SIR PHILIP SYDNEY'S Ourania, That is, Endymion's Song and Tragedy, Containing all Philosophy.  
Written by N. B.  
LONDON Printed by Ed. Allde, for Edward White, and are to be sold at the little North door of Saint Paul's Church, at the sign of the Gun. 1606.   

TO MY EVER-HONOred Lady and Mistress Arcadian Cynthia, Maria Pembrokiana.  

World's wonder, learned, mighty Cynthia,  
Art's Darling, & Time's Babe, subject of fame,  
Wit's object, Arcadian Pastorell  
Wisdoms Trophae honour and virtues frame,  
Pardon (Princess) though I conceal thy name.  
Thy Train, and Paragons of high degree  
Homer and Virgil, used to do the same,  
And Astrophill when he deciphered thee,  
Baxtero Mastix may disparaged me,  
That I dare make thee subject of my pen,  
At whose aspect Poets amazed be,  
As things beyond the reach, of private men.  
But wonder, Learning, wit, Fame, Wisdom, Time,  
Shall glorify the subject of this Rhyme.   

Time, wisdom, learning, wit wonder and fame,  
Endymion told me should attend on thee:  
He consecrat's Ourania to thy name,  
Without respect of pedantical fee,  
But if perchance great Astrophill thou see,  
And Fates withhold thee from Endymion:  
He humbly sues that he released be,  
Of arrogancy, and proesumption,  
That he without his knight's injunction  
Should dedicate unto thy princely Shrine,  
The treasury, and hidden function,  
Of jehovahs' Hexameron divine.  
And he that whilom lived in Grecian deep's,  
Craves help of thee, as he in English creep's.   
N. B.   

To the right Honourable and virtuous 〈◊〉 the La. Katherine Countess of Huntingdon, the Lady Mary Countess of Pembroke: the Lady Susan Countess of Mongomria: and the Lady Barbara Viscounte● Lisle, wife to the noble Knight Sir Robert Sidney Viscount Lisle.  

THey say the soaring Eagle eats no Flies,  
yet it may pleasure her to see them play:  
The smallest spark that couched in embers lies,  
shows whilom sire in that circle lay,  
Each thing created may yield a sweet delight,  
To wi●est wits perpending it aright.   

Great Macedon when he laid by his Lance,  
Sported himself with Homer's golden verse,  
And Hercules in his obscured trance,  
Would needs have Theseus' Madrigals rehearse,  
And Astrophill when bloody wars were done,  
Pastimed himself to see the Muses run.   

The wisest Monarch of Jerusalem,  
Viewed the Pismire for recreation,  
Glorious Adam, Seth, Methusalem,  
Had Marble stones in admiration.  
Pliny, and Virgil wrote of silly Bees,  
Of Gnats, of Fleas, of Shrubs, and Myrtle trees.   

Yea simple●wormes are used for a sport,  
And Ladies love to see a Monkey play,  
And every tired wit seeketh comfort,  
In honest mirth to pass the time away:  
The Lady's Spaniel snarling in her lap,  
Sometimes delights her after her mishap.   

The greatest Clerks of yore to try their wit,  
Made foolishness the subject of their Pen,  
And for their pleasures others thought it fit,  
To prove that Baldness best becometh men.  
And every Stationer hath now to sale,  
Pap with a Hatchet, and Madge-Howlets tale.   

And now comes creeping 〈◊〉 Endymion,  
Leaving Mysteries Theological,  
Scarce worth the rotten earth he ●readeth on,  
And tells strange Tales Philosophical,  
Anatomizing th'universal round,  
and whatsoever may there●● be found.   

He pipeth in his homely Country Reed,  
Made of an old Aristotelian Quill,  
He ken● no Crotchets of contentious breed,  
Nor has that Quintessentiated skill,  
He has no fine Dichotom●ating wit,  
Such music as he learned, he descants it.   

You mighty Ladies that seeken repast,  
When weighty causes have your Spirits tired,  
Rest here your wearied limbs, and take a taste,  
Here view the works of God so much admired.  
And fit yourselves of Byr●●, of Beasts or Fish,  
Twist Laurel Garlands, a● your hearts can wish.   

High-pryzed Ourania, let her live with you,  
And shield her from surprising infamy,  
That virtue entertains with frowning brow,  
And learning scorns as pining beggary,  
Making more reckoning o● a golden Ass,  
Then of Trismegist-Caelestiall- A●l●s.   

Endymion vow's if Fates do 〈◊〉 aright,  
With Corollaries of a laurel Tw●ne▪  
That shall endure th'everlasting light,  
he'll shortly dignify your princely shrine●punc;  
Meanwhile all honour shall your states attend,  
Blessed ●e your life, and hap●●e be your end.   
N. B.   

To the Right Noble, and Honourable Lady Susan Vera Mongomriana.  

VAliant whilom the Prince that bore this Mot,  
Engraved round about his golden Ring:  
ROaming In VENICE ere thou wast begot,  
AMong the Gallants of th' Italian spring.   

Never omitting what might pastime bring,  
ITalian sports, and Syren● Melody:  
HOpping H●lena with her warbling sting,  
INfested th' Albanian dignity,  
LIke as they poisoned all Italy.   

VIgilant than th' eternal majesty,  
entrhalled souls to free from infamy:  
Remembering thy sacred virginity,  
INduced us to make speedy repair,  
Unto thy mother everlasting fair,  
SO did this Prince beget thee debonair.   

SO wast thou chaste and princely Nymph begot,  
Under Ce●ilias education  
STrong in allied friends of highest lot,  
AMidd the court of estimation  
NOr do I give thee this for adulation:  
NO Pen can show thy propagation,  
ALl heavens bless thine operation.   

NAked we landed out of Italy,  
INth●al'd by Pirates men of no regard,  
HOrror and death assailed Nobility,  
IF Princes might with cruelty be scared  
LO thus are excellent beginnings hard.   

Conjoined thou art to great Mongomria,  
A Peerless Lady only fit for him:  
SOber and chaste, he was in Cardiff Cambria,  
THe Knight I knew before mine eyes were dim,  
IF Temperance, and continence, an Earl may trim,  
Under the Orb of mighty Phoebe's round,  
SYdn●ian Knights like him are hardly found.   
N. B.   

To the Honourable La. Kalandra, the noble D. Hastings.  
NOble Kalendra Niece to Cynthia;  
Endymion with all humility,  
Sends to thy blessed self O●ra●●a,  
With her accomplished Philosophy,  
Long kept she Greekish Lady's company.  
And thence arrived in Britannia,  
Enquiring for Nymphs of high dignity,  
Great Pastorellas of Albania:  
Tritonizing Fame blazed Doro●beia▪  
Thrice renowned, learned, religious,  
Thyself, modest, virtuous, Hastinguia,  
In the Garland of Nymphs illustrious:  
High prized Branch of Noble Huntingdon,  
Cherish Ourania, and grace Endymion.  
N. B.   

To the virtuous Lady M. Agape Wrotha.  
IN all the Greek None but this word is found,  
That doth contain a true description,  
Of virtues Cardinal, which d● on abound  
In thine Heroy call disposition▪  
Agape shows thy composition  
Love it is called in our Dialect▪  
ERISYCHTHON is Venery; but this Di●ection,  
chaste, holy, modest, divine and perfect,  
Arcadian Sidney gave thee this aspect,  
When he forsook this transitory Globe,  
To mount the whirling Orb● with course direct,  
Adorning thee with love for marriage rob.  
Sith famous WRATH Agape hath possessed:  
Ourania prays a while to be your guest.  
N. B.   

To the right virtuous young 〈…〉 Mansella.  
Virtuous young Lady deign Endymion,  
Though he be chained in obscurity,  
Humbly to send thee salutation:  
Presenting thee with shepherds melody,  
As wanting richer means to glorify  
Thy noble Knight, and thee, whose high estate,  
Ourania crowneth with felicity:  
Prysing thy youngest years at highest rate.  
Noble Sydneian babe Intemerate,  
Endymion's feeble infant is his wit,  
Such style and phrase, of worth to fabricate,  
As might give life, and lustre unto it.  
But my defects Ourania shall supply,  
In teaching thee and thine Philosophy.  
N. B.   

To the Right Worshipful, and virtuous Lady, the Lady Anne Daniel wife to the Right worshipful Sir William Daniel● Knight one of his Majesty's justices of the Common-Pleas.  
RIght virtuous Lady, health and happiness,  
Mourning Endymion in Obscurity▪  
Doth wish to thee, though he be in distress,  
Entrapped by malicious Treachery,  
Of such as glory in his Misery.  
He found thy Knight a Patron in his grief,  
Commiserating his extremity,  
Vn-monyed Preachers seldom find relief,  
Of men excelling in that faculty.  
There lieth some secret hidden mystery▪  
That wit of mortal man cannot unfold,  
Why blessed celestial Divinity,  
And learned men, are Measured by their gold,  
Happily Ourania shall untwine this string,  
Good Lady read her book, and hear her sing.  
N.B.   

Sir Philip Sidney's Our●nia. OR▪ ENDYMIONS Song and Tragedy, Containing all Philosophy.  

WHen Phoebus gave his fiery horses rest▪  
And circled had his glorious Hemisphere:  
When every Creature thought him fully blest  
And Titan 'gan old Thetu● bed to cheer,  
When silent-nights black mantle did appear,  
In secret sort I gave the looking on,  
While blessed Cynthia graced Endymion.   

I saw how that the sacred Nymph came down  
In purple rob, with stars y●retyzed  
I saw her guard, chaste Ladies of renown,  
Blest of the Gods, with fame enthronized:  
In never-dying Rolls eternised.  
I knew them all; Endymion the Swain▪  
And mighty Cynthia with her blessed Train.   

She is well known whom all the world admires  
For virtuous life, and prudent modesty;  
Rare are her gifts full of Sydner●an-fyres,  
Muses and Graces of high sovereignty:  
Attend and garnish her with modstie.  
I mean not now therefore to paint her praise,  
Being a task too high for withered Baize.   

But show the story as it then fell out,  
When she first favoured Endymion:  
And how false Lyvidus brought it about,  
That Cynthia had him in suspi●ion:  
(No heart can shroud it in oblivion)  
And who so reads Endymion's woeful Verse  
Let him with tears his Tragedy rehearse.   

It grieves my heart to see the gentle Swain,  
That kept his tender Lambs on Ida Mount:  
And brought them down again into the plain,  
To take their pleasure by the silvered Fount,  
Folding them all, and taking just account,  
Lest one of them by Careless oversight  
Should wandering perish in the darksome night.   

It grieves my heart (I say) to hear his moan,  
Fast by the walls of Troy where once he dwelled:  
With wring hands and many a grievous groan,  
He did express the miseries he felt.  
A heart of flint I think would surely melt,  
To see a gentle Shepherd thus cast down,  
By envies practice and great Cynthyas frown.   

You mighty Princes and high Potentates,  
That with your Sceptres sway great Monarchies,  
You Lords and Knights and all you meaner States▪  
Which do excel in happy dignities:  
Foresee your fall by envies Treacheries;  
And chase her from your habitation,  
As Hag of Hellish generation.   

Observe her practices in tumbling down,  
The greatest princes of the Oulderne times:  
Bereaving Monarches of th' Imperial Crown,  
Against their persons urging feigned crimes,  
As you may read in Poets golden Rhymes.  
And see in this most woeful History,  
Glorious Endymion's Catastrophe.   

In Troy Town situate in Cambria,  
There dwelled this Shepherd of a gentle race;  
Near fronting upon great Mongomria,  
Where Princely Arthur kept his courtly place,  
Guiding great Albion with his golden Mace,  
Where Knights and Ladies clad in princely wee●s,  
show'd testimony of their worthy deeds.   

There did this gentle Shepherd feed his flock;  
There tuned he his well contrived Reed:  
Sitting on top of highest Ida rock,  
Suffering his tender Lambs mean while to feed,  
While he, clad in his homely Country weed,  
Sang Madrigals and Stanzies of great worth,  
And descanted to bring his Music forth.   

Well could he sing divine and sacred lays,  
With blessed notes as Poets did record,  
In silvered lines painting high jonahs' praise.  
And eke the death of Christians dying Lord.  
Such Music did he oft his ●●ocke afford.  
As made them leave their food to listen well,  
As if they were enchanted with the spell.   

Satyrs and Silvans at the harmony,  
Sometime came darting from the darksome Grove,  
Approving oft the chanting melody,  
And with their harsh and rural voices strove,  
To sound the praises of celestial jove;  
But when their Pipes and voices disagreed,  
They held their peace and cast away their reed.   

Sometimes he made the Rocks for to rebound,  
With Echo of his Notes; sometime the dales,  
And woods, and springs, to yield a burbling sound,  
As beaten with reflex of Madrigales;  
Sibylla's Oracles, and prophets ●ales:  
Which show the way to immortality,  
In perfect Hymns of true divinity.   

So well he could his warbling Notes divide,  
That other Shepherds did his ●ayes admire,  
And set their Notes, as he their Pipes did guide,  
Until they could unto the like aspire:  
Yet never took he recompense or hire,  
But as he lay upon th' Idaean hill,  
He daily sounded loud his 〈◊〉 quill,   

Long lived upon this Mount the gentle Swain,  
Recording songs unto the Deity:  
Till Cynthia walking with her blessed Train,  
Approached the shepherd and his melody.  
Where she observing well the Harmony,  
With Majesty divine and princely grace,  
Retired herself and pauzed a little space.   

I well did view the Coronet she ware,  
With Diamonds and sapphires orient,  
A Carcanet most precious and rare,  
Fretized with Carbuncles which Hebae sent,  
(The same which Pyrocles did first invent)  
Did circle twice, her sacred neck, & breast,  
In which the Muses, and the Graces, rest.   

Between her paps a lustrious Diamond;  
Linked to her Carcanet by curious Art,  
(Of yore found out by skilful Belysond,  
And given by the mighty Britomarte)  
So placed was, that light it might impart,  
To all inferior Orbs in darkest night,  
When Phoebus had with-draw'n his glorious light▪   

A surcote all of purple silk she wore,  
Diapered with Flora's curious skill,  
Butned with oriental Pearls before,  
with golden loops to fasten at her will,  
Framed for her body by great Astrophill.  
Such as Bellona used heretofore,  
In chase of the fierce Adonian Bor●.   

Waving and wide tuck't up unto her knee,  
Adorned with a frinoge of purest gold,  
Whence parcel of the Lawn I chanced to see,  
That whiter than itself, her skin doth fold;  
By Physis framed for feature uncontrolled:  
Like whitest ivory beautiful and trim▪  
Whiter than Swans that in Meander swim▪   

Part of her legs gave lustre to my view,  
As ivory pillars bearing up the frame;  
By that I judge my other speeches true,  
Which who so sees shall verify the same.  
Pardon divine and most Illustrious Dame,  
Though simple Swains do glorify thy name,  
Since by this subject get we lasting fame.   

Her ivory legs and feet the bu●ltins hide,  
Of curious stuff with gold embellished,  
Lest nature's Ornaments should be espied,  
Of worthless wantoness, rude, unpolished,  
Or Venus' brats of wits unfurnished:  
For over all, she veiled her with a rob,  
As azur'd welkin over-spreads the Globe.   

Two Greyhounds swift and white as whitest snow,  
Attend her to pursue the nimble Deer:  
And in her hand she bore a dreadful bow,  
To kill the game, if any should appear,  
Or any deadly foe approach too near,  
Thus stands great Cynthia in the midst of May,  
With all her Train to hear Endymion's Lay.   

What was the Subject of the shepherds Song,  
Ask noble Cynthia, for she can tell:  
I list not now to keep you overlong,  
For needless things become not stories well:  
The Stationers the Shepherd's music sel.  
But listen well I'll tell you more anon,  
Of Cynthia's Ladies and Endymion.   

The first was Vera daughter to an Earl, 
Vera.   
Whilom a Paragon of much might:  
And worthily then termed Albion's Pearl,  
For bounty in expense, and force in fight,  
(Me list to give so great a prince his right)  
In all the Triumphs held in Albion soil,  
He never yet received disgrace or foil.   

Only some think he spent too much in vain,  
That was his fault: but give his honour due,  
Learned he was, just, affable and plain;  
No traitor, but ever gracious, and true:  
'Gainst Prince's peace, a plot he never drew.  
But as they be deceived that too much trust:  
So trusted he some men, that proved unjust.   

Weak are the wits that measure Noblemen,  
By accidental things that ebb and flow;  
His learning made him honourable then,  
As trees their goodness by their fruits do show,  
So we do Princes by their virtues know.  
For riches, if they make a King; tell then;  
What d●ffer poorest Kings, from poorest men▪   

One branch amongst the rest; he left behind,  
To spread the glory of th'Oxonian line:  
Noble by birth, true, liberal, and kind.  
The glorious fruit of high Cecilian vine;  
Sacred in marriage with everlasting twine,  
Which juno spun for great Mongomria,  
A mighty Prince in western Cambria.   


Calandra, Hastingua.  Calandra was the next of Princely race,  
Hastingua bred her, in her sacred Cell,  
Of wisdom excellent, of modest grace,  
Profoundest Oracles of Christian spell,  
She wisely could unfold and plainly tell,  

Ashebie de la Zouch.  She learned this skill of that Ashbeian Prince,  
Who often did Carpocrates convince.   


Agape, Wrotha.  Agape, with Musophila the Bride,  
Ladies of worth, and babes of Sydneia,  
Euph●es ornaments, and nature's pride,  

Musophila, Herberta.  Nymphs, Pastorellas of Arcadia;  
Fostered in the Muses Gunakeia.  
These four followed blessed Cynthia,  
To view the gardens of Hesperida.   

With many another honourable Dame,  
Blessed Phileta, Clara, Candida;  
These lodge within the house of Cynthia, 
Phileta. Clara. Candida.   
Within the Land of Terra Florida,  
Fronting the Fountains of Ca●●alida●;  
These circle fairest Cynthia in a King,  
While she doth stay to hear Endymion sing.   

The jewels which they wore gave such a shine,  
Upon a sudden to the silly Swain,  
That all unable were his feeble ●yne,  
So great a lustre longer to sustain,  
Down fell his pipes, dead was his musick●straine,  
For private men, hardly beholds her face,  
But strait they stand amazed in the place.   

But Cynthia stooped and took him up again,  
And rubbed his Temples with her tender hand:  
Each Lady strove to take the greatest pain,  
To rouse him from his Trance, and make him stand.  
Each way to save his life, was deeply scanned,  
But all in vain, till Cynthia laid aside,  
Her Majesty, that daunteth rural pride.   

At last the silly Shepherd 'gan revive,  
Yet as amazed he knew not where he was:  
But stood as one half dead, and half alive,  
As often times we see it come to pass,  
(For mortal man compared is to grass)  
Flora cannot sustain the parching heat,  
Of Phoebus' beams uncessantly to beat.   

But she that knew the cause of his distress,  
relieved him with words of sweetest grace  
And said: Thou gentle Swain, the Gods thee bless,  
Be of good cheer: Cast sorrow from thy face:  
Keep on thy Say, and blessed be thy race,  
Thrice happy he that taught thy Music sound,  
joy to their hearts, whom Misery doth wound.   

Cast fear away, I'll be thy Patroness:  
While Chynthia lives Endymion is sure;  
Let no astonishment, thy mind oppress:  
Thus did her gracious words, the Shepherd cure.  
Who looking up with countenance demure,  
Bowing himself with humble reverence,  
Addressed this speech, unto her Excellence.   

Renowned Cynthia glory of thy Sex,  
For learning had in admiration:  
The shine of whose illustrious reflex,  
May dazzle wits of high invention:  
Divine Mistress of Elocution,  
Pardon poor Shepherds rude, and worthless Rhymes,  
Not such as were the Lays of Olderne times.   

Rare is thy skill, in mighty Poesy;  
Whom Poets Laureate crown, with lasting Bays,  
In Songs of never dying Memory,  
Such as greater Homer sung in former days.  
When he with Hymns, did chaste Cassandra praise.  
O let me live I pray thee, on this Hill,  
And tune in Country sort my crazed Quill.   

This modest suit, (quoth Cynthia) is not fit  
For thee to crave; nor for my state to grant:  
Thou oughtest in higher strain t'advance thy wit,  
And sacred Notes 'mongst learned men to chant;  
Me list not to thy face thy Music vaunt.  
I like it well, and this may thee suffice,  
Songs of no worth I utterly despise.   

If thou account'st my judgement any thing,  
And deemst me far remote from flattery,  
Let me entreat thee once again to sing,  
Melodious Notes of sweetest Harmony.  
For such do please the highest Deity,  
And comfort us after our weary Hours,  
Which we have spent in gathering gilly-flowers.   

The Shepherd lowting low, m●●le obeisance,  
To all the blessed Ladies in their gre●:  
He promised to show his puissance,  
And took his Pipe down from a laurel Tree.  
(For hundreds such on Ida planted be)  
Apollo set them circlewise for w●nder▪  
To shroud the Shepherds from lame Vulcan's thunder.   

