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A Table for euery ofthe ſcuerall Bookes,to find

.ourthe ſpeciall Stories and matters:direQing from
- their Chapters and Pages,

T he firstÞ Bockg.

OF the deuifion of the World afterthe generall Flood:Andofthe
confufion of Tongues, chap.1.pag,t

How and vnder whome the firſt Monarchie began, pag.
Ofthe debate betwixt Titan and Satarne,for the kingdome of (Fete:
and of their conditionall Attonement, pag.2
How {upster at his birth,by commaundementof SaturnehisFather,
ſhould hauebeen put todeath,andhow he was preſerued, chap.2,
84
Of thecrueltic of Lycaon : andhowhee was driuen our of hi? kgg-
dome by Iupiter, : chap.3.pag.7
How /upiter deliueredhis Parents beingimpriſoned by Tizar, pa.7
Of eX/culapins,and of his death. £ . pag.s
How Saturne, wilfully enforcing his Sonne Tupiter to Armes, was
chacedout of {Teteand Ganimadestaken priſoner, pag.9 '
How Jepiter onthe Sea, ouercamethe'cruell Gyant and Pyrat e/£-
g401, Pag.1o
How Junopretending the death of Hercales and his mother (being
intrauaile ofhim ) was preuented, chap.4.pag.1zt .

How Hercules, vanquithing the Gyant Philofes, fetched a bootie-
- eutofthe Ifle of Hefera, ; Pag,12
How Hercules reſcued fayre Heſione King Laomedons Daughter ,
from death:and of Laowedorns rreachery towards him, pag.13
How Hercules ſacked Troy,and put Laomedonto flight, pag.i5
How dangerouſly Hercnles ouercamethree fierce Lyons inthe For=

reſt of Nemea. . ; chap.5.pag.16 -
How Hercules in eAgypt ſubdued and facrificedthe Gyant Buſiris,
pag.17.
How Hercnles reſcued Hippodame the Bride of Pirithous from the
Centauresthat would hauerauiſhed her,, pag.18

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How Proferpine was raptedby Plutoz her deliverie attempted,firſt
by Orphens, then by T heſensand Pirithoas, and how ſhe was at
thelength-reſcued by Fercales, . chap.6.pag.19:
How Androdamns ouercame Philoftes, ſpoyled Thabes, flew King
£rcon. How Lycus wiurpedin Thabes, impriſoned Megara the
wifeof Hercales : andhowheeand Megara were laſtly flaine of
Flercules, : f ct , : a2.22
How King Laomedon was ſlaine by Hercules, and Troy by him the
ſecondtime ſpoyled,8c., : - Pag2s

 

 

T heſecond Books, |

F the warre and fierce Combat betwize Hercules and Antens :
7:: andof King. A4rlas, $1 chap.7.pag.26
How two Amaconian Ladies challengedthe Combat of Hercyles

and/T heſzas, andofthebraue performance thereof, © Pag.29
Of the warre,contention,and Combatbetwixt Hereulesand Ache-
lons,fortheloue of Deianira, : ' pag-30
: How the Centaure Neſſuswould haue rauiſtied Dbianird*: of his
death,and malitioustreacherietoiwards Hercules. chap.8,pag.22
How Hercules flewtlicſubtileand ctuell Monſter Hyara, pag 34

Of Gerion ſubdued;andlaine by Hercules. Pag.35
HowtheTyrantCacas (driven ourofhis kingdome by Hercules)
- tivedin a Caue with three LadiesDaughters to King Picas.pag.36

_ Therttagicall Storie of Queene Daphlerand Doracties. cha P.9 P37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Taleofthe old woman and Barens, chap.10.pag.45
\ TheStoric of Tipiterand (alrfto.) - | | chap.11:pag/49

/, Of (acychisſecret Thefts and Tyrannies :andhow bewaslaſtly dif-
4.couered and{laineby Heiczles, 48903097 9 vpap.ys
Ofthehonamidoheto Hercales in Tralrerand bf Queene Mariea,
- oh whom he was ſuppoſedtobeget Latinus Grandfatherto Brate.

enow 033 : 6 } chap:12,pag;55
How:Heonlts vanquiſhed Kin 8 Picns,andfell inloue with 7oleip.s 6
How Heneuletotietcame the TyrantDioheds3.and gauchiin robe
.ceatenof his owne horſes:andhowin Lycia hee berooke himſelfe
tocaſeandeffeminacie, l 1 DEONTY! P pagsd
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The occafion and circumſiances of the third and laſt Wane at Troy:

The deſtru&xonrhereoſ and baniſhment ofe£yeas. " pag.61_

Bratehis petigree fromeither Parent*: his Exile from 1ralze, and a-
riuallin this Iſle,then called A/bio7. pag.62

The third Booke,

Ow Brutenamed and manured this-[land: built Troy-nonant -

or London,andat his death deuided the Ile between his three
Sonnes, chap.14-pag-63.
How Locrine ouercame Humbarand his Hunnes : fellin lotewith
Eftrild : and of Queene Guenaoleiae her revenge 0n him, EfFrild,

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and $ 4brin, - | pag.64
Of King Leir,and histhree Daughters., - ; pag.65
Of Pojrex and Ferrex,and how Qeenc Iden murthered herfonne
Porrex. - chap.15.pag.67
How and when the Scors and chlm firſt entred Brutaine, and of
their Originals. ; pag.cs
Of Belinus and Brennns *their Contenclon Attonement renoW=
med Atts: anddeath of Brennus, chap.16.pag-69
Of the kindnes ſhewed by King Elidurus to his depoſed Brother -
Aru. gallo, pag.76
How Iulins Cafar aftertwo Repulſes, made che Brutaines tributas
.. rietorhe Romaines, chap.17.Pag. 77
TheFable of theold man,the boy,and the Aſſe, . | pag-80
The Birth of our Sauiour leſus Chriſt, chap.18,pag.81

How Guiderius &his brother Arairagus ouercame the Romaines:

' how Aruragus wasreconciled tothe Ramame: and-married the -

EmperoursDayghter, pag.8r

How. Queene Voada yanquiſhed the Romares : and of hers, "and
herDaughtersdeaths, pag.82
Of che firſt Chriflian King in. Brutaine - howthe Crowne thereoſ
became Empcual] and of che Mamage and Hohday in Hell.
: pags$
()k che exticame d\Pcrcſſn and_thral dome that the Bm!ſſtmſifs v\er?:
brought-yntoby theScotrand Pichts: and how thcy were relie-
. vcd by cHe Kingof little Britaine, chap:19.pag.87
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How King Yorriger intercained Hengifus and his Saxons : how
they droue Vortiger and the Brutames into Wales, and planted
themſeluesin Britaine, - : - pag.88

OfKing eArthur and his Chiualrie, | Pag 90

How after the death of King Arthuy, the Saxons altogether lub-
dued and expelled the Bruraines: and of Cadwallader their laſt
Kiog. : . l Pag.9k

T hefourth Books. © :

HeStorie of Curan and Argentile, © chap.20.pag.o3
. » OfKing Sizbert histyrannie & miſcrableend. chap.2 1 .pa.98
Of the amorous King Ozbyet ſlaine by the Danes,who ynder Hun-
garand Hubbadid warre and win much of England, pag.99
Of the politick and couragious Kings Aluredand Adelfone: and
howthey vanquiſhed and chaſed the Darrs. pag.ro0.
How Eyelred by treaſon of his mother became king : and how all
the Daves were murtheredin onenight, -  Pag.tor
Of the extreame thraldome wherein the Engliſh Tined ynder the
Danes, How Swayne king of Denmarke and Canutuchis ſonne
wholly ſubdued Englandto themfelues, chap.22,pag.102
Ofthe precepts that King Egelred on his death-bed gaue to his ſon
Edmond Irneſide. pag.103
Ofthenoble warre betwixt Edwond Irnefide and Canutus : of theit.
Combar, Attonement,and friendly partition of England betwixt
them,8&c, - - - D Pag.105 -
Ofthe holy king Edzard,his vertuous and valiant goverament.Of
the treacherous Earle Goodwir,and of his End. Howking Farold
was ſlaine, and England Conquered by Fulliam Duke of Nor-
mandy. - TN _ - _Chap.22.pag.107
Ofthe holy king Edward,andof his ſayings, Pag.111

The fift Bſſoolq.'. l'E

Owking #iliam Conqueroraltered the lawesand gouernniE

in Engiand. Of Edgar, Athelftone,andof his mother and Sifters

entectainementin Svorlard. And of thereſtoring ofthe Enghſh

royall blood. _ m chap,23-pag.t rzf__
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Of King Henrie the ſecond : of Thomas Becket,and of his death,

L | pag.114

Of King Richardthe firſt: bis Viſtories:his impriſonment in Au-
- ftrich:his revenge therfore: and of his death,  chap,24.pag.117
Of King /obn:and how he was poyſoned by a Monke,  pag.1r18
ATale of the beginning of Friers and Cloyſterers, pag.119

Of ablunt Northerne man his ſpeeches. | pag.120
How king E4gar wowed the Nunne : andof his pennance there-
fore, :  Pag.12T
Of the warres betwixt King Henrze the thitd and' his Barons.
En _ chap.25.pag.123
Of thevertuons and. yidtorious Prince king Edward the fuſt: and
of his counſell given to his Sonne,8c. pag-124.

Ofctking Edward the ſecond his euill gouernment. Of good Thomas
Earle of Lancaiter,8 of his conference with an Hermit, ” parzs
How lecherous T-geſius the NorWegane, hauing conquered Jre-
land,was by certaine youpg Gentlemen in the habites of Ladies
ſhine,and [reland ſorecoucred. chap.26:pag.126
Of amorous king Dermor, and his Paramour the Queene of MMeth
in freland:and of Jreland conquered to England.  pag.i29
Of the Hermits ſpecches to Earle Thomas of Lancaſier, chap.27:
ag.131
HowRing Edwardthe ſecond for his cuill gouernement wzs%iego-
© '{ed,and his Parafites put to death. chap.28,136
Of King Edwardthethird his Vidories and noble Gouernement.
. 7 ' Page137
Ofthe magnanimitie of-a Sco!tiſh Lady Sir Alexander Seitens wite,
atthe beliegingof Barwicke. ; pag.138
Of the troubleſome Raigne ofking Richardthe ſecond : and how
he was depoſed by Henry,ſurnamed Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke

of Hertford and LancaFter,&c.. Pag.140

74 | : The ſixt Booke.. |
OFking Henry the fourth : of theRebellions in his time ;and of
Richard the ſeconds death. | chap.29.pag,142

Ofthe viRorious Prince king Henry the fift. Of Queene Katherine
and Owen T uder. ; P3g-143
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Ofhe wowingſſand wedding of Fulcan and V/enus :and of the fttife

: betwixt Peunsand Phabus. | chap.30.pag.146
How Pan wowed,and wasdeceiued, chap:31.Pag.152
Of Merenrie his ſucceſlesloue, Pag.154
Of Marshis Cenſureof loue and women: andof Tupiters Sentence

- andſayings.. , pag-156.and157

Of the-troubleſome Raigneof King Henrie the fixt: how he was
laſtlydepoſed: AndotKing Edwardthe fourth, chap.32.pa.158
Of King Rrchard the third,andofhis Tyrannies, . Pag:160
How Henry Earle of Richmond ouercame and flew King Richard
the third. - ſſ chap.33.pag.161
Ofthe yniting of the two houſes LancaFer and Yorke by intermas
riage, : C l Pag.163.

: The Seanenth Booke. A

OFſitfie greatdifficulties ouerpaſſed by: Hexrie the Seauenth heire
m of the Line of Lancaſter, or cuer he attained to the Crowne. . *
: 20n chap.34.pag-164 '
Ofthe like great difficulties ouerpaſled by his wife Queene Elizas
. beth heire of the Line of Yorke, or euerthe ſame two houſes by

theirintermariape werevnited, \ pag.166
Ofa greatRebellionin England,occafioned by a Prieft. OfQueene
_ Elizabeth wife to Edwardthe Fourth. . chap.35.pag.168

_ Of Perken Warbeck and his rebellious Complortots, Ofthemalici-
.ous Ducheſle of Burgoine,Of the great Conſtanicie of a chaſt La-
die wife ynto the ſame Perkin, * pag.169 .

Of a ScottiſhKnight diftrayght throvgh his Ladies diſloyaltie. OF
his mad paſſions and ſpeeches : of his Death : andof hereuill en-
- ding. ; chap.36,pag,171
ATale ofthe Batandthe Moole,&c. *©'  chap.z7.pag.179
Of.the Cuckooe and the Oivle,part of the former Tale, pag. 185
Of Perken Warbecks End. Ofa Third rebellion, pag-187
Of Empſon and Sutton alias Dadley, : pag.188

T he Eight Books,

OF King Henrythe Eight.Of his Siſter fary the French Queen,
and Chartes Brandon Duke of Suffolk. chap.3$.pag.190
' : Of

 
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Of Queene Katberine Dowager.8&c. . " pag.I92
- Of King Edwardthefixt hisvertuous Raigne,&c;chap.39.pag.192
 Of Edward Scimer;and LordProte&or;Dukeof Somerſer, chap.q0
ſſ ef] -pagl

Of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland. 19 ffz)agg'l;;
Of the Lord Gilferd Dadlcyand Lady Tane his wife,, -/| 1pag.196
Of Queene 4ary. . ££/1/4. 7 >chapiq1 pag.198
Of fayre KoſarmimdandKing)Zenricthe ſecond.10:151 11 pag.t'g9
Ofa Ladie, who by paticnce and quiet;policierechimedherLord
from wantonnes. 41 11 2 -chapag 2Pag.z02

A Catalogueor Epiromie of all the moſt yaliant and famousKings
of this Land, and of theix AQts, from-Brure to her now Maicſties

,?ſimoſtþleſſedRa}gQc.. 12 9401 bazwapat 10 ghap.q2;pagizos
 Anobſerntationrouchibgthelletter Ho o11ods 35 bo.cme pag.208
ctictſiiſigh;ſi,illufi&d to-our now-meſt ſig{rdcibtxs-—Spperſſ&ſigſi;ſi-ſi_ (L:'c'enc
Elizabeth berPerſecurors,Pexſecutioo,and her paſlagerthere-
Mareof het_MaieſticsſſTrdubl es,&ſſ wonderful deliuerie.pa,212.&c,
.Of the vntimely Ends of moſt oir Engliſli Diikes fince:the Con-

13 ;Tihe mmbB-aol(q. Bort lnd 3
- out; ) ,1chap.44:pag.212
- queſt: by way-of Caucar to Paraſites, Rebels,and Confpirators,

- chap:45:pag-21 4
The Tale of Narciſſusand Eccho. 1. ||i'- 11 (Chap:q6.pag.216
- AFiRion oftheir Authoritic from Hell. Their preſent corrupring of
- Mankind,and wherein. 1 d pag.218
Of the, Char. paſſed betwixt 45vo old Widowes, concerning new
' Fangles now vſed by womens '©> 11 [+ 12 chap.47;Pag-220
Moreoftheir Chat. | » 919 90 2 1 Chap:47-page222
Of Spaynesambitious affeQing Kingdomes.. - »: chap.48

Whart the Spanyardsin Councell cocluded;rouching EngliſhPapilis
- artheir pretended Inuaſion of England: and ofthe ſmall ſecuritie
whereinSpayneſtandeth, d Pag.225.&C,
Theouerthrow ofthe Spaziſh Artnada;that ayno Dom.7 5$8.rhreat-

" nedthe Conqueſtof England. - chap. 49-p3g-227
How Sathan by the only.finne ofPride hatheuer preuailed. cap.5 0.
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The Legend'of $:Ghriftofer..Of the Popes Drifts,andJofirmities.
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Ofthe SparyſhTnquiſition. = chap.gr.pag.222
Ofthe beginning of 7eſaiffs. Anadmonitiontoſuchof themasbee
our Natiues. Of chiefe poynts wherein thePapiſts difſent from
- vsinOpinion, , Pag.233.and 234
Of the Combar berwixztthe Fleſh andche Spirit, chap.52.pag.235
How our Religion isautenticall, Of the chiefe poynts' whereinwe
diflent from the Papiſts. . - - Pag-235:&c.
A Commendation of our preſent Government, With-a remem-
_ - branceof ſomewhatthariinſomePerſons faulterh. cap.53.p.249
Ofthe Hypocrites of ourtime. bo bs pag.240.&c,

| The Tenth Books,
Oiw the King of Spayne and Pope firſt quarrelled ys': recei-
- 'ued,armed,& abetted our Rebels andFugiriues; Of thePopes
arrogant Bull : and ofthe ScorriſhQueene,&c, pag.242.&c.
Ofthe ScorriſhQueene her Pretexts andintemperate affefting the
Crowne of England, Hermany and moſt daungerous Conſpira-
- cies: withaCatalogue of moſt her trayterous Complottors,&c,

38 DOg EEREeT chap.55-pag.245.&c,
Of her lawfull and orderly.Triall; Ofthe moſt deliberate and mer-
._—cifyll handling ofhercauſe,&c' : :: ichap:56.pag.248.&c,
OfherDeath;&c. ' Pag.250.&c,

Ofwhat Councellthe ciuill warresin Fraxce had Originall, chap.z 7
 The beginning of the'fame' ciuill-warres,'By whom ; and apainſt
_ iwhom. Fobe Pag.253.8c,

Howthe Spanyard in'thoſe Tumuls driftedfor France. The Popes

- inchatitableaRting thercin. Of ovr-Queene her charitable and

meceflarie ſuccoursto the opprefled French:andthe Progreſle of

thoſeciuill warres,&c. , chap.58.pag.255
Thetragicall hiſtoric of King Danids Children applied,&c.chap.59
: ; . Fa Pag. 25 6

More'of: the fame Hiſtorie, » chap.60.pag.263.&c,

Ofthe warres in the Low Countries.&c. " chap.6r.pag.265.&c.

' The Elewenth Booke,
OF Sir Jobn Mandenil and faire Elenorsloue : his Proweſſe forher
fake performed : and his departure to trauell trange Coun=
<tries, | _  Pag.296,8c.
- . of
The Table.

Of Sir Hugh Willonghbyhis Voyage, and death, Of Chancelor pet-
forming the ſame Voyage. - $5 Pag.273
Of Diſcoueriesby Chanceloy : his ſtately Intertainmenr,and (%cceſ-
full diſpatchof affayresin Ruſſia. Pag.274.
More of Zandewl and Elenor : and of his Letter ſentvnto her.&c.,
ſi Pag.275.&c,
A deſcription of Ruſſia, Somewhatof their Manners, Religion,and
Policie,&c, ; chap.65.pag.278
More of Chancelorslaudable Attions : and ofhisdeath. pag.279
Of Elenor her ſpeechesto one Srafford,in anſwer of MMandeuils Let-

ter,&c. - | _ chap.66.pag.281
Of Burroughhis Diſcoueries,&c, | chap.67.pag.283
Of Jenkinſon hisDiſcoueries,and ſucceſſullimployments. pag.284.
More ofthe ſame, : pag.285
Of Mandeuil offered a great Martiagein «Agypt. Of Women,and
Marriage : and a Cenſure of Either. chap.6$.pag.: 86.
More of /enkinſon labouring our affaires in Perſia, &c. chap.69,
; ag.289
The Twelfth Booke. FE

OF the meanes whereby Elenor (thereof before ignorant) had
notice that JZandeuil was her Knight beloued. cap.70.p.292

Of Eaſt,South,& Southeaſt Diſcouerers and Diſcoueries,&c, chap..
: - 71.Pag.295.&Cc.

A Woman ſimply deliuering the Soothe concerning her owne

Sexe,&c, chap.72.pag.297
Ofthe Seuenteene Kingdomes in Tymes by-pafſed , whereof her
Maieſtie isnow ſole Monarch,&c, chap.73.pag 300.&c,
Old Rome diſcribed in herRuines. chap.74.pag.302
Of Romes politicke Gouernement from the Originals, ynto Cor-
ſtantines Donation.e&c. - pag.304
Ofthe Gouernors, and Gouernment of Rome, ſince the Papacie,
; : ; chap.75.pag.305
Of the free-States in /ratie, : pag.306.&c.
A new Reuiuer of anolde Merriment, ofone crofſedin his amorous
drifting, chap.76 pag-307.&c«.
Of Handenil and Stafford met at Rome,gcr. P2g.309.&c.
Thereſidue of the former Merriment. chap.77 pag.312
Aandeniland Elenoy met,and of their loues Euent,&c. pa.z04 &c
e/Encidorin Profe, : P2g.317.&c.-
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Incldea (nemrſccctne before) an Empire had bſigoune.
As hzand his audacious crew,the Tower.of 3abe/lrcare, W.
Pretendingat ſhould cheekthecloudes, foto auoydthe feare. -
Offollowingflouddesthe Creator of creatures beheld
The chmmg toppesot ſi:loud bigh Towgrs.and moreto be fulfildm
Tocutoff which ambicious plot ard quaſithcir provd intent
Amoneglt a world of oeop]c therc hc {undry ſpeeches ſent,.
So thatynable to conferre abour the workethey went, *
TheTower wasleftyofitiiſhed {and cucty manwicthdrews 2
Himſelfe apart,ro ioync yathcboſe wboſc Lmſiuage beſt hc_kncw- ,
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7 He Ba*sy}oni at Satarue thouſſh his buildlngs ſpecde was bad,
Yet found the meanesthat vnder him he many Nations had,

He wasthe ficftthat ruldeasKing,or torraine Jandes ſubdudc,

Oc wentabour intothetiebroFothersto inrude:! h |

Ere this aſpiring mindes did flecpe,and wealth was notpurſude. ; 'ct

Hisfonne 7oze Zels afterhim,fucceededandpurnaide- —=/* -

For drceadfull warres;butawlefledeath his dreadtullpurpoſe, ſhlc\e,-.ct.
Then 45 proſecutes the warres,preuented Feluslought, © = »

Andfildthe wronged worlde with armes,andco ſubjeftion broughl

_ Much people,yer not capable of ſuch his nouile fighr

From-Caldeator A yria be tranflatesthe Empire quites \/ e-

And cauſed fire on horſes backes,beforehimeucr borne, * |,_ -

To be adornedfor a God; Thusou-of vie was wotne

InCaldezand Jf3ria too the honout tightly due -

To high Tehoua,Ged indeede; Tdolatrie thusgrew

}*rsm Nints fiſit he fi\fi ofalla Momrchxc d:d framc,

 

His walhkſi_ W z*c Mſſ z;-ſi.;mz.ſ,her husbai d %*cmg dead,

&nd fonnc in nonage,fainipg himlong rylcd in bis fead :
Delat:ng ina malcsatiyreghe, Emlſſnrſi new begonnes ,. ,
The wiich, bis yeares admitting igſhe.yeclded t9 ncr ſox*nc. |

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Thus Chtm his broodedid borgeonfirſt,and heldthe wotldeinawer- -

But 7 apheths Lineto Tauansland from 1fvr doth ys drawe.

Veh prayſeis ſpokeof Theſaliz,and Pegafis his Springs,.

And how'the Nimphesof 44 eopte, in Terpedid greatthingss
And how that Cecropsand hisfecde did honourtZtbens [o,

As that from thenceare fayd the Springs of Sciencestoflow. , 7  /;
Nor onely Artes but Cheualzy;from Greece deritie we may » : | 27 \/
Wheteof (omitting many things) my Muſe,alonely fay:;; :: 11 11
How $aturze\Toue,and Hereeles, did fillthe world with fame Z

Of inſtice,proweſſe,and how they bothmen and Monſterstame :

And1o from theſederiue themeane now Bruteto Abion came.,).
In Crztedidfloriſh in thoſe/dayes (the firft that flotidhe ſo)

FVranss:hein wealth and wicte all othersdid outgoc.."

This tooke to wile {notthen forbod) his Siſter 7 e57 fayre,

Thatcrooked T/taz did to himand comely Saturye bacr,

Theelderfor deformities,inmakingandotiminde, - |-

VVithparcats andthe peopleroo didlefferliking finde:

T'heyounrger by the conrraries,gane banſcllinhisprime.

Ot many vertues,honouring their Ownersclder time.

Away {lips age: dcath ſparcth none : 7y4295 leaues the ſtage,

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His body (ow depriu'd ofpormp)joterra,the wormes doe gage,

VWell may acich matsHearſe wanrtcares,bur heites heſhall norm's, |

Towhome,ghathe isdead atlength no litle joyc it.is,. _ . .

Howbeit,atthelcaft for forme,#74#05 Sonnes lamear: ,. ;

Bur ſcarce thcir parted fathers Ghoſtto heaucaor heL vwas ſenr,

W hen that his heires did fall ar oddesabout the vacantRaigae:

And Ttan chafes;diſabledthenthe Sceprerto. fuftaine. ”

Each cyedid follow S4tsrncsfotme;cach heart applandes his fame,

And to. conclude,with whole conſent,be winnes away thegame,

Yer,for becauſc the Birth-right ſhould inurgto/T /P9 R

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W hen,of his building;he was Lordofmanty apeopled Towne.

He giueth lawes;his lywes ate'keptzae bids,and all obay,

Ainc 4 equally belou'd and feard he we -21ds a kingly ſway.

He teacheth!tmen?yataughrbcfore)to'catethelullyland:,

And liow topearſethepathlefſe ayre,withihafr from Bow-mans hand :

God-Djs did quati8 to ſeehis golde ſo faft convayd from hell, - - - 7

And fiſh:s quakte,when men inſhips amigſt their flonds did dwell: %

W ho lones netbim? VV herein did ootthe King of Cretexcell.

But what auaile of Townes,or Eawes,or whar doe ſubiefts moue?. 27
Sheaues Shafts;or Ships;or Gold,or all king Saturpe is inloue,
Helouesat@is beloudeagaine : : yeatſo mightnot ſuffice,
In formeryow to Ti#an made hispainecof pleaſureJies; %
But no mifffromithe Monatke Lowe bywealthor we;ipons fileſi
Cybella Fayre Cybella igeſpouſed ro berbrother::- "
And as doeV enus blſhng Birdsſo.Jonerhiey.one anothec
In Coiture ſhe doth coneiue:one ſonneisborne,and flayne : -

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ALBIONS ENGLAND.

Both to acquite him of hisvow,and fruſtrate Deſtinie,/

For atthe Oracle he had,his wite a ſonne ſhould beare,

That ſhould eieQhimfrom his Realme: his yow therefore and fearc
Did haſtenon {ynwillingly).the ſlaughter of his ſonne :

For which (his ſorrowesgranting ſpeech).his mocne hethvs begonne.

And watnotſtately Crowns their cares? VYV uh-pompehaue princes

Ah.dic he muſt,anddie he ſhall,cls may not Satarne raigne. ' (paine?
Yeat,might a Scepters want ſuffice,I gladly would refigne:

But ſworne-by $t:x and wreakfull £2£arsar periuries repine.

Then farre be-itthatthey repine,lealt Ttoo laterepent :

Ic doubles finne;, if finne by finne we praCtiſe to preuent,

From this tiwe foorth, Helancholiefor Surname Satnyne had:

No mitth-could wreſt frohim a ſmile,ech ſmile would make him fad.
His ſeruants feare hisſolemne fittes, when if they ought did fay,

He eitheranſwers not at all,or quite an other way. '
\Ynpeopledroomes and pathlefle wayes did fit his humonr beſt :
Andthen hefighs and ſheadeth teares when all things elſe did reſt,

W ho ſo could cite a Tragedie was formoſt in his creede,
For,balking pleaſaunt company,on ſotrowes did he feede. |
Death likes himthat miſſikes himſclfe - in geſtureroabes and a{l
Heſhewes himſelfe like to himſclfe : and hence it doth befall %
Thatmento Mclancholy giuen,we SaturniiFs doe call.

His Wite and Siſter kiſsing oft her Nephewe and her Sonne,

(For ſhehis Auntand Mother was) with 7e#aſecketo ſhunne

The voted Fathers deadly doome: to' kill foſweerea Childe

Their eyes and very ſoules abhorre: who (nothing ſo vamilde)

Doe weeping kiffe his langhing mouth, in minde the Babeto ſauc:
How beit feare of Saturnes wroth contrary counſell gaue,

But when in haſterhe Babe his heart was ſent for by and by,

So Satarne wild,fo Cyiell muſt;andYefancotdenie,

It wasa woeto heare their woeand deathto ſee them die.
Vohollowed wretch,then Cybe{] ſayd,in wombe w hy did I beare

This double Burthen? happy Twins,fauetharmy T'wins they are.

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ALBIONS ENGLAND.
So that my teeming wichthele throwes hadending well were T :
Or would I mightnot giue themlite,thatliving foorthwith die.
Thy Sceprer (Saturze) is aot worth Perfourmance ofthy vow:
Thy conſcience doth afcruple holde tharGods nor men allow. :
Fro Gods,fro men,trom brutiſh beaſts,from nature nought doth grow,
Bur foſters what-it bringeth foorth: thou onely doeſt not ſo.
Thy Sonnesalone for{laughters ſerueand I mean whiletheir mother
Am Saturnes Wite,leſle prowd of it thenthat he is my Brother.
Vahappy Cyvell borneto beare,and therefore borne to woe,
Aqnd truirlefſe fernil toaman thar ſoweth not to mow.
'” Now teares had drowned further ſpecch,till ſheas one beſtrought
Did criethat with a knife che Babe ſhould to-her bed be brought :
_ Myſcie(quorthfhe) willbe hisdeath,with whomemy ſelfe willdic:
For ſomay Satzrpe fauc and ſhunne bis yow anddeſtinie.” '
Burt / e4 counterwaunes heticharge : yeat Saturnes will muſt ſtand;
For 7ove muſt die,or they notline: A Damlſell theare at band
W as thenenforced to thatcharge. Thrice toucht her knife his Skin,
But thrice his ſmiles did cauſc her teares: ſhe fourthly did beginne,
And fourthly ended as before. Betide medeath or lite,
Liuc ſtill [atleaſt for me)ſhe ſayd: and caſting downe the knife,
She kiſtthat ſweete andprety mouth thatlavghed on her lippes:
And brings him backtoCybels bed, Her hearr,renined,ſkippes,
Reniewing life where reckned death had wrought repentantteares.
The Father fronted witha guile,atlength the Damſcl} beares
The Infant ynto 0/4# Towne : and in her Ladies name,
Tntreates CMeliſmns Daughters rwayne tonouriſk vp the ſame.
Vptoa Mountaine beare they him,and ina ſecret Caue
A Monntaine Goatdid give him milke,and fo bis life they ſaue;
His Nour{cs,founding Simbals once to drowne the Tnfants crie,
A many Bees (the Mules birds) into the Cave did flie, Z
VV herc making Honic, Sarzracs Sonng didlong timeliuethereby.Y

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AT9 Frcl)]n*a Epireto Pelafess him the Lordes Epyrotes
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22 Toferchtheirpledge Lyr40p held,whentimes of
Z trucehadende: »-: i
Licaon fayning to conſent , that did-not fo in-
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Next day;as though he would diſmifſerhe Legates with eſtate,
Did maketo thema ſolemine feaft : when,hauing flaineof lare
The noble pledge,hebrings hislimmes and ſerrech them before
His Countreymen'to feede vponinſauſed diſhes ſtore.

The Strangersand hisSubic&s too abhorriog ſuch aſighe,
Sit gazing cach in others face,bereft of ſpeechandprite,
Vntillthat luſtie 74piter, a iriplingto beholde,
Did takethe limmies diſmembred{o,and witha courage bolde
Didſhewthemthrow: Pelajais ſtrectes,declaring by the way
The murthet oftheir bloodie King : which did fo much diſmay
The Citizens,thateuen they,deteſiing fuchwnright; |
Did riſcinarmes againſttheir King,wheore youthfull Toxe did fight
So yaliantly,thatby his force Zycaon tooke his flight:
Andafter did by Robberies,by blood,and Rapinesliue :
For whichto hima V ooluiſh ſhape the Pocts aptly giue.

   

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IN Epyreand Pela/gss thus 7oxe firſt his hononur wonne?
" Butgreater things yntouched are by this ſame VVorthy donne,
Andpartly,in the monſtrous warrechat Ti#anand his Crue

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Did holde with $atarne,when by ſearch of Ifſues males he knew

The whichhis brother had aljue,againſt their couenant made:

VWhen,T itan Vicor,faſt in hold was vanquiſkt Sazarze laide, |

Together with his wife and friends : where forrow much they paſt,

Till 7zpier did ynderſtand his parentage atlaſt. - |

He therefore landing tooke in Cyete,with wellprouided men :

Andflew his Vacle 77#a7,andthe Giant 75hon then,

With moſt part of the Tz#ano7es,and ſetshis Father free;

By meanes whercofthey reconcile.and wella while agree.

N{Ot brooking then Lpo//05 fault,inthat he entertainde
Theremnauntofthe Tztanoiesgthatafter warresremainde;

_Apollo wasby Tnpiterinforced forto flic D

His kingdome Paphos, andtoliue exilde in Theſſalie_.
There loue,but chiefly penutiezconftraincd himrto keepe
(Vntill hewasreſtored home) the King _7 d&metmi ſheepe:
Andfor his Sonne di{dainefully enuicd 7ove his praiſe

Toge wasthe ſamePhiſitions dearh that deadto life conld raiſe3
VV hoſe fame grew thus. As. «&/nl4p an heardſman dideſpie,
Thardid with eafie fight enforce a Bafiliſke toflie. ;%
(Albeitnatutally that Beaſt dothmarther with the eye.)

« Apollos Sonneperceining him with Gatland on his head,
imagins (asit was indeede) ſome hearb ſuch yertue bred:

And tora proofe,he cauſed him to caſt the wreath away,

W hen-ſtrairthe beaſt her onely cyes the filly man did ſlay.
_Then«Aſculiphimſelfedid cakethe wreath and putsit on, -
Andby tharmeaneshe onercame theBafiliſke arion.

In hearbs thatdeeper force is hid then Science may containe g

 

} finde,fayd be;and hearb by hearb into his mourh did firaine

Thatlay fordead,an-hearb ar laſt reuiuing bim agayne.
Henceforth;menthought him morethEman,wheby his wondrous

He rendredliferomany hke,ſo winnng greatgood will, (Ckill

Butas. he waxed famous thus,he famous waxedproud,

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' AEBIONS ENGLAND.
Diſdayning all,yea-Toxe himſeltc forPeere he difalowd':

Vauill that $az#rms avgry Sonne reveng'd his prideby death+:
CorrcCing iuſtly cach abuſe,as ReorontheEarths'

"He Sonnes renoune tlu\m addedgrace,ynto the Fathers name,

But ſhadowes waite on ſubſtances,and enniec followes fame..
Euen Saturne,pompous Satrrnetidde by Tutzter of Focs
And fearc of 7itaz,did renewe his ſuperſticious woes,

As touching former Oracle: and haſtie ſommons ſenr.
Throughouthis Realme to muſter men,in purpoſe to preuent

By death of 7oxe his deſtinie. The men of Crete repinde / .?
Toput onatmourto his ill whomthey had foundſo kinde :' Z
Bur will they,nill they,ſo they muſt,for ſo their King aſlignd.

And Saturne with hisarmed troupes into £1rcadia went,

W here /upiter,forewarned of his Fathersill intent,

Intreated peace,to him denide,ſothbat perforce he muſt

Defend him from his froward Sire,or rather foe yniuſt,

 Theare might ye ſec King Saturne fightlikeroaLion wood,”
W hileſt 74pizer did beare his blowes and ſpares his Fathers blood:
And himthat foc-like would him ſley,he friendly diddefend,
Deſiring Saturne to retyre,but wordes weretonoend,

The wilfull man purſuing blood, 7oxe ceaſeth to perſwade, -
And ruſhing inamongſt his foes ſo hote a ſkirmiſh made,”

'That eucry blowe ſets blood abroch, and ſo inlittle ſpace,.

Euen he who late he did entreat is followed now inchace

By 4 rcasand his company: for Toxe refraindtheflight,

Becauſe againſt his countrey men he had no will tofight.

W hileſt lucklefle Satarne did eſcape byflight and fortune then,,
And wandredlong in yncouth Seas,depriude of wealth and men,
Viftorious 74pzter was crownde with glory King of Create:
And Saturne,now ariudeat Tro,forſuccourdidentreat.
Ganymedes,King Troys{onne,was ſent in Satarnecayde :

A worthy Knight,and yaliant watreto 7apiter he made.
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ALBIONS ENGLAND. |

But heand his werechaſedbackecucntotheir Citic walles,

For wholo ſtoode with 7apiter;by 7 #piter he falles,

Aad thearethe Troyan Paragon Genymedes'was taine,

Twixt whome and 7w94ter thenceforth ſound triendſhbip did remaine.

Then Saturnedid the ſecond timero Seas with ſhame retire,

And gcuerafter durſt by warre againſt his ſonne conlpire :

Burſayling intolower Realmes,in 7+atre did dwell : |

And hereof itis faid,his ſonnedidchate him inco hell,

MEaoe while,lefle ioyous of hisfamethen ielous of his freakes,
Her wrong Queene 14#9 onthe Trals of Thpiter ſhe wreakes.
V hich was che cauſethar,allt00 late;he (purpoſing returne
Toreſcue Danac(in whoſelone he amorouſly did burne)
Wascalt by ftormes into the Seas;that forthwith tookethe name
Othim whom for his Piracics 7oue vaaquiſht in the ſame.
Ye might haue ſeene Megeontheare,with wreakfull wrath inflamde
Arſight of 7ouc,at whoſe decay he long invaine had aimd,
And howthat Toue had now the wotſt and in'a trifc againe
The Gyant wich histwiſcthree Barkes in hazard to betaine./
he Centanres ſhewthem valcrous,fo did 7xeoz ſtour,
And braue Ganymedes did dealte his balefa!! dole abour:
But when couragious 7#piter had beatento the ground
-1egron,and inthe {elfelame Chaynes wherein he often bognd
The harmeleſle ſoulesthat croſtthole Seas,himMtein fetters lay,
Ye might haue ſayd,andrrulyſayd, that then did end thefray.
So many were his high exploits, whereeffuch wonder bread
That for the ſamethe Heathen folke doe deific him dead,
W hich fincethey are ſomanitold.] many oucrpalle:
Andthough ,1 mphitriobluſhto heare how he deccined was
Andthat © 1/cmena pinch my congue,poſſeſt with baſbfull ſhamc,%

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Yea though that 1p7cer himfelfe my lauiſhtongue ſhall blame,
Yeatfincethar icalous I#90 knowes already ofthe ſame,
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ALBLON'S ENGELAND.
His loue Alcwena,that by him ſhie traucled with ehilde

Ot Hercules : whole famous Atts we orderly ſhalltell, -
V hercofthe firſt,butnorthe lcaſt, in Cradle-time befell.

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Till 64/##this ynwitchipg herdid 7az0s ſpels prenent.
Howbcit cankered /a0,ſtill purſning herintenr,
Two poyſoned Scrpents,gotby charmes,into the chamber brought
Whhere Hercules incradle lay,and thinkingto hanewrought
A Tragedic,didletchem looſe: who fmellingouttheir pray,
Skaerd Zercalcs his brother that in ſelfe ſame cradlelay :
But Zercnles,as Children vic with litle whelpes toplays
Did dallie childiſhly with themand no whit did diſmay :
Vaull atlaft biszenderfleſh did feele their {marting ſti:{gs,
And then diſpleaſd,berw1zt his handsthe Suakes todeath he wrings:
A mphitrio and the Thebaxes allofthis ſame wondertell : :
And,yeeres permittivg,ercnles did with: Exrifens dwell.
This King,by ſpitcſull Tunos meanes,did ſet himnaske on taske,
But Zercules periourmed morethen both of chem conld aske,
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| ALBIONS ENGLAND.

Yea, yeta Lad,for Atiaenesthe world didlack his like;

To Wrieſtle,Ride,Run,Caſt,or Shoote,to Swim,to Shift,orStrike”

As witnes (his inuentionfitſt) thoſe ſolemne aHtiue Plaies,

That were 0n Mount 0/;zpustride,where he had prick andpraiſe;

For which his Nouell, and himlelte (inthoſenor hauing Peeres)

The Grecians by th' 0limpides kept recknivg of their yeeres.

KIngyAtlas daughters inthe Ifſes of Zefpere did holde

A many Sheepe : and Poects faine their fleeces were of Golde:
(For rarenes thenof Sheepeand Vooll in figures ſothey faine)
Euriztenspricks his Pupleonthis nouilePrizeto gaine. ſi
'The Greekes appliethcir ſ[weating Oares,and failing doeperſiſt
Voull they reachthe wiſhed ſhoare: where ready to refaſt
Theiremrancetothe cloſed Ifles anarmed Giantſtayd,
W hoſe grim aſpeRts atfirſt approch made Hercales afraide:
Now buckle they,and boyftcrousbloes they giue and take among :
A cruell fight: But Zercates had yictorie ere long.
The Giantſlaine, Philo&es tooke the vanquiſher in hand :
An hatdettaſke had #-7cales then pauſing now to ftand,
Moſt dreadfull was theirdoubrfull fight,both lay aboutthem round,
PhiloGFes held the harder fight by keepig higherground.
The Sonne of 7oxe perceauing wellthatprowefle not auail'd,
Did faine to faint: the otherthoughtthat he in deed had quaild,
Andleit th'aduantage of his ground,and fiereely ſmites his Foe:
But Hercules,whole policie was tocontriveit fo,
' Renewing fight moſt cagerly,ſoſtrikes and irikes againe,
That to endure the doubled force his yaliant Foe had paine.
W ho,yecelding to bis YiRtors will,did finde io him fuch Orace,
fis Hercales did thencetorth vie his triendfhipin each place,
Hefperiaestne goodly Nimphs,their Keepers channce lament: © »
But Zerculesdid comforrthem,and curetheir diſcontenr: :
And ſhipping then of Rammes and Ewes a parcell thence he weſſiezſſS

In
__ AEBIONS ENGLAND:

JN coaſting back by new-built Troy;heſaw amonefull fort

Ot people,cluſteringround abour theiryer ynconqueredPort,
He mufing much.and firiking Saile,did boldlie aske wherefore'
They made ſuch dole : Zaomedon,then ſtanding onthe Shoatre- :
Did tellthe-cauſe » the cauſe was thus: Zaomefon erethan. -
To reate the ſtateliewalles of T7oy (acoſtlyworke) began, -
And wanting pay to finiſhyp the worke he had begunne, H
Of Neptunesand of Phabus Priefts (the Godes of SeaandSimne)
He borrowed money,promiſing repaiment ofthefame - - |
By certaine time'which thereunto hedid expreſly name. |
Thewalles are builtthe time is-come,the Priefts their money craue,
Laomedan forſweares thedebr,and naughticlanguagegaue. :
Foxthwith the Sea(the/Diuellthen didmany wondersſhowe)
Began to ſwell;and muchot Trop withviolenceouciflowe!:
And thereupon the {weakie Sunne (che waſtfull Sea retierd)'
So vehementliedid ſhineypontheOolieplaſhesmyerd,. - - tZ
Thatthereof noiſome yapoursroſe,and of thoſevapours ſpread--'/* -
Such plaguesas ſcarcethe liviog mightgiueburiallcothedead:- -
Repentant then,their wretched king todiudll-god Peſphos gors: 51
W hereatthe Oracle he knew his wrongsto-cauſeſuch woes:
And how the Gbds of Sunand Seis,offended,doetequire
Each montha Virgin,to-appeaſe aſcaiſhMonſters ire.
W hereforets {auetheir common weale.theTrojans didiagree;,
One Virgip,asher Lordidlight,fhouldpay thatmonthlic fee. ”
Now after many murdred Maids {for monthlic at one day,
Thefecarcfull Monlſtef atthe Port expeQts his wonted pray)
Thelotfellro Heſtppe the daughter ofthe King, :
VW bomtothe Portto be deuourdwith teatesthe Tropaps bring,

When #erculesthus ynderftoodelthe hard occalion why' -

The guiltles Lady ſhould haue dicd,hepurpolingrorrie
His yaliantnefle, (for what was itthat Hexca/esrwould flie?)- :
Did askethe King what gittſhould growrothim tharſkouldboth free:

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ALBIONS -ENGLAND,

His Daughter andhiskingdomeofthat bloody monthly fee.

The king, whomnow-adoubred/hope of profered helpe madeglad,

Madepromiſe of twomilk-white Steedesas chiefeft gemmes he had,

Braue Herciles,whole ventrousheattdid onely huntforfame,

Accepts thafſumpſit,and preparesthe fiend-like fih to tame.
Anonethedreadfall Diucll deivesthe Sea before his breſt, |

And fpittiog mighty wanesabrode,diſporgdefrom monſtrous cheſt,

Liftsyp his vgly head abouetbetroubled wanes to catch

The trembling Lady;for which pray hisyawning iawes did watchs

But he,whoſe ftrepgthexceede@ſenſewithyron Clibin fAlt;

Did bootlefle long with brafing waighttheboiſtrovs VW hale refiſt;

The greater ftrokes,theifiercerwas themonſters awlefſe fight :

So thatthe Greekesand Tropans allmiſdonbrtheirdreadlefle knighes |

Sull Zercales did lay-onload;and heldthe fighrfolong, IETS

Thatin theendthe Searctirde,and leftthe fiſliamong

The bared fands: andfofor want ofwater,notot trength,

Goodformne honours Hercnles with yidtorieatlength, 25 2:
Now whenthe Kingghis T7ey2#5,and the Greezans had behild 57

The ſubſtance ofthevgly thape;cucn dreadtullbeins kild, 19

They bring the/Champiotrotherowne with trium: phs,oi ſts,&praffl: :

And who buthe beloudin Troppwhnlesthatin Tropheflayes

Alonethe King (amannodoubrpredeſhnateto ill)

Ovicrainghow his SubjeRs.boroto/Hercnlen goodiyilly 10 tot)t!

And feariog leaſttheir louo rohiwin mighttiirne himſelfctohate,

And feeing now himlelfeand land inprofperonseftate; |

Vetricndly didexclude his ftiend fromouthis City ſtrong,

W hileſt with bis Greekes hehuntsabread; miltrattlefſe of ſilchſiwrfiz

And whcathe Championand hismendidfiomtheirſporte returne,

Not onciy did gainfay it177ojthatlongerthoy ſoiourne, - 02 )

Bur alfo (1mpudento guiles) withheldthe Corſers twaiae;

Yaich Hercles fo dearl y wonne,in hazardtobe ſlayne.

: 4 121;45 Soune abaſhcd hen to finde fo lewdameede,

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ALBIONS| ENGLAND, .

Tolicuof welldeſerued loue was chollerick indeed :

And made a yow (itlife gauclcauc) he would ſuch yengeancetake

On Toz,that euen the ſtones thereot for dreadof him ſhould quake,

And thatthe liuing T703a#s then ſhould fay,and iuſtly fay,

Thatthey wete happic whomtheplague and Monſter made away.

And threatning ſo the rrothlefſe King didleauethe bated Porr, _ -

And ihortly did atiue at Thebes,and feaftsinCreons Court,

T Hence brought he warand wrack to Tray, andiinhisarmic Kings :
 And by the way Zarneſſus walles ynto the/ground heflings, :

And fetteth Tezedes on fire,whoſe fearcfullflames efpide,

Gaue Sommons ymocareleſie 7 rop tor worſer toprouide. -

Befoxe the'Greekes had reached Troythe T ropars by the way

Did bid them battaile : many menon<£itherpart decay.

The ſoundiogarmours czack with blows,whileſt piercing arrows flie,

'This lycth dead;zhat ſame is maimdezand moreat poyntiodie,

Heads,armes,andarmourflic about, and-bodies {ſwimme in blood,

And freſh ſupplies gid fall with them/on-whomthey Gghting ftoad,,”.

But Zercaleg,aboue the relt,beſtird bimſelfeſfowell, »- ,

Tharſtill before hisbalefull Club by Shocksthe Tropunstell;

W ho,fainting now,ſeeke torctireimotheir fenfiue towne:

W here Hergn/estheir Porter was,and tudelyknockesthem downe..
Thus.wonnche 7 ropandiacked 77705,a0d Chancls lowed blood,,

Nor did he breath whileſtany-partof-all the Citic ſtood, |

Saue ſtately 7/con, Jnrhe ſameamany Ladies weare,. | 4

VV hoſe pitcous-teares wronght Herewesthat onely placeto ſpare,, -

As forthe falſe Zaomedonke fecretly was fled 1. \ 7

And yaliant Pryumes his ſonnerto Greece was captiue led, |

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nieat Creat,

Whom therearrind, wnh hatcleſſc oy his ſtcp-:
Jamedid intreat.”

VVhat ? Heareſtthou-not my ſonnc (quoth ſhie )
how ©Arciue folkecomplaine '

 Ot Lionsthree, thatin thcar ficldcs both men and
heardes hane flaine?*: |

A |thisſhe ſaid,as knowing himito ſceeke ſuch Hatd affazres-

To win him to whichdeſperatefight no Courſe notcoltſhe fpares.

Whenthis was faid;enough was faid;andhalkewasyet betPdc

VWhen Herculesdid vow redrcſſe,and T4ns had het mmdc.

He ioyes to hearc of tharexploit;ſuck washisventroins:hareys ©* WA5

Andthanking 74n forhernewesdid fo from'thencedeparts--.
PhiloFes now and Herenlevin'NemeaForreſt be, |

Long ſcekiog wharthey could norfindetill;erying froma'tree,

AiHeardſcman faid,friends ſhittaway,or clſe comeypto me :

Leaſtthat thoſecruell Lionsthree now tabginginthis wood;

W hich haue deuourd thoſe Heatds Thad;and with my Mantes bloud

Imbrudtheir fierce denouring chappes,and forced mero'clime

This Tree,where Ifynhappie mar) onleaucs hane fed longtime,

May all too ſogne; withtearihgcecth deftroy you itlike eaſe!

'The quaking Heardſ-man ſcarce had (aid thusmuch,when as apace

Fromout a Thickthe Lions three 0n Zercsles did run;

Phils&estruſtlefle of kis Prowſe,by climing didthemfhun,

And now the Rawpant L109s great,whoſe oncly VIew would quaile :

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ALBION'S *'ENGLAND:

An hundred Koights,chougharmed well,did #ercules allaile,-
And ſometimes with their churliſhteeth and pinching pawes againe
So grieuouſly indanger him,that neere he faints with paine,
Howbeit(glorie checking griefe)he twaine had now difpatcht-;
The third,anddreadtulſt otche three,though many a blow he catchr,
Yetneither Clubnor Sword had force to harme his hardned Hide,
Vatill that{weapons laidapart)by ſtrangling hands he dide.

Not 77ercules himſclfe conceaud more ioy of this facceſſe
Then did Philoes,whocrewhiledid hopeof nothinglefle.
The Herdſ-man,poore cMelorens;like as Herrulzs bim wild, -
YVacaeſt the Libns,fcaring long to touch them being kild: SZ-
Andin his Cottage tothe Knights Countrey feaſt he hild:

The _1rgines,hearing of thisdeed;with Triumphs him intreate,
And offer all: bucleauing all he dothreturneto Cre 34:
Whow glozivg 7410,gaiaſt her minde, with coftdid intetraine,
And withatongue repugnantquite to her malicious yaine Z
Commends hisdeeds, wherather ſhe did wiſh he hadbeenflaine..
And thereforewith an hardertaskehis labour did renew: |
But what wasitthat manhood might,andhe would aot purſue?

IN e£2ypt wasa grieuous drought,the cauſe thereof vnknowen:

V hichto redreffe,their DiveliſhGods and Oraclehad ſhowen.
Doo offervp ſtravge bloud,they bid;and fo avcrrourite :
Fujiris,prone beforeto blond;had now his kearts defire.

No fooner Strangertouchethe ſhoare,but them the barbarons King

To frie in flames before his Gods for Sactificedoth bring.

Yeacuſtomeadded wotſe to ill, his Sabie& and his friend

(W hen Strangers miſfe) ſuppliethe flames,his murthers»hag nocnd.

Howbcit,with theſeButcheriesthedrought did ſill remaine;

For in Buſiris wasthebloud that ſhouldredeeme the raine;

The Gods did meane(which they not minde)that lewd Buſtris he

An Alien borne,that Stranger was,who dead;no droughtihhould be.

A Noble man of Zanos kin Bufaris late had ſlaine,
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ALBIONS ENGLANC.

For loſſs: of whotiicthe craftie Queenedid often-ſorrowes fainc.

Ceaſe(Madams) faieth 7 ercitlesnotlorg the time ſhall be,;

But I his tyrannic ſhall end;elſe itgiueendrome- |

Her ſorrowes tid nottith herioy;wheo be had giuetrconſent

To vndertake thardeathfullrasket fordeath was1tſhement.

Now Hercales ins#e yt meetes Bujiris and-hisCrew, :
When ſodainclic with maine affaulton him the Giantflew:;
Suppoſing to baue dealt with himas he had done betore-

W ith other Strangers. Hercules aloncly,and no:morer. m ,1 -
To takethis part;with skathfull firoakes beſtird his'Club ſo.well,. - .”
In batteting of the Tyrants bopes;that Rrengtblefledowne he fell.
Then did he kill andchafe away ns lewd-andcruclitraine,;
Tillhearivg ofis ſurther foc; he cotmmecth backeagatne,
Andtaketh vp the wreiched Kivgythat cryethour for ayde :
Andoothe Altar,ahere himſclle had Scraugers often layde, 3
Himſelfe vas made a Sacrifice *2nd as his-blood did itaine ed Cl
The Alar;cuen ai that ſamerimethere fella joytullraine. <]
Withended drought, and Tyrants death, a common ioy befell,}
Andaltin Memphis entertainethevaknowen Chawpion well: :
From thence returning back to-T hebes he there a while did dwell,

 

K Ing Creons Daughter Megara,at7 hebes he dideſpouſe :

To coſitenicetheir wedding feaſt did watnor knights,nor prowle.
V hich trinmphseaded, whethe knights ſhould thenee depart aWays
P:rith7sto his wedding bidsthemall,and names the day

W hercin to mectcat Thefalit +to which didall conſent,

And art the time concludedoof at Thefalie conuent,

AmidRt their cheereghe ſolemne feaſt the CerFnres did diſqueat:

W hom by no meaties the Nobles thereto patience might intrear.

For they an hundred Gyadis irong,withdrinking whitled well,
Amonolttheir cups, fromwords to-blowesand worſcr dealings fell: *
And (too ontragiousatthe laſt,(Gerce Exrytzs their Guide) |
Vnreuerentlycheyraniſazkence #/ tpodarrethe Brides

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But Zerculz; not brooking itgtoarmetumſelfe begunac,..
And all aloneinteſweofthe raptedBride didcunne, :
By this time did 7xe9xs Scede ſtand ſtull inbarellzray,
When he;butoneagainſtthem all,began a bloodie fray.
Ech arrow thatwith ayming hand from ſturdy:Bow. he.ſcar,
Did anſwereby thedeathof onethe Sendetnis.incent, ſi

Whileft Herciles wirh deadly bow had ſtore of Centanres flamc,

And, wantingatrowes,wick their blood his valiant Club did ftaine,
The Bndcgroomc andrheother knighrs.came totheceaſing fight,
W henall werefoyld;cxcepiing tweluc that au'd rheirliues by thghe.
Alonely Zjeus yeelded himaprifoncr,and lives, , |
And lwing ynto Hercules much after-forrow ſſ:u %
But Ne#5tharcfcapedthen, intime him w orſcr oricues,

  
 
 

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_Y_ ! That hee and-1t were tirled {o) layhoucring
neerethe ſhote,
And ſawthefolkeof TicilierheirGods with rights ador |
This rouing King,with armedGuardes of his difordered ucwz
Did come aland to makethcirPray : butfor, to outwardview,
Thcy faine dcuotion,none ſuſpe@&theiill thatdid enſue, .S |
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Anon,a wreathing Garlands ſweethardat her morhers fade,

King Pluto ſawe Proſerpineand liking whom he ſpide,. -

Concluding with his companie howto conuay herthence,

Fetwixt his boiſtrous armes he tookethe faireand fearefull wench,

And doo what the Cicitians might,heſetterh heraboord:

And to his giltic Sailesthe Aire did gentle Gales afoord.
A,nnmbereyesin Z2cie for her did weepe,invaine:

For her her Mother Cezes and her Loueſ-mate did complaine,

Her ſelfe(fweet Lady)-of-ber moanedid finde no meane,God wot,

Though D75to pleafe did fay and give what might be {aid or got.

Imbatked then,with him his Harpe did wotull 07pheas take,

And to 9{/a FlntosRealme with ſpeedie Sailes did make :

W here ke,voknowne,ar gate of Hell did harp:\uch Muſick {weete,

As lumpiſh Cerverus could nor but ſhake his monſtrous feete.

His foule and warpt ill-fauoured face,ore-hung with cole-black haites,

His horſhke teeth, hislolliog lips,hisDoglike hangingeares, ;

His hookecd noſe,his skowling eyeszhis filthic knotred Beard,

And whatnotinhisvgly ſhape 2 but preſently appeard %

More milder than his common moode,and leffer to be feard,

This helliſh Porter,deemingthat ſuch muſick would delight -

His weeping Miſtris,did conuay the Harper toherſight:

W here Pluto ſwore by dreadfull $:7x,it 0pheus did by play

Butmakeher laugh,what ſo he askt he ſhouldreceiue for pay,

Anon ſuch Heanenly Harmonie on skilfull Harpe be plaid,

That ſhe herbusbands muſick knew,andioyfull was ſhe made.

Now 07pheasdida watch-word giue,and ſhe tolaugh began :

And for reward to haue fromthence his wite he asked than.
Althoughitgawled Platoes ſoule his (weet-heart to forgo,

Year fot to quit him of his oath, heyeclds itſhall beſo,

V ith this condition,that before they tully paſſed Hell,

Heſhould not backwards looke on her, whatchance ſo cre befell.

Now as they paſſerhrough blinde by-waies, ke fearing leaſt perchanee

She crre or lag,rcturnesalooke*and whoſhould marke thatglance

Bur
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Bur Cerber#s,that purpoſely for ſuch aduantage waites :

W hoſtillderaining her,didſhut her Husband outthe gates,

 WhenCeresheard ofthis miſchance;ſhe Cicil/leanes anon, ''”

And knowing allthe Knighrsof Greece to Theſ/aliewere gone,

Sherhether goesin hopeofhelpe ; where preſently ſhe nacetes

W ith The/exs and Pirithoxs,whoſe alanngs ſhe regreetes. |

They wondrting what the noble Queene of Cicil/ thereſhould make:

Become inquiſitiuethereofztowhom fad Ceres ſpakes! -"

Firſt of Prejerpine het greefe,andthen of PluFoesguile: 6

For herſhe weepeg,00-himt ſhe railesand mooucth them meanewhitle.

The mother of falle D-s his rape had more behinde vnſaid, |

W heneAgeasand 1x1075 Sonnes did ioyntly offer aide.
Aboutthedelett parts of 6reece thereisa yalley lowe;

To whichthe roating waters fall thatfromche Mountaines flowe:'

SoRockes doc ouerſhadow'it that ſcarceamanmay vewe

The open ayre ;no Sinſhinesthere : Amidſitthis darkſomeMewe' : :

Doth ſtand a Citie,to'the ſame belongs one onely Gate, 94 D

Bur qne at ence.may;comethereto the'entranceis fo ſtraite, / (1

Cur out the royghmaineſtonicRocke: This Citie did belong '

To Pluto,and becauſe that he was cuer doing wrong, - // :

And kept athecuiſh Rable that in miſchictes did excell, || |

His Cirtizens; were Diuels ſaid;and:Citie named Hell.'! 1 1.: 5 Z

Wiheato this Citiesruthlefle gate were comethe friendly Knights, -

Fierce Cerberzs did rouſe himſclfe,and ſcatcely barking bites.

Hethoughtthe world badlackt the man that thether durſt repaires

Andtroth toſay,notonetillthen to doothelike diddare.. ,

Now hery ſparksfrom-thundering ſicokes indarke'did giuethe light,

And Ceres Champions yaliantly maintaine their ventrous fight,

V hen ſtout P7rithoys,t00-too bold,adcadly:wound hecarchr,

And Theſeushough Combattan-likehe longthe Helhound matche,

Year with hisfcllowe had he falne,andflying fearesrocope; '

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For Hercules at Theſſalicdid feare ſo hard eyent s » WPO ct
Whence lanching out, he made 1n ſhoweas ifto Thebes he wcnr,}
But with Philodes all his traine and Zycs home heſent : :
And he himſelteto aide his friends did to Ioloffa goe, *i *

W heare,likeas did his minde preſage,he found it very (o. *- -

For eucn as curriſh Cerberys with gotie bloes did chace

The wounded and the wearie Knight,came Hercules in place.

An ynexpeCted happie fightto T heſeus atrhattide::
Whom Cerberus forfaking thenat Hercyles he flide, C1Rn
Vpbraiding him withthreatning words,and like himſelfe did raue,'
And reacht him manyacrabbed rap with his preſumprious Glaue.” ©

TheDanterthen of Treſpaſſersperceauing T he/ſeusdrie .. |

His grieuous wounds;and athis feete Pirithourdead tolieg -:
Deſirousto reuengerhemborkylaies luſtic lodeabour, : -
And with his ſtill victorious Club did Cerberns ſotlonte; —
That,quitediſmaid at ſucha matchzherecling to theground, 5 -
Did ſend from out his Doggiſhthroataloudiand diucliſh ſocſimd.% _—_
But when the victorſurecnoughtheyanquiſhed had bound;® - ©©
He leauing Tihe/eus weake withoutittothe Cittiewents: 10
VV hereas he found the wicked Kingand Citizens,thar ſpent

Their fruteleſſe timein vices foule;and dealingsmoſtyniuſt;
Asthoſc that in theirPorters ſtrength-repoſedalltheir traſt!/-** - S.
Withtheſe did Hercutes play Rex,andleanins D fordead,”” ©
Not one eſcapes hisdeadly handchar datesto thewe hishead,

W hole thouſandsthe did breath their laſt, 8 whothad ſeenethe fiphr,
Might well haueſaid irHell indeede: for cucriething out-righr,
Belides that fallen-Mew it ſelfe;did giuca figuteplaine” 55 75 V

Ot ſelte fame Hell where damned Soulcs abideincadieffe þaincſi
Sauchowlings our &ſhuddering feare camenonghrto careor fighe;7
Withgricuous grones ofdying Ghoſts:8 ſo'tnuch morcrhcirſpight%
By how much-more he foundthem then ih pleaſures anddelighr,

This hotror haoging,;ercnles inbubkling vpanddowne:
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In PlatorsPallace,to her ioy, Proſerpine he found, /7 f/

And tolde her of cnlargementthence: And thenin harrowed Hell

(P)rithous burizd/he,nor ſhe,nor Theſeaslonger dwell: :

But,waying Anketwiththe Queene of Cicils Daughterwent) -

To Theſalie-: whete preſent greefespretended ioyes prc'ucnt% ;

For,heariog of 7y7ithousdeath,notone but did lament.” |

Hippodame(a Widowe now)elpecially bewatles * 0 7 *

Her ouer-hardie Husbands death+ But weeping leſſe prevailes

Then did Reuenge : for Zerculesynto her doomecommits '/*

Her greefes-Contriuer,Cerberus;almoſt beſides hiswits ' 7 "

For feare of death his due deſert: whome cauſing to be bound*® ”

Both handsand feet,and to be dragd along the raggedground,

A knauiſh Skullof Boyes and Girles did pelrathim with ſtones,

And laying on with ſtauesand whippesdid breake both fleſh'& bones.

V\ Hen Hercalesſhould paſſe to Hell;as hathbefore been ſaid,
Andrthat PhiloZes of his men he had Lieutenantmade,” -

And as Philo&es with his charge onSeasro T hebes did paſſe,”- * *
He met A ndrodamustheKing of Calcedon he was. P -:
Androdamus,notknowing yethis Coſenthete inthralde,”'* © *
(For Lycas was his Coſen)ro the Thebare Pilots'calde ”
To Ken of whenceand where they would. But ere the Thebans might
Giue anſwer,Zzcus clogd withchaines on hatches ſtoode ypright, ..
And ctide, A »drodamns beholdeand ſuccourmethy friend,” ”
That ſhamefully,ynlcs thou helpe,amlike my life to end;.. -
I Captiucamto Hevcules,andihusto Thebes mult goc:
Giue aidetherefote. Androdamus defertes not dooing {o, -
But ſerteth 0n-Ph4loTFes,that himiſclfeand Shippe defends, 7 .-..
Aadpart of Calcedoxs hefleweandpart to Sea he fends : % 5
But where the nutmbertripledthere for themthe Bartcllends..

W ken Lyc#s was diſcharg'd of bands.and ftout PhiloGes bound,
Hetolde whar skath the Centanres late 1n T heſfalie had found.
- Amvneſt theſlaine henamed ſome allicd cotheKing:

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For which the ſauage Tyrant fwore reuenge on Theves to bring,
Andſayliog thence preuailedtheare by commi ng vnawares:
Andputtcth alltolackeandfward,norolde nor young he ſpares,
He ſlaieth Greon,and-in holde faire 37 ceara wasicalt : /\
Andleaujng Lycas Kibg inThebesfrom Tihebes the T'yrantpaſts
VV hlleft Zzcgs thus did-Lotd-irtheare;theerror of his eye
Did vexc his heart : but fegara hisluſt did<cbaſtlyflye. - -..
And Herenlesby now-had newes how chingsatThzbes felliont,,
And how thatZycxs theare was Lord,and nonefor himdurſt route,
Diſguiſed thea;hethither comesandtothe Pallace went; TN:
VWhom,whethe Porters would haneflaide;his raggeshe of did rEt%
And ſhowes himſelfelike'to himſclfe,nobloe in vainc he ſpent :
That ſers not breath.or bloud abroch. This vprore.Zzras heatd,.
Andthinking chatiſowe privatEray bad falne amovgſt his Garde,
Preſuming that his preſence wouldappeaſethe grow1ng heat,
Did caſthis haughicarmes abrozd,as whowould fay,be queat; }
Or here amTthat can afwellcommannd it as intreats
VV hich #ereales o fiddaindlie chopt off that(yet ynmiſt)
He thinking to haueylcd Armes,wasarmeles;crehewiſt. » , -
Then Zercules;gur Hercalesis come, all Thebesit cride,
Now ſhake we off our feruile Yake and-follow-hiro-our guid:-%
Andfo they did,till none were leftto holdevn Zyenslade. |
The medly caded, Zercu{cs did briog the Centanre bound
ToPriſon: whereas Megars in miſcriche found; N E
(For Z7cus,ſpecdeles 1n his luſt,apainſt her ſ, had:frowndse)
Yea(more reuengetull) ſceing her imbraced by-his Foe,, .,
nd hoping nothing lefſerhen.lifero.yexechemerc he goe
Heſaid: chou doateſt ouermuchro entertaine that VV hare,
The falſeſt Ladie ynderHeayen,forlet meliueno more,
Tt AMegara (T ſpeake by.proole)imbraced ſo of thee, -
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Then Hercnles ſuppoling that his ſpeeches had beentrue;

Sweept off the lying Centaures head,and in thatchollerſlewe

(Too credulent) his guiltlefſe witc:but dead herdeath did ruc.

Or lofſe of her,and langhrered friends,hevexedarthe heart,'
Did then from Thebes (an heavie man) to Forrainelands depart.
Diſtreſſed in the Troyan Rhode he ſuccour ſought for pay : * z
To which (his peoples tripteplague) Zcoegoy faid nay : .S
Andtoprouide their ſecond fcourge ſaild Zercules away: -
For;cotaming back with 7a/oz5 Prize from Colchos,he complaines
Of churliſh King Zaomzedonzand ſo anarmie gaincs. - 0
At Treythe Greekifo Peetes and hedid landtheirarmed men : -
W hometo reſfiſt Za6-z2dondid rangehisBarrailes then.
The T royansthey beſtird them well,the Greciansſtoodnot ſtill,
Laomedon fights yaliantlic,and manya Greeke did Kill:
Till Zercales (diſgefting illto ſee his Foe purſue
Such good ſucceſle) encounters him,whom eaſilic he flue.
And hauing ſlaine the traiterous King he ceaſeth notto die
HisThevian Clubin Phrigiazbloud.till all began to flie.
But with the Troyans;,Telamon,and Hercules both twaine,
And bytheir yalour all the Greekes the gates and Citic gaine,
And killwho ſo of Troy they caught,and raſed totheground
The Citic,whileſtthat houſeby houſe,orftone oi ſtonethey found.
VW hen ventrous Telamonfor thathe entred firſt the gate,
For Prize had faire Zeſjone,of Troy thelateſt fate:
For Priamusto quit herRapeslong after ſent his Sonne
To raviſh Zellez from the Greekes * So thirdly watre begonne:
Heſione the cauſetoTroy,and Hellentothe Greekes, :
And all did worke that Troyan Brite the 4lhjian Climate ſeckes.

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eA VVell fraught with Men; Munition, and what

l 2 ,. elſepertainesto warre.” * - £ ;

When _A#er (he chicte Captaine was oftharfame Fleete)didipie

The Enfignes of the fatnous Greeke,heknew them by and by:

And entertatving.on hiskneesthe Owner of the ſfatne,

Reioycedto behold themanſo-honoured by fame.

With A4fer (ailed Hercylesto Zybiatoputdowne

TheGyant King Antensghat hadaidedtothe Crowne

Of -£27ptgainlt th's/Eeyprians willes, Buſiris lately ſlaine

By Hercales,in whole condu&t they doubtnotto obtaine,

They-tzking landin:Zzbjanow;and having in theirſight

Therhreatned Cicieofthe Foehis Tents did Afer pight,

And girtsit witha ſodaine Siege. TheGiant then did ſhake

His bideoughead,and vow'dreuenge, yea ſharpe reuevge to take.

But ifluing out his Citic gates he toundrhe Foeſo hor,

       
   
  
 

   
  

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That,notwithſtanding ſuchhis bragges,the worlt 4ztexs gots.

For Hercalesdid canuaſe ſo hiscarkes;thatat lengrh - 7

He did retire himſelfe and menzas truſtlefle of hisſtrength;

His Zb4ans ſlaine,and henot ſound, 4ntens Truce did crane:

Forgraunt whereof vnto hisFoes meane time he victuals gaue :

And whileſt the Month of Trucedidlaſtthe Giant bruſed ſore,

Did heale his wounds,andto his part ſollicits Aiders more, |

Meane while the Greeke to H auritain did paſſe ynknowneof all; _

And theare in King A ntensaide he found ſuppliesnorſmall:; -:

And for helookedſouldier-like,they broughthimtothe King,

V ho offeredpay : notſo{quoth he) Imeaneanotherthing, -

Diſchargetheſc Bands,or clſc will I diſcharge thee of thy breath, -

That all alogeto thee andthine oppoſemetorhe death. IVE

 WhencAtlas knew him Herenles;that conquered of late/ :

The lland which his daughters held,and broughttolateſt fate” *-

His Giantthat defended them,and caprtiuated than

His friend Philodes:he twixt feare and fiercenefle waxed wan. :

And looke how faſtthe ratling haile'yponan houſedooth fall,

- So faſtthey-lay.on Hereuleszthat holderh wage gainlt all.

For as the Smith with Hammour beats his forged Mertall,ſo

Hedubs his Clubabout their pates andfleasthem on a row. Z

And whileſt (not daring to looke downe) by heaps 0n him they flie,

Some ſtumblingon'the bodies deadare ſmoldred ſoanddie:

Some fliding intheirflippery bloud,wherewiththe placedid ſwimme,

Weere ſtrangledſo: ſomeothers whileſt difordetcdly at him- |

They freat and foyne,arecrowded on by thoſe that hindmoſt be,

And with their weapons ſpoyle themſclues and fellowes two or three:

Some others-withthe wounding pointsof broken weapons die: ct

And othersdaring with their Foetheir bootles forceto tric,

Were ina momentſlaine by him: andthus inlitrle ſpace,

Wirhout reſfiltance Hevculeshad Lordfhip of the place:

And,maugreſwordsor ſtudied'Startes;brought 47145 tothe Seas,

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And to his friend commends the Foe for b6tntie (which atlaſt
Himſclte did finde)and when astime hispricte had oncrpaſt,
The ſame tharforAſtrologic theSkies ſupporrwasſaid,
Inſuch his Science Zezculesaperfect Artift made.
The Month of Truce by thishadend,and Zercules returnes!
To A fer,that incampedartthe Zyb;ar walles ſoiournes,
A ſccond bartel|then begonne : X »teus like a Baer &l 'Z |
Beſtires himſelfe amongft his Foes,whileſt Zercules did facr!
As roughly with contrarie bloes,till none to fight did daer: _S
But humblicall ſubmitting them ſubdued by his mighr,
He gaue themgrace,and ſtaied theareto doe themlaw and righr,
Meane time <Fntens,lately fled, returnes from A anritain,
And witha mightie Troupe of ©ooresrcnewed fight againes
Andall the Fields with-Carcafes of mangled men were filde,
And numbers failed tothe £912ores that Hercules had kild.
But when 4ntens ſawhismentoleffenmore and more,
Reſoluingor to-winthe Spurres or loſe himſelferherefore,
He makes/a bloudie gladeyntillthe T hebaxe heefpide,'
And finding him:beſtowe on me thy bloes;the Giant cride,
That am both able co'endure andto repay the fame;,
A Flic is notan Eaglespraic,nor Mouſea Lyons game:
My death'might countenance thy deedes (if thatirfowould b
But make accoumthatTanon willtriumph oner thee.: -
Iaſaying which he ſmites his Foc,perfourming wondrous might:
And bodievnto bodie they with equall dammage fighr.
Bur Hercules diſdainingtharſolong Antens ſtandes
Wiuth himin combat,oripiog himbetwixt hisangrie handss,
Did cruſt his.Carkafſe intheayre tharlifedid leaue him fo:: 1:
And thus didreapea Monarchie,and rid a mightic Foe.
Then Hercales (Antens dead) witheafe he onercame
All Zybia withProuinces and Kingdomes ofthe ſame, %
And maketh Afer King of allthat beatesthe Donees name.
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JN expedition of which warre whenZercules would dwell
No longer time,but purpoſedto bid his friends farewell, : -,
A warlike wench, an _{12az0p,alutes him by his rame,
And ſaid: know &erceales (if itthou knowelt norbyfame)
How that the Scyzhian Ladies,late expeld theirnatine Land
By King of » £gypt,have contriu'd amongſt themſclues a bande;.
And withthe ſame hanecongqueredall _7/a,&eyptiand
All Carpadecias Now for thatwe, Victors,vnderſtand
The 4/-1capes are our Allieswe minding to proceed
In further Conqueſts,tendriog them, haue thereforethus decreed: *
That you two Championsſhall ele&,and.we willalfo ſend ;
Two Ladies,tharfor yitorie ſhall with:your Knights contend:
And it your Championsvanquiſhoutrs,then wewilltribute pay,
Bur if that oursdoe vanquiſh yours,then you ſhall ys obay.
Burt hope nor ſo,more profitegiues our bountiethenour bloes,
And vninforced tribute may procureyour friendly Foes.
Then Herculesadmiring muchthe Chalengers,did yecld:
Two aducrſc Knightsthemorrow next ſhould meetthem in the fictd...
And mountcd well on Corſers twaine next light by dawne of day _
Into the Lifſtes came Hercules and Theſeus :Mid the way. :
Vpona brace of milke white Steedesthe two Viragoes meete.
The Knights,and eachtheother did withciuill Congies greete!:
Then cither parte retiring backe beganto make their race,
Andcouching welltheir yaltant Spearesdid run awondrouspace;
With cMeralippe Hercnles the fight did yndertake;. '
And Theſers with Zippelite did his Encounter make.
They meeting,cither partboth Horſe and load to ground were caſt;:
W hereat the Africanes did muſe,and Scythians were agaſt.
Vaohorſed thus,diſdainefully cach Knight defendanttooke it:-
And cither Ladieſo diſgrac'd as ſcornetully did brooke it.
Then ſettle they to handy Armes,the which was long and fierce;
And with their cutting weaponsdid both Helms and Harneſſe pierce.
But Zercalcs,though neucr matcht ſo hardie in his life, *
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Diſarmes at length his 8:7ythian Taske; an@ended was their ſirife. -:
Bur T he/erts with his Combattefſc in doubtfull battell fights, ©
Till, bluſhing atthe Maidens blowes; hechecks his mending ſprights:
And laid fo hardlieto her'charge,not ableto ſuſtaine z -
His trcſh-got forceghathealfo the ſecond Prizedidpaine. -
Antiope,athird vntothoſe warlike Siſters rwaine, S
Beholding how fiaiſterly the double fighr had Part; 8 by
Makes forow, whilſt the 4fricanes reioice for itasfalt.

The Scy#hiansto the Africanes did homage the, and pray
TheirLadiesmightberaunſomed. Tharſute did 7 hejess ftay,
For ke throughlaunce, his Focthrongh'louc went vidtorelſe away:
And therefore whenth'Zthenian Kaightand 1 mazon were matche.
In mariage, Aeaiippethen from durance was difpatcht.
And Hereules.(chen whichto himno greaterprize could be) E

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Had Queene A4ztiepe her Bealtandarmourfor his fee, ©

And ſets the dames of Thermodon from otherrannſome free.
And T beſeus 'with Hippoliteat © Athensanding takes, |
And Hexcules to Calidon aDilmall yiage makes.

T Hearedid King 0evens bounteouſlyreceave fo great aGueſt:
VVhere-ſcarcely had heany time ſrom paſſed toiles to reft;
But chat proud A4chelous ſent Ambaſladorsto knowe
Ifthat King 92»eus oh him hisdaughtcr would beſtowe
Tf not,tothreaten wreakfull warres: which much abaſht the King, 1
Till Zercales whothen was comeabourthe ſelfe ſame this, % |
(For loue to Deranire bothcampetitorsdid bring ) -
Expated feate by offring aideto backe him fromthe Foe,
By meanes whercof ynfatiffide awayetheLegats gos.
The Tyrant_Zchelonsthen; with all Epiras torce
Inzades the boundsof Calidey, and ſpoyls without remorſe.
But Qerculeshe lcading torth his Armicgotthe day,
And well was he amongſt his focsthat falteſt ran away.
Theyandcheir King, with hatd cſcape, inmure themſeluesat leneth
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Within a Caſtle neere the Sea, an Hold of wonderous firengrh,:

The 7 hebaxerhen, as reſolute to ſpoylebotaForand Fort,

Did burne bis foes torſaken ſhippes,leſtridioginrthe-Port, -

And witha fewe beſers the hold. VV.hen-achelons he

Soflender watchabout the walles of Encmies didſee, , 3 243

He ſcorned that ſo weakea fiege ſhould pen-bhimyp.ſo firaight, 1 4n

W ho hauciog ten for oncofthem,didafſue outibeGate -*! - % -

Againſt the Greekes,that willingly bis comming did awaite.:

Eſpying Zercules, he cride, lo yondſamedineliishe:: : 7)

That droue vs out of Caliden, who ſo.ofminche be: E

That Gajcth himyſhalbe inrichtwithgreatrewardsby me;2:

But hethat made ſuch offers large, did offerthem inyaine:

For when his men ſaw Zercules approching themamaine

Wiith ficric ecyes,and angrieleokes, and dreadtull Club in 6ft,

They thought it needlcs toaflaile, and bootelesto reſiſte,

And cueric man reticed backe.imtothe holde againe,

W heare many dayes,attempting flight, they cowardly remaine;.

From warre at length theyfell to wieles. There lay-yponthe ſhore

A broken Hoythat had not brooktthe Seas of long before;,

The Malt they boring fall ofholes, in cuctichole did ticke-

A buroing Torch, and lancht it out in.night whenclouds werethick: -

No ſooner was the fieric keele a floate vpon. the waues, ./

And thar the Greekes elpyed it, but cch man raſhly craues-

Theviewing of ſo ſtrarge a fight. But Hercules did (mell

The preſuppoſed Stratagem, and raupg'd bisarmie well,.

And marching accretheguiletull light, did indeambuſkment theare:

That playing onaduantage thus {preuentedrhough) appeare,

Occaſion hapning, Zercules wouldnot omit the ſame, -

Buttooke them as he found them now, and fightsirout by aime,

VV hen zchelows he beheld his guile by guile tofaile,

Wel might he chafe,but harder chauncc hiscourage might not quaile:-

Forlooke how fierce and boifterouſliea chafed Bull doth fight,. |

So Acie/ons lultilic on cither fidedid ſmites,.... E l aeythe

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And by hisonly proweflethen a many Knights were {laine, '
W hileſt Zercules withlike ſuccelle his Oppolits did paine. Z
And now, by chance,amidſi the brunt the valiant Woers twaine
Doe ſingle,and togetherstug,and as two Lions ſtrong
Each onedeliring others bloud did holda Combare long.
Kiog _/cbelous minding her for whom beganthatbroyle,
To Conquer where he did-contendannexed hopeto toyle:
A /cmenas Spnne remembring too whole cauſe hedid defend,
Euen hers on'whom his being and his very ſouledepend,
So chargd his Contrarie with knocks,and y{d his Club ſo well,
That vanquifhed (though yalerous) King _Achelous fell,

TH' Eprrotes when they ſaw their King a Captiue led away,
Thcir hearts weredoone: and 7Zercules ſubducd them cre dayz
And ©Acbelons in exiledidend hislatter dayes: - - |
Andall e£:/ia wasfild with Herca/es bis praiſe, \
To whom the Kingdid giueto W ite faire Dezapira,ſhee
Thepleaſing priſc of that his prowſe,and dearclic earned Fee, E
VW ho aftcr,of her owne decayc,and his,the meanc ſhould bee:
TheCentanre: Neſius wasthe may that made her erre fo much :
Of which herercor,but hisfinaeghe circumſtanceis ſuch.

