: Lively so still setting your valour forth, Leaving great Mars as if he were naught worth, I will vale Mars say you, and so you do, Aiming to make your Anagram prove so. Mars was the god of war, but now he shall, Veiled by your valour, from the clouds down fall In th'element amongst the Planets seven: Light in the world, as a great Star of Heaven, Let him no longer stand, your worth him veils, And in a triumph to his place assails; Respecting which Villars with Deity Shall of the god of war accounted be. (308) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Viscount WILMOT of Athlont, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. CHARLES WILMOTE. Anagramma. HE WILL CARE MOST. Care most you will, and therefore fit you are Honoured in privy Council to appear: And fit it is he should of Honour boast, Rightly like you that ever will care most: Leaving your own care for a public care Endeavouring, no pains at all to spare; So things may to a period good succeed, With wisdom guided, good effect may breed. Ensue your pains, and let us ever see Like Lords of Council, Cecill-like you be, Most care that for the Public still will take. O than an honoured Council board you make: Than justice will increase, and flourish still, Each when with care for good they bend their william. (309) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Viscount Valentia. HENRY POOR. Anagramma. HERRY ON HOPE. Herry on hope, Herry doth signify Entire devotion to some deity: Noting likewise an honour which we give, Rendering due praise to such who worthy live, You then on hope do Herry ever still. Praying to God with earnest faithful will, On hope that men will in their good persever, O you to Herry good men do endeavour, Right course you steer to herry thus on hope, Enjoy you shall at last your hearts true scope. (310) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Viscount MOOR, of Drogheda. CHARLES MOOR. Anagramma. ROME SO CAL HERALD Closeted up have you within your breast Heroickly, what ever grace did rest Amongst the Deccis or the Consuls erst, Regarded by the Poets when they versed: Live do again Rome's Emperors in you, Each of their virtues seeing you ensue; Soul being decked with graces so divine, Many may think that Rome in her doth shine, On which reflecting, we their virtues see, O, and their vices you avoiding flee: Rome, rightly call her so, sith she affects, Expressing virtue, by the fruit selects. (311) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount DILLONE of Castillo galline. THOMAS DILLONE. Anagramma. AH ONLY LED MOST. Though your young tender years in infancy Have not permitted to your dignity, On noble warfare that you should be sent, Making your name amongst the worthies penned, Ah yet ensue their virtues, and you'll see Such as they have been, such yourself will be. Do as they have done, and their honour then Indeed will yours be accounted amongst men. Led you a train of virtues in your youth, Led afterwards a Band of men in truth: Only that man indeed doth lead the most, Nobly that leads within himself an Host; Expressing this, you may a Captain boast. (312) To the Right Honourable, NICHOLAS, Viscount NETTERVILE, of Dewthe. NICHOLAS NETTERVILE. Anagramma. LET CHOICE VINE LEARN. Noble Heroic Sir, since you are a Peer, Ensue still like a Vine to grow each year. Choice vines (you know) are first a tender plant, Having but little root, and leaves burr scant, On a supporter though whilst it doth lean, Lively it spreading, and it groweth green, And as an harbour in the Summer-season, Shadows from heat when cooler place is geason. Now you a choice vine planted, supported by Eternal aid of the great Deity, That causeth Sol, our King, with splendid heat To warm and cherish you, to make you great: E'en like unto the choice vine learn to climb, Raised to more honour, you may be in time Vine like, if you give shadow to the poor, Into Heaven's habitation you may soore. Let then the choice vine learn never to cease, Eking still higher, till you reach to peace. (313) To the Right Honourable, HUGH, Viscount MOUNTGOMERY of the Ardes. HUGH MOUNTGOMERY. Anagramma. more HIGH VERG MOUNT. High mount more still, and to high verg mount you, Very well is the way well known to you, Going therein high mounting you may be Had still in verge of brave felicity. Mount still on high, upon your verge reflecting, On still your way, let no pains be neglecting, Unto high verge the strait way to aspire, Nor pains give over, till you obtain desire. To reach high verge, to which aspiring still, Go forward then, and do obtain your will: Once in your way, you may go forward; then Mount more high verg, and being up, then ken Eternity, and that (your verg) affect, Reaching whereto, you'll prove a Saint select, You may mount more high verg, no time neglect. (314) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Viscount Clandeboy. JAMES HAMILTON. Anagramma. O A TIMELY MAN. In Honour you exalted timely man, Advance yourself still to more honour can, Making still use of time, that you may be Ever accounted timely man; we see Such care you take in time as timely man, Having your wits about you things to scan: And each thing in his time you will effect, Marked to be a timely man select. Ensue the time you have, and in due time Live worthily, and so to honour clime: To honour climbing here, that you hereafter On Heaven as timely man may now look after: None then but as a timely man you note. (315) To the Right Honourable, ADAM, Viscount LOFTUS of Ely. ADAM LOFTUS. Anagramma. ALOFT DAMUS. Aloft great Sir you seem to sit on high, Decked about with rich prosperity: Accept this English, Latin Anagramme, Made by the Muses on your lasting name. Loud damn the poor cry, you do answer damus; Of many hearing damn, is ignoramus Fairly replied, not one poor doit is given, Though it would sand them presently to Heaven. Use you aloft, aloft your proper damus, Sending such bounty as may make you famous. (316) To the Right Honourable, SAPCOT, Viscount BEAUMONTE of Swords. SAPCOT BEAUMONTE. Anagramma. BE A MOUNT AT SCOPE. Sir, y'are fair mount in name, and in your nature; Amount you are, and so a stable creature. Placed upon you is stability, Choicely agreeing with your dignity. On Mounts or Rocks who builds, are ever sure That their foundations ever will endure. Be then a Mount most noble Sir at scope, Ever retaining what in you we hope, Amounted sure stability, the which Virtue will draw you to a higher pitch. Mount be you still, and so enduring be, On which our hopes may rest assuredly: Nor cease a mount to be at largest scope, That so retaining a more settled hope, Eternity and you at last will cope. (317) To the Right Honourable, HUGH, Viscount MAGENNIS of Evagh. HUGH MAC-ENOS, ALIAS, MAGENNIS. Anagramma. HYSEEN AS MAGNANIMOS CAL. High are the virtues which within you seen, Verity must confess, in you to been: Glorious rays are they they glitter forth, Having so made you noble in great worth Magnanimous you are within your mind, And therefore you Magnanimous we find; Calling you so, because that we have seen Entrance for grace which you retain within: Nonly you show yourself indeed thereby, On which Nobility you may rely. Seen as magnanimous, we call you so An hy magnanimous; your worth we know, Letting each see the beams that you let fall: Indeed magnanimus may make us call, Admiring at your height, the noble flight, Seen soaring high, wherein you do delight. Magnanimous shows you have a great spirit, And hy, by honours shows you do inherit; Got not for nothing, but by virtues seen, Expressed that by actions well have been. Now thus magnanimus sigh you appear, Nobly retain the worth that you have here, In honour than you shall be seen to be, Seen in magnanimous eternity. (318) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord CROMWELL, Viscount le cale, and Baron of Ockham in England. THOMAS CROMEWELL. Anagramma. HEART WELCOME SOM. The noble nature that you do retain, Hath made me think that I shall welcome gain: On which relying, I have been thus bold 'Mongst other men to make your name enroled, And on Fame's Roll to set you as a Peer, Showing in lustre to be nobly clear. Come then great Lord, let me be bold with you, Respect these, Lines, which but your honour true On them present you, let heart welcome some, Making your fame the greater to them come: Expressing that with kindness you do take, What with goodwill was penned for your sake: Endeavouring to show what we hope true, Lively heart-welcom they shall have from you. (319) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Viscount CHICHESTER of Carigfergus. EDWARD CHICHESTER. Anagramma. CHEST WARDED. Example doth your heart a warded chest, Decked with rich jewels; so are you invest With many virtues, which enclosed there, Argue that you rich warded chest appear, Rightly like to the chest where men put Gold, Due warded, that the same it safe may hold. Choice is the treasure that you have in you, Having more worth than Gold, which worldlings sue; In chest fast locked of your sincerest breast, Closely repose as in a warded chest. How rich this chest is then, the grace within Expressly shows those who this Gold have seen Sure warded by the Lords eternal Spirit, That caused you those riches to inherit: Inherit still your rich and warded Chest, Reap so at last you have eternal rest. (320) To the Right Honourable DOMINICK, Viscount SARSFELDE, of Kilmallocke. DOMINICK SARSFELDE. Anagramma. FAIR KIND LED COME SO. Do you express unto the life most fair, On your portrayed virtue to a hair; Making you fair within, that kind without, In fruits you may appear to make us shout: Note then whereas the Soul is fair within, In outward gesture he will kind begin Choicely to show himself, and so do you, Kept fair within, kindness without ensue. So then the Muses lead me to your honour, And say that virtue, whose attendant on her, Reacheth forth still a kind and gentle hand, Suited doth in your noble nature stand. Fair kind Lord than accept with free goodwill Expressions poor, which here your ears do fill: Led me along so by your kindness fair, Duly hereafter your worth to declare Encouraging my poor Minerva here. (321) TO the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Viscount Kilmurry. ROBERTUS NEEDHAM. Anagramma. AH BE TRV, SAND MORE. Rare virtues which a radiant light forth sand, O my endeavours veil, while brains I bend Beauteously your virtues to descry, Exactly in you showed expressively. Right true I say, no more than truth it is, They are so many I of skill do miss, Verily though ensuing still be true, Sand out more virtues mustered out by you. Noble your virtues make you, and your birth: Inquire but of it make you of some worth: Even sand more virtues forth, and then we'll cry, Doubtless good Needhams' stream is never dry, Ha' Sir be true unto yourself yet still, And then sand forth more virtues sure you will, Making your life great volumes for to fill. (322) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount SOMERSET of cassel. THOMAS SUMMERSAULT. Anagramma. ROSE HAST ME MOST. Those that have you, possess a pleasing Rose, Having innated sweets which you disclose: O yielding are