. r??r m > . r . « ; /*■ ,< rs A \ 5 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Getty Research Institute https://archive.org/details/coryatscruditiesOOcory_O CRVDE VEINES ARE PRESENTED IN This Boo ke following (befides the fore- faid CrvditiesJ no lefTe flowing in the body of the B o o k e 5 then thcC rvdities tbemjdues 5 two ^/"Rhetorickeand one ofP O E S I 1. Thatistofay, atnoft elegant Oration, firfl written in the Latfne tongue by Hermann v s Kirg«nervs, a Ciuill Lawyer 5 Or at our , Cafarean Poet , andprofeffor of Elo- quence and Antiquities in the famous Vniuerfitie of M a r p v r G. in the Tangrauiat of Hafsia , in praife ofTrauell in general]. Now diftilled into Englifh Spirit through thcOocoMBiAN Limbecke. Thisprccedeththe CRUDITIES. Another dfo com- pofcd'by the Author of the former, in praife ofTrauell of Germanic in particular, fub limed and brought oner the Helme in the S tillitorie of the faid Trauelling Thomas; This about the CenteY or Natictt of the CRUDITIES. Then in the Pofterne of them looke 3 and thou fhalt find the Poflhume Poems ofthe Authors Father 3 comming as nee re Kinfemen to the worke,being next of blood t© the Booke, and yongcr brothers to the Author himfelfe. LONDON, Printed by VV. S. Anno Domini 1 6 it. ft ) > t'ft- > $nrf>*rt' ; nv /l ( a ^ ( */ ^ ^*7 - -* - / *, >/**- »*■ 6 ^r ^Wf 7 /^ r v yy- ^ A-rm* >^:* J ° 7 °' /! * m n 1l y rr^ &*4 .Trc 1 ^ -X^ % / T\f <,> l€^a bundanceof bookes of all artes, ^ fciences, and arguments what^ <4. loeuer that are printed in this learned age wherein we now breathe,in lo much that me thinks we want rather readers for books then bookes for readers; my thoughts beganne to be much diftra&ed like thofc of /Eneas , of whom Virgil Ipeaketh thus: Atfc tnimum , nunc hue Celeron, nunc diuidit itluc , In parte/fo rap it varies, per % omnia verfat. Yea l was plunged in an Ocean of doubts, whe¬ ther it were belt that my Obleruations gathered in forrairte countries Ihould be continually con¬ fined within theboundsofmypooreftudie, and lo at length fquakre fitu , arias cogitatianum fJuFluationes , by thecounfeil of certaineof my dearefriendesl pur on a conftantrefolution, and determined to expofe the abortiue fruits of my frauds to the fight of the worid('after they had for the fpace of two whole ycares lurked imakinde of Cimme¬ rian darkenefle)which if they cannot endure,buc willbedazeled with the lesft ghmpfe thereof, I wifh the fame of them that elegant Angelas Toli- tianui * did of his Latin traflation off-fow^euen that I might aut T betidi aut Veneris Ur girt marito. Since then 1 hatie thus farre ventured with them, I will take occafion to fpeake a little of the thing which begat and produced chele my obler* nations, euen of trauellinto forrainccountries, whereby 1 may the better encourage Gentlemen and loners of trauell to vndertake iourneys be¬ yond the Teas. Qf all the pleafures in the world trauell is ( in my opinion ) the fweeteft and moil delightful!. Forwhatcanbemorepleafant then to fee pafsing variety of beautiful! Cities, Kings and Princes Courts,gorgeous Palaces,im« pregnable Caftles and Fortrefles, Towers pier^ cinginamannervp to the cloudes, fertill territo¬ ries replenished with a very Cornucopia oral man¬ ner TO THE READER. ncrofcomrnoditiesasit were with the home of jimaltbta , tending both to plealure and profit, that the heart of man can wifh for: flourifhing Vniuerfities (whereof only Germanic yeeldeth no lefle then three and twenty) furnifhed with fiore of learned men of all faculties, by whole conucrlation a learned traueller may much in. forme and augment his knowledge. Whatafin' gular and incomparable comfort is it to conferre with thole learned men in forraine Vniuerfities and noble Cities, whole excellent workes we reade in our priuate ftudies at home: as whhjfaac Cafaubonus the pearle of Paris: PaulusJEmylius in Padua : ^odolphus Hofpinianus, Gafpar Waferus, Henricus Bullingerus in Zurich: Amandus Tolanus, Ioannes Jacobus Grjineus in Bafil Janus Gruterm^Da • utdTareus , DionjfimGotbofredus at Heidelberg; Joannes Tifcator at Hcrborns; 'Bonanentura Vulcani ■ «*at Leyden ? Moll: of whom it was my good hap not only to lee in my trauels, but alio to my vnlpeakable folacc to enicy very copious and fruitfulldilcourfe with them. Againe, what a contentment is it to a holy and religious Chrifti- an to vifittbc monuments and tombes of fome of the ancient Saints and Fathers ofthe primitiue Church ; as of S. Auguftine in Pauie S. Ambrofe inMi!an?&c. Alfo the and ruines of the houfes wherein thofe famous men liued, as Ci¬ cero , Varro , Virgil, Liuie, c. that are to this day b $ fhewed THE EPISTLE fhewed in fundry places of Italie, ftrike no fmall impreftion in the heart of an obferuatiue traucl- ler. Likewife the places wherein diuers famous batrelshaue beene fought, fb much celebrated partly by the ancient Roman hiftoriographers, and partly by other neotericke authors (many of which 1 exactly obferued i n my (liort voyage) when they arefuruayed by a curious traveller, doe feerne to prefer,t to the eyes of his mind acerraine Idea of the bloudyskirmifhes themftlues. Yea fuch is the exuberancie and fuperfluicy of thefe exotickepleafures> that for my ovvne part I will m oft truly affirme,! reaped more entire and fvveet comfort in fine moneths trauels of thofe feuen countries mentioned in the front of my bookc, then I did all thedayes of my life before in Eng¬ land, which contayncd two and thirty yeares. iVloreouer the knowledge of famine languages (which the fhortnefle of time did- not affoord me) acquired by induftrious ttaueil, yeddeth an ornament beyond all comparifon the moft precious and excellent that can be. incident to a Gentleman.For if the learning of two languages be commended by Ouid, who laid: Nec lcuts ingenue feci us coluijji per dries ■ Cumfic, & hngu.ts eAidhiffe duas. Much morepraifedoth hedefferuethat by trauel Ii-ngin France, Italic, Spar r.e, Alemannie, and the Netherlands, doth learne the fine languages of : 1 thofe TO THE READER. thole noble countries, which being added to his owne mother tongue and the Latin, doanfwere the number ofthe leucn liberall fcienccs. Thele certainly and more haf e been learned by famous trauellers,as by Gulielmus Poftellm a Frenchman of excellent learning, who fpake twelue languages. Iulius Csr%f>rou( kca - tifS ,will decmeitavanity to write out thole fweet elegancies that many epitaphesdoe prelent to the reader, whereof fome few for ex* ; ample lake I will briefly recite. The epitaph of Pope Lucius the third, which I haue mentioned in my notes o( Verona, is fopretty, chat l thinkle it cannot but aft'edf euery learned Reader. LuciiednlucsmtibiV%citYonti^ckitim ‘ * • Ojlia, rapatum Romit\ VerommoYh - 1^ ; ' lmb Verona dedit tibi vere viucre 7 Roma Exilwm, euros OjUa y Luca moru Alfo this witty epitaph that was giuen me by a learned man in -my trapels ? was written vpon the toinbe pf aGfaifc- mairian in tbe'feity ofGiunt. / j . - s : Grammaticamfciui^multM docui^fer amos^ , Decimate tarpen nonpotm tumulum. Who will not applaud that vpon ..learned, loannes p/cps Earle ofMirandiila in the City ofFiorence? ■'' loknhfsUck'hk'Mirmdtila^ixferttnormf J ; * J — Et Tagus 3 &Gangps,fiffin Antipodes. And that vpan Redoiphus ^AgrifoU in Heidelberg cornpo- (ed by famous HejmoUm.BdrbjXW-i as I haue mentioned ip my notes of that City. JmVda thufcfiifit fjGdmatfnorefd td Rbdolphum Agricbla?n, Friftjjpem^ decuf^folL - . - •' Scilicet hoc vmcmermtiGfrmania-laudisx^ -Quiccpiidhabct : Ld(ium ? Graci# h&beU Let them therefore reprehend me as long as they lift for the oeHe&ion of thole cpitapocs and j°- feriptionsinmy boo a. For mineowne part 1 am * In Orations de Haloncfo , that is, who that hath his wit in his head anti not in his heeles 3 &c. THE EPISTLE am fo farre from thinking my felfe worthy of taxation for the fame, that I rather feare I haue minifirediuftcaufe of reprehenfion to the lear¬ ned foromitting fo many notable epitaphes as 1 might haue found indiuers famous Cities of my trait els T efpeeially Paris, Milan, and Padua. I fuppole that diuers which will reads my obferuations, will blame me for that I haue not mandated the Latin verles of Ittlius Cxfar Scaliger, which I haue prefixed before the delcription of certaineof the nobler Cities, and the epitaphes andinfcriptions, into Englifh. Becauft many men thatcanotvnderftand them in Latm,would take fomc plealure to reade them in Englifh. To thislanfwere/hatif 1 fli ould haue turned them into Englifh,many of them would haue loft part oftheir grace by my improper tranllation. Be- caufe the Latin tongue hath certaine proper and peculiar elegancies,which when they are tranlla* ted into another language, feeine to lcefe feme* thing of that genuhu'venuftas that it hath in her owne originall no otherwife then qeftaine plants that being remoued from their naturall foile to a ftrangc place, will not profper as well as they did before. T herefore 1 thought good to labour but little in this bufinefle of tranllation, fauing only in thofc two memorable things which I hauetranflated for the benefit 6f the vnlearned Reader, the one, S .'Bernards Epiftle to theBifihop of TO THE READER. of Spira. The ocher the hillorie of the three KinosofColen. Alfo whereas l vnderftand that fome haue objected againft me, that I deferueto be taxed for reporting cercaine things which I re- ceiued only by tradition and report of other men, not by my owne certainc experience; 1 would haue them know, that I am not the firfl that hath grounded much of his matter vpon the Ipeeches of other men ; For 1 haue oblerued that Herodotusj'Diodorus Siculus Juftin,Quintus Cnrtius , and diners other ancient hiftorians., as well a- mongfl: the Greeks as Latines, haue done the like, as they may eafily oblerue that perule their workes. But I am lure I doe very feldome depend vpon the report oi others, and when I trull to the tradition of them, they are men of fuch learning Irom whoml deriuethofe matters,that I thinke amanneede not doubt to alleage them for atJ- thentike authours. As in Zurich learned Ho/pi- - titan told me that their City was founded in the time oi Abraham. And the like notes I receiued from other learned men, whofe teftimonies 1 approue as much as the written authority of graue authours. It remaineth now that I am to make one in- llant requeft vnto thee (curteousReader) and with the lame will fhutvp my Epiftie: Euento defire thee whatlbeuer thou art(if thou fhoulddl intend to iranfiate my booke into Latin in my abfence, THE EPISTLE abfcnce, when I {hall be abroade in my next tra- uels) manum de tabula tollere. Intermeddle not I intreate thee (gentleReader) with my booke, neither thruft thy fickle into my harueft, except thou fihalt certainly vnderftand by credible report that I haue milcarried in my voyage. For iFGod fhall grant me happy fucceffein mynexttrauels, and a iafearriuall in my country, I determine (05* mM&) to tranfiateboth thefc and my Future obFeruationsintoLatinforthe benefit not only of my owne cou ntry, but alfb of thofe countries where I haue already trauelled,and hereafter re- {olue to trauell. T hough truly Idoeingenuoufly confefle my Latin ftile is Co barren Sc penurious, that it were much fitter for another man to per- forme it then my felfe. As for thele Obferua- tions which I nowexhibitevnto thy gentle cen- fure, take them I pray thee in good part till I pre- fen t better vnto thee after my next frauds, confi* dering that it is not in my powertoyeeld vnto theefuch exqiifite notes of trauell as great fchol- lars gather in the courfe of their trauels, fince 1 neither profe fie my Felfe a fohollar,nor acknow* ledge my felfe worthy to be ranked amongft fchollars of meanelearning, butonly wifhto be accounted a poore well-wilier of the Mu Fes. Not with Handing though my beggarly can not ayme at fuch weighty matters as be fearched for by a learned traueiler, yet 1 will learning are fit to TO THE READER. promifethee (if thou wile only vvinke at fome light matters inferred into thefe my Obleruati- ons) to impart many Rich memorable things vn- to thee afterthe end of my next iourney,as arc of¬ tentimes omitted by trauellers of that learning, that I am not worthy to Ioofe their fhoe-lachet, yea fuch as doe as farre excell me, oJnte alios quantum "Tegafus ibat equos . Therefore in the mcane time ioynewith me in thy beftwifhes for happy fucceflc in my future fra¬ uds ; and fo I commend thee to him whom I befeech to blelfe thee at home, and me abroade. Thy beneuclent itinerating friend T. C. the Odcvmbian 3 J i ■: uc,; n . Vni,.- :cjrr: >' :■’> '-i i.•‘■'I | r;i - i C ; - - ’• ■ i 1 ■■ • ' V v o : ' • ; ■ ' • - ' •'* ■ n:nit 1 -■ a>; \ ;,, -.7 > / ;■ • rrr: ■ ; t'j i‘ • ; r ■ . : ')b ?. ; : ; i . < v s - Yq- ■' •; ;■ : -r:v Ul ■ r;q;..Y ;'Y.w /t I rn , c\-?-i t. " -; C R S ^ ..mo si ;. j Q *'>!> £ ;j , ", , A / V.vA-lV; V AV A ■ - ' ■ < ' ' - r\ . l t v / ... ! u ;' u AyA \ . : ^ ,* .'■•■ ^ V ^ Y * ' ' ! V. .. : v*S l . j NING AND DRAWING V'f'ST 1 C HE S TO $ E applyed il^nollifying Cataplafmes to theHumors jO.rhofities } or difficultEimples full of matter appearing in the Author Front, conflated of S dpt ike and Glutinous Vapours a* rifingoutof the Crudities :The heads wlreieofare particularly pricked and pointed out by letters for the Readers better vnderjlanding. a// F Irft,th’ Author here glutteth Sea,-Haddocke & Whiting With fpuing, and after the world with his writing. Or, Yee Haddocks twixt Douerand Calais, fpeake Greekc; ForTiwzfild your mawes with itin Wh'-tfun * weeke. q Iwpsm, * vl^AnnoiCoZ when he be- ganne to tra- uell. B Hough our Author for’s Venerie felt no whips fmart. Yet fee here he tides in a Picardie Cart. a This r— An explication * A wotd that inthcHdueti- antongue fig- nifiet'n a rag¬ ged traueller. C 't 1 His Horfc pi&ur'd fhowes,that our * Tatter-de-mAhan * Did ride the French Hackneyes,and lye with th’Italian. Or, Our Author in France rode on horfe without ftirrop, And in Italiebathed himfelfe in their fyrrop. Or, His lone to ftrange horfes he fotteth out prettilie, He rides them in France, and lies with them in Italie. x. 2r, ^ The . A (f©urc meats. * ® [the text) O E hath croft 1 Sea and 2 Land, now' the eloudes (faith TjL Of 3 th’Ayre he is ciimbing-, ’ warcTbw?, ♦ Fire is next. * That is, the beauty of her countenance , & fweet fmat- ches ofhe r lips didenflame his tongue with a diuineSt fierye onthufiaime, & emptyed the Bandolier of his conceip^s & inuentions for : that time. i E fj Ere to his Land-Friggat hee’s ferried by Charon* *1 He bords her • a feruicc a hot and a rare one. Or % Here to a Tutch-holehce’s row’d by his Gondelicr, That fires his * Linftocke, and empties his Bandolier. F TJ Ere his Friggat fhootesegs at him empty of Chickens, ^Becaufefhee hitl made his purfc empty of Chicquins, Or, Here fhee pelts him with egges, he faith, of Rofe* water 5 But try ft him notlieader, tvvas fame other matter. In ofthe Emblemes of the frontifpice. 9 T N vainc here doth C^^pipeanddifpu tc, * His wench was, Icwcs will not be caught with his flute. Or, Thy Cortizan dipt thee, ware T em y I aduife thee. And file from the le wes, left they circumcife thee. H T TE longs for fweet grapes, but going to fteale’em He findeth foure grafpes and gripes from a Dutch (’^fcetam. Or, Here is the combat our Author may glorie at. With Halberd the JBoe?e layes on, and with Grecke Cory at. * A Rafcall in Dutcfe. f f T Ere is his Troph ee vi&orioufly dight f-*- With cafe, (hoes, and ftcckings, and lice put to flight. Or, See here his poore cafe, his fhoes clowted with cunning His ftcckings ftiong fmelling, and lice away running. Or, See our loufe bitten Trauellcrs ragged deuice. Ofcale,ftioes,and ftockings, and Cannibal! lice. Or, This Gibbet the falfe calc and hole doth requite. That harbour'd the Vermine chat their Mailtcr did bite. a 2 This ! f An explication * As being the firftletcer ©f his name in Greeke. ^ But you dif¬ fer in opinion (M r . Laurence ) from all my o- ther friendes that haue com¬ pared together the counterfei¬ ted and the fi¬ lling figure. jpr K 'T'His fhould be his picture, ’tis rather his Embleme, -o- Forby*(K;it notes him,though’t Iitle ^ refemble him. Or, This pi&ure vnlike him, {howes hee’s not come home as He went, but chang’d, and turn’d trauelling Thomas. Or, This pidure vnlike him, (howes hec’s not himfclfe, But chang’d fince he proued a Trauelling Elfc, Or, Know Reader, the notes and contents of this booke. Are not to be ghefied by th’Authors caru’d looke< L 'T* Hefe be the three countries with their Cornu copia, 4 That make him as famous., as Moore his Vtopia f Or, Here France giues him fcabs> Venice a hot Sunne* And Germanic fpewes on him out of her TunneV : r V- '/ . "* ‘ jV , ' .. \ r> A' / jCTi 1 M nPHehorfe he bedrid till he mounted his chaire *■ Doth kindly beftride him at Bergamo faire. - Or, He courted a wench, but pennance for his game 6 He doth by lying with horfes at Bergamo. of theEmblemse of the frontifpice. j The Italian horfe more then the French his loue feelcs. For he rode on the one, and lay at tfrothers heeles. * The French woid for a Fooic, ■ A/J OftPolitickert^4y,now thou art no*foil fee, X For wanting no money, thou beggeft in Policie. Laurence Whitaker. HerefoHow ccrcaine other Verfes, as Char mes 7 to vnlocke the myftery of the Crudities. A like Arion 5 our Coryate doth draw Ml forts of fijh with CMuficke of his maw . B ' not vp Holdbor ne, but downe afleepe hill, Hees carried *twixt Montrell and Abbeuilc. c Horfe here tsfailed, but no Tom him to backe, Itfyonldrather biiue bene Tom that a horfe didlack. D Y\frevpthe Alpes (nctfopUine as taDunftable) Hees carried like a Cripple, from Con fable to Conttable. fi Punke here pelt's him withers. Howfo ? ForhedidbutkifFeher, rnd folct her go , a 3 Relifo- yin Explication of the Emblems } &c. 1 * Notmea- I ning by F. and j K.as the vul¬ gar may pee- uifhly & wit- tinglyrmftakes bur that he was then c5- ming from his Courtefan,a Frefhman,and ] nowhauing fecne their fa- fhions,& writ- ten a defcrip - non of them, He will fhort- ly be reputed a Knowing, proper,8c well traueH leho- Ier,asbyhis 1 flarchd beard, and printed I ruffe may be 1 I as properly infinuated. F ^JEligioifiy here he bids, row from the ftewes, ^ He will expiate thisfmne with Conner t mg the Iewes. G jbfHjl there,while he glues the ^/^Brauado, ^Rabbin confutes him with the Baftinado. . H Ere, by a Boorc too , bees like fo be beaten w For Grapes he had gather'd before they were eaten. I r\LdHat here,torne Hofe,with Shoes fullof grauell, ^ ^ndloufe-dropping Cafe, are the Armcs of his tnuelU K ^Ere^ finer then camming from his Punkeyou himfee t * F. fbewes what he was, K. what he will bee. \ L TT Ere France ^and Italy both to him fhed A- ^Thcir homes Germany pukes on his head. M A Nd here he dfdamd not, in a forraine land ^ To lie at Liuoryfwhile the Horfes did (land. N 'QfI here*,neither trifling his hands,nor his legs y Feeing in fcxre to be robd, he mo(l learnedly begs . Ben. Ionfon. yfCharaffer of the, Authour. THE CHARACTER. of the famous Odt ombian, or rather tpolytopianfl homas the Qorydte^ Tra- ueller.,and Gentleman Author of » thefe Quinque-mcjlrkll Crudities . i 1 Done by a charitable friend , ffe thinkes it neeffdry 5 this time) you fhovld vnderjland the Maker, ^ ffcworke, • E is an Engine , wholly qS & confifting of extremes, a [113 § Head,Fingers,and I oes. ISfft ft Far w ^ at his induftrious Toes haue trod,his ready Fingershaue written,hisfubtle head di- dtating.He was fet a going for Venice the fourteenth of May Anno 160 S and re¬ turned home ([of himfelfe) the third of 0- Bober following, being woudvp for fiue moneths^or thereabouts :his paifes two for one.Smce,by vertue ofthofe weights j ! n b he ACharacter of the Autbour. 