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Ando he'did, whilt7ezcwlzs this fide theRiner ſtaid.
VV hen 14#0s Breed on farther bankes'his Paſſengerhad ſer,
Thenluftandlong conceaued grudgeto foule reuenge did whet:
Not De/anira conld atoid aRape,or littlelefſe:
Or Herculesdifioynd by Foord, gineaide to her diſtreſſe.
One while,contraric to himſelfe, tull humbly he intreates,
Anon,like Hercules indeedehe did commaund withthreates,
Butfirſt nor latter might preuaile,for Neſſus haldeher thence.
I may nor follow,nor in flight is (Cextaure)thy detence
Said Zercules. His deeds approuc his latter ſayingtruc,
For lettiog fliea fatall Shafr the Rauiſker heflue.
Andthoughthe atrow galled him eucn atthe very heart,
Teat fora while hedid indure thenotinduring ſmart.
And hauing brought histremblingRapeinto avallic,faid :
See Dezanirahow thy Loueai end'of mehath made:
Leatis mydeathlefſegriefe to me;then thatthou ſhouldſt betow
Thy (elfe on ſuch achanging Churle as ZHereules: I-know
(Sweete Wench Tknow) he dooth preferre'comrarieLouesto thee,
W herctoremy grane'(the leſſe my griefe) in thisthy g00d ſhall be,
Takethis (hegaue afolded cloth;and'to thebaene therein
He mixcd ſomewhat of hisbloud) thisſame (quoch he) fhill win
To thceagain thy Huſbands louc,when heſhall ifeltrange :
For out of doubr,I know it I,herakes delightin change.
W hen thou ſuſpeCeſt ſuch a wrong;doe boylea ſhire with this:
No ſooner ſhall he weare the ſzme (herein ſuch yerte is)
But that his nouell Loue will change and fall whence it did flie:
Meane while doe notthe vntion touchlleaft (o the yertue's ie.
In all thistime betwixr bis armes hedid the Ladie claſpe,

And hild her ſo,as Hawke a Pray,varill his lateft gaſpe.
Then leauing himaliucleſTe Coarſe,miſtruſting nought his drife,
She meaning limply.tooke with herthe traitours poyſiſhcd oift,
And /1crcules bythis had paſtthe Riuer deepe and wide: *
W ho (Deranira firit imbraft) drew fromtheCentan;esfide

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The farall Shaft thatſhouldthedeath of braue ©1«cb5//esproue;

Ln Pheabys Church, by-Paris hand) for Polixenas loue.

T He Cenraure left yntoombed there, Hee, Shee, andall theirtraine;
are come 10 Lez#4,Wwhom'the King did noblic entertaine.....-

Thearchad he from-their common tearesthe cruell hayock made

By Lernan Hydra,whom inFennenor armicsdurſtinuade. __

His vpper.patts had hamane forme, his nerher Serpenune, (fine

The whole was monſtrous, yeat bis wit more monſtrous, butmoſ

(For wit is mouſtrops when the ſamefrom vertue dothdecline.)

Such were his ſubrill arguments,and ſtil} ſuppliesthercio,

That he by often lofle of headswas fained headsrowinne:

And wittie thus to others wrong confoundedalt hee fouud,

Propounding queſtions, anda wordynanſwered wasawound,

The Scourge ot Tytaprs hearing this, did promiſedeathorayde,

W hilt fearefull Deianivadidthe'contraric perſwade. _

But womans ſpecchfrom weapons vſemight notwirhdraw himthen,

Tilentring 2als,he bad ronſdtcheMontter fromhisDcnnae;
Diſdaintolly did HZydytake the preſence of his Foe,

Andaſter ſubtllargumentstoſturdie fightthey-goe. -

Two blowesatonce with Glaneand Taileimade Herculestorecle;

V ho fince. he firit bad vſedarmesthelike did neuer feele. 4

Notlong he'borrowed hadthe Loan; but #3drsbadthe like:

So either twaine repayetlicir debt, andneither faintly firike.

But who mightſtacd with Zercule5?By himthe'monſter fell: 7

V ho, butving vp his vely ſhape did paſſe his ſoule ro hell:

W hich happic fate of Hydras tallleit Lerna glad and well.

From whericeto Athens,and from thence to Z5ci4'did he faile,

'Thento Heperis GerionsRealme his outragestoquaile.

-E by kisrriple tyrannie forGerion he'was ſaid
three beaded,ip teſpethabin threeother Giantsaid)
So ſpoild and plag'd P neighbourRealmes with daily wrongs & wats

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That all the forceof £4j7#c4 his furiccould fotbatre, -
In Gedjra when'Herciles hisPillersreared: had;i 4.
The which(our weſterne worldnot knownr*)mcn farrbcr land forbad
Then withvidtoriousſhipsbefers/oh Ger/ops chaſedFleet:
And ſecondly at Megidadid eitherarmie meete. |

Theare Gerion with his brotherstwaine the Cirie did bcſc:
And (cornefullic aduancethemſelues as men notto be mer.
Providing thereforemurall workes, they threaten hot afſaulc:
W hileſt Zercales conratie warres ynto his ſouldierstanght,-'
The Gates wide opned; outhe comesvntothe Giants rhrec,
Your men, he ſaidzarewellat wotke, well metarealfo'wee.

T his leſſe therymonſter more than-man, a Fiende in humane ſhape
The Spanyard aid, is he from whomT madeſo hard elcape.
Yet hardhier ſhalt thounow eſcape, laid Hercules, and chan
Berweene them foure, three toone, A cruell fight began.
And euery of the Giants thought himſelfean ouer-match
To Hercules; whoalmoft ganeto onea quickdiſpatch,
The ſecondhedifpatchtin deed, who fell hislateſt fall.
Then thouſands cameto reſcue tbcm yeat,one, he fights gainſt all:
Till 7 he/eas withthe other knights did marchtheir Armieour,
Andioyneto him; theirFoes with them, andaltmake baraile ſtour.
Then Gerron5 brothct fights againe,and both digbathe-in bloud,
It wasnofightingwherethey fought, or ſtanding where they ſood.
King Melers,T heſens, Hipan,and PhiloiFes didno lefle:
But ioumalgnhc the fonneof 7oxe beſtird himinthepreſſe, , ſſ
The Giant, Gerio»s brother,then'by him'did breath his laſt, ;
AndGerioz did retire his meninto their Gallies faft, - %
Buc wherethey land;rheare Zerciles wonne landmg,though he paP
ThePikes w:thſtandmg thouſand Swords,8& watding thouſand {lings
Himſelte alone, ece that his men'to fight on Shore he brings.

Then ("mon,curſinſi > heauen 8 earth beltirre ye friends he cride,
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Doe live as men,or dieias men,ſeetennewe arecforone, _

Whatlets vs then-lromtyittorie,thatvicors haue beene knowne? Z

Reucnge yourſcjues,renenge your-triends,renenge our comy mone;

Nor did he ſhrifke from what he ſaid,or-faid notashe wrought:

His onely deeds were mantes death-:Till Zercules.he ſought,

W home inglingaiter combatlong,of hint his'end he cought:g

Soto ſubicttion Heſpera by Hercules wasbrought. ,.

O better Spaniſh Cac.c{ped, forallhis wondrousſtrength, ':.1;!
_ Whom Herculesfrom outhis Realmedebelled attheicngth...
Aricher King or Tyrant worſeliud notinany Land, :
Nor any one gainſt Hercales inchardier fightdid ſtand..
Yeatchaſed by his Conqueror hewasinforc'droflie...}.
Vptoa Mounrain mn thole parts: whereas,atpoynt todic
Througntamine;by his Magicke Arte hemadethe Mountaine flames..
And by that ſltfr c{capthis Foe,long wondripgatthe ſame. :
Then fled the Giant nighrandday (for fearedidicnd him wings)
Andas about from placeto placethe wandring Tyrant flings,:--
Heona Mountio 7talzecald Anentinedid light, - mn nn
Where laboured Cacssdid repoſe his wearied limmes all nighe.
Inthis fame Hill be founda Caue,which fitting placeeſpide,
He didreſoluc in ſecrecie thenceforth :himſelfeto hide-! - -
Inthat fame. Mountfromfight of men: and beingthearcalone,
That words atleaſt might yent his woes he makerh thus his mone;
Ah wretch (quoth-he) no longer King,thatcicle now muſt change,
Thou late were fearfull vnto all,now fearingall muſt range.
This.ragged Cauc miuſt now ſutfice.in ſtead of Royall ſear,
Andthough (alas) the place ſhould pleaſe,yet wantI whattocat.
V here be my folemne banquets now? where is my ſtately traine?
My Tributes? nay my proper Goods? ordoemy friendsremaine?
Not onel feare.: proud wealth was ſuch,thatnowintime of need'!
Lknowenot whereto ſecke a fticnd inany hopeto ſpeede.
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And yeat deſpaire not, P:c#s lives,indebted much to me

For grear good turnes:tohim I-will erchereT ſetled be.

Thusdroue he foorth the diſmall night,and vp by pecpe ofday

He ſped him vato Calabriesfor there King Piruslay.

His daughters three of long before,andfiill did foue him well:

And,whether with the Iſſmos conſent,ornot,it fo befell - }

Hetookthemallto #e2t77, andrhere with him they dwell.

Abour his boiſterousneck full ofctheir damtu: armes they caſt,

Still plyiog him with kifles ſweer,no ſport waSouct- paſt

That Cacus would,& they might worke : and more,their cuſtore was

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But(Cacus)of this Stratagem aTrapedicenſucd.

Now Lones,not Launces camein vre,the manthat loſt the day,
And liesin Chaines;left her in cares her Conqueſt was his pray.
Full often didſhe blame herſelfe for louing himher Foe,

But oftner thoughtſhe it more blame notto-haucerred ſo.

Thus whom in Campe ſhe loathed late,in chaines ſhe loned now,
And thonghthim ſure,becauſe ſo ſure. To Princespriſoners bow
Thinks ſhe:and watching fitting time,vnto thePriſon went,
VV here at the dore of ſuch'his Lodgea many teares'ſhe ſpent.

Bur entring,when hereyes beheld che Image of her harr,

To her ſtil] peerelefſe,though his bands had alrred him in part,
She caſting downe her baſhfull eyes ſtood ſenceles then aſpace,”)
Yeat what hertongueleſſeloue adiornd was extant in her facc:%
Andnow the Goalcrleft to herthe Priſoner and theplace.
Then,cheering carefull Doracles;let it ſuffice (quoth ſkee)}

ThatI repent me of thy bands,and frankly ſer thee free.

_ Andlet thatGrace grace-outthe reſt,for moreremaines behind
_ Then)being ſaid,may decent ſeemeto ſuchas faules will find,
 Myſelte;my Land;my Loue,my life,and all what ſo is mine

Poffeſle : yerloue,and fane my life,thatnow hane ſancd thine.

Then ſownesSheathis ſullen feeterharyer abodeinthrall:

W hich to anoid,hefaintly rubs his Liuveron his gall:

And with hishand,not with hisheatt,did reareher finkiog downe,

And faining to approue her Choiſe,hadpromiſcofthe Crowne.: - :
But neither Crowne,nor Courtries careznor Sheſworthallthe reſt)

Nor grace,not dutie,reconcile whomenuic hadpoſſeſt, :

No ſooner was he gotar large;and wealth ſupplid hislack,

But he to ſeeke her ouerthrow to forrenaids did pack.

DPcmaund nothow thewronged Queene diſgeſted ſuch her wrone,

Bur aske if ſhethetidings tolde,tohearethemliu'd ſolong.

She liu'd in deede,yet fownedoft;and ſowning overpaſt;

From her miſtempered headſheteares her louely Trefſles faſt.

And beateth on her Inorie breſts,and cafts heronthe ground,

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And wrings ber hands;and ſerichethour,aad flingeth yp and downe.
Her Ladies pittying herdiſtreſſe had-gottheir Queenetoreſt: _

From whenceforth outward fignes & fighs her inwardgricte expreft,
Her ſparing Dict,ſeldomeleepe;her filence,and what not?

Had framd her now right Louer-like;when thus to him ſhe wrot.

Har faulc ofmine hath cauſd thy flight dothreſt in cloudesto mes

But faultles haneT heard of none,and faultic may I be,
Yet not my Scepter,but my ſelfe, hane kingly Satersſought: z 39
Did all anifſe;ſauethoualone,that ſertreſt both atnought?
Atnought,ſaid 1?Yea well I faid,becauſe ſocafly cought. .S
One crimebut cite,andT foriit willſhead a million teares:
And to be penitentof faults withit a pardon beates.
Ab, Doracles,if ourextreames,thy malice and my loue,
The formerseuetill ſhallnotthe latters g00d remoue.
T heare thou doeſt frequent the warres,and warthou wilt with mee, *
Forgetfallthatmy ©A7g/ue men impatient Varriours bee: E
Sweet,hafſard not the ſame cofivord thatLoue doth warrart thee.
Ech Spearethatſhal butcroſle thy Helme hath force to cracſe my hatt:
But if thou bleede,of thatrhy blood my fainting ſoule hath parr.
Withthee Tline, withthee I dye,withrhee Tlooſe or gaine,
Line ſafe thercfore,for inthy lite conſiſts thelines of twaine.
Moſt wiſely valiant are thoſe menthar backe their armed Steeds
In beaten Paths, oreboorded Tylthesto break their ltaffe-like Reeds:
Wheare notthedinr of wounding Lannce,but ſomedeuiſe of loue,
Sans danger, hath ſufficient waittheir mannoods toapproue.
W heare braveAſpedtsof louely Dames T anraza to thefight,
W hoſe forms perhaps ate weg d in harts,whe Fauours-wag infight..
W hearas the Vidors Prize is praiſe,and Trumpets ſound ech blow,
Wi heare all is well;that ſeemes bat welbin courageor inſhow.
W heare Ladies dofte their-Champions Helmes,and kifle wheare Bea-
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Thenfightas theſewhereallchings maketharalleſcape ynharm'd.

Such manhood isamerriment:things preſentare regarded:.

Notthouſand drammesoftbloud inwarre, onedrop is here rewarded.

In few,the warresare full of woes,buthere enen words of warre :

Have bravergrace the works thelclues, for Courtsfro Campesbe far.

Than arethe yaliat,whoimoreyaine? Than Cowards who more wile?:

Not raen that trauell, Pega/#s;bat Fortunes fooles doe riſe. ;

Methinks I ſee how-churliſh. lookes cltrange thy cheerefull face,

Methinks.thy geſtures,talke,8: gate,haue changdtheirwomed grace:

Me thinks thy fometimes nimble Limbs with armournow arc lamne;

Methinks 1 ſee how-ſcarsdeforme where Swords before didmaime:

I ſeethee faint,with Summers heat,and droup with winters cold:

I ſce thee notthe famethou art,for young thou ſeemelt old: Z

I ſee nor,but my ſoule doth ſeare,in fighrthouarttoo bold::

I ſorrow,laſtiy;to hane ſcene whom now-I wiſhto ſee,

Becauſe Ifee Jaues Oratreffe pleads tediouſly tothee, :

If words,nor weepings,loue,nor lines,if caſe,nor toyle in fight,

May.wainethee from apleafing ill,yet comethou-to my fight:

Perchance my preſence may dillwade,or partnerſhipdelight.

But wo amI,dead paperpleads,a ſencelesthing of woe:

Ir cannot weepe,norwringthe hands,but fay thatſhedid ſo:

And faicth ſo yncredited;orifthenthoughr of corſe:.

Thus thus,becauſc not paſsionate,to paperfailesremorle.

O thatmy griefes,my lighes,and teares, mightmuſterrothy yiewe,

Thewocs,not wordsahe paine,not pe,fliouldvouch my writing true;

Ycatfarechou well, whole fare-well brivgs ſuch fare-ill vrtome :

'Thy fare-well lacks a welcome home,and welcomeſhalcthon be.
Theſe lines,ſubſcribed with her name;when Doractes did viewe,

He was fo far fromliking them,thatloathiog did enſue,

And,leaſt chat hope ſhouldeaſc her hearr,or he not {ceme ynkinge,

To written Tables hero-her returned thus his minde.

_ TheBees of Zybla bearc,befides ſweethony ſma rting tings,

And beautiedothnot wanta baite that to-repentance brings,

Content
2-Booke," 4AD Chap'9.
ALBIONS ENGLAND. |

Cotentthee, Dphles;Mooles take mads,but me knowMooles tocatch;

And cuer wakesthe "Dawhbaz bird'to wardthe floe-wormes watch.

I hane peruſ4;I wot not wharzaſcrole, forſooth,ofloue,

As if to Dir#sin his Tentſhould Cupsacalt his glone. ;

A challcngeproper to ſuch Sotresas you would make of me, *

But I diſdainetotalkeof Lone,trmuchmore inLoueto be. '*

Northinke a Queenezincaſe of Love,ſhall tie merocorſent, *

But holde the comrarie moretruc,anditno confequent. /7 *-*

Forperſonsmuſt in paſsions iutype;els Loneit proucthlJame; ©*

Not thinke Fof aVWomans graunt,burasaVVoersgame.' 5

Your Sex withſtands not place and ſpeach: forbeſhe bacſe or hie,

A Womanseycdoth gaide her wit,and not her withereye.”

'Then ſencelesis-he;having ſpeach,tharbidsnotforthebeltr” .

Evcn Carters Malkings will difdaine when Gentrie willdiſgeſt;-* ©1*

The betrer match thebrauer Marr,and willinger is fought:

And willing ſute-hath beſt eucnt: ſo V#ran7enus cought.

I arguenot of hereſtare;but (etmy Reſt on this. |

That oppottunitic can winthe coyelt Shethatis. '

Then he thatrubsher gameſome vaine,and tempers toyes with Arte, .

Bringslouethat ſwimmeth at her eyes,to dine into herhart. *

Bur fincethe beſt,at beſt,is bad,a Shrow or clsaSheeps,

Juſtnone at allarebeſtofall,andTfrom allwill keepe. -

AdmitI come,and come Tthenbecauſe Fcometorhee? 7 t?
No,when I come,my;comming iscontraticfightsto ſee, * :
Myleaſureferucs me fottoJoue till fiſh as haggards flic, 5
T1ll Sea ſhallflame,till Sunne ſhall freeſe,tylt mortallmen notdie, ;
And Rrigers,climing vp their bankes,ſhallleavertheirchannels dry..

W intheſe ſhall be,and Tnotbe,then may Tchanceto Loue,
Andthen the ſtrangeſt change will bethar Ta Louer proue.
Lert Bcuers hide,not baſſes hurt,my lips;forlips voſic :

Let (karredlimbes,not carctull Loues,ro booor,honor get,
T ſkornea face effeminate;but hate his baſtarde minde |
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ALBIONS *ENGLAND.
With fingers,Ladie-Iike, with lockes,with ſookes,and gaudsin print,
W ith faſhions barbing formeles beatds, and robesthat brookeno lint,
With Speare 1n wreſt,hke painted Mays,ft5 thoughtof batraile free, )
With gate,andgrace;andeuery gaudefo womanly to ſee, %
As not in nature,butinnametheirmanhood feemesto bee.;
Yea ſooner thenthat maiden heares bud: 0n his Boyifſh chinne
The furic of the fierie Goddoth in the foole beginne. |
And ycatto winne,whowvould be wonne,theſewoo withleſſer ſpecd, *
Then mightbe wun atowne of warre;the croppe not worth the ſeede.
Butlerthem trauailerill they tire,and then beridde for Taides,
If Gameſters faire,if Souldiers milde,or Loners true of Maides :
Wholoucinfporte,or leaueinſpighr,or ifthey ſtoupeto luer,
Their kindnes muſt have kindely'vſe : faulres onely make them ſaer; -
Did fancie?nodid furie? yea, hang vp the Thratian Maide: |
The wonders ſeuen ſhould thenbe exght,couldloue thee fo perſwade:
Butloueor hate,fareill or well:Tforcenorofthy fare: .
My welcome,which thoudoeft pretend; ſhallproue athankeleſſe care.
W hen Daphles heard kim ſo ynkind,ſhe held her ſelfeaccurſt;
Andlittlelacked of fo well bur that her heart did burſt, ©
And wheare ſhereadthe churliſh {crole;ſhe fell inroa ſowne,
But, brought againe, yponabed herſclfe ſhecafteth downe,
Not riling more: andfo herloncandlife rogether cnd: :
Oc (ifT'fo may geile) indeath her ſoule did liue bis friend..
The Queenerenterr'd;and Obbit kept (as fhe tn/charge did gine)
A Koight washiptto Calidon,wheare Doracles did live,
To offer him;as herbequeſt.the Argine Throneand Crewne,
Not that wetorce,or feare (quoth he) thy fanour or thy frowne
VWe movethispeace,or maketheePrince;but Daphles ſwore vs ſoz
Wholouing morethenth6ucouldſthate,nor lin'd nordied thy Foc.
And is the dead (quoth Doractes) thatliuedro my wrong ?
I gladly doeacceptrheſenewes,expeRed-for of long.
The Lordand Legate were imbarkt,;and Shi pran vnder faile,
Vnull into thet_£rgmeStrond the Mariners did haile.
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ALBIONS ENGLAND.

To Dapbles,by adoption,theare inthronizeda King, ;

He diuers yearcs good fortune had {ucceſsiue incach things

All friends,no Foes,all wealthno wantzſtillpeace,and neuer ſirife,

And what might ſceme ancarthly Heaten to:Daracles wasTife. - -
A Subic&,but a Nobleman,did ritchly feaſbthe King:

Andafter meatpreſentedhim with many aſight and thing.

Theare was a chamberinthe which, portraied tothe quick, -

The Picture of Queene Paph/cs was: anddeepelydiditprick '

The King his conſctcoce,and hethought herlikedidnotremaine:

So,whome her pexſon could not-pearce,her Piturenowdid paine. -

A Kiſsing Cupid,breathing loucinto her breaſt;did-hide | %

Chap.9.

Her wandring cies, whilſt to:her heart hishanda Dearh did guide!
Nou marens morior, forthe Mottginchaſed wasbelide.
Her curtclic and hiscontemprtie calleth rhen to:minde,
And of her beautie in himſeife he dida Chavs finde.
Recalling cke his late degree,and reckning hisdeſart, - - /- M.
He could-notthink {or faintly thought) his loueto ſtetrneher hearr %
Andtothe Maket of the feaſt did ſuch his thoughtes1mpart. _
And doubtes your Gracethe Feaſter ſaid, i Dapbles loudorno?
I wiſh (T hope I wiſh no harme) ſhe hadnot loued fo, _
Or you not loathedas you did: then ſhe had lined yer;
To whather latcſt ſpeach did tend I neuer ſhall forger.:
 My ſelfe,withdivers noble men whoſeteares bewraid our care
VV as preſent, when her dying tongue of you did thus declare.
My hap Cquoth ſhe) is fimpley bad that cannot haue,nor hope:
Was euer wretch'(I wretchexcept) held to ſo ſkantaſcope.
I ſee him rone at other markes,and Ivnmarktto ber:
I finde my faulc,but followe it, whileſtdeathdoth followe me-
Ah death /my Lords)diſpaire isdeath,and death myſtranſome blifle,
Such Ranſome pleaſeth Doraclesand Dapbles Pliant is,
Not bootlefle then ({ince breathles ſtrait) (fweet Louedoth flames con»
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Alas (then didſbe pauſe-inteares)rhat Doracies were by, '11?
To take it from hiseyes, notcares,thatÞ-for bim doe dic: : S
Ar leat;perhaps,he would confefſe myloueto benolic.
Bur(VVant-witT) offeaſine fights co Dorartes Icraue?
Long liuc,deareHarrgnotminding me,whentamlaidin.graue. - _
And you (my Lords) by thoſe ſame Goddes whoſefight I hope anon,
I coniure,thatyehiminueſt your King whenIamgon. $
Alonely fay E-liud anddicd rohima Loner true,
Andthat wy parting Ghoſtdid ſound;ſweere Doyactesadue.
A ftgh concluding fuch herwords;ſhe cloſed ypher eye:
Not one of ys,-beholding it;that ſeemedinot to die.
Thustoyour Grace I lcaue togeſſe how tragick Dapbles dicd:
InLoue,my Lord,yealouingyou,hather of Louedenicd.

The PiQtare,andthis ſamediſcourſe affordſufficieatwoe
Tokim,thatmaimedin his mindedidto his Pallace goe. -
[Theare Doracles did ſerabroacha world of things forgot:
VW hatimeaneft thau man?ah frantick man,how art thou ouerſhot
{He ſaid) to hatethe ſubſtancethen,andloue theſhadow now, '
Herpainted board,whoſe amorous harrdid breake whilſt Inotbow 2
And couldſtthou,churliſh wretch;cotemnethe lone of ſucha Queene?
O Gods,I'grannt for fuch contemprIiuſtlybideyour teene.
Her onely beautie(worthy Touesthatrnow 0n me hath power)
V as worthie of farre.worthier Loue;withonr a further dower:
Bur gazethou on her ſenceles Signe,whoſe ſelfe thou madeſithy pray,
And gazing periſh:forthy lifeis debt to herdecay;

Time going on,greefe ir grewe 0n,of dolour{prung diſpaire,?
VW hen Doractes to Daphles Tombedidſecretly repaire :
Theare (tearesaprefaceto the reſt) theſc onely words heſpake :
Thy Loue waslofle,forloflemy life inrecompence doerake, %
Dcare Daphles. So adaggersſtab a Tragediedidmake.

Welldid'this Tragicke matter ſortto;Cacns Tragicke vaine:
But merricr matter did behoue ſuch humourro reftraine. ''-

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That knewthe ſecondsSiſterwell, who,ſmiling ere ſhe ſpake,
Began her turne,andof her/Taletheinextreport F-make.

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=>> -Out ſtood- her chin;/into her mouth her blood=
ſi :: leflelipsthey ſanke,
Hertoothleſle chappes diſgracſt hertongue in telling of aTale;
And ſucke ſhe mighta Tearfortecth,and ſpoonagetoo did faile,
Her haire ſince ſixtic yearesnot blacke;was now or white or none,
The ſubſtance of her wrinkled face was only ſkinandbone, (fent;.
Dimme were hereyes, deafe wercher eares, ranke ſmelt it ſhee could:
A Pallie made her fecling ceaſe,downetaſtleſſe food it went. -
Sight,hearing,ſent.touch,raſt,and all;thus failingwith her ſtrength,
Sheto her chamber,bed,andchaire,berookether at the length, '
But goldis Jou'd tillgraye hath lodg'd,her bags andſhe were one:
And ſhe muſt ginethe Maidens Dowrezor els her Dowre isnone”
The young man,though-helou'dthe Maid,onwhomno loue was loſt;.
Yeardid he louero line,and knew thar matriage alketh colt.
The olde wines bags did letthe Banes:with whom he ſmoothed ”
Thart flattered,ſhe fantiſed, her moldie braivesdid cro;
V hat Diucl Lwotenotmade herdote;ſhe doted on theman's
Her rotcn iankeand raftie face ſhicfinified than': ,
And ſceth yhat ſhe could not ſee;her ſenflefle Seniſes worke;,

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And ynderneathva wrinckled hide a'wanton heart did lurke.
Vakindly tooſhe kiffes gaue,which bedid kindly rake,
Suppoſingthat herkindnes was burfor the Maidens ſake. _
Her crooked toynts, which long eretaen ſupported, ſcarcely ſood, J-
She broughrymoa wallowing pace,dilicllowing ſo herbloud: Z
Andall for loue (furrcacrence Louc)did make her chew the cudde..d._

Young Battas iromhis 027hida(totthey were named ſo)
Diflodged bythe Grandamelongto worke did tonndly goe: ''
Defiring both the Maiden,and to marric heraDPower. |
The old-wife;netledat bis words;for all herloue did iower,
And drying.yp whardrainedourin belching,thus did fay:
Thething{(triend Battzs)you demaundT gladly notdenay,
Butwell you wotthat Famold,and year notall ſo old, *
But chattheremnant of my life may ſpendithe wealthTholde!” *
Asall are ncereſttothemſelues,ſoro myſelfeam'T: :
Aund allſhalllacke creI will lacke: ſtore is no fore wetrie.
If you doc ike of 029hid4, T allolike thematch: ſſ
Louc hath nolacke,ye bothare young,wealth comesto ſuchaswarch,
Youlouing ber,ſhe to her {elte a dowricis;if nor,
My money ſhall notſellthe Maid,afinfull fale Ged wor : *
For money ſhall not ſell my felfe. And yearI cannot ſee,
But that a comfort to mine agean honeſt match would be.
My Gogds/belidesdoc wanta Guide,and often did I know
Your youngersvponelder winesthen Icthemſclues beſtow,
Andlined wellandloned well. Butas Idoenotcare
For mariage,ſoan honeſt match T nener will forſweare.
Well, }aitasnakeyou 9zphida: but if you money craue, :
My bagges muſt onely veat to himwhome I'my (elfe ſhall haue.
Yeattbinkenot I miflikeof youinthar you hane not ſped,
. Euthinke I wiſh oo better march,if I my ſelte ſhould wed.

Thus cunningly ſhecloſde withhim;and heconceavies her thouotc :
Vnequall was the Combarttheathat Loue and Lucar wronote, * ©
The one was in her flowring age:theotherto too old: N
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Bur ſtormes (chought Battas) hauetheipſtops, notlong the Croen cant -
Orit my kindenes lepgthher life,my-kindenes Godforgiue: ſſ
Refoluing therefore on ſuch bope,withcaſie ſatehegor
Afſfuranceto bexwedded tothe oid deformed Tror.

eAedea charmed e£/ox yong, Battus cMedenlilke,
Did worke no lefle a.cuer yponthis yaine ynweldie Tyke.”
Now onthe bridle playedſhe:: yeatas ſhe laughes ſhe lookes:
Wirh jelious cyes,if Omphras be blottedout his bookes:
Yea ſhethatcould not mone before,now-craulethevery wheare,
To pryc if Battus play not falſe,and cauſe there wasto feare;'/

Buralithis while no matiage was,nor witnes of their marchs' 7
And well he knewe that widdowes ſhrinke;ifmen forſlowe difpatch;
So haſting what ſhe hindred not,come was the wedding day:
The Morniog thawdetheeauching froſt,and ſlippric wasrhe way-:
Yeat hobling on her ruſtic ioynts,to Churchward goes the Bride;
W hofefecte (her harts ynequall gides).conldnothing els burflide;
Then Batt#sKihdly leaderh her,and euerasſhe rrips,
God bleſſe thee Mouſe the Bridegroome faid;and {makrherontheli ps.
The oftner ftumbledthen his Beaſt,the oftnerto be kiſt + -
Andrhinkerh ia her gentle Choyle her ſelfs not meanly bliſt.”
But whenthe Prieſt had done his part,andthat chey homeward come,
'The Bride,for Battus,might lalutethe Pauement wuh herbomme.
She rceled ofr,and looked backe: he ſawe,but would nor ſee:
Arlength ſhe ſtumbled headlong downe,hoyſtvp againe,quoth hee:
The ſecond tymeſhe didthelike,hoylt Brock,hergood-man faide:
And thirdly falling,kindly bad her breake hernecke;olde Tade;
The old-wiferookeittothe bart,and home fhewentanddyde:.
Bur 54tts5,cre his firſt wasficke,had owed hisſecond Bryde;

His Ieſt from Cacas Rraynde a ſmyletbut auickly was itdonnes-
2 : PE Y'ts :
W ben,turning to her Siſters ewatne,the yougeſt thas begonne..
Ye,vifters,feucrally hauetolde how foes inlouc did fall,
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ALBIONS *ENGLAN D.
And age with youth: butIdoe fay thatrLone can all with all:
Examples we,whom Loue hath-brought fromCourt to liucin Caue,
.And were there necde offurther proote,achouſand proofes T haue .-
Could Z4tmas ſpeakeitmmightaccuſcenen Phave of a kis:
Andofa Vortarie of hers to ſpeake my purpoſc is. |
_ Butfirft ſhe cheared: rhus herfricad (for Carrs (adly fics)
Be mertie man,thy penfinencf{eour paſtimes badlyfirs :
Be asthou art,notasthou wouldſ,it willbe as itis':
Learnethen tolacke,andlearneto line,for crofſes neuer mis./
Thiake Forrune newly hatch is flidge,and waggeth wingtoflye :
All ſaffrerhchange: our ſelues,new borne,cucnchen begin to dye.
Be reſolute,not de{perate: the-Godsthat madetheepoore; '
_Can,ifthey will (doe waitetheir will)thy former ſtate reſtoore,
Arlealt let paticnce profit thee, forpatienceisathing: |
W herebya beggergayneth ofa diſcontented Kitg,”
KnowDeſtinie isDeſtinie. This Epitaph I reede,
Though common-booked Poetrie, yeatnot yrworthieheede:
Vnborneto knowe what I ſhouldibeto Gods my motherprayde:
A Male quoth Phebas, Female 3 ars, and 149 neither ſayde:
An Hermephrodite wasTborne. M y death then aſkt ſhee after:
By ſword quoth 7ane, Tree quoth Mars, and Phebus ſaide by watcte
A Riucr-ſhadowingtree I climbd: out flipt my (word:T fidd: ;
By feete T hung, flabd with my ſword, my head inwarer hidd.
Male, Female, neuher, hanging,Sword, and drowning Tabidd
Tihus, Cacas, howſocuer things trom likelihoods diſcent,
In birth, life, death, the Gods are firtt, the middell, and Fuent.
-And not what they candoethey will, but whar chey will they can:
And thatthey doe; or doe itnot, behooues notysto kan,
Aad laying fo, and kifling too, her tale ſhe thus began,

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Califio wasas faire a Maydezas faireas onemightbee,
Her father King Zycaon fled, Tone chaunced herto ſee:® :
And ſeeing liked, ltking lou'd, and loning made itknowne
To her {{weer Laffe) for fathersloſſe'thatmaketh thenhermone-
Takepatience, wenchs ſayd 7upiter, with theeſhall albeweal, ”
Thy tathers deeds haue their deferts, burthou inpeacefhalrdwell,
Tam hisVidor, butthy ſelfeart Viftoreſſe ofme-/ -
Do graunt meloue, my zealeis morcthan fathetlierothee.
Thereſilefle cloudes that matitling tideypon the tacking Skie,
The ſcouring windesthat ſightlefſeiotlieſfonnding aire dooflie,
Thethriſtie Eatth that bringeth outand broodeth yp her breed,
The ſhifting Seas whoſe[welling waucs on ſhrinking ſhores do feede,
Shall fall, and faile;ere T be falſe {Zyca075Tmpe) to thee:
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Yeat, inreſpett of thatT feele, T heare them not at all,
A triend (ab friendleflename TFriend?) irbeingas itis, -
A friend T fay, mich morea foe;and more, and worſethen this,”
The ſonneof Satwrne fhould, and ſhall, thar ſpeed"and hearing miſle.

- Doerid, ahrid mine eyecsof teares, and fermy hearrar reft,

By taking life, not tiaking Lone: the former likes me beſt.
Or, ifthat poore Ca/sfos life ſhall lengthentoherwog
Grauntthatamong DiazasNunnes aVoraric I'go:
For netther fitsitnow to lone, orcuerſhall itſo. |
VW hat viewed Tepiter this while, notpleaſing to-his ſight?
Or whatynuiewed did he geſle, notadding to delight?
Not excellent; but exquiſite, was allco minde and eyes
Saue ſhe,the hanſel'of this louc,did himot Loue denie.

' Trgreeues that Natures Paragon in Cloiſter,yorin'Court,

Should looſethe beautic of her youth, and he thereby-hisſpore:”
But conſtant jnher chalt pretence, he grants that would gain-ſayz
And.ſcatedinrcligionnow, with Poebedidibeſtay,:.-....., , -

Blame Iypiterof otherLoues, of thisdoe ſethimeleere;..
It was hisfirft, and firſt.is firme, and toucheth verienecte. *
He might forgoe, but not forger Ca/z//o inher Cell, |
W henſetting higherthoughts aparr, the Frithes did pleaſe him well:
Hetakes his Quiuer and his Bow, and wheare ſhe hunts, huats hee? -
And ſactificedto his eyesthatdaye hedid her fee.., 1
About the Chaſe, Toyles, Dogs & Bowes,the Srand,Quarrie and all
Hee vſeth doublediligence: ſo often did befall,” - : |
Not onely-ſight of her his Saint he got, butalſo talke; PL
W hilſt thus forhisCal;os loue, he haunted Phebes walke.
Bur fight andalke accrew to loue, the ſubſtancemuſt be had;
And forto bring his dritt abour, he virgin-like is clad.
His nonage kepthis beard from blaome,no wench morefairethen he
Whomeart her Nunneric aNun D/4x4takesto be, | Z
Aad with bis Siſters brotherly doo gefle himto agree.

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Thus faines Tycdohs Conquerera Maid, to winnea'Maid:* .
His handsto woB and-Arras worke, and womans Chares heelaid, ©
That notſo mnch asbythetongue the Boy wench was bewraid.-
Yearthought:ipiretheſces; andſmiles,and longs perhaps for more
No marmH forthar Siſter-hood had goodhc Ladiesſtore.

Scarce one fot-b1tth/and beautie too-wasthearevnworthic him,

Yet chieflie to Galitos vaineheformedlife and limme:

And Siſter-like they-fingle afc)and chat of matye thmgs, 41

But that C ali/?o mindeth lonenolikelibood be wnngs D
So TouenotonceduritmentionTonrg/and: forcewis ſinnc and ſhaInc-
Butloueis hatdie.:Thus it hap +by longpurſuteofgame,'' -
She wearie reſteth:in the Thicks,wheare fitting all along, 2 -
He ſeceivg her,isreſolute ornowto end hismoene, ® Pn
Or for ſo ſweet abodiesyſetoleaue his ſouteinloene! ct
He Nympl-like fits him by the Nymph, thattooke himfor' no man-
Andaftcr ſmiles, withneerer fignes of Lones'affault began:; -

He fcelethioft her Juorie breaſts,nor maketh coytekiſle;

Yeat all waswel;a MaidentoaMaiden'nightdoethis.
Thanticksheyp bertucked Frocke, nor did Cali/#0 Bluth,

Or thinke abuſe: hetickles tooy rio blab ſherhinksthe Buſh. |
Thus whilſtſherhinkes/her SiſterNunne tobe a mertic Laſſc, TOBT'Y
The W antondiddiſclofchim(clfe; and rold her who he was.”

Away the Virgin wouldhaue fled/whom he withhild by forcc
Thy lone({weer Nymph)bath vrg'dthis ſhilr,vel worthy thy remorſe,
He ſaid:norſcorne'withmea Kmo to:foynethy ſelkeaQueenge:

. Ordocbutloneand Ewillline in Ph4bes Cellesvnſeene:

And theare.inbeds/ir buſhesheere (My fainings fitſo well)

We maycnioy whatlone enioynes, and'goncour ſcapesfhall tell.
She would notloue;hecould not leane; ſhe wranglcth-and he woocth
She djdreſiſt, he didpetſift; and ſport denied dooeth.”

That done,whichcould not be yndone,what booteth d1ſcomcnt*

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No bcalt ſoflrovgthat-he would ſhunne;and manhe neuer fawe;

Nor yeat his. yexed mother.could from fearceneshim withdrawe.,.

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Not wantinggriefe, but wantiog allthat pooteſtwretches haue:

And(worſt of all) her.ſauage ſonne (whoſe manners did agree.:i

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And ſomerthatwould hispatſage, ſtop, he rudelycaltethdowne,
And ſparesgoſpoyleyatillchefighe wasnoyſed'throyghtherowne.”
Then qut came #p7terinarmes, whom whenGeli/folnewey
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That(/ozeconſenring)himtor King Pelafeis did allow,d

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Who iv his greaceſt tyriiniesdidchicfeſt pleaſuresfinde,” -
He'fleasthe hatmles Paſfetgers,from eldefit fonle to childe, -
Heburnes and ſpoyles theneighbour parts, and womenhe defilds”*
Andrto hisCane(Troponins Cane) did bring the ſpotles he gaines, *
Inwhich(exceptto doemore harme) kefecretly remaynes.” ” ne

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(Noneknowing how?all 7#2/e with feate thereof wasfild. -
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Tenne Giants/of Cre27na Kings, and purtheleauenth'to flight, :
Fromthencethe worthiedd arine with his'viRorious band
Art Kipg ExandersCittic, thatby CAuentindidfiand,” m
Amongſta manyricher Spoyles, though none to him(o rare,
He broughta forrof Spaniſh kine. Enander taking cate,
(Becauſethe like misfortunes oft had hapned theare before,)
Leaſt Zercules ſhouldloofe his Kyne, of which he made ſuch ftore,.
Gayecounſellrharwithin the wallesthey might bekeprall nighe,
And, better toapprouc his words, withreares he did recite
The murrhers,thelts, and cruelties, withour.compaſſion made ?
Vpon his ſabicQs; andrheir goods, by whom could not be aid, %
But thattheGods(forſo they gefſ9yfor finnethem fo inuade.
I am refolu'dquothiHercules, wheareGods.do vengeance craucs
It is nor ftrony'er fenſilue wallesthar any tHing tan faue; -
My Kyae-ſhalltherefore graſcabroad*ifmortall'man itbe,”
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The Gyantleft biscrnell Denne;to ſeekehis curſed praiess. -
The Moone not wanting of herlight, the Kinehe did cſpye::
And knowingthemyhealſo knewe his feared Foc was ez if3ci9
And far muchbetrer fearehadbinthenmalice-at thattyde::;
But hardlyſhunnech policie, whatdeſtiniesprouide: -
He might havelurktea whileinDenne, but ofapeeviſh piohr,
Eight of the Kine with faſtned cords; by pollicieand mighe,
He dragged backwardbythcirtailes inco-hisdineliſhneſts. /7 14
Thenſtoppingypthe ſubcill-hole, didlayehimdownetoreft/ 1 d
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Into the fieldesto ſee hisKine by prime of day did walke, ( IOD
W here miſling eight,hecouldnotgeſſe whichwaie theyſhuldbe'gs:
A many thereforc had incharge; to ſcarchthemouranon; HETS

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Deſcending from:Mount .A uentine into the lower ground: C
But for thefootingsdid deſcend, andnot aſcend, they thought
Ofno ſuch cunningas indeedin {ucntine was wrought. |
<cceus Grand-ſonneſearchinglong the Thefts hecouldnot finde, -:
VYas much difquicted inhimſelfe, and angriein hisminde:
And chafing, when heſhould depart, he twiſeorthriſe did ſhake
A Trecthat grew on. Auentine: which rooted vp did make
Solargeayentthat one might yiew they hollow caue belowe,
And Cacss with his Leaſh of wiuesthey were diſcloſed fo.
Whome, whentheGreckeeſpied theate, O gracelefie King, hefaid,
Whhoſe Tyrannics haue madethe Realmes of H efpera atraid,
Whoſecrucltics hane beenthe cauſe ofaltheloflethou haft;-::-:
V hat moveth thee in 772{ieto proſecute ſuch waſte? ;
Thinkftethou, whom neither mightie Realmes, nor royal Gards of mE
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The inſt reucngmentofthe Godds? nogno, the Heauens we ſce,
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A greeuousdeath, condigaly, ſhall cur offthy groutded finne:
To it did C acasanſwere thus:doeſtthoupurſucmeftiÞ -/-
W hoonelyartthechicfelt caiiſe of theſe my doings ill:
Not ſuffering metoliue the reſt of minevnhappicdates
Among thefruitleſſe Rocks, a wretch in miſericalwaies.
Ceaſe turcher prats; ſaid Xercmles,introrh itigreeuethmuch, -
To ſceaKing inthisDiſtreſſe, burſincethylifcis ſuch
Asneither in aduetfitte;nor profperouseſtate
Thou canſt afford oneiot of good, I purpoſeto rebate X
Thy wickeddayes by worthy death, preparetherefore-ro.dye. }.

W hen Cacss fawe-hemuſt petforce ſo hardea combate tryc,}
Heby inchanted flames.againeendeuored to flye. » SHRN OS
But Zercules deluded once by thatdeuiſe before, - -
Had learned now-for beingſo.decetuedany more: y
And, caſting feare afide, did lcapeintothe flaming Cane,
And theare by Artedid conquet Arte. The Gyantthento faue
Himſclfe did takehis Axe-inhand;wheare Zerculesand/he -
Couragioully beſtirrethemſclues;ymillthey didagree,'i'
Totryeitoutinopenayre. So:donbtfall was theirfighr,

That Lookers on.couldnot diſcerneto-whether beſtſhould lighe;. -
The frighted Ladies did their beſt to-helperheirfighting friend:* - -

But Zercnles had yictotic,and Cacts had hiscnd..!

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. To.honor whomedid Princescomefrom farre andeverie waye. ”
King Faunus hadaffairesabroad, when from-Zanrentum came

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Yeat home came £ammys, fathering his late Corriuals a& 62 :

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Latinhs, Brute his Gran«dames Syer, wasſonne vard:vGodor: 0

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VVhen, chaſed home into his/holdes; theateſparred vp itfgatess 7 ©
The yaliant Thebanegall inwaine;a following fightawairtes:

VVho, fordiſpatch; did fayne himſelfed Legarero theKing,

And himthe Porters,astheiſame,betote theic Tytatit bring.

Then ſhaking offhis cinil robes, his ſhinnng Armes appeate-”

And renting downe anIron ſparre,6othPrince aud people feare,

Sorne ranto Armor,other ſomedid fight with hicstheirlaſt:

Both court and Cittie inthe'end didhyyponhim faſt

Theare 7:c4;, worthely, did winne of vahantneiſeanaiye:—

Yeat Hercales morevaliantly by death did Pectgtamnes, - 7
AndroattendtheirKing his ghoſte he ſendeth flocke by flocke: Z LT
His furie wasasfiertoFerney hisfocs agwaucstoRothesnny
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Meanctyme hismeg.adanl;withon bwhilthe alayles-within;,”
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_ Withinrhe King hisranſacke ConttheZols elpyes,* -

W hoſe teares;then mounting fro her hart\diſmountthefro hcr cycs, ſi

Kmg Picus(nowalifeles corle) was Father of thisMayde: 6: 7

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Nor could he.but lament herfarejand louefoifweeteaface, -

W hoſeperſonalſo did:containe therypeob femmalegrace

Arfirſt ſhe was ſo farre fromloueſherathet [cem'd to hare,

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He caſterh theni,zspmuendm,to Hotſes'emWr#linehno 0

A Garde of Tyrants,like|himfeltejattendiogonbitin (”

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The Scourge of ſuclywasmoued,notto beremoucd now

By Tole,wholc louing teares ſuch laboarsdifalow. -

Vith Dioztgeandbis GardeinFotreſtdid heiticer, © n_ge

W howith theiricemmonStrardpertthe Stranget thipkets gtccte,

Hands of.commannded #errulesforHorſTarm 0 h*ay

All Straungers Rauoſom;oncefor all; my-commins isto pay : E

Which ſayd himſeltcagainftrhemallbegan'anoble fray.

The ſturdie T bracjans,mightiemen,didHardly loole their p roundz
Bur,thanzhe, Kmg,azmghncr mannotany wheai*cwa; Fouudg
Thelc all at ongeatlayleand firike,andithander'os Þis SÞeeIJ
Butnumberfitedto his forcc,vnwomcd fo to yeeld.

For with his club he kufflesrhen amoneſt rheir Clirers ſa,
Tharſpecdicdeath was ſweererdolethents furninekisblo.
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Qut.ripping ſothe mari-feade horke, hetopted orehigfide 2 1f
The MonltrousKing, tharreſculefſeroflying people'etide:”

V ho,lyingallto truſthedchus,thefonocot Togedid bring

His cruel! Iades,that ſoonedcudure: theirimore thati ctucll Kitg. -

TheT bracians all;ubmicthemſelues;and ioyetheir Tytantsdeath;

And thinke ſomeGod had leftche Heanensro fuccour men 64 eatth;';
From ſuch as whatthey wouldchey will; and what they wall they can,
And what they cantheydareanddocand doing:nonewithſtan. i- /7
Northoughtthey beter.of the niamthen did hisdeedes approue,”}* \
Thatneuer wasa Conquerorynto his owne behotiegyS” 7 } »
Bur ta cſtabliſh yertuous men;and Tyrarnsto remoue; ) 4: 41 7
©*This common Soldiour oftheworld with7ole didland
In Zzcia:andthe carthin peace,diſcharged theare hisband; -
Sweete buſſes,nor,ſharpe battels;thendidalter man'and mindes.<: 353
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To courthis,Trulles, 4rbaces {o.clpyingplaceroiclyme;/

Secure in T o2yris her flight,was yaliant Cyrx: ſlaine. :

From C4p44,not irom Cannds,grewe braue Hanibalhis baine, * »-
The ſameto whoſe yidtotionsSword aſecond wortdwas fought;” »
That Macedon.incourt,notCampe, to'traytrous endwas brovghe,'*
A louer, not aSoldiour, wentAchilles-to his graue. R.
And Ce/ar not.in ſtcele, bur filke, toRome his farewel gaue.”:'

Enen o, this ſecond yntonone, ſuperioryntoall;: E.

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W hole high Exploytes didleauethcearth from {poyl 8:ſpoylers free,
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And thatzhisarmorlayd a*part,infilke hecourts it trim.
Thedaughter ofth's#791ian King didlittle lefle then taye:
And canthechurle: (quoth ſh&)preferre inlouca captiue Slane
Before his wite,whomelare he fayndinfcriour ynto none?
Ah Hercules chonarta man,thy manhoodthusis knowne.
Fye,may aforten/Strampetsatmes ſo faften on hisnecke,
As he(the ReQorofthe Earth) muſt bowe if ſhe doth becke?
Oh how-vnlike to'Hercnles;is Hercales inthis?
But,leauing men tonatures faulr, in herthe lewdaes is, E
No manſo chaſte;but ſuch asſhe'may worketo docamis,
Thus whilft her oucrplus of loye to Telonfiedid growe,
She ſimply minds the ſpightfull eifrthar Ve/ſs did beſtowe.
And,fos he dyingſpakethe wordc Mehelditas her Creede
That it could winne himito her felfeYof which'(now hauing neede)
She yſcth part,and fent aShirr ſo bovled as ſhe bad
To Hereules: and Hercules wagofthe Prefent glad:
Confeſing her hisonely VVife : And whillt hedid reperit
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PhilodFes,P.eans yaliant Sonne,and Zxchashe thatbrought-......._....
Fhepoyto=IShirc,were prefenittheare, burof no tteaſon thought—.
Nor Dejanras felte{good Sonle)willtryallmade itplayne,
When as:his bedy and thediregauemoyturertothe bayne. -
_His ftoutnesbid foch rormentstane .asdscouldno neabyde,
Yeatil|the baidebisBoweleand bisvery/Marcowtryde: *
Bur when historments hadna-meane,the Altar downe be throes,./.
Andirom his martred bodyrents the gory.{i moking cloathies: /7: 7
Aad ſtriving to ftrip offcheShirche rearcrh Heſhfromboney /7 /os. -
Andleft his breaking Synoees barehisJmtrailes cuefy'one, // /'>
Did boyle,and burſt,& ſhew themſclues whearelumps offlelkdidack,
Andftill the murdrous Shirtdid cleye.ynto his mangled backe/©:

 
  

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And fodid ſiilyſij;þ;%:_:d)fl??_!l}ffl putppledpodkreiootiegaidtdfngs bur
Then ruaning downe from hillto. Playie,from Plajmetohill againe; ”
He tents vp Rockesand mightic Hils io errorofbis Paine 1 44"

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Andto his friend Philattes tooke bis Arrowesandfiis Bow; :
And gladlyto'the, hallowed tycr,asto bigbed did £0c *2
W hearelying downe,and:taking leane with reared batidsto ſkye,
The Earths Protector ſoin peace,amidittbeflamesdid dye.;
PulocFes,neeteorgone with greefe;his Aſhesdid conuaye
To 7ta/,iofhriged io,hisTempletheretoftaye'1ics - ! - % j
And wotull Dezazira neares of ifertules dechyy.' 5 - :
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(SweetHusband) asto bayetbe willtoonaliverhes heer,
Butthatmy Ghoſtebeforethy.Ghdſteirſelfe of guile ſhall cleer:”
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S Greekes lamenttheir Champions loſſe,ſodid the Phrygians ioy :
© And Priamns did fortifie hisftately Cittic Troy.
Twiſe Hercales hadrafed it,andthirdly was itreard ct
By Pryars,ſtrong inwealth and walles,through 4//a lou'd and feard.
He cald ro mynde Z420m7edoy whomne Hercules had Nlayne,
His Sifter roo Zeſiozeghat Captinedid remayne
In Salamis with Telamon :and well he wasapayde,
Inthat the Doer oftheſameli'dnottheGreekes to ayde.
His Sifter thereforenorteſtorde,hisLegares asking it,.
By ſicaling of the $paztaze Queene did Paris cryethem quit.

Trelue bundred(fiftic fine war-Shippes, with me& Armor frovghty
By ſcauentic Kings 8 kingly Pecres,ft5 Greece'to Troy were brought,
To winne her thence; King Priamus(befides his Empire greate) *;
Had aydersPrincesthiniethree:lefleLordsT notrepeare, ſſ
Nor $ag/tarthat in this VVarredid many avaliant feate.

Tenne yeres,tepne monthes,8 twile ſixedaies,the ſiegethey did abide:
Eight hundred (1xtie thouſand Greekes,by Troian weapons dyde:

Sixe hundred fiftie fixe thouſands of Tr054n5 fighting men, *

Beſides theſlaughtredatthe facke,by Grecians periſkt then:

And (if that ZedFor,Troalus,and Paris,fo wename)

Fell fortie Kiogs : omirting more;of little leſſer fame.

Millike,and ciuill quatrels,when the Grec;ans homewards drewe,
Did wellncere walte'the remnantKings that Phriz#4 did ſubdewe:

Thus ſecure Trop was ouer-ſer,whenTroy was oner ſtoute,

And ouer tich,wasover-runne,and tardie looktabour: {roe,
The GreekiÞ» Ships, with Pbrig1an Spoyles, through Xant and Simoes
For row A ateror had betrayde Palladiumto the foc,
And with Palladium Priamns, «fneas ſoughtto hide
From Pyrrius Polyxens (ſhe for whom Achilles dyde,
W hcrefore ypon Achilles Tombe her (elfe was after ſlayne,
V hattymeold Zecaba diſeryde yong Polydor his bayne:)
For which, «Zxeas baniſhed,did hoyſt his ſaylesto winde,
And after many perils,rule tn 7t{ie did finde.
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Her Syer Latinus, Faunns his,and Picushim begot; |
And Saturne him. Frommorther thus fe/fbamuslacked not - 7
The nobleſt bloud. On Fathersſide his petigree wasthas: aZ}
_ Tonehad Dardanis:andtheſamebegot Eritthens: *-— |
He T 799: Troys, Aſſaracns : he Capys : and the fame
A nbiſes: hee/Encas had rothim Poſthimus came : IIFE |
And he was Father-ynto Brate: andthusthe Brutons brin g ſſ
Their petigree from Typiter,of Paganc Gods the King: %
And adde they may,that Brate his Sycr of Yenus ſonne did fpring.
Thriſefiuedegrees from Noe was Brute,and fower times fixe was he
From' 4dam-and from Taphets houſe doth fetch hispetigree:
Poithumns Syluins periſhing in Chace amongſt the brakes,
Milſtooke for Gameby Brate his Sonne, Brate 7talje forſakes:
And toaſlociate his Exile,amany Trozansmo d
Atall aduenturesputto Seas,vncettein whereto go't :
To whom did Fortune,Fortune-like;become a triend andfoc:
Till 3raze,with nolefſe payne and praiſethen had bis Gratidfier late
Achiued Zatium,landing here,ſuppreſſedſo theſtate S. $
Ot allthe Ficnd-breed Albinets,huge Gyants fearceand firong, » -
Or race of 4lbi0n Ngptuns Sonne(clsfomederiue them wrong } |
That of this Ifle (vn-Scotted yer) he Empire haderelong; -

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SEPSEX2 And yiewes the mounting Northerne partes:

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Thattruſt aſmuchto flightas fight: ourBulwarksare ourbreſts,

Thenext Arriualsheere,perchaunce,willgladlier build their neſts :

A T ro1ans coutage-isto hima Fortes of detence +

Andleauing ſo wheare Scottes be now he South-wardmaketh thence:

Whereas the carth more plentic gaue,and ayremoretemprature,

And nothing wanted that by wealth or pleaſure might allure:

And more,the Lady Flood of Floods,the Ryucr Thamzs,it

Did ſcemetoBrute againſt the foc,and with himſelte to fir.

Vpon whole fruitful banckstherefore,whoſe boundsare chiefly ſaid,”

The want-les Counties Ef{ex,Kent,Sarrie,and wealthie Glayde %

Of rartfordſhire,for Cittics ſtore patticipating ayde, :

Did Zrate build vp his Troz-nogaatincloſivg it with wall :
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V hich Za4did afterbeautific,and Zud/rowne it did call

Thatriowis Zonden:cyermorets rightfull Princestrewe,

Yea Prince and people ſtill to itas totheir Storchouſe drewe, %

For plentic and for populousthelike we no wheare vewe.

Howbc-it many neighbourcownesas much ere now e6uld Days-t

But place for people,people, place;and all forfinte decay. E

" When 3rute ſhould dyethusto his Sonnes beedidthe Tle conuay :

 ToCamber Wales,to uAlbana#he'41bxnifdid leaue,

To Locrive Brataine: whora his Qurene of life did thus bereaue.

T H furious Z4n,thardrowning theareto Humber left his name,
The King didvanquiſh;and for ſpoyle viitohis Naniecame :

VWhere Humbays Daughter,Parragon for beantic;luchaDame

As Louc himſelfe could not butlone;did Z atrize fo inflame,

That Guenaoleyneghe Corniſo Duke his daughter, Loctins Queene, - ,

Grewe.in contempr:and,Coryp dead, his Change of Choyſe was ſecge?

To Cornwall goesthe wrothfull Ouecneto ſeaze her Fathers Land, -

Fro whence ſhe brought,to worke reuenge,of warrioursſtouta band,

And bids her hufband bartell,and inbartell ishe flaine* ;

And for their Sonnein Nonage was,fhe to his vſc did raine,

TheLady E/irud Locrins Loucand $4br/p,wondroums faite; ©*

Her huſbands and his Leimans impe,the meaning notto ſpare, %

Did bring vatothe waterthatthe wenchesname doth beare':

There binding borh;and bobbingthem,then tremblingarher yre,

She ſayd-:it Scytbiacould haue hild the wandring King thy Syre,

Then 3ritthwatershadnot beenito himdeſeracd bayne:; ”

But Z/tr1ld, ſnout-fayre Z/{rild;ſhe was ( parde,forſooth,to traine”

With whoriſhtricksa vicious King:Butneither6f youtwaine,'

Thou ſtately Drab;northisthy Brat,abaſtard 3s thy ſelfe,

Shall live intriumphof my wrong:firſt mother andher Elfe

Shall fiſh in Flood for|Hwmbarsſoule;and bting him-newes to hell,

That Locring wifeon Zocrins whore retenged her fo well,

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They lifting vp theirlillie hands, from outtheirlouely.cyes. -
Powreteates like Pearles,8& waſh thoſe Checkes where naughtſaue
And ſceking to excuſe themlclues,& mercie to obtaine, (beautie lyes:
With ſpeeches good,and praters faire,they ſpeake and'pray-in vaine.
Queene Gxerdoleyne {o bids,andthey intothe Floodare caſt,

W hercas amongſt the drenching waues the Ladies breath theirlaſt:

Asthis his Grandame; {uchappeard cMempricius, Madans ſonne,
Whoſe brother-Manlzus traytroully by him to death was donne.
Andfince of noble Brete, hisline prodigious things Leell;

Iskipping tothe Tenth frombim will ſhewe whatthen befell.

APÞoutathirtie yearcsand fiuedid Zeir rulethis Land,
W hen,doting onhis Daughters three,with them hefell-in hand
Totell how much they loued him. TheEldeſt did efteeme
Her life ieferior to/herloue, fodid the ſecond deeme: '
The yongeſt ſaydherloue was ſuch as dida childe behoue, -
Andthat how much himſclfe was worth, ſo much ſhe himdid loue,
The formoſttwo didpleaſehimwell, the yongeſt did not ſo :
Vpon the Prince of '££/bantiethe Firſt hedid beſtoe: |
The Middle onthe Corn;-Prince:their Dowrie washis Throne,
Art his deceaſe: Cordellas part was very fmall or none,
Yeat, for her forme, and yertuous lifc,a noble Gal/ran King
Did heryn-dowed;for his Queene into his Countrie bring.
Her Siſters ſicke of Fathers health, theirhusbandsby conſent}
Did ioynein Armes: from Zer ſo by torce the Scepter went: g
Yeat, forthey promiſe pentions large; herather was contenr,
In .1lbanicthe quondam King at cldeſt Daughters Courr
VVas ſctled-fcarcezwhen ſhe repines, and leffens Rill bis Porr,
His ſecod Daughterthe,he thoughr;would ſhewe/her ſeltemore kind:
To whom, hegoing, fora whiledid franke allowance finde,
Ercloog abridgingalmolt all, ſhe keepeth himſoloe,
Thar,oftwobads;for betters choyſe he backe 2gainedid goe.
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Her fathersdeath, buropenly did hold him in'conterpt.
'His aged eyes powre ont their teares, when holdiogvp hisbands, -!

He fayd: O God, who fo thou art, that my goodbap withſlands,”. _.

Prolopg'vot life; deferre notdeath, my (elfte Loucr-liuc, Ng

\Vhenthofetharoweto metheirliues, tomemy:.dearh would giue.

Thow Towne, whoſe walles roſe ot my welth, ſtan& eucrmoretorell -

Tby Founders fall,aod warne tharnonedo tallas Lerr fell, -

Bid none affie in Friends, for fay, his Children wroughthis wracke:”,

Yeathoſexhat werero himmoft deare, did lotheandlethimlacke,.

Cordella, well Cordella fayd, ſhe louedas a Child: Oa

But ſweeter-words we ſeekethan ſooth, and ſoarc menbeguild.

She onely reſts yntryed yet: but what may I expe&t ISFS,

From her?ro-whom.I nothing gaue; whentheſe doemeteieR..” *-

Then dye, naytrye, the rulemaye fayle, and naturemay alcends'. :

Nor are they euer ſureſtfriends, 0n whom we moſtdocſpend.}:/1 4 ,.
He ſhips.himſclfero Galiathen; but maketh knowne betore ,. - /* ;*

Vate Coraeclla hiseftate; who racth him ſo poore, |R3 bos

And kept bis theareativall cloſetillſheprouidedhad ») - -

To turniſh him imevery want. Ot him-ber King wasglad,]

And nobly entertaynedhim:the Queene withteares among,

(Her ductie done)-conferrerh.with her father of his wrong.

Such duetie, bountie, kindnes, and increafing louc, he found

In that his Daughter and her Lord, thatſorrowes more abound

For hisynkindly vſing her, then forthe otherscrime: - - -

And King-likethus in .A gamps Courtdid Zeir dwell, tilltime -

The noble King his Sonne-in-lawe tranſports an Armie greate

Ot forcie Gawles,poſleſiing him of difpolleſied Sexte: %

To whomCordel/adid fuccecde, notraigninglong inqueate,.) - , "
Nothow-her Nephewes watrc:onther, and one of theflew th'other

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Didleuie ſecretebands: for dreadWwhereofdid Ferrex flye,*

And out of Gallia bringerh'W arre, in which himſelfe diddye.

Then Porrexonly taigned heere, and ruledall inpeace: » |

Till 74e, mother Queeneto both, her furie did increaſe

So fearcely;as ſhe ſeckes reuenge cueninthe higheſt degree.

Why ligeth this (quoth ſhe) aKing? in grave why lycth he?

Dye 14en, dyc: naydye thou wretch, thar mea wrerch haſt made:-

His ghoſt, whoſe life ſtood inthy light, commanndeth ine of ayde.” '

Nor want T{(Ferrex) will to ayde: for why the Gods Tlee TEt,

Deferre reyenge, nor with a Deuill rheDeuils diſagree. (hell,

The heauens, methinks; with thiidetbolts ſhonld prefle his ſoule to

Oc Earth give paſſape, tharat leaſt with men hemight not awell,

ButT my ſclte, eucn Þ my ſclfe;rheir flacknefſe will ſupplye, -

And Mothers name and Nawre bothto ſuch a Sonne denye.

Dead night wascome, whea/des found theKing het ſonneafleepe,
Andall wasftill:not then asnow did Gvardstheir Princes keepe.
Admit they had, who would haue fearde ſuch miſchicfe ina mother?
She whiſpripg ſotty, ſlcepethyllaſt, yeaſleepas doththy brother,

Did gaſh histhrote: who ftarting vp, 'ſi%/hE ſtrevgth 8 {pecch were goe,
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Lifts yp his faynting hands, and krewerthe Tyranneſſeanone:

And maketh fignes, aswhowouldſay, ah mother thou haſt done

Adeede, as neucr mother carſtdid praCiſe onther Sonne. '

Bur name of Son,nor fignesdidſerue,him ſtill with wounds ſhe plycsz

Nor (more than Monſter)did ir pleaſe that fimplieſohedyes, -

Bur that his bodie, peecemeale-tore,about theLodging flyes., -S |

Andthus:fromnoble:Brute hislinethe Scepterthen did-paſſe;

V henof his bloadfor to fucceedeno heire ſuruiuing was.

3:Baoke,

4Ower Dukes at once, in ciuill broyles, ſeiunRly after raine.
Neerewhen,rhe $cot#25(who ſoine accuſe by Ante-datestogaine)
Did ſettle in the Northerne Ifles. Theſe people bring theirline
From Cecrops, andrhat'Pharo hethat cucrdid decline wa_
From Mofes, ſecking #ebers houſe frome£zypt to conuay. P
His-daughter ScotaGathelas their Duke brought thence away,C
When Pharosfinneto Tacobs Scede did:neere that Landdecay.
And Cecropsforbrought theft6 thence(as Srottes inforcethe ſame)
The Stonethat 7acob flept vpon, when Angels wentand came.
Of 1t was madetheir fatali Chaire: ofwhich they beare in hand,
That wheareſoereP ſame is found, the Scottes thall brooke Þ land%
At weſtminſter that Monument doth now, decaying, ſtand,
In Zuftanid Gathelus did firſt his Kingdome found: _
And of his race/of $cota,Scortes)when Spaniſt Scottes abound,7
Ariue in 7re/and,and-in jta ſecondEmpireground,
Andthirdly, whentheir broodic RacethatIfle did ouer-ſtore,
Amoneſt rhe Iflands-#ebredes they: ſeek outdwellings more,
Theſe 1ri/b, lometime Spaniſe Scots;of whence our now-Srotsbe,
Yithin the Ifles of 4/bioathus,whillt Brutatnes diſagree,
Did ſcarthemſclues, & neſtle roo-amongſtthe Mountarne groundes:
VV hat time a $cyth4an people;” Pichtes, didſeaze the middle bounds%
Twixrthem and vs:& theledidprooueto.Brut aine donble wounds.
The 7enthlanipeople andthe Scots, alying, friendlicliue, |
Vutillihe Prebtogby Brittiſh wyles, contratie cauſe didgine,

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Then fromtheir:Captains fellthe Scots;andchoſetothem aKing: *
And/Fergs ourot ireland did theChaircof Marble bring:
In which inſtaldthe firtt Scotch King in41bion;lohe wrought
Thar ?2:ohtxand Scots,then vp inArmes,were to/atronementbrought.
Three valiantpeople thusatoncein #/5iovEmpire hold,
Brutes, Scotsand Pichts:thelatter twainelefſeciuil,butasbold.
The Prchts were fierceand So7thian like:muchlikethe 77 now
The Scots werethen:couragiousboth: NorthemIdifallowe:
That write they fed on humanefleſh; for ſo it may be well,
Like of thefe men theirbloudie mindestheir oatine ſtoricsicll% H
Butto-our'8rit1iþ bufines now; toſhew whattheare befell;- -
Not how thetri-partited-Rule yntothis quartarne Rayne /'/*
Dunwallo, afteriortie yeres,did Monarchize againe:
Nor wharprecedent Kingsin France zand Denmarkedidobtaine
Speake I: From Porrex fortie Kingsinlilence ſhall remaine*”//
Alonelievaliant Breznzs, and his brother Beline; thay
Vopraifedfortheir-warres and works ſhall not elcape away.

     
 

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And when the Ngrgaye Prince and:Peereswere ſeated forthcir ſtrife,

The Kiog of Dazesbeginning firſt;thuspleaded for a wite: :
Notyeta King, King Philips ſorvwithnone but Kings would cope,

His reaſonwas, inferiourfirite of gloriegiues nohope:

IamaKing, andgraunt thePrizein queſtionwonhic mee,

But grudgethatmy Competitorabaniſht man ſhould bee,

Doegranthim whathe hath for-gon,and ocuer-more ſhall gir,

Yeat were hebuta Demi-king,to challengemevoaſic:

Dunwallos yonger Sonne, thatihath his brother to his Foes

Andworthelic, histrecheries have welldeſerucd ſoe,

And yet (audaciousthathe is))hebiuſhethnor to heare

The trothofhis yntcorh, nor yeat an heere-Repulſc doth feare,

Would ſhe for whom Imuſt contend werenot to methe fame

She is, or hetharſtands with me aman 'otberterfame.

Butfince inthis ynequall Plea Imwſtmy ſelic imbace;

Knowe, Norwazes,that imy pleaded cauſe cocernes your publique cace;

Itisthe King of DenmarkedothyourPrince his daugher crale, |

And note, itisnolittle thing with ys Allte to have.

By leaguc, or Leigure, Danske can fence, orfroate you, friend, or foe,

Ourncighborhooddoth firtoboth, your wel-fare or your woe.

Compbine therefore in needfull Leagueour-neere conioyned States:

I mayyourgood, noughtlefſe canhethat thus with mcdebatcs. -

He isa Bruton (if Exileallow wee call himſo):

And farre fromaiding you,that knowes himſelfenot to beſtoe.

Admit he wererecciued home, what Ewpiredoth he ſway?.

A forricTlands Moyctie, and farre from hence away. |

Her Dowrieis your Diademe: whatToyntercan he make?

Notanic: gincnotthento himfromwhom you canoot rake.

AndLadie (She for whomthey ſtroue waspreſent) well I wor,

My louedoth claimeagreaterdebtihanſo tobe forgor.

I wiſk(mine Oppotite his want)that Armes might gtuethe right,

It is notdread,bur doom'd({iveet wench)thar thus with congueT fights

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Els thou repining ſhalcrepent: doe makethychoycea tiewe.

AtlcaſtamendtihineErcor, and-mineenuic ſhallhaueend:

Encede not forcefſo weake aFocs ſeckethouſoftrongafriend.

Norwaies conſent, and; Ladie;beno Counter-mand:tothis:

Diſcent nor Brenn: conclude her minerels my'Concluſion.is,

Ifnot for worth, by force perforeetowinneherfromyouall,

Yeathoughout baniſhe Copeſ-mace could his3ri#tif Succoursicall?

The King of Denesconcludedthus: andafterfilenceſhort 17 152 »

The Brataine Herosvailed, anddidanſwereinthisfort. - -
Moſt gracious X97ganePecres,you hearethe oucr-tearming taunts

Ofthis Appelant;thar himſelfe and Scepter ouer-yaunts. '! 71 :

Irlefler greeueth-he ſhould grudgethat I with himco-riue, -

Than his ſo peremptoric ſpeach inyourdeſpight co wine..

Ir greeves, in troth: not for my ſelfe, butfor he beardeth you, ” 1:

And ſcemesdiſdainetul of your aideghat doth ſoſproudly wowe:-/' ”

How captiouſly he derogates from meand mineeſtate?* vah

And Arrogatesvnto-himlelfe, to bring meſo in hate,

How daintely his eycsendureſo bacean ObieQs view? PVDES

Howdeſpcratly doth hecofichide;andehreatneth meand your**! »

Well,barke he,byte he;braggtes nor blowes ſhaltdare meto defend -

A Challenge; whearefo brane aPrizeſtands forthe Vagers end. 7

Nort thinke (vaine-glorious that thouart) meleſſcr thanaKing, - *

Or greater than by ſute, orſword, toprize ſorateathing. * |

Vpbrayd menot with baniſhment; nor Zelyn5 quarrell rouch,

Nor yeat my petite Signorie: nor more thantroth by much.

Thele preſent nobles knowethe cauſe for which T hether come:

Not as an cxile, butfor ayde, and they aſſure meſome. |

Then knowe,the cauſe ishoneſt when their Honorsgiue ſupplies: ”

As capable acerhey oftcoth, as thouartapeforlics.” PR 1

 My bothers Kingdomeſcemes, forſooth, an Ouer-matchto mine,

My Kingdome, Cu#ake, thetefore isan vnder-marchto thine?

Nay, giue (and foI hope ye willythePrize to me, and than * '

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Butneither haue Iſachalacke; norholde/Fuch aloue, : |

Asthat her Dowrie (notin-queſt) beforeher ſclfe:doth moue.

He harpethas himlelfe would haue, that maketh-louchisStaile

Els would heſaeinmilder forr;and ſuing, feareto faile.

ForLadieſece yourKoucrs Plea: yourloue, faith he;is debr:

Andif not words;nor worthines, then Armor ſhal you'ger: k:A

Brauc words and fit to feare;'notteede; aconrted Ladics yaine:

Pur fay he cannorwowe inprint,but Soldior-like and plaine:

NorT, inſooth ;moreloues'my heartthan can my tongue explaine,9!

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The Daze inragedfayled thence; atd rigged oura Fleetey® -

And did witl Brezy, reſfayling home; avgreat adaaneagemcete!””
Their Shippes didgrapple, andtheirſwordsdid firnder life from lim:
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His Ladie will he,nill hee; leftthe King of Deaitkes Rape.

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Butafter.manye crabbed Flawes; and long contrarie Gayles, - :
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For Eng/andsCrowne-halte him with-held his Brothersſeltc & Scate:
(For Time; alaying Loue,did addeynto domeſticke hate) ©-
And with the Cenoneſean Gawles,whoſePrince hisheiref late
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_ Tdaretonameye Sonnes,becauſeTamyour'Mother,yer * :
T doubt totearme you Brothers;thatdoe Brotherhood forget,/
Theſe Prodigies,their wrothfull Shields;forboddeyFoe toFor, - | -
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O,how ſeeme 0edpus his Sonnes inyonagaineto ſtriue?”
How ſecme theſe: wordsin me'(ayerme) Tocaſea toreniue?
I would Danwalloliucd,oreredeath hadloſtagaine*”
His Monatchie;lufficing Fower,butnow too {mall for Twaine.”
Then cither wouldyou,as did he; imploy-yout woundselſwheare:
Ocr for the ſmalnes of yourPower agreear leaſt for feare. |
Butpride of ritchand/rome-ſome:Thrones, that wingeth now your
It will ( wonld notas1 feare) workeſorrowto your hatts.” ” (darts,
My Sonnes,ſweet Sonnes, attend'my words,your Mothers wordes at-
Aad forTamyour Motherdoe conclude T am your'frend: (tend, -
I cannot counſell,butintreate,nor yearI carvintreate” - ſſ
Butas'a VV oman,and the fame whoſe blood was once your meate.
Hence had ye Milke(She baerd her Pappes)thefe Armes did hug yeoft:
Theſe fyled handsdid wipe,did wrap,didrocke,and lay ye foft: |
Theſe Lipsdid kiffe;orEycs did weep,ifthatye'were'voquear,
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Did ſceme a ſecond Cadmesfavelefiepatient of hispayne :-/!

And,ſkaming to be ſecne to weepe,deuouredfightles teares::* - |

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Sweet Soldiours leauemeto myſelfe,itlikes me thatyeleaueme, -

More takes your tarriance fromy healththancantheſeplagues bereaue

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Suruiue,and tell the Weſterne VVorld what we exployred haue :

How thatto Rome,amidit herRoote,theimayden Sacke wegauc.

Tell of our Battels,Booties,andour Buildings : laſtly rell

(An honorto.our Ouerthrowe) that weat Deſphasfell -

By woundsdeuine,no humane Armes..But God;who forhon bez**

Leſſe is thy courage than Commanndzels would'ſt thou cope withme,

As Plutowith 4fcides didand &4 ar5ſometimes with ment''

Do me like honor,and thele Graues ſhall lightly.grecuemerhen.

Butthou full little dareſt ſo. Nay,I docdare roomuch,

That with my ſo yoballowed tongue thy Deitiedare touch,

Ah,ſee theſe Slaughters,and reſerue aliue this ſmall Remayne,

Letlaſtly me,andonly me,cike number to the flayne,

Bur bootlefſe on aruthles God 1 ſee my prayers ſpent,

As haughtely doeſt thou reucngeashumbly Irepent.

Weell (God of Deſphos) fince our teares,this Tncenſe,nor theſe Granes

Appeaſcthine yre,petſiſt to plaguethis fleſh,thathenceforth craues

Nopitie: tothe Zebrewe Gog, of- powerexceeding thyne,

(Men fay) appealeI, and bequeath the Soules of me and myne : Z

Accept my ſimple Legacie,O Godhood moſt denyne, '

Sayd Brenn. And with aſclfe-wrought wound did periſh: and hismen

Departing,wonne;and leftthe namero Gailo-Greciathen! |
Therighteous Gorboman might add freſh Subie&to our Mule,

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And fearing allthatfrended none;keptcloſethe Woodsamong. -
Theare Zlidnrashuntitigtound his wretched Brother;and
They gaſingeach.in othersface,withighesand weepingsſtand.
A King.as Elidurus is;once'was I thinkes his Brother,
A wretch,as .4 robigalloisI maybethinkesthe other:
The lowlicKingalights anon,and when they bad imbracd;””
Then Archigalls ſecretly in Ebranks Townewas placg:
In which,the King commaunding ſo,theNobles did conuent,
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It Fortunehad bincrofſe(my Lotds) tome;or aoy feare

Ot Armor were-approching vs,Iſhould perchaunce appeare
Faintand falſc-hearted in mycharge;buteuer lackt the one,

Nor bath theother hkelihood,for quietler ruleth none: (ſtaine,
YeatKings may thinke their heads100 weaketheir Dyademes to ſu-
For endlescares concurte with Crownes;a bitter ſweete is Raine:
Howbeir,Subiefts falſely iudgetheir Princes blefſcd are,

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Acd yecar farthistheygrudginelyfromPoundsa Penny fpare.

Not theſe,my Lords,make me diſclaime inir which allpurſae,

But Tuſtice bidds my Brothers rightT ſhould commend to you.

This one Requeltincludes,] knowe, exceeding dangerstwaine,

To mc;itforapriuatclife I change apublique Rayne,

To you,itwhom ye hauedepriu'd ye ſhallreftore apaine, '
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Year gainſtthe-bada conſcience good may fafe irſelfe oppors. ſſ
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V hoſe roſtitntion {were he wrongd )arlcaftſhall you acquite,

You hafard lefle,re-kinging him,thenT vn-king'drobee,

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Thcn,good my Lords,doe right hiswrong.at leaſt-wiſedochim rights
V hoſe ſmarte,nodoubr;hath wrought in hima reconciled ſpnghx ſi
Tuſt Gorb#r20p bis brotherhood lucceeding inthcir Line,. |
Then ©#rchizallo ſhould be King,to him let me refine.

So much the King did vrge this'Textithat.7 rchtga[la rayn 'd,'
And E l[idurus waillingly inprivatelite remaynde': :
The one reſtored, for his late deprivingnothing mou'd,
The other(wonderstell Inow)diſ-crowned yeat belou'd.
Tenne yearcesdid Archigaioraigne;beloued well,and dycd
And Elidurus onee againe the'Kingly Throne ſupplycd
Vntill his Brothers ſecondly depoſe himofhisraine;| 7
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Buresſlicr wongethe Grezans land at Pargama by much;*''! (bring,
'Than gotche £atipes footingheeretheir Contraries were ſuch; © ©
Yee might haueſcene of Ze&ors racegten thoufand HetForr heere,
Vith pollicie.on cither part;the-Zomanes buyingdecre

The bloodie Shore : thewarerycarleſſe deererchantheland
Tothem,whomyaliantlictoproofeirheHanders-withſtand.:

Oke battell they,the Bratons-ſtillvictorious,and'inyaine

Their focs werewvaliantonelicheerowasCe/ars forceeinwaine
Andas ous. metrvito-his men wereavtempeſteous Thunder,

So did his ankred Shippes0n-Scas by Tempeſt daſh/iri frrnder.
Buttwice(quoth Ce/ar) Formnegthowwert oppolitets mine;

But thirdlie keereto Ce/ars {cifethou{wontles) doftdedline,
Convaying thea hisveariomen.iato bis waſted Shippes,' ”

To 6Ga!liazthereto:VVinter thermhemiſcontentedifli PPCs.