And all the Ladies placed themselves a row,  
To compass round the mighty Cynthia.  
Before was never seen such glorious show▪  
To grace Endymion in Cambria.  
Who (encouraged by Musophila,  
The Lady Bride, and Bride of happy choice)  
Tuned well his Pipe, unto his trembling voice▪   

And sang the Song of universal Pan,  
High Sovereign God, and Prince of Happiness:  
When, where, and how, great Iou● this Globe began,  
To show his everlasting Mightiness.  
How every Orb his centre doth possess,  
And all things else as now they framed been,  
In blessed order, comely to be seen.   

I heard him sing a Say of much worth,  
Which I by parts will orderly relate,  
Help me great Cynthia to set it forth,  
Being choice Melody and intricate,  
Prized by Poets at the highest rate,  
A Subject fit for Sydney's eloquence,  
High Chaucer's vain, and Spencer's influence.   

The Song.  
BEfore this world (quoth he) ●as set in frame,  
Or any thing, had Essence, fo●●e, or Name,  
Or Sun or Moon or starry Firmament,  
Or Planetary Orbs, or Element▪  
Or Snow▪ o● hail, or any Meteore,  
Whereof each Element produceth store:  
Or Sea, or Sand, or Pearl▪ or Fowl, or Fish,  
Or any jewel, which the world may wish,  
Or Flora● Mantle garnished with flowers,  
Wherewith you Ladies, deck your princely Bower●:  
Or Trees, or Beasts, or any creeping things,  
Which nature in abundance daily brings:  
Or Gold, or Silver, Copper, Lead or Brass,  
Or glorious Man, or blessed woman was,  
Or any thing that may be thought upon,  
Had either state▪ or constitution;  
There was one Sovereign God, which we call Pan,  
That cannot be defined by mortal man.  


Ieho●a. Elo●●m. Theos 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  
Deus quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ti●or.   Some call him jova for his Existence,  
Some Elo●ym for his excellence,  
Some call him Theos for his burning light  
Some call him Deus, for his fearful might.  
Some call him mighty Tetragrammaton  
Of letters four in composition,  
There is no Region underneath the sky,  
But by four letters write the Deity.  
For four is a perfect number square,  


The Deity written by 4. Letters.  
We called that Good, which now we call God.   And equal sides in every part doth bear.  
And God is that, which sometime Good we named.  
Before our English Tongue was shorter framed:  
Pan in the Greek, the Shepherds do him call,  
Which we do term the whole universal.  
All in himself, All one, All every where,  
All in the Centre, All out, All in the Sphere,  
All seeing all, All comprehending all,  
All blessed, Almighty, All aeternal,  
Comprehended in no circumference  
Of no beginning, nor ending essence,  
Not capable of composition,  
Quality, accident, division,  
Passion, form, or alteration.  
All permanent without Mutation▪  
Principal Mover always in action,  
Without weariness or intermission.  
Immortal, and without infirmity,  
Of everlasting splendent Majesty.  
One in Essence, not to be divided,  
Yet into Trinity distinguished▪  
Three in one essence, one essence in three▪  
A wonder I confess too hard for me.  
Yet divine Poets innumerable,  
With strong Arguments unresistible,  
As Theorems, and Demonstrations,  
Deliver it, to our Contemplations.  
The Father, Son, and holy Ghost these three,  
Are subsistent persons in the Deity:  
Abba, Ben, Ruach, blessed Poets sing, 
Abba, Father. Ben, Son. Ruach, Spirit   
Are the true Names of Pan celestial King.  
This may suffice, to show a mystery,  
That passeth mortal Man's Capacity.  
Now to proceed: Blessed immortal Pan, 
Angels not made before Heaven.   
Was not alone before this world began,  
Yet were no Angels as then created,  
Nor Angels Offices destinated.  
Nor could their attendance do him pleasure,  
In whom consisted all blessed treasure,  
All comprehending Pan was then no where.  
A certain place must every Angel bear.  
Not circumscriptive but definitive. 

The Reason. Place. 

Circumscrip  
Definitive.  
Repletive.      
Pan fills each place in manner repletive.  
But Abbae, Ben, Ruach in Trinity,  
Making one Pan in perfect unity,  
Whole Pan in each, and each of these in Pan,  
A mystery that passeth reach of Man,  
These were sufficient of themselves to frame,  
This glorious Engine which we Cosmos name. 
Cosmos: the world.   
Who when he pleased to make his glory known  
And have his power manifestly shown,  
He putteth on triumphant Majesty,  
That all his creatures might him glorify.  
And at one instant with his only word,  
As a most mighty, and imperial Lord,  
This wondrous frame, of Heaven and Earth we s●e▪  
At once were made in substance as they be.  
Yet was this frame a Mass unpolished,  
Void of all form, rude and ungarnished,  
Water, Earth, Air, Fire, together blended,  
As if Confusion were the thing intended.  
But mighty Ruach spread his powerful wings,  
Upon this Mass, of all confused things;  
And kept it warm, making it apt to take,  
Such different form as pleased Pan to make.  
So mighty jove commanded separation,  
Twixt light and heavy things for generation.  
And of light Bodies made a Circumference,  
In circle wise from th'earth for difference.  
And made the earth both fast and permanent,  
The Centre of th'universal continent.  
And all these light bodies did he then dispose,  

Ten heavens.  Into ten Heavens, the rest to enclose,  
The Imperial Heaven first and principal,  

Coelum Empyreum.  Most large and beautiful glorious, eternal,  
Where Pan himself, doth usually rest,  
Where Angels dwell, and sacred souls are blest:  

Primum Mob●le.  The second the first moving heaven is,  
Not Crystalline as many think amiss,  
Whereby all other Orbs do chiefly move,  
According to the will of Pan above.  

Coelum St●ll●ticum  The third is called the starry Firmament,  
which to our view is always eminent.  
Packed full of stars as Golden Nails in Post,  
To give a lustre unto every coast:  
To give direction to them that sail,  

〈◊〉 Hyades.  From port to port, for their Country's avail.  
To bring sweet showers to Tellus excellence,  
As they arise by blessed influence.  
One shepherd thought this Orb the first that moved,  

Arist. de 〈◊〉.  But false it is by many reasons proved,  
In order then do follow 〈…〉,  
Known to each Figure-stinger under heaven,  
That wize from thence many a● vncou●h-tale,  
As if great ●an were closed in their Male,  
With fiery Trigons and watery Triplicity,  
They dazzle the minds of human simplicity,  
Turning the true nature of Astronomy,  
Into judicial Egyptian Sophistry, 
Caster of figures.   
For Planets show by their opposition,  
Trine, Quartile, Sextile, or Conjunction,  
Whereto the weather and bodies do incline,  
By Nature's course not prophecy divine.  
Nor can they show by any secret star,  
Whether thou shalt die in prison or in war,  
Yet doubt we not; the Stars have operation,  
Working a secret inclination.  
But what and how many of these Stars there b●●,  
Of that infinite number which we see,  
Whether the thousand and two and twenty,  
Which Shepherds single out of that plenty; 
1022. stars known.   
Or all the stars together in the Sky,  
Can show when, and where, thou and I shall die.  
Or all the virtues of the Planets seven,  
Can prove thee damned, or bring thee unto heaven:  
Sith judgement of the stars can all things show,  
They can unfold this Mystery I trow.  
The end of stars, as silly shepherds sane, 
The end why the stars were made.   
Was to illuminate this darksome plain,  
And to demonstrate to men of reason,  
Spring, summer, Harvest, and Winter season.  
Not to foreshow what certain shall befall,  
To every part of this universal.  
But to conclude, I say, as I began,  
A modest wisdom well beseems a man. 

Three other heavens or Orbs. 

Saturn ♄.  
jupiter. ♃  
Mars. ♂      
Yet these are the names of the Planets seven,  
As near as simple shepherds 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉,  
Saturn, jupiter, and Mars, are three,  
Next to the starry Welkin in degree,  
Much slower than the rest in motion,  
Because of their lofty Constitution.  

Sol. ☉  Phoebus is next which we call Sol, the Sun,  
Without whose light the world were clean undone  
Without whose heat nothing that liu's could live,  
For Light and Heat, No Planet else doth give.  
He is the Fost'rer of this earthly Round,  
And all the creatures that therein be found,  
Piercing all things below with powerful Rays  
(Hark how the chirping Birds do chant his praise)  
He swiftly runs over th'universal,  
In twenty four hours a day natural  
And yet he keeps a station divine,  
Staying one Month in every Zodiac Sign.  
Producing creatures of such variety,  
As mou's all men t'admire his Deity.  
No Star within the Welkin taketh place,  
But borrows light of his resplendent grace.  
The mighty Ocean is nourished by him,  
Phoebe herself without his light is dim.  
Ioues winged messenger sweet Mercury,  
Is fed by Phoebus' blessed harmony.  
Venus' the darling to the god of war,  
Doth never rest if Phoebus be too far.  
The bottom of the Sea, the fish, the sand,  
Receive their comfort from his blessed hand.  
Tellus herself, and Flora in her pride,  
Die and consume, if Phoebus look aside.  
The Diamond, Saphyr, and Ruby red,  
By Phoebus' scorching heat are engendered:  
The golden metals in the deepest Mine,  
Do consecrate their being to his Shrine.  
Ceres' that Queen doth fade and pine away,  
If mighty Phoebus hide his golden ray.  
Yea Bacchus and Pales, are soon withered,  
If Phoebus in the Spring do hide his head.  
aeternal night shall all the world oppress,  
If Phoebus do withdraw his golden Tress.  
There was a Light before there was a Sun,  
And Day and Night before Phoebus begun.  
Yet is the Sun the cause of Day and Night. 
Day and night before the sun was made, Genes, 1.   
shepherds divine must judge the reason right,  
They say a glimmering light did whirling wend,  
From East to West, unto none other end,  
But to supply for a time Phoebus' place,  
Till he was made to run his princely race.  
But then this whirling light that Heaven graced,  
Contracted was, and in great Phoebus placed,  
Who ever since was cause of Night and Day,  
As learned Shepherds sounden in their lay.  
Next is the Orb, and Sphere of Cytharaeae,  
Lame Vulcan's wife, unconstant Dal●la, 
Venus. ☿   
Cupid's mother, Diana's mortal foe,  
Cause of most wars which Gallants undergo.  
When bloody fight the god of war hath grieved,  
The joys of Venus hath him oft relieved:  
Therefore hath Venus Vulcan's bed forsaken,  
And dreadful Mars his lodging undertaken,  
But why doth Beauty's Queen love man so well?  
Whose words are wounds, whose frowns do death foretell  
She Triumpheth in his Conjunction,  
She's grieved at his opposition:  
When he is merry, than she laughs or smiles,  
And with conceits the longest nights beguiles.  
Can there ●e any perfect Sympathy,  
betwixt bloody wars, and Chamber-melodie?  
Else Pan forbid: but let us understand,  
The matter well that we do take in hand.  
betwixt wars and peace can be no Sympathy,  
But man and woman are in peace perdie.  
Great Pan ordained as Shepherds do relate,  
Contrary Elements without debate,  
Should altogether in one body dwell,  
Loving each other, and agreeing well:  
So though Mars be bloody in his Centre,  
Yet is he pacified if Venus enter.  
Again fair Venus with smile pleasance  
Knows how t'assuage his angry countenance,  
So that there is a perfect harmony,  
Twixt white and black directly contrary,  
Which being mixed do agree for ever,  
Whom neither Art, or Nature, can dissever.  
And this is the reason, as shepherds skan,  
Why a fair Lady loves a martial man.  
Next comes to our consideration,  

Mercurius. ☿  Mercury fraught with sophistication.  
Nimble, ingenious, busy as the Bees,  
Witty, as an Ape, to follow what he sees.  
In each thing some skill, in full Art no bodie●  
Thus whirleth about this Mercurial nodie.  
Prate like a Perrot and ready of tongue,  
At dice▪ Cards, and gaming all the day long.  
Of wit sharp and subtle, of quick apprehension,  
Fit to exploit any rare mad invention.  
Why these be Mercurial, if thou wouldst weet!  
It's because Mercurius hath winged feet,  
All designments to put in execution,  
As Planets superior work revolution.  
Faithfully keeping his circular Spheere,  
Passing the Zodiac signs in one whole year.  

Lun●. ☽  Now must we speak of earth's blessed mother,  
The lowest Planet swifter than other.  
Lowest of all, and nearest to our view,  
Resplendent Phoebe, chaste, powerful and true.  
Glorious Nurse of all this lower frame,  
Infusing moisture to the burning flame,  
Of parching Phoebus, whose fiery beams,  
She doth allay, and cool with moistening streams.  
The Moon, Dyana, Phoebe, Cynthia,  
Shepherds call her in Terra Florida  

Apostrophe ad Her●●nam qu● 〈◊〉 Ma●iam Pemb.  One of her names I do ascribe to thee,  
In whom her princely virtues seated be.  
Dee'r Princess Laureate of Helli●on,  
Deign to accept it from Endymion.  
Since thou participat'st with her in quality,  
Her name thy mightiness shall dignify.  
I call her Phoebe now for difference,  
Between thyself and her magnificence.  
All things upon, and all within the round,  
Unto her Sovereignty are deeply bound,  
Her greatness is the nine and thirtieth part, 
The Moon the 39 part of the earth.   
Of all the earth as shepherds find by Art.  
In eight just hours, and seven and twenty days,  
She runs through the twelve Zodiac signs always,  
She swiftly passeth through the Zodiac,  
Great Phoebus in his course to overtake.  
In twelve hours and nine and twenty days,  
She ouertak's the Son, Ptolom●e says.  
And this is justly called Heavens wonder,  
That these two Planets distant far a sunder,  
Once every month, meet in Conjunction.  
To celebrate matrimonial function.  
O joyful time when these two ●ouers meet!  
When with sweet Congees one doth th'other greet.  
But when they meet long time they cannot stay,  
Phoebus must part, swift time calls him away.  
Phoebe returns to undertaken 〈◊〉,  
No hour granted in idleness to ma●ke.  
Phoebus' parting gives her light sufficient,  
T'lluminate th'inferior Continent.  
Which like a faithful wife she doth dispose,  
Proportionable to the need of those,  
That high or low have their habitation  
Capable of her Constellation;  
She waggoneth to Neptune's Palace than,  
That wonneth in the mighty Ocean:  
She views the Creeks, Ports, Havens▪ and Towers,  
And gives them Floods and Ebbs at certain hours.  
Which evermore she truly doth observe,  
Not one momentall minute doth she swerver,  
Which skilful Mariners aswell 〈◊〉 tell,  
As little babies can their Cross 〈◊〉 spell.  
Thence she doth search the Caverns of the deep,  
Where strange and hideous monsters use to keep.  
Hydrippus, Balana, and Hydra fell,  
gendered by Cerberus' Porter of Hell,  
Hin'dring by virtue their venomous brood,  
Drenching their spawn in the brinish flood.  
That sailing passengers at their leisure,  
Mought safely touch their port with pleasure.  
She views the bottom of the Ocean,  
Where never walked mortal living man.  
There been shell-fish innumerable,  
Armed with scaly-shields impenetrable.  
There lies Muscles with Pearls replenished,  
Wherewith the Robes of Nymphs been garnished.  
There grown the Scallop, Cockle, Welke and Oyster▪  
The Tortoise, Crevise, and creeping Lobster,  

Lympet, a round shell, which women lay upon the nepples of their sore breasts.  The Lympet, Seasnaile, with infinite more,  
Which in the treasury of Thetis go;  
All these she cherisheth, as if they were  
The noblest creatures in the highest Sphere.  
She gives them gifts that most of them should yawn,  
At each full Sea for comforting their spawn.  
And to the sea she gives daily motion,  
To ebb and flow to void corruption.  
She gives her fertile generation,  
And perfect Means of Vegitation.  
So that Thetis hath more provision,  
of fish and foul in great division:  
Then all th'inhabitable Earth can show,  
Or skill of mortal man can know.  
But all that of the Sea is said, or done,  
Is to demonstrate the glory of the Moon,  
For the Seas place and constitution,  
Requireth a special discourse alone.  
And is reserved to his proper place,  
So I'll proceed to speak of Phaebes grace,  
And show how she within her Spheric Globe,  
Cherisheth great Tellus and Flora's rob;  
Cotchelling all things in their 〈…〉,  
Till they have got strength and maturity.  
There is no man, or woman, 〈◊〉, or Trade,  
Nor any thing that mighty 〈◊〉 hath made,  
Nor Tree, nor Plant, nor herb, nor grass, nor flower,  
But is maintained by her mighty power.  
She shows the Ploughman when to sow the ground,  
To crop, to fell, to have his timber sound▪  
She wizeth Surgeons when to open a vein;  
To ease the sick, and stop it fast again.  
She shows Physicians times necessary,  
To purge by Pills, drink or Electuary.  
To cure Rheums, fluxes, and bodies laxative,  
To give a medicine preparative,  
To give a vomit, clyster, or gargarize:  
Marking the sign wherein fair Phoebe lies.  
These sacred virtues, qualities divine,  
Do make her wonderful in shepherds eine,  
And strain the world to celebrate her name,  
With lovely Hymns, and everlasting fame.  
Thus were the heavens orderly disposed,  
By glorious Pan as you have heard disclosed.  
Yet is Endymion's task but now begun,  
When one would think his web were wholly spun  
Unfold he must an other Mystery,  
And anatomize divine Philosophy.  
How the vast space betwixt heaven and earth was filled,  
With elemental Spheres as jova wiled,  
That Emptiness might have no habitation,  
Amongst the works of God's creation.  
O you Celestial everliving fires▪  
That done inflame our hearts with high desires;  
Our Spokes been blunt, rude, handfish, uncooth,  
Unable in Mysteries to know the sooth.  
Unkempt, unpolished, ignorant lewd,  
uneath with one drop of Nectar bedewde.  
High are the Mysteries we take 〈◊〉 hand,  
To discuss● of fire, air, sea, and land.  
With every thing therein contained,  
And by the wisdom of Pan ordained▪  
On bended knee therefore with humble prostration,  
Endymion maketh his supplication,  
To illuminate th'Eyes of his blinded mind,  
The secrets of this lower world to find,  
To discover them to men unlettered,  
Whose knowledge with Ignorance is fettered.  
And he will sacrifice unto your shrine,  
The fat of Lambs and sweetest Eglantine:  
With Garlands of Roses and gilly-flowers,  
he'll deck and garnish all your sacred Bowers,  
And with his choicest Notes and Roundelays,  
'Cause Hil's and Dales to celebrate your praise,  
And all the bordering Shepherds shall admire,  
The strange effects of your Celestial Fire.  
The force whereof doth make me to entreat,  
Of that which doth adjoin to Phoebus' seat;  
Which is thought to be the fiery Element,  

The Element of Fire.  Above the rest for lightness excellent,  
Most rare and thin, most hot, yet doth not shine,  
Of no colour, yet of quality Divine.  
Round in figure, yet most swiftly moves,  
Not of itself as Aristotle proves:  
But by the mighty Agitation,  
Of Planets superior in operation.  
Next to the Moon in constitution,  
Speedy, and swift in revolution.  
Giving heat to every thing compound,  
That hath his being in the lower round.  
Not Conspicuous to any mortal Eye  
Because of his Thinness, and Rarity,  
Yet burneth and consumeth utterly,  
What so resisteth his flaming Fury.  
He worketh strange Meteors in the Night,  

Fiery meteors.  Which shepherds haven often in their sight.  
By vapours drawn from the heat of the Sun,  

What a Meteor is.  From out the Earth to A●rs high Region.  
Which vapours (once by this Fire o● flamed)  
Express strange forms which Meteor's are named▪  
Such as be Comets and the bla●●ing Sta●s▪ 
Comets.   
By which some shepherds prognosticate wars.  
But certain they signify stirili●i●,  
By reason of the Earth's great ●iceity,  
For want of Showers and sweet moistening Rain,  
The cause of springing, and growing of Grain, 
They Signify want of corn.   
For Comets always in Summer appear,  
When Ceres calleth Aquarius for ●eere.  
The shortest Time, that blazing stars remain,  
Is seven days as Philosophers ●ayne; 
The shortest and longest time that Comets endure.   
The longest time is days fourscore,  
(Too long, by so long for Pierc● Pl●m-mans store,)  
And then they dissolve into Ayr● or fire,  
As the substance of the vapours require.  
Stars of false Helena, and Stars flying, 
Stars of Helena.   
Known to Mariners in their long sailing,  
Are within the Comets comprehended,  
And from th'Elemental fire descended.  
So Castor, and Pollux, are to Sailors known, 
Castor and Pollux.   
By these their Ruin, or safety is shown.  
This Comet sometime lighteth on the Mast,  
Thence flieth to the Sayl's and tackling in haste;  
Skipping here and there without certain biding,  
The matter's unctuous, and must needs be gliding:  
And if it appear before the storm begin, 
When that Comet is called Helena, & when, Castor and Pollux.   
It foretells the perils that the Ship is In.  
Then they call it the star of Helena,  
Hell's Fury, Death's messenger, fierce Megara;  
They wail and wring their woeful hands for grief,  
They look for death expecting no relief.  
But if such Comets fall when storms are ended,  
They say that Castor and Pollux them defended.  
They joy and revel vowing Sacrifice▪  
For life is esteemed the richest prize,  
This Comet constraineth the greatest wight. 
The profit we reap by this Comet.   
To magnify Pan's majesty and might.  
Who forewarn's them of dangers imminent,  
To make the sailors wise and provident,  
All means within board, carefully t'advise,  
For dreadful storms shall presently arise.  
If storms be ended when they see it fall,  
It is a Messenger unto them All,  
His glorious Name, on knees to magnify,  
That hath preserved them so graciously.  
Such fiery vapours oftentimes are seen,  

fiery vapours in Churchyards and about places of ●xecu●ion.  In Churchyards, and places where dead bodies been  
Buried, or executed in Summertime,  
In time of pestilence, or for some crime,  
Which Idiot's say'n been deadmen's Ghosts or Sprights,  
Walking those places in the Irksome Nights.  
When as no mortal man can be able,  
To prove or defend such ridiculous Fable.  
For shepherds sayne by natural reason,  
That from Bodies buried in Summer season,  
An unctuos vapour, hot and dry doth rise,  
Which Phoebus seizeth according to his guise,  
And doth inflame it in a little space,  
Making it tumble up, and down the place.  
Such fiery vapours, sometime do abide,  
Upon the bodies of men that lightly ride,  
Or on their horses-bodyes as they nimbly pace,  
Daftly removing seat, from place, to place.  
For when men post lightly they gotten heat,  
Which being turned to an Oyly-sweate.  
Sends forth dry vapours which the Sun doth 〈◊〉,  
Whereof he doth a skipping fire make.  