1 . , he hath bene conueniently able to vifite TowneandCountrie,Fayresand Mer~ eats, to all places, and all locieties a Spe¬ ctacle gratefull, aboue that of nmeb, or the Citte of Sh(ormcb • and he is now become the better o£his future trauaile- for to that heisirrecouerably addidted. The word Trauaile affedies him in aVVaine-oxe, or Packe-horfe. A Carrier will carry him from any company that hath not beene abroad, becaufe he is a Species of a Traueller. But a TutcFToJl doth rauifh him. The meest fuperfcription of a letter from Zurich fets him vp like a top : Tafil or Heidelberg makes him fpinne. And atfeeing the word Franks fcrd ) or ( Venice :> ihouz)ct but on the tide of aBooke, he is readie to breake doublet, cracke elbowes , and ouerflowe the roome with his murmure. Hee is a mad (freeze, no leffe then a merry; and will buy his * Egges, his Puddings, his b 2 Gin- * I meane when he tra- uelhd.A thing that I know he fcorned to do fincehe came home. * Not to beg, but to talke Greeke the better with the natural! Grecians, A (fharatler of the Authour. Ginger-bread, yea cobble his Shoes in the Atticke chaiecl: and would make it a matter of Confcience to i'peake other, were he crafted alone in a roorne with an Andiro offtate.The greateft ToUticl^t hat aduances into ‘Taules he will quit, to go talke with the (jrecmn that begs there - fuch is his humility- and doth grieue in¬ wardly he was not borne that country man for that* purpofe. You (hall per- ceiuea veine orthred of (jreeke runne through his whole difcourfe, and ano¬ ther oi Latine, but that is the courfer.He is a great and bold Carpenter of words, or (to exprefle him in one like his owne) a Logodadale : which vqyce when he hearesftis doutfull whether he will more lone at the fir ft, or enuy after,t hat it was not his owne. All his Thrafe is the fame with his manners and hauiodr, fuch as if they were ftudied to make Mourners merry :but the body of his difcourfe able tobreake lmpcjlumes x remoue the flone. A bar a tier of\ the Autbour . j open the pafTage from the ‘ Bladder , and vndoe the very knots of the (jom-Jlo cure eue where ‘Phyficffozth turn'd her back, and Mature hung downe her head for fhame-Being not only the Antidote to re¬ fill fadheSjbut the dPrsferuatme to keepe you in mirth, a life and 'a day. A man might vndo the Colledge chat would pra~ ctife .with onely him. Ik nd there is no ma buttoenioy his copany, would neglect any thing but bufinelle. ft is thought he hues more by letting* out of ay re, then drawing in-and feared,his belly wil exhibite a Bill in Chauncery againfl his Mouth for talking avyay his meales.He is ahvaies Hongue^Maior of the compa- ny,and if euer the perpetuall motion be to be hoped for, it is from thence, Hee will aske, Hove you doe? fVhere you haue bene?Hole is if 1 . If,you haue trduelled?Hove you like his boo!{e?mt\\yvhat nerves /and be guilty of a thoufad fuch curteous imper¬ tinences in an howre,rather the want the hum a- * I meane in the fore parts, not the hinder. \ , - v . * L jl fhara&er of the Authour . humanity of vexing you. To conclude this ample Traueller in fome bounds, you (hall beft know him by this: heeis frequent at all forts of free tables, where though he might fit as aGueft,hee will rather be ferued in as a Difh, and is loth to haue any thing of himfelfe kept cold again ft the next day. Togiue the vltra of him in a word, he is fo Snbjlan* tine an Author as will ftand by himfelfe without the neede of his Booke to bee ioyned wthhim. Here endeth the Character ,attended with a Characfterifme Acroftich. To the High Noble TomyTell-Troth of bis tramiles ,the Coryace of Odcombe, and his Booh now going to trauell. T rie and truft Roger , was the word , but now H oneft Tom Tell Troth puts downe Roger , Hovp? O f trauell he difeourfeth fo at large, M arry he fets it out at his ownecharge; A nd therein ( which is worth his valour too) S hewes he dares more then Patties Churchyard durft do. C omeforth thou bonnie bouncing booke then,daugbter O {Tomot Odcombe that odde Iouiall Author, R ather his fonne I fhould haue cal'd thee, why? Y cs thou wert borne out of his trauelling thigh A s well as fromihisbraines,andclaimeft thereby T o be his Bacchus as his Pallas :bec E uer his thighes CMale then, and his braines shee . Ben, fonfon . t VA .vCOO.U \e - J ■ ? r jo ■ i / j 03 ooioo l ;/o: oVcoo' ;;ro Lo<:. \\ .. \l l v .-:s Klu / 5>'!A a;.'.' *, O ’ , a v. at — k?.J«G v:Si" ri /■ • - ■ , 1 :. i C. 1 1' l :• •) 1 '; ■;} j ' ;; > :>; i . j | Q . A : i; . ; I « iirfih a/a ■ * v-:-X\Z- , .va.\ A : ; a: •••' ..... : I ‘vlgi ' :tSilo?.oiiAik - ' : ; ?1 .in!'* ^■O-huA lu inivl i& a aaO v ,aaV^ } .V^^/1 : ;a;xaaaaa ua-,0: i:.'Un i ; I a . ^ _.d 1 ^. I t. f .. , V; • i l ' zeii v, i- \ ' y-vVi. ■ v . 1 a ihr.i del hr;-. ; Adi - a " a A e u?3 b. 3 7 2 A -yd a .-A:. {.,)?! i :. ! ; I *K I ) I \ • o ,< ' .' A ', TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, ‘Duke of Cornwall and Doth fay,‘Earle of Chefter, Knight of the tnoft noble Order of the Garter, &c. Hough f am very confidently perfwaded (mojlgracious Drince the Orient Dearie of the Chrijlian world) that 1 fhall cxpofe my felfe to the feuere cen - ure at the Uafl y if mttothe fcandalousca umniations of diuers carping criticks, for a 4. pre - THE EPISTLE prefuming to dedicate to your Highneffe tht greene fruits of my (hort traucls , efpecUllj fince f am no fchollar , hut a man altogether unworthy to be dignified with fo laudable a title : yet there are fome few reafons that haue emboldned and encouraged me topre - fent the/e my filly Obfernations unto your Highneffe, whereof thefe two are the chie - fefL Firfl, that if your Highneffe Will deigne to proteB them with yourfauourable and gracious Fair onagers it were with the feuen foldfhield ofKvanyorthe segis of P al¬ ias Qa—> fauour that lmojl humbly craueat your Highneffe hands) againf the enuious caui Hat ions offuch critic all Momi as are wont to traduce the labours of other men • it may perhapsyeeldfome title encouragement to many noble andgenerofe yong (f allants that follow your Highneffe Co irt , andgiue attendance upon your Feerelefe perfon , to trauell into forraine countries , and inrich themfeluespartly with the obferuations^and partly with the languages ofoutlandifh regi - DEDICATOR IE. onSy theprincipal,meanes (in mypoore opt - nion) tograce andadornethofe courtly (pern tlemen, whofe noble parentage, ingenuous education, and yertuous conuerfation haue made worthy to be admitted intoy our High' nejje Court: feeing thereby they will be made ft to doe your Highnejje and their Country the better feruicewhen opportunity /hallre¬ quire. For the defcription of many beauti • full Cities, magnificent Falaces, and other memorable matters that I haue obferued in my trauehy may infufe (l hope) a dejire to them to trauelinto tranfmarine nations,and togarnifh their ynderftanding with the expe¬ rience of other countries . Secondly, becaufe amongf other things that f exhibite in this my Iournall to your Frincehe yiew, that mof glorious, renowned, and Virgin Citie offenice,the Queene of the Chriftian world, ; that Diamond jet in the ring of the Adr ian j tique gulfe, and the mojl refflendent mir- rourcfSurope,l haue more particularly de* fcribed, then it hath been euer done bef ore in our ) THE EPISTLE our Snglifh tongue.The defcription of which famous Citie (were it done withfuch a cu¬ rious and elegant file as it doth deferne') f dare boldly fay is a fubieff worthy for the greatefl Monarch in the world to reade o- uer. Tut for mine owne part I am nofchoL lar (as lhaue already faid) and therefore Enable to delineate & paint out theflngular beauty thereof in her genuine colours with fuchan exquifitepenfUas an eloquent hiflo- riographer ought to doe. Ofotwithfanding thofe Obferuations that 1 gathered thereof during the time of my aboade there (which was about the [pace of fixe wedges') lhaue written though not as eloquently as a learned traueUer would haue done , yet as faithfully and truly as any man whatfoeuer • Teing of¬ ten holpen both by the difcourfe of learned men,andcertaine Latin bookps that Ifound in ftalie, wherehence(Iconfeffe') Ideriued many principall notes , with which 1 haue beautifed the defcription of many other ft a- lian Cities. Tut n DEDICATOR IE, Eut me things 1 feme to beare fume Momus obielling ynto me now Ifpeake thus of Venice , that this is Crambe bis cocT:a, a i it is in theprouerbe. For we haue the hi - florie of Venice (he will perhapsfay ) alrea* dy tr(inflated out of Italian into Englifh. 7 herefore what neede we more defer iptions of that Citie ?Truly Iconfeffe that Cardinal Contarens Commonwealth of Vmice hath beene fo elegantly tranflated into Snglifh , that any iudicious feader may by the rea¬ ding thereof much wjlruit himfelfe with the forme of the Venetian gouernement. Eut that bookp reporteth not halfe fo many re* markable matters as mine doth (abfit dido inuidia) of the antiquities and monuments of that famous Citie, together with the de* feription of Ealaces, Churches , the Eiazgga ff/S.Marke, which is one of the mofi beaut i* fullplaces (7 beleeue’) that euer was built in any Citie whatfoeuer of doe whole world, and other memorable things of no meane import tanee+ Howbeit were this true that the hi * u florie THE EPISTLE flone of Venice hath been more then once di~ uulged in our mother tongue,yetf hope your Higbnejfe mil not mifcenjure. me for com' municating to my country next notes of this noble City,with a corollarie of Obferuations that (f am Jure") were neuer before printed in England , feeing (according to the old fpeech) fit 7 fU 7 ft k AKeL* Howfeuer, if the curious EReader that is wholy addiUed ynto nouelties,wtUnot fo well accept my notes of Venice, for that the hi- jlorie of the 'Venetian commonwealth hath be ene already printed in our language : ne* uerthelejfe fconceiue fome hope that the de* fcriptions of other Cities which lfuruayed in dtuers countries in my trauels, as in France, ftalie, Switzerland, and fome parts of high Germanic, willyeeld more matter ofnewes lento him, beeaufe none of thefe Cities haue beene deferibed in our language that 1 could euer heare of And whereas I bane written more copioufy of the ftaltan, Helueticall, and German Cities, then of the French,that is DE DI C A T 0 R IE. is to be attribute d partly to my induflrie (whatfoeuer the fame was) which l yfed more in Italie, Switzerland , and Germany by many degrees then in France • being often difjwaded by fome of my fellow trauellers from gathering any Objeruations at all till I came into Italie: and partly to the beiges of bookps which 1 found in Italie and Germa - nie, wherewith f haue (omething inlarged the deferiptions of thofe Cities . tor feeing l made yeryfhort aboade in diners-faire 1- talian Cities, as Cremona , Mantua, (yc. (where ideflred tohaue obferuedal theprin- cipall matters thereof)andthereby was bar- red ofopportunity to notefuc h things at large as were moft memorable • I held it expedient to borrowfomefew notes from a certaine La¬ tin hookg prmted in Italie , rather then to writeJo briefly of thefame , as the (hortneffe ofitime would not otherwtfepermit me. T he like I did in (fermanie , beingfome times be¬ holding roMunfter forfome fpsciall matter which neither by my owne Objeruations O nor ■ by F - ~ ' / , j . THE EPISTLE by the dificourfe of learned men l could at' tame ynto, efpeciaUy about the inflitution of the Bifhopnckp of certaine Cities through the which fpaffed* f meant to ham digrejfied into the praife of the excellency of trauell into forratne countriesfhe more tofiirrewpyong (gentle- men andeuery good /pint that fauours lear - ningfo fo worthy an exercifefad inotpre- uentedmy felfe by tran/lating thofe two ele¬ gant Orations out of Latin into Snglijhybat were made by that learned German Her- mannus Kirchnerus of Marpurg • which f haue inferted into my Boofe • the one in commendation of trauell in general/, the other offermanie in particular • which are feafoned withfiuchfauourie Attic ^conceits, and adorned with thofe flofculi <3c pig- msnta eloquence , that l may fitly apply Ynto them that prety Dfiiche of the Boet Luciiius: Quam lepkie lexcis compofts, vt teflerulae,omnes Artepauimento,acqueciiibleiriatevermiculato. And DEDICATOR IE. And finely for my owne part I willfay Ine- uer read any orations in all my life compofed with a more terfe and poli(hed file ( Tub lies only exceptedftho'gh Ihaue in my dates perufedfame part of the Orations of learned Melandhon the Phoenix of Germanic , Antonie Muretus, my owne fhetoricall countryman Robert Turner. t &c. 'There¬ fore fince thefe two Orations doyceldfir on- ger motiueSy and more forceahfe arguments to animate the learned to trauell into out- landtfh regions } then mypoore inuention can affoord : f haue thoughtftto turne them in¬ to our mother tongue according to my fmple skilly and to prefent them alfo to your High- nejfe together with the Ohferuations of my trauels-y loth becaufe f hope they will be lee¬ ry deleft able to euery '[fader that lone th to heare of forraine affaires y \and aljofor that they agree, with the atgument of my bcokfi. As for thefe my Qbfermtwns in forraine countries , f was fo fane from prefuming to dedicate them to your Htghneffe before the i con -> THE EPISTLE * Many things doe often flip twixt cup and l‘P- confummation of my future trauels, that f rejoined rather to conceals them from the world, and to hurj them fora time in obliui- on, if the importunity of feme of my dears friends had not preuailed with me for di - uulging thefame : whereof one amongslthe ref, namely that right worfhipfull Gentle - man my rnojl fincere and entire friend M. Lionel C ran field was the orifmall and o principall animator of me • and another of my friends 5 euen learned M. Laurence VV hi taker that elegant Ling uif and wor¬ thy trauellerytiow Secrerarieto my illuflrious Mecoenas< 5 /> Edward Philips Maflerof the Lilies, hath often yrgedynto me that prou'erbiall yerfe : * HcMst (izTcffv guages of the world,two only excepted,which are the * (Velch and frifh.'But in that l ex* c hibite * Miftake me not Reader. I referre this word to the word Lucubra¬ tions. * Irmet, An introduction i * You frail vnd crfiand. the meaning of this word j in a marginal | note vpon the verfes l immediately I cnfuing. f i bibite ynto thy yiewfuch a great multitude of Verfes as no bookp whatfoeuer printed in England thefe hundredyearesfad the li\e-> mitten inpraife thereof • afcribe itnotf in* treate thee to any ambitious humour of me->, as that I fhould craue to obtrude fo many to the World in praife of my boo he . For f can ajfure thee / foUicitednot halfe thofe worthy f ights for thefe verfes that f now diuulge - a great part of them being'fent yntomt^ "voluntarilyfrom diuersofmy friends from whom l expelled no fuch courtefe . At laft when If aw the multitude of them to increafe to Jo great a number f refolued topMaboue a tboifand of them into an l ode x expurga- toriuSj and to delaine them from the preffe. IV hereupon the ‘Princes Highnejfe ( who hath moll gracimfly deigned to be tbe^Hy- perafpift WMoecenas of my bookef vn- derfandingthat l meant to fuppreffefo ma¬ ny , gaue me a fh id andexprejfe commande- mentto print all thofe verfes which f had read to his Highnejfe. Since then that in- cult able totheenfuingVer/ei. euitable necefity bath beene impofed vpon me y f baue here communicated that copious rhapfodie of poems to the world that my learned friends haue bountifully beflowed vpon me • wherein many of them are diffo- fed to glance at me with their free and mery jefls, for which 1 defre thee ( courteous ‘Reader) to fuff end thy cenfure of me till thou hafl read ouer my whole booke . (V) • A "• L .( .5 ■% * • 1 M *•' - i -■* • • p'U ,■ N# - i ti .V.r:r-.\ ■i ^ c Stt - ■ j - ••••■'•' 5 'J U\-.3 .:. tViV.. ? ■r.o'V . v:/.Y "■ v - ■*•■ ^ ' i. \ *Cj" ’i.tf.O s ’ • /: ft i • < ■ fncipit a ItpiX ©■% OrdingSjfull well I hope you know l neuer fhot in Phoebus bo w 3 Or climb’d Parnaffm hill : \ ec iiiiiit I needes in dogrell rime Crane your fweet patience for a time. Full fore againft my will. I am not now to tell a tale Of George a Greene , or lacke a Vde^ Or yet oicbittiface: Butlmuftbethe Chanti-clecre Of one that is withouten peere, A home replete with grace. For he at Odcombe was y-bore, Whereas the fates were heard to fcorc The fortunes of his birth: Goe pretty dandy-prat to fchoolc (Said they) thou fhalt no little foolc Be counted for thy mirth. The child in time was waxen great. And all the Sophifts he did threat Their problcmes to confound • Grammarians fore did ftand in feare The coynage of his words to heare 3 So vneouth was their found. For by a naturall inftinft The Graces to his lips were linkr, (Forfooth his lips were faire.) His mouth did open ere he fpakc, c 3 And (Panegyricke Verfes j And fwifter farre then Ducke and Drake His words flew through the ayre. The ftony hearts that could not bide A Church-Ale at a Whitfontide* He fuppled with his fpeech: And like a Captaine bold and (lout He did aduancc his Eagles fnowt* Fairc tbriueit l befeech/ Not LMahound,no nor Tamagaunt Could euer make halfe their auaunt Ofdeedcs fo fterne and fell. As can this child Sir Tbopas Squire* . & Infpired witha fparke of fire Stolneoutof wifdomes cell. He hammers words vpon his teeth (Rime thereunto I can vnneeth) Yet ftill I will proccedc; Like as a Beare doth licke her whclpe. Their roughnefle fo his tongue doth helpc* When polifhing is neede. Now Lordings mercy I doe aske* That fince I vnder-went this taskc His namel haue conceald; He keepes the Magazine of wit* And beares the priuy key of it* Which may not be reueafd. Yet in defpite of bread and ale, Vnbuckled now (hall be the male* Betide w hat may betide : I His name is Coryate I wis. I But whether he be flefli or fifh* I cannot yet decide. For like the errant Knight Through the Seas amongft the fifhes l ' i He lanched forth his hulke: The fides whereof were heard to groane *_ No Vpon the Author And his hooke. No leffe then twenty miles and one V nder his grieuous bulke. Then either without ferippe or bagge He vfde his ten-toes for a nagge From Venice for to hie. Thorough thickc, and thorough thinne V n till he came vnto his Inne, His winged heeles did die. He trauaild North, he trauaild South With * Hypera/ptjl in his mouth A word of his deuifing. For nature letters patterns gaue To him the priuiledge to haue Ofwords naturalizing. To trees and fteeples as he went He did his homage verament, And falu-ed them each one. Heregiftred their names alwaics; Contrary if that any faies. The booke is to be fhowne. A Coi tizan thenlycoras More fweet in Venice towne there was That wi(ht him for her owne: Butfhec could neuer him hand faft$ For as a Gelding he was chart. Though Geldinghe were none. TheBarcaruolo appetite His Gondola direded right Vnto a female Elfe 5 Yet would he not play Cupid* Ape, InChancers jeft leftheflio.uldfhape A Pigfnyc like himfelfe. This wandrfhg Squire full oft I heard The circle of his beard had fquard, And skowred euery haire 5 Thatfweetcr then the Eglentine, -z---— c A And * Awo'-’ the C ...Ulil ar Oration to the Ptince, metaphorical- lyfigm ying (as being deri- uedf oAi thele two Grecke wordcs thatfignifieth aboue, and cctjizif a {hi eld, that is, one that oppofeth his ftneldin the defence ot his friend a- gainft the blow of an cnemie) a Patron or Prote&or. Which word by a kind of conuerfion may be not im¬ properly ap¬ plied (as a cer- taine coceited Gentleman lately faid) to the authour himfelfe. Hyperafpift quafi byperhorfpift , thatis,onc vp- onwhomne- ucr Afles piftj but Horfes oncepifton. him, as when he layvpon ftraw at their heeles in Ber- gomo aCitie of Lombardie. tpanegyricke Verfes And then the purple Columbine He did appeare more faire. He had a kind of Ample blufh That kept him Ml from being flufh, When Ladies did him woe: Though they did fmile 3 he feemd to fcowle, As doth the faire broade^ faced fowlc. That fings To whit to whooe% It was no crochet oi his braine That put bis legs to fo great painc In palling to and fro : But lure it was the quinteffencc Of ftudy, that beyond all fence Had made his wits to crown With Latin he doth rule the roafl. And fpowteth Gxeeke in eucry coaft, Ne’r may his welhfpringfade: He ouer-fpeakes the Englifh tongue. And pfeketh gold out of the dengue That ancient Poets made. If any Zoilm will carpe. Or take vpon him for to harpe Vpon his learned firings: On foote to Venice let hirn goe 3 And then at his returning (how Whatfruitefrom thence he brings, ! For had our Cory&tehzmy. a lade. In halfc the icurney that he made He had beene founderd cleane: But now by footc 3 by cart andiaile Tom Cory ate is come from Itaile, Fromltalielmeane* The fqueazie humour-of his bmine Before he parted from this maine* Neare perifhed his skull: Now fincethe Sunnebegannetofup, And Vpontbe yfutbor and'hii books . And drinkc thofc grofler vapours vp, He is no more a Gull. Oh let the fardels of his leaues Be held more precious then the Iheaues Pitched vp in harueft time; Ne eucr any man aline May lee them fayling from Queene-hiue: Now Mufe ftay heere thy rime. Explicit * » / Incipit Hcnricw ZN(jui!lds Abergeuenny. 