Ofthis ſame Victoric did pringſecuritieandRri fe,
The Scottes and Pichterdid {nnderbencegthe' Brutoxs,oncrerife

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* Offeng,defend, fighr for,fence from,to winne;and watde the Shore.
But C4/z7 landed,and enſew'd continuall cruelt6ghr:

Thrice putthe ficrceGaſsinelancethe Coſarinesro flight,
And fiillthe King incotiraging in cuerie wing appeares,

- Sogtuing needlcefle ſpurresrofight;his Souldiours brooke not feares, ;
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VV hen Ce/ars oft ſucceſles fight had ryred himand his,

Ioringed with his mayhmed Campe,the Rowane ſpeaketh this,
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Euecntheſc,and ye,are veriethoſe: nor can I'diſcommend _
Your manhoodesghat with leſſer workbroughtgreater Warstoend.
But not;as was my-wonrto wright.the:Senatenowihallreede, 27 57
I came: { ſawe: kouer-came:{uch.Foes forbid:ſnch ſpeede. |
Nor let the Senate muſe;for Tropwith 7ro7 doth here contend: /7
This watlike people (farne is fo) fromwhence ſprong we diſgend.
Yea,ife/£xead had not left the'Phrygian Gods tovs, "
And Greekes Palladium Shipito GreerzthisFortne foyling chus;
I would haug thoughtthoſe very-Gods hadfollowed out anoy: *
Butthem haue, wexheſe onely-haveyndanted/harts from 7799;
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No,Ce/ars Tryumphes withtheirSpoylesſhall ginethebranerſhoe;
YeGodsthatgnideour Capitoll, Mouat Pa/atin thouThrone
Of ſtately Kame,ye Followers tooof heraffayreseach one,
Delay not,but depriue me quite my Triumphesnow inhand;”
Nor let meliuc;if-ſo T leaueynconqueredthis Eand » -
This Landthelaſt ok VV efterne Hles,anfle yaknowenerethis!”
W hich famousnow throughCa/arsfightand ourmisfortune is,
Enough,my fellow tricnds in Armes,eoough we Rowaixerbaue
To ſeckereuengeyour Conquett loe a Conntrierichandbraue:
And (whichperſwadeth vitoric) in-Trojnouant there bee, 17: ©
That hold that Citie toourvſc:theZritons dilagree, %
No Scot or Pichtg alviſting theminthefe our Varres I ſee:
Their ciuill ſirifewillprovetheir ſcourge, how ſtout ſocre theyſeeme..
And perpetuitie deth failein enerything extreeme. 98 RoRrt 0 7
Not Fortune ſtill is good or bad,and now-letbe ourday: - |
Too long weliue,itthat ſo lopgave ſhall ontrifles ſtay;.
Said Cz/ar: And with fachbiswords did fo:inflame his men,;
That with leffe patience did they linegthan lingerbattel] then.

The Remaines bid the Bace;and then didctuell Warrte begin:
And m yramedthatthe Brutes the berter did not win.
But Ce/ar foforclawe Supplies;and Succors here and rheare,
Perſwacing thig.dillivadugthat,concouling flight and feare,

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To Southerne Shores: whereasto proofe Ca/5inelay did fight Z

 With oftEruprions outot VWVoods,vntilltherrairecous Knight,

The Earle of Londonyceldshis-Charge'and Citic tothe Foe, - -

Through which difloyall prefidentdid other Cities ſoe: %

Andthew with hard-won Tribute hence the Conquerour did goe.

Vrthe,thatwonne incucry VWarre,at Rowe in ciuillRobe
Was ſtab'd to death :no.certaintic is vndernearhthe Globe.
The good are enuicd of the bad,and glorie finds diſdaine; =
And peopleare incconſtancie as Aprill isin raine: %
W hercof,amidſtourſeriouspenne;this Fable intercaine. :
An Aſſe,an Old-man,and aBoye;didthrougha Gitiepaſſe, -- - /
And whilit the wanton Boyedid ride theOld-man'led'the Affe: *
See yonder doting foole,ſaid Folke,thatcrauleth ſcarce for age;
Doth ſet the Boye vpon his Afſe and makes himſelfe hisPage:
Anon the blamed Boy alightes;and lers:the Old-man ride,
And,as the Old-mandid before,the Boye the Affedidgpide:
But, paſsing ſo,the peoplethedid much the Old-man blame, - (hame;
And told him, Churle, thy limbes bee tough, theBoye ſhould ridefor
The fault thus found, both Manand Boye did backe the Affe and ride;
'Then thatthe Aſſe was ouer-charg'd cach manthat metr them cride.' +
Now botha-light;andgoc on foote;and leade the empticBeaſt; -
Burthen the people laugh,and ſay,thatone might ride atleaft.
Wiith it they both did ynderſhoretheAffe on cirher fide,
Butthenthe wondring peopledid that witles pranke deride.
The Old-man ſeceing by:\no/waies hecould thepeoplepleaſe,
Nort blamelesthen;did driue the Affe and drowne him in the Seas. ©©
Thus whil't we be,it will not be,that any pleaſerh all:
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Nexrhim Gazderr5s,that with-held'the Tribate Ce/ar wonne.
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And Clawgins looſeth yaliantlic allthat the Bratons win,
But Romiſh Hamofrom whoſe death Sauthbarpton had'that name,
In.Brittifo Armes ſaluces theKing, and ſlewebyguile the ame,
Duke A4ruiragss yiingthenthe Armor oftheKing,
Maintained fighr,and wonne theficld cre Brutoncknewethe" thmfl'.
_This hardie Kmght, his Brotherſlaine, was Crowned in his place?
Atid with his winnings; alſowonnethe Emperous to grace:
VV hofending;for his daug,mcr, faireGenifa, ſodidende 5
The Woarres in VVedding: andawaydid ClazaitsCe/ar wende. - -
But 4reiragnsafter this revolted, and toſtay | 5
The havocke made of Romarines hch came ſuccorscuery day,
His Queene Gemj/a childingdied, when his Renolc ſhe knewe:
And 7 9a4a,deuoricd late, became bis Queene of new.
Then he that at Zeru/a/emhe farall fiege begonne,
W as ſent from Rowe, and warting herezthe wanted Tribute wonne:
Andthrough bis geatle ViRoric,bound Zruiragus Rill
A friendto Ceſar,whome the Kmg adoptcd heire-by will.
L hereomit thedifmall VVarre.in Ifle of 9407amade ,
Aeainſt the Zomraines, whome thePriefts the Druides inuade
With b;mnmg words, and women, with their haire yncruſſed, ſtand
Wiith brandsof fire in furious wile abouttheirdeſperat Pand.
The Kingdeceaſed, 7724ds and hertwodaughters, they...
Abuſed by the Rowgizc Lords, doc hottcr WArres _aſſay

He noble 5:ot Kioy Corbred he confe dratcs with t%:c T{m

" of Pichts: 2rdthey and Brittiſh Pecresto-fichd theit Armics bring;
Toaidethe Q__ enc.of Brutestharlike the AmazonianDame
That beating downethe bloodic Greekes in- Priamsſuccourcame,
Had pizhther Iauclinat her feete, ywhen entred in among_.
The fearce confedrates, thus ſheſpakeamidlt thefilenr throgg:

My ſtate and fex2nothand or hc;uc ,moſt yaliant friends, with-hild

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Me, wretched Cauſcof yourrepaire by witked Rownns ild,

From that reuenge which T do wiſh, and ye hane cauſe to worke;

In which ſuypoſenotFo424 in fernale feares'toJurke. |

For Loe my (clfe, valike my ſelfe, and theſe ſame Ladiesfaire m

In Armor,notto ſhrinke an yrich whearethotueſtdoingsare.” - 128

Euen we do'dare to bid the Baſe, and'you yourſelnes ſhall ſee |

Your ſcluesto come behind in Armes: the R 7247zes toothatbee -

Such Corquerors, and yaliantly can'womankind opprelſle,

Shall know that Bri#tiſ» womed canthe Rozwiſs wrongs redrefe: - -

Then Arme'yewith likecourages asLadies hall preſent, 07 © 1

VW homye, nor wounds, nor death, the praiſe of Onſer ſhall preuent.

Nor cnuie thatour Martiall rageexceedsyour manly ire,, - *

For by how much more we cndure,ſo much more wedefire

Reucngeonthoſe inwhoſe default weare ynhallowed thus, 7

W hilſt they forgertthemſclucsfor men, ortobeborneof vs, ”

Yc yceld them Tribute, and from vs their Legionshaue their pays *

Thus were too much, butmorethenthus the haughtie Tirants ſway..

That Iam Queenefrombeing wrong'ddoth nothing meproteQs,.. -

T heir Rapes againſt mydaughtersbothT alſo might obieQs 7 51 54 -

T hey maydes deflower, they wines enforce; and yſetheir wils inall,-

Andyeat weeliue deferring fight, inferring ſo our fall, -

Burt valiant Bratozs, ventrous Scots, and warlike P/chts1 erre,

Exhotting, whomI ſhould dehort your ficarcenes todeferce,

Leſfe couragemore conſiderate would make your foes to quake:

My heart hath joy'dtoſce your handsthe Romaine Standards take;

But when asforceand Fortune faild, that you witlrteeth ſhould fight;

Andinthefaces of their Foes your women indeſpight

Should fling their ſucking Babes, Lhild ſuch yalianrnes butyaines**

Inforced flightis no diſgrace, ſuch-Flyers fightagaine: -:

Hereare ye, Scots,thatwith the King my valiantbrother dead'

The Zatijzes,wondringat your prowes,throughRomeintriumph lead,

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Ye Dardaye Brutes,"laſtnamed; but in yalourmeantbefore:.
In your conduCt, molt knightly friends;I ſnperſeade the reft:
Yecometo fight, andwein fight to hope and helpe our beſt.
Scarcedid:this braue-Ze//oza end, whenas the'Battailes ioyne,
Andlite and.deathwas boguht & fould with-courage,notwith coine-
Aboue thereſtthe Queen of Zratesthrough blooddideut her way,
Sixe thouſand Ladics Lyons-like exployting like Afray: |
Till Cattus with his Rowa7ne Armes, ſubdewed, fledaway.
Of Rommains feuentic thouſanddicd, of Brautonsthen were flaine:.
Twiſe fifreenethouſand, and the reſttheir ceaſed freedome gaine.
When valiant Plancius,Prefident in Ga/a, heard fuch newes,
He watftes an Armic out of Frazzce, and Yoada;putſues.
The _Albineſtstoaidthe Queeneaflemmbleat hercally m
And then began'/aſecond VVarre,norwas theflaughter ſmally : : -
The 3rutons,barting flight,;had clos'd themſclues wich waines:abour,
In which theawles wamen ſtood-{uruaying whawas Nout,:  '* , - » »
Controuling Cowards, and amongdid filltheaire withdinne:-:
But, valiantthough the 3/0tone5were; the day: the Romdinerwinne:
In vaine thefurious women ther- 0n Sonnes and Husbands call,
Themſclues with:Sonnes and Husbands&id by aduerſe weapons fall. :
Queene/ 9444 paſt helpe, and hope; berooke her ſelte toflight:
Till looking backe,vntollowedthen, and:hauing inherfighr _
The ſenſcles Tronkes .of flanghtred friends, ſheeleaning on ber Lance
D1d powerforthteares,and grew avlenpthimpacientofche chance,
And ſaid:my. ſelfe ,my.cruſtie friends; wil with' my deareſt blaod
Keepe Obiteto your happie Ghoſtes,that for your Counttiesgood
Be as you be, andI willbe:nor Romurme (word ſhallboaſt
Ofmydiſpatch..Soonher LanceſhepeeldedvpiheGhoſte:
Her Daughterthen,forto reuenge het friends yporrherfoes, -
Aſiſted by.the: yanquiſhed againſtthe'Victersrors, TELE
And flanghtingthroughthe RewajugTenteschebrane 74 1ro gocy,
Till-2/apcins;enet-prouident ofperils;browght fapplies, mn
VV hat time 7 odjcia, vrging wounds, with conſtam courage dies. .
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SVch buſines hanging, Zacias, here the firſt baptized Kiog,
Dicd iflulefle: and for the Crownedtd long contention ſpring.
Atlength Conſtantins Cejar (for the Brutons yeelded [o)
Did Heliy, Colis daughter wed. Of her doe praiſes go
For finding of the holie Croſſe: and for denotion rare. |
Fromtheſe proceeded Confartine, the moſt yndoubtcd heire
Both to the Ramaine Monatchic and this his Parents Reame. -
Heturn'd the Empites ebbing pompeinto her lowing ſtreame,
And wasa Prince Religious: yeat {with reucrence be u {a1d)
It lefle religions, then not he the Empire had decaide, -
By largefle to a pompeous Prieft, Apoſtoliqueere then,
But now intruding cucn 0n God, inſulting ouer men.
Not ſpareſt thou his natiue Realmethat ſeazed thee of Rome.
Admit his franknefſe were afault (as is their common doome,
That ſay he madea Paulea Srte that made a Pricſt aPrince,
Andinthat gracethe Empiresgrace difgraced euer fince
Findthouno faulewith ſuch afault wherby he fitted thee: z
But,itthou wiltyngrateful proove, yogracious ceaſeto be, (
A Traytors Tutor 15a .K. nor forcewe fucha.T. 3
Let uch a Prelate bleſſe or banne, with Candle, Booke and Bell,
He cannot raiſe himſelfe to heanen, nor rid a knaue from hell.
Vainearc his Bullesengendring Calues, ſent hither from his Stals,
To feede{mad Sots}the Fouletbat by his name the Sendor cals,
Nor thinke hedreamed this in yaine thatdreamed thus of late;
One ſeemed rohauepaſled Srix, and entring Platos gates
Saw Hecat new canonized the Sourantifle of hell,
And 7/ato badiitholliday forall whichthcare did dwell.
Sterne M inss and grimime Radimant deſcend theirduſkie roomes:
The Docke was al{ocleare of Ghoſts, adiorn'd to after-doomes:
The Futicsand the deadly Siones, with their tnueRtiue Scroles
epart the Batre: the Feends rake vp their ener-burning Coles:
The Elues, andFaitics,taking fiſts, did hop ainerrie Round:
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AndCerberus hadlap enough*andCharon leafurefound 35m »
The aity Sprights.the walking Flames;and Gobling grearand ſmall,
Had thcarc good ciicere,and company,andſport the diuc'}l.;mdla}i:

To T antals chehrinking flood,nor flarting frait werewuchs.
NorT#us his bowelsdidthehuppric Vultur rouch: bertt
Vpon his Stone ſat C7/4ph851Ix2ex onhis W heeles:

The Ze/ides vpontheit Tubs* nowonted toilethey-feeles

Till,in this anticke Feſtivall;theſelaft recitedfine'? 20 15

Of digaitiesfor dueties thearerthey carneftly didfitiue:

And thenthe quartellgrew ſohotthathell washellagaine, -
And flocking Ghoftsdid ſeucrally rheirFauQors parrmaintaine.”..
With Ci/aphus rookepartthe Ghoſtsof mindsthargid aſpire,

And by ambitious climing fell defarts ynlike defite. Dn
Wuh 7 antalsshild tarued Ghoſts,whoſe pleaſure wastheir paine, :
W hoſe cuer Hords had ncuer yſe,and gettings had no gaine.” ”
To 3e14e 5 afsiſted Soules of Varhrifes, whoſe ſupplies - - (ſuffiſe. *
Did paſſe tromthemas Scathrough Cieues,whoſe waltes.no-wealthes.
Vato 7xeop ſloodtheir Sprights tharhad cheirJuſts for. law,
Rebellants to a commongood;and finning withour awe.'
'To 7441a5 laffly ioyned/Ghoſts,whoſebearts didempric hate:

As Todestheir poyfon,growing whenit ſeemethtoabate.”

Abom flie' Apples,Stonesand Tubs,the wheele wasmmbled downe,
The Vultur girds,noGhoſte but hadatleaſta brokencrowne.

This skufling and confedraciew hell made ſucha reare,

That (wontles of fuch braulesand/blowes) Proferpine did fearc.

But Plauto,lavghingaold bis BrideroEla it was Fa, |

To merrowesdinne ſhanldprooucthatſameta bea ciuill day.:

Io peatetheſe were theirprattiſesoncarth,andhereinhell
(Savetharrheir Sonteshaue nener peace) we findethemas they tell:
They worketo me,cach oftheſcfine,thoughdailiecount Iaske,
Doe newlie gumber Million Sonteswhoſe tormenits is their taske.
The Queene of fach,gor freoot fcar,tephedthus againe,

And:
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Andyeat,methinksghat Pluto ſhould hae pittic on theirpaine.. , _.

He lowers;and Feaft with Fray had end.and drinke didcuery ſoule;
Of Lethe : who,their ioyes forgor,cucn yet intormentstioule : _,

| 'Nay Pluto muſt be. P1#z0 ſtill, and ſo Iwill/quoth he,)

For this ſameonely daythe Ghoſts indebred areto thees

For asthe like ſhallneuercome,fo.neuer like befell, ,. *
But henceforth all,yea Prince,and Pope, ſtallcuer find it hc]i.%
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<-; He Coſcnofgreat Conſtantine;in Rome and here
=—v. ſucceeds:/'- | - -
S. Berwixtthe Brutes,the Srotss and Pichtes conti-
= &9 nuall trouble breeds:- |
1 Andlongtheregmentofthis Landthe Romanes
55 3 -: did inioy,”/ - el ahÞ
1 Tranſmitring Captaines enermore as Focs did
: hereanoy. A A .
But Rome itſelfe dectined now,and Brotaiuewas oppreſt,
No longer were the $cottiſ> Spoyles by.Romaine Swords redreft,
Thenendsthe Tribute,then begannew troubles,worſer fatre
Then Tribite #forthe Srorsand Pichtes inferreconſuming watte.
The Brutoasvnder Rowe ſecure,as menthatdid relic
On others,were difabled now by Martiall meanestotric
Thefameof fighr: burCaprainclefle,confuſedly they deale,
And giue a wretched inftantof an headles Common-weale.
And whom ſo many RomainePecrs,grand-Captaines of fuch might,
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Of whomenine Emperors themſclues in perſons here did fighr;
Conld hardly foyte, werefronted now cuenof abarbarovsFoe:
And atthepoiot {4wondrous change) their Country toforgoe:
Such fruirhath eaſe;fuch pollicie did ſerueche Rymaines turne;
VV he, waining Martjallminds,chemſdoes thequietlier hereſojorh.
The 3Bratonsthusdiſpoydot Armes,andeontage iuetfect;
Ot Prince,of Captainegand aduiſe,their bufines to/direts ®:
Difpatch their Legatetothe Land Diminutine inname
To Britatne : wherethe Legatethys bis Ambaſie did frame:

The dack-flidoof our helplefle friends,the down-fallof6ur flate;
Our lacke of Princezof people,and our wealth,notnow aslate;
The fauage dealing ofour Foes;conſaming oursand vs, ,
Is cauſe (right mightie Kingjthatwe approch thy preſencethirs—-—
Notfor weareiinbloodallied,or that whilſt Fortune (mil'd;; ® * ;
Your Anceſtorshadrulefrom vs;not forthe Dames defild
AtC4l/;n,who wichſtanding luſtfor irdid looſetheirlines;
Thatclst0 Con9nand his Knights hadlined noble wines,
Wearecmboldacd in-ourſuir: thoughall of theſe mightmoone:
Buc forour former wants,OKingand forthine ownebcekooue,
Great Brutaize:doth ſubmit irſelterhy Subiect (if chou pleaſe.)
Orcls difpoſc itatthy wall. Pronided we haue caſe ;
Againſt ſuch Foes,aswouldnot faueourlines to havcour Laiid;
W hom roconclude(exceptthou helpe) wenener may withſtarid.

TheKing-cA1idyoenpirtyingmuch theicauſe of his Allies,
Arm'd thence his brotherCon##antine aCaptaine ſtontandwile.
He chafing hencethe Scottes &'Pichbtes,with glory worethe Crowne;
Apd through his yertue flayed vpa-Kingdome fiaking downe.

VWihioawhiledid#orticer the Duke of Cornewaile raigne, -

W henCon#ay;SoncofCopZantine heſſtcaxcrouſly had ſhine,
The Scotts didrofflechenanew;nordidtheKing affye
In Brutones, fortheyhated himand reaſfonhad they why :

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And $1xor Fleetes fromGermente inArmorherearrifie,s.
Through whoſe ſupportthe Kipg inwarsagainſtche $097s did thrive.-
The Foc by Hengeſt foyled thus; he andihis.brothergir g

Clmf-ſilfisſſ :

The chiefeſt credir with the King, but tew:-gaine-faying it,

Necelsitie of Souldiers hereſo wellforthemdid fic. - /

And Hengeſls Daughterintertain'd King Vortrger ſowell,

That to milliking of bis wife and liking her hefell:

And ſotted thus inforren Loue,did wedthe S4xop: VWench:

Which wronght yntothe Saxans weale,burto the Brates offence:. |
For whatſocre ihe Queenedid askegtheKing would not deny, -
Vaullhis Subic&sranco Armes,and madethe £4x05 flict

They putting downethe Father,then.didſet vp Fortimer,

He poiſoned by his Stepdame,they reſtored /o7tiger,

W iththis condition,that he ſhouldpo Saxornyimentaine

But Zerge#? (hearingfromthe Queenethar/ 9rt imeer washaine, ©
And F ortigerhisSonne-in-lawere-kinged) didrefaile

Wi ith Saxontforces;: though with-fraud;nor forcehe didpreuaile. /
For thus by.pollicy hedidthe Brutonscircumuents

He craued Parlie,asa-man that weretoquietnes-benr,

Theplace appoyated,Parlantes him-infimple meaning meer

Farre fromtheir Armieallvnarnyd,whom's 40n Traitorsgreet

W ith deadly wounds by hidden kniues,8 held the King withthem,
Confounding ſo the Bra#tifp Ofte, Norceaſethey ro conremne

Both Chriſtianzights, andcinill Rule,ſubuerting cither rwaine-:

And whatthey, wouldof/er77ecrthroughtfearcſullthreats they gaine:
And plant themſ{cluesin Sontifo/ke,Kent,andclfewhereattheir will:
And ruffliingrunnethroughoutthe Land opprefsing Brautons Rill, it /+
The King and Z7#tops fledto Wiales::and Feend-gor Marijntheare
Bewraied motethen Ibcleeuc,orcreditfeemesrobearer! 24 f ”
As ſhewing howthe Caſtell workezrearddaily;fcllby n,ightz d

- By ſhaking of rwo Dragobsgreat thatynderneath itfight;
W ith other wonders,tediousitrortrothlefieroteight,

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Anrelins Ambroſebrother toKing Conftans murdredlate;
From eittier Br#t0# hauing aid,wonneilo the kingly ſtate:
Andere that 7eyge/tor bis Sonne ftout'0/F4 he ſabdew'd;
Firſtro renenge his Brothers death he 7 ortigerpurſew'd,
Invaincthe VWellbwild Monntainesfencethe Flicr from his Foe,
OrGerneth.Caſtell,when asflames throu ghoutthe buildings goe:
In midſt whereofrhe wrerched Kingdid endhis dayesin woe."

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T He 3rat0nsthus hadpeace a whileztill 7 ortheerns Sonne,

And Guillamonr the iriſh Kingzin new Conflids begonne: :
W hbom,whilſtthat/7ervaliantly in7/4l25 towtracked id bting,
His Brother c;# mibro/e diddeceale,and7/tey then was King."

V hat 7 ter did by ©aplins Artiin compaſsing his will
Vponthe Witcof Garolascranſtigured'by skill - :
Into the likenefſe of her Lord;oo whomhepora Sonne,
Renowmed A4rthur : orto name the Ats by Yrey donne,
Wcremuch and ncedlefie: onely note he was ayaliant Prince,
But ſuchas was hisnoble Sonne,was nor before or fince. : ſſ
Yeat blazing _1rthar,ashaveſome;T might beouer-ſeenes
He was victorious,making one atnobgfitthe Worthiesncenes
But (wita his pardon}if T vouch his world of Kingdomes wonne,
Iamno Poct,and forlacke of pardonwere yndonne.

His Scottiſvs{riſ, dimaine,Frenth;jand Saxove Battelles got, -
Yeeld famefutficicht :theſeſeeme tructhereftT credire nor.
But 3rato# 18 my tavke,and to my taskeT willtetire:
PTweluetimeshe $2x0#/Princes here againſt himdid conlpire,
And Jrthuriotwecluc Barcels great weat vanquiſhor away :
HomwbeirS«x9z:torces itillamongſtthe Bratoys ftay.

This King toemertainedifcourſezand foto'vaderſtand
V hat Accidents inafter-timesſhould bappen in this Land,

He withthe 8r#/ſh/Prophet thenot Sequelles fell in hand:
Of fixc long atcer-Kings the man,nor borne 6f humane ſeede,

Did
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Did Prophefic,and many;things thatcameto paſſein deede.

Now /#tharchicte of:Chivaltie, had fethis Crowneat ſtay,
Andto his Nephew &orared didcommirthereof thefway;* -3 4
Wheo'with his Koights,the wonders ofthe world for Martiall dccds,

cyord the Scasin forren fightshe luckely proccedes: |
Tull faithlefleAoraredeal 4 bim backethatforwa rd went wnh famc',
For at his Vocles Diademhe waiterovſly didaime; 55: 4 )

Twiſe Arthsr wonne of himtheficid.and thirdly: flcwc hls Foc,
W hen dcctd}y wounded hcbxmſe]fc,vxctonous, diedſo:-
INtetred theo with pubhquc plamts,and zſſules cnſewcs l

- A-drouping ofthe Bryt#/ſuRate;; theSaxonRill ſubdewts,
Howbeitwerthy Kmgafuccccd butdeſtiny wicthſtood!
The auncient Sccprer to-iniuretn Erates ſucceeding blood
Vnlou'd-©areticuswashethatloſtrhe Goaleat lcngch UYRS
VW kebeefortbgin vaines9 winthcirlofle theBrutors vſd dſimr Qrcntb
Yeca Godgathatas irpleaſerh him,doth place:ordiſpoliefieg 91191 ©:21 FN
W hen fecs,nor foiles,norany force,their-courage mightſuppreſle,
Scem'd partiall-in the Sax0n Cauſc,and witha Plavuedld crofſe
The Bratons, thathad elsatlcalt rebated from their loſle;
For Cadwanc,and Cadwallyn,and Cadwallager, thelaſt, ?
Bur nort the lealt foryalorous of 3ri#tif» Princes palt, 3
Brovghroutof/Fates ſuch f—:nmhtly warsas madetheir foes apaſt, S
'The Piavuc (worſc ſpoylerthen the Wars)left Cambre almoit waſtes.
V\\ I*u.h to auoid; t he rempant Bretes intotheir Shlps did haſte.

-4dwalladernleauingthus hisnativeShore, he fixt:

hzs eyes from whence his bodjieſhould, and with his ſighes he mixr-
His royall tcares,whichgiving pl*cſi,hc ſpeakerh chus betwixt,
Sweet Brataing /fur Iyct-mult-yſethat{weerandceaſing name)-
Adew,ghby King bids thoe adew,whoſc flight no weapons frame:
But God comaunds, bis wrathcom mmſics,al counter-maund is yaine;
Els,for thy Joue,to dicinthee wetelife to thy Remaine. .

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Thus cymes haveturacs;thus Fortunc/ſtillis Aying to andfro:

VW hazwasnotsis : whatis,ſhall ceaſe: ſome come,and others goe:

.'So, 5rataipethon of Nationand of nameendareſt ch ange,

Nowbalkingvs whomethou haſt bread,and brooking people {trange.

Yeat (if Tſhootnot paſt mincaime) a world of time from me,

Partof our blood,ia higheſt pompe,ſhall £ng/ands gloric be:

, Andchieflie, when ynto afficit ſucceedsa fecond She.:

Bur,lcauingfpceclics ominous,Cadwalladey is woe,

That ſceing deathdeterminesgriefe,hediesnoron hisfoe..:-

Ab,Forcune fayleth mightic ones, and meanerdoth aduance : -

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By our by-parted Crowne,ofwhich the Moyetie is mine,

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A many Princes ſecke her loue,butnovemighther obtaine; g
Forgrippell Ze/ro himſcltchet Kingdome fought to gainc,
And fortbatcauſefrom fightof fach be did his Wardreftraine.
By chatice one Caran,Sonne vatoa Prince i6 Daz5tedid fee
The Maid,with wkemhetfclltnloneas machasone might bee.
Vohappic Youth, whatſhould he doc? his Saintwas kept in Mews,
Nor he,norany Noble-man admittedto heryewe.
Oae while in Melancholy fits he pines himlſelfe away,
Anon he thought by force of Armesto win ker,ifhe may,
Andtill againſtthe Kingsreſtraint did ſecretly innay.
Atlength the high Controller Loue,whom none may diſobay,
Imbaſed him from Lordlines,yato a Kitchin Drudge: *
Thatſo atleaſt of life or death ſhe might become his Iudge.
Acccſle ſohad to ſee,and ſpeake,he did hisloye bewray, - /
Andrtells his bearth: her anfwer was ſhe husbandles would ſtay.
— Meane whilethe King did beat his braincs his bootyto atchicue,
Nor caring whatbecame of her,ſo he by her mightthrine: |
Aclaſt his reſolution was ſome Pefſantſhonld her wine.
And (which was workingto his wiſh)kedid obſerucwith loye
How Czra7,whom hethoughta drudge, ſcapt manyan amorous toy.
TheKing,perceiuing ſuch his yaine,promotes his Vaſlall ſtill,
Leaſt that the baſcneſſe of the man ſhould let,perbaps,his will:
Aſlured therefore of his louc,butnot ſuſpefting who
TheLouer was,the King himſelfe in his behalfe did wowe.
The Lady,refolute from Lone,ynkindly takes that he
Should barrethe Noble.and ynto ſo baſe a March agree:
And therefore ſkifting our of doores,departed thence by ſtcalth,
Preferring ponertie before a dangerous life in wealth,
W hen Crray heard ofher eſcapegheanpuiſh in his hart
VWas morethen mach,andafterher from Courthe gid depatt:
Forgetfull of himſelfe,his bearth,his Country,friends,and all,
And onely minding (whom he mift) the Foundrefle of histhrall.
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Nor meanes heafter to frequentor Court or ſtatcly Townes,

But ſolitarily toliuc amongſt the Country grownes, - :

A brace of yeeres heliued thus,well pleaſed foto line,

And Shepherd-liketo feede a flocke himſelfedid wholly giue.

So waſting loue,by worke,and want,grewealmoſtto the VVacne:

But then begana ſecond Louegthe worſerof rhetwaene, {XF
A Country wench,a Neatheards maid, where Carankeprt his Sheep,

Did feed her Droue ; and now on hex was all the Shepheards keepe,

He borrowed on the working daies hisholic ruflets oft-: |

And of the Bacons far,to make hisStartops blacke and foft:;

And lcatft his Tarbox ſhould ofend heleftitatthe Folde : |

Sweete Growie,or VV higohis Bottle had as muckas it might hold:-

A Shceuc of bread as browneas Nut,and Cheeſeas white as ſnowe,

And Wildings,or the Seaſons frutte,he did in Scrip beſtow: 3

And whilſt his py-bald Curre did fleepe,and Shecp-hooke lay himby,

On hollow Quilles of Oten ſtrayre he piped melody: - /

But when he ſpicd her his Saint,he wipte his greafie ſhooes,

And cicar'd thedriuell from his bcard aud thusthe Shepheard wooes.
I have fweet VV enchapecce of Cheele,as good as tooth may chaws

And bread,and VV ildings ſouling-well (and therewithall did drawe

His Lardcie)and,in cating,ſceyou Crumpled Ewe (quoth he)

Didtwinne this fall.and twin ſhouldſt thouifT mighttup-with thee,

Thoau att roo cluiſh,faith thou art too cluiſh,and too coy :

Am T(T pray thee) beggerly,that ſuch a Flockc enioy ?

I wis I am not: yeatrhatthou doeſt holdeme in diſdaine

Is brimme adroad,and madea gybeto allthat keepe this Plaine.

Thcre be asquaint {at lcaft rhat think themſclues as quaintthat crane

The Match,thatthou(T wort not why) mailt,but miſlik'ſt to baue.

How wouldſt thou maich? (for well I wor,thou art a Female) 1,

Iknow not her that willinely wich Maiden-head would die.

The Plowmans labour hath ao end,and hea Churle will prooie:

The Craftſman hath more worke in band thenfitteth vatoloue :

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A Youth will play the Wanton,andanolde-man prooue a Mome.
Then Chuſea Shepheard.'Vith the Sunhedoth-hisFlockeynſold,
And allthe day onHill 6r Plaine he'merrie'charcan hold:
And withthe Sundorh folde againe :chen 10geing home betime,
He turnes a Crab,or tunesa round;or ſingsſome merrieryme :
Norlackes heglectulltalestotell;whiltround the Boledorhtrot:
And fitteh finging care-away,till heto bed hath ger.
Theare ſleepeshe foundly allthe night,forgetting Morrow cares,
Nor teares he blaſting ofhis Cornenor yttering othis wares,' -
Or ſtormes by Seas,or ſtirres on Land,or cracke of crediteloſt;
Not ſpending franklierthen his Flocke ſhall ftill defraythe coſt.
Welwort I,footh they fay that fay : more quietnightes and daies
The Shepheard ſleeps & wakesthan he whoſe Cattel he doth Sraize.
Beleeue me Lafle;a King is but a man,and ſo am T:
Content is wortha Monarchie,an@miſchieſes hit the hie:®
Aslate it did aKing and his, not dwelling far from hence,
Wholefta Daughter,({auethy ſelfe) for faire a matchlee wench:S
(Heredid he pauſe;as fhistongue had donc hishearroffence,)

The Neatreſſe,longing forthe reſt;did egge him on totell

Hovw faire ſhe was, and who ſhewas. She bore (quoth he)the bell
ForBeautie : though T clowniſh am,I know what Beaurtie is,
Ordid Inot,yearſecing thee;T ſenceles wereto mis.
Suppoſe her Beautie He!/en;-like,or #c/{ens fomewhat lefle,
And euery Starre conſorting toa puer Complexion geſle. ,
Her Statgre comely tall;hergate wellgraced,and her wit
Tomaruell a,not meddlc with;as matchles Tormir.
A Globe-like hcad,a Gold-like haire, aForhcad ſmooth and hie,
Ancuen Noſe,on cither fidedid fhine a graiſh Eie:
T'wo roſte Checkes,round raddy Lips,white iuft-fer Tecth within:
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Adde moreto Beautie : wand-like was her middle, falling {till,”

Andriling whereas womentiſe: but ouer-skippe I will, E

VV hat Malcs in Females ouer-skippe: imagine nothing ill.

And more, herlong and limber Armes had white and azure VV tiſts:

Andflender Fingers aunſwere to her ſmooth and lillie Filts:

A Leggeinprint, apretie Foot : coneCture of thereſt,

For amorousEies, obſcruing forme, thinke parts obſcured beſt.

Wiichtheſe(O thing deuine)with theſe,her tong of ſpeech was ſpacr:

But ſpeaking, Yerus ſeen'd to ſpeake the Balle from 74e to bacr.

With Phebe, 7unv, and with both her ſelfe contends in face :

W hcare equall mixturedid not want of milde and ſtately grace.

Her (miles were fober, and her lookes were chearefull vnto all :

And ſuchas neither wanton ſeeme, not'waiward, mell, nor gall.

A quietmind, apatient mood, and not diſdaining any:

Not gybing, gadding,gawdic, andher facultics were many.

A Nimph, no tong,no heart,no Eie,might praiſe,might wiſh,might ſee

For life, for loue,for forme,more good,more worth,more fGire;the ſhe:

Yeaſuchan one, as ſuch wasnone, ſaue onelyſhe was ſuch :

Of Argentileto fay the moſt, were to be filent much.

I knewethe Ladie yery well, but worthles of ſuch praies, ,
The Neatrelle ſayd : and muſe I do, aShepheard thus ſhould blaze %
The Coote of beautje. Credit me;, thy latter ſpeech bewraies
Thy clowniſh ſhape a coined ſhew. But wherefore doeſt thou weepe?
(The Shepheard wept, and ſke was woe, and both doth filence keepe.)

Tacroth, quoth hee, I am not ſuch as ſceming I profeſſe :

But then for her, and now for thee; I from my ſelfe digreſle.
Herloucd I, (wretch that Iam a Recreant to be)

Tloued her,that hated loue: butnow Tdiefor thee. ©

At Kirkland is my Fathers Court, andCuran is my name,

In Zdels Court ſomtimes in pompe, till Loue contrould the ſame:
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Igranutquoth ſhe, it wastoo much, that you did loue ſo much:
But whom your former could notmoue, yourſecondlouedothtouch.
Thy twiſe beloued _4rgentile fubmireth her to thee:
And for thy doublc loue preſents herſelfea fingletee: %
Inpaſſion, notin perſon chauag'd, and I my Lord, am ſhe:

They ſweetly {urfeiring in-ioy,and (ilcut for a ſpace,
W hen as the Extafic hadcnd didtenderly imbrace,
Andfortheir wedding, and their wiſh gor fatting time and place:
Not Ezxeland{(torof 4enge#then was named ſothis:Lane)
Then Caran had an hardier Knight, bis force could none withſtand:%
W hoſe Sheep-hooke laid apart, he rhen had higherthiogs-in band,
Firſt, making knowne his lawtull claimein cArgetile her right,
He war'd ia Diria,and he:wonne Brezztia too in fight:
And ſo from trecherous Ege{tookeatonce-his ife and Crowne,
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Each trifliog cauſe ſufficing heretheirloneandleapues to breake.
One ſcazeth of his Neighbours Realme, andigdilſeaz'd ere-long:
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Contendynto theircommon loſſe;and fomelike Monſtersraine: - *
As Stebert, who tortyrannie did baniſkment ſuſtaine. :

He wandredvabewailed long, aman whom men exempr
From houſeand helpe, purſuing him with capirall contempr.
Forlorne therefore, with drouping lims; and dropping eics, in yaine,
He frendles walksthefruitles YVoods, and foodles did complaiacs
A Swineheard mecting him by chaunce,andpitying his cſtate;
Imploy 'dthe WelterneKing, vaknowne, on his affaires to wait.
Nordidthe needie King difdaineſuchroome, for ſuch reliefe:
Anyndcr-Swinchcardſhipdid ſeruc, he ſfoughtnotto bechicte.
But when by ſpeech and circumſtance, his Maiſter ynderflood,
His ſeruant was the ſomtimes King: blood cries (quoth he) forblood:
My giltles Maſterin thy pompe,thou Tyranr, diddeſt lay, .
Nor voreuenged of his death-thou ſhalt eſcape away. ;
With that he tooke a Libbatyp, and beateth out his braines?
And dead(fo odious Tyrants be) norone for him complaines.

NOtall ſoill, yeatcauſe of worſe vntothe Englif ſtate
Was 0sbert of Northamberland: hisloue did winne him hate;

Enamoredon Lord Burens wite,as tiredin the Chace, }
He left the Hounds, and witha fewediſmountsat Byerns Place,
Her husband abſent, heartely his Ladycnterraines
The K1ng,and feaſts him Royally, not ſparing coſtor paines.
Bur hethat fed on Fanſics food,and huogred whilſt he cates,
ThoughtYerss ſparer in herloues thenCeyes in her mcates;
The Trayne and table yoyded, thenhe taking her apart,
DireQs her by his tongue and teares ynto hisloning heart.
Delay he ſayth, breedeth doubrs, burſharpe deniall death,
Or do not long ſurcharge my bliſſe,or ſoone diſchargemy breath:;
For if my pratersadde no edge yntothy begged doome,
The vintage'of mythriftleſſelone is blaſted in the bloome:
Be fauorableto my fire: forthy ſweete ſake, be bolde;
I duiſtattempt cuen Hell (if hell ſo ſweeteathing might holde.)

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Doe thinke hercoie, orthink her chaſte, my Cenſure Iſuſpend:

Some V omen yeeld'norar the firſt, year yeeldtheyinthe ende.

She gaue repulſesto his luſt, and-he replies of Loue:

Notall the Writs D/aza had might Capzds Plaint remoue.
She-countermaunding hisdemaund, heceaſed Courting now,
Anddid withher'by yiolence whatvertues difalow:

And thendeparted, leauing herinelfe-conceit diſgraſte:

More treſpatſed thenſfome would thinke, yeat and perhaps as chaſte.
Home camether. Lord,whoſe browes had buds, and fouind his wife 1n
And(tooliſh chmg)ſhc rold atroth,for whichrenege he ſweatrs; ( rears,
Bur ſo the mandidprouea beaſt : he better might haue hid i it,
Someſuchare miſtically domme, yeat.domly doe torbid it.
 His Wiuesefcapesdone ſccrctly, if by themandetected,

Shewes hilled bfips(ſuppoſed blips)meerchornes,nothornes ſuſpc&ed
Ar Denmarke inhisCoſins Court, he telleth of his wrong:

And gainesagainſt his ſoucraigne Lord of Daze5an Armie ſtrong;
Hungar and Hubba, and hzmſclfe ConduQtors ofthis Hoaſt,

Did with their forren forcesland, "and ſpoyle the Nottherne Coaſtc
The vicious valiant 0sbret;that had yanquiſhed crethen

The King and Kingdomeofthe$7ots, though wantipgarmes'8 men,
Thought skorne his focs ſhould beard him ſo 8 bar'him vp in walles,
And therefore, iſſuingour of Torke, vpon'the Daxes hefalles,

A Bloodie Bargaine then begonne; no fightmightfearcerbez!"'
Andof the Danif# part were flaine foreuery Z nctfzfls three...

But manhood loſt, andnumber wopne, the Dam-sthcy gotthe fielde:
And 0sbret dycd yaliantly, thatnorto line would yceld

Eane whilethe Danes with freſh ſupphcs atineateucricShore,
And warrealmoſt'i eneryſhircinteltiog'Zrg/and lofe:

With whomecouragious Ethelared conrended 1 100g in yaine,
Bythem was he, King £//a, and theholy Zdmmad flaine:
Nothing was done, butall vndonc tllKing _1lnredhee
In daungcc of his Royall ſclfedid ſcc hns ſubxc&ſi free!

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Foreuery dayzin cucry place,the Daxesdid fo increaſe,
Thathe nor any Exg/:ſs King enioyone dayoof peace.
Nor mightier men at Armesthanthey, mightany wheare be found,
W ho intheirdiuers Wars cl&-wheredid diuers Realmes confound:
For as the-Gothes, theY andales, Hunnes, and Saxons earſt did range,
So now the Dapes did plaguethe world, asſentby interchange.
This Weſtcrneand viQtorious king, andgreateſt Monarke heere
Perceiuing ofthis ſpoyled Iflea toward Ruineneere, |
Diſguiſedlike a Minſtrill poore, did haunt the Daniſ» Tents,
And with his feats and melodiethe Enemije preſents :
Andof their floth, theirglutronic, and Counlelspriuieſo,
Hetooke aduantage, giuing thema ſodaineouerthrow.
And flayeth #wbba, Hunger, andthe Cauſe of their repayr,
And puntethallto ſwordand Seasthatynbaprized wair.

Yeat to Northumberland return'd fearce Gurmond withthe Dapnes,
Meane time did king _1/ured die, the Hatchet of their Tranes.
But Adel;#ane(one king betwixt) notonely cleard the Land *
Ot Daxes, but ofall Z»gland had (ole Empirein his hand.
Thusof thislong diſmembred Realme was hethe one! y King:
In which, till Zgelres, his raignedidprofper cucric thing.
He raigning, much of Zxgland then the Lordly Danesdid hold,
ExaCting Tributes euery yeare, and ſelling Peace for Gold.
And/whichno doubrdid hatchthoſe Plagues)the King a wicked one;
Did cnter by hisBrothers blood, extorting thus his Throne:

K ing Edgar that ſubdu'd the Scots, and Nlaughtered the Danes,
Andof the 77 elchbadtribute Wolffs,of whom itmore remaines
That, as it were in Triumph-wiſe, Eight Vnder kings did roe
Him, Sterns-man, on the Riuer Dee, with divers honorgmoe.
This Edgar by aformer wife had Edwarg, by another - © ©
This Egelreda Sonneyntoa kind and cruell Mother:
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W hom, man-les, at her Cafſtle Cozfe the Queene did enterraine, i-:

He hauing ſcenero whom hecame'incurteſterts ſees

Made haſte away;.in Queſt of them'that flill a bunting|be: |

And whenhe,mounteds ſhould depart, to himbis' Stepdame drinkes.

W hom>pledging, him an Hictling ftab'd, & lite-les.downe heſinkes,

Thus Egelred obtain'dihe Crowne, buttor hiscrawing fo

His SubicQs grudge,and he became aPreface to theirwoe,

For whenthis proudand vitiousking, wasneither lou'dot his,

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Now odiouſly Zar-dane fay we, when idle Mates we blame:.

W hen Swaizethe Dacia Kang did hear his Dazes were murthere dſo,

Wiith biter vowes he'ſhipthis men for Ez-g/ands ouctthroe:

And landing, ſpar'd no ſhrine, nor Saint, nor Sex, norany State,

Jot wanting Aiders Ezeliſs-men, thar heldtheir King inhate.
Eſpecially falſe E4ricasthe Admirall deceines ct
His King and Covntrey-oftentimes, and Bribes of Swarze teceiues:
And Egelred his cowardifſe incouragedthe Foc,

Till: $94ine atlengrh, for Maſles great, was bribed henceto goe.
But making ſhort rerurne,thePeeresof 'Zneland thar difdaine
Thindigaities of ſuch a King;thardid ſo Fccbly raignez
Submitthem Subic&s ymo Swaire: and Egelreddidflic
VatotheFather of his Queene, the Duke of Mrmſimdic%
And Swaize, poflefſedot theland, did ſhortly afterdie,

His ſonne Candtss,preſenthere,had Seazon ofthe Crowties® 55
Till Zzelred, returning back by Armor putshimdowne: R
W ho ſcarcely giueth breathing time, burthathe back reſailes
From Denmarke,and by force, by -friends, and fortune hereprevailes:
For inthis Warre King Egelreddidfickenand deceaſe:

And thenthe broiles (Carutns king) did tora time dccrca'ſc,%
Till E4mund, fonne of Egelred, did interruptthat peace.

Ondeath-bed, to kis ſonne he ſaid: norquire forlorneam I,
W hoſclife hath had ſo much of griefe, thus gratioully todye.
Ad more, thy vertuesglad my death, yeat two things greeue among,
Tolcaue my Kingdom foin VV arres,and'thee forVVarres too young,
So may theſe troubles weare to noneas thou doeſtwaxeT pray,
And ſo poſſefſe thy Fathers Seate thar all approoue thy ſway.
Notto be made aKing (my Sonne}is ſoto maketheeproude,
For Mildenes fitteth maieſtic, high mindes are diſaloude. :

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ALBIONS! ENGLAND-

Sce me thy Father,now a King,and by.and by butcarth;

Nor thinke that cuctie King hath hap todiea happicdeath.

Lct natarefor perfeCtion.moldea Paragoncach ways

Yeatdeath atlaſt onfineſt lutmpsofliuing fleſh will pray: %

For naturencuer framed it,that neuer ſhall decay.

The braucſt are asbloſſomes; andthe longeſt Lmer dies,

And dead, the loueleſt Creature asthelothſom't Carrion lies.

Thea thinke not but that kingsare men,andasthereſft miſcarrie,

Saue thattheir fame or infamiecontiovally dothtarry.

Deeme paſt Examples Sentences,and(which did faylein me)

Make vſeof thoſe notnow in vic;for now will ceafeto be;

Artempt not things beyond thy reach; ioyne fortune to thy will:

Leaft Phzbss Chairedoeclle ſurchargeraſhiPhaeten his 5kill.

If Fortune helpe whom thou would'it hurt;frernoc aritthe more:

W heneF#asx ſtormed, thenfrom himthe Prize FVly/jes bore.

Try friends by touch, atceble ftiend may proone thy ſtrogeſt Foc:

Great Pompeixhead to Cafars hand itwasbetrayed (o.

Admitthou hadſt Pael7on waucs, toland thee Golde ar will,

Know Craſs did toCyras kneele, andrhou maiſt ſpeed asill.

Abandon luſt, if nor for ſinne; yeatto auoyd the ſhame:

So Hogges of 1thacus his men the Latian W itch did frame.

 Be nottoo moody inthy wrath, but paulſe though-fſt be bent:

Ofr Philips Sonne did-raſtly ftrike, and leiſurcly repent.

Content thee with yathreatned Meane,and play nor /ops Dogge:

The Golderhatgentle Bacchns ganedid greedy©.3/y;z5 clogoe.

Be valiant, nottoo venterous, butfight to fight againe? |

Euen Hercalesdid hold itods for oneto firinewithtwaine,

Be uot ambitiouſly aKing,nor grndginglydecline:

One Goddid root outCzs hisſtock;andrayſevp 7eſſosline;

Teſt nor with edge tooles, ſuffer Saincs,lermightic Foolkesbe mad:

Note, Seneca'by Neroesdoomefor Preceptspetvance had}

Haye care ro whom,of who,8& wharrof peaktaough ſpeech be trew:;

That Miſſe made Pahbus contrary his Rauens Swai-like hew. -

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ALBIONS' ENGLAND.
He frameth torments to himſelfe tharteeds aTyrants yaine:
Perillas was by Phalaris adiudgdto (clf-taught paines ' - -
Prayſc northebeamicof thy Witethough ſhe of forme be ſped:
For Gyges,moucd ſo, did grafton Candanules hishead. 1"
ShunneTelouſic that heart-breake loue, if Cat willgoe tokind,
Be ſurc that 70 hath a meanesthat Argws ſhall beblind- /! .
Commait not Treafiire with thy Child rogreedy minded men';””
Thou leauclt Pelider a ſpoyleto Polympeſtor then.
Occurrants giue occaſionsſtill oflike,ir-whichbeſure': -

To ſeruc thy God, toſane thy ſelfc, and well toall procure. 7) 519

Be vertuous;and aflurethy felferhou canſt notthen burthriue :
In onely vertue it is fayd, that mentherſelues ſurutue.

As forthe'vicious;ſuchthey are{asisthe heedleſſe Flye,

That killes it ſelfe, and hurtshis ſight thathath her'in his cye.
Farewell my Sonne; Englandfarewell; thy neuer happy Prince
Doth take hisleaue; anhappy leaue;, itraken fo long lince.

And, Zdmend(buryingnot with methy vertues; nor my ſpeech): 5 ſſ |

I bleſie thee inhis bleſſed Name whome T of blefle beſcech, 7 7
Said Egelred :andſhottly-gauea quict gaſpeortwaine, 919
And being dead, hisnoble Sonne ſucceeded him in Raigne.

THis like himſelfe;enen Knight-like and an Zxe/ſp-man indeede,'

Did quicks Englands quailing Prowes,& ars-likedidprocecd,

A brauer Captaine than'was he notany band mighr haue':

And yeata H ars did mateh this M ars, Canutuswas as brave.
Theſe wonders ofthat age for Armes, and D3riz of thoſe dayes,
Did aften battell, cqually to citherslofle and praies, |
Now after many bloody Fieldes, whennone'might eftimate
The better or the worſerpart, aKnight that'faw theſtate

Then preſent, and by likelyhoodsprefaged whatmight fall,
Said { hcaring it thediffering Kings and Souldiersalmoft all:)
Wecuecr warre, and neger winne, Edmand hathFortitude;
Cenutas Fortune, neitherthusofother is ſubdude/1 el H

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Death feares1iotvs,norfortheirlinegoir Contraties:dogcre? -
Ir followes then, thatalj muſtdiewwbeare'all o deſprer are.
It alt beflayne, then'whoſhallſerne.our/Princesthar ſfuruiue?
Oc fenceontForrens ® better oney then'noneof both ſiould thriue.
To thriue thetefore, werenot a-milfe, thar ſecingoneof twaine
Will Owneralltharonelytheythe quarreltidocmaintaine.
Orif Combarrenſienor pleaſe; the Land is rich and large,
Andchey Copernicers:may line, andys of death diſcharge.
If Combat nor Parritiotube, then will kis VV arre reniue,
Till one, furniuingall of vs, wanrsone'with whome tofifiue:
This fayd,the Kingsdid'matkeand make aprofir of the ſame;,
And did conclude by:Combacy to winne or looſe the Game.
- Withinalictle Hlandineare (rownd which the Armics ſtand Jarens
_ TheKingly ChampionstrietheirForce, by fighting handto band,/
They ſpur their Horſes; breaketlieir Speares, & beat at Barriars long
Andthen, diſmounting, did renew a BattelFbraucand ſtrong,
VW hilſteytherKing thus Martially:defends, anddid offend,
They breathing|King Cdautus (aid :weborh Tſeclhall end,
Erc Empire ſhall beginco'one : thenbe it atthy:choyce
Tofight, orpart.'Withittheir Knights crie out withcommon Voyce,
Deuide, molt yaliant Kings deuide, enough ye hauc of Fight:
 AndſotheGChampions didembrace; forgetting malice quite.
Partition.cqually was made berwixt thfſe Princes twaine,
And Brother-like they luc andloue: cill by adewlifh traine,
Eatle E4ricas,a Traytortothe Fatherand the'Sonne;,
Did murther Zdmund: and bis head ( ſappofing to haue wonne
The fauourof Cannutesſo) preſenting layd (O King )
Forlouc ofthee Ithus haye done. Amazcd attherthing,
Canutus ſayd, andforthat thou halt headed him for me,
Thy head aboue all Engliſs heads exalted it ſhall be: %
The Eatle was headed, and his headpoold vp forall to ſee.
Of Encland, Danke, & NorwaygheriCanut was perfe@tLord,
Andin this triple Regimearall with ycttue didaccord. -
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ALBIONS! ENGLAN.D:.

Harold,g: Hardi-knought hisfonnes cachthother didſucceede : 7/.).

Ofcicher whichſmallcerraine-Fame of well or illwerecdezy 55:

Saue by their Raigns to. Zrg/ ſ#men. did grieuous thralds breede.”,

Bur after 1Za/d4s:knoughthisdeaththe Danes werechaled hence,,

Not intermedlivg withcheſtate of £xg/andencrfince-

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- oo IN d oon wontu ) ed ddtg Þf
Y Was Ednard King t(for. Geodwinsguile, had
7 ,. made away.thatother:) - D atafF
Religious,chaſle, wiſe, fortunate, ſtqur,francke,
F 21 ANdMIIe Was Deet: cnn poote no 7 7
g Angd from all,Taxcs, wrongs.,and Foes , did ſer
| his Kingdomefree. C M
By ouer-ruling'of his Lords, intreating long the ſame,
Leaft, dying. Ifluclefſe, he leaue ſuccetlion out of frame., ,.
Herooke to OueengaDamſell faire: howbcit, by.confent,,
In yowes of. {ecret chaſtitietheir louing lines they ſpent., ,-»,; ;
The Father of this maiden-wife, he fiting by the King, g
And ſceingone that ſtumbled, but not falling, vp.to ſpringy.....":
Did laughivg fay, thebrother thearethe brother well harh caſ'd,
( His mcaning was the Stumblers feete.) And. haddeſt thouſo pleaf'd,
So had my Brother, quoth the King, bineafing.ynio me..,. .
Thetraitrous Earle tooke bread and ſayd, ſo thisdigefied be
AsTI am guiltleſſe of his dearh : theſe words he {carcely. ſpoke,
Butthatinpreſeoce of the Kingthe bread did.Cooamynchoke.
His fonne # arold;by Qaratrknogots late davghter, him ſuruues,
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W here Goodwinsſonne did takeanoth, Duker7V illiam vtging lo,

T o keepe yntothe Duke his yſe, when Edwvard hence ſhould g0,

The Crowne of.£ng/and( claimed by Adoption; and by blood.)

But Harolad,after Ezwaras death, not to-his promiſe ſtood,

And for he was in wealth, infriends, in blood, and Armor ſtrong,

Andtitle had his Mothers right, he forced notthe WI9Dg:

Butarminghim againſt the l%ukc, ſo vrged vato wroth,

Did ſcazethe Crowne ynto him(elfe, contrary to his oth.

WhilR 7 71m therfore works for war,King Harold had not teft,

For Harold Hare-foote,King of Danes and Norwaies,much oppreſt

The E-eliſ» with his puiſſant Bands, But Zaro!dhim aflailes,

Andafter fearceand doubrfull fight moſt yaliantly preuailes:.

And with the Norgaine Prince he flew hispeoplealmoſtall:

W hen, fordeuiſion of the ſpoyle, did much comention fall

Betwixtthe King and Ergliſh-men:and many a noble Kyight

Notonely murmur and maligne, but did forſake him quight.

Such malice growing, FYiliam with his'Normaencs taking land,
Found hot-ſpur Zareldpreſt in Armes, his puifſanceto withſiand-:
And cither Battell Marſhalled, as either 'Capraine wild,

The King of Ezglandeagetly the Normanc Ofte behild,
And with his cheercfull ſpeeches thus bis men with couragefild.,

Sce valiant (VV ar-friends ) yonder be the firſt; the laft, and all
The Agentcs ofour Encmics :they hencefoorth cannorcall
Supplies : for weedes at Normanaie by this in Porches groe:

Then Conquer theſc would Conquer you, and dread no further Foe,
Theyare no ſtouter than the Zrates, whom we did hence exite:
Norſtronger thanthe ſturdy Danes, er yiory cr while:

Not Saxozze could once containe, or ſcarce the world befide

Our Fathers, who did ſway by ſword where lifted them to bide:
Thendoe not yedegenerate, take courage by difcent,

And by their burialles, not abode, their forceand flight prenent.

Ye hauein hand your Countries cauſe, a Conquelt they preterd,

VV bich (were yenotthe ſame yebe) cucn Cowards woulddefend.
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[ graunt thatpartofvs arc fledandlinkedtotheFor,
Andglad Tam our Armieis of Traytours clecred ſot

Yea pardon hath heto depatt thatftayethMal-conrent:

I prize the mindeaboue theman, like zeale hathlike cuent.
Yeat troth it is; no well or4ll this Tland'ener had,' _
Bur through the wellorill Supporrof Subie&s goodorbad,”
Not C 2/ar, Henge#, '$wayn,ornow(which nercthelesſhall fayle)
The Normane Baſtard (41bjo2 true) did, could, or can prevaile.
Bat to be ſelfe-falſe in this Ifle a felte-Foc'cner is,. ” TN 9
YeatwotT, neuerTraytour did hisFreaſons StipenFmis: 0n
Shrioke whowil ſtirioke;Jet Armors wayte prefſe downetheburdned _
My Foes,with'wondfingeyes;ſhalfee Toner-prize mydeath.' (earth,.
Bur finceyeall(forall, I hope, «like affke&ed bee, - o
Your Wines;your Children; lines/afid Latidfrom fernitndetofree)
Are Armed both'in ſhew andzeale; thengloriouflycontend, 7
To winne and weatethe home-btought Spoyles, of Viforiethe'end.”
Let notthe Skinners daughters Sonne pollefſe what he pretends,.. "
Heclivesto dicanoble death thatlife for freedome ſpendes. ;
As Harold bartned thus his men;ſo'didthe Normane his:**

And looking wiſhly on theearth;Duke 7/1/7am ſpeakerh this,

Toliue ypon, orlie within, this'is my Ground or Graue, . ;
(My loning Souldiers)one of twaine your Duke reſolues to haue..
Nort be ye Vormanernow toleeke in'whatyou ſhould be fſtout, -
Ye comeamidſithe'E£nz/:jpPikesto hewe your honorsout, © -

Ye cometo winnetheſameby Launce, that isyour owne by law,
Yecome, I fay, inrighteous warre reuenging ſwordsto draw. ”
Howbeit,of morehardie Foesno paſſed Fighthath ſpeal'ye, 2 -
Since Rollotoiyour now-Abode'with Bandsviltotions lead ye % .
Or T urchus,Sonne of Troplns, in SiHthian Fazsbread'ye.” J
Then worthy. your Progenitors ye Seede of Pryamsſonne:
Exployr this buſineſſe: Ro{ons do that whichye wiſh be done.
Three People-haucas many times got and forgonethis ſhore,,
It reſteth now-ye Conquerit not'tobe Conqured moter.

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ALBIONS ENGLAND.
For Normane and the Saxo0#Blood conmoynng;a3dmey;
From that cooſorred Seedethe Crowne ſhall never patie away«
Lefore vs are ourarmed Foes; behind ys arcthe Seas,
On either fide the Foe bath Holdes of ſucccn r; andfor caſe.
Burthat Aduantage ſhallretucnethcir Diſaduantage thus,
if yeobſeryeno ſhore islefrthewhich may ſhelter ys,
And ſo hold out amidſt theRough, whitft they baleinfor Lee,
\V hercas, whilft men ſecurely layle, notſ{eldome ſhipwracks bee.
VW hat ſhould I cite your paſſed-As, or tediouſly-incence
To preſeat Armes? your facesſhewe your hearts conceine offence;
Ycacuenyour couragesdeuinea Congueft not tofaile:
Hopethen your Duke doth prophecic, and.in that hopeprenaite, -
A Pcople braue, aterren Heauen, both Obic&s wroth YOur WaTrrtes;
Shall be the Prizes of youriProw's, and mount your fame to Startes, -
Ler nota Traytorsperiurd Sonnecxtrude vs from our right:
He'dycs.toliuca famous life, that doth for Conquelt fight,
Þy rhis the furious Bartels ioyne, a bloody day to cyther,

Andlong they fighr, the viQoty inclivingynto neyther:
Ac Icogth the Ezg/iſe had the ods, whokeeping cloſe arays '
Votothe Duchie Forcesgaueno cntraunce any way:
W ho fayning fcarc, and Martially retyring as oppreſt,
The Eng/iſs ſo became ſecure, and follow-0n diſperſt.
To whichaduantage, furiouſly.che Normaves did returne, B
And gota bloody yiQorie. In.vaynethe.Z nge//fr ſpurne 8
Amidlt the Pikes againſt the pricke : King #aroldthen was fayne:
From whom beganthe Normanes ſole, but ſoone conioyned raync%
For ſecond Henr;, Mawd her Sonne, freed Englandsblood agayne.
Since when( and eucr may they ſo.)that Of. ſpriogruled'ys :
Ot whoſle ConiunQioninthe Crowne; the Genalogueis thus.
King Edmarnd 1rn-ſide Ifiuc had Z dward theOurlaw : he
Had Margare::cHawdby MalcolneCthethe King of Scots)had ſhes
H awdto the Congueror his Sonne firlt Fenry, M awddid beires *
This ſecond c4awdthe .An geos wile, had fecond Henry heirc,

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ALBIONS ENGLAND. ct

Dward, King Haro!dsPreregnant, of the ſame Change foretold,
 Whopreſentandſucceeding times thus, dying, did vnfold:

Ir is a world, to note {quorh he } the wayes that menadore,

And how Hypocrific hath bredof Godlike Deuils ſtore, ſſ

That ſpeake to ſceme, thatſeeme to ſhift, that ſhiftto ſpoyle by guile, -

That ſmooth, & footh,& yeat deceiue with Scr/7tmum: e/f meane while:

Put let then-heauetheir handsto Heauen;they hanetheichicrinHell,

Thatſceme deuouttocloakedeceit;and ſay, butdoc not well::!:

The Richatereichles intheir willes;their liking is forlaws?

The Poorcrepine, and Goods, nor theirs, by idle ſhiftings claw.

The Lords and Landedover-revt, and cunningly the fame

 TheParafſktedothoner-reacb,and bearesaway thogame."/.

Oneriſcth by anothersfall'and ſomedoecdimeſo faſt} -

Thatinthe Clowdes theydoeforget what Climares chey haue paſt;

But Eagle-winged mindesthatflyto neftle 19 theSunne;.'

Theirlofty headshauc leadenhecles, and end where they begun,

It isa common point on which the aged grofſcly ronne,

Onceto haue dared, ſayd, and ſceene, more then was cuer done.

The Youtharefooliſh- hardie, or lefſehardie then they ought,

Efteminate, phantaſticall, in few, not few are novght. _

At Cpras not the wanton Saint,noryeat her wyhe Sonne,'

Did want her Orgies : nor at Romre did Veſtalacke her Nonne: -

The Lampſacens gaue Proyapus his filthic Rites, and Creaze

To 7owe bis Bulles : and Sic#/eto Ceres tithed V heat:

TheThriciazns with their Bacchanales did Lybers Temp]c fill:

And 7talie did blood of Babeson Satures Alrars ſpill:

And fatall wreathes of Myretill boughes were ſacrcd vnto Dys:

In tewe, there wasno Pagane God his Sacrifice did mis.

But # »eliſ»e-men, nay Chriſtian men, not onely feeme prophane,

But Manto Man ,. as Beaſt to Beaft, holds cinill duetics yayne,

Yea Pulpits ſome, like Pedlers packs, yeeld forth asmen atte&,

And what a Synode ſhall conclude, a Sowter will corre&,

The rude thus boaſting Litrature, one Schiſme degets angther,

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And groilelythoughaSchiſuie;year hath'cachSehiſmatikebisSoorher. |
Meane while-tbe learned wanr'theirMiced;8none with profirhcares
"The tcdious Doult, whoſeanlesronguedoth preachto wearyeares, -"
Here could I enterin aField ofmattermorechan much;04 7 y bet,
Burgeſle thatall isout of framc,ardlong nmehatbbinſuchs &/
And what ſhall be let time diſcloſe. This ondlywillIouch:*-: S [1
AGreene Tree cut from withered Stock,deuided Furlongs three
From proper Rootczit ſhall reidyne;and afrerfruicfull beet! 11
Thus ſaydhe King..Andthusdoe ſomecxpoundtharProphelſee:
The TrecthisLandztheStockandRootethe thralled B»g/slines
King Zaro/d,and the7Y i/liaristwaineztheFurlongs ſome define :
_ Henry the Normanethatbegot 0 Fawdehis EngiſQuecne - *
cMawndeſecond Henries Mother,was the/TreesRetutnewogreene. -
King Stephesfirſt,though not ſo firme,did-inthis Turneptoceede:
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Sfiſted by the/ former Bowne petfilt, my Muſe,
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How. by the Normane Conquelt here an other
H S. Worldbefell. ſſ
23 New lawes not Labyrinths as now through
" wreſted Quirkes)came in:
New Lords alſo, ar whom, for moſt, our auuci-
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The Englifs ſinke, the Vormancsſwimmae, all topficturnie was,
Vntill theConquerour had brought his whole command to pas.
Then wasone Edgay,ſonneyato theour-law Edward, hc
Toholy Edward had been heire, had notKing #4r-14 be:
And 7 illiampleadingtoo by ſword admits no-milder law:
So Eagar in his ſooneft flight his fafeſt ifue ſaw:
Whowithhismother(daughter ro' the King of #nnrarie)
And Siſters, did'atrempt into his GrandfiersRealmeto flie.
Thus Eng/ands hope with Ex2l4n4s heirin one ſame Barke did ſayle:
Whendelprate from therrvillanage was Engliſh blood ofbaile.
But God, thatto the hopeles is not helples, if be pleaſe,
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Protefts het brotherenen-by Armes, againſt King 1#4474725 teCtie;

Vatiltby warre and wiſc conuay be {orto paſſedid bring.

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His flight Scotch: queend hisSiſter;ſhe regraded\Exglands blood. :

Forletwe Edgar gaipitthe hacrpreſerucd, agexprett,:

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Her, Emprefſetothe Emperour then-newly beingded,' 4

Did Geffrey Plantaraner theEatle of 4n wed, |

And ſhe vnto Plantagarctdidfecond” Penry beire;” ” ” - ſſ

Of Englant, anceo,Gafcojne, and of Normaniie the heire.}.. (marrie,

Yeat Stephen;firit 77 i4liams daughters fon whoth'Earlcof Bloys did

Did-withthe Emprefle and her ſon now-King now Captiucyarrice

Butlaftly, tyred, atid inter'd, all £g/andby his death- Fal Þ

W as quictly ſecond Henries, who was lawfulſthcire by birth.
With Henge#ts blood onrdroupen Muſeitalſo now reunues:

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Let be yourbitren Vine, wehere abliſfull viarage gayne,'/

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Perplexed therefore arthvapeales that waiward Becket made, * :
To ſome, demaundinghis diſcaſe at Vormandre be ſfayd:
Our Popesthat ſeeme(they do but ſeeme)'S. Peterro fucceede
W ho did denie; although deſerue,bigh Stylesto him dccr_cc'dſi,
Arequite yplike 0 Pezer and Popes thirty three fore- palt
Wholiudinmifericandcedby Martyrdomeatlaſt,
Now needenot Tyrants:Popesto Popes be Tyrants:andthey all - .
Doe wreſt cuen Principalities ſubmiſſhue rotheirPall,. - .4 -
Peter did fine;and finning1o'repentantteares did flye; - 1
Popesfinnenot; batto'orhers ſinnes giue pardon{elstheylye.) ” *
Chrilbwaſhed feere,Kings kifle their feer,Chriſt gaue to Cajer biss-
*They rake; and fay that either Sword intheir ſubicionis,. -
'ThePopedid fo onrmochers Pheare'the Emperourantreates
As thathis prondattemptsT fiameand forrowto repeate.
V hat cite T forraine-matters, when our.nativue Stories yeeld
Of Myrers medling withourSword an ouerplenteous feeld? ©
 Weoffer Tapers;pay our Tythes and Vowes, we Prigrimes goe
To cuery Saindtarctcry fitine we Offrings doe beſtoe,
Wekifle the Pix; we crecpethe Crofle, our Beades we ouer-runne,
The Conent hath aLegacic, who fo isleft vndone: | ... y
Wefaſtthe Eave, we tcaſtthe day of cucry Saiorthey make |
Their houſlings,Shtifts, and Sacraments moſt reuerenily we take,
By tale we ſay Oryſons,and to words vakrowne Amen: TEER
The Quter doth'channr;we knock our brefts, webow & croſſevs'the:
" 'Theirskacrſprightwarer, boxed Boans, their- hoaſts,” & What'not
The Prieſt,che Frier, or Pardonierwe countnot holy things? © (brings
We ſcat them-in our fatteft Soyles forPaſture, wood , and ſprings”
We lodge them ſafe inftarely walles, we. ſorrowing whenthey fing.
Their Beilescall themfrom eafic beds to fiogin gownes as warme,
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A moouing wood-ſtole marching 00 a0d hem'd his Atmie round,. -
VV henalat once,their boughes caſt downe;was heard awatlike ſoiid,,
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Their Biſhop, their Contriner, andrheirchiefecondut was heF-, -
By whoſe deuiſe the conqueror, intrapped, did agree
To ratifie the lawes of Xext {uch asthey were, and be; ©. ®
Butbearing ina common good with Croficrs crofſipg Crownes,. ”
Proud _4 »ſelme inour Vucles raigne didffarre exceede the bownes -
Of Prelacie or pietic(for Church-men ſhould be mecke; &9
Year ſome inpraQtiſe leaue what they of vs in preaching ſecke:
For they that bid me doe, anddoe themſcluesthe good they bids -
Doelcade me.torhe ſubſtantiue, and leaue menatin quid)
Yea,cither ot our Vneles thriu'd in Forraine Conqueſts more, -
Fhan gainſttheir Church-men, ſeningaltheir Kingdome invprore.
OnePrelate wroughtthe popeto curle & croſſe his Prince withtoes:)..
Twixt others long ambitions Plcas for Primacicaroes ; g |
Andnow, through Becket, to our ſclfe nolefſer damage groes.
I hauc had hardy Knights for warres, and helpfull friends in peaces.._ -
Year helplesfriends, and hartles Knights this Cleargic-pride to ceace.
Theſc words heard divers preſent Knights,who yexcd atthe wrong :
Did, cleanc ynwirting tothe King, ariue in Xext crelong, - - + -
AndatS. Beanits Altar, in the Mioſter of his Sea,_ W.
Ar facring for aſacrifice the fawcic Clerkedid ſlea,
VY hick heard, the Pope canonized the ſtir-ſtrif Prieſt a Saint,
Toſencing Eings againft our Kiog, till warres made Hemr faynt.
Then humbled yato haughty Pricſt as Legars ſent from Rowe
He baſely bowes: and they.to him'for begged Pennance dome
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Andgiuiog heramectingkille, quotihe; fa God me keepe 71
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Varill a deſperate Stragler with aniarto wpierft hishead, - - -
And ſear the wofuil Engliſh homg.,their wortbie Leaderdead:

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Their {13-faluelikethe ſertingloole fromShackles rothehavlter)
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Andthar, ſo farreforthasitinthertripleMyterlay,.

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His Vaſſall Biſhop £42cr0ns tecte, theKing did grace implore,
Wheno Peter pence Were graunted, andthe Eogliſh Crowne to hold
By rent and Homage otihe Pope, and that for lums of gold

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With Roaves& Ropes;&cu'tiecoole foreurie worke & wheather.
So didthey toyleas thereabourns.Cauſic was yowrought:
W heteforenew!laboursforthismentheholicHermite ſought:
But at departure prayed\them1o-faſt, towarchzandpray; - /-
Audliverem otefromworldly men, and-goethſo his way.
The boly Theevestornow inthem badcaſtomewroughtconter)
Could muckof Scripture and;indeede, did hartely repenr.
But wheothecountreyfolkedid-hearcoftheſe farnemendenout
Religiouſlythey hainrtheir Celles, and laſtlybrought about - + - -- :
Thart frothe woodsto Buildings brauechey wound the Hermits-crew;
VWhowasfrom found-out worke retarnde, andtheir Apoſta knev.
He going rotheirſtatelyplace, did findeineuery-diſh CoLe'
Farbeefe.and brewis, and gfearſtore of daintic fowle and filh, -
VV hoſceing theirſaturicie,andprattifingeo winne- - - (4K
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Vhotareth fineſtdorhbur feed, and over-teedethoft:
Whoſlcepeth ſofreſt doth butleepe,and ſometimes onerſoft:
Who clads himrimmeſt is but clad: the faireſt isburfaite:- -
Andall burliues yea;if ſlong; yeat not withlefſet care
Than formes,backs;boancs & bellies that more hocly cheriſheare.
Learne freedomeandfelicitic, Hawkes flying whete they liſt
Be kindhlier and:more ſourid thanHawkes beſttended on the fiſt;
Thuspreacht he promiſt abſtinence;and. bids themcome away. / -
No hait burgood: well-weare theyyand ſo wel,as they would Ray. -
The godly Hermit, whenall meanesin vaine he did perceive, - |
Departing ſayd :T foundyon knaues, and knaues Idoe you leauc.
Hence faydthis mertie-fellowe (itthemerriment betrew)
Thar Cloyſtring, Friers.cloathing;andaCoucntsnumber-grew.
Fhis bearda fimple Nottherne-man, no friendro Monke, or Frier,
Orpreaching Lymmer: for.his ſpeach diſcloſed thus his yre.

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Lhat more,we member oftheir japesthanmend ys of ourſinne.
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At Ewle wewonten gambole;daunce;tocarrole; andto' fing,

To hanegud ſpiced Sewe,andRoſte,and plum-pics ſora King:

At Faſiſ-eue pan-puffes; Gang'tidegaitesdidalie Maſſes bring:

At Paſke begun ourMorriſe :and exe Pemicoſtour May :

Tho Robenbood, liell Tohn, Frier Tucke,andMarian deftly play,;

And Lard and Ladie gangtill Kirke with Lads and Laſſes gay :

Fra Maſle and Eenſong;ſa gud cheezeandglee onery Greene, -:

As, ſaue out wakestwixtEames and Sibbes, like gam was neuer ſeene;

At Baptiſ-day with Ale and cakes bout bon-fires neighbors ftood:

Ar Martelmaſſe wa turnd acrabbe, thilke t6ldot Robemhood, |

Tillafter longtimemyrke,whe bleſt were windowes,dares 8&4ights;-

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Ylke yeoman fed moe poore tume wambesthan Gentilesnow:inHall.

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Syke votiongyles the people,ſabur ſyldegud Princes ſcape :: |

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For matter oflefſe moment, enen forwedding of a Nunne, :
Whomin her Cell the King clpi'de, lou'deswooed, and thus wonne.

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And in ſuch Puritanes as thou commend: herskill to-vs.
Thou wroageſt Nature, moldiog theeto moldeby thee as facr:
Ehou wrozelt me,thatwould begerthe fruit which thou fholdſt baer::
Thon wrong'lt thy Countricof incrſſca-ſe;ſi_thou wrog'lt me inlike forcs,
Thou wrong R thyKia of kindred: 8 thou wreogitthy ſelfeof fport.!
Shoulditthouw butdreamewhar matriage were,thou would'ft not line'
One heartof two,two Soules roone'by wedlockis:touaid:; (amaid:
An busbands open kiſſings; and his fecrer coyings, nay,
The very Soule of Lone; more frweetthenthouor Ican lay, 7
Thcioy of babes which thou ſhould'ſt beare, the Seruiceat thy becke;
Tae {weet conſorted common;weale of houſhiold ar thy checke, ,
VWould make thee ſeeme a Goddefſe:who; becauſethou are notſuch,
Otcndelt God:inhidiogofthy Tallent: Tootoo much ct
Thoudoteſt on Virginitie, permitted, not imposd
Oaany, faue onſuch asforno ſuchthy ſelfe thowknoef,
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Her red diſperſbin ſhadowed white,did adde to cither more,
To herof beautie;andro him Louegrearer than before,”\ 21
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'T Hc hanſell of his Scepter was;the #clclmen did cebell::

Of whom:to;Edward, though withloſſe; the Victorie befell.
Then onthe Frencihe warred, anda Winner did reſayle :
And for that Bal:s!/, whom he madetheKing of Srots,did faile
His Homage, thence from' 4/banacke to: Englandducand done,
Agaiaſt the Scotshe grieuous, butaglotions warrebegun. /i-
Not 84jwickethough-fornumber boldiyntill icflowed blood,
Norany $69ts-ſ1.armes or hold, chotigh infinite and good;'/ »
Might ſtay hisawiog prowelle; till/he had theirKing histhrall,- |
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Then takiog Seartifo orhes, whiththey did breakeyand hexenenges!! 17
VViththolc Exploits he French atremptsasgloriouſly did menpe. :
Yea Puganes,French,Cambries; 8 S1ors; remembring burhisname,?-
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My hf2'{quoth he ) awartare tightin body andin foule,

Reſiynes my robed carkafſeto berotted inthe moule;;

It well Idid, wellſhall Tdoe, if ill;asill and worſe :-1 -\-

And therefore(Ned) workeas I will ypoa my blefle or curſe.
VW heathon becomſtan carthly God mens linesto ouerſee;
Forget not that Erernall Godthat oucrlookeththee..” * >:-:

The lcalt part ofa King is his, allowing him,and none
Leſſepriuatetbana Prince, the weale or wocof cuery'one.

He and his People makebat one,a bodie weakeor ſtrong,

As doth theheadrhe hms, or lims the head afſilt or wrong.
Derine thy lawesfrom wiſeſt heads, to be ypholden ſtill,

Not adding orabſtratting'as.concened Tier-braines will.

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'Thy Fricnds to weepe,"8& Clawbacks thee with/Soothibgs to beguile,.
Yea, thoſe thy Purſes Paraſites, ynworthiethineEftare,/-+

Doe loue thee forthemſclues, nor willthey-leauethee buttoo late.

I bleſſe thee ; if thou baniſhrhem, andcurſethee, if they bide:

My blifle and cutſe deat thychoyce, Andſoheſhortlydide. :

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Recouering Seattiſsforces, and'didi{poyle ourmenby ſwarmes;

Zarwicke infine;andallerſt wonne,andmorethen all wasloſt :

Yeat of more multeous Armieswethan Stotland'wereatcolt.:

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Till Greece-bred Gathelasbis brood-trom: 8if6ay didariue;
Arempting Trelands Conqueſt;anda Conqueftdidarchiue.

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This proud NweeaRoveriſoby aides-and armes didthrive,.-

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And thirtie yeeres; tytannizing,aiakeepe tharHein aws (1

Norany bope ofafrer helpe the bartleſle Iriſlilawe- »1 1 7 7

Alone thewylie Kingofeceth,a Pretherr plyingtauor, 149 »

Stood 1n the Tyrants gracethatmueb.afleed/his behavor, 11 »

For what heſaydthatorherſopthdey foicceoing his yayney,

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WworT whatthey knowethatlouewell wor Lihat Fkhow » -

Thatthat browne Gitle, of mipetackes warnthtobebeloned ſo: ””

Thauc a many Neecesfarre-more fairerthenisflic,!! , .

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Andalltheir-paintedStorimesarlengeh conuerttoperteR Calmes.

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To morrow> ſcuered-from:your;Traines vnleflefome fpecialifew,

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Yeat whenyoureyehatb-ſerude yourhearrot-ber chavihkes you-beſt,

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W hole facesvery Stoickes would, Narcif5-like,admire
Such Semelesas might conſume 7owes ſelfe with glorious fire,
And from the Smith of heauens wife alluretheamorous haunt,
And reiatiſe the Club-God Dysand all hisdiuclles todaunt, |
And makethe Sunne-God [wifter than himlelfe, ſuch Daphres chaced,
And Loueto fall inloue with them, his ?/ichis.quitediſgraced,
Thelſe rarerthenthe onely Fowleot Spice-burnt Aſhes bread,
And ſweeterthan the Flowerthat with Phebusturnathhead,
Reſembling her from gaze of whome:transformde:_A 7eon fled,
From 3/etcame to. Tergeſis Court, as Preſents for hisbed.