Colours about or above the Moon.  For colours which oft in the Welkin seem,  
Which been fiery Meteors as men do deem:  
They be not very colours in the Sky:  
Our eyesight fayl's us looking so high;  
These have not the suns Inflammation,  
Nor any fiery Generation,  

A circle about the Moon.  But mighty vapours drawn from the Sun aloft,  
Which to us representen colours oft;  
A circling garland compasseth the Moon▪  
Presaging winds and Tempests ●●sing soon●▪  
Blackish in colour, of thick composition,  
Showing the weather by foul disposition.  
This is no inflamed fiery Meteor,  
But a cloudy, moisty, dark, thick vapour.  
One bright shining circle greatest of All,  
Which learned Spephards' Gala●●a call, 
Galaxia a shining white path, in the midddest of Heaven in a frosty-night.   
A beaten highway to the God's Palace▪  
Glorious, beautiful, full of Solace.  
Shining most clear in a Frosty Night:  
And in the starry firmament is p●ght.  
Yet is not a vapour, nor meteor we know,  
Nor drawn from the Sun which is far below.  
But shineth most bright by resplendent grace,  
By the beauty of stars that furnish the place.  
Besides, stars dispersed, one hundred and eight,  
Stars of Note, of high regard, and weight:  
With glorious beams their shining display,  
And hence it's called the milky-white way,  
And if you will weet what starre● they hight, 
The stars of Note that maketh Calaxia clear.   
That maken the Welkin in that place so bright:  
listen you Shepherds I'll set them in order,  
As they done garnish, that circular Border.  
Cassiopeia hath thirteen stars of Note, 
Cassiopeia, 13.   
Wherewith she frettizeth her purple Coat▪  
The silvered Swan that dying sweetly sings, 
Cygnus. 1●.   
Adorns with twelve stars her beautiful wings.  
The soaring Eagle bearing Ioues Ganymed,  
With four Oriental Stars garnished. 
A●uila. 4.   
The hateful Scorpion doth never fail, 
Ca●da Scorpion●● ●.   
Of five bright Torches in her poisoned Tail.  
Sagitarius the Archer bringeth Three, 
Sagitarius. 3.   
And the Centaur twice as many as he, 
Centaurus. 6.   
Twenty three stars, the noble ship of Greece, 
Navis Argol●. 23.   
Bring's in, as Lamp's to spy the golden fleece.  
The Twinn's eighteen; The Wag●●er seven, 
Gemini. 1●. A●riga. 7.   
Perseus seaventeen, to lighten this heaven. 
Perseus. 1●.   
All these Stars maken one hundred and eight,  
Bright and conspicuous without deceit.  

Sporades Stella dispersa sine or dine.  Sporades also dispersed Stars been,  
Confusedly mixing their glimmering Sheem  
These been the stars that maken so bright,  
The welkin's broad way which seemeth so white.  
Yet not in any sort colour verament,  
For no colours hath the starry Firmament.  

〈◊〉 the rainbow.  Nor is the Rainbow a fiery Meteor,  
Though there appear in it colours store,  
But is a misty exhallation,  
By great Phoebus without inflammation,  
After a Shower appearing in the air,  
Showing the weather thence forth to be fair.  
And ever appeareth half circlewise,  
Opposite to Phoebus always doth rise;  
Having three colours seeming in our eye,  
Red, Yellow, Green▪ in the low Region aery.  
Red highest, as nearest th' Elemental Fire,  
A white waterish Yellow, next place doth require▪  
The lowest like emerald, green as the grass,  
Reflecting such colours to us (like a Glass,  
Taking the form as it is objected,  
Presently sending the same form reflected,  
Back to the Author, and doth not contain,  
Any such form till you show it again)  

rainbow in the Night.  Sometimes a Rainbow showeth in the night,  
After a shower of Colour waterish white,  
Not red, nor green; to the Moon opposite.  
Thus glorious Pan discovereth his Might.  
But divine Shepherds sooth sayen,  
In their high Lays with words plain:  
That though it be, one thing by generation,  
Yt's another thing in contemplation.  
Representing to us all sickerly,  
A sealed eternal Testimony,  
That this centre of the universal round,  
As once it was should not again be drowned.  
Nor cloudy water● hi● 〈…〉 below,  
Should dare presume the earth to ouer-flowe.  
But should them hold in their habitation,  
That man and beast should ha●● a quiet Station.  
Thus blessed glorious everlasting Pan,  
Safely provided for the life of man.  
Some other things the Philosophers have named,  
That Fiery been, and are not yet inflamed.  
The burning Thunderbolt, the lightning flash. 
Thunderbolt and lightning.   
That Trees, Beasts, and buildings in pieces dash.  
Wreaking by fell spite on the world this injury:  
Confounding all things in their spiteful fury,  
That mortal wights, takne them for Fiends of Hell,  
That in a moment simple creatures quell.  
Of so swift and forcible penetration,  
Of so sudden motion, and operation,  
Yea, of so wonderful a quality,  
By reason of their hot agility▪  
That things incredible by them been done,  
As souring the Wine, and saving the Ton;  
Breaking the sword not hurting the sheath,  
The stem of an Oak in pieces they wreath.  
And upon the world bring desolation,  
Seeming to spoil the frame of creation.  
The fiery whirlwinds which we Prester call,  
Of fearful wonders exceeden All. 
whirl winds dry Prester.   
Which been hot dry vapours whirled together,  
From th' earth to heaven, no man knows whither.  
In form of a circled Pillar they wend,  
And through our Region of th● Air ascend.  
with violent motion making a pray,  
Of each loose parcel that stands in their way.  
Gyring and whirling it up to the sky,  
(Some Laundresses seen their linen so ●lye)  
Brute beasts at the coming thereof do cry,  
As fearing their immynent jeopardy.  
These taken ships out of the Ocean,  
And caryens them beyond the skill of man.  
Letting them fall from the Airy region,  
To their utter Ruin and Subversion.  
Whole Floods of waters from the brynish-store,  
Of Thetis they suck up for evermore▪  
Carrying them to the Ayers middle region,  
The coldness whereof stoppeth them Anon.  
Driving them down headlong to the Centre,  
Not suffering them that Region to enter.  

Spouts of water in the Sea.  So all at once they fall down suddenly,  
As a great Mountain by extremity.  
Drowning whole ships under-sayle in their Rage,  
For nothing but death may their fury assuage.  
The profit we get by this consideration,  
Is to have God's works in Admiration,  

The use of this point of Philosophy.  And to bethink us, with what facility,  
Pan can destroy, all human Hostility.  
And so to humble us under his hand,  
That free from dangers we may safely stand.  
Steadfastly hoping to stand unreprovable,  
As mighty Mountains unremooveable.  
Now hence must we proceed incontinent,  

The Air.  To discant of the Eyrie Element,  
Being simple, and subtle, thin, rare, and quick,  
Pierced by gross substance, heavy, and thick:  
Capable of all forms and Figures jniected,  
Whererby her body, is often jnfected;  
Scituate next to the fire in degree,  
By reason of his transparent Levitee.  
Receiving Meteors elementary,  
According as ascending vapours vary.  
Affording breath to every earthly thing,  
That openeth mouth, or flies with feathered wing▪  
Yea the Fishes in the Ocean were dead,  
If cold thicke-yce the Ocean overspread.  
Which joyeth in Airs respiration,  
To keep the waters from corruption.  
For Fishes in the deep been murdered,  
If Ayers refreshing Gales been hindered.  
Hot and moist, by essential quality,  
Yet hath a coole-refreshing property.  
By reason of the waters vicinity,  
Sending forth vapours cold continually.  
Which by the Ayers Agitation,  
Are made a temperate respiration;  
Aided by the cooling of the breathing wind,  
Whereby this Element is oft refin'de,  
And man, and beast, and every thing that liu's,  
Is nourished by the temperature it gives.  
And Worms abandoned from budding trees,  
And extreme heat, allayed by degrees.  
Thus was this splendent Airy Element,  
Placed by Pan with perfect Complement,  
Distinguished into Regions three,  
As bookish shepherds evidently see;  
The highest next the fiery Element, 
Three Regions of the Air.   
The middle second's it incontinent:  
The lowest is that space wherein we dwell,  
Whereof great Philosophers wonders tell.  
The first is hot: the middle extreme cold;  
The third is temperate for reasons told.  
The lowest Orb▪ the Fowls ●oon glorify,  
And with sweet Notes great 〈◊〉 do magnify.  
The Eagle, Griffin, Falcon, Marlion,  
The Nightingale, and turtle Pigeon,  
The Thrush, the Lynnet, and mounting Lark,  
Besides the Fowls that flyen in the dark,  
The Bittour piping in a Syrin● Reed,  
Wailing that virgin's loss in mourning weed.  
With Fowls of Price and worth Innumerable,  
Wherewith great states gar●ishen their Table.  
These take delight to sport them in their Air,  
Chiefly if Phoebus make the Region fair,  
The middle Region's coldest in his Place, 
The middle Region cold●.   
For Phoebus there yet never showed his Face.  
Which is the cause of Sleeve▪ of Hail, of Snow,  
All which by virtue of this Region grow.  

The highest hot.  The highest Region of the Air is hot;  
Where all the fiery Meteors are begot.  
Being placed next the fiery Element,  
Which doth inflame with heat that Regiment  
The Meteors to the Air destinated,  


The Airy Meteors simple.  
Included Meteors.   Are simply winds, and Earthquakes nominated  
Included in a vapour others there be,  
Which yet are Meteors in their degree.  
As storms, & whirlwinds, and the mighty Thunder,  
Rumbling as if heaven would cleave a sunder.  
Winds are vapours included in a Cave,  

Winds.  Whence by Phoebus' force they issue have;  
And drawn by heat to the mid Region,  
(Which is all cold by constitution)  
There they would enter, but being expelled,  
To be dispersed they are compelled.  
To every part of this our lower air,  
Whereby they purge it, And make it so fair.  
All Merchants and Sailors are highly bound,  
To the time when first this Meteor was found.  

Winds. 32.  Two and thirty winds Mariners find out,  
By which they saylen the round world about.  
To east and west, Indieses fair Virginia,  
Guyana, China, P●ru, and Gynnea;  
And whatsoever the Southern Pole descries,  
What hid treasure in America lies,  
The winds discover to great Brittania,  
The noble Empire of old Albania;  
Another commodity Shepherds find,  
By the excellent nature of the wind,  

Another commodity by the winds. viz. to make rain.  When a watry-cloude from the sea is taken,  
By the wind it is, alls-in-peece shaken;  
And so dissevered into drops of rain,  
To comfort the withered, and parched plain:  
The scorched-grasse, on the lofty Mountain,  
Reuiu's itself and getteth life again.  
For if this watery cloud should wholly fall,  
The weight would destroy and overwhelm all.  
These are not winds of monstrous generation,  
But natural winds of gentle inclination.  
The earthquake is a simple Meteor,  
Airy and uncompounded as before;  
An Airy vapour, closed in some de●,  
Or concave of the earth, remote from men, 
Earthquake.   
Searching for an issue, and finding none,  
Beateth up and down, seeking to be gone,  
But all in vain, then being fast enclosed,  
It shakes the earth in searching to be loosed.  
This is the cause of great Tellus trembling  
(A man in a shaking Fever resembling)  
What future events it doth prognosticate,  
I will not presage, th' effect is intricate.  
But if a small vapour be of that power, 
The Profit we get by this Meteor.   
To shake the whole frame of the earth in one hour,  
How may proud man full of infirmity,  
Sustain the fury of the Deity?  
Of the Whirlwinds we have spoken before,  
Neither will we as now add any more.  
But that they be not Meteors contained,  
In the Fire, or Air, but to both restrained.  
A storm is of a windy property,  
With force dispersing vapours watery,  
With great drops of rain so beating the place, 
A stormy-winde.   
As if it would beat the skin off a man's face.  
Such fearful storms, are hurtful to the Trees,  
They pinch the cattle and destroy the Bees,  
Beat down the Herbs, and grass▪ & blades of grain,  
Wherewith the Shepherds must their flocks sustain.  
The fearful Thunder must not be forgot,  
Of airy, and watery vapours begot▪ 
Thunder.   
Drawn by force to the highest Region,  
(where it may have no perfect Mansion)  
Rolleth in the air with fearful sound,  
Till water gets issue to moist the ground.  
Then down it falleth with drops violent,  
Therefore be sure it cannot be permanent.  
Now comes the watery Element in hand,  

Watery Element.  Enuroning round the habitable-land,  
A body moist fluent, circular, and thin,  
Penetrable and cold containing therein,  
Innumerable fishes of great variety,  
Differing in magnitude and quality.  
Continually moving in form circular,  
About the brim of this earth particular,  
The substance of this Element overspread,  
And the body of this earth environed,  
So that the face thereof could not be seen,  
But hidden lay as if it had not been,  
Till almighty Pan this watery Element,  
Gathered together from the Continent;  
Into one vaste-roome, station and place;  
Leaving fair Tellus▪ with unuailed face,  
Dry and unmantled, without viridity,  
Hard and solid without humidity.  
Then 'gan the mountains of Armenia,  
Burning Tartarus, Aetna in Sycillia,  
Sacred Olympus, Parnassus Crowned  
By the Muses, Hermon renowned,  
Tabor, Horeb, ever blessed Zion,  
Sometime jehovah's habitation.  
All rocks and hills though they were far distant,  
Appeared eminently at one instant.  
The Dales and Plains, and barren Wilderness,  
Appeared dry, all void of comeliness.  
For Flora yet was hidden in her Bower,  
Grinding her colours fit for every flower,  
green, Vitriol, Violet, Vermilion,  
To garnish up the Queen's Pavilion.  
The silvered Ceruse, and Cuchenella,  
The azured Blue and Purpurella,  
With these colours must be enamelled,  
The flowers which Tellus have appareled;  
Naked therefore and void of Ornament,  
Pan discovereth this earthly Element.  
And these huge waters he divided▪  
That some in Clouds above th' earth should go,  
That with distilling drops of moysth●ng rain, 
What are the waters above the earth.   
Might comfort Tellus' parched face again.  
The rest might keep their perfect ●●ation,  
T'engender fish, and further navigation:  
He made it of continual motion,  
To keep the fishes from corruption,  
He made it salt above for special reason,  
That it might the slimy fishes season.  
In twenty four hours it ebbs and flows twice, 
The cause of ebbing and flowing.   
Impossible therefore to be overflown with ice.  
The cause of this swift agitation,  
Is mighty Phaebes alteration,  
For as she wanes, or doth in light increase,  
So doth the Sea her floods augment, 〈◊〉 cease.  
The cause of her saltness is by accident,  
Of Phoebus' piercing beams so vehement.  
Bringing from the Seas foundation, 
Saltness of the Sea.   
Dry vapours which by inflammation:  
Are burned to salt by the heat of the Sun,  
And hence the saltness of the Sea begun▪  
For waters themselves have no sau●●r at all,  
But as it comes by cause accidental.  
Hence are engendered moist Meteors,  
Almighty Iouah's strong Ambassadors, 
Watery Meteors eight.   
The Mist, the Dew, the Frost, the hollow Cloud,  
That doth the Elemental vapours shroud.  
The Rain, the Snow, the fearful Hail, the Sleet,  
Wherewith in February or March we meet.  
The Sleet can never in the Summer fall,  
For then the middle Region's coldst of all,  
The Mist is a vapour which all men know 
The Mist.   
And doth of watery Exhalations grow,  
If it ascendeth before it doth rain,  
Of much Rain it is a token certain,  
But if it doth rise when shower is e●ded,  
Fowl weather's gone, and th'air amended,  
It is the matter also of the falling Dew,  
Which doth the face of great Flora renew.  
And if this vapour be foggy and thick,  
The rain will ensue: then speed away quick,  
If not rain, than snow, or hail without doubt:  
Shall be the issue, therefore look about,  
But if this mist appear subtle, or thin,  

Dew.  Then shall the sweet Dews, or sharp Frosts begin.  
But in Summer, dew: in Winter the Frost,  
Do follow the mist in every coast.  

The cause.  The cause of the Dew as Shepherds do find,  
Is Lukewarm breathing of the Southern wind.  
The cause that hindereth the Dews generation,  
Is the Northern winds cold inflation,  
The aptest times for the Dew to abound,  


The Hindrance.  
Fittest time for Dew.   Spring, Harvest, faire-day, when no winds do sound,  
This Meteor worketh mighty effects;  
And is high prized for many respects,  
When herbs and grass are parched and combust,  
And Phoebus' burning flames colours them like dust,  

The effects of Dew.  Then comes the Dew, and doth them recreate:  
Making them fresh, virent and fortunate,  
The bowels of the beasts it maketh soluble,  
And all the grass more sweet and voluble,  
A wonder yet here-hence, is collected,  
Which some Wise shepherds haven objected.  
How Manna a Dew which is hot and dry,  
Withering the herbs and making them die,  

Manna a wonderful dew.  And now is taken for purgation:  
Should have a contrary operation;  
And nourish th'Israelites in the Desert,  
The solution is for men expert,  
This is wonderful to a mortal eye,  
Yet is no matter in th' Almighty,  

The Frost.  The Frost to us men most profitable,  
Though it seemeth nothing comfortable,  
Is a Meteor watery amongst the rest,  
And for man's avail is not reckoned lest.  
Of a thin watery vapour is engendered,  
Which to the wintry Air soon is tendered.  
And by the same, in crusty Pearls concreate,  
Falls on the grass, and pincheth vital heat,  
It crusheth and abateth Flora's pride,  
Stripping her naked, as a naked bride:  
Spoiling her flowers, discolouring her green.  
Imprisoning her as if she were no Queen;  
All these be discommodities I trow,  
Observe the commodities which do grow  
By this Meteor's virtue, and quality,  
Which grown by his forces abundantly.  
All hurtful worms in the earth it doth kill,  
And all noxious humours in the body spill: 
It killeth worms and hurtful humours.   
These are the benefits which Pan doth give  
To a cold frost, that mortal man might live.  
The name of a Cloud is so commonly known,  
That labour is lost if more should be shown:  
For it is a vapour moist, gross, elevate,  
By Phoebus' force to the Region situate  
In the midst of the Air: where being compact,  
By the cold circle till it be ransact  
by Phoebus' heat: so moistened again,  
Is squeezed into a shower of rain,  
As a Sponge in water deeply sunken, 
This Cloud compared to a Sponge.   
Until it hath the whole moisture drunken:  
If with force of hand you squeeze it suddenly,  
Water from sundry parts thereof will fly:  
Raine is an issue from a Cloud watery; 
Raine.   
By drops descending from a Region airy:  
(The middle Region of that Element)  
To moisten this habitable Continent.  
Where man and beast receive nourishment,  
And Flora makes her mantle orient▪  
When a moist vapour thick elevated,  
And by the cold Region macerated,  
Descendeth down upon the earth below,  
It is then called a Meteor of snow. 
snow.   
The drops that done fall, resemble a feather,  
Not as rain's-round-drops contracted together,  
The feathered-flakes dispersed are bound,  
To cover the lower circular round.  
Shepherds at this time fodderen their ●●ocke,  
With the provision of the Summer stock.  