freshment to those men, Much of your sweetness who do entertain: Ah then sweet Rose I must indeed confess, Surely who hath thee, hath not any less. So you sand forth an odoriferous sent, On whom your pleasing savour most is lent. Moist Rose you are, and he that hath you most, Exceedingly may of a sweet Rose boast. Tender forth sweetness still, and so resent, Show you yourself, great Charles may not repent Emplanted in his Garden that you be, This rosy Viscount made of high degree. (323) To the Right Honourable, NICHOLAS, Viscount of Castle-towne. NICHAOLS SANDERSON. Anagramma. ON SON SAND AS ALL RICH. Noble Heroic spark be not aggrieved, In name of Son the Muses thee relieve: Choisly they love those whom so well they greet, Honouring with a title is so sweet. On son then let the Muses say to thee, Lively express thyself their son to be: And in their lines take thou so great delight So that thou mayst be termed their son most right. Sand as all rich show that y'are rich within, Admiring at the work which you begin, Nobly indeed within you to express; Declaring in you is true worthiness. Exactest riches do in you abide, Raising a light without you cannot hide, Sand then without as that all rich within, O each that look upon you may begin Noting to wonder you such store did win. (324) To the Right Honourable, MILES, Viscount Burgh of May●. MILES BURGHE. Anagramma. BELGIVM'S Belgium is a City in France NE'ER Most Noble Lord, in your most honoured name I found a Country for an Anagram, Lyving in which many fair people devil, Excellently in beauty doth excel, So of the same which takes denomination: Because the people after Venus' fashion, Venuses are their beauty doth declare them, Read we of few with whom we may compare them, Great Lord fair virtues that in you appear, Heroickly within to shine most clear, Exactly show that Belgium is here. (325) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS Viscount Baltinglas. THOMAS ROPER. Anagramma. REAP MOSTOR. The Herald's language use the word of or, Heroic noble Sir, properly for Ore or rich gold the world so much desire, Making their happiness thereto aspire: And then the Anagram doth signify Sir, that the most true or you reach for thy. Reapings a Metaphor from Reaping Corn, On which an eagar labour is outworn: Perceive I then the muse's meaning right, Exactest or you still have in your sight, Reaping the most hereof with great delight. (326) To the Right Honourable, LEWIS Visc. BOIL of Kinal-meaky. LEWIS boil. Anagramma. LO I'll BE WISE. Lo Noble Peer though now in tender years, Exquisite hope of towardness appears, Wise you will be, you promise', and who know Ingeniously your nature, finds it so, Such wisdom doth appear in infancy: Blossoming forth to grace your dignity. Onward advance you forward, let our hope Yield forth her fruit and not return a slope, Lo let it well appear that you'll be wise, Ever delight nobly to enterprise. (327) To the Right Honourable, GEORGE Viscount Chaworth of Ardmagh. GEORGE CHAWORTH. Anagramma. GO CHARGE WORTH. Go Noble Sir, and still advance you forth, Ever seek in the world and charged you worth, On them rely, whom worthiest you do found: Read now I do to you, what Christ most kind Gave his Disciples in their charge, that they Inquire should worthies out; and there should stay. Choice piece of worth, the Muses found it true, Heroic worthiness remains in you; And therefore hath commanded me to charge (Worth biding here) you, whose choice graces' large On a Mount, acted in most people's sight; Raising in them a singular delight: Thus do the muses charge you with true worth, Hear then these lines Minerva hath brought forth. (328) To the Right Honourable, BARNHAM, Viscount Carlingford. BARNHAM SWIFT. Anagramma. BAR HE SWIFT MAN. Bar he swift man your anagram contains, And thereby we conceive you take great pains; Respecting of your Country's good so much, Noting the swiftness of the foe who, such Having advantage got, hath ever been, Avoiding slackness (swift man) to be seen, Moore swift are you for you bar that swift man: Swiftly preventing all his slights you can, With wisdom carrying so well about, You ward your Country bar the swift man out; So your beginnings stop and ever still, True bar unto a swift, so prove you will, Exactly keeping all your friends from ill. (329) To the Right Honourable, Viscount of Sligo. JOHN SCUDAMORE. Anagramma. MORE HONEY CAVSED I take the honey for the public good, On which this Anrgram is understood, Honey more caused you then that doth imply, Nobly more good you caused in dignity. Such one are you as the industrious Bee, Choosing of Flowers most laboriously; Verting still over them, at last she makes Dear beloved honey, which she takes, And closely closeth it within the wax Most neatly that for it she had compact. O so do you who Countries good do seek, Respecting which you labour wealth to eke, Even bringing so more honey to the Hive. (330) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Viscount CHOLMUNDLEY of Kellis. ROBERT CHOLMUNDLEY. Anagramma. reach INROULD TOMB. Rightly that you th' enrolled tomb may reach On honour as a mountain, you do teach Best acts how to persever, and them frame Exactly so, to get a lasting name: Recorded so a Chronicle shall be, Tacked to your tomb as Epitaph for thee: Chronicling so your deeds of worthy worth, Heroickly which you did blazon forth, On top of you recording how you did Living with honour your remembrance spread, Making yourself the poor man's Almnery, Verting your eyes upon their misery: Noting the valour, though then parted, Did rest within you, who are now strong hearted. Let then your light in this your dignity Exactly so be, that in memory You reach enrolled tomb worth to descry. (331) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount Strangford. THOMAS SMITH. Anagramma. HAS MOST TIME. Time you most truly have O noble Peer, Heroickly to make you glister here: On than while time doth last, who has most time, Magnanimous great Lord on high to climb. And well you know to use your time so well, Such is your wit in honour to excel. So then time and wit, and both together; Mighty great Lord then make good use of either. Ensue in time your time so to redeem, That you an everlasting time may seem: Happily to obtain than you'll confess, Enjoying most time well, I had my bliss. (332) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Viscount LOMLEY, of Waterford. RICHARD LOMLEY. Anagramma. RICH IVELL ARMED. Rich juell armed you are with fulgency, In which you greatly grace your dignity, Choice juell are you, I must needs confess, Having addition rich, which doth express A mean poor juell we must not esteem you; Rather a jewel rich indeed we deem you, Declaring which, you see there is a cause, Lively while you should an armed jewel pause: Virtue within your heart having its seat, May be repelled by the foe, whose threat Living in innocence, that you may fallen, Exactly armed you his force repel, You then may be an armed rich jewel well. (333) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Viscount WENMAN of Taaf. RICHARD WENMAN. Anagramma. RICH MAN WARDEN. Rich man you are in provident foresight, In seeing danger ere on you they light; Choosing with wisdom to avoid a clap, Having foresight before the same do hap: And thus rich man you do yourself display, Rightly that do ensue a wary way, Declaring you rich man in wisdom's lore. Warden may you then well be to the poor, Ensuing your defence most safe who be Noble, sith you they a rich warden see. May you as a rich man O still abide, And may you warden those who do betide, Noble brave Wenman your ward to abide. (334) To the Right Honourable, JOHN, Viscount Taafe of Corirne. JOHN TAAFE. Anagramma. ON A HIGH FEAT. In honour if you do enjoy high seat, On brandish forth your fame by an high feat, Honour is high, and doth high feats require: Nobly of which to the same aspire. Than on a high feat set your manhood forth, And show to every one your truest worth: Arms feats 'tis sure that you so holy play, For which you do deserve the conquering bay: Ensue a high feat than fame to assay. (335) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Viscount MOUNSON of Castle-maine. WILLIAM MOUNSON. Anagramma. WILL MY MOON AS NU. Will, Sir your moon as new a changing bear, In whom true constant trophies do appear; Lasting in permanency to yourself, Like ne'er to be a changeling peevish elf: In every month the moon doth change, but you Admired constant to yourself bide true: Moon though you may be said respecting other Moon light, your light when weighed with an other: On as the moon doth pass, so passeth you, Verily so to change you do not show. Not let the moon change, you will flable bide, So as no changing shall to you betid: On then will your moon be as new O no, Notably you abhor the being so. (336) To the Right Honourable, ROGER, Viscount Raimelagh. ROGER JONES. Anagramma. ON O EAGER SIR. Rightly you eager are, but 'tis in good, On therefore I exhort your honor-hood: Go on in the good parts that you are in: Eager sir, oh go on, and do begin, Raising your fortunes, and so raise your fame, Inheriting an everlasting name. On eager sir, oh on and do not stay Nobleness to pursue still in your way: Ensuing which at last you'll prove to be, Solely ennobled for eternity. (337) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Viscount CARTYE of Muskry. CHARLES MAC-CARTYE. Anagramma. JEST CARE CAM CHARY Care maketh chary, and who lest care keepeth, Have this care still chary to be, and sleepeth Always secure, by chary diligence, Lest care that any hath doth care thus still, Ever secure to be, with hearty will, Security still seeking to enjoy, Making a chary passage, lest annoy, And fell disaster should his soul oppress, Care thus can charily, and happiness Came still with chary care, and thus we see, Admired Lord, it fell out right in thee: Right charily that didst to honour climb, Therefore in it to last a lasting time; Your care still follow on and charily, Ever so mount unto eternity. (338) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Viscount MULINEUX of Mariburg. RICHARD MULLINEUX. Anagramma. MIX RICH'R AND WELL Rich Governors so as the world enjoy, It matters not how much they do destroy; Chose governors we now do for their wealth, Having no care unto the Public health: Admired Sir, in wealth as you are rich, Rightly so sway you in your power, which Declares in deed you have an active head, Ever will stand your Country in good stead. Mixed in you is riches and wit too, Very well then nobility you do Lively perform, for where they both are mixed, Indeed each eye may very well be fixed: Not riches you do want of body or in mind, Expressly this we for a truth do found; Very well may you true nobility, Xerxes like show enriched with dignity. (339) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount FAIRFAX of Emmeley. THOMAS FAIRFAX. Anagramma. HA' AFFIX MORE HARTS. The worthiness innated in your breast, Hath many hearts affixed on you to rest, On you descrying virtues bravery, Magna ●imous unto your dignity. Affix more hearts still by your virtues' rare, So truly noble as your Ancient were. Fixed