In ſccret was their comming, and their chambering the ſame:
Andnow the luſtfall Chuffe wascometoſingleout his game:
His Pages onely ,.and.a youth ortwaineatteading him,”-
VV heare Banquet, Bcd, Pertumes, andall weredelicarelytrim.
He giues them curtcous welcome, and did findethem mereyralke:
Meane while (the Harbengers of luſt) hisamorouseyesdid walke
Moreclogd withchange ot Beautiesthan King idas once with gold:
Now This, now That,and-oneby onchedid themallbehold!:
This ſeemed faire, and Thatasfaire: and; lettingeither paſle,
A Third he thought aproper Girle, aFoutth apleaſantLaſſe,
Louely the Fifty liuely the Sixt,the Scuenchragoodly Wench,
The Eightof ſweere CompleCtion, tothe Ninchbealtrechthenee, |
That mildly ſeem'd maicſticall, Tenth modeſt lookeand tongne;
TixEleuenth could ſweetly intertain, the Twelfe was freſh 8 yonge,
TheNexta gay Brownetta, Nextand Nextadmirdeamong: |
And cuty feature.fo-intye his intricateaffeion,
Aslikingall alke heloa'd confoundedineleion.
;Sweetehatts,quoth hegor 7 apizer fercht hence full manya Theſte,
Or hetherbrought he Thefts that here their Leiman Children lefe.
Hcere wandring Cadzus ſhould haue ſoughrhis miſſed Siſter, wheare
Faire Zeda hatchy her Cignets, whilſtnor Cocke nor Hennedid feare.,
How many view 1 fairerthan Europa ot the reſts |
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And Girle-boy&; fawouring Ga#imedeticere with his Lord aGueſt.
AndGirimedss weare quothoneatidthou aProphet trew,
And hiddenSkeines fromvnderneath theirforged garmears drew,
VV berewiththeTyrantand bisBawds; with'fafeclcape, they flew: _
Otwhichyons Iriſh Gentlemerand Cfethean Ladiesatt
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To proſecutetheir freedomeard th”amaſcd Noreaies tall, ”” :
W hich was performodjand the King of c3reth extold of all:”
Thoſe Rovers {whoſeOfiginals;and othersnot'a tewe;” ”
As Switzers,Normaines,Lumbartles;Dpes; from Scandinzniagrew,
A mightie Il, an othet world/inSrb7tn Pontas Cl ed 75
Thus wracktyleft 7e/4n# freevntoourtecond-Heries time:
VVhen, farre vnlikethe”Hethes thateatſt'their Cointrie did reftore,
An Amorous Queene thereofdidicauſenew Conppneſts and vprote-
Dermot theKungof Zeynifter, whom all belides did ſpighe, '
Did loue, belou'd; cheQueencof 272z5t6 whom hethus did wright,

T Hy King, fweereQueeneghe hindranceof our harts-caſe is away,

And I,inheartathome withthee,ar hand in perſon fay. |
Now is thetime'(Time'is aGo9)to worke ourlouegoodlucke,
Loogfince Icheapnedit/norismy commingnow to hucke :
Bur, fiace ourfire equall;Tet'vs equally affift |
To fimſh whatwe fancy; fay Maligners what they liſt.
Nolikeimmortallfhe-Egge Chuckeof 7 7nadarus his wife,
{The wrackeof Dar dameywalles)ftalmooue to ys like coltlyftrife,
Thy husband no .4/?ri#es is:o1 wereithewere foch; :
'The 14aze ball T udge'didnotmore; butT would doo as mach;
For why? thy ſelfe/aricher cavſe of warte;art worthy ſo:
W home to continuceuer frend, Learcleficamn of foe.
My Kingdome ſhall contatnetlice that containeſt meand it:
Yea, though we'be condemned; Loue 6r ariviour thall vs Guir,
Loues lawe at leaft adiudgerh barres;cleerebookes, ro pleade in breefe
Preſcriprionto obieQions how his pafſions bee our cheeſe:

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For noacdoth hue! notpaTionateof loue, ire, mirth, orgreete.
] waite thee inthe neereſtwoods;andthether, watching watch,
Doe wante eſcape : of allthings/els my {elic doe carediſparch:
Let onely Loue(ſweete Louey perſwade, tf more remaine toWwowe,
I hopeT wiſh not 5zore be done than what you mcaneto doo.
This read, and 1cd her cheekes, andto his reedealreadie bent,
Not cafting further doubts vnto her Paramour ſhewent,
Coucycd into Zezmifer. Not many weekesenſewe, |
VW hen 3 orice King of c3tethreturnes, and what had bapned knew.
A whitle-winde in a whirle poole rcoft that paireofdoues (quothhe)
The fiogle ſtate is Couble ſwcer, atpricetoo deecchHcee. mn
How wowe we woc? and won,how loth we fowle &: doubrwe faire?
Andonelythenlacke women faults when men their faulres forbeare..
Thediuell goc with her, ſo thatT with credite might forgoc her,
Burſach doth finne with fauour, he is flouted that doth owe her. -
I may not put it vp, volcſſe I pur vp many a mocke: ,
Fow!e fall thatHarrolde caufiog that my Geitrone is the ſmocke,

He worth, and wronged,and his wrong acommon quartell made
Aſfiſted by the Irih Kings; did Leyz##er 1nuade.
Kirg 7erwote. whom hus ſubic&sthen and Jong ere then did hate,
W as left defenccleſſe, deſprate of his if, depriu'd his State,
Andfl:d to En:/and.wheare the Pope imbulled had of late
t-ozlant tor Trelands Conqueſt: Sothe Exile welcomewas,
As aptcſt Inſftrumentts bringthat Straragemeto.paſſe,
For but to be reſcated wasthe Fugitiucs requeſt,
Andthento tributepart and leaue ro.Engliſh menthe reſt.
King-epryyyeatio watte eHc-where,did freely licenſe any
To make aducnture forthemſelues: {o- Dermet ſpedotmany.
Earle Strangoamc,& the Geraldines, Fitz Stephans,Reymonae, and */
Moe worth:- Knights, of #4/csfor moſt, did take thetaske in hand,
And tothe Crowne of £nglandsvie made Congueſtof that Land.
But ſhould-youaske how Lermet (ped (Fatherhe ſped too well:)
And nothing «lfc the lniſtbookes doo of his Letmantell,

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Alone obſcrue whar changes heerethrough onely luſt befell:
And note our England ſurtetterh ingreaterfianestbanir
The onely cauſe that Tam Earlean Exileheeredoo fic.

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How than doe weno creature worlds leffe helpetull or'more weake.”
From birth our Tofancy thronghont weliue as notaline:
To others diverſly acare, weſenceleſſe how we thriue.
No ſooner we vncradell, be we females' bewe boyes,
Butwe affe&ſo many, and ({God wot) ſuchfoolif}:toyes,
And are foapt for daungers, andynapt to thift theſame,
As aptly vanitiesby terme of childiſhnes we blame.
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Of vice orverrne berrring by correQion,not by wit:
Gameſorne, not caring whotakes care, norcan welſaue or git.
Next but demics, nor boyes, notmen, ourdauvgerous times fucceede:
For vanitics erſt aymedat weſhortly aQtin deede: -
Wilde toyſting, wanton loue, or elfevnthrittic ſhors end gam
Doe cuppell, ere we fizde our faule, diſtreſſe yato defame,
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Perhaps experi encebeating vsdoth bidvs-lay to thrine:

The firſt degree to-which (fay-ſome) is warely.to-wiue,

But, wine, it our Sain@tbecome(as notynlike)aShroc, :
Thenisthatfirſt degreetothrifttherhird degree in woe.

Or be it ſhe be conſtant, wie, well intertayning, faire,
Doegraynt hertilence, paticace, and whar vertues els bErare, _
Yeat by: how much moreſhee defernes ſo much morewe defire
Topleaſe and profite ſuch an one, for whom on hers wetire
Our felues and lences, ycaperchance, labourthe moſt we may,
Much labour istoo little that ſhould honſhould charge defray.
Weagedcarketoliueahd leaucanoverplus inftore:

Perhaps for Spendals : ſo amidſt abundance livewepoors:
Ourheires waxe fickifhe of our health,too long our hereabod,
Meane while the neerer to our graucs.the further wee from God:
Grippell in workes, teſty in-words, lorchſome ferimoſt atlenoth,

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And ſuch at fourefcoreas at foure for manders, witte; and ſtrenpth,
Thus Infancieis fecble: and ourluſtie yourh yaſtayde: D
Ouar manhoodcarking: and our age more lothed than obavde
And thus from firſtrolaftour lives be fruitelesand-vaqueares
Bur you, perhaps, expe@ Tſhould of nouelties introate,

F haue no tales of Rebin Hoodgthough mal-content was he
In better daies, firſt Richards daies,and lin'd in woods as wee
ATymon of the world: but not deuontly was he ſoe,
AndtheretorepraiſeI not the man: Burfor from himdid groe
Words worth thenote, a wordor twaibeothimere hence we gO,
Thoſe daies begot ſome:makcontents, the Principallof whome
A County was, that with atroope of Yomandry did-rome,

Brane Archers a»d deltuer men fincenor before fo g00d,
Thoſetook fromrichtogiuethepoore,and manned Robin Heod:
Heferthem well, andlodg'd them fafe in pleaſanr Cauesandbowers,
Otr ſayipg to his merry mea, what iuſter like than ours?
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T heir coffersexcrements,and'yeatfor commonwants devide. ;

We might haueſterued for their ſtore,&&rthey haue dyeſt our boncs,z

W holerongues, driftes, hatts, intice, meane, melt; as Syrens,Foxcs, S

Yeacu&the beſtthar betired th@heard buraloofe our mones.(ſtones

And redily the Charles could prieand prate of ouratnis,

Forgetfull of their owne,when their teproofes had proofe asthis :

* It was at midnightwhena Nonne; intrauell of a childe,

VWas checked of herfellowNonnes for' being fo defilde:

The Lady Prioreſſeheardaſtirre, and ſtatting out of bed,

Did tauntthe Nouaſſe bitterly, YV ho, lifting vp her hed;

Sayd, Madame, mend yourhood (fot why fo haſtely ſheroſe, ” © ©

Thaton her head, miſtooke{for hood, ſhedonde a Channons hoſe, ) ©

*I did amis, notmiling friendsthat wiſht mee to atnend: %

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T did amend, but miſſed friends whenmineamis hadend: |
My triends thereforeſhallfinde metrue, but T will truſtno friend:;'3,
Not one I knewethat wiſht meill, nor any workt mewell,

Tolofe, lacke, liue, time, frends, in yncke,an hell, an hell, an hell:
Then happie we (quoth Robjn H009) in merty Sherwoodthat del!.
Thus ſayd the Out-lawe: Butno more of him Tliſtto tell. |
Gramarian-like, in orderwordes lignificant to ſpeakes

Logitian-like, toreaſon proand contraamlT weake: &” 7
Rhetoricall Famnot withafluanttongueto fter: D

A rithmatickein numbring hath ſbſtrated me from her:”*
GeometrieherPlartes, Bownes, and Proportionspalle'my ſtrayne: _
Not 2uſickwith her Concords'or het'Diſcords breakes my braine:
Nor yeat 4#ronomie,whoſe Globes doth Heanen and earth containe:
Lerfaire Mnemoſine her broodethcir thriſe three ſelues explaine.
Expect not here Anotamies of Lands] Seas; Hell, and Skyes, z
Such lengrh,bredth,depth,8hceight Tbalk&nor wouldT be ſo wiſe,
Leaſt, knowing all thiog els,I ſhould'notknowe my ſclte preciſe; S
The Skyes containe the fierie Lights: Clowdes moyſture:& theayre
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W hom this Aftrologic, and this Coſmographic miſlike, »:
Beneath the Earth, beyondthe Moone,furtherthen farre muſt ſeeke:.
Signes workings, Planets Tunftures, and the eleuated Ponle, |
With thouſandtoyes and tearmes wherein'our curious Artiſtsroule,
Be ſtrangers ro my Cell: yeat loe asfoundamindeand heart

As theits thar calculare their times, eate; ſleepe, andwake by arre.

W hat was the world beforethe worid;or God crethe was God,/: 1 *!
W hy this he did, or doth not that; bisbidden;or forbod, |

T dare notthinke, orarrogateſuchMiſteries deviney . E T
Faith with herFruites fignificantſufficerheſe wittesof wine,

Tolouc God, andour neighoueras our ſelfe isall infine;

OneLaw and Gofpell wasand is, and cithers drift is thus;

To ſhewe'vs how thelaw doth kill; and Goſpelt quicken vs:

W hich Corafiueahd Lenatiue of Simples made compound
Doecrather cure, he kindly heales that alſh feeles bis wonnd:

This|is my reſt: if moreT knewe I ſhould but know too much,

Or build in my conceited brayne too highaboue my touch, %
Ocelſe agaiaſt the hare io all proue toyous: cuen ſuch

As be too;many blockiſh Clerkes and bookiſh Clownes, extaceme |
In all things, ſaucin honeſty, that have nozeale but ſeeme.

As forthe Courtitts, you knowe, becomea skitriſh Coult, |
Of wiſe men hardlier mannaged than of the glorions doult, Z
Vicerides on horſe backe, yettue doth from out the ſaddell boult.
Theareall-deformities informein ſome'one man wee ſce:
. More garded thanregarded, franke notto continuctree,

W hen as the Marchants booke the Map of al his wealth ſhalbe.
' The Muſes bacely begge, orbibbe, orboth; and muſt, for why?
They finde as bad Beſtoc asisrheir Pottape beggerly.

Yeanow by melancholic walkes andthred-barecontes wegeſle
At Clyentsandat Poetes: none worke more and-profiteletic:
None make too more, yamade of more,thegood of othermen,
For thole inrich our Gowneſts, theſe erernize. withtheir pen.
Ycat, ſoothly, noddsto Poetsnow. weare largilſe, and burloſt,

SInce
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Since for the nodantthey obſerue no pen-note worth the'coſt:
Fot þa\lacct:esHermitesſiliuc ſecureobſcureinroutes imboſt.

Some fewtherebe much honorcd (avell worthy obſo much,)
Once wanting, wealthie, they andnow.incither fortune ſuche. _ -
But many abaceſtoute. blood theare 18 mote lordly.thah be Lords,
W ho w heare himſelf once.coucht & bowde nor cap orbeck affords:
But ſhould weſinne ( God ſheild wee ſhould in ſmalleſt finnes offcad)
What (maller ſinne thenskofle ſuch fooles fo.skornetullione ead?
The Souldiers qaue nor pay nor Pray, but (if I may be bolde)
Themſclues be prayed vpon by ſame that doe it yncontroulde:

And whillt the lame on ſhore or-ſaas beouer ſct, orpine,
Or Cuppcson Cuſhions full-ſecure we victorie define:
Wie calt whatmay beedone, but keep the helps meane rime awayc,
And dietthriftly-our friends togiue ourfocsa pray.
The Citizensslike ponned Pikes, theleflers feede thegreate:
Therich for meate ſecke ſtomackes, 8 the poore tor ſtomackes meate:
And cucry:wheare no Goſpellis more goſpelled thanthis, ;
To himthat hathis giuen, from himthar hath nottaken1s.
Courtz:CitiesCountrie, Campe,and.I,at odsthus enen bee,
] intermeddlenot with them,they-intercept.not mce,
For ſtill Itether thence mineeyes, ſo heere, my heatt isfree.

) Belcene mee; Sir,ſuchisthisworldsthis crofſe-blifle world of ours

/ Thar Vertue hardlyhides; her (elfe.in poore anddefart Bowres:

' And ſuchbebeſt that-ſeemenorbeſt: Contentexceeds aCrownez
They may bericher,butmore ſweere my peaniethan their POY.lc.:
For wret they, cark they, buildthey, ſporkchey,ger they worlds.to-
Arficſt orlaſt they die froal,& paſle they wornoc whether:, (gcthcr%
Theacomes theirpelfein plea, themſclues not prayſedatatcather.
Andthea { for ſo the Princes of great udlexanderdid) »4 7
Greedic of his, they firiueand letthe dead-manſtinkeyahid.,...., ,1 /..
Or he thathad a Countrichath, perhapsa;Coften.now:....1 . 47

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As, ſaue for faſhion, teareleſſe. Andit matters not : for why?
Teſtators and Executorsſogiue and ſoreceaue,
Asdoubtfull whethersioy or griefe ismoreto take or leaue :
For,asdo hoggestheir troughesto hounds, ſo theſe Siuc and get place:
Death, notthe Dicrgiues bequeſtes,and therefore but Grauc-grace.
Nor alldieteſtate: itthey doe; yet wieles may willspreuenr:
Orwhat by rigot was miſgot,in foyatis milpent.
Then Churles, why are they Churles yato themſelues and others 10:
The good that commeth oftheirgoodsis good themſclues ſhall doo..
Bur mendoe walke in ſhadoes; and diſquietthemſelues invaine
To gather Riches, ignorantro whom they ſhall remaine;
Theworldthus brooding Vanities, and I obſ{cruing it,
Hereinthe world, not of the world, ſuch as you ſee me fir.

The Earle did well allow his words,and would haue liu'd his life,
Durt he haue ſtayd, for whompurſate in eucrie place was tife-
He reconuenting armestherefore; and taken Priſner ſo;
Died co his Countries friends a {riend, and to herfoes a foe.

Bur, fearing, fled to Fraxce,and thereas baniſhed abide:
Tilthence ſupplanted, ſafetic at #enaude they pronide,
Tohn, brotherto theEarle, a K nightof Chiualriethe Chicke,
Withlittle, but aluckic band, was ſhipre fortheit reliefe,
No foonerhad the Zealand ſhips conuatde theirmen athoare,
But Engliſh Succors daylie did increafe their Standerds more.

Yeatfirſt the Queene,Prince Eaward,andtheNobles humbly crauc}

NOOr might$ Queene & Kings owne Son elcapethe.Spzcers pridc%

Thcirs and their Countrics enemjes, burno redreſſe might haue;
Andthen Sir 7hz of Henauze ſhewde himſclfe a warrior braue.
The King, his wicked Councellors, his bi g Vpltarts, and all
Wereouercome: So Spexcers both fromheaticnto hell did fal,
Pur to a fowleand fhamefull death: with othets thatmiſſed
The King in'Our-rages motegrearthan carſtin Zxeland bred.
A S ſi 2 Prolers,
ALBIONS ENGLAND.
Prolers, Bloodthirſtic, Paraſites,Make-ſbifts,8 Bawdes didthriuc,
Nor was an ancientEngliſh Peere ynbaniſkt oraliue: -
For forrainc'and domelticke Sw ords;Plague, Famine,and Exile,
Did more thantythe, yeatytheghe Tythe of men within this le.
Of Paldricks, Hoodes, Tabrides; andFurres, from Knights diſgreded:
Atainturesof Nobilitie, and Armes reuctſed ſtore, (rore
So many Spurres hewen off the heeles, and Swords broke quer heads
Werethrough a King o lightand lewda Councell ncuer read.
The King inpriſon and depos'd, tyranniſed, hedide - -
By Trecherics of / ortmer that ruld the Roſte that tides.
Whilſt Zdvard, in Minoritie, his Fathers throne ſupplide.

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J) V £ &«y Didandvndid morethanthey might, not lefle

EL2= 1 - thanasthey would:

Till Zdwar4,better coudſelled, hongIfortimer, the death

Of manya Peere,who Earle of £44arch,and haughtic for his birth,

Was Lord of nine skore dubbed/Knights,his other traynes except,

For greater pompethan did hisPrincethis Lordof /7/7gmmore Kept.

But more he had bene happie thoughlefſe hamie in his Halls, *

More honour in bumilitic than ſafetie in walls:

Proud Climers proue notmonuments, ſaue-onely.intheir falls,

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Shouldleſſen, at theleaft becauſe thatcarth their earth ſhall hide.

The Countrie purg'd of Fleecers, and of Flatterers theCoutt,
TheKing becamea Marsfor Armes, a Tupiter forPort :
Th-0/ympids,the Pythea, andthe prowefle oftheEatth,

Did ſeeme cucanow, andjnotburnow,'to haue in him theirbirth :
Eaſt, South, and North, gauc ayme farre of,admiting ſo the Weſt;
As ifthat C3 ars diſcardingthem had ſerour RealmehisRefts »-
Philip F alois, 86 Dauid Bruz,ofpower and courage more

Thanany French or'Scett4Þ» Kings ſince or of long before,

Confedrate with three other Kings and Princes farre and neere,
Warreall atonceon Edward, burdid buy their warting deere.

Dauid debelled, left bisland, butlaſtly{did returne, 32
And, whilftour King did|war in Frace, much did he ſpoyle& burne;
Andproud of mightic Troopesof men,of vnreſiſted prayes, -

And Eawarasablcnce, profperouſly he 0n aduantage playes,**
Vatill, not ſending hence for helpe, the Queenedid muſter Koights,
And with theFoe, though tripled-wiſe, vitoriouſly ſhe fights':

The Scots formoſt didperiſh, and their King was Priſner raine,

And Scotlard wholly for a pray to Englanddid remaine

Meane while was Paris ſcaccely left, to reſcue Philps Goale,

W hom Eaward fertits ſo from holdto hold asFox from hoale,

That Mclancholic ke deceaſtand yaliant 7obz hisfonne

Woas crowned King of Frazce :and then the wars afreſh begonne.
But after many fieldes, vatothe Foes continuall wracke,

The French King captinated to the Enpliſh Monatke, backe- |
His ViQor ſayles,thePrince of 77 ales, Edwardſurnamed blacke:
The flower of 'Chiualrie, the feare of France, andctſcourgc of Spaine,
VV heare Peter,diſpoſſeſt of Crowne, was crownde by him againe,
Fower yecres the Frexch,cleuen yeres was the Scotch K.prifners heere,
VVhole, & the Doſphines ranſomes were asgreat asgood their cheere.

P Rince Edw. Tobnof Gamztſſ_,ſi x allthcic Fathers ſonnes might boaſte
- Of amous Sicr, and heof ſonacs marchleſſe in any Coaſte: _
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Howbeit, KingandPrincearlaſt,mifled by counſell ill, ;

Through Taxesloſt a many hearts tharborethem carſt good will: .-

Thence finding Fortune contrary to thatſhe was before,

Year citherdying ſcaz'd of Frenchand Scottsſ# Conqueſts ſtore:

YeaCellicelate, and Zarwick yerofrheir Exployts islcit, ,.

Though Sonne betorethe Sier and both of liues long fince bereft,

\W hen Barwick was beſicged, andſtood brauely-at defence, h
Gir Alexander Seiton,theare chicte Captaine, had pretence }
Tolinger forththe Sicge till Scots ſhoulddrawthe Engliſh thence
In reſcue of Nerthamberland,andtheretore ſeot his ſonne
A Pledgeof, rreated Truce: and whenthe guile-gor Truce was donc,
And Barwicknot relecuced norrefigned, as it ought, -

Two ſonnes of Seiton were before the walls belieged brought,

They ready forthe Iybberandtheir Fatherfor his Graue, |

Forcyther he muſt yeeld the Towne or them he mightnot ſaue..

Ingriefehe then bis Countries cauſc and Childrens caſc reuolues :

Bur, partiall ymocither, heon neither Ghoyce reſolues, |

' Tobea loyall Subie&andalouing Father too

Behooued him : but both to bee was notin bimto doo,

Nature and honour wrought at once,but Nature oucr-wroughe,

And, buthisLadic it preuents,to yeeld the Towne hethought.

O whatpretend you Sir, quoth ſhe, is Barwick woorth no more

Thanerror of ſuchloue ? Lioy.that I ſuch Childrenbore

Whom crucll Edward honourcth withſucha cauſe of death,

Forthat eſpeciall cauſe for which weall receaue our breath,

Even for their Countrics caule they.dye, whole lives for it be deye-

W hy ſce their faces, (conftantly ſhe didtheir faces yiewe ) |

The {ame, my Seiton, ſeeme {o farre from dreading any woe,

As if they skornde that Barwicke ſhould redeeme themfrom the Foe,

Fulldeercthey were to me vaborne, atbirth, and borne, and now, .. -

And Mother-likeT moanetheir death and yet theirdeath allow.

Moc Sonnesand ſuch youmay beget» your honour if you ſtaine,

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Preuent not then your ſclfe,your Sonnes, and me ſo greata blis:
Adiew, & dyc( ſweet Sonnes)your ſoulesin heauen fiall line for this,
Withſuch perſwaſions did ſhe win herhusband fromthe walls: ,
AndEaward executcs their Sonnes, and to aſſaulthe falls %
Solong that Barwicke yeelds.at lengeh, and ſlill-ys maſter calls;

T Heſerere the dayes when Exglifparmes.hadeutrie where requeſt, -
& Edwardsknights throghout the world had prick &prais forbeſt.

Not Knightsalone, but Prelates too,8: Queenes: whereof were twain,

The quondam 8& in efie Queenes, by Armour honour gaia:

By Warrtethe Queenethat was did ceaſe her husbands tragicke Rayn,

And bythe Qucenethen being was the Sroxch King Priſner tayne:

It followes then, that as the Pawnce doth-circkle with the Sonne, --

Sotothe yice or yertue of the Prince are people wonne,

Othatour Muſe might evermore onſuch-aSubic& ronne:

But u{cas torgeth otherTooles; and ſharpneth deadlier ſwords,

For little els then ciuill watres our following Penne affords.

FrenchExpeditions badly thrine, whereof weceaſe ro f; peake:

Not forraine, butDomeſtick warres,grew ſtrongtomakeys weake.

Heſomen here mightracke her wits, Sylla & cAtarius hate,

Pharſalian Fields were gendle Frayes, regarding this debate.

T he ſecond Richard, ſonne vato the blackePrince(#awarddead)

Wascrowndean Infant, and from him the Stratagem was bread.

The bace attempts of 3all,of Straw, of Zyſteratag, andrag, - % '

Of Villains, Ot-skoms, Clownes,8knaues that checkmate durſtto
Vith Richardsfelf, 8 totheirdeaths his chiefeſt Princes drag. (brag
Till 7 alwerths girdle-Armor madethe Armes of Zondon more,
Becauſe hiscourage chiefly gauean endrothat vprore,

And what-ſo-els Occurrants much mayinterruptout Vayne,
Digelting Torke & Lancaſter, acquitingeithersRayne,

Ouc Penneſhallnot endenizen: Now dropsitfacred blood

Ot Men-Gods, Enghſo Potentates that inthis FaQion ſtood;
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Didlaſt : cthough ofren fields with blood of Citizens did ſwim.

Againſt the Nobles he vphild innoble,and his Peeres

And Commons wentalike towracke,nor God nor man he feares.

In fewe, Ambuion, Auarice, and Counſelllewd had wrought Z

In him a cature worſer than into the world he brovght:

Vhereby,and thus,himſelfe and houſcar length a down-fal cought.
Twixtowbray Dukeof Norfolke, and theDuke of Heriford,

To Tohn of Gaunt clole Conference of better dayesbegun. '  {fonne

The King (ſayd Henry Hertford ) more remilic than.dorh beſecme,

Leauves France to French,Scotlind to Scots, and vsto woes extreeme:

His Flatterers doe fleece the Crowne and Commons, not 2 State

Doth ordares counſell,ancient Coats that on the Crowne fhould wate

Giue aime to baſtard Armoric : whatreſteth then bur this ? '

Pluckedownethoſe grating X arpzes that ſeduce our King amis, %

If worchles ftill, ferypa King worthier than he'that is. |

The other, ſaying linlethen, immediatly reucales

The ſecrete, and beforethe King his Foe-made frend appealcs:

VW boſe Gauntlet rayſed by the Dake'defendant, at the jaſt

Itgrewto fingle Combate, when the King his Warder caft,.

Andtothe Dukeſof Norfolkeiudgd for evermore exile;. -

And ſelfe ſame law Duke Zenry had, faue for aleffer while, Z

Thus That did This, but Thisand That their Tudge did thus bcgilc:s |

Andto his Coffersdid eſcheate a world of wealth, a Pray.

Vnrto hisParaſites, whichthriv'd by othermens decay.

_ Meane while(whoſe aftious ife hadlawd:) didTohn of Caynt de-
Sotothe baniſht Duke hisSonne fiue Cronets did increaſe. ( ceaſe:
But with his Kindlyaire the King withheld him all the fame:
Till cntrivg, aydedby hisfriends, he wonne beyond his clame:

For Eicbard was imprifon'd, and by Patlament putdowne,

And Zenry Duke of LaucaFer eleRed to the Crowne, .

The Lyne Lancaſrian trollicke, butthehouſe 6f7 oxhe did frowne,
Forto thoſe Hydra-kinded warres that afterdid enfue

Thole Familiesgaue name :though firſttheDiadem was dae

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Vato the houſe of Glarence, tillto Torke that intcreſt grewe

By marriage, hereomitted : for we onely giuc a viewe

How Torke miſ-raigning Lancaſter did enter; then how This

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Nor moreitricue;to contranic the ſameT hane been, then

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ALBIONS ENGLAND,

Himſelfe, fower ſuch, and many Koights the death of Traytors dycd:
And by theſc primer Torke#ts thus King Richards date grewout:
But whether brayned, famiſhr, or exiledreſtsa doubt :

For oiten Vprores didenſue for him, as yndeceaſt,. /7

Howbeit ſolemnely inter'd, himſelte, or Signeat leaft.

Twiſeby confedrate Chiualrie the Perciesandrheir frends

Did fight and fall, for'cither warreto Hepries honorends,
Heneuer had but warre, and was yitorious cucrmore,,

Aſwell athome, as alfo of his Foes on forraine Shore :
Tilllaftly Armor ouercame all Enuic, apd heliues

Ot all bcloucd, and hisdeatha common forrow-giues..

 

FOr-ſpurhis Sonne, Hepry the fifth, hungar his Fathers eyes,

To watch his Ghoſte, and catch his Crowne, and that or ere he dyes.
And where the Father doubtedif he gotir well or noc,
T he Sonne did {weare, how fo itcame, he would itnot forgoe.
His bad didbliffethe Bad, the Good difpaire allgood:Butneither
Did aime aright, for ſodaivly his chaunge deceiucd either:
Ot good becommiog beſt, that wasof ill the baddeſt, and
Thetrue perfeQ10n of a King was not but intk1s Land.
He lead good fortuncin aline, and did but warre andfwinne:
Fraunce was his Conqueſt: Scots but bragand he did beatethemin:
A triend ynto weldoings, and an Enemieto finne. |
Yeatof the Torke#s5never lackt he Princestharrebe!] :-
Nor other than confuſionto their ſtill conturing tell..
In tewe, if any Zomer ſhould of this .4«lles fipg,,
As ofthat Greeke % Myrmidenthe Matedonian King:
Oncenoted would I note both Prince and Poet bappicſt men,
Thatfordcſcrying prayſe, and Thisfor wellimployedpen: %
For well this Subic might incteaſe the Worhicsyntoren..

He, agcd thirtie fixe,deeeaſt andIcft hisintant Sonne,

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ALBIONS ENGEAND. ſi

As that his Orphants Cradle ſeem'd an _lexanders Court,
Queene Katherin, Daughrer ofthe French,King Henryes wite of late,
The fayreſt Ladye inthe Weſt, hild with her ſonne Eſtate: .
She oft behild, and hild her peace, a braue Eſquier of 77 azler,
Thar tyde her fancieto his forme, till fancied forme preuailes.
Ailliking wasreuerſed Loue, faue Owen Tuder, all
Sauc him (thardutſt notdreame ſuch good)to her was leſſe than ſmalll,
She formally, byquaintdegrees, attrafting him to.favor,
Did aouriſh burmings in her ſelfe, by noting his behanor. .
Shepicched Tewe, he masſhed: She vacompaned, To flie
He bids her ſolitary moodes : She askes the remedie; - -
Diſctoled pangues ſometimes, quoth he, in Phiſicke Phiſick is:
nich ſometimes to obſerue, quoth ſhe, doth Paticnts patience mis:
Curcles to £/xlapins and _Apollos ſelteamT: -
Fhe lattor felt my languor, and, immortall, wiſhrto die:
And yeart, fane one, no onediſeaſelay hidden to bis Art :
For you were bootlcfiethento getſe how to vngrecue my ſmare.
Had Daphne to A4polilo beene Apollo, Tuder faid,
His might hane beene,and ſo may be your Graces humor ftaid.
He, other Gods apd Goddefles, fotind more contenred Loue
Bcloe, in diffringboſomes, than 1n cquall beddes aboue.
Taimeat LoueC forthereto youre£igma doth incline)
Andaime to hima Deity for whome ] ſo deuine,
But gladly doubtT of the Mao, for if I doubred nor,
I ſkould but maſſacer my lacke in enuy of hislot
Yeatare vaworthic ofthe Moone Ena'ymia.*zslippes, I wot.
Bui (for I will diſperſethe miſtes of further Myteries,
Androoghrhe Pinueiſe of my thoughtsto kenning of your Eycs)
It Geutry, Madarne', might conuay fo greata goodto me,

 Fromauocient King Cadwal/ager Thave my pettiprec,

It wealih be ſayd my want, Tfay your Grace doth want no weatth
Ard my ſuppliment fhallbe Joue, iwployed to your health,
I; aath beene when as hearcie Loue did treateard ticthe knot,

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ALBTONS ENGLAND.

Though now, if goldbutlackein graines, the wedding fadgeth nor. -

. The goodly Queenein baſhfull figncs bluſhtouta dumbe Replic:

W hich hedid contturasſhe meant; and kiſt her renercatly*

Tuder, quoth ſhe, T greateramthan would I wete for thee,

But can aslitile maiſter Louc as Leſſers in degree.

My Father wasa King, a King my Husband was, my Brother

HeisaKing,aKing my Sonne, and T thy Soueraignes mother:

Year Fathers, Husbands, Brothers, Sonnes,8 all their Stiles together,

Areleſſer yalewed than to liuebelhoed of my T udey:

Should Ezg/and,Franceandthou thy ſelfe gaineſaythylelfe for mine,

Thy ſelfe, Fracde, England,not what elsſhould barre me to be thine.

Yea,let themtake me wilfull, or miſtake me wanton, ſo'

My\clte in louedopleafe my ſelte letall the world lay no:..

Ler Pelants marte their martiages, andthrine at peraduenture:

T loue for loue: no gentle heart ſhould fancy by Indcoture;

Buttellme, Owez, amTI not more forward then behooues?

Iam, fweer-Heartzburblame me not, the ſame that ſpeaketh loues.
Andlong may, liue 'quoth he, tolone, nor longerligemay T,

Thanwhile Tloue your Grace,and when Ileaue difgraccd die.

But Ladie, itI doedeſerue; I then deſire diſpatch:

For maniearcthe jcalous Eicsthat on your beautie watch,

Good hap is like to hitme well, to hitſo wellis rare, 7

Andrarenefſedoth commeinice my ſute, let ſute conclude my care.,

Should Ce/ar kifſe (he kilſed her) it were bnt ſuch a kifle:

And he, andI, here, orelſewhere; in other ſport or this,

DocaQalike: uobettring bur as your belouing is.

You may experience, when youpleaſe, what diffcrence in the men:

And if King 77eprypleaſed more, blame 0wen Tuder then,

But am I not (yes, Sweets, Lam) more fawſic than behooues?
Year.for my heatt forgine my tongue, This ſpeakech, and Thatloues,
How he impriſor'ddid eſcape, and elſe-what elſe-wheare reede;
The Queene andthis braye Gentleman did inatry, and their Secde

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Bcgmt{mt coyal;Racetbatdid, dothzacd-may-ſtill ſucceede
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Onee, whenthisVarcls wasatapoint,they merrilydifpoſed,
Ded deſcant what frompulgartonguesthercobwould beſuppoled.
A oc;— will beleeue me amomſi}s,or\hſic ſo wined as
V.fzſſctz 5 theSmith of Zemmorthatro Feans married yas,
The Queene did ſay And Twzerſaid: Lhopeof hanſellbetter,
Ta ”n: and ins: ſſizm mines morelicth thanthelerters
For be wasas I woule rorbe, Sheas you ſhould benener;
Eiherſoaptto grueand rake as pitticthem to ſeucr;
Iprayz zee,Owe -;,quoxh the quecneshow.metthey, canſtthzou tcll?
Tcanhe ſald and morethenſo,thenmarkethe proceſowell.
VW.hen Z g{can was a Barchelcrj and Venns was ynweo,
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ALBIONS |ENGEAND.

For Thunders 7one, Ceres fot Sicths,/for Armors A ar5T ſee,

Bacchus for prewning Kniues,and |P4a forSheep-hookes, Phabus hee

For Cart-riers, Dis for ſhaklingchaines, Nepruve for Ankers, and

No God butlackesthee;/ſavingT thataske notatthy hand.

My Swansdo drawin filtken Geeres,my wheeles be ſhod with downe,

No hardines is'irbeautiesCoach: Butthoug by-birth no-Clowne,

Bur 70#e hisSon; a Godas wee, artmadea drudgetoo much,.

W hen, ifthat//ezu# might be heard,thou ſhouldeſt not be ſuch,

Howapt areallinthoſe ſametoyles that tende to:their behoote

Toletthee bearetill backedorh breake? but common/1sthe proofe, %

That cyoning isnot cunningitictandeth notaloofe., : iliyocres
By this had 7lcax harnmered his beate,and bad tro iay

The Bellowes, and he lymping fromrheAoteeld thus did ſay.

My buſines,ex#us; isydoe,now mayTtend:io play: |

V hat woudſtthow? for I member ſcarce thy arging by my fay.

Vodftthat Tleaue the forge, andthitT godicwith the Gods? -

It ſo thou mcanſt, thy meaning andmy meaningbear ods.

Sweeter my Bellowes blowiog and my hammers bearivg is » ?

To me, then trimmeſtfidling onthe reickeſt kitywis: -

Aske whatſo-elſe Thaueto giue, thousmaundeit for akis.

Asif,quoth ſhe,my kifſes were ſo currant yntoall?

No, not at all to Y«lcan, if his kindnefle be ſo ſmall,

I askethy propereaſe, thenearne thy proper cale, and aske

Morte than akifle : atleaſt wiſedoethy ſelfe from Mars vntaske:

Heis my Foe;trendthonnot him,norforge bim Armes, bur lee

Him luske athome vahonored, no good by. him weger.

VV har lets but that we may-become ſoperlatiues? Of vs

Allſtand in neede,weneedenotthem, Then gaue ſhee him a Fus.
And ſaiſt me fo,quoth 37#1can, and vatothetrough hehies,

Andskowres his coly fits and face, and with l15apron drics

Them, badly-mended, aud vno the Queene of Dalliance ſayes

That H ars ſhou!d lusk at home for him. Then gvilefull 7enzs playes

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ALBIONS ENGLAND.

Her part (o well;that 6n herlappe his heallthe Dotardizyes:

And whilſtvponher preſſed Thies(no Haven fortueh Hulke)

He lolls;andloades het withtheweighrofhis vawealdy bulke,

And whillt ſhe coyeshis ſootyCheekes,orcutleshis'f weaty top;”

The Groſheadnow andthen;ashape, athred:bate'rermelers drop:

Then laughes helikeahorſe; azwho would fay|trow ſaid Twell? |

Bu: ſoone his witgwere Nozples;foris wooing'could butſpell:

-This ftred hers forſo beforetwixt 174r7 andherwas ment,

Though notthat ſhe ſocunniogly thould'arays of Armes preuet.

Bur himato flawleinſtore/notels employde; was herintent:/ ”

Her Lubber now was ſnorting ripe,andſhe meane whilewas olad; ®

That forro ſerue her turnectle-wheare fo good a Staile ſhe had,”

W har paſleT, thinketh 7exus5:ombis forme ot fathions rudq?

For, letting forme and faſhion paſlc, one faſhionis purſude -

Ingetting Children: at theleaft, whoſotheChild ſhallgir,

I: ſhall ſuffice that 7-#/cap isthe fame ſhallfather it;

Now Marsinheauen, Auchiſesand 4donis otthecarth

May carnefor Babes, for 77alcan ſhalbe parentatrheirbirth.

Nay, beitthat he ſhouldeeſpy falfe catding,whar of it?

It ſhalbethoughtburiclouſic inhim;orwantof wit,, KFICE

Him trownes ſha!lthrear,or ſrniles intrear,and few wilindge,l winne,”

It it ſhall comejn Gueſtion;thatto Cockhole himwere finns. M Y

V hillt thus ſhe thinketh in her ſelfethe Ceclops didawake: "SORB

And, to beſhort, mors doingspatle andrhey a matrriage make, HK

But wonder didthe Deities; when brured wasthe match, - - » "Z%

Thathe fo foule a thick-skinne ſhould {o faireaLadie catohy** £29.) R

They flout him:to his face, and helde ir almes toarmehis kead:

Wel, 72nz ſhortly bagged, andere long was Ciþid bread:

And Yulcan (inhike herefie'of fathcring as moe) ct

Did rack his ArttoarmepLad with wings,with ſhafts,with bowe,

Moft forceabletoloneor bate, asliſtshimſhootes beſtow:.
WhenZulcans Fernshadobraind her C:pizearmedchus,
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ALBIONS' ENGLAND:

Then (for we wiſhthatall befides beſutablero'ys) |

She, ofthe Gods and Goddeſles beforethewantennoted, ! »

W as of the Godsand Goddefles for wantonneffe out-coted,

Not one but wexedamorous, yea even DianaDoted.”-

Toues Mother had direCionot hisarrowes, andſhe'wilde

Him hir the Son-God: forbecauſe he, blabbing had behild
Herdaliance with (;£d8975:ſothat vexed Phebuslones (moues.
Faire Daphneywhome not'wooes;tiotvowes, nor giftes,nor greatncfle
Succefles therefore, and inrag'd, he baſtards Capidand!: : *'/ F
(For ſtoutly ontheir hoveſties doewylic Harlots ftand) }

V enus did chaife,and of the Gods theirſtrife camerobeskand,
Diſpercing thenher goodly haires, ſhe bar?d ſo Fweeta face, ©

As from the ſterneſt Godhood mightextort ſuborned grace.”

Faſt at herfide clung naked Zourgalonely boyin deede; - 1
And rYulcan, benched: withthe Gods, his wife did thusproceede:
(W hen Phebus had already tould his tale with ſence and heede ) -

He ſayes, quothſhe, forchaſtitiemy hauiour wasatnis:'/! -

W hich prqued ordiſprouedthen inyouto ſentence'is. ,.
Abh, liſten whence itis, ye Gods, that7exs5isabuſed, |

Becauſe that Phabns making loue to Daphne was refuſed: g
Ifchar were wrong, the wrong muſt then by Phebe be exciiſed:

W ho, reſcuing her Votariſle, did ſoprenent her btother: B
But be it thatthis Boy of mine, notſceing onefromother, ” a Z
Did hithim,torthe Sonnes offenceſhould he malignethemorher?”
And ſhall I tell the Childes offence? Why thas forſooth itwas: *©*
He fitted himto ſuchaLoueasdidforBeautie pas. '

But 1f he ſay it needeles was,becauſe it booted not,

I fay, that Beantie beggethif by poſting/irbe got.

He wooinglike himſelfe inpoſt did kiſſe thepoſt,and ſhee,

Too good tobe hisforced Trull, isnow become his Tree,

His ſpeechestoo, though ſpoke by one, concernes in credit threes
Minc Husband;and my felfe, and Sonne, Gods,andas g6odas he,

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ALBTONS":E NGLAND:

Nowwoe amT, we feucraliyare, asitwere,arayncd -

Of Cuckolris, of Sponſubreachy,a0d of Baſtardy, thoughayned,

Yeat tootoo forcibl&Ltearewobetorgorof fome,

For flaander fet'69: fomc, thoughtalleyis calkanucly dome.

Malicious (tor thy:niauce is Lhy matterallinall).;

Is u to harlotizethinkit-thouaGoddellewrong e00 ſmall

Butthou mulſtforge iffrom(the Earth; cncv-fromhe Sheep-cote? Nay,

Tharcolouslackerb colourihou. thy ſclie rroe-wilt fay.

Ambitious, fayre,andamotegsthou rtermeſt we; it{os

Valikely ro diſparge my{cdteor-bacely Roope {oloc,

Bur beivg ſuch, andk*mwmg thee inyery deederthe fame,!,

Might, lcaying petite. Iouſis, hanefoundthy ſcife my readielt game:

For Phebps.isa Leacher}elsaremanyro0guesto blame;

Bener no bad of tninie (por geedeIfeare tharfaule inthee)

Fhy-bad doth paſſe by probares bura : 2cre isfor mec.

Perhaps (ſuch as itis ) 1yJortae-may torgc to his pretence:

Since Beamie isa.common marke, aptthereforeco offcnce.

WWell, be it Bcaghedoth atraGtyarratiing'is:belou'd,

Bſi!oucd courted icouried wonne; and worneroattionmou'd,
catfrom ſuchravſes{uch.eftedtswhar Conlequence hath prou d?

rr*r Paphae was, I wot;tulltatre,and well can, Phabus:court,

Yeat [ſictctuſſ)zcte ch:aſt!ydaa withGandz and Phevomilthis ſpoir.

My husband thoughbyiradeaSmith,forbirth.our-brau'dot none,

And logeliyvmo/enzs,(chough mitlkr ofmany/a.one}

May tor his; platnnes allo'fir my foes- inueQtuedritts:

As who would fay, I weddedhimto ſalue yporher ſhitts,

By $:3x I vowe,although Tſhould'txcecdemy.ſelfefor fare,

Yer Venzs would be F-alcays, apd{heknowes Luucly ſ{ware.

He is indeedeno Gallant;yeataGodgand uncerly: free

From lmpc cicQtions, luchatleaſtaspay.not;marziage {ce.

And tor his plaioaes, to beplaine, the rathepchoole I him:

For lych.as.he huc beſt,loue b:ſt, and keepe theix wines, moſttrim.

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AEBTIONS ENGLAND,”. ſi
W hen Royſters cither ronearchaunge, be peeuiſhor precilez 4.
Faire womet) therefore matching thusbe nots lay l vawile 05 ,.
Tudge not by ſuch preſtnmpriogsthen they.addburto hislies., >
Thus haue younow # Medley'of his walice 3nd my.monc,” - »
Hisvice, my-vowe- and la{tly refts your levzenceto be knowne. -.,
It Hercarie ſhouid plead my cauſe,/he couldbutſet me- cemes-—<—
Good canſesriceds notcurioubtermes,andequall litdges heare” 5:

The Equity, not Eloquence, and {o1 hopewill yeer 1 -
And {o ſhall gratefullyezus fayle voderyour gratio6LEe
So,putting finger inthe Eye,theDeitiesdifcento

Some hild with Phebis;ſome withyher: Wihich frife did Fatgev Rent,
My waite, quothhe, more honefi thankerCoter1s Kerogy! : {/ /7 1
Shallnory wisbebufed Byrheſquantrwg (P9lls KD Q;Y  NVEID |
Sheloues me; Tdurit ſweare, andi{age.mny felfeſhe [tlesronmon==s-.
And why ſhould you or I belecuehis:yeabetore herno@?) :
Troth, ſaydthe Gods, fince”ulcani Sconrenredweareplealds:!
And fo thevariance/was-byhimithis wately appealid\4011 5 26 vy 9456

" Phebus his Pldinte did quaſh;'but ſobciferitmesdid watchs 17 15
As that Sir Horngbic had byproofe heiwasaloging Patch, E

"W hen M ars and Venus playingfalle bus wiet Netdid catch.'-

- ' Nowriddle; Madame; ifthoſcrongue$-tbatmake. Sunondmics
Of them and vs profie/Oracles, wharſhouldrherot ariſe?
Thatmore,quorthevbich you hageſayd than in theletterlics. -
But names infe@niot;nor receineyourRiddleProphelic:
If ought tore-faydbeominous ſhould any featetis1; \/ |
W hen fo the Queene badfayd,thento this moreproceeded he:

P ulcan, Venus, Cupids Sol, and Daphne twrndto:Tree , Z
Weretennis ballesto'cuery tongue otcucry Deirce,, -,
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This countrey. Conforr{forcach Lad-wasfforted with'a Laſfe.)

There was atrickſic)Girle;I wotzalbeitclad in gray,” ":

As peartas bird, as firaite-asboult;as;freſh as flower inMay, -*:

As faireas CupidsMother,orthroughhinvit isTerre; 16 41

Itſo T ctre(for-why his ſhaft had fixed mero her)

Shee daunſing dycdher lilly Cheeks,whillt I forlouediddie:

Andas vnuiſibleI foode ( whatbootesitrmiers lyee)4: 6

Anddrew with breath-het ſweetſtole bruath;fo aftingfpritually;

The feaft was done and-all yndone that] didwith todoe:-

My Deity adiorndethereforeyin humaineformeI-wowe:

And firſt(becaulethatficftuhey ſhould approachysGods)I faine

My ſelte a Prieſt (for well 1wotthey fildomewooein vain.)

I made me ſmug,andwith aTexdidiorermixa roye,

And tould how fineand fairea l1fe-our Clergie-Femes inioy,

And how ourlciſure-ficted Loue. And letir fit (quoth ſhe )

Toſuch asluſt for loue: SirClarke;zyou clergefienorme,

Then cameI curious inmyfilkes {But who would thinke that Payp

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I talkt of Caſtles, Mannors, Parkes, andall things morethanmine. - -
Toocourſe(quoth ſhe ) amT for youand you tor me too fine,
Then Souldier-likeI ſacd, and did boaſt of Battelsmany,
And ſtanding on my Manhood would not be'coriu'd of any:
And ſomerimes proffered kindnefle, ſuchas camenot to-the puſh, -
But checked for my boyſirouſnes was balked with a bluſh.
Then play I maiſter Merchanr, anddidplye her by the booke:
I ſpake of great Accompts, Receites, norlittle'care T tooke
For rigging and returneof Ships, (herlippes meane while my Pex.)
Ply Sir (quoth ſhe) your buſie trade, youarebelides'the Tex.
I ſeeme-a colntrie Yeoman : Then a Craftſman : both in yayne:
Theformer was too lumpiſh, and the latter worſe of twayne : %
Doe what Icould,-I-could notdoe whereby her loueto gayne.
Then thovght T, -outofdoubrasT aGod fayne Manhood,fo
Thhis is transform'd Diaza for ſomepraCtiſe meanr beloe.

A yeate was paſt, and Tpaſt hope through coyiſhichaſbdenyall,
And yeat I'couldnot but perfiſt in queſtof furrher tryall.
- I met God P>yapus (for he, not Feaus fonne it is
Abuſeth vs, This darteth Loue, Thatdrivestoluſtamis)
Sceſt yonder Clowne? quoth' Priapus(not far-off was a Loute
Wiithſacarea handſomerag, himſclfelefſe handſome ſoole to ſnour,
Lefle wel-forni'd,ormoreik-facift,8 like Clenchpoope looke &lim,
Leſſe mannerd, and werſegated than this Sa#nr»s- Ecue-made Slim, C
God neuer made fince God made Man, ifeuer God made him.)
That Lob, quoth he, andyonder Lafle thatthis'way driues her Gotes
Do marketthem Par,you may obſcrue from them'ynthought-of notes.

I knew hcr for my Minion wench of whom T carſt did tell.
Firſt blend they heards,and forthwith lips; and afterbilling fell
To other ſport, ſuch ſport ywisas would hanelikt me vell.
Muſt I, thoughtI, gine ayme to ſuchaskruband ſuch a Sainr,
That Skowndrell, and this Counterfeit:confounded (o I faint.
How checre you Paz, quoth Priapas,the ſhameles God of luſt,
Thus can I firſuch friends as you with ſucha Trull of truſt :

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(We were indeedecrethen arodds,)S> Priapughe'left meg - lle
V hen he had'brought metothis fightthat neete of 'fenſe bereltme. ”
Butthus I JoathedwhereT lov'd, and leatned bottoolars:. /7 virh
That coyelt are novehaſteſt;that thiegayeſt Females mare,'v/11 »7: 6
With Lontes:asfoone/as Lords,/that-Loucis luck norfhiffes fate,:\/
That cowled, celled; heyotithe, whoſo; or wherefocuer; h
Oc Vorarie, orSecular; fearſe onepryapedneuer,”

To Pansreportdtd Mercurre replicandthus recites 1
Ot Cuptge and of PriapusdothPan diftingarih rights-- ? |
Buclet be Luſt;a-word ortwo of Loueandof his mighe. S ſſ

   

Entring Gueſt-wiſconatitnethe frolicke Thrbs4: Courr,

Mine cycpreſented to mineheatta Nymphotilonely Port: -
Her knew Inot, norknewſhemegvaknowne therefore vakiſt
I loyter on thefarth, meanewhilein Heauen porvamiſt.
My Seafes heldia Synode, andivoatted AQsdifpute,
And nothing els I didaffe&burtoetfe& my fute. -:
For whenceſoever Lone-proccedes,or whatſoere it be;
Or whoſocucrloueth, Loue tormenteth indegree, 9
MincEyeconuaidit to'mitie Heart, mine Hearrcontrowld minc Eye:
TeatLouerctriud itſelfe;Hondnot knowivgwhome or why. ſſ
Then did I ſeeke; and find (whoam no Milk fop-as ye'wot)
Acquaiorance inthe'Court, the whichthenceſt balted not. -
Nor {mally.did-my ſhape, mytongue, andtanes(no-common peerc)
Preferre their Maſtertoa place abouttheir Miſtrefſencere,
VWhen thedid fighthen Ididfob, Tlaughrit fhe did {mile,
And by officious Forgetiesprerendedco:begile..
Bur her, not coy, I found fo chaſt; asfaveakiffeor twaine,
Inothing gor,alhoughin all Tyainedto her vaine. |
From ill therefore L grewto worſe, from worle to worſe, for why?
Throvghover-louing archolcogch Lloned iglouſly, 2

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My Stomackelcſt me, cucry ſenſe had imperfeQtionthen,

My colour ccaſtand, ſicke, Iforge contrary canſeto men.:

So many Quames, came oremy heartas newesto cateorcie

Of others:commoningiv fport,or cauttingferjouſlic;:/*!

No Corfine! to Coriuals, andnodeatiryntodeſpaire :

T did nor hope; yeat held I 0n with coft tonoutſh carc; »

Sometime, attyred by the booke, I faindaamerriecheere z 1:

Sometime I drouped,and did weare diforderly my geere.”

Bur how-ſ{ocreI cametoher, I tound herillihe ſame;,

Gameſomecnoughtoanteraine,andyet-formenogame.) :

And though ennioully Taym'datothersberter ſpeede,

Year,toopreciſely,did I fitt ſuch doubts were more thanneede:;

Then rowling ypmy felte, I with.my {clfe didreaſon rhus:

No folly werein Loue, 14 ſono.folly were inys:

W heare_Hercarie islayd afleepe mayotherslay aſtraw::

The Lover and Beloued. are not tyed to one-Law :

BecaufeI am the ſame I amſbould ſhee nottkerefore bee

The ſameſhe1s : mine ist00 loue,burkers todifagrce,

Then H ercnriz betothy (eifethy lelfegtheterhoughtsbeoile

With meetcrchoughts, thou lingereſttnlofle toollong/a while.

Thinke not thy greatnelle,or thy gifts, or gracious eyes may gerher:

A Foole.more toulc may ſeem more-taireLoue may thinkbadthe bet-

Tf ſhe determine.Chaſtinine; thentallsthy futsro ground: ” (ter.

Or if ſomeciherbepreterd, then betterloſt than found:

Lakie,or miſliked rothy Louclhouldreafonberhe bou*nd-.—S ;

Or W omen loue to.be telou'd ot: chaunge of Ciycnts\, or

Vaccriaine wheare tofindthem, with the Eagleorthe Dore,

Albcir Beautic moouestaloue, and Loue deth-make theeſue;

Berter at firſt be Non-ſute, than atleyeth notroſubduc;

ouch Reaſons ſecmirg plaulible, Tfegtiong whenceTloued,

By abſence and new Exercaleold/Paſſienswwereremoued.

So did Lloue, andſo Llett, fo:many askorne,and Skofte,,”-

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Care, coſt, diſgrace,and loſſe oftime were and may be cur off:

And women {olefle ſtandaloofe, when men canſo be wiſe :

So leſſer ſute-hath lucklier ſpeede, than to be to0 preciſe,

Not women, but our wilfulnefle, doth wotke ont owne ynreſt:

Though Beautic, Louc, and they lacke faule, wemay abuſe the beſt.

YO helpe me 7wpiter, (quothiars) inLone fo may' Tſpeede,
As Mercuricand Pan docerreinpoyntsof Loucindecde:

Precifians and plaine Plodders( fuch'is This, and fois That)

In Loue doc ſwallow/Cammels,whileſt they nicely ſtraine a Gnat:
Why what be Women? Women, geld thelatter fillabell,

Then arcthey norhing morethen; Woeztheir names remaine doth tell.
Their yea, orno, even whenthey ſwearethey loucorloue ysnor; *
Belccue who liſt : ſoonebethey gonc,asſodainly are got; - '
VV hat necde wecreeperthe Crofle togiue vntoa begging Saint ?
Tuſhtuſh, a Flyc for booke-Lone, none be fortunate thar faint;
Notpaper, purlle, or kerchicfe Plealers Fancie ſooner loiſe
Thenatthe Shrineto watch the Satnt, She isnot coy, but cloale+
Pollitians know.to cheapen, whatto'offer, when toskoale;

The Clowne, no doubt, that potted Parlackr Artto gloſe and flatter,
And ycatnor Paznor Xercurie went roundlier tothe Matter:
Hefound right Methode (forthere is a Methode; time, and place,
Which Fooles obſeruing do c6menceere Wiſeme hauc their orace.)
Though daftard Hawkes doe ſore aloftand darenor ſeaze vpon, ”

Or BuffardL-likedoefit aloofe vatillthegame begon,

Kindekilling Hawkes but wag the w1ng,and worke toffowſe anon.
Oace Loue, ſurreuerence, mademyſelte yale Bonner, So ſubmis

My ceremoniall wooing was, ascommon wooing is:

Withrufall lookes, fighes, ſweetePi gf-nye,and Fooleries more than
I courted her, ſo much moreſtoutby how muchimoreT ſew: (few
Till aptlyſingled, asit hapt, T fay not whatd1d hap,

But Loue that late didload'my Head;did load her'willing Lap,
 Northis Lad Zoxe ofthatſame Loucis guikie any whit,

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For why * nineMoonesdidwexeand'waine betweene his birth'8 it:

Alas poore Boy, before he-was, Lovewasacommon game,”"

The firſt-made Man, theRib:tek Manin'Z4ecn ſhewd the fame:

For when his ſudden eyes 'admirdthe boan-fleſtitfaire Convatt

Deriued from his Side, histongue, direfted by his hart,: 3

Foorthwith pronounced VWoman, but a moment carſt ynknoen,

So deare as fleſhiof his ownefleſh; andboneof his owneboen*?

Quitthen, ye Gods, this Lad andlet yourfeatch of Lone alone ::

W ho will inpowerbe felr ofall, inperſorifoundofnone;.

Ocr rather is not reall; but ſome Fanſie: if not;then:

Fantaſticall in YVVomen, butefſentiallyin Men: * *

It Loue be ſuch in VV omen (Bur miſtake menor, for whic®

I note thembur fantaſticallin fault of Deſtinie }-

Defterre werethenro erre:YVhenallis donethat doe we may,

Labor we ſottowingallthe night, and ſewing allthe day,

The female faultic Cuſtome yeeldslefle merit greateſtpay;

And yentrous more thenyertuous meanesdoth bearethe bell away.

Now touching7erss (worthie fuch a Phecre, notſiichaFoe )

FV ulcan,methinkes, obſcrueth wellflight proofe in yeaand noe,

The Court therefore iswell aduis'dito Sentencenotto groe.

The Gods, that did ere while but aimeatY#/c1n{wines ſonnes Fa-
Saw Yenis bluſh,;andheld that aime antemtical the rather. (ther,.
End Gods and Goddeſles , quoth Toxeztoargueto'and fro:

Like good and bad iscither Sex. Nay more;behols, than fo,

I viewd crewhile the Deſtenies;andthenceTrhus did know:
Zinoigyhen Troy muſt periſh, ſhall ſend downe her Floods aFleete,
And would itwere ourFather ruld whenCreate thought him yomect:

Bur long time hence, 8 farreSrarresthence;that World ſhall world 3n
Ennyrond withthe Ocean ,waues; thenfamous in ſhortwhile! (Itc
Through oiten Triumphesauer Foes and Traffike enety wheare,
Howbei:thrice orerunne; aridioneea Conqueltſhall be theare..
*Thoſe Cnanzes notwathſlandinguheyaPeople thallr*maine
Vuchaſed thence,and of that Strecneſhall Five arletgth re-raigne.
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Dread, terreneGods, theFifrof.thoſe,aterreneGoddelle, She
- Euca arthe firie, Trigon ſhallyourchicefe Aſcendant be +
Right Pheterlike(; Phabe may ikea Compeecreliketo her)
Retriug hernamed Name, torimethetryall we refer.

_ This ſayd, he bids adigrnethe Court,and willed 37 ercarie z
Theneetoorth notto;canucatthe Godsforſuch a Foolerie;
As Loucgtheidle Bodics worke, and Surfet of the Eie:\ S L
And thus the Queeacand 7#derchat: Burthoughrof nothing lefſs
Then that from chen 7 oxes noted fine fared rofuchiſucceſle
Shonld (pring,/as ſprong, and; part ſprings yct: Bur-ceaſe we to dighetſe |
And ſhew we how her SonnedidJongand lucklefſc Raigne poileſle,

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S. #/esmore byone; |
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\C thers Throne; | .
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6 . thembegan-: ©: |
dic quarrell : offeringſo vntothe To+#-/4 ſpright
For toreclaime, in bold atremprs, theirdiſcontinued righr.
Rechard Plantagenet the Duke of Torke, by /7 arwicks ayde;
Did getthe'Gaole, not long evioy'd, forhe 1 Armesdecayde ,-
Subdued by King 4exries Qucene, when as by trendsand torce
He bad in Patlament obrayndeineueryclauſe his corſe:
For, mountedthearthe Kingly Throne, that Yorkiſh 7erosfayd,

Here ſhould I fpeake, and ſhallI hope : and ſo his Claime conuayd
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ALBIONS ENGLAND.”
From Clarence his Progenitor; with'reaſons fuch amongs.”
As, he ProteQor ofthe Realme;King #exr/2s bejreswere wrung
From all Renetfion; hearts/and cares'didf{oappland his tung; ,
Edward his Soanethen Eatle'of M arch(the Duke his Father flainc)*
W oane, by theEatleef //Farwicksayde,in double battell Raigne. ©
King Hepr flcd to Scotlandand the Queene andPrince their Sonne,'
From Frazce ſollicet Succors; which vatotheirlofſe they wonne, ſiſſ
Henryjwaszaken; they andtheir Confedrares were ſubdu'ds”*
Yeart ſtill theQueene eſcaped; andſhe armour{till purſy'd:
But, // arwicke plealed, allatterpisdidfailero&4an ards Forg's! |
Diſpleaſed ,. E&ward fayled, anddeclined #e#7y roſe:;
He crowned Eitker, and the ſame diſcrowned them againe, z
A#myrdof all, belon'd ofall:-howþeirlaſtlyAaine
By Edward,whillt he did vphold vachancie Zerrie, Raigne. S
So7 P arwickeperiſtt, Zenrylorefalne from Kings eltate 7 4
VWasreimpriſon'd, and his Queenedidland ber aydestoolate: &-
Butlaiding, when of Barnerticld ſhe heardthe luckles fate,
(Albeit KoightsLancaſtrians ſtoredid flockeiin herdefence)
She Roode a ſecond1V7obe, berets of: [peech-and ſence :
And whilſt the Dukeof Somer/et an oucr-batdie Knight,
Did bravely marſhail our her forceto oucr-matched figbr,
Hers-and Kivg Zepries Sonne,thePrince of 37 ales a proper Lad,
Incomforting his mocher did continue her more {ad.
AhSonne, quothſhe, through oft miſhaps miſhaps I can diſpeſt;
1feare for thee, forthee rhe hope thatto-our Houſe doth reſt;
Now allaretryed wecan:truſt, ifnow.-wefaile we fall :
Thy deathis inzhe ſame tequeſtas isthy Fathersthra!l: |
And( which Lwoulditwere the worſt ) the Foedoth thirft my life,
Toend his Triumph inthedeathsof Husband, Sonne,and VV tte.
Thoughthy great-Grandlfier, Grandfier, & thy Fatherwonne & wore
The King-ring, whichthy Fatber hild yearegthirtie eight and more,
Though by the cappitall Remore.of Zamea#er withſtond:
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Fhenlearneagainſtthouproueaman (ah hardly hopeIfo) :
TheLine Zaztaſtrian naturallydothlabourof thatFoe.

The Queene, concluding thus inteares,didchento Armor goe,
Fierce wasche Field, and either part/did yaliantly offend :
But, *dward ouercomming, when the Battell was at end, ,
The Queene was carticd Capriue thenee; And ® dwards men did bring
Her SoonethePrince(ſolefonne andheire ynto the captiue King). - ,
Beforethe Viftor, whoſedemaunds receiuing anſwers ſtour,
Hertbrufts the manly Boy from him, whom Gloceſter about
TheKing(Churlethathe was) didtab. ( Sotrapicke was the ſpight
Pctwixtthoſe Linapes thar oft cach others/fo requite,) |
Hisdeath was'morethanGeath vato his Parents : but not long
His Father monedyndiſpatchtalike fordeath and Wrong
By torcſaid Duke of Glorefter, of whom ſacceedes our ſong.

T H4 won the Torkeſtes ancient Raigne? fixe bloodic Ficlds did ſeate
Edwardthe Fourth in Englands Throne, poſleſt awhile in queate,

He-wonne his Subie&s loue, and louswas debtto his deſatts»

ut, as muſt ovrs, ſolaſtly hjs vn-bodiedSouledeparts.

Helcft his Kingdometo hisSonne; his Sonneto be proteRted

By 7ichard Duke of Glocefter; W ho, pictie reieRed,

Grew treble-wiſe tyrannicall,malicioustothe blood _

Of his deceaſed brothers Queene, And what ſo7 orkeſi ſtood

Detwixcthe Sceprer and himlſelfe, aliuc, he pricked dead,

A Foctoall Zzcaſtrians; asthe ſame by nature bread,

This common Deaths-man of thoſe Kinnes, and cucry Nobles fall,

W hom he burgeſt Coriuallor mipght crofſe him near ſo ſmall,

This ſtoope-Frog+£/aps Storke;alike tyrannousvnto all,

Togiltic, giltlefle, friend, or foc was not ſecure-one day,

ButEnherdycsas eithersdeathmight fithim afy way,

Yea, eaenwhilit his Brotherrulde;whes all Zanca 11ans, and

His Brothers twaine;his Nephewes twaine, & Necces three did tand

Betrwixt himlelte and home, cuenthen by blood he hunted Raine;

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For when his owne and ruthles hands King Heveries heire hadlayne,
Then Zeneries ſeltc, Henrie the ſixta giltles King in baads,'
He Rtabd : his brotherClarence didethrough him, by other hands.
But, how Prote&or,as doe VV olues the Lambes proreQted hes
And farcd as if fearing that one wickedder mightbe.
Qufenemother and herkindred hild che OrphantKioga while,
Her Kinne hee murdred, and from herhegorthe King by gile+
W hom (though yacrowned tituled fifr Edwerd) retr his'mother,
He made be murtdred, withthe Duke of Torke the yonger brother.
Whenneither Torke#his Allies, and of Z ancaftriansnone
Werelefrtoler ir,who ſhould let but hemight leape the Throne?
He wore indeede the wreſted Palme: But yeat; to better bad
By murder of his wife be foughtnew marriage to be had
Wirhthat Z/izabeththat was the Eldeſt-daughterto-1117 _
Eawardche fourch: Butall in yainethe King his Neece did wowe, z
For Henrie Farle of Richmonds fricnds ſnch doings didyndoe.
W hich Zernry and Elizabeth by ſecrere Agents were
ContraQted, he of ZanceFer,and ſheof Yorke the heire:
Of whichletigious Famelies heer mapped be the Lines,
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Andlike vnkenneldCezberysthecrooked Tytantſwore,

Andalt complexi6nsat-at onee confuſcdly in hin:* ©:

He ſtudieth; ſtriketh; threates/intteates, andlooketh mildly ofim,
Miſtruſtfully berroſterb, and he dreadingly did dare, - ©

And fotticpaſſionsilyatrice/in hiumcoulortand ſquate. -:

But when, by this coriented force, his focs increafed more,**?

He haſtnedBattell;fiidinghisCorwallaprtherefore:

 When 1ichmondorderlymnall had bartelled hisayde;
Inringed by'his Complites, theirchearefull Leaderfayde; 1n
Now isthe timeandplace ( fweereFrends)and wethe Perfonsbe”
That miſt giueZ-2/2z4 breath,orelsvabreathforhermuſtivee.! ©-_!
No'Tyravnie'isfabled; andino Tyranc wasin deede? » nego  ommot
W otfe thioutFoe, whoſe workes wilaQtmywords if wel he ſpeede:
For illro ills:Superlattucarecaſely inciſt; @. 00 hooon gh prnn lnN
Bur intertaincamendmentas the Gergeſcresdid Chriſt,”

Be valiant'then, he biddeth fo that would not beout-bid +**

For courage, ycathall honor him, though bace}that better did:
Tamright berteZaniafrian,hein7orhes deftroyedright /7n
Vurperh : Bur, through Either ours,forincither Claime Ifighr'*-

Put forour Counities long-lackt weale,for Englinds peace Ewartes ”
Whherein he fpecdvs ynto-whom Talk-Euents refarres - S

_ Meane'whilehad farions Frcbardiechis Atmicsin array, :
Aad then, withlookes evenlike biaifelte, thisorthe like did fay.

W hy,Lads,ſhall yonder Welſhaan with his Scraglers oucr-match?}

Diſdaineye not ſuch Rizialles, and deferre yee their diſpatch?
Shall nJer from'Plentigenet the Crowne bycraking ſnatch?
Know Richards verythoughts hetouchtthe Diademe hewore)
Be metta}{ofthis mertall: Then belecue Tlouc itmore- »:
Than that for ather law than Life to ſupcrſcad my Clame,
Andleſſermult notbehis Pleathatcounter: pleads the ſame.
The weapons oucr-tooke his words;&blowes they braucly change,
M heaglike a Lion thizſting bloud, didmoody.2chardiange, ;
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Andmadelarge flaughters wherehe went, till Rickmond he elpicd,
Whomliogling, akterdoubtlull Swords, the.valerous Tyr:mt dicd.

'T Hus ended Englands warre and woe, viurping Richard dcad
Vaen Hemry and E.zzctzbc*:b yatiogtiules,wed:.,
Of which two Heiresth'yndoubted Heire of cicher Linedid cum,-
The Epilogue ymtotheſe wounds, digeſicdinthis ſum. :
Fourth Yenry firlt Zanca#rianKing putlecond Richard doWnc. i
Fourth Edrrd of the Honſe of Torte xe-leazd fixt Henries Crowne:
Lad-Princes twaine wete ſtabd in Ficld, of cither Linage oner - -./ 7
Fourc Kings didperiſh; Saadry timesnow-Kings anon-were-none: %
Sixe,three of cirherfaRion; heldefacceſliuely the Thronet: ct
But from the ſecond Richard to ſenentleHenry wepretend! : 37 2:
Eight KingsthisFaQtionto begio, conmmuc;and toend.; .4 46
The Princes, Eatles, Barons, and Knightschis quarrell did dcuour
Exccedethetale:of Gentry bcſt and baccſtatthishoures -:
Soplagueth cimll Warte,8: ſofromRobeto Raggedooth ſcoutc.
ThenJuckicſtofrhe Planets weare Predominants, ſay wey - -
When by this BedmatchetherHeire that Bloud-man did agree:
VW hen Seueath begotthe Eight, and Eight the Firit and/Laſt for like
Our now Pazdora;nortill herour humbled failes we ſtcike.
For ſhould-wear her Grandlier reareour.Colome, yertoo poores :
We could not write (as Hereules,0n his) Bexond no more:
For helackt ſcarcb our Muſc hath Kend an 9ceanisin Roxey, -
Eucn matterthat 1mportcth W(Hh copau ng all beforc.

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BurthatCadwalladers:Fore: doomesin Tudeys ſhould effet

VV as ynexpedted, fanetharGoddoth deſtivies dire&

Els Owen Tuder had notwiu'd Fift Zenries noble Queene:

Nor had they of their bodies Eacles Pewbyookeand Richmon ſeene:
Nor Margret, Somerſets ſolc hcire;to Richmon had beene weade:
Nor they the heire of Zanca#er, Henry the Seuenth, had bread:
Nor heof Yorks Inheritrixs Elizabethhad ſped:

Nor they ynited either houſe allother titles dead:;::

Yeatz earethis ynion, Either ſoarined to theirright,

As Pfiches on anerrant{cntro Hell by Y'ewss ſpighe..

V orſcFerrymenthan Charon, Floods contagious morethan Styx,

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WorſePorters thanfowle Cerberaswete pleal'd;/palt, Rood betwix.
How therefore Either dangeroally theirLabyrinthdidpaſſe © © - -
Shallnotbeoucrpaſſed: Thustheir ſencrallformunewas. - 77
' Henries;the fourth,.the fifte, andfixr ſuccefſiuclydidraigney- -1 -
Vatill fourth/Zdwards (wordto him didlawfull Empier gaines' »-
Lancaftrians droupegheT orkeſts hadrheirlong expettcd day? -: -
'Sixt Henry and the Prince his ſonne, by ſtabbes were made away?” - /
'The forcſaid 2 argarer,ſole heire of Somerſet, carftwife * | 1 {
'OET #der; Eatle of Richmend;had by hima Sonnemnlite,. ” 2 Ay
To whom,fromher,the Crowne-rightof Zancaitrigs did'acctewe: }
He from-his Engliſh foes himſelfe-by ſecrere ftealhywithdrewe/ » Z
Tolittle Bratainewhearche foundthe Duke a frendfalttrewe:
This HenryEatle of Richmond, tiow'poore Lencaſters Remaine;* -
Woas by fourth Zdward praftifd homeby many aſubtelltraine; -
Whoime oncerhegentleDake(begoilde withpromiſes vament)-”
Deliucred to the Engliſh-mern, withWhome he homewardswent... .-
Forfaken Ladd{for yet hewas aLadd)whardid remaine F 57
But certainedeath, foroafſure his focs yneertaine ratne: g '
: WhichrtocſtablſhmanyaPrince of his Alltes weare ſhaine.
But himeare broughta-boorde; the Duke{aduiſed berter,ſtayd,
And him?{(as if by:chaunceeſcapte)'toSariftuarie commid.! ” 10
The Lambeſoreſcued fromthe Wolfe, thatpriuiledgedplace''> 7
Afured kimtill Eawardsdeath, andrhen he hoped grace: »» ';
Bur he thar was ProreRor of hismurthered Nephewes than
Vſurped Englandandbecamea'Monſturenotaman;
Richardtherhird/omittingallhistyranniesbeſide) -
Tobe poſſeſſcdof the Earle bymany ameſſagetride. 3900s
Great wealih was ſentzgreater-afſum'de; butnothing'might prenaile: 7
The gracious Dukeabhordto.ſerbisguilcles frendro'fayle: '
But furniſhed with moneygmen;andarmorſhipthim thence :
To winne tus right: yeatchurlifh/Seas didlertfuch kind pretence.
Fall hardly R/chzongs threatned Ship efcaprourarmed Shoore,
For Richardot the Rivall gotintelligence before. 1 |
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Return'de; the Dake didfickenand Zandoz/e did bearethefiway:

And he tor Maſlesgreat wasbrib'de Eatle Zeary ro berray,”{ away.

Yearthrough wife Biſhop Muzton5 meanes by-ſtealth he ſcap*te 5

In tranellthenfrom Broraine to.bis Grome himſclfe wasGrome,”

By interchaunged rayment;till ro:4#72r5they wearecome; ( l

The French King, pittying hisdiftteſſe, pretended asked aide:

Andecreteplatformestor his weale his Engliſh triends had laide,

Henry in France,athome his Friends beſterthemyand-the Fot:

Meane time with hope,withſraud, with feareimploydethis witrs alſo,

Now-oftheEarlesconſpiracythertoralldrift wasthis: 46 L

Elizabeththe daughterof fourth Edward vow'd(he his,

And ſhewas yow'd.to him, if God with-vitory-himblifſe;

Our wounded EZzeliands healing balme,-forthus thereof enfew'de;

The faQious Families vnite, the Tyrantwasſubdew/deginc 44 25

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ASthardlyasherhusband did Z/jzabeth-efcar
Forwhy? like Stratagemefor bothdidlloody70h44d thaie:
VV talfte thatherFather lived, nowa Kindandianlevgilctes:
Her Crofles then did-happen from ſuch vidtorgaswereinllde:
Butnow the ſame thatmurthered ber Brothersto beKing,
That did withfraud begio and then with bloud conclude ech things
That flattred friendsto ſerve histurne, andthen deſtroydethefame;
That was her Vncle, yeatdid-hateiher Mothersvery name;
Thatthought helinednot becauſe his Neeceswearevndead,
Theisnow(and blame hernot) inher a world of tercor bread;
Bur of vopriniledged bloyd yerhad he ſtorets ſpill;
TetianCiuaties weatenar forcie, yerbatexpeRingill,
Thearcofterhe Queene her Mother, Sheez and Siftets would reporte
_Their happieand vohaopiedarcs, the fewerotficit ſorte! |
Happy was I;the olde Queenefaid) when asa Marde verweade;.
Nor Hy«bandswealovorChildrens wae wiſtempered my-head:
Yeat], beloued,lon:dandſs leittharfreceſtate;; 0 zQa

      

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And thought me happyer than before, forloucly wasmy Mate,
TohnGray (aſweet Eſquier for his prowyſle dubbed Knight)
Was, as behoned;all mwy ioy +who; ſlaine in faCtious figbe,

'Your Father,Daughters, laremy Lord and Husband now'incarth;
From me had many aſecrete curſe, as motyucof hisdeatht
Lancafrian wasmy husband, andthat faftion badthe wountrſte,
So, torelecue my VViddowhood, Tkneerd towhom Teurſte.
Edward(tor Henry wasdepoeſde, and Edward (cazdiheCrowne)”
(1 wot not for what forme of mine)didraiſe me kneeleddowne,
And gaue mechearefull wordes, androoke me cuirteoully alide,
Andplaydthe ciuell Wanton, and meamoronfiy he cidez -

His plea was loue, my ſute was Land :T plic him, he plics me:
Too. bacceto be his Queene,too good his Concubine to be %
Tdidconclude:and onthat pointa while we difagree.
But when I was his Queene ({weete King)nor for T washis Qneene, *
But for himſclfe, and for theloue thar pafſed vs berweene,
T held me happieſt vaderheauen: yea, when his aduccfe Line
Diſcrowined him,T had-inough thatT was bis, he mine.
Then, after fortunes oftenichange, hedied, and I ſuruine
Alife exzeeding death forgriete andgreefes Supetlatine. p,
My heart,ah Soanes,my heart(deare Hearts)was dead eare yee d:id dicz,.
Too yong weareyceto cenſtre of your ynclestyranny,
Then wepr ſhce,aad her daughters wept: their onely talke alwaies _ 2
Wias paſſed ioyes, of pteſent woes :nor hopethey betcer daies, g
Bur in Earle &#ch49ndsgood ſucceſfe, that now a power did raiſe,
Too {oonebad R:c54rdnotice that Earle Zenry would ariue,

By precontradt bigeldeſtNeeceF/iz4abeth to wine:
And well heknew1n7orts deſcent ſhe was immediarteheire,
And*Henry kkein” Zanraferia Macch forhim to feare;
W hich to preucnt heflatteted his Neeces fromtheir mother:
W ho, featefull Ladies, did expeQlike deaths as had their brother,
Andasthey feare didhe affeQ; which forthe troubles then
Woas yneftefted: novy behou'd'to winnehim loue of men.

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Yeat caſtshe how hemightconumy to him hisNecces righr, |

Soone commpaſſing his Vifesdiſpatch, whoſe life ftood in hislight,

Thenfplyes he his amazed Neeceto his inceftious bead

Of herabhord, Sheein' conceiteby faith fore-plighted ſpead.

This matrage motion'gawles her morethan any former pricte? ” -

Her ſelfe, Friends;Realme; Confpiracic, 8 all irtouchr in breefe, © *

And theteforedeath; larefeared; now ſhefantaleth in cheete:

Meane while did HeazyJand; incampe, fight, andfubdewe hisFoe,

And, marrying her, long ciuill wartesin E veland ended fo.

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Submiffiuly bchigh himaide jn all thar-they mightdoo;
The Lad was loſty, for himſelfc he harrollized welly
Arfull he could his leflons, and a formalelie would tell; - -
For him was foughta bloody ficld, the Vidtorythe Kinges,
Lambert the forged Yorke,and the Prieſt {that fram'd his winges)
Wearetaken: Forminority the:/carus was quite: 02: 2-jus
The Dedalusfor cleargierites was butintowrdforit; : (Queene
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ALBIONS ENGLAND.

Shee thatdid forward Henry withrheefriends, her purſe, her wit,

Thart had-conſpird, conceild, concur'd, for himthe Crowneto git, -

And had him now her ſonnein law, vnchauncy Queene, fore-went

Her wholereucnewes, and herage as if in durance ſpent:

Becauſe againſt her hcart, good Soule:(for bootlesto-withſtand):

Sec yeelded all her daughters1o thelate Vſurpers hand,: ': 4t4

V hereby the Voion might haue quaild,and for-it might ſhe muſt

Indure ſuch law, ſititlaw to her of mallice notyniuſR,

'T Han goodold QueeneE/izabeth ournext yourg Phacton: IN
Had gentlicrIudgement:He till thentr6 Realm to Realmhad gone,
Andnow in 7rel/and( hoping no-ſuchhonor ) wasat Corke
Salutcd by ſome Rebelstheare for Richard Dukeof Yorke,
Fourth E 4wards:ſecondſon.Thoſe Stilesto him were ſtrapge;butthay
Did feofe them 0n the bace-borne »#fe,andhim as King obay.”*
The Yorkeſs Faction(thoughthey knew theerror ) lernotdlip”
Occaſion, thatthey now might haue'Z ancaſtrians 0n the hipt:
MHargret fourth Edwardsilters heart for ioy hereof:did skip.' -
Shee had him ſoone to Burgope,and informes himeuerything * -
That might concerne79r45pettegree; or apted foraKing : :
Maliciouſly repining ſtill at Zaneaftersſuccefle; '
And often wouldthusor thus-like her heart with tongueexprefle.
God hath forgot our houſe of Torkeimay Torkeirſelfe forgot :

To my late Brother:Richaxds ſoulecleaue:cvermore thisblot:
He made away our friends'tomake away.ynto our Foe; _
To Lancaſter, proud Zanciſter:I; thence theſercaresdoe floe.”
Had he ftock't vpthat hated ſtocke, had he racſtout that Race,,
Python had cealt, and he had-bene Ypollointhatcace..”
That #enry was LZancaſtrian, andithat Henrywas aline, .' p
And where he liu'd,& tharheſhould notliveif we would thriuc,%
He knew-ywis: yeat knew he norbisdeathhow'to contriue, .
The Duke of: Brutarnc is no Godjthen how the divell yſte
I hat both my brothers,laboring hin, for whomethey labord myſte:

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\W k&had-chey-boughthim withubeir ſonts they had norbought him
Ticheire ol\Carcafter(fie how icloathestofound tha: hame) '(decre.
Enioyesthe"Crowne:aay worle, enioyesto wifea 7erteſh Dame:
Wotrſtiytliedame Plaatagenet 13 batyced'in theſame:;-
And, worſt of all;thein Tirle ſuckas law bidsvs diſclame” :
Wihowoutdhanelookt fuch changeto chaunce? gh howe Tfeed like
As e45 daughter e£/ons houſe with tragedies to fill? (will
VW hecan endare to ſce their friends decline,their Foes aſcend? -ſſ
I ſce it, andfot ſeeing ſo doe-with mylife bad/end.c - 909 1
» VViben'thavherdacling fiad his lboet e leffhion to hiswinps :
Who flead'notto:worle companyoratleſſcgamethan Kings, i
He lighcech in the Frexch Kngs Court, wheate(honord aschefame ©
Ezoinwhomhe fallely would:contrive'a Crowne by torged name 22
He had Supphes;and Englſhayds, and TriſÞtroupesalls, I
With whichhe lands-in England: whete King Henry mettheFoe.
Oneitherpartche Batrell was righx bloodiciburatlength©
The King ſubducs; and Pexten Alcad theland,'dif poyld of ſtrength,
Then, asthe French,the Scorch King did'repute of him:whereby
Hewyu'd a Lady pafſiog fayreand of the Kings Allie,
The Earle of Hntlizs daughterof the fcorch-blood-royall bread*:
: Shee both beforeand akter that ker low-pris'd Mate was dead,
W hen-well ſhe knew his parentage, and felthis ebbed ſtate, 1.
In onely ſorrow didabound, inloue no whit abate :
Howhex in the Eng/.ſhCourtpreterdto high eſtate.'
Theare{fot fle was of comely parts and yncompeered face?)