01 dilockt God that doeft on Parnafle dwell, VJO thou that fweetly playeft on a fiddle To lifters Nine that Aganippes Well Do much frequent, there bathing to the middle; Lend me thy notes, that I may (weeterfing Of TomoiOdcombe then doth Odcombe ring. Oh that fo me errant Knight could now be feene, ' That he might dubbe thee; crying,Vp Sir Thomas : Their dangers and aduentures Idle haue beene That erft did wander to the land of promife. Thou mak’ft Sit Beuis and fir Gicy a fable, VVith all the, dating knights of the round table,. ^ ; 1 Vnto thy flioes ? thy fhirt,rhy fiiftian cale That, hangar Odcombcy ropheesof thytrauailcs, Ioyne this fayre booke of thine, which makes thee paffe Qx^x. Merlin Coxizxyxu recoil,ntiiigm studies. VVhilft: pendant fentchins others tornhes adorne, O’re thine theft faire atchiiteme'ntsfhali Be borne. Explicit llcnrku* Ncuillde Abergeuenny, Jncipn ■' 1 Panegyirch Verfcs Incipit Joannes Harrington de -Bathe. T^Hou glorious Goofe that kept’ft the Capitol], A Affoord one quilLthat I may write one ftorie yet Of this my new-come Odcombe-friend Tom Corja, Whofe praife lo worthy wits and pens inroll As (with good caufe) his cuftome is to glory it.- So farream ffrom iudging his a fory wit. > AuOUC CSirillj 1C35, «iy LV, 111 C JL1C ltvAtUu To Cinthtds fpheare, the next beneath the ftarres. Where his vaft wit, and coaragefo audacious Of equall worth in times of peace, and warres, ( As Rolands erffcj encombringroomes capacious Lie ftored fame in hogfheads, fome in iarres. This makes the learn’d of late in forren parts Finde Phoebe*s face To full of wennes and warts. Explicit loannes Harrington de Bathe. Incipit Ludouicm Leivfyior. /*%Ld wormy age that in thy muftie writs Former foolcs records theprefent^its, ; Tell vs no more the tale of Apidews Aflc, Nor CMydas eares,*nor Io eatinggraife. This workeof Toms fo farre them all exceeds, As Phdebns fiddle did Pans fqueaking reeds. He writes.not of a gnat,nor frogge, nor woodcocks bill. Of fteeples,towncs,andtowers,entreats his goofes quill# Amongthereftheeofawondroustubdoth tell. The wine whereof more Poets made then Tempes Well. In ypon the Author and bis booke. In Odcomb’d Toms regard the a Cyclops hcards were thin, Owl Tom quicke cattell fed whole legions onhisskinne. So did poorehare Philofophers informer times, And fo do Poets now that make the low'zy rimes. Fiue months with this in child-birth lay Toms labring Mufe, In all which time he feldomc chang’d hisfhirtorfhoes. The care and toyle was his 5 thine ate the gaines, Cracke then the nut 3 and take the kcrnell for thy paines. Explicit Ludouicus Lewknor . lncipit Henricus Goodier. I F in an euenneffcall wifedomc lie, Tom thou art wife, thou doft all euenly. Once thou didft wench^and thou wert carted once, Once thou didft a fteale, and once they beate thy bones. Once didft thou beg, and if thou then didft get Nothing by begging,thou art euen yet. Whatonely hefawheanely writes, if than He onely reade it, hee’s an euen man. Ourfpies write home no ill of him j he went, Heftaid,hecameaneuen * Innocent. The lefuites could not fhakehim.for he Would not Take orders, but remaine an * Idiote. If any thinke him dull or heauy, know The Court and cities mirth cannot be fo. Who thinks him light,aske them who had the taske To beare him in a trunkc vnto the maske. He is fo equall, that if he were laid Into thofe feales whereby the proofe is made. Whether the woman or the plume preuaile. He and his booke would hardly turnethe lcale. Explicit Henricus Goodier.. Incipit & Homer, Virgil, a Viz.grapes, * A harmelcfie man. * A lay man or priuatc man, as being derb- uedfrom the Creeke word which figriiheth a priuateman. ■TartfyyrickiVer'fes . '■ ’ • ^ v • •• " ■ 1 •*' HO"} ;0 ' fncipit Joannes ‘Payton iunicr . \A AgniHque Caefar that in worth furpafifes ■*■ ■*• The greatcft ofoti-r gfeateft TurkiCn Baflaes, All the long night oft times did waking tarry, And made the night the day his Secretary : .Yet if in little volumes you reuoke it, His worke ofmany yeares lies in your pockit. * In Trlfciano variant But thou 6 Cory Me mak’ft Cat far but a * JaueU \ * And writefi huge volumes of twife ten weekes trauell : Twife twenty weekes a dwarfifh birth will askc, Thou in t wile ten brought*!! forth this mighty taskc • Then if abortiviebirth had not preiiented. What AtM WolIM thy Gyant-braine inuented ? Sith fenen fuch countries none fo foonc could pafle As thou the learned CoryateP homos* Yet thy large writings wonder more I at, Thou Odco?nbs only Grace Tom Cory it 5 For of the t waine much rather would I miffe his That wrote the ten yeares trauels of Vlyffesx For who confiders well, he quickly finde fhould That thou wroteft perfect, feeing Homer blind-fold. Explicit Joannes Payton Junior. fncipit Henricus Poole. ■ T~'\ On Cory ate once I faw 3 but his booke neuer, ^ Yet ineane I to commend them both together: Him Vpon the Author and his booke. Him for his booke, his booke for him I praife: The workmans fame the wormanfhip doth raife To great efteeme,no foulc tongue can defile it. The work’s of worth, for Cory ate did compile it. The goods wherewith this wefterne barge is fraugf Thou gentle Reader (halt enioy for nought $ They coft thee nothing but a thankfull minde, Which this our author hopes in thee to finde; Who in his trauell hath obferued more 3 Then cuer any wyzard did before; And what he hath obferued, with his pen He here prefenteth to his country-men: That he whom fiue moneths trauell made fo witty, Should Hue obfeure at home, were it not pitty? Th cn Cory ate feedethy Mufe in for raine parts. Swallow their fecrets, and deuoure their arts,. VVhereofwhen thou faturitie fhalt gaine. Come home, and then difgorge thy felfe againe. Explicit Henri cm Toole . Qlnce eaery pen is prefs’d to praife Thee trauelling VFondex of our daies. My Mufe would chide, fhould fhe not fing The praife of thee moft wandring thing. Who with thy reftlefie fecte and painefull wit A booke of wonders now haft writs I n which thy worke we plaine do fee How well thy feete and wit agree. What others thought too heauy and too high. As Tombes 3 Steeples,with the Butter flie 5 Thou Tanegyircke Verfes * Ifyoumeane folid Bones, you are in the light Sir. If folid Obferua- dons 3 I refcrre my lei e to the Headers ccn- fure a r terhe hath through¬ ly peruied my booke,whether Ihaue brought home any folid thing or no. a I meane any criticall carper that fhall taxe thee for thy Booke* b Not compo- fed of the vi¬ ces ofthofe countries through which thoutraueld’ft, which doth of¬ ten happen to many of our Enghfhmen that returne home corrup¬ ted intftan- ners and much | worfe then | they went forth. * That is, the Lawrell,fo cal¬ led from one Marrot a Freeh Poet. Thou haft brought home, though not in folid ftuffe;. For which let not our carping Criticks huffe: For thou the fubftance wouldeft not bring Of ought which might be termed a* folid thing. Alas poore Tom ,they do miftake thy age Who thinke thou art not paft the makingfage* Or that thy iourney had fome other ends Then to delight and recreate thy friends. And if perhaps fome man fhall call thee foole For this thy end, good Tom pull out thy toole. Thy booke I meane, demaund if that an Afle Could haue obferued fo much as he did pafles Or could haue got fuch praife in rime As thou (halt fhew to future time \ By which thou fhalt (o liuely pourtrayccl bee. As that the a Afle himfelfe himfelfe may fee. Thy danger with the i]5©je, thy hazard with the Iewes, *Thy fcabsat Turin,and folace in the ftewes. Let others chaunt, I lift not tell them ouer, Nor of thy liquid cafe twixt France and Doucr ; Though there thou madeftfo great a fauour. That few receiued it for a fauour. I onely will commend thy conftant nature, Who didft returne the b Ample creature That thou wentft forth \ and hauing trudg’d Much ground, at length art itidged By the full praife of euery Mufe, Which vlhereth in in thy booke of newest Therefore braue Champion of the VVhitfon-ale, Let thy fayre iournall to the preflehoife fade. That after-ages too may know thee. As well as we that now enioy thee. Whoto the end that grateful! we may feeme, Thee ofthe * CMarrot worthy doe w$ deemc. Explicit Robertas Philips. lncipit Vpon the Author and his booke. i v > * 1 a o triton h~ $i$. As that in the firft iTnei, of Virgil. b This is that which the La- tines call 171 “ dvlgcnua, the Grecians 1 | Incipit Bud leas Bigges Dp on the ^Author and his paynes. Vr Author will not let me refl 5 hc fayes, V-^ Till I write fomewhat in his labours praifes I thinking ftraight vpon Deliueric 3 Proteit his labour fuch a Prodigie, As may a Mountebankc Man-midwife grauell To fee a man that was fiue mon'ths in trauell 3 So fairely brought abed, and of a birth a So—-but of that iudge by thefe goflips mirth, I oy to the glad Dad ? who fuch b fondnes ihewes 5 That by a hundred markes the wife child knowes Who twas 5 and can in print alreadie call Cory Ate the kind Father, and the Natural!. Ingenium liber ijfe tunm Cori Ate fepultum Conti netgnde peUt qui caret in gem o. Explicit By Mem Bigges. Inct git Hotmlmdut Cotton . Olumbrn^ M age tan , and Drakes braue ftory. ^—'Are yet rcmembred vnto their glory. But thy high deeds with theirs when 1 compare., I fay thy trauels haue with theirs no (hare. I wonder then this writing age hath fail'd To tell ere this how farreT om Cory ate (ail'd In (Panegyricke Verfes In flue months time, and moft or all on foote. What man aliue that euer elfe did do’t? It cannot be but that the world did lookc That thou thy (elfe hereof fhouldft write a bookc. What good acceptance fuch a bookefhailfindc, Thou need’fl not doubt,there’s no man fo vnkind That will make fcruple for to be thy halfe. Since thou the heifer art that bearesthecalfc. Tis thy firft borne Tow, I pray thee loue its And whofoeucr fhall thy iffuecouet, I wifh there may befall him this onecurfe. To treade thy fieps againe, and with thy purfc. Yet one thing Tom I do diflike in footb, Thou doft not fpare thy felfe to tell a truth* What need'ft thou in thy ftorie be fo nice, To tell thy child of all thy nits and lice? , Yet it becomes thee well, and much the rather, The fonne,I chinke,will prone fo like the father. But pardon Tom, if I no further tell Tho(e* gifts which in thee do by nature dwell. Who tels the Affe that he hath two long earcs. Or Chanthcleare that he a coxcombe wcaresf VVhy,allthe world doth know as well as I, That neuer any did as much defcrie. So many nations, manners, and fo foone. Except alone the man that’s in the moone. Let other wits that with a nimbler wing Do cut the emptie ayre, thy prayfes fing; My Mufe inrreats thee to refume thy penne, Apd to relate vnto thy coun trey •men V Vhether thy father louiall were or fad. And what complexion thy fairs mother had Whe they were linked in wedlocks loucly band, And whether of them had the vpper hand: How many mon’ths thy mother did intombc Thy tender body in her fruitfull wombe What, ypontbe Jutborandbis booke. What milder planet gouerned in the skie In the Horofcope of thy natiuity, Thy mothers midwife, and thy nurfes name. The (hire & houfhold whence thy linage came. Who trained vp thy youth, and in what place, whether where I(is hides her dewie face. Or where thefiluerftreamcsof chame do glide, Shaddowed with willowcs vpon either fide s That other men may learnc to get a fonne To fee thofe countries which thy (clfc haft done. This calculation yet would breed a danger. And 'twere notnttoteachiteueryftranger* Left when the world thy learned booke fhould view, A foolc might get as wife a child as you. Explicit Rowlmdm Cotton . Jncipit Robertus Yaxley, | F the Author had a curious coatc, * With cap of coftly die. And cro wne of cocke for creft thereon. With whetftone hanging by, Then might he tell of trauellers, and all the thriftlefte trainc. Which proudly forth on Affespricke, Twixt Italy and Spaine. For Thomas is by trauell tri’d. And truth of him to tell, Thcr’s few of them that now go forth Reiurnehome halfe fo well. Then buy this booke ye Brittons bold, But read it at your leifure: d For [Tanegyricke Verfes For it and he, and he and it Were made to (hew you pleafure. Explicit Robertas Tax ley % Jncipit Joannes Strangwayes. * You (nonId haue laid Zu¬ rich, T Rou crau’ft my verfe,yet do not thanke me for it 5 For what rimes can praife enough Tom Cory ate f Kemp yet doth line, and onely lines for this ; Much famous, that he did dance the Morris From London vmo Norwich* But thou much more Doeft merit praife. For though his feetc were fore, Whilft.fvveaty he with antickskips did hopit, His tradings were but frifeals of a poppet. Or that at once I may exprefleic all, Like to the lacks of iumbled virginal!* But thou through heats and colds,throughpunks&trunks. Throughhils and dales haftftretcht thy weary flumps. Feeding on hedge-row fruits, and not on plum-trees, Onely through zeale to vifite tony countries. But flay a while, and make a ftand my Mufe, To thinke vpon his ederlafting fhoo’s. Come to my helpefome old-ihod-pilgrims wight 5 That I of you may tread the way aright Which leads vnto his fame, whilft 1 dofide How he did go at lead nine hundred mile. • With onepoore paire offfioes,fauingalone-a Heonely once did foie them at * Verona. So that it grew a queftion whether Thy fnoes or feete were of more lading leather. Which at that time did ftand thee in mod: vfe, W hen as the lewes would cut off thy prepuce. Vpontbe dutborandbis booke. But thou that time like many an errant Knight, Didft fa ue thy felfe by vertue of thy flight. Whence now in great requeft this Adage ftandsi One paire of legges is worth two paire oi hands. Explicit Iomncs Strangwaycs. (julielmus UaueL Orynts trauels doe bewitch my pen, Worke miracles making the dumbe to {peake: My dumbe-borne Mufe yet neuer knownc to men Doth by his charmes her filent cuftomc breake. For if his worthy a£tes had not beene fuch, The world could not haue drawen from me thus much. They only force from me both praifc and wonder, Who paft beliefe haue conquerd many dangers: It can not be defcrib'd what he brought * vnder, Leauingthe skars of his renowne with Grangers. Then frolicke manand in thy country rowfc thee. Although abroade thou fcorifdft not to be low fie* Send out thy copious booke to common view. Make many laugh 3 fome fcorne,moue moft to pitty. Thofe that trauell, (as no man hath his due) Shall ftill confeffe with fhame, thy booke is witty 5 And after ages will admire no doubt This Gog-Magog thy Gy ant-wit brings out. * You meane Tome merry matcer Sir, Explicit Culielmm cUnel. d % Incipit fncipit loanrjes Scory . # T t Hat thou a traucller mayft called bee, Thanks to thy braines that trauell, not to thees That thou a rare rea.d-fchollar elepyd art, Giue more thanks to thy tonguc,thcn to thy arte. Yet haue thy fcetc in flue moneths pafs'd more Cities, Then ere thy Poetrie will make good ditties. Ballets vnfic to ftand before thy booke, Wherein who fo with judgments eies will lookc, May fee a monfter of fiue moneths begetting, More rare then that ofthineownc Sires begetting. Some fay, when thou wert borne (O wondrous hap) Firft time thou pift thy clouts, thou drew’ft a map. But that thou fpakeft as foone as thou were borne. There is no doubt. For e!fe ho w couldft thou learne In fo fhort time to talke fo long and much. And to fuchpurpofe Yet I heare no Dutch, Nor French, nor Spanifh, nor the Italian tongue ,* So mightft thou do thy Greeke and Latin wrong? Of which thouvtterft fuch abundant {lore, That diy full braines can now containe no more. Well Ta^fince Europe thou hailfecne in part, Now into Ada and Africke make a ftaru Boldly cncounrer all the monfters there: Forcing thee they needesmuftflie for fearc* But ftjll be furethy buckler be thy booke, * Medufaes fhield had ne re fo grim a looke. Explicit Joannes Scory. Inapt m hpon the Author and his booke, ,'X. ■V/ 7 ? r «- i '- ✓'<53*2^' $&s fncipit Ioannes Donne. H to what heigth will loiieofgrcatneflTedriuc Thy leauened fpirit, Scfqui-fuperUtiue ? [than Venice vaft lake thou hadftleen, & would’ft feeke Some vafter thing, andfoundft a C0rti2.au. That inland Sea hailing difcouered well, A Cellar gulfe, where one might faile to hell FromHcydclberg, thoulongdft to fee; And thou This Booke, greater then all,produceft now* Infinite worke,which doth fo farre extend. That none can ftudy it to any end. T’is no one thing; it is not fruite, nor rooted Nor poorely limited with headorfoote. If man be therefore man, becaufe he can Rcafon, and laugh, thy booke doth halfe make man* One halfe being made, thy modefty W2S fuch. That thou on ch* other halfe wouldft ncuer touch. When wilt thou be at full, great Lunatique ? Not till thou exceed the world ? Canft thou be like Aprofperousnofe-bornewenne, which fometime growes To be farre greater then the Mother-nofe ? Goe then ^and as to thee, when thou didft goe, Mrwjter did Townes, and Gefncr Authors fhow. Mount now to Gdlo-belgicm i Appeare As deepe a States-man, as a Gazettier. Homely and familiarly, when thou commeft back^ Talke of will Conqueror, and Prefer lackc . d 3 Goe (panegyricke Verfes Goebafhfuilman, left here thou blufh to looke Vpon the progrdfe of thy glorious booke. To which both Indies facrifices (end- The weft fent gold, which thou didft freely fpend 5 (Meaning to fee’it no more) vpon the prefle. The eaft fends hither her delicioufneflq And thy lean’s tnuft embrace what comes from thence, TheMyrrhe, the Pepper, and thcFrankinfcnce. This magnifies thy leau’s 5 But ifthey ftoope To neighbour wares, when Merchants doe vnhoopc V oluminous barrels, if thy lcau’s doe then Conuay thefe wares in parcels vnto men, If for vafte Tomes of Currans, and of Figs, OfMedcinall, and Aromatique twigs. Thy leau’s a better methode doe prouide, Diuide to Pounds, and Ouncesfubdiuide y If they ftoope lower yet, and vent our wares. Home-manufactures , to thicke popular faires ? If omnipragnant their, vpon warmeftals They hatch all wares for which the buyer cals. Then thus thy leau’s we iuftly may commend. That they all kinde of matter comprehend. Thus thou,by meanes which th’Ancients neuer tooke, A Pande£t makeft, and V niuerfall Booke. The braueft Heroes 5 for publique good Scattred in diuers lands, their limmes and blood. VVorft malefa£tors 3 to whom men are prize. Doe publique good, cut in Anatomies; So will rhy Booke in peeces: For a Lord Which cafts at Portefcues, and all the board, Prouide whole Books; Each leafe enough will be Forfrieods topafle time, and keepe companie* Can all caroufe vp thee ? No ;thou muft fit Meafures ; and fill out for thehalf-pintc wit. Some fhali wrap pils, and faue a friends life fo. Some fhali flop muskets, and fo kill a foe. ^ Thou V | \>pon the Author and his bookf . Thou (halt not eafe the Critiques of next age So much, at once their hunger to aflwagc. Nor (hall wit-pyrats hope to finde thee lie All in one bottome, in one Libraries Some lean's may pafte firings therein other books. And fo one may, which on another looks. Pilfer, alas, a little wit from you. But hardly* much; Andyet, I thinke this true? As Sybils was,your booke is my flicail, Foreuery peece is as much worth as all. Therefore mine impotency I confefle > The healths which my brainc beares, muft be farre lelTc J Thy Gyant-wit o’rethrowes me, I am gone, And rather then rcade all, I would reade none. *1 meane from one pagtwhich (hall pafte firings in a booke. I n eundem Macaro nicon. c /^\ Vot^dos /w,Hinguitt0 perfetti, Diflicha fairont, ^- 4 . T ot cuerdos g>tate3*meu,^liurefarar^. Es fat a mp Thonncur eftre hie intefo; Car 3 leaue L’honra,de perfonne neftre creduto, tibi. Explicit Joanne f Donne . fncipit %ichardus Martin . To my friend that by lying at the figne of the Fox doth prouebimlelfcno Goofe, Thomas Cory ate the traueller. A SONET. A For abonnyblith and bounfing ballet ^ To praile this Odcomb’dChanti-deete that hatched d 4 Th efe 1 - a Vel quia Fo~ lypodh injlar h ebra loci mu* tatmemultos pajfus profe - j ttasy vel quia miltipedum a- mmalculorum multos morfus perpejfus eft. Panegyricke Verfes Thefc Crudities which (with his (lioes)he patched, All hitting right as it were with a mallet. Before vs here he lets both bag and wallet, Where met arc many fcraps fyou fee ) vnmatched.