in your breast is virtue, and the same Affixeth more hear●● to your worthy name, In which doth test your most security, Respect that lends to your nobility. Fix virtue still within your heart, and so Affixed hearts unto you still are more, Zanchus like streams which to the Sea doth flow. (340) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount BOWRKE of Clanmorris. THOMAS BOWRKE. Anagramma. AH BE MOST WORK. The busy be most working, thriving spirit, Heroic heart you rightly do inherit: On whom when we do but our eyes reflect, Most nobly working still in worth select, Admiredly we find you, and thereby Show you yourself fitted for places high. Be you most working still, and so ensue O that thrice noble virtue to each view; Working still forward with such diligence, Richly the Emblem of true labour hence; Keeping your course as you begin to do, Each one with admiration you will show. (341) To the Right Honourable, PIERCE, Viscount of Ikerine. PIERCE BUTLER Anagramma. BE TRVELY PEER. Peer as you are advanced to honours high, Inseated in the seat of dignity, Ensue such courses as may make you be, Right truly thought a peer of high degree: Choose well you have, in virtue's path to tread, Ensue the same, and then although you dead Burned your ashes are interred in Urn of your noble ancestors and kin; The Records and the Monuments of time, Lively will make your fame the Skies to climb: Exactly showing you a true peer were, Rightly that did so true a peer appear. (342) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Viscount FITZEWILLIAM of Merying. THOMAS FITZE-WILLIAM Anagramma. AH MY ZEAL WILL FIT MOST. That zeal that's truest of it men may boast, Ah such a zeal most rightly will fit most, On your zeal then who looks must needs confess, Most you do fit; and therefore zealousness And true affection unto God doth rest, Sweetly encompassed within your breast. Fit you most still and still endeavour so, In zealousness that none may you out go: Truth still walking in so even a way, Zeal guiding you never from thence to stray, Encouraging who walk the way aright: With wary steps in zeals path to delight, Inciting those who walk not yet therein, Lively that path to trace in, and begin Like unto men zeal truly that affect, Indeed to place on in that way select. Ah your zeal most will fit, full well I see, Must you be zealous of necessity. (343) To the Right Honourable, TERENCE, Viscount Glaumaleyra. TERENCE, DIMPSYE. Anagramma. DISCERN TYPE ME. Those that your nature inly do discern, Exactly what you are within do learn, Respecting of your soul the inward man, Express your noble body likewise can, Natural nobleness in you innated, Choicely wherewith your soul is recreated: Exactly thus most peerless you appear, Discerning of your virtues, which shine clear, In which both soul and body in his eye Make forth a challenge for you presently: Proudly, yet truly calling all the earth Show for degree another of that worth: Yea, type you forth another such a Peer, Excelling in his beauties wondrous clear. (344) To the Right Reverend Fathers in God, the Lords Archbishops, and Bishops of the several Dioceses of the Kingdom of Ireland. The Lord's Archbishops and Bishops of the Kingdom of Ireland. Anagramma. O feed my sheep Christ bids, so holi-ghost help's, add book, and ran. The several Archbishops who possess, Having their Seas, as if their worthiness Enbishoped within this noble I'll: Lord Ardmargs great Archbishop, who doth pile On 'mongst his Titles Ireland's Primacy, Religious Dublin archiepiscopal; Devoute Archbishop, and he 'mongst them all Seated in Gassells high Archbishopric. Archbishop then of Tuan hath the like, Reverend grave Bishops first of Meath, who is Choice Kildares' Bishop, and the people's bliss; Heaven minded Prelate, whose blessed Bishops See Behight Fenus also Laghlin be In Sea of Effin who's bishoped: So Ostery and Pilkenny their Head, Heavenly sweet Bishop of Dromore beside, On whom for Bishop down Cannor relied, Prelate of Waterford Lumore too: So Cork, Clome, and Ros, their Prelacy also: Add Cloghers Bishop, Lymmerick likewise, Nobly whose fame religiously doth rise: Devoted Clonfert, and Kelincough too; Bishop of Raphoe reverend also; In Sea of Adfert, Aghada likewise: So you who did to Kelmores' Sea arise, Heroic spark of Ballala, who do, On as a part of your Sea reap also, Prelacy of the Bishop Aghconry, So Kilfennora Prelate holily. On on the Roll Killalowe Bishop be, Filled with the Bishop who enjoys the See That Ardaghs' Prelate should of right enjoy, Have lasting Derries' Bishop per me foy, Each of you should an Anagram have had: Kend. I your names, and I should have been glad; Instead thereof if them I do not know, Note what Christ bids, which doth your duty show: Go feed my sheep Christ bids, and there's some reason; Doubtless good Pastors in this age are geason. O feed my sheep Christ bids an holy Pastor, Most worthy of an ear, for he's your Master, Ensuring you, helpless you shall not be, Onward if you go with sedulity; For holy Ghost helps so to feed the sheep, In vain your labour shall not be to keep: Religiously pursue them, and ad book, Ensuing which, you on your duties look, Lively you thus by Christ and holy ghost A way to walk in, whereof you may boast. Nor are you idle Shepherds, for you ran, Duly expressing each a careful man; Each feed Christ's sheep, for Holyghost helps then. (345) To the Right Honourable, RICHARD, Lord BIRMINGHAM, Baron of Athenry. RICHARD BIRMINGHAM. Anagramma. HE MAY BRAG RICH MIND. Richer his mind is who to virtue bend, Ennobled rays of valour forth have sent: Choosing with wisdom valour, so to mix, Heroic heart he doth on him affix. And thus right noble Lord, you rightly show, Richer your mind rich virtues do pursue, Declaring where there haps so rich a mind, Every spectator may rich juells find. Brag may you of your rich mind, which appearing, Encourage all your friends, their hearts still cheering: Richer when as they do perceive your mind Made richer by the virtues there they find: Ensue that riches evermore you will, Nor cease to labour richer to be still: Get still a richer mind, the glory then Heroic Sir, will yours be amongst men; And you may rightly brag, that you possess Mind richer still, which is your happiness. (346) To the Right Honourable, gerald, Lord COWRCYE Baron of Kinsale. gerald COWRCYE. Anagramma. CLEAR VOICE URGED. Greatly you seem in Orators great skill, Exercised well, and so persuade you will, Raising your voice in alto, that thereby Attention may be unto you, for thy Leading the hearers on, by voice that's leer, Duly unto your speech to lend an ear; Expressing so sweet oratory well, Curiously placing things that do excel: O might such Orators as you, abound With such clear voice as you, that urge so sound, Rhetorically working on their hearts, Choicely persuading in their inward parts, Yielding it true, a clear voice urged best; Ever remain so, and so nobly rest, (347) To the Right Honourable, PATRICK FITZMORRIS and Lixnaw. PATRICK FITZMORRIS. Anagramma. CRIES FRAM ZO'R KEPT IT. Placed when Lot in Sodom City was, And that God's Sentence 'gainst the same did pass, That it should be destroyed, Lot had in sight Reflecting upon Zoare that there he might In safety bide: unto God he did pray, Choosing the same thitherward to surveyed, Keeping so Zoare, Zoare likewise kept him too, Each other one another's good ensue: Fitted with virtue since that you are then, Insafing thereby Sir your Country men; True 'tis your Zore ye have kept safe to abide, Zoare likewise ever doth you good entide. Moore firm is Zore in that you live therein, On whose prosperity yours doth begin: Right true it is and 'tis right true likewise, Raised is your wealth from Zores felicities; In which each well perceive and loud do cry, So zoar kept you, you it kept for thy. (348) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord FLEMING, Baron of Stane. WILLIAM FLEMING. Anagramma. FLAME I WILL MINGLE. With wise discretion you are mingled so, Indeed you like a worthy Hero go, Letting no flames of passion get the sway, Leading the man as captive quite away: Inflamed so fiery hot, that men do deem All on a fire, such are in their esteem: Mingle you do so wise still your passion Flaming, but yet not causing alteration, Letting each see that in you doth remain Exactest moderation; you retain Mixed mingled flames, which you do mix so well, In mingling zeal with wisdom, you excel, Nobly still guiding of your passions so; Getting the Mastery you they ne'er aught go, Exactly mingling flames your will do show. (349) To the Right Honourable, NICHOLAS, Lord St. LAWRENCE, Baron of Houth. NICHOLAS SAINT LAURENCE. Anagramma. CAN CLEAR SAINT LINE SHOW. Noting your virtues with your dignity, Innated Faith expressed by Piety, Cherished by Hope by Charity set forth, Heroickly that glister in your worth: On Moral virtues nobly shining, and Letting each know, you a true Hero stand, Acting them bravely with a grace divine, She all will grant you can a clear saint line, See clearness in you, which resplendent light Admitteth easily doth shine most bright; In whom but look with a judicious eye, Nothing but clearness you at all can spy: Clear soul within, body complete without, True clear Sainct-line, who is it you can doubt? Let Sainctlinesse be viewed, and therein see Acted a fresh true Sainctlinesse in thee, With such a splendent clearness so set forth, Rightly, clear Saint, we must esteem your worth Ensued Sir from some most clear Sainct-line. Naturally you being so divine: Cherish your virtues, and let all men know, Excellently you clear Sainct-line can show. (350) To the Right Honourable, PATRICK, Lord PLUNKET, Baron of Dunsany. PATRICK PLUNKET. Anagramma. KEPT PARK TV NELY. Park you have kept according to your state, And may so still, such is your estimate; Tunely or timely, take it what you will, Rightly the Muses thereby with their skill, Intent that you in honours high advance Choice path keep still by Fortune's gracious glance. Kept path you tunely have, and timely may, Ever a path keep still the Muses pray. Parked are graces, paled within your breast Lively declaring you therein are blessed. Virtue's path keep still tunely, 'tis that you Notably should so noble gain ensue: Keep virtue's park, there's a sweet harmony Ever maintained 'twixt it and dignity, That so will last unto eternity. (351) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Lord BARNWELL, Baron o● Trymleston. ROBERTUS BARNWELL. Anagramma. BEARR'T SUR WELL BORN. Raging fierce storms with blusterous wind and weather On earth still blowing, toss up every feather: But whatsoever substance doth contain Earth, may upon it for the wind retain, Raising a storm, that house can never break That hath a good foundation: I dare speak, virtue's the best foundation, and your birth, Suits very well with your true noble worth. Bear then what ever storms there can succeed, And a foundation good you shall not need: Rightly you are well borne, and thereupon Nobly, but stand it out, trouble is gone: With valour bear it Sur, a well borne spirit Ever your ancient noble worth inherit. Let storms then rage, and do they what they