Shee, often brauely courted; yeclds no Courtier labor'd Prace.
T o0vcamongſtrhe reſtthat molt admier@/h&r aun{wers chafte
Sherfayd:beſidesthefinne andthat I ſomightliue diſprac;;
A Preledentof wrong and-woe did make me long fince vouw
Challly tolivethe Lone of hia whom Fatesſhould me ali6vv;
1 knew (quoth ſhe) a Kaight (aKoight he was in each relpee)
Ikae wa Ladie'( fayre-ſhe was bur fouly to be cheQ/

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They loued long (.it thattoloneandleayermay louc beſayd).

Till laſtly ſhe conceyucd loue wheareloueſhould bedenaysd.

Then he,whoſe Sowles Soule goddlz d her, perceiuing her \zntmti. "
Became vnlike himſclte, and mou'd, faue her,eachoneto ruth.
Artlaſthetans dlfiraughc about; and whathis moods concelccd

He did : 'confuſcdly hexwept,askt, anſwerd, and-iftreated*:”

Ah manyarime( tor though hiswords lackc\ methode, yea\ thcy mo=-
Hc had theſe ſpccchcs, argo ments' how mwefflſiy he loucd ( ued)

   
  
 

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A Loue, fo ireth, {o' [weet, {o wmce,ſo ſmooth {ofottas.this., |
TheClronen Lions {poy: tes forher Lwould redrefle,..
Twonldthe Lernan Hyaras heads wuhlword and fireſu prcſſf:.
My force the £zymantheon Bore ſhouldbmuciy oueſiimzcttch
The ſwifc-foore golden hotned Stas 1, runnmg, ;wauld orccatch.
My bow the Birdsof Stmphalus from waſtfull praycsſhould chace..
Of her proud Baldricke wonld I-ſpoylethe 4mazozar Thrace.
Auzeas walhed Stables ſhould my ſ\,fiuſi'flih Laþ(:n\ end...
] with the Bull of Calidan yidorious. V\ctmſid contend.
Oa horſe-deuqured Diamede like honour ſhould bf* WOonne,

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The Sp4jſs Robher Geroyn ſhould by me to.death bedone...

In ſpightof Spight in HeperaT golden fruic wouldpull,... S.
Three-headed Gerberus tinchaynes thould make the Iury fall,* 2
zcaſt, Snake, Bore,Stag, Birds ;ſiBctcalſit,Pſſla51{5;3ull,'\ſihdcſc,Fmtc,Dog,Diomuſid, :
Choke,ſcar'd,pauncht;cought; pearft;prizd;waſht,chrowne, Naine,puld,chaned;horſe. fcad.}

WcerelaboursleflethanT would a&; might Iofherbe ( pead.

Dull mal-contented £atyr#e thlde the hourewhen'Twas borne : ®:
Had 7upite-chenftartd Thad potlived now:forlorne: - © R Tol
Or A archad ſteefd-my milkie heattwirh maglier moods thanthees:,

Or Hertaric had aptedimeto plead'for Louers fees: - :

Or $9linfuſcd ſenſero fearch what bettermebehou'd:/
Or 7 2nus made me louely,foforloneto be beoud+.--c - 2, ſſſſſifſſ
Or Luna(Comraryto Loue ) had bereered the beſt : - PnN

Ah,couldfcauco Planetsandewelue Signes conſtell one ſuch ynreſt?
Thenlou'dtharSierof Godswhen hehad vow'd His childrens death: -
ThatSoncof hismade wanton ſcapes with'Laffes onthe carth, ._ -
Dirus,aske F ulcun andbis Arteifthou didt lone e7 -
And Hermesthathe Yerjelouwd willnot diſclaime Irroe. 4
Nor weattthon Phebuschaſtealthough thou wort a willow withe.
Thou C:therea hadftalcaſhof Loves beſides the Smith. ®

E nd1mion-gayoſt Diana could youch fartherthan'the eye.

Thuslou'd yeall, ye chutliſh Starres, yearlet ye Loners oye

This fayd he, and forthishefayd; I for the ruth of this | DN

Did'vow,that whoſo once weremineT would be obely his. 2
W by?theſe b1s words did fauor wit/tiotoned! ſtraught(quoth he.)

Nay hearethereft'of his vatett; irfollowerhthus (quoth ſhe). ©  * ;

Ofr would he kifſeatenceles Free and fay, ſweet Miftrelſemine, *

I was, I am; and will be{till theſameand eucrthine.”” '

Beleene me, ot it-ſo youdoubr,Anatomize my braine,

And ore mySenfesſeeyour ſelfethe Sourenteile'to raigne,

Bclecue me; orif-foyoudoubr; rip outmy heart, 'and fee

Yourlſeltein it;in'ityonareahdeuermore Willbe. _

Bclecue me, orif (o youdoubr, commaund 1 forthwich dye,

And
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ALBIONS ENGLAND. _ 60

Andſee yourleltethe onelyheauen whereto my ſoule dothflye..

If fuch 1 feemeandbenot fuch, lernought betidemie well, .

It ſuch Iſcemeandbe notfuch,T wiſhno heaven but hell.

H ſach I ſeemeandbe notſuch, yourFauourslermemis.. | .-.

VWith-that he bleſt himſelfe and ſayd,ab, whata wiſh was this?- -

Fhen ſteps he to ſomeother Tree, and, as vntoafrend, - |

Bewayles himſelfe, withlong diſcourſe of louetolittle end;

And (asit were a myſterie ) chusmany atime wovldtell

Of one Erickmen,as mightfeeme, withbim acquainted well., 3

V ho would ( quoth he. ) bauethovghtthathe had-dotedonaLafſe?:

Whorather would hauethoughtthe Girle fo g1lcfull as ſhe was?

Once brau'd he itand often found withſilken \Venchesgrace:

Yeat ( andT wonder)faults henor, though having time andplace. |

Heneuer hild but gracious thoughts of women, yeatT winne

The fayreſt She he ever ſaw might quithisthoughtsof finne..

VVhenof the Court and Citic both hecould fufficientfay;.

From eithers buſic Vanities hegetteth[himaway:

Amongſtthe woods his happielt dayesby-come orto be paſt"

He found, had not Gynettas face intrapped him atlaſt.. vS,

Nor Court nor Citie had ſhe ſeene, yeatcithers prayſeſhe had: -

Somuch more worthby, howe.much leſle ſhe was vnnicely clad: '

At tixteene yeares ſuchiwas ſheasat Twemie,/andarboeth ſi

Weell worththe Jouing, for herloore; hertace; and comely.grocth;

Thence, waxingamorous, hecheckthis cycs thatcheckthimfo;

V hich checks as oftwerecountercheckt by Louehis mightier Foc:.

He loath'd toliue, that lin'dto lonesand low'dtolofle;for why -

He ſcorn'd that wantleſle paſſion, or anamorous Fooletodyc: ®

Full oftcn therefore would he balke her ſight thatpleagd him moſt;

And, ifperccau'd.to be in loue, falſe freedome would heboaſt;

Butall for nonghr, notabſence orſweete exerciſe of wit,

Or oughtbelides mightput aſide Loues ouer-maſtring fir.

Thus pyncd ere hepleaderh loue, yeatpleaſing herſo well |

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Arlength he flatly ſayeche loues, when ( words too ſweet for trew )

Heranſwerewas fhe likedhim|ahd fo artonemefic grew.

Then yocontroulledkiſſfesand imbracings{ ofren mixt

With lefſethan logetoogroffe;thaugh m5cethan fhiguld be ſuch be=

W creurrantAadifeuermandid/flh before thenet, " (twixt)

If cucrmanmightoteditherdidby ber cretie fer 10

If evertnaoforbeartic louedeſerucd honeft meede,' ”

Ericimon mightbdeenchimfelferobebelon'd Mn:

More-argameinsof/carnetonegaue nener Maydethan eD

Lefle cauſcto fallifiethatlouegaue neuer Manthanhe: 0 t

Howbeit, on aduantage play'd Gyzetta'all rhis while,

And by externallſmoothnesdid obſcurcintergall ouile.

There wasa Swayne,a wylic wazge, that with his apiſh royes,

His Pedlarie,andpype-nores; ſuch as pleaſeth'girtes and boyes,  ©\

So cuangd(Þ'woutdhancſayd bewitchr;but thatthe oftca chanp'd) ..

Gynetts, thu her formerlone was ſodayoly FN Hn Le

Ericemon'hardly brokefuckbace coryuingof the' Swayne,

And of herlouz and witsdid wiſhtediicement all if Yayne... *.

VVas neuer Girlefyourrgotithar had fo gooda wit,”.

$5 well reportediof-erethengandwell deferuing it, *

. Thanwas Gyaettapiltiethen both'of herowne reproofe
And of her ouers griefe;char Gicandighte chereat aloofe.

And, wereitnorthar the was young, and that Eritkmon knew

She racher.ſcenydehan ſivd in deede;he mightbaue err'din view, -
Virh weepingheart he herremanndstbe with aim at-one:

And many reſtlefſedaies andiightsconturactt hein mone, ”
Tothinke ypomher madiies whichheriſelfe bltedged none. |
Hertoo muchiwronged Retidtmight (as wel hemight) begreeu'd, ”
Petbanroffeaded;bur God kfowes tiofwhit rhe more releeu'd, -

S0 Wilful-he, ſorvylicand officions was betSquicr,. ”

Thar, craft mrappiegeratt;they-both dideiter bootles fier:

She borea mind marelau gitiethan rohumbleherſo muth;

An hea bacerminde'than chat he hop'r lis fortune ſuch:

Yeat

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Ycatcither lik'tat randonznetrefolninganyend,! » {\ |
Vnlefle, perhaps; ſhe dallied bimascrſther former. frerid.® »11 119: 5
Meane while ( tor Apes becuer Apes) ſomwhatdidhenorwelt ::
Thatmou'da dlſCOXd, and[hroughlt thcn* lones dQUOLſc bCfdſi waatt T. -
Erickmen languiltt all this. while notre-beloued Jong] nerht 21 41 67
For ſhee that lay1'd to doc lumrightdidfeofeon-himibewrong1:'//
Who, giltles, pleadeth giltie(tor whatwasitbewoild not 7:: 1
To reconcile her fauour, loſt might ſeemeercit wasgon)) nigqricim
So louc, againe a foote, gauc bath re-intercainemerithors!:> d
Not any, lou'd they nere fo much, ſcem'd moretolouethanthey,;16
Nox any, lou'd ſheany whit,aolove madeſhorter ſtay C heT
Than hee:for 8 Wawhar hecould didnkrnwimeroBiendstefnn??

   
   

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For why? cucn impudentlyſhegrew toyous inrtheend;;

That was ſo mogeſt comly erſt.as nongmight heramend;/

A Superſedeasfor herloue was cuery new-comefrend::

Andbcing now.in muchrequelt, and waxing proud of fauour;;

By artificzall pryde ſhe chang'd hernaturall-behanour::

Her face was Maskthher locks were cutl'd,herbodiepent with buske,,

And {which was necdles, ſhemore fwect)her rayment ſented Muskes.

By all ſhe did might ſeerme to be valike-berſelfeſhement:”'s

Yeat {woirlt of all)to /az/um-Sinneto0apilyisfbe benr:!r :

Erickmon whenthat followed her.yopitied,notyepearſt;:..

Reform'd his wits,his ſute and hope.of her;notnowasearſty* :

And fcornd het mindthatſcornd. hisloueto herfofirmlygeaſon,,

For why*ſhce,ofired double wrongto.wiong and ſcornca teaſon::

Thus whilſthe ſihfiQPſſC hehild herleaſt: ſoaltereththecace ” - M

Wiitl ſuch asthe: Ahſuch itis:o.build op ſuch afface../

This fayd he, and forthishe fayd; Ifor the mth of this+.: - -

Did yowethat who {o once, were mine I-would beonely his: © 62
Why#chis concern'd not him,nor ſhewd amidiſtraught,(quorh be}

Nay neare thetelt of his vniett, it followeththus (quoth ſhee!) |

Then(ſheading teares) hetothe Ticeſo ſpokento would lay;

Was notGynetts falc.thardid Erickwmos lo; beiray?

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But hathmy Miſtreſſe cauſetochange? whar cauſe,hinke. you, ſhould
I fran#d nie hers;ſhe faynd ker mine; myloneiseucrloue., ; (mouc?
May.Þ faito faceproue on<foulebotc xhole ſhining cics proveblearg,
That ſweete breathiſtench{like proofeto allthatfaire or ſweete appeard.

In herthat wrongs hercrueSloue* lerherloathedeverluft,
Beggemayfhegand vupittiedpine, ror, periſh onthe duſt, l
Aad, dead, bedarmned; iharvnts* er true-lone is yniult......

Yeemei lay allAmen;erifatmend yont'[clyes ye __
Curſenor(this Mad=aan fayd) but ſweare that WOmen be.vntrew:..

Theirloneisbuta'Mummeric, 6r/as an Aprilsdew,+.........
Got with a toy;go0n withatoy: pilis, faterie, gawdes, orwine:!. g
Wulmake hercheckev flieto gamelefſe faire, Perhapszthan thine,?
More amorousthani mieri, and'men conuay theirlouelefſe fine, 2
If ſuckthey-are (as ſuchtheyare} and will be whillt chey be, : _
Why am Ttherforraeof loue? becauſe not borneaſhe; -.;-.7 74
Withck{tthoilthen(fondFoole).I figh ©o fay, rrueayme.yougine;.
V heare grewthatlackeſfond Foole?)I figh'to lay whearenow Lliue,
Whence grewithatlacke{fond Foole?)/1 figh tolaytro ipyes remou'd;
Vhen grow'tharlacke(ford Foole)T ſigh ro fay whenficſt Llou'd.”:
Anddoeſt thouTout?'ah, too too well I wotTloucindeede.., \/"
Why doeſt thouJoue? with lucke too ill I loye forloners mecde.

VV bome desſtthoit loue? ah, rootoo well I wotalouely She.
VWihattimeinloue? withlucke too ill in louetoo long forme.

Vic lackſtthouthen that wilfully docſt erre/and hourifhir;”

Wirdoe Tacke,;not wilfally, then blame not will but wir, - -

How ſhall Idoe? myHeartis loſt, andI amlcitin woe: .
Met any man apoore tame Heart? the Heart, z00d Folke;] owc:}
Strucken, maimed,; all of gore, and drouping'doth it goc:

A Laſſcancefanont'; of atleaſt did ſeeme to fayour it,. - *

And folter$vp my frollicke Heart with manyaipleaſing bir:
Shelodg'd him neereher Power, whencche loucd not to gad, !
But waxed cranke, for why'? ng Heatr a Hveeter Layerhad,
Bur whether that ſome other Deere cltrapged her or nor,

       
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Oc thatofconrſcher gameis Chinge, my Heartlackrbrouſel wots |
Deſpyſd, diſpleaſ de,and quiredifgracit;my.Heart eucyto this day
 Diſlodged, wandring, woe began, Iwornot wheare dothftray. ://
'But ſce, ah ſee, Iſce how'Loue cafts off :DeirehisHound; 11 Twet
Atcll flectDoggethat hunts my. Heart by patſee each-whearetornd:*
Sweet Cynthed tatethe eger Curre, and {othy foe preuent; '
For loe a farremy chaſed Heart imboſte andalmoft ſpear.
Thankes, geatle Goddefle: now the Lad purſues xboodes chace':)
My Heartrecouers Coucrt wheare the Houndcammotholdpace:
Now tappas cloſcly, filly Heart, yntowſenorand {o line:
The Hunifmans-felf is blinde, the Hound at Lofledoth,onerigiue.
Butlift, alas,'Zowes Beagles be viicoupeld, Beautie praites -
Aad drivesmy Hearr fromout the thicks, andiat Receicawaites':-it 1
V ainc-hope,andeithernow falls j n,and row my Heatrmaſtdye, -4/
Now haucrhey himatBay, andnowin vayne-he fightstoflye;
Avannt Deſire, ha Curre, auaunc tthe Bore fo raſe thy/byde.-'
Votorhe fall ofmy poore Heartſee ſeehow.Zonedoch ryde.
Hearke how hebloweshis death : ah ſee; henow the Say duth tak®
Ot:imypooreHearr, thatneuermore for Zoxe ſhall paltimemake.”
Tkuslindhetilheleft his life;and for theruth of this :
I vow, thatwho ſo'onceweremine I would be oalybitss.:/
Yeat (ſayd het Suror) he, northe, waspuniſke, asmay ſceniic.

Yes yes,quoth'ſhe; a Conſciencepricktis deeply plagu'dT deeme;
Then Scotlandwarr'don Exclagdyand'in that lame warre did ettd,”-
The Knighvthathad corpucd? fothe Ladic loſt cach freng.!
Oitſlaw I her inteates/and'oft Theard ierts complayne ſi
For laitherliJoft;lortoflenow found; deuiding bghsi6 twayne, -
There betharſay Aaftmely fays) vnbodied Soules hauc walkt, /
Andof the Ghoſtgofthelexws Knightsthe like abroad wastalkt:
Hereaies hadthisan@ſkeethe heart thatdated nocher EyCS,
For thether whevce the brutedid grow/Nie tearetes faukic)Hicss
Her Followersſtood alootewheothe, alonc approching, fayd,” :

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Ah,pardon me, ſwcechtſt-bdou d,my guile1 grayat was greats
So is my gniete: My.latter Loue refraine, letmcintreate. -
- Burwhilli the-ſpoke ofdeadly:wounds, chey bothdidſeemeto fall,
And after yanilhe, Jeauing ber perplextin feare.not ſmall: _| 7
Whohenceforth-faredasthe Kaightthatdid forher dnſh'ſimght
Stil hannted ofthe. ſcthoſts,& bau:; ctztsy place where thſi,y badfaught Z
Vouill of her deſpaynnct lite-her {elte the.Period wr.mght
Thusliv'd ſhetill ſhe leftberhte, and fortherurhotchis, -..
1 vow'dghat who ſo qnce.were mine I wauld be onely. his, 3
Tufſh;this wasburaPhanaſie,quorh-be;offubtill lctctcct::nd.*.l
Dcludmg herftaplicitie jafigure of her frends: -
Thearenotthatthey ſaid or d1d aughetachiog her vntrach, -
Buctooliſh was her feare,thehKe [ cenſureof yourruth.
And ſhallI rell wharthey;did tell;and fay whattheyd1ddoe? +
F-will, for ſo, pecbaps,you will iurcea(c( quoth ſhe)to wowe,
The Ghoſt reſembling himto whom ſhe had diſloyaltbio-
Sayd : I,and This,and ithou bethus and ſhalbedoot'dfor ſin:
For dotage in.my Joue, for bis deccirfylllaſt, weewaine .
Of freeſb-ſore wounds do hourely famt,hmc,hcalc,healc,hurt agamc*
Norcan I viter halte'we ſee, and ſeare; 2nd fuffer ſtill !!
Ofecndles Torments : onelythou ait Autreffe of fuck ill.” '+
VW ho loue bclov'd belecue no lifebut whearetheir lone doth huc,
To fault.isthentheir murdrousfatt that fixit defedt doth giue...
He had not faultcd or T'falne badſt thou hildfaith tomee:
Ab lictle feele we'in regardot Plagues prepar'd forthee..
Thus fayd be,.and forthus he fayd [Tfortheruth ofthis
Did vow, that who ſo once were mine T would' be one}y his,
Well, Madame, quorhthe Gentleman, be this fo, or aſhife,
1 ſeero fruſtrate my demayndis honeſtly your drift:
Then fo,or not ſo, or what foyou ſhall inferreofthis
Ic warters nots Perinis yoursaod beyou onely his.
For,ſooth.to ſay, weare all faide falſc, it were indeed a hell
To haucaLoues :Cory' uaH :md as notie could'brookeir well,

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ALBIONS ENGLAND,
The Bat(thea waitingatth@boorde) fetchrfighes a two orthree: - :
Tac Owle did/askethe cauſe; Anddoe you agkethe cauſe,quorh ſhe,z ſi
Yhythos Lightwhentbus inſight tmykindred marthred be?
My fclte was fometumesfueb;andfuch am Rill, fauenow T fly:
V ith that ſhe feeililywept +and thasproceeded by and by. |
A freſh, quoth ſhe, now!eomestomindeimine Aunceſtors il! hap, -
W'is pride made-praiesto Keſtrels,Kites,Cats,VVeaſtls,Bac,&trap: ©
My Grandlicr(for wheare Nataretailes inſtrength the addsin wit)
W as fall of Science sBut, inſooth;he mifapplied ie;”**
The Wealc|hPrince'of Vermen {though belidesa'vertuousBeaſt)- | ©
By ſhrewdaes of my Grandfiers wit his Holes withhoordsincreaſte,
Andſcem'drocconnhimthankes;whonone befides had cauſc tothank:*
For Princes Fagors often'make the fauored too cranke; k
Notonly.Mice, but Lobſters, Cats, and'noble Vermen paide
TIacomming Coram Nobisfor ſome crimeagainſtthemlaide.
Bar, God, it isaworldto {ee, whenpurpoſes be [ped,
How Prioces, having fatted Sich, are withtheir fatnes fed:
The Weaſel ſeru'd my Grandfier toandevery Vermen layught
To fee himſelfe in Soarethathadin Snares'fo many cauphbr,
Now alfo live fome wylic Beaſts, and tatlydo they.feede ©
Mongſt Braſts of chace8& birds of game, with lefſethen needfull hees;
My Graundiierdead , my Father was 1n favour nerthelefſe; +-
Nor did his Father morcthan he for high Promotionpreſſe:
And (thoughI fay it) longtime hedeſerued fauorswell;
For quayling Foe men,and at home ſuch Vermen asreball#
And tortheſame the Veaflldid.him mightily preferre:' :
But Honors made him bavghie, and his haughtines to.crce;
I willbe platne, he waxt too prowd, and plotted bigherdrifts :
Than fited him or fadged well, for who have thriu'd by ſhifts>-
Nor will Ffay (becanſe his ſoune).he wrong'd the VWeaſell; bur'
The Wealelldicd, andthatthat did. ſacceede to ſhifts he put :
For which his Fathers Fortune did orctake him arthelaſt::'/
- Such fickelnefle in catthly pompe, which, lowing cbs as faſt,

This

 
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This double watning might hane ickt ynto mywit; butI-.
Did follow Kinde; Nay, more, Ididimportune.D/s50 fly,

And hedid giuemetheſe blacke-wings, reſembling him that gaue ſibc

A proper Gitr, atid hardlygot,coſhame menow I- bavethents.. - /

But know yee D4s? fame Plate/him.or Zy:bos God doecall:: 7

Oc, aptlier ſaid, in Hell of dinelstheChieteandPringi pall::,

And ſomwhatnow of himand how:Ichanged-ſayIfhall. -: 5:
T hapned ona Cranny,whilſkmy Mouſezdaics laſted; wh-xch

 

I cntring, wandred crooked Nookes/and pathesasdarke'as -pxtcha

Theare, haviogloſt my ſelfe; I ſoughttheopen aireinvainey -:

Bothwanting foode,8 light,andlife wel-acarethrough rrautcls pzmc ;

The Moole by chauncedidcroſiomy way;ard/as yekyow)/her ſm
Supplics her want at{ightandiſerues herpurpoſeifull as:well:;

I heard atrraQing ſownd and;skard, my: haire did/ffand vprip hſi, Y

Nor couldI fee, orfly; bur:feareand blefſermefrom aSprighe!-:
She had me, hild-me, queſtionsof my/beingthearetbe-cauſe, *
And in meane-whilepernſeth:mewich fatorabloclawes”

I was aboutio pleadetor lite;when fheprevens me'thus:?

Ha, Coſcn Mouſe, whatForwuoecgiuesthismectiog heetetovs?”:

Feare not my- Sonne{T callthee'Soune becuſe/Honertlive much)' - ©:

Doc holdthy ſelte-asmerry.heereasita Pantlers:burch :
W hat know'ſt notme? orfeeR thou nor? with thathhe leadeth me: *
Into an higherraome, wheareherrobe mine Eauie Tſee:
I did my dutie, auctdrſſny.ſſhfcarcwas-ſilighmcd?whcn tmine e: 5
Encounteredafriendwhereas [madeactounttodie  nnty -
Betore tne ſets-Shee Viiands,and myſtomacke ſeru'd meweal:
And, haumgſcd,my Grandfiersandmy Fathersends Irdl, Z f
{For She enquires:forthem;cre Tacquainther what befell.)
The reuercnt Moole, thenfighing, faid: abzletno Verminethinke
That Fortuncevertauors,'orthatfriends will ncuer ſhrinke*
] did fore-ſmellcheirlotrieflight would'coſt them'once a fall, *
Avnd the:tcfore; Coſeny feethowbe forewarned therewirthall.
Hecre ſeeſtthoume-(Itellthee, thoughT priſenor Gentry now,

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Thine Eamead of the/elder nouſe)thatlongagoedid yvow

My-ſelfea Recluſeirom the world,and; celled ynder ground;

Leaſt chatthegould;the precious ſtones and pleaſires'herebefeand'!/

Mighthappen to:cartopymy minde, forblindagsdid I prayy- 1:

Andlo contemplatrizely lieere Twith contentment Ray. O

Adrmittethe VVealellgraveth thee;themorebe doththe mote

Theothet Vermen will mali gncandenuytheetherefores

Himlelte; perhaps,will lſento thy-ruineforthyſtore:? ABLALL

Octhou thyfelfe;to mountthy ſelfe, maiet runnethy felfeaſtore,'=*”

TharVermen thatharhfteafon;andhisowne Dete&s eſpies;©*4 5 ;

Doth ſcemets haye s ſoule; atleaftdoththriue by-ſach ſucmies,2 0

For whatisit buttezfootharbiimaine from brutiſheries?s” !

Bur man, or beaſt; nexther hath troth that'chis for crue denies,

He bath enoughthathath wherewich pure Natureto ſuffies:"

Inoucrplusan onerchargeforſouleand bodylies; 17 F29 0

For Souldiors, Lawyers, Carrions, Theeues, or Caſualtiesa Prize;**

His comber-minderchatlives withitand leaves it when hedies,

From whometo:carchir ſcarce his beire ſajes clofing of his eyes:

O wrerched wealth, which whoſo wants.no Forwne hinyeniee.

Here maicſt thoy fealt thes with 3 Mad::& hereno Pickethanke prics

Toco thy lite, norwords well ſpoke tollyomeant applies: |

No Flatiererrovadermind: no tongueno tare for lies:

No gleaning fromthe Orphant: no opprefled widowes crics:

No dtibesto gwe, no handsto take :: no quarrelling for flies:

No Wrongestoright: nolawes to breake; becauſe nolaw thattics;

But what weeluſt wedoe,nor doenorlaſtbadd nterprize: -

And findelefle wamin Nature, thanwits-want in Atts diſpuize,

Norany heere in torce, in friends, fraud; wealth, oc Witafties: :

Odocthounorſo rich, fo ſfafe, andiuſta lifedeſpies; ”

Theare lacketh.notofnoble Birrhs toſtarthe courtly 5kies;

Theare be cnowe Polirians, thou.maicſt for thy Soule be wiſe:

Then leaue thog: martersof eſtatecoStates, I thee aduiſe:

And rather ficthou ſatoly ſtil},than tora tall to'tiſe;
 

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Nor for ſhee was my Elder ormineEame, but fortheplace
T hild'my peace;that would haneſayd her Moolſhips minde was bacee
Bur ſhe perceiues me to.diflent, and fajeth, Colen Moule, - :
Doc as you like, youſhallnorfindeapriſon of my houſe:
Stay while you will, goewhen youwill,come 8 returne arpleaſure,
And cuer welcome: Vertue isanyncompelled Treafure; / - ; (theare.
This paſt, & thence-paſſe'werbrough deepedarke waies,faue here 8
The vatncs of gould and pretiousſtones made light indarke appeare:
Vaſtc Vaults aslargeas Tles'we paſle, greatRiuersthearedid flow,
Huge wormes & Moftersthere Haw,which-none oncarth do know.
Oo goe we,till I aw aglimpsandhe heard noiſe of, fiame,
Theo faid ſhee praiers,bidding, meto blefſe me from the ſame.
I, muſing, frain'd her meaning: Sheher mcaning thus did tell.
That flaming Region, cucr fuch (quothſhe)is : Plures Rell: |
All gould; all mettals, wealth,/ and pompe-tharnouriſu: Moztalsptide
Are henceand his; and herher they doethearc Mil-gutders gide:
He them inchautnerhy,and-the fame inchauntthefolke on Eatth,
Vatillcheirdyingdotagetheare finds heere-alining death,
Still nertheles I wiſhrro'feethe hellith Monarch-Dzs,/ -
W hen he (moreireadytobe found then forqur profite is)
Occ-heard vs, and;yohid himſelte, and ſhinde in richarcay, |
And ſcem'd a glotious Angell, andfullgently thus:did fay; - » (much, |
That ſlandrousblind bace-minded Moolegfriend Mouſe deceiucs thee |
Andprates of me, of Hell, and Earth more than is to or ſuch:
Belecuc him noz; butratherdobelecuethineeycs,and ſce
It any carthly.pleafure isyntriptd;hecre with.mee,
Then ſhewde he fights (which lince I found Ulafionsto betray)
Of greater wanthhanEarth aftoxds, or Thauc Artto fay:
Nay, more,he bids measke whatſo/I-would, and Ifhould hane it:
Theo 6idI pauſe, berhinking what was rareſt I mightcrauc it; - l
My Holes were.{tor'd with corne &croomes,on Earth Twalkrat will, l
Andin her Bowels now had ſcene indifferently my fill, FL
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iasked winges,ſcarce asked when they grew 0n eitherfſide;
'Shortleane Trookejgot mountiog left:the Hell Godand rhe Moole,

And ſoaredrotheopen Airethroughwanya ſory hools;

It was at Twilight,andikeBirds were gonetorouſt, bur T

(Inchaunted withthenoueltic of fight) voweared flye,

And/had the Sunne beon vp;I ween(fuch pridebewichrmy wit-- 1

To Egel-fiemy ſelfe) Ehadafſaydro foaretonton ho todts e” L

Not leeing tharmy\limberwings were Leather-likeynplanide; © - 7

But atthe Dawningalſol of wing-worke ſtill preſu'de. PaI 26

The Swallow((and-Iweene it wasthis Sallowes father)he 470mo7 2 2

W as eatlieſt vp, withliimT mer,andheadmired me.* F062 4

I bild him wing, and wiffly he ſargaiesme roundaboir,

And laſtly, knowing who T-was, did gueme:manyaflout;

And fledtotelitheother birds; wharyncouth Fowle was:bred,”

W hoflockttoſee meztillwinh gibes andgirds  withemee ded;” s

Then, ſhifting our ot fight; I bnog till Twilightina bookegs (1” 2

Transformde,derided; hunger-ſpent;and{/minding ſtillthe Moole)

In vaineT wiſktredncement.of my-ſhape;andi(which was worſte}' *

My hapwas hatderthan toowne in thardiſtrofſe aCrift: 2

Then fled Ito my wonted Holesof hoorded food toget,

Too narrow by mine addedwingsthatdidmincentryet. |

Now Miſe ed me;nottothe MooleT-would rerurne for ſhame,

To Dis Idurſtnor, mong'ſtrheBirds Þwasa laughing ganje.

Then curſt Imine afpiringminde;thenknew I D3s a'Divell,

The Diucll thePrinceof Pride;andPridetheroote ofeuery enill;

Hell, Earth, Aire, Heauen;andwharnot?then confſpiri "9:mineynreſt, -

VV hat mightremaineburdeathitor metharlived vnbleſts”

But as], fainting;flew thatnight your Ladiſhip;Dame O wIe,

Did callmeroyaur/Todd,and glad ro ſeeanewnightifowle;

Didtake meto-yourſeruice;thence your Chamberlainer6'be:

 Halwiterrewatdityouthatſoreleened mecs. |

Tr isa {weete contiomalifealttolive content Tſghs ,

No daunger but in higheſtare;none enuy meane deproc:; :

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Thenallthisproceſſe{quorhthe OWIeJdeth tend; belike, tothis;
ThatIſhould catens Moule-fleſh ;-Nay, Str, Bat; ſo (weeteitis - - ;
Thatthou, ſo.ncere of Kinne tothem, thaltalſo ferue myluſt;
And therewithall ii tuthles clawes the' haplefle Batſhe rruſt,

Eere meantthe Courtiot to haue lefr, whom Perkeas Lady prayes:

Torcli whatend ſuch wowing had: Andthus hereof hefayes.,”. - ..
The Swallow faw'that cttiellpranke and flics aloofeand fayde;
Vogratefull Glatron, whatoffence haththatthy Seruant made?
Choke mayſtthoit with the marther.So hs left her, and ynto'.
The Cuckooerelleth whatthe Owle ynto theBardid doe.:t: 1n os
Varlet ( he waxedcholericke).and what of char,quorh he#-
VW as-norithe Bar her bond-Slaue; fack as thou art nowtome?
W hat tet me'theo'of othernewestheniwhir heranſwerets - |
Vorto mine amorousMelſage; fayesmy Lady .nayor yisb
The Swallow told himthatthrough fuch occurrant of the Bar'' (1 -:
He, interrupted; cameaway ynaunſwered-imthat,.
A miſchiete,quorthihejboth onthatandthec ill favouredElfe:
And inaftammeting chafe hefled to wowethe Owle himſelfe.
The Swallow Mangs himthether, whottrhe deglifh Owle did hate,
Andall becauſehehadrepron'd herryrannic of late.. - \ :
The Cuckooe; offering'to/have bilde, ſhe-coycly turnde her face,
Tis more, quoth ſhe; thati-needeththarwe kille, as ſtandsthe'cace:
Rid hence yonn ſameyourknauiſhPage, you fent himwith'a Mouſe
To ſpie my ſecretes,or beliketo braneme inmy houſe.

Gods pretious, wovld you-knew-Tbeare a mindlefle bace then tfiac% |

] can diſgeſtyout Drudge with me'ſo ſaucely ſhould char':.

Tacke Napes, forſooth;/did chafe becauiſe Teatermy Slaue the Bat. - ;

O what a worldisthisthatwe cannothing private haue
Vacenſurdof ourSeruans; thoughthe ſimpleſt Gill or Knaue? _
Well, rid him of your ſeruices Nay, itskils porif of life, :
Arleaſt if ſoyou meanethat weſhall loue as manand wife, g
For ſuch Colccarricts in an houſearecuer hatchiog ſtrife,

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The Cuckooc;heariog this complaint, lew.on his rruſty Page;

And vndiſcteatly gaue him ftrokes that kild himinthat rage.

Yeat, carehelcit hislife, hethus voro his Maiſter layd:

Thus many -honeft Seruants4n ihcir Maſters hallie brayd.

Are Dog-like handled, cither yeat like deate in 7ours iulteyes :

Ot Hatlots and.of baſtincs bewarc, ſayd be, anddyes. ;-...

W hen now ber.gluttony and {pighr had.thus dilpatchedewaine;” *
The Cuckooe, plying amoroully hct fauourtoobraine, 11 1-j{-
Evcn then, andlooking yery bigge,in came the Buszard; who
Did ſweare thar he would killand flay, I mary would-hedoe,: %
IF any Swad belides himſclte faire Madam Owle did wowe.'.

The Cuckooe; ſccing him ſobog, waxtalſo wondrouswroch::
But chus theEOwle did ſttar the ſirife, Shee cals them husbands both: :
Now fie (quoth ſhe ) if ſo:you.could betwixtyourſclues agregyr ”
Yceborh ſhould haue your beliies full, and it.nohurtrome.
The Buszard faintly did conſear, the Cuckaoe layd Amens: :; Es
And fo was Hen inough for Cocke, nor Cockeinoughtor Heng ©
For ſhe deceyues them both, and had tchdesrhemorher game:
The Gentle Buszarddying foone for ſorrowot.the ſanie.-.
The Cuckooe wiſely fawitand did fay burlictlero it,
As nooting ſhe was {et on itand knowingthe would-doec ir; -
But whatthe Swallsw warned himof Harlots proued.treow,
For, as was geſled, alfo himby trecheric ſheflew, - rhf4.

The Goddelle Pallas, rogincend ynto thele tragicke deedes,
Deſcended, and (thedead reuitd) to Sentencechus proccedes.
Tiie Bat, becauſe begild of 7zs, Sce pittiethpartlyand-: -:
Permits him Twy-light flighe :co giuetherebyo.vnderſtand }
Thatto aſpire is lawtull, it betwixta Meaneicftand,
The Swallow, for tharhe was trew and {lainefor faying well,
Shee doomb'd aioyfull Sommers Bird, in-W iatertimeto ewell } '
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The Buszard, for he doteFmioreand darcd lcſſc than reaſon, 5th ſſ :

Through blind baceLoue mdurmg wrono reucngcab e1n ſeaſo

She cic-blurd,and adiudgedPratesthe daſtard ſrandleaft gcaſon Sſſ

Voto the Cuckooe, onerkinde'to brookc Coriwals,ſhe.  -*

Adiudg'da Spring-timeschangeles nore; afd whxlſt bisy ong ones :be

By others batcht,ro'bameand hame himſelfezn.enery "Tieees j2d* ſig

Butliae; quoth ſhe}yarothe Owle aſhamcd of the Vighta-cnda:

Be wondredatof Birdsby day, fly, filch, and howleall mght

Hauclazic wings, beeuetlcane,in ſullcu corners rucke,,. -: -

W hen thouart ſcene be thoughta Heneto folkeofcuill lucke:

Norx ſhall thineedious formegvile VV:ccb be longer oamy Shield:

Whencer Lacmg forth her F]gurc, ſo the Goddc\ clefttheficld,,

For daſtard Dotatds,\V:ttolne,apd Hatlots nice youtell,, ..
Said Perkens Wite.Butrhus now of her husbands pride befell.
Arlaſt when ſundry Armes had'end, Zenry victotiousſtill,,

And Perkess paſſage was fore-ſtaldhe yeelds of his owne will
Himſelfe from Churches Priuiledge toZen7ries Mercy,who..
Didonely limitte his abode; and leffe he cou'd notdoe:. -:

But when he ſoughr eſcapes be then badpetute puniſhment, % k

IVſt Gucrdons for Ambition;forpoote Soules oppt.ſt for wcl] }

Andaſter, foxſome new attempts, ro Tower was he ſenr: -
Whence practxfing eſcape,twasſayd,he won to hisintent”
Youbg &awarakatleof Warwicke, that indeed was Clarepcs ſon
And cuer hadibecn/Prifnetthcatecare Hezrees Iaighe bcgon, %
And now by law,tooftrickrme ſeemes, forthisro.death wasdon.
Perken was hang'd;and hang may'foch ;buttharthe Earle fiould die
Some thought hard Jaw; fauerharit Rood with preſent pollicie.
SirYFilliam Stanleydideforthis (oir Kmg -Jaw is doethus):
Deſcruingbetcer of the King : bur what istharto vs?

Thelaltef ourthree Phderon' was turcid of aFr ryer:
W ho, beivg fitted now. by Artand natureto aſpicr,

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That faig'd himſelfe ixr Eqaward,and to.grace-out ſuch his lye;; X
Lookes, bodie, words, andgeſtureſeem'd heroycall; roview "
He had like age,like markes, andallthat mighrinforce ittrew: - .S.
WVherebyto him aſſlſhngmmdsof ſimple Falke hedrew. TT
Our Cowle-mans forclayd Attor fo preyailed that thePryec- 77
In\Pulpets durſt affir_m;__himctl_(igſizg,-fflpd;Axd;cq_ſifor-him pequier?, 16
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Yeatrope-lawbadthe Youth, the Frjerliu'd Clergie-knauedftill, ” ©
V VHenArmourended Avarice began(for theabegins |/ T.
, _ Thellye Iercarileſt, and more by wyles then valour Wins.) ..
Beneuolences, Taxes and ſore Fines forpenalllawes, PR3
To Henry hoords from Henryhearts of many a Subic& drawes,
Evpſon & Diudly (tard Efquicrs more harmcfull; being gown'd; |
To Eng/andsfricods than. Englavds focs, through Auariceprofound)
To ſuch exaQtivg chicfly Act, applauſed of che King,. - _ _
To whomtheir civill Thefts,not Lhrifts,exceedipgwealth did bring..
Yeat whethegracious King found our their racking Rich & Poorc,} |
Hethen didpardon much, and much did purpoſe toreſtore: X
Bar, dying, thoſe two /«rpres loſt thert hated heads theretore;
So hardly fauouted of Kings themſelyes. in bawnes:.containe, -
Thar they, ſecurely ſtour, atlength doe periſh through difdaine.
$0.bardly too ſome Princes ate irompriuate/Lucar wonne,. |
Ag, though theix bags ore-flow,they.think no harmeabroad vadone.
Henry, ( acquite his larterdayesof Auaricefore named):
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Allennious of bisEmpictnow weare tid, weare plea{'d,orflaine. -
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And thatthe French King was inforc'ſtro crauc and buy hispeace,
W ho, wiuing lovely 4 ar3, ſotbe warres for then did ccaſe.

This ſifter to our King, and then the Frexch Kings goodly Queene,
Waswelcommed with Tryuwphs fuch aserſt ip France vaſecne.
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VWhoſebogicfirced to-his mind; whoſemind was pucſanr, and %

thſc puclanceyeclded notto MarsthisuAtars in France did lad:
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The Eng'ifh-French QuaeeneRtandingtheare, admir'd for beautic rare,

Behildthe Tryumphs,1mache-which high/Feates performed ware.. -
Bur Bra»ggp(yerno Dake) he was the Koighrabouctherclt

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For wactherthathe trots, ot. turncs, or bouuds, his.barded Steeds,. %

Didrunne at Tylr, arRandon,ordidcalt aSpeare with heede, Ih

- -Oc fightar Barriers, he tnalldid molt her fancis tcede,

Weake.ona'Couch her Kivg lay.cheare, whs chough ſhetoued W;ſi,ſi

 Yeatlikte ſhe Brandon,and the famelou'd hererethis betell; -

Forchaſtly hadcthey fancicd long beforeſhe cameto Fraunce,. D
Ocr that from meanc ctateroDuke#enry did him aduzunce. »3 bitCF
The dayes of Triumph weare expir'd, and englfoPeeres withpraiſe -
Comie home, and Lewes King of Francedecealt within few daies.
Charles Brang 9:,Dukeot Saffo{kethen, withihonour furniſhrbence,
VVas fenito: Fraxce for toreturnethe widow Qaeene from thence, -.-
VW ho had been wed fearce thricethree weekes vnto a fickly King,

To her,a fayre young Queenegherctore ſmaltime mightfolace briog.;
Yer leſſedid rimetha braye/Duke © har/es affwage fair 2 aries griefes:
He chatsſhechcers,he courts,ſhe coyes,hewowes, ſhe yecldsinbriefe.
No windes/thoughtſhe)afliſt thoſe Sayles thar ſeckeno cerrain Shore,
Nor find they conſtant lincsthat butthey linereſpe& no more.
Leteachones lite ayme ſore oneend:as, 1f/it beto marrie,

Taco'fee, heare;Joue; and ſoone canclade, it betters:nor'to tarrie:

To caftroo many doubis/{ thoughrſhe ) weare ofttacrrenolefſe
Thanto be raſh: Andthus,nodeubr, the gentie Queenedid.geſſe,
Tharſceing This or Thatarficit or laſt had likelyhond, z
Amanſomuchamanly Man weare daſtardly vctiſſ:hſtcod:s |

- Thep Kiſſesreueld'oacheir Lipsto eithers cqualigood,

And, leaſt King 7enryſhould dillcnt, they ſecretly did wead,
_B.onke. !91 CZMP*Z 8{.
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Andthen ſollicet his good will, and of their wiſkes ſpcad |

The perjur' d valiar $s otck—Kmg Tames, flaynarbrave Flodons Shugh-

Had alfolck in widowhood Englauds fayreelder Danghter,  *(ter,
healſo weds a Scottiſ Earle, vnlicencſt of her Brocher (mothc:\.

And wasto herSons Daughtcrs Sonnc, now fixt 7 ames, grcac—Grand-.ct

Scruple, afrer rwentic ycarcs, didenier'? enries mmd |

For wedding of Queene Katheriz , a Ladie fayre 5nd kmd _
Spaynes Daughccr, thenche Empefours *Auntz andfor her vcrtuous Mfcſi
Well wotthie Zez7y : But forſhebad beenehisBrothers- wrf'c,
And alſo of their coiture farmiſediredted Eawes, © -
He ſeemvd in confecience toncht, and ſought'to rid himof the Cauſe
Then was themartter of Deuorſe through Chriftendomediſpured,.
The Match of alladiudged voyd, and4lotheQuecnenomfured,
She, alter'rearesto h:mſifrom whoin ſhe'\wasto be dſiuorfie,ſi z
Did humbly fay: andam Inort, my Lord;toberemorſte?”  * - (and;
That-twenticyceres haue beneyour VV ife, 8 borne your Children,.
Have lou'd and lin'd obedicatly, and vmuſpccted ſtand-
Far (ah too to0 ſweetly. crr'd) I-was, paore.Soule, the fame
Viihomonce you did preferre,nornow of: meyou ) necde to ſhame g
The bloſlomes of mybeautie wasyour-Boorie,nor my famour.
Now altersfotoalker ſo frommeyourlate behauour
Purt Confcienceistheicolourot: this qtmrrcd.wcll Ewor-.
Lalfo hauea conſcichcethatinthisaccuſtth hot;;
Bur as the ſarne; perhaps, might ſayrhacime ſuccccdcs fayl;
Thar torthe plea(urc of-a Prince goe many thipgs awry.

W hich ber Fore-doomesſeem'd to efteftin hernthar het! ſuccccdcd
In Queene Anze Ballyns who, for ſheih; Lnmew/-ne pſocccded
VW as hated of the Papi/fs,and conttd becaitſe prefert'd, /7 4/ 7 (err'd)
Andthbroughthe Kings to0 Ixght belcefe (kor Kinges hauc ſometimes
Sheloſt her head, and mighthauc fayd (fome chon&hx)ctc ſhedid dyc,
Thattorthepleafurcot thePrince goe many thingsawrys:
Sodydcthe gracxous Mothcrot out now moſt glotious Quccne,

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Two mothers claimingone fame Child, was young £dwardthe Sixti
Now Rome fell {icke tn\Englanzybut howlong ſhe lay imtrannce/} :
Weliſt not write, alonlydeath to herdidmever chaunce: | ]
For old Rome neuet lacktthardurſtthcirlines for her beftoe,
Nor new Remethat to Hell for herdare ſoules andibodiesgoe;
ThennueReigionmghtbeſayd withvsioPrumatine; -:
The Preachers andthe people borh they prattiuely-didthriue:
Ourdeccnt Churcli-Rires, ſtillin priat, norpraſtiſe Cxevorthiethoſe':
Whotereuerent headscollected them fro whence true' wiſedd groes?
Not maupled thenot Noueſles aud curious Douks, which now
Would bauethey know notywhat,& would reformihey:know not%
Ominigtradmitning astheirowne Conceiwallow) (hoxw, :
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Did then put forth her Braunches, and weare:fruitfull tothe bood:"'”.”
And, wearcour Church-Lords-now:-for zealeas'Church-lawes now
Soone mightlike ynion be,now by indifferencie withſtood:(forgood,
For giue ro vulgar Headsthe head andlookefor'allconfufed,:: ::
Ar oncethey publiſh and repeale;al els, ſaue Order,vſed:
Andas Ky:tsCampeill-formidgood formeartheirreforming Tree, +
Sonnes oft by aime conſorting yoicetheic Fathers hang'd ſhowld be; |
So Wheare the Multitude preuailethey cenſure ere they ſee; : - 11
Bur(mightI be ſo. bould to ſpeake to themſhould ſpeaketomee)/\- *
Agood cxatiple woulddgegood th Church-meo, ſeeingthay : ) |
Infayingttorh arelefſebelecu'd, nor doing as the fay. — {works,
I know our. Churchmen: know that Faithis dead where lack 'good
YearktowTnorwhar pollicte in Almes vnpreachedlurks. '.
Some teach (8 wel)thar theſe coocurre,burfew.doevrge the Theame
Ofcharitie :affeard, perhaps, our Mote ſhovl vrge theirBeame./ -
But feare not, Fathers, preachatfull- Loue, good workes,% Remorſe,
Mote-willyour bad Examples ler than fhall your words inforce,
To preach by halfes is to be worſe than thofe tongne-holly Tauclls,
That citegood words, but ſhift off works and Diſcipline by Cauclls.
Ofr haue ye handled pithily (notpreached withour needey 7 #25, |
VV hat good to gine; what hurrtotake,fto thoſe that Soulesdo feede:
But ſo obſcurely hath beene blanchroft good workes elſewheare done,
As many, boaſting only Faith, Faithstruites ſelfe-apely ſhonne:
When ſucha faithis butthe faith ofthattairh-troudesDevill
Thar cited Seripturevnto Chrilt, applying g60d'to cuill;
Tell whetherthartheZ297teor Samaritancdidbetter: ””
Tell wherein Diues liu'd anddideto ZazarucaDebrer,
Vaknot ſententious Salomon his Parable whichis, - :
Full Cloudes will rayne vpanthe Earth: How thus is meant by this, Z
Richmeby Cloudes;pooremenby Eatth(clsCletks cxpound amis)
Tecll, how ſome Cloudes but miſe}! Rayne: thatis, if ſo they give
A peny-Almes or twainea yeare they thinke they much releeue,
Som Clouds flaſk down theirShewres:that is,ſom ſet yptwoor three:
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And begger ſo theraſciues and thurs ſſix\/ fuch are ſool'ſh free,

Some Clouds haylc downetheir Raine, beate flat, burt;8:belpenotp
Thar is-vpbraid who they releeuc, 8 boldzhe ſeruile bound. (ground:
Some Cloudes gxue Snowthatlightsand liesa moyſture moyltles :{o
Docthoſethat ſay; alas,God Þcſhc, and nothing.els beſtoc.

Some Cloudesdocſhewre 1nto the Seas? ſay ſuchdo giueroſuch
VVbom Almes makeidle, orbelike to recompenceas miich.

Som Clouds with hghcmng, thunder, &lowd winds drip downtheir
Tharis,gine{ildom alres,8 rhoſc proclam'd & ſeenc,cretayne:(raine;
Some Clouds retayne but forme ofclouds, with figurc black as Coale:
Thatis, looke bigge, Examine.long, but Scriptum </itheir doale.” - |
Same gracious Clouds ſhed remprate Shewres on thirſtic carth indeed:
That.is,the Orphanr, VV idow, Thrall,fuccour, protectand fccd :
Say alſo whatſocre wee giue,to whoſoerc irbec,

Though giuen 1n ſight of men, if not becauſethatmen ſhould ſee,
But with Deuotion, as a worke from. Faith that cannor ſeuer,

God for ſuch cheertull Almes. wilbe our bounteous Almner encr,
Say,makc not ax it, wearea Queſt of quere erc Yeegiue,
Burgiueyce Almes as men be poore, pot as poore mento liue.
Prouided commonBeggers nordifordered Loffels, who

Men knaw prouided for, orcanbur labournone willdoe,

'Than whom doeſay {for ſois ſooth).no Creatutes worſe defarie,
Take youno Oratorsforthem, butthatthey havg or ſtarue.

Andthus for this. Our Ouerture toitreduceth mee.

The Vncles ofthis Orphant King,ſolong asthey agrec,

Vphild Rchgxon,Kmg,thcmſcluc $,and Realme in happie ſtate:
VVhichchen beganto ruinate when they bcgun debate,

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And noutiſht it tocnt off them that ſo he mipht aſpire:”

For whenthe onc hadloſt his head; he forthwith tookein hagd

To forge the Lord ProreQtor falle viothe King and Land:

W ho,though he tryed by his Pecres oftreafon was acquited,

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Yeatalſoof aStatute new he beingrhen indighted, ,
Woashardlyfounda Felon, andtoo firickily ſerteneſt fo; 7
Formeanelifault'is high offeace vrg'dot a mighte Foc: %
The Kingthus loſt his Vadles both; to hisno litdle woe;

Now/Y erwick wisbecomea Douke; feared of high andlowe,
Fulllictle thinking that himiſelfe thenexrro Blocke ſhould gocz ,.
Thetwo PrinceJoyall Semers erſt madelervnto his l raertciro ed
But now remayned none whoſefaith or force hedid miſtryft,
The Orphant Kiog fell ficke (but here ſu {pend what ſome ſuſpe&)
The new Dukeof Northomberland meane while did all direct.
Itwascontriu'd King Zdwarafrom his Siſters gauethe Crowne,
Their Fathers Former A&tand Wull by wreſted law purt downe: -
The Siſters Daughters Davghter of Eight Zenry, Ladie 7ancs
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And from Eliz45eth,though both collatrally preceed her:

And when by ful Confedracie the Crowne-right was decreed her,

And Gyford Dudly fourth-borne Sonne vnto Northamberlang

Had married her, and nothing ſeem'd thePlot-formeto withſtand,

King Zdward(entred ſeaucnteenc yeares of age, & ſcauen ofRaigne)

Departedtothatendles reft his vertuouslifedidgaine....,_

The Councelthenconucnt. But who wil think,perhaps, that one

Should alter All, ro alcertrue Diſcenrs vnto.a Throne? ſſ K

Tane,Suffolks Daughter, Gyifords wite(One wotthie ſuch eftate__

Forrightcousand religious life, who neretheleſſe ſhould wate -

HerTntreſt after others Two, The youngerof which twaine |

Did match, yea Mate her veriues) was proclamed Queene to-raigne,

And inthetower of /o»don hild Eſtare and princely Traine.

Meane while flead Mary,doubting lefſe her Sceprers loffe than life:

But fildome faylesa rightfull cauſe that comesto open ftrite:

The Commonsknew out cither Law preferda Siſters Right

Beforea Coſens, and for t did many fadgeto fight.
Rerthumverland with Armes purſu'd the Ladie Mazy, and

Obfcru'ddireQions fromthe Pecres: who whenthey vnderſtand

Ot 2/4ries trength offlocking Friends, on ſudden cameto pas

That they proclamed 3rarz Queene, and Tave her Priſner was:

And well was he, thatlate did ſeemea Foe, mightfirft falute

The Queene, andall yntothe Dukedid theirAmis im pute,

For,ſoothly, morethe Peeres did feare than fauour alway,

VV ho, though he ſeem'd as forward now in M aries cauſe as thay,

Yeat was he taken and in-towrd, andloſt his head for this: -

A W arrior braue.But that his Sier, himſclfe,oneSonne of hi S,

Like rare Politians ſeldome liu'de: who inthree ſeucrall Rai gnes

Succeſſiuely did ſhewthem ſuch, thoughloſſedid proue their gaines.

TH@ Duke thus dead, Suffo/ke,Lord Gray, Lord Giford, Lady Tane,
Veareexccuted:But weblanch the rcſt excepting twaine,
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That is, Lord Gyford and his wife, yorigand lefle worthy blame,

Becauſe the Dukestheir Fathers, allthe Councell; allof name, ” ”

Yeaand King Fdwards Pattents feald forthem,not they,did frame”

VWhat ſo wasdone in this, yeatthey muſt periſh for the ſame.”

W ho bigherthen this Couple late?and whomore wretched now?

Of morethen much remayned'nought, norlaw did life allow.

Vahappte Youths, notforrhey dic, butfor the mutuall greefe

Of him for her, of her for him, which tortar'd them incheefe.”  _

Come was theday, the tragickeday, wherein they both ſhould die, --

V hen Eicher, palling to their end, echother did efpic,

Shee in herlodging, waiting death prepared herthat day,

And hein being lead thereto her Lodgingin his way.

Afſending and difſending Signes thenfly and fall apace,

Andeach bemones the other more that mindes their priuate cace.

Their Exes, thatlooked Lone ere while, now looke their laſt adew, -

And Rtainetheir faces, faulcles ere this diſmall enter-yew:

Thcir Eares,carlt Jiftning ioies, are deafe, volesto fighes profound:

Their congs;carſt talkingioies;thoſc looks 8& fighes did now cofound:

V hat parts ſocre of them/had felt ortaſted-ioyesere this, 7

Wicars {enceies now ofany ioy, fauc hope of heauenly blis. -

W hilltEicherthus for Earthly Pompe no longer me didlooke,

He paflcth to the fatall Blocke, ſhe praying on her booke: ſſ

W hence (haning madea godly end) he was return'd, whilſt Shee

Prepard forlike, and of her Lord the ſenceles Tronkedid ſec:

A ſight more deathful than her death that ſhould conſort him firaite;

And for the which her fearcleseies didenery moment waite,

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For whentheſe mighty Proreſtants, through Ones Ambition, fell, *
Queene X/ ary {cem'dro ſhut vp Heauco, andet wide open Hell: *
W hence {warmed papiſh Tyrants, that falſe doQrine did ere&,

VW hillt that ſeduced ©34ay did Gods threatned cauſenegle@t.
Blamelcllc ſhe was nor, for a Crowne that could her Focs ore-goe: z
Nor alitoo blame,for mightie States do and haucerred (o, _(>
To Whome the Scriptutes weare obſcurdby Chriſts 1r/;an Foc,
Her courage was not common, ycat abuſed ouer much -
By Papiſts checfly, She her ſelfe too naturally ſuch.

Heere henceſheis reprooucd of a moſte tyrannousRaipne,
Andotathrifiles Mariage with the truſtles King of Sparpe.,

Bur when rich Brabazes ſupreame Faire, the Bakers dauphter,ſtaide
TheKivg iadalliance, andche Qucene had newes thar falſe he plaide,
Tis thought his tarriance greeu'd, & told that one ſhould counſel this
Haue paticnce, Madam, fo it wasand wilbeas it is:

Fourth Edwarddid thelike, yeatlou'd his Queene no whitthe lefle;
Nor didthelike ynpaticnt her, that knew himto tranſgreſſe

As guiltic ofa Leaſh of Loucs, Shores wife and other twaine:

She knew asStrcams,if ſtopt,ſurrowndſo Kings wil ſheyvthey rajgn:
 Chap.4ts 199. : &/Book,
ALBIONS -ENGLAND.
Asdid our ſecond Henry, whome his Queene oft croſtin yaine.
W hich, and oneother Story, ifitpleaſe you thatLtell, -
Tſhall. Ycadoe(quoth ſhe:) Then'thus (quoth he) itorice befell.

KT Ocknowen of Re/amund, hiscic had ſtocd her. in his heart: |
Faire Maide, quoth he, belecue me faire andallſofairethouart * |
That,weare I Henry Englads King,thou ſhouldſt be Z-g/ads Queene:

Bur ſo muſt fayle, for Elenour already is betweene. ;
He bod me buy thy loue, if fo itmight be boughr with Golde,

Tfnor, hebod me ſweare he loues : in fayth be loues, bebolde:
He bod me aske, ifſo he came, what ſhould his welcome be,
'And if, perhaps, he lated weare if he ſhould lodge withthee:
Proteſting ſecreafie thereofto all, yaleſſeto me,

"With promiſe to performe at full cach promiſe as T make itz _

I promiſe Louc, V calth, Secteſic, thenpromiſethou totakeit,
Content you Sir (quoth-Ro{amund)you aime your markesamis?

I am not for his Highnes, nor for mebis Highnes is.

And thould he know ( Tſhame heſhould) otthis your Brokage bace,

He wouldacquaint you what it weare your Soueraigne to diſgrace.

' W hoſo you be, beſtill che ſame, or berter if you may, |
Think not Lord Cliffords daughter will va-maiden her forpay,
But know, if Henyy2s (elfe were heere, himſelfe ſhould hauca nay. -
Thenknow (quoth he)which being knowen,well maiſtthou know I
Lamthe Kiog, and for Tam the ratherler ir moucthee. ' * (louethee,
In ſooth, Fveer Wench, thou ſaieſt nay thou knoweſt not wheteto:
For,weare my wiſhat work,lefſe good wy wiſh than work woulddo.
W har, fearſtthouſhame? no ſhameto be beloned of a King:

Or dreadtthouſinne? The Pope for pay abſolueth cuery thing?

Oc doubt'ſt thou icalous Elenour?I will temonethat doubt:

Ar ooed#eckſhall ſhe finde thy bower, but nener findethee out:

Theareſbalrthoupaſſea pleaſant life, commanding meand mine?

Thenloue, beloned Ro/ammnnd, aKinglubiets himthine;

He kiſt, She bluſhr, and long it was ere loue from her he wroung,
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For, whilſt vp playedin herheart,it pauſcd on her toung.
Not S1vils Caucat Cama, nor the!Labyrinth in Creat
Wiaslikethe Bower of Reſamand,forintricate and great. ”
The Pellicane theare neaſts bis Bird and ſportcth oft with her,
Condutted bya Clew ofthtead, elscould henotburerc;
Beſides her Maydes,aKniyhroftraſt attended'on her theare,
VWhoſufired forher Beautie, lopg concealing itforteare:
Aclengthatfull- and formally he courted her forgrace;
Butall in vaine, nonght boored himto hatebothtime and place:
Henty, quoth ſhe, begonneandheſhall end-mythoughts ynchaſt:
Nor peach'tſhe him,norhe;diſmiſt, did hold himſelte difprac'lt;
The Kingsthree Sorines hadnoticeoftheir Fathers Leiman now,

So had the Queene,andthey of ſuch conuing difallowe.

Came I from *ravce 2ueene Dowager, quoth the; to pay ſo deere

For bringinghim-ſo:;greatawealth asto be Cuckguear'd heere?

Am: foolda woman, he ſo younga/wanton/growen,

Asthat Imay not pleaſe;thatpleaſ'd,and illmi ohtwith hisowen?

W hat tsthe Drabyor tempting Dinell? or wherefore doterh he?

The Frezch King once; bimſcife eucnnow, for faire preferred me.

Aond hath he toyled yp his Game? and ſenelsheto louchers.”/

Nor Heauen nor hell ſhallcrofſe my-conrſe but that I willremonehes.

Like Phrogge, ſceking Philozel, ſhe ſceketh for and found _

TheBowerthatlodg'd her Husbands Lone;built partly vnderground:

She entred, but ſointricate weare Tutrningstoand fro,

That welncere ſhebadloſt her ſelfe, bat could notfinde her Foe:

Yeatoutſhegor,and backeſhe goes with her Anendants, who

Admire their furious Miſtrefie, and millike what ſhe would doe. *
With:her Confedrates oft ſhe wenr; prevented of her will,

Howbeitlaſtly did prevaile: For hapdid hitſoill,

That whilftche K nightdid ifſge our; ſi ſpeQingno alſaur,

He wasaffailed, & trom hisgidine Clewe they:canghr.

So wonne they ynto Roſamand; YV hom when the Queenedid'vew,

Moſt branely clad intich Attire(herfelfemoreriels ofheyw)

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The beautic andthe brauenes of :the Perſonandtheplace
Amarzed her and hers, who ſtoodeatgaze acertaine ſpace. HR
No maruell, quoth the Queene, that oft-the Courtdid misthe King,
Soone ſuchan Hebe hitherſuchaTrpiter might bring : ;
Now, truft me, weare ſhenota W hoore/oranies VWhoorebut hlsſiſi
She ſhould be pardon'd; But in faith T muſt notpardonthis. 7 5
A Queane coriuall with a Queene? Nay keptat Racke 8 Manger* %
A Husband to his honelt bedthrough her becomea Stranger? "
Abide wholiſt;abye ſhe ſhall, hewſo T buy the daunger.
Faire Ro/amund ſurpriſcd thus; carethus ſhe did ſuſpet;
Fell on her-humble! Kiiees, and did her fearefiil} hands credt:
Shebluſh't our beauty, whilſt therears did waſther pleaſing face, *
And begged Pardon; meriting nolefſe pf common grace,
So fatforth asitlay in me I did; quothi ſhe, withſtand, |
Bur what may not ſo-greata Kingby meanes or forcecommand ?”
And dacrtthou Minion, quoththe Queene; thus articleto me? ** »
Thatthen werr Von-plus whenthe King commenced Luſtto thee:
Nay, belt he take thee to the'Conrr, Bethou his Queene, doe call
Me to attendance, if his Luſt may ftand for law in all:
I know it, Strumpet, ſo harpshe, and thou doeſt hope the ſame :
But loeIliue,andliueT will;atleaſt co marrethat game.
Wiith that ſhedaſht her on theLippes, ſo dyed doublered:
Hard was the heartthar gaue the blow, ſoft were thoſelips that bled.
Then forc't ſhe herto fwallow downe(prepar'd for that1ntent)
A poiſned Porion:which diſpatchr; fro whence they came they went,
The wropged Vench; the Quintefſence of Beautie, and the ſame
(Sauc that intiſed of a King ) Roode free from all defame,
Did forthwith ficken,'ſothat helpefor hermightnone be found,
When tothe Knight that garded her, then greened of a wound,
Shelayd : VVeare ivthat Feary knew his Roſanmnd weare thus,
No waightie buſnes\mightwithhold but he would vifitys.:
Full well I low'dand lonshim Rill, thatſhould not louc him {o,
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Ah Beauty,that betraics thy ſelle toenery amorous Eie, >
To trapthy proud Poſleſfors whatisit but Wantons trie ? ;
VVhearc-through it ſeldome haps the Faire from meant deccitsto flict
Artleaſtthe niceſt Faire alige ſhall yaniſh once as T.

Vaine Beauty ftoupe to VYertue, forthis latter is for eucr,
W hearcasthar formeraltrerh with euery Ayte and Feuce,
Fptay the Queene of Pardon,whom I pardon from my hart:
Farcwell my preſentFriends:Bur chou,ſweer King, wheare ſo thou art;
Tenthouſand times farewellto thee: My God, whome I offended,
Vouchfafe me Mercy: Saying which,herlite ſhe ſweetly caded.

Thus didfaire Re/e (no lenger Roſe,not faire,in ſent,or ſight)
VV home penſine Zepry did inter,andſoone her wrovg did right,
The Queenc impriſondand his.Sonnes,rebelling,pucto flight:
Thus wroughtthey ſorrowesto theſelues in wreaking of their ſpight,
Nor lou'dtheKing thenceforth the Queene,or left to erre anew,

Now teſtsourotherpromis'd Tale,a common Tale (if true)
Like lefſehad harmed £/zn9r,and mare may profire you :
Be bitter and'it betters not,be patient and ſubdue: |
King Phi/lip is not gone but to returne,which when he ſhall,
Your Maieſtie muſtnot exclaime if ſo you would recall:
Impatience chauggeth ſmoketo flame, butIclouſic is Hel:
Some wincs;by Pattencghaue reduc{till husbandsto live chl:%
Asdidthis Lady ofanEarle,of whome Inow ſhall tell;

      
  
    

 

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A Fulltruero his fayre Counteſle,yeatatlaſt he did her wrong :
\, Oncchnnted he,ynill the Chace,long faſting,andthe heate
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Wheare,Knowne,& welcom'd (as theplace & perſons mightafforde)
Browne bread,whig,bacon,curds,8 milke wereſerhimon rheBorde.:
A Cutſhion made of Liſts,a Sroole halfe backed witha houpe |
Weare broughthim,8 hefittethdown belidesaſorry Coupe.(Perry,
The poore old Couple wiſtt their bread were wheat, their whigwere'
Their bacd beefe, rheirmilk & curds weate creameto make himmery./

Meane while (in Ruſferneatly clad,with linnen whiteas Swanne,
Her ſelfe more white,ſaue rofie wheare the ruddy.colourranne, - ...
W homenaked Nature;notthe Ayders of Arte,madeto excell)-», ,.
The Good mans Daughter ſterres to ſee that all were leat andwcll %
The Eatledid marke her,andadmirc ſuch Peautie theare to dwell.. --3;
Yeatfals he totheir homely Fare,and hild him at a {eaſt;
Butas hishungerſlaked fo an amorous heat increaſt. : |
- Whenthis Repaſt was paſt,and thanks,and welcometoo,he fayd
Vmo his Ofte and Oſteſſe,in the bearingof the Mayde :: 61
Yeknow«(quoth he/thatTam Lord of thisand many Townes,
T alſo know that you be poore,and I can ſpare youpownes,
So will I,ſo yee will conſcntthat yonder Laſfſe and I e-
May bargaine for herlouc,atleaft doe giue me leaue to trie:
Who necds to.know it!Nay who dares into my doings prie?
Firſt chey miſlike,yeat at the length forlucar were miſlead,. - - *,
And thenthe gameſome Earle did wowethe Damſel for his beads.:
Hetooke her in his armes;as yetſo coyiſh to be kiſt
As Maydsthat know themlſclues below'd and yecldingly refiſt:
In few,his offers weare ſollarge ſhe laſtly did conſent,
Withwhome he lodged al)thatnight,and carly home he wents
He tooke occaſion often times in ſuch aſortero hunt, -
VW homewhen his Lady often-miſt,contrary to bis wonr,
Andlaſtly was informed of his amorous hauntelſewheare,
It grecu'd her notalittle,though ſhe ſeemd it well to beare.
Andthus ſhe reaſons with her ſelfe: Some fault perhaps in me,
Some what1s donethat fo he doth: Alas,what may it be ?
How may I winne him to my {eife? HeisaMan,and men

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Haue imperfeQtions:t behooncs we pardoo Nature then,

To checke'him weare to)makehimichecke; atthongh hee now were

A man comrouled of his VViifeto hermakes lefferhaſte.” ' * (chaſſte;

It duettethen ordaliance may preuayleto altethim,;

I willbe ductifull,and makemy ſelfe fordaliance trim,

So waslhe, andſolouinglydid entertaine herLord; '

As fayrerormorefauldes nonecould befor Bed or Bord.

Yeat ſtill he loneshisLeiman, and did Rill purſuec that Game, _

SuſpeQingnothiog lefſe then that hisLady-knew the fame: |

W herefore;to makehim know ſhe knew,ſhe this deuiſe did frame.
Whenlong ſhe had been wrong'd;8& ſoughrthe forelayd meanesin

She ridethtothe fimple Gravvge bur witha flender Traine : (vaine,

Shelighteth, entreth,greets them well,and then didTooke abour her:

The guiltic honſhold;knowing her; did wiſh theſelues withour hcr,% |

Neat, for ſhelooked'mertly, the lefſe they did miſdonbrher. ſi

Vheſhehad ſeenethebeautious Wench (the bluſhing fairnes fairer)

Such Beaurie'made the Countefle hold ther both excuſ'd che rather.

VV ho wold notbice at ftich a Bait?/chought ſhe)8& who (thoughloth )

So pootea VWench,butgold might rempt? ſweer errors leadthe both :

vcarle oveofrwentie that harh brao'd of proffcrd Gold denicd -

Or of ſuch yeelding Beamiebaulkrbat /tenneto one) hath licd.

Thusrhoughtſhe:Andſherthusdeclares hercauſe of comming thether:

My Lord,oft hynting in theſe Partes,chrough rrauell,night,or wether,

Hath often lodged in your Houle, Tthanke youfor the lame,

For why? itdoth himiolly eaſctolic ſoneere his Game:

Bur for you hanepor Furniture, beſeemins ſach a Gueſt, |

I bring bis owne, and comemy ſelfe to fee his lodging dreſt.. ' (brane,

V ith that two Sumpters wete dilcharg'd, in which were Hangings

Silke Coucrings, Curtens, Carpets, Plate, 8 all ſuch torn ſhould Rane:

VV hen all was hanfomly diſpos'd, She pfayes them to haue cacr

Thatnothing hap in their default that might his health impacr.

And, Damſell, quoth the, (forir ſeemesthis houſhold is but three,

Aud forthy Parents Age thatthis ſhall chicfcly reſt on thee)

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Doe me that good, clſe would toGod he hither come no-more.
Sotooke ſhe horſe, and ere ſhe went beſtowed gould/good ſtore.

Full litle chought the Countiethat hisCounteſſe had doneſo,
Who, now return'd from farreaffaires, did to his {weet-Heatrtgo.
No ſ{ooner ſet he foote withinthe late deformed Cote, ſi
But char the formall change of things his woondring Eies did Note:
But when he knewthoſe goods to behis propergoods/thoughlate,
Scarce takingjleaue) he home retutnesthe'Marter todebate.
The Counteſſe was a bed, and he'with her his-lodging tooke:
Sir, welcome home:(quoth ſhe.) this Night for you I didnorlooke. -
Thendid hequeſtion herof ſach his Swffe beſtowed (o. |
Forſooth (quoth ſhe ) becauſe I did your Loueand Lodging knoe,
Your Loueto be aproper Veach, your Lodging nothing lefle,
I hild it for your healththe houſe moredecentlyto drefle.
Well wotT, notwithſtanding her, your Lordſhiploueth me,,”
And greater hiopeto hold youſuch by queatthen brawlesT ſee+:
Then for my duetic, your delight, and to retaine your fauour,,
All done Idid, and patiently expect your berter Hauour.- _ F
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\But he( whoſo he was) thatthus had dubled Talesto ceaſe
Queecne H arzes griete, tor Phillips guile, as'well had hild his peace:
Her no perſ{wading mightdifiwade from penfiuenesof hart,
Vntill that bis Vakindnes in her Deaths-Scene aQts it part.
But howſoere or whatſoerc her cauſe of death might ſeeme,
Her dcath did many agood mans life from'Tyrannie redeeme:
For, as in Paſſion, ſo wasſhe in Papiſtric extreame.
And were not the abodement bad athertocnd our Theame,
Our Cattell ynto fironger draughts'we ſhould and would yntcames,.
But to the Headland ſhail our Plough, vnles we breake our Beame..
Yeatere we careto it(for it ſhall be our Holly-day )
Of ſomwhat faydand ſomwhatſcapt reſtsthus muchby the way.

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NDBx 'es hapc atbome, :

( ?ct But now, in few, art forren Acts of Nauuc Kmg,ſi
£te ) : Wwerome: ;
29 Of Brittiſs and of Epeglſo Kmgs more. ſamous |
[fY : than thereſt, - ;
"@2 This (paring Cacaloguc cnſcwcs whoſe dccdcg
| - wethusdigeſt, |

Meas Of-ſpring famous Brate did ſet-from Greekzſh thrall
'Sixe thouſand Pbr1214n Knights : by him did Guyan Guifer falle”

He con quering this Iie, his Name vnto his Conqueit gaue:
And of his oriſo Cambries men couragious yct we haue. N
*Fortes Builder Ebranke tharſubdu'de theCimbrians and the G.mle;
Ard builtthe beſt of Scottiſo Townes, next inour Nomber falls,
*W hen Breznus and Belynus bad Eight ſpacious Kingdomes wonne;
Had flainerwo Canſulls, ſacked Rome,and matchics Armes had done,'
Andbuilcten Cities, beſt that be in ltahe this day, \
Thoſe Kinghic Brorhers, asmuſt all, their debtto Nature pay.
*Gar gAINKNS flcw the Dacray King : wonne Tribute: andthe ſame
Gaue Spaniſs Exiles Ireland, whence our Seottiſh Nanon came.
*C.if Jelctmc' didtwicebeate backc from Br:m/'h Seasand Shore
Thc wotthic C/ar;that but thea was,viftor eyermore:
Aond thirdly had preuatied bur for Zu45reaolted Sonnc, ..; |
Whenas braue Nennzizs band to hand of C2/arhonor wonne,
*Cuydar and Aruiragus wonne of Claudins Ceſir ſpoyle:
The former ina fecond Ficld did ſtout Fafpaſian foyle.
*thn as the wandring Scots and Pichts Kmg Harins had ſubdude,”
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He gaue the Liuersdwellings, lefſe than where they fince intru'de. _

*Conftantius,wedding Coplsheyre, wasMonarkeof theVVeſt

VW ho, with this Thands Scepter, of Rowes Empirewaspolleſt,

*Great Conſtantine,that worthely aVV orthic might be faid,

The Brittiſh Romaine Emperour,througheutthe world obayd,

He madehisSiege 2/2antium;that reaines hisnameereſince;.

Aand made ( butſo ynwitting marde) thePricſtof Rome a Prince.

* MaximmianasEmpcriall and as valerous asany, 7

Wiith Brittiſ» armourdid ſubducboth Kings and Kingdomes mAny.

*VVhat ſpeake we of great'_A7r+hur, of his Chivalrie or Courn -

Precelling all, ſole Preſident of yertue prow's and port; - 5

AKing of many Kings, hisKniphts io all Exploits were ſecne,;

He was indeede a Worthie, and the Worthieſt of the Neene..=-”

*Fiue Crownes King Malzgoprized. *And in Battells fiftiefiue:

Againſt the M jſcreants yaliantly did Kivg 4luredthrine:: - 0

Rollo ( whole Scede ſhonld. conquer vs) he hencedid brauely beate:-

That, mauger Fraunce,in Aormandic his Scythian Troopes did ſeate.

*He that re-monarchiz'd our lle King 4thelfone didflay

Sixe Kings, twelue Dukes, and countleſſe tale of Heathen in one day:.

Theone of Nyne, his Knight Sir G#y, we touch but by the way:

Omitting other Kingsand Knights, toolong in few to fay,.

Of Brittifs racea wany, and of Sax2n Princesfome,

Vhhoſe blood by Normaine Mixture now is tripartite become*:

Or (For, perhaps, from ſuch Conſort the 37 utes cafſecrd will be )

Thrce blcended bloudsof Nations three bath giuen vs Natures thrcc,%

The £4ax0n proweſie, Dan;ſo potmpes, ard Noxmaine Pollicee: * »

And of the Romanesand the P:chts5 we are no portion [mall:

Foure of 'which Nations Sc5thia bred, we thtiuipg inthem all.

"K [ng77 illiam, Englanss Conguerour, from Rollo fixt, with pray
Ot rwicefiue bundred Townesin Fzauace yn-fo-met ſayld away.

*Herry the ſecond, vpon whom the 57 /-Kingtendant was,

(W hich Scotstheir often ouciruitowes vie liciiceforth overpaſle,

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Whotoour Kings,LordsParramounts,not warres but vprores bring)
Spoylde Fraunce,wonne Treland,and deceaſt of 7uds choſen King,
*Next Lyon-hartcd Richardhe wonne Cypris, Siria,and

Terufalem, debclling quitethe Sow!ldan from' his Land :

Heskaldethe ftrong «£&gyptian Oftte, and king'd his Siſters ſonne,
Andplagucd Fraunceand 4ufrich forthe wrongs they had him don. |
*Firſt Edward made the T wrks,Sauvies,the French, & Flemings txeble.
* The third ſo nam'd to them and moedid 3 ars himſelte refemble:
Whofe Kaights, in 2. R:chards dayes; ſo tickeld France,and Spaine,}
Andparts Zugdinian, that no King but Richard ſeem'd to raine:
Tenthouſand were his houſholde:Scorch digeſts we here diſdayne.
*The fourth and * fifthfof Henries wereas attiousas thereſt :

- Elpecially thelatter was the formoſt withthebeſt. | E
*Nor yeat Fourth Edwards honor from his Anceftors'digreſt.

Oa thefe doo vulgar Earesand Eyesfo brimlie waite and gaze,

As they diftaskeour priuate Penne notorious Laudesto blaze,

Our Catalogue omitreth ſome for Artes and Inftice good,
Somenaturde well, aduiſcdill, ſome worthie Lethe flood:

Not one fore-cited but deſerucs at leaft an #omers Mule;,

Although with _Agamemmons Yaile Apelles ſhift I'vic :

But colours to that Painter, Artynto that Poetnone

So good, to paintand prayſcat fulour tollowing Crowns, ſauc onc,}
Since Twders Scede, Hemry the Seauenth,ariued Englanas Throne.

Or ſuperſtitiouſly.I ſpeake, but #:theletrer fill

Might bc obſerued ominousto Eng/2nds good or ill,
Firſt, Zercules, Hefione, and Hellen werethe cauſe
*Ot warre to Trey, Exeas Seede becomming ſo Out lawes.
Aumvar the Hunn with torren Armes did firlt the Brates inuaide.
Helles0 Remes Emperiall Thronethe Zrirtifh Crowne conuaide.
Hengeſt and Horſus firſt did plant the Saxons inthis lle.
Hungarand Huvbaficlt brought Danes that ſwayed heere long while.