* Hisfeete, hands 3 head (daies and nights ) walkt 3 wrote. And hardly did he lie on any pallet. (watched.* Much oyle he fau’d both from bis fhoes and fallats, Which thriftily he ate while they were cobled* Then ( for his fruite ) thefe Crudities he gobled. Whichfincche feafon’d hath for fundrypalats. To him therefore vaile trauellers your bonnets, Ofhim write Poets all your Songs and Sonnets. Explicit Richardm CMartin, Jncipit Laurentius Whita^erus. Ad Le<5torem bipedem de Authore “Polypody deque prouerbio ipfi vfitato, ej ? VemoJlhene citato JciL twiV«7s$- fitf'tv TP/f KfCTCt\on .Ojclos'i^oy. ojptoj'C^ \vKpoldfoif) etr^h vflippttis Kep/a7©- A VHY’JtTiv I? Ipyav v*v %%*** * kyyjvoice Tet^ las 7i7of^pic& cntMipa cro/t^uy, Tdf t cifopa{> i 7rpcCohx(>xoihct / J\ete,ricte yetordf • My f^p' « A*» Sc&tIcov xkIw voxels eoKV f TSiciOVet CLVT8 ypctpi/atiT \'KdLl\w\yei» Ilwvzk&tcov njipvav voovipLQciivwi wop&a/f Kctl rk TUV KpoTcKpcoy AfiMAoy iflfttChUp L^fd Vpon the Author and bis booke. Tl '7SKcLV*TThi,0VetKQfl k&vs> Uctvr itflov ctTTA ypct f Looke with the like thou take thefe parallels. In fober fadnefle we (hall matrc all elfe. For Coryute with vs both will quarell. And tcare himfclfe out of his parell. In each point though they doe not jumpe* I truft they doc yet in the lumpe. Nor would I ioyne them head and feetc ? Lines parallelldoeneuer meetc. Yet one day meete may thou and I, And laugh with Coryate ere we die. Snglyn vn-odl inion. Nod y mourglod ae am arglwydh mawr ? 1 * Hwuad-morcyfarwydh: Dymma'nawr Dwm vn arwydh, Ond thydan gwaithlhA'dwn gwydh? oJd lanum Harringtonum Badenjem , Equitem 3 non Equitem 'Badenfem , fed auratum. Thefe Latin verfes following were written to be fent to the worthy & learned Knight aboue-named,by the Author of the former, for the obtayningof his encomiafticks vpon my booke : but though they rieuer came to that wor¬ thy Knights hands 3 1 haue thought good to infert them here, becaufe it was the authors pleafure to haue them prin¬ ted with the reft of his Panegyricks. Bone,cui tranjlatus olet miferdills Aiax , Quiftt es ingenio dr carmine notm eques, Inficiatfurui vis ne fumofa Tobacci, 3(juptpsr attaftu m or dent acrefuo : ypon tbs Author and bis booke. Nefcombros met Hunt (metuunt qtioep earn, ina fesmbres) T bujue g ram piceum con dr t odore regum* His concede pY ccor foliys 7 feruenUr* olentts Sub Clypeo Aiacis po[fe Utere tui . Explicit Hugo Holland Cawbro-Br it annus* fncipit Ttpfiertus %iaomontanus . P Oryate ,thou Corypbeusof Odcomhe Whitfon-Ale, Who fince art our Choregus o’re many a hill and dale: Thy skill in Artes and Armcs doe to vs euenly fhovv, As thou art borne to c. Mars , fo to CMercurio. Others writebookes prophane, and others that are holy. But thine a Dofis is againH all Melancholy: A worke of worth, that doth ail other workes out-pace A furlong at the lead, thou needfl not bate an ace. A booke of price twill be, if cuer there were any, A hundred Sowfes is thy due, thou fhalt not bate a peny. The Mayor of Hartlepoole vpon a day, Hearing King Harry was to come that way. Put on’s conlidering cap, and Kendall gownc. Consulting with his brethren oftheTownc, What gift they fhould prefent as he came by: A Skatefifh (quoth his Councell) fweet and dry: Nay (quoth the Mayor) weele glue him halfe one more i Soft (quoth another) now your mouth runnes o’re: „ As there MafTe Mayor, who could not doe but ore-doc ,, So Cory ate here, who tel»vs all, and more a too: . Of mounts, of founts, of rockes,of ftockes, of Bones, * OfBoores, ofwhoores, of tombes, ofdead mens bones, Of bowers, of towers, and many a fcately Beeple, Heluetians,Rhetians, and many an vneouth people : Nothing efcapes his note,that’s worth due obferuation. The b Gallowes fcapes him not without due lalutation. e 2 Speake * Itane arnicum tuum perfhinges (mi H©llande) cum tuis Mephi¬ tic is & graueo- lentibus faceti/s? num tu Stercuiio dedicabity qu* ali] met amici Mufis&Palladi confecrant? *b- fit , abfit. a Not more then truth,but more then o- ther trau diets, b For the Au¬ thor hath writ¬ ten of lome of fpeciall note in his booke. Tanegyrkke Verfes Spcake 6 thou clocke at Strasbourg,and flones at Fountain-bcleau, If Cory ate you forget, and not your wonders fbew : Weepe Rhenifh drops 6 Palfgraues Tun, if thou be here forgotten. No, no, he hath thee hoopt fo well, thy ribbes will n’erebe rotten. The Ladyes of Lubricity that liue in the Bordello Are painted in their proper hew by him that is fans fellow .* He liuely them decyphereth, he doth them nought forbeare. He drips them to their petticotes, he hits them to a haire. WhotorefrefhhisgrauerMufe did often walke perfpaffo. Sometimes to heare the Ciarlatans , and fometimes to the fiajfo. And yet herein my ventrous Sir, y wis yee were too curious. Such places oftentimes doe make mod temperate men,mod furious. And who dare fweare for you, I pray, that went for fatisfa&ion, (You fay your felfe) and fo may be eui$ed of the a&ion ? So that by your confeflion, fans verdid! of a Iurie, In each place elfeyou fhewyour wit,but there you fhew’d your fury. Say what you lib, fweare and proted, for all this great Branado , It will be faidyat lead be gued, you were the Puncks c Priuado. And foyou’le lofe great fiore of thofe, whole verfe may giueyou Especially the female frye,the learned Signiorie. (glory, Youle haue none fuch to^praile you much:they wil fufpe& the weeh Hath turnd your Gteeke and Latin both into a perfedl French. Change then thy word (to fatisfie) being all one with Sfogare, And then thy worke lie dignifie, to be ad omnia quare . For who could fay fo much as thou (whereof thine be the thankes) Or of the refradtary lew, or of the Mounte-bahkes? J The dubborne lew (if it be true) was by thee catechized At Venice: which at Rome is dnee by Bellarmine baptized. For fure that lew from Venice came, we finde it fo recorded. In late Galenas: which or lies, or trifles ne’re afforded. In which great adlto doome aright, and not as partials, The greater fhare is Coryats , the lefle the Cardinals. Nowvwho fhal reade thy worthy work,& heare thy large difeourfes Will fweare thou knowd the Mountebaks,& traced al their courfes. Thou hitft the naile in all things elfe aright .* But 6 the Boore That caytjf kerne, fo Rout, fo dernc,jll thriue he euermore, (him. That capt thee for a bunch of grapes .* ten tmifantl 3£tue!$ fupplat I fee well fcience hath no foeman mjiignorantem. Hadd thou had courage to thy skill, and with this Gyant coped, (But 6 Inch skill and courage both in one can not be hoped.) Thou mightd with (juy bold,in martiall praife hauefhared, And Odcombe might with Hampton withf^n?/c£Jiaue copared. Oh ypon the Author andbis booke. Oh then my Mufe a higher pitch had flowen, and had thee fet All pari to Sir Lancelot tho, before Sir Dagomet ♦ Yet brauc I grant is thy reuenge for that his grofle abufe, Thypoynant pen hath Aab’d him in, 6 piercing launce of Goofc: Record wc in the rolleof fame the Goofe and Oxe together, Whofe flioes did beare him hence, and home, 6 cuerlafling leather. Some newes yee fhoes, for you did vfe with Cory ate flill to be. And might vs giue (if you could fpeake) fome notes as well as he. Tvvere meete that now from flioes \ goe, to fockes & flippers next. And yet its fit I them omit, I hnde them not ith Text: And one bare word of one bare fhirt I hope fhall be enoughe. He loues the naked truth too well, fuch fhiftjng to approue : For nought feares he back-biters nips, in doublet or in canyons. He holds them euer as they are, the trauellers companions* Couragious Cory At e y for one Dutchman that thee fore aflayled. Thou hafi a hundred Picquardes flaine, and to the table nayled. Some men may think that this is flrange:well,he that lift may cauell. Wife Cory ate thinks no luggage light for him that meanes to traucll. Leaue wc the baggage then behinde, and to our matter turne vs, As Cory ate did, who left at home his focks and his cothurnoes. For now of wonders muft I treate, wafl not thinke you a wonder. To goe two thoufand miles at Ieafl, in fiuc months fpace, not vnder ? And of flrange notes, foure hundred leaues, twenty thoufand lines This farre furpafleth Hercules his fifty in a night. (to write, Befides, rare man he tell you can the manners of each Granger, Yet, tvnderfiand one word they fpeake, he neuer was in danger. Then lanch thee forth (thou man of worth) when this thy worke is According to thy great defigne, as far as fhincs the Sunne. (done And bring vs notes of all the world, when thou hafi pafl: it thorow, Week haue a Caskc to put them in,fhall put downe Heydclborow. Explicit Robertas Riccomontanus. e 3 Incipit fpanegy riche Verfes i j - i _ i j i JPIPP^I Incipit Cjualterw Quin . la lode del l’Autore. Lo-j Cornamufo-j di Gualtero Quin. O E* l gran guerrier 9 chi Unto fece& fcrijfe ^ Sefte(fo> e l mondo tnfeme ingarbugliando, Per commandar a tutti^ mentre ei viffe , Vefuoigran vanti andaua trionfando s Ben e ragion 5 Tom^xnogalante, Ctidtiero e brauo tu ti pauoneggi , Poiche nelfar, ef;riuerftramgantc. Vinci ilgran Giulio, non che lopareggi. . Di qud 7 ctiegli hebbe in parecchi anni opr at0 Confchiere armate, fcrijfe vn libricciuolo: Ma dal ceruello tuo vn libraccio e nato Vi quel> c haifat to in pochi mefi folo : Latino & Greco fapeua efo affai 5 CMa dell* Inglefe era ajfatto ignorante : Tu l vinci in quejlo, epur d’auanzofat Greco e Latino, per far vn Pcdante . Vngran rumor e terribilfracaffo j Fece ei, per met ter fottofopra il mondo % Vi dar da rider con fokzzo dr fpaffo %^A tutti,fu dc iuot diffegni tlfondo . Molte migliaia difchiere nemiche Morir'j tyon the Author and bis bsoke. f Morir eife con Untie , dardi^ e ftocchi: Mat non ti piacquer Archibugi> o Piehe y 2 {c Morte dcun^fuor che de pidoccht : Quei chifcamparon I'unghie tue prigiont Portafii addojfo: come quelguerrtero Vi fquadre morte i Prentipi dr padroni Menefii auanti trionfante e altiero. Ei vincitor a/cefe in Campidoglio , Con pomp a e boria > in carro trionfale: Contadinefco carrofenza orgoglio Per trionfarti pi aequo 1 manco male. Colui moflrando 5 come andaua ratto Nel vincer,fcrijfe 7 Io venni , vtddi^ vinji : V hai detto megtio tu vincendo il pat to 3 Che tifefcorrer e quincij e cojlinci . Francia, Lamagna, ltalia 7 Heluctia 3 Rhetia Non fcorfegia fenza armi quel brauaccio j Come f cor refit tu rate a Venetia 9 E indietro a cafa tua con poco imp actio• Solo vn Vilan Tedefco i mbriaco 7 e trijlo 7 Con boften ate ben ti peftbgli oft: Forfe cb'tifiefo dal vecchio Artoutfo Vi cafa Giulia pen so che tufojsi. Ma per dtfgratia fe'n valor Attiuo A Giulio alctinfopro te dejfe il vanfo $ Egti e pur forza ctiin valor pajsiuo Voto e fentenza egli dia dal tuo canto • Ne fuoi viaggigranfatica etprefe , Non pero fenza C&uai, Muli 5 & Cocchi : Tu fempre andaui a pie 5 malin arnefe, Vincendo i cingani , ftaffieri 5 &fcrocchi* El quel ch* a fchtuo kauri a per merit dezza 7 Baftottt vn par difear pc in quel viaggto 5 Che rattoppaftiJpejfo con deftrezza $ Vi Lefnefca indujlria vero faggio . Quefta lode anc hat dt buon Lefwante ji f 4 ( Di ' f i 1 ; Tanegyricke Verfes (Diche quel prodigo non ft* mai degno) Ch'una camifcia & vefle, da buonfante: Solafort afiiallhor fenza afchio, o fdegno. Par fa a lui pefief aria la tua rogna, Che nel graft aria dmdoU fohzzo 9 Ballar life cornealfuon di fampogna, O Violin di quel francefepazzo . V haurian vccifo i tuoiflenti , & difagi Nel mangiar , beuer^ dormir * appiccarti Pula, pidocchiy & cimici maluagi , Gmflar legambe , e l culofcorticarti : 7 \el trauagliar col corpo il capo ancora 9 Quindi d ceruello ogn' hora lambicando $ Per ciafcun paffojbe priafacefli, ora Righe alfret ante dal ceruel(Ullando. Set quefli affanni mat [offer ti haurebbe 9 MancogP affront i 9 ente y &fcorni 3 ctiomd Nonfentifordo dr ciecoffoffrirebbe $ Trafullo atefi fan pur quefliguai „ PViche tn oprar, dungue, en patir l* agguagli 9 Anzt lo vincifi om-afino inuitto , Qual Cornamufa figonfi, dr trauagli> Chi vuol cant or ti con decor 0 dr drifts Explicit Guakerus Qgin. ypontbe Juthorandhif books. Incipit Qhrijlophorus T rooke E- boracenfis. As for thefc titles that folio w,befto wed vpon me by this worthy Gentleman, I would haue thee know ( reader) that as I acknowledge my felfe vtterly vnworthy of them, fo 1 meant to haue fupprefled and concealed them, but that it is the Authors pleafure to prefixe them before his verfes. Therefore for obeying of his will I haue thought good, much againft mine o wne wil,to exprefle them in this place, euen thefe. To the no lejfe learned , then wife and dif creetc Gentleman M r . T homas Qor yate. In fome few monethes trauell borne and brought Vp to wbatjou feel V^,. To be the delight of a world of noblewits, to be afhametoall Authors, as the Gout and Quartan leaner haue bene to all Fhyfttians. yliis plaine fong fendeth Chriftopher Brooke his poore friend, to attend the defcant of his famous booke,through all hands. Tongues, Arts, Trades 5 Myfteries, and Occupations vohatfoeuer. "T^He fubtle Greeke Flyffes needs muft trauell, * Ten yeares,forfooth, ouermush fand & grauell. And 1 TanegyirckeVerfes * And many Cities fee 3 and n/ianners know. Before there could be writ a booke or two Of his aduentures: and he trauel’d ftill •( Elfe there are lyars)fore againft his will: But this rare Englifh-Latiae-Grecian, Of Orators and Authors the blacke Swan, A voluntarie iourney vndertooke Offcarce fixe moneths, and yet hath writ a booke Bigger then Homers nd (though writ in profe ) \ Asfullof poetrie,fpite of Homers nofe. If he lin’d now that in D arii^s Casket Plac’d the poore Iliad’s, he had bought a Basket Of richer ftuffe to intombe thy volume large. Which thou (O noble Tom) at thine ow ne charge Art pleas’d to print. But thou needft not repent Ofthis thy bitter coft; for thy braue Precedent Great Crd gymnofophift is deriuedfrom twoGreeke words yypyls w ch fignifie a na¬ ked fophifter. And he there¬ fore cals the Author fo, be- caufeone day he went with¬ out a fhirt at B allj, while it was walking. *— VV—VV-VV - VU—VVVU — vv—v-v-v — -IV-1-V~V (panegyricke Verfes Alfo there is this tune added to the verfes, and pricked according.ro the forme of Muficke to be fung by thofe that arefo difpofed. fhew prodigious things to thy countrimen. A Dmired Cory ate, who like a Porcupen, Doft fhew prodigious things to thy countrimen. As that beaft when he kils doth vfe his owne darts. So doe thy prettie quils make holes in our hearts* That beaft lines of other company deftitute, So wenteft thou alone euery way abfolute, Thar beaft creepcth afoote, nec abfypemu 9 So didft thou trot a iourney hence to Venice. Line longfoe to thy foe fierce as a Porcupen, Liue long friend to thy friend kinde as a Porcupen. Hencefotth addeto thy creft an armed Hiftrix } Since thy carriage hath refembled his tricks* Claudian ad Stjmphatm. ThefameinLatine. OE kculoyfefepharetra^fefevtiturarcu , ^ In reliquas Hiflrix dim par at arm&feras* Se Comite ad fmetam tendens Coriatius vrbtt Se duce,fe curru^fe fuit vfus cquo* Et decant at iter fe nunc authore(iup tndum^ 2Sjc minm a reditu fe quoque tefie fapit • Ergo non immerito peregrines dicitur Hijlri# y Et Uudes a fe ? non aliunde capit . No ypon the Author and bis booh* N O more but fo,l heard the crie, And like an old hound in came I To make it fuller, though I finde My mouth decayes much in this kind. Theory was this,they cri’deby millions, Mefiengers, Curriers, andPoftillians, Now out alas we are vndone To heare oiCoryats^yjxe of fho’ne; There is no newes we are more forry at Then this ftrange newes of * Ravcbone Cory ate. Who like a Vnicorne went to Venice, And drinking neither Sack nor Rhenifh, Home in one payre offhoes did trample, A fearefull and a ftrange example. But whats the newes of learned people In Pauls Clfurchyard & neere Pauls fteeple ? Hang vp his fhoes on top of Powles, Tyed to his name in parchment rowles, *That may be read moft legibly In Tuttle fields and Finsbury. Fame is but winde,thence winde may blow it So farre that all the world may know it: From Mexico and from Peru To China and to Cambalu: If the wind ferue, it may haue lucke To paffe by South to the bird Rucke. Greater then the Stymphalides That hid the Sunne from Hercules. And iffames wingschance not to freeze. It may paffe North ninetie degrees, Beyond CMeta incognita. Where though there be no hollyday. Nor Chriften people for to tell it, HorribleBeares and Whales may fmell it. Thence mav it on theNorthrenfeas, * A great Gy- antlwifton foote,ofwhom mention is in Polychroni- con. On KBStt tPdnegyircke Verfes On foote walke to the Antipodes , Whofe feete againft our feete do pace To keepe the centre in his place. But when thofe fellowes that do wonder As we at them, how we goe vnder From clime to clime^and tongue to tongu c 3 Throughout their hemifpheare along, Haue toft thefe words as bals at tennis, Tom Cory ate went on foote from Venice. This trauelling fame,this walking found Mu ft needs come home in coming rounds