can, Lively you show yourself the well-born man. (352) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD Lord BUTLER, Baron of Dunboyne. EDWARD BUTLER. Anagramma BESET DV REWARD. Ever who in a virtuous way doth hit, Doubtless such one doth due reward beset, Warring against it, it besieging, so A due reward from thence can never go: Ramming it up so fast, that it must yield Duly to virtue who hath won the field. Ever then, Sir, you due reward beset, Bravely who walked in the way still bet, Virtuously that in a good path pace, Truly so walking, not there-hence to trace: Live so here sti●l, and you thereby shall s●● E'en due reward nobly beset by thee; Reflect it any way, it thine will be. (353) To the Right Honourable BARNABAS, Lord MAC-GILPATRICKE, Baron of upper Ossery. BARNABAS MAC-GILPATRICKE Anagramma. I A PARK CAN CAL BRIGHT BEAMS. Bright beams imparked are within your breast, Adorning your deserts which in you rest Resplendently, raising a fulgent ray, Notably so making ashamed the day; And so proclaiming rightly, that in you Bright beams of virtue shine to each one's view, As parked it within your soul and body, Showing a lustre that may truly glad ye: Making who look upon you, to confess, A park you are indeed Sir, and no less, Calling but truth to witness, we must cry: Glimpsing but at your glorious bravery: In your bright beams we cannot choose but see, Luster most truly, noble is in thee: Parks then most rightly we must you confess, And weighing of your virtues no what less Than a most large circumference of ground, Rightly that can so many graces bound: If then a Park you be and bright beams there, Call forth you can making their light appear, Keep evermore this Park true noble still, Eternal honour so your heart shall fill. (354) To the Right Honourable, OLIVER, Lord PLUNKET, Baron of Louth. OLIVER PLUNKET. Anagramma. OR KEPT WELLN. Or is a heralds nor, and gold thereby Letters report that they do signify: Ymply then doth your Anagram thus much, Virtue the truest gold, than which no such Earth yields forth at all, and that in thee Right noble Lord, well kept we all do see Placed this Or within your heart remained; Locked up, which well within your heart retained, Very well kept within, yea kept in so None but do see with Or you overflow. Keep this Or still, O in thee keep it well, Eternally your riches they excel, That each will say here doth rich PLUNKET devil (335) To the Right Honourable JOHN, Lord POWER, and Corraghmore. JOHN POWER. Anagramma. ON HIGH POWER. Or HONY POWER. In honour set on high you power have got, O Powerful Peer to have a powerful lot, Honey your Power is tho, and you excel, Nobly in sweetness which doth grace you well: Power you have, but 'tis a power so sweet, On whom we found it, him we worthy greet, With master bees they say there is no sting, Even so who power hath, wrath away should fling, Rightly on high you honey power bring. (356) To the Right Honourable, MURRAUGHE, Lord Inchequin. MURRAUGHE, O BRIAN. Anagramma. A NV BRAVE MYRRH GO Myrrh ye●lds an odoriferous pleasing smell, Virtually pleasing the senses well, Refreshing the w a●ts hea t, comforting too Rightly, those hearts who sorrowful do show, And you who list must needs confess indeed, Verily you are Myrrh, a help at need: Go on then new brave Myrrh, yield such a smell Hearts may refresh, and comfort very well. Exceedingly your odoriferous s●nt O Noble sir unto the poor is lent: Brave, new, fresh Myrrh that doth proclaim you right, Relieving of the poor, where ere in sight; Ensue your course, go on as you begin, And an eternal Saviour you shall win, Near losing sweetness though in grave line. (357) To the Right Honourable, EDMUND Lord BOWRKE, Baron of Castleconnell. EDMUND BOWRKE. Anagramma. BE MUNDED WORK. Ever it fits with true nobility, Doing of somewhat with sedulity, Men idleness should evermore detest, Virtue in diligence doth always rest: Now in the best work who are busied still, Do show themselves to have a virtuous william. Blessed then are you who still will busy be, Oneward still working, yet with mundity Work munded still, and so if you persever, Rightly rewarded you will be for ever; Keep on your course still, munded worker be, Eternally your guerdon you shall see. (352) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord BUTLER, Baron of Cahir. THOMAS BUTLER. Anagramma. ALL BE MOST TRV, The virtues which innated are in you Honoured Sir, indeed be all most true; On feigned things affection you not placing, Most truly in true things yourself are gracing; And thereby honour small you do not win, Showing the virtues wherein you begin, Bravely your fame therewith to Magnify, Verily be all true and do not lie: True and not feigned be they, you may boast, Like a brave Peer that they are true and most, Eternally their honour shall remain, Recording of your name without a stain. (359) To the Right Honourable, CHARLES, Lord LAMBERTTE, Baron of Cav●●. CHARLES LAMBERTTE. Anagramma. CARE BETTERS ALL. Careful who are with diligence and pain, Happy event do of their labours gain: And who so careless without studiousness, Return his labour to a public press; Lightly 'tis they are not excellent, Entered in Lines, them by the Muses lent; Surely 'tis care that betters all things done. Let ill succeed, let but this care alone: Ah, pretermit this care, which betters all, Many misfortunes on the work will fall. Boast then may you of wisdom, who pursue Each thing with carefulness to all men's view, Respecting of your care sance admiration, Truly we wish, that in your imitation, Those who perceive your care still bettering all, Each would to carefulness in's way do fall. (359) To the Right Honourable, THEOBALD, Lord BOWRKE, Baron of Brittas. THEOBALD BOWRKE. Anagramma. WORK BE LEAD BOTH. The soul and body of your noble self, Here are be led by work, but not for pelf; Each of them hath a several work to do, On which with diligence they do pursue, Both by led work, and both by work are led, And each of them with diligence is sped; Leading itself most naturally free, Doubtless to do such work as fitteth thee. Behold your soul, how your intelligence Onward sti●l working, seeks to guide your sense: With nimble eye do but your body view, Right noble actions still you do ensue. Keep on your noble course, and you shall see Erelong both soul and body guerdoned be. (360) To the Right Honourable, ANDREW, Lord STEWARD, Baron of Castle-Steward. ANDREW STEWARD. Anagramma. WE STAND REWARD. According to your merits and desert, Notably doing like a noble heart, Do you stand for reward, and it expect; Rightly sith you true honour do respect, Ever may you stand for reward, indeed With worthiness you work, and so you'll speed. Stand you reward then, and you soon shall see, Truly rewarded surely you shall be: Expecting which, persevere in the way, With wisdom guided, not from thence to stray, And you may justly a reward then stand Right worthy Peer as ready still at hand, Deserved by your worth, which it command. (361) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, Lord BALFOURE, Baron of Clan-Awley. JAMES BALFOURE. Anagramma. ALL FAME BE YOURS. In virtue's path who virtuously do tread, Admit of fame to live by, although dead, Making his fame his actions to outlast, Entering his honoured name on fames rou'e placed, So that who sees him cannot choose but see, Beholding of his life integrity. Ah my Maecenas I must needs profess, Lively grace in you can deserve no less; Fame be yours all, nay all the fame yours be, On tracing virtue with dexterity, Vir-like indeed you pass with virile strength, Reaching till you attain to at the length Eternity: and so all fame be yours. (362) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Lord FOLYOT, Baron of Ballishenam. THOMAS FOLIOT. Anagramma. O I MOTHER FAST LOT. That person who to goodness doth incline Hath a more fast lot, he will found in time, On which if he relies, he may be sure, Most happily a fast lot to endure; And such a fast lot he shall get thereby, Seating him faster in his dignity. Fast doth imply a lot that will not fail, On whom so trusteth it shall great avail; Let fast who hath, it is his happiness, In fast lot, joy to have in his distress: On then, ensue your fast lot more fast yet, Trusting thereto ere long your lot will get. (363) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Lord GORGES, Baron of Dundalke. EDWARD GORGES. Anagramma. SE GOG REWARDED. Each noble Peer should study to express, Due Characters of exact nobleness, Warding the good, defending them from Wrong, Aiding them 'gainst their foes; who suffering long Reproaches, scorns, and contumelies bide, Devoted such from troubles still to hide, Ever rewarding all the furious foes. Gog-like that do oppress such poor as those On whom rightly true nobility, Raiseth a look, such on the ground do lie, Goggs killed are when as true noble men, Ensuing pores defence appear, and then, See they fierce Gogg rewarded in his den. (364) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Lord DIGBY Baron of Geshell. ROBERTUS DIGBYE. Anagramma. ROBE REST BY GVYD. Robe of true honour and true nobleness, On those is placed, who evell to repress Be guides and leaders in the Commonwealth, Evermore seeking for its good and health; Robed in honour's gown that such may be, That truly seek their Lands felicity: Veil may fierce Arms to gown the Laurel may Stoop to the Languagies and them obey: Doubtless to you then doth the Robes belong, In whom doth rest an orators sweet tongue: Guide unto those you are who to your charge By CHARLES our King committed, are at large, Yours may the Robe by, by you it may rest, Ever he guide men so they may be blessed. (365) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord FITZEWILLIAM Baron of Lyffer. WILLIAM FITZE-WILLIAM Anagramma. FIT WILL MY ZEAL I WAY ME. With Zeal you filled are which doth so hit, Indeed who ways you, says your Zeal will fit, Living a holy and religious life, Loving of concord to be void of strife: Enjoy my Zeal, and so my heart withal A fire which knitteth you in several, Most unto God, whom with a Zeal devout, Fiery devotion you do seek still out: In Zeal unto your Sovereign you are knit, Tide to your Country, and you bend your wit Zealously, ever something to affect, Exactly may prove you an architect: Weighing your Zeal thus, you do found it sound, If unto God his duties you propound; Lively you see your Zeal doth act them well, Lively in duty to your Prince excel, Yea and unto your Country you do so, And thus your Zeal will fit how ere you go: May every one then way their Zeal and try, Each of them if as fit as yours 'twill ply. (366) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord CAUFIELD, Baron of Charlemont. WILLIAM CAUFIELD. Anagramma. AV I COME WELL FILLED. Weighing your wisdom with au admiration, I cannot choose but wish your imitation, Like a rich Cabinet that well filled came, Lively your Metaphor you are the same; In emptiness you do not take delight, Au you are filled to do your work i'th' right. Mark how the Muse's note how you did last, Coming full filled many a year now past, Au you are not with evil fraught and filled, Virtuously yourself to worth you yield: Filled are you well, and so well filled you came, Ever I hope you will remain the same; Lively your virtues promised, and you Do in the course that erst you did ensue. (367) To the Right Honourable, THEODORE, Lord DOCKWRAY, Baron of Culmore. THEODORE DOCKWRAY. Anagramma. A, CRIED O DO THE WORK. The work you still your servants do exhort, Hearty to perform to keep your port; Ever remembering, that where labour wanteth, O many good things God in mercy scanteth, Duly that men may to their labour fall: On which with meditation you recall, Rousing your servants with an earnest cry, Encouraging to work most earnestly: Do you the work with diligence and care, O do the work good servants, do not spare, Crying unto them thus, you find the good, Keeping high state unto your Honour-hood: With labour 'tis maintained, but otherwise Richeses on Eagles wings, away she flies. Ah then maintain labour and diligence, You'll thereby find an increment of pence. (368) To the Right Honourable, GERALD, Lord AUNGIER, Baron of Longford. GERALD AUNGIER. Anagramma. 