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At Hirold trad the Saxonende: at Hardiknought;the Dan?, Z

Henries the firſtand ſecond didreRterethe. Eng/ifRaine, - -
Fourth Zenriefirſt to. Lancaiter did Englands Crowne obtaine.
Henry liti gious Zancaſterand Torke ynitesin peace.. * »- :
Henrie theEight did happelie Romes Irreligion ceaſe: wh
The Fatherof our Macher Nurſe, our common Ioycsincteaſe;
Whichdouble Z.and #. Z.hcereour homely Poemes Lee, -
He fauethat-ſalucthallour finnes; And, Godzyoutſafethoume-

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B (CMHay this tonone,wiſh L,but me Retreate to Sorowe make)
9 Bothto remember Hins \ve meant our Penn-Lee tore-uſe,

R oons Astotranſ-patronize from bim to you mineorphant Muſe,
A 2 ot one aliue that ſhall net die, thriſe happie thenthe ſame
X T hat,as your Noble Father ſhalſurnine them ſelnesin Fame.

D Both Epitaphes and Elegies his Ghoſte bath wany an onc:
Alas,what can Tſay not ſayde, or more than moend him mone? ;
Not matter more than much,nor more for truththan matter chante,

Or leſſe of Glorie than of both, wanld to his Poet want:

But, were a Non-plus of his Praiſe, all were but this in groſfie,

His Good to his ovene Soule is Good, his Death to vs 8 Lofſe,

   

Fhat ſhould Tadde his auncient Creafts, andnoble Petegree? D

Such as that Henrie( Primer of you Hunſdon Barens) bee C :
Your Loraſhippe, to your Countrie, Pritice, and ſuch in high Degree: \ i
eAn ſuch as yor, When you are not; ſucceed the Careys blood 1:Q

In ſtill-Deſcents: and thanthis wiſh ho\ may: [ wiſh more gooa?
H Syrinx ſounded firſt toyou, and may.care long anewe:
Beyoa Mecznas alſs to this Poeſie doth enſewe. h

His had tt been, bad be yet been, that hadthe r:ſt, Which now
Teelds bursblie yours, if it for 3ours your Lordſhippe ſhallalowe,

Moſt bumblic your Henors
Willian Varacr.
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@ Vert'your cyes and cares, all yec, that enuic her
the fame _
Of:more' renowmed Regment'than"ourfluene
& " Thoughtscan name.
\ 'Yee thatconceiteſuch Poctnes as more learned
not conceaue,
, \ Readenorthereſt, but ſylently cuen at thisline
3 robes 24k 4246 08 Jeatle:
Ridled Pocſics, andthoſe fignificantly flowe,
Differ in earesasdoe'in mouths the'Apricockand Slowe.
Phiſicians bylles notPatients bur Aopthecariesknow:
Some moderne Poets with themſelues be hardly inward fo:
Not intelleCiucly ro.writeis learnedly they troe:.
W hereby they hit Capacities, as blind-man hitsthe Croe.
Nor Thote,nor Thelſc,feare thou,my Muſe,but mildly ſing the prayes
Of theſe our preſeattimes, lefſegrofſethanthoſe of elderdaics.
Our world hath madeit courſethat as the Moone doth'wax & waine
From gold to ſiluer, thento'iron, andnow to golde againe. |
Ot whoſc faire-cured Leaprofic from former twaineto golde, _
{For ina (L%ntcſſcncc wasalleare Gods worlds-curſe ofolde) .
The vadcluding Alcumilſt is that £/zzabeth
_Whom Eng/iſt;ycaand A/ients, hold a Goddefſe on the Earth;
Elizabeth by Peace, by warre,for Maicftie for Milde,
Inriched, tcared;;honor'd, Lou'd, at wel-meant Toyes hath ſmilde;
Let then nemeſines controule,as well they may,our Muſe,
——"Pa C F SOUL DAbes

 
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Welhall ſuch grace wheare we tranſpreſſc for Superſedias vſe. ©
Phebusthinehumbled Phaetpy this {ecohd boone doth aske,”
Thatchou wouldft giae, andioynily guide, to,& with-me,thy Taske:
Intuſe <Zpollotoo intothy ſelfe, thy ſclfein me:”:

Yearthen our mightieSubje&chreats will muchomiſſion be,
But what implore FiftionS*thatT wcll imptoye my penne, "
Etcrnall God;ſay thouTwhichthou all-onlycanſte) Amen.”

"VWhen Tapiter and Arcasyorg (the Sicr, and Sonne) had cloſde
Satarnus inTtalian Hell;not tobe baylde ſuppoſde, F |
Then Projeipin, blacke Dis his wite, inlargd the VWranglet thence,
To yexher Siſter, crofſe her Sicrs and Brothers ſownd pretence.
Thenſhe, eucn ſhe whom Cynthi4 ſome, andſome doe Pall4; call,
(Yt skils not whether, Enhers lawdesdoe apilyher befal) '

By gaturne, Dis, and Proſerpin, giltles moleſted lopge, *_

Vato the Gody'clip*,7- 4mjthus motioncth her WIODgE. -:
Omighticſt Mightic, that of noughtcreateeſt all thatis, .
And gauſteto Man(thy nobleſt Worke)him(ſclfc/and all'for bis; :
And,ſaveObedicnce,didſt impoſe on him no-other Fine,

And, diſobaying,didſtredeeme his Lofle withdeereſt Th yoe,

W hich ſelfe ſame Thyne, and ill ame-Oures, I alſe interceſſe;;
For thee profefling being wrony'd, to haucat length redreſle:

Scarce this was fayd'when thus cnſewd,the Three weare rapted hence;
Sazurne and Dzs confinde their Hells: Proſerpin her oftence, |
(rowenthrough Miſ-Guides,Veniallperhaps;we cenfurein ſuſpencs,
And faire, lou'd, feard, Elizabethheere Goddiz'd cuct ſerce. }

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That fraight, y with the 739z wealth may morethenmuch copare.
Yeathowthi/ca/an Feends didfreatand-hethertoinuaye

Apainſt thy glory;gracious Sairitegweatcouet long)to faye.
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King Phil}ips-ſelfe ({o doting on his Pope-created Crewe,
T har, bcit ſuffrings hisowne Sonand heirethoſe Loculſtsſlewe,
Becaulc they teared he would proue vntothe Goſpell trewe,)

Euen Phi/l;p, now that raketh hell for raſcall brybed Skomes

To riddethee hence (indignitics that badly him becomes)

Once had thee, then nothauing powerto doethceany harme.

It isthe worke of God(lct Rowe vncurſle,ler Spaine vn-arme

That chouart Queeae,co plant his word, when we could hope ir leaft,
V hen Ours,8 all the Kings had caſt their Crownes before the beaſt,
When greedely the Preiſts of Baaldid forthy ruine gape,
Thoudidft, yaharmde, the Lyons denne andfirie Oucn eſcape.

*Evcnthe when Tryumphs were in hand,bells ronge,& bonfices made,

Becauſe Queene t A ary ofa fonne delinered was faid,

Evcn then, I ſay,God mortifidethat womb,to bring to palle,

Thar voto thee, his Queene-eleCt, no Iffue letting was:

That ſoone Religionand onr Realme might welcome wifhed peace:
Maieſt thou,the Cauſe thereot, ſurniue long afrer my deceaſe.

Bur if it be his will,to whomare all Encots fore-knowne,

That Papiſtricſhall in our Land againe ere& her Throne,

Let Spaniards, or what Tyrants els, be Miſters heere, ſothay
Takealſo with our Land our Lives, and rid vs outthe way,

For not they only die,burdicinliogring Torments,who

Fault totheir Taquiſition, or thetr Daimned Ryres muſt doe: -
Then better Bodiesperiththan ſhould ſaules miſcarrie too; S
Of nenher whichhath Ropze or $p47ze remorſe,but thriſting Sway,
Regard not-whome, by whom,or how, they treacherouſly berray: %
How oft hancthey, thereſtore-paſt, ſubbora'd our Queenes decay?
By wars, wiles, witchcrafts,daggers,dags,Pope,poyſon,8 whiat nor?
Toher hanethey atcempred deathitor liewe the Traytors lot : g
Vouchſalc, O God, thoſe Jones of thine be neuermore forgor,

Waoas ncuer avy thryued yer thatthreatned het amis:

For ofanoyntetPrinces God fole Tudge and ReQar is.

Andit Examples might previaile, then Trayrors might perceaye,

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Aud hecreoccalton aptech thatwe-catalogae ſi-aſiw}ſin}cſi,ct | |

Andvnto EnclifDukes;from firitto laſt, ad Irefle our'SZy!c_:'

Though numbers greater, &as Freatof power, did pryde bfgylc,

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Z dward þ Duke of Torke;that lead filth Hronries Vaward Enightly,7
Then flune at /zexcourt with fame;we ouerpalle him lightly: 3
Nor Hnmfre; Duke of Gloce3ter heere catalogue we'rightly: |

Nor/ 7 #lizz: Duke of Suffolte; who;exilde; on ſeas was met,
Aad, hated, headded: howbcirfixt #enriesFanorce:
Nor £ arund Dake of Somer/et,that Henriesloued Preve:
Nor Znmfrey Doke of Buckingham,to thatſame King as 'dcere:
Nor ſweetyong Richerd,Duke of Yorke;of Glofters kyn t09 neere:
Wealſotwo Plantagenets, both Dikes ofClarents eleere}'(h c*t-rc:q
Of which was Thommnsflainein France,George drownd in Malnific
Forthough thele Eight remembred Dukesdoteaſt notintheir beads;

| Yeatnone of theſe had traytrous heatts thit fortetted their heads:
Howbcir, otherwſe, of theſe weare ſome thaterred fo, |

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That, ſtomack'tfor ſuch-Errors,didthcircndsyatimely .groe.

Nor wasthe Dukeiof Ircland,# ere41n fecond Richards time,
ATraytor, butaParaſite, which proudeno lefieacrime:

He as ambitious, as he was conious, and enuicd,

Was baniſkt by the Nobles,/and'in baniſhment he dicd./

AMowbreie of Norffolke (tightorwrong):by foreſaid Richars was
Exiled, andin: [telte did hence to natuie pas...

V ken ſecond Richard wasdepoſde,and Herriewore the Crowne,
T'wo Holiands,torcſtorethe one and putthe other downe, *
Conſpiring, weare detefted, and at CerceFer they both,

Of Exce#er, and SurreyDukes, founddeath in Vulgar wroth
Richard PlantegenerstheDukeot Yorke, fourth Edwardstarher,
Sought todepole (ixt Zenric,and-was heard thereinthe rathcr,
Forthatto himby law-Deſcentsthe Scepter 6id acrew:

But they componnd, howbcit warreswere reard, and himehey: flcWſi

Tohn Helland, Dukeof Exceſter;fourth Edwars ſentence flcadc

And waslongafterio theifeafuſpiticullytound dead.

Then Henry, Dukeof Semerſet, rcbeſhnu loſt kis heade, ? -
Of Edmnnd,Duke of Somei/ct, the ike'ts allo reade. ſſ
So Henric,Duke of Buckingvam,third Richarss triend-foc ſpeade. g
And thattyraanous &ichat: d,Dukc of Coce/ter, bis Raigne
Vſurped was ſiupprcſſ'ſid heifor blood payd blood againe.. »11
Tehn, Dukeof N«rfolk, tought, and fcllat Bctſmorth field. Hisſonne'}
DukeT bomas,in E ight &earicsdaics, didheading hardly ſhonne; :2;
Adiudg'd perpetuall Durance, in Queene Mariesraigne vn-donng. ,.3
FFalſey, thatflye, officious, and too Lordly-Cardoall, wrought

(W ho could & would effe& hiswil)thatiro the blocke was brought,
Eight Hexric raigning, Edward Dukeot Suttinghdm, who(ctc end. -:
ThatPrelate ioyde, the people moend, becaulc his toe, their friend.
Seimer, the Duke of Somer/er,cnuied more than reafon, |
By one that camethenextto Blockc\, choughmightic at tharſcaſon, %
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But oþ»,Duke of Northwnberland, beheaded was anone,

W ho wroughtto ſettheDicdeme 74ze Dudlics heade vpon.

Her Father Henrie Gray, the Duke of $yfolke,-was alfo

A friend vmo that Fachon, &:the $panſn VWowrrsfoer E

But by that a@ he loft hisheade, as did-too many-moe. |

In blefſed Queene E/iz:berh her happic Raigne of peace, 5

The Tragedics,and Tytles too, of Engl:feDukes did ceae, %

W hich Thomas,Dukcof Nvrffolkeatte Tragedian.didincreafe.
Alltheis weare mightic intherr times: yeatbeing Male«contents,

Both they, and hundreds powertull Peeres, torike found 1ike Events:

Howbeitof the common wealth none worlſer diddefarue,

Than, ſuchas flattred Princes faulks, who faulting, alldid'fwarue,

W hich, 1n their:Pollicie, the States of Helldidthen' fore-fee,

W henas they joyned others, Aydes,vntothe Furies three, -

N arciſſsShadowe,and the Voice of +ccho:than whichtwaine, .

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O2eU oy Heare Cadmps, old CAgeners ſonne>didicite
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&y Warciſ/us(olthis Of-ſpring} theare'for beautie
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N /CEX - Daughtcr, R [I6

Vezz 2 Whomecheecteſt .asthe: choiſeſt wowde, and
CT TStes y7e brave Cephixes cauphther,” 71 5 0

Beotia was the. fertile Realme, ParnaſſusPlainethe place KIG
YV hearthis admired Yourh was bornethis Laſſ-Lad formeaiid face.

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'No Nymph fo faire-but wiſhehim hers, howbeirall invaynes --+: %

His (elfe-loue wroughthisſclfe-lofle, & his beauty prou'd is baine,
W ho, proudot Natures plentie, hild all others/in diſdaine:' ;
Till God, whohad created:Man'rhe faireſt Creature;

{(Howbeit but'athadow'ot hisproperFeaure/ - | W.
More difteriog far-than Sun-ſhinetr6 the Sunsſelfe-ſubſtancepure)Þ
Nerciſfus ouer-{cornfull pride not longer would indure; 7 - #
But fro his forme;thar pleagd him moſt; hisplague did thusprocure- 9

As:his ſame fondielte-pleafing Yomh ſtood ataFountaynes brym, %

And prondly ſees his ſhadowtheare;admirivg cuetylym,”

Eccho,an amiable Nymph; long amorousot'hym,

But louiog, vnbeloued, now, atleaſtto pleateher Eye;”
Conuaicsher ſelfe, wnſcenc, into'a Thicker ioyning by,

And thear, as much ore-gone with loue,/as be ote-gone with pridey/
She hcars, and ſees, and wovldhavepleas'd three Senſesmorebeiide.”
And nothing moretban cuery part, thus ſtcalth-ſcene; liked her,

And oothing leſle,chanhidden with vahiddentoconferre,

For well it bad contented then in more then fehrtoerre, -

Although not meanclydid his ſcorne gainſt it herftomacke ſterre;
Meane whilethe Lad (ſach powerbath pride mens Senſesto ſubdue)'
Doatrs on his Shadow, rew-ſuppo&'d to beaSubſlancetrue: |
And laſtly wowesſo formally in words and geſtures ſweete; -

Thar Eccho found hiserror :and, heſaying, Letys mcete,

L<t's mecte, quoth Eccho,mockingly:which; hearing; he' with ſpeed,

(Belecuing that his ſhadow-wasa Nywphz andſpakein deed}}

Did leape intothe Fountaine, whear thatGallanr, drownivg thus,
Hath lett- example-howlikepride may cauſe like plagne to'vs.

How ſmooth-tongu'd Eccheghat for him in al,faue voice,did pinc,”
To quit his ſcorne,baind other Fooles, ahke vain-glotious fipe, _%
By ſoothing thero, is Nafees rale, no purpole hereof mine:© *

But how Narirf/us ſhadow and this Ecchosvoyce, thoughthey
Hauc lopg bene dead, hauntnowthe!YV ofld,isitwemeancto fay.
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P Lute,MHinos,Radamantandallthiinfernall States,”

© Didpytch a Scflion,rtoxcortedt Remiſnesin debares:

Deuiſing Ocderschaton Earthymight, moreDiſorders be/!!

Ti/phoncs Aleffoand eMegdra;theſblamethreesy 1:

Wearcſhrewdly checktybecauſe irwas obieQedthoughvarruely,

Lhattheyweareydle, Helllackt Gueſts/andimen'on Earth waxcruly;

The helliſh Porentatcs thereforea-new Commitſion framed, |

Rarcifiusghotl;and Erckorvayceahercinof 2yoram named.

Thefe ewaync,andthoſerhreeFrrres thus; Copattentees, Jeaue Hell,

And diyerſly throughourthe Earchto SoulesinteRing fell;

Ecauc wethoſcorhers, Jabouring thejr Miſchiefesfarreand neere,

VW lutt Zaho and?arc/ſus arc more badly bulicheere.

Crab'd Satsrne, 8t99:boyftrous Mars,diretthole Formersmarcer;”

Solt-/Fenss,and{imocoth eHerceric, giue Methode torheſe latter:

Thoſe Frriesroughly doccffe& therrtrapicke Tzkes; rheſe Twoe

So flycly worke,thatſweetly mencheirproper ſortowes wowe:

Hecr-hence ourgold-imbated Worldinviewandivalew fayld,”

For Ec62a0d Aarciffas muclin many thiogspreuayld....

:Jenceisit ome obhigheſtate themſelucsdbe auer-likey 15 (firike:

Whilltdeadlier woundthem Ecchoiogtongaesthanſhonldafos chemn

Hence,whence diſhonotdefome obthem beletucrotmen beiyed
Their giozing Groomes,as Tyransſo by them'they wrongeiuicd..
Hence oftentimes Authoriticlookes biglier thana Bull; $CE20407]
V ith Suters pooretoo fternely quickezin-belpingrhem toodull.
Hence bqrh io preaching,barboring,avd&homilicieſiris: 11 10 22 )s
SomePrelates ſooth,be ſoothed,lead,and they.beleadamis.
Hence Lawe,fomctimes,asformde of- waxesthroughnewrefined wit
Of Indacor Pleador,uitereth fanscertaivrie mn ir; ti6 09
Hence Marrialiſts.in-Diſciplineand orderingtheir war,'
Lefſe happelyghe auncignt yſc,copecitedly,doe bar.
Hence isatthatahg Lawycrs more affetiheir fluent Tayle;. |
Thanwhat istightorwhotmn chey wrong,ot how.they lpeed;orfayle;
TharLawycrthough who moreby Artthan righe doth onecthroe,

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Conſertstofinne,deceinesthe Tydge;wrongs Righr;is Juſtice foesn<:

Hence flattred Gentrieprogdly:dorh degeneratiatiafts!7 54n 14
And ſome wouldbebelecyed fuch;tharofno Gentrieraſte:
Henee Cirtizens with Qourtiontsſo doe vayric-it forthe tyme;
Thatwithebcirpaper Laddets theyieuen ſlately Caftelsclymes-:.
Then proudlyprickethe mounted Sers,che Hatrolds,alltoblame, - -
\Willthcy,nylinbey;vrging fees ro-genellizerheithame:! 7 ſamc.%
Hence coumric Lomesland-lurehtheicLords,&Courtiersprizethe
Heace worldlings ſomuchtndic wealth thatrhey forgertheyſe, "
And,drudges-like,preſſe outthe Grapes,nordrinking of the iuſe. » /
Hence arrant Preachers,humming oura common:place or two; - 24
Wiith bad:ill,naught,Popegpois,play,mack;keeping/a fowle adoe,...)
Cogging,andcopd:with,ofaſorte oflazicknauesand queancs,,- "3
That they be Doltes,andpreachtoDohes,will heare-irbyno-meanes-
VW ith thoſe-dotheſe(who'couldtheyealetheGooſewould ftick the
The Browniit &the Berromif,got handin handrogethers : (Ferhet)
Hencc isthe'faſhion-Founder of 'new'lockes,lookes,baſ-le-maine;
And 74z Deuiſor inAtrire;oncFoolein perfons rwaine)! |
Hence, morethag with ourſelucs-ouri{chies; doe Flatterers preaaile: ?-
They make vsproude of Virtues,knowticofvs invstotayſe? Z
Burleſſe Man-Haughter hurrs,than when'Men-ſoothers [ay al-hayle. ”
Though £cahoand Narcifius haunte,aod hurrezeach Sex and State,.
(OurStates Superlativeexcepr;ftilloneforrighrand rate)
Yeatcheetely they with women-kindeprevailed have of late:
And thus of thistwo Gofsips olde,together mer,debate.

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G= they did yaubg-men mocke:* Þ 3

And how fincethree-ſcote yeeres-a:goe(they aged foure-fcore now J
Men, women, & the-world, weat chaung d inall,they know not how.

'W hen we:were Matds ('qd. th'one of them)was-no ſuch new-found
Yeat feru'd I Gentels, ſecing ſtore of daintic: Gitles bolide. : «. (prides

\ Then.wore they Shooes of caſe;now of at inch-broad,corked bye:
Blacke katfie ſtockings, worſted now,ycatilke of youtbtulſt dye:
Garters/of Lyſtes, but now of filke, ſome edgeddeepe with'gold:
VV uth coftliertoyes, forcourlerturns, than vi'd , perhapsof old.
Fring'd andymbroidred'Petticoats row begge.: Barheard you -tam'd;
Tilt now.otlate, Busks, Perrewigs, Maskes, Plumes of Fethers tram'd,

Supporters, Pooters, Fardingales abouc the Loynesto waire,

Thac be ſhe near {o bomdbe-thin,yerſhe croffe-like ſeem's foure-ſquaire?
Sme Waines, grayheaded, ſhame not locks of youthfull borrowed
Some,tyring Arte,attyer their heads with oncly Treflesbaire: {haire:
Some (grofler pride than which,thinke T,no paſſed Age might ſhame)
By Artc,\abuling Nature, heads of antick't bayredoc trame: :

*Once ſtarching lack'ttbe Tearme, becauſe was lacking once thetoy:
Andlack'twe all thoſe Toyes 8 Tearmes, it were no gricfe but ioy. (;ſſ
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Now dwels eclDroffeltioher'Glas:when Iwasyong, Lwot, .*

Oa Holly-dayes{forfildomecls ſuchydell rimes wegot) »-

A Tubb.or Paile of water cleere ſtoad ys inftcede of:Glas:.

An yeat-( which ſtill-Lbeare 19-mind)foritI-ſchooled was,.

Euen by anholyFtyeryrhareſpydemetootingſo}/ - 1 12 )

VV ho, ſoftly ſtealing at my backe;cryde ſuddonly; HoHo. 5 51: - »

I, ſtatting, turn'd andfawthe Frycr, who;thbugh nodyucll/heweate,

Yeat, for he was aFryer, I did forſonle'orbodytcare; -: :

Thatis, leaſt this weareptide(wherecof Þfharply nowſhould heare, )%

Or thatthe cockiſh Cowle-maninone bat wealonelytheare)-! 2

His gboſtly calling layde apatt; might <arnally appearer ” |

Bur, meanthe well, ormuPdheyll;my-Mothet comming to,

Mends all amys, and ſoberly theFryerdid thus begins -

Yong Damſols, and'ſomrimes(quorh he) oldDotards voawaer,

Doe thus offcnd, whilſtthusthey feeme vpon themfſeluesto ſtacr:

But what they ſe& isnotthemſclues: And thena Taledid tell, 7

How Ecchoand Narcifſus wearcaucthoriſedfrom Hell; | -: 7

Thategging,8 This aGiog pride; in, VVorldlings heartsto dwell:

Andeither ofr in Mitrors andin VWaters beautious ſeeme;/::

To curious Gazers inn, whothoſe to be themſelnes do dccmc.g

Flyc'glas and water-tootiog, Gifle, Narciſſps fall extreeme;

Feare flattrietoo: for Mentb:Mardes be Ecchos to ſubdewe,

The Frycr ſayd:andalltooiſcone Ttound his fayingstrewe:.

Yeat then he ſcemed to hanetoldaTale butofa Tubbe,

VV hich three ſcore:VV ynters:aged Sores eue now, do. freſhlyrubbe.

My Parcnes they,weare wealthy, and my ſelfe in wanton youth,

Was fayre:cnough; burproude enough, ſo Foole:enough intruth,

I might hauc hadgood Husbands, which my deſteny withſtood:

Ofthree now dead (ahzgriete isdrye, Goſlyp, this Ayle is good)

Infaith'notoneof them was ſotfor by this drinkeT ſweare,

(Requarrelling-the Cup, whoſe Lippes and itynparted weare,

W hen tiyother EcKamme; greatſwitls char«(for talkatiue be Cups)

The formers Prace,: aot worth the while” thus fondly interrups.
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VV HenlI (quoth ſbe)rhe'Countrieleftto bea'ZowdonLas,

© 1 wasnottayrer than my ſclfebelccucd faire I'was.

Good God, how formall,prankt,and pearr,became T'inatrice,

As it-vntothe Place it wearea Natureto be Nice:-

Scarce entred T the Teenes;but that to ed mywill was hot:

Yethat be married,andiinteadto marrie,wellTwors' -

The Prieſt no ſooner ſayde;bur Typontny typerocs ſtand;:

As if that Leſſon had concerndmy ſelfe,cucn ourot hand:

The ſameproportion with iny heart my grocth noragedid hold':

Dayes ſeeming yeares,when I, Vowead, was ſixteene winters olde.

And growing was the greeneDiſcaſe, which men in Maides doe cure;

W hen cameaLouer, I,/ for-ſooth)becomming full demure.

For carſt I had obſeru'dthis Arre,Delay gines men Defier:/

Yeat lothe to hurt my baſte,and leaſtthe Hanſell ſhould teryer; }

T'was notouer coye,nor heto warme him atmy Ficr.

Fle blab (for why? for itand motethatT in youth diddoc, '

Long fince I pafled ghoſtly ſhriftes,pennance,and pardonstoo)

Such march we made;that Maide,nor Wife,nor Widowe;left he me;

Bat with my Maiden-head hecroſtthe Seas,and farewell he: I

For from my fault could not,as chanft,the Somner prolea fee:

My belly didnot blab;{6 1 was ſtill a Mayde,and free. |

It comfort ſhould in lofle to thinke wetadnetoncetoloſe;

And what we baueas euctto be hild ſiouldnone ſuppoſes * -

Bur not in me this ſentence hild : more caperly than caiſt

I 0n the brydell byte,as loath to faft tharlare did feafte. «-

_ Switt gallops tierþoth man andhorſe, ſoone-bor,is ſoone-coldloue,
No Man,I meane,Lone-hotasmine,loues asthe Tiirtell Douc,*”
Aad,in good ſoothe,aSotisthe,that cog'd-with cannor cogge:
Asrcadily my Louedid gad,as did my Louer iopye.

Tuſh,inthoſe times weare noſuch toyes as Gagate ſtones to trie,

By foyſting themin Potions,if a Maide had trodeawrie;

Butchis was rather currant,yea cach holy Fathers lore;

Thar therefore Natureſiweetnerh Loue,that itthe world might ſtore.

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Which mademe thinkeitthen a finne (fo tenderheantedT).

Bcloued,not to Loue againce,indangrivg mentodie;: ,. - ”

(For ſo they ſworethey would,nor then beleeu'd I men would Iyez /

Whom now I know. Camclions,whil'ſtropray on vs they plye.)

Yeat better times 'werethoſethantheſc for our auayle,for why?

Eucn for good-fcllowſhipatlealt then wentthey'roundly tot,

Now earcthey louc(ifcucr louc) ſententiouſly they doe it-

Bur hethatloucsfor oncly Louc,dothzcaſongquite forgit,

Say men,and articlethe Matchleſſebytrew Loue than VVit. _
VogratefullMcn, whatwould yee,more chan.LoueforLouc?rhan we
Be cloſe,neate, bountious,buckſome,and our bodies Maſters yee? '
Toocurious,pertiſh,iclous, roo.impcrious,too voſtable, ,. z
Arc Mcnzfay VV ome:bur to beat (uch Fooles with theirown badle, »
As when that Iwas yong»our Sexiis. now, troc Lasable. ; .S
Olddoting Foole;onc foote;in granc, what prartell Tof yourh #
Contrition,not Shrifi-pennacice cure,ifpreach our Vicar truth,
-,\Heere, aſter lictle pauſe,chey prare confuſedly, I wot: _ |

W hole talke had often ended, bad the Period been the Pot.

They tquld how forward Maidens weare:how proude it inrequeſt:
How brybed,prayſcd,promild faytc,men baddeſt out the beſt...
They talked ofa VV idowestearcs, her haſte againeto weade, -
Hegone forgot,hisOcphant wrong'd,ſhe ſpoyld,an Vothrift ſpeade,
They prattcld too of Le»don Youthes,how/latetheir headie gacr
Might haue inuited toa Sacke, whearethey prepoſ'd no ſhaer.
Theytalk'r oftimes when Beaftes could ſpeake,of Foxes,and of Apes:

W ho loucsnor forthe Perſon but the Portion loues no-whity, g

Much necdles prattel;whatchrough Drinke,and Dotageathem elcapes:

Yeat Ecchos.and Nareiſius Voyce and Shadowe (now as then,
Woorking againſt humilitic,of wantesthe worſt in.men)
Caus'd themasthus to yſe their prate, and meof this my penne,
And to theſe glorious Follics toothoſe Furies fay Amen, ..

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Eucnihe, I fay, affeQi ogRaygnein Prelandy A lmaine; Fraunce,
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Ge1/e did religiousTreaſona@:burall did fayte, in briefe;”/* 4
Geneud 15 Vnſaſickcd','\ Fyaunce yeilds Rome ſmall profiit, Spayne 09 »
By coſtc hatlylofte, Eacland;throughGod, tryurmphantdoth remayne,
Nauar bathimeanes to'hate V-464rzand;whenſhall Godſo pleaſe,”*”
Therightfulijheire-of Portweate his Empyreſhall re-ſeaze. |
Ye Chriſtiao Princes, pittic him; inpuniſhing his Fo,'
That now afflitethhimzand would osyou tyrannizeſo.
It one ſelfe-ſame Religion(1tReligion Kvmites haue) *

f Natures Line, or Natiue Law cs, the Pope thatſo did crane;
If to hane hadpolleſt the Crowne, with Portngalesappliuſe,

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Might have preuailed, theſe and more had helpt 4ntonivscaule.

Bur brybed Traytors,fraude. andtorce, haus made the Speniaraſuch,
That C45i/e, froma Cronetlcapt, thinksmany Crownesnotmuch.
The great anarro7s, Sampſon, ftauld the firlt Ce#ilian King:

Bur badly Cadt4le quits his loue whencedid that honor ſpring:/

And from hus Line by trecheriethe Diademe doth wring. -

So, by what rightor wrong ſo-cate, Spayne clonteth Crownestoge-
Andaimeth,cucn from ?ortsgale, as is ſuppoſed, hether: (ther
Not wanting Exg/f, willing tobe hopled inthat Teither. - - ,
But Traytors, Fooles,& Fugitines; VV hom prouendor doth pricke
Enſewyour proper ſorow,leane yponthatrotten ſticke,
Yourkindnes ſhallnot mis, atleaft, this kindly Spaniſs Tricke.

AT Hen $p4nards and their Pattizenseare-while ſhould ysinuaides:
In plotting of that Stratageme in Councellmuch was ſaid:
Some of our Queene to bedeſtroyde,ofmutthring ys ſome ſpake,
Somethis, ſome that, burall ofall analtted Vorldro make:'
Leaſt Eng/iſt Papiſtes, thenſkut ypin'Blicandelſ-wheare,
Mcane time by ys might loſetheirliues,ſoe One,by chice.did feare:
Which ſcruple was remoned ſooneby one,that well did know,
Not for religion, buta Realme, did Spayze that coft beſtow.
Our dritr (quoth he) a Conqueſt is, the Profir meancto Spaine,
Not thatthe. Z»gliſbPapiſts ſhonld be Sharersofthe gaine.
So hope they, but (fo helpe meGod ourpollicie wear ſmall
That they ſhould floriſh,nay, ſhouldline;could we procuretheir fall,
Theare be they greatalreadic, wheare weonly great muſt be,
W hom, thould chey equall, woe toys when we ſhall diſagree: -
Now that therefore whichwe cannot with honeſtie contriue, - -
Our Foecs ſhall finiſh, if ofthem they lcave not one aliue. Z
Thus faid he,notgaine-faide:forhang who ſhall ſo they may thrine.
This Maximehath hild, and good, wheare they haue onerthrone
By trecherous Agents, of the ſame they hane not truſted one:
Adde, than the $p4ni«rd,prouder and more crucll Pcoplenone.

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Euci Cortes,thatwith coſt and payne; zich 77dia did Tabdew, )
And gaueto Spayre his Congqueſt, foundfalſe Meede for Sernice trew:
So they that wonnethemn Porrug ile, and Naples ſpead,in few :
Andtooimperiouſly-docthey,opprefle their Conqueſtsnew: _%
Year boaſtcot perpetuitice, bui(Spayne) this Patterne'yew,

Calacaprizdi 4 firiazand, A ffiria priz'd the fame,

The'cHeaes and Perfiansboth,andthem the H aredapns otccame,
The Komeinesthe,thatEmpicr nexthad Frapcegthe Germaines now
Which onely Title hardly doe che Spanyards themalowe; :
Spayne bath N avarrethat once had Spayye, wheare'once crowifd wee
Andoncedid Spanife-Iriſp-Scots vsto ſubieQion bring, (theit King,
VVe Scots,Freach,Triſt: too and frothus often Scepters flye: - -
Yea toPoſterities old namesof Lands andPeoples dye. ;
Sicambries,Gawles,Pidts,Y andels,Gothes,8% Aſirogethes, known late )
In Zurgpby thoſenames,bauc chang'd thoſe names,% £Ewrops Stare, S*
Aad with the Sparyards,partofthoſe,may alter inlike rate; "
Each Birde ſhallthen remauinde her Plumes,and naked leauce your Taye,
Atleaſt when Phille fhall deceale:and why not eare that daye? 2
For powerandprowſclackt'7 #r7ns Pcere,yeat when his Fates with-
Tuturna,no not Tupes-(clte, could doc himany good..... (loode,
But Godhoode none in /»d:;ax Golde, & pope-buld hopes ſhall mis,*
Nor Macedonian PhillipsSonne Caftilian Phillipis': E
But one who,whil't he warres for ours,bath loſt cuen part.of his,
Nort onely S$p4ynethunke deſtioacre in Pompe notto impaier,
Orliued long,that breathes,couied,notels but odicus A yer: _
And (which is monſtrouſly too trew) Religjonisprerexs, (vext,
V kcrethrovgh the Spanyard and the Pope' all Chriſtendome hauc
Vitnes their Powers,by Landand Seas,thac threatned vs erwhile: ©
Ot ita word ;andnote hoyy. God gid patronize our Iie, |

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Þ Hc Sſioanjards longttmc Carc &L Coſtc,mummblc ſumam d;
( Was nowa flore, whilſt Parmstotro Flanders hitheraim 'd,

WESI ike Flecte,of cightſcore Ships'& od;the 0reap neuer bore,
$o buge ,ſo ſtrong,and ſo compleate,in euery Scrcngth and Storc.
Carikes,Gallions, Argolies,and Galliaffes,ſuck
Thatfeem'd ſo many Caftels;add thejr ropsthe doudestotuch! ' *

Theſc ofithe Zizardes ſhewe themſelues, & threaten Znglangs fall:

Bur chearewith Fifric Shippes of ours that Fleete was fonght wxcbal}

Howbcr of agreatet ſorte our Navie did covlift, * |

Buc patte keptDyer in thePotte,chat mightof bcalth haicmilte;

Had $9415 Armada of our wants in 7/irmouths Hauen wilte,

The reſt hadeye on Purms;that from Flangers armourthreates:
 Mecane while Lord Charles our Admital,and Dyabe,did worthy Feats?

'Whoſe ſcateles fitic Moole-hils bod theirtrypeld Mountaines bacc,
*Andcucnat fitſt {opleas'd ir God)purſewde as if in chacer ”

'By this (for.outr idlc ſcemd ro/Emel/f hearts the Shore) .
*Oar Gallants didimbarke cach-wheare,and 'made ourForces morc

'But in ſuch warlike Order then their S)nppcs at Ankerlaye,

That we,vnles we them diſperſe,on bootles labor ſtaye: * Z

Norlacked Pollicie thattothat purpoſe made'vs waye.

'Ours fyred'diners Shippes;chat downe the Currant ſent,ſo ſkaerd,
"That Cables cur,and Aokersloftthe $5237 ards badly facrd.
Diſperſedthus,we ſparenot ſhot,and parrof them welinke, ©
Andpart we boordthereftdid flyc not faſtenoughthey thmkc
Wellguidcd little Axes ſo force talleſt Oakesto fall,

So numbrous Heards of ſtately Heartsflye Beagles kcw and ſmſſal
Nine dayes togethercha'ſte wethem,not aQious,ſaucin flight

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AboutEightchowlands periſhed by famine, ſeaand fight,
For. Treaſure,Shippesand Carrages,loſt Honor, Priſners tayne,
The $p4»14rds, hardly {caping hences ſcapr nort rebukes in Spaine:.\
Well mighrthus muck{asmuch itdid)cheereZ welend;burmuch
Concurranciefrom/oneto.all to.Roptharcommon Sore. (more
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As forwardanthis.Quartell astheformoit Armestobear: ' S
Recuſants and-SuſpeGs-of note,,Qtotherswas cacr. »: d
And had not our God-guided Fighton Seaspreuailed,yct.
[The Spanierdgglandywherclorhey could;had withour Atmics met.”.
Our common-Couragewiththo lefle; folightlyfeardwe Foes, ©-
Such hope in God, ſuch hate of themyſuch hearts to barter bloeg.*'
Heeteflamidthe Gretaps-Forges; MarghisArmorie was heere, -
Hitmſclfheſheadsinvs;and withour Caule our (celueswechkecere, -
But (w-hich had fcarrefide our wonnds;if wounded,withthe Balme
OfherſwectePreſence,ſo applausd-as in Sea-ſtotmes a Calme): - :
Herroyall-ſclic, # /z4bcthour Soueraignelawfull geene,
In magnanimious Maieſtic amidfther;Troupes was ſecoe.
W. hich.madeysweepe forioyznor wag her kindneslefſeto vs-*
Thinke nothing lerting chentharmightrhe common'Cauſcdiſcus,Z
VV.hcare Princeaud People haueimLowea Spompathie as thus.
Howbecit Force, nor Policic, butGodsſole Prouideniee, 4 ]
Did cleare fare-boſted;Conqueſtand behighted Thraldome hence;'53
He in S«xcherib hisnoſc didput bis hooke;and/bronghe -
Him backe agaipe.thejway.he came, withour petforming-oughte:
Hefoughtfor vsAlopcly-wedidſhoutand 'Trumpets-lound,
Whem as.the, VValles.of Zexicofell Batyntoirhe ground;
Yealcaſt (forcar{tdid nenes-heers likeftroog\Supplics befall;
Like loyallhearts incucticone; like-warkke'mindesm all;
Lefle ſpacr-ofPurſes;mpre Fore- fiaht;aud valiant Guidesto act,
As ſhewde ourhardiglittell Fleetthatrbairellneues ſlackt)
Leaſterheſe; Iſay; might have beenfaydiheicanſerhat we ſubdew'des
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Sauc fuch as wrackt,weare Priſnors,or but landing,liu'd not more:

Andasin publiquePraiers wedid his defence implore;,

Sobeivg, Vieors,publiquely,we yeelded thanks therefore.

Her Highnes-ſelte {(good caufe ſhehad) inyieweof cucricEie,

OnhumbledKnees did giue/himthanks thatgaue berYiftorie, 7 \
Remaincthzwhatſhe'wonne,what Spaine X Romedidloſcinfame:

Remaineth, Popes'yſe Potentates butto retrine their Game.

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Then mightthey iuſtlyccnſure, how inT owlines,orPryde,
In Charitic, or Craelttc,how(ſtraite to'God,or wide,
In Dotrine;and in Diſcipline/Rome hath; andnow doth guide,
Wiith ſtillProviſocs fromthe Laie theSeriprures light ro hide,
Leaſt ſhould (as wouldz and'cleerely:doth}their Colning beeſpide:.
W herby, cuen #/6fa&#o;/istheir Cauſcapainſt them tride:
The finneof Pride made-Zucifergainſt God him (elfe rebell,
And chroughthat finne'he ſoſeduct that LXJamallo tell.
Then plaid he: Zex oreallthe Earthz excepta faithfullFewe:
Till Chriſt, incatnare; onthe'Crofſe:$5nns Kingdome did*ſubdewe,
Then Chriſt, waspowrefull inthe world,tor Faith had pratice right:
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His auncient Stm;\gſſcmſi thereferewplatithe caſts/anew; /

And by the prideof on! VWeorkesfrom'Faith amanydrew! 3 (rime)

Then were ſuch Hbnorsheaption\Poper,(Worlds:Abietts cre that

That Lutifer him ſelfe than they preſum'd aor moretoclyme.

Their goldepLegend; thongh norjraurenticke bein aughr,

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Theare wasa Man of ſid'\ff(f blgcc,and bxgge wuctiſiad inminde;:..”
For ſeruc he wouldyerOverbawhohegreatetmone mzghc hndect.
He, hearivg that the Et eperorwarin the world moſtgreat 51% ow7
Camets: [ns Court, was: mccmynd,and ferninghimarmcate;':-
Ic chanc't theDiucll'was/namn'd; wheratthe Empcror bim blc*'}
Whenas, vayullheknewthe cauy ſc, thePaganewould notreſt. -
Buc when hecheatthisLord to fearethe Dinell hisghoftly Foſi,
He lefthis Seruice;and to ſeekeandſſeruethe Diuelldidgoc: « A
Of heaucn, or hell), Go,orthe Diuel}; he carſtnor heardoor carde,".
Alone he ſoug*ſiu to ſeriiethe fimetbar would by none be datrde: -
Hemet (VV ho fooneis mett) theDiucll, waimertayodathey walke,
Till, commiugtoa Croffe; the Dineil did tearctully it-balke:
The: Scruant, muſhig, quettionedhisMaſterothis teare:
One Chrift;qgoth he;with dread, F mindwhendothacroſfe ap*zcare,
Then ſer1 mthy felte, the-Gyant ſand tharChritt io ſcrue Vle ſecke.
} or him he askt an Hermit, who! admſdc himrobemecke,' » -tound,
By which,by Faith,and worksof Almes,wonld ſoupht-for Chriit be
Andhow & whcrc: topraticerheſe hcgauc Dire&ronsſound,
Thcn ne, that sl—ſiomd his Sernicelateto'igreaeſtPorentates, :
Jcn at acommon Ferry rowro cartricallawaites;
Thusdoing lovs; 25 withaChild he overonce did waide,
Vſiſhcr{ns Loode inidw ay%efants, fromfiokinghardly ſhyctc
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ALBTONS ENGEAND:; |

And, of his Carrage;@brifte:fer ſhouldchenceforth be hisname,

Then lert this popiſh'Scripture;Popes,at leaſt you Conuerts frame:

Ot which Conuening, Chri#o-fers.yceabencetoithſhalbe faid;

It not-apply and periſt/inyour;Zuciferrmg;Traids 1.

Yeknow,Iknowghatbur.iu-Chrift may; no,Redemprion bez,. ._.. ..-;

So your greate friend; ourGarancr, 0n knsdearh-bed could agrees. -"

But to the Vulgars open.not, gainlt Keme,thargapsGuoth he, |

So miſerable is your itate who, ſceings, will nor ſee, '

That Chriatgfer, eate Chriffofer, was Atheiltclle than yee.,

Wellanſwered onceaKing-otqursthe Pope,thar bodthim free
Two Prelates;terming them his Sonnes? The &1ug ſcem'd ro agrecs
But ſenttherrcomplear Armot: looke ate thefe thy Sonncs,quorh hes
Falſe 4e5krt roo-norfallely ſpake,reportiog lately.this,..

That ſuch as Papiſiswould ſeduce, and of feducingmis, - . ...!- -
Are marked dead: Forhecowliombe fodidfay,teare ,. 1 14
Earle Ferdinando Sranley;lodiflertingtodid twries 5 AEILT
AsotherPecres; heere/and el{-where, haue found the like no lyes - -
Nor preached herhePopeanis, thardid tghint applie! .Þ. 7j -
This Tex;to witt:This:49uhe Heireggome omand let bim ateg. .....
TV1nberitancelct wsinioe:Nought ſeckethey £15, forwhy? .. ::
Thoſe bad begoodthatgiue, thoſe good bebad that Gi ltes deny.....”
From;:Annaniasliterall faultthey Confciences would tye: -,. : -
Theſedeath:cide Baſili{qitesrhereforo in cucric Scoſe doc flic,

Beof Religion iumpernbithem,/inallcheu-Toyesaliic,

A Peter:Pennygitwithhild, knocks l chereſtawrye.) ..; .1.,
Hell, Heaucn, Bulls, pardons;Pope, andro.bePopc, doth: mony buy.;ſi
Yea, too blaſphemous;they incroch,ypontheDeiticy,, ,. .4 |
Though of theſe Lcifers.bauebeen that periththroughaFlie,

Each finnegainſt God;how-vile fa-care,williPopes with Pardons fit:
Crofſe but the Pops, pardonthou himyhe willnerpardon it.

For Faith hiscommonPlea is {word and fire agaialt his focs:

But who, but fooles,belecncthat Faith exattcd is dy blocs.
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Wasinot your Dr47o Sathancbar himſclie copldalus exccede >: .,,7,

Here adde for badde-wemightyour Leapuc,it Fharot This had need.-

O happy andhriſe.bappy Realmeot oursandother Lands,....©. - :

W hearextouching deathby:Clergic-doomes, the Pollicie withſtads:

Hen freatcd Payſe;PopePaule che Third/when Peter camein Pleat!
" No Marucll,Zatber preached gold;and gloriefrombisSca,-”7 :
Burzſcean helpe : 7 gnarixsthen conceited had his Sect,
And crav'd Canfirmance-of thePope,which Paule didthetrreieR..,. |
Butwhen tic heard tharOrders vowe mightchrefly limatiayle,-—-= |
ThemTe/erfsbeincorporates:northeybis Pope-ſhip ialens ,.
But for hisonely DoQrineare Apoſtles,andas trewg. 7 2n ”
Astorhe Dineltche deadly-Sinnesto.Popesthis Ordernew:.: 1. -
Yeat theſebe thoſe are ynder-hand deceiud whillt they deceane? :
Witacsthe Gallowes; wheare: for moit they.cnd thole webbes they
For vaaduiſed are,methinks,our 7e/uifles;pnthis, 2: AWEANes
In Ccll-life fince ſoſtrift;and. herethey; hangivg ſeldome mis, -
That,for Applauſe at lcaſt(althougheuen ſo weare bacely badde)
They changenot Ttcachersvamto.them4o whom, fromysthey gadde-;
But better courſe thaw-either;weare ſecurear hiome toſtaye,
And theare with loyall heartsartend-whar.Subiefts ſhould obaye,
W hearc notyrannizing isore the'Confcience,though ichtraye. /
And Menot ciuill Carttagethough-in|bodiesnor imployte,
W in goodReport,chey;ſhiftlesſhame thatwiſh cheirHomediſtroyde:-
YoungEngliſh-Fooles;for cauſe tootrewwepittic youindeede:
Firlt for-ye are-our Countriemenxthen forthatiye proceede
Gainſt Scripture;Lawe,and NaturezandFooles palpable,in that:
Ye note not how yourFollies make'ourEngliſhFoxes fat:
A lienat Rome;Othersels-whearegbatlivehand-oner-heade,
By tasking you to broachthoſeFaulres forwhich.chemlclues be teade.
W hil&rhcſeligburrowed, fafe frotkath;mongftyou adoprtiue Cubs,
They docobfernetkepregnanitwicee,whom Difcontenmentrubs,
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And thentranſportts Exe/zdytheat to play the dangerous Foole':
Seducingly inſitingonperformance of theirvow, -

That doth-Rebellion;Regecide,andbreach of Othes allow,

Though Daaid knewtitsSouctaighe $:9{disfauored of God, *'

And mighthauekild,andthenbincrownd;ſuch tin his foule for:bod
W ich of the Patriarks;Peophers;or GodsPeople,whillt they fari'd
Eucn Ethricts,craytrouſly varotheirownosAffetiongcara'ds ”
But chus do ye,nay.-worſer,foryour Darndl gidderh {o, 21
AsGods Annoynted and Below'dye cenifure torhis Foc : ©* |

But wootſtofall;by murthring herto cerire Heatien ye troe; Z

Put caſcthediul{h Atweredone,roſcapeyeatlatks your Charter,

Anddead with Tormdrs,notthe pain;burcauſe;dorh make che Marter!
Say.tharthe:Pope lacks Malice, Say your ſclues doeloucths State;:
To6groſly yeat yourDattcine faulrs1nchiogs ofgreareſt wate. »
VVhich yoar Abfurditiesdo our Diaines confure, I-wot:-..
Yefayhis Popeſhipeannor orre;VV eproneyeereja,Not, ,.
Normthe'Sacramentthar Chriltisreally we hold.” S)

Your Tranfubftantiation weinftlyhane comrolder -3

Yours for the L1ving.andDeceaſt Propittatoric Mafes, -

And Purgatorie,fhould we graunt;ye might conclude'vs Affſes.

Your Worſhipping of Images,a6d Thitscatig Saints,
AndSuperctogation,vs with your DefeQs acquaints.

Be{ides the Supper ofour Lord,and Baprifme;we reie -
MorSacramears :!Howbeitye Figc otherdoe erefts -

As Confirmation, Penaace, with Prieſt-Ocder, Marrageroo, -

And extreameVadtion:Ouctmore too muchapplauſe ye doe *

W orks'Mexitorious.'Ofthe CuptheLiye yedobereaue:””

And ofiranſlaedScripmres,ſo;vaſpicdtodeceaue; 7
Dirges;Vowes,Indulgences, Confelsionin the care;” 22
DifloluingSubiecs fromche Fairh they ſtivuldrheix Privces beare,
Diſpcnling withthe Scriptures,for Renenge,to pleaſe;or gaine,
YourPardons, Pilgrimages,and your halowed Paltries vaine,

Pope,and whatsfo isPapiſivic, well may we call profaitie:
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Ambitious Romegthat foruhy Pompc notſpareſt Soules to: bamc. H

Oaceweatt thou uuly Cctthohque,cormpted fouly-naw;':

Not outed quitethe Church,A Sparke inherwerheeallow 21 »

And wiſhthou weart,asthen.thou weart,whenasthe:Fathers good, ”

As toucnmo Auti: chnfi and wbcncc,m both mxſ—vndcrſtozod

No Mamc} ,cuento/Daxzeli-ſclteinMyſtericitwas:”

And dye dzd thoſe good FatherserethatScripturecameto; pſſ.s.

But now, ,vho-ſocan Ami-chrilt buterymologize; : bg |

And knowes the Popeand Rowe, the Placeand Man: ofſinnc dcſrrles.

Shecp-elothed YV olues,Chriſts Pro-contrazthe Popeshaue bm & ber:

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>) u-r—lcape our Owne;

' For ioathe beſt of mfſin the Yctlcſh axzd Splnt cota--

AJSS... barſtill : ; |

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And watt off woe.ft Heaucn we ayme; bur with-aw orldly-Eye.”

Ourlciues we Iouc,vcac than our lglueswebaue no croflerFoe.

For peace we watre.,.a.petueric warre thatdothourſelues ore-throe..

At once we. burne,and.arc key-cold, VVe ſeemets Mandithar fall:

To heale that hurt.VVe brag of bad.YVe dyecredeath doch call

Weoiuwph while we are lobdude,VWeblſcour proper bailies:

Wegldly docſubi; ct our ſciues ymio-cach giddic Vaine.

  

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Ourgadding Thoughtsconceitorhe Claudes,our ſelues meane.while
Our Nay is Yea,our Yeais Nayzwe will,andthen will nor.. Cfor LOte.
Quar Soules kkechis,our FleſhJuſtsthat, As Proteys changeth,fo
Doeour AffeRbions: andourThoughts beſhifting too and. fro, -
Even,Z7@z-like we fleſh our Faults: our Mindes doe-wauer till,
 Our ſclte-Conceits be winged : and we flic from good to ill. |
Our Pcace with Diſcorde breedes our woe: the Contraric our Eaſe.
We ncucrdoc burplagueourſelues, whulſte that our ſclues we pleale,
We would be)weasit notwe, VsPlentic maketh poore. -
Vegpartiall;blame,iuable;and difablevs eremore..
Alltheſe,and wilfull Sinnes befides,to vs with you and all
Too;common we confeſſe, Burof qur Dofrine ſpeake we ſhall. .
Propitions beto vs,O God,that Faith haue praQtilerog :._), -
VWhich weomitas Publicanes, as Phariſtesye doc.
OuarDogrinethough is Goſpell,yours Traditions but of Men:
Enongh of Yours : Examine Oursby Touch of Scripture then,
N Poo theanclyScripruresdoth our Church Foundation lays
 LetPatriarchs,Prophets,Goſpell,andth'Apoltles for.ys fay:
For.Soule and Body we atfirme,are all-ſutficicarthay ;
Yeat ye adde Canons,part corrupts forne Bookes ve quite denaye.
V cbyche Hebrew,andthe Greeke;theirprimer Pennes,cxpounde}
Each Scripture,by the eldeſt Clarks,whe doubttul Textes be found:
Not bythe Latin onely,as ye would thatall weare bounde. *
So fatforth yeatthe Fathers and the Councels we approuc,
As doetheirExpoſitionstendetolincere Faith and Louc..
Els fully Sctiprures,in themſcles;explaine therſclas%, fay we:
Ii ſearched with that humble Spitit by which they \wcitten be:
Through whictris ofce from literall (peech 4 ſpirirgallfonſe (et free,
Vpon which ſeaſethe Catholique Church did,dorh,and muſt agree,
Nordoth'our Churchadmir,at leaft allow,of thoſei1 her,
Tharteachnot Faith fincerely,winne to Heaucn from Hll deter,
That with new Glozes tainte the Text,or ſtich 25 beypreade

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ALBIONS ENGLAND |

fo thatſweete Promiſe ofthe Scedeſhould broofe the Scrpcnts hcad

Thec 1 þba,an dYmera, of all Str1pturcs i8d whcrcby

Of grace;through faith in Chrift,our Sonlesrtiittc;and Sin dmh dlc

Our Church affes,how ſo; cfficts,ſuch purch*zcologxc, P

And Guides,and'to our Naturall'Prince,grauncsf6le Supremacie,” -

Gods Cou'naat withthe Patriarchis,and extcndingtothe Sccdc, ſi'

Vs Geatilest6,cocqualt isaPrimate inourCreeder ,. _—

AndOhrift weknowthe ende'of it. Ta Circumiciſions placc

E Baptiſme. And iotirely wethe Tables TKo imbrace”: RA

W hich God hjmſclfe 1n 5y74r wrote,abd paucrof A a/f-*s*ſiſhcn, Ny

To publiſhtothepeople, Two'Commandementsin Ten? *'

Scriptures 74:a,couched inout Loueto Godand men.””

Th'Apoſtles, Athamſiumfl\(gct 20d Bizaiy Creeds'we hotd

Aurentick;by the holy Spirit it facred! VV cit iprold. 47 e2

One Godhead ofthree Perſons,in corquall Maleſtie : 07

Doe we belcene:of whomtheSonniedid forBelecuersdice }

The only RanſometharredeemesfromSarhans Tyranne! H

Euen Chriſt,the Waygthe Troth,the Life;not crooked;glozed ſraz)cſſ

Put right for Rule,in Promiſe firme, in Gnerdon near to f:ule F1-2

W ho toreproue the bad;approuethegoodandtoafſure ', -

The W atring,and againſt the Diudl our fafctieto procure, _ | :

Did,giltles;die,that wes loft Soutes, mightliue : naught cls did makc

That he,his Deitic adiorn'd,did humaireNaturetake': 1

Nor,glorifide,diſclaimeshe vs,vnlcs wehim forſake:

And whar isfruitles Faith,but ſuch _{po#aſie?and what

Enſues:_A4potaſie;butro be doomed Dam'd for that ?

No DoQrine,or Traditions, we bold currant, faue the ſame*

That GolpclLortlyApoſiles Ats,or Pcnncs,mcludc or name,

Baptiſme,incorporating.ys in Chriſt,and ysin onc,

Chriſts wiſticall laſt Supper, wheariin Signe hisdeatÞis knownc,

Be Szcmm:ms,exccp; whiclh twaine,doewe accept ofnone,

 
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By only Chrifſt our Advocare we torhe Father pray : m Pn

Norrhinke.we Satfits deceaſedcan out Sures to him cofiuay E

Howbeitfttlmoſtreuerendlyof Saints wethinkand fay,——>

Vnneceflaric Burthens, va our Chriſtian'Freedome laide,

Contrarietheſe;thar but beleefe,and vertouslife perfwaide-”

Yeaonly Faithdotk inſtifie;ſay we;ot-Gods freegrace, "

By-Chriſt;;por Faith:is idle;butdorth-Charitie imbracer

' W ho may,but will nothelpe doth hurt, we know:andſſ;uctrioufi-thay -

That,dribling Almecs by Atte;disband wel-Meant fro wel-Dons pay *|
And/hethatqueſtions Occs diſtrefle,and dothipor helpeindeuour, -
Than he that ſees;andinorbing ſayes,or cares, islef{e Deceiuour, - -
Then hepe we health when ftnne is fele-repentanily incheart -
Addethen.newlife;and we to God;God dorhto vsconvart: %
Thus Peter yſde his Keyes,notthusplay Popes S. Peters part,
ForCleargic-men,and Laye,our Church hath godly Diſcipline: .- 2
Lawes wotthic þetter thanſometimes are:thoſethe Lawes defines: »
Our PrincesintheirPolicies and Lawesdoe weobay z: }
Though God his Caulcthey ſecktocrofle, yearwe for thedo pray,%
In patience,nerperuerſe Atempts;for betertimes wedtay.:) - ::
Nat.as denide;burasdeuout wedocand ſhould abſtaine - -- |
From Meatcscucn mect, theprouded Fleſh trofins excefle towaine,
W hich,ſhnld weskat,& yet be-dronk-withluſt orlikewereyainet
Saue alſo publiquePoliciedoth publique Sparingcraue, »1 l l
In Faſts or diffrenges of Meates,no otherkeepe weehaue..-
Almes deedes,and werkes of Charitiewe pradtitelyprofeſiey:11c l »
And follow- Saiptsas they did Chriſt,&leauewhearthey :t—iſgteſſc:}
Sucb,and ſomuch,as ſaydarewe: ſſfo_rgi—ue vs,God,itlefle. \
For godly though Religion,PripeeaodPoliciethey are,”-
Yearthivgs, that ofthemſelues be\goodzabuſc'brings ourof ſquare;
And ſundrie Faulcs 1n ſundric Folks-weſomectimes muſt forbare -
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Comcnuous Cbrdinm, Paſtors thattheir Pun&ſixon doc neglc.ct

A wicked King;nd Diſcipline;noTawes mer todiref,* C

Arc Tweluethe foaleſt Faultsthatdo/all Common—WcaIths mfc& J

In moſtof albwhich Twelac erres trotor much/inanyone; ” 17

Qur State, reſpeQingthis;of ſome,Lawesnorabuſed/none." ,
-OurGod-bleſt Queene, Falladpumet ourhappie publique Wcalc,

For worth o farre beyondall words,we'only:touchinzeale. -

No Realme thaniouts hath wiſcsLawes;for everyRighr&Vrong:7

Norischrough Meecd,or Meanes;the Weake betraiedto the Sttog, ( S

Though ofyn-Quaifed Tudges fomeis ſnng another ſong.-'

But who the Perton;notthe Cauſe, reſpeQerh;bathforgot

The Creatorof Perfons;whoand Taſticediffer nor.

A Counceltwatchfull forthe State.OurBenches cucrywheare ®

Supplide with Tudgeslearned,iuſt,and ſach 35 God doefeare;''=

W inke hereandithereat Auaricc,lncharic.ſſc,and Prides* ©

Andheter Cleargie thaniisours not'Zurgperhath behide: .

Say me, who can,whetherExtreame hath harr/d Religion more; Z

  

That old oftheirs tooprodigalbor/Thisofotirstoopoore?'-

Then-GjuinggauetooflackaRaine; now-Gicamng eurbstoo ſorc.

By Stauerie and by Symomc now Church-Preferment comes

Like N39al andto Helies Sonnes get Chuich-men vp their cro%nſics.
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AEBLONS ZENGEAND:
Toomuch,too litle,ora meanc,fortoutalike, we ſee,
" Houſe-keeping,norHumilius,io-any ofthe Three,
Bc hoſpitalions, Churchment: Laye,ceaſe facriiegiousfinre:
Your Soules-ſorc,buttheir Stores-{alue,whence;cue whininglyghey
Bypinchingfrom che Pulpet,aod their Purſes,with thisnote, [winne,
 Scarſe will their Studies ſtipend them,theirwines, and Childreacote;
And verclyiitisa fault, and maimed-Learnings For, ;
That Church-Poſleſsions ſhould amongthe:Laye beſhared ſo.
Andyerelyitisafault,ifſotheCleargiehae,-.
As theirs to take.be thought no Sinne,nor Meede to/themgiue,
Almightie cucrlaſting God, which ooly workſtyteatwonders,
Amend ſuch,Paſtors,and voitethy Flock that Sathey ſunders.,
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Thear making tedious Preachments;ofnocdifyingpowre,

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To you,in Reucrence and Reward,may nothing wantiogbe*: (free:
Tis only wiſhtyour workfromDoles,your Hiucs from Drones were
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ThetrPraCtiſe is ſelte-praiſe,of praiſcall othersto depraue.
On Loue,fay ſome,waites Telofte,bur Telofic wants loue,
Vhencuriouſly it oucr-plus doth idle Quarrels moue.
Beſt Puritainesare ſo ore-zeal'd : Burſhould T termethe reft?
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Inſociable, Malcparte, foxing theirprivategood,)”” ) P
Exiling heace wel-neercal Troth;meete'Sports/& Nei-gcthbohrboqd;
Learnings Focs,contemptnouflybythem beLawes withſtoods/ - «
Sclt-plcaſers,Skorners,Harlots;Drones;againſtche Haite itrall:
Oftrheir extreame, whence Atheiſme breeds;be warning Hackets fall.
It ener-England willin ovphit prevent herowne Miſhap, »
Againſttheſe Skommes(ao termeroo grofſc)|et-E »71and ſhatthe pap.
Their giddic heds gane colour firſt that Spayrc gainit Flailders aren'd,
Andthethcir Colitries Foesthey helpr;8: moſttheir Colltry harm'd..
It HypoctiteswhyPuritaines wererme;beask';in breefe, - _
T'is butan'ſrovized Tearme,good-Fellow 6 fpells Theete.
Wiell-working fingle-hearted Meiin filence (ftich be fome)
VWiill nor apply,burfaintiſt;,not in Deede;bat by the Dromme,
To VaionthatourſtabliſheLawesfor publike Prayer ties ” 009
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Therather,for knowne Humoctiſts,Sots,noted Mal-Contents; *
Here innouaterandeach onetoadiuers Se&conuents;* Z
Too much irfcu'rent;inandtothe Churchiand Sacraments..
Burlcauing theſe,retier we torill-drifiing Rome and Spayne,' |
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Vhenfirſtof otherthings ſhall bethisſhort Remembrance made.
Teisa faying auncient (Horautenticall, I'vwin)

That who-ſo Englazd will fabdevr,with 17e{sndmuſt begin,

Imagine Stukelieronely nameincludethallthar's ill;

He forctmsr v orc'ſſ\,and to cur State Malcuolent in will.

Oft bountcousPenlions was theretorepolleſt in Sp43xc long while, :

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The ct{mg whom he haſſ, cozen'd long,him purpox'd to exile,

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Of him he had an Armiezthatfor 7re/apas Conqueſtlayles:

W heathroughafightin Barbarre thatExpedition fayles.

But how had guiltles &#9Yandthen deſeruw'd ſuchſihdl}il_cSpigl%t?ſſſſ

Her Rebell whyrelicucd they?whyarmidthey hinitofight9®?

V hy did?(why docT aske that know the $p2pyard {o ambitious,
The RomainePrelatepompions,and, which'more is,auaricious?) -
VW hy did, I fay,Pop<iP4a5Bulliand Gregorics Calfe diſqueate,” " )
Our Sou'raigne, and her SubjeQsFhat did neaerthem miſctreate?-*
Valesfor PrincestogiueLawes to-theirsbe toofftend ”
Proud 5p4yne,and Rome: if ſo,as ſo,lct God the Quarrell ende,

VV hatclſc had Ezg/anddone,whe theydid foſterthere;with more,}
Our Traytor Mooreton, fentfrom themio flicreanhere-Vprore, >
VWhich coſtthe North,rwo northerneEarles;and their Confortsfall
He whiſpring, how:that Bull had made &»athems our Queene, {{ore?
Depriu'd her all Aurhoritie, diſcharg'd her SubicQs cleene, R
Blcſt allher Foes,curſtall her Friends,left Enc/and Anies praye,
Andall fordamned that didayde orherinought obaye. ”
Soatrogant,malitious,and miſchicuousisthat Bull, - '' -

That Belzcbubahe Prince of hell,appeares initarfull,”

VV hy ſentthey ut by Feltonto bebiſhoped at Pawules ?- — _

 Why fe'ed they Fitz-Morrice,chat in 1reland markhal'd Brawles ®
Sawndersghatfalſeſeditious Pricſbthat fortifiedtheate, '''' '* (beare?
W hy march't hee withtheir Enfignes'? Vhy did they thoſe charges
They ſhooke our Hine,8 torſt ys forth toſtingthewhen they tee'd
Falle De/20nd,andthe Rebell now,that astheirelt ſhall {pecde:

For God againſtall Traytors hathafſured wrath decrecde.../

Theſc Starres,and morein7relandjand a many Treaſons heere,
Havethey abetted,to the-King of Catholikes fulldeere.

More than hispaper Pellerstoothe Pope hath been at.coft:

His Alchumie,adramto win,a pound of Goldhach loſt..

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Their Tej#;ts,0ur Tudaſſes;af ſoremote from:Loue, '* *

As FaithsRelaps,Rebellion,andto Rege-cide they moue, -

Story, inſatiateofthe blood 'QLMarcyrS,and?aſimſſanyct IDISR FLLLD A G,
Blood-thirſtic Prieſts;bloodierthanwhomnorhathnorm ight be any,
Tytring their Naturall-Princes death,and Ruineof ourState; - -
Doerhey,andthen did noutifh, when twixtvs ſeemdno debate.) - -
Lhar $p4niſh-Jewiſh CAtheett, and;Lap-heauic-headed Leach, - -
(Voworthy a Phylitions name) fawle Zopar,we impeach,._--/ »
And Parrer,” thataſpyrins Kniplithence brybiJifar duticsbreach:-
Hencehatie been poyſned of our Peeres; whom Bribes could not ore-
Burwhatatctheſe;ard'moretbantheſe e,tOit the Cuizian Srot, (reach.
Fatallto Seas of blood;ard to-herowne bycarnedlot,”. ©>: <E/
DidwakiourFoes apainſt our'State and'Soveraignes life co wplot!

V hereinKivg Philp andthe Popetſpecially weare hot. ” : »

{ Hecrebotie'Revercnce of lier Sonne,an happie Princeinall,
Religion, Peace,bjs SubieQs Lone,ot Empetienot {mall,.
Precellivg hisProgenitors;aTuſticet vpright;+ 1177*71-

Yea ouer-long it weare we ſhieuld Particularsrefight, - 4
How Nature,VV itand Virtne,deckehis body,words,and minde; }
Oriit hisFamesDeminatineinanything wekinde, / £Y

Ic is, butparrof: Maicftte,throngh Puratizme declynde,'*

Yea,it tor himayhon (ahdideferird)we haneſo firmea'frend,

It migbt;I'ſay,beſpokeztotthus of Marieſhould weend;

Her Fauoutesvito DaniARize,offenſineto the King'

His FhghnesFatlier;but for him in Siorie wouldywe briog, ”
Withhers;and BythvelsdowbleWrongtsEithers married Bead,'*=

How they wroughtParici#ic,howthetteacherotis Cotple wead,” -
How,odiousrotheit Ownewith hard cfcapeof liuesthey flead; 4
How,fince out Ptifnor;blood Ilie ſoupht; & much't hrouph ber Wns%
YeaalltharBucha#7 doth wright{hoind largcly hereberead: (lhead,
Yearnot her Tifancie fiouldbevpbraided withtheblo od E
Of manytliouland flivghtied Soulcswhto petiurd'$/9#5 withſtoode
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AEBTONS {ENGLAND.

Her Marriage with Prince Zawardwhbich Eight # cnrie (worethilto,

When thcy eſtecm'd vs Hereticks ({o Paplſts Oathesvn-doe,)

But,fortaforclaid Rcucrcncc,\ouch webut Hers;and-Her,

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& Fift 7ameschrough Mclancholy ends ſcr@nrs*

X \..... gainſt him good chance,” /

And left chis Mar/ewhom tl*cScat.r,an Infant,*

S=> " wead to France: |

Thas,fromSenenth Hewries Daughter,ſhe her Title d\d aduance,

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Tis ſure;too ſoone,and rreacheronfly,fhedid preferreche ſame,
Andfirft and laſt ynto our Queene her {clfe a Foe did frame.

Our H arie was no [voner dead;butthather&r4547ds arme;
And into ScotlandLocults-likeinher Prerextdidſwarme:
W hilft-the,in Fraxce,did -yndertake our royall Armesand Stile:
Behoou'd therfore our Queene to ſtand ypon her Guard meane whije,
Lord /7 illiarm Graie,our Englif Mars,norMartiall morethan wiſe,
Didwith an Arme henee” pack thece our digerous Nejghbour Guije's
Nor dicd few of Eithet part, whilt 37 arze thus wouldriſes/” (mile.
Since when theLeagnedid oft herRi ghr, with wrong-too wueb, ſur-
Of Coqucſts Spaym*,of Conerts Rome,our Q\_v'f*nc dothcheefly baxcſſ,
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And not for 3 arics T n]e, Qr Im any virtous Gifies;
Thinke that thcy het inl6apued!but from her'to plortheir Driftes,
Herſclte meane Whil c,%ai(*g Par;:dxzd bcſybbmgc\E/nps Croe,
an—olonous thr roy: "h tlic F Oxes Uluzc ,£id end&herffongin woe.
Sufficcth wl*az i5 ſſiz.d mfm*ſi,rcſi ſhcw w hkerefore ſhe flead;.:
Here was ſhe c:kcn,w Hour if Se2rs hadtaken;had beeindead?”
Pur, vndcr Guarde 3nd fo was mrerefhould ooe t..arquamld Ourſi
Andhot her ſclte atone,Sichad' Abbettbrs forren Powrs.! 7 90 T0/4
YeatPrincely her Aflowancc,ſſ*ud more flately,asis faydey's enss s
Than had ſhe beenin $,0r115d-not was Libertie dcnaydc PRNNN Beg
Qt Hctaukmg Hunun-*,and Dzſporxs «thar: .hadfhe'been cont*m*,
Her metrieſt and'f ccutcfi daics's Prifager N S. D TL
Se*ot!md,chouoh labourd of out Q_ccnc woutld not reccive hc*r :md
Such Trcacbcr thouah 1mpnſhn*d hcrc,prou*d fhero cubcr L;md
That dcaſh avvaited, ker atrHome;and had welcthorgoe; ®: (chxoc—
- She was the Leaones ſhor:Anthor mighr our Wcnſi and Statc 'ote.
Percie and Nenellanncicut Earlſi.s,Thns yet ip Spamfopaye,”
(Though bacely 1!},too well for him his Countriewould vettay)
'That occh headed;'borh hct, Wrccctccz Jveetouch,butbytbe v way.,
With thar ſimſiceduw "ounty,who concurring with kis brother,
Once pardon'd,il cout ipyrcd and(LawesProgrefſe fots.lmother) *
Diſpatcht himſelfe : 747et and moc ike guilcie asrboſe other, © (ther,
V hole fagltes & falls had.Rome & ſſsſſmſi;e therr Father,her their Mo-
Omit we. 2yorf/ks Houſe,from firſt of /owards made aPrince,
Though fauord of the Commons,hauedefe&ted cucr lince. -
As\ 91 vsd Curtchic bur is Ambitious {moake,
Laſt T hamas Duke of Norfe1t+ fodid bisaſpyring cloke, ©-
V h6 promisd faith oncefreed, butthat promzſc ſoonchebroke. 1
Himfor Confedratewwuh thoſe Earlcs rcſi*zc]lxrg, Proofes didtouch :
And withthis. Scoz; Quecue that he Tntelligence had much:
Her Martiagethac he cloſe] ) ſought,and her Eſcnpc pretended, -{ded:
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From XNetherland the Spenifo Kiog had promiſcdthemaydes.,, ,.
From $cotlendimo S4552e hould be the Infant-King bccr:ydc. pb
1reland meanc-while with aduerſe Armes ſhouldallo be ore- I.ydc :
And hereof, to, and fro,the Pope, weatc Leiters Rill conuaydc, jf
All which, and more, dircly prou'd,he,pitied, folt his head:
Nor ought his death, from beiog ſuch) did ſtard his Sonnc_m'ſhadc.
So hardly finde we Great-men intheir Greatnes ſſimsfid
Or fortheir Greatnes,not tobe of other Men enurde,.
Bur whatis.Allto choſe hane All, when butin Trifles c:c;zſi .
Diſprace,or Greete,or Grudge,vo-queate poleſte thanal] ;
Conclode-wethen,allRiches Formc,Pompc, Wmlds App]auſc, bm*.
Concludewethen,to Monarchizeis to comandrheminde. (Wmdc*
T breckmortea.ycat,more priuicand moreprattifing thanthole,, _ 73
With ber, 4endoze, Papilis here, torren,and Land-leapt Focs, :
Did Miſchiciesthat xmpoxccd more our praciz'd Statediſclole,
But whenof Parr 3,Babrington, andtheir Azccmpſis Ithinke, -
Wiubh whomethis $cortzþ Lady intheir bloody hopcs gdid Imkc,
All foreſaid Praftiſes ſeeme then Epitomiestoit
W hereto theſe folliall Traytors did themſcluesand Scnſcs fie._.
Outr Centinels,almolt too laiethe Larum bell did ciog, J7
Year hardly thencoarmeherſelfe our Generall they bring: |
The Queene of Scozstro Oursalmoſt her Crowae & hite had priz' dc,,
Fare to preuentithe ſameſhe would, by audicnce,be aduisde.
W hen gentle-Durance might nor falucthatDannger,did rcmamc,
(Which God, and Naturetolerate) flea rather than be {laine:'
To which ourParliament aduisd our Q_ſſcne,buc long Inyaine
Sofar was ſhe from foing hcf, that ſoughc her life and Raync.

  

 

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Andrhen from Fotherinebayethemſclues to Parlamentwithidrew. -

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Remediles impoyſon;fnotmmedcine it we ſhound; 2
By ſome Deciſton ofthe Tymmewhence allthe baynedidfloc;
Our publike VealesPhifitionsmuch didarguetoand froe.
Did neuer Engliſh Patliamentyfullyconucatedthen,
Confiſt of Noblier,Learneder;VWiſer;and VWorthicrmen:
By theſe it was debated how thiscommon Foe mightliue,
Wiithout herdeathwhomGodrovsa common Bliſledorh Fine.
Much was it labord, wiſhedmuch{ome Courſe bereinmightholde, ”
But to refolue ofany nonehad reaſontsbebolde..* |
Her ſtill obdarate Malice to her Maieſtie was cleere:
It ſhe preuaild, Religion was aſſard'an Altrivg keere:
Our Nobles Crocodile,ar homezand hehce;our Foe-hop't Head :
Then multour Qucene,Religion, Realine,or She for them be dead.

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Wiherefore from Either Houſe wereſentthe chictelt Men,tocrauc}

Her Highnes that thepaſled Doome might Execution baugy H

W hercot Sheaskr.to beaduilde,and(carnefther tofage) T.

Diſmilled them with louing words,and biddeththem expea: *- -

Her Anſwerſhortly:nordid Sherhe ſendingirnegle@&e -n »

Though comratietoitthar all did;hopingly;affet:* mm mn

For ſhe;perplexed.in that caſe,didlaſtlythemdirett. 5 -

To ſtudic Meancs how Both mightlive,the Perill oner-palt':

W hich much amazd+yeatfolemaly they hand<llitatlaſt. -

Mercic to her, Malice in her might happilypreuent, - |

Waas {ayd,but not rcfolu'd;for ofrſhe Mercie yndet-wetit,;

\V hen roſetheEarles,andothertimes,yeatneuer did repent,

But of. our Queepe tobedeſtroyd hadmade herTeſtament.- .ct

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For,ſhould ſhe prize our Queene, whothendurſt herorthedetaine?.
Or what werethelſe torecompencethe Lofle we ſhould ſuſtaine? |,
For Loyalticto take her Och,was thought topurpoſe {mail:;/ /,,, -3
Such Othes ſhe oft had falfifide,northought it Sinve at all - g
To breake them;/to an Heretike (our: Queene ſo Papiſiscall.)-, 1
To baniſh her,were topoſſeſſc our Foes ottheirdefier, -: 11 4ct
For vsto.rid away the Smoake,and runne iptothe Ficr, A
To ſet her ftrceto.make a Head forthem againftour Queenes -- .4
In few,no lafctic for ys,but in her Death was ſeene: D
So wholly by the Parlamentconcluded was,and-ſo--
Reportcd to her Maieſtie, ſtill pityiogher Foe: ed ;
In moreſententious, learned,anddelibrate fort,than L? ! +-414 47
Can ſet it downe,paſt all toucht heer:So did her Maieſtie': ebd
Ta anfwering carſt,and now:to them-herAunſwer Aunſwer-lefſe, -
Sweet Adumbrations of her Zeale, Mercie,and VWirexpreſle.'
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For whichconinueddoubt'of her tn Engliſh hearts was thead.
Not in the Vulgars6aly;butfome Nobles of this Land, '
Who had(notknowingit out Queene)then gotinro rheir hand
The WritofExecution,thather Heading didpurporr:
The whichwas excctited foone;and 1nz folewne forr.

This nature-ffended Ladie,had he bin as wile as wittie,
VWihobytheMaffactes in'Frace badlearnctoleaue off Pirtie,
Made there too'aprforbloody Atts,the Pope forictoo blame,.
To take her deathitoo much delern'd, herſelfedid meckly trame, -
She bids commendherto herSonne;and will him to cſchew |
All Praftiſes andPolicies, for thence her Sorrowes grew : 2 FH6h
True Romifh, Scottiſhjandirne French,tcll ail my Friends Idie..
When M etzin (vnto whomhe ſpakc)did, weeping,thusxeplic,
The wofulſt Meflage, Madame,thisthat euermebetell, ” '
VVhen of niy Queeneand Miſtrefſe Death Thal the Tidingstcl,
She, kiſsing him, layespray for me,and bids him fo farewell,
Then ofadebt was duefromherſhedid the payment craue,”
Andthat her Seruantsrmightenioy thoſe Legacics ſhe gauc, E
And to attend-herat herdeath ſome of her Owne to haue,
All whichthe Earles commifſoneddid yeeld vnto: and {o
Saetothe black-cladScaffoldthereto rake her death,did go.
Now 27 az7\ $tewards Troublesſhall haveend ing, once ortwiſe
She fayd,andnot tomone for herdidgiueto Hers aduiſe:
And whilſtthe Writ inreadingwasnomoteregarded it,
Thanif-ir hadfecurrd;or concerned her no whit.
Beadesat her Girdle hung,at ead otthema Medall,and
An Agnns-Dei bour her necke;acroft-Chrift inher hand.
They prayed her to ſer a-paitthoſe popiſh Toyes, and pray
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&" Bctore Queene-Morher , Charles the King, and
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But whereto one Mans Emperic is 2 exarchia ſeafde;
He told his Travels,and in States his Obferuations: how,
Befidesthe only Terke,he nonea Monarch did allowy :

\W o ſuffrerh nove by Might,by Wealth,orBlood,to ouer-top:

   
 
 

Himlclfe giues al/Preferments,and whom hſterh him doth lop.

His Bandsof aniz4ries,whoare form'd and'pouriffit Rill
From Childhood his owne Creatures, hold all at his owne wikl.
Heout ofchefe his Captaines,and his Baſsies doth<le& :
They,to deferue their Founders trult;his only Weale affeR:
The rather,fortheir Dignitics,and all thar All poſſefſe

Derermineat his will, behoouestherefore not ro tranſgreſſe,

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" 'Nor walled Townes,ner Fortrefſes,his Empicr doth digeſt:

Except vpov the Fromires,for ſecuring ofthe reſt.

-H1s Subictsrhus, Theirs,and the whole,at his Deuotion, needs

MNo [mpolts, Taxcs,orthe hke,whence Turult often breeds.
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Diſcourſt of his Experiencethus,he then defcendsroity*i--
\V hereby of Monartbiamight himſeliethe'FrenchKing fit..
W hercas(quoth he) FrexchPolicic confiſtsot ThreeEftates,
The Princes, Nobles,Commons,andeach one-of th'ather-wates.
Forheatts and helpes, andofrthe King is bridled-of thoſe Three,
Himlelfetherefore;ſuch Lers remou'd,ſole Monarch thusmight bee.
Of ancientPectes, ofvaliant Men,great Lords,and Wiſemenall,2
By forced Warre,or fraudfull peace,totemporizethe fall; 1 - -
W heretoReligions quarrellthen preſented meatenorimall.
Meane while, yntiltofthem byturnes weare Riddance, did behoue:.
To workethem Mal-contents, the Kingtolabor vulgarT.oue.” -
Immediatly;cuen fromhimſelte;No whitat their Requeſt,
TopaſſePreferments,nottothetn,bur elsas likes him beft:” -
And biitof Peeces ramons the Great-Ones to poſlelle :
And when his Creaturesſhallgrow to more,thoſe Great tolefſe, _
To quarrell then rhoſe Nobles,when inthem greathearts would lurk,
That for the'Souldier, or the frword of Tiiftice, ſhould make'wotk:; .
So to prouide thatof the Statesbe no Conuention nam'd?” *
Rcligion nor diſputed of : Strong Townes, which oft haue tam'd *
The Frexch Kings,bediſmantled: And whenthings as thus be fram'd,

His Maieſtie(quoth he)fhall hirthe Marke whereatisaim'd. -

Hen this;& worſcthan'thus, this worſe thah M achine/had ſaid,
With that Conuenticles Applanſe,ſo working was nor ſtaid : .
For hence;it Accidents we ſhall obſerue,may becolleQted ”
The cinill Warces and Butcherics in Fraxce to hauc efteRted:
Religion gaue thecolſour, whear though'infinite were flaine,
The Church reformd did not refiſt, yeatſtilt by loffe didgaine*
For blood of Martyrs well is fayd tobethe ChurchesScede,
W here Mafſacres haue plaſhedthere is ſpreadatriple Breede*?
InSenſcir ſeem'd affllieSprivg;thould Europeoncr-floc,” '.
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FromotherthenReligions cauſedid at beginning grot: /

So Te/iphſold,and Chriſt bettayd; wasthecter than was mencz

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Of Ben-Tameſſs,orby thefalſe7/carsts foule Torent:

But howſocuer ill haps well, VW oe ſtayes whenceillis ſcat.