Lime-twigs.  Boys setten Lime-twigs, and diggen pit-falles  
Watching hungry Birds behind trees and walls:  
Which coming thither, for food, unawares,  
Are tangled in lime, or taken in snares;  
Shepherds wear Freezes, and Ladies use furs,  
To keep them from Rheums, Catarrhs, & cold Murres;  

Snow-water.  Snow water, Hus-wives at every turning,  
Save in a glass 'gainst scalding or burning.  
So far is the snow from doing of harm,  

The utility of snow.  That roots of trees, corn and grass, it keeps wa●●e▪  
As with a mantle the earth it enfoldes,  
Preserving the same from violent colds.  
It fattons the Fallow as Shepherds rehearse,  
Mellowing the ridges, for Coulters to pierce.  
In the highest mountain and frozen hill,  

Snow gendereth Crystal.  Snow gendereth Crystal and shining Berrill.  
Thus is Snow not the meanest ornament,  
For us that in the earth are resident▪  

Hail.  The Hail is reckoned as a mighty curse,  
Making all worldly creatures much the worse.  
And in Summer season is engendered,  
When grass and corn is chiefly tendered.  
The reason why it is hard compacted,  

The reason of Hail in Summer and not in Winter.  Is because it hath his cold contracted.  
For when it came to the middle region,  
He found it colder in disposition  
Than it was wont to be; because the heat  
Of Phoebus' beams, doth now more strongly beat▪  
Which when it cannot bear, it gathereth round,  
Itself, lest Phoebus should his force confound.  
And so dissolve it into rain, or sleet,  
To do some good▪ for which Hail is not meet.  
Therefore round, cold, and hard, it doth descend,  
Of purpose princely Flora to offend.  
" For there can be no perfect convenience,  
" Twixt noble Nature and malevolence.  
Upon her fruits it makes intrusion,  
Beating in pieces with confusion,  
The buds of trees, the herbs, the corn, the flowers,  
Which Tellus kept for Flora's Paramours.  
There is no watery Meteor in the Air,  
But is profitable and debonaier,  
Except this crabbed and furious Hail,  
That fiercely our nourishment doth assail,  
For Sleet is not so forcible or strong,  
To do Dame Flora and her Babies wrong. 
Sleet.   
Descending in March, or in February,  
When Phoebus shows his burning luminary, 

Sleet always in February or March, and never in December.  
A question.    
But here some may a question propound,  
Requiring a Philosopher profound,  
Why is the Airs middle Region,  
Coldest in the burning Summer season?  
And in the Winter time more temperate,  
Rain (and not Hail) fitter to generate?  
Answer. Two contraries do always fly, 
Answer.   
The one from the other naturally,  
So when it is extreme hottest weather,  
The cold collecteth his forces together,  
And keeps himself close in his own defence,  
Lest heat should surprise or expel him thence.  
Then is he colder than he was before,  
Having abundance of coldness in store.  
But if that heat be from him divided,  
His force is dissolved: Our point decided,  
Now is the discourse of the water ended.  
And the shepherd to the earth descended:  
The Centre of the whole universal, 
Earthly Element.   
Whose circumference is Imperial,  
Whose body is round wholly considered.  
Though of other form in pieces severed.  
Cold, and dry by natural property,  
Seated permanent, on her axle-tree,  
equally standing, no way declining,  
Solid, and heavier, not bright, or shining,  
Full of Creatures of Divine Excellence,  
Gracing high Pan's might and magnificence.  
The mother of all gross, and heavy things  
That grow, creep, or go, or fly'n with wings;  
(Fynnie footed fowls excepted, and fishes,  
Which ●eruen for Thetis banqueting dishes)  
Although their might arise some difference,  
Whether Sea, or Land hath the pre-eminence.  
For feathered fowls first Generation,  
Which in the seas have propagation.  
For that Sea-fowles, as Shepherds understand,  
Layen, and hatchen, their eggs on the land,  
And also never to Sailors appear,  
But it is certain some Island is near;  
It seems, I might conclude in general,  
Tellus is mother of Fowls universal.  
A mother adorned with virtues excellent,  

The Earth, Mother of all Creatures therein.  In Action, Passion, and habit, different,  
From all other Elements supernal,  
The Centre of Creation-naturall;  

She hath 7. properties, of a good Mother or wife.  Having seven rare, special properties,  
Whereof each-one a Mother glorifies:  
Fruitful, Good, Never-weary, Patient,  
Most Constant, Faithful, liberally-bent.  
Fruitful, always parturient, and teeming▪  
What heavenly Forces, beget to our seeming.  
She daily produceth, and bringeth to light.  
she's always with child, in winter's despite.  
Good of nature, and kind by creation,  
To all her Babies, by generation.  
Cherishing them all in their infancy,  
Till they may shift for themselves hansomlie.  
Never weary of work, still doing well,  
Cheerfully viewing, each place of her Cell.  
Swathing, and Bathing, well the tender Limbs,  
Of all her younglings, and with butter T●●mm●s,  
The chafed Places of their Fylmy-skinne,  
Curing their Bodies without and within.  
Patiently suffering slanderous words, 
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.   
Which wounden the mind more deeper than swords.  
She suffereth worldings, to spit in her face,  
To disgorge, to trample, spurn, and disgrace,  
To wound with ploughing, where they liken best,  
To search her bowels, her belly, her breast;  
To steal her jewels, and deep hidden treasure,  
Both for necessity, and for pleasure.  
Constant, not wavering, always the same,  
immovable, keeping her glorious Frame.  
Faithfully saving, what to her you tender,  
Until you require her the same thing to render.  
If wheat you deliver, wheat shall you receive;  
She means not with Darnell, your Barn to deceive.  
If gold you deliver, than gold shall you find,  
For Tellus beareth, a most faithful mind.  
But if you will speak of her liberal plenty,  
For one Corn of Grain you shall receive twenty.  
When all thy friends thy body have forsaken;  
Then mark the Earth what she hath undertaken.  
A body dead, stinking corrupt, impure,  
Whose stench and gastly-view none can endure,  
Opening her womb, she takes it in again.  
And keep's it safe from P●utos fiery train.  
Rendringed again in shining purity:  
From putrefaction to immortality.  
Observe thou well her qualities divine:  
And by imitation make them all thine.  
For further must my wearied Pipe assay,  
By part's, her hidden treasures to display.  
Showing the glory of her blessed face,  
Her breast, her womb, and every secret place.  
Arcadian Orphe● make my music able, 
The covering of the earth called Tellus-Mantle.   
To annatomize Mysteries unspeakable.  
Hearken great Cynthi● how Euterpe sings  
Of Tellus' Mantle, which sweet Flora brings,  
Of colour green with flowers entercheckt:  
By curious skill of princely Architect.  
With herbs and Plants, and grass for every beast,  
Tapistred with Foules, and beasts comely breast.  
Now hath Queen Tellus put her Mantle on,  
Flora triumphing in her Paragon▪  
She decks her Queen with Roses white and red,  
Musk and sweet Roses in Damascus bred.  

Flowers.  Fragrant gilly-flowers and Carnation,  
Enamelled with pure Vermilion,  
The purple Violet, and Columbine,  
The silu'red flower of sweet Eglantine,  
The Daisy, Cow-cup, sweet smelling-Walflower,  
The Flower de Luce: the Rainbows Paramour,  
The whitest Lily, and the Daffodil,  
The Paggle, and the blessed Pimpernill:  
The Mary gold, and party coloured Pink:  
The Paunsey, and the hearts-ease, as Shepherds think  
With others infinite in variation,  
Differing in colour, form, and creation,  
With Savour, and odoriferous smell:  
Refreshing the brain, as Ladies can tell,  
The Gillyflower striketh admiration,  
To Shepherds marking her creation.  

A flower, a wonder.  Marking the Substance whereof it is framed,  
The different form whereby it is named,  
The precious colour wherewith it's varnished  
And the sweet savour where with it's garnished.  
Besides the flowers which in the Mantle been,  

Herbs.  Diversity of herbs, and Plants, are seen.  
Wherewith our Ladies, curens Maladies:  
Saving our Bodies, from extremities.  
These done fair Ladies, in their Gardens Plant,  
As in a storehouse, to supply their want.  
The Sage, the Basill, and the Lavender,  
The bitter Wormwood, Rue, and Germander,  
The lovely Vervin, Balsam, Savoury,  
The Smaladge, Liver-wort, and century,  
The eyebright, and the powerful Cel●dony,  
The Camomile, head-purging Betony:  
Bloodwort, Muggwort, Hartestrong, and Patience,  
Parcelye, Penny-Reall, for ingredience,  
Leaves of Violets, Strawberries, Succory,  
Endive, Time, bugloss, Spanish Pellitory,  
Margerom-gentle, Spikenard, Southern-wood,  
Burnet, Borage for Claret Wine good.  
Saven and Spurge, for strong purgation,  
Hurtful to women's generation▪  
Clary, Dragans, blessed Angelica,  
Holy Thistle, and Indian Tobacca.  
Featherfew, Knotgrass, and Maiden Hear●,  
The breast and Longs, from Phlegm clear.  
Speremit, Playntaine, and fair E●●mony,  
spinach, Costmary, for a Timpany▪  
Sparage, Beares-foote, and Oculus-Christi:  
Whose black-seedes, Purgen eyes, dim and Misty: 
The admirable virtues of the Herb called Oculus Christi.   
Eight or ten, of these seeds put in thine eye,  
Will run, up to the, eye lids Immediately:  
Not grieving the eye or hindering the ●ight,  
And there will they work till they have made bright,  
And purged the eye, from all corruption:  
Then full of white slime, will drop out alone.  
Besides these Hearb's, been Trees innumerable, 
Trees.   
Some bearing fruit, of taste de●ectable,  
And some for stately buildings▪ profitable,  
Whereof men maken Ships Navigable.  
It were a matter hard, and intricate,  
Orderly of each, to particulate,  
But these were all made, for man's sustentation,  
Or else of purpose, for his recreation,  
And on the face of mighty Tellu● stand,  
Admirable works of Pan's powerful hand.  
The lofty Cedar, and Sable Cypress,  
Threatening the welkin, with his mounting Tress.  
Sweet smelling Fir, and Saxifrace,  
Which men venerous, done highly grace.  
Besides their smell yield Turpentine,  
Profitable Pitch, and richest Rozine,  
The bvilder's Oak, and ploughmen's Ashen tree:  
Princes, and Soldiers, regard in their Degree.  
The weeping Elm, the Be●ch, the Byrch, the Plaint▪  
Have virtues rare, and were not made in vain.  
For fruitful Trees, that been commodious,  
Are so well known, that it were tedious  
To reckon them in order severally,  
For it is thought fond in Philosophy,  
To prove a thing by demonstration,  
That none denies, or needs probation.  
So many fruits of blessed quality  
Doth Pan provide for man's necessity.  
That would the mind of mortal men amaze,  
No Pamphlet, but huge volumes must them hlaze;  
We know, we have, we use, we taste, we eat:  
The virtue, tree, the leaf, the fruit, the meat:  
Now must Endymion dress himself to sing,  
Of beasts, of Fowls, Of every creeping-thing▪  
Of Bees, of Wasps, of Hornets▪ and of Flies,  
Which Pan made not: But of corruption rise.  
Wild, fierce, raging beasts garnishen her rob:  

Lion, Tiger, Hyena, Panther, Rhinoceres, Bear, Unicorn, Ermine Leopard, Martin, Sable, Lu●erns Fox. white and black.. Mineveer, Elk, Bugle, Budge, buck, Gemps, Chamois, Harte, Wolf, Squirrel,  And with variety diaper her Globe;  
The roaring Lion, and dreadful Tiger,  
The strange Hyena and fearful Panther,  
Armed Rhinoceros, the ugly Bear,  
The precious Unicorn, whose horn is dear.  
The Ermine, leopard, Martin, and Sable,  
Whose princely skins been rich and merchantable  
Rich Luzerns, white and black, Fox, Mineveer,  
Elk, and Bugle, Budge, and the swift rain Deer,  
Gemps; Chamois, Roebuck; and the stately Hart;  
The Wolf, The Squirill jumping by Art.  
From tree to tree, with that dexterity,  
As makes men wonder her celerity.  
The silvered white, black and gra● 〈◊〉: 
Con●●y.   
Good for the House and sparing of mo●●ey.  
The skins of these beasts been profitable,  
Highly prized and to merchants ●●able.  
The Urchin & the quilled Porpen●ine; 
Urchin, Porpe●tine.   
Are good for medicine as the grea●e of Swine.  
Th' emparked nimble Dear Red and fallow, 
Dear.   
Making horns to Sound, and Hunters ●allowe.  
Light footed Hare a Game for mighty Kings, 
Hare.   
At whose Pursuit, The Fairy 〈◊〉 sings:  
Redoubling twice, or thrice, the merry Sounds,  
Of hallowing Knight, shril-horne, 〈◊〉 chanting hounds.  
The crafty Badger, the Watery Ott●●  
Whom Howndes pursue, 
Badger, Ott●●.  till they haven got her  
These Beasts been of highest Regard and Price  
To pleasure Princes and to murder vice.  
Wild Apes, 

Apes, Monkeys, Marmezite.  
Baboon.   and Monkeys with the Marmezite  
Wherein our noble Ladies Done delight.  
The Rammish filthy stinking Baboon,  
That lewd Mountie-banks leaden up and down,  
To make of fond people, a great co●●●ou●se,  
(A notable bait for Perkin-Pickp●rse.)  
These been all wild, and yet of great esteem,  
Though some of these later, as tamed seem●.  
The Polecat, and wilde-catte, th● Weezle, & Stoate, 
Polecat, Wild-cat, Weezle, Stoate. Musk-cat. Dormouse. 〈◊〉, Mice. Moldwarpe.   
Are wild, yet described in great Te●lus Coat.  
The Muske-Catte for Civet, and the Dormouse,  
Damned Rats, and vilde-Mise, the plague of a house.  
Flora's sworne-foe, the Mouldwarpe▪ or Want,  
Subverting the Corn, the grass and the Plant:  
Spoiling the Medows and the Pasture ground,  
With infinite Hillocks, ray●●d up round,  
Out of the earth, cast up with her Nose,  
Neither is she blind, as many suppose. 
Not blind.   
These been Flora's foes, scarce worth the naming,  
On whom no wise Man, bestows the taming.  
Besides savage Beasts there been domestical, 
Tame beasts.   
Serving for man's use, as friends natural.  
The friendly Elephant, powerful, and Strong▪  

Elephant.  Armed with Tusks, of Ivory long,  
Sharp, solid, and of mighty quantity,  
Wherewith he macerates his enemy.  
With these, the haughty Porus of India.  
Fronted Alexander of Macedonia.  
These breaken ranks of the great Battalia▪  
These fear not the Cannons of Romania,  
These carry mighty Castles of lightest wood  
Upon their backs, to make their parties good:  
Wherein some twelve or thirteen armed men,  
May use their Arms▪ and one too good for ten:  
One may rule him, with a twisted thread,  
So wise is he, and hath his lesson read:  
I say one man, this mighty beast, may guide,  
Being the King of all the Babes of pride.  

Horse.  The fierce and warlike horse, which Chiron bred,  
And princely Hector often nourished:  
Whose fiery eyes done threaten blood and death,  
Whose furious Nostrils smoken flaming breath,  
Whose crest is Proud, lofty, thin, half circled,  
Whose Mane with silver locks, his neck doth spread,  
Whose ears been short, and pricked near do stand,  
As if some mighty battle, were in hand:  
Little, and short, and thin is his visage,  
His nostrils wide, his teeth in equipage,  
Whose foaming mouth bends to his stately breast,  
Scorning the foeman's Lance in armed rest:  
Champing the Bit, and trampling with his feet,  
Crushing the fiery stones amid the street.  
Broad breast, strait back, large and spacious,  
Courageous, nimble, soon check, and gracious,  
Broad-buttocks, longtail, cleane-legs, Pastorns-shor●,  
Like great Bucephalus in Greekish Fort.  
Round-bellied, not gross, nor gaunt, footlocks hairy▪  
Proud in his trot, not cutting, faint or weary.  
Barbed in steel with rich caparison,  
Fit for the God of war to mount upon.  
O how he glorieth in the bloody fight:  
At Trumpeters dreadful sound to show his might.  
Look how he bites and strikes on ●●erie side,  
To show the glory of th' Hipp●●an pride.  
But when great Caesar's mounted on his back,  
He breaks the squadrons like 〈◊〉 thunder-cracke:  
Disordereth ranks, Lances knapping in sunder,  
Witness Sidneyan-Knight Alba●i●● wonder.  
High jove bestowed him for an ornament,  
To make a mortal ma● more excellent.  
He knows, he loves, He marks his master's voice,  
A stranger cannot make him to rejoice:  
But you shall hear him laugh after his kind,  
If he but chance his master's person wind.  
The stately Camel, 
Camel. Dromedary,  swift Dromedary  
That Merchants goods done speedily carry:  
The Spanish jennet glorious in his pace, 
Spanish jennet,   
Th'Irish Hobby of a stately grace. 
Ireish Hobby,   
The Scottish Nag of ancient Galloway, 
Galloway▪ Nag,   
That nimbly knows to run and place his way.  
England's Paulfrey our English La●ies please, 
Engl: Nag,   
To go their iournyes, and return a●●ase▪  
The Turkish horse of Pegasus descended, 
Turkish horse   
Charlemagne hath mightily commended:  
The Mule, the Ass, the Lawyers do maintain, 
Mule. Ass,   
Their Client's cause softly to entertain:  
For coursing Nags are not for m●n of state,  
To mount and manage causes intricate.  
The Ox, the Cow, the Sheep, the Goat, the Cat,  
That murders in the night the Mouse and Rat. 
Ox, Cow, Sheep, Goat Cat, Dog,   
The fawning Dog full of saga●i●i●▪  
Excelling in sense and capacity.  
The hardy Mastiff, and nimble Greyhound, 
Mastif: Greyhound.   
The ornament of Flora's blessed round,  
Whose use we know, the Hare doth ●eare his might,  
The squatting Hare doth tremble at his ●ight.  
The noble chanting Hound with pleasing throat, 
Hound.   
With base and treble, m●ane, and 〈◊〉 n●at.  
Warbling his voice, making the horn to sound,  
Orderly tunes t' immortilize the Hound:  

Spaniel.  Quick ●enting Spaniel, sit for Princely game,  
To perch the Pheasant, and rare Birds of name.  
To set the Heath-cocke, Partridge and the Quail,  
The Snype, the Woodcock, and the dainty Rail.  
To serve the Spar-hawke, Falcon and Laneret,  
The Gossehawke, Gerfaulcon and young Eglet▪  
The Marlyon, Hobby, Hawks of swiftest wing,  
Which many pleasures unto Ladies bring.  
Deserveth praise of the best fluent Pen,  
That ever wrote the benefits of men.  
The Spaniel for the water and the land,  

Water-spannell.  That all their Masters rules done understand,  
To couch, to retrieve, and to range the field,  
Of purpose, game to spring, and sport to yield:  
And of their Masters seek none other gains,  
But comfortable words for weary pains.  
How may 〈◊〉 pen these Spaniels commend  
Whose qualities are such as have no end?  
If thou wilt seek a constant faithful friend  
In life and death, thy body to defend  
Walking and running by thy Horse's side,  
Scorning all dangers that may thee betide  
Being a faithful and true Companion  
In joy, and woeful desolation  
Whom neither change, or sad calamity,  
Nor raging famine, or adversity,  
Nor naked state, or pining poverty:  
Can make to shun, or leave thy company:  
Then take thy Dog: or find thou such another,  
Let him be thy nearest kinsman or Brother  
Or converse with thee all days of thy life  
(Except thy dearest Mother, or thy wife)  
And take for thy pains, if I be controlled,  
The fattest Lamb contained in my fold.  

Tumbler.  The Tumbler a Dog of rare quality,  
To furnish the Kitchen abundantly,  
With Connyes in a Warren suddenly,  
Surprising with Art so cunningly  
The silly Connyes before they be aware,  
That the beholders think it wondrous rare▪  
This Dog deserveth commendation  
As a wonder of Pan's creation.  
The little Spaniel in the Lady's lap, 
The Lady's Spaniel.   
Is blest with extraordinary hap,  
Feeding and lodging in that Princely place,  
That whilom did renowned Hector grace.  
Young loving Lords do wish, it were their Doom  
A little while to take their Spannels ●oome.  
Now must Endymion make the world acquainted,  
With Serpents, 
Serpents.  and worms which Flora painted  
Upon the face of Tellus Mansion  
Where nature shows her deep invention.  
The fearful Crocadil, and Scorpion,  
The flying Dragon from the Dungeon  
Of Nessus springing: the poyzoned viper▪  
The Snake, the Sloweworme, and the Adder,  
The monstrous Cerberus, and Hydra venomous,  
The Cockatrice, of sight so perilous.  
The creeping Dragon and the swelling Toad,  
The Neught, the Swift, lurking in the Road▪  
The Asp covering herself in highway dust,  
Whom careful passengers will hardly trust.  
These Serpents been of great deformity  
Yet excel all other in Subtlety.  
Of great force, and incredible fury,  
Of great foresight to preventiniurie,  
Capital enemies to Mortal man,  
And he to them by all the means he can.  
Except the Lizzard a Serpent admirable, 
Lyzard.   
Of colour green, to man Amiable.  
Before him running on a little space,  
Delighting herself to behold his f●●e.  
Well watching the place, where a man doth sleep,  
Guarding his body doth him safely keep.  
From other Serpents which would him devour,  
As he careless sleepeth in Flora's bower.  