'GREED VAIL ANGER. 'Greed once, when enemies are turned friends, Each of them anger veil, sinister ends Repulsing back, they then lay quite aside, And in a fast firm peace ever abide; Leading their lives as if that anger vailed, Doubtless had never on their souls assailed, Envenoming their breath with peevish hate. Anger delighteth still in fell debate, Veil then this anger should a wise man then, Nobly agreeing with his Countrymen. Great Peer you preach this in your worthy life, In whom no shadow shows of any strife; Excelling thus in vailing anger so, Rare are the hearts that you can overgo. (369) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Lord BLANIE, Baron of Monagham. HENRY BLANYE. Anagramma. ERN HYLAS IN ABLE. High in your honour, hy in men's esteem, Erued you have, as those that know you deem: Nor have you any honour did descend Rightly on you, before this earth did lend Your hy commendations to your honours hy. Born are you of a noble Family, Live though you do to grace them nevertheless, Actively sith you worthiness express: Nor do you rest herein commendable, In honour earned hy to rest enable, Each on you seek to sit at honour's table. (370) To the Right Honourable, LAURENCE, Lord ESMOND, Baron of Lymerick. LAURENCE ESMOND. Anagramma. RINSE LAW SAND MO. La where it comes with cost, will ever rinse And cleanse the purse, exhausting out the pence With over-often seeing of the Clarks, Receiving of their Masters many Marks. Each man thinks not what forty-pences doth waste, Noting a Suit but one seven years to last: Consider then ten Groats a Term in is time, Even unto more than eight pound fees will climb. Each one that goeth to Law, if law doth rinse, Sand more had need cry Sir, sand pound and pence; Millions of pounds the Lawyers soon devour, On Angels only looking, else they lower. Noble, you mark this well, and therefore call Duly to yours, that not to Law they fall. (371) To the Right Honourable, DERMONDE, Lord O-MALUNE, Baron of Gleano-Malune and Cuerchy. DERMONDE O-MALUNE. Anagramma. LOVED MAN MOURNED. Doubtless Christ only loved man the most, Entering into the world, (though he might boast Rightly indeed to be the Son of God, Man to deliver from God's smarting Rod, On him he took, such was his love to man, Not in arerages wherein he had ran, Duly to pay the debts which he did own, Expressing plainly that he loved man so. O that our love with zeal to Christ might burn, Mourn we'd for Christ as he for us did mourn, A low, A low, O hone for us he cried, Labouring with love when he did erst abide, Vailing his Godhead in Man's shape a while, No torments him exempt sin to exile. Ever he loved man, and vild man him loathed. (371) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord BRERETONE, Baron of Laghlin. WILLIAM BRERETONE. Anagramma. ON RARE TIME WILL BE. Will be on rare time and so certainly, Indeed it hits that you rare spark will be; Likely 'tis that a rare man should hap, Lively in rare time to stop one gap, In many virtues since that you are rare, A rare time best is, your worth to declare. Making the rareness of the time and man Bravely concur, that few example can Rightly appear, so rarely (that's endued) Excelling in the minds brave fortitude, Rightly on rare times Rolls may you be writ, Example who had scarcely found to hit: Time turning o'er her Roll may blush and wonder, On each one looking, scarce your light to thunder; Nay certainly on rare time will you be, Example set unto posterity. (373) To the Right Honourable, CECIL, Lord BALTIMORE, Baron of Baltimore. CECIL CALVERT. Anagramma. CALL TRUCE CIEL. Ciel is a Suffolk word, and properly Expresseth time, which they do mean thereby; Call truce ciell than implies, call time of truce, In which fierce war hath not an open fluce, Letting both blood and wounds to enter in; Let such Ciel go call truce ciell to begin: Call truce ciel in, wherein the harvester Armed with Sickle, and Sigh, cut, eat good cheer, Leaving to war with men; do then begin Valourously to bring the harvest in; Expecting no more spoil, unless it be Racing down purest wales most carelessly. They call truce ciel, there time most happily. (374) To the Right Honourable, HUGH, Lord Baron of Colrane. HUGH HARE. Anagramma. HA' HUG HERALD Ha' hug her Sir, 'tis virtue that I mean, Virtue although you hug, y'are chaste and clean, Great Peer, whose greatness rightly doth befit, Hugging of virtue honourdly to sit. Ha' hug her then, that is, have herso near, As that yourself you may to her endear: Rightly she'll then familiar be to you, Excellently who in her trace pursue. (375) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Lord SHERRARD, Baron of Letrim. WILLIAM SHERARD. Anagramma. MY HIGHER DRAWS ALL. With true deserts you are so furnished well, In which like a true Peer you so excel; Living no longer time than while you merit, Loving your worths deserts still to inherit: I must confess your hire or your desert, Admitteth not to take some small part, Making as if your hire reached no more. Show you unto the world that you do soar High, flying still at all things that are high, Earning by virtue honour's dignity, Rightly your higher draws all that can be said, Admitting fit to your degree that's made Rightly your hire draws all, and your deserts Do challenge rightly to win many hearts. To the Right Honourable, ROGER, Lord boil, Baron of Broghill. ROGER boil. Anagramma. early BOAR GO. Rare honoured youth that in your youth so soon, O like a tender plant so well doth bloom, Growing in early tender age to bear, Early with fruits your honoured head to rear: Rightly may men admire, when as they see Boys to tur●e men so soon as 'tis in thee, On whom who doth but slightly cast his eye, You Early Boar may suddenly espy: Let such rich plants go one and grow to Trees, Increasing still their greater dignities. (377) To the Right Honourable, CONNOR, Lord MAC-GWYRE, Baron of Iniskillin. CONNOR MAC-GWYER. Anagramma. CORN CAM ON, I GREW. Corn in his growth came on and so did you, On whom who ever looked, will say you grew: Now Corn in earth itself a time did hide, Nor you did always openly abide: One time there was when as your Mother's Womb, Required ten months' time before you come: Mightily though when you began to sprout, And row upon the Faith, you grew it out, Coming still upward to maturity; Growing in grace, and inward purity, With which if you in growing still shall be, Indeed you'll grow to truest dignity: Even as the Corn came on so grew you, and Right as good Corn in God's Barn you shall stand. (378) To the Right Honourable, FRANCIS, Lord Mount-Norris, Baron of Mount-Norris. FRANCIS ANSLEYE. Anagramma. EN IS ALL FAIR SEINE. Fair is your sense which sense to virtue have Regarding, nothing but what virtues crave All fair your sense is, which so fair an object Noteth for you thereof to be the subject. Certainly sense must needs be fair, whereas In so fair way the senses seem to pass. See any virtues, and the same will be Admitted to be fair in each degree. Now virtue fair, that leads so fair your will, Senses must needs be fair, all fair be still, Let fairness still within your heart abide. En is behold, your worth is dignified; You all fair sense abiding, needs must 'cause Each one with en upon your worth to pause. (379) To the Right Honourable, Sir THOMAS EDMOND, Knight, Treasurer of his Majesty's Household, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. THOMAS EDMOND. Anagramma. HO MOST DEMANDS. Those who most pay, may rightly most demand, How things are done that they may understand. On you then when I look, and see your charge, Muses may say you most demand at large: And well you may, sith you most charged be, how each thing is in its degree. Entrusted are you therefore by the King, Duly his store into his house to bring; Making accounts so well, that it may fit Once the years end, quietus est to hit: Not undeservedly you may demand, Doubtless sith each man well doth understand, Sir of your reckon they are rightly scanned▪ (380) To the Right Honourable, Sir HENRY FANE Knight, controller of his Majesty's household, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. HENRY FANE. Anagramma. EN HE FAIR. Here en doth call, with admiration too, Enter beholding of the worth you show, Noting how fairly you perform your place, Raising great honour to your ancient race: You needs must fair be, who so fairly do, Fairly performing what y'are fitted to; And Fair still may you be, and Fairly may Nobly your offspring flourish every day, Ever fair walking sir in your fair way. (381) To the Right Honourable, Sir THOMAS JARMINE, Knight, and Vice-chamberlaine to his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. THOMAS JARMINE. Anagramma. AH, MOST I REMAIN. Thou the Vice-chamberlaine, where ere the Court Hath its aboding, thither must resort, On execution of your place still tending, Most what remaining and yourself still bending, As doth your place and honour best befit, Swiftly with diligence performing it. In the King's presence you should most remain, And so his gracious favour you retain; Rendering still most part a prompt willing ear Much of his wisdom cheerfully to hear. In which place of your great pre-eminence, Now let the Muses beg without offence, to respect your handmaids diligence. (382) To the Right Honourable, Sir JOHN COOK, Knight, one of the principal Secretaries of State, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. JOHN COOK. Anagramma. O OAK COIN. I see you have both strength and riches great, O noble Secretary of Estate: Here Oak doth show you, strength and manly might, Noted to be in you by these say right. Coin shows your Richeses, wherein you excelling, On high are fitly set to have a dwelling: On high in fortitude if you remain, Keeping Okes strength right well, coin may you gain, Eternal riches you'll at last obtain. (383) To the Right Honourable, Sir FRANCIS WINEDEBANKE, another of the principal Secretaries and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. FRANCIS WINDEBANKE. Anagramma. IN SAFE BANNK I DREW. Fast is your state and many comforts bring, Reaching into the secrets