Frenchlecond Henries Fauorites,the Conſtable;and Geize,

The oneof themambitiouſly the others Hightenuics:

Eachgrowingcrofle,and croſing,it to FaQtions grew at length,

 Poore Hugenetzvndoubtedthen,nor drcamed they of ftirength:

Alone in Henries, Francis,and ninth Charlestheir Raignes,of them

FrenchPapiſts;as our Aarics,did to Martyrdome condemne. |

Butby ſuch Law as VV olues doc Lambes,thoſe Innocents formoſt

Wereſlaughtered, whole Townes ſometimes with theſe inthe chcy%

Aridlikenow threatned Guize againſtthe Saints incuery Colt.(roſt:

The G#i/z/ans(ſo that FaQion ſhall inthis Reportbe ſayd)' - '1

Through Nonage of the Pope-taught King,grew Mighty & obayd:!

Queene-Mother (Miſchicf-Miſtres) in their Pageant teatly playd. : 2

Meane whilethe Royals and the Pecres they Prattiſe to betray:

Some in thebloodic Maſlacreat Paris made away.

Burwhat offend I'Chriſtian Eares with horror of thatdeede?

From $4r4ze25,00r Sanages, didcuecrlike proccede.

Lerthat black Marrage-Feaſt,vhen were ſo mavy Thouſands ſlaine

Ot Saiots,atpeace with God ard men,be neuernam'd againe :

LetbeaLawineucry Land,to puniſh ſuch as ſpeake :

That Chriftias ſhould, ltke Hel-honds ſo,with God & Nature breake:

Farrebe it tharPoſteritics ſhould heare,that©harles the King

For ſuch foule Murthers,bon-fiers bod,and cauſed Belsto ring.

Year tellche PopesProceſsion,and his Tubileeforthis's - -*

ForPopes be impudent,and badstheir bleſsings neuer mis, %

To haucthem Fathersofthoſe Acts,no Newes atall it is.

But more than twiſe {ixe yeares erethisthe ciuill Woarres begun,

Whenonthe Lambes of F aſsie did the Guizia7 Butchersrun:

Euen whe the EdiCthad giuen Peacevntothe Church rcform'd,

And odious tothe Papiſts (cem'd that Peace,who therefore ftorm'd:
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And then the Dake of Guizewhoicarſt bad figurdfor the-Crowne,
Hence calculating bopes;didſethisbad Defignementsdownes: »\
Alonly quarrellingjtilÞrhen;the Princes ofthe blood, 5
W ho,partly.quaild;werevet vokild;and rortheirtackling fiood.”
So with the'Papiſts band's theDuke.bimſelfe, nor forPenotionz/n
But aduantagious ſcem'd that Meane for blood-Drifrs'6c Promotiorf
This FaQtion thughad Heart and Head;the Other yeryaborne,/>- 7
Till to thePrince of Congie flockrthe Zrgenorzforlomegnt o7ywt
Andtoldethe fauage Butcheries at#afs/e newly madess; l 6
By ruthles and ſeditiousGuize,on Thoufands,whilftthey praydes
Like skathed Sheepe,clcapedfrom blood-ſucking Dogs,they'quake,
IcmploringhisProte&tion: which hethen did vnderrake. 95 1
Thas,through/Necelsitic,chis Parthadalfo Heart and Head: X
Euen aftet bundreds thonſandsſuchgood Chriſtians fo: were dead-.'!!
This knowae,to himfrom eucry Partthe Perſecmed flic, { 119 15
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Purrchrovgh the Fingers into Ir, with Juſtin
Eycs,did peepe?
Atlcaſt, by nourifhing, thoſe Broyles, all got
19]  She hopesto keepe, ſi
9 For Te, whoſe Scituation ſo Spayns ſcatired
_ Realmes diftoynes, | |
Her Tecth had watrcd long,andnow,to weaken France her Loynes,
Gaiaſt France ſhe-Frante doth firegrhe with the Soother of her gold;
And for thatPurchace totheDinell,is feard,herSouleis fold.
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ATBTONS 'ENGLAND:.
' Dirc&tionsalſo came from Rome;that ſetteth all on-fier :
That,by whatRight or wrong ſo'cre,che Guize ſhould ftill afpicr:
Toſend the royall Ploods to Heauen or Helhirskilsnot how: |
Were Pardons ſentfor Murthers: Buls toclear Alleageanceyow :}
That,on Damnation,none perſwade,much lefſeof Peace allow.
Andnotalone gainſt Fraxcethis League was halowed;bur gainſt all
That workethc Goſpelltocre@,wherebythe Pope might fall:
Was morethantime,troe we,togoe, ſhould not the Church ys call.
But call did they,and comedid we,and totheir labors fall, (ſmall.%
W hen weare their Townesdemoliſhed, with Slaughters thear not
This buſic Head of thatbad League{for yerthe monſtrousBeath
Of Sextas 2ujntss and the Diucllthegrand League,had nor breath)
This Gize bereft ys Calrce,and in Fraxce our Peeces all: |
Thea fell in hand with Scotlaxd;thence with'vs in hand to fall: ©*
This, in his Neecethe Scortiſh Queene her Claime, did all he might
To diſpolleſſe Zlizabethour Queene of regall right :
_ This onthe infant-Perſon of his naturall Kiog had ſcazde :
Andprofecutednow in Frexce what Violence him pleaſde:
The Popes [worneButcher,and'proud Sp4yns fore-Runner,o prepare
Her waies for France & England, whichtheir Owners cannot ſpare:
This withthe blood of Innocents made Channels ouct-floc:
Againlt this Char,and his Beau-Peeres,inuited £ #gliſh goc.
Els,ſfaue that God can all,was feard Religionſhould hane quaild,
- And Spanyards,neſtling ouer neerc,had eaſlier vs afſaild :
Foronthe Theator of France, the Trapedicwas ment ,
Of En2/andtoo : VW herctore our Queene ker Interruptors ſent. -
How A4mb7 fe,Earle of FY arwick,did in Frice high Feates not few:
How bloodie Claudic,Duke of Guize,a common Souldier flew :
How Fraxcis,ſonne of that Guize,did cinill Broyles renew:
The perſecuting Francis,Charles,and Henriesfhence a-dew :
W hich Kings,as ſaid,to work themſclues Frexch Monarchs Atheifts
Or doting oucrmuch on Rowegtheir Realme 8 ſelues betrayd: (playd,
The skatler Borbpne,whom the Guize a painted Frexch King made :
R - - Sukedo
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Selceds fayling Monfurs Death,whichdidthe Leagueconfpier':
ThePrince of Orenge,murthred through Farneſran Paymas hiers
Renoumed Copdje poyſied,in histime the Leaguersfeare: (beate:
How Pope-ſcnt Sannders gainſt our Queene in 1relayd Armes did$
(For Leaguersthen inPollicie preuented Lettes cach-wheare,
By Armies,or Armadas,or theirſcattred 7e/#7#ts, who' at OFTÞ
Haue had {mal cauſero brag thatthey with £2g/a4n4 hadtodoe:} -
The often ſworne and for.ſworne Peace,thathapned inthewhile -
Luecene-Mother,Phillin,Pope,and Guife,tac French Kings did begiles
Pucene-Mether for Ambuion of imployment, King of Spayne,
To make his Vſurpations ſute,yea France itelfero gaine,
The Popero keepe bispompe 1n plight, Guije fortheregall Ring:
How all,chough driftiogdifiringly,atlevpthro ende did bring
The Houſe / aloys,of Capets Scocke, which Stccke had quite decaide,
Burthat irpleaſeth Godthe Crownein Barbons Houle is ftaide:
How till the Barricades Feaſt, when Gurſe vn-vizard was,
Voder.Religions Cloakethe Routes in waſted France did pas, ;
Andafter then,both Hugenotc,and Papiſt too,if frend
VmoY aloys,or £urbon, toand likeEnmitic, orend:
Ot Sxnoy, (hoping Fraxce ) his Aydes,and1ll ſucceſſe in all:
How Guife,and Lorraine,in the Pit for Henrie d igddid fall: ſſ
How Fricr 7ames,Pope-bleſt, and brib'd of 31 ayac, did Fenrie kill :
Howwnto MHapne,purſewing Broyles,it wrought notto his will :
The Maſflacres,and Stratagemas,did intheſe Tumults chance : |
How God in althis VVatres did blefſe 37auar,now King of France :
And how,next God,thar Fraceis Frenchour Quecoeis Anthorcheef,
All Theſe,thus blanch't,we leauc,ard thall of Belzick be as breefe.

But be it firſtremembred how;cucn for the Parents finne,
God plagueth in Poſteritie : as cameto paſſe,I winne, * |
In ſecond Zepr:es,ofthe Church retorm'd abloudic Foe, E

 

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JS By GOL sowne Mouth,to Gods owne hcart, thc
7 -: many Troaobles ſee.--/ 5 inyove
5 His-Soule was euet godly firmexthough fradc ln
2 ficſhas Man,
&2 (F For who of eAdams Scede from ſinne acqunc
” Þa> them couldorcan.

Our walls offleſh,thatcloſe our: Soules, Godknewtoo weak, & gzuc -
A further Guard,cucn'enery Manian Anſſclff Guidc to-haue:

And Mento vs be Angels,whilſt they workeour Soulesto ſauc. |
For,care his Fall, Man was notleftynto-himſelfe ſo free,

Bur that he had a Law,and:Thoſerhat fhould his'Temprors bez:
And-tempred,thenthe Spirit,thar for God-himſclfe was madc,z
{VV asdared by the Fleſhthattothe Spirit carſtobayde: .S
'TheSoule by cither laboured ro thrine, or bebetraide;

To erre ts tzropf*r thento Men,but bratifhto perkift :

With Praiſe,and Praicr,fiillro God;as-Danridthrin'd;ormiſt,

He phied: moreimloning God,rhan lmſinfſi"godlv bl\ſt
Yogratefull Satled1 '}uſismg him,or whar'carcthen befell,

Or afterwards,nor etherthenDome ſhck Greeſcſisv*. etcll.
ThetroublousScquels Nathen touidiof7, Yan; 'ds Houſe,whenas;

To wanton it with Beti/abeyVrias mmſil g&d wWas,

  

   

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EficQing now,is onely it wheretoour Penſhall-pas, wo!
Thamar, , Ammon, Abſslom,:Adontiah ailo wrought
Vato therr Father woc cnough:Jer thefoon Smſ*e be bro ught.
Now to the Tribes was Damdas theZodiacktothe Signes,

Euecn Siguifer to cuery Prince that circled his Confines, -.. »
A Monarchegreat,inAtffs and Fame moregreat,but grearft otall,”
Inthat he was belou'd of God,nor ccafſt on him to call,
VV ho raiſd him,often falling, for his Crofſes weare not ſmall.
Lone-worth:c.25 aacha,7 Lſi[mzſi-; King of Geſ#rs D:uwhtcr,bazſſrc |
To Parrd tcatred: Atſi,ſisſiv/am,and Thamsr peercles fae_ FGERF
Nor faireryeatthan virmons, chough difaftrouſly ſhe ſpeade :
Such is ..dmvxſieſi. Beyrtiethar hathW orldsot Mifchietesbreade.
Ajnmonohom Abinoamboreto Dauidywas the cauſe
Of hersand bisowne griefe, inthathe gaue his Eyes nolawes.
ForLoueis buta Terme.like asis'#cc40 buta Voyce :
ThatThisdoth babble,That doth breed;ot not,is oursrhechoyee.”. -
And VirtuecurbsAfffetion;andtor Confcience flycthſinne:
Tolcaue for imperteQion,feare;orſhame;no praife doth vwinne: ;
Burnot ſo-happy hbeas tcare,or ſhame,or oughc,mlgbc ſtay-:
His rankled thoughts, but ſicke,luſte-fic I\ſi,for Thamar Aummnonlay:C
And fubtell Tonadabs Aduiſe didher tohimr berray,
For ncuer was Pretence ſo fowle but fomewantd fatterit 2
Noranythingſo pcſhlcuc asmiſ-applicd VWar.
Sceme feeble {icke;and when the'King thy Father viſits thee,
Then faine an: Appetiteto-Meate by 7 hamardreſt( (quorh he* 12
| Askethat ſhe drefſeitin thyſight, andof herhand to rake |
VV hen priuate ſo,thy Market bee as thou docſt mar or zz,ſiicſi_it,
WellpleaſderbisConnſell: eAzmen askes, and Dauiayeclds anon;
Nor readier P2#i#to bid goe.than Thamarto begone:
Like P;ilomelaflanering Pandeon ſhemight go
With Tercas,tharprepos'd herſhame,was Thamartorward ſo :

VW hen eicher Virgin was ſurpriſde,wheare lcaftrhey look'r 3 Foe..

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So moYeſt, wittic,afablehad Nature her compatt,

Tharſuch as, in his Canticles,her Brother hath purtrayde

His Loues /dea,litrally mightThamar fuch be ſaide;

Goodly thus,and gladly then,andnot ſnſpeCting harme,
She,catring wheare hc lodged,did aftreſh the'Leacher warme:

2is lealing Sicknesthen to a&eby Artewas morethanneecde,
For,ſecing herzimagine all his Senſesſick in deede: |

More coul#the not, more ſhoul3ſhenot,chan ſhein KindnesGid:
All adding Fewell to theFier,which yerfrom herlay hid.
Now,ſauc ofhimandher,the Roomewascleard by his deuiſe,

W hea he did aske to'eate,which ſhe did bring him jnatriſe:

Full glad7g00d Soule)her Cooketie might pleaſe him any whit,
Y hentorher Cookrie,but her ſelfe,hisappetite did fir.
Concerving which he breakes withher,indeuoring ber confent:
VVhereto,amaz'de,ſhe couner. works,nor would forought relent.
How pretious her Virginitie,what finne ir to defile,
 How fortheir Fathers Luſte much woe was propheſiedere-while,
How Inceſt was much morea ſinnc,ſhe wiſhed him to way,

How permanentthe Syzameto both: Enovgh did Thamar fay,
- Tohaue preferv'd Virgivitie,ifluſt had brook'ta Nay. |
But pleadingreares and wordslackt waite,by force herauiſhcher;
And hauing torti,he forcednortotide how he did crre:
Nor more he loned herere while,but hates her row as much:
Ot Luftand vnchaſt Coiture ſtill isthe Sequell ſuch.
Hernow-yr-virgind Eyes d1d-ſhame to view the common Light:
She therefore wouldhaue ſtayde;atleaſt not comeincmon Sight,
Suppoſing,by her Bluſſhings,all would ayme her alred Piight.
But out his Doores by violence he ſhatteth her, wherefore:
Aloude ſhe cride;with bitter tearcs,herfairearticr ſhetore,.
Anddidall Stopnes of ortow, whillt the cauſe adnired was:
But when her Br.ither 4b/olozs fonnd how had come to pas;
He comfortsher in l hemightzaagdto his houſe convaies
His wotull Silter, whcarewiefcclorth,asdefolate;the ſtares:

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Like Phrogpes ſiſter penſiue,bur her moodes weare milder Nill,
This wanting will, not ſpcech to rayle, That wanting ſpeech not will.
Contrary- wiſe thouſſ*ht Abfalom of nothing bur Rſ*ucncſſez

And with his choler thinke ye kumtheſfe rhoughts among to menge:
Did Cadmus,for his Sifter rapre,ſo many Countrics rome? 5
And thall Hleepe my Sifters Rapegthat may be quit arhome?

For Rape of one,ſcarce honeſt;wasat Trs7 ſuch tenne- years Fight?

And ſhall oneeaſic bloe {ceme much,ſweet Thamars wriong to nwhc?
Simeonand Leat,worhy Sonnes of / ſt*d!p ourgrand-Sier,
Yeeinreucngiog Diz45 Rape hauc ſet mine heart on fier,

Enen mine,thar tora greater wrong ſhonld greater rhmbs acquier,

Poore Sjcmm thou dz;:?c ucin dccac,and Marriage Rites afte& :

Lewde _Amme?ghou didit luft indeedeand thenthy Rape reied:
Poore S#chemſhea Stranger was whomthou ſo much didſt wowe?
Lewde uAmmen,ſhethy Siſter was with whome thou badſt rodoe;
Poore Sichemthou to prize thy louc,did{iteave thy Godes for hers:
Lewde_Ammen,tavuto plealerhy luſt te,no Godat all prefers:

But howſocare in theſe, inthis no diffence ſhall remaine:

Poore Sichem he was {laughtred:lewd .{4mm02 {hall be flaine.

Not more Maachas goodly Sonnein ſtomaki: zg did threatc,
Thendid this Newes his Father now offenſiucly diſqueate:
Arpoynr almoſtto aft as much as __ſ#/slom did plot,

Encn _Ammens death, had nothe been his Iffue firft-begor.

For which hecatſt had hild himDeare,andprefear Nature wrought,
And that himſelte had amorous Slypes,is/likely:too,he thoug hes
'But howſocare,in woe cnough;he oucrpaſlcrh ir ?}
W hich 4b/olom,in wroth cnouoh norcould,nor would forozt.%
Twoyeares in{tlence nſiztchſilcſi,hc labord of thar fir.

To his Shcep- ſhcarmg Danis and his Brethren he-innires,

(Such asour \Vakes,conucnting Kinnes to Feaſtingsand Delightes)
Now liſten what Catai#ropha this Stratagem behightes,

:TheKing excus'd hlſicommmg,whomc his Sonne1mporrunes ſo,
As Ammaon,and hisother Sonnces,had leauc,and will,to goc.

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Vowilling though (bywhatPreſage Lworpor) Daxidſcem'd
f Ammons gomſſ butwhatFarcordaind hathnone ſcdcem 'd:

Godid he,wheare tall meridy-hefrollickedthat tyde; | |

When by hisOftes Artendantsthere,of fulden Wounds hc dydc,

» (VVhichafrer-Baogrctdidrheir Lordtoronely.him provides}.. - 5
More ſkar'd than huirthe other Sonnesof- DevridBead with ſpecde,:
Yeat earc their home-returnetheKing had-notice ofine deede,
And feared much cheirfaterie, tilbhrhem he ſaw, and chen
W as ſuch confaſed forrow, more was never ſeenc mong'lt Men,
ToGeſpur A bjolom cl (capes, three YEaKeTan Exile thcar,

Till Daurds kindetelenting heart ro 79abdidappeate:

By meancsof whome,recalled home,helaft] purclmſt Grace,

Yeawellappay'd was Danzd.tt weare 4 lyſhlom in place. *
Lou'dpeaerFachermore a Sonacthanhim his Fatherlov'd, }

Pmu d-neuer Sonne vneratcfull-more than he vngratinllprou'd ;

*For bauing-ſtolvethe Pcoples hearts,by aftablePrecexts,

He faines his vowes at Zebren, butthe Diadem affeAs;

'And,bycollefed:/Forces thezrſſ,dxſircſct' ed Panid mote
Than $a#le,the Canan7tes, orall;hap'cafier,or before:

Enforcing bimito flic the Land. Butdwell we norofthis:

God neuer fauof'd ſuch Aremprs,or cucr fayled Hig.

VWhen Dauiafeem'd, incommon aſimc,airſiady onthe hip,

. Was _Ab/olows hlmiſi}fe orc-ihrone,vhom God made oucr-ſlip,

VW hat waſcly, falſe 4c57/tsphel bad counſeld him to doe,'
V.hoſeConnſcllnot receay'd;he hovg himfclfe,and worthic too:;”
Ambitions Av/elomnow foyl d,a—: on his Mulc he flead,,'

Wias carried ynderneath an Oke,wheare,caught-vpby the hcad,
(EuEby thoſe dewtions Locks,of which, 8& him, ſuchpraiſciis read)
He ſighte(and catiſs he bad)and laid(o rſ,cty hemight)that All
VWhich/fovoinſtly ſeckero czzmc*,moſt inftlyſo doe fall;

But whatſocare lie thought or ! ſpake,this holdsautenticall:
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Natures Mynion,Eyes Admier,and now in-ayredEarth, -

(For,hanging; Toabs rurhles ſpeare had vented virall breath,

Alhoughthe King his counter-maundeſhould-haue contraricd o)\/ 1 »

Effe&ed badhisFathers heartno Subſtancecife but woe: .

So kindeandouer-kindewashein moningiſuchaÞoe.

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Whoaged;causd hisDiadem torow!izerhehead Y
Ot Sa{omopaninoyntednow : which/heard;the Rebelyflead.
So hane weſcene,noryeares farre:palt,long-Plotcings onerthrone, :
Eucn1n a triſe; today'a Queene,to morrow'lefie than none-: 7
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Repentant A doniahnowyvntorthe Altar fires,
And holdeth faſt the Hornes thereot:whichone,thatiteſpics,
Reporteth vnto'/$4/o-299 that ſentto ferchhimThence :
W hich would not be,till fworetheKing to pardon his offence:
e VVhomeleauewernow'ſo pardoned,orrather inſuſpence.
For thougha Kings:Competirorin one ſame Land:may liue;
Yeattake hie heedghefleighreſt eanſe acauſeotdeath dothgiue:
V bich bapned bim,carchapned thisginferred by theway. z
_ Dauiddeccaſte, inSalomon was ſolcand foueraigne Sway, S

W hen 724b,o prolong;hislife,didartheAlrar ſtay.
Euen hethat in ſo manyBrums for Daniddideprenaile,
That,faue for 44oxjiahnow, Allegianceneare didfaile, :
Thar,ſaue forſheaded bloodof twaine,could noncimpeach of wrong,
Euenthis grand:Capraineof the Hoſts,aluckie Knightſo long,
Hand-faſtingnow the Altargclamesthat Priviledgesin yaine:
Forthence hewouldnot,andrhe King commaunds hetheare beflaine.
VWhich W arrant did Baraiah{erue:And fothis VV orthie dicd,
For-4bner and 4ma/ſas blood;like-YV orthies and as-triced.

 Wuh 12on/hnow remaines we aft and ende our Sceanes,
To wh6,might{ceme;ſmall good was meant,whatil focre he meanes:
V hcare crowned Might,8 crofled Right fo neere together dwel,
Behooves that Forreſt-flying Fearezwherecofthe Fox did tell:
Our factious ZancaFerandYorke thereof could witnes well.
}Abiſag,Dauids Hebe,that in comfortofhisApe,
Attcnded himatBed and Boarde, when naturall heate did ſwage,
Howbcit ſtill a Virgin,and the goodlieſt Venchaliue,
Enamours 4doniahz>-atthelcaft with herto VWiue

ledrifteth,nor detayncd burt for Sa/omens conſent :
Of which/he moucd Zerb/abe;for whichſhe Suror went:
To Salemongthatthearewithall was onely-notconrent,
Butalſo tooke occaſion hence;of more;perbaps;than meant.
PunaiahbytheKings Commaund; did:-A demrab flea:
For Cryme pernaps;perhapsbecauſea Crownc might come' i3 Pſi}—?ſſgſi
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For $41-m9n;diuincly wiſe;could Subtelliziogs-ſound:.%. , »21:

Thar much the Maid knew-Daxids mind, thar Many ſhe bhad bound:_%i

W hilft gratious earſt, with Benefits:her Kiored fironghefound;) 1

That 1044 and A biathar weare'on hisBrothers ſide:

That his aſpiring fleepes,nor muſtbe flepr, the Kingeſpide;

Oc clſe-what?-.Adoniah was diſpatched outof band:

So ſpedhis Sine, [owas confirm'd toSa/aron theLand:

It Ochers otherwiſe,notTas others ynderſtand.

Norbetter Meede for Merits could theſe Dawdifts alleadge:

Yeat did their Father eate the Grapes that ſertheir Teethon-edge:.

Then charitable,godly-wiſc,and Continent,wearefir |

Should Parents be: So proſperthey;Theirsand whom Theirs begit. -

Of Scotland,quicted by our Queene,and: Franceby ber kept Fregch,.

Is roucht: Of Zelgitelong (cltc-yaindreſts howrthe blooddoth ſtech.

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N Yul  woiebetray. | '

They hearing whatKing Ph:/p meant againſt their State,did minde

W hatinthe Fables Moraltof the Scock and Storke we finde:

For inthe LadieRegentandherBrother Phi/ps Corfe,

Thcaſſr hearts preſag'd like diffrenceasrwint Rigorand Remorſe.

Arn'd wasthe Duke of ;71#4,who by wartes,by wiles,by blood,

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Shuld coquer,circauent,coſume, thoſe Lands,their Lotds, the Good;
Theſeto haue his fufficedhor the $panifh King;vnleſſe |
He Monarchize theic Laod their Lawes,and Libertics deprefle.
The other Part their Conſciences and Priuiledgespleades,
Nor othes cauſe tharonly thusro ArmorEitherleades ; (lurchs
For There,effe-VV hete, and encr paynegwhen Spayrewold Scepters
Conchudes tor Sp2y#exthoughcuer payne begins for holy-Church. *
No Armie wasas yetarin'd,when asthe Felerzes ſend :
To Ph:lip their Submiſsion;and their Loyaltie defend.
If ought were done coutrarie ro his Edias(as indeede
Weare ſometoo bufie Proteſtanrs did order-les proceede)
Theydidtraufpoſe that Faulr ypon thoſe Tnoouators rude,
Proteſting all that SubieQs ſhould : and humbly too they tude,
(Vouching his Father, Vncle,Kings,and Emperors of old, - _
V ho lctricir Liege-men, difffing from their own,Religion hold) E
To ſuffer Coofcrences in thetn to God-watds vocontrold:
For which,and fortheit Charters,did they offer Malles large,
And cuermoreto yodergoall Truage, Taxc,and Charge,
BorTaeis ro alrer quite inall was itthar Pb;6þwears *: _ -
To plague therfore thoſe ſeauenteeac Shires was war-fleſhe 47n feng
- This,likea pleafiog poyſning Afpe;co.aXas he did aimie, X

*At firft Arjuall, Pardons did forpaſſcd Crimes prodaime.

*Thar traQtable kind People fo heto hisbent did frame -
VWho wearnot then by hoſtile Meanes meneably to tatne.
Hehus of chem pol{cſt,did then, by flie Deyrees, furpriſe _*

*Their Townes,putsGarifoisin chembunile Cirtadelslikewiſe,e,
LInduets theTnquifition,and ſtrange Trypolts did devite, $

. Cals pardon'd Crimes t queſtion,faines the Guiltles to offend;

"And thusan Afpe,and poyſnons more,prou'd .2/z4 intheend.
For why? ambitious men fecke,oct,polletice,and praftiſe State,
VViith reſtles minds,by fawving\Meanes,couide,io haug huc rate,
Tius printiedged Prouincc,and rhis Paralized Farib,

Thus firipped of hergolden Fleteeand fainily drawing brearh,

   

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Wasphilickrof Elzzaþ:tl*,who with hcr EnghſeBalme,..  -. -

Then much the poyſnous bicing ofthar Spaniſh Aſpedid calmc +

Euven Putic prcqchmg thusto ber,that Nature isreuerft,

W hen as herſelfe is not amongt her awrieConſorts d lſpcrfi

She tothar Countrics Fathergothat honorable Knight, ( 40

The Prince of 0ra»ge(armedthenin Chriſt his cauſeto fight, q

And for his Countries, Veale) permits ficſt Yoluntarie Aides: -

Andlaffly,when that neighbourFier too ncerly her muazdcs,

And their extreame Opprebion did her Chariticinuite,, ,. 1. -

(By Ambaſsies Spazne often mou'd todoethe Zelgies right, -

Howbeit ronching Peacc'io vaine) ſhefranklier friendstheir Cauſe,

W ho were inforced rodefend their Faith,their Lines,and Lawes, :

Againſttheir Soules and Bodies foes,and(which m:oht all perceaue)-

Our cauſe was handled then in \bcxrs,thcn theirs were ovrstolcaue,.

And(which hadoften ayded ys inmany a Ficld and Fleete) 4

In ancient Loue with Bergundicto breakezwasth j0Ught vNImeete-
How thence tyrannous A/#ll wasicuoked,alltog lacc,

W hen pitiouſly declined wastheir flouriſhing Eſtate :

Ere which Oppreſsion,where the King/hadcournles Profirsthence,

Now Owneshe noching there,not held with iofinit E {XPENCE..

T he Slaughters;Sackings, Mutimesghe Kings Viee-Gerents ſence,

How H o7z7,0 Iſſzrzſd,Coutxes brauc,through: 4/44s Athiſme ſpead,.

How 72 e,through our Soueraigns Aids prevaild,how laftly deads.

How 4#703 aſi*o,t}ſirougb her Mcanes,beesme that Peoples head,

How-now ber Highnes only- ſcifc,ucxt God.doth them ſecure,

Her valiant VV arriors thicre, whoſeLaudes might fpecial Pfns allure,.
Andhere mean-while ſhould ours,fauc that | cannot burdeuine,

Thei: Chivaltie to be refern'd for hioher Muſe than mine,

To which though ſome we Lauc,ycat(by their leaue3)ot ſome is ſayd

'ſhcſſ}-UCSHMVfTWffl(BſſYOUCH}dMnd\h@ſ\ſſfiflſſanſſfibcſſzyd

Some Moretcgard of Tens,and Trafh,intheir Rerxeats haue madc*,

Thenoft our eraiſcd men,may ſuch ConduRorslow be laide,

And ſomeroo ruthlcs,riotousand of their Charge remiſle,

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'Haue ſtarucd vp innumber mocthan Foc-ſlainenumber is:

'Thus ſome of fome report;perhaps norirue in all astold :

But ſomewhat ſomewhere faulterh;for no fier,no ſmoake bebold.

To beotficiousgetteth Friends,plaine Dealing hared is:

Yeat betcerplainly to reprouc,than fainedly tolkiffe : Z

 Wecamotallo loue our Friends; and flatter their A-miſfe:

How theſc and thus-like paſſed Thear weouer-paſle it heere,

Noteinour Qucene,Religion wrong d,it ſelfe did cuer checre

And whearthe Span » Nimrodhuns in Monarchicto hold j

All Chriſteadom,chrough God, thatDriki ſhe chiefly hath conu:o]d.%

Nordid,nordoth,norſhall ic necd,thatthus to herbe told: |

W bo would to God,bur works no good, who ſeeketh fame by caſe,

Comesſhort of both,no leffe than Mappes to very Landsand Seas.
_Not oaly thus,but inthis while her Fleetes haue oftemtimes

Set proſproufly her Men on Shore, eucn in the fartheſt Climes :

Whece haue they brought,by fayr Comerce,great riches to our Land /

Orglorious Spoyles from ſuch as didtheir peace or Prowſe withſtzd 2

Ot which fhall be digeſted herethe Progrefſe,in ſome patre,

Though ſtately bethe Subic&,and roo flender be our Arte.

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Do difter:nothing,if obſeru'd Shc,notadmſſ d.,
doth giue.

The VVorkman catherthan thc VVorkextoll wethovghin her,.

Not curiouſly,and all things to bis Prouidence refer,

VVhoreades Sir 1oba de M antenil his rauel:.,and his Sights,.

That wonders not? and wonder may.,tf aliberruchewtights.

Yeat rather itbclceue(formoſt,now mo%crnly approu'd )

Than this our Storie,whence ſuppoſe he was to Trauell mou'd:

Notcontradicting though ſuch Peosthat wrie, perhaps more trew,:

That Pennance bimto Plibrnnaoe hence, of Deuotion, drew,
Ot noble Parcmſſſiaſi and rich was CMandeuilexatt,

To whom nor Feature, Aftinenes,nor Peoples fayour lackr.

A Lagic of theroyall blood, Third Zdwrargds Coren fay her,

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On whom,forrareſt Raritic, might Arte-ſpent Nature flay her,

Inamours him:who held icfinne, it ought he ſhould omir, '

Mighr pleaſe andprize his Ladie,couchtin Courage,Cofte,or Wir, "

Burquito irquaifd his-hopesro thinke he firain'd toreach 2 Starre:

Ott.Reaſon therefore didwith-Loue,Louedid with Reaſon warre.

She is too hightand what of thar? it hath,thioks he;bin ſeene, -

As High haueRooptasLow:For Loie,right-labourd,wins a Queenez

And cao Ehopetbat Beantic, which.is Adamanr to all 2 1 TO

Yea,Beaucie,Natutes Iny-buſh, cachPaſſengerdothcall, |

But ſhould ſhe-love(Foole that Lamrro hope,tharſhoulddeſpaire)-

Such Births as ſhe notelſe muſt loueburasthey licenſtare. -

Yeat were-it { andesi/ ſhe loud,miſlike itthen thatliſt;

Qur vertuousLouc,olfe-where,as here,ſhould tender vs as blift.
O,wovldihe louve,ir fhould ſuffiſe : ſach, not'ot vulzar Moulds, 7
VWhso oncethe blefſerh with her Loueffor him the Sooth-faſt holds:'e
Theonly vertve of which Love,all otherLacks controules.

Such were his Ebbes;8 Floods,and down althboughio Lone hefits,
Yeatytearing Deathand her difdaine;his Heartdetourd his'Fits:
For,though not meanly paſsionate, he'farednot avthole,

VW bole melancholy:Fooleries be Pylets torheir Woes,

Alreadie was hegratiousboth with her and/aliche Court,
And,more'to be,didexercife Armez,and cachattiuc Sport,

| Nor was he Stoicallin oughr,but affablein'all;

And apptebends,cucn fleclingly, her Humours as they fall.

It fad wereſherrhenſfad washe: if merric,merrietoo:;

His Senſesliable to all,ſhe did,ordidnot doe:

Ither he heard to-ſpeake,holayd0s [arara foakelefle trew,

Ither he-lawy,hers pratſdeheworethancythereushew,

It odoritrous Sents heſmelt,hefathersthem onher,

If but her hand.he tonche,that Touch &id ngbly bimprefer,

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Bur Deified [wore he himther bedogame Sweers mi 2htralte,
And ſwore his Thonghts:forwhere weloue;cnerherc onr Soules be

His Vertucs and Officiouſnes to her-wards,;ſo had wrought, (plaſte.
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Then errant Kuighes,& eucry;Knight,yea Kings,would oftdefend
The Bcauties of fuch Damſcls ast lik't themi to.commend: ' -

And Prizes were prepoſde for fueh, whoſe Champions bote he bcfil

AtFiks and.T uſſ:mſſ::s,aſi-d his Dame wasSouctaigncore rhereſt.

Such Infſts,in Enel1n, to beheld; were now procſſisxm 'd;and

The Chivalcie of Chriſtendome conucntm inout Laſid

Threc beautious forren Ladies,with Sir 7ehz his Ladic ſtood

Competitors,to winthe Prize;maintain'dawith Championsgood. ” :

To ſhew.the foure-fold:March of Knights, whoſe Prowle ſhuld plcad

Voderdiftingurſhr Flags her Forme their Fancies waited on, ( anony_-

Their rare Accomplements,and cach Devuiſe toſce or reede,

To ſhewthe richnesofthePrize,beh nghtthc ViQors Mccdc

'The Damſels.richer hew for whom fuch/Trivaphs were: dccrccdc,

The Coſt,and great Concatrle wasthete,were quet-lotigto fay: ©

In few,was nothing wanting that might honor ſuch a day

Now ſound they to:the Tufts,and now vn-hotſt wasmany a Kmght,

For Foyles were Foyles:moſt brauely al their'Sides and ſelues acqmtc.

Aod almoſt grewthedayto cnd,before'it could'be ſeene- |

W hobore him beſt, whe,moſited well,both Man & Hotſein grrcnc,

A Knightappear'd:his Banner had the- Pzcture,and in go;d :
Kiog.Z 7ds vards Cozen Elenor was legibly inrould.” |

Avamſt himranne right hardie Kaights,chatthandredon his Bruer: |

Bur he vnhorſtthemoſt of them, hxmſclch vo-horſed never:

Arlcaſt he loſt hisStirrops,that incounters him, wherefore

Ot Knighthood he,and E/enor the Prize of Beaurtc borc.

The Iewelsſerfor Victorie.and aduerſe Bannerstaree;-- '

W ere y celded him:whilft8/zwor did longp ker Knightth ſcc.

Burasthey marchedrodepart;withBeuerſhutzhe made '

To hera Conge:dloſely'then be Thence himlclte convaide.. p

Mach wonder all;wvho;and uf whencethe hardie greene- Knight was:,

Bur ſecretly,voknowneofall,bero his Home did pas.

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ALBIONS ENGLAND,

But when the Currant figdsnoletit often falls too lowe:

Faire Elenor wiſh'tnothing morethan thar ſhe might himknow:
Meanc whule the Fierof Loue in her, from ſparkesto flamedid grov.
But Mandenil was morediſcreet,thanthat for Mens applauſe, |
He would be known:as knowiog that from Praiſe takes Enuic cauſe.
To mouctheKing threatsdeath, mn yaineto labor herhe wilt,

Since many mightie Potentates had labord her,and miſt.

She,he,and Exg/andſeemd toro necrehis hopes,thought he,too farre:
He abſcncetheretore poyntsto plead yoro his Lone in barre.

Of Cear-de-Lion,Erigen Filliamthe Pylgtim;wbo :
Wrot Richards Syrian VW atrcs, Car/ſor,Glanuileand Lange-ſpee too,
Long-ſranks,cate King,his Knights,and of our Exzl;ſs many moe,
That throughthe triple Orbsdid Armesand Trauels vnder-goc,

And famousthiis aliue,and dead, Here and Abroad,did groe,

He cal'd ro minde: reſolu'd inminde his Life to finiſhſo.

Bills of Exchange and all chings els,prepard for Trauellfir,

Vnto his Friends,gricu'd he would goc;hethen imparteth ir.
TheKing did giue him Letters for ſate-Conduds, of the Corte
Loth himto leauc;hetaketh leane: Burzn more ſpecialſorte

Ot Elener: good Sadnes ſhethus ſpoke;as1t in ſporte.

Soinc diſcontented hamor fends you hence,as I denive,

V hich,be whereſoyou fhall, will be with you,beyours as mine.
Nay, Madam,quoth Sir 79bz,twixt vs this diffrence isto finde,

T both in minde and body,yon needtraucli notin minde.

Yes yes,quorh ſhe,my Minde I wot mecte may you farre away,

It ſo,thengineto it this Ring,and that I ſentiir fay,

So, with that Riddle,aoda Riag ſhe gaue,they kindly parre :
Nor knewſhe himthe Knightſhe meant,nor heto him her heart:
For,ſecondto thegreene-Knight (whom ſhe chought nothim)was he
Her Fauoret;ot him thercfore ſhe would remembred be,

Now lct vsſaythe Lands,the Seasxthe People,and their Lore,

This Knight did ſce:whom,tonching which,not ſtorie ſhall we mores
_ Butcoour Eng/ft Voyages,cuen inour times,ſhall frame

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Chap.63- 273 10.Booke.
ALBIONS {/ENGLAND:

Our Muſc:and whatyou hcare of Theirs,of his thelike doame,

For Countries,not for Cuftomes(then and now, not ſtill the ſame.)

Yeatintetlacewe ſhall,among,theLone of herand him:

Meane while aboutthe World our Muſe is ftripped now to'ſwim.

     
 
 
 

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V\Zc ſhal our Ezzliſ Voyages,the cheefe atleaſt,}

21 digeſt, | '
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- - -  beenperfornydrhe beſt, _
And herea while let 4 andenil and hisBeloved reft; - | - 4
To name the dinersPeoples that in Eyrope bejweare much;'
Not but remoteſt Regions,of out Natines ſeene,werouch. |
Bur,Moderns, Yee{ot whom areſome haue aircum-ſaildthe Earth) 3
Here pardon'ys your Sailes,and giue yourproper Praiſes bearth. %
Infuſe yec Pean-life too into ore-taken Fames by death,
C.vote (whoſe Coſmographic antſelie-prodfe brake the Ife
To moſtour late Diſcouerers,Debtors tothis Aduiſe) |
Had vs,care $ayze, polleft ofthat which $panyards now abuſe;
But, heinviting,idly wedid offred Gold retule. 30 DHT WA
Yeat himto fay formoſtthe Mcanc,it weare notys toſhame;" 11
Of £g/ſ new Diſcoveries,tharyecld ys Wealth/and Fame.
Reſcrue weto the*Affotsthough /ofwhomloſt ſome their VWealth,

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In trewer Pertls,and more braue Ach reaements,thanthe Tailes

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Of 74/1nand #lyſſes,of their abled Scea-toyld Sailes)
TheGloric of thedangerons Gole':Norlet ys here forgit -
([n whichTficſtdid breathhis Ayre) Londan;prefercingitt, (knowne,
Some Marchaats theare,of VWorth,did mind with Nations,then,vn-
New Tratfiques,&the Paſſe chereto was by Cabota ſhowne.
By his Inſtruttions and their-coſts three Ships were riggedour,
Hughi illoughby the Admyralla Koight both wiſeand flonte.
Nexrplace'{whoſe braveperfortmanceof Imployments cucr liue)
To Chancelor,grandPilot-for that Voyage,did they giue. |
' Now ſayle they torche Northeaft Parts,Cathayas Shores to finde:
Tncountred with huge Seasot Iſe,with ſtormie Guſtesand VV inde.
Shotlandg fgelanigtalglandgthiIles of RoFeand Lef4ot palt,
Tempeſtiouſly _4rzinas RhodereceinedSir Hugh at laſt.
Thearc he,andall of two-hisShips,aucmpting bootlcs ſluttes,
Weare inthat Climate Frozendead,fhut yp with ifie Driftes.
Thus dicd he andall with him, if {o rodie bedeath:
- Bur.oo, faith Heanco,no,ſairhtheir Fame,ſurvivingrthem on Earth.
Then-Chanceler,bis oncly Ship remayningof that Fleete,
For Fynmarke,arthe FF ardheuſe ſayles with his Confores to mecte.
Thereday itis rwo months of lengrb,and Mal-#randsPoole itmakes
Sach hidiousrore,deuouring foods,thattenne miles diſtance ſhakes,
' Wheare froftrate of hisFriends in queſt,with courage notdeicRt -
He forche Courleprepoled did bis yetrtrous Sayles.direft,

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"Crkney,Gotland,tſand,andthoſe formerinthar Traide :
Gronlana Fireland,Curland.and coldeScrikfznthem obayde,

. Newland,with others,and thoſe Iſles wheare men,faueEyesalone, /
Arc hid io hidesof Beaſts;and Beaſts fauc Fiſh,haye Fother none.
Now Chancelo ariving mongſt the Zaplanders,atlaſt,, ſi
They ſecing yncouth Mcn and Shippes, weare wondrivgly. 2gaſte, Z
(For cate that day.was beard.no Shippethat churliſhPole had paſt.)). d
Thhe 7 apland Bay.Wheareheatiu'd,now cald Saiart N zchelas Bay,

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ALBIONS: ENGLAND.
Though Ruſ6ap,filicenc hundreth Miles from 4 oſeo is away :

Theare VWinterd he ar Newnoxgtillfafe-Condutt being {eat, ( ene:”
Theaceto their King on (witt-drawne Sleads through frozen waies e:

Not like Sarmat14n Scithians (for the M oſcouttes be {o)
He found themplaine,but rather much in Pompero ouer-floe,
They neucr inthe Ruſan Courtetill then did Fngliſeice:
His jnterrainmentthereforc wasas ſtately as might be.
In ſundrie Roomes weare hutidreds fcencin Gold and Tyſſue clade / |
A Maicſtic, Avgu2#s-like;their King inchroned had; » |
Letpaſſe what paſte in ſpeechbetwixtour Pilorandtheir King:
Full well could Chaxcelor demeanc himſelfeincucry thing:

Let paſle howin Baſi/ius Courr moſt royally he fead:- 2
Sutfiſe it thatour Agent of his arrantthither ſpcad: -
Thar is,that Ours might trade with the,of which largelcauc is fcad..S

More,not vnworthie note,hereotour purpoſeisro lay,;/.
Batthis be firit'of ILandenil remembredby the ways 7

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VW heareliues that ſecond He:that ſo,by louing,betterdis?
T's often ſeene, Loueworksin Man a weake deie&ecd minde;
T'is cner-ſeene,a VV omansEouedothalteras the windei:
Examplethen be 27a-eni/for Men,not to beiidle.
In Amorous Paſsions: Labot is toloue,atleaft, aBridle:
Example roo be Eleno7: Batlervs ſay nomote, ) » :
For VWomen cueralcer,ſaith the Goſpellpreach'tbefore .
Conclude we then,when E/cnorand Mandeurididdie;..
The Mcthod of trueloning did with them ro Heauen flie,
For ecucrſince too feruent in their Loucare Men;for moſt:
Bur,7r5-like,in VV omens Hearts Lone too and fro doth poſte.
One Stafford,ot a Noble Houſe, a Courtiour of good hauor,
A friend,and faſttro 37 a2denil, and inthePrincehis Fanor,
From Cprus,from his Friend receiu'd ewo Letrers,onewas his,
The other ſent to-# /z207-and thatpurportedthis.

Ot youreceiuedTa Ring,a Tokeb to your Minde,
It ſo E metit: and it is my tortune it ſo finde. ſi
For if the Heart may,as itmight,for Minde be ynderſtood;- :
My Heartis yours,your Rivg ſo mine:Harts interchang'd were good-
Moredid T feare,than euer in your Ladiſhip I found,
Diſdainefull Lookes,fro thoſe faite Eyes that me with lone did woiid,
Now ſpeake T Love,far fromTthoſe Lookesſo forceableto kill:
HowbcitthatTloucisoot troworke orwiſh you ilk; = » +,5{feardT:
Not morethan this(though Princes Frownes beaggdeath withthem)
For had youlou'd the King'miſlikt,whar hadTforftto diez / ſi
VWheare I hauve been (were blaſphemie from VV omentodetrat)
Greatſtoreof BeautieshaveT ſcene,burnoneasyonrsexat,..
Courtsalſo mozethan ftately, with fajreLadies intheſame;
W hichſeemed common Formestoime,remembriggbut your name.
VWheniothe Holly-land I prayd,cuen.atthe holy Graue,
(Forgine me God) a lighfor finne, and three for Love T gaue.
Agamfl thetearce: A 746:a45 Trhe Soldans Pay did rake,
VV hen off,at Onfer;for Satit Georze, Saint Ecenor | ſpake.

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Chap.6 4: 1 297 - 1. Booke,
ALBIONS ENGLAND:

The M mazanes,thoſeluſtic Girles; belecueme likK't mewell:

But nothing inthe'beſt ofthem bur.doth in you excell.

I look't ypon theſterile Lake where Heauen-fir'd Sodomr was:

For one,thoughtL,hereſuchas you notſo had come to pas. '

Moſt ſweete and Saucraigne Bal/amurm in 11ndianFiclds Law:

More ſoucraign ſweeter Sets,thought T,my lips fro yours could dravy.

Neree#thiopwhenithe ſpice-fweete V ell of youth I faw,Ifaide,

My Lady lackerh-not hereof,Pertetion needsnot Ayde. - -

Iawe{(nor wonder you.T ſhould, whoſces you ſtesas much) -

The onely Phanix': Fonle,and Fatcr,but i6andyon,none ſuch. | -

But,flyingchusabout your Blaze,your Gnatdoth burne his wings:

To my deſpairing Paſsion more your praiſed Bewtie brings.. -

Not Trauel| tiers my Loue a whir,but Loue doth tire.onme:

VW hichſhould T wiſh,me better,or you baſcrof degree?

Be ſtillthe ſame you are,let me exile my ſelfe for cuer:

Two ditfidenſes Iconceit willlet me hope you neuer : |

The firſt my ſelfe,ynworthyyou,thelatterand the leaft, 3

: TheKings Conſent:But,well I wot,Lonc is a Lordly Feaft:: E T

Aguize (fo ſhould you) fo,and ſodeſpayreis partreleaſt,

One comfort is;beforc you doome isExecution'done :

My voluntary Baniſhmentalrcady'is begon;

W hich if you neuerſhallrepeale,ſhall ncuerend;or when.

(Ab,canT hopeit?) ſhouldyou,not'forysis Ezelandthen;

Nor isit butour minds charmake our natiue Homes our Graue)

As weto-Ours,Othersto theitslike parciallFancie haues

Tranſmute we butour Mindes,andrthen all'one an Alienis,

As ifa Natjue: Onereſolu'dmakes cuery Country his.

Your Aoſwerthatby.Penour ſpeech to thisrerurn'd ſhall be,'

Voutlafe itynto.Srafford, fot an Other-I ishe;

Inperte@ Friendſhip no ſuſpe&,for twoare oneinall,

Communitie ordoubling ioy,or making griefe more ſmall,

But would you toan Vaitie of heartstwixtys incline;

V heare Friendſhip is angelicall,our Lone ſhould proue diuine,
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ALBTONS 'ENGLAND.:.
More write Tnot : bleſt may you'liue: tearesouertake this Line.
VWhen (S:4ffordpreſent) Zlenor thisLetter hadperus'de,
She ſaid,asciſe-where ſhall enſew : Now is in vs infus'de
Freſh matter of Diſcoucries. How Chancelor he ſpeide
Is faid before: of 74 thus remaineth to bereade.

   

      
 
  

 

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A Vaſtc and ſpatious Empier is o/conze, in the
1 fame”.. } : T 2 LESY,
Bee Rivers, Tan97s, Folea, and Boriithenes of
fame, |
> With yearely hallowed Ma, which the Pri-

mate hauipg bleſt, — :
(W homrtoatrend theClargie, Lords, and King
: himſeltebeſpreſtyi. 0 2 1 .
He thioks himſelfe an bappie Man may touch the yſe-bhewnePir,
Bur him in Heaucn already whom the Primar ſprinks with it.
Enuxinas,andthe Caſpias Seas,doe waſhthoſe frozen Shores,
W hich vs with:fiſh,oyles, booy; (alte,furs, & good Traffiques Nores;
More temprate bethe In-Jand Parts:They reape whar they doe Sowe
Vithinthe compasof fower Moones, jnnalltheir harueft, mowe,
And houſetheir Beaſts:Thelelues keep cloſe in Stoues vnril the Spring,
And fport with their face-painted Wiucs, bild theara comdly thing.

In Cultomegsof the Grezke Ch urch, muchcortupred;are they lead-:-
Maonkes, Fricrs, & Priefts ſwarme rheare, notmore thain their Porteſſe
Nor more have Ptieſts, or People, thana ceremonious care, (reade':
Grofle VV axſhippers of Images,whi-lintheirHouſes are 9
JTn all too ſuperſtitionſl; devoted./Though thePope: |
Theare ſticke!Lnot;their Primate takes/as large andpom pious ſcope.”

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Chapi6 5 273 1,Booke,
__ ALBIONS -ENGLAND.

Beſidestheſe Chriſtians (for vnto themſcluestheyarrogate

The ſoundeſt Chriftianiic)are ſubietto their State

Idolators,that doc adore-eucaDiucls,or did of lare. - :

Nat ofthe Sazoedsrude-wronghtGods,or blood-Rites wilwe tarty,

- Or of the Stone;neerevnto which did 7 illonughby miſcarty,

To which bring Saylers whit-Meats,leaſt their Ships ſhould Tempeſts
Butthat ſarge female-Idoll cal'd Zelotibabyin part (harrie,
Of &Aufa,orthe Diuelt himſelfe afting inivhis Arte, - K
Is wotth the note-.-YVhen oughtamifſe amongſtthemdoth befall, }
An Inſtrameotof, Muſicke,ani a filuec Toade withall F
Theylay beforetheJdoll,and before herproftrare fall-

' Then,Mufick ſpunded;he to whomthe'Toade ſhall come is flaine,
(For comeiganili),whenpreſently the man reniues againe;'@.\/
Andtells thecanſc why hap't the ill,and how to pacifie /1
Theangric Idoll: whichis donethough-ſome tor itſhonlddie.

The King by Monarchiarules, more abſolutelynone,” *

Great Duke of R/4/4 late his Stile, imperiall now his Throne. _
He holdsa Mateſtienotmeane;andallof All kisOwne, - - - |
Vhento, imploy their goods ypon the common good'is knowne;
Himſelfe,both Iudge,and Iuror,cnds with Equitic Debates, '
Armipotentin Warre,and hath ſubdewed mightie States. - ... _ -
An hundred thouſandleads he forth apainſt hisFocs ro fight,--(flight;
That ſcorne both hunger, thicſt, and cold, wounds,yeeldinp, feareand
Ot cloth of gold,rich Stones, & Plumes,his royall:Tebrispight: , _
Norto hisSouldiours ſkants he Gifts,that well themſclaes acquite.

- But whatparticulate we thus,that muchin few would write?. - *

N Ow wheare we left of Chancelor;he gratious with that King,
Obtayned for our Marchants,as he wiſhed,cuery thing.
With Letters then of Credence for himſelfe,and Marte for them,
Heputsto Sea for England,whometheylſe abour did hemi. - ſi
But with yndaunted Courage,to hisnever dying Fame, -
All Dificulties oucrpaltto Lexder fafe he came.
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Thence,after ſomeaboade,with new Conſorts,an other Fleete,

And Notes digeſted for theirnew attempred Traffiquemecte,

He did refayle to Ruſf#4,thete recemedas before:

Cheete Agents Gray,and K#{{zn5worth;bearded fiue foote and more.

Inall things withthe King for onrs did Chancelor preuaile,

 Andnow our Agers knew their Homes, 8 whereto make their Saile.

Butnow muſt end our Swan-fopg, now the Swan himſelfemuſt end,
Euen he,thatroyid ſuch-tediousSeas his Countries weale to mend,
Returning Homewards,neere ar Home,euen on the Scottifſ» Coſt,
Did wracke,andthoſe aboord hisShip then periſhed for moſt.
But that he drown'd his careto-ſauethe Ruj9e, ſenttovs
In his Condudt,is ſaid checauſe; burdrown'd he was,and thns.

This Marte,thus fera foore, was Thencefor 0b an\dther ſought;
W hercin not hittlewas it;thatpraiſe-worthy Burrouchwrought.
Othimand (whom Incucrcancommend with praiſes dew)
Of 7enkin/on enfues: Butfirſt of Zlenor anew.

     
 

   
  

 

 

   
 

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Varictic of Mento'courta VV oman'isherpride, |
Than which theit Yanitieot Men is nothing lefſe elpyde.”
W hat are to ys,but common hurtsthoſe common hopesthey giue,

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Chap.66. 21 1 1«Bookty
ALBIONS: ENGLAND.

Ifthen their Loue dochdye to'vs, whenourstothem doth live ?
They Nero-like fing Troy,when Rome by them is ſcr on ficr,
TIcſtat our carneſt. Let vs nowito #/eror retier.

More modeſtſhethiſuch(rhough moſt,in Mes behalfe,might berter)
And comes,quoth ſhe,from Mandenil this ill-come-welcome letter?
Belecue me,Stafford,ill it comes that ſayes acauſein me, |
That fronrhis Natine home he ſhould thus ſelfe-exiled be.

If amorous Hopes,or Hopes vaheld,co him from me had paſt,

I had indeed bia guiltic,astoo forward,ornot faſt.

But ro the Cauſe,Effe&t,and all,not-puilrie;doe Tpleade : |

His Loue is Newes, mineto deſpairewhar was1t him ſhonldleade?

Oar Court(I willnot wrong the Man,norflaterhim awhit)

Can hardly ſhew another-fuch-for Perſon, Prowſe,and VV it.

Burt as for me({ettinga-part/my Birch;to which,or any
So borne,our State'is intereſt)what am Imorethan Many®?.

If beautious now(berelet mechidehis Indiſcretiob,who '

Farre from a Meane of it fomeanedoth make ſo mnch adoe;

.. And leaſt perhapſhe Ghould haneglib'd,avermedorhnot tiote, (dote)
:W hecelone ſhuld ſpring, which makes me gefſe he doth notlone bur
If beautiouszas Iſayd, whatels is Forme burvaiding Aire?
Yea oft,becauſe afſaulted oft, it hurteth to be faire. |
And were'not my Deſcenr,and Ta Fauorite in Court,'

My common Forme,vnheeded thenztmight paſſe without teporr.
Bur,were my withes mine,the Court by meſhould be theleſfe:
So much it hath of- Vanitie,and painfull Tdlenefle. .

Since fuch is he,and of my (elfe my ſelfe but fo eſteeme;
Himlſelfe by Silence,me he wrong'd,diſdainfull me todectne.

I could be angrie,were he here;withhim forerring ſo,
Diſdaine(the Vulgats Fault)is not in Gentrie found,T troe.

Buc feare he did,and wiſcly too(for God forbidthat T,
Vaoworthiethar Tam,ſhould haucindanger'd him to dye)

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11:Books, - 043 Chap.67.
ALBIONS- ENGLAND.

My loueſhould equall his,or T atranſ-Marine be wrought,

Butif he iotertain'd ſuchthoughts;therealfo did heerre:

Louc is a lordly Feaſt,he writes, andT'the fame averre.

For if (nor raſhlythough,Thope) vpon my Choice Iſtand,

My hand fhall ncuer gine my heart, my keart ſhall give myhand :

Yea,ſfo I line with whomTloue,whatcareT in what Land?

VWith Women is too viuall now Theirs,and themſelnes to ſell

For Ioynters,by Indenture,with imperious Mento dwell,:

And he doth her,and ſhedoth him, with his;and hersvpbrayde:

Butthart I chiefly match forloue ſhall, when I march;be ſayde.

Good Daies beget,bad Daiestrie Friends,nor him a friendeſteeme,

W hom firme, as to thy {elfe thy ſelfe,thou dareſt not todceme;

Say ſome: But Aandevil,l ſee,ot youaccomptethſo,

As of his firme and choycelt Friend,theneaſt Itedious groe,

Itell thee,Stafford,nextto one,is Mandeni/the Man ſi

I could haue loued,but T loue,whom not vn-loueT can.

Yeatif you aske me whom;or where;that onebeloued is,

I cannotanſwer whom,or where,yeat am;and will be his.

Madame, quoth Srafford, yet your ſpeech hath head,nor foote,nor
 Notnaming him,youend a $phynx,and tieme to aRiddle. (Middle,
Well,fricad youarc to ALandeni/,nor foc(ſhefayd)ro me:

The greene-Knight,Vioratthe Tuſtsa few yeares paſt,is he.
In ſooth,querh Staffors, if forhimbereſoluteyour Choyce,
Chuſcnot againe,with youfor him conſortT alſo Voyce.
Northinke,inthat Thimprefer, I3tundeni/reiet;

Friendſhip may brooke Tripliciric;and ſhall inthis reſpe&.

For your owne fake,and'for his fake(rhan 27 andenilno lefſe
My Friend) I ſhall (his Soules debire)you of that Koight poſleſle.

Almoſtan Extalteof Toyherfrom herſelfe did ſeuer,

Hearing of him, for whom her heart did hunt;andelsſhould ener :
And though ſhedid obſerue his ſooneReuolt from tricndto friend,”
And himthercot hadracht,weare notherpriuate Cauſe toend,

Yeat
Chap.67. 283. - " 11:Books,
ALBIONS 'ENGEAND,;

Yeat was ſhefilenttouching it,and modeſlly purſewes,: ;
In Queſt of her beloued Knight. Buttarrie-yerthat Newes,,
Firſt 3urrough,Tenkinſon, and what by them was done pgruſc.

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And how on Deere they ride,andall on Sleds by Deere conuay,

Do eate their Dead,to feaſttheir friends their Childrenſomerime flay,
Theirſtore of Sables,Furres,and Pealts; fercht thence from farre away,.
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ALBTONS ENGLAND.

That from ElizabethtoRaigne;and Ttoliue begnnne, |

_ Hath bapnedthat CommerceandFame heto his Natiues wonne.

Ow,vnder his Condu@was hence vnto his Home conuaide
The Ru$ax firſt Ambaſſadour, Heere honor'd, whillſt he ſtaide: -
Nor Captaine Zenks1/ox was there leffe graced, where hewrought,
T hat all things to a wiſhed'end were for our.Traffique brought.
Here-hence alfoa friendly League twixteither Prince cffeted.:
Nor littleis their Amitic of vsto be reſpetted; |
For,though the Mo/conites from ys be Peoplefarre remore,
Yeat,if how Danes, and Norſes, bauc innaded ys wenote,
And howthe Raſcies,in the ike Arrempts,mightholdthem back,
Foronly it, werethenceno Trade,ill mightrheir Friendſhiplack.
From Moſcothen by Tournieslong the Cafpian Scahe croſt,
Himſcltc and Goods by Tartarsoftindangertobeloſt. (Kings,
Their Hordes of carted Tentslike Towns,which Camels drew;their
By.names of 4 urſes,So{tans,Cansto'who for Paſſe he brings |
The Raſcian King his Letters, how (and royallythey troe} *(tho,
VVuh W. ild-horſe fleſh;and Maresmilke, him the Kings did banquer
Their hawkiog forthe:Wild-horſe(Fortheir Hawks will ſeazeypon
The horſes neck, whochaffing tiers;and ſo is kild anon)
Their oft. Remoues forPaſtures freſh/norGrafle their Paſture is,
ButheathieBruſhfew Cattell thoughdoethriueastherrs with'this)
Their-naithervſe of Coyne;or Corve(for Tillagenoneis theate)
Such Wartiors;and'Horſe-Archers,as they line not whom they feare,
Theircrofle-leg:cating onthe ground,Pluralitic of wines,
In 7urkeman(So the wholeis ſayd) and moreof their rade liues;
And how the Marchants,rravailing by Caranar,that is, '
GreatDroucs of laden Camels,Meateand V Vater oftenimis,
And how forvsdid Tenkin/onin Bac#ra Mart begin,
Letpaſſe,co paſſeroit for vs hedid in Perſia win.
Y Vith this 1emenro,in Returne from Ba7ra,diucrs Kings
Seut in his charge their Legates, whomto Hoſecs atehebrings,
Thence
{hap.68. E; 2857 I 1.Booke,
ALBIONS/ ENGLAND.- T.
Thencedidhe ſayle for England,Hence for : oſeo back agamc, l
And,with our Queenz Elizabeth her Letrers;did obtaine JE,
Thee M oficks Lerters,tothe-Kings by wbom he then ſhould pas,
For Perſ anT raſhque And.for thzs hc thence imbarked was:

NO wint yrcam Sh}mact,or Meaia all asone- - Ke's
Suppoleour 7enkin/on beforeKing Obdolowcans Thron:
Though fumprious Citties he poſſcſt,yeat forthe Summersheate,
On aireſome Mountaines held he then his Court, in Pleaſures greate.
Oftlilkeandgold lmbroydcnc his Tents;his Robes inchac't, .- .
Wich Pearlesand pretious Stones,and Looks 'of Maicftichimgrac' c
Oa Carpetsrich theytrode,rich Traines of him-artendance gaue, ”
Wiith lixe ſcore Concubines,that feem'd fo many Queenes for bmuc -
Before his faire Pauilion was of Water cleere a Fount,
Drinke tor himſelfe,and his(for moſt of Vater they account. J
Scarce Clegpatras Amthony was teaſted with more cheere, ( 7
Of vatied Meates,and ſpice=Conceits, than / enkinſon was heeren/ C
Tn formall Hawking,Huntipg, Chace,not the came Triſtram neere.Þ)!
Such wasthis King tor ſtatcly fuch for affable,and kindes- 6
Therc and abroad1o lou'd,and feard;aslike was rateto finde.”-
Yeat,notwithſtanding ſuch his Wcal\h his Sxgnonc,and Statc,
He ot the Perfian Sap/aze held-his Land,ſubgued late;” ” ®
Bur in ſuch friendſhip,asche Shawgh- (chc Sophie ſois ſaldc) }

  

Would yeeldio 0bdolowean in what ſo beſhould perſwaide:
W hich well in Zez&/z/ons behalfe,but ſhortly after,made:
Him ofcen queſtoned this Kingof Vs,and'Enrgps ſtrengeh;.
And lim, with Gifts,and Ptwiledge,for Mart,diſmiſt at length.
Silks,raw,8& wrought,Spices, & Drugs;8 more-cls,ſi worthrhe Martz
' Our Marchants ferch fromthence,and there our Marchandize couart.
Things wiſely thasdifpatched there,with men forkis defence,”
And Letters fromthatKingwnto the Shaughyhe raneldthence; ** *
Intraucll thitherwards,he grieues,inw o:zder,co behold

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ALBIONS- ENGLAND.
'Thedown-Fals of thoſe ſtately Townes,and Caſtles,which of old, '
W hilſt Perſ6a-bcld the Monarchie, were famous ouer all,
Nor A4lexanderwonneoft thoſeone Peecerwithlabour ſmall.
The mightie Citrics Taur#saud Perſjpolis,he paſt, |
Two ruin'd Gates,ftndredswelue miles,yet extant ofthis laſt :
'The Gyants VWonders 0n the Hill of (Qojguiff} beard hetolde,
Andofthe yearely Obit, which their Maidesto Channs holde.
This was indeed a wonder,forthis Virgin ſo was bent -
Fo Chaſltirie,chat by ſelfe-death;ſhe Marrage did preuent. :
' Here 24 andenil;perbaps,had bin,and tooke occalion heere,
To fcareleaſt Elenorinlike mightimicate too neere; /}. Z
Eqen Toyes in Louc diſcourage,Loae-fro Toyes-relumech cheere:
Of himtherefore,whilſt-/ext;m/on reſtsar his Iornies end,
W ith 0baslowoans Sanncghat onthe Sephre didattend.

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" oI Z ITTSY 1hopecould apprebend, . ſ
For yertuous,beautious, Birth, 8 Wealth,aMacch fornoteto mad,
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ALBIONS ENGLAND.

To interritthat home-bred Loue,which ſcaz'd on him indeed,

As for to prouchow ſuch as he with ſuch asſhe might ſpeedes Z

And there experimented, kere to'ceaſe or els proceede: »

Fyc,M «ndexil,how good fo cre thy Merits otherwie,

In making Loue ynmeant thou didft thy ſelfe bur miſ-aduiſe. -:

Though thou couldſt buzzeabourthe flame, & keepe yoskorcht thy

Few fafelyplay with cdge-Tooles, ſin toicſt arholy things. -(Wings,
Wi ith women;made fot Men;therefore ſoone won,yeat cdging Sute,,

With Marrage,praiſde enovgh in himdid firſt itinſtitute: 7
With VV omen,who when all was made,and Man of allpoſleſt, -

Yeatlacketh Man an Helpe,ſayd God,and Manwith VV oman bleſt>:

With marrage; that legitimates our Propagationzand |':-! -
Two Hearts in onetranſplants,inall befalne,or taine in hand:” -
W ith women,thar no lefſeattra@t our Senſes themto lecke,

Than Hungerforto labour Foode,or AnguiſhEaſetoſeckes: ( \/
VVith Marrage,that preferreth vs,and Rtayes ys.in content,,
Vnanimicth weale or woe,as cither ys is fent:: | P npACSs!
In Nature Women,Marrage by Tradition,cithertwains.

So ſacrer,and autentick,as we naither ſhould protaine..

Totrifle then or Them,or This;werenotſoſlight afin;-. ſi
As-thatthy Venues, Mazdeni/ywould fault,thinkÞtherein,!.
But for ſhe was a Pagan,and thy {clfe a Chriſtian theare,

'Andſhe the So/4ans Tender,thou didſt forme a Loucftorfeare..

For that thon ſhould'ſt reny thy Faith, and her thereby poſlefle,,
The So/dan did capitulat;in vaine: themore thy bleſle : | }
Forthan a V Voman cuermorethe Diuelltemptethlefſe,-/
Yeatthatthey tempt,nottheirs butoursthefinne: for. it Tſee,

And ſteale,a pretious Gcmmezthe Gemme faults not,the Thett in me..

'Howber when to aCtiue and1opaſsiueJoue itgrocs,

And.YVomen then ſhall alerthem as Diuclsthen ſuppoſc:%

Anditke of Men,it Menalike ſball Reputation loſe.” - :"
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_ To wit,in forwardLoue to whom thefartheſt Commer is)

Might-eaſly have'bin wonne of him,not atan eaſje rate,

If cto-nis Faith a Recreant had Miſcrenrbin his ſtate.

Buthe,imimoueableaſwell inFairh;as former Loue,

Did there ſo well,as he from thence with honor did remoue,

On Elenor he ftill denuiſde : yearſometimes; to allay

:Thoſe Moodes,by muſtring in his mindtheſe thoughts,did thus afſay.

Full ſoonerhetaireſt Face,thought he,would ceaſefrom being ſuch,”

If not preferued, curiouſly,wirh tendring morethan much, :

Orage atleaſt,and thatnot old;ſo alters it that was,

That Ze/endid diſclaimeher ſelfe,for Helen,in her Glas.

That great Phiſition that hadliu'd,in health,an age admirde,

Didanſwer,askt che cauſe,nor he had done as Fleſh deſirde.

Then Mazdeu:lbethinks him of the Labyrinthof Cares,

Incumbring maxried Men,and neer that life;and loue,forſwartes.

How tediots were a Shroe,a Sloy,a Wanton,or a Foole, |

(All fourea-likethrearning Miſlke, when time ſhould Dorage coole,)

How feldome Women come vadow'd with one;or ſome;orall,

Or anſwerable Faults rotheſe(to mennor Crofſes'ſmall, ) © &

The Flartries,and the Fooleries,whereby are women wonnſſc,z .

Vith fiſhing long to catch;perhaps,a Frog,whenallisdone, S m

And all that Sexs Infirmities, his Thoughts did ouer-runne, »

Bur like as Mothers beatetheir Babes, & ling'them when they crie,

Lones Incantationsſo did he with Malice fuch defic': | Z

The Amotous with the ſea-Crabs gactdoe angring Amours flic,

This bumour,and the honor,by this Knightin &759 wonne,

_ Ore-pallewezand in Perſia ſee what /enken/on hath done.

CHUD.
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Him blefleth he rowhomedoth he onc of his Relits giue:
Yeat Perſiap Shaughseſteerne themſcluesthe holicſt Kingsthat live.
For whena Chriſtian (whom they callan Tnfidel,becauſe

He not beleeues in'M ahomet.nor Aortezalies Lawes) -

Iscal'd ro audience,leaft the ſame prophaine wheare hedoth ſtand;'*
Muſt doftc his Shooes,andto and tro treade on new-fifted fand,

Our Souctaignes Lettersto-the Shaugh ſo Tepkinſon preſents,

W bo,bcing asFchis arranr,faid choſeLerrerslike Contents, Z
But new-madePeace with 7arkje him ofnew-ſonght Trade prevers
The TrkiſsMatchants,fearing leaſt therr Traffique mightidecreafe,
Had,by thatiBaſsz, mard his Mart that then bad made thar Peace,
The 5 :w2hdid alſo queſtion his Beleefe,and quarrell it;

So, well appaid is 7enki/on, if wellaway hegit, ” ,

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ALBIONS ENGLAND:

Had not the Hyrcane HnrzeyPoſtsynto his Fathet ſent,

And 0bdolowcans Letters then diſſwaded that 1ntent:

V hen,witha Preſenrtfor himſclfe,he Thence to Zprean went, -

And theare did himthe heart-rrew King moſt kindly intertayne,

And thencediſmille with Gifts,when he no longer would remayne:

Nor onely his Ambaſſadors vato bis care Commends,

But moment ofthat Ambaſſic which he to Mo/co ſends.

Therenow ſuppoſe thema well ariu'd, and bringipg gratefull newes

Otf waightic Meſlages, whearin the 47 gzc# him did vie. |

Conuenient time he neretheclefle, for Perfan Trade attends:

Which Arthar Edwards,thither ſenr, ſuccesfully theareends,
This Edwards, and a many here vnnam'd, deſerued well %

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Jntheſe Imployments: but of All weare tedious altotell,
For, ſauing ot Difcouerers we purpoſe not to dwell.

Els would we herereuiue, butthatthrongh Hatluits Penthey live,
(Tohim, your Fames ſweet Trampetor, Yee Enghſs, Garlands giue}
A Catalogue of Names,thatinthis North,and Northcaſt Clymes,
Haue more obſeru'd, and more deſeru'd,than periſh ſhall with times.
Nor be my Father here forgort: for he,amongſt thereft,

Deſerueth .in this Generall remembrance with the beſt.

And here, from.out thoſe churliſh Seas, with 7exkin/on we fayle

To Londen, theareanaged Man, totellthis youthfull Taile:

How he had paſt All Earope, ſeeneall ZeaanrHands,and

Greece, Turkie, Africk, 1nd:a,Sur, «Agypt,the holic Land,

And all the foreſaid Lands: in allimployde, and intertainde,

Of Emperors, andKings, as.it him felfe a King badraign'd.

Reſt may thy honorable Boanes, good old-Man in {weet Peace:

Nor haue thy Phenix-Aſhes fince beene barrea of increaſe.

Bur late had we a Fowlc like rare,vs'd oftner Seathan Shore,

Ofte (wam hee into golden Strands,but now will ſo.no more,
For,though he weare a dyuing FowlectoHeaucndid hefore.. - —S

In Enzland,note{rabia,now the Phanix Bird is'bready -

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ALBIONS ENGLAND:

Andeuermore ſhall theare reniue,when ſball the olde be dead:

The Maiden Empreſle,and her Knights theirEnterpriſes rare, -

W hich now,. have pearſtthrough cuery Pole,of all admiredare.
Remaineth now,that we intreate of geeat Achicuementsdone |

By Enfliſh,in contratie Clymes,ſince firlt her Crowne begonne.

But ride we firſt at Anker,though a roomeſome Sea we haue,

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Inſtructed was by him of all /hould there effeRed be;

The Banquerended, Dorcus ({o-was Staffords Ladiesname )

Thus ſpeakerhynto Elenor asif itweare ingame. Þ

In yonder Chamber {poynting to alocked Doore thereby)

Hath Harndenithis Cloſet,and nocommon Armory.

Full many thiogstheare-in,quoth ſhe;both rare and rich ſaw T:

Howbeit Staff ord,cucnto me,did long that fighr denye.

Weare heandallthe reſt abroade,wheareliesthe KeyeI wot:

'Then fayne you ficke,and ſleepie,ſo the reſt may hence be For.
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Not ſooner Dorcas had deuig'd,but Elenor itdrifts.
So finely fayn'd ſhe ilat-eaſe thatnone belecu'd her well,
Sauc Staffordand his Ladie, ſo prepoling as betell:
Andall ſaue onely. Dorcas,whom ſhe prates with her to ſtay,
Did fadly leaue herto herReſt,andtharſhe reſt did pray.
Mcane whilethe Ladies andtheir Oſte into the Garden walke,
W here Srafforddid inuent them Sports,and hild them pleaſant talke.
The Ladies twaine,thus left alone,the doore they open,wheare
'Tothem in compleat Armor ſeem'dthe greene-Kaighr to appeare.
The Burgoner,the Beuer,Buffe,the Coller, Curates,and
ThePoldrons,Grandgard, Vambraces,Gauotlets for either hand,
The Taiſhes,Cuſhies,andthe Graucs,Staffe, Penſell, Baiſes,all
The grecne-K night carſt had tylted with that hild her Louc his Thral,
She fawe,on Crotles and els-what,by Srafford fo ſerout,
Thatto havue ſeene her very Koight made Zlenor no doubt.
Arfirſtſheffeares,butlaſtly findes the Armor wasvn-man'd:
W hen skaerd,and cheerd, wirh Dercas ſhe did enter,theare at hand%
The Cloſer whearethe Prizes of the for-ſaid Infts didſtand.
Theſe,and that Armor, Dorcas ſaide,are Maxdenils,the fame
_ Your Knight,chat won himſelfe,for Force,to you for Faire ſuch fame,
Bur, Sweetelet this be ſpokein Shrift, ſo was it ſpoketo me:
Long haue you thirſted ir,know I, whichnow you heare,and (ce.
Though 8:affordwas by Mandeuil coniured to concealc it,
And I by SraffordjwhatisitbutthatI may rencale ir?
VV hat ſhame;a Gods name;canredowneto/him,by being knowne
The Knightthat honord both himſclfe and you,as more might none.
Belceue me, reaſon none his fame ſhould thusobſcured lye :
But whatſoearethe Scruple be,now out it is, for why?
To;youlies bare my hearr;and ſhall. W ith that (by pre-concluſion
Twixt himand Dozcas) Staffordmade a mannerly Intruſion. -
W hy how now Ladies, ſicke, and heale,and taine ſoſoonc in harme?
You ſhould,quoth he,toPownd,weare thisa churliſh Ruſticks Farme.
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Tn yaine,I'ſee,hath M azdenil forbidden me orfight,

Ocr ſpeech hercofto £1-xor - And Dorcas ferues me right *

Blab'd beour Shriftstro-women,of fimplicitie,or ſpight

Well, Lady,(for bynowT gefſe you know this Arinors Knight, Z

And you,concerniagotherthings, hane reade what he did wright

It firme you hold for him' (as you hane ſaid,and ſhould doe {till)

For you,and him,and both,therein imploye me atyour wall,

Who mightier than the $zJap? Yeat,as Handenilme wrights,

A TLady ofthe blood,ripht faire,he him for Witebehights:

But,weare ſhe Emprefle ofthe World,bis Refolutionis,

She citber ſhall be £/eor,or neuer any his. - -

Full well ſhe knew tho# Sights,andatrhoſe Speeches didreioyce: .
The greene-Knight had been 2 andenil,had been in her the Choycc. *
That Wiſh,the Man,bis Worth,their Loge,concurriuginthis wiſc,
Had he been alſo preſent, what more Blifſe could ſkedeuiſe ?

Thence went they outintorhat Roome where hadthe Banquet bin,
Aand theare was ſhe aboutto ſpeake,whencame theLadies in:

Full well appaydeto ſee hercheerd,and frained then her quacm,
(Fornothing leflethan forged Panges,or whar had paft they acm.)}
Then went they all to whence they came,and E/enordidplic

For H ardenil- W hat was itnow for-him ſhewould nottrie?
Oft Stafford,She,and Dorcasdidconſult,andthen conclude

This Courſe,notto be changed : whicheare faid,be firſt purſude
Of Zngl:ſ;that in Africk,andinA/iabring to pas, |

That. Eng/and now is famous,wheate butlate yanam'd it was... ::

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- A - Norttherne: Regions. partely. is epitomed be-
> - :: 40res! 7 ; ;
S& Of other later Voyages enſnes afew,of ſtore.
7 GreatPciſonagescannot want great Poets theits
S- tortell. - 7 - h
Nor maythey wantznor wanttothem would I,
- . wrot Hike-well. : |
\ Burof ſome Meaners,that their liues haue ven-;
wrednoleſle, | AT ;
Perfornyd as much,Some more,and Somethar haye,as many celle,
Varto their Bertersmade the waytoglonie they poſleſte,
Shall we digeſt: Orit we {peake of great-Oncs,they bedead,
For Writers aduantagioully arc ofthe Lyuing reade.”
Thy Raigne alfo; E/izabc:h;ſhalbboundour Pen 1n ir, |
Whichto our Theame inferteth Texts,cotimes yecld more ſo fit.
Like amorous Scape from Erglandas 0t Elenorto Rome,
Made MachaminoAaderarearehis hence-ftolne Louers Toome,
Then raignedhereThird.E dwardgwhenſorrauchd A anden!t,.
And in thoſedaiesthinertivg:Thergof 44 achams Loue bciell;
A Chappell built hethere, hisname andikers ingranen in St0BCs/ .!!
To Jeſus dedicared (rhen,and Eſſctſſg!ctmſſ_ſſzſi,cherc__vnlmowſſ_ne.)
\ Ot himchis ThandsPorte is:.caYd &H achz60, roabi$days: :
 Whom Affork Mores to Zaſitlegasa, VWonder, didconuay:
For in a6 hollowed Tree; or Trough,not having fayleor Ozress
(The Shippe they came inleauing him)diſcouerd bethe Maves.
- By which diſcoucry,and by his Inftruftions;did cnſew,, .. -;, /; c _
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Ty'/beriansdid Haderaand Canarics Iiles ſubdew.

Hence (cls had /ac-2»: paſt ourPcnne).didtimecfict our Trate

For Guzzie,in her Highnes Raigneacquird,and pateit made. *

For not in M aries wearethole Partes;asnowsſofully found,

Yeatſtill to gratefull Eares maythoſe Negortiators found,

To wit(although an Alien}good Pinteadogabusd

By moode 77 #ndam,Gumic fiflt,and Beryn;theſeperns'd:

Next Gaz»ſo,thenT ow:ſondiners times,and thearemy Farherdide:

Since,rife that Voyage,Bra/ile-and to Cape-verdTfles belide.

Gold,ciuet,mulſke,graines,pepper,woad,& iuorythencebebrought;

In Barbarze,old M auritaine,like Tradethisraigne hath wrought : Z

Ot Africkand-4merica,by Ours no part vnſought. |

In lewric Siria  AgyptGreecexthe Turks whole Empiernow,

Our Qaeene1s gratious-our Commerce,and Agents,they allow.