So that wefhallcrie out vpon him, His fame in trauell hath outgone him. When all haue talked,and time hath tried him. Yet Cory ate will be femper idem. a Nee vtrpen- grinansfemma nec Anglm K0- manus pet . I b I means e- gregie cor da tas , homo Cairn M- tins Sextus. OcHicet handanimumccelimutatio mutat , ^ Et pa triam fugiens je quoque nemo fugiu Therfites Ehrygqs T herfites perjlxt in oris , Nec Plato in ?y£gypto defimt effe Plato. Nec Thomas a Tomyris vifis remigrabit ab Indis , Nec b Cordatm erit qui Coriatu s erat . When all haue talked, and time hath tri*de him. Yet Cory ate will be femper idem. Explicit Joannes Hoskins Jncipit fncipit Ioannes Pavelet deCjeorge Henton. Thefeenfuing verfes lately fent vnto me by my right Worfhipfull and generofe countryman and neighbour in Somerietfhire M r . Iohn Paxdet of George Henton , had fuch a glorious title prefixed before them that I meant to haue ex¬ cluded it out of my booke, becaufe I am altogether vnwor- thy of thofe Panegyricke cermes. But becanfe this worthy Gentleman doth craue to haue it placed before his lines, I doe with his elegant verfes prefent the fame alfo vnto thee, viz. To the Darling of the Mvses and Minion of the Graces,^ deare Country man and friend M. T h o» MAS CORYATE of Odcombe . C Omc call thee Homer by comparifon; ^ Companfons are odious, I will none ; But call thee (as thou art) Tom Cory ate 9 That is; T he Man the World doth wonder at* Whofe Braine-pan hath more Pan then Braine by ods, To make thee all Pan with the femi-gods. Which pan, when thy fleete wits a wandring goe. Is * rung to keepe the fwarme together fo. So (recollected) thou with them didll flic To the worlds Gardens, Prance and Italie, V Vhere (like aBee, from cuery honyed floure) The a oddeft fweets did’ftfucker which makes theefcowre At * Difcrction beates vpon his braine-pan to keepe his wits together . } a That 15, j choifefl. * Od-cmbe, the place ofhis bitth i the hun¬ gry airc where¬ of firfldigefted his Crudities, as he himfelfe af firmes in his Title-page of this prelent worke. Tdnegyricke Verfes At home for life: where, in a * Combe as odde Thou fquirtlt it, to feede thofe that flie abrode. Explicit Tounnes Pcmlet. fncipit Lionel Crmfield. G Reat lar.de deferues the Author ofthis woike, Who faw the French,Dutch,Lombard,Iew,& Turke; But fpeakes not any of their tongues as yet. For who in fine months can attaine to it ? Short was his time, although his booke be long. Which (liewes much wit,and memory more ftrong:. Anyron memory j for who but he Could gle w together fuch a rhapfodie Ofpretious things? as towers, fteeples, rocks, Tombes, theaters, the gallowes, bels, and clocks, Mules, Afles,Arfenals, Churches, gates, Townes, Th alpine mountaines, Cortezans and Dutch clownes. what man before hath writ fo punctually To his eternall fame his iourneys ftory? And as he is the firft that I can finde. So will he be the laft of this rare kinde. Me thinks when on his booke I caft my eies, I fee a fhop repleate with merchandize, And how the owner jelous ofhis fame, With pretious matter garnifheth the fame. Many good parts he hath, no man too much Can them commend, fome few Tie only touch. He Greekc and Latin fpeakes with greater eafe Then hogs eate akornes, or tame pigeons peafe: His ferret eies doe plod fo on his booke. As make his lookes worfe then a teftie cooke. His. Vpon the duiborandbis booke • His tongue and feete arc fwifter then a flight, Yet both are glad when day refignes to night. He is not proud, his nature foft and mildc, His complements are long, his lookes arc wildc : Patient enough, but oh his adion Of great effeft to mou e and ftirre vp paffion. Odcombe be proud of thy odde Coryate , Borne to be great, and gracious with the State; How much 1 him well wi(h let this fuffice. His booke beft fhewes that he is deeply wife. Explicit Lionel Crenfield. fncipit loannes Sutclin. \j\J Hether I thee fhould either praife or pitty V V My fenfes at a great Dilemma arc: For when I thinkc how thou haft trauaild farre, Canft Greeke and Latin fpcake, art curteous, witty, I thefe in thee and thee for them commend* But when I thinks how thou falfe friends to keepe Doft wcarc thy body, and doft Icefe thy fleepc, I thee then pitty and doe difeommend. Thy feetchauc gone a painfull pilgrimage. Thou many nights doft wrong thy hands and eyes In writing ofthy long Apologies * Thy tongue is all the day thy reftleffe page. For (hame intreatc them better, I this crauc, So they more eafe,andthou more wit Ihalt haue. Explicit lotmncs Sutcl in. Incipit * This is a fi¬ gure called by the Grecians 7[A mr/*, thatis,adiuifi- on, when the vverd is fo diui- ded afunderas here : Odde is the Combe for Odcombe is the place from whence &c. as in Ennius, faxo cere com - minuit brum, for cerebrum, a Belecuehim not Reader. Reade my A- pologie in my difeourfeofthe Venetian Cor- tezans. Page 270.1 $, ! tPamgyricke fcrfes •Incipit fnigo fanes. All Mol. Mag. Tho. Cor . O Vde is the * Com he from whence this Cocke did come. That Crowd in Venice gainft the skinlefle Icwes, Who gaiic him th’entertainemcnt of Tom Drums Yet he vndaunted dipt into the fte wes For learnings caufe and in his Atticke rage a Trod a tough ten of thirty yearcs of age. Enough of this; all pens in this doe trauell To tracke thy fteps,who Proteus like doft varie Thy fhape to placc 5 the home-borne Mufe to grauell. For though in Venice thou not long didft Carrie, Yet thou the Italian foule fo foone couldft fteale. As in that time thou eat’ft but one good meale. For Francc alas how foone(but that thou fcornedft) Couldft thou haueftarch’d thy beard^uffl’d thy hofe? Worne a foule ftiirt twelue weekes, and as thou iournedft. Sung FaUliros through thy Perfian nofe ? For faces, cringes, and a faltlefle jeft. And beene as Icab’d a Monfieur as the beft. Next, to the fober Dutch I turnc my tale. Who doe in earned write thee Latin letters. And thou in good pot paper ne’re didft faile To anfwere themi fo are you neither debters. But ypon the Author and hislooke. Butfympathizein all, iaue when thou drink’ft Thou mak’ft a * crab-tree face, (hak’ft head, and wink'ft. Laft, to thy booke the Cordiall of fad mindes. Or rather Cullis of our Od combe Cocke Sodden in trauell, which the Critique Andes The beft reftorer next your Venice ftnocke. This booke who fcornes to buy or on it looke. May he at Seflions crauc,and w ant his booke. Explicit Inigo lone5 • «■—. •immm nw ii ia i * The modeftv of the Auth®r being fuch, and his temperance in drinking, that he fo;nc- cimesfro * neth when a health is drunke vnto him. fncipit Cjeorgius Sydenham ‘Brimptonienjis, Vpon the cloying Crudities chewed in the braines of tthe Author, andcajl vp in the prefle of the Printer, by tbefoletra- | uett and proper charge of I Cordate Coryate, My conceited Country •mm and ! Neighbour. C Ould any one haue done this but thy fclfe, O thou moft pcerlefle moft reno w ned elfe ? Regardlefie of thy ftockings and of thy fhoes, Afoote to wander through a vale of woes; Where though thou venturd’ft for to walkc alone Like Hercules* \ fo t is of Coryate kne vvne, 1 That he did rfere in all his iourney fiie once | From Dogs,from Beares, from Buis, nor yet from Lyons f 2 In* . 1 t vettwyfetfcreueeimerat » 7S(jue vm Dracmfic totum circuit arbcm % At re diem retulit ie Cory Me minm* Mint Vpon the v Author and his booh . Mins vndigenxs tenet vnica charta laborer % Tot a tuosfed vix bibliotheca cap it . Explicit Thomas Cam pi anus. IndpitGulielmus Fenton. OHee/oojhs arfraindren conuay alefill\ ^ Emnanght elflopenferaght emneghtill ; Ofaghth contraltight erpon emfelah , Prut alt artennah femank fernnelah . In Engli/h thus. P Aire ftarre of learning which on vs doft fhinc, *■* Wch beau tcous luftre and afpeftfull chcarc 5 Goc lend thy light awhile beyond the line. And blaze on the Antipodian hcmifphcare. Explicit Gulielrnus Fenton de Knockfergus. fncipit loannes Owen* To his ingenious and iudicious friend, Ad r ' Thomas Cory ate, in commendation of this learned worke. An Epigramme. Hryjippus colwort, Lucian the Flic Commend in learned writ aboue the skie 5 Fannius tPanegyircke Verfes Fonnim the 2Jjttle, Ftutor in the Fetter ; Whofc praife with Sunne and Moone endure for cuer. In fpite of fome that feeme, but are not holy, Erafmut lpent much wit in praife of folly. Some later wits haue writ the AfTes praife, O that thofe Lads were liuing in thy daies/ For if they prais’d bafe things in learned writ. How much more would they praife thy learned wit? In laudem eiufdem Diftichon. HP Ot liber hie Lades, quot babet vulpeculxfrnudes: * Fix burner is tantumfujiinet Atlas onus • To the Reader. In praife of this worthy workp, and the Author thereof* T^He Fox is not fo full of wiles As this bookc full of learned fmilcs: Come feeke, and thou (halt finde in it Th* Abridgment of great Brittains wit. Explicit Joannes Owen. Incipit ‘Petr us and long-winded Gentleman Tbo> mas Coryttte. /~\Vr trauelling frie, liquorous of Nouelties, ^^Enquire each minute for thy Crudities $ And hope, that as thofe haddocks tooke refe&ion, Caft from thy fea-ficke ftomacks forc’t eiedtion, And ftraight grew trauailers,& forfook our Maine, To frolicke on the grau’ly fheluej of Spaine: So they by thy difgorgement, at their will Shall put downe?rpon the Author and his beoke. fncipu lofias Clarke. Anagramma in nomen Authoris T homas Coriatus. f Hoc cocus arnaris. V Rhes egregirts vidfi Cofmopolita, Corporis ant animi quit mage qu Hoc totvs a m a r i s , D/gna notandafacis 9 digna legenda not as. Explicit lofias Clarke . fncifiit Thomas Farnabj alias c Bainrafe->. q 7AJ\iAnJetyivt) StLtefxtviov Hctfiyoitrir aV> 2 «T/lfi« (liMcrffcl e’k 7fe poJW 7S cTpotror (jiv vi\. (I fing the harmeleflema) vt illeolim,[Q- ratiopro Archia poeta] A praier for the Arch- Poet,Si qiuera- tar, quomodo in diHion e (agpia) includat’dr [hatmeleffe] notandum eft poftremum cl ejfe se§'nr Koy [xo§ioy 9 atq 9 * ... ita imphcare ( harmeleffe) (vel (without harme:) Sivlterius qiwratur qttare pmatiua hpon the Author and bis hooke. Pojlquam confcendit naucm 3 porting folutm In mare monfiriferum ventorum ir re mi gat alis y Prottnm hie Pelagi & Tellur is inutile a p on dm , SarcinatJ ipfe fibi y rutlat y fingultit y drvdis Profpiciens oculls late kv$U v*tu $a.\cLosn iy “ De corio Cory ate tuo nunc fin quit ^aguntur cc Indicta 5 o Odcomba vale^muUlrdia^ maclra 5 u ^Armament a mei ruris \ mutajfe dolemm l< Cymbiapro cymba , enjn remos ramus abiuiti V }&%$! 'ffAV'TdL detretayct y At que it a per lot um vicino in lit tore fifiunt • Conualet Antaeus, duplicate robora fumiU Egreditur , tattdfe femel tellure y repente Indevelut Xerxes injhxit verb era ponto y Et iufiit cohibere minus , compefcerefluclm. Turn porro p err exit iter 5 cinliuj Gabino Indmt inter ulam croceo medicamine t indam Sexipcdes contra vermes y cimicefi^jotundos • Quamper tot menfespedicofo in corporegepit 3 Quotjolet in matris puer ejformarier duo . Baltem inieffm pugili latm alhgat enfe 7 Enfe Medufieum quail caput abfiulitolim Perfem,huic Hzvpenomenivel qualefacrauit Paufanias Jerrum quod Myrtaiis vfy vocatumep !• Hog vnnm intereratporyatidi quodfua b Morglai Non acies y non cufpis erat y fedplumbea lamm Nefcia bellorum 3 vagina dr pads amatnx y a Scwteallu- deread illud Homericum. tTVfftov a.x^ <£$*'pus. Sed non mib\ arridet tua allapo. b GladimGm - doms JVartfi- craps. Hanc f. * yaide err as mi Glareanc'j ftmclenm dim taxed in pregri - nation e me a fli - pememendicaui } idq\ occafwne quadam inufi - tat a impiilfus . /?/e- roglfphice in Itinerant mei front if pi do y turn eiiam in Ubri mei contextu di¬ firth verbis ex- prefii. vi-^^6<. z 3- a Infiila Sardi- n; am at a dSam ob (peciem quam habet pedis & calc ci hum ani> tPanegyircke Verfes Have non Herculeum pecluSy non dexter a vibrat y Brachia julta tor is , validis neq, mot a lacertis, Sedvir Ceru'mus, volucri^fugaciorvllo y Perpetud glacie cuius gracordia frige nt> Tergal qui gUdijs potius quampeflora vertit • Admulus Met da meruit no fete aw; Clamxrititulo y Udnon ivnnp<& A^/vasuj, Vt cut nec veflis nec ve lament a fuperbis <^Aptafedent burner is x pedibus neque mollis aluta y O ere due autfarm foil t us vine ire cothurnus 3 Empta fed a verpis hide is by find diplois , Cdceus autfoe cus quemfupr a fibula mordet l Et benefup pact asfoie as cui fubula in nxit , Hirtacf feta fuis doch cerdonis ah arte. Non alio hie Goozman j umento fortiter vftss Vinbtas infract is Gallos penctrauit & f^mbroSy Viclor tiyperboreospopularfuperaffet dr vltrd y Si non audi/fet gentem feritate tremenda Torpentes maclajfe afinos ad Apollinis aras, Flexit iter> tumidum guttur miratus ad Alpes . Longa per Infubres tenuit via mollis euntern . CMorantemef diu, multumq\ & mult amor antem y Vines agerfrucluygenerofa vite,ficuq r Expleuit pingui menfa fluidify race mis* Ante etenim generis gent if if o blit us , dr exors Ipfe fui dccoris 3 mendicos inter, agyrtas . 5 Erronumfigreges> perhibetur ad oppida circum O(Haifa pipulo* ftipem petijffe viritim> Fur fare conte ntus, filiquisy dr panefecundo. Quae un ^ incedit , pedibus retinacula foluit y E&rtfo fub ax HUfoie as, vt rujhcus agnum x Vfur us claramfiic fpes eft J a SmdaliZtin. Dum CimicuSy Cyme us, pede nudus 5 afymbolus y excors y Calc at Apenninum per deni a luftr after arum* Qua rudunt Onagri grunnit arnica IntoJus 9 Arno fit generis go fit.is in puluere plant as 'effia f y Vpon the Author and his booke. Be fit a cju.ttfft'd,fimul & vefligia U mbunt. Tsjtrn Coryatc tuo Ceruw, Lcptts, Vfits, &Vms f ——oliduff caper , corio clauduntur in vno . Bine Icccl contuitus qua brachia porrigit xquor In terra gremium, cingitf 'ample xibm arttis'y Spell at vbi Vcmtos vrbs inclyta ditat & ornat, (ju 01 I i^ci peScJlddlvycc w&Vj tC Sumeparallelum me nunc tibi,Jume Colurum, cc Ppfe tihi Centrum , Circumfferentia dicar, cC Si menfd d’gnere tud> dgnerecubili, a * Julius ^ Paul us pacio annumerahiiur ijli, c< HU refert centra, BiUtro , barathrum f mace Hi ,.. cc Cumanumf p ecus,fur.furf dr furc/fer idem, Ct Vapulo, Viip x,feces, dr ohua lenis amurc a, cc Quis fin er ef ambire mens vage cafior amcres ? cc cc (C T * Hieetiam poetico tuo more figmenta cudis , & rem vebe- meriter exag¬ ger as Vadiane, nec iflammeam ad meretrhem a Vadianomeo excogitatam o- ratiunculam iam fubfequente a liter qudfb (L ettor) exifi- mes quam rem ommno fichtiam. * Vaparum m » mijmata* cc Non 1 (Panegyricke Ver/es 1 ' EC Non mea fic lodix y nitidi ne^ culcitra lefit cc T am vili proflant 9 Tibi fin marfupia turgent y cc Ingredere, & fir u mam facile vomicamf leuabo . Succedit tdlo\cui fic lupa nequiter mfit : cc Turdemalumtibinempe cacaSy vifcofteneris cC Ipfe tuo : Bui gam ponas, tumidamf crumenam y cc Exibis leuior ? nec farcina tanta grambit. cc Quprfum hac drachmarum grando y nullius in vfum ? Ponere cnnclmtem, baculo bene fuftigat^ ade Exturbatf fuapluuia lotwif madentem . a Inclamans % citepes,fuge Dacljle y nec tibi tardi a Inijciant remoras Spondai y aut claudus Iambus • Quodf vnum potuit, meretrix , Valedicit amante y Et blandita hr sues verfus cantillat eunti . Animule y -vagule y blandule, Qups nunc abibis in locos ? Pallidule y rigide , nudule y | NeCy vtfoltSy dabis jo cos. j UWene defer is petulce f Mene prater isfubulce f Per gin* ire per Brit annos ? Ebnes per ^.Alemanms ? Scythicis premi p ruin is 9 Corporiff tot ruinis ? Curfitare per culinas y Latitare per popinas ? Pdices pati nigellos , Homines vbimifellos Lift orfueuit alii gar Loris terga perfricare . Ergo mihi ne (it male, Cory ate vale,vale* Sic poft Iliaden, afumf y zsEtnamf malorum 3 ( Et per Odyffiea mgrauium leuiumf laborum y VnchiSy & emuncluSy varijs funttuff pencils^ In patriam remeat per egrinis menbm auchts y Hyberno * ypon the yfuthor and bis booke . Hyberno bombyce fattens & lende Brigmtum. Atq x it a ftndalqsfticro laqueare rcpoHis O * Crijpine tuo , crepidtrum qui regis aft cm, Et qui mujlricoU monfir a*futoribm vfum , cUrusin Odcombae pAgo, mage cUms in ipf a Metropoh Regni, decAntAtuftfe per ir bis Comp it a^ dr vicos, cAmpoffa viAftfc domoffo Fit Procerum rifus, joctts AuU 9 fAbuU vulgi. * Cnfpinus futo- rum & Ccrdo- num diuusTu- telaris . Ad Curiatiorum famil ix abortiuum Embryonem, Thomam Coryatum* IT Ergeminos inter frAtres e Curibm ortos , 1 Rommos tot idem quipepulereDuces^ Quiffo fuum,in pugnd pr&ceps, dr an helm in Armi $ 9 Hojlis mortifcrum vuinm ab enfe tulit. Tu genus o Cory ace tuum deducts ab iftis y Inflexo^parum nomine 3 nomen babes. Degener hoc tAntim , quod honor tibi vilior alga eft y TSljc quzfitA mtnn, fedpede purtA film • De cute 5 de corio pernox dr perdiA cur a eft, Vix tAmen in toto eft feci ore micA falls* Cum ficpArticuUm dining negltgis aura. Corporis obueniat inm coriago tibi* < verum eft falls Armniaci,aut ft quod eft imfmo ¬ di* h A j ‘Panegyricke Verfes 1 ■J J * A declaration of S\fereus prophefies touching the fall o/Glalfenburie Abbey , and the rifing of Odcombe, by twofifhes the Whiting and the Pilchard to the tune of Pajtor cum traheret per freta m- titbits* O Ome T Barde abirdof Merlins ayrie j Thisisoneof ^ Of Glafien Abbie had forefpeld theOracles that That it fhouid ftand> and not be feld, ftuched^m Till wlnting oner it did ferrie. her Jeaucs. And whitinr a Mdnke , vaflall to Rome therefore, cre~ ror trealoti meant againtt his King Hum recitare sy- Vpon the 2 Torre in a roape did fwing, blll f' T And fo fulfild the wizards doomc. Mount^^th Of 3 Odcombe it was faid of yore, neare Glalfen- That it in darkneffe long (hould fit, jThis prophe- Vnknowne to men till vnto it fie is yet to bee Should come ofskalie Pilchards (lore. r ^ en ^ in one of Tom Cory ate made all this good, y 0 e u ^Xvp! Borne on a fhoie of herring frie, on viaiafca. As once,poore groome,half wet, half drie, On Dolpins backe Arion ftood'e* > Ariophyux The 4 Country Boores dafht with the matter Beganne on him to skance awry, they weVboth But he with bill in Chancery [water, frozen into fie- Shot them cleane through twixt wind and ^ThTsTs^oieft Paules chaine for ioy did ftretch and yawne, but res feikiter Saint Marie Oueries fhct the bridge, &P a ’> for v P on Andgald-breech fame rode poll bare-ndge uer jy 9 hereto- To fprcade theneweson Antvoerpe Pawnc. ueredahundred Marks. And is now matriculated among thofe to whom God fendeth good fortune. The Ippon the Author and his booke . The 5 PleiadeofPoets fell a quaffing At Hippocrenes fbuntaine head, London her felfe fell ficke abed Surfetted on a iole of laughing. And as the purple-wing’d King-fifher Sitting vpon a willow ftumpe. For a poore Minno w in doth plumpe, And eates her raw, yer one can difh her. So nimble T om, the traueller Trip^goe, Who feafting fafts, and fitting walks. And waking dreames, and filent talks, Whofefpiricsa’iwaiesftand on tip-toe j Whofe minde on trauels ftill indockt Eates Obferuations by the eyes. Hath fpu’d a booke of Crudities , Which Vuluns forge will not concod. And as about the time of 6 Eafter, Tenrich the towne and trade ofihipping. The winde which euermore is skipping. Is faid to come and dwell at cbejjgr • So T om the jaile from i/chejler (To grace his towne out of pure loue) Will by repliuiefooneremoue To Odcombe now cal’d Pilchefter . jThefeuen ftars of Greece are by Jfacius reckoned to haue beene. Theocritus > Ara- tus,Nicander } A- pol!onius,Homerus Tragicusy Andro- macbesBy^mius, UndLycophroa . Which are eafi- ly put downe by our Plciade of Englifh Poets, Chaucer , Sir Phil¬ lip Sidneys pencer TDaniel, & thofe others who haue made their T)ia- tribes vpon Tom Cory ats Par ua na- turalia. 