of your King; And at his Council table have your place, Nobly so doing, unto you such grace: Choice are your honours, and your place indeed Is very ancient if we Scripture read: Safe bank than drew you in, who safely be Well banked in with high Authority. In your Dread Sovereign's favour banked so, No envies hurt that you can undergo: Draw safely banked, than you drew right well, Ensafed by your King, from envy fell Banked by virtue; banked in so sure, A foe by no means can your hurt procure: Nay, many foes although they were in Arms, Keeping your bank can never boast your harms, Ever you'll shouting victor's brave Alarms. (1) To the most Excellent, and most illustrious Princes, together with the Right Honourable the fellows of that most Noble Order of Saint Georg, commonly called the Knights of the Garter. SAINT GEORGE HIS KNIGHTS. Anagramma. ONCE KINGS, YE GET HIGH STARS Such is the power of Kings, their dignity, As that they raise unto Nobility, In firmament of their Courts, that they place Nobles, who ever they are pleased to grace: Creating honours, orders framing new, That higher still their Stars may be to view; Excellently to glister on the Earth, Giving a radiant glorious fulgour forth, Erst every nation did an order frame Of honoured Knights, imposing them their name Rightly, as every Potentate did please: Great Edward here the third, created these, Enstaling noble Knights, Saint Georg Knights called; Highest in honour here, that are installed, Ye then once Kings, high stars do get of course, Such is your power, such your majestic force. Knights of the Garter then, accept you this, Noted you are in this Parenthesis, In which the Muses severally greet you: Giving to each the honour that doth meet you, Heroic hearts, heroic honour bea●ing; Truly my skills to little, I am fearing Suitable trophies of you to be rearing. (2) To the most high and mighty Monarch, CHARLES by the Grace of GOD, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, in these his Majesty's Dominions, next under CHRIST, supreme Head of the Church, and the first of the most Noble order of the Garter. CHARLES KING OF ENGLAND. Anagramma. O CHIEF KING, ENLARG LANDS. Chief King in Christendom, the heroic band, Here of the Garter leading by the hand, Accept your handmaid, prostrate once again, Rendering one drop more to your Ocean main; Let me confess, but truth I shall disclose, Ever chief King, supremest amongst those, Seated in seat of highest Majesty: Kingly excelling in your Sovereignty, In your Religion chief, in Zeal likewise, None seeing you, but you chief King soon vie Great Monarch, chief, in your great Majesty, Excelling chief in people that are free. O let your fame enlarge itself through lands, Famously seated 'mongst the Kingly bands: England's Great Emperor O chief King be, Nor let fame cease, enlarging Lands by thee; Grow let your Majesty's rare virtues, and Lengthen forth still, enlarging such a band, And then the Bards recording of your worth, Near cease to say England's Chief King by birth, Doth eagerly his virtuous life pursue, Enlarging Fame, and Fame enlarging you. (3) To the most Excellent Prince CHRISTIAN, KING of Denmark, second fellow of the most Noble Order of the Garter. CHRISTIAN, KING OF DENMARK. Anagramma. I ERN CHRIST EEK A FREE KINGDOM. Christ, Christian King you may be said to earn, Having his Doctrine (Kingly) not to learn, Religiously being framed from your youth, In Gods most certain and approved truth: So than you know, to earn Christ, is no more, Than Gods free acceptation to implore, In earning Christ, no higher do you soar; Earning through God's account, that is by Christ: Rightly with Christ blessed merits to be blessed, Now, Sacred Majesty doth well befit, Earning of Christ, and such a prize to get. Kingdom's best fit for Kings, that they thereby Enthroned, may set forth their Majesty; Now your Majestic self, Christ earning, have Great freedoms, to your Kingdoms which Christ gave, Eking out liberties that do transcend: (O boundless freedoms,) all the world to th'end, Free none alike, but this brave Monarchy: Doubtless great Denmark's King got thereby, Ear●ing of Christ, eking a Kingdom free, Not to be sampled but great Charles by thee: Making these free, who by so free a Law, As Christ's New Testament are kept in awe, Requiring nothing but the wills affection, Keeping the heart free, yet with blessed direction, Ever still building blessed architection. (4) To the High and Mighty Prince, CHARLES, Palatine of the Rhine, Chief Elector of the Sacred Roman Empire, and in the vacancy thereof, Emperor of the same, and the third fellow of the Noble Order of the Garter. CHARLES PRINCE ELECTOR PALATYNE. Anagramma. I SEARCH ON, CLEAR, ELECT, RIPE PLANT. Chasing about the world in hot pursuit, Ha' what my muse hath found; she'll not be mute, According to your worthiness to show, Rightly to all the world; what here in due, Lustrously fulgent, shineth forth so clear, Expressing you to be of Heaven a Peer: Such clear resplendent virtues in you shine, Proclaim your highness for a Prince Divine. Read who your soul shall, a most clear bright mind, Ingeniously confess I, he shall find: Nothing but clearness shining to the eye, Clearly descended from high Majesty, Expressing as you are, a Prince most clear Elected, so your highness doth appear, Lustring election by your clearness such, Every one dares not sir, your praise to touch: Clear and Elected Prince, Elector too, That high great Honours always do ensue, On as I search, on I may further pas●e, Reaching your merits I m●● too weak alas. Passing along, you ripe I do descry, And reached now unto Maturity, Like to a Plant that ' ripened is by years, And many numbers of them on it bears. Thus so a Plant you are, yet ripe you be, Into full age attained now we see: Nor may you cease, elect, clear ripe plant being, Ever till fully ripe, to Heaven y'are sleeing. (5) To the high and Mighty PRINCE HENRY, Prince of Orange, one of the Electors of the Sacred Roman Empire, and the fourth fellow of the most Noble Order of the Garter. HENRY PRINCE OF ORANGE. Anagramma. ON GRAN HERO RIPE FENC. Here is an other hero on the band Entered, whom Charles our King leads by the hand; Nay one grand Hero certainly you are, Right so your virtues do yourself declare, Your highness one grand Hero sir to be, Expressed well by your dexterity. Prince of high blood, of true Religion sound, Raised to Honours therefore that abound, Enrol of Heros 'mongst the Heros placed, Noble renowned Prince, so you are graced, Chosen the Garters honour here to wear; Expressing valour which your Soul doth bear. One grand right Hero we must needs confess, Freely your highness is we say no less. One grave Heroic spark your virtues make you, Ripe by Religion, and such one we take you; A ripe and ready fence in time of need, ne'er leaving those who with afflictions bleed: Gran Hero then, o Sir a ripe fence be, Erst as to others, so Sir now to me. (6) To the most Illustrious Prince De Lorreine, Duke Chereuze, the first Fellow of the most noble Order of the Garter. DE LORREINE DUKE CHEREUZE Anagramma. CHEER, LIKE ZENO DURED EVER. Doubtless those who descend of noble blood, Ever should cheerly be in doing good. Let then the Muses great Duke greet your grace, Onward exciting you with cheerly pace Rightly aswell your grace in virtue's path, Religious walking, so go on, and laugh: Ever be cheerly, that each one may see In deed like unto Zeno that you be: None almost could this learned man excel, Express true cheerlinesse though he did well. Do you the like Zeno, and so dure you ever; Virtue, you know, will breed repentance never. Keep as you do, and then each one shall see, Exact you act a Duke of high degree. Cheerelinesse with your virtues still maintain, Having like constant spirit you retain, Exactly like to Zeno, of this name Read we how one a Learned man became; Examining old Histories we found, Virtue who did retain well in his mind Zeno another was a Prince, and he Excelled in virtue too; both these you be. (7) To the Right Honourable, EDMUND, Earl of Moulgrave, Lord Sheffield, of Butterwicke and Knight of the Garter. EDMUND MOULGRAVE. Anagramma. MUNDE GRAVE MOULD. Each of you are a Mould of Nobleness, Devoted truly unto worthiness; Moulds though in ADAM full of rottenness, Virtue doth strain how vices to repress; Now as more grace each day we do attain, Do we so munding of our grave moulds gain: Mould-grave are you, and virtuous too you are, On which relying you each day appear, Virtuously a progress so to hold; Lively a grave mould you may be enrolled, Grave in your actions, grave in virtue's lore, Rarely purtraying there you are not poor; Ah, Mund your grave mould still until you be, Veiled with the veil of upright purity, Entered in Heaven to devil eternally. (8) To the right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of DERBY, Lord Stanley strange of Knocking, and of the I'll of Man, Knight of the Garter. WILLIAM DERBY. Anagramma. I BY A MILDER LAW. With wisdom you are guided that excelling, I do perceive within you hath a dwelling, Living as a high Law, which powerfully Leadeth you forward till you reach on high: I know your high blood, honoured Stanley sure, And wish your predecessors virtues may endure, Made yours as now we do perceive they be: Drawn by a mild law ingenuity, And wisdom leading you so well along, Rightly your virtues cannot my frail tongue Blazon forth; rightly this is all I'll say, You by a milder law are vide to sway, Exactly where into you do obey. (9) To the Right Honourable, PHILIP, Earl of PEMBROKE and MOUNTGOMERY, Baron Herbert, of Cardiff and Sherland, Lord Parr and Rosse of Kendal, Fitz-hugh Marmion, and Saint quinton, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's most Honourable household, Knight of the Noble order of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. PHILIP PEMBROKE AND MOUNTGOMERYE. Anagramma. O PRIM MEEK PEER MOUNT ON, I LODGE BY HAP. Pembroke's great Peer Prime in your meekness well, Heroickly proclaiming you excel, Ensue your Honour still, o Sir mount on, Letting no time slip; and from you be gone; In the King's favour Prime, Prime in your place, Prime in your meekness too, o see here's grace. Prime Peer, then deign to gerdon my weak pen, Expressing of your virtues unto men: Meekness in you hath boldness bred in me, Boldly enough this to present to thee; Right noble then like a true noble man, O deign not my infirmity to scan: On my sex cast your Eye with free fair look, Keeping your ancient meekness, take the Book Expressing so you are a Prime meek Peer: And I shall pray you may mount higher here, Nobly your Titles filling with more ease, Declaring rightly your true nobleness; Mount may you rightly on, and higher clime, On may your offspring mount in after time, Virtues inheriting, from thee may they, Nobly like beams, as you have done, display: This to thy Lot (Great Peer) what ere to me, Great troops of enemies do harmfully, On by their malice, so still forward set, Making me lodge by hap had not hap bet Even unto me befallen, they had destroyed (Raging) your Servant, this had I enjoyed, Yea I by hap had Lodged in the grave, Except