Of World-admired Drake(forothis Worth what argues more,
Thitame enuide?.Some;for was his ſorich,thoughttheirs-roo poore,)
Andus braue Breeder Zawkias (year behonordenery Pen,
That,howſocuer, honor them as high-reſolued Men)

In Fition,or in Myfeerie,coreadewould lefle delight,

Than would fignificantly ſome theirglotious Tornieswright : %

Thepaines of fuch inuited Pensſuch ſubic@would requite.

Adde Gilbert,Greenud!,Frobiſher,of Knights tomake vphue,,.

All intheir better Parts with God, with MentheirFames aliue.

AddcſſG/oilto#,;Oxnam,Fentan,VV ara,Dauis,an'other Drake, :

Wiith dinershere-not catalog'd,and f6ra'Cheeteft rake g |

All-aftious Candtfh,and oftheſeerernall Pen-worke'make,

And,fora gowned @rcero,andonethardid'notline

Burto his Princejand Countrie, Lawdes to777 aiſungham doe giue.. |

The 7/4ads,ande/£veavos,for/Fext;and Truth,might yeeld

Vato thatlearned Muſe thatſhould manurethatplentious Field.

WasncuerT rince:1mployed Peace,withpraiſe,roprofitmore,

Oc Realme conld,tntheRaigne of one;boaſt worthy Menlikeiſtore:
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Chapi9as 297 12.Booke.
ALBIONS ENGLAND.

Our Foes canalfo witnes her armipotent,in few, _
Religio, Vertue, VV ealth,Peace, War,her Throne with fame induc%
Andhere mincaltred Muſe this Theame ſurceaſerhtopurſue.

Ot Theſe, Eaſt-72dian Goa,South,8& Somh-caſt People moe,”
And of their memorable Namesthoſe Toyles did ynder-goe, g
Is oneelabotated Pen compendioully doth floe.
Omitted then,and'named Men,and Lands/not here;indeede,
 So.written of as they deſerue) atlatge in Xakluit reede.
To him,and (who deſerueslike-well of £7g/ang;both as Any
Haue wroteiof England)Camden,andto Enclifh Pocts Many:
Oft which areſome(praiſe-worthy though)that rowretheir Witstoo
To makeaPitth for Lone,whetheyat fairerFowlesmightflic, (hie,
Now vaileT Bonnet. Reſt thee, Muſe;abrodewhat need we rome?
Our ſeauenteene Kingdomes once,now- One, yeeld VV ork enoughat
All which her Highnes owneth now;as ſhall anon be ſaide : (Home,
Butotour Zzglifs Louersfirſt be this Additionmade. :

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Thrace, F

Had Mandent!to Stafferd wrote ſhould be bis
Winrring Place: . | |

Next Surmer would hee bee at Rowe : That
Staffora ſtould dire&t ' ſi

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$o Stafferd hadro Blenvr thei{ameinformed who,

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"They may,quoth Dorcas,make more nice; but few ornone,Itroc,
Thatlabournotofonrdiſeaſe : and why,I pray you,noc?

To be with God,what good more good?For'it we all ſhouldaske.
Bur for by deathjrmuſt bedone,but few-affe&che Taske:
Virginiticathoughpraiſed,isalike perform'd,for why ?

As muchthe Fleſh is fraile chereio,as inthe fearero dye.

W har, was it ſaydto all.but vs,Tocreaſe and Maltiply? -

No Clarke will ſo expoynd that Text,God ſhicld they ſhould;ſay T.
All yecld,that Marrageis noſinneifchaſtlythenweliue,

And Manand wifetheir Bodiescachto other wholly giue: :

If ſo,as ſo isgranted,whatncedscutious ſtruglingthen? .
Since Godand Nature formed Mentor ys;and vs for Men.

Ill matchthoſedallying Girles,pray I,chat intertaine by Arte

All Loucrs,giuing Hopes to all,of all to make their.Marte,
And,hauing blaunched many ſo,inlingle Life rake pride:

W hen nota Strampet, Men'iſo much abhorrezand moredetide;
Aſwcill asroo remiflein choyce, we may be too preciſe,

And loſe,as £/2p5 (wimming Dogge,a Subftance for Surmile.

Butif we marke,in-matching, this(which perfe&terh Eontent)
Thatin the Manot Yertues be and Lovea Couplement,

For cither Fortune worke wethat weneuer ſhallrepent;

Wecoyly may conſume our Youth, till tirmcs may alter ſo

Or forme,frieads,weaith,or fame,that we outot Requeſt may groe.
But loſethar liſt cheir Prime,fince now I hauc that may deli ghr,

Me ſhall pariicipate my beſt,that muſt my badder Plight,

For traeit is,as Veſſdls of firſt Liquors cucrtaſte,

Loue,feaſned ſo with Sweets of Youth,the ſame doth ener laſt.

Nay ſhould my S:af9:4(God forbid): leſſe kinde than think I proue,
I nerethcles would Rill be his,in chaſte and cheerefyl! Loue.
No men;troc I(theraſcall Sort cxcept)but women m3 y,

In Patience,temporizing vvell,informc,and,erring,ſtay.

And reaſon(werethere Scripture none,ſo biddipg)we forbare

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ALBIONS. ENGLAND.

In mentheir Moodes;becauſe of ys they wholly takethecare.
Admit we bring them Portions great,and beautie ſoughtofMany,
Alas,what bring we one,that might nor-cls haue haptto any? |
For(let me ſpeake it to no Plab) itis a Queſtion,whether

That longet think itwe,or Men,ynull we cometogetaer.

Well Wanton, well,quoth E/enor,if Menſhould heare your chat,.
'This laſt I meane,atleaftthey would conclude forvsinthat: -
Conceraing which,ypon my Tongue ſhall mine Opiniondye,.
Though ſtiould I fay to it,andall, Amen;I ſooth'd no Lyc.

Saint Stafford thine,Saint Mandenil for me,God for vs all,
I have bin,am,and will be Rill reſolu'd, whatere befall.”

In ſaying which came Szaffordin;and wilsthem to diſpatch
ToShip-boord: (for before hadthey determin'd ofthar March.J:
Alrcadic had heſhipr their Stuffe,lack't only they a-boord: ;
W hich Opportunitiedid now that time andplace affoord.

How they eſcap't,or howdiſguiſde, what skilsit? ſcap*tthey aſh%-ſi

All three imbark't for 1talie,and bhad the windeſo faire, D
' That almoſt thither had they reach't,before they miſled weare,

For them great ſearch, and forrow much was made,but all in yainc,

None knew or whethey went,or whence,or where theydid remaine..

Here ſee you-what can mightie Loue in cirherSexecfledt:;

Here ſee you alſo friends for friendsnor weale nor woe reſpeQ:
- Here ſec you one that fear'd to ſpeake,is followed farre to ſpeede::
Here ſce you that-a VV oman dares, if ſhe conceitsthe Deede:.
Here ſceyou onein louc,not moop'rathome,but mapping Lands?:
Here ſee you how gainſtall things cls,for Ladics Vertue ſtands:.
Herealſo heare what they,ariu'd in 7zalie,did ſce: -
- Andfalt at Rome,when firſt ſhall this of Elſe-what ſpoken bee:.

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==>T L/zsveths now-Monarchic- ore  ſeauenteene

A Crownesof old, ]
2 4 tormerly was promiſed, ſhall briefly here bee

” &) told.
723 Bctore the Scots did plant them Heere,own'd?
AY ancient Brataines All, :: |
2 ) And Rtill, take I, her Homager 'may England *
R : , Scotlazd call: -
V bich ouer-pafſe,notnow pollcR,inthis Accompt we fhall. j .
Ofcither Landrthe Marches,and much moregfor moſtnow Oars, *'
The wartlike P7s pofleſsing Here, built Caſtles, Towns,8 Towers,
Brntes,Scots,and Romaines (then our Lords) oft daunting with their
Tillaftly ciuil Strite,8 Scots,diſskingdom'd the fro Henee, (Powers:
W hom 0rkey Lands,as is ſayd, hane harbour'd cuerſence.
The Bruteines,by theſe PifFs of long oppreſt with thraldome fore,
To be deliv'red of fuch Foes,did S4x0z Aides implore.
So playing asdid e£/ps Horſe,thatangrie with the Hart,
Tobereaengd,didcraue inayde of Man torake hispart':
Till when'the Horſe was neuer back' nor bitred;Eithernow
He hauing {uffered, would hane helpt,bur then he knew nothow;
The Brataines, hauing called ſothe Sax9ns5 to theiraide,
Could not be rid ofthem,to whom they had themſcluesbetraide:
But by the ſame werethey atlengthdebelled-inmto 77 atles :
Each of whoſe Kings,of long time Three,in Enc/ands Monarch failzs.
The S4xoxs getting Brutarme thus(whichthey did Eng/andname)
Atonce of them in ſeuerall Parts Scauen Kings did rule the ſame:

All

  
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Allwhich,byYYe#erne AdeiſtancinMonarchie wasgot, A

V hich fince(faue 7ron-ſids & the Danes once Deuidety chang'd not. -

Fiue 1r/ſo Kingdoslikewife add, now drown'd in Eng/azds Crowne.

The Scauenteenth wasthe Ifle of 2ay,in Oursnow/allo dewne: ' -

OurtHandenil,here cited,of Fatle e2landemiexat P

In Stephens Raigne ſo famous, 3fan,in Scots Poſleſsion fack't, -

And withthe Spoyle of al that le thence,andhis Brother;pack't 2 -

Conſeat of times, Names,and Records, affirme,mayſeeme,nolefle.

Bur A onteacute;Count $4/5bnrie, it wonne, and didpoſleſſe; -

Ot Perciesafter,Stanliernext,andfiill(gefſe T)holds Man, -

From honorable long Deſcents:andfrom they firſt began;

Allloyall,boſpicalious,lon'd;ſtillpowre-full,and Tpray;

Thatio tharNoble houſerhoſeTertmes may neuer-moredecay. - »

This Manwas divershundred'yeares #Kingdome;and nor fmall,

Rul'd Zebridesthe 9rraderto ThultheTilands all, ” © þ 19

And chances there,and Changes,worththe note,did off befall.

As how:the naturall 77colantstheT/elanders ſubdew,, -

Them Nor/es, 'riſh themythem Scots,and:Exgliſh them,in few..

Beakchamphe Eatle of F arwick,(firſt,and laft,and but a while)

Was King of 77 ight:Sixt Henries Gittthat Honor, andthat Te: (:

V Vhichadded;Eightcene Kingdoms;alpoſſcſt,icke £=g/ands Stile.-

Theſe now,thus couched allin One,fave Parcell Seors withhold

Of Penthland,and ſome barren Ifles ſubdu'd'to Aranofold,

Since hathone-Monarch ruled,vshath rendered ſecure:

V VhereasPluralitie of Kingsdid euerLofleprocure.

Twiſeioywd ourTandersin one,when twiſe did Cafar faile : '

Difioyning,He, Picts,Saxons, Danes;/and Niormaimes did prevaile.

[The'Spamrard,in Conceir,devoures our Countrie, inno hope :

But of DiſiunQives,who,thinks he,lNſelonetheir Prince than Pope.

Let France admoniſh Eng/an2,turn'd Religiontornesfior Payze

Fromthirſtiog France:Neutralitic brougheate-loſt Cabce Baine :

And Spanifit=French line Peaſants-hkezthat, Frexch,did Princes raign.

OudtElders/illy did they well,for ſo ſhould not bedone,
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Muchlefle to cauſeles Armes againſt their Prince oughtSubicQs rop)
So badly brook'tthis Spanyards fam'd Eſpouſall with their Queene,
That,cuen at F7e#minfters Law-Batres,were harneſt Pleaders ſeene,
Fear'd with the tcooped Bands y wold that Bancs with ſwords forbid:
Of which werepitticd thoſe that dide,the Reſt winkt-at,and hid.
Their meaning had it Praiſe,had notthe Manner bin infault :
The Manner now doth hold, may none in {elfe-ſame Meaniog hault:
But arm'd be euery hand,and heart,hence Engliſhly co beate
$p4yn,that our Bodics wold inthral, Romze,that our Soules doththreat,
Yeat(which hath blinded,bridled,and beguil'd,them many a day)
Their Inquiſition wiſh I from the Spanyards rid away.
W hatgood remaines to wiſhthePope, this,that had none bin borne;
From hirto ſteale his ill-got Coyne,fromysto ſhip our Corne.:/
The beſt things brought from Rome,tovs convert,troe L;to ill :
Butnew Roweleft,of old Rome now abreuiat we will:

   
  

Ttalie
D were come,'
SJ 1n healch, and rich'(for hence brovght they in
T/ Coinenolittle Some, |
I Vith Iewels of tare eſtimate, and clſe-whart of
(©R greatworth) |
7 For Mandenil they ſecke, and him at laſt did
{> - liſtenforth.
That in Conſtantinople yethe was,a Marchant faide: :
And thither Scaffords Letter wasto him with ſpeed conuaide,%
Purporting only that himlelfe at Rowe his comming ſtaide.
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ALBIONS ENGLAND.

Meane whilein Rome(the Miſtris once of all the world)they view
Such wonders,couch't in Ruins,as ynſcene might ſeeme yntrew-
Once was it compalt;as is read,with fiftic miles of wall :  .
Now ſometo twentie,ſometo lefle,inthat accomprtdoe fall :
It hauing Towers ſo many as the yeare hath dayes 1n all.
From fortie miles was water brought in Pipes 00 Arches thether.
Were vaulced walkesthrough euery.Streete, gainſt Sunne, and rainy
The ſumprious Bathes,with Pallaces thereto of rarc dclight, (weather.
Theroomeſome Ponds,where very Ships forne Feſtivals did fight,
The Trophie Arches,wheretolife Triumphants were purtraide,
The Statures huge,of Porphyric and coſtlicr matters made,
The Theaters, Pyramides,the Hill othaltea mile,
Raiſde but of tribute Pot-ſheards, ſo to boaſttheir Power long while,
The Obclisks,of one whole Stone neere fortie yards or more,
Huge Plllers,caru'din Maſontie with Prowſe of Koights before,
The ſtately Bridges,ſometimes Eight,now fewer,7Tyber crolic,
The Thirtie goodly Gatzs,of which is now of number lofle,
The huge Colofſes,Conduites, and elſe-what,thar ſhew'd a'State
Beyond belecefe of ruin'd Rome,in part repaird of late, %
They wonder at, & how the world could yecld ſuch Pomp,debate.
Though ſomethe ſcauen incloſed Hils,did ancient Rome containe,
Lye waſte, or Vine-yards,more doth ycat of Maicſtic remainc,
Enen inthe Rubble of the o1d,than in the now renew'd,
Though Remeretaines a Statelines,nor fairer Pyles arc view'd.
Theround Paxtheon,oncc the Houle of allthe Hearhen Gods,
Stands yeta Temple,bui lefledeckt for rich by toomuch ods;
On Auentinethedown-fals ate of Temples ftoreto ſee :
Oa Tarpre of the Capitol, were wont their Guildto bee;
On Palautine of Pallaces,on Celrnstignes of Playes :
Lairinall, Exquell,Y iminall,of Bathes ſhew braue decayes.
Theſe Hils,with /aticazand o1d 1anicalum.ore-paſt,
Shew we how Rome did rule,was rul'd.and ruin'dat thelaſt.

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Rom 7arns{callcd oeof ſame,7aphet of fome NuesSoune,
And Taphets ſonneof others)Rulen Tufeas firſt begoane,

Raigr'd in ſixe hundreth twentieyearesof Zatines Twenticone?
(Son of the Eightof which was 3rate,firit Soueraignofour Tarone)
The laſt ofthele Nymitor was, whome Romulys did kill,
And,building Rome,flew Remus,thereto lord-itathis will.

* This Cittie,then Recepracle forall;how yile sils not,

Of 7talieby oneandone theSixtecne Stare-Lands gor. -

T arquininsraign'dthe Seauenth in Rowezwhe forthcOur-ragedone
Vpon Zucretia,Kings did ceaſe,and Confulsthen begonne :

W he had two hidreththirtie yeres bin Kings,that much had won.
*Inthis eſtate of Conſuls(Two,remoucablecach yeere)

Fome flouriſhed in Victorics fiue hundreth yeares well neere«

No age can boaſt like yaliant Men,or Senatours ſo graue,

That Warre,and Peace,ymo the world attheir Deuotiongauc:

W hoſe only naked Maieſtienot Armour then could brane:

Like Moparchie none eucr had,orlikely is ſhall hane.

*VVhennow the world was wholly Rowes,and Pomper ouercome,
Then 1#!7us Ce/ar did Vſurpe theCommon-wealth of Rpwe;

Had Thirtie eightbin Emperours ſucceſsinely,whenas
DidCon#entineto Silueſter Romeyby Donation pas. |
* This Confantine(ſurnam'd the great,Our heire,andofourblood)
Bapriz'd of Silaes#erdidburt,as hap't;by dotpg good:

VVhento Canſtantineple heremou'd thimperiall Seate,

Rome prowd too pronde for Prieſts, or pride of Prieſts for Zometoo
Beſtdeswas little Policie in PartnerfhipofRaigne, » CR
For Romeand Greeve,oneEmpicr earſt;was ruPdas ifofT waine:
VVhoalſo choſe theirCe/ars;that their private Turnes did waite :
V.Vhence, afterat B/zantium Nine had beld imperiall State, %
Rome by the Gothe Alaracys was ſackt in barbrousrace.

And here the Romazne Monarchie did palpably decline:

As doth herPrelacic,and ſoone ſhall quite,may we deuine.

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_ Butſhall we yerdigrefſeof Rome,ſubieCting vs ſo long?

Thea leaſt,as now yourEarcs;our Pen your Memories ſhould wrong,

Remembred be wheare ſtayde our {earch of Countries, wherelcft we

Of H anaeniland Elenirand whiare theſe Louers be,

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Scarfe wasit come vntothe Third, when thoſe thatliu'd before,
(Butieweeſcaping Martyrdome) in Deſerts,mecke and poote,
Did wrangle for Saint Perers keyes,andPrimacicof all -
Thechriſtia Church:which totheir Sea,though long,atlength did fal.
Hence Diſpenſations, Tubilees,Pardons,andſach rack't gecres
Vcarc hadat Rome:nothing, naught worth,theare had, not payd for
Yeatnot,till long,the Emperours they dared to prouoke, (deere.
That now in choyceof Emperoursdid labor greatelt ſtroke,
And Seculers from church-Afffayres in all did ſequeſter, -
But wrought that Seculers ſhould allvntothe Church refer: -
EffeQing ſo,that Empetours and Kingsdid kifſethcir feete,
Depoling,and diſpoling;them,and theirs;as they thought meete.
VWheEnow theblind ſeduced World was brought ynto their benr,
And more theirbuſic heads could not,ambitiouſly,invent; ;
Was Pope,& Pope,8 ſometimes Three:Popes poyſond,Popes exild,
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Popes ſtrangeld,cozen'd Popes,aPopedeliverdofa Childe:

Was ncucr heard ſuch Tytants,orofother Potentates

So many did mifcarrie;jchrough Ambition,and/Debates. »7

But be obſeru'd;jirhigheſt picch of Prideip Cleargie-men, :

God ſtill hath wrought,Religioo,Realmes,and all haue rnin'drhen.

Sozin her Roofe,it fard with X9e:he whiſeFd;and did fwarme

Fromoutthe North Zarbarians that; gainſt 7raljie did arme. 5

Atſundrietimes the Goththe Danethe Y andale,and the Hunne,

Withothers, foure times ſacked Romreand oftthe Land ore-ruane:

Nor only (o,but-there did raigne,in ſpightof who ſayd nay: ©

WhenceC/alpine is Lumbardicymo thispreſenpday: ) @.

And Rome,which ſince our Brennus, nonedurſt cnterpriſe, was made

A Bootieto-cach barbrous Force that would theſame jnuade. ”

In vainethe Romaine Emperors theirancient Right defend,

Forthrough ſeditious Popes the French begun where Thoſe didend.

From Pharamonads to Pepins Houſe they foylt the Erowneof Frapce,

And to the Weſtetne Empier then did Charlemaine aduance.

From Fraxce to 1talte againe,to Germanie fromthence,

V hereas thenaked Title hath inuredeuer ſence. p '
Thus.erring Roze hath,doth, & wil;our chriltian Worldynqueate:

May thercfore Princesioyneto racethat Monſterfrom his'Scate; - -

VV hat,will ye ſce aglorious God of earth 2 goeſeethe Pope:

Aſpiring, Zucier ? whoels ? Truth falst ? reuerſerhe Cope: - (Sort,

Queanes like to Queenes? There halfe-mile Streetesaffoord no other

It Skarlet Hats meane whileand Stoles-haue pot ingrofft the Sports »

Full fortic Thouſand Curtizans there, Ladies-like,doelive,

Thatto the Pope for wantoning no ſmall Renencwgiue.

Their wiueg they mew frochurchmErhere: whecedoth this By-word'

More Priuiledged Harlots live tha honeſt wines arZome.. 0 1 (come?:

Wellby their Fruitsye maythemiknow. Thus iscaſt vpthisSome, --

X A7 Hillt werethoſe ſiBroy]ds in 7talie,did many-thcre-i—eicct
. - Obedience torhe Emperors,who could northem protett: |

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Sodivers Citics did themſelues infranchize,growirg States :
Aand each of them Dominion to her Common-wealth delates.
Vearc,ouetlong although we ſhould bur briefely ouer-ronne
The free-1talian States;of which the Hanyardspart haue wonne:

So peopl'd, fertile, pleaſant,rich,as neither ſhewrheir watae.

But ſkould we ſpeake of /enic's Pompe,the Citie,and the Scite,

Toolittle ſhould we ſpeake,although too much we here ſhould write.

But,Gallants, will you view the Coutte of / 2n#5,and not fo, *

Burt Myrrors too of Courteſic?co rich-built Genoa goe : %

But farre fromdrifting Florence keep,leaft Machinels yec groe.

Fervrara rbine,Maiitus,Placence,and Parma are

Braue Cities,greatfor State, andpleaſe thoſe whichto them repare.

I wot not what this ſpations Landdoth lacke that Man can wiſh:

Ayreteprate,fertile Grounds,vamatch't for fruits,beaſts,fowles,8 fiſh:

Mea yaliant,rich, kinde,courtly,and faire Academies many,

For braue andbewtious womendoe,nor necdthey yecid to any.
Now.to our Exe/iſ» Trinitie of Louersler's returne,

That ftill,in cxpeationofthe Fourth,at Roweſoiourne,

Theare,after Prayers,Church-times,Sights,8 Storics ſometimes read,

Amonglt their merric Tales was this, how one,inamour'd,ſpead.

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Doe tourney on: And,liking her,when words of courſe hadpaſt,
And nodding pricked cn before her Seruing Creature faſt,
He thusbegay. Faire Miſtreſſe,fince our Trauell lics one way,
It ſo youplcaſe,one Inne,one Boord, (and Ifor all willpay) E
May ſeruc ys both : I alfo was about, one Bead,to fay.
TheGentlewoman (formally chen modeſt) bluſhing,fayd,
For/Inne,add Boord,as plcaſeth yout And ſo her Anſwer ſtaide, |
Bur would you add rhe Third,quoth he,more would itpleaſc indeede;
W hat that you pay for al?quoth ſhe,nay,ſo weare morethan ncede.
Tuſh, that (And yeat beſt Ocators ro VVomen knew he Gifts,
And therefore named,Pay,as if by chanceqo edge hisdrifts)
Wasout,quoth he,at vn awares: T alſo named, Bead.
You ſaid you were about,quoth ſhe, which ſtill letgoe for dead.
Thus oFand of they dialogye belt partof all thatdaye :
He could not win her to cooſcnt,nor would he take a naye:
For longa goethe Calendat of VVomen-Sainrs was filde,
Fewe notto Opportunitic, importunated, yeild, -
Thinksthis our Notrherne wilic Ladde;hartic,and hardie too,
V ho ncuer wonldgiuc-out : nor moregthan thns,yeelds ſherto doe,
Thatis,to bead t he (wearing butto kiſſe,and herimbrace.
Then mertily for Huntingron they mendtheir former pace.
Alightcd theare, for Supper he beſpeakesthedantieſt Cheere,
And cither in oneGalleric had'Chambers,fomewhart neere.
Berwixc their Chambers placed was a Southerae Gentlemap,
Thatby officious Signes twix'tthemto ſoundtheit Match began, -
Her excraordivary Forme,on worketherather ſers_
His heart,and Senſes (ſuch an hand of vs ſuch Bewtie gers.)
Reſolu'd at laſt of whatwas meant;and how thereinto deale,
This Smel-feaſt from the bidden Gueſt,d1d thustheBanquei fleale.
He gaue itour,tharall mightheare, heearely would away, - -
His Manfayn'd feare to ouer-ſlcepe,and would yot downe himlayes
But,when thatall belidesberooke themitlues to ſleepeand reft,
One while he walkes the Gallerre another whule he dreſt- *
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His ruſtie Sword,which badly did the Northern-man diſgeſt.

In yainc he chafre,in yaine he wiſhtthe Seruing-man were gon:

Nordurſt he out to boord his Loue(for much/irſftood vpon/ ' - -

Their Creditsto becaunlons.) The Sourhern:man, this while,

Gotto the Gemle-womans bed,and did{no'force)beguile E

Her ExpeRation: Swore you not ?quorkſhezand he did ſmile.

Bur, had he'binthe Man forſworne, if God forgauethe Sing! '-/* :

Shepardon'd himthe 9uo ad#itharhe hadtrefpaſtio, - /7 %

And,fot that Nights work, ſ(wore to ſweare no Manifro like, I'win.
This Chaer thus chaer'd,as cloſely as he went returnes he backe

Vnto his proper Bed,norlong he {leepes exethence he packe.

No ſooner cleerediwasthe Coaftbutthattiie bidden Gueſt

Steales to her Chamber dooregthen lock't, (fornow ſhe means'to telſt.)
A male-Content retireth he,notdreaming what had bin,,
Bur better Opportunitie hopes at their next-nights Ton.

Next Mornethey meete,wheo,bluſhingly(bur angrie nota whit)
Ha'Sir,quoth ſhe,Vle rruſt againe your Oth,ſo kept you ir: © -
Well,bite,and whine(quoth he)who truſts aVVoman'ſo is ſarwd.
Firſt muſcth ſhe,then ieſts it out;ſoone finding how was ſ[waru'd.
But thus the Northern-man didfailethatdid noccoſt omit,
Andtliusthe Southern-mat preuail'd;at chargeno more then Wit.
The beſt is yerbehind,but erebetold'the Stotic outs...

Amongſt ourLouers,now at Rorve,hcarc how was broughtabout, -

AT Romeis Mandenilariu'd, Staffordand heare mer,

To ſay their Greeting,for the much,were bereto0long a Let.
Of Eleney herhealth, and more, ſuppbſe'riort Queſtions few*]
For yet fulllittle 7 angenil of her Arivall knew, | %
Nor ſhall,cill of his Loyaltie, and life,be further View.

At Staffords Lodging had he'ſeene{as is thi/7alian Guics)-
Twoportly Ladies, Head and Face all vatled,fanc their Eies:
Twixt onc of theſe,and Stafford, much of Kindnes to baue paſt
Had he obſetu'd,andtherevpon thus breakes wirhhim arlaſt.

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T have not'ſcenethzgouerd Diſh,thar.fo.your Diet fits,
Put much] feare it-furtermay,quoth/he, yourqueaſie wits ::
Needes muſbLeritergorthe Lilistocombart Dortas Foc,
Euen Staffordsxeaſon;tharfrom Heaucho Hell ispolting (o,
J] will not ask&,nordoeTgare,what bewriezwealth;or wit,
Yourhere-foand Miſtreshath;why you ſhould bame-left Loue forgits
Burthis,] kaaWw,norRom? affords whomemore youmighrattett
Fhan her,whomewronged hete:T-ſec;andwore than ſeene ſvlpe@:; %
And wticretodiftersMan from-Beaſtbutin Atc&ionschecks?
VW hatzis ſhe martied?:;Thendoe yeeluperlatiucly finne:s: :
Or Mayde# Llike not Maideosthat ſp-torwatdly beginne :
Oc Curtizen;VVrhatdorh ſhe-witha Vaile thatis fovile,!; :
As notto bluſh arſhame,bar, bacr'd,is wonted tobeguile? +-.] -
But Married, Mayde,or Curtizen;or what-you plealchernane;
Tlike not hin) makes louerooncand wrongsthe very lame; :
Itellthee,Stafford, befhe.good;orbad,thou-heredocit courte,}
Thee EFpronouace e00 bad,f, with-fore-pliglhted Lonedofitipoutte;?
Let ir ſuffice. my Friepdſhip/hates Abſutdities inthee:; 15 (13 577
Farre be ir.Trauclersſhould play the Spyder,notuhe Bee." (:
T would thy.courted Lady. here;and hes Confarte,heard this: -
(A needles wiſhpextRoome weate both,and.queriheard hecis). :
Then ſhould they hearethee falſero.ont,a Choyler is.not hectey! -:
And,fearing likeg{uſpe&ihy Loue,ofPrecontratsnerdicercs! M
Or falfed Matches,finiſhed in wrong of Others,might,
By ſtil improſprous Prelidents;deterre fromwronging Right.
To honeft Eaces mughtihusfulticeto 1nerruprhereio; -
Or ſpake Iynto Hatlersthisatlealt from LuftGould win':
AlTouch-ſweet, Taſt-ſweet,Ey2-ſweet, Ear-lweer,Sent-fweer, Soule-
A vcrwyous Match,butyatious Louein alcontraries this. - (fweet,is
Suppoſe this firme and naked. Loue,and Friendſhip;much-to pleaſe
His Auditorie,ſcene,andyot,and S:afbidgrorappeale 7
His Diſcontent,pretendsaſoone; Recurne for Ezz/andthence,

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W hether hisLoue didnotwithtime,new Louds,and Trauell dic,
Required backe the Ring ſhe gane,which if he could her ſend,

She would beleeue him loyallardrequire it intheend., 3
TharRinggoubes Kegarde,did hie commendto Staffordnow, -
Andfauero her;he ginethefamerononecxaftsa Vowe. |

The nextthirdfollowiag day was fayn'd thetimehe wold fro thence,

W hometo accompanie on bis way had H andewi[ pretence: - -

Whetforethey fealt their Friends,8theErheir Friefids,amog ſtrhereſt,

Vaknowne of him,was Elenorwitl afandenw xaBuet,

Such Arteſhevstand fuch Artietihie wore,and whowould looke

For herat Rome? thar preſent hernot for herlſelte hetvoke..

Vpon herFingerheeſpide his Ring,deligerdearſy,o

Yeat filently deuoures the Greefe, ſſrhdcſiſſtoſihisSduEſi:ſſ had pearſt.
He;andchereſt,inuited weaterofupabroadthatNighrts') - 12"

Night,Gueſts;and Sbppersendeareicome,when (greeuedthoughin

He,to recoverbackehisRing;didwſethiselenly fleight * (Spright?.

In one had heaMommetieidenifed anda:-Maskeg 1. d

And euery maskiygy MommertookexTLadyitohistaske; -

He her, withy whome hthadeſpydehis Ring;andPauncingdonne,

Tolooke,as if forfomewharloſtto ground-wardshebegonne. ' |

Was ask'r what myſte, hewhiſpersher,that he hadloſt aRing,

W hich wantipgineach|Momnmers Mourh,was madea penallthing:

Faire Lady,lend-methis,quotbhe;that on:your finger is,

And (giuing heraTablerrich):tor Gage accept of this.

Her Courtclte, his colourd VWanr,aidGape, effefted (o,

That ſhe,the Pawneaaccepted,did herlonedRing forgoe. |

Now ontheBoord wearecaltthe Dice,herturne wascometo play, *

W hich Opportunitierakes he,and ſhifts himthence away. :

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Andto be freſh,arioneghe ſlept,afſooneas downic helay.
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Wasoften there aGueſt;and good, alightsandgoesiuto?:
The Gentlewomans. poynted:Roome,andiay whatthey could fay,/\/
Thcre would he lodge, for that hadbin his Lodging maiyaday.
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For whenſocuerthey remou'd to Place,or Patlamentz - |

Their.common Meany(not afew)on Footwith Bowes forc-wcnt,

Nor niggardly was thento themallowed-to be ſpent.

Themlſelacs,with learned Chaplains 8& great Traines did follow thcnz

And. frankly ſpentin every Placezreheving many Men,

Yea, Monafteries,Colledges,Schooles, Hoſpitals, Hie-watcs,,

Bndgcs ;and like,werefoundedby thePrelats in thoſe daies. - \,

But Laters could not ſo,for why?were Thoſe fo fleeced Theits, _

As but athouſand yearely Fee,ſome purchaſttotheip'Heires.” 5455 »

But now be ſome (may-ſuchbeloog,andTuchito thenficered)/ - -

To whom inall dothnothing wantof reverene W orth indeed. -

Bur ſay ye Sooth;haue Cleargie-men Coſtairets ?ruſhaLye :;

Toaske doc Ccumcr*:,Cburch men'ſhame rooffert Simonie::

Andthat ſhould be fach Faulr;appeates ſmalllikelihood,fay E::

Obſcurely more;withlefſerPortlefſehoſpitaliousto0g/'5 0 597 »

The great-Ones'neuer liu'd;nor rack't theirow fie,as noW thcy doc

Then citherthisisfalſerhatthusthey fleece;orthis istrues' 7 ©

That cuen Conſumprionoftheir owne; isSactilegers due. %

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The Biſhops man:ſups,and!tobed;whilſt foundly fleepes charorhct

'The Gentlewoman,barrdthat Roome,islodgedin anothgr;' #

That inthe Bedtell faib afleepe,This vnderneath awakes,

And;inhis creeping our,and yp,no dinneatall be makes.

Oae heatd hebrearhe,arrrhere? thouphthe;hane withthee By & by

And ſoffly kilt, wheare felrſo roughzhe fear' drhaiie kiſt awty.
He grop'tthereforc her Face,and eaughtthe Yeoman by the Beard::
Andrudely ftartingvp(notmoreioallhislife ateard,

The busklingtohisSword)ctide Theeues:That other inſuch raking,

Asthough hewerca Manvightigo0d;heſtoodamazd;and quakmg
The Ofteand Oltlets witlva Llght and'Fooles;then next to/hand;'

Camein, wherehe,almoſtvoſtripe,butwholly skarde,did ſtand.
They wonder(fotthey.knew-birmwell)thar heſhould be'a Thectes.
Good' Sits,quoth he,be ftill;werald deccmed menrbretfe;? 5 52

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ALBIONS:} ENGLAND.

Then,taking ſomea-part;hetoldehis Cauſe of beingtheafe,-.'

Andpratestheir filence,and in W ine-was waſht away that Feare,

The Gentlewomangheating this,vn-Inu'd by day didpeepe, - ) ///

And (honeſtes than wouldhimſclte jlelt himrowake;orſleepe; % :

This ltale-Icſtrolle, Of Handenitnow let vs Promilerkeepe. i: 4.: 4

VV Ithmodeſt Mirth were ended nowthe Maxke,and Renels,when
Vnto their Lodging Stafforddid the Ladies Yiherthen.
There Elenor was paſsing ſad.and, being ask't, d1dtell | Z
The Circumſtances of herRing in.order-as befell;) - |
And ſhewes thegaged Tablet, ſceneand knowneof Staffordwell.
Her, weeping ripe, be-laughing,bidsto patient her awhile,
For M andeuil ſuppolde him wrong'd,and wrought,qhe,that wile,.
But how for yoube loueth yours;itargues,and withall/21!) 57 bc;/
A gentle-manly,minde his great Exchange tor value-{mall; '-/-
Nor thinke Lleſſe,nor arguelefſc'of Loue,and Gentrieroo
May what,io,both preventipg him, I meane;quoth-ſheto doo.
His Tablerſentſhe,andcherewithahis Breutac,byaPage. 11: 7u1l -
Ot you Taske not backe my Loanc;burrakeitandyour G.*ſſ-gc:% 1
- Yours-Either, Neitherſay E mine;Botlſhall be;Ipreſagey:11i! 2IT
He muſing of her Mecaningthus:coherlets bis be knowne:!1-++3 »
Otyou I ackenot backmy Gagez but take irfor your Loane: 81 Z
Mine triples,yours,notiyours,and yeat forPricegetsyours;burOne/
\Nor muliag of bis Meaning(which to het:was notfor Newes)! »::
She of her Meaningalſomeancs thathe nolongermule. GA
Now 4 azdexilthough pricued touchat Stafford,whohe thought
In Rozeto riot, Dozcas noteſteemed as ſheought,
Andtor his blabbing him-co herche whiclrhad had hisRiag, ” *
Againſtan Othaweanesnerctheleſle him.ontiis waytobring, %
Andcomesto Staffords Lodging,who prepar'd for no fach thing.
Burfor aBridegroome trim'd,and trim was All,and She for Bride
Him conradited,when;asſayd,hadcHnntenil eſpide
That likelihapd.: who,bghivg,layd,not hencefornthwill I chide;
=n | Fo nt
Chap-77. 315 : 12:Z00ke.
ALBIONS ENGLAND.

But pitie Stafford, now ſo farre from wonted Stafford wide.

A Friend ſhould not(nor you will T in this Infirmenes)flye,

Alone of Dorcas wronged here not witnes ſhall mine Eye.

Came you to Rometo loſe your ſelfe, and finde at Rome a Friend,

There to begin his Sorvowes whereyour Scnſesmakean cnd ?

Oc chrive they. more,or-trauell lefle,may Englſoren, wiſh I:

Hence ſhould they profiinheycetor moſt)fficyſictleaſt doc fruQifie,

How ſtoicallgrowes H ſi{:i%dcu.i[;qugnſihgctſſtſizffard,ſincc his Traucll :

W ith you,for like,may Ierelong,haue cauſe no lefle to cauell.

W iththat,from ouranother Roome tohimthat would away;

Then Dorcas-hke came Corcarout,intreating/him to ſtay. ,

_ - Whatſhouldwweſay his Ioy;thar his'Miſ-dectnes Gidfort'totnis?
Woas notagladderman,and yeatanonhegladderis,

W hen £rnorthen like'berfelfe;to himicamealloout*”

But whether gladder he;otſhe,thus mer,ſhall reſtadonbt./'*. /!

That yery day both Couples wead;but whattheydid that nighr,%

z

Not men ynpraCtis'd; can report;for Aftioh,or Delight, -:
Nor creeded be this Louc-Talc of this Ladie andthis Knight.

More haue wee donne,hence outed,more wee purpol'd to haye
W hichto intelligenced Men,more daring,we commend. (pend,
Wellwoting, Adts heroick,and great Accidents, not few
Occurrethis happic Raigne,herc-hence,of purpoſe,blanched vew-.
Nor Perpetuitie my Muſe can hope,vnleſſe inthis,

That thy{weet Name, Erzabeth,herein remembred is.

And tiis,hopel,doth bode me good;that very day wherein

W as finiſh't This,did of thy Raigne yeare Thirtith nine begin.

May Muſe arte-graced more than mine,io Numbers like ſupply,

W hatin thine Highnes Praiſe tmy Pen,too poorehath pafled=by.

A larger Field,a Subie& moreilluſtrious, None can aske,

That with thy Scepter ard thy felfe,his Pocſic to taske.

Thy Peoples Prolocutorbe my Prayer,and T pray,.

That ys thy blefſed Life,and Raigne,long bleſle,asat this day,
B -

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. Booke of ALBIONS ENGLAND:
. _ ** contayning a Breuiare of the true '

2 » Hiftorle of eEnear,

RA Ccept bim(friendly Reader)where he is, not
9/\ X&4 whereheought, and as he ſpeaketh, notas he
VI-aa WS\ ſhould. Miſapplicd he is notfor Matter prece-" _
Y ed Wdent,, howſocuer the penning or miſplacing -
\SSCEXS mylikeotmiſlikefor the Engliſhor Ocder. -
Ratherhath my Remiſnes borrowed of Decoram and your
-Patience,thanthataPatriarke of our Brutonsſhould be ab-
ruptly cliranged:Of «Encaschereforcitthus followeth* '-

 

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»( Henthe.reuengefull Flames.of 77op,
Z propetly called /{797,, thentheprinci-
» pall Citic of all ;{j/a; bad perfefted
: themorethan Terne yeares Sicge of
6 the Grecrans expugning; of the ſame, -
- then-</Zzeas (howſocucr by lome
N authotitics noted” of diſloyaltic to-
: wards Priam,inthisnot ynpworthily
ſurnamed vertuous) butthening| bis armed ſhoulders with
his feeble and moſt aged Father 4chz/es, that labouredalfo-
ynder his loade of the Troian Gods and facred Reliques,
e/Eneas(as I fay)with ſuch his Burthen,leading by the hand
his Sonne 4/canizs of the age of twelue yeres, followed not
only of the beautifull Crey/a bis witethe Daughter of King
Priam, butalſo of a many Troians participating that com-
moncalamitie, brake throughthe waſtfull Flames, mauger
the wrathful Focs, into the fieldsof Phrig/a.Theare the Aire:
emptiedof down-burnt Turrets;and filled with ſmoake of
fired Buildings, aſſured fro their hearts more teares totheir
eyes,than thebenefit of their preſent Eſcape could promiſe:
themcomfart. 7rsy theretore not to be reſcued, or Crenſu
(inthisbutineſſe loſt and periſhing)ro be recouered,oAfnezas
and his-Followers imbarking;themſelues/in Simozs, after
long 8 weary Sea-faring arrwmed ina part of T hrace called.
Crefſa, bounding on<MHygdonia, Here Zneas, purpoling
an.cndof hiscedious Sayhngs, and not meanly turniſhed of
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318 An Adaitionte the ſecond Booke
Treaſure conuayed from Tr2y; laiedFonndation:bf a Ci-
tic (after the Founder)called .Znea, This Citie: gaing for-
ward lefſe cfteQually than was expedted,.£zeas,ſuppoling
the Gods to bce-yet oppolice. to the T,79ars ,.knocking
downea milke-white Bull pitched\an*Altar'to doe Sacri-
fice. Neere at hand were growing diuers ſhrubbed Trees,
theBoughes whereof (for the greater reuerence and exor-
oation of the preſent- Solemnitic ) he cuiting and ſliving
downe, percciued blood in great abundance ifluing-from
.the broken Branches : whereat long admiring, and with
great terror and deuotion-interceſsing the Gods to reueale
* the meaning of thar miraculous Accident, atthe length he
heard apitiful 8 feeble yoice(fordiuctſly inthoſedaies,did
theDiuclsanſwere andgiue Oracles)thus anſwering,
Reaſon were it(«£xeas)that the Granes ofthe dead ſhuld
- priuiledgethcir bodies from thetyrannie oftheliving : bur
. by ſo much, the lefſe docIrfteeme mypreiudice, byhow
muchthe moreI know thee ynwittingly:iniurious; Thou
tcareſt ,Eneas, intheſe Braunches,thou teareſt the bodic of
.thy vofortunate Brother-in-law Polydor,Sonne to the like-
Ratred Priamus.” Troy as yet was only.threatned; not beſie-
- ged, when myFather (asthou knoweſt ) delineredime with
aworldof Treaſureto Polymneſtor the barbatous' King of
this Countric, here daungerles (as he pretended)to abide;as
the Conſcruorand Reſtaurationof his Houſe and Empyre,
whatſocuer ſhould betide. of him, his otherIfſue,or the
Warresthen beginning : bur the Greees prevailing, Aua-
rice,andthedeclining State of Phrigia, imboldned my Gar-
dein(fcarles of Reyengers)ro themurthering of me++ which
hetraytrouſly accompliſhing on this Shote , ſecretlyraked
me yp intheſeSands, without honor of better Sepulcher:
and of my body fſo hath ir pleaſed the Gods, and Nature)
are ſprong theſe Branches, intearing of which thou torme-.
celtme. Howbcir, inreſpett of my defire to profit thee by
' S.
of ALBLONS ENGLAND. 219
forctelling of thy Dcſtinie, Taccount 'mec happily harmed:
Forknow (iAeneas) thatin'vaine thoudoeſt build where
the Godsdeny thine abode: leaue therefore theſe defamed
Coaſts, and proſperouſly plant the Remaine 'of Troy and
thy Poſtcriticin the fertill 7#a/jan Clime,' 1

The voyce thus ceaſed toſpeake,and CZ eneas, without
furthertouchof the forbidden Shrubs,continuing hisfeare
finiſhedthe Sacrifice, & afterithe Phrigianfaſbionſolemns
lic heldan Obitrothe Ghoſtofhis marthered Kiſmian!'®”

Heb, by thisadmoniſhment, he and his 7 r01azs leaving
the new reared Citie, difanker from'T hrace in quelt of
behighted 7+a/ie.But noſoonerhadthey pur to Sea,thErhat
the windes andthe wanes ſollicited (a Poeticall iftion)by
the wife of 7upiter, {ſo tofled and rurmoyled the difparkled
Nauie;that the horror of the circiiſtances cotinually threats-
ning theirlines,leftonely hoped-fordeath as the remaineof
all comfort. Arleogth,theſeinſtruments of their long wan«
drings;andthe cauſesof Ancbiſes 8 of many noble perſona»
ges there periſhing,cofiterpleaded(as is fabled)by 7enns,tol-
ſed their diſtackled Fleettothe Shore of Zbya.Neeretothe
place of their arri val-ſtood the beaurifull Citie of Carthage,
which £/:/a (vhom the Pheniciansfor her magnanimious
dying,didiafterwards.name Dido)had newly builded: 42ne-
4s by ſafe-coduGireceiued fro her repayring thether; found
ſuch royalentertainemet,that inreſpe&ofthepreſent ſolace
he had forgoueal paſſed ſorrowes,& his bart-ſpent T707ans
found bouotifull ſupplies to all their Jate endured ſcarſities.
Inthe meane while Aezeas, for perſonage the 70n7l;}t, for
wel-fpokethe Mercurili/t,8 nolefle fortunate ynder Fenus
her conſtellatio, with his comelines fo intiſed the eyces,with
his ſpeeches ſo1nchaunted the eares,and with-his vertnes ſo
enflamed the heart ofthe amorousCathageniay Queene,
-thathardly modeſty diſcented that her topgue affirmed not
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the loue which her eyes outwardly blabbed and her hearr
inwardly.nouriſhed : [n.the end,not able longer to containe
ſach extraordinary Paſsions, in this order the vented the

ſameto theLady An her Siſter. |
My truſty Siſter,quorh ſhe;(then fighingout apauſe)how
many great Princes, ſince the deccaſe of my late husband
Sichess and our departure from Tyrss,hauc in vainelabou-
reda marriage with me, hath-beenvnto thee no lefle appa-
rantthanof me hitherto ynapproucd :butnow (haledon I
know not by whar deſtinic) our new-come Gueſt Eneas
theT r034n(whoſc matchleſle perſonage and knightly pro-
wellc I partially commend nor, all confirmingof himno
lefſe than Icanaffirme) the ſame cucn the ſame hath ſup-
planted my chaſt determinations of continual widowhood,
with anamorousdeſire of a ſecond matriage: howbeit, to
determine withouthim, as I muſt;were tobee deceined of
- him,as I may, Vhatcounſell? My ſelfe (_4nna)ah my
ſelfe to motion lone were:immodeſtie;and to belilenr lefle
tolerablethandeath. I would(a violentno yoluntary wilh)
that £/5a knew:-het ſelfe beloued of e&xeas; EZncas not

knowing himſelfe ſoloucd of £lifa. |

Her Siſter witha checrcful countenance promiſing com-
forr pertormed the ſamein thisanſwer. Dum ſignes(quorh
ſhe)haue their ſpecches:nor any that obſerueth your looks,
butcaſilyaymeth-at your loue : greater is the-wonder of
your ſtrickr.chaſtitic, thanir would bea nonell to ſee you a
Bigama.That priuatly peeuiſhand curious, Thispubliquely
wilh:d and commodious : Or cucr Carthage be perteed
in the ayre, Ebfa may putrific in the earth : VWhar Monu-
meant then leaucſtthou to thy Tyrians, ſcarcewarmein -
/rick , thana Cities imperfe@ foundation 2 VV hich being
alreadic an eyeſore to the wild and warlike Zibians, Bar
ches,Getuliansand thereſt of the . Lfricans, ſhall then bee
vtterly extinywiththe yery name of the Foundres : but in
matching

 
of ALBIONS ENGLAND. 21
matching with ſogreatand valiantiaPrince as eFxeas,thou
ſhalt not onely line with whomthon doeſt loue,and by con-
ſoniongthy T31ans with his Troians Ntrongly diſappoynt
the enuie of thoſe Nations, but (for Nature hath nor giuen

thee ſuch beautieto die barren) being a wife , become (v0 -

doubt) a mother, and by legitimate propagation ſo-glad thy
Subicds fearcles of ciuil}difſentions. VV ho canthendiſhke
that Eli/a ſhould ſoloue? Burie Siſter the thoughts of S:ch4-
#5 With his dead bones,and proſperoully proſecute and pre-
vailein thy ſweete paſsions of «£xeas- Plic him with all
proviſions and amorous-cntertainements : onely for his
- Shippe-works faynedelatory wants,and by VWincer be paſt

.he, partly comming, will (tearepot) bee perfeRtly reclay-

med,

This counſell of £na,though itheaped as it were 4=
#hosoneAtna,yct was itpraiſedandpraftiſedof Z1i/a-for
Counſell ſoothing the humor of thecounſelled, howfocuer

vnprofitable, is accounted plauſible. Henceforward the

Queene(to be admirced,niot matched for her exquifite beau-
tic,and rather botrowing of' Artethani ſcanting Nature, as
braucin apparell as beautifull in perſon, and yored, 'even in
her betterparr,tothe loue of Aeneas) fo forted all her deni-
cesto his beſt liking,thar ſhortly himſelte laboured with her
in one andthe ſelfe-ſamepaineof wiſhed:for plealure: O-

mittinghereforethe circumſtancesoftheir diſcourſes; feas -

ſtings,andallpoeticali faynings,ondly proccede we, in few,
to theEuentof theſetheir amorous Begingings.

AdHunting wasgenerally appoynted,che Queene, 4eneas,
their Ladies,and/Knights braucly mounted';the'Standes
were prewned,the Tovlespitched,the Hounds vncovpled,
the Gamerowſed,a foote, and followed,when fodaively, a-
midſt the harborleſle Defart inthehoteſtpurſure, the Skye,
oucr-caſt withblack Clowdes,fhowred dowae ſuch f.flies
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322 An Addition tothe ſecond Booke

of Lightening, vollies of Thunder,Hayleftones;and-Raine,
that glad:wascucry of the T7rians and Troians, dilperiing
themſelnes, to ſliftfor one, Fliſa and «Aneas inthe meane
while findinga Cane tharſheltred chemrwaine. Beingthcre
all alone, viknowen ofand ynoſought for oftheir Seruants,
Opportunity, thecbief Actrelſe inal attEprs,gaue the Plats
diat2 inZoze hi>Comedie.Imagine ſhort wooing where ci-
therparrie is willing: their faithes plighted fora mariage to
be folemnized(with kind kifſes among) bee did what har-
mednor;and ſhc had what diſpleaſed not: Ayoung efinecas
ſhould hane bcene moided,had-henortbinmarred (asmight
feeme)in themaking. VV hethis ſweet Caulme intheſharp
ſtorme was withthe tempeſt thus ouerpalled, then came
rhey both out not ſuch asthey entred in,& werereceiuedof
their Traines;attending their pleaſures,nor examinivg)their
paſtimes: ayd. ſoſhauing continued-the Chace vnullaight
difcoutinacd their {port,they. retyting10. Carthage were
ſumpruouſly feaſted of &z in her Pallace, During theſe
their 41c/5# dayes (not generally liked of all). one there

was:anoble 7 ro/an, that had thele.ſpeechesto 4eveas.
Shovuldeft thou belecue(farre be 1t from Arneasſo to be:
leeue)thatthe Oracles of our Gods,behighting ysthe Con+
_gquelt of 7+a/7ewere ſuperſtitious,thEbelecuc alſo(vndecet
ucd mayftthou ſobelecuc)chatonreficminateabode herc ds
yaine and flanderous:to attemptthatformerwiahoutan'O,
racleyea with the lofſe of our liues, is honorable, becauſe
weatre T r9195*0.emertainethisJatter,invited and daunger-
lefle,reprochful,becauſe we are Tro4ans, Ab (Aeneas)haue
we ſhipped-our Gods fro-homero be witneſſesof our:wat-
x9nnelle. bere? Belecue mey better badiit bio-webaddicd in
Fhiiaia,mengthan to livetbnsin Afriklike wormen.Conlt
derallo the place whereinto wearenow: brought,and then
conceiue of t;e posſibility of our hereabode;ſhal brel theet
were: there aor (tivihe mcaeavhbile.ng orher, Accidens
| croſie

 
ef AUBTONS\ENGLAND.  2g-.
ctofſe thy now bliſe)werethere not; I fay,anZ/;/a herets
louc thee,or were therenotan Zercrstobe belouedof
her,no ſooner ſhuld the firſt deceafed of you bedelivered of -
life, thanthe Survinors of vsT r97225 bedenicd this:-Lande:
And then,(it we ſhould proue fo vogratefullas torrefiſt our
Relicuors)hauingnumber,yetwant we Munnio:forneicher
: our Ships be tackled nor we armed, butatthedeliucric and
appointment of the Tyriaxs.Learne thercfmck\ Acneasatz
ter ſo longpleaſure in lone,atthe laſt profirably-and pohucL— ;
lytoloue,and whatſocuerthy playe bein 4frichlethence-
foorththe Maine'bee7ta/ie.Meanwwhile commaund /moſt
humbly we defireto be ſo commannded)tharthy ſhippes
be ſecretly calked, tallowed, ballaced, tackled, vifctuallcd
and armed: andthen (thy felfe alſo refoxmſſcd) wittingly or
vowillingly to-Z#/aleane her & herefferntoate Cities wick
Reſolution :neuerthelefſe (ifrbou ſo: pleaſe)-ar more ley-
ſuretolouc her. So cffeQually did Jezezsliften to:thismo-
tion,thar giningorder forthe repayringot bisFleete,he pro-
miſed aſpeedy and-ſodayne dcpattmc andbis mery, not
fl:ppmgopporcmnuc executed the {ame withas effcſimaYl
Giligepce.. =
Jt happened inthis meane whxlc,,the Queene tomouitche
hjgh Turretsot her Pallaceroyall, whear looking towards
the Roade,ſhepetceiued how camcffly the Tr97az5labou-
red intrimming,pauaſhingand'furniſhing their Name:then
afſuring' ber: {clte,not deceined,thar ſhe ſhould/bedeceined,
and deſcending asit were maxcſtually maddeſimeecmg w uh
Acneas}ſheedaid.::
Belore(4Arneas) I bchcld thy ſhipwracks arkl-atants I be-
| leevied ſome;(God arriued-atCarthaze:tyeawhen Tknewe
thee but a-man,my conceit honored thee with a Deine : bur
- now! thele thine tohumaine Treacheries(not worthy:the
vaworthicſt Tirles) argue. ſofarre.off from a Godhoode;as
\hou thewellt thy (elfe lcſſc thana-Man and worle thana
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324. An 4ddition totheſecond Booke

Diuell. W hat bath Carthage notworthie Heneas? I affure
tnee;ifany beſo mpch,no citic ismore happytha Carthage.
But che Queene pleafeth not 4exeagob that {ereas bad
notplealedthe Queene:thEmight Ehave bettered my choiſe
for honour, or 100 have bewayled thy chaunge forthedif.
honour.But (vogratefull) wilt thou'indecdeleaue me? Yea,
then thatthou meaneſt the contrary nothiog more falſe; bur
to derive thy departure fr6 any deſartof minenothing 1cfle
rcue. Itthereforethelife of £/7/a,the loue of £1/a,thelaud
of £l;{a,her wealth,thy want, herteares, thyvowes; her di-
Rrefle,thy diſkonour,the delights of this Shore; the dangers
ofthoſe Seas,Carthage polieticd,1talie ynconquered,peace
. without watre here,warrewithout peace there;thy wracks
paſt,the Winter tocome, any enils whereof I warnethee,
any goodthat T haue wroughtthee, and mote good thar-I
baue and doe wifh thee,if any thing/ſaid,or more than I can
fay,hathordoth want Argumentto ſeatetheeinAf7ich,yet
atthelcaſt for thine owne ſofetyiſtaya more temperate ſea-
ſon, ;vrging inthe meane-while'excuſcs for thine: ynurged
depatture:and fo 1 flatered,ſhaleitherpatientmy felfe;or re-
pent thy fleeting ina milder Extafie. I did (well may 1 fore-
thinke mee {o to have dove)entertaine thee beyond the de.
gree ofan Hoſteſſeor thedigniticota Gueſt:&:yet(vngrate-
tali Guelt ro ſo-kinde an Hoſtefſe): forifuch-welcome thoiy
haſt not pretended a farewell. Thus, alas, finding thy loue
lefle than it onght,T repentto haneloued more tha/Jſhould,
and becauſethou appeareſt nottheſamethou werr,Tam nor
reputed the ſame Tam : butas aridiculous by-worde of the
T'yrians,the Stale of the Trozans,andthe fcorneof the /fe
fricans- howberc (in trueth)' the fayth-plighted Wife of
taichles eAcneas, But whowill ſo belceve ? Nay belecue
rctfowho will, thy departare ſhallbe my death;my death
thy finnebyfinne the worldesſpeech, the worldes'ſpeech
thy reproofe, and-thy; teproofe my purgation.” For were

thy

 
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thy ſclfe Turor and Tudge of the more offenſiue, my'tredu-
lencie, orthine inconſtancie-the Tararcould/nor but giuve
Verdi& for Elifa, and the Tadge ſentence againſt /&nzas :
then (if not for my ſuite,yer for thine owne ſake)let me not
pleade tediouſly and withour grace,that plead ſotruely, and
with moregriefethan for the quantitic I may ſuffer,, 'or for
che qualitic thou canſtcenſore. l 4 2 90n
«ncas,notlightly gauledather impatience (whotae he
Rill loued morerhan alittle, howbeirlefſerthan hisnow re-
garde of honour)thanktfully acknowledged her great boun-
ry,coumter-pleading to hauepretended a departure withour
leaue taken, vouching moreouerthediſplecaſure of his Gods
 For contempr of their Oracles manifeſted 'by - fearcfull
Dreames and ſundry Viſionsasallotheyrging of his Troi-
ans impatientoftarriance. Sothat be reſting 1n Refolution
notto be wonne by wooing, or reclaymed by exclayming,
the Queene became ſpeechleſſeand Tencelefle, and-was ina
{woune conuayed from hispreſence. In which bulineffe hee.
 his Shippes, inthe dead of the nighe hoiſting vp

boording

Sayles,lett Garthage to lecke Zralie.

He Queene,not capable of any reſt;by day appearing dif-
cryed ftroma Turret the Roade'cleered of the Tro7an
Nautie: then/not willingly fGilent,norableto {pcak,She ſtood -
as ſtoode Viobeatterthe fourteenth reuenge by 'Catonaes
Iflue: Which herthen and after Extremnies; to be glaun-
ced ar, not indged of, briefely Trhus decipher. Imaginea
ſubſtantialland a palpable appearance of Loue, Wrath,Sor-
row,and DeſpayrezaQing intheir apreſt habires and extrea-
meltpaſsions,andrhen ſuppoſe £1;/a not onelythe ſame,but
. morefernently louing,more furiouſlywrathfull, morecon-
fuſedly ſorrowtul and more 1mpatiently defperate. Imagine
laſtly the firſt threeimagined AQors atrerlong partsoccupi-
ed, leauing the Stage tothe fourth, asto the perteFieſt Im-
IN: Y3 pertction;

 
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perfe&tion :and then from ſuch imagined Stratagematrend
this atuall Caraitrephe.

A Wirard or W itch(the ewo common Oracles'of ma»
ny.too credulent women) bad inftraedthe Queene, that
an ImmolatiS or burot Sacrifice offered rathe Injcroal Det=
ties;of.the Armour,Ornaments.avd all whatſocner the Re«.
liques of «eveas1:tt behinde him at his departore from
Carthage,would effeuallyeſtrange the outrage of herpal-
fons,/and extind&in her the very remembrance of Aexeas.
This Counſcll(eirher forthar at the firſt ſhe belceued it pol-
ſible,or for thar oportunitic ſo offered it ſelfeto pratiſethe
thing ſhe did purpoſe) £/i/1 entcrraining opened the ſame

-" toeAnnaher Sifter:who, fimply voſuſpitions ofthe ſequell,
provided ſceretly.(as was giuen herin charge) apyle of dry
Faggots, crowned with Garlands forthe diſmall Sacrifice :
which.and E1;/a her ſclte 1n a readineſle, ( Aenrashis Ars
mour-beeing- her: eyes ObieR, became in this wiſe her
-rongues SubicCt. |
- Withthis,quoth ſheſeyingthe Armour)the craking 7 r0+
jJans boaſted to haue buckled with the gallant D:omedes,not_-
ſcldome to haue offended the detenceles Grecrans, and after
many Jonedblowes atthe ſacking of T703,valiantly to have
boorded histhence-bent Nauic: this Armour profitable to
my preiudice,there defenſiue to. himzto be here offcnſiueto
me, were tynneceflary to this Sacrifice, ſhould neuertheles
burne forthe ſametreſpalle. This Cupsthis Phrigian Cup,
too guilty oftoo many T y7eax draughts, Aſiſtants in for-
ming meaudaciouſly amorous,ſhal now occupictheſe cere-
moniall flames as the then Acceſſary to a cotrarie fire.Thele
Bracclets, and theſe Ear-rings (bytoo often and: officious
hands faſtnedand looſed with begged andgraunted kifles.a-
mong,a2d now leffe precious by the giuerhis praftiſe) ſhall
alſo ad Cinderstorhe tepentant payment of mine oucr ta-
redplcaſure.Laſtly are remaining only two Reliques of that
K | _ . Recreant,.

 
_ hermoub;when with:_Aencas his Sword ſhepearcedher! -
Breſt: ſo performing on herſelfea Tragedie ſought for, and:
to hers aterror ynlookedfor. - © N OT”

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Recreant,this Sword,and Z1i/a herſelfe. But what ?diddeſt
chou (eLzeasleaue this & thine Armour in Carthage, as if
in 1ta{ze thou ſhouldeſt encounter avother E/:/a? Inconfide-
ratethat thou art,albeit ſach fearcleſſe Coftids beſt beſeeme
ſucheffeminate Capraines, yet no climare ca! affoorderhee
oneſo fooliſh, 8 therefore in no Countrey expettſuch For-
tune, The Storme (ah fro thence ate theſc reares)ſhekring vs'
ewainelacely in one Cane,was(no doubt) ominous totheſe:
cuils:for then ſhonld Thave remembred,thar like as Shelters
are chiefly/ſought for in Stoxmes, fo mE labourourfauonrs
onely inextremiries:but their luſts ſatiſfied,or wants ſappli>
ed, as of Shelters in Sunne-ſhinerhey eftimate our bouncie,

leauing thenceforth cuento ſeeme ſuch as(introth)theyne-.

uer were.But what is naturall,is of neceſsitie, onely letirbe:
eraumed heisa Man, ard it followeth neccflarilyhe isde-"
ceittul.Flie,Traiterons Jenecas,flic yntolowedandynfriens
ded of El;/a:cuer may the winds be contrary to thy Courſe,
andtheScasnot promiſethee one houres fafetycener be thy
Ship drowning, and thy ſelfe never burdying: often refayle
inamoment, whence thou wett fayling'a moneth: let no
blaſtefromthe Ayre, or Billow io the Sca, ftirrebutto thy

Preindicerand when no horror and miſhap harh fayledrhee,

withthy:dead body, to the vtterinolt plagued , periſhalſo
maythy Soule vnpardoned. Burleaſt minc incharivieprouc
lefſe pardonablethan bis Tniurie,I that willnortineto-heare.
ir{o;hcartily diſclayme to-bave itſo: pardon theretore; yee:
Gods,me deſiring ir,% him deſcrving it. Trothisitthisone,
Sacirficethall giue end to-mineinfinite orrowes:burnar(a-
las) with'theſe burnings /rarher found guiltie of 'new be-

ginnings)-but with my hcartsblood, the lateſt Ceremonie?

wantiig tothis Excquie. ” Scarcelyhad thefe words paſled'

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'\ſſVHilcſt'ſiDirIo, (fo.named of this her death, oras haue
- fome,notlefſe probable,of ſo preuenting 7iarbas me-
nacipg het'marrtage) wasthus palsionate and did thus pe-
riſh, £7045, after weary Sea-faritvg; much ſorrowe, many
peopleand places ſeeneand faylcd from,-artiuing io.Sc#/e,
was toyfully cntertained of this attacient friend King A ce-
fes,andthere tas the yearebetore at Drapenum) did folem-
mzean Anmuerſaric atthe Tombe of his father 2 zcbijes,
The Maſteries, feates, and aQtive paſtimes tried here bythe
T'roianand Sicilian youth, with land and fea Skirmidges,
the running, riding, leaping, ſhootivg, wreſtling, and ſuch._
like,with Bacing on foote and 0n horsback (thisaſt, a ſport
lately yfed 'of our Engliſh youthes, but, now. ynpolliuckly
diſcontinued} Or how the VW omenof 7793 (whereofma-
ny were alſo'imbarked from thence) tyred withthe perils
oftheSea, and intifed with the pleaſures of S7ci{;e,to Pre-.
venr further: ayligg, fired cheir Ships (not withour great.
loflereſcued:) Or how Aeneas buildingthere the Citic 4-
ce##a,peopledtheſame with biswomen,and impotent Tro-
74n5: Or of the drowning and Reviſe of Palznurns,and ma-
ny Occurrents bapning here,at Cama,C ateta ,&clie-where,
l omitaskefle pertitentro our purpoſe thenthe haſtning of
Meneavinto 7ralie, WW heretore ſhipping him from Sicilte,.
Inow land him in Zatinmcinwhich part ob 7talie raigned
and was'Refident. in his Citie Zaurentumthe King Zati-
ms*ro:whome Jenees addrefiedan hundred Knights, one
of themdelinering this Ambaſsie. R An
Tgnorantare wenor,moſt graticus Kiog(for inthatTitle
art chou famous; andin that-triall may we proue formnate)
ofthy Conſanguioitic withthe T70;ans, by. noble deſcents
from Dardayrs our auncient Progenitor:neithercanſtthou
burknow-tharTroy is.ſacked, and bet people for the moſt
parte flaughtered:'onely know (ifalready thou knowelt it!
aot) that. 4 cx2as our Duke withaſew his Followcrs,after
SESHHLYf more

 
of ALBTONS +:ENGLAND. 329--
morethan ſcaucn. yecares fayling, are laſtly (and luckilie 1
hope) artived inthy Countrie: Howbeit of many. places, '
for pleaſureand fertihitie moſt worthy manuring,haue wee..
abardonedthe quiet polleſsion:yea many thegreateſt Prin-.
ces of Europe and Affrica, haue yoluntarily defired our Ta-
riance denied :only.infinit Seas haue wee ſayled, and more,.
forrowes ſuſtained to ſeekethis Clime, from whence wee-.
T r04a95 deriue our Onginals, and whither our Gods haue
directed vs by their Oracles. Thisthy Countrie,in reſpe&.
of the bigneſſe, may calilyaffoord roome fora new Troy to
be builded: A plot more ſpacious wedoenor aske, A ſmal-:
ler ſuirethou canſt notgraunt, if with our preſept extremi=

 tics thoualſo peiſe our purpoled loyalties.Neuer were wee
thy foes,and euer will we continne thy friends. Seated wee:,
muft be,and here wee wovld be. YVedare not diſobey, the,
Gods commanding'it,nor would wediſcontenttheeindes..
maunding it: graciouſly therfore conceine of our Petitions,
and pratefully receiue trom «E7eas theſe Preſents..
Having thus ſayd, he in the nameof £xegs, preſerted:
theKing with a moſt rich Mantell or Robe, withan inua- _
luable Crowne of Golde cnchaſed with precious Stones,, -
with tbe late royall Scepter of King: Priamus, and with o- -
ther Treaſure : which Zatinus cheerefully receiuing,retur-
ned the Tr9ians thisanſwer. - - |
Had not the Gods commaded your hitherrepaire,which:
I gainſay not,were we not ofconſappuinitie,whercin Idif-
claime not,Or my Kingdome not roome-ſomeenough to:
receiue you, as it is, Or had ye not brought precious and-
peaccable Preſents, as ye baue, yeat to dilmifle Wayfarers:
ynreſted and ynrelecued wete contraty to the Gods of Heſ--
pitalitie, and (which they defend thatT ſhovld therein of-+
tend) Zatings his honcur.Ouer-faſt be firterh that ſecurely-
firceth.: for ashe that is timorous hath too litleprouidence,,
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ſfo h<r147 15 feareles hath roo much preſumption :'yealeffe
grienou5arc expetedthanynlooked-for euils. I fpeake not
this asT feareto fali,butasT fore-ſee T may fall : for the yn-
pearching of others ſhould be fore-preachiagsto vs. Priuie
am[ vato yourdiſtreſſe,applying the like polkibility for me
{oro decline : for who is priuiledged from becoming fuch?
And who is ſuchthat would not hauc ſaccour? Sorrie T am
that ye haue ſoill cauſe toeſtrange your ſelues from home,
butgladthatT am ia ſo good caſcto cotertaine you here. Let
eE£-e4: (eate himand proſper yee in 7talte - my land well
may abidec it, and my.{clte brooks it. Yea more (for the
Ocacleof my mindeconſforts no doubt with thofe of our
Gods) Laninia my ſole daughter and heire, forbidden a
Natiues and behighteda Strangers Marriage, hath found a
Husbande and T a Sonne-in-lawe : at the leaſt T wiſh'it
would bee, and hope it will bee. Make my thankes to
e/ncas for hisPreſents,and bee you Maſters of your Peti-
tions. |

The Tro1ans beingthen ſumptuoully feaſted,cucry man
onagiuen Courſer brauely and richly mounted, diſmiſſed,
returacd, and Latinns his anſwereand Preſent delinercd,
eExeas,ncucrthcleſſcas farre from being ſecureas ioyous
of ſuch Tidings,knowing the good ſpeede ofa Stranger ro'
beanEye-ſoreto the people, and therefore not careles ſuſ-
pitious of it that might cauſcles ſucceede,ſtrongly inmured
his Men in a new-built Fortreſle. 4

Inthe meanc-while theic Arriuall and 'Entertainment
with Zatinns occupicd, and for the moſt part offended)all
1talie-Enuioully ſtormed Amatathe Queene that Laninis
her DaughcerandDarlinghould be wedded toa Stranger,”
an Exile(as ſhe rermed himz)) and therefore, when ſhe covld
not difiwade the King by Hflatterie , ſhee incenſed his
Neobles and Subic&s to refilt it forcibly, On the other ſide,

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Turnns,Prince of the Ratiles (in perſon exceeding all for
comelincſle, and in Armes <quall to auy for his courage, to:
whom Zaninia was betore promiled in Marrizge) as Mal-
content asany for being thus circumuered by cEzeas, held

a Counſellin his ſumpruous Cite CArgdea {eituare in the -

territorie of Z474:797,how to interceptthe T r07aps by wiles;
expel} them,by Warres , weaken them by wants, diſap-
poynte£zea5,and pollefle himiclte of Zaniza, Olten ſent
he Mcfſengers and lometimes Menaces to. aduertiſe Z8ti=
245 that he waspromiſed he ſhould,and roaffure him' hee
purpoſed hee wouid cmoy her or anger him. . But by how:
- mich more Zatinss, was religioully vnremouable in his
Reſolution for «&zeas, by ſo much the more 'did Turnus
giuc looſe raines to his headic anger : Howbeit ſufficient
matter wanted for his malice to worke vpan , v2xill by cuill
happe his choler tooke aduantage of this eolour. A/canins, »
_ with diuers T r9ian Gentlemen his Friends and others his
Attendants, hunting in aForreſt not farre from their For-
trefſe,by chance did incounter,ſtrike, and ehacea fayreand:
wcll ſpread Stagge,which the Childten of one-T1rrhosGhe

Kings Raunger and Steward of hisGrounds,a Manoof no. -

meane account amongſt the Zarines) had from a Fawne
nouriſhed, and ſo intreated that no Beaſt might bee,more
tamer: This Stagge thus ſtroken and tollowed of the Tre-=
54ns, taking the readieſt way tothe houſe of 7 yrrhus , and.
with bleeding haunches entring the Hall, was firſt cſpied ob
Syl#i4 or lia,a young Gentlewoman, in wholelappe hee
flecping bad oftenJayd his head,and atwhoſe hands he had:
madoy atimetaken Prouſe,been kemmcd,and trimmed. She.
ſeeingthe Stapee inſuch a plight,almoft{wonncd cre ſhee:
could weepe , wept ere thee mighr ſpeake, ſpoke creſhee:
was comtorted , and was comforted oncly _in promiſe of
© Renenge. Ar the winding of an Horae, came flocking:
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chither in atriſe the HeardEmen,Shepheards , Plow-men,
and Hinds: this Anticke of Groomss, finding A lmanthe
eldeſt Sonne of Zyrrhs, and their young Miltris $y147z
grieuoully paſsionare, and the Sragge bloodic and braying
hislatt,queition no furcher what ſhould be done, butwere
furioully inquiſiriue afterthe Doers.

Inthis meanctime,by cuil hap,,_{/anius and his Com:
paniedrawing by Parlicatfterthe Stagge (which they knew
not for tame)wete entered theyiewof this Shoole of inra-
ged Clownes: whoallatoaceandſuddenly, with ſuch wea-
ponsas they had orfound neereſt at hand, as Staues, Sheep-
- hookes, Dang-forks, Flayles, Plow-ſtaues, Axes;Hedging-
Beetels, yea Libbats newly-ſnatched fro burnting, and what

 not?fiercely affayled:with down-right blowes the amazed
Troians:who not hauing leiſure to aske queſtions, coura-
giouſly entertaine the ynknowne Quqarrell :and o long and
daungeroully for either parre continued this confuſion of
blowes and effuſianot blood;rhat by dow-it was bruted ar
the Fortrefſe and at Caurentum, and was anon increaſed b
reſcae from cirher Fattion :-neithec had rhis Skuffling an
cad vatill night was beguo : at what time the Zatines, Ru-
tiles,& Troianslefithe wild Medley, howbcit not diſcan-
tinuing their malice.

Of chicfeaccountamongſt the Latines,were ſlaineluſtic
_Aimon, and aged Galeſus, (rhis laiter a man of an honeſt
and wealthic condition) whileft he vaſeaſonably amongt
blowes deliuered vnregarded perſwafions of Peace. The
wounded Corſesof theſe twaine did Turnus cauſe to bee
conuayed to'the view: of Latinus, as Arguments of their
commondammage, himſelte with an enuious heart and an
inucCiuecongue amplitying the ſame tothe vitermolt : nor
ynaſiſted therein by the yretull Queene _Um4+a, or vn-
farthered by the hutlie burlie of the impaticnt People, all

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Jabouring the King t6. denounce Armout againſt the Tre-
Sabsror0 =ontt YR TN 17 6 11 08
Latinnsinthistumult of his SubieRs,and trauell of his
Sences, afluring himſelte thar_4 eneas wasthe manpro-
phcficdrothe Marrtiage of Lavjnia and {ucceſsion of Za-
tium , diſſwaded, but mightnot perſwade withthe headie
multitude.-Infewewithſuch etficacie did the-dead Corlſes
inviteir,the Queenc intreate it, T r7745 aftectir,&&thePeo-
ple follow it,thatlaſtly, thoogh againſt his minde,the King,
did ſ{uffer'the 7 aurentinesto reare'/on' their VV alles abſo-
late Tokens of imminent:VWarressThus found Tarnus
that which he longed for, and  Aereasno leflethan hee
looked for, avd either folliciring fuccours, werenot long:
yofurniſhed-of hardie Souldiers: yea, in'reipect 'of their
multous Armies, the Warreslately.ceafedat7roy; might.
now haue been ſaydto bcerevined in Z+alie; Buras in his:
\Wandrings,ſo-in his VWarres, my purpoſe is breuitic: ei-.
ther of which the Lawriat Trumpetor of- his gloric hath:
ſo cftcQtually ſownded;chat many mightamplific, Icould i-
tcrate, but not any-amend'ir : neverthelefſe in-remembring-
of this Hiſtorie T haue alfo yſed other Authorities:)'** -

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JT followeth, After long Warres yaliantly'on ertherpatt
-:performed, many great Kings,/Princes;andPetſonages. -
periſhed : when laltly the Rsti/es begunne)to' bee repentant
of theit wrong, and 'the 779/an5 wearie 'of the Varres,,
4 eneas and Tarnus mecting had thele words: And firft
CAeneas,": : - D D

- Often Truces have wee had((71rn%s)forthe buriall'of
our dead,nevertreatiesot peace'forthe' welfareof thoſea-
liue : onely-once (as T hane been ener }diddeſt thou/feeme:
(thou diddeft bur ſeeme)prouidenttharnomocſhould miſe-
carrie, offeriiig"me'Combate, which 1 accepting-hanc in
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yainovexpeRed: forfincerhy minde changed,I wor not'by
whHat mcanes,hath changed thelines of I wot not how ma-
1y.Batnow,whea forthe palpableleafing thou ſhouldit not
ſpeak like Turzxs, ſhouldſtthou deny the better of the wars
toabide with &zcas,and yet I lill be </Encaschough play-
ingvpon that Aduantage with 7 nraus;cucn now;[l ſay,my
. felte doe-requeſt rhee-of rhat Combatre whereby further
Blood-ſheds may happily beconcluded. Beleeue mee, were
thon a Beggerand1 a Monark,yer(ſo much doe Lemulate,
not enuic-thy glotic)Iwould hazardall ina Combatreque-
ſted by thee fo valcrous a Competitor.:But leaſt (perhaps) T
ouer+breathe thy tickled Conceit with more ſeife-liking
than ivexpedicntknow man,7#r2%5 know, Nature,Birth,
Arte,Education, norwharſocucr elsate in anything more
beneficiall to7'#r2an5,thanthat inſtly he may/entic asmuch

Or caoreim Azxeas. : | PR l atl
Tothisaoſwered the Rutile thus : VV hether thou ſpea-
keſt this( 42#e45)as inſulting oner mine infortune;oras in«
folenv of.thing:owne felicite, or cmulous C(as thou ſayeſt
and1[bcleenc:it}of iny glorie; rult me, ancly if thus mchy
betier ſucceſſets abandon thy ſelfe to ſuch. offered difad-
uauntage bee not indiſcretion,neucr heard I wherein to de-
rogate fromthy policie : butſay irindiſcretion;yer by I#pi-
ter (Aeness) itis honoutable indifcretion.: Notto encoun-
ter ſo herowcalbiCfor inthee. I enuie oor tharEpuheton)a
Combattant;isascontrary to my thought as contenting to
my very Soule,and as'contenting.to my Soule, as if Azzeas
werealrcadie conquered, and Termys Conquerour: eicher
which:I denine,ar the leaſtwiſe Iam decermitted fo.aduen-
ture. Bepronided-rherefore(-£2ea5) of courage,forthou
pronokeſt no'Cowarde,but cuen7srpus,that would have
askedno lefſe; had he not doubted Aepeas not ro-haucda-
xed toanſwerſo much,)/Thusand with.theſc C_o*ndiciolnsſi:—
Jaity that

 
ef ALBIONS ENGLAND. 235:
that further warres ſhould finiſh; that the Eſpouſallof Za-i!
#inia avd Succeſsionof Zatiamihould beethe Prizero the?
Victdr,a Combat to bee tricd by theſe twaine body againſi
body was (ypon Oihes taken andother Circumftances) as!
orced yPONo15 mn antlt PoaIED aialnt ln od e:

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Now,wete they/Armed; Monnted,did Encounter, :and
their Courſers breathlefſe,the Riders diſmounting vigori- _
ouſly buckle 0n Foote: both offende;etherdefende, & nei- -
ther fainted: Laſtly (not: with ynrequitedblowes)was T 47-

5 diſarmed: the Vanquiſhedpleading forlite, & the Vice
tor not purpofing his death, had hee nor cfpicd on his
Shoulders the fometimes Baldrike-of his once eſpeciall
Fricnd Pallas, Kipg Enanders Sonne, whom Tarns in
Bartell ouercommipg had put to Sword : then 4eneas fay-
ing , onelic in this Spoyle thou ſhalt not triumph., and
onely for his ſake am I vnintreatable, ſhoffed his Sworde -
through his breaſt : T#r»xs ſo cading the YY orld,and e-
peasthe VV arres. 2 |

Then was he peaceably wedded to Zaninia,and ſhortly
aſter poſſclied of Zatizm: After which ,-about threeyexres
he,dying,left his Kingdom to Aſeanins,and Laninma with
childe. She at her time, and at the houſe of the before re-
membred T yrrþus,was delivered of Spinins Po#-hummns(fo
called of his being borne amongſt the V oods, after the
death of his Father.)To him(becauſe in rightit wasthe in- -
heritance of Sy/azus from his Mother) did A4anins volun-
tatily rcfigne the Kingdome cf Lativm:and of bim (for his
honorable Regiment)were all the after-Zazine kings called
Syiui : Finally be bunting and miſtaken amongſt the Thic-
kets for a Stagge, was flaine with an Arrow by bis: Sonre:
 Brutus. Tiis Brutss, for ſorrow and his fafctic, accompa=--

nicd with many luſtie Gentlemen and others of Acneas
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336- " An Additionto thefecond Booke, e,. _
_ his 7r0/ans Offprings, imbarkiog chemſclires, aftet lon
Sayling aried-in this Tland then called Alviow i*whole
Giant-like Inhabitants (in reſpe@ of their monſtrous ma-
Fing &-inciuill:Manners ſaydto hauc bin cngendred of Dij- .
_ xcls) he ouercomming, manured cheir Countrey, and after.

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_ his'ownename called it Bryut4ine!  Atid thus hauing
-  begotten Brutwsan Origitiall to our Brutors, l
| concludethisabridged Hiſtorie
of his Grandtather
CACneas.

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