6 Prou. AtEa- fter the winde is at Cheftcr. Becaiife it is good for Xrelad. Denuoy . Let theHurlie-Burlie Fate Requite thy loue with laftin g fate 5 Long Hue, late come to thy enterring, Nor fleftr, nor fifh, nor good red heriing. And - ■ 'I' ~ I L , 11 U Tanegyricke Verfes And thou O Odcombe laugh and tickle To fee thy Pilchard in his pickle, Who late in Court,both wet and fhrunck. Lay clofe embriaed in a trunck; Francois. < lAJhe-Bucephalceojis cu C R^capitulation 3c Sommairedu gros fatrasdu Sieur Tho . Comt. Lcs. poetes a leur Mufc, \ 3 Eft aftfcz^ belles Muftes 5 Bouchez lcs eftclufes , At Aganippee ? On pour leur lippee. Les Poetes grew ouillent , Et puis y gazouillent ^ D'vne extreme rage Leur doux chant ram age* Eux faijans leur Fe/ie Auc oq portecrefte** Et lauants la telle A la lourde belie : On tperdu toutesftois Et leur charbons & bots y Leur peine excepue, Smon dr leftiue. Leur rimes roulantes Et carmes cou!antes, De belle cadence Commefault cn potence . Sxs doncq , belles Mnftes Bouchez vos eftclufes , Car Tom, le bon dr ole, Ha iouefon role , La farce eft finie, Ta? toy, Poefte* leal. Rifpofta delleMu'e. T Accte mattiy che me (Ter Thomaffo, D 9 vn Meuio efattovn Torquato Taflo i ' & ypontbe dutborandbtsbooke. Ilcui fiirto gcntil ertun batter d'occbio, Trafco rre dal capo, fin al ginoccbio ; / piedi dart fa!to, la tefla capricci, fihtclli fan* ilcamine, quejla ibifiicci Pottero viandante chiprefo nt Ucci T? amor fc ne tor no coper to difir acci* Chi per no tener pin (ale in Zucca Che Cauallo di Bergamo, o hue di Lucca } * Partifsifciocco, uo'gendofi pazzo, Del mondoilfiberzo, trafiullo, e folazzo. Efpano]. Concierto de losentrambos. E A pues, acabenfe los chiftcs y pullas 5 Cantada la mi (fa queden lat cafnllas. El Chronifta Thomas pene fin altrauajo ; Defines de auerfe mofirado bada)o: T dicbo donayres y mil dfparates, flue hazen venta)ede muebos quilates A quant os ban eferito . Quien vende tal mofio 3 De poca cofecha haga fn Agofio . T digan los nines > Tu ta 3 madre, coco. Be aquipajfa Tom tonto y loco , Explicit GlareanusVadianus. Tanegyircke Verfes pncipit loannes lackjbn, Can it Bepofliblefor A naturall man To trauell nimbler then Tom Cory Ate can? No: though You fhouldtie to his horne-peecd Shoes, wings fether’d more then Mer¬ cury did vfe. Perchaunce hee borrowed Vor tun Atm Hattc, for wings fince Bladuds time Were out of date. His purfe he hath to print What hee did write 5 elfe who had reade of thee O Wandering wight ? who elfe hadknowne what thou Haft felt and feene, where and with whom; andhowfarre Thou haft beene ? Ere thou to Odcombe couldftthy Tro- phyes bring ? Thy hungry prayfes in his Egge I ling, At thy requeft , elfe in another fafhion I would Haue] pointed at thy commendation: Thy other Heliconian friends bring ftore of Salt, of Pepper, and Vineger fowre, to furnilh thy Italian banquet forth , whereby is Plainly fhowne tbywodrous worth. Feaft CorjAte , feaft the world Still with thy trauell,difeharge The PrefTe , and care Not then who Cauell. Explicit lomnes hekfon • Incipit ypon the Author and his booke. fncipit Michael Drayton. A briefe Prologue to the verfes vJ following. • Deare Tom , thy Booke was like to come to light, Ere I could gaine but one halfe howre to write ; They go before whole wits arc at their noones, zAndl cGgye after bringing Salt and Spoones. \ A Any there be that write before thy Booke, XV1 p or whom(except here) who would euer looke ? Thrice happy are all wee that had the Grace To haue our names fet in this lining place. ^Moft worthy man, with thee it is euen thus, ~ As men take Dottrels , fohaft thou ta’n vs. Which as a man his arme or leg doth fet, So this fond Bj^d will likewife counterfeit; Thou art the Fowler, and doeft fhew vs (hapes And we are all thy Zanies ^ thy true Apes. 1 law this age (from what it was at firft) Swolne,andfo bigge, that it was like to burft, Growne fo prodigious,fo quite out of fafhion. That who will thriue,muft hazard his damnation; Sweating in panges, fent fuch a horrid mift. As to dim heauen: I lookedfor Antichrift Or fomenewfetof Diuels tofwayhell, Worfer then thoferthat in the chaot fell: Wondring what fruit it to the world would bring, Atlength it brought forth this;o moftftrange things And with fore thro wes, for that the greateft head Euer is hard’ft to be deliuered. By (panegyricke Ver[es By thee wife Cory Ate we are taught to know. Great,with great men which is the way to grow. For m a ne w draine thou corn'd finely in, Making thy felfc like thofe thou meant’d to winne: Greatneflfe to me feem'd euer full of feare, Which thou found'd falfe at thy arriuinguhere. Of the Bermudos, the example fuch, Where not a (hip vntill this time durd touch ; Kep’c as fuppos’d by hels infernall dogs. Our Fleet found their mod honed courteous hogs. Line vertuous Coryate , and for euer be Lik’d of fuch wife men, as are mod like thee. Explicit ^Michael Drayton. Incipit SS[ichoias Smith. *y Was much all Country wits to ouerfhine; 1 At Court,where there are hundreds iud like thine, How found they thee?how keepethey theefexcept As Rome being told that onely whild fhe kept The target fall'n from heauen, her date fhould grow, Made many like,that none the right might know: So, to poflefTe and keepe thee precious man. They make thcmfelues as like thee as they can. Hence flow thofe verfes. In this ( Tom ) appears Thy greatnefle,Thou art iudged by thy Peers . Explicit Nicholas Smith* F INI Sc ypon the Author and his booke • I Am perfwadedf Reader) thou wilt cenfure me for a moft abfurd writer, toadde vnto thefe precedent verfes that haue the word Finis fubfcribed vnto them, more Panegy- ricksvponmy booke. Neither indeed can I altogether free my felfefroman imputation of fome abfurditie com- mitced herein. But let this I intreare thee a little excufe the matter, that after all thefe former verfes. were printed, 1 was moft iinportunatly perfwaded by the that haue no (mail in- tereft in me,to adbyne theft enduing vnto the reft, by way of a fupplement or cues plus, Theiefore feeing I could not conue iently giue the repulfe vnto the Authors of the ver¬ fes following to inferr their lines into my booke; rake them 1 iiureat theem as good part as ti e former,efpecially feeing many of them doe expreffe ( beftdes much merry matter) very elegant and wittie conceits. fncipit Laurentius Emley* Thefe ver fes immediatly following xoere lately fent we by a learned Gentleman of Magdalen Colledge in Oxfor d : who though he neuerfaw me y hath vouchftfed to grace my booke with bis E nco miaflicks* To the neuer-enough wendred at M r . T homas Cory ate. JTching defire hath caus’d vs long to know Thy face (deare Cory ate) admired (o: Which that we might the better view at eafc* The Pencill fpeakes Vera effigies. But,let th’ingrauer know, it is not true, i Since< i Panegericke Verfes ! | < j Since of thy minde it giues vs not the view. It well may (hew the draught of ftefti and bone. But that may be applied to many one. The Minde of Man is it moft glory beares; Since by the minde himfelfe himfelfe appearesi To'fhew thy mind,thy felfe haft thought it meet To make vs moft beholden to thy feete; Thy feete,whofe foies employment who fo mocks* Doth ill, for it appeares that they wore fockes. For ’tis difcouerd by the fweete effed That thou to kccpe them fweete didft ne'reneglcd. Thy feete fought forth what thy faire fift defcribes* God (hieldthofe hands from chilblains, feete from kibes. Let thofe be vext with fuch that priuate lurke. And fuffer fhocs, fades,Printers to want worke: But thou the friend of Artes,manure thy wit; Thine Odcombe liue in thee, not thou in it- Harfh was the handling of the halberd-fwaine* Who grutched grapes to thy diuineft vaine; And little knew the threatning turbant-flaue The grace that thy regime to vs fhould haue« Though we may doubt much of the Pencils grace That drops but lowfy matter from thy Cafe. Faire-flowry France,and full-gorgd Germany, With their third fifter fwect-lipt Italy. Loath for to leaue him whom they held fo deare 3 Sweete company with thee to vs would beare. But being fixed that they cannot moue. They (end with their faire facejimpreft their loue; And Germany, fince thee fhe needs rnuft miffc* Inkind remembrance blowes thee a full kiflc. Then if thou pleafe more Countries yet to fee. Thou fhalt finde thoufands more in loue with thee* In lone with thee, whom thy digefted bookes Will make as well knowne as thy earned lookes. There fhalt thou finde many an Horfe or Affe To , Vpon the Author and hisbooke . To heJpe thee,that thy Chariot may pafle. There fhalt thou find many a double droanc Which vnder thy wits burden oft fhall groane. But, though thou trauell through the fpacious round. Let not thy 1 mpe, thy Babe, thy booke change ground. Though thou difcouet ftrange lands by thy wit, Let them fend hither and difcouer it. For pitty ’tis but that the world fhould know That ’tis thine owne deare Babe that thou lou'ft fo, And the truebraine-bred child of Cory ate, As Patlas was begot of Ioues owne pate. Thus Cory ate, write thy friends as thou maift fee. For none, but their owne foes, will enuie thee. ■ Explicit Laurcntius Emley • fncipit (feorgius Griffin: Thomas Coriatus A ,Tu cos amatoris AHdgYAWlfflCl X [Tuta cos amoris. l C Os es amatoris •, quit non prohat? ejfet amt or Si quifquam , exemplar 7 e pet at Hiefuum. Cos es amatoris , nec tantiim hoc 9 cos es amor is . Nam tibi fautrices tot , quot hahes , dominos* Et benefuccedant cum tot( Coriate ) puelU 9 Cos & amatoris cos & amoris eris . Explicit Georgius Griffin. i 2 Incipit 'Vanegyrickg Verfes * Becaufelike Yro 1 it is ftrongto con* taine the re - membrane e of fo many deere Obseruadons. t A metaphore for the head z Crowjid to¬ gether with Odcoaibefor p: bducmg hum. 4 The word (more) tor ihe reafonof ex¬ cellency: and Gander for the Rimes ne- cefsity, 5 Hepleafant- ly prefernes it in priftine pu¬ rity. fncipit Ioann es Danis Herefordienfis. In the lowd , alowd, or well deferued renowns of our DntaineAdlyJfes: his prelent vvorke , together with a defeription of the particulars ofthe Vinct, Title-page, or Front ijp/ce . I F Art 9 that oft the /^^hathftammerec!, In one * Yron head-peece (yet no hammer-head) May.(ioynMWrth7^?«>f7KIt Fame on the 1 Cocks-combei Then* t is that Head-peece that is crown’d, with 2 Od-combe : For, he hard Head/ and hard^fith like a whetfone It giues wits edge, and drakes them too li kcleijlone) Is C iput munch for a worldo( fchoole-iricksy And is not ignorant in the learned’ft— tricks . H hathfeene much merer hen much, I afturcyee, And will fee 2 \ew-Troy,Bethlem , and Old-Iuriei Meane while (to gitie a Tafte of his firft trauell, With ftreames of Rhetoricke that get Golden-grauell) Hetelshowheto Venice once did wander; From whence he came 4 more witty then a Gander: Whereby he makes relations of filch wonders, That Truth therein doth lighten, while Art thunders. All Tongues fled to him that at Babell fwerued. Left they for want of warroc Mouthes might haue fterued: Where they doe reuell in fuch Pafsing-meafure , (Efpecially the Greeke wherein’s his pleaftire) That (Iouially ) fo Greeke^ he takes the 5 guard of That hce’s the merrieft Greeke that ere was heard of s For ’ T)pon t he Author and his booh. For,he as t’were his Mothers Twittle-twattle ( That’s c JMother-tongue) the G*ceke can prittle-praule. Nay, of that Tongue he fo hath got the Body, That he fporcs with’it at Ruffe, Gleeke , or * TLjddy* For his Inuentson , in his Bookes rare 7 Braffface Is feene the glory of it, that cloth pafle 8 Grace . The 9 firH doth fh:w ho w in a fh ppe he failed. When out of England he (go —ing) tra—uailed : For,as he notes him felfefand right well notethj No man goes ont ofEnglandhwx he boateth : VV here hefhalfe ore board) fpralleth like a Paddockey And fpues into a a whales mouth called a Haddocke. Right o’re gainft it, there is feene b ttiApparrell V\ hich he did weare when he found ouc the Barrell Of Heydelherg : fhoes, flockings , hofe, and duhlet. With fo much of his blood as fils % goblet* Dropping in Creepers from his Trauels Trophie f Lice lie not ftile them, left you fhould cry 5 Whichjfor her fiat urc, you would takefor fome man Dreft in thTtalian fafhion, and doth ftand for Faire Italie it felfe, and fo is fcand for : I An Ouall- round wherein hee is piftured to the waft* Who on the one fide ferues for afupporter Of that 1 long Round, w herein he is made fhorter By halfe (at leaft) then his length natural^ And lookes as if he danc’d a CaterbraU, With Ruffe about his necke fet on fo finely, That you would fweare he nothing doth fupinely. On th’other fide the Round ftands one as tall too. ,-"V ' ' - • m The fixth, a woman ore his head with thetunneof Heydelberg on hirs, calling vpon him, re- , prefenting Germanie. , Dreft like a French-fern , in a farthingall too, Vpholding (as the other did) the Rundle Whofe clothes, about the Bumme, tuckt like a bundle. Doe make her ftand for France 5 and fo fhee may well. For fhee hath Stuffe to make her Voo and fay well. Then, 6 afeend, before your laft amending, And looke on that that’s farre aboue commending. A dainty m Dame (not dainty of her vomit ) Powres do wne vpon him (likeablazing-commer^ The Tapon the Author and his booh . The ftreame of her abom dance from her Gullet, And hits him on the n Noddle, like a Bullet, From whence it glanceth all thofe Fruits to water That in his way he gather’d, like a Cater \ Which Dam/ell, with her free ebriety. Doth //>, oror Jland for Germany. Vpon her head fhee wcares (beneath it fmirking) Of Hey delb ergs thefore-remembred ° Firkin. This, this is it that’s Creame of all lnuention y Andfarrefurmounts the milke ofwits intention. Then vaile your Eye againe that is afpiring, I And fee the P Horfe and Cart he had for tyring* On one fide (lands ( below ) an Horfe, or Hobby OrHobby-horfefl mean no Hawlkecal’d Hobby) Sadled and bridled ready for his trauell. When he his o wne feet fpurgald had with grauell. On toother fide the q Picardinian Chariot Which fome call Cart( that r carted wandring Cory at) Whence, ifwelooke vp,fir(l our eye is meeting How Cory ate from the f Jew is Gentilly fleeting. Left if he (laid he fhould be made a Prepuce i And fo of men, the only Womans Refufe. From whence looke vp,and next fhall your beholders See Cory ate carry ed on the Atltu (holders Of fuch ftrong 1 Porters as doe helpemcn ouer The ^Alpcs within a chaire without a couer : All which (expreftfo farre pad wits regality) Doe fhew the pow*r of Coryats Angularity. Then, on the top, but yet without the Vinet^ He lyeth at the heeles of many a u Ginhet , As then in ftableftoode on points of litter, To fhew his lodging was as hard as bitter; For, both together he ( nioft (enfleflfejfeeles there. And fo on litter lyes be by the x heeles there. Right or’c againft thefe proude brauc Spanifh ft allions Is feenc how he doth begge ofTheeuesy Italians, n A familiar name for the head. o By the fi¬ gure Tapino- fis. p The feuenth the horfe he fometimesv- fed in his tra¬ uell. q The eight, the Picardicall Cart he trauel- ledin. r That is,con - ueyed him from place to place. f The ninth {heweshowhe fled from the lew left he fhould haue circumcifed him. t The tenth, fheweshowhe was carryed in a chaireouer or on the Alpes. u The eleue th fheweshowhe lay on litter at the horfe heels in the liable of fomelnne. x Horfe heeles. y The twelfth andlaft, fhews how he begg’d of Italian Theeues, left they fhould hauerobbed him. With \ i 'z Alluding to thadoue which men bore to women in the old world, lith 1 likeloue our Author besres to men $ for whofe loue & commodity he hath put him- felfe to this coft and pains, a Burning in flames of glory and wonder,as in the judge¬ ment-day. Tanegyricke Verfes With cap in hand, and lowly genuflexion. Left they fhould fincke him till the Refurre&ion : So, fhun’d the fatall handes of the Banditie With wit that lackt not all of rnoft almightie. Hold Mufe, no more, vnlefle thou wilt be martyr’d Within his world of fame that ne’re was quarterd: For, if thou feek’ft in numbers to containe it, T’will make thy hr owes fweate, and thy nofe to raine it. But though we cannot in this Frontifpice Number thy Stations , yet may we count-thy-//^, Which (Tom) from one that (roauing) had no refuge. Drop downe, to make the Glories flood a D e l y g e. Within which Flood my Mufe fhke a Diudapper , In Fa mbs wide mouth wagging my Pcn 7 her clapper ) Is fo ore-whelm’d, that as fhee ftriues for more breath, The Flood engulphes her, and her xvordes deuoureth. So fare well Tom (fhee faies ) great Natures wonder , I lye thy fame%\\iQ\sz2in&fathoms\x\&ex\. For, it preuailcs aboue t he Alpcs (high Mountains J ) But when it ehbes y He firing in Caflall Fount aims. All to bewet the earth with ftreames of praifes Running to none but theein fluent Phrafcs 5 Vmill 1 make a fecond Inundation , To wafh thy pureft fames ' L Coincpuination $ And make it fit for finall a Conflagration , So to preuent fell Ernies indignation* Explicit Joannes Vauls Herefordienfts . ypon the Author and bis booke . Incipit %ichardu$ "Badley. In praife of the moft obferoanc Trauel- Mu Thomas Coryateo / 3 Odcombe, and of bis mofl Jxiopiflicall HoiLz[>orj. *'jj f H i * f 2 y ■■ ■ ; ' , y r .•- . ,• ; • D Eare friend (this attribute hele not deny, That thy great Booke (hall in the Church-yard buyjj If to admire, and to commend were one, Thou fhould not neede this poorc Encomion, For thy ftupendious paines fb mee amaze, That (as thy felfe) 1 can do nought but gaze: Not wondring,thou obferudTt fo much by day. As that thou writ, and couldft beare all away: This is thy praife, feme traucllers lament Their better notes to haue bene from them rent. Yet in thy booke the module is deferied Of many aCitie 5 and Caftle fortified, Of Townes,ofTurrets,and their Trenchers deepe, Of Rocks, of Riuers, and theMoimtainesfteepe, The Camps, where Romane fields were fought. And where their lines fo dearely many bought. If Schedules of this nature had bene found About Sir Politick/twold haue made him fwound. The fruits ofFrance thou no- wheredofi conceale. Nor thofeof Germany thou mean’ll to ftealej Thltalian rarities are here depainted, So are their Alpes, on which thouneuer fainted. Inbriefe, thybook’s anvniuerfallCharr, Wherein the works of Nature, and of Art, So prodigally there thou doft containe, That thou (halt heare, [No Nig&rd of thy pazffe.’] k Vpon a Vide CambeL Bat, an anciet village wiiliin the County of Somerfer, about fix miles from another village called Coicombe, P anegyricke Verjes Vpon that fubicd thofeimmortall Rimes ( which (hall outface the endleflfe bounds of times ) Thy honour’d friends compos’d, I cannot prize* Whether thy name, or theirs t’immortalize.* In which their candour and fyncerity Towards thee, will fhine to all pofterity. Howfe’uer yet they at thy labours ieaft, I iuftly thinke tha’rt greatejl in the leaft : For many things (I hearethofe friends reportj Do more augment my wonder, then their fport. And pray,what Traudler’s fo obferuatiue, That doth vs not oi worthy things.