Salamandar.  The Salamander living in the fire,  
The greatest Philosopher may admire.  

Worms.  For silly worms and other creeping things  
Which of corrupt putryfaction springs.  
By these doth Phisi● show her Deity,  
In framing them with such variety.  
In Number infinite, and in quality  
Surpassing the Serpent's excellency:  

Earthworms.  The Oil of earth-worms mightily prevails,  
Against the Gout, that human joints assails.  

Dodman. Snails.  The shelled Dodman, and white, and black Snail,  
joynt-eating Felon, cureth without fail.  

Glow-worm  The Glow-worm shining in a frosty night,  
Is an admirable thing in shepherds sight.  

To catch fish.  Twenty of these worms put in a small Glass,  
Stopped so close that no issue do pass;  
Hanged in a Bownet and sunk to the ground,  
Of a Pool, or Lake, broad, and profound:  
Will take such plenty of excellent fish,  
As well may furnish an Emperor's dish.  
But of all creatures, which nature did form  

Silkworms  Of this kind is th' admirable silk-worm,  
Whose dainty web doth clothe potentates,  
Kings, Queens, Princes and Magistrates:  
All princely Ladies celebrate her fame,  
Shining in glory of the Silkworms frame.  
This might abate, the glory of human pride,  
Since a poor silk-worm hath it magnified.  
Why boastest thou thy shining Satin Suit?  
Is't not a part of the Caterpillars mute?  
Her form, her life, her food, her work, her end,  

Doct. Muffets Book of the silk-worm. Spider.  By Doctor Muffet is eloquently penned.  
The Spider next in contemplation,  
Excellent in her operation.  
'Mong'st creeping things, is numbered in her kind▪  
Though she be thought to bear a hateful mind.  
To vital heat, and healthful 〈◊〉 〈◊〉,  
Because cold poison, she doth generate.  
Yet if you mark her composition,  
And view her virtuous disposition,  
To suck from Earth the fell deadly poison,  
That so corrupteth natures blessed ●oyzon:  
And with her feet weaveth a dainty Net,  
To show that Lady's webs been counterfeit:  
If with her smallest threads they been compared,  
So rare, so thin, so excellently shared▪  
Mark how in her, Dame nature shows her Art,  
Triumphing in her work in every Part.  
And tell me then, if all the world beside,  
Be not meere-bunglers unto Nature's pride▪  
Mount little Pismire, from thy hollow cave,  
Thy turn comes next, thine honour shalt thou have, 
Pismire.   
Sith mighty Pan within his sacred Lays, 
Prou. 6.   
Did make thee rouse, the Sluggard from his ways.  
How dost thou labour in the Summer season,  
When Butterflies done range void of Reason. 
Butterfly.   
Through grassy Meads showing their painted coat,  
Scorning the Winter's blasts as lightest Moat.  
But when fell Boreas shows his Ghostly face,  
They pine, they starve, they die, gone is their grace,  
Their wings been worn, no meat to live upon,  
Repentance comes too late, Time's past, 'tis gone.  
Thou, thou art appointed a Schoolmaster,  
To reckless, careless, Ryotous-waster.  
In Summer time, thou layest thy limbs to work,  
No idle person, in thy Cave doth lurk,  
Thou packest up thy straws for winter fuel,  
Esteeming warmth, and meat, a princely jewel.  
Thou fillest thy Barns, and 〈◊〉 with thy Corn,  
when beggars die for cold, for food, forlorn.  
Nature triumpheth in thy body's Frame,  
Thy small compacted limbs, witness the same.  
Who vieweth but the Pismires little head 
The Pismires head.   
And sees the Organs therein comprised.  
Her little mouth to apprehend her meat,  
Her tongue to taste, her throat hollow and neat,  
To swallow down the juice of what she takes:  
Her hot stomach which good digestion makes.  
Her lower parts egesting excrements,  
Her nimble legs with other compliments:  
One joint to another sound compacted,  
Orderly couched, no way distracted:  
Her wit to discern when Summer begins,  
Presaging foul weather or ever she lins,  
Or leaves her work for herself and her train:  
With labour seeking her house to maintain.  

The Pismires bury their dead.  Her orderly care to bury her dead,  
Some carrying the feet, some other the head.  
To a place remote from her habitation,  
T'avoid the stench of mortal contagion.  
Who vieweth these things, must greatly admire,  
The noble virtues of the little Pismire,  
What shall I sing more? The least creeping thing,  

The Flea, the Louse.  Brings admiration to a mighty King.  
The skipping Flea, and the poor beggars louse,  
May make a wonder in a Prince's house:  
Viewing their mouths, their bodies and legs,  
In eating their meat, and laying their eggs.  

Fowls.  Flora's rich mantle was fretized with Fowls,  
Which Shepherds have described in their rolls:  
And now enjoining poor Endymion,  
As plain song for his Pipe to warble on:  
Birds of prey for our mean capacity,  
Devouring Birds of great rapacity.  
Then smaller Birds that are of lower size;  
That gentle Lady's rate of higher prize,  
Must be the tenor of the shepherds song,  
Though wearied voice cannot endure long:  

Eagle.  High soaring Eagle Empiring and bold;  
The shining face of Phoebus to behold.  
In the Ensign of victorious Emperors,  
Impressed; flying as great conquerors,  
Of all furious 〈…〉▪  
Woe to young 〈…〉 way.  
The Phoenix bred in great Arabia, 
The Phoenix.   
(A country known to might● 〈◊〉  
Of golden colour and ●are qualities,  
Who living always cha●●, ●he burning d●es.  
Two of these Bird● the world cannot 〈…〉,  
From bird to worm, from worm to 〈…〉▪  
Using no act of generation,  
As eggs used for procreation▪  
But fire only for privation,  
Whence must proceed the 〈…〉▪  
And then behold an alteration,  
Which deserveth admiration:  
The Ashes yeelden forth a creeping worm  
Which Time doth cause to take the 〈…〉.  
Hereby 〈◊〉 learned Shepherds highly scan, 
The vs●.   
The resurrection of a mortal man,  
To be as possible out of the ground,  
As, of a worm a Phoenix to be found.  
The Griffin half a bird, and half a be●s●, 
Griffin.   
Strong armed with mighty beak, 〈◊〉, & crest,  
Making an armed man his Evening 〈◊〉,  
The mounting 〈…〉.  
The monstrous Vulture, Pro●●●heus to mentor, 
Vulture.   
(Of fire natural the first inuent●●)  
Merciless, not sparing in his 〈◊〉,  
To offer harmless creatures injury▪  
The Ostrich of devouring quality. 
Ostrich.   
Oxe-footed, broad beaked, 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 title,  
And of incredible ceteriti●▪  
And yet of gross and 〈…〉▪  
Not able to mount, but helped by 〈…〉▪  
Great admiration to the hunters brings▪  
Digesting steel, and breathing 〈…〉▪  
Yet she adorns our Gallants with 〈…〉.  
The spoiling Goss-haw●●● not so goo● for sport, 
Goss-haw●●.   
As fit to feed an army in ● Fo●●▪  
The Falcon, and jerfaulcon for pleasure,  

Falcon, jerfaulcon▪ Tersell. Langret. Lanner, Muller, a bastard Hawk. Marlion.  Are accounted for a Prince's treasure:  
Terscell, Tarcell-gentle, and Laneret,  
The Lanner, bastard Muller, Malleret,  
The princely Sagar, and the Sagaret,  
Which Bastard-Hawkes, Falconers can hardly get,  
The thrice renowned noble Marlion,  
Which Ladies use for recreation,  

Hobby.  The long-winged Hobby for the mounting Lark,  
Fit for young eyes the towering game to mark.  

Sparhawke.  The Irish Sparhawke to follow slender game,  
Deserves with Hawks to register her name:  

Musket.  In Winter time the Musket at a bush,  
Will serve shepherds to maze a simple Thrush:  

Kistrell.  The Kistrell if he be well managed,  
For swiftness will not be disparaged:  

Kite.  The Coward Kite fittest to cease the Mouse,  
To gormandize young chickens from thy house.  
She serves to take the garbage from the field,  
Lest putrefaction might infection yield.  
The Buzzard most hurtful to thy warren,  

Buzzard.  With spoil of Rabbits making it barren,  
Deserveth not so much to be hated,  
If he were to gaming animated.  

Ringtaile.  The Ringtaile eke will truly kill her game,  
If cunning hand and wit her nature tame.  
The Raven (some say) if she be cicurated,  

Raven.  Deserves in some sort to be nominated:  

Dangerous for the eyes.  But take thou heed of all the Birds that flyne,  
The Eagle and Raven will strike out thine eyen:  
Prevent it therefore, lest it come to pass,  
And arm thy face with spectacles of glass.  
The silver stringed sweet sounding Virginal,  
Without the ravens quills is rustical.  
To write the Roman hand, and Secretary,  
The ravens Pen is found most necessary.  
Thus for supposed inconvenience,  
Her feathers yield young Ladies recompense:  
And some commodity doth seem 〈◊〉 grow,  
By the noisome devouring 〈…〉. 
Crow.   
To cleanse the streets near to 〈…〉,  
Of stinking carrions corruption  
The Rook, the Chough, th● 〈…〉 for borne, 
Rook, Chough, Daw. Magpie.   
Which feed not of the carrion 〈◊〉 of corn.  
The particoloured chattering 〈◊〉,  
Gorgeth herself upon impurity▪  
Learned Drayton hath told Madge-ho●●ets tale, 
Michael Draitons Owl.   
In covert verse of sweetest Madrigals▪  
She whoops at all the World in fro●●●●ight▪  
Blazing the sins wherein it takes delight.  
The Bat and she doth take their recreation, 
Bat.   
If Phoebus be in declination  
The Owl, banquets with Chickens at ●er feast, 
To see as well by night as by day.   
The Bat delights herself with Bacon b●●t.  
If you will see as clear by night as day  
Anoint your eyes with blood of Bats they say.  
But dance not thou after Albertus' 〈◊〉,  
Till thou canst better understand this ●iddle:  
For of this point Shepherds warn th●● before,  
Eyes so anointed shall never see mor●  
The Kings-fisher laboureth in her kind, 
Kings-fisher.   
With her breast opposite against the 〈◊〉,  
To seize the fishes spawn, and little fry,  
That heedless in a River swimmen by  
Her painted feathers maken Flies counterfeit,  
Tied upon Hooks the leaping Truth get:  
The coloured Woodspite runs along the trees, 
Woodspite.   
Killing for food the creeping worm slu●●ees:  
The filthy Cormorant, and the Seagull, 
Cormorant   
Whose Craws with eating will be neu●● full;  
In Flora's mantle have some place afforded,  
Therefore Endymion hath them recorded,  
But leave we these, and let our Music ●●ount  
To sing of princely fowls in our account.  
Pair sweetest Leda's Swan both wild and tame,  
Which mighty Monarches keep'n for their game. 
Swan.   

Hearne. Crane.  The towering Heronshaw, and the wake●●ll 〈◊〉▪  
Shaming Ca●cas●s, fearing to be ●ane,  
By dreadful Eagle watching for her pray,  
Trussing the Crane's a● they flyen that way.  
They keepen therefore silence in their Flight,  
Till they have scaped that mountain in the night.  
As two lines of a triangle meeting together,  
At the end, so flyen they in cold weather,  
In two ranks spreading themselves a sunder,  
They ●oyne at one sharp end, great is the wonder.  
They have one leader, whom they duly mark,  
Following one another in the dark.  
This leader lighteth far off from the rest,  
As one with solitariness oppressed.  
He keeps his standing as a Sentinel,  
That all his Soldiers might in safety dwell.  
But if an adversary come that way,  
He makes a noise: The troop is in array.  
He mounts, they mount, they take them to their wing●s  
To seek some place that lesser peril brings.  

Goose, Duck, Widgeon, Teal. Curlew, Dotterell, Pewet, Bustard, Godwet, Plover, Heath-cocke, Partridge, Pheasant, rail, Quail Lark.  The Goose, The Duck, the Widgeon and Teal,  
Like order keep as in a common weal.  
The dainty Curlew, Dotterel and Pewet,  
The Redshank, Bustard, Bittor, and Godwet,  
The Snipe, the Woodcock, Plover, Grace and green,  
Garnish the Table of the greatest Queen.  
The Heath-cocke, Partridge, rail, Quail & Pheasant,  
Are Princes dishes, and pastimes pleasant.  
Sweet sounding Lark art not the meanest wish,  
That oft is made to furnish Prince's dish.  
Furthermore in blessed Tellus coat,  
Are framed Birds, of sweet and pleasing note.  
Long living Ouzel, little chanting Thrush,  

Ouzel. Thrush.  Singing on tops of trees, and highest bush;  
Delighting passengers with Melody,  
Varying their tunes so curiously.  
That shepherds wonder how so divers Notes,  
Should couched be within such little throats.  
But't is an admirable 〈…〉  
To hear the delectable 〈◊〉  
Of sweetest Notes, with 〈…〉▪  
With lofty streynes, Musi●● 〈…〉,  
Of little Philomela, 〈…〉▪  
Phoebe's Phoenix, Organ●●● 〈◊〉▪ 
Nightingale.   
Let no Musician with her 〈…〉▪  
No voice so sweet, so exquisite and 〈◊〉.  
Dame Linnet, and birds of Ca●●ria, 
Lynnet, Canary birds.   
With Music please Arcadian 〈◊〉.  
Robin-redbreast, the little dainty 〈◊〉, 
Redbrecht. Wren.   
With sweetest notes content the 〈◊〉 of men.  
Some other Birds Flora brought in 〈◊〉,  
Which not in voice, yet 〈…〉 Pride.  
The prating Parrot, Parakito small, 
Parrot. Parakito.   
Which please our Cinthian Ladies best of all.  
As these been taught, so utter they 〈◊〉 voice  
They make much sport, and Ladies ●oo●e rejoice,  
Oriental been their Feathers detestable,  
Of colour excellent, and variable.  
But other virtues in them know I none,  
But to eat a sop and burnish a bone.  
The Goldfinch, Bulfinch, 

Gould-finch. Bul-finch. Martlet, Swallow.  
A red stone in the Craw of a Swallow prob Oil of Swallows.  
English jays. have the falling sickness. Peacocks.   Marlet and Swallow  
Of colours divers, in virtues shallow.  
The Red-stone in a Swallows 〈◊〉 is good,  
To stop the Flux and efusion of blood.  
The Oil of Swallows, Physicians have told,  
Help's swelling of joints, proceeding of cold.  
Thou shalt not once handle our English jay,  
The falling-sickness infects her a●way.  
Peacocks been Birds of rare quality,  
Of shining Feathers, pride, and Majesty,  
Foes to the Adder by creation:  
Contriving always his destruction▪  
Sabaean Queen for estimation,  
Presented these to mighty Solomon▪  
The Turkiecocke, a Craven by 〈◊〉, 
Turkey Cock   
Is excellent meat, and of Large stature.  

Turtledove.  The simple harmless groaning turtle-dove,  
Twixt man and wife paints never-dying love:  

Dove.  The Dove commended in Divinity,  
Graced by the third person, in Trinity,  
Her body's heat for sustentation,  
Her qualities for imitation.  

Stockdove.  The doleful mourning Stock-dove may thee move,  
To view thy state and praise thy God above.  

stork.  The Stork may teach children with reverence,  
To yield their parents due obedience.  
When crooked age their parents doth possess,  
And stiffened limbs wax faint with weariness▪  
When poverty their substance doth assail:  
And vital blood their Arteries doth fail.  
When blinded eyes done sink in hollowed head▪  
When trembling hands that should the mouth have fed;  
Steadily can hold no sustenance,  
And grinding teeth (the stomachs maintenance)  
Their offices no longer can fulfil:  
And way wardness attacheth aged will:  
When legs do fail, that should the rest support;  
And cold, and age, and grief afoords no comfort:  
Then mark the young, the strong and lusty Stork,  
That day and night uncessantly doth work,  
Her aged dying parents to maintain,  
Refusing pleasure, and enduring pain.  
To bring in food his parents to sustain,  
Thinking the parent's life the children's ga●●e.  
And if he do perceive that food be scant,  
And that his parents perishen for want;  
So that constrained he must leave the place:  
Then woefully he views his father's face,  
Showing his grief to see his parents lack,  
And all at once he takes them on his back.  
And adding force unto his fearful wings,  
Swiftly flees to the palaces of Kings.  
And laying aged parents safely down,  
For food he rangeth all about the town.  
Which got, he brings 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 speed,  
Whereof his parents and himself do ●eede.  
But here Endymion began to 〈◊〉,  
As if himself were drown 〈◊〉 sorrows deep.  
I know not what did touch the silly man▪  
But yet at last he thus again began.  
O blessed Pan grant us that Shepherds been,  
Aged, unwieldy, with choler oversee 〈◊〉  
To find young Storks to carry us 〈…〉▪  
To feed our mouths to bear our 〈◊〉 rage:  
Alas I fear it will be otherwise  
Now children done their parents 〈…〉 despise:  
And if they done to a little money 〈◊〉,  
Their Parents may in no 〈…〉,  
To call them sons, the bl●●●-mon●●'d filthy Ass,  
Thinks himself shamed if that should come to pass.  
For Hercules must needs be this man ●ather,  
When he might justly challenge Iris ●ather. 
Iris the basest beggar that lived in his time.   
A fusty golden Bragga●ochio,  
A Lumbardarie scauld Bora●●●o.  
The disgrace of an honourable how●●▪  
As to a Lady is a body louse.  
But let this rest● A b●ond of infamy,  
(There pride abhorred 〈…〉)  
With frumps derides them 〈…〉,  
And secretly pursues them with 〈◊〉.  
Endymion must take another subiectl●  
Of high regard and princely by respect,  
A wonder for the world to gaze upon,  
Which still is out of form and fashion.  
A silly fowl, a Pelican by name,  
Shall show how much this world in out of frame. 
Pelican.   
The Pelican will spend his chiefest blood,  
To do his friends or younglings an● good;  
But we will spend our warm and 〈◊〉 blood,  
To hang our friends or children in our mood:  
We brag, we prate of Christianized,  
Our hands are full of blood and cruelty:  
Our tongues can talk of jesus Christ his death,  
And curse, and swear, with one, and the same breath.  
We fast, we pray, we sigh, we groan, we preach,  
We write, we read, we hear, catechize, and teach,  
We bend our knees, aloft we lift our eyes,  
As if our hearts were ravished to the skies.  
We rage at others vice, reprove corruption,  
Speak against usury as abomination:  
We speak 'gainst the pomp of Prelates in their gree,  
And yet who lives in action worse than we?  
There is no sin that worthily is blamed,  
But we commit, and are not ashamed.  
If true piety consisted in words,  
When working actions fro● the same discords:  
Then are we perfect in Religion,  
Our words been plentiful, our deeds been gone.  
Except we take corrupt and stinking weeds,  
For blessed sacred and religious deeds.  
We had rather cut our poor neighbour's throat,  
Then relieve his want with one silly groat.  
And if he fall into extremity,  
By shipwreck or other casualty:  
Shall we relieve his woeful penury,  
Or help to keep his wife and family  
Of our own purse? nay let him starve and die,  
And wife and children beg. O Christianity▪  
Thy sacred lore teacheth quite contrary,  
From which who so doth obstinately vary,  
Shall be acknowledged for none of thine,  
Nor be partaker of that glorious shine,  
Of bliss, of honour, and of majesty,  
And live with th'everlasting Deity.  
Another Bird I have yet in my roll,  
Which may be spoken of without control,  
A bird for courage, and for quality,  
For husbandry, thrift, and utility:  
Inferior to none that Nature hath framed,  

House-cocke.  And is the proud and wakeful House-cocke named.  
Armed with spurr's to daunt assailing ●oe●,  
Crowned as a King, triumphing as he goes.  
Observe the tender love, borne to his wife, 
The Coc●● loves his wife.   
For whose saveguard, he spareth not his life.  
If Corn or bread he find, if but a cro●me,  
He chucks, and calls his wife until she come:  
Before he layeth down that piece of bread,  
Not feeding himself, if she be unfed.  
Each man knows his nature by experience,  
To hold you long were inconvenience.  
The Titmouse and the multiplying Wren, 
Titmouse.   
That devours Spiders, and lives amongst men,  
For order of our Sonnet as it lies,  
Requireth that we speak ●f divers flies:  
And specially of flies by creation, 
Flies.   
For many Flies rise of corruption.  
The Bees from Pan have their original,  
At creation of things natural.  
Fleshflies, and Wasps, and grasshoppers,  
Crickets, Hornets, and Cowsherders,  
Dorr's, and such like, as flying 〈◊〉,  
Have their original as Mice and Rats.  
By Phoebus' Heat, and putrefaction,  
They taken form and generation.  
As mighty Curses, and great plagues are sent,  
Upon this wicked world for punishment.  
Great is thy wisdom everlasting Pan,  
In all thy works serving the use of Man:  
All thy creatures strike admiration,  
To Shepherds in their contemplation.  
But when we nearly mark the ●ittle Bee, 
Bees.   
Our hearts must needs be ravished in thee.  
That such a little Fly should far surpass,  
The wisest workman, ever framed was,  
And all the Artist's in the world beside,  
Are argued of insolence and pride,  
If they presume by superficial skill,  
To know the cause of this thy secret will.  