by hap good laws that hap did save. (10) To the right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Martial of England, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. THOMAS ARUNDEL AND SURRREY. Anagramma. HE EARNED AND MU RULE ROYALS. Those who your doings see, will soon confess, Heroic Sir, that you have earned no less, On high as England's Marshal high to sway, Making even Royalls unto thee obey; As every Peer is made a demi Royal, Subject unto his Prince with duty loyal: Ah here I see before you got on high, Rightly great Peer you earned your dignity, Virtue commandeth none to honour clime, Not having well deserved of his time; Doubtless then Sir you may High-Martiall sit Even by your worth you have deserved it, Leading your virtues in so fair array, Led men he could well do the King did say. And thus you must rule Royals now indeed, Noble great Peer, to whom the rest take heed, Doing their duty to you in your place: So well doth virtue those who loveth grace. Very well then ensue your earnings still, Raised as you are, so let it be your will Rightly your place still better to deserve, Ensampling others faithfully to serve: Your honour spotless you preserve hereby, Ever still meriting high dignity. (11) To the Right Honourable ROBERT, Earl of SOMERSET, Viscount Rochester, Baron of Branspath, and Knight of the Garter. ROBERT SOMERSETT. Anagramma. RESTS MORE BET OR. Rest more bet or you do, or doth imply Over, or puer gold which here is meant thereby; Bet is a Saxon word, and doth import, Englished, that is of a better sort; Rest more bet or, implies that you do rest The purest gold, in my account the best: Such are your virtues which refulgent bright, Or colour do set forth to speak but right, Making you rich, who this true riches here Inherit truly, as a noble Peer, Rests more bet or, more bet or may you rest; So shall your name enrolled be with the best, Entered in or upon the Rolls of fame: This Robert Somersett his noble name, That resting more bet or the same became. (12) To the Right Honourable, THOMAS, Earl of Kelly, Vice Fenton, Lord Dwilton, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. THOMAS KELLYE. Anagramma. LO HAST MEEKLY. The Lo wherewith your Anagram gins Hath an inviting nature, and it wins O noble Sir, spectators to behold Meekly how hasting you are yet enrolled As a great Peer, in honour's dignity, Such haste hath meekness made to set you high. Know honoured Lord that those who highest are, Excel in meekness, so their worth declare: Let then your meek heart hast to honour high, Likely meek men are fit for dignity: You then thus meek may unto honour's haste, Envy hath never yet meek men displaced. (13) To the Right Honourable WILLIAM, Earl of SALISBURYE, Viscount Cramborne, Baron Cecil of Effinden, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. WILLIAM SALISBURY. Anagramma. BRAVE SAIL I WILL SMYL. Well are you a brave sail, who sail so brave, Increasing still the honours which you have; Lending still forward in a fair progression, Like to the Ships which sail amidst the Ocean. I cannot choose but smile, and smile I will, Admiring honours smiling on you still, Making you smile indeed, when as you see Suitable honour to your merits be: And so your friends will smile on you likewise, Listing to hear you to new honours rise. I likewise handmaid to the Muses, will Smile, seeing you with virtue filled still; Being more glad to see you good, than great, Very well knowing you reward shall get: Rising in honour if not here below, Yet honoured you shall be in Heaven I know; Ensuing which, I smile to see you so. (14) To the Right Honourable, EDWARD, Earl of Do●set, Baron Buckhurst, Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen's Majesty, and of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council, EDWARD DORSETT. Anagramma. DO SETT REWARDED. England's Heroic Peer, do as you do, Doubtless you so shall well rewarded go: Within yourself rewarded shall you be, Attaining to spotless integrity: Rarely rewarded with high dignities, Do your deserts amongst the Worthies rise, Each seeing plainly you rewarded set. Do as you do, and you rewarded bet O noble Peer, when this life ends, shall be; Raised to the joys of Heaven's eternity: So you yourself, men, and the Heavens likewise, Each do conspire, may you rewarded rise: That you who follow in the path that's bet, Thus doing good, may still rewarded set. (15) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of Holland, and Baron of Kengsinton, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, justice and Air of all his Majesty's Forests, Chases, Parks, and Warrens on this side Trent, Constable of the Honour and Castle of Windsor, Captain of his Majesty's Guard, Lord High Steward of the Queen's Majesty's Revenues, Gentleman of his Majesty's Bedchamber, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy. Council. HENRY HOLLAND. Anagramma. ERN HE-HOLY LAND. Holy Land erst for which great Princes warred, Earn may your worth, he then from thence are barred, Notably so your valour well displaying, Right valerously still your bands weighing: You very well hereby do show, indeed (Each one perceives) you come of valiant breed. Holy Land here may Heaven be, and the way O Sir, by which to get it you assay, Lively you show is virtue, which pursuing, Let any say that have your worth in viewing, Admiring at you if you do not earn, (Noble Sir) Heaven then am I yet to learn, Doubtiesse so well your actions you do stern. (16) To the right Honourable, THOMAS Earl of BARKSHIERE, Viscount Andover, Lord Charlton, and Knight of the Carter. THOMAS BARKSHIER. Anagramma. THOUGH HER MASSI BARK. The Bark of Virtue fraught with heavenly riches, How few there are, whom it to gain bewitches: On which, those that do love it, having eye massy Bark it to be kind presently, And see it, though to draw into the Haven; Seeking thereby this Massy Bark to saven. Bark is a little ship, which fraught with treasure, Admits of easy thoing on by leisure: Rash drawing when the Bark is massy laden, Knocks on the ground, and many times is broken: So thoing tidely on to bring to shore, Helping thereto with Rudder and the Oar: I see you thus her massy Bark do tho, Excellently endeavouring to show Richeses Celestial which from hence do flow. (17) To the Right Honourable, THEOPHILUS Earl of SUFFOLK, Lord Howard of Walden, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. THEOPHILUS SUFFOLK. Anagramma. SUITS HIGH HOPEFUL FOLK. The Virtues in you very well agreed, Heroic Peer, high folk you suit we see. On which but looking, each one sees you high, Placed a Peer in peer like dignity: Hopeful withal, and so good Peers should be; In virtue hopeful, as their high degree Leadeth each man on them to place their eye, Viewing them as an Hill in dignity: Seeking high hopeful folks, your honour then Setting forth virtue, I must say again, Virtue is highest, and your soul, that flieth Freely by virtue's wings, still higher hieth. Frank is the hope that virtue sendeth forth On it but eyeing its true precious worth. Let envies hags against you honoured man, Keep ne'er so much a stir, do what they can, Ever you suit high hopeful folk I scan. (18) To the Right Honourable, ROBERT, Earl of LINDSEY, and Lord Willoughby of Eresby, Lord great Chamberlain, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. ROBERT LINDSEY. Anagramma. BRYT ROLE I LEND. Rolls that record your high grown worthiness, O England's Chamberlain, and do express Bright acts of yours, had need be very bright, Eternising your worth of radia●● light. Role bright you sand the acts which you sand forth, Truly to Chronicle as is their worth. Lend you do life unto a Poet's pen, In calling unto mind the ancient men: Noting old Histories, and all he can, Duly to set you out o peerless man: Seeking throughout at last, he none doth find Exampling you with such a noble mind; You sand bright Rolls, wherein your praise to bind. (19) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of EXCESTERE, Baron Burghley, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. WILLIAM EXCESTERE. Anagramma. I REST WELL MAY EXCEL. Well may you rest, expert who virtuously In virtue, so excelled in dignity, Like a true Hero, who art fitted to Live in Elizaum 'mongst the blessed souls, who In virtue here excelling, afterward A comfortable rest did them award, Making their work to follow them who well Exercised here on earth, did rare excel, Xenarchus like, who with much learning filled, Chose too with virtue rare to be instilled Excesters' Peer, I find that you excel, So acting virtue, that a rest full well To you belongeth as your proper due; Expecting which, you virtue's path ensue. Run on in virtue's path, and still excel, Earth cannot, yet the Heavens will please you well. (20) To the Right Honourable, JAMES, marquis HAMILTONS, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, Lord Aven, Inordaile, and Aberbroth: Master of the Horse to his Majesty, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. JAMES HAMILTONE. Anagramma. MAY SET ME ALL ON HY. In you the virtues that I do espy, Admired marquis, may set you on hy, Making you hy, who in so hy paths tread, Example unto others when y'are dead: Seeing the which, I cannot choose but say, Ha' honoured marquis, Virtue set you may All highly as a high and noble Peer, Meaning itself in you great Lord to rear, In whom high virtues are enclosed high, Living with you in honour's dignity. Thus vert●e on hy set, may get you hy, Only advance in all the people's eye: Noble your birth more noble is your grace, Exactly treading out a virtuous trace. (21) To the most Illustrious Prince, JAMES, Duke of LENOX, Earl of March, Lord Darnley, Metriven, St. Andrews, and Aubigny, Admiral and Chamberlain of Scotland by inheritance, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most honourable privy Council. JAMES LENOX. Anagramma. AM ONLY SEX. I am the only sex your Grace may say, And rightly, for y'are a man and display. (Made high by honour, and by your great birth) Excellent virtues, acting them on Earth; So that the only sex with virile strength, Looking on you, we grant you at the length: Excelling in the conquest of the mind, Noted above each ancient Peer we find, On all the Rolls of former ages gone; Xerxes himself was not such valiant one. (22) To the Right Honourable, HENRY, Earl of DANBYE, Lord Denvers of Dantsey, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. HENRY DANBYE. Anagramma. I BE HYLAS AND ERN. Here is a Peer indeed, who though so high, Earneth or will not have his dignity, Noting that who their honours will not merit: Resplendent honours never do inherit, You earn your dignity and so are high Declaring a Rare point of Prudency; As he that merits dignity and honour, No envy the attendant still upon her, Belching forth ne'er so many tales she can Imprint, may hatred on so good a man, Exactly when his work men do but scan. (23) To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM, Earl of Morton, Lord Dalkeith and Aberdour, Treasurer of Scotland, Knight of the Garter, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. WILLIAM MORTONE. Anagramma. TIM WILL NOTE