-depriue? As the French fafhion of their Gallowes rare; The Switzers Codpeece,with their Nuns fo faire; That curious cage ot birds in Amiens towne: Their Foolc at Whitfontide, who put thee downe« But oh brauc pictures! France, or Italy Whether, think’ft thou,dderues the Maftery ? There was that mafter-piece of fitch perfection, Apelles need not fcornet’naue laid th’complexion: Wherein proud Art (Dame nature to excell ) Within an Aie-houfe painted had full well. The pdfring paftuue of a erne of Apes, Sporting themfelues with their conceited Iapes About a PeAler that lay fiiorting by. Not dreaming of their theeuiihknauery; Whofe packe vnclofd,his trinkets on the twigs Some faften, whilft the others dance their jigs. This piece did pleafe, and fo content thy eye. Thou iudgTt it worthy immortality. Another picture was that Non-parctl^ Which a Venetian (hop had then to fell. In which luxurious Art did fo fur mount. That now the French piece thou didft Apifh count. And this the Paragon, which did reueale Theliuely picture of a ShouldroiVcde. This Vpon the Author and his booke. This did fo farre excell you of the Apes, That weil it might compare with Zeuxis grapes; I Aud thou thofe Birds deceiued might ft parallell. If thy then-wambling ftomackc truth would tell. The Dacall Gallowes there (I heard) you faw, Which twich him vp, when he offends their law: Thefe are beyond thofe ferewed ones of France, Where men dopafle away, as in a trance. Thy bitter iourncy o’re the dowdy rockes, Defer u’d the fweereft wines Fiemont vp-locks: For he no fweet hath merited (they fay ) That hath not tailed of the fower by th’way; Yet had that wine an vndderu'deffed. Which did fo on thy han ds and face refled. That ftone atPa'ua, whereon Bankrupts fit, Oh into England tb’adft tranfported it. As he hisbrazen torment fir ft did prone, So mightft mou thishaue banfeld, for thy loue. Briefly, for trial! of a religious lurch, ! Thou nimixi’it an image out of Brixzas Church. Yet cannot I ftipprefie, without difgracc. The loue thou bare thy Nacaiitiall place. For in the midft of thymoft Alpifh waies, When ruinous rocks did threat to end thy daies. No doubt,thou couldft haue wifht thyfclfeathome, Toliue D andlay thy bones in fweet zOdcombe. But after thou hadftpaft thofe furious pikes. Which feare and terrour to the Filgrime ftrikes ; And did thcGarden of our world deferie, Withinthe wombe of fertill Lombardie: Immortall Mantua could not ftealc thy loue. Nor once from Odcombe thine affedions moue« Wherein, FlyfJ'esAiVcjhou didft difplay Such loue, as he borcto his Ithaca . what fhould I fpeakc of that rare Patience, When thou waft forcedfwith no fmall cxpencej k 2 To — ..._ „ T- , „ _.. — — ... . - Tanegyricke Verfes ~ t hi«t i ■ P in * " mmmmm ru j—l ■ “ To exercife it on thofe Hackneyes vile, , Which rather would lie dovvne, then ride a mile. Thy continence no Lais could diffame, For thou cameft forth, vnburned of the flame; But oh! how prouidently didft thou cant. When thou didft play the crafty Mendicant? This tricke fthey fay j did (land thee in (lead. Or elfe thou might’ft haue hopt without thy head. Now if thefe notes may immateriallfeeme. To them that know rightly how to deeme, I pardon craue in thy behalfe and mine, If in our iudgements we haue mifs’t the line.* For with thee in this point I fympathize, Oft vainer obie&sdo my fence furprize. But whither Mufe? two long Mid-fommer dates Are not enough for to depaint hispraife; Thinke thou not neare his induftry to come. Who in flue moneths faw mod of Chriftendome: Referuethou rather thy Poetickevaine H im to falute, when he returnes againe From that vidorious voiagc he intcndeth To th’vtmoft confines,where the round world cndetb. Or if Dame Nature hath fome world in ftore, Which neuer was difeour’d heretofore. Yea thither our Columhw with his lance, Thy conquering colours (O O^^^fhalladuancc* c' ! I feare that whilft I fing his praifes hie. Many will taxes me for prolixities If for this fault my Cory ate pardon giue, I will not them defire mee to relieue. For of thee onely ( O VoJjpragmon great,) I pardon for my exorbitance in treats The fefquipedall belly of thy Tome Pleading for mee, toitoppe the mouth of c Explicit Richardm Badley* Incipii i Topan the Author and his booh. fncipitloannes Loifeau de Tour ual Tarijienjis a. Elegie encomiaftique, a M aitre Mon- fieur Thomas Cory ate, dontl’heureu ^ Anagramme eft, pa,, ho, Maicre. * T 1 Otti ccs GAllans efprits de qui l y Artifte Muze •** Change vn Set, en Socrate, en Fcbus, vne huze 9 Qui d'vn fat, d'vn batard, d'vn animalfans yeuz, Font vn fupcrUtifdes hommes cr des Dieuz j Sur les maigres feilions d'vnefoldtre arenc, Ter dent bien a credit & leur tenis & leur peyne. dials puisqu'd dire vray, ie ne fuis pas meillcur Que tant de gens de bicn, ce m eft[be aucoup dhonneur De danfer auec euz, comme le bal me mcine, Et } quoy qu humble & de loin,fay tire leur belle veine y Silzfont folz, feftre muftil les confciencieuz Auoir noz beauz ecr/ts n'en )ugerontpas mieux : CMais le grand a Sibilot que nous v onions deer ire Eft bien tel voirement qu on nen pent affez dire \ Et certes ne croy pas qu on que s du monde loeil At veu^ onpurjfc voir vn quiluyfoit pared . Fray bon homrnefi douz & jipie in dinnocence, Que fon plus haut fauoir luy eft commc ignorance i TFjnmeau Vlyflc a p/e . dont les voyages Ions, Qnt bien montre qu // a I'ejprit iusquanz talons , Foire ]mqumz S o v l i e rs, tant cette amebenifte. Sc delecie d'emphr vn double cuyrde befte: k 2 8 o v- * Reftelemot de trois lettres a C’eftpouree qu'il eft parent des Sy biles, en £‘rec, ©u bien a lenuy de ce grand Filofofe qui floriflbit en France, fbuz Henry III, aia grand’ ioye de route laCour 5 & etoit orcii naireme nr ve > tu de couleur de Laurier, b Pource qu’il eft rare en tout fauoirj ou bien, rare de \ fauoir; ou bien j de iauoir rare; I ou bien,qu^l a \ le fauoir, ou le j cemeau rare ; \ Ou bien, } pource qu’il \ nousmontre, ou plutot def- I montre a vi- !! ure» Panegyric kg Verfeu c Non comme vn Enfant, r no; ny corneal’ho- teldeBour- gongne ; mais les plus ancles &fauans auo- cats d’Anglet- terre portent pour ornemet & prerogatiue vne coifte de linge delie, comme vne efpercde be- guin pardef- Ibuz kurCha- peau. Sov LiBKS j udtcieuXj Sovlier % qui clah-voyans A force de feruir au b Monftre de noz ans 7 Quay qu'auer mdnts ennuyz ., maints trouz> maintspet off ages ^ Ne Font jamais voulu quitter en fes voyages \ Sages comme loyauz 7 afin dentrer en part De l* honneur qu aujourdhuy a leur mdtre on depart, D’ejlre vn jour etalez enfon braue Epitafe , Et au lieu d 1 ip crons mis furfon Cenotafe 5 Remportans cet honneur vers la Pojlerite , Quflz etoyeni Sov lier s preuz, dr de grand loyante. Sov lie&s feureuz Sov liers^ qui bien )accotnpare De tons ces bemz efprits la brigade trefrare • Car comme pe s S o v l i e r s en voyages } fjours, TauerneSy Cabarets , leporterent toufours 5 Ainfi toufiours quelcun de la bandefubiile Le ports a fon cote tout du long de la Vile y Etjpenfans telle fois fe fauuer a repos Dedans leur Cabinet , le portent fur le dos t Et ny a bon repos , bien qdabonde la foupe Si le loyeuz ny efl pour defrayer la troupe. Poire de telz encor ay-ie ouy vacant er, Qui ont tant ajfette c^Sovliers imiter , Que nepouuantfi bien de leur peau luy fane ojfre Pour en fane chaujfure 7 Hz tent mis dans vn coffre , Potte, comme vn cors Saint , j usque deuant le Roy, Dont le bon hornmefut vn pen en defarroy $ Et may mcfme aujourdhuy , toutglcrieuz,) attache Mes vers aces So vliers dr de veau dr de vac he , Pour nu tafebe d honneur 5 car de montcrplus bos. Petit comme iefuuflne map art tent pas, Aufi ie ne pourrois . Or quant of a doElrine, Son fauoir mhl/fie, digne quon c lembeguine. Sen liure exuperant.fruyt dvn pareil efprit 7 la nauienne pour moy quil cnfoit trop peu dit : lay voulufeulement faire comme les autres, Pardonncz mey, Mefsieurs 5 Et comme fvn des votres Vpon the Author and his b o oke. ^4 fagement loiie Silucfire on[on Bart as, le confeJfe y /impiety que ie ne lenten pas ; * Et bien qdonques ailleurs won nom nay voulu mettre, Ie ftiis content quil foit y mis engrojfe lettre . Explicit Ioannes L'oifeaa de Tourual Tarijienfis a. In dpi t Henrkm Teacbam. Memorise Sacrum. Sen calcei Laureati Thomsc Coryati Odcombienfis., Peregrinantiumnoftri Seculi facile Trincipis Ad Thomam noftrum. C Vr Coryate tibi ealeem PhoebeU Daphne Cinxent, & mid a Lamsa nulla coma t Infanos mm di for fan contemn is honored, Ignibiis & Lauro es tutw ab * ta£milid e Ver 'tks at capitispleni fCoryateJ miferta In calces imos {Jllufarekcit onus* ]* * Author is arni¬ ca Fcnet*. To (panegyncke Verfes Xo the famous Traueller euer to be efteemedthe toy oj his Somerfetfhire } Thomas Coryate of Odcombe, prof?JJed enemy to the Gentle-Craft or Myjlerie of Shoo - makers. X 7 Hy doc the rude v yl ga r To b a ft i 1 y poft in a madneffe V V To gaze Erifles, and toyes hot worthy the viewing ? .And tliinke them happy, when may be fhew’d for a penny The Flect-ftreete Mandrakes, that heauenly Motion of Elthara, f Weftminfter monuments, and Guild hall huge Corinaeus, That home of Windfor (ofan Vnicorne very likely) The caue of c Jfyferlm, the skirts ofold Tom a Lincolne. 1 I * An Haft In¬ dian bird at Saint lames in the keeping of M r . Welders that will carty no coales but eate them as whotasyou will. King Iobftj (word at Linnc, with the cup theFraternity drinke in. The Tombc of ‘Beauchawpe, and fwordofSir Guy a Warwicke: The great long Dutchman, and roaring Marget a Barwickc, The Mummied Princes, and Csefars wine yet i’ Douer, Saint lames his Ginney Hens, the* Caffawarway morecuer. The Beaucr f the Parke (ftrange bead as ere any man faw) Do wme-(hearing willowes with teeth as fharpe as a hand faw. The Lance oXlohn a (jaunt, and Brandons ftill i’the Tower .* The fall of Niniue, with Norwich built in an hower. King Henries flip-fhoes^, tlicfwordof wliantC dward. The Couentry Boares-fhiekhand fire-workes feen but to bedward. Drakes (hip at Detford^Kin g&icbJtrdsbed-Qed i’ Leyfter, The White Hail whale-bones, the bluer Bafbn i’ Chefter ; The liuc-caughtDog-fifh, the Wolfe and Harry the Lyon, Hmks of the Bea re-garden to be feared, if he be nigh on. All thefe arc nothin®, were a thoufand more to be (canned, ( Coryate) vnto thy (hooes fo artificially tanned : That through thicke and thinne, made thee fo famous a Trotter, And bore thee ore the Alpcs, where fidewaies, long, like an Otter Thou climb J dft and clambred'ft, there (ingle folic recounting, (Another Alctdes) thy lab our shiftily mounting. And as Alcides did (corne to weare any linnen. So Coryate (hirtleflc did as well as if he had beene in The braueft Lyons bide, wdth the taile downc fairlydepending: But matchlefte Qoryate fincc now thy labour hath ending. And ypori the Author and bisbooke. And fince th’arc well againe vnto thy Country returned: Thy very heeles by me fhall be with Laurell adorned. In the Vtopian tongue. N T thaUfiinythJi Coryate lachmahbabowans O A s i A m Europam (Americ-werowans e Poph-himgi Sarny a, Hejfen, Rhetta , R agonic Trance , (jermanien done Anda-lou&ie Not tA-rag-on 6 Coryatc 3 o honevilafcar Einen tronhJJd-combe ny Femes Berga-mafcar. Explicit Henrietta Teach am. fncipit lacobus Field . F all the Toms that cucr yet were nam’d ^ Was neuer Tom like as Tom Coryate fam'd. Tom Thumbe is dumbe, vntill the pudding creepc. In which he was intomb’d then out doth peepe. Tom Piper is gone out, and mirth be wailcs He neuer will come in to tell vs tales. Tom foole may goetofchoolc, but nere be taught Spcake Grceke with which ©ur Tom his tongue is fraught. Tom- Afle may paffe, but for all his long eares No fuch rich iewcls as our Tom he wcares. Tom Tell-Troth is but froth, but truth to tell Of all Tomf this T om beares away the bell. Explicit Iacobus field. In chit 1 P anegyricke Verjes < i a A ftirunke word of two into one, fuch as are, Hardy- knowt, or Hogs inout^ the name of Pope Sergius. So Atoms for Ah. Tom. bThe Arpinu of this fecond Cicero.A vil. lage before Ignoble. Now graphic all Mapy femiquauers as i which the white certaine power! qmllette. e through a Serpe gures licirus or b uadon of a flat f chimney is of In moos reader in x deadlyfmnes a fncipit Glare anus Vadianus . A Sceleton or bare Anatomic of the 'PunBures and ImBures of Ad c . Thomas Coryate of Odcombe , inloofe verle called by the Italians, ]>er(i fciolti, becaufethey go like Tom* boy zs^fcalciati without hole or fhoe,bootlefle and fuot- lefle: Perufed this laft quarter of the Moone,and il- luftrated with the Commentaries of M r . Prim- r&fe Silke-mrme , (Indent in Gajlrolog/a and Tujf-moccade. a TJEauderkeof* Odcombe, Bellamy of Fame* ^Learnings quicke Atome,wits glofle on Natures text, c Sembriefeot time, the hue finger of game, Ambs-ace of blots, fweep-ftake of what comes next, March pane ofmirth v the d Genoua part of loue, The Graces c gallipot, f Muficks fiddle-fticke. The fpout g of fport,and follies turtle Done, h Noddle turn'd vp, all made, yetlofe the trickc, Thou CheiTe'boardpavvne, who ononepaireof fhocs. Haft erode the foote-bail of this worlds Center, hy him raifsed to tenne rials of plate, and of which himfelfe is the Choro >e. c Amuficallnote containingfoure odde humored crotchets,and ft xteene madde as March hares. d He meanetha pantrie coffin made of pafte,in Blackmoore ( as Gufman de Alpharach calleth the Genoueft SMoros blancos ) ftew. cull words called parole mtoineate to charme Bridegroomes points rtouer Ve(- It is a vefl'eil into which womens teares blended with’loues fighes are diftilled mineor Crufible into a pure elixir, to cure. James kibe heele. f The Au- »ended ft iffe,wherewith in the l'cale of Muficke nien take the Altitude and ele- rom theiharpein Chromatique Symphonic. g The fpout of (port as a make. h Noddy rg?, being Anagrammatized is 7)0# Diego, who was a fa^ he Bay of Mexico, where in fteed.of the ieuen liberal! fciences , the feuen republikely read and profdfed, Difcoue- Vpon the Author and bis booke. — — -rnrw—rrr ■ ■ - -1 - ■ , — ■■ m mmw ■ ■ ■ Difcoucring places * couch’d betwcene the poles, Wherehoneftvcaue neuer yet durft enter. How fhould I ling thy worth in fitting laves, With ftarueling verfes of an hide bound Mufe, And crowne thy head with mifletoe for bayes, V nlefle thy k knapfacke did new thoughts infufe? Such Gallo-Belgicke Mercuries are notchipc From euery billet, nor each axle-tree: t\ature her i^lfe inthee herlelfe out ftript When fhe produc’d this vagrant Humble-Bee, Whofebuzzehathfild this worlds circled round. i He meaneth the Gallery of Donna Amoro(a the old Coun- teffofOrgueil in Arabia defer- ta,which is a me ere maga- zinofverdu- gals, whither thole courte- ousDames cal¬ led cortctans (pisM.Thomas himfelfehath Hing’d on the A* ticke and Autarticke ltarrc, And whofe great fame finds now no other bound Then from the Magellan Unit to Gibraltar, Whole glorious deeds out lace and fiercely daunt 1 Guzman of Spaine, and A mad is of France, Vterpen dragon^ Vrfon y and Termagant^ Great Don Quixot , and loans of Orleancc. Ludgate thefloud-gate of great Londons people. With double dcrcs receiues a wig! t fo dapper: Bell-man and knell-man gentrie of the fteeple, Do peale thy praile with Roufie $ Bow bell clapper. Whiles I thy goodly frame do feeke to fcanne. How part to part doth mortife,knit,and linke, I bonked haue my fpirits to the branne, And left my wits fait fettred in the Clinkc. For Tom’s acap-ftone^anda turne-fpitiacke, A brewed engine Mathematical!, To draw vp words that make the welkin cracks Out of a wit ftrangly dogmatically T^T/ n isanIrilhHarpe, whole heart-firings tunc elegantly vn- fhaled the word vnto vs) that doe enter to barte or chaffer, elles per dent! a vei'tu, man la galls Lear dement, k He meaneth afoldiers or a trauellers trufle or fardle or budget, which the old Romanscalled mulos Marianos* iThtfe flories are found writ¬ ten in the An- nalesofthe ebs & flouds of the Cafpian fea, & in the third Tome of the wars between the Milt & the Splene. Tit , *Diaphragma y cap. de T{umbis y whither for breuities fake I remit the Reader. For to fet tales vpon Fables is as dire&ly againft the Pragmaticks of Spaine, as to wear c Ceda fobre feda , fatten vpon filke, or creame vpon milke. m This is a terme in the Art Trochelicke or Hydrau- lick water-works,according to which Qmntilian faith of an old man that he doth pituitam trochlea edneere : He pulleth vp h:s tough fleame with a Crane end a Pulley. n D.SfcJp/#0«hath written a booke deTribus Thomis. This is a Tom fit to be comprifed in tribnslomis, I2 As Tanegyricke Verfes o I reade in Thomas deCom- bisofoneTho mas furnamed thefage/apiet the eight o£ that name, who for fpeci- all merite was chofen Tri* bune of the wether-cocks of Ipfwich, a man nobly and lineally def- cended from great Solon, be< caufeonone paire of foies he footed it to Venice, p A French. Shidque chofe farced with oilet holes* and tergiuer- fations, and tpe firft blof- loms ofCadid Phlebotomies q Tom in He¬ brew fignifie.th a twinne. r He is the Retracian iidc of Fortunes title Page,vvho is laid vtranq ; pagiridimplere. f A land-mark As fancies wreft doth ftraine or flacke his cord, Sometimes he warbleth fweet as a (lewd prune. And fometimes iarres out of a crackt found-board. ° Tom is the padlocke of all fecrecie, Whofe tongue the telltale ofwhats done and more. Vents out the barmy froth of furquedrie. By thirtecne to the dozen, thirtie to the skorc. Toms a p Bolognafaweidgelonely fat, Stufc with the flefti of a Weftphalian fo w. The fhoing-hornc of wine, that ferueth pat To make the feeble-ftrong, the ftrong to bo w„ Tom is a H twinne, and yet an Odde,and both, Twinne fhoes, Odde fhirt,and both by combination: Which Odde-twinne-triple-one,tofpeaken troth. Hath runne a wild-goofe race,a pilgrims ftation: This, and all this, is Tom^ and yet r much more, A Mandrake growne vnder fome r Hecuiie-tree^ There where S. Nicola* knights not long before Had dropr their fat axungU to the lee* The 1 neck-weed-gallow-graffes fapling plant, A Mufhrum ftartled with a thunder-clap, Which without noble ftocke or fuch like vaunt In one nights (pace grew out of Floraes lap. Yet for all this, Tom^ thou hadft proued foone Abortiue, and a fondling worth but little. Had not thy fire the man that’s in the Mooney Oft fed thee in thy youth with u Cuckow fpitrle. Then treade the fteps of th’Author of thy birth, Who once doth cuery Monech furround the earth. necre Exce- Ocr,diftcrmmating life and'death to thofe Pilgrims that vpon the high waies bid men ftand, in fteed of bidding them good-morrow. t Theherbe knot-grafle called in GreekeTibrflf- holarios, or Stopp-mndpippion, wherewith they were wont to giue the Commonwealth a vomit, vide Arifioxmim de foraminibus tibiarum . Tag, 4000 .paulo po(l finem. u M ay it pleafe thee Reader to be aduertifed out of Gennany, that this is nothing elfe but home *dcw called fyde- rum [alma,. Explicit Glareanu* V&dicwus. Inc ip it ’ l)pon the Author and his booh. Incipit c Ricbardus Hughes Cambro-ldri - tannul c Regi a Tedibm, Englyn vnodl inion. I Qandifh a T)rakj. gwendid lhywiaift Mewn lhawer afkndid: Dyfcaift fwy mewn dwy eskid, Yr hen gorph, na rhain i gid. Explicit ^chardus Hughes Camhro- !Britanntis a Pedibus. Jncifit I ’ . ' ' - ; ** ' ■ ; tyanegyricke Verfeu * Vox admiran- tis. Succido. Italke wet 3 moift. "["homse Coryati huius operis nejlroq^ Carina Cruda y tutflomachifoculoy bene dgerefrujhu Morbido. ItaL Smooth* / ■ Explicit Thomas Coryatus. ' 1 finis. ! ! 