The Bees body described.  How is her body framed in every part,  
Admirably contrived beyond all Art?  
Her little head her eyes, her mouth, her tongue,  
Her throat, her breast, her little heart, her longue.  
(As some do think, to holden breath and heat)  
Their little Stomach, to digest their meat:  
What Lower entrails Dame Nature invents,  
To empty, or avoid their Excrements,  
Their alwaies-Armed-sting for their defence,  
Their little joints, and legs of finest sense,  
Their wit to suck the juice from fragrant flower,  
Their skill to keep, and carry it to their bower:  
Their Art to fly a mile into a plain,  
And every Bee to find his home again.  
But when we come to see their Citadel,  
As by a Sergeant Maior squared well:  
How justly are Philosophers amazed,  
When they have proportionably gazed,  
Upon a little concave or a Hive,  
In which they do their policy contrive?  
Circle-Muring strong their pettie-fort▪  
With Pallazado, Flanker, Loop and port,  
Rampires of wax, and thick Baracadoes,  
To withstand the thievish Rats-bravadoes.  
But enter once within their Hive, or wall,  
And see their order universal:  
Marking how they do place their Colonies,  
To dwell according to their qualities:  
First for the King his Tent imperial,  
Next been placed States, Peers principal.  
Then every other state in his degree,  
According to his service hath his fee:  
For him and his, a house peculiar:  
Private for every thing particular:  
For meat, for rest & Cradles for their young:  
So neatly dressed as passeth Shepherds tongue.  
Framed six square Geometrical,  
Each side to the other, proportional,  
And every one his lodging several,  
Framed by nature artificial. 
Every lodging 〈…〉.   
Not seiled with unprofitable knacks,  
But every lodging of the purest wax,  
These lodgings are appointed in rega●d,  
That every one should labour, watch and ward.  
Thus settled in their Cell against the Sun,  
Each falleth to his work till day be done.  
Some maked Honny-pots, some Ho●●y cleanse,  
Which closely they hide, and hourden ●n their De●s.  
Of all the flowers growing in the field,  
Which fragrant smell unto the sense do yield:  
They gatherens this composition, 
Honry.   
The sick man's leech, and best Physician.  
They nourish up their younglings in their trade,  
Till time and practice hath them skilful made.  
When Summer hath provision for their health,  
They swarm them forth into the commonwealth.  
To get some place for their habitation,  
And labour in their generation.  
If any one among them chance to die,  
He is removed thence immediately.  
For they can abide no dead carrion,  
For fear of pestilent infection.  
By just desert therefore they are recorded,  
That have to Man such benefits afforded.  
Rivers and Springs, and Baths, 
Rivers.  and pools there been  
That Beautify the Mantle of this Queen.  
That flown from the mighty Ocean  
Running again thither where they began.  
Losing their saltness in the hollow vain:  
Of Tellus' entrails where they do remain.  
Their swiftness spoils the force of Phoebus' Heats,  
Which on the button of the River ●eates▪  
The Pike, the Roach the Cheu●● and the Dace, 
Fishes of the River.   
The bream, the Barble, with his ●earded face,  
The Perch, the Gudgeon, and the silver Eel,  
Which Millers taken in thei● 〈◊〉 weel●:  
Dwell in the River as principal fish.  
And given by Pan to garnish thy Dish,  
The Salmon, Trout, Flounder and Crevise,  
Do dwell in Rivers where the Menow is.  

carp. Tench.  The Princely carp, and medicinable Tench,  
In bottom of a Pool themselves do trench.  

Pool.  The Pool of necessity hath a spring,  
Which feedeth it, and doth fresh water bring,  
Lest Phoebus' burning beams done make it dry,  
The mud to stink and all the fish to die.  
Who dare the noble burbling Spring despise,  

Springs.  Which from the belly of great Tellus rise?  
Where Birds done drink for sustentation,  
Where Nymphs and Graces, take their recreation.  
Swiftly descending from Parnassus' mount,  
To sport themselves by cool Castalion-Fount.  

Baths.  There been Baths also of high Sovereignty  
Medicinable for man's infirmity.  

Cold Baths.  Cold Bath's springing up from an Allum-mine,  
Curing hot Gouts, and Maladies of eyen.  

Who●.  Hot Bath's always work quite contrary,  
As spring from a hot Mine sulphury.  
And thus is Tellus Mantle finished:  
And with beauties rich glory garnished.  
There resteth that Endymion begin,  

The jewels & treasure within the earth.  To show what treasures Tellus hath within.  
Thrice honoured Cynthia deign to hear this song,  
Blame it not, as tedious or to long:  
For thou shalt hear therein discovered,  
Things that before in darkness hovered.  
The Mother's womb thoroughly Anatomised,  
With glorious Meteors therein comprised.  
So that if I should have a Trophae made,  
When shepherds life were turned retrograde:  
Of all my skill except Theology:  
Set up his pillar of Philosophy,  
And let thy Poet be eternised,  
For Philosophy epitomized.  
And let Arcadian Cynthia never die,  
But live in records of Antiquity.  
And ever triumph in Endymion's Lays,  
With flourishing and everlasting Bays▪  
For listen how by Indagation,  
In Tellus' Belly by Creation  
Are perfect metals, Stones, and things between  
That neither perfect Stones, nor metals been  
Gould, Silver, Brass, Iron, Steel, heau●●-lead, Tin,  
Are Metals seven, 

All things within the earth are either Metals, Stones, or Mixt.  
7. Metals.   contained within  
In Tellus belly whereunto some add:  
Copper which is fine Brass if truth be had.  
All these by Phoebus made effectually,  
As he's remote, or in propinguitie,  
The nearer Phoebus cometh to the line,  
So is the Metal either course or fine.  
As Phoebus' fiery Steeds circlen the Sphere,  
Declining the line, or approach near:  
So are his beams of force, or weak estate  
Mineral Metals to operate,  
As is the substance of the earth in quality.  
So is the metal framed in poverty. 
The cause of different Metals.   
Plenty of Gould is in America,  
Peru, Moluccus, and Phillipina,  
Little Gould, or Silver in Virginia,  
France, Ireland, or Brittania. 
No plenty of Gold in Virginia, & why.   
Yet Copper, Tin, Iron, Brass, or Le●de▪  
Are in those Countries plentifully bred.  
America so near the burning line,  
Breedeth abundantly the golden Mine▪  
These other Country's subject to the cold,  
Can yield less plenty of silver and gold.  
For Gould and Silver is the Care of man, 
Gold the Object of the world.   
For these men maken wars, and 〈◊〉 and ●an:  
Forswear themselves, and sell their dearest life.  
For these the husband and kills his guiltless wife.  
Friend sells his Friend as judas did his Lord:  
Simplicity, truth, virtue is abhorred.  
King's make war with their neighbour Kings for gold●  
Religion is wounded, conscience is bought & sold●.  
abbeys, Churches, Altars ruinated,  
Whilom to piety consecrated.  
bishoprics spoiled, their Lands divided,  
Study decayed, Scholars derided.  
Scholars constrained to buy their places dear,  
The Parsonage farmed, it lies the Patron near.  
The Patron claims the Tithe to find his Diet:  
Or else the Parson must not live in quiet.  
But out of doubt, my Lord's a Puritan,  
A virtuous and a most Religious man.  
Making a Scruple of his conscience,  
As doth a Beggar to take a six pence,  
The Mistress wears the Parsonage on her back,  
The Peacher, his wife, and family do lack.  
But tell me, is not this a golden age,  
When Rascals ride in Golden Equipage  
With Princely Lords and men of highest blood,  
As Tarleton clad in Caesar's golden Hood?  
When guilded spurs, adorn Hodge-Cli●●perton,  
To frisk the Hay with Glabbring-Iillion?  
Fetching a Caper full as high from ground,  
As forty Angels is from twenty pound▪  
Spoiling more Cates and Viands at one Meal,  
Then five great Mastiffs in a common weal.  
Provided it be of an others cost,  
For his great Grand father never eat Roste.  
And tell me? is't not a golden season,  
When Golden fools are pr●●sed for reason?  
As eloquent as learned Cicero,  
As sententious as aged Cato:  
pithy, sage, and Grave, with a long white beard,  
Like mine old Horned Goat, praeceeding the heard▪  
What Stratagems of war, are wrought by gold?  
What secret mysteries doth it not unfold?  
What Towns and Cities hath it not betrayed?  
What Princes counsels, hath it not bewrayed?  
What strange adventures do men 〈…〉,  
And all for gold, commodity to make▪  
A man regardeth nor Age, nor quality  
Sex, wit, learning, virtue nor honest●e.  
Friendship, faith, Soul, credit, Sincerity▪  
So he get gold and worldly dignity.  
Damnable usurers Suburds of hell, 
  
jews by profession, Baw'ds of Bridewell,  
Devouring English Gentlemen alive,  
That once approach your pestilent 〈◊〉  
Nets of Belzebub t' ensnare noble fry▪  
Pretending conscience their wants to supply.  
Protesting that for perfect amity  
(Hoping there may be some Affinity  
By marriage, between your sudden Daughter,  
And this wanting wanton youth hereafter)  
If he'll knowledge a Statute of his Land▪  
For men are mortal: and a single Band▪  
Is not for you that are a Citizen.  
When he's content: what do you for him the●▪  
You will furnish him immediately:  
Either with money, or commodity,  
But wot ye what? (Pouchmouth Civility)  
Now begins your pack of scurrility▪  
You damn yourselves and swear that money's 〈◊〉  
But rich commodities he shall not want,  
That certain Money presently will ●eeld:  
If he be skilful to Marshal the field▪  
Silks, and velvets at Intolerable price▪  
Embroidered Hangars, Pepper and Rice▪  
Brown Paper, Lute-strings, buckle● for a Saddle,  
Perwigs, Tiffany, Paramours to wadd●e.  
Great bars of iron, and Spanish Tuck●:  
(Thus like a Horseleech thy vanity success)  
These takes the Gentleman, at such a Rate,  
As brings repentance speedy▪ but to late.  
For half in half, is loss reasonable▪  
The Broker swears they are not seasonable.  
O enchanting gold, O alluring witch▪  
Doth not a mind contented make men rich▪  
Desire of Thee, hath damned the Usurer,  
His wife, and children, and fill the Broker.  
Desire of Thee makes many merchants wives,  
Forsake their husband's beds, their souls, their lives.  

Women forsake their husband's beds, for gold, and their excuses. Panderess.  Under pretence of blessed Religion,  
Inflamed with celestial vision:  
To haunt the beds of younger golden states,  
Buying short pleasures at the highest rates.  
Desire of Thee constrains the Panderess seek,  
Each angle of the town, each house and creak,  
To bend, persuade, allure, a simple Maid,  
For Gold to have her honesty betrayed.  
This Panderess she, alas, she's passed the best,  
And knows the fittest means t'ensnare the rest▪  

Bankrupt becomes a preacher for gold.  Desire of Thee draw's the bankrupt merchant,  
To become a blind Buzzard praedicant.  
To blaze the Bible far above the reach,  

To be a Puritan.  To be a Puritan, catechize, and preach:  
To single out a Church remote for ease,  
Where he may best his auditory please.  
Where never cometh wise nor learned man,  
Their fond absurdities to hear or scan.  
But sweet Kate and Cisse, Bab, and julian,  
Fair Parnell, and my blessed sister Anne.  
Pen at a push, divine ●●inophila,  
Prudence, Priscilla, with Polonymas.  
These know to use the sacred Oracles,  
As jackanapes a pair of Spectacles.  
With divinity aswell edified  
As a red Brick by water's Albified.  

Mark his subtlety.  This fellow first to get the world's applause,  
Cries out against the policy and law's.  
And saith the Church is full of superstition,  
And her officers without commission▪  
Thrust thereinto by Romish Antichrist▪  
Defended by Popish Artagonist.  
Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Prebendaries,  
Parsons, Vicars, Curates, Commissaries,  
Common-set-prayer, and Citations,  
Suspensions, and Excommunications:  
Lord Bishops, Barons of Parliament,  
Made justices of civil government.  
These are not of Christ's institution,  
But by corrupt times Revolution.  
Infecting the Church by Pope's intrusion,  
Poisoning her with woeful confusion.  
He saith unpreaching Ministers been dumb dogs,  
Fitter for plough and serving of hogs,  
Then to taken Christ's blessed 〈◊〉 in hand,  
Reading the things they do not understand.  
If this be true thou pecuniary Ass,  
Art not thou come to a woeful pass?  
That into Christ's Church hast thrust thyself,  
To coffer up this yellow worldly pelf?  
And in a Pulpit dost but prate and clatter,  
Without Divinity, Method, or matter?  
Thy foolish spokes all learned men do scorn,  
As spur-gall'd-words, trivial, and threadbare worn.  
Thy senses need Eleborus, They are too too blunt,  
Such Parradoxes of thyself to ●unt.  
The Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, unto thee,  
As the renowned and ancient fathers be,  
Thou speakest as perfect Ciceronian,  
As a Monkey iabbereth Italian.  
If I demand how thou attain'dst thy skill,  
Thou simply answerest: it was Ioues will▪  
It came to thee by inspiration:  
And by a secret Revelation.  
Thus thou obtain'dst thy Consecration,  
By an extraordinary vocation.  
Contrary to the sacred Regiment,  
Settled by jesus Christ, and permanent.  
But for the Registers of Antiquity,  
And interpreters of Divinity,  
The holy father's blessed Monuments,  
Which Christ hath used as his Instruments,  
To make divine Theorems perspicuous.  
And obscure sentences illustrious:  
Thou do●st reject them as ridiculous,  
And interpretations perilous.  
Thou only readest the invectives of T.C.  
Which by profound writers answered be.  
Why without blushing dar'st thou discommend,  
The orders of the Church, or thus contend  
About high points beyond thine Element?  
Thy time in learning might be better spent.  
But well I know what brought thee to this vain,  
Not conscionable zeal, but hope of gain.  
And this thou shalt acknowledge evident,  
Upon record as certain Precedent.  
Thou that before with railing bitter words,  
Denied'st Christian Bishops to be Lords:  
And squared Cap, and Surplice didst forswear,  
Shunning the Ministers that did it wear,  
Saying 'twas a Relic of Antichrist,  
Brought into the Church by the devils high Priest.  
The Cross in Baptism, and Ring in marriage,  
Is a foolish toy, and mere Surplusage,  
The Book of Common-prayer is tittle-tattle,  
Much like to a Babies playing rattle.  
But now thou hast by thine own subscription,  
Retracted thy former assertion.  

Mutability, Mark here he subscribeth.  Affirming the policy of our land,  
With God's eternal verity to stand.  
Using the Ceremonies as they been,  
Established as all thy people ween.  
And what thou formerly hast contemned,  
As things by Christianity condemned.  
By thy hand writing thou hast approved,  
(As plain truth hath far thy betters moved)  
Thou wear'st the Surplice, and the cornered cap,  
Only but for a bush to stop a gap.  
Thine Audience demand of thee the cause,  
Why thou subjects thyself unto these laws?  
Sith thou hast preached direct contrary,  
As white and black in colours seem to vary. 
M●ke his hypocrisy.   
Thouh sayst fowl iniquity of this time,  
Procured thee to perpetrate this crime.  
Out of thy mouth I strait do argue thee,  
Of false dissembling hypocrisy.  
For if it be direct iniquity,  
Discording from true Christianity;  
Why wilt thou thy conscience contaminate,  
And with thy pen and hand corroberate,  
Things merely false and diabolical,  
Forsaking God, and things Celestial?  
Answer me now or be thou well directed,  
Lest of hypocrisy thou be detected.  
Thou sayst thy skill is greater now than then; 
An other▪ excuse.   
(You blessed people answer all Amen.)  
Then shall thy flock be excellently fed,  
Like the Chameleon of the Air bred.  
Thou hast nor Art, nor wit, to feed thy sheep,  
No more than Wolf, or Fox thy lambs to keep.  
Thou knowst no more the Scriptures to unfold,  
Then doth Aphron th'alchemist to make gold.  
But flesh is frail, and thou art loath to say,  
That which we shepherds ●ounden in our lay.  
That thou wilt stay thyself upon this ground▪  
As fast as will the Hare before the Hound.  
Return therefore unto thy trade again,  
For in the Church thou labourest in vain.  
Think'st thou our Bishops will thee deign to preach,  
Rude, unlearned, a Mercinany▪ Dog-leech?  
No▪ no: Saint Nchol is too wise for that,  
Thou'st never in an English Pulpit chat.  
Till thou hast better skill to manage well,  
The mysteries divine of sacred spell.  
Yet herein art thou worthily commended,  
That hast the Church's policy defended.  
And forsworn Genevian Presbytery,  
Being a fantastical Anarchy.  
But if thou wilt be an everlasting so,  
To this new upstart Disciplinado:  
Studiously with Pen mark each word and line,  

A Book called the Su●u●y of Discipline.  Of that learned survey of Discipline,  
That which thou dost do of intelligence,  
Not for lucre's sake, but for conscience.  
Upon this condition I'll let thee go,  
And speak of certain golden wonders more.  
For out of doubt it worketh strange effects,  
When every man the golden Ass respects.  

An old wife chosen and made young by Gold.  A lusty Gallant seeks his wife for gold,  
Though the withered Crone be fourscore year old,  
Blind, crooked, lame, deformed, full of gout:  
Her gold, her gold, shall paint the Buzzard out,  
As young, as beautiful, as Pollix●n●,  
Wise, courteous, wit learned, as my Cynthia.  
Gentle as a Dove, for why she cannot bite,  
Forty years agone she was toothless quite.  

A foul and foolish daughter made fair and wise by Gold.  Yea a young puppet, ill favoured idiot,  
A slabbering, grinning, laughing fool (God wot)  
Gold can transform to fair and gracious,  
Witty, and sober, in talk sententious,  
Able as wisely to utter her mind,  
As Seneca's wife could see being stark blind.  
Yea, in a Country where no gold doth grow,  
By artificial skill we'll make gold, I trow.  
That shall abide the fiery test as well,  
As stubble can abide the fire of hell.  

Alchemy.  This skill is called the noble Alchemy,  
Which bringeth all her friends to beggary:  
For with great expense and longation,  
Must come this metals alteration;  
Perilous is the way by curtation,  
Having no certain operation,  
By the white and green, and red Lion,  
By fixing Sulphurs liquefaction;  
To have a perfect calcination,  
Right Tincture, and Maleation,  
To make it ductible and fusible,  
Close lured in an earthen Crusible,  
Bewaring of too hot combustion,  
Till forty days and nights be come▪ and gone:  
Secretly working by thyself alone:  
Thou shalt obtain the Philosopher's stone.  
A fine red powder, which being projected,  
(By great Art and skill, lest thou ●e detected)  
Upon a piece of Brass as big as a house,  
Shall make a piece of gold as big as a louse.  
Goodly Manors and Possessions are sold,  
To make simple Brass artificial Gold.  
But as a Velvet Ape remains an Ape,  
Though he be attired in golden shape:  
So shall a piece of Brass be perfect Brass,  
Though it be somewhat purer than it was.  
Well, this that is spoken proveth evident,  
That this metal of Gold is excellent.  
For which all states and sexes macerate,  
Themselves and theirs with labours intricate.  
Though Gold itself, as by creation,  
Is not the cause of such corruption▪  
But man's vile insatiable desire,  
To lad themselves with this thick earthly mire,  
Brass for vessels, and fodder fast our Steel, 
Brass.   
To make Canons, whose force our foes do feel.  
Iron and Steel are metals of dignity, 
Iron and Steel.   
Of great esteem, virtue, and quality,  
The one with th'other may so be tempered,  
That by no Art they may be entered,  
They make mighty instruments of war,  
Bellona, and Palace with these armed are.  
With these the Captains of Britannia,  
Beard the proud Monsters of Romania.  
The force of these hath conquered India,  
These fright the Muses and fair Cynthia.  
And all young Ladies that delight in peace,  
Whereby their joy, their love, their sports increase,  
Praying great Mars, no more to manage arms,  
That they might clasp him in their ivory arms.  
The use of these for which they were intended;  
Was that our confines might be defended,  
From foe man's force, and fierce Invasion  
That blessed peace might build her station,  
That there might be no fell corrasion,  
Death, nor bloody depopulation.  
But out alas! Sacred intent of Pan,  
Is quite perverted by the mind of man,  
By a malicious disposition,  
That turn these Metals to pardition.  
They kill, destroy, and murder one another,  
The Father kills the Son, the child the Mother:  
Man killeth man, whom he ought to defend:  
Knives were ordained to a better end.  
Woe worth the man, that first the sword invented,  
Never sufficiently to be lamented.  
For since the time these weapons first began,  
In small regard was had the life of man.  
Each swaggering Ruffian now that walks the streets▪  
Proud as Lucifer, stabbeth whom he meets.  
Trampling the Guts of men under his feet,  
Triumphing in his brother's winding sheet.  
O blessed region where no Iron grows,  
Where no man Steel, nor gold, nor silver knows,  
Where Guns and swords, been reputed wonder  
Where roaring Cannon is holden thunder.  
Where never wonned any martial Man,  
Where men done never cuisse, nor swear, nor ban,  
For Gold: but leaden a contented life,  
Void of pride, Malice▪ contention, strife,  
Giving a lump of Gold for a small Bell,  
A needle or a pin, contents them well.  