AMOR. With amor first my riddle plain to make, I mean interpreting some pains to take, Let the beginning put be to the end, Look on it then, you'll found it no man's friend; Invert the letters, read it backwards, then O famous City it will be again, Make it two syllables, and then you'll see Most rightly showed Sir, what now you be, Or, it is gold and am doth you denote, Rightly will time you for the true gold coat: Time well will note delays of other men, On what your love is set, time shows again, Noting at last what ere men say a while, Eternal love will worldly love beguile. (24) To the Right Honourable, ALGERNON, Earl of Northumberland, Lord Poyning, Fitz-paine, and Brian, Knight of the Garter. ALGERNON NORTHUMBERLAND Anagramma. HE LEARN MOUNT, BE'N GRAN LORD. A Noble Peer the Knightly band to end, Lends here his presence England to be friend, Grand Lord he been, he learn to mount on high, Exalted unto Honour's dignity: Rejoicing to learn virtue, and the while Note I his virtue raised to a pile, On mounting high, as he doth learn to be, Noble in virtues with dexterity: Nor may this Grand Lord cease Grand Lord to been, On whom high honours Trophies high are seen, Reaching and mounting evermore still higher, Till to the clouds your virtues do aspire. He may learn mount the way to be a Grand Lord; Virtues true pattern is for him t'afford: Mount thus Northumber's Peer example been, Best imitated, his best virtues seen, Emplanted in your breast to keep a train, Rightly a Noble Peer you shall remain; Learn thus to mount, and be you mounting still, And never cease till you obtain the hill: None but the Heroes of the Lord attain; Do this Grand Peer, and then you shall remain Eternised by no decaying strain. Judges. (15) To the Right Honourable, Sir JOHN BRAMPSTONE Knight, Lord chief justice of the Kings Bench. JOHANNES BRAMPESTONE. Anagramma. BEENN AS NO STORMY HEAP. In men a heap of passions keep a swarm On reason, raging down a furious storm: How then can reason judge, who thus oppressed, As by a stormy heap can have no rest. Not stormy heap of passions them should sway, Not letting senses reason's Law obey, Ever in those who of the land the stay, Sat on the Bench the poor man's cause to judge, Bitter oppression sh●ll not make men grudge; Right shall take place, and justice there shall flourish: Ah blessed are you, no stormy heap that nourish. Might still your mildness mightily increase, Peace be to you with an affecting peace: Ever may you in peace securely sleep, Storms be fare hence, who as no stormy heap, Truly been peaceful and the peace doth keep. O Brampestone rare, no stormy heap you been, Now you have conquered yourself within, Easily may you punish outward sin. (385) To the Right Honourable, Sir JOHN FINCH Knight, Lord chief justice of the Common-Pleas. JOHN FINCHE. Anagramma. FECH IN HONY. justice is so resplendent, bright, and clear, On them whose just hearts make the poor hearts cheer Hereby, that all men way their justice so, Never to let them void of honey go. For even the upright walking in their pl●ce, In unbribed ev'nesse purchaseth this grace, Never to pass without some honey bait, Chief sin●e they like B●es in labour wait. Hence than my Lord, since you in just pains toil, E'en fetch in honey for yourself awhile. (386) To the right Honourable, Sir HUMPHREYE DAMPORTE Knight, Lord chief Baron of his Majesty's Exchequer. HUMPHREYE DAMPORTE. Anagramma. UP REPORT ME MADE HY. High Baron of th'Exchequer, your so clear Virtue, resplendent, in you doth appear: Making my spirit rouse up, calling me Prime Baron, to report our dignity: High you are made, to virtues you adhering, Report that honours ne'er from you forbearing: Enter upon it you, for it is your due, Yielding you high, because they find you true; Exhorting of the Muses to report Duly your worth in the Exchequer Court, And rousing of them up; to you last Lord, (Many great worthy works which you afford) Praises unto you due, to tender and On Roll of Fame in triumph let it stand, Reporting you, made high in dignity, That high before were in sincerity; Ever remain so, honoured Sir to be. (387) To the right Worshipful, Sir DUDLEY DIGS, Knight, Master of the Rolls. DUDLEY DIGS. Anagramma. DY'S GVYLDED. Doubtless some men that outwardly have been Viewed good at first, on justice's seat were seen Decaying, in their splendour to behold, Lead-colour like, did look more like than gold. Erst 'twas observed long time to be a judge, Yealds forth much vice, when at the people grudge. Dear master of the Rolls, your Anagram Enjoins a duty, put in are the same, Give not your virtue ●nd till l●●e be ended, So 'twill be said, Sir Dudley Digs dies guilded. (388) To the right Worshipful, Sir RICHARD HUTTON Knight, one of the justices of the Common-Pleas. RICHARD HUTTON. Anagramma. ARDENT TOUCH HIRCIUS. Reaching with ardency and high flown spirit, Into the justice seat you do inherit, Choysely expressing it to wed the bride, Having fair justice to sit on your side. Ardent you thus do touch her with your hand, Reverently acting what she doth command, Doing to poor their right, who justice cry, Each one perceives is yours eternally. Her touch with ardent love and fast affection, Virtuously performing her direction, That as you are a judge, so you may be, Truth still acting Iustic●arily: On seat of Chancery when you assist, None may your just poised equity resist. (389) To the right Worshipful, Sir JOHN DENHAM Knight, one of the Barons of the Exchequer. JOHN DENHAM. Anagramme. Quest. HAD MEN HONEY? Answ. MEN HAD HONY. If any for the honey in your hive, Only for your own self you did contrive, Having the question, had men honey, framed, No cause they'll find, your name should be declaimed. Deeds of your charity you well express, Endeavouring to help the comfortless: New houses built for alms which you erected, Have your true worthiness saved undetected. And answer fully truly to the question, Men had your honey, or but bad digestion. (390) To the tied Worshipful, Sir WILLIAM ●ONES, Knight, one of the justices of the Kings Bench. WILLIAM JONES. Anagramma. O MANY IEW'LS, I Well many juels in you men behold, Enriched in mind, not only with pure gold; Laws certain knowledge, balancing true weight, Leading you to give every man his right In every cause: but likewise silver's here, A conscience spotless, and a mind most clear, Mixed with Iron, though to show your mind, In to an other fancy, will not wind On reasons anvil, till that it be beaten. Now let one judge, are not the minds here great? Ever he will with admiration cry, See O how many juels now find I (391) To the right Worshipful, Sir GEORGE CROOK, Knight, one of the justices of the King's Bench, GEORGE CROOK. Anagramma. GO EGER O ROCK. Go eagerly, O judge, the poor to free, Ensafing them thereby from misery: O be a rock, a sure defence for those, Running to you to be kept free from foes; Go and defend them, and so ever be, Eagarly a defence to misery. Cruel oppressors eagerly put down, Raising so up your honoured high renown. O be a Rock impregnable for those, On whose side justice doth the truth disclose. Keeping them safe, and from oppressions free, Each man will say, Crook a strong Rock is he. (392) To the right Worshipful, THOMAS TREVOR Knight, one of the Barons of the Exchequer. THOMAS TREVORE. Anagramma. more TREASURE THO. The Barons of th'exchequer placed are Hourly of the King's rents to have a care; On which their trust and faithful providence, Most truly doth depend the King's expense: And he deceived by each knavish Groom, Suddenly might to mean estate become. Therefore doth he th'exchequer Barons make, Reckoning of his revenues right to take, Endeavouring to take care how it doth go, Very well say you then more treasure though: One faithful heart unto our Sovereign, having Recorded his occasions, which are craving Ever more treasure, therefore wisty saving. (393) To the right Worshipful, Sir GEORGE VERNON, Knight, one of the justices of the Common-Pleas. GEORGE VERNON. Anagramma. GO EAGER RUN ON. Go eager, reverend judge with eager heart, Ever to the oppressed help to impart On running in a course of justice so Religion guiding, you may eager go. Going with eager zeal and good affection, Eagerly seeking justice sole direction. Very well may you run then in that path, Ever the more you walk, so the more men laugh: Run seeing you do in a just way still, None but your praise, blazon forth (Sir) will: On run, they'll you exhort, and eagerly, Never cease going in path of verity. (394) To the right Worshipful, Sir ROBERT BARKLEY Knight, one of the justices of the Kings Bench. ROBERTUS BARKLEY. Anagramma. ORSEOLO BARK BE TRULY. Rightly the justice and the evenness, which Out of you easily spied, show you rich, Betrays that you a Bark of Or contain, Ever that passing sweetly through the main Rough raging storms may here a time endure, The Haven at last it will attain be sure: Voyage on still, ne fear the storms fierce rage, Set where you're bound, truth shall your harms assuage: Be truly Orseolo Bark still, nay do you loose A jot of that true riches you disclose: Rightly true Or you then possess indeed, Keeping the which you never shall have need; Let this Or be the justice you possess, Entered i'th' Bark of your tru● worthiness, You truly be Orseolo Bark, I so confess. (395) To the right Worshipful, Sir FRANCIS CRAULEY, Knight, one of the justices of the Common-Pleas. FRANCIS CRAULEY. Anagramma. CRAVE IN FAIR CEL. Fairer is your Celestina, and it doth crave to be Rightly with●n filled with sincerity, Admitting nothing, O wise judge profound, Not of tr●e fairness, being tried that's sound. Cell so m●st needs be fair, and that's your cask In which your inward soul herself doth mask; So if the casket be so purely fair, C●oise must the jewel needs be then and rare: Rare 'tis indeed, for i● you is a soul Admits of nothing hath a show of foul. Very well may we crave in such fair Cell Lung, many years may that fair jewel devil, Expressing so the beauties of the mind, Yielding a full reward at last you'll find. (396) To the right Worshipful RICHARD WESTON, Knight, one or the Barons of the Exchequer. RICHARD WESTON. Anagramma. SO RICH ARDENT. Richeses apparent in you let so be Inherent to your places dignity: Choice is still treasured in your heart, that they Had as your chiefest treasure placed may; And locked up within your heart, yet so, Right Reverend Baron, as if than you sow, Declaring outwardly what is within. With ardent hot affection than begin, Ever to sow the riches of your mind, Sparing them here and there, though home confined: That is, although your riches bide within, Outwards to sow them you may never lin; Noting yourself so for a Reverend judge. EPILOGUE. SVn, Moon, and Stars, ye rare Birds of the sky, That in your thought, to virtue's heaven do fly; Richeses of Heaven and Earth, I doubt if rich A● all there be, beyond your glorious pitch: Pardon the portrait of your handmaid's Pen, Presuming you to paint, the Worthiest Men Take it as what she had, she hath no better, Accept it kindly, she'll abide your debtor; And your rich natures so will richly shine For kind acceptance is a thing divine. M. F. FINIS.