1 j AN ORATION MADE \ ■ \ BY Hermannvs KirchnerySjA CIVIL LAWYER, ORATOR, CAESAREAN Poet, andprofeflor of Eloquence and Antiquities in the fa mom Vniuerfitie of CMarpurg in the Landgruuial of Hafsia, and pronounced in the fame Vniuerfitie, by a NobleSchollerofhis, George Havns- C h i l d t of Furfirnfeldtja Moraui- an, concerning this fubie&. Thatyoungmen ought toTrauell into forraineCountryes, and all thole that defire the praife of Learning, and atchie- uing worthy a&ions, both at ho me and abroad. F any ofyou(moft noble A udi tors ) hath heretofore marnel- led D ohat is the reafon , that both in anch nt times,and efpe* dally in this our agey here hau bin foundfo many young men of a mofl noble and excellent toivardneffe and Tbitte ,loho though they could Hue at home a mofl peaceable , pleafant and quiet life in t helpery bofomes of their dearejl parents, in abundance of riches , ® in i An Oration in praife in all plenty of dainties, in infinite delights, in the im~ bracings of,their friends and kjnsfokes ,in the lout oftheir mofifmete countrey, and the happy folaceof their owne houfes^yet neglefling allthefe things, and the mofi plea - fantfruition of their fathers habitation , defire to goe in¬ to a certain Voluntary banifhment out of their natiue coun¬ tries , and "frith a Valiant andcouragious minde, to expofe themfehies to tbetempejls of forraine climates , and to the bitter flormes of fortune-,and to lander goe fo many and fo great difficulties, labours and toylesfo many calamities, misfortunes and mi/eries, euen to the "ottermofi hazard of I their life and "fr elf are; I "frill bring the matter to paffe by meanes of this my 0 ration ,"frhiib is 'Written of theincre, dible utility of trauel,and the admirable fweetneffe there - of,that from henceforth hefhall ceafe to maruefor rather, -frhich is the chiefejl thing ofa 11,l doubt not f my fellow A. cademick s )but that fifaccording to your fingular beneuo* knee favour,and humanity you "frill lend me your gentle eares and "frilling mindes ("frhich I expefffromyou) and ■frillfomeivhat diligently and attentively "Weigh the argu¬ ments and reafons of myfpecch, there is not one of you all "frhich toilnotprejently defire,hauing truffidhp lxs necef faries, and packed lop hisfar dels,to draw on his hootes,put his riding hat Vpon his headyaife himjelfe lapon his wings■ hoifiefailes,and mount on horsbacke (according to the pro uerbe ) andpofi the neereft"fray to forraine and remote Nations• imitating VJyfles that mofi'worthy example of traUelling, to com paffe the "frhole circumference of the earth, byfarre Voyages, andxvith /Eneas in Virgil to be | of Trauell in generall, be toffed )>p and downe both by land and Sea. For l D vill fhevo,that there can he no nearer Teay to the attayning oftrue Voifedome, and all experience of,a ciuill life , nofpee- dier meant to afpire to the gouernement of a Qommon- Toeale , no plainer path to pur chafe immortality ofpraife, dignity fonour and glory ; and inJumme J will prone, that in the whole life of man there is nothing fweeter , nothing pleafanter, nothing more delight full then trauell, Wherefore(mygentle Auditors ) I moft earnefly craue this of you,that you wouldaffoord this my Oration , Tehich is as it There a trauell of,the minde , the fauourable gale of your bent uolence, and the fair e S un -fhine of your gracious attention,andyeeU thi fayles ofyourfauour, to the end I may the better accomplifh my purpofe t and bring my courfe to a Tvijhed end. And that which I haue frfl of all propo' Jed Vnto myjelfejmy Auditors)is fuch a thing, as may ca= fly be knovone andperceiued without my Oration, or any other mans. For whereas all of Vs are to endeuour, as much as in Vs lieth , that Toe mayfeeme rather to adorne andamplfe , then cafl away or diminijh that dignity and excellency, Tehkh by aJpeciall priniledge is gium by God Vnto man aboue all other creatures ; and face fuch is the infirmity of our nature,fuch a darkenejfe in abfrufe mat¬ ters fuchflupidity of Toil, fuch dulneffe of minde, fuch blindnes and flendernes of iudgement, that VnlejJe there be addedVntoVsacertaine diligent inflitution and right information, The cannot perceiue, know or Vnderfand any thing at all in humaneft tidies, or ingenuous arts^and di - uinefciences : Surely I thinke there is none of you Jo Voyde IB 2 °f An Oration in praife of difcretion, or ignorant of all thefe things, ~tohen he pen i eiuet b fane greater and thicker darkenes andmijles in y>s, then that the fubtility of our wits . and the clearenes of oar mindes can of its owne frength difcouer and fhew it fc/fe,~\vhich doth not lender fund , that “toe ought to pro' cure ourfelnes abroad and from forraine countries thofe helpes and inf rumen ts, wherewith the fharpenejfe of the minds Mid thatforce and naturall brightnejfe may be fir' red J>p,poliJhed and inf ruddied : and that therefore from our tender years fit h that age is mofl capable ofdifciplines 'toe are to feekefor Maflers, tofe faithfuU inf rudders and informers of our life and manners, which may correBjmr rudenejfe fnflrutf our ignorance ,garnijh our "toils , and from their mof glittering O' refplendet light, kindle light O' 'tmderfunding in tos/s" infill and infufe intoVs arts } fciences ,ananecejfary, mofl profitable, and excellent lear, ningWhich if ~toe cannot haue in our owne prouinces and countries,"toe ought to trace them out by fea and land , and with all diligence is? indufry,to feeke for them likepreti * ous pearles.For that high ruler of mankind, y (ttpreme and potent Author,s more human,or rather more diuine,are not includedin one place fin one Trouincepr one botije- t neither are allfound in one man Jut are diuided and differ fed throughout the 'til) ole com pas ofthe earth, and a "eery fingular felicity of thofe things doth appeare more in fome places then in other, euenby the 'Uery genius of the place,and by l know not yohat de/iiny } (7 a certain kind of diuinity’.i? as certain peculiarftars are fixed in theirjeue- rall places ,fo thofe lights are euen from about gtuen Unto certaine countries,and to cerraine "Nations, 'tihom they do illuflrate (s' beaut fie, that wefee here great praife ofelos quence to fiourifh fibers of.morefolid Fhilofophy: here the excellency of the Matbematickefciences,there, of Jflrolo- gie is efteemed: here the dignity ofphyficke, there the ma- iefty ofthe ciuill law; and again in another place,the truth of holy religion, and the purity of heauenly do Urine doth raigne.Jf'tie will be partakers of thefe fucb excellent gifts, co uet to enioy thefejo great riches and delights, and defire to be beautified tisnth thefe fo fingular ornaments of tear- ningptie mujl needs "undertake iourneyes (y long Voyages to thofe renowned places,ticherin this fragrancy and moft heauenly plenty doth harbor .For art pfeth neither tilings nor feet that itJhould eyt hergo orflie Unto "us,neither can all thefe things be knowen by the mute founds ofbooks Jut 'tiemufi rather go "unto thofe learned men,know (yfearcb for many things, audgather many things by our eyes and fight.For good God,tybat Hifloriographer canyon exam plfie'tintome , of tiehat credite, knowledge or experience j IB 5 foe Her , An Oration in praife -\ j i ' ! f jo euer he mas } that hath not for the mo ft part beene per* fouaUy prcfent at tbofe matters y Ichich bee hath thought good to commit to the monuments of letters that hath not t ?ithhis Dime eyes feene tbofe places thereof he maketh a defcription to others/hat hath not obferued the manners and behauior of tffo/e menjphom he ey tberpraifeth or dift praijeth ? ffl’hat Orator that hath not from all places , /ought out the leery flowers of languages ? and t gathered to¬ gether the art of all ih ofe things loherwith the mind of an Orator ought to be furnifhed/j? 'fohich bath not noted the pronunciation y gestures and elegant al'hons of most elo¬ quent men ? What Aftrologet that hath not ob/erued that high Fabricke of heauenly things hi the diners dimes of htauenymd noted that mofi fwift motion oftbeSpheares } and the immutable order of the Starres ? what Naturae lift that hath not fought out the myf erics ofnature y and ft arched out the admirable Variety of all natural! things 1 Whai Hyfnian that hath not fif ed the diners klndes of humors and di/eafes^and dined into the force and hertue of all feuer all he arbes yhe incredible multitude thereofi< diflinguijhed With infatiable laanety 1 What Ciuilian\ that hath not kno^ven the diners mailers offindry Ida-', lions and people j their cufemes > Statutes and La we si What (Diuine that hath not irauelled l?nto thofe places , therein the purity of fteligion doth flourijhJtoh'tch hath not learned be files otherneceftary artes > the Greekeand Hebrew tongues^hereby he may the better fght for the Charter of the euerlafting lying ofheauen , againft the 1 trumpery reliques of Gods dejberate enemies y and be the beV of Trauellingenerall. better able toconfute the fophiflicall fallacies , andfoolifh quirk.es ofberetiques,that are deuifed for the deceite and 02 uerthrow of the godly l T herefore if thou -frouldef aske counfell ofnature herfclfe, -frhich is that mojl prouident andfaithfull mother offrs all, and 1 frouldef demand of her the meanes andfhortefl fray to attains to diners kindes of learnings certes [he frouldjkew thee no other then that of trauell. Trauell/ke frouldfay,trauell to Athens ,Marfeil- les/Bononia,Padua, Paris, and betake thy felfe to other Mart townes of learning, which do euery Cohereflonrifi. Defirefl thou to be inf ruffed in heanenly doffrine, and a- fpirefl thou to the knowledge of diuine things l follow thou the Church of Cbrifl ,(liU trauelling in pilgrimage; frhich becanfe it is not affixed to any certaine countrey, nor tyed to any one particular place,but being toffed to andfro after the manner ofa little Parke, -frith -fraues and the iniuries oftempefls,iy driuen about in the Sea of the ~ivhole -frorld , lines here and there in banijhment j fo that 1 -frould haue thee learne fubtilty from fome Auftine , perfpicuity from AzhznzCius fmeet nes from Gregory , and eloquent leamingfrom Nazianzen., andfome Nylfen. (Defireft thou the glory offrifedome in the knowledge of theciuill law, and the fcience of the facred lawes l Goethen into Greece "frith thoje most noble IDecemuiri of fome: en* quirefor Solons tables .-gather the Ordinances of Lycur- gus ; -frith Sulpitius^o to the Mutij and aske counfell of thePapiniani/N.afictf,Scipiones,andVlpiani. Vofi thou propofe "onto thy felfe the praife of learning in the facuity ofphyfickl then do thou -frith Hippocrates/^?//* Galen, ‘B 4 -frith. - An Oration in praife ‘pith Dio(corides,wV/;> Paracelfus that were mofi excel¬ lent Tbyfitians ; trauell into Lemnos, into Arabia, into Greece • and as often as thou haft traueiled about any Re¬ gion j fo often Jyeould bane thee perjwa.de thyfelfe tbou baji read a new leafe in the booke of nature. Doji thou co- uet to excellin the Mathematickes, in Afironomy y in the Qptickes/.ndin the yphole courje of (P hilofophy ? Imitate Euclide,ofypbom^ve reade that bee followed the Atticke Mujes feing dijguifed in yeomens attire } ye ben it yeas not lawftdlfor any oft be Megarean men to enter into the City ofAthens. Trauell thou to fome Pythagoras fame Ar¬ chimedes fl'ome Pcolemeus ./owe Ariftode ,//thou hea- reft that any of them are reuiued. Dooft thou labour to at- taine to dignity andbonour by eloquence ? feeke for fome Demoilhen csfome Ifocraicsfome HorcenfiuSj/owe Cicero. hDoofl tbou apply thy minde to theftudy of Hi ■ fiery ?goe then to Limeyf there be any in the ycbrld } yoith tbofe that are Jaid to haue come to (Romefrom thefarthefi Caliz.,to heare thatmilkie fountain of eloquence. Jffiociate thyjelfeyoitbGxfa,Yo\yhius,and Paufanias, and ac¬ company the Scipioes and Metelliyuen to their Tents and sformijhes, and to the middesl of their yoarhke conflicts. That this was the onely yvay to true wifedomeyhofe auncu ent loners of ycifeiome knewgvhom no length ofiourneyes , no difficulties of Sea "voyages yio tniuries oftempejis could difcourage. This doth 1 vitnes that diuine Plato, yeho ha « uing traueiled as far aslLilus } purchajed thegreateft part ofbisdimneyoifedomefromthe "Very iunermofi clofetsof Egypt j^hofearchedforall the abflrufer myfieries tberofi with ofTrauellin general!. Hith the admirable fubtility of bis 1 vit, fifted all the mo* numents of antiquity Hitb mojl fingular indufiry, and entred into the "Very marrow and pith it Jelfe of Mofes truth."This doth Httnefi’e that moft noble 'Thilofopher A- nacharfisj/o famous among ft the A widen ts, Hbo hauhg efcaped front the barbarous rudeneffe of the Scythians, and trauelledliery long iourneyes,Hitbfingular endeuour and alacrity of minde, came to Athens, and thereJhaked off*the deformed lagline fie ofhisgrofie ignorance and bar- bar fine- thereof he had neuer quitted himjelfe, ifhe had preferred his doinefiicall lurking corners before the defire of trauell. T his doth Hitncfie that great Ariftode, Hbo by his daily trauels pur chafed him felfefuch wife dome finch learning,fuch Knowledge of true Thilofophy, and fuch 1 m- derfianding,that you may iufily call him the father of all the Thilofophers that euerhaue beene;\yea the leery fonne and miracle of nature. This doth Hitneffe ^amolxis and infinite more, leho hauing trauelled from their ownt houfes,naked in a manner,defiitute of all better difcipline and nurture,and leoyde of humanity, haue returned home fingular lyfurnijhed and adorned Hath all kinde of quali¬ ties ofthe minde,and all fuch Horthy gifts as can be inci¬ dent to a man. Willyou haue me produce to you Cicero, that notable ornament of eloquence l Hho that hee might attaineto that glory ofJfeakjng that hee hoped for, trauelled in¬ to Greece , and at ^Athens hefides Antiochus, a mofi fiearpeandnifiThilofopher,cornerfednitb Demetrius a Syrian, a mofi noble and eloquent mafier of eloquence, and 1 An Oration in praife % \ > and Pery induflrioufly exercifedhimfelfe "frith him. Jfter that he trauelled ouerall jlfia, and be flowed the like dilF gence "frith the excellent Orators therof.yfgaine after that he failed to Bfhodes, and now the third time applied him? feife to Molo that mofifmgular Tleader , D thorn hee had before twife heard in fome-, to the end that now at length he might "frith his great induflry and diligencefupply the defell ofnature,"frhich denied him the inftruments ofplea * ding. Willy ou haue mefhew you great troupes of frort by fe llowes,that "frent out of the City of(Rome ? For albeit the Romanes "fr ere feat ed in the principal, habit atio\of the 1 frhole earth,and contained ‘frithin the "S Vais of their Citie, asiffrere an abridgement and Epitome of all Regions, and all Countries -yet they "frent toMarfeilles in France and trauelled into Greece,and from Athens returned home adorned with the Atticke learning . For indeed they con* fidered that all "frits ,~frhatfoeuer naturall inftinbl of to- war dues they haue,do "fraxe dull and euen die, being inclu¬ ded within the narrow bounds of their domeficallfeats,zy- that there is no dulnes of mind,no darkenes fogreat "frhich is not in a manner kindled "frith the courfe of trauels,and in all ref peels made more cleere and rigorous, 'But to "frhat end doe [recallyour eares to theftatues of ancient men,e* nen to the almofl abolijhed fmages of antiquity , and to dead examples ? Why doe knot rather place your eyesfrp- pon thefe lining faces and countenances ,"frhofefight and cleernes "fre enioylWhy do I not euen "frith this finger jhew you the mofi noble fruites of trauell in that "frortby man M'.Iohn Feriuari us the fifeffor of*our Vniuerfitie, "frho carri* } ofTrauelhn generall. carried?before Its as the Scepter Jo alfo the "Very Torch or Eampe of all "vertices ? W;o by bis tranches of France J* tdyjhe Netherlandsyandfuruay of other Trouinccs hath attained to "very great learnings fuel? experience of mat¬ ters ythat hath made him "very much commended and e- fleemed euen amongfl fir angers. Behold that admirable toppe of Ciuiliansy l name thee( moftfamous VulreiusJ "Vpon thee l cornier t the minds and eyes of all my Auditors, yphicb may eft be a lining Oration Unto y$ of traueh^ort thy to be pray fed jdoo hajl y if ted FranceJifcourfed Tvitb the (Doctors of France , haft t rat died oner Italy y and dift pitted there with Menocl.ius haft a/jo trauehed into Denmarke , hauing U ?horthily performed a noble Embaf fageto the King . Qaftyour eyes lap on the other moft re - uerend and famous men that are here prefent, Tvhich bane Undertaken 'very difficult and long iourneyes for learning fike } and by the fame bane attained to that fngular know ledge y and admirable experience of ah things y tj ?herewith they do not ouely beaut ft this Nni tier fit and yoith great praife injlrucllvs font alfo do make famous and renowned amongft other Nations > our W hole Trownee of Hafta, . and alfo all Germanyy^chich is our common country.Bkt if (my noble Auditors fur eyes cannot endure the brightnefte of theft moft glittering lights y that are euen dazgled as it here in the Sun-fbining at mid day: let "vs propofbefo e ■ our eyes that moH beaut full I heatre ofi he Vniuerfe y let y>s beholdhohatfoeuer is abroad in the Ivor Id y let yslooke into Troninces fee Citiesyunne oner KJngdomes and Em- t pares \furely efhallfinde thofepeople to be rude, flouth- fuh An Oration in praife fullpnciuillyough poutragious Joolijh fbarbarous ^ Tooyde of all humanity ftuility } and courteous entertainment ,proude, arbogant, puffed 1 >p tith a felfe loue, and admiration of themfelues-alfo effeminate ptantongiuen to fleece, ban¬ quet ings fiiceandidlenes ^corrupted tith the allurements of all pleafares, and the inticements of all concupifccnces i tbofe 1 fayptobicb haue ffed no iourneyes, no Sea-Voyages , no trauels,th'tcb haue not exercifedany commerce or inter* courfe with other Nations, dgainete(ball perceiue tbofe to be of a facillnature pnodejl, courteous , louing,gentle, kind in ■entertainement,and by the "Very bent of Iserpue in' dined to good difcipline,tbofe -js pits the heat of diners fra¬ uds hath ripenedyheperformance of many iourneyes hath mollified,and the knowen manners and difcipline of other men haue inflruFled. Hr tho is Jo 1 kicked , thornJo many and excellent examples ofVertue and piety Jo many heroi¬ cally xploits of Worthy and yaliant men, tbofe liuely ima¬ ges he beholdeth.ancl the true finning ofyerlue and admi¬ rable beauty thereof tall not inuite and allure to imitation ? Who is fo ynfeemly attired, thorn the mofi exquifite neatz ties in the habits andapparellof other nations .the laudable elegancy andcourtefie in afilions andgefiures pmd the mofi jvoeet conceits in fpeech till not make morepolifhed , and refined>Who is Jo crabbed,auftere angry,thorn the hu¬ manity,affabi/itygentlenes,iW placability of our conferts and companions,that communicate with los in our iourneys and bines,til not change! Who is fo tender,effeminateys cowardly,thorn the heat ofithefun s coldfnow, mine.hard feats t ftony pillows,atidfitch infiniteinconueniencesoftraa of Tirfftdi ift'generall. uehfo manytsailayings,iy dangers oftheeHs,toil not make more couragious (y Valiant?Wbo isfo fimple fimpronident and incontinent f»hom the fubtilty offpies, the ■wonderful, cunning offnkeepers and baudes, and the great danger of bis life trill notfine tp to Te'tgilancy prudence and tempe¬ rance! Who is■fo hard hearted and inhofpital,tebom the be- neuolencefenignity belpe off rangerstoil not mutual¬ ly induce to tbe like offices ofbnmanitylTVbotbatis toJJ'ed -frith many wandrings and errors,as Dido teas in V irgif, and not ignorant of other folkes miferiesftoill not learneto fuccor ibofetbat are in difire fie ? Who is fo impious,tehom tbefimdry calamities that offer ibemfelueito if duellers,the labors ,per'tllousfaylings pteaues ,tempefis ^moment any ca- fualties ofaduerfe fortune and dangers ydtvl againeGo ds freeing ofthem from y finite teihtoi in rite to theferiaus ey ardent inuocation ofGodseteri(ahrtnrefty,and to the often celebration