Peace commended.  Thou Solomon renowned prince of peace,  
How did thy kingdom flourish and increase?  
When Silver was compared unto dust,  
Void of contention, malice and distrust?  
Gold was as plenty as stones in the street,  
Neighbour used neighbour solemnly to greet.  
Saying (Shalumleca) peace be unto thee,  
Then was jerusalem in high degree.  
But after he was dead, than wars began,  
Peace was exiled, waxed sick and ●an,  
Civil sedition, and dichostasie:  
Clangor of Trumpets, noise and fearful cry  
Trampling of warlike Steeds, Banners displayed, 
Discommodities of war.   
Beating of Drums: Armour rusty Assayed.  
Mighty men at arms, ranged in array.  
towns full of clamour, women ran away.  
Lamenting of Mothers, wives wring hands,  
Blood-breathing Mars, at each corner stands.  
Two Kings in one Land, each claiming right,  
Soldiers ignorant on which side to fight.  
The whole land full of desolation,  
Expecting nothing but divastation▪  
A lamentable woeful Spectacle,  
When closed was the blessed Tabernacle,  
The laws worship and Sacrifice d●d cease,  
Exterminated quite with sacred Peace.  
The champing horse up to the Foot●locks stood,  
In flowing streams of dying Sould●ers blood.  
No reverence to the aged man at all,  
The wife doth die to see her husband fall.  
The Children weep to see their Father's death;  
The aged Matron yieldeth up her breath;  
Young virgins without regard deflowered,  
Studies decayed, Students devoured.  
Merchants spoiled, and their goods divided,  
justice despised, judges derided,  
The whole Kingdom brought to confusion,  
Thy house, thy good's, thy land's by intrusion,  
Of a godless impudent companion,  
Taken by force from thy possession.  
Thy woeful wife ravished before thy face,  
And presently thou murmured in the place.  
Tell me now if thou hast any conscience,  
If this in making Steel were Pan's pretence?  
The armed Ploughshare in making Furrows long:  
Our Horse's Iron shod, to footen strong.  
Boord's strong nailed, to couch together close:  
Keys, and artificial locks, to shut and lose:  
With other infinite commodities:  
Which by this Metals principally rise.  
Of these two Metals shown, use principal,  
For deadly wars been things accidental.  
The leaden mines, are now in chief request,  

Lead.  For which we riven sacred Tellus' breast.  
And turn them to bad uses contrary,  
Unto their first created destiny.  
We use it now to make Bullets round,  
To gorge our Pistols Christians to wound.  
Calivers, Muskets, and such Trumpery,  
Executors of human cruelty.  
Are stufed with Bullets of the purest Lead,  
To kill a harmless Man unfurnished.  
We used them first holy Church to cover,  
At the charge of many a Christian Lover.  
To cover close, the Palaces of Kings:  
Lest rain might enter which corruption brings.  
glaziers can tell of uses manifold,  
That need not in our story be enrolled.  
This proo●'s there is a strange mutation,  
Of all things from their first creation.  

Tin.  Excepting tin form for Utensils,  
Which sculleries of Noble Ladies fills.  
This metal receiveth corruption,  
By Pewterer's sophistication.  

Corrupted by Mixture of Lead.  Chargers, Basins, Platters, Pots of Tin,  
Mixed with lead craftily foisted Inn.  
Making them heavy, and of colour blue,  
But Tinn's light, and white, if Substance be true.  
If otherwise it is adulterated▪  
And by Cozenage sophisticated.  
Thus is rich Tellus glorious within,  
In deeper search if thou wilt wisdom win:  
Stones done occur next to be surveyed,  
As nature hath them orderly conue●'d. 
Stones with their divisions.   
Gems, Marble, whetstones, Flmts & building bones,  
Are ribb's of this Lady, or our Mother's bones▪  
Hearken the music of mine Oaten Reed,  
As Endymion doth orderly proceed.  
Gems are principally memorable 
Precious stones.   
As jewels of price inestimable  
In barryne Rocks, and mountains engendered,  
And by great Pan to Ladies tendered▪  
To garnish all their Princely Ornaments,  
Tires for their heads, veils, and Abbillements▪  
Their cawls, their hair, their necks, their breasts, their hands  
Whose price none but the owners understands.  
Of watery substance been they composed,  
And by the burning heat of Phoeb●● disposed.  
Into divers colours hard oriental,  
Shining throughout, not superficial.  
The thicker they been the more of regard,  
So they been impenetrable and ha●d,  
This watry●substance by cold is congealed 
How they come to resist the fire, & yet being endred water.   
And then by Phoebus' long time A●ealed.  
Yea hardened so by the heat of the Sun  
By continual Reverberation.  
So hard compact by Phoebus' burning charm,  
That the flaming fire can do them no harm.  
These been called precious for their qualities,  
Not for their Maginitude or quantities.  
These casten such a lustre to the 〈◊〉,  
As might a mazen shepherds tha● been wise.  
Resembling often with their splendent light▪ 
Gemmae. 

perspicuae.  
Op●ca●.  
M●x●a●.     
Twinkling and shining Stars i● frosty night.  
Of precious stones some shining a●d clear,  
Some been obscure, and therefore not so dear.  
Some partly clear, and in some part obscure,  
Yet very precious, and will long endure.  

Perspi●●●▪  The Diamond, Carbuncle perspicuous,  
Blue Sapphire, Emerald, jacynth lustrious,  
Obscure, and dark, is the jewel Onyx,  

Op●●a, ● Mys●●▪  Clear and obscure, jasper, and Sardonix.  
All beasts and plants of force must needs give place,  

Many stones of more virtue, than beasts and plants. Loadstone. Diamond His virtues.  To many stones precious for virtuous grace.  
The truth hereof is evidently shown,  
By the Loadstone universally known.  
The Princely Diamond of high respect,  
Pierceth an armour with his hard effect:  
Nine days together resisteth the fire,  
Who doth not then his qualities admire?  
It expelleth fear, as Shepherds have tried,  
If it be to a Ladies left wrist tide:  

Carbuncle, or Ruby.  At midnight Carbuncles give such a shine,  
As if Phoebus blazed his power divine:  
It makes a man merry that looks thereon,  

Virtues.  'Gainst Melancholy prevails this stone.  

Emerald.  Most precious of all is the green Emerald,  
Which of us Shepherds a chaste stone is called.  
It is the softest, and foe to Venery,  

Virtues.  When thou and thy wife go to bed, lay't by:  
If thou have drunk venom, or poisoned thing,  
Drink this in wine, it will remedy bring.  
'Gainst falling sickness it is a remedy,  
Which Physicians call Epilepsy.  
The fearful dreams that risen up in us,  
The emerald doth utterly discuss.  

Blue Saphyr. Virtues.  The blue Saphyr maketh found the eyes,  
That been oppressed with misty maladies,  
Choler-adust, it cureth perfectly,  
Drunk in wine, and powdered cunningly.  
It doth prevail against the Scorpion's sting,  
The powder also remedy doth bring,  
Against a Carbuncle, or pestilent sore,  
Strawde upon it and drunk as before.  
The jacinth preserveth from the lightning, 
jacinth.   
Those that wear it garnished 〈◊〉▪  
From the pestilence it keep's men sound, 
Vert●e●.   
That air infected may them no● confound.  
A precious help for them that cannot Sleep,  
Get this stone and do it safely keep.  
The Marble stones excel in Dignity, 
Marble.   
All other stones that been ordinary.  
Representing a shining looking-glass,  
Showing the faces of them that done pass.  
Excellent for building of gorgeous Rooms,  
Theaters of state, and Emperors Tombs.  
some white, some black, some green, with spots distinct,  
Such as great Cynthia hath in her precinct.  
Porphirie for riches is commended, 
Porphyry.   
Wherein Phisis hath her skill extended.  
Alabaster shall not in silence sleep, 
Alablastar.   
Wherein our Ladies done their Ointments keep.  
Whetstones been next as Endimio● finds, 
Three kinds of Whetstones   
Devouring Metals: hereof been three kinds,  
The Touchstone, and Whetstone of Darnasco, 
Touchstone.   
And the Indian Whetstone, the razors Foe. 
Damascus Whetstones of an A●hecolour.   
Goldsmiths use the first to try their Metals by,  
As Gold and Silver from false Alchemy.  
The second common used to this intent,  
To whet our knives, or other instrument.  
The third is yellow which the Barbers have, 
Indian Whetstones yellow.   
To whet their Razors if they mean to sha●e.  
The nature of the flint all men do● admire, 
Flynt-stone.   
How that special stone is fit to strike fire,  
Scholars▪ Soldiers, and Mariners are bound, 
Men much bound to God for this Stone especially, Students, Soldiers, Mariners.   
To bless the time when first this stone was found,  
If all the fire in the whole world ●ere gone:  
Tellus can help thee with one silly stone,  
For common stones of great infinity,  
Framed by celestial Divinity.  
Different in colour, form and fashion,  
For nature, use, and Operation.  

Stones ordinary  Hardened by the burning beams of the Sun,  
Being dust and sand, ere they were begun.  
I'll single some as stones of rarest name,  
Which justly do deserve Records of fame,  
The Load stone first comes to my memory,  

Loadstone.  A Stone of admirable utility.  
Drawing by secret divine influence,  
Iron and Steel surpassing human sense.  
Two ends it hath, if they be rightly squared,  
Done wondrous things which cannot be declared.  
Nor can we all the secret virtues tell,  
Which in this little ragged stone done dwell.  
For one among the rest is admirable,  
The reason whereof is Inscrutable.  

Virtues.  One end draws iron to it all the day;  
The other end doth make it run away.  
One end draws iron to the southern Pole,  
The other, to the centre of the Northern-hole:  
So strange and implacable enmity,  
Such hidden raging Malignity  
In working nature of this stone is found,  
As doth the wit of all the wo●ld confound.  
All Mariners of force must be dismayed,  

Mariners.  If they should want the Loadstones blessed aid,  
By this they sail, else know not where they were,  
Such sou'reigntie in Ship doth Magnes bear.  
Lapis Herculeus it is called those,  


Hercules the first inventor of the Loadstone.  
Smiris for Teeth.  
Pumc● for Parchment. Ta●tarum for Spots in the face.  
Lap●● Sectil●s.   That say Herculeus did it first disclose,  
Smiris a noble stone in operation  
Much used for the Teeth's purgation.  
The Pumice stone was not form in vain,  
To cleanse your parchment and to make it plain.  
Tartar found in the bottom of Wine-Leyes,  
For Pimpled spotted face, is of high Price.  
A stone there is of colour black as sables,  
Which Merchants oft, use for wrighting-tables.  
This also deserveth some memory,  
Because it serveth man's commodity.  
The stone which Shepherds done Acthites call, 
Acthites.   
Is of great virtue, though the stone 〈◊〉 small,  
For this I wish young Ladies understand, 
Virtues for women traveling with child   
If they hold this stone closely in their hand,  
Or apply it, to the place Parturient  
They shall be delivered incontinent.  
This soundeth Endymion's in his Lays,  
Make use thereof and after give him praise.  
Red and white coral as hard as a stone,  
Tellus refuseth because it is none,  
But a sea herb combust by the hea●e of the Sun, 
Coral no stone but an Herb.   
Wherewith some women feign wonders been done.  
Drunken in powder, it virtue impart's,  
To the Green-sickness▪ and languishing Heart's,  
Neither is jet within the stony Law 
jet.   
As sit for nought, but to take up a straw,  
The third part of all the mineral's that been, 
Mixed minerals.   
Found in earthes-bellye, and daily seen:  
Have strange and secret virtues intricate,  
Profitable for mortal man's estate.  
And first Physicians done highly ex●●t, 
Sal 

Géma.  
Ammoniacum.  
Salt Peter.     
The Pearled, and th' Ammonian Sa●●.  
saltpeter, Mineral of high regard▪  
Digged by commission, in each hou●e and ward,  
Where by the Devil invented Gunpowder,  
That hell might triumph and death ●e prouder▪  
Which with sulphury composition,  
Procurs fatal death and Perdition.  
Sulphur the Dam of wild fire and brimstone. 
Sulphur.   
By a filthy devilish commixion,  
Which hath brought to final subversion,  
Many a strong and worthy champion.  
Many a learned Scholar of renow●●:  
The princely Soldier, and the rural Clown:  
No City, Castle, Fort, or stately Tower,  
Is able to withstand his raging power:  
This hath Dame Tellus in her regiment,  
Close coffred against the day of judgement:  
If minds revenging would vouchsafe it rest,  
In darksome closet of his Mother's breast.  

Alum.  Alum is also a famous mineral,  
Cold, Abstersive, piercing, medicinal.  
For Cankers in the mouth, Ulcers and blains,  
Hot and dry Scab's, and itching of the veins.  

Glass.  Of Viscous matter, is glass composed,  
Which in her breast, Tellus hath enclosed.  
Whereof men vessels▪ excellent contrive,  

Looking-glasses.  Looking-glasses, and Glasses perspective▪  
Composed by Art Geometrical,  
Whereby been wrought things Supernatural.  

Perspective glasses.  Men with half bodies, men going in th' Air.  
Men all deformed men as angels fair.  
Besides other things of great admiration,  
Wrought by this Glasses Fabrication.  

Drinking Glasses. Glass for windows. Burning-Glasses.  Drinking Glasses, and plain window Glass,  
Placed by Art, that light and heat may pass.  
Though it be strange, we know't may come to pass,  
To set ●ire on a Town, or a Ship by a glass.  
How are old men bound to Pan's Majesty:  
Whose sight is dim, with their antiquity?  
That they might in age read his Oracles,  

Spectacles.  He helps their sight with glassy spectacles.  
You learned Searchers of rich nature's skill,  
That oils and waters sovereign distill,  

Limbecks Viols.  What glassy Limbecks, and receptacles,  
And closed fast luted Tabernacles,  
Frame you of this one brittle treasury,  
Safely to keep distilled mystery?  
Nimble quicksilver what shall I say of thee?  

Quicksilver.  Mineral excellent in thy degree.  
Mother of Metals, transformer of all▪  
The seven Metals universal.  
How shall I celebrate thine excellence,  
Or glorify thy great Magnificence,  
Gold joineth not to silver but by thee,  
Thou piercest all Metals that form be.  
No metal hindereth thine agility  
Tou fliest the sight of man's iniquity▪  
Admirable things might well be wrought,  
If man by Art, could fix thee as they ought,  
And beat thee forth into a silver Plate,  
Whom neither Tuch, nor Teste cou●d macerate.  
No silver then, to thee were comparable,  
Made with small cost, excellent and durable,  
This I think were a far greater mystery,  
Worthily fit to be called Alchemy▪  
Then thus to make our wealth, and wit to range,  
Good Copper, into seeming gold to change.  
Which thing is as possible to be done▪  
As for a Weasel to eat up the Sun.  
But Mercury whom we quick silver call, 
Quick silver may be 〈◊〉.   
May be fixed as silver natural:  
Perfect good silver, permanent and 〈◊〉,  
And shall all proofs of Touch, and 〈◊〉 endure.  
No difference twixt other silver and this:  
But that is steedefast, and this running is,  
Yet as it is it cureth Maladies,  
Ache in the ioynt's, and french infirmity.  
And men once cured, with never dying praise,  
With sacrifice and sacred rounded lays  
Do blaze with Trump, of everlasting fame,  
The glorious order of this circled frame.  
And now Endymion hath Anatomised,  
The universal world, and all therein comprised,  
One only thing remain's as yet untouched,  
Which is most admirable, yet closely couched,  
'tis this: to what end all these thinger were framed?  
Which in this particular we have named.  
The answer is the use thereof is great▪ 
The use of this philosophic.   
Either for contemplation or Meat.  
Principally for blessed man's behoof,  
These things were framed as a certain proof,  
That he would love him everlastingly,  
For whom he framed universality.  
For when world's engine was thus finished,  
And all the parts perfectly polished:  
Yet this whole fr●me served Pan to no purpose,  
Nor did he benefit by one of those,  
Whom he had made, upon, and in this round,  
Heaven, or Earth, or what therein is found.  
For next to heaven were the Angels made,  

When the Angels were made.  And shortly after some fell Retrograde.  
And became devils by alteration,  
Of all their qualities in creation.  
And have their place within the spacious air,  
Kept in Chains of everlasting Despair.  
Yet not of Angel, Devil: or aught created,  

The fall of Angels, and their place.  And Pan need in pleasure situated,  
Yet would he make this glorious world, and why?  
For that he meant to frame a Monarchy:  
Or large Empire full of sovereignty,  
Then form he a Prince of royal dignity  

Man made, and why?  Of a wonderful Grace and Majesty,  
To sway this Imperial Monarchy,  
He framed first his body's lineaments,  
With all his admirable Compliments.  
As a young man of thirty years of age,  

A perfect man. Ephe. 4.  Beautiful, gracious, of comely visage.  
Yet dead he lay, as carcase on a green,  
No life or motion in him felt or seen.  
Like sweet Adonis sleeping on the Mount,  
Whom peerless Venus had in high account.  

A living soul.  Then breathed he into him the breath of life,  
Where presently began a gentle strife.  
When every limb began itself to move,  
And stretch itself his vital force to prove,  

Life the effects of the soul.  The closed eyes their Curtains did display,  
The rolling eye had motion every way.  
The nostrils 'gan to feel the fragrant smell,  
Of sweetest scented flowers which there did dwell,  
The ear began to hear melodious notes▪  
Of dainty Birds, from out their warbling throats.  
The Ruby, liquid, warming vital bl●●d,  
Passed every vein, as riuer● streaming flood.  
From Livers fountain t'impart nourishment, 
The Liver fountain of blood. The heart principal.   
Unto the heart that hath the government▪  
And so through conduits secretly contrived,  
Is blood to every human part derived.  
This life to every part gave perfect ●ense,  
To feel according to their differenc●▪  
Within his head by hidden instruments,  
Were placed Natures blessed Ornaments. 

The head receptacle of senses intellectual. Fantasy in the forehead: Memory in the hinder part of the head.  
Understanding in the crown of the head. Dura Mater, P●a Mater.    
The forehead kept objected fantasy,  
The hinder part retaineth memory.  
Intelligence hath her place principal,  
In the crown of the head highest of all,  
Fit to receive objects from fantasy,  
And to commit them unto memory.  
Within a branchy film there lieth the brain,  
Close rampired up with Barracadoes twain:  
Both matters, and the flint-hardie skull▪  
Here reigns the Soul, in manner wonderful.  
From thence she doth diffuse her operation,  
To every member in his situation. 

The soul Immortal, Simple.  
No part of God's essence. Created, that is, breathed.    
This breathed Soul●s an immortal substance,  
Simple, spiritual and of puissance.  
Though breathed, yet no part of Pan● Essence,  
But a created glorious existence.  
Fitting the body for Procreation,  
Itself not fit for generation. 
Not ex trad●●●● that is, One soul to beget another.   
A simple essence cannot be divided,  
As Philosophers have well decided.  
Thus being animated his tongue did move,  
And spoke some words which tended unto love.  
Then never present Pan took him by th'hand,  
And set him on his feet, making him stand. 
He saw God as he might behold him.   
And made him view his glorious Majesty,  
As far as might his perspicacity.  
And made him view the glory of the place,  
With all things framed, and set before his face.  
Producing to him all creatures framed,  

He named all things his Mansion.  So to be termed, as he would have them named.  
He made EDEN, 'GAN, JEHOVAH habitation,  
Fit for a Prince of his creation,  
Replenished with fruits of every kind,  
To ●it the belly and to please the mind.  
In the midst of the round world Scituate,  

Paradise in the midst of the earth. Man King of the earth.  The rest with great eas● to contemplate.  
There he invested him, as in a Throne,  
Giving him season and possession,  
And imperial domination.  
Of all this lowest rounds creation.  
Gracing his government with certain law's,  
Which Clarkys comprehenden in their Saw's.  
And being high points of Theology,  
Surpass Endymion's Philosophy.  

Divinity begins, where Philosophy doth end.  Mark (Cynthia) where Philosophy doth linne,  
There always doth theology begin.  
He called him ADAM: ISCH: an earthly man,  
worlds wonder, Monarch, Terrestrial Pan.  
So glorious shining, Princely excellent,  
Virtuous, holy, wise, and continent:  
Sober, modest, strong, grave, and temperate,  
Amiable, Magnanimous, and moderate.  
Of comely jesture, and sweetest carriage,  
Fit to possess Jove's Queen in marriage.  
Yet desolate alone, and comfortless,  
Rich yet poor, pinched with solitariness,  
Commanding all things that were created,  
Yet could not his mind be recreated  
Because he was constrained to live alone,  
Without enjoying a companion,  
Which Pan perceiving, cast him in a sleep,  
Commanding Morpheus, this prince to keep.  
As one receiving Opium, or Dwall,  
Deprived of vital sense, doth deadly fall:  
So falleth down this mighty earthly Prince▪  
Never felt Flora such a creature since,  
Except he were more than a mortals man,  
Receiving Pearl of Tullus, part of 〈◊〉.  
Falling she took him in her blessed arms,  
And lulled him fast a sleep with sacr●d charms.  
So dead a sleep with Incantations▪  
She dressed his body with Carnations:  
Crimson gilly-flowers, Pinks and Pansies,  
Musk-roses, and other pleasing Fancies.  
Thinking herself, a Queen most fortunate,  
If she might live to choose him for he● mate.  
But mighty Pan provided otherwise, 
Woman made.   
Out of his senseless side he made to rise,  
A young Princely gracious loving creature,  
Far surpassing any former feature.  
Of such a shape divine, and Majesty,  
As amazeth my best Philosophy.  
Her face was like my fairest Cynthia▪  
And peradventure like Musophila▪  
Her grace, behaviour; and modesty,  
Surmounteth any man's Capacity.  
Nor by Endymion can be blazed,  
But it will make the whole world amazed.  
Heaven and earth cannot the like afford,  
As must be wife to this imperial Lord.  
For she must be of body excellent,  
That must lie by a King Magnificent,  
And it behoveth her to be precise,  
To talk with him that's absolutely wise.  
Pan therefore taking consultation,  
Said she should serve for generation.  
Her skin was white as was the I●orie,  
Thin and smooth as the finest Tiffany,  
Where through a man might perfectly behold,  
The azured veins, her inward parts to fold.  
A ready intermixed vermilion,  
Diffused was pleasant to look upon.  
Her golden hair dispersed to her thighs,  
Close shrowds, Lucina's sacred Mysteries.  
Her modest eyes like sparkling Diamonds,  
Pure and chaste (unlike to Rosamonds,)  
Piercing like Cupid's fixed fiery Darts,  
Stern, fierce, and bloody, Marble: Martiall-hearts,  
loves mountains, apples of Hisperida,  
Such were her breasts witness my Cynthia,  
From whence by coral conduits flowing are,  
Streams of the sweetest celestial Nectare,  
Her crimson smile lips did make a show,  
That mirth and pleasure in her mouth did grow.  
Her teeth even set by natures curious hand,  
As rows of oriental Pearls did stand.  
These keep her tongue, and instruments of voice,  
Of purpose made to cause her Lord rejoice.  
Tender her hands, her fingers long and small,  
Fit to delight her Lord and sport withal.  
Thus framed she was in just proportion,  
Which made the world amazed to look upon.  
But for the Ornaments of her princely mind,  
For excellency were not far behind.  
The noble soul of Adam first created,  
If they be viewed and justly estimated.  
Some shepherds haven silly folks abused,  

The woman's soul was not made of 〈◊〉 soul, but infused by God.  Which done deny her soul to be infused  
Into her body, as blessed adam's was,  
But rather that creation came to pass,  
By propagation out of Adam's soul.  
We find no warrant for this in our roll.  
For simple essence can no way generate,  

Observe.  His like: and yet conserve his former state.  
Thus was the glorious Queen accomplished,  


Adam, Adamah.  
Nekebah per●orat●, bored as with a wimble, of the word N●kab signifying to bear a thing Hollow.   And with celestial beauty furnished.  
Pan blessed her, and called her Adamah,  
A female earth, and after Nekebah.  
By reason of her great concavity,  
To take and hold begotten progeny,  
This being done, he viewed the sleeping man,  
At his command Morpheus swiftly ran.  
In the darksome Caves of E●ebus▪  
With all his misty charms Somniferous.  
And left the sleeping Prince in Flora● lap,  
Not knowing what was done for his good hap,  
At last his lustrious eyes, he 'gan advance,  
Rousing himself, and shaking of hindrance,  
And standing up upon his princely feet,  
Pan caused his virtuous Lady him to greet.  
Whose sudden view, struck him to such amaze,  
As marveling a while did nought but gaze,  
He wondered at her beautiful proportion,  
Her gracious looks and constitution.  
And looking well upon himself (quoth he)  
So well this peerless frame, resembleth me,  
As if she were my proper flesh and bone,  
In body and soul▪ we seem to be but one.  
In all the earth her match can not be found,  
In whom humanity doth so abound.  
Then ever living, everlasting Pan▪  
Acquaintd him how every thing began,  
And said absolute shall be thy pleasure,  
Take here to wife this surpassing treasure,  
The Prince obeyed, the Lady was content,  
Mighty Pan married them incontinent.  
And blessed them: saying they should increase,  
And fill the world till heaven and earth did cease.  
This pleased the Prince, in token of consent,  
He gave her half this worldly regiment.  
Parting between them, earths circumference,  
And calid her ISKAH for pre-eminence, 
Iskah a Mannesse as we say a Duchess.   
Then was the marriage solemnized,  
And in our sacred rolls eterni●ed.  
Where blessed Angels sounded harmony,  
And chirping Birds chanted their Melody,  
The King and Queen, with joyful hearts did sing,  
And hills and dales, rebounding Echoes bring.  
Tellus and Flora, kept it holiday▪  
Attired in their most gorgeous array.  
And all the Orbs and Spheres gave looking on,  
When Princely Adam took his Paragon.  
How long they lived in their felicity,  
Is not contained in Nature's Mystery.  
What was their art, their life, their fall, their end,  
By sacred lays and Oracles been penned.  

WIth that, Endymion cast his eyes aside,  
And saw a gentle Knight come pricking on,  
Swift was his pace, and knightly did he ride,  
Bending his race towards Endymion.  
As stately Knight he was to look upon,  
Complete his arms in rich Caparison,  
His horse like Pegasus, and he Belerophon.   

Likely he was to manage Martial arms,  
Well could he couch in rest his dreadful Spear,  
He road as one that scorned Thessalian charms,  
Nor did he any strange adventures fear:  
The Arms and Shield which I did see him bear,  
Were coloured blue, thick set with silver Stars:  
His Shield an azur'd Porpentine, with golden bars.   

His waving Bases menaced the skies,  
Like as his Armour to Welkin semblant,  
Couched in his Saddle close to enterprise,  
Stratagems and adventures puissant.  
If any in the earth were commorant,  
And single Combat quick to undertake,  
'Gainst hellish Monsters or Lernaean snake.   

His steely helm, a Coronet of Bays,  
Impaled round: the penon of his Lance,  
The ignorance of all the world displays,  
For when he 'gan, his warlike Spear ta'duaunce,  
Some golden Letters writ I read by chance.  
The Motto was (if I remember right)  
Learning Triumphs in Enu●es great d●spigh●.   

The simple Shepherd cried out 〈◊〉;  
Fly noble Cynthia we are betrayed,  
So sore amazed was the Country swain,  
That he forgot what he had done or 〈◊〉.  
Renowned Cynthia was no whit dismayed,  
But comforted th'amazed senseless man,  
Willing him hold his course as he began.   

And all the Ladies from their seats arose,  
To view the coming of this warlike Knight:  
In circlewise they fair Cynthia clos●▪  
To shroud Diana from Actaeon's sight,  
The Shepherd would have ta'en himself to flight,  
But that he was ashamed to run away,  
Leaving the Ladies to the warriors pray.   

He laid a side his Pipe, and took his Hook,  
As if he would an armed Knight withstand,  
The silly soul put on a manly look,  
Yet better was his running then his hand.  
He wished himself far off in other land,  
For fitter were his hands to use a pen,  
Then manage Arms with any Marshal men.   

But making virtue of necessity,  
He made a show as if he meant to fight,  
Upon his feet, he started suddenly,  
To shield these Ladies from that manly Knight.  
No question there had been a noble sight,  
To see him wield a wooden rusty ●ooke,  
That fitter were to manage sacred ●ooke.   

O how the Shepherd would have 〈◊〉 his stumps,  
And laid about him with his smo●tie Book,  
His wooden Crook had given such deadly thumps,  
As would have stricken down a falling Ox.  
So would the Knight have feared the Shepherd's knocks,  
As if a Bulrush hit him on the Crest,  
Or if a Gnat had stung his armed b●est.   

But all was well, no terror was intended,  
The Knight nor cared, nor knew Endymion.  
He reined his Steed, and lightly down descended,  
And with a Courtly disposition,  
Lift up his Beaver, whereby every one,  
Knew him to be, the mighty Astrophill,  
Whose praise is painted with an Angel's quill.   

Prince of all Poets in Acadia,  
Magnanimous of everlasting Fame,  
Of chief regard, with famous Cynthia,  
Apollo parted with him half his name,  
And gave him skill dark ignorance to tame,  
Apollo twined with his learned hand,  
The Laurel Crown, which on his head doth stand.   

But when my Cynthia knew 'twas Astrophill,  
She ran to clasp him in her dainty Arms,  
But out alas, it passed mortal skill;  
Enchanted was the Knight with sacred Charms.  
His body dead of yore, the more our harms.  
O noble Drayton well didst thou rehearse,  

Drayton upon the death of S.P.S.  Our Damages in dryrie Sable verse.   

Thrice Cynthia tried to fold him in her arms,  
But all in vain, she nothing comprehended:  
Her vital blood that all the body warms.  
Forsook her veins, and to her heart ascended.  
For lo, she fainting falls as life were ended:  
Making most woeful lamentation,  
Yet Astrophill still kept his station.   

The worthy Nymphs that circled Cynthia,  
Amazed at her fall made such a cry,  
As waked the Satyrs of Syluania.  
And feeding Lambs did greatly terrify:  
The Shepherd in a mortal trance doth lie,  
The tender Ladies had the better heart▪  
Setting all cowardice and fear apart.   

Nymbly they took, and rubbed Cynthia▪  
Till she reviv'd, who lifting up her ●yes,  
Beheld the Elsin of Arcadia,  
And cried dear: brother do not ●e●porise:  
Nor do thou Lady Cynthia despise,  
Why speakest thou not to her that loves thee best,  
What dismal humour hath thy mind possest●   

With that as from a deep concavity,  
A silvered voice, and words of grea● import,  
Proceeded from the Knight with Majesty,  
Distinct, pithy, plain, but wondrous short,  
Yet such as unto us gave great comfort.  
A man, a ghost, a knight, a potentate,  
human, divine, forcible, laureate.   

Dies, lives, fights not, yet mortally doth wound,  
Death, life, time, fortune, wisdom, learning, wit,  
Nature, Art, form, languages pro●ound,  
Glorious earthlie-pompe, fame ex●●lling it:  
No earthly thing eternally shall si●▪  
Virtue, Piety, and pure Sanctity,  
Shall wear the Crown of immortality.   

These words the trembling Shepherd did revive,  
They were so full of rarity and choice,  
Resembling skill of Astrophill alive▪  
The sound he thought was not unlike his voice.  
Endymion did mightily rejoice,  
And said aloud, or thou ar● Astrophill,  
Or thou hast learned this Sonnet from his skill.   

Shepherd (quoth he) I am and am not he,  
I am not perfect Astrophill, but 〈◊〉,  
The shade which now appeareth ●●to thee,  
Is substance spiritual framed by Art;  
What mortal was, is slain by dea●ly Dart  
Of Thanatos, corrupt consumed to ●●st;  
Such is the end of all this worldly 〈◊〉.   

But what art thou that sit'st among these baye●?  
Unfold to me for I must needs be gone,  
I was reader (quoth he) in former days,  
Unto great Astrophill▪ but now am one,  
Stripped, and naked, destitute alone.  
nought but my Greekish pipe, and staff have I,  
To keep my Lambs and me in misery.   

Art thou (quoth he) my Tutor Tergaster,  
He answered yea: such was my happy chance,  
I grieve (quoth Astrophill) at thy disaster:  
But fates deny me learning to advance.  
Yet Cynthia shall afford thee maintenance.  
My dearest Sister keep my Tutor well,  
For in his element he doth excel.   

And for thyself, I bring thee happy news,  
Thou shalt enjoy a long and happy peace:  
Which former bloody wars, and death ensues,  
For civil heat in Albion-soyle shall cease,  
And noble blood shall perfectly increase,  
Churchmen hereafter shall agree in one,  
banishing sects, and superstition.   

Pride shall be turned to humility,  
Each man shall keep himself in his degree,  
Discourtesy shall be civility,  
Wanton Maids shall modest Matrons be,  
No Man shall seek the fruit of others tree.  
No Rapine, swearing▪ or abusion,  
No Murder, ribaldry, confusion.   

Each man shall seek, to do his neighbour right,  
Green grass shall flourish in Westminster Hall:  
You shall discern a beggar from a Knight,  
Extortion and bribery shall have a fall.  
Gold exchanged for things celestial.  
Virtue, Truth, Honesty, Religion,  
Shall Triumph in the british region.   

Caesar shall see his foes subversion,  
No man shall lift a sword against h●s Crown,  
His issue shall not fear dispersion.  
Christo Mastix shall be tumbled do●ne,  
Peace, faith, love▪ joy, honour in every Town.  
Trumpets shall sound, and bells sha●l ring for joy,  
Virgins and boys, shall sing Vine ●● Roy.   

Reverend old age, shall bring thee to thy Hearse,  
And glory shall adorn thy progeny:  
Eternal fame shall blaze in golden verse,  
Thine honourable life and destiny.  
Renowned Poet's of highest Ingeny,  
Shall deck thy Tomb with everlasting fame,  
And with golden pens celebrate thy name.   

And when thy body shall consume to dust,  
Resting itself in deep obscurity▪  
With dreadful Trump shall rise again the just,  
Thy body shall surpass in dignity,  
The welkin which thou seest in Majesty,  
Mean while thy spirit a substance divine,  
In triumph rides in equipage with mine.   

About the Orb's and Spheres celestial,  
Dignified with ever shining light,  
Viewing the majesty imperial,  
Clad in a vesture of the purest white.  
Which Amnos made before the world was dight,  
Where thou with me, and I with thee shall sing,  
Eternal praises to the immortal king.   

These blessed Nymphs, environing thee round,  
Thrice noble, by their propagation:  
Nieces to Astrophill, of honour ●ound,  
Of modest, virtuous inclination,  
Happy shall be their generation.  
And blessed they till jove have wrought his will,  
And caused them mount, the 〈…〉 Ast●ophill.   

And now my Cynthia time summons me henee,  
My news been done I can no longer stay.  
He mounted Pegasus and hide from thence,  
Piercing the welkin, vanished away.  
Leaving the Ladies in woeful dismay,  
Lifting their heads, and gazing on the skies,  
Observing the course, as Astrophill flies.   


Galaxia the white path in the firmament.  Galaxia took him in her splendent arms,  
Sweetly she couched him in her Canopy,  
She sealed the passage, with her counter charms,  
To guard her sleeping Knight from jeopardy.  
Without regard of impatiency,  
Cynthia would needs ascend Olympus' hill,  
To live or die, with blessed Astrophill.   

Nature persuaded her to stay a while▪  
Her time prefixed was not yet assigned:  
The fatal Sisters, would not cut her file▪  
Her robes unmade, her Coronet untwined.  
Nor was the quintessence of nature fined,  
Neither was yet great Astrophill awake,  
That might her entertainment undertake.   

Cynthia replied not, as one resolved,  
Her will to put in execution:  
Oftentimes her sacred soul revolved,  
Which way to make a dissolution,  
Of this her body's constitution  
And justly knowing 'ttwas not in her power,  
Determined to stay her fatal hour.   

And yet to spend in contemplation,  
The better part of her remaining days:  
Which vow she keeps in veneration,  
Witness her learned Poems, and her Lays,  
So often crowned, with Arcadian Bays.  
Thus long sitting silent in that place,  
Aurora 'gan to show her blushing Face▪   

Then all the Ladies hasted to depart▪  
And Cynthia turned her to E●dimion●▪  
With words of grace proceeding fr●m her heart,  
She thanked him for his former ca●tion.  
This Mount (quoth she) take for thy mansion.  
Here shalt thou dwell, and feed thy little flock,  
I with my Ladies, will increase thy ●●ocke.   

The stately Garland of her blessed 〈◊〉,  
For beauty matchless, incomparable▪  
With greatest favours graced this country Swain,  
(Particulars will be admirable)  
Of esteem they were unvaluable.  
And out of doubt they had been durable,  
If worldly envy had been curable.   

He lived a while in reputation,  
Expounding Oracles of theology  
His flock was had in estimation,  
As guided well by his Philosophy.  
Profoundly could he chant that mystery.  
In languages of highest Poetry,  
Unfolding riddles of antiquity.   

I left the Shepherd in this happy st●●e,  
Feeding his lambs in mirth and iolli●ie:  
But it fell out, when I returned of late,  
His mirth was moan his solace mis●●ie,  
(Lo hear worlds-glasse of mutability)  
He wrung his hands, and made a rueful moan,  
His drops of tears might pierce a Marble stone.   

I wondered how his blessed Com●edie,  
Could have so sudden alteration.  
I asked the cause of this his Tragedy,  
He answered: envies sophisticat●●●.  
I thought to write, the whole narrati●●,  
But ●ith Tragaedies have a bloody e●d,  
During his life, he will not have 〈…〉▪   
●. B.   
FINIS.   

To the right Worshipful Sir john Smith of Olde-Hunger Knight, a worthy favourer of learning.  

YOur ancient love to him that wrote this Book,  
Hath made Ourania speak an English verse,  
The Greekish Ladies of Castalion Brooke,  
Entombed are, close couched in Sable-herse.  
The mourning Cypress and dark Popler-tree,  
A●e testimonies of their low degree.   

Endymion lays aside his Hebrew Reed,  
And bids Ourania harp Philosophy,  
Whereof his English Lambs and flock may feed,  
Till Phoebus' rays dispel obscurity.  
He willed her yet such pleasing Music sing,  
As might con●ort with Aristotle's wing.   

Such as delights Arcadian Cynthia,  
And comforts Scholars at their idle times,  
Viewing the secrets of Ourania,  
As she will chant them in her homely Rhymes.  
Wonders above, and all within this round,  
Must be the subject of her dainty sound.   

She sings of Sun and Moon, and wandering stars,  
Of uncouth Elemental Meteors:  
Comets, Heralds of death and dreadful wars,  
Fire, air, winds, vapours, Ocean, showers,  
And whatsoever you can think upon,  
Ourania sings: so bids Endymion.   

Read learn, and hear, try, ponder, write, digest,  
Words, matter, song, truth, art, wit▪ Mystery:  
Commend Ourania: take her to your guest▪  
she'll teach the younger Lambs Philosophy,  
Such Mysteries as never English Pen,  
Afforded yet unto the view of men▪   
N. B.   

To my Worshipful ●ren●h 〈◊〉 Stone Esquire, Counsellor at the Law, and Secondary of the Counter in Woodstreet London.  

NO liquid Oil proceeds fro● a Pumicestone,  
Nor Alchemist produce an Oil from thence:  
'tis hard indeed if thou wert such a one,  
As loved a Scholar only for his Pence.  
But since th'enclosing of Endymion,  
He found some Oil from Secondary STONE.   

Counsel they say is no commandment,  
That's false if counsel be but equity:  
Whereto a man must be obedient,  
If he aspire unto felicity.  
No wrong had seized old Endymion,  
If he had taken counsel of a Stone.   

Things past, and things to come be different,  
For they are gone, and these are in expect.  
Think not on former days malevolent,  
The fates to come work contrary effect.  
And cause thee bless the day, the place, the hour,  
That thou receyued'st Endymion's Paramour.   

Ourania sings obscure Philosophy,  
Like Bats, and Owls in silent dark● some night,  
In Olderne times she chanted melody,  
Of high●er strain: And when she comes to light,  
Shee'l● sing thee such a blessed Madrigal,  
As th●● shal● think the lay Ca●●●●